11:29 pm MDT ( Copy/Paste actually ran 11:29 -11:31 Reasonably brisk uptake)
John Simpson has an attack of the vapours
As per Biased BBC and Guest Who, here's the BBC's World Affairs Editor sounding off again (ever so impartially of course):
Could The Syrian Rebels Have Won The War If Iran Stayed Out Of It?
Iranian soldiers have been training Syrian militias since 2012 [Atta Kenare/AFP Photo] *Al Jazeera:* *FSA rebels: We would have won if not for Iran* In the summer of 2012, the leading commanders of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) were confident that momentum was with them. A bomb blast deep inside central Damascus had just taken out four senior commanders of the Syrian army, including the country's defence minister, Dawoud Rajiha, and his deputy, Assef Shawkat, who was also President Bashar al-Assad's brother-in-law. The explosion, believed to have been carried out by an insider sympat... more »
Donald Tusk wants EU Army THIS YEAR ‘to Defend Borders from Migrants And Hostile States’
Donald Tusk wants EU army THIS YEAR ‘to Defend Borders from Migrants And Hostile States’ by VINCENT WOOD, http://www.express.co.uk/ DONALD Tusk is pushing to set up an EU army by the end of the year to protect the bloc’s borders and fight back against “destabilisation around Europe”. – The European Council President called for the 27-nation superstate […]
Saudis Set $500 Billion Plan to Develop Border Region with Jordan, Egypt
Saudis Set $500 Billion Plan to Develop Border Region with Jordan, Egypt by Andrew Torchia Editing by Jeremy Gaunt, https://www.reuters.com/ RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday a $500 billion plan to create a business and industrial zone extending across its borders into Jordan and Egypt, the biggest project yet in a series of efforts to […]
Israeli Navy Attacks Palestinian Fishing Boats, Capsizes One
Israeli Navy Attacks Palestinian Fishing Boats, Capsizes One by http://imemc.org/ Israeli navy ships attacked, Tuesday, many fishing boats, in Palestinian territorial waters in the besieged Gaza Strip, and capsized one of them after firing shells and live fire at it. – The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the navy fired many live rounds at fishing boats […]
EU Plotting TOTAL DOMINATION: Brussels Moves to Take Control of Wages from Member States
EU Plotting TOTAL DOMINATION: Brussels Moves to Take Control of Wages from Member States by JON ROGERS, http://www.express.co.uk/ EUROPEAN Union MEPs are set to vote on handing more power over wages and social security standards of workers in Europe, according to a new report. – The report, by Italian left-winger Laura Agea, says the laws already exist […]
Victor Salva: A Convicted Pedophile Rewarded By Hollywood
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Oct 23, 2017 At this very moment a convicted child molester is in close proximity to child actors directing them in a fantasy of his own making. Victor Salva, a product of Miramax and Disney and praised and supported by film industry icons like Francis Ford Coppola. Was convicted of […]
CONFIRMED: MSM Works With Google To Censor Conservative / Nationalist Views
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Oct 24, 2017 Paul Joseph Watson joins Alex Jones live via Skype to break down how the mainstream media has teamed up with the tech giant Google to censor any conservative or nationalist views online. end
Hillary Clinton Lied, Paid For “Trump Dossier”
Hillary Clinton Lied, Paid For “Trump Dossier” by Tyler Durden, http://www.zerohedge.com/ What was previously widely suspected has now been confirmed. In its latest bombshell report that – for once – doesn’t include some nefarious allegations of wrongdoing or incompetence involving President Donald Trump or members of his administration, the Washington Post reported Tuesday that the Democratic National Committee […]
Syria Says Found NATO-Made Weapons in al-Mayadin in Dayr al-Zawr Province
PressTV News Videos Published on Oct 24, 2017 NATO-produced armaments were allegedly discovered in the newly recaptured Syrian town of Mayadin, according to Syrian Army Brigadier General Suheil al-Hassan. end
US Won’t Stop Drills with South Korea Due to ‘Counter-Provocations on Both Sides’
RT America Published on Oct 24, 2017 The fifth set of military drills between the US, South Korea and Japan this year are underway amid increased tensions between Washington and Pyongyang, as President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ratchet up the rhetoric about nuclear war. Peter Kuznick, director of the Nuclear Studies Institute […]
Recall of US Military Pilots Indication of Perpetual War: Analyst
PressTV News Videos Published on Oct 24, 2017 The potential recall of more than 1,000 retired US military pilots is an indication of a “permanent war” mentality, says an American analyst. end
“It’s A Huge Story”: China Launching “Petroyuan” In Two Months
“It’s A Huge Story”: China Launching “Petroyuan” In Two Months by Tyler Durden, http://www.zerohedge.com/ … The World Bank’s former chief economist wants to replace the US dollar with a single global super-currency, saying it will create a more stable global financial system. – “The dominance of the greenback is the root cause of global financial and economic […]
Picture Of The Day
Flame rises as damaged buildings including a mosque are seen after government troops cleared the area from pro-Islamic State militant groups inside Marawi city. The Philippines announced the end of five months of military operations in the southern city held by pro-Islamic State rebels, after a fierce and unfamiliar urban war that has marked the country's biggest security crisis in years. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco *WNU Editor:* The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... *Battle for besieged Philippine city ends *(Reuters).
Syrian government urges UN to stop US Coalition crimes in Syria
The US-led coalition, whose operation in Syria had not been authorized by the UN or Damascus, has denied that its airstrike resulted in civilian casualties in Deir ez-Zor. The Syrian Foreign Ministry has urged the UN Security Council to put an end to the crimes against civilians committed by the US-led coalition. “We once again […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Al-Qaeda linked rebels recapture more than 30 towns from ISIS in east Hama
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:00 A.M.) – The Al-Qaeda linked Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham rebel faction released an info-graph on Tuesday that showed everything their forces captured from the Islamic State (ISIS) in the eastern countryside of the Hama Governorate recently. Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham claimed their forces seized more than 30 towns from the Islamic State, while conducting […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Mysterious assassinations of jihadist commanders continue in Idlib
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:15 A.M.) – Another jihadist emir has been killed in the Idlib Governorate, making Tuesday’s assassination the third incident in the last 72 hours. According to Syrian opposition activists, the emir of Faylaq Al-Sham, Salah ‘Aboud, was assassinated by unknown assailants after leaving a local market in the southern Idlib town of Khan […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
FSA, Turkey agree to form ‘national’ army
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:30 A.M.) – The Free Syrian Army (FSA) met with Turkish officials and the Syrian opposition’s interim government in the northeastern countryside of Aleppo, Tuesday, to discuss several topics. Among the topics discussed between the parties were the handing over of all border-crossings to the interim government and the formation of a national […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Double Agents in Journalism
A number of purportedly “liberal/progressive” journalists were actively involved in assisting the Breitbart machine, in particular, serving as a conduit of sorts to right wing provocateur Milo Yiannopolous.
TMCF Names Harry Williams President/CEO
At its 30th Anniversary Awards Gala on Monday evening, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund named Dr. Harry Williams as its new president and CEO.
Experts: Colleges Have Role in Battling Opioid Epidemic
Experts say combatting this public health crisis will take concerted initiatives at the federal level, through public and private partnerships, and in schools, colleges and communities across the nation.
Colleges Urged to Ramp Up to Fill Cybersecurity Workforce Void
The United States will remain vulnerable to cyberattacks unless the nation’s education system is better aligned to produce greater numbers of cybersecurity professionals, a leading industry expert testified Tuesday at a Congressional hearing.
What's Worse: Censorship By Government Or Google?
The First Amendment was crafted in an era when the government was the most powerful entity on Earth. That's no longer necessarily true. Sure, when it comes to physical power, the government reigns supreme. Nobody can compete with an institution legally allowed to possess tanks, hellfire missiles, and nuclear bombs. But in the arena of information, agencies like the CIA and FBI no longer remain unchallenged. Instead, internet companies like Google and activist websites like Wikileaks have become the global gatekeepers of knowledge. read more
FOLLOW-UP OPEN LETTER to Minister Frydenberg and MPs.
The Devil is in the details. From *Dr. Michael Crawford* Hon. Josh Frydenberg MP Minister for the Environment & Energy PO Box 6022 House of Representatives Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 25th October 2017 Minister Open letter re your stated intention to abolish all taxes and subsidies from electricity Like many people I have been looking for actual details of your Government’s new plan for electricity security and affordability, and how it will actually work. I had found plenty of platitudes, media speculation, and wild hopes, but the detail was not apparent and, as I am sure ... more »
Foreign Islamic State Fighters Have Returned By The Thousands To Their Country Of Origin
*BBC:* *IS foreign fighters: 5,600 have returned home - report* At least 5,600 supporters of so-called Islamic State (IS) have returned to their home countries as it loses ground in Iraq and Syria, a new report says. The Soufan Center, a US-based think tank, says 33 states have reported arrivals in the past two years. The figure includes half of the estimated 850 people who left the UK. The report says the returnees - most of whom are imprisoned or disappear from view - will continue to present a security challenge for years to come. IS has lost much of the territory that once ma... more »
UPDATE: The FEC Dropped My Complaint
You may remember that last year *DWT* formally complained to the FEC and the Office of Congressional Ethics about a crooked Patrick Murphy contributor named Nicholas Mastroianni II. In June of 2016 I wrote about the complaint and published the official complaint here. As I wrote at the time, our complaints centered on how Mastroianni was paying Murphy off for his help in corruptly using the EB-5 visa program that Murphy has pushing in Congress. Basically, we were quite certain that Mastroianni had orchestrated a scheme to funnel more than $100,000 into Murphy’s political campaign ... more »
"If We Throw Mother Nature..."
"If we throw mother nature out the window, she comes back in the door with a pitchfork." - Masanobu Fukuoka
Another load of politicians’ promises on the way
Seen on Dominion Rd this morning. Apostrophes aside, it could hardly be more apt. Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with link and attribution.
An Officer From Bergdhal's Unit Posts A Commentary On The Eve Of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's Sentencing
*Chase Spears, Baltimore Sun*: *A soldier's perspective on Bergdahl* Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who pleaded guilty to charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, will soon face sentencing, bringing him and the Army one step closer to legally resolving the chain of events that started when Sergeant Bergdahl walked away from his unit in Afghanistan in 2009. He was captured and held as a hostage for five years; six soldiers died looking for him, according to some accounts. Sergeant Bergdahl’s case has faced politicization from both sides of the aisle. Those speaking the loud... more »
Symptoms of Colon Cancer: 6 Silent Signs.
Symptoms of Colon Cancer: 6 Silent Signs | Reader’s Digest https://www.rd.com/health/conditions/colon-cancer-symptoms/1/?trkid=soc-rd-facebook Advertisements
Womb with a view: surgeons remove uterus from mother in groundbreaking operation on spina bifida foetus
Womb with a view: surgeons remove uterus from mother in groundbreaking operation on spina bifida foetus http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/10/24/womb-view-surgeons-remove-uterus-mother-operate-spina-bifida/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_fb_tmg
A New Stem Cell Treatment Had “Striking” Anti-Aging Results
A New Stem Cell Treatment Had “Striking” Anti-Aging Results https://futurism.com/a-new-stem-cell-treatment-had-striking-anti-aging-results/
Entering the Global Multilogue – A Replique to the German ZEIT Manifesto
This is a guest post, written by Antje Wiener, Professor of Political Science, especially Global Governance, University of Hamburg (Germany) and By-Fellow, Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge (United Kingdom); Sassan Gholiagha, postdoctoral research fellow at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center (Germany); Jan Wilkens, Lecturer and PhD Candidate at the Chair of Political Science, especially […]
The Widow Maker
Donald Trump is a worthless piece of shit. There is no need to gussy up that sentiment with wit, panache or any other literary embellishment. Because what we need in this country is plain, unvarnished truth and sentiment. And, ironically, the guy who's most credited and lauded for speaking without a filter is... Donald Trump. Because what's there to say about a Commander in Chief who insults a widow of his own making by callously saying her dead, mutilated husband "knew what he'd signed up for"? That he never once mentioned Sgt. La David Johnson by name because he coul... more »
Robert Guillaume, The Actor Who Played Benson, Passed Away Tonight
*WNU Editor:* One of the first English TV shows that I saw was Soap and Benson .... and I loved how Robert Guillaume played his role in both series. An accomplished actor in everyway. Thank you for all the laughs. RIP.
CONFIRMED: DNC, Hillary Clinton campaign ‘paid for Trump Dossier’
Clinton campaign lawyer acting for DNC/Hillary Clinton campaign hired Fusion GPS, company behind Trump Dossier More The post CONFIRMED: DNC, Hillary Clinton campaign ‘paid for Trump Dossier’ appeared first on The Duran.
New York Times Reporter Is 'Steamed' That She Was Lied To On Who Funded The Russian Dossier
Folks involved in funding this lied about it, and with sanctimony, for a year https://t.co/vXKRV1wRJc — Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 24, 2017 *WNU Editor:* I have been reading the twitter feeds of the political reporters who work the Washington scene. Many are saying the same thing that Maggie Haberman from the New York Times is saying in the above tweet .... they feel that they have been used by sources that they trust in the Democrat Party, and by sources close to Hillary Clinton and her campaign team. In short .... they feel betrayed.
Congress To Investigate The Obama Administration's Approval Of A Uranium Deal Involving A Russian Backed Company
*US News and World Report*: *House Intel Chair Launches Investigation of Uranium Deal* Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., who signaled he was temporarily stepping aside from the Intelligence committee's probe into Russian election interference, announced he's leading a new Russia-focused investigation. The top Republican on the House intelligence committee announced Tuesday that his committee is launching a joint investigation into a transaction approved by the Obama administration in 2013 that gave a Russian company control of 20 percent of U.S. uranium production capacity. Rep. Devin ... more »
Women Leaders for Climate Change to Speak Out at United Nations COP23
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 23, 2017 Media Contact: Emily Arasim emily@wecaninternational.org +1(505)920-0153 Women Leaders For Climate Change Justice And Solutions To Speak Out During WECAN United Nations COP23 Events SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, Calif. (October 23, 2017) - As
NYC Public School Parents: Hudson Yards Success charter parents to Eva Moskow...
NYC Public School Parents: Hudson Yards Success charter parents to Eva Moskow...: Ben Chapman of the Daily News reported yesterday that a group of parents whose children attend a new Hudson Yards middle school in the Suc... more »
Will anyone protect the Rohingya?
Vincent A. Auger, Professor of Political Science, Western Illinois University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 3 hours ago
Despite an international commitment to protect civilians from genocidal violence, the world's response to ethnic cleansing in Myanmar has been feeble. An expert explains the challenges.
It's not just O'Reilly and Weinstein: Sexual violence is a 'global pandemic'
Julia Brooks, Researcher in international law and humanitarian response, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI), Harvard University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 3 hours ago
Hollywood's sexual predation scandals are just the tip of the iceberg. One in three women worldwide has been physically or sexually assaulted, and many girls' first sexual experience is forced.
"Very Few Beings..."
"Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ASK. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the answers they have already shaped in their own minds." - Anne Rice
Can Unforgivable Violence Ever Be Forgiven?"
*"Can Unforgivable Violence Ever Be Forgiven?" * by John Robbins "It's now over 11 years since one of the most brutal, senseless, and unforgivable acts of violence in U.S. history took place. And that day also brought one of the most extraordinary responses to unspeakable violence our culture has ever known. The schoolchildren had just returned to their classroom from recess on the morning of October 2, 2006, when a 32-year-old milk-truck driver named Charles Carl Roberts backed his pickup truck up to the front of an Amish schoolhouse in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. We may neve... more »
"The Future..."
"The future ain't what it used to be." - Yogi Berra
DeVos Further Freezes Obama’s For-profit Fraud Protections
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is further delaying Obama-era protections for students defrauded by for-profit colleges, saying it needs more time to write new regulations. Tuesday’s announcement renewed criticism by Democrats and advocacy groups that the administration favors the interests of for-profit universities over students. The Education Department posted a notice in the Federal Register […]
13 Ball State Fraternities to Go Alcohol-free Until 2018
MUNCIE, Ind. — More than a dozen fraternities at Ball State University won’t have events that include alcohol for the rest of the year. Interfraternity Council President Trevor Holland said the decision was made with the university for the safety of their members and the community. “It was a joint decision between chapter presidents and […]
Audit Questions Iowa State’s Purchase of Plane for Ex-leader
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa State University had no clear need to spend $498,000 in donations to buy an airplane that former President Steven Leath used largely to improve his piloting skills, state auditors reported Tuesday. Iowa State should also consider seeking reimbursement from Leath, now president of Auburn University, for a 2016 spring break […]
University Condemns Hate, Defends Richard Spencer Appearance
CINCINNATI — The University of Cincinnati board of trustees has condemned hate while defending a decision to allow white nationalist Richard Spencer to speak on campus. The board’s statement Tuesday recognizes the fundamental role of free speech at a public university, saying it should be “the marketplace of ideas.” The board also denounced prejudice and […]
UK Academics Irked by Letter Seeking Brexit Lecture Details
LONDON — British academics accused a lawmaker from the governing Conservative Party on Tuesday of infringing on intellectual freedom by asking universities to provide information on professors who teach about Britain’s vote to leave the European Union. The letter from euroskeptic legislator Chris Heaton-Harris requested the names of professors “who are involved in the teaching […]
Missing Freshman College Student Found Dead Near Campus
WEST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. — New Jersey authorities say a community college student who has been missing for more than a month has been found dead near the college’s campus. State officials say 18-year-old Nick Pratico was last seen on Mercer County Community College’s West Windsor Township campus on Sept. 20. New Jersey State Police […]
Former Daniel Webster College Campus Sold for Nearly $12M
NASHUA, N.H. — The former Daniel Webster College campus in Nashua, New Hampshire, has been sold for nearly $12 million to a buyer whose name hasn’t been released. New Hampshire Public Radio reports Southern New Hampshire, which had earlier declined to buy the main campus, bought the airport hangar and tower on the property for […]
King Fouad's Golden cup at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum [Flickr]
Kodak Agfa posted a photo: [image: King Fouad's Golden cup at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum] King Fouad I's Golden cuyp at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum in Alexandria
Queen Farida's Ruby and Pink Ruby collection at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum [Flickr]
Kodak Agfa posted a photo: [image: Queen Farida's Ruby and Pink Ruby collection at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum] Queen Farida of Egypt's collection of dimoand and Ruby from brooches and a ring at the Royal Jewelry Museum
Queen Farida's brooch at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum [Flickr]
Kodak Agfa posted a photo: [image: Queen Farida's brooch at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum] Queen Farida's art deco Brooch encrasted with diamonds, gold and emerlad
Queen Frida's boxes at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum [Flickr]
Kodak Agfa posted a photo: [image: Queen Frida's boxes at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum] Queen Frida's cigerattes box encrusted with diamonds on the shape of her name in Arabic and besides it her silver round box. Both items are at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum.
Queen Farida's golden snake bracelet at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum [Flickr]
Kodak Agfa posted a photo: [image: Queen Farida's golden snake bracelet at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum] Queen Farida's golden colored snake bracelet at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum in Alexandria.
"What Is the 'Sleeper Effect'?"
*"What Is the 'Sleeper Effect'?"* by PsyBlog "In the 1940s during WWII, the US Department of War wanted to know if their propaganda films were really working. So they carried out a series of experimental studies into how they affected soldier's attitudes. The complacent assumption was that the films should easily influence the average GI. Producers and psychologists alike expected to see a huge shift in attitudes towards the war after they were viewed. What they found was nothing of the sort and the results came as a bitter blow to propagandists everywhere. While the films were i... more »
"We Tend To Forget..."
“We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.” - Frederick Keonig
Why Americans Support Perpetual Wars
By Chris Kanthan “With great power, comes great responsibility” – a quote from the movie, Superman. However, the superpower known as America can’t stop waging... more »
FBI Releases Docs On Sandy Hook Showing Feds Visited Shooter BEFORE Massacre
By Matt Agorist On December 14, 2012, the world watched the news with horror as they heard the story of 20-year-old Adam Lanza fatally shooting... more »
Tenth Amendment Center Activist Pushes Back Against Local Government Bullying Tactics
The American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky will represent Tenth Amendment Center national communications director Michael Maharrey in a lawsuit filed against him by the... more »
Boston Marathon Bomber’s Aunt Says FBI Set Up Her Nephew and She Has PROOF
By Matt Agorist On April 15, 2013, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, alongside his brother Dzhokhar, would become the infamous murderers in the Boston Marathon Bombings. According to... more »
The Fixed Term Convention
Today Senator Jeff Flake (R) of Arizona delivered a sharp attack against the President on the Senate floor. Since he "did not want to be complicit" in the behavior of the Trump Administration, Flake also said that he will not run for reelection in 2018. He did not, though, announce that he was resigning his Senate seat. Turns out he is willing to be complicit for another year or so--just not more than that. Senator Flake's decision exemplifies a weakness in American constitutional culture. Unlike in Britain, officials here rarely resign on a point of principle. Instead, they serve o...more »
A Good Campaign Video Isn't Enough-- Staten Island
Two of the most outstanding campaign videos so far this cycle were the ones introducing Randy Bryce (WI) and Amy McGrath (KY). Bryce immediately proved himself an even better candidate than the one his video showed. He built a powerful populist brand that is going to bring him all the way to Congress and make history by taking down Paul Ryan, the Speaker of the House and a darling of the Beltway media. McGrath, on the other hand, was anything but ready for prime time. If Bryce's authenticity level is an "A," McGrath's is, a "C-minus" or, at best, a work in progress. There's nothin... more »
This Plane Could Make the Russian Air Force Even More Lethal
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * As Moscow's newest jet trainer. Developed initially as a private venture by КБ Современные Авиационные Технологии (KB-SAT or Modern Aviation Technologies in English), the diminutive forward swept-wing SR-10 is a unique endeavor that seems to have found success. The Russian Air Force intends to purchase the SR-10 as a replacement for its fleet of Soviet-era Czechoslovakian-built Aero Vodochody L-39 Albatros jet trainers. “Russia’s newest trainer jets #SR10 to start replacing old #L39 aircraft in #RuAF in 2018, mass production scheduled for 2019,” the ... more »
One of the Best Weapons for Crushing North Korea in a War Just Arrived in Japan
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * The F-35A, that is. As tensions with a nuclear-armed North Korea continue to ratchet up, the United States Air Force is gearing up to deploy its brand new Lockheed Martin F-35A Joint Strike Fighter to Okinawa, Japan. A dozen of the stealthy single-engine strike fighters are expected to deploy to Kadena air base for a six-month theatre security package rotation in November. “The F-35A gives the joint warfighter unprecedented global precision attack capability against current and emerging threats while complementing our air superiority fleet,” Gen. Te... more »
This Is What a NATO vs. Russia War over the Baltics Would Look Like
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * "Such a war will almost certainly escalate into a full-up nuclear war between the planet’s only two nuclear superpowers—which means everyone loses." How would a war between Russia and NATO in the Baltics play out? Chances of a Russian invasion of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia appear fairly remote. Even the RAND Corporation, which has been particularly hawkish, suggests that a Russian attack on a NATO member-state is low even though the alliance faces a conventional imbalance. “Our analysis suggests that NATO’s deterrent against a conventional attack ... more »
Why Trump Is Right about North Korea
*Michael McLaughlin* *Security, Asia* [image: Artillery pieces are seen being fired during a military drill at an unknown location, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 25, 2016. REUTERS/KCNA/File Photo] In terms of defending the homeland from Kim Jong-un, President Trump’s risk calculus is spot-on. The portrayals of both North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. president Donald Trump as bombastic egoists reacting emotionally seem to have become hackneyed as tensions continue to rise on the Korean Peninsula. But reducing the ... more »
How to Repair and Rebuild America's Military
*Mackenzie Eaglen* *Security, Americas* [image: U.S. Army 1st Lt. Gerard Holodak, with the 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (CSSB), fires an M136E1 AT4-CS confined space light anti-armor weapon at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Ak., Oct. 12, 2017. / U.S. Department of Defense Flickr / U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Westin Warburton] If the United States is to remain the steward of global democracy and free enterprise, then it must repair and rebuild its military forces which undergird its national power immediately. At his 1993 Confirmation as Director of the CIA, ... more »
Is It Time for a U.S.-India Alliance?
*James Clad, Francesca Silvestri* *Security, Asia* [image: U.S. President Donald Trump (R) arrives for a joint news conference with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 26, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria] A U.S. and Indian policy convergence is at a work, with China being the main impetus driving both countries. For three decades, descriptions of India’s strategic utility to the United States have stressed latent potential rather than existing geopolitical fact. But a new phase of Asian power-balancing is on offer, e... more »
Why Obamacare Must Be Dismantled
*Robert E. Moffit* *Politics, Americas* [image: U.S. President Donald Trump stands during a joint statement with Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the White House in Washington, DC, U.S. October 23, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts] President Trump’s action is already reigniting Capitol Hill seriousness on health policy. The central issue is health-care cost, especially the affordability of insurance. President Donald Trump has decided to stop the flow of Obamacare’s “cost-sharing” subsidies. These are special subsidies to reduce out-of-pocket costs for low-income people... more »
Can Austria's New Wunderkind Solve the Migrant Crisis?
*Dalibor Rohac* *Politics, Europe* [image: Austrian's Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz arrives at the EC headquarters ahead of a meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels, Belgium, October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Dario Pignatelli] Sebastian Kurz is Austria's right-wing version of Justin Trudeau. Can he successfully tackle the country's immigration challenges? Fears about a hard-right turn in Austria following its parliamentary election this past weekend need to be put in perspective. The populist, anti-immigration, Russia-friendly Freedom Party of Austri... more »
Washington Post: Clinton Campaign And The DNC Paid For The Russian Dossier Investigation And Report
*Washington Post:* *Clinton campaign, DNC paid for research that led to Russia dossier* The Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped fund research that resulted in a now-famous dossier containing allegations about President Trump’s connections to Russia and possible coordination between his campaign and the Kremlin, people familiar with the matter said. Marc E. Elias, a lawyer representing the Clinton campaign and the DNC, retained Fusion GPS, a Washington firm, to conduct the research. After that, Fusion GPS hired dossier author Christopher Steele, a ... more »
Iraqi Army denies claims of clashes with Kurdish Peshmerga near Syrian border
The tensions between Baghdad and Erbil have escalated after an independence referendum had been held in the Iraqi Kurdistan, as well as in disputed areas. The Iraqi army’s press service has refuted claims about clashes with the Kurdish Peshmerga forces near the northwestern town of Rabia near the Syrian border. “The reports about clashes between […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
In pictures: ISIS terrorists seize T-90 tank east of Al-Mayadeen
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:45 A.M.) – The Islamic State (ISIS) posted photos of a recently captured T-90 Tank that was used by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in the eastern countryside of Al-Mayadeen this past week. ISIS was able to capture it after the Syrian Army’s 4th Mechanized Division was driven back across the Euphrates River, following […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Russia vetoes UN resolution extending Syria chemical weapons probe – video
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:45 P.M.) – The Russian Federation vetoed a draft resolution to extend the mandate of the Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) for the use of chemical weapons in Syria describing the vote as putting “the carriage before the horse,” at UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday. Russia proposed postponing the vote as the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
ISIS drone attack destroys Syrian Army ammo depot in Deir Ezzor – video
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:40 P.M.) – The Islamic State (ISIS) recently carried out a drone attack on a Syrian Arab Army (SAA) ammo depot in the Deir Ezzor Governorate’s western countryside. As a result of the drone attack, the Islamic State managed to destroy the entire Syrian Army ammo storage that was located at the municipal […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
X22 Report, “The US Is In Worse Economic Shape Than China & Russia, What You’re Not Being Told”
X22 Report, “The US Is In Worse Economic Shape Than China & Russia, What You’re Not Being Told” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owODoo1KL4I *Related followup report:* X22 Report, “Here It All Comes, The Truth And The Event All At The Same Time” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDOOcIsyvn4
Musical Interlude: Deuter, "Marfa Lights 1"
Deuter, "Marfa Lights 1" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMUUOddETfk
"A Look to the Heavens"
“An asterism is just a recognized pattern of stars that is not one the 88 official constellations. For example, one of the most famous (and largest) asterisms is the Big Dipper within the constellation Ursa Major. But this pretty chain of stars, visible with binoculars towards the long-necked constellation of Camelopardalis, is also a recognized asterism. *Click image for larger size.* Known as Kemble's Cascade, it contains about 20 stars nearly in a row, stretching over five times the width of a full moon. Tumbling from the upper right to lower left in the picture, Kemble's Cascade ... more »
The Republican led House Judiciary and Oversight committees have just announced the opening of a new investigation pertaining to Hillary Clinton's emails. No, I am not kidding.
Do you seriously have nothing better to do with your time?Courtesy of The Hill: *The chairmen of the House Judiciary and Oversight committees announced on Tuesday a joint investigation into how the FBI handled last year's investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server. * *"Decisions made by the Department of Justice in 2016 have led to a host of outstanding questions that must be answered," House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) said in a joint statement. * *The two Repub... more »
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- October 24, 2017
*Christopher Scott, Asia Times:* *Xi set to surprise critics with consensus appointments* *Leaked details indicate reformer from rival faction elevated to top position in show of continuity * In the final days of speculation as to who will be elevated to China’s top echelon of power, the decisions have already been revealed – or so it appears. A leaked list of who will be appointed to China’s top decision making body, the Politburo Standing Committee (PSC), shows inclusive selections, defying widespread expectations that appointments would further consolidate Xi’s power. *Read ... more »
US Lawmakers Urge Attorney General To Look Into Prosecuting Environmentalists As Terrorists
Members of Congress urged Attorney General Sessions to look into whether the Justice Department has the laws it needs to prosecute pipeline activists as terrorists. The post US Lawmakers Urge Attorney General To Look Into Prosecuting Environmentalists As Terrorists appeared first on Shadowproof.
Climate “Science” is Racist
JAMES DELINGPOLE: HOW THE WORLD BANK KEEPS POOR NATIONS POOR Its policy of eco-imperialism forces renewables on a reluctant but largely helpless developing world Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun: ‘We want to build a coal power plant because we are a country blessed with coal, yet we have a power problem. So it doesn’t … Continue reading "Climate “Science” is Racist"
How US Policies Are Worsening the Global Refugee Crisis
*All of it as intended. By design. The plan. **Remaking entire parts of the planet- Destroying communities and cultures- It takes a whole lot of ethnic cleansing and refugees on the move... to reshape the globe to better suit the psychos we foolishly call leaders. **Carnegie Endowment:* U.S. military actions and partnerships are directly contributing to the very crises humanitarians are trying to resolve. U.S. policy choices bear responsibility in three ways: 1) U.S. military operations have caused immense disruption and are intensifying; 2) partner militaries are systematically vi... more »
World News Briefs -- October 24, 2017
*Reuters*: *China to unveil new leadership line-up as Xi cements power* BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s ruling Communist Party reveals its new leadership line-up on Wednesday when President Xi Jinping introduces his Politburo Standing Committee, culminating a week-long party congress. A key measure of Xi’s rising influence leading the world’s second-largest economy will be how many of his allies are installed on the Standing Committee, the apex of power, which is currently made up of seven people, all men, and headed by Xi, who is also party and military chief. Five members are expec... more »
Russia Vetoes Extension of UN Chemical Weapon Mission in Syria
*Link* *Russia cast a veto at the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday preventing the renewal of the mandate for a mission that investigates the use of chemical weapons in Syria. The investigation by the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) - known as the Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) - was unanimously created by the 15-member U.N. Security Council in 2015 and renewed in 2016 for another year. Its mandate is due to expire in mid-November. China abstained from Tuesday’s vote, while Bolivia joined Russia in voting no. Elev... more »
“The Life Cycle: Bud and Blossom and Beyond”
*“The Life Cycle: Bud and Blossom and Beyond”* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM “Each stage we go through has its time of fulfillment and recession, as do all living things. Flowers and leaves both begin their lives as organisms so tiny we cannot see them with the naked eye. With time, they become visible, curled in upon themselves, colorful buds slowly softening and releasing. With the proper warmth and moisture, they unfold little by little, revealing with each degree of opening a new color, shape, or dimension. Sometimes buds open seemingly all at once, unfolding the full majesty ... more »
Documentary | Meet the Targeted Individual Community
According to Wikipedia: Electronic harassment, electromagnetic torture or psychotronic torture is a conspiracy theory that government agents make use of electromagnetic radiation (such as the microwave auditory effect), radar, and surveillance techniques to transmit sounds and thoughts into people’s heads, affect people’s bodies, and harass people.Individuals who claim to experience this call themselves “targeted individuals” and many have joined support and advocacy groups. Medical consensus … The post Documentary | Meet the Targeted Individual Community appeared first on OYE Al... more »
Pimp Issues Warning About Sex-Trafficking of Children in America
*Isaac Davis* - The reality of American child sex-trafficking needs to be brought into the open. Now. The post Pimp Issues Warning About Sex-Trafficking of Children in America appeared first on Waking Times.
HERE'S WHY JEFF FLAKE'S SPEECH WON'T CHANGE ANY MINDS
Arizona senator Jeff Flake, a critic of President Trump who's been polling miserably and was up for reelection in 2018, announced today that he won't run next year, then attacked the president in a speech on the Senate floor. And even though Washington insiders are predicting that speech will wind up in the history books, it won't make any difference. It certainly won't change any pro-Trump minds. That's for a simple reason: Trump supporters are angry Fox News/talk radio Republicans, which means that they believe every accusation Flake leveled at Trump has already been proven ... wi... more »
Blau Delft Plates ?
A Dutch team of geoscientists has compiled an atlas of the Earth’s internal structure revealed by seismic tomographical modelling which can be looked at here. The modelling is based on Plate Tectonic theory. In this theory oceanic plates are subducted … Continue reading →
GAO Report: Cost of Climate Change Damage Far Less Than Cost of Decarbonization!
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: Guest rant by David Middleton H/T to ivankinsman for bringing this to my attention. Government report calls on Trump to act on climate change By Eli Watkins, CNN Updated 1441 GMT (2241 HKT) October 24, 2017 Washington (CNN)A government report released Monday is sounding an alarm over the threat of…
In a Potty-mouthed Time, a Clean College Comedy Group Is All the Rage
[image: in-a-potty-mouthed-time-a-clean-college-comedy-group-is-all-the-rage] It’s a modern comedy troupe that doesn’t curse, engage in scatological humor, or use sexual innuendo — and that has more than one billion YouTube hits. It’s called Studio C, and for those with ears to hear and eyes to see, it’s evidence that the Hollywood sewer pipe isn’t quite as popular as people think.
UNESCO's Corrupt Election Offers More Reasons for US Exit
[image: alex-newman-unesco-corrupt-election-us-must-leave]VIDEO - In this video, The New American's foreign correspondent Alex Newman delves into the selection of the next chief of the UN Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (UNESCO). Actual communist Irina Bokova, plagued by corruption mega-scandals, has done everything possible to avoid an investigation. And part of that was trying to manipulate the selection of the next UNESCO chief to ensure a fellow corrupt communist would take the post. Since this video was made, the Trump administration has announced that the U.S.... more »
Sessions Sees Civil-asset Forfeiture as “Key Tool” for Law Enforcement
[image: sessions-sees-civil-asset-forfeiture-as-key-tool-for-law-enforcement] Attorney General Jeff Sessions asserted that civil asset forfeiture is a key tool that helps law enforcement defund organized crime.
Sessions Authorizes Feds to Go After MS-13 Gang, Using Tactics Like Those That Took Down Al Capone
[image: sessions-authorizes-feds-to-go-after-ms-13-gang-using-tactics-like-those-that-took-down-al-capone] Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he has designated the brutal MS-13 gang as a priority for the Justice Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces.
The Poet: Ruth Feldman, “Detour”
*“Detour”* “I took a long time getting here, much of it wasted on wrong turns, back roads riddled by ruts. I had adventures I never would have known if I proceeded as the crow flies. Super highways are so sure of where they are going: they arrive too soon. A straight line isn't always the shortest distance between two people. Sometimes I act as though I'm heading somewhere else while, imperceptibly, I narrow the gap between you and me. I'm not sure I'll ever know the right way, but I don't mind getting lost now and then. Maps don't know everything.” - Ruth Feldman
Chet Raymo, “In Place of Belief”
*“In Place of Belief”* by Chet Raymo “A lightning storm the other night, slipping down from Florida. For an hour we sat on the terrace and watched the northern sky blaze with pyrotechnics, the best we'd ever seen, almost continuous rivers of electricity streaming between the clouds, clouds heaped like mountains and lit from within. After some particularly sky-filling explosions we could not resist applause. From horizon to horizon, from Andros to San Salvador the streamers ran, trailing their rumbles of far-off thunder. So much energy! Energy entirely beyond the human capacity to c... more »
"One Big Road..."
“Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you're riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake up and live!” - Bob Marley
Tribes Gather in Nation’s Capitol to Ask for a National Apology
Native Americans say you can’t have a national revival without national repentance. But these First Nation tribes are doing what they can to bring it about. This week they held a gathering in the nation’s capitol called All Tribes D.C. They enjoyed worship, singing, dancing and pounding of drums. But also came for a national cause. Their leader First Nation Apostle Negile Bigpond told CBN News, “All Tribes D.C. Is a vision to change a nation. To release the Great Awakening…the Great Revival." They’re working to see prophecies fulfilled that go all the way back to Billy Graham. ... more »
"The Next Cyber Hurricane Is Coming And It'll Take Down The Internet"
*"The Next Cyber Hurricane Is Coming And It'll Take Down The Internet"* by Mac Slavo Last year, the botnet Mirai caused a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in October, knocking popular websites off the internet for millions of users. Right now, the next cyber hurricane is on the way, and it could take down the entire internet. According to ZD Net, the botnet, dubbed “Reaper” by researchers at Netlab 360, is appearing on the radar of security researchers. A little over a month ago, the researchers detected the sizable botnet of infected Internet of Things (IoT) de... more »
Senator Jeff Flake announces his retirement while taking the opportunity to eviscerate Donald Trump.
Courtesy of Politico: *Embattled Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) will retire after his current term expires, he announced on Tuesday in a decision that further roils a 2018 Senate landscape marked by multiple Republican retirements. * *Flake was one of the most vulnerable Republican senators up for reelection next year. A vocal critic of President Donald Trump throughout and since the 2016 campaign, Flake said it became clear that that opposition would make it impossible for him to get through a Republican primary. * *He took to the Senate floor to deliver a full-throated denunciation of... more »
Pentagon Expands 'Terror War' To Africa: Where Is Congress?
Senator Lindsey Graham told NBC News over the weekend that he had "no idea" that there were 1,000 US troops in Niger. But it didn't bother him at all. He promised that the US military -- which already has troops in 53 of the 54 countries in Africa -- will soon be far more involved in fighting on the continent. We don't want the next 9/11 to come from Niger, he warned. Should Congress at least show an interest in this new, expanded war? Join us for today's Liberty Report:
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Is Climate Engineering Making Wildfires More Dangerous than Ever Before?
*Buck Rogers* - Can geoengineering programs make wildfires more likely and more dangerous? The post Is Climate Engineering Making Wildfires More Dangerous than Ever Before? appeared first on Waking Times.
La Familia in Bath
All are welcome at this table. Our goal is to work together - we need each other now more than ever. We are in a mess and we've all got to row hard if we want to survive. What is our most common agenda? Our group of peace walkers became a family. About a dozen were here all week. Others came in and out along the way. So there was always new energy to give us a spurt. Thanks to John Morris and Peter Morgan a plan was put in motion to systematically visit 95% of the doors in the community with flyers explaining the purpose of the walk. These were delivered over three days an... more »
Will New Sanctions Force Iran To Come 'Begging' To The U.S.?
*Washington Examiner:* *House Democrat: New sanctions will make Iran 'come begging to us'* A campaign to impose new "maximum sanctions" on Iran could force the regime to "come begging" to the United States for relief, according to a senior House Democrat. "If we do enough, they will come begging to us to have negotiations on all the pending issues, including the inadequacies of the nuclear deal," Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Calif., said Monday during a Hudson Institute event. That theory has underpinned the logic of Iran hawks who urged President Trump to threaten a withdrawal from the... more »
Standing Rock Water Protector Set on Fire in Duluth
Jaclyn Arnold, 24, was set on fire and now is hospitalized in a coma, with burns over 85 percent of her body. Read about this horrible attack at Minnesota CBS http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/10/23/duluth-burn-victim/Standing Jaclyn was working with Native American women and others who are victims of sexual abuse and domestic violence when she was attacked Thursday. http://
The Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill
By Paul Homewood The government published details of its new Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill last week: Motorway services and large petrol retailers will be required to install chargepoints for electric cars, under plans announced in the House of Commons today (18 October 2017) by Transport Minister John Hayes. The Automated […]
Poor Jeff Flake Just Called It A Day
Today Jeff Flake announced his retirement with a withering blast at Señor Trumpanzee.""We must stop pretending that the conduct of some in our executive branch are normal. They are not normal... It is time for our complicity and our accommodation of the unacceptable to end. In this century, a new phrase to describe the accommodation of a new and undesirable order, that phrase being the new normal. That we must never adjust to the present coarseness of our national dialogue with the tone set up at the top. We must never regard as normal the regular and casual undermining of our de... more »
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 24, 2017
A U.S. special forces soldier trains Nigerian soldiers during Flintlock 2016, a U.S.-led international training exercise with African militaries in Thies, Senegal, REUTERS/Sylvain Cherkaoui *VICE News*: *The U.S. military is conducting secret missions all over Africa* U.S. troops are now conducting 3,500 exercises, programs, and engagements per year, an average of nearly 10 missions per day, on the African continent, according to the U.S. military’s top commander for Africa, General Thomas Waldhauser. The latest numbers, which the Pentagon confirmed to VICE News, represent a drama... more »
The U.S. Air Force's Next Big Challenge (And Its Not Russia or China)
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * Air Force: "Algorithmic Warfare" Needed for Drones, ISR There is a growing need to identify combat-relevant information amidst quickly growing volumes of data, drone video feeds and sensor information. “It is not sustainable to throw more widgets, platforms and sensors at problems. We have to look at human-machine teaming so that computers can access data, secure data and transport data. This will allow us to get back to the heart of what we do – analysis and decision making,” said Lt. Gen. VeraLinn Jamieson, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surv... more »
After Common Core, Bill Gates Launches New Education Plan
[image: after-common-core-bill-gates-launches-new-education-plan] After helping to further centralize and dumb down government education with Common Core standards, billionaire globalist Bill Gates has another “education” plan to meddle in your child's schooling.
Trial Begins for Illegal Immigrant Who Killed Kate Steinle
[image: trial-begins-for-illegal-immigrant-who-killed-kate-steinle] The trial of Mexican immigrant José Inez García Zárate for shooting Kate Steinle in July 2015 began Monday morning in San Francisco. At issue will be only whether Zárate shot Steinle intentionally or accidentally.
IS terrorists control less than 5% of Syria’s territory — Russian MoD
The Islamic State (terror group, outlawed in Russia) controls no more than 5% of Syria’s territory, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said on Tuesday. “Today, ISIL (former name of IS terror group) controls less than 5%, before the operation of the Russian Aerospace Forces, ISIL controlled more than 70% of Syria’s territory,” Shoigu told the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
NATO-made equipment found in Mayadeen – Syrian Army general
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:10 P.M.) – NATO-produced armaments were allegedly discovered in the newly recaptured Syrian town of Mayadeen, according to Syrian Army Brigadier General Suheil al-Hassan. Al-Hassan gave a statement from the area on Monday: “we have a lot of foreign equipment here. Among all the equipment that you can see here, the majority was […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Russia vetoes UNSC resolution on renewing Syria chemical weapons investigation
Russia has blocked a United Nations Security Council resolution extending the UN-OPCW Joint Mechanism’s mandate in Syria for another year. Along with Russia, the US-initiated document received a negative vote from Bolivia. Kazakhstan and China abstained. “The draft resolution was not passed due to a negative vote by one of the permanent members,” UN Security […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Pictures: Terrorist car bomb attack on Latakia city foiled by vigilant Syrian security troops
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:20 P.M.) – Syrian security forces have foiled a terrorist car bomb attack on the city of Latakia in the west of the country. According to reports, terrorist plotters from an un-mentioned faction (likely Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham; Syrian Al-Qaeda affiliate) attempted to conduct a attack in Latakia city today with a car bomb. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
ISIS totally paralyzed as Russian airstrikes obliterate scores of terrorists along the Euphrates
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:45 P.M.) – Amid the Syrian Arab Army’s unrelenting push down the western bank of the Euphrates River in southern Deir Ezzor province, Russian warplanes are themselves carrying out a massive operation from the skies above the region. Today, Russian warplanes – in support of Syrian Army operations on the ground – carried […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Bombs blow up all over Daraa killing, wounding rebels of every faction
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:15 P.M.) – Both in Daraa city and the provincial countryside around it, bomb assassinations have taken place today killing and wounding rebels from every militant faction. In the city of Daraa, two Free Syrian Army fighters were killed when an improvised explosive device blew up their position inside the district of Al-Ballad. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Another key ISIS stronghold on the Euphrates falls to the Syrian Army amid blitz offensive
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:50 P.M.) – Syrian Arab Army forces operating in southwestern Deir Ezzor Governorate are working over time against ISIS – being neither hindered by bad weather or the hours of darkness – today pushing the terrorist group out of another one of its key strongholds on the western bank of the Euphrates River. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Breaking: Syrian Army bursts into northeast Hama with the aim of capturing Idlib airbase
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:18 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army has kicked-off a new offensive against jihadist militants of the Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham (Syrian Al-Qaeda affiliate) in northeast Hama province with the aim of reaching western Idlib province. According to military sources, vanguard formations of the Syrian Army have commenced a major offensive action in that […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Wild Bill: News Bites 10/24/17...
with a big hat tip to Hardnox, proprietor and head dishwasher at *Nox and Friends. * Who........has updated his website, *Westphalia Wood Works*, where he and his brother create one of a kind beautiful furniture and other goodies. Their stuff is seriously gorgeous. *Westphalia Wood Works* designs and produces Professionally Handcrafted “Heirloom Quality” Furniture and interior accessories using vintage reclaimed Barn Wood and Live Edge slab timber of Walnut, Oak, Maple, Hickory, Cherry, and other select hardwoods. DEWALT DW088K Self-Leveling Cross Line Laser with Enhancement... more »
More Problems With The F-35
A Lockheed Martin F-35A jet Photographer: George Frey/Bloomberg *Bloomberg*:* F-35s Hobbled by Parts Shortages, Slow Repairs, Audit Finds* * Pentagon will be hard-pressed to keep fighter flying, GAO says * Watchdog agency says military services unsure of upkeep costs The Pentagon is accelerating production of Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35 jet even though the planes already delivered are facing “significantly longer repair times” than planned because maintenance facilities are six years behind schedule, according to a draft audit. The time to repair a part has averaged 172 days -- “t... more »
Another President Trump Critic Has Announced That He Will Not Seek Re-Election
U.S. Senator Jeff Flake *AZCentral:* *Arizona's Jeff Flake announces he will not seek re-election to U.S. Senate* Condemning the nastiness of Republican politics in the era of President Donald Trump, Sen. Jeff Flake on Tuesday announced he will serve out the remainder of his term but will not seek re-election in 2018. The bombshell, which Flake, R-Ariz., intended to detail Tuesday afternoon on the Senate floor, will further roil Republican hopes of keeping the party's 52-seat Senate majority in the midterm elections of Trump's first term, when the president's party historically lo... more »
Catalonia’s Secession Dilemma Proves the State Will Not Respect The People’s Vote
By Derrick Broze The Spanish government’s response to Catalan secession efforts should serve as a reminder that the State does not care about your vote.... more »
U.S. Nuclear Bombers Prepare to Go on 24-Hr Alert for First Time Since the Cold War
By Jay Syrmopoulos With tensions continually escalating on the Korean peninsula, the U.S. Air Force is reportedly preparing to put its fleet of nuclear-armed B-52... more »
Top Senators Didn’t Know That The US Has Troops In Niger
By Dawn Luger Some top senators are saying they are stunned to find out the United States has troops in Niger as questions swirl about... more »
REAL ID Allows Police to Control “Fundamental Aspects of Our Daily Lives”
By MassPrivateI Thanks to REAL ID, DHS has created a national ID system right under everyone’s noses. According to the video below, Tennessee is ‘Spreading... more »
Hollywood Crumbles as Oscar-Winning Director Suggests Cover-Up of Widespread Pedophilia
[image: hollywood]Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis takes Hollywood to task over claims of widespread pedophilia and their immense ability to cover it up.
Iraq's Shiite Militias Have Launched A New Offensive Against The Kurds
Kurdish Peshmerga military vehicles are seen during a battle with Islamic State militants at Jarbuah village near Bashiqa near Mosul, Iraq October 28, 2016. Ahmed Jadallah, Reuters *CNBC: **Iraq paramilitaries battle Kurds in push towards Turkish border oil hub* Iraqi pro-government paramilitaries launched an offensive against Kurdish troops on Tuesday near the Turkish frontier, pushing towards a strategic border crossing and oil export pipeline hub that Baghdad says must come under its control. The Iraqi government has transformed the balance of power in the north of the country... more »
YOU are so great (and your civilization.) A roundup of tech and science news
First some news: the ebook for Earth is only $4.99 for a limited time on Kindle, Nook, ibooks. Read the 1st 7 chapters for free at my site! (Also a Reading Group Guide of questions to ponder.) Ranked one of the best and most-prophetically accurate near future novels. Example? The distribution of sophisticated scientific instrumentation to our phones is something I predicted way back in Earth (1989) and especially in Existence. Now see a compact image sensor whose spectral capabilities may offer built-in (or tack-on) use for health diagnostic, environmental monitoring, and general... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Sexual Assault Weapon of War'
Read article at Mohawk Nation News http://mohawknationnews.com/blog/2017/10/24/sexual-assault-weapon-of-war/
IF NOT LEGISLATION, THEN INVESTIGATION?
There they go again: Two more Republican-led congressional committees will probe the Obama administration’s decision to approve the sale of American uranium production capability to a Russian state-run energy conglomerate, a key GOP lawmaker announced Tuesday. Rep. Devin Nunes, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said he’d be linking up with the House Oversight panel led by Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.). The Senate Judiciary Committee has already said it would investigate the uranium deal. Also: The chairmen of the House Judiciary and Oversight committees on Tuesday announce... more »
What did Graham and Schumer know?
*TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2017What kinds of people are we:* Immediately after lunch, we started watching the videotape of last night's Maddow broadcast. All things considered, we were doing well—until the star offered this pleasing claim, early in her show: MADDOW (10/23/17): The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Corps General Joseph Dunford, made himself available to the Pentagon press corps today to actually deliver some information about what happened to these four soldiers in Niger. Between his prepared remarks and the very lengthy list of questions he took from the sh... more »
'Serving the people'—an empty promise in many countries, in China, it's the focus
As the 19th CPC Congress discusses a 50-year perspective to create a "beautiful" nation, a new tone is coming from China: confident, on the move, exuberant about the future, inviting the world to join in. "A new paradigm of economic development and governance was announced.... The world is watching with excitement as China is entering a defining moment in its drive to uphold its past gains while seeking to position itself in a new era of economic growth," Toumert Al, a director of Education at the International School under China Foreign Affairs University, wrote in today's *Globa... more »
So yesterday Melania Trump participated in an anti-bullying event. No, I am not kidding.
"My bully makes me dress up in tight clothes and pretend to like him in front of an audience, how about yours?" Courtesy of the Daily Mail: *First lady Melania Trump voyaged to the Detroit suburbs Monday to speak to middle school students and participate in a 'No One Eats Alone' anti-bullying event, which the Michigan school was participating in. * *'I encourage you to find a new friend and eat with your new friend,' the first lady told students at Orchard Lake Middle School in West Bloomfield. 'Ask them what they like, what their hobbies are so nobody becomes sad or stressed and e... more »
Leaked NSA Document Directly Ties Suadi Arabia Providing Arms To Syrian Rebels At The Start Of The Civil War
The NSA issued three single source reports on March 14-18, 2013 based on PRISM Skype collection which detailed directions from the Saudis to the Syrian opposition to “light up Damascus” in attacks on the airport and other locations. Graphic: NSA *The Intercept:* *NSA Document Says Saudi Prince Directly Ordered Coordinated Attack By Syrian Rebels On Damascus* A loosely knit collection of Syrian rebel fighters set up positions on March 18, 2013, and fired several barrages of rockets at targets in the heart of Damascus, Bashar al-Assad’s capital. The attack was a brazen show of force... more »
Russia Vetoes UN Resolution On Extending The Probe On Syrian Chemical Attacks
*RFE*: *Russia Vetoes UN Resolution To Extend Syrian Chemical-Weapons Probe* Russia has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have extended for one year the work of international inspectors investigating chemical-weapons attacks in Syria. The October 24 veto came immediately after Moscow failed to secure a one-month postponement of the vote in order to allow the body to consider a report from the inspectors that is due on October 26. Russian UN Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya said the United States -- which drafted the resolution -- called the vote "to show up and dishonor... more »
Steve Bannon Launches His Big Foreign Policy Crusade
*Curt Mills* *Politics, Americas* [image: Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon participates in a Hudson Institute conference on] Bannon accused Iran of conducting a “pincer move through the Arab world,” language in line with those who are most critical of Iran. Bannon joined other Republican grandees such as Sen. Tom Cotton at a packed event in Washington on Monday. The optics were almost too perfect. Minutes before Stephen K. Bannon, the former White House chief strategist, was due to speak in the highlight time slot at the Hudson Institute’s security summit on Mond... more »
The bullshit of Red October
It’s been 100 years since the Bolsheviks seized power in Russia in October 1917, storming the Winter Palace to throw off the Czar’s yoke and deliver freedom to the Russian masses. October 25! The day of Red October! Trouble is, everything about that fairy tale is wrong, including the outcome. It’s fake history. Even the date is bullshit. The Bolsheviks were lying pissweak murdering parasites, and the ‘glorious October Revolution' was their first grand re-invention. And 100 years later, and after 100 million deaths due to the communism they helped unleash, you’d think folk would... more »
Snowing and Freezing in the Arctic
The image from IMS shows snow and ice on day 296 (yesterday) 2007 to 2017, with focus on Eurasia but also showing Canada and Alaska. You can see that low Arctic ice years, like 2007, 2012 and 2016 have a smaller snow extent on both sides of the Arctic. Conversely, higher Arctic ice years like […]
Fear Not For Fiji
Published this month is an update on sea levels at Fiji, and thankfully the threat level can be dialed way down. (H/T Tallbloke) The Research Article: Our Oceans-Our Future: New Evidence-based Sea Level Records from the Fiji Islands for the Last 500 years Indicating Rotational Eustasy and Absence of a Present Rise in Sea Level […]
WATCH: ‘Chocolate & Blood All Over’: Cop Breaks Into Godiva Store & Gets Violent
[image: chocolate]An off-duty police officer was arrested after she forced her way into a locked Godiva shop and then harassed employees who told her the business was closed.
Looking two ways
I've been dipping into the BBC and Sky websites this afternoon/evening and it's amusing that Sky has stuck rigidly with the 'Labour MP in trouble' story as their main story while the BBC has stuck just as rigidly with the 'Tory MP in trouble' story. Does that mean that Sky is anti-Labour and BBC News anti-Tory?
The BBC apologises
The BBC has apologised for a breach of impartiality and accuracy on the *Today *programme. BBC complaints director Colin Tregear wrote to one of the complainants saying, "I hope you’ll accept my apologies, on behalf of the BBC, for the breach of editorial standards you identified". So can *you* guess what the BBC is apologising for? I won't spoil it for you by giving you the answer...cough, cough, Lord Lawson, climate change cough, cough...You'll have to click on this link to the *Guardian* to find out.
Video 'Standing for Water, Rights and Justice' Indigenous Women's Divestment Team in Europe
Indigenous Women's Divestment Delegation Taking on Banks in Europe Screenshot by Censored News Watch video: Watch video on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WECAN.Intl/videos/1880004322028142/Women's Earth and Climate Action Network Women's Earth and Climate Action NetworkVideo produced by Teena Pugliese. Teena Pugliese Michelle Cook LaDonna Tamakawastewin Allard Tara Zhaabowekwe
"Have You Not Your Soul?"
"What matter if this base, unjust life Cast you naked and disarmed? If the ground breaks beneath your step, Have you not your soul? Your soul! You fly away, Escape to realms refined, Beyond all sadness and whimpering. Be like the bird which on frail branches balanced A moment sits and sings; He feels them tremble, but he sings unshaken, Knowing he has wings." – Victor Hugo
The Dynamic Furman Ratio
There has been a lot (maybe too much) commentary on my simple pedagogical exercise. To move the discussion forward, let me offer a challenge to readers: What is the dynamic Furman ratio in such a model--that is, the ratio the wage increase to the dynamic revenue loss, which I will call dw/dz? Note that dz = - d[t*f '(k)*k] but now we take into account that k and f '(k) will change with t. Furman was the first to point out to me that, for Cobb-Douglas, the correct answer is: dw/dz = (1-α) / (1- α - t). For a capital share and tax rate of 1/3, we get dw/dz = 2. Each dollar of a ...more »
Alzheimer’s may be preventable in a decade.
Alzheimer’s may be preventable in a decade | New York Post http://nypost.com/2017/10/23/alzheimers-may-be-preventable-in-a-decade/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPFacebook&utm_medium=SocialFlow&sr_share=facebook Advertisements
Left Handed Facts: Benefits of Left-Handedness.
Left Handed Facts: Benefits of Left-Handedness | Reader’s Digest https://www.rd.com/health/wellness/left-handed-facts/1/?trkid=soc-rd-facebook
Novel technique explains herbicide’s link to Parkinson’s disease
Medical Xpress: Novel technique explains herbicide’s link to Parkinson’s disease https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2017-10-technique-herbicide-link-parkinson-disease.html
Step inside the mind of the young Stephen Hawking as his PhD thesis goes online for first time.
Step inside the mind of the young Stephen Hawking as his PhD thesis goes online for first time | University of Cambridge https://googleweblight.com/i?u=https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/step-inside-the-mind-of-the-young-stephen-hawking-as-his-phd-thesis-goes-online-for-first-time&grqid=JncNb9Dd&hl=en-IN
One Of The Biggest Soda Companies In The World Just Admitted: It Contains Cancer-Causing Ingredients
One Of The Biggest Soda Companies In The World Just Admitted: It Contains Cancer-Causing Ingredients http://ewao.com/2017/10/23/one-of-the-biggest-soda-companies-in-the-world-just-admitted-it-contains-cancer-causing-ingredients/
Sex robot creator is ready to make a baby with his machine.
Sex robot creator is ready to make a baby with his machine | New York Post http://nypost.com/2017/10/23/sex-robot-creator-is-ready-to-make-a-baby-with-his-machine/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPFacebook&utm_medium=SocialFlow&sr_share=facebook
This “Anti-Gravity” Machine Could Take Humanity to the Stars
This “Anti-Gravity” Machine Could Take Humanity to the Stars https://futurism.com/space-suction-device-could-become-solution-to-astronaut-exercise/
First Successful Gene Therapy Against Human Aging? It May Be So
First Successful Gene Therapy Against Human Aging? It May Be So https://futurism.com/gene-therapy-reportedly-used-reverse-biological-aging/
Science Explained: How Can the Diameter of the Universe Exceed its Age?
Science Explained: How Can the Diameter of the Universe Exceed its Age? https://futurism.com/how-can-the-diameter-of-the-universe-the-age/?utm_content=bufferc5670&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Most cancer is caused by processed food and toxic ingredients, new study confirms.
Most cancer is caused by processed food and toxic ingredients, new study confirms – NaturalNews.com https://www.naturalnews.com/2017-08-13-most-cancer-caused-by-processed-food-and-toxic-ingredients-new-study-confirms-2.html
Julia Hartley Brewer vs Alastair Campbell Over Brexit
https://youtu.be/TznJaGJX-J8 She calls him a liar, he keeps saying "people like you". Who's in the right, you decide.
Project Horse Fly - The Documents
My posting about General Exon and the project known as “Horse Fly” inspired one of those who visit here to file a FOIA request. Here is what he wrote: *Bombastic Bill* has left a new comment on your post "Arthur Exon and the Investigative Teams": So I recently filed a FOIA for Horse Fly for Wright Pat in the years listed above and I have received a reply from the Air Force: "A thorough search for these records by Office of Primary Responsibility (OPR) has not produced any responsive records relating to your request" So I don't know if Horse Fly is a bogus name or there was something ... more »
Are Our Mideast Wars Forever?
[image: are-our-mideast-wars-forever] After 4,500 U.S. dead, scores of thousands wounded and a trillion dollars sunk, our 15-year war in Iraq could end with a Shiite-dominated Baghdad aligned with Tehran.
Democrat Party Donations Falling Behind
[image: democrat-party-donations-falling-behind] Rich liberal Democrat donors aren’t donating. At the end of September, the Democrats had just $7 million in their checking account, while the Republicans are sitting on $44 million.
The Poet: Mary Oliver, “October”
*“October”* "There’s this shape, black as the entrance to a cave. A longing wells up in its throat like a blossom as it breathes slowly. What does the world mean to you if you can’t trust it to go on shining when you’re not there? and there’s a tree, long-fallen; once the bees flew to it, like a procession of messengers, and filled it with honey. I said to the chickadee, singing his heart out in the green pine tree: little dazzler little song, little mouthful. The shape climbs up out of the curled grass. It grunts into view. There is no measure for the confidence at the bottom of its e... more »
Nuclear Risk Landscapes and the Circulations of their Effluents Missing from Accounts of Global Environmental Collapse
The US has Hanford, among other iconic sites, and the UK has Sellafield. These sites are extreme "risk landscapes" as described by Blowers in his "Nuclear Wastelands" Blowers, Andrew (2017, August). Nuclear’s wastelands part 1 – landscapes of the legacy of nuclear power. Town & Country, 303-308, p. 304. This recent "chemical alert" at Sellafield illustrates the catastrophic risks encoded in nuclear risk landscapes: Chemical alert brings Bomb Squad to Sellafield’s confined Separation Area (21, October 2017) http://corecumbria.co.uk/briefings/chemical-alert-brings-bomb-squad-to-sell... more »
Doofus Of The Day #981
Today's award goes to a moonbat professor who can't think straight. A math education professor at the University of Illinois argued in a newly published book that algebraic and geometry skills perpetuate “unearned privilege” among whites. Rochelle Gutierrez, a professor at the University of Illinois, made the claim in a new anthology for math teachers, arguing that teachers must be aware of the “politics that mathematics brings” in society. “On many levels, mathematics itself operates as Whiteness. Who gets credit for doing and developing mathematics, who is capable in mathematics,... more »
BREAKING: FBI Releases Docs On Sandy Hook Showing Feds Visited Shooter BEFORE Massacre
[image: sandy hook]Without notice, the FBI just released 1,500 pages of documents on the Sandy Hook massacre. We now know Lanza was visited by Feds BEFORE the shooting.
Little Has Changed For Flint Residents Forced To Pay For Poisoned Water
Nearly 1,250 days ago, a major water crisis hit Flint, Michigan. Yet, even as problems persist, officials involved in the crisis have yet to be held accountable. The post Little Has Changed For Flint Residents Forced To Pay For Poisoned Water appeared first on Shadowproof.
Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 296 – 2017
Originally posted on sunshine hours: South / North
Lies and Manipulation: The Sorry State of Global Climate Alarmism
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: Guest opinion by Vijay Jayaraj As a citizen of a third-world country, I bring a different perspective about climate change from that held by most people in wealthy countries. While they fret about possible tenth-of-a-degree changes in global average temperature, I think about how a billion of my…
In A Dramatic Pivot, Shia Militia Leader Tells US: 'Get Ready To Leave Iraq'
[image: undefined] A prominent Iraqi militia leader with close ties to Iran has told the United States to go home while also accusing US forces of not actually being interested in fighting ISIS: “Your forces should get ready to get out of our country once the excuse of Daesh’s presence is over," said Sheikh Qais al-Khazali, the commander of the Shiite PMU group Asaib (Popular Mobilization Unit), through the group's TV channel on Monday. The threatening statement was issued the same day Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi publicly rejected Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's earlier ... more »
Mutual Assured Destruction: Missile Defense Might be a Lie
[image: undefined] Sometimes it is possible to read or view something that completely changes the way one looks at things. I had that experience last week when I read an article at Lobelog entitled “*A Plea for Common Sense on Missile Defense*,” written by Joe Cirincione, a former staffer on the House Armed Services Committee who now heads the Ploughshares Fund, which is a Washington DC based global foundation that seeks to stop the spread of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. The article debunks much of the narrative being put out by the White House and Pentagon regarding m... more »
Hillary Clinton 'Lovefest' In Montreal
Hillary Clinton spoke in Montreal in front of a crowd of 2,000. (CBC) *CBC*: *Hillary Clinton talks election loss, new book and inspiring women in Montreal* *Clinton stopped at Palais des Congès to promote her new book Monday night* Around 2,000 people gathered at the Palais des Congrès in Montreal Monday night to hear former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speak during a stop on her new book tour. Clinton's book, What Happened, was released last month and has been praised for its candour and willingness to admit mistakes as well as being op... more »
GELLER, MUELLER, HALEVY, EITAN ...
*Jo Cox (third from Left)* Above we see British MP Jo Cox standing in the middle of a group of Palestinian supporters. Her blogs talk of boycotting Israeli goods. Was she murdered by the Israelis? JO COX FALSE FLAG CONSPIRACY / THOMAS MAIR IS INNOCENT *Robert Mueller at a Lockerbie memorial service.* The man who investigated Lockerbie was *Robert Mueller*. He covered up involvement by Mossad and the CIA? MUELLER AND MULHOLLAND; DON'T MENTION THE HEROIN. Mueller is now investigating Democratic lobbyist Tony Podesta *Uri geller with former UK prime Minister Edward Heath.* Was *U... more »
BREAKING: Russia vetoes UN resolution for further inspections of “Syrian chemical weapons”
Russia's move will save time and money over a dead-horse issue that the west continues to flog. More The post BREAKING: Russia vetoes UN resolution for further inspections of “Syrian chemical weapons” appeared first on The Duran.
BLACK DEATH NUMBERS CONFUSION CONTINUES. HUMANITY’S FATE HANGS IN THE BALANCE
Total confusion reigns in the fight against the plague in Madagascar, says the Madagascar Tribune. http://www.madagascar-tribune.com/Confusion-totale-dans-la-lutte,23377.html WHO and Madagascar’s centre for emergencies the BNRGC are giving different numbers, which is worrying. Accurate records are needed to tackle an epidemic. It looks like this was not a natural outbreak. In as far as it looks like […]
Trump’s tax plan is more evidence he wants to join Goldman Sachs and the Kremlin oligarchs in looting and destroying America, benefits super rich
Donald Trump, John Kelly and Steve Bannon have overlooked a little detail in their new tax reform plan. It overwhelming benefits the super rich. The 1% will enjoy 47% of the tax cuts. In addition, it will lead to a drastic deterioration of the US federal government’s tax revenue while doing little to spur consumer growth and […]
Kierkegaard in Iowa and my mirror selfie for this week
James Comey may be tweeting “moody” pictures showing himself engaged in the very interesting activity of standing in the middle of an empty road in the middle of nowhere staring at nothing in particular. https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2017/10/23/trending-james-comeys-moody-tweets-teen-shares-her-shrek-story/?utm_term=.3ec5742d9b70 I am putting up a new mirror selfie to prove I am still alive one week after nearly being turned […]
Superantibiotics, also with silver ions, in the pipeline..
The Guardian has carried a report about new kinds of superantibiotics capable of presumably fighting the plague, which are in the pipeline. The Globalists probably have them already. One super antibiotic uses silver ions. Colloidal silver is a well known way of killing bacteria and viruses. But if the Globalists are spreading pneumonic plague everywhere, nothing will […]
Why Trump really should become Fed Prez
John Crudele has encouraged Donald Trump to name himself head of the Federal Reserve in a New York Post column. http://nypost.com/2017/10/23/why-trump-should-name-himself-new-chair-of-the-federal-reserve/ You know, the more I think about that, the more I warm to the idea. Trump as Fed prez could bridge the glaring contradiction at the heart of his administration. Though elected on the […]
If Trump Keeps Up Like This, Would HE Be Able To Be Elected Dogcatcher In Tennessee?
Last year, Trump beat Hillary 60.7% to 34.7% in Tennessee, a very solid win. Hillary won just 3 counties of the state's 95. She won Shelby Co., the state's most populous by a wide margin-- 206,640 (62.3%) to 114,948 (34.6%) and nearby Haywood Co.-- 3,704 (54.3%) to 3,020 (44.2%). Hillary also kicked Trump's ass in Tennessee's second most populous county, Davidson, which includes Nashville. She won 148,473 (60.3%) to 84,365 (34.3%). In 2012, when Bob Corker was up to reelection, he did about 5 points better than Trump wound up doing, winning 64.9% of the vote. That's because he won ... more »
U.S. Air Force Is Not Going To Put Their Nuclear Bombers On 24/7 Alert (For Now)
B-52Hs at Barksdale take part in a minimum interval take-off training exercise in 2013. USAF *The Drive:* *No, the USAF Hasn't Put its Nuclear Bombers Back on 24/7 Alert, Yet* *Just considering the plan might have benefits, but doing so would be costly and could risk accidents and provocations.* The U.S. Air Force’s top officer General David Goldfein says the service is preparing to possibly put some of its nuclear capable bombers back on 24-hour alert for the first time in more than 25 years. With a major Pentagon-wide review of how the U.S. military positions its nuclear forces ... more »
Under SDF rule, Raqqah can’t be called liberated: Syria says no to "Wild West" Mentality
*Downtown Raqquh - after so-called "Liberation"* *by USrael/Kurd alliance* When is a city truly "liberated" from terrorist tyranny? Well, it all depends on whether you are the country involved....or fanatical hegemonic land thieves. Syria, which the whole world has acknowledged is a sovereign nation, member of the United Nations and all that...says that *Raqqah will not be truly liberated until the flag of Syria flies over the US-caused ruins of the city.* The United States and the Kurds...who are proxies for Israel...say that it has just recently been "liberated" by them. Remi... more »
Tell me again why your kid's state run school is different and really, really good...
*because it isn't.* Check out what some elementary schools think is appropriate for Halloween decorations. Santa Clarita, CA Elementary School: Each year around the holiday, each class at the school competes to make the best scarecrow. This is what one class made as their entry. *Or how about West Parish Elementary in Gloucester, MA:* This pic is at a fund raiser and was a bean bag game brought by parents. It was billed as a "family friendly" event. And yet you can't dress up as an Indian, an Arab, or a Japanese geisha. And, dear Lord in heaven, don't even consider being Moa... more »
Brief Update
*The FBI* I doubt that the FBI will recover much of it's dignity to my generation. They sold us out in the worst possible way to the worst possible politicians. Had Hillary won, we would have never known for sure, but (thank God), she did not win. In time the current scandal involving Director Comey will fade as the Ruby Ridge cover up did. Ever defensive of its reputation, the FBI is saying, "nothing to see here, move on." The FBI said that right after Deputy Director Robert Hanssen (who spied for the Russians for 22 years) was convicted...nothing to see here, move along. I recal... more »
Pick a Side and Stick to It
In response to an earlier post on NPE, CTA, and TURN, a school board member responded by noting "what a mess." As an antidote, she suggested that those in the fight for public education should "pick a side and stick to it." I concur. I concur. In the battle against the privatizers, corporate welfare schemers, and ideologues of greed, there is no room for fence straddling or Janus-faced policy talk that tries to claim a non-existent middle ground between public school advocates and the enemies of public education. Pick a side and stick with it, indeed. Sadly, the NPE/AFT/NEA all... more »
Gold Star family finally receives personal check from Donald Trump dated for the same day that the media reported that the promised check had never arrived.
EXCLUSIVE: NC #GoldStar family receives $25,000 personal check, months after condolence call from @POTUS @realDonaldTrump. @ABC11_WTVD @ABC pic.twitter.com/eTUxCCgYMY — Jonah Kaplan (@KaplanABC11) October 23, 2017 Courtesy of ABC 11: *The grieving family of a fallen American soldier received a $25,000 check from President Donald Trump on Monday, fulfilling a promise made months ago by the Commander in Chief during a condolence call.* *Chris and Jessie Baldridge, whose son Dillon died in June in Afghanistan, spoke exclusively with ABC11 after the check was delivered via FedEx from... more »
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