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BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:45 P.M.) – Today footage was released over pro-government social media showing Syrian Army forces advancing south from Al-Mayadeen city towards the strategic Syrian-Iraqi border town of Abu Kamal in Deir Ezzor province. The Syrian Army unit seen in the footage came under attack by an ISIS tank hunter team using the US-built […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:20 P.M.) – Earlier today, pro-government forces operating in southwestern Deir Ezzor province scored a major advance against ISIS militants holding the T-2 military complex, surrounding them from three directions. Hezbollah media has released another round of footage showing pro-government forces – namely the Syrian Arab Army, Hezbollah and Liwa al-Fatamiyoon – engaging […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Click here to see a HD version of the map above. BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:35 P.M.) – As the war against ISIS in Deir Ezzor province reaches its peak, a situation has now emerged whereby both pro-government forces and US-backed, Kurdish-led militias (fighting under the Syrian Democratic Forces banner) are making conflicting claims over advances in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has commented on the new Turkish operation in Idlib, which is the second Turkish military campaign in the Syrian territory. “The Turkish side is responsible for ensuring security in the de-escalation zone. … Without a doubt, the member states to the Astana agreements coordinate their actions on the issue of establishment […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:10 P.M.) – Russian TV released fresh footage on Tuesday of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) entering one of the Islamic State’s (ISIL) bunkers near their former capital, Al-Mayadeen. The footage not only shows the ISIL bunker, but also, destroyed tanks and military vehicles, along with a number of terrorist corpses. Video footage […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
*WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2017Interlude—Huckabee Sanders enabled:* We were surprised by something that happened at yesterday's briefing by the newly acerbic Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Someone asked a sensible question; it concerned General Kelly's recent statements about Rep. Frederica Wilson. In response to that sensible question, Sanders gave a truly striking reply. Here's the exchange, as it appears in the official transcript. The statement by the newly acerbic Sanders comes from a very strange world: QUESTION (10/24/17): One of the aspects of civil discourse is for people in the d...more »
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: Or, more accurately, two tails about the same lease sale… Guest rant by David Middleton Earlier this year, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced that all available leases in the Gulf of Mexico would be offered in two area-wide sales each year. This is in contrast to the old…
Originally posted on polarbearscience: You could call it karma — the death of the polar bear icon after the shameful hubris of polar bear experts back in 2009. That year, the IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group booted 20-year member Mitch Taylor out of their organization, explaining that his skeptical views on human-caused global warming were…
[image: appeals-court-illegal-minor-must-be-allowed-to-have-abortion] An appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration must allow a 17-year-old illegal immigrant to kill her unborn baby.
[image: irs-to-start-enforcing-obamacare-s-individual-mandate] The IRS announced recently that it would start enforcing ObamaCare’s individual mandate with the 2018 tax filing season, the first time the agency has done so.
[image: hartford-connecticut-faces-default] As Hartford, Connecticut, struggles to maintain its fixed costs, particularly its union liabilities, Moody's Investor Services issued a dire warning to lenders on Thursday that Hartford will likely default on its debt by November if it does not take drastic actions.
[image: hollywood]Corey Feldman just announced his plan to take down the elite pedophile ring in Hollywood. Now he's saying someone just tried to kill him.
The information further demonstrates the strength of Syrian resolve, even when facing the worst of terrorist onslaughts. More The post CONFIRMED BY EDWARD SNOWDEN: US and Saudi coordinated barbaric terrorist attacks on Syria appeared first on The Duran.
John McCain appears to have delivered the infamous Trump Dossier to the FBI. More The post Is John McCain the Republican snake who worked with Hillary Clinton to smear Trump? appeared first on The Duran.
Kanahus Manuel said, "In Zurich, Switzerland sharing about the impacts of Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain on Indigenous Peoples and Communities. We are here to meet with Swiss banks to divest and defund the KM pipeline. Global actions against these banks are happening around the world this week, divest the globe." During October Kanahus Manuel was in Paris, speaking out. Kanahus, Secwepemc,
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First boron–tellurium double bond captured | Research | Chemistry World https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/first-borontellurium-double-bond-captured/3008167.article
Medical Video – First Head Transplant in History- Medical Videos https://www.medicalvideos.com/video/11613/medical-video-first-head-transplant-in-history
Los Alamos Study Finds Airport Scanners Can Rip Apart & Alter DNA – Collective Evolution http://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/02/19/los-alamos-study-finds-airport-scanners-can-rip-apart-alter-dna/
New Device Turns Cells Into Other Types Of Cells Required To Heal Disease | The Galactic Free Press http://soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/content/new-device-turns-cells-other-types-cells-required-heal-disease
National screening programme for Alzheimer’s disease on horizon as drugs due by 2025 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/12/01/national-screening-programme-alzheimers-disease-horizon-drugs/
This study has good news for people who spend all their time daydreaming – ScienceAlert http://www.sciencealert.com/daydream-mind-wander-intelligence-creativity-schumacher
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last October 19, 2017. Political science masquerading as climate science insist that the gas that we humans and our animals exhale, the gas that is used by trees, flowers, fruits and other crops to grow and feed the world — carbon dioxide or CO2 — is a pollutant that must be over-taxed and over-regulated. Far from the truth. CO2 is a useful gas, not a pollutant. Since it is useful, the optimal carbon tax for coal in particular is not P10/ton, not P20, not P600, but zero. However, a zero tax on coal is unpopular from the world of climate alarmis...more »
*it appears so and it's about time.* Keep in mind the original "breaker" of this story is the Washington Post - a very dishonest purveyor of fake news. So why now? Clinton campaign, DNC paid for research that led to Russia dossier That my dear friends is going to take some thought and mulling over of what we know. And what we know is exactly what they want us to know - no more or less. I'll give it thought while I head off for history club and a bunch of frivolous trinket shopping. *From Last Refuge:* Tucker Carlson revealed some stunning information tonight on his TV show. F...more »
*Ahmed Charai* *Security, Middle East* [image: Morocco's King Mohammed VI (R) attends a signing ceremony with the Nigerian delegation, on the Nigeria-Moroccan gas pipeline project that will connect the two nations as well as some other African countries to Europe, at the King's Palace in Rabat, Morocco May 15, 2017. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal] The king is establishing rules of supervision and control, as well as the principle of accountability. The seven-month protest movement has shaken the northern Moroccan city of Al Hoceima, as a result of the failed policies of former prime min...more »
*Ryan Pickrell* *Security, Asia* It is unclear at this time exactly what North Korea intends to to do with its new solid-fueled engine. If it intends to load it into a solid-fueled ICBM, that is definitely cause for concern. The rogue North Korean regime appears to be pushing ahead on its deadliest missiles. North Korea tested a new solid-fueled rocket engine in the east coast city of Hamhung early last week, *The Diplomat* reports, citing a U.S. government official with knowledge of North Korea’s ballistic missile program. North Korea has conducted solid-fueled engine tests in ...more »
*Ramesh Thakur* *Security, Asia* But we do have pathways to avoid it. By 2020, North Korea will either be a post-atomic wasteland; an active war zone; or a de facto nuclear-armed state with a fully developed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capability, and grudgingly accepted as such. To paraphrase Churchill’s familiar bon mot on democracy, learning to live with that reality would be the worst outcome, except for all the alternatives. North Korea is no longer pursuing nuclear capability; it is a nuclear-armed state. It has maybe 60 nuclear bombs already, ICBMs to put U...more »
*Robert Beckhusen* *Security, * A big mystery. On Oct. 20, 2017, the Kurdish Peshmerga claimed to have destroyed an Iraqi M-1A1 Abrams tank during fighting in Kirkuk province and took grainy video footage to prove it. It was an especially noteworthy clash given that Western allies supplied many of Iraqi Kurdistan’s anti-tank missiles and Iraq’s Abrams tanks. The Iraqi military’s Joint Operations Command accused the Peshmerga of targeting the tank with a wire-guided MILAN anti-tank missile launcher, which Germany supplied by the dozens to the Peshmerga for use against Islamic S...more »
West Eyes Recolonization of Africa by Endless War; Removing Gaddafi Was Just First Step by Dan Glazebrook, https://www.rt.com/ Exactly six years ago, on October 20th, 2011, Muammar Gaddafi was murdered, joining a long list of African revolutionaries martyred by the West for daring to dream of continental independence. – Earlier that day, Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte had […]
[image: license]A police officer claimed a woman was using her driver's license as "a weapon" and attempting to throw it at him, but Body Cam footage showed the opposite.
[image: opioid]A new study reveals that opioid-related deaths in Colorado decreased by nearly 7 percent in the two years after the state legalized cannabis.
After the September 2017 Independence Referendum, the two main Kurdish ruling parties found themselves in a quandary. President Masoud Barzani of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) was humiliated by the fiasco that followed the election where the Kurds gave up not only Kirkuk but almost all the disputed areas they had sought to annex following the fall of Saddam Hussein. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) on the other hand was not only accused of selling out to Baghdad by ordering its Peshmerga to fall back in the face of the federal forces, but was deeply divided internally...more »
1922 Gertrude Bell wrote that King Faisal was trying to create his own party but was being played by politicians 1980 Iraq fired missiles at Dezful, Iran 1983 Iran claimed Iraqi troops destroyed Kurdish town of Penjwin 1984 Iranian troops recaptured Mehran, Iran ending Op Dawn 7 2000 Congress authorized increase in support for Iraqi opposition groups to $25 mil in 2001 $18 mil would got to INC 2002 VP Cheney met with Russian For Min Told him countries that sided with US in war would get preferential treatment in contracts afterward 2003 Iraqi prisone...more »
At least in appearance, Fats was no Elvis Presley. He stood 5-feet-5 and weighed more than 200 pounds with a wide, boyish smile and a haircut as flat as an album cover. But Domino sold more than 110 million records, and 22 million-selling singles.
The media does a lot mind-reading when it comes to U.S. foreign policy. The idea that the United States and, often, its allies operate in “good faith” is taken for granted for most of the American press - so much so that we don’t really think much about it. On this episode, we explore the media's commitment to the narrative of "United States as reluctant warrior," whose leadership and
Women's Indigenous Media added a new video. 5 hrs · Our incredible sister Michelle Cook moved onto Italy to speak with the Pope after meeting with banks and insurance companies in Norway, Switzerland an Germany to hold them accountable for divesting in Fossil Fuels. This amazing sister has spread major awareness of Energy Transfer Partners human rights violations, desecrations of sacred
A few weeks ago, I repeated warnings from several quarters that terrorists had used, and were planning to use, hobby-style drones as weapons of terror. My article was debunked by some who thought the idea wholly far-fetched. One such response may be found here. Well, guess what? Mexican drug cartels are doing it right now! The hobby drone referred to at that link, the 3DR Solo Quadcopter, costs only $199 from online retailers such as Amazon.com. It can carry a payload of 1.1 pounds, according to its user manual - and Mexican drug cartels were obviously using that capability to t...more »
Courtesy of CNN: *Bill O'Reilly has repeatedly blamed reports of sexual misconduct on a politically motivated media. On Monday, he admitted that he also blames a higher power. * *"You know, am I mad at God? Yeah, I'm mad at him," O'Reilly said on the latest episode of his web series, "No Spin News." "I wish I had more protection. I wish this stuff didn't happen. I can't explain it to you. Yeah, I'm mad at him."* Damn, I have heard about people being completely incapable of self awareness, but to actually blame the God who claim to worship instead of taking responsibility for you...more »
Donald Trump’s administration has been sending mixed messages in relationship to its global epidemic health approach. With the appointment of Admiral Tim Ziemer to the position senior director for Global Health Security at the National Security Council late this summer, Trump has, however, sent a clear signal that official policy on epidemics will focus less […]
Admiral Tim Ziemer became the Senior Director for Global Health Security at the National Security Council sometime this summer in a sign that those forces who do not want the USA and world to succumb to a false flag epidemic are gaining the upper hand in the administration of Donald Trump. Tim Ziemer is known […]
The World Bank held a pandemic exercise this month involving a mysterious drug-resistant virus that spread quickly and often led to severe respiratory infections focussed on the need to control the message on the Social Media and also, it is to feared, blogs like my own. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5013933/Leaders-simulated-pandemic-not-ready.html#ixzz4wVPuspZA Globalist outfit Cambridge Analytica has been working in Kenya, helping to […]
From The Washington Post The government ministers were facing a new infectious disease outbreak. The mysterious virus was sickening and killing people with alarming speed. Some patients had to be placed on ventilators to help them breathe. The new virus seemed resistant to antibiotics. Within a week, officials had closed a major hospital and schools […]
The World Bank, working together with Angela Merkel and Bill Gates, plans to allow vaccines to be given to a country’s population which are not registered and which may have undergone absolutely no tests whatsoever in a pandemic, according to its blog. In addition, medical teams teams could be sent in who may not have work […]
For a long time I have totally rejected the idea that I’m white – for the simple reason that I’m not, nor am I black, nor in reality is anyone black or white. Instead these were terms invented to highlight … Continue reading →
Philippines and Russia continue to expand their bilateral partnership, thanks to the initiative of President Rodrigo Duterte. More The post Duterte welcomes Russian Naval ships to Philippines as military cooperation pact is signed appeared first on The Duran.
Iraq's Kurds have agreed to meet Iraq's reasonable demands, while Turkey eyes direct confrontation with US backed Kurdish militants in Syria. More The post Turkey prepares military operation against Syrian Kurds as Iraqi Kurds surrender appeared first on The Duran.
When Retraction Watch began in 2010, our co-founders Ivan Oransky and Adam Marcus quickly realized they couldn’t keep up with the hundreds of retractions that appeared each year. And the problem has only gotten worse — although we’ve added staff, the number of retractions issued each year has increased dramatically. According to our growing database, more than 1,300 […] The post Caught Our Notice: Is “miscommunication of the rejection” the new euphemism for “paper accepted”? appeared first on Retraction Watch.
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jordan Kliewer, 36th Munitions Squadron inspector, marks weapons for stocking Sept. 7, 2017, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Andersen recently received 1.5 million pounds of munitions that will increase the overall availability of day-to-day training assets and could be used to support warfighting capabilities.U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Gerald R. Willis *Business Insider/Daily Caller:* *The US military sent 816,393 bombs and ammunition to Guam to prepare for the looming threat from North Korea* * More than 816,000 munitions worth $95 millio...more »
Aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt leading a formation of ships from Carrier Strike Group. Photo: AFP *FOX News:* *3 aircraft carrier strike groups in western Pacific ahead of Trump visit* A third U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike group entered the western Pacific, the Navy announced Wednesday, just days ahead of President Donald Trump’s first trip to Asia next month. The USS Nimitz joined the Roosevelt and Reagan in the region. The Nimitz announcement came a day after the Roosevelt entered the western Pacific. The deployments came as U.S., Japanese and South Korean maritime ...more »
[image: top-house-republicans-announce-investigations-into-uraniumgate-and-clinton-e-mail-scandal] It’s shaping up to be a bad month for Democrats. There is the mounting evidence about the Clintons’ collusion in the UraniumOne deal. There is also the revelation that FBI Director James Comey shamelessly protected Hillary Clinton in the dog and pony show that he passed off as an investigation into her illegal use of a private e-mail server. And on Tuesday, the fallout has led House Republicans to announce the launch of two new congressional probes.
On the concluding day of the 19th Communist Party of China National Congress, the Congress placed the Belt and Road Initiative into its Constitution. The new phrase calls on the nation and the people to "pursue the Belt and Road Initiative." It also added the words: "Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era," and a call to "follow the principle of achieving shared growth through discussion and collaboration." This provides a context in which President Trump's trip to Asia, beginning Nov. 3, can become a turning point in history. Trump will be meet...more »
*October 25, 2017* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - As violence continues to unfold in Myanmar's western Rakhine state against the nation's Rohingya ethnic minority, the agenda driving the conflict is likewise unfolding in a more transparent and direct manner. As was predicted - the US is shifting blame away from the US-backed client regime headed by Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League of Democracy (NLD) party the US installed into power in 2015 - and toward Myanmar's independent institutions, including the nation's still powerful military. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in a...more »
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. - Hugh Mackenzie writes that the biggest problem with the Libs' closing tax loopholes for private corporations was the failure to push for far more tax fairness: Any tax reform that isn’t just a give away creates winners and losers. If the goal is to make the tax system fairer, the majority of Canadians win—especially if the result in increased capacity to pay for public services. But, almost inevitably, the gains look pretty small and remote to most individual Canadians because they are spread out amongst so many of us. The losers,...more »
Video of Maine Peace Walk panel discussion at Unitarian Church in Brunswick on October 17. Panelists include: *Joyakgol* – South Korean peace activist from Jeju Island who has been working for the past 20 years to stop US base expansion in his country. He also works to protect the endangered Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins who daily circle Jeju Island and are now threatened by the new Navy base. Destroyers built at BIW have begun to port at the new base. *Leslie Manning* – Quaker activist will speak about budgets as moral documents and the need to build political support for cut...more »
This is a shout-out to the Washington International Law Journal, formerly the Pacific Rim Law and Policy Journal. Over the weekend I got a request out of the blue for a peer evaluation of an article they had received. (It's a quite good piece on problems that can arise when constitution-drafters defer important questions that they find it impossible to solve, to later resolution through ordinary politics.) I put off reading it for a while, thinking that it might eventually slip below my radar screen. But I did read it and sent them a short note with a brief positive evaluation. I've...more »
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * Tank vs. tank. Who wins? Army and industry weapons developers have begun work on an advanced next-generation Abrams tank specifically engineered with new weapons, ammunition, laser-spotters and advanced thermal sights able to outrange, outgun and outmatch the most modern Russian and Chinese tanks, service and industry officials said. Advanced networking technology with new, next-generation sights, sensors, targeting systems and digital networking - are all key elements of an ongoing upgrade to position the platform to, if needed, successfully engage ...more »
There was a time I foolishly thought we had outgrown racial and religious prejudice. The ascension of Donald Trump has underscored the fact that racial prejudice is alive and well. And now Bill 62, in the province I know only too well, has confirmed that Lionel Groulx's ghost still stalks the body politic. Martin Patriquin writes that the bill is "Racist. Misogynist. Xenophobic. Anti-Muslim. Anti-religion. Hateful. Divisive." But Philippe Couillard's Liberals will not suffer any political consequences for passing it into law: To understand why, let’s look at who traditionally supp...more »
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:35 P.M.) – Minutes ago, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) broke-through the Islamic State’s (ISIS) lines at the strategic Industrial District of Deir Ezzor, liberating the entire area after an intense 24 hour battle. Led by the 4th Mechanized Division and Tiger Forces, the Syrian Arab Army began the operation to liberate the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:10 P.M.) – The Islamic State (ISIS) launched a big assault in the Yarmouk Camp, today, targeting the neighborhoods controlled by Aknef Beit Al-Maqdis and Jaysh Al-Islam. According to the terrorist group’s official media wing, their forces captured the Yarmouk Hospital and several buildings nearby after overtaking the Islamist fighters in the southern […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:35 P.M.) – A large Russian naval vessel is making its way from the Black Sea to the Syrian port-city of Tartous on the Mediterranean The Russian ship, the Alexandr Tkachenko, was reported to have traveled through the Chios Strait carrying a large about of military hardware, which is bound for Tartous. RoRo […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:45 P.M.) – Turkey-led militias in northern Aleppo province have asserted a clear intention to launch an offensive to capture the large town of Manbij, currently held by US-backed forces. Yesterday, the Turkish-backed factions of the Free Syrian Army in northern Aleppo dispersed leaflets saying that Syrian rebels will seize the town of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and their allies resumed their offensive in the western countryside of Deir Ezzor, today, targeting the Islamic State’s (ISIS) last positions at the strategic T-2 Pumping Station. Backed by Liwaa Fatemiyoun (Iranian-Afghani paramilitary) and Hezbollah, the Syrian Arab Army stormed the Al-Artiwaziyah area that is […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:00 P.M.) – Capitalizing on a sandstorm that swept throughout Syria’s Deir Ezzor province yesterday, ISIS militants launched a powerful assault against pro-government forces on the western bank of the Euphrates River. Whilst most of the attacks came from the west, ISIS also launched an assault across the Euphrates from the east in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:20 P.M.) – For the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), 2017 has arguably been the best year of the war for them and their allies, as they have liberated a large chunk of territory from both the rebel and Islamic State (ISIS) forces. First Half of the Year Beginning with east Aleppo, the Syrian […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:20 P.M.) – Syrian Arab Army forces have made a big advance against ISIS in Deir Ezzor, shattering one of the terrorist group’s main defensive lines within the city. According to military-affiliated sources, the Syrian Army has made a major breakthrough against ISIS militants holding out in Deir Ezzor city, destroying the terrorist’s […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (12:00 P.M.) – The Russian Federation has vetoed a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) motion, filed by the United States, that would sanction a UN probe into the alleged use of chemical weapons during the Syrian Civil War on Tuesday. The Russian envoy cited a lack of clear information on the allegations as […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:30 A.M.) – On Tuesday, Syrian opposition media reported that the prominent commander of the Tiger Forces, Major General Suheil Al-Hassan, was killed in the Deir Ezzor Governorate (ISIS). However, according to a Syrian Arab Army (SAA) source, all claims by the Syrian opposition about General Hassan’s well-being are false. The source added […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
*These numbers aren't random-- there are reasons* If I lived in Virginia I'd be facing a real dilemma-- to vote for someone with as conservative a record as Ralph Northam as a way of preventing a potentially catastrophic Republican victory in the gubernatorial election in 2 weeks. There's no doubt who the lesser of the two evils facing Virginia voters. Lobbyist Ed Gillespie is a garden variety corrupt Republican and in a period when checking Trump and GOP power is tantamount, stopping Gillespie is crucial. But yesterday there was a little dust-up on Twitter because Our Revolution en...more »
*Cambridge University caves in to student's campaign to replace white authors with black writers* Cambridge University’s English Literature professors will be forced to replace white authors with black writers, under new proposals put forward by academic staff following student demands to “decolonise” the curriculum. For the first time, lecturers and tutors will have to “ensure the presence” of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) writers on their course, under plans discussed by the English Faculty’s Teaching Forum. The move follows an open letter, penned by Lola Olufemi, Cambridge ...more »
Yuri Smityuk/TASS *Paul Goble, RCD/The Jamestown Foundation:* *Russian Far East Ill-Prepared for War in Korea* Instead of preparing for a military conflict on the Korean peninsula, Russian officials and the media dependent on them are urging residents of the Russian Far East to focus on attracting foreign investment and spending leisure time rather than taking the steps needed to prepare that region to assist North Korea, to accept mass refugees from that country, or even to protect themselves from possible armed attack. This charge was made recently by Vladivostok sociologist Igo...more »
*Bloomberg:* *Iraqi Kurds Offer to Freeze Independence Referendum Results* * KRG also proposes an immediate ceasefire, talks with Baghdad * Offer comes after clashes betweenn Kurds, Iraqi troops Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government said it’s prepared to freeze the results of last month’s independence referendum, which triggered deadly clashes with government troops and hurt oil exports. The KRG also proposed an immediate cease-fire and talks with the central government in Baghdad “on the basis of the constitution.” *Read more* .... *WNU Editor: *The Iraqi Kurds hav...more »
*400 Scientific Papers Published In 2017 Support A Skeptical Position On Climate Alarm* *A Growing Volume Of Evidence Undercuts ‘Consensus’ Science* During the first 10 months of 2017, 400 scientific papers have been published that cast doubt on the position that anthropogenic CO2 emissions function as the climate’s fundamental control knob…or that otherwise question the efficacy of climate models or the related “consensus” positions commonly endorsed by policymakers and mainstream media. These 400 new papers support the position that there are significant limitations and uncertai...more »
Readers of this column who do not have access to the Brunswick News chain are missing a daily diet of pure idiocy. The latest star of this phenomenon is an oil CEO named Bill Whitelaw. His first column, about a week ago, showed promise of his powers of inanity. And today's established him as a master. He says that he would like to see the oil/environment issue settled by family discussions. Yes. We all get together across this great land for family reunions at Christmas. Why not use this to have family discussions over the turkey about oil and the environment? Then we could all agre...more »
'The International Judo Federation is demanding that at the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam, "all delegations, including the Israeli delegation, shall be treated absolutely equally in all aspects, without any exception." The International Judo Federation (IJF) sent a letter to the United Arab Emirates Judo Federation demanding that "all delegations, including the Israeli delegation, shall be treated absolutely equally in all aspects, without any exception." The Federation's intervention came following a request by the World Jewish Congress (WJC) to intervene on behalf of the Israeli judo tea...more »
President Trump is getting a lot of credit for making officeholders like Bob Corker and Jeff Flake unwelcome in the Republican Party -- but Flake, at least, was unpopular in his home state of Arizona long before Trump came along. Erick Erickson thinks it's because Flake, a very right-wing member of the House a decade ago, stopped being conservatively correct. Going all the way back to 2005, Flake had a consistently conservative record on fiscal issues. He was one of the very few congressmen supported by the Club [for Growth] with *a lifetime 100% score*. He literally was the candid...more »
*Drivers (a rant)* Bumper-to-bumper traffic is the grist of everyday life. Getting cut off in traffic by whoever is almost inevitable and so is my less than charitable reaction. Having driven in Asia, some of my most florid invective is thrown out, accusing a driver as being from Asia -- or a blue-hair from Florida (retired, likely from NY, NY). The driving patterns are similar. I screamed at this guy, "Are you from Shanghai?" *Then I saw his license plate*. "Of course you are." Quite possibly. In Tijuana, BC, Mexico, the driving patterns are more aggressive than they are in Asia....more »
I said some years ago: ... smaller handguns are more difficult to shoot well than larger handguns. A good example may be found in the Glock handgun series. The Glock 17 is a full-size handgun; the Glock 19 is a compact version; the Glock 26 is a sub-compact, highly concealable version; and the Glock 34 is an extra-long-slide competition version, with the same frame and grip as the Glock 17. . . . Obviously, one's hand can grasp the full-size grip of the G17 or G34 better than the slightly shorter grip of the G19, and any of those three better than the severely abbreviated grip of...more »
*Makia Freeman* - Some hidden and dark power is behind the new world order. The post What Mystics & Prophets Have Revealed About Hyper-Dimensional Entities appeared first on Waking Times.
Part I, Part II On July 28, 1942 Stalin issued his famous order no. 227: “Not one step back!” And this was not because he had forgotten to do it in 1941, but because the state of affairs on the front lines of the war had become much more dangerous […]
On a Sinclair station, Gorka refers to "black African crime on black African crime" & says black men are killing each other "by the bushel" pic.twitter.com/Cbtqm39tTd — Yashar Ali(@yashar) October 24, 2017 Courtesy of TPM: *In a round-table discussion on gun violence aired by WJLA — the Washington, D.C. ABC affiliate that was purchased in 2014 by the conservative Sinclair Broadcast Group — Gorka attempted to make a point about the legislative effort to ban so-called bump stocks. The gunman behind the shooting massacre in Las Vegas on Oct. 1 had several bump stocks, which mim...more »
'Unidentified perpetrators hurled stones and shattered the window of a synagogue in Malmo, a city in southern Sweden. The incident occurred earlier this month but was only first reported in the Swedish media Tuesday after police arrived at the building a day earlier because of a separate incident, which turned out to be a false alarm, the Aftonbladet daily reported. Fredrik Sieradzki, a spokesman for the local Jewish community, told the TT news agency that the earlier incident happened on October 7 and that it is not yet clear whether it was a hate crime targeting the congregation...more »
President Obama received daily briefings on Hillary's Uranium One dealings. More The post FBI informant can connect Barack Obama to Uranium One scandal (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
An strange press release from the DNC, as the rats begin to jump ship. More The post Democrats in panic mode! DNC issues statement denying involvement in Trump-Russia fake dossier appeared first on The Duran.
A former senior employee of the Podesta Group is ready to open up about DC corruption. More The post BOOM! Tucker Carlson has source that connects Tony Podesta to Clinton Foundation (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
A recent speech by James Bullard, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis provides us with an interesting viewpoint regarding the current state of the U.S. housing market. In his speech given at the Bi-State Development 2017 Annual Meeting, Mr. Bullard looks at living standards across American metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) which are defined as an area containing a large population centre and the counties adjacent to that centre, particularly those areas that have a high degree of integration with that population centre as measured by commuting patterns. ...more »
From Jenna Orkin Puerto Rico electric utility awards $300 million contract to tiny Trump-connected company FBI watched, then acted as Russian spy moved closer to Hillary Clinton Tipping Point For Natural Gas: Huge Project Canceled in California China Shuts Down Tens Of Thousands Of Factories In Unprecedented Pollution Crackdown Rex Tillerson Makes "Secret" Visit To Afghanistan Japan Sounds Alarm On "Unprecedented, Critical And Imminent” Threat From North Korea Germany’s Delegation To Russia Signals That Merkel Is Looking For New Allies It Is Seven Times More Difficult To Get A ...more »
W. T. Jones offers an interesting overview of Willard Van Orman Quine’s philosophy in Chapter 13 of his *A History of Western Philosophy* (Volume V: *The Twentieth Century To Quine and Derrida*). In the last section of the chapter, he compares Quine with Bertrand Russell. Here’s an excerpt: There are many close affinities between [Quine’s] position and that of Russell. They were not only both leading figures in the development of modern logic, they also both employed the methods of logic to deal with fundamental philosophical issues. In particular, they both employed logical analy...more »
From Treasury World Washington, DC, June 28, 2017 – The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development) today launched specialized bonds aimed at providing financial support to the Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility (PEF), a facility created by the World Bank to channel surge funding to developing countries facing the risk of a pandemic. This […]
From Citizentv The government is on high alert after a plague epidemic was confirmed in Madagascar where a total of 684 cases and 57 deaths have been reported between 1st August 2017 and October 12, 2017. The Ministry of Health is also on alert following the confirmation of a case of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) […]
Madagascar is about to run out of money to fight the plague, according to the latest situation report. The country has received only about a quarter of the funds it requested to contain the Black Death as of October 19th. Most of that money, about 2.5 million dollars, has already been used up, leaving the country struggling to pay […]
There have been 124 deaths from the plague in Madagascar but no new deaths in hospitals as of October 23rd, according to an update from the country’s crisis control centre, the BNRG. The BNGRC has changed to a new format, giving more detail about cases in the country’s main hospitals. It says 63 deaths occurred in the […]
Someone had to try it just to prove that the benefits simply do not exist. Seriously though, anyone participating profitably in the grey market will have only so much cash on hand as they need for working capital. The rest will always be turned into liquid inventory immediately. It is very easy to dump cash on a supplier who immediately feeds it down the food chain. Just why would you not? The result is that striking at the imaginary hoard proved imaginary and nothing accomplished. It is a very good lesson though and reminds us just how little cash is really in motion ou...more »
It is my contention that our future will be one of bottom up rule with hierarchical structure reserved for the military in particular and even that proposition is properly suspect. In fact the internet is quietly destroying such antique governance models. After all, exactly what power does a paramount chief have when his entire audience can communicate through the internet, have a debate, reach a consensus and reject him on the spot. What is happening is that we are now actively evolving mostly at the corporate level, the art of a communal enterprise. Even the need for a visio...more »
This is likely another 'Dogman' or Giant Sloth interaction. what is powerfully confirmed is that our so called Dogman is quite prepared to stalk a lone human who is not going to be able to get assistance. Game on. As I have already posted, a large number of disappearances of single men in the wilderness or near wilderness is best explained by this creature and its unique methods which entail caching the victim, a long way away from the actual kill site. In this case the intended victim sensed the risk and moved to protection. He did observe the creature and i...more »
And what if i told you that micro doses of THC are good enough to go along with your 80 mg of aspirin. What all this means is that we have a powerful protocol for dealing with all forms of brain injury that is safe and needs to be the go to for all head injuries in order to speed recovery and actual return to active work. Concussions are actually unavoidable in sport generally simply because we train to extremes which sets up accidents even when we are not actually pounding the head. It is also true that a single event is quite survivable with natural healing. That is not true ...more »
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"We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there is such a thing as being too late. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Life often leaves us standing bare, naked, and dejected with a lost opportunity. The tide in the affairs of men does not remain at flood - it ebbs. We may cry out desperately for time to pause in her passage, but time is adamant to every plea and rushes on. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are wri...more »
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:25 A.M.) – Syrian tribesmen from the east of the country are flooding into the ranks of a veteran Palestinian pro-government militia in order fight Islamic State terrorists and liberate a key ISIS-occupied town near the Syrian-Iraqi border. Yesterday, reports were disseminated via pro-government social media that hundreds of young men from Syria’s […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:45 A.M.) – A powerful ISIS counter-offensive in southern Deir Ezzor province using the advent of a sandstorm to surprise pro-government forces has failed, with Syrian Arab Army troops killing and wounding many terrorist militants in the process. Yesterday, ISIS terrorists took advantage of a sandstorm in eastern Syria to launch an offensive […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Officers from the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the opposing sides in Syria have arranged the return of another group of refuges to the Aleppo province, the Center’s spokesman Soslan Tseboyev told reporters. “The Aleppo Center for Reconciliation of the opposing sides, together with the Syrian authorities, have provided accommodation in the town of Maskanah […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:30 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) resumed their assault on Deir Ezzor City, today striking the so-called Islamic State’s (ISIS) defenses near the Industrial District. Backed by the Syrian Air Force’s attack choppers, the 4th Mechanized Division and Tiger Forces stormed the Industrial District in a bid to clear the area […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
“When state media dehumanizes journalists and opposition figures and brands them as enemies, it’s all too predictable that somebody somewhere … Continue reading →
*"Kotlikoff: America in Worse Financial Shape than Russia or China"* by Peter Diekmeyer "America’s 2017 fiscal gap will come in near *$6 trillion*, nine times higher than the $666 billion deficit announced by the US Department of the Treasury last week, says Laurence Kotlikoff, an economics professor at Boston University. “Our country is broke,” says Kotlikoff, who estimates total US government debts at more than $200 trillion, when unfunded liabilities are included. “We are in worse shape than Russia, China or any developed nation.” Worse, says Kotlikoff, who has testified before ...more »
China's new Politburo Standing Committee members (L-R) Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang and Li Zhanshu, arrive to meet with the press at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China October 25, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee *Reuters: **China unveils new leadership line-up, no obvious Xi successor* BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s Communist Party revealed its new leadership helmed by President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, breaking with recent precedent by failing to include a clear successor to the president among the seven-man line-up. Apart from Xi, Premier Li Keqiang was the only one to retain his spo...more »
*The US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. * On 23 October 2017, Rex Tillerson met with the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. The American Embassy and Ghani's office released a statement claiming that the two men had met in Kabul. But the meeting actually occurred at Bagram, the U.S. military base more than thirty miles from Afghanistan's capital. *Note, in the first photo, the removal of the military-style clock and large fire alarm. * "The meeting was not in Kabul, but in a windowless room in Bagram, the heavily fortified American military...more »
*Lyle J. Goldstein, National Interest:* *Is the U.S. Navy Weak? The Chinese Seem to Think So.* *Chinese military commentators have shared their thoughts on recent U.S. Naval accidents and what they think it means for the larger geopolitical struggle in the Asia-Pacific.* When the USS Fitzgerald, a Burke-class destroyer and part of the U.S. Navy’s Seventh Fleet, was mysteriously struck by a merchant ship outside of Tokyo Harbor in June 2017, seven sailors perished in the tragic navigation collision. The episode was deeply shocking since a whole series of redundant technologies and...more »
*-by Noah* General John Kelly, you once took an oath to defend the United States and to defend the Constitution of the United States. Then, you took a job with Trump. You've now earned this meme, and so much more. You are a Five Star Disgrace. From the day General John Kelly became Señor Trumpanzee's Chief Of Staff, we heard that he would be "a grownup in the room," bring integrity to the White House, reign in the crazy man, etc. One thing, however, raised a red flag to me; he is a long time friend of Trump. That little item was irresponsibly glossed over by the entire media as ...more »
*Washington Times*: *Terror from skies as Mexican cartel attaches bomb to drone* Mexican police discovered four men carting a kamikaze drone equipped with an IED and a remote detonator last week, in what analysts say is an example of cartels figuring out how to weaponizing UAVs. The disturbing development is a manifestation of something top American security chiefs warned Congress about earlier this year, when they said they feared terrorists would begin to use drones to attack targets within the U.S. Drug cartels had already been turning to drones to smuggle their product into t...more »
#SYRIA#IslamicState’s #AmaqAgency Releases Video Shows Weaponized Drone Targeted On #SAA Weapons Depot In #Deir_Ezzor. #TerrorMonitor pic.twitter.com/ZU6VyDL0zp — Terrormonitor.org (@Terror_Monitor) October 25, 2017 Army Natl Guard Master Sgt. Mark Allen was shot in the head in 2009 while searching for Bergdahl in Afghanistan. https://t.co/befsf4yCZl pic.twitter.com/k4DEiA162N — Nick Short(@PoliticalShort) October 24, 2017 Protester ID’d self as Ryan Clayton from Americans Take Action got very close to Trump and threw these flags at him pic.twitter.com/hIk1v2qpHS — Erica We...more »
As per Biased BBC and Guest Who, here's the BBC's World Affairs Editor sounding off again (ever so impartially of course): *Update*: You'll be relieved to hear that the great man soon came round again, after a dose of the smelling salts perhaps, and was back tweeting in the mere twinkling of an eye: Such assumptions *aren't *based on thin air though, are they? Remember this and this?
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’ 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 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 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 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 […]
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 […]
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” 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 […]
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
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 […]
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 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 […]
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).
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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