Saturday, October 07, 2017

7 October - Blogs I'm Following 2 of 2

11:30 pm MDT



Longest War in US History Turns 16 Today – Thousands Dead, No End in Sight & It’s Getting Worse

Rachel Blevins at The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: war]After the US began 'spreading democracy' there 16 years ago, Afghanistan has become more dangerous, more corrupt, and deadlier than ever.

Sheriff & Deputies Indicted for Locking Down Entire School & Sexually Assaulting Kids

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: school]A sheriff and multiple deputies have been indicted for locking down an entire school, illegally search 900 students and sexually assaulting many of them in the process.

More Details Emerge On What The U.S. Air Force's B-21 Bomber May Look Like

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
USAF *Tyler Rogoway, The Warzone/The Drive*: *The B-21's Three Decade Old Shape Hints At New High Altitude Capabilities* *Northrop Grumman seems to have gone "back to the future" with their next generation stealth bomber design, and that's actually really exciting. * Detailed information on the B-21 Raider is still scarce to say the least, but for over a year and a half we have had a rendering supposedly depicting the multi-role strategic stealth platform's basic shape and features. Recently, other simple planform renderings have trickled out from the marketing department of the s... more »

The Forgotten Battle for the Skies over Pearl Harbor

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* Despite the element of surprise in favor of the Japanese, American airmen rose to defend Pearl Harbor. On a serene Sunday morning the residents of Oahu enjoyed the dawning of another gorgeous day in paradise. Unknown to them, three converging formations of military aircraft navigated toward their lush island, homing in on the soothing Hawaiian music playing on Honolulu radio stations KGMB and KGU. The night before, Lt. Col. Clay Hoppaugh, signal officer for the Hawaiian Air Force, had contacted Welby Edwards, manager of KGMB, and asked t... more »

Here Is the U.S. Military's New High-Speed Boat in Action

Task and Purpose, Jared Keller at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Task and Purpose, Jared Keller* *Security, North America* The bad guys will have no where to hide. Back in July, U.S. Central Command tweeted a gnarly photo of Gen. Joseph Votel cruising aboard a Combatant Craft Assault boat, the stealthy multi-role watercraft designed to replace U.S. Special Operations Command’s smaller MkV Special Operations Craft and Naval Special Warfare Rigid Inflatable Boats for “inserting and extracting SOF in low-to-medium threat environment,” according to an unclassified SOCOM briefing. It’s a great shot of the CENTCOM chief rolling deep in the waters o... more »

Is Russia Trying To Find A Way 'Out' Of Syria?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*(Click on Image to Enlarge)* *Stratfor*:* Russia Wends Its Way Toward an Exit in Syria* Since it first entered the conflict in 2015, Russia has changed the course of the Syrian civil war. The country managed, along with Iran, to turn the tides of battle back in the Syrian government's favor. And now that it has, it is looking for a way off the battlefield. Moscow doesn't want to be stuck in the Syrian conflict, but neither does it want to lose gains it has made there in solidifying its presence in the country and establishing itself as a critical influence in the region. To that ... more »

Syrian Forces Backed By Russia Air Power Have Breached The Islamic State's Military Capital

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*Newsweek:** ISIS's Military Capital Breached by Syrian Regime Forces, Russia Kills 60 'Foreign Mercenaries'* Syrian government forces have entered one of the final bastions of the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) in the country, supported by the Russian air force who said it had killed 60 "foreign mercenaries" in one day of strikes. They entered the eastern town of Mayadeen on Friday. It is located in the province of Deir Ezzor and is viewed as the group's new capital as it loses its grip on the eastern city of Raqqa in the face of an offensive by a Kurdish-Arab coalition bac... more »

WATCH: NBC News Caught Selectively Editing Evidence Of Multiple Shooters Video

Jack Burns at The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: multiple shooters]NBC News is being accused of editing video footage from the Las Vegas shooting, and removing evidence that there were multiple shooters involved.

Syria: Walkin' the Razor's Edge? US Shells SAA/Casualties

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 13 hours ago
*Razor's Edge:* *in a very uncertain and dangerous situation* * Yesterday, I’d posted news that SAA had made advances in Mayadeen-* *SAA Fights Way Into "ISIS Stronghold" Blow to US backed PKK/YPG/SDF **Any action that is a blow to ISIS is also blow to the US remake the region agenda.* *Bearing that in mind, I’ll share some of the latest news on this situation* *The linked article presents the assistance offered to SAA, by Russia, to enable the take back of Mayadeen, as an escalation against the US. * * "Moscow strongly escalated on Friday its campaign against the US-led al-Ta... more »

How Iraq Provinces Got Their Names During Baathist Cultural Campaign

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 13 hours ago
Map of Iraq in 1990 after territorial and name changes to provinces (MR Izady) After the Baath Party took power in 1968 it launched a cultural campaign to reshape the history, image and identity of Iraq. The focus of the campaign was on the uniqueness of Iraq based upon its ancient history. Some of its goals were to unite the country’s diverse population under a common mythology, instill pride in Iraqis based upon their uniqueness, and that this great past meant that Iraq should lead the rest of the Arab world. This led to changing the names of more than half of Iraq’s governorate... more »

This Day In Iraqi History – Oct 7

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 14 hours ago
1959 Baathists made failed assassination attempt on Pres. Qasim wounding him Saddam fled to Syria & Egypt as a result 1973 Iraq nationalized shares of US oil company & Shell in retaliation for west support for Israel in 1973 Arab-Israeli War 1982 During Op Muslim ibn Aqil Iranian forces reached Mandali, Diyala but stopped from further advances 1983 US report Iran was turning tide in Iran-Iraq War and US already starting to tilt towards Iraq 1991 Peshmerga executed 60 Iraqi soldiers captured in Sulaymaniya 1998 Congress passed Iraq Libe... more »

FBI Foiled ISIS Planned Attacks On New York Subway And Times Square In 2016

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
*NBC: **ISIS Sympathizers Planned to 'Create the Next 9/11' With Attacks on Concerts, Subways & Times Square: Feds* *One of the suspects allegedly told an undercover agent posing as ISIS sympathizer that "NY Needs to fall."* Three men living outside the U.S. planned to attack concerts, Times Square and crowded subways in 2016 in an ISIS-inspired attack that one of the suspects said he hoped would be "the next 9/11," authorities announced on Friday afternoon. The FBI said the three men -- Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy, a 19-year-old Canadian citizen; Talha Haroon, a 19-year-old U.S. ci... more »

Pedophilia Network of Cops Busted Raping and Filming Cadets to Make Child Porn

Jack Burns at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: pedophilia]A pedophile network has recently been uncovered involving police officers and cadets in the Explorers program which connects teens who want to be police officers with cops.

Congressmen Exposing Secret Army Program of Spraying Radioactive Chemicals Over US Cities

Rachel Blevins at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: chemicals]According to Army records, thousands of innocent Americans were subjected to poisonous chemicals through open-air spraying, ingestion and injection.

Weekend reads: Why critics criticize; a Big Bang Theory retraction; Nobels under scrutiny

Ivan Oransky at Retraction Watch - 14 hours ago
The week at Retraction Watch featured admissions of fake data from a biotech company whose compound is now in clinical trials, a look at who recycles text, and the apparent demotion of a researcher who had a paper on video games retracted. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: “The black flag has been hoisted. It isn’t coming […] The post Weekend reads: Why critics criticize; a Big Bang Theory retraction; Nobels under scrutiny appeared first on Retraction Watch.

'Multiple' People Injured Outside London's Natural History Museum After Car 'Ploughs Into Pedestrians'

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
A man is pictured pinned to the ground after the incident. He was driving a black Toyota Prius which is a registered minicab *Daily Mail:* *BREAKING NEWS: Taxi driver 'deliberately mows down pedestrians' after mounting the pavement outside London's Natural History Museum before being pinned to the ground and arrested in front of stunned tourists* * Man arrested in the heart of capital's museum land after several pedestrians were mowed down by a vehicle * He was pinned to the ground by security guards and arrested as hundreds of terrified tourists fled the scene * The black Toyota ... more »

Protests Across Russia In Support Of Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny To Run In Next Year's Presidential Election

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
*BBC*: *Protests for Navalny across Russia on Putin birthday* At least 80 people have reportedly been arrested as supporters of opposition leader Alexei Navalny hold protests in some 80 cities across Russia. They are demanding he be allowed to stand in 2018 presidential elections. The rallies coincide with President Vladimir Putin's 65th birthday. Most are unauthorised, including those in Moscow and St Petersburg. Mr Navalny is currently serving 20 days in jail for repeatedly violating a law on organising public meetings. It is the third time this year that Mr Navalny has been ja... more »

Donald Trump Jr. claims that criticism of his father springs from an "atmosphere of hatred."

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 15 hours ago
Courtesy of Newsweek: *Donald Trump Jr. has sprung to the defense of his father, President Donad Trump, over his reaction to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, critizing what he called an “atmosphere of hatred.” * *He said that criticism of Trump’s response to Charlottesville—after which the president said that "both sides," white nationalists and left-wing protesters, were to blame—was due to the spread of hatred by students on liberal university campuses and the left-wing media. * *Speaking at an annual fundraising event for Faulkner University, a private Christian inst... more »

White House Press Briefing confirms, Trump’s “calm before the storm” statement “extremely serious”

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 15 hours ago
Iran or North Korea? More The post White House Press Briefing confirms, Trump’s “calm before the storm” statement “extremely serious” appeared first on The Duran.

Iraq asks Iran and Turkey to shut their borders with Kurdish regions of northern Iraq

The Duran at The Duran - 15 hours ago
Iraq, Iran and Turkey continue to cooperate against secessionists. More The post Iraq asks Iran and Turkey to shut their borders with Kurdish regions of northern Iraq appeared first on The Duran.

Sex crackpot, liberal left hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein and his close connection to Obamas and Clintons

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 15 hours ago
They loved Harvey when he was dishing out cash for their campaigns. More The post Sex crackpot, liberal left hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein and his close connection to Obamas and Clintons appeared first on The Duran.

Mobile charger found in Las Vegas gunman’s hotel room did not fit his phone

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 15 hours ago
More evidence that Stephen Paddock was not alone. More The post Mobile charger found in Las Vegas gunman’s hotel room did not fit his phone appeared first on The Duran.

What Did President Trump Mean By His Remarks ‘Calm Before The Storm’?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*New York Times:* *What Did President Trump Mean by ‘Calm Before the Storm’?* WASHINGTON — President Trump was clearly looking to make some kind of news, but about what, exactly, was not clear. And the mystery, as it often does with a president whose statements baffle even his staff, only deepened the next day. On Thursday evening, the White House told the presidential press corps that Mr. Trump was done with his public schedule for the day. But around 7 p.m., Mr. Trump summoned reporters who were still at work to the State Dining Room, where he was throwing a dinner for military... more »

Special Counsel Mueller's Team Interviewed The Author Of The Russian Dossier

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*CNN: **Exclusive: Mueller's team met with Russia dossier author* Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigators met this past summer with the former British spy whose dossier on alleged Russian efforts to aid the Trump campaign spawned months of investigations that have hobbled the Trump administration, according to two people familiar with the matter. Information from Christopher Steele, a former MI-6 officer, could help investigators determine whether contacts between people associated with the Trump campaign and suspected Russian operatives broke any laws. *Read more* .... *W... more »

North Korea's Air Force Is Total Junk (But It Can Still Kill)

TNI Staff at The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*TNI Staff* *Security, Asia* It might be old but it has its uses. North Korea’s Korean People's Army Air Force (KPAAF)—referred to as the Air and Anti-Air Force Command in South Korean documents—is not in the top ranks of the world’s air forces. However, the North Korean forces are fanatically devoted to Kim Jong-Un and the Kim regime—which more resembles a Confucian monarchy with Stalinist stylings than Soviet-style communism. The regime’s survival is their survival, and thus the so-called Korean People’s Army is a dedicated to their supreme leader and is likely to put up a fa... more »

Are U.S. Private Citizens Targeted By Sonic Attacks In Cuba?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*Reuters:* *Some U.S. visitors to Cuba complain of symptoms similar to embassy 'attacks': U.S.* WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A “handful” of private U.S. citizens who traveled to Cuba say they have experienced symptoms similar to those suffered by American diplomats in mysterious health “attacks” in Havana, the U.S. State Department said on Friday. A State Department spokesperson, who declined to be named, said the agency could not verify the claims but said travelers should heed its travel warning issued last Friday. The warning urged Americans to stay away from Cuba because of unexpla... more »

Two U.S. Soldiers Dead And Six Injured After Military Vehicle Crashes Into Troop Formation At Fort Jackson In South Carolina

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
The fatal accident on Friday at Fort Jackson, an Army installation in South Carolina, involved a military vehicle. Credit United States Army *New York Times*: *Army Accident at Ft. Jackson Kills 2 Soldiers and Injures 6* Two soldiers were killed and six others were injured on Friday in what military officials called a “tragic accident” at Fort Jackson in South Carolina. Officials in that Army installation’s public affairs office said on Twitter that two of the six injured soldiers were critically hurt. They said the accident involved “a military vehicle and a troop formation” but ... more »

Syrian Army tightens siege on jihadists in Golan Heights pocket

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:50 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army tightened the siege on the jihadist-held Beit Jinn pocket in the Golan Heights, Saturday, following an intense battle with the Al-Qaeda linked Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham rebel faction. According to a military report from Damascus, the Syrian Arab Army’s 42nd Brigade (Ghiath Forces) of the 4th Mechanized […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Iraq urges Iran, Turkey to close border with Iraqi Kurdistan

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
The Iraqi Foreign Ministry has reportedly urged Turkey and Iran to close their borders with Iraqi Kurdistan and to limit the oil trade with the region. The Iraqi Foreign Ministry has called on Ankara and Tehran to close checkpoints at the border with Iraqi Kurdistan, media reported Saturday citing the spokesman of the ministry, Ahmed […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Syrian Army liberates Al-Mayadeen Airport to cut key terrorist supply line

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:15 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) is steadily advancing inside the Islamic State’s (ISIS) capital city, Al-Mayadeen, liberating several sites that were previously occupied by the terrorist group. Led by the Tiger Forces, the Syrian Arab Army managed to score another big advance, today, after their units from the Taha Group […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

First scenes of the Russian airstrikes that killed 80+ ISIS terrorists in Al-Mayadeen

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:15 P.M.) – The Russian Air Force carried out a vicious series of airstrikes over the Deir Ezzor countryside, today, eliminating scores of Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists in the process. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, their aerospace forces killed over 80 Islamic State terrorists between the cities of Al-Mayadeen and Albukamal, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Accidentally Fire A Torpedo In The Royal Navy, And Your Punishment Will Be A 'Get Well' Package To Restore Your Confidence

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
The Test Variant Torpedo flew over a jetty and into a heavy-duty metal fence at the high-security dockyard, which services nuclear submarines. Nobody was hurt. (File photo) *Daily Mail:* *Royal Navy operator who accidentally fired a 9ft torpedo into a dockyard which houses NUCLEAR submarines is allowed to return to work with a 'get well' package to restore his confidence* * Missile shot from HMS Argyll while moored at Devonport Naval base in Plymouth * Newly released file: misfire occurred after operator failed to follow written safety instructions during maintenance tests in March... more »

The Growing Role Of Russia's Military Police In Syria

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
Image: IrkSib.ru *Mark Galeotti, War Is Boring*: *Not-So-Soft Power: Russia's Military Police In Syria* Earlier this month, in Syria’s Idlib governorate, 29 Russians found themselves encircled by fighters from the rebel front Tahrir al-Sham (which Moscow still calls its old name, Jabhat al-Nusra). Moscow responded with a characteristic extravagance of firepower. The attack submarine Veliky Novgorod launched Kalibr cruise missiles. Su-25 ground attack aircraft flew sorties, while helicopters laden with Syrian and Russian commandos (including men from the elite Special Operations Co... more »

Randy Bryce Won't Need A Tsunami To Beat Paul Ryan In Wisconsin

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
The invitation up top was mostly sent to lobbyists and other Beltway crooks for an opportunity to meet the fresh crop of pre-screened conservative Democrats the New Dems are backing for Congress. And when I say pre-screened I mean pre-screened for conservatism *and*, perhaps more important, for the kind of ethical laxness one needs to join the Blue Dogs, a congressional caucus completely built on selling out to corporate corruption. "Come meet our sleazy new candidates and start bribing them now when they don't cost as much as they will once they get onto the committees you want t... more »

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 16 hours ago
*The Finnish difference again* *For much of the 21st century, Finland has been one of the very top performers in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), an ongoing study administered every three years that tests the reading, math and science literacy of 15-year-olds in developed nations. So educators worldwide flocked there to learn their "secrets". But Finland is now no longer such a high flyer. In the latest available (2015) results, Finland is now ranked 12th in math, fifth in science and fourth in reading. So a lot of the magic has worn off. I gather that Fi... more »

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Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 16 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Risk from Megathrust Quake in NZ One group is responsible for America’s culture of violence, and it isn’t cops, black Americans, Muslims or rednecks. It’s men Cue the female terrorist, preferably lesbian. Here's How Breitbart And Milo Smuggled Nazi and White Nationalist Ideas Into The Mainstream Trump Reverses On Puerto Rico Debt Forgiveness: "We Will Follow The Bankruptcy Process" ISIS Triples Down On Vegas Shooter Claims: Claims Paddock "Converted Six Months Ago" Sheriff: Vegas Shooter Led "Secret Life", May Have Planned Car Bombing; Tried To Ignite Jet Fuel... more »

Would North Korea Use Old World War II Tanks to Fight America in a War?

TNI Staff at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*TNI Staff* *Security, Asia* Yes, and they might get slaughtered. While the T-34/85 medium tank might be have been instrumental in the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany’s Wehrmacht in World War Two, the vintage war machine is probably still in service in North Korea. The Soviet Union delivered some 250 T-34/85s to the nascent Democratic People’s Republic of Korea before March 1950. The Soviets delivered more of the tanks later over the course of the Korean War. The North Koreans lost many T-34/85s during the war as it became very apparently that the American M26 Pershing... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 16 hours ago
*There’s a Climate Bomb Under Your Feet* *Difficult to know what to make of this but it seems that warming soils give off CO2. So the slight warming of the last century or so must be partly responsible for present elevated CO2 levels. So warming elevates CO2 levels. But Warmists normally tell us that elevated CO2 levels cause warming. So which way around is it? I think the Greenies below have rather shot themselves in the foot. Anyway, we clearly must keep our soils cool. Not sure how.* Long before most people ever heard of climate change, scientists divided a patch of Har... more »

Blogorado, Day 2

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 17 hours ago
Friday was a day for reunions with old friends, eating far too much, and preparing the Secret Shooting Range for the weekend's festivities. Our hosts and several of our fitter, more mechanically minded members prepared steel targets by knocking off the rust gathered since last year and repainting them, then ferried everything out to the range area and set it up. We'll have our usual four-range setup; a short-range one for handguns, a shorter-range rifle area (primarily for rimfire), a shotgun area, and a long-range rifle table where targets will be engaged out to 750 yards. As ... more »

It's Coming

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 17 hours ago
On the question of electoral reform, Andrew Coyne is an optimist: It is going to happen, eventually. Some day, somewhere in this country, at some level of government, the monopoly will be broken, and the debate will have changed forever. The monopoly to which I refer is the system by which we elect members of Parliament, the provincial legislatures, and city councils: single-member***, plurality-wins voting, or as it is popularly known, “first past the post.” And not only them — mayors, school boards, the works. Canada is one of the few countries that still uses first past the pos... more »

Buzzfeed reveals how Breitbart not only panders to racists, but how they made them an integral part of the organization.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 17 hours ago
A video shows Milo Yiannopoulos singing “America the Beautiful” at a bar in 2016 as a crowd, including Richard Spencer, makes Nazi salutes pic.twitter.com/UjLXTvlDnp — BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) October 5, 2017 Courtesy of Buzzfeed: *The Breitbart employee closest to the alt-right was Milo Yiannopoulos, the site’s former tech editor known best for his outrageous public provocations, such as last year’s Dangerous Faggot speaking tour and September’s canceled Free Speech Week in Berkeley. For more than a year, Yiannopoulos led the site in a coy dance around the movement’s nastie... more »

The United States has an empathy problem which feeds a culture of violence abroad, ignorance at home and tragedy all around.

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 17 hours ago
While the world weeps for the Las Vegas victims, America's lack of empathy for its own victims abroad is staggering More The post The United States has an empathy problem which feeds a culture of violence abroad, ignorance at home and tragedy all around. appeared first on The Duran.

North Korea issues new statement warning that US and S. Korea may trigger nuclear war

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 17 hours ago
The statement, on close inspection, is actually a stern plea for the US and South Korea to embrace the Sino-Russian double-freeze. More The post North Korea issues new statement warning that US and S. Korea may trigger nuclear war appeared first on The Duran.

China vs US: Singapore's Role in Asia Pacific

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 17 hours ago
*October 7, 2017* (Joseph Thomas - NEO) - In early August, a Chinese-American professor, Huang Jing, and his wife were expelled from Singapore. He is accused of collaborating with foreign intelligence agents, according to the South China Morning Post. While the Singaporean government has yet to disclose which nation's intelligence agencies he is accused of collaborating with, the South China Morning Post and other US-European influenced newspapers in the region have attempted to suggest it is China. Huang Jing sought assistance from the US embassy in Singapore upon hearing the acc... more »

Et maintenant ? Pour un transhumanisme raisonné

Ethical Technology - 17 hours ago
Pourquoi développer un mouvement transhumaniste est important. https://ieet.org/images/uploads/horizon-1000x300.jpg

Hong Kong tourism is helping to offset China fall? Nope.

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 17 hours ago
*Mysterious chicken. Because you'd rather action immediately than heart attracting.* So I downloaded the numbers from the tourism bureau..... Hkk/Mac China Tot %Hkk/Mac Jan 112043 255689 367732 Feb 106183 202287 308470 Mar 124044 201599 325643 Apr 190785 214196 404981 May 128522 201867 330389 Jun 147918 189078 336996 Jul 156823 237251 394074 Aug 177048 249999 427047 1143366 1751966 2895332 39.48 2016 1,614,803 3,511,734 5,126,537 31.49 ...as you can see, last year arrivals from Hong Kong and Macao accounted for 31.49% of all arrivals from China. This year, such arrivals... more »

Five homicides by Ethan Siegel

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 18 hours ago
Ethan Siegel is a trained astrophysicist who writes some popular pieces on science, currently for Forbes. Many of his texts about the elementary enough physics are excellent – or at least very good high school term papers. However, he sometimes writes about the state-of-the-art fundamental or particle physics and all these texts are complete garbage. Every expert must see that Siegel isn't one of them, he just doesn't understand the basic things and his knowledge doesn't exceed that of an average layman who has read several popular books on physics. It's too bad that over 99% of... more »

Daily Mail UK Stunner On Gardasil Injury

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 18 hours ago
Note: Daily Mail UK continues to attack Dr. Wakefield on one hand while reporting on vaccine injury (see below) without pussyfooting on the other. Anything that gets the message to parents of babies, kids, teens and young adults to DO...

Exhaustive new report finds that, despite what the conservatives would have you believe, the IRS targeted both liberal and right wing groups seeking a tax exempt status.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 19 hours ago
Courtesy of the New York Times: *A federal watchdog investigating whether the Internal Revenue Service unfairly targeted conservative political groups seeking tax-exempt status said that the agency also scrutinized organizations associated with liberal causes from 2004 to 2013. * *The findings by the Treasury Department’s inspector general mark the end of a political firestorm that embroiled the I.R.S. in controversy, led to the ouster of its commissioner and prompted accusations the tax collection agency was being used as a political weapon by the Obama administration. * *The ex... more »

Did we ever listen to alternative viewpoints?

Chris Bullivant at Blog Posts – Page Array – UnHerd - 20 hours ago
The post Did we ever listen to alternative viewpoints? appeared first on UnHerd.

Hotel Guest Next To Vegas Shooter Just Blew Investigation WIDE OPEN

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours ago
This smelled like a failed arms sale deal from the get go. Now enough of the pieces are falling into place to make it fairly certain. The two windows blown out pretty well assures us that there was more than one shooter. That the bulk of the firing came from a real machine gun tells us that a true sniper nest had been set up somewhere. Possibly the other window but then they would have the problem of escaping with the hardware and they obviously did not simply dump that in the gun dealer's room. That one machine gun provided ample cover sound to allow any number of ordinary ... more »

Islam and Arabic with Younes Arbib

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours ago
This is important. It is impossible to actually then study the Koran in translation without been outside the actual tradition by definition. Thus he is completely right to understand that reform is impossible without reforming the Arabic language itself. The implied rigidity is immense and so wrong. It also make completely clear why the ongoing remarkable backwardness that this culture has been hanging on to has been sustainable. Language change does work to weaken this tendency as i have discovered among non Arabic speaking Muslims. There the religion remains more a patina ... more »

Trump Lays Out His Vision for World in UN Speech

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours ago
[image: President Donald Trump addresses the 72nd Annual UN General Assembly in New York on Sept. 19, 2017. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)] It is truly astonishing how the US media simply does not get it. A little time has passed but no where do i see any serious support been drummed up for any of this. instead i continue to see the ongoing slander party. It is horrid. Trump has laid out a whole new US foreign policy agenda that will now rule for decades. It is not isolationist and it will measure countries in terms of their people's happiness. The rogues... more »

An Australian town is in the grip of a paedophile epidemic with 90 per cent of school-age children suffering abuse, police have warned.

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours ago
I do not understand how this might be accepted, unless the dynamics of a traditional hunter gatherer society happens to support it. Yet it is also a center of alcoholism as well and that may have much to do with it. My point is why? All this is biologically wrong and is mere power abuse. There is no natural reason for this except drunken lust that i understand. One more nail for alcohol impairment. . *An Australian town is in the grip of a paedophile epidemic with 90 per cent of school-age children suffering abuse, police have warned.* * http://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl... more »

Syrian military reopens Palmyra-Sukhnah Highway after week long operation

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:30 A.M.) – The Syrian military announced the reopening of the Palmyra-Sukhnah Highway in the eastern countryside of the Homs Governorate after a week long operation against the Islamic State (ISIS) near the strategic city of Al-Sukhnah. According to a report from the military, the Palmyra-Sukhnah Highway was reopened after the Syrian Arab […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

US to delegate Iran’s IRGC as terrorist organization

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:05 A.M.) – U.S. President Donald Trump is planning to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, the Financial Times reported on Friday. “A senior administration official said the US president, who is poised to decertify a landmark nuclear deal between Iran and world powers next week, will not […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

ISIS leadership abandons capital city in east Syria: report

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:15 A.M.) – The Islamic State’s (ISIS) leadership has abandoned their capital city in eastern Syria after the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) recent advance in the Deir Ezzor Governorate, Al-Mayadeen News Agency reported this morning. While this has not been confirmed, it is widely believed that the Islamic State’s leader, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Syrian President rejects Iraqi Kurdistan referendum

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:35 A.M.) – Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and the Chairman of Iran’s Committee for Foreign Policy and National Security Alaa’eddine Boroujerdi discussed the recent independence referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan during a meeting in Damascus on Thursday. During the meeting, the Syrian President rejected any attempt by the regime in Iraqi Kurdistan to “undermine […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Breaking: Russian Air Force kills 80 ISIS terrorists in Al-Mayadeen – MoD

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:45 A.M.) – Minutes ago, the Spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konaashenkov, announced that the Russian Air Force eliminated at least 80 Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists in Al-Mayadeen. Among the 80 terrorists killed were nine militants from the northern Caucasus, the Russian Ministry of Defense added. Russian Defense […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Yemeni forces vow to attack Saudi Arabia

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:00 A.M.) – The Spokesman for the anti-regime Yemeni Army, Brigadier General Sharaf Luqman, stated on Friday that his forces are prepared to carry out attacks in Saudi Arabia. In remarks on Friday, the spokesman noted that the current stage of defending the country and confronting the Saudi-led aggression is the most important […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Turkish Army, jihadist rebels clash in Idlib

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:05 A.M.) – The Turkish Army and jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham reportedly clashed near the Syrian-Turkish border, Friday, after the former attempted to cross into the Idlib Governorate. According to opposition activists, the Turkish Army and HTS militants clashed at the small town of Hadad, where the latter decided to hold […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Syrian Army reverses jihadist gains in northern Hama

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:00 A.M.) – The jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham launched a surprise offensive in the northern countryside of the Hama Governorate, Friday, targeting the strategic crossing near the town of Abu Dali. HTS’s offensive got off to a successful start on Frida morning, as their forces managed to capture several points around […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Saudi Arabia breaks record with 100 executions this year

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
Saudi Arabia’s use of capital punishment has led to 100 deaths in the oil-rich country since the start of 2017, the Saudi Press Agency reported October 6. The 100th execution in the country this year was of a man convicted of murder. That figure is approximately 10 percent of the total number of state-sanctioned executions […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Man drives 2,900 miles from Oregon to Pennsylvania to adopt two-legged husky

White Wolf at White Wolf - 20 hours ago
Nubz, who is a Husky/Chow mix, lost two of his paws because his mom chewed them off in the puppy mill in Missouri where he was born. 'Puppy mills typically have a lot of caged animals. They don't' have a lot of access to moving around,' said Laura Magruder, veterinarian at Evergreen Veterinary Hospital in Salem. A man from Oregon drove all the way to Pennsylvania to pick up his new two-legged dog. 'We don't know if it was the extra stress of the puppy mill or maybe she just wasn't ready to be a mom, but she ended up taking it out on her puppies unfortunately,' Magruder said. Jim ... more »

Spaniards', EU's hardline sentiments are scary for freedom in Europe

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 21 hours ago
The tensions in Catalonia are *primarily* a reflection of a nationality or nation within the Kingdom of Spain that feels to be sufficiently different from the rest of Spain and insufficiently respected when it comes to the political rights and fiscal independence, among a few other things. Despite the omnipresent politically correct campaign against "nationalism" that the EU-style forces are bombarding everyone with, it's normal and healthy for people to belong to a nation – and for them to consider this relationship important. Patriotism or the love for one's homeland aren't dirty ... more »

Michigan State university hysteria

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 21 hours ago
'Officials at Michigan State University investigated and released strongly worded statements earlier this week because a female student claimed to find a noose on the handle of a stairwell door in a residence hall. Turns out, the alleged "noose" was just a stray shoelace. The first report of the packaged leather shoelace someone decided was a noose occurred on Wednesday morning, reports the Lansing State Journal. Police — and, of course, the office of institutional equity — investigated the shoelace after a female student reported it as a noose. The president of Michigan State Uni... more »

Kiowa Black Leggings Warrior Society To Honor Last Kiowa WWII Veteran

White Wolf at White Wolf - 21 hours ago
Luke W. Toyebo Sr. (Aw-zie'-the), the only living World War II veteran who is a member of the Kiowa Tribe, will be honored Sunday during the 59th annual Kiowa Blackleggings Warrior Society Ceremonial. Lyndreth L. "Tugger" Palmer, commander of the Kiowa Blackleggings, said rations will be given to 40-plus campers Friday. The event will be in the valley north of Indian City U.S.A., two miles south of Anadarko on Oklahoma 8. The event will begin with a noon meal, followed by the ceremonial itself at 2 p.m., on both Saturday and Sunday. The O-ho-mah Lodge will preside over the evening p... more »

The UK is unique

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 22 hours ago
This comment on biasedbbc.org https://biasedbbc.org/blog/2017/10/06/weekend-open-thread-165/#comments really struck a chord: 'Emmanuel Goldstein on October 6, 2017 at 4:10 pm I looked up on google for the recipients of the eu money as opposed to those like us who pay in. Poland gets about £15 billion a year. Good for them.If Poland were to leave the eu does that mean they would receive £50-£100 billion (for future commitments of course) and that the eu would have to pay them maybe £10 billion a year to be able to trade with them. Sounds ridiculous but it is perfect logic. If C... more »

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 22 hours ago
*-by Noah* I look at this picture and I wish I had 3 fists to give for my country. 3 fists with spiked brass knuckles. Let it rip. I'm an Old Testament kind of guy. Hammurabi's code and all that. An eye for an eye. If a man (or woman) be found a thief, cut off their hand. I look at the Trumps and I ask where is that Old Testament god that smites the evil and unrighteous? Hell, where is that sick god that even tormented the good Abraham like a cat torments a cockroach, for, yea, the Trump's are cockroaches. They are not even righteous like poor Abe. The Trumps are a whole family o... more »

Corbyn Gave Tour of Parliament to Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theorist per Guido Fawkes

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 22 hours ago
Guido Fawkes has more news of Jeremy Corbyn's links with vile anti Semites here https://order-order.com/2017/10/06/corbyn-gave-tour-parliament-anti-semitic-conspiracy-theorist/ 'Today it emerges Tapash Abu Shaim received a tour of Parliament given by none other than Jeremy Corbyn. Jez tweeted to Shaim to say it was "a pleasure" showing him and other Palestine Solidarity Campaign members around. Shaim and Jez still follow each other on Twitter. Jez is a patron of PSC; sources tell Guido Shaim is a high-ranking member.' Not a word about this will appear on the institutionally anti I... more »

Trump trolls Puerto Rico, wants storm victims to clean up the mess by hand

Eric Verlo at Not My Tribe - 23 hours ago
If President Trump is as dumb as you’re sure he is, who is writing his brilliant shtick? Could the capitalist cretin in chief have projected less empathy for victims of Hurrican Maria when he responded to calls for federal disaster relief by tossing rolls of paper towels to beleaguered Puerto Ricans? These gags don’t write […]

NOAA September 2017 – 83rd Maximum Temperature Out of 123

Originally posted on sunshine hours: According to the NOAA, September 2017 ranked 83rd out of 123 using the Maximum temperature. 2017 was 3F colder than 1998. The 10 warmest Septembers: 1998, 1922, 1953, 2015, 1931, 1939, 2005, 1933, 1952, 1990

Tweets For Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
September 2017 has been the deadliest month for Syria since the beginning of 2017 pic.twitter.com/0DglIzRwep — TRT World (@trtworld) October 7, 2017 2 soldiers killed, 6 hurt after military vehicle strikes them while they were in formation at SCarolina Army base. https://t.co/6x1GsqElq2 — The Associated Press (@AP) October 7, 2017 2,000 people helped to die by a doctor in first year since Canada legalized medically-assisted suicide https://t.co/rjSOCnefPF pic.twitter.com/kJ52JpxXTk — AFP news agency (@AFP) October 7, 2017 In Uruguay, the first country to legalise marijuana, "all... more »

Contradicting Earlier Reports, Iran Says That The Ballistic Missile Program Is Not Negotiable

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*Sputnik:** Iran Rules Out Negotiations on Its Ballistic Missile Program* Iranian Foreign Ministry said that its defense ballistic missile program is not negotiable and doesn't contradict the nuclear deal. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Iranian Foreign Ministry's spokesman Bahram Qassemi denied on Friday media reports about Iran's readiness to discuss its ballistic missile program. Earlier in the day, the Reuters news agency reported, citing Iranian and Western officials, that Iran was ready to discuss its ballistic missile program with six international mediators, which are signatories of th... more »

Putin, Saudi king discuss situation in Syria — Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud discussed the situation in Syria during the talks, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. “Of course, the situation in Syria was discussed,” he said. When asked whether the fate of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was discussed at the meeting, he […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BREAKING: Elite Syrian Army troops capture 50 percent of ISIS capital city

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:48 A.M.) – Elite forces of the Syrian Arab Army are pushing hard on the Islamic State’s capital, capturing half the city from the terrorist group in a matter of hours. According to military sources exclusive to Al-Masdar News, the Syrian Army’s elite Tiger Forces have battled their way into the heart of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Video footage of the Syrian Army encircling Quraytayn

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:30 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) regained the initiative in the southeastern countryside of Homs this after losing the key city of Quraytayn during a surprise attack by the so-called Islamic State (ISIS). Since launching their counter-offensive in southeast Homs, the Syrian Arab Army has managed to liberate several sites around […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
Shi'ite Popular Mobilization Forces run and cover themselves from a bomb attack in outside of Hawija, Iraq, on September 30, 2017. © REUTERS/ STRINGER *WNU Editor*: The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... *This Week in Pictures (September 30 - October 6) *(Sputnik)

Putin Birthday Protests: Opposition Candidate-Campaign Manager Jailed Ahead Of 70 City Protest Across Russia; Navalny Calls Putin A Turnip

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 1 day ago
Russian Presidential candidate “Navalny and his supporters plan to hold protests across Russia on October 7, Putin’s 65th birthday, in … Continue reading →

Are Theresa May's Days As Prime Minister Numbered?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*New York Times:* *Theresa May’s Nightmare Week Ends With Party Coup Attempt* LONDON — With crucial German and French elections out of the way, this was the moment when talks on Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union were supposed to get serious. Yet, while things look steadier in Berlin and Paris, Britain is suffering repeated aftershocks from last year’s referendum decision to quit the 28-nation bloc, the latest of them threatening to engulf its prime minister, Theresa May, who is fresh off a calamitous, accident-strewn speech on Wednesday. On Friday, Mrs. May, who presi... more »

U.S. Approves $15bn Sale Of Anti-Missile THAAD System To Saudi Arabia

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched during a successful intercept test, in this undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency. U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency/Handout via Reuters/File Photo *Reuters*: *U.S. approves possible $15 billion sale of THAAD missiles to Saudi Arabia* WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale of a THAAD anti-missile defense system to Saudi Arabia at an estimated cost of $15 billion, the Pentagon said on Friday, in a statement... more »

Linda Sánchez Stabbed Pelosi Right In The Back Yesterday

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*Linda and I*Sánchez (D-CA) is vice chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, #5 in the House Democratic conference, right under corrupt Wall Street whore Joe Crowley. Yesterday, on C-SPAN's *Newsmakers*, she called on the 3 top Dems-- Pelosi, Hoyer and Clyburn (who are all in their late 70s and not as sharp as they once were)-- to start preparing to move on and make room for the next generation of leaders, presumably Crowley and herself. "I do think it’s time to pass a torch to a new generation of leaders, and I want to be a part of that transition. I want to see that happen. I t... more »

Egyptian Army Starts Third Phase of Buffer Zone Plan on Gaza Borders. The Coming Fulfillment of Revelation 12: 6,14

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
“Wilderness” means desert. Sinai peninsula is a desert. – Revelation 12:6 New King James Version (NKJV) 6 Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days. … 14 But the woman was given two wings of […]

Pyongyang Ready to Test Missile Capable of Reaching US West Coast – Russian Lawmaker

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Pyongyang Ready to Test Missile Capable of Reaching US Coast – Russian Lawmaker by https://sputniknews.com/ According to a Russian lawmaker, who has just returned from North Korea, Pyongyang is ready to test a missile capable of reaching the US western coast. – “They are preparing for a new test of a longer-range missile. They even gave us mathematical […]

Israeli Ambassador Pushes Potential War to Elite U.S. Power-Brokers

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Israeli Ambassador Pushes Potential War to Elite U.S. Power-Brokers by Alison Weir and Kathryn Shihadah, IfAmericansKnewBlog A select assembly of Washington D.C. heavy hitters recently attended a Rosh Hashanah event at which Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer discussed alleged dangers posed by Iran, Syria, and Russia. In some places Dermer appeared to be laying […]

White House Says Trump’s “Calm Before The Storm” Comment Is “Extremely Serious”

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
White House Says Trump’s “Calm Before The Storm” Comment Is “Extremely Serious” by Tyler Durden, http://www.zerohedge.com/ Following President Trump’s “calm before the storm” comments last night, reporters tried to ask him once again what he meant today, to which he responded “you’ll see.” However, during The White House Press Briefing, Sarah Sanders replied to questions suggesting the President’s comments […]

Saudia Arabia Pivots Towards Russia And Away From The US

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
X22Report Published on Oct 6, 2017 Spanish courts are trying to block the Catalan independence vote. Russia and Saudi leaders meet and agree on a oil deal and a weapons deal. Saudi Arabia is pivoting away from the US and towards Russia. US troops can now fire in Afghanistan. North Korea keeps shouting about war, but […]

‘Deep State Jake’ Tapper & MSM Manufacture Pro-War Attitudes – Journalist

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
RT America Published on Oct 6, 2017 A recent study by the Chicago Council of Global Affairs finds that Americans seem to have developed a new taste for war. Why the shift in our collective views on military intervention? Journalist Max Blumenthal tells RT America’s Manila Chan that the numbers reflect “a concerted campaign by the […]

‘Calm Before Storm’: Trump Warns He’ll ‘Put an End to Iran’s Aggression & Nuclear Ambitions’

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Why is Donald Trump spewing Zionist propaganda? Iran has stated publicly and on many occasions they do not intend to build nuclear weapons. Their nuclear electric power station is under international monitoring all the time. – RT Published on Oct 6, 2017 President Donald Trump took up the issue of the Iran nuclear deal during a […]

‘No to Occupation’: Protesters Demand End of US Intervention in Afghanistan

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
RT Published on Oct 6, 2017 Marking the 16th anniversary of the US intervention in Afghanistan, the Solidarity Party organized a protest in the capital, Kabul. end

Trump Escalating Hillary-Obama Era Strategy of Hostility Against Russia – Dan Glazebrook

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Has Trump sold out to the Illuminist MIC? The generals have definitely taken over the White House. – RT Published on Oct 6, 2017 Moscow has not ruled out retaliatory measures if Washington continues its crackdown on Russian media outlets in the US, the Kremlin said. It added that US pressure on Russian media violates freedom […]

Draconid Meteor Shower: How to Spot One of the Biggest Celestial Events THIS Weekend

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Draconid Meteor Shower: How to Spot One of the Biggest Celestial Events THIS Weekend by MATT DRAKE, http://www.express.co.uk/ A MESMERISING meteor shower will be visible from the UK this weekend and is sure to give stargazers a good show. – The Draconid meteor shower is one of two meteor showers that can be seen in October. Up […]

Stop Saudi Genocidal War in Yemen: Interview with Fouad Alghaffari

Alicia at LaRouchePAC Feed - 1 day ago
World Land-Bridge London-Saudi Global Terror Stop WWIII Video of kau_oi_g_jU LaRouchePAC conducted an exclusive interview with Fouad Alghaffari, chairman of the Yemeni Advisory Office for Coordination with the BRICS, who has been actively promoting the ideas of the LaRouche movement in Yemen, leading the effort to bring Yemen into the "peace through development" paradigm of the New Silk Road. Alghaffari speaks with us from Sana'a, Yemen, which has been the target of an aggressive genocidal war by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,which has already killed over 10,000 people. LaRouchePAC h... more »

Pact-Man

From New York Magazine: Morongate (or, if you prefer, the Moron-Contra scandal) has left President Trump’s relationship with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson understandably tense. Axios reports that not only is Trump’s confidence in Tillerson “broken beyond repair,” the president is floating a succession … Continue reading →

These 3 Nations Can Stop a Hypersonic Missile Arms Race

Zachary Keck at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Zachary Keck* *Security, * But will it happen? The world is on the cusp of a dangerous hypersonic missile arms race, but three nations—Russia, China and the United States—have the power to stop it. That is the main conclusion of a new report released by the Rand Corporation, entitled, “Hypersonic Missile Nonproliferation: Hindering the Spread of a New Class of Weapons.” Hypersonic missiles are defined as those traveling at speeds greater than Mach 5. That is, between 3,106 and 15,534 miles per hour or one to five miles per second. To put that in perspective, the report notes th... more »

America's M-1 Abrams Tank is Getting Anti-Missile Shields

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, * Russia, China or North Korea won't be happy. The announcement was cryptic, even garbled. On the federal government's contracts-awarded site was an item: defense firm General Dynamics had been awarded a $9.9 million addition to a previous contract. The literal words of the announcement were that General Dynamics will “support and [sic] urgent material release and have first unit equipped on trophy installed on an Armor Brigade Combat Team’s M1A2 SEPv2.” The language may have been worthy of Yoda, but its significance was real. The U.S. military is final... more »

What the Great Scud Hunt Tells About a War With North Korea

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Asia* We might not be able to take out those missiles, after all. While assembling the coalition that would eject Iraqi forces from Kuwait in 1990–1991, one thing American military planners *weren’t *worried about was Iraq’s Scud-B tactical ballistic missiles. True, Iraq had flung hundreds of the Soviet-designed missiles at Iranian cities during the Iran-Iraq war. But the weapons were derived from Nazi V-2 rockets dating back to World War II, and had difficulty hitting any target *smaller *than a city. The home-built Al-Hussein Scuds developed by Ira... more »

Why Trump Needs the Iran Deal

Daniel L. Davis at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Daniel L. Davis* *Security, Middle East* [image: A staff member removes the Iranian flag from the stage after a group picture with foreign ministers and representatives of Unites States, Iran, China, Russia, Britain, Germany, France and the European Union during the Iran nuclear talks at the Vienna International Center in Vienna, Austria July 14, 2015. Iran and six major world powers reached a nuclear deal on Tuesday, capping more than a decade of on-off negotiations with an agreement that could potentially transform the Middle East, and which Israel call] With important issues f... more »

A Visit to Russia: Can Relations Be Improved?

Paul J. Saunders at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Paul J. Saunders* *Security, Americas* [image: Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a glass of champagne during a ceremony to receive credentials from foreign ambassadors at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia October 3, 2017. REUTERS/Pavel Golovkin/Pool] If the administration wants to work with Moscow, it will find a willing though admittedly difficult partner. After returning from a series of meeting with senior officials in Moscow, the degree to which Russian officials remain eager to improve the U.S.-Russia relationship is apparent. Russia’s leaders are certainly not desperate—... more »

REVEALED: U.S. Tested Carcinogenic Chemicals On Unknowing Canadian Civilians During The Cold War

Aaron at Activist Post - 1 day ago
By Aaron Kesel The U.S. Army secretly tested carcinogenic chemicals on unknowing residents of Canada in Winnipeg and Alberta during the Cold War in testing linked to... more »

Nobel Peace Prize 2017 Awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 1 day ago
Atomic Annie Cannon Nuclear Bomb Grable Sumiteru Taniguchi’s back injuries from Nagasaki bombing, January 1946, by USMC This picture was … Continue reading →

Friday Evening Links

Greg Fingas at Accidental Deliberations - 1 day ago
Assorted content to end your week. - Michael Paarlberg discusses how the ratchet effect is making American health care far more durable than Republicans may have realized - while recognizing that there's a lesson to be drawn for the design of other social programs as to the value of a broad constituency of support. - Kate Fane and Kourosh Houshmand point out that the few millenials getting ahead are those who already have a head start. - Christine Saulnier examines who would benefit from a $15 minimum wage in Nova Scotia - with a third of the province's workers standing to see a ... more »

A Presumption of Guilt

Willis Eschenbach at Skating Under The Ice - 1 day ago
For a little light reading, I was browsing through the new FBI crime statistics for 2016. There’s a variety of interesting stuff in there which I may write about some day, but along the way, I noticed a curious thing. They give two different numbers for how many people were arrested for the crime of rape.…

Communist UNESCO Boss Seeks Corrupt Successor to Escape Justice

Alex Newman at rss - 1 day ago
[image: communist-unesco-boss-seeks-corrupt-successor-to-escape-justice] Facing a growing avalanche of corruption scandals that threatens to bring down her network and even the disgraced agency she leads, the communist director-general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and her allies are scrambling to install a corrupt successor who can help keep a lid on all the malfeasance. If an independent outsider were to take over and launch a serious investigation of what has been happening at the UN agency since scandal-plagued UNESCO boss Irina ... more »

Never Let Conservatives Own The Word "Moderate"

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*Corporate whores are not "moderates." They're corporate whores* The other day I had an off-the-record lunch with one of California's top political leaders, an effective liberal who wields tremendous power in Sacramento. During the conversation he kept referring to the corrupt conservative Democrats in the legislature as "moderates." At one point, I interrupted him-- and this is a formidable guy not used to being interrupted-- and said "If you keep referring to these conservatives as 'moderates,' what does that make you and your ideas? Radicals? Extremists? Don't let them own that w... more »

More holes in the AGW Theory.

Geoff Brown at The Australian Climate Sceptics Blog - 1 day ago
A Paper by *Scafetta et al* published in the Journal of Heat and Technology (link) suggests that GCMs (Global Climate Models) “*are very likely flawed.* " ABSTRACT The period from 2000 to 2016 shows a modest warming trend that the advocates of the anthropogenic global warming theory have labeled as the "pause" or “hiatus.” These labels were chosen to indicate that the observed temperature standstill period results from an unforced internal fluctuation of the climate (e.g. by heat uptake of the deep ocean) that the computer climate models are claimed to occasionally reproduce withou... more »

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