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Are WhatsApp Good Morning messages eating up your smartphone space? This Google app will help you clear it.
Are WhatsApp Good Morning messages eating up your smartphone space? This Google app will help you clear it – The Financial Express http://www.financialexpress.com/industry/technology/are-whatsapp-good-morning-messages-eating-up-your-smartphone-space-this-google-app-will-help-you-clear-it/1029142/ Advertisements
Air pollution may shorten telomeres in newborns
Medical Xpress: Air pollution may shorten telomeres in newborns https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2018-01-air-pollution-shorten-telomeres-newborns.html
Students learn better from books than screens, according to a new study.
Students learn better from books than screens, according to a new study | World Economic Forum https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/10/students-learn-better-from-books-than-screens-according-to-a-new-study?utm_content=buffer2caf5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Scientists bring innovative microbeam radiation therapy for cancer treatment a step closer
M3 India | Clinical News | Scientists bring innovative microbeam radiation therapy for cancer treatment a step closer https://www.m3india.in/contents/clinical_news/62618/scientists-bring-innovative-microbeam-radiation?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=ads&utm_campaign=CP12_Article_Oncology_M3
Monkeys cloned in world first, scientists reveal
Monkeys cloned in world first, scientists reveal http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/clone-monkey-human-zhong-hua-china-cloning-fears-macaque-replicant-a8176181.html?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook
We should consider obesity as a kind of contagious disease, study shows
We should consider obesity as a kind of contagious disease, study shows http://www.sciencealert.com/study-finds-obesity-socially-contagious-behaviour
What Makes a Great Being?
Adi Shankara – What Makes a Great Being? – The Isha Blog http://isha.sadhguru.org/blog/sadhguru/spot/adi-shankara-what-makes-great-being/
Can’t remember a name? Blame the left side of your brain
Medical Xpress: Can’t remember a name? Blame the left side of your brain https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2018-01-blame-left-side-brain.html
Why do we assume fat people are unfit, lazy and stupid?
Why do we assume fat people are unfit, lazy and stupid? https://www.dailyo.in/voices/health-fat-person-diabetes-body-shaming-hypothyroidism-obesity/story/1/13339.html
When the eyes move, the eardrums move, too
Medical Xpress: When the eyes move, the eardrums move, too https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2018-01-eyes-eardrums.html
San Francisco changes Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day
San Francisco joined at least 55 other cities, including Los Angeles and Minneapolis, in renaming the holiday to celebrate the original people of Americas. On Tuesday, January 23, 2018, San Francisco supervisors have replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day. The 10-to-1 vote was done so to honor American Indians and condemn past atrocities their ancestors suffered. San Francisco joins several other major cities that have replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day in recent years, such as Minneapolis, Los Angeles and Seattle. Yesterday’s vote met resistance from the... more »
Greg Hunter, "Wealth Will Go Poof in Next Crash"
*"Wealth Will Go Poof in Next Crash"* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com "Economic researcher and futurist Chris Martenson says if you believe everything is great with the economic turnaround, you have to believe “fundamentals don’t matter.” Martenson explains, “Of course, fundamentals matter, but they don’t seem to these days. Take every company that has a market cap of $2 billion or higher and a price to earnings (P/E) of more than 50 or higher and what do you get? You get a list of 236 companies. These are not small companies, these are big companies. We saw a number of these thi... more »
The U.S. Is Increasingly Using Air Power In It's Many Wars
Smoke billows after an air strike by Iraqi forces towards the positions of the Islamic State militants in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq June 25, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro *Julian Borger, The Guardian:* *US air wars under Trump: increasingly indiscriminate, increasingly opaque* *Lack of transparency over looser rules of engagement is hallmark of administration, writes Julian Borger* The escalating air war in Somalia is part of a global pattern of an ever broader and unfettered use of air power that has it roots in the Obama administration but which has been spurred on and expanded... more »
Thanks In Part To Trump, Florida Heats Up As A 2018 Battleground
*EMILY's List has come up with a way for Democrats to lose in Florida again* Yesterday Lisa Hagen wrote that Florida governor, Trump crony and crooked multimillionaire Rick Scott is running into headwinds as he considers his Senate run against Bill Nelson. GOP analyst Rick Wilson: "He’s got the ability to lay the hammer down very quickly and be in the fight very quickly. At this point if you’re him, you want to wait as long as you can [because] Donald Trump is really unpopular in Florida with people outside the Republican base." He has until May 4 to file; no other Republicans will ... more »
Sea level rise acceleration (or not): Part II – The geological record
Originally posted on Climate Etc.: By Judith Curry Part II of the Climate Etc. series on sea level rise –the geological record provides context for the recent sea level rise. Part I provided a context for examining observations and causes of global sea level rise. I greatly appreciate the comments on the blog posts, and…
North Korea Has Lots of Submarines (But Just How Dangerous Are They?)
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * They might be old, but they can kill/. *In 1998, a Yugo-class midget submarine, predecessor to the Yono class, was snared in the nets of a South Korean fishing boat and towed back to a naval base. Inside was a macabre sight: five submarine crewmen and four Reconnaissance Bureau agents, all dead of gunshot wounds. The crew had been murdered by the agents, who promptly committed suicide. The submarine was thought to have become entangled in the fishing boat’s net on its way back home to North Korea, after picking up a party of agents who had completed ... more »
Why Are Russian Nuclear Attack Submarines Firing Torpedoes At Each Other?
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * The reason is actually simple. *“If you look across the design of the Russian Federation Navy, where they have put their resources and their research and development efforts has primarily been in the undersea domain and in the submarine force,” Vice Adm. James G. Foggo III, who at the time was simultaneously commander of the U.S. Navy’s 6th Fleet, Joint Force Maritime Component Commander Europe and NATO’s Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO, told The National Interest back in 2016..* Back in May of 2016, the Russian nuclear-powered attack submari... more »
This Is the Odd-Looking Fighter That Could Have Replaced the F-22 Raptor
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * So what happenned? *Both the Raptor and a fully operational F-23 would have carried eight air-to-air missiles internally—that was the Air Force requirement. Moreover, the operational jets were essentially identically in terms of avionics—both competitors had proposed similar avionics suites. In fact, the Raptor ended up with the radar that was originally proposed for the YF-23. Ultimately, the Air Force ended up with an excellent plane with the Raptor—but both the YF-22 and YF-23 were outstanding designs. Had Northrop won the competition, the F-23 m... more »
This is the Strange Looking Plane That Almost Replaced the F-35
*Robert Farley* *Security, * The X-32 was almost the top fighter for the U.S. military. *Chosen in 2001, the F-35 went on to become the largest Pentagon procurement project of all time, and one of the most beset by trouble. The X-32 escaped all of the most significant challenges to the F-35. The X-32 never faced decades of testing and redesign; it never saw massive cost overruns; it was never subjected to an endless series of articles about how it couldn’t out-dogfight an F-16A. Nostalgia for what might have been is common in aircraft competitions, and it’s impossible to say whe... more »
POSSIBLY WIRED FOR LACK OF SOUND: "I am not a circus freak!"
*WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2018Part 3—Or so one Trump voter says:* "I am not an animal!" One Trump supporter has now made this claim. Down below, we'll review his more precise statement. The Trump supporter who made this claim hails from Brooklyn, New York. He was one of fifteen people who got a chance to explain their support for Trump in last Thursday's New York Times. On that day, the Times devoted its entire editorial page to letters from those fifteen Trump voters. The next day, the Times published seven letters of rebuttal. Those letters appeared beneath this striking headlin... more »
Starbucks Gives Workers Raises, Stock Grants Due to Tax Law
Starbucks is giving its U.S. workers pay raises and stock bonuses in 2018, citing recent tax reform.
Alex Jones Scoops Big Media, Releases Secret FISA Document
[image: alex-jones-scoops-big-media-releases-secret-fisa-document] Alex Jones and his Infowars Internet/radio/TV platform appear to have scored a major coup against the Deep State and the “mainstream” media, with their January 23 release of a formerly classified FISA court ruling regarding massive NSA spying on Americans.
The existence of a Deep State “secret society” confirmed by whistleblower (Video)
Whistleblower confirms that "Secret Society" meetings took place between FBI and DOJ. More The post The existence of a Deep State “secret society” confirmed by whistleblower (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
listening to joni: #4: blue
*Blue, 1971* Front Cover The back cover is solid blue. Inside, only lyrics and credits.Ask people their favourite Joni Mitchell album, and you are very likely to hear *Blue*. In my experience, this is especially true of older fans who discovered the album in real time. *Blue* is a masterpiece; there is no doubt of that. It is also the masterpiece that is more straightforward and accessible. When a Joni fan names *Blue* as their favourite, I wonder if this was the last stop on their journey with Joni's music. That may not be fair, but my experience continues to reinforce the theory... more »
Another day under corporate control
- I spent much of yesterday working on the next Global Network *Space Alert* newsletter. I hope to get it to our layout person by the end of the week. We've got some great articles in this coming edition but as I was pulling things together it is clearer than ever to me just how massive the US effort is to encircle Russia and China in a desperate attempt to hang onto the fading empire. Washington is rolling the nuclear-loaded dice and appears to think that bluster, threats, destabilization and chaos creation will somehow ensure its hold on the global eco... more »
'Akicita' Premiere -- Standing Ovation for Water Protectors at Sundance Film Festival
. Add caption . At the premiere of Akicita: The Battle of Standing Rock, the filmmakers said, "We are overwhelmed by the love and support from today’s screening of AKICITA: THE BATTLE OF STANDING ROCK. Thank you to everyone who came out!"Watch video below:video link on Twitter and clip below from Facebookhttps://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/955969562083704832 .
Students Ran for Their Lives as Shots Erupted in High School
The trauma consumed the rural town of about 4,300 people, where nearly everyone has a connection to the school.
A Question for the Next Census
There is a controversy brewing about the Justice Department's request that the next census ask about citizenship status. The concern is that this question may discourage noncitizens from answering the census and thus lead to an undercount of that population that would affect all sorts of government programs, including representation in the House of Representatives. I have a separate suggestion. If we are going to add new questions to the census about citizenship, then I would propose reviving one that was asked in the 1870 census. The modern version would ask all citizens above the ... more »
Coercive PC Discourse
A previous post (here) described Civil Discourse tactics regarding controversial subjects like global warming/climate change. Another post (here) noted that contemporary leftists advocate through social rather than political persuasion, and have taken over most of the cultural institutions in pursuing their agenda. A recent BBC interview with Jordan Peterson demonstrates exactly how an opinionated media […]
US-Led Coalition Is Claiming It Killed 150 ISIS Fighters In An Airstrike This Weekend
*BBC*: *Syria war: US strikes on IS headquarters 'kills 150 militants'* The US-led coalition against the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) says it has killed up to 150 militants in air strikes on a headquarters in Syria. A statement said the strikes took place on Saturday near al-Shafah, in the Middle Euphrates river valley in the south-eastern province of Deir al-Zour. A combination of intelligence and continuous target observation ensured no civilians were harmed, it added. There was no confirmation of the attack from IS or its supporters. The coalition says the group has lost 9... more »
Did the NFL Admit to Rigging Games?
A deceptive video about rigged football games created by a "satire" Facebook page spread quickly on social media.
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From Jenna Orkin Montana becomes first state to implement net neutrality after FCC repeal MDMA For PTSD Therapy Enters Final Round of Trials, Could Be Approved In U.S. and Canada By 2021 Trump Fires Latest Shot In Trade Wars - Imposes 30% Tariff On Solar-Panel Imports Canadian Billionaire Couple Was Murdered, Private Investigators Say Billionaires Stuck: Davos Disrupted By Massive Snowfall, Avalanche Alerts 40,000 Indians Flee As Fighting Erupts On Pakistan Border Anti-Snake Venom Opossums U.S. On Track To Unseat Saudi Arabia As No.2 Oil Producer In the World German City Ban... more »
Aliens Extant, Askance And Akimbo
*Behind a grain of sand...* Aliens Extant, Askance, And Akimbo By Alfred Lehmberg Select affected persons are reporting encounters with extraterrestrial beings... (yeah, just roll on passed any knee-jerk revulsions or "informed" eye-rolls). Positively or negatively inspired themselves, they are regarded in a manner at least "*arms akimbo and eyes askance*" by, certainly the earnest skeptic, but mal-earnestly by the loathsomely mendacious one, too. That's how reflex-denial, *even one justified*, rolls. Out of round, badly, and substantively, untrued. Sure, one jerks one's hand fr... more »
Iraq’s Parliamentary Elections Set For May 12, 2018
There was some debate about whether Iraq would hold its next national elections on time. Some Sunni parties wanted a delay. A Federal Court decision sealed the deal and voting will happen as planned on May 12, 2018. The alliances were set beforehand, although there were several attempts at moves after the fact. Prime Minister Haidar Abadi heads into the vote with the upper hand, but there are always twists and turns in Iraqi politics. For months, Sunni factions were trying to delay the elections. The main reason was that they claimed there were so many people displaced from the w... more »
Mueller's Russiagate Scam Is Imploding, But Neocons Are Hell Bent for War
There should be no misunderstanding that the two contradictory courses of developments within the United States today are somehow merely a coincidence. On the one hand, the two-year-long campaign to stop Donald Trump, the so-called "Russiagate," orchestrated by British intelligence agent Christopher Steele and his assets within the Obama intelligence community, is now verging on collapse. The outright criminal actions by this conspiratorial cabal now stand exposed — and many of them should end up in prison. Peter Strzok, who led much of the Russia investigation at the FBI, and as... more »
The Day In Iraqi History – Jan 24
1969 Former MP Bajari during spy trial claimed opposition leaders were trying to overthrow Pres Bakr’s govt 1970 42 more sentenced to death for coup plot against Pres Bakr 2003 Gen Franks presented final war plan to Rumsfeld and Joint Chiefs head Gen Myers 2003 Blair sent note to Bush suggesting delaying Iraq invasion for a month to allow more time for postwar planning 2003 UK Foreign Office legal adv Sir Wood told Foreign Sec Straw that Britain could not go to war with Iraq without a 2nd UN resolution 2003 IAEA told Wash Post aluminum ...more »
Unarmed High School Sports Star Killed by Police as He Backed Out of His Own Driveway
[image: school]A high school track and wrestling star was gunned down by police conducting a welfare check. He was unarmed and merely backing his car out of his own driveway.
Cops to Cost Taxpayers $5 Million for Refusing to Apologize for Beating Autistic Child on Video
[image: autistic]Buckeye, AZ — Following a national outcry surrounding the violent takedown of an autistic boy by Officer David Grossman, the Buckeye Police Department began conducting damage control. As the world lashed out at the department for mistreating Connor, an innocent autistic boy in such a violent and callous manner, the parents simply asked for an […]
WATCH: Over a Dozen Cops Swarm, Arrest Tiny Girl for Sitting Incorrectly on the Subway
[image: sitting]A Hollywood teenager was harassed and later arrested by a police officer accused of abusing his authority in demanding the teen leave the train for sitting incorrectly.
Congressmen Just Exposed FBI’s ‘Secret Society’ They Uncovered in Official Messages
[image: official]'Perhaps this is the first meeting of the secret society,'" Gowdy said. "So I'm going to want to know what secret society you are talking about"
WATCH: Libertarian Gubernatorial Candidate Pays Property Tax — In Pennies and Nickles
[image: tax]To make a peaceful protest over the unjust nature of property tax, a man seeking the Libertarian nomination for Texas Governor, paid his tax in change.
Ursula K. Le Guin
The grand dame of imaginative literature has died, aged 88. Acclaimed author of such socialist/anarchist-oriented fantasy masterpieces as *The Dispossessed* and *The Left Hand of Darkness*, Ursula Le Guin largely confined herself to poetry, social commentary and yes, blogging, in her later years. As a matter of fact, I was in the middle of a collection of her often hilarious essays when I got the *New* *York Times* alert that she had died at her home in Portland, Oregon after several months of ill health. My favorite essay in the collection ("No Time To Spare") so far is her skew... more »
The New Owners of the Golders Green Hippodrome according to the Campaign4Truth
This article https://campaign4truthblog.wordpress.com/2018/01/02/golders-green-hippodrome/ is a must read, here's an extract: 'The Shirazis are extremists by any standard and collaborators with designated groups such as Hezbollah as well as with the Khomeini regime. Antisemitism and radicalisation There is evidence that the Shirazis are radicalising the Shia in Britain entrenching both traditional and modern hatred of Jews promoting conspiracy theories and antisemitic tropes nurturing the perception of non-Muslims as 'impure' advocating extreme self-flagellation rituals including... more »
The world on a billionaire's budget
Andrew D. Hwang, Associate Professor of Mathematics, College of the Holy Cross at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 14 hours ago
There are about 2,000 billionaires in the world, controlling over $7.6 trillion. How does that compare to the income of an average American?
Is a unified Korea possible?
Ji-Young Lee, Assistant Professor, American University School of International Service at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 14 hours ago
North Korea has taken up the South's invitation to the Olympics, but a quick look at the history of North-South talks suggests that unity is not as close as it may seem.
In memoriam: Harry Selby
Harry Selby, one of the most famous professional hunters in Africa (so-called "white hunters" in a previous age), has died in Botswana at the age of 92. Selby was made famous by American novelist Robert Ruark, who was also an enthusiastic big game hunter. He made a months-long safari visit to Africa in 1951, guided by Harry Selby, and immortalized the latter in his book about the experience, "Horn of the Hunter". During a later safari with Selby, Ruark made an hour-long movie about the experience titled "Africa Adventure". Selby is to the left of Ruark in the cover image. ... more »
'World's richest 1% get 82% of the wealth', says Oxfam per BBC News
The BBC report http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42745853 on this terrible poverty gap. The Labour Party / BBC alliance will push this discrepancy as am example of how capitalism has failed and why Jeremy Corbyn should become Prime Minister and lead the UK to a socialist nirvana. Leaving aside that Socialist nirvanas tend to become killing zones for those who the socialists decide are undesirable, you might be interested to know that: 'According to the Global Rich List, a website that brings awareness to worldwide income disparities, an income of $32,400 a year will allow you to ... more »
Russia is ‘preparing to slaughter stray dogs en masse before World Cup 2018’
Russian animal rights campaigners are warning that stray dogs will be slaughtered en masse ahead of this summer’s World Cup. Deals worth £1.4 million have been signed in host cities for killer dogs to be deployed, according to Ekaterina Dmitrieva, director of the City Animal Protection Foundation. Dmitrieva’s claims go against the official line that dogs are going to be rehoused in temporary accommodation for the duration of the Cup. Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko recently ordered host cities to set up temporary animal shelters for the estimated two million strays in these pl... more »
Scientists set up camp in Davos to warn about global warming and get buried by snow
Climate scientists hope their mock camp illustrates how global warming could impact the Arctic, but the “Gore effect” may make it harder to get the message across.
Sources say that Trump chief of staff John Kelly may be headed to the chopping block, and that Ivanka is actively searching for his successor.
Courtesy of Vanity Fair: *Donald Trump’s relationship with John Kelly, his chief of staff, fraught from the beginning, may finally have gone past the point of no return. Two prominent Republicans in frequent contact with the White House told me that Trump has discussed choosing Kelly’s successor in recent days, asking a close friend what he thought about David Urban, a veteran Washington lobbyist and political operative who helped engineer Trump’s victory in Pennsylvania. Ivanka is also playing a central role in the search, quietly field-testing ideas with people. “Ivanka is the ... more »
NPE Pal, Lamar Alexander, Celebrates School Choice Week
To paraphrase Jonathan Kozol: GOP's idea of school choice is to offer a $7,000 voucher for parents to send their kids to a marginal private school with no oversight. When you and your conservative pals are willing to give poor kids a $25,000 voucher to attend Ensworth, that's when I will become a Republican. https://t.co/BwRYmTkDJH — James Horn (@Ontogeny100) January 24, 2018
Iraqi forces kill 6 ISIS terrorists in southern Kirkuk
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:00 P.M.) – The Iraqi Armed Forces killed six Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists in the southern part of the Kirkik region, today, Al-Sumaria News Agency reported. According to their report, Iraq’s Hashd Al-Sha’abi (Popular Mobilization Units) tracked down the Islamic State terrorists in southern Kirkik’s Al-Zab area in a bid to clear the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Kurdish YPG forces recapture several areas lost in Afrin
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:50 P.M.) – The Kurdish YPG forces launched several counter-attacks in the Afrin Canton, today, targeting the areas recently captured by the Turkish-backed rebels. The counter-attacks would prove successful for the YPG, as their forces managed to recapture several areas recently lost, while also seizing a bulldozer, ammunition, and other weapons from the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Breaking: Syrian Army to halt military operations in Idlib once Abu Dhuhour Airport is secured
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:40 P.M.) – According to early reports from Damascus, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) will halt operations around the Abu Dhuhour Military Airport once the installation is secured. The operations will be halted in favor of promoting a new ceasefire with the militant groups that are in control of most of the Idlib […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Kurdish, Turkish, rebel and civilian losses so far in Day 5 of Afrin operation – Statistics
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:45 P.M.) – Combat losses are stacking up as Ankara’s ‘Olive Branch’ operation against Kurdish forces in Afrin moves into its fifth day. Recently the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) released a statistical report covering deaths suffered by all warring factions in the region as well as those endured by civilians. According […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Lebanese Army captures Syrian member of ISIS
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:30 P.M.) – The Lebanese Army captured a member of the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) in eastern Lebanon, a military communique stated on Wednesday. According to the military communique, the Lebanese Army Intelligence apprehended the Syrian national, Hassan ‘Abdel-Wahid Al-Sourani, for links to the Islamic State terror organization. The report added that Al-Sourani […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Turkish military column reportedly enters Aleppo in pursuit of Kurds
Earlier, Turkish President Recep Erdogan said that Ankara was going to “thwart games” along its borders amid the ongoing Olive Branch Operation. According to the TV channel Al-Mayadin, the armored column entered the Tellet el-Is area in the south of the Aleppo province to crush the Kurdish fighters in the Afrin area. At the same […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Turkish military, accompanied by Al-Qaeda fighters, arrives in west Aleppo to deter Syrian Army offensive on Idlib
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:30 P.M.) – A Turkish military convoy – accompanied by Al-Qaeda-linked militants – has visited a key area that borders government and rebel-held lines in the western countryside of Aleppo province. The reported purpose of the visit by Turkish forces was to assess places suitable for the establishment of observation posts aimed at […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Turkey to prosecute Kurdish militants captured in Syria
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (2:05 P.M.) – Kurdish militants captured alive while fighting Turkish military in Syria’s Afrin will be subject to trial in Turkish courts, a Turkish source said. The source confirmed that captured fighters of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Democratic Union Party (PYD) will be transferred to Hatay province and prosecuted for […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Breaking: Russian, Syrian troops withdraw from border positions near Syria’s Manbij only to return
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:08 P.M.) – Official Syrian sources have confirmed that pro-government forces temporary withdrew for their border posts west of Manbij on Tuesday only to return in recent hours. On Tuesday, reports began to circulate that Russian, Syrian Arab Army and National Defence Forces (national militia force) troops were withdrawing from their border positions […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Islamic State Attack 'Save The Children' Building In Afghanistan. 3 Killed 24 Wounded.
*Daily Mail: **ISIS claim attack on Save the Children in Afghanistan after suicide bomber and gunmen stormed offices, killing three and injuring 24, four days after Western hotel massacre* * ISIS attackers blew up car suicide bomb near Jalalabad compound around 9am * Six gunmen fired a grenade at the entrance before storming inside, witness said * At least three people, a civilian and two guards, are dead and 24 others wounded * Two gunmen have also been killed and fighting is ongoing, local media reports Three people have been killed and at least 24 wounded after ISIS gunmen sto... more »
Soundbite and fury
It’s a thankless business, this opining-on-the-internet malarky. Call me the thinking man’s Katie Hopkins but I expected to be taken to task over the minor divergence of opinion between the proprietors of this blog regarding the Rob Burley / Dan Hodges contretemps. In the event, zilch. Does no-one care? To recap; it was a close-run thing, but I sided with Burley, whereas Craig was more inclined towards the Hodges camp. The nub of the matter was whether Andrew Marr had ‘caved in’ by not playing the infamous lynch-gate audio clip at John McDonnell’s behest. Of course, if Andrew Marr... more »
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. - Andrew Sheng discusses the role of oversimplified assumptions about economic development in exacerbating wealth and income inequality: The American era has been very comfortable with the timeless, universal model of the free market. Inconvenient problems such as inequality are market failures, which the state can take care of, ignoring the reality of political capture and vested interests. Free market economics suited the privileged elite because “everyone can get rich, we can always redistribute later”. But once the elite got rich... more »
Police: Angry Fast-Food Worker Beans Supervisor with Burrito
Police say a fast-food worker upset at having to work a morning shift threw a hot burrito at his Taco Bell supervisor in Spartanburg, S.C.
The Army Just Came Up with a Crazy New Way to Protect Its Tanks
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * Will it work? The Army is engineering new Hostile Fire Detection sensors for its fleet of armored combat vehicles to identify, track and target enemy small arms fire. Even if the enemy rounds being fired are from small arms fire and not necessarily an urgent or immediate threat to heavily armored combat vehicles such as an Abrams, Stryker or Bradley, there is naturally great value in quickly finding the location of incoming enemy attacks, Army weapons developers explain. There are a range of sensors now being explored by Army developers; infrared sen... more »
‘Enjoy Hell:’ Doctor’s Sentence Next for Assaulting Gymnasts
Larry Nassar has admitted sexually assaulting athletes when he was employed by Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics.
The Federal Reserve, the Free Lunch and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017
While every administration that changes the U.S. tax code likes to brag about the financial advantages to Main Street America and how the changes will positively impact the economy, a recent speech by William Dudley, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York provides us with an insider's viewpoint on the impact of the Trump Administration's recent 1,097 page-long Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. In Mr. Dudley's January 11, 2018 speech given to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, he opens by noting that, broadly speaking, t... more »
On The Verge
We live in a complex civilization, writes George Monbiot. And we are on the verge of tearing it apart: Certain western governments are engaged in a frenzy of self-destruction. In an age of phenomenal complexity and interlocking crises, the Trump administration has embarked on a mass de-skilling and simplification of the state. Donald Trump may have sacked his strategist, Steve Bannon, but Bannon’s professed intention, “the deconstruction of the administrative state”, remains the central – perhaps the only – policy. Defunding departments, disbanding the teams and dismissing the ex... more »
World News Briefs -- January 24, 2018
*ABC News Online:* *Gunmen storm Save the Children office in Afghanistan, killing two and injuring 12* Four gunmen have stormed an office of the Save the Children aid agency in the Afghan city of Jalalabad and battled security forces who surrounded the building, killing at least two people and injuring 12, officials have said. The attack began with a suicide car bomb outside the office, followed by gunmen entering the compound and fighting Afghan special forces, a spokesman for the government in the eastern province said. *Read more* .... *MIDDLE EAST* Turkey vows to *widen offe... more »
YOUR RIGHT-WING UNCLE THINKS ANDREW McCABE WAS INVOLVED IN SETH RICH'S DEATH
I'm sure you already know about this: Shortly after President Trump fired his FBI director in May, he summoned to the Oval Office the bureau’s acting director for a get-to-know-you meeting. The two men exchanged pleasantries, but before long, Trump, according to several current and former U.S. officials, asked Andrew McCabe a pointed question: Whom did he vote for in the 2016 election? McCabe said he didn’t vote.... Trump ... also vented his anger at McCabe over the several hundred thousand dollars in donations that his wife, a Democrat, received for her failed 2015 Virginia state ... more »
“The most terrible experience of my life:” Authorship dispute leads to lawsuit
A journal has retracted a 2014 paper because of an authorship dispute that became the subject of litigation. Last year, the Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh requested the paper be retracted to resolve the dispute. The Journal of Applied Biomaterials & Functional Materials retracted the paper in October. According to the retraction notice, the principal […] The post “The most terrible experience of my life:” Authorship dispute leads to lawsuit appeared first on Retraction Watch.
Automated Education: Building Sancturary Part 5
From Wrench in the Gears January 19, 2018 We are entering an age where companies can be composed of code rather than people; where philanthropy can be managed by artificial intelligence; and where citizens exist as datasets to be quantified and mined. Part five of this series examines how the ledger (blockchain) emerged as the force that enabled the complete automation of education and poses the question “What does education mean for those living on the margins outside the Citi Badge system?” To read from the beginning, follow this link to Part One: Plugging In. Part Two: A World... more »
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 24, 2018
*DW: **NATO allies clash as Turkey attacks US-backed Kurds in Syria* Turkey's offensive against US-allied militias in the Afrin region of northern Syria is putting NATO in a difficult position. As tensions between the NATO allies escalate, analysts wonder how far Ankara is prepared to go. NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller arrived in Ankara Monday on a long-planned visit that was unrelated to Turkey's current military campaign against a Kurdish enclave in the northwest Syrian region of Afrin. But her trip provoked heightened interest, given that NATO's two largest armi... more »
UK Renewable Electricity: Dead, Alive or Living Dead?
By Paul Homewood As I have noted before, new capacity additions from onshore wind and solar projects has dried up since the withdrawal of subsidies via ROC and CfD. John Constable has analysed data from the government’s Renewable Energy Planning Database, which gives an idea of future investment, and comes to the same conclusion: […]
A Plea From The Farmers Of South Africa to The Citizens Of The United States In Help To Contact The White House
#DailyAttacks #SavagesRoaming and preying upon innocent White people The productive, peaceful #Farmers and their hardworking families... subjected to gov't sanctioned violence. #Targeted for termination in the most vile and evil manner #SaveTheBoere Join us to get the #WhiteHouse talking about this in public. #DefendEuropeanHeritage... Everywhere. https://nationunderassault.weebly.com/campaign.html *https://nationunderassault.weebly.com/campaign.html*
First GM Rice Just Approved by the U.S. FDA
First GM Rice Just Approved by the U.S. FDA https://www.naturalblaze.com/2018/01/first-gm-rice-approved-fda.html Advertisements
Learn leadership skills and become a better manager with these classes
Learn leadership skills and become a better manager with these classes http://mashable.com/2018/01/05/leadership-skills-become-a-better-boss-online-classes/#FG2WVpxJTkqw
MIT engineers have designed a chip that behaves just like brain cell connections
MIT engineers have designed a chip that behaves just like brain cell connections http://www.sciencealert.com/mit-engineers-design-test-artificial-synapse-neural-network-ai?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Branded+Content&utm_campaign=ScienceNaturePage
An Accidental Discovery Shows Artificial Atoms Can Quickly Self-Assemble
An Accidental Discovery Shows Artificial Atoms Can Quickly Self-Assemble https://futurism.com/an-accidental-discovery-shows-artificial-atoms-can-quickly-self-assemble/
No. There is No “Missing Link” in Human Evolution.
No. There is No “Missing Link” in Human Evolution. https://futurism.com/there-is-no-missing-link-in-evolution/
More school shootings.
Courtesy of CNN: *Another high school has turned into a scene of carnage, this time in western Kentucky. * *Fourteen people were wounded, two of them fatally, after a shooter opened fire Tuesday morning at Marshall County High School, Gov. Matt Bevin said at a news conference. Another five people sustained other injuries. * *A 15-year-old male student was arrested at the scene and will be charged with murder and attempted murder, Bevin said.* *The slain victims were a boy and a girl, both 15 years old. The girl died at the scene and the boy died at a hospital, State Police Commis... more »
"Worse than Watergate" - but nothing on the BBC
https://youtu.be/Q_NvcqivfSg Why might the BBC be ignoring this massive story? I think we all know why.
The Democrap Establishment Still Doing What They Like Doing Most: Resisting the Resistance
Frank Schaeffer is continuing his roadtrip, meeting progressive congressional candidate and filming them as introductions of the best candidates running. Last we caught up with him was in Lewiston, Maine where he spent a day Jared Golden, the progressive candidate running for the swing district that isn't the Portland coastal area. From there he headed off to Omaha where he met with Kara Eastman. Please watch the video Frank did up top.On his own blog he introduced Kara by noting that she's "a trained social worker who runs Omaha Healthy Kids Alliance (OKHA), a non-profit dedicat... more »
Stand by for a "super blue blood moon"
I had no idea that such a combination was possible, but according to the Telegraph, it is. Falling on January 31, it will be the product of three different phenomena, each of which would be exciting enough on their own. Not only will it be a blue moon - the name given to the second full moon in one calendar month - it will also be a supermoon; this occurs when a full moon is at the point in its orbit closest to Earth, making it appear larger and brighter. However that's not all: it will also be a blood moon in some areas of the world. A blood moon happens when the shadow of Earth ... more »
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*Sacramento Should Celebrate National School Choice Week with Bold, Student-Centered Thinking* By Vicki Alger Just in time for National School Choice Week, a new national poll finds that close to two-thirds of Americans favor school choice and bold reforms. Hopefully, California lawmakers are listening. The American Federation for Children’s Fourth Annual School Choice Survey polled 1,100 likely November 2018 voters and found 63 percent of respondents support the concept of school choice, including 41 percent who “strongly” support it. The survey was conducted by Beck Research... more »
Inside The Unit That Tracks Targets For U.S. Drones
Analysts working in the top-secret SCIF room (Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility) at McConnell air force base in Wichita. Photograph: Kansas Air National Guard's 184th Intelligence Wing *The Guardian:* *The kill chain: inside the unit that tracks targets for US drone wars * In a dimly lit room at McConnell air force base in south central Kansas, analysts from a national guard intelligence reconnaissance surveillance group watch live drone surveillance video coming from war zones in the Middle East. During combat, the analysts become part of a “kill chain” – analyzing li... more »
Why Mueller probe and Russiagate are collapsing under weight of their own lies and hatred
Efforts to create and maintain lying narratives against President Donald Trump or conservative causes implode in enormous waste of resources... and for what? More The post Why Mueller probe and Russiagate are collapsing under weight of their own lies and hatred appeared first on The Duran.
Terrified Democrats and Deep State operatives are working overtime to blame #ReleaseTheMemo on Russian trolls
Facebook and Twitter have found no "Russian troll" evidence. More The post Terrified Democrats and Deep State operatives are working overtime to blame #ReleaseTheMemo on Russian trolls appeared first on The Duran.
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*The NYT resurrects lake Poopo* *And I say it is a lot of poop. I don't use rude words very often but sometimes the opportunity is too tempting. Lake Poopo really is called that. It is a lake in South America that lacks water at the moment and Warmists like to say the water has all gone away because of global warming. So the NYT has up a big picture of the dry lake bed.But NYT readers must be mostly scientific illiterates. Given their Leftism I can believe it. It's High School science that warmer waters give off more evaporation which eventually comes back down as more... more »
Secret FISA Memo’s Release Documents Criminal Clinton ‘Secret Society’ Inside The FBI
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Jan 23, 2018 Former Technical Head of the NSA, William Binney, joins Alex Jones live via Skype to break down the secret FISA Memo he was able to provide to Infowars to be released for the first time. end
Davos Insider: Trump Is Going To Face The Globalists Down And Tell Them It’s Time To Surrender
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Jan 23, 2018 Ted Malloch joins Alex Jones live via Skype to celebrate President Trump’s planned trip to Davos to tell the wealthy, world elites to get on board with re-vitalizing our national identities worldwide. – “Globalism”, “Globalists” – are just euphemisms for Illuminati elites who are driving the world […]
Turkish Forces Seize Several Villages in Afrin
PressTV News Videos Published on Jan 22, 2018 An alliance of Arab and Kurdish forces in Syria’s north says at least 18 civilians have been killed and more than 20 others injured in the Turkish army’s shelling of the city of Afrin. The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have added that most of the victims were women […]
Tel Aviv Slammed by UN Members Over Atrocities
PressTV News Videos Published on Jan 24, 2018 Members of the U-N Human Rights Council have slammed Israeli atrocities against Palestinians. The criticism came during a meeting in the Swiss city of Geneva to assess the human rights record of each country. In the session, the South African delegate said Israel is QUOTE the only apartheid […]
FBI Agent Sent ‘Jaw-Dropping’ Text about No Russia Collusion – Senator
FBI Agent Sent ‘Jaw-Dropping’ Text about No Russia Collusion – Senator by https://www.rt.com/ The FBI agent who investigated the Trump-Russia collusion claim sent a “jaw-dropping” text message suggesting that there was nothing to it, according to a Wisconsin senator who chairs the Homeland Security Committee. – Peter Strzok, formerly the deputy assistant director of the FBI’s […]
Rob Kirby: When Oil-For-Yuan Contracts Launch They Could Be The Straw That Breaks The Camel’s Back
Rob Kirby: When Oil-For-Yuan Contracts Launch They Could Be The Straw That Breaks The Camel’s Back by Rob Kirby interviewed by Craig Hemke on Ask The Expert, via https://www.silverdoctors.com/ Rob Kirby says that China and Saudi Arabia may already be secretly using the oil-for-yuan contracts. Here’s what it means for the dollar. Rob Kirby interviewed by Craig Hemke on Ask The Expert: – “When your biggest […]
Jim Willie: A Move Above 3.0% On The 10-Year Would Pop The Stock Market Bubble
Jim Willie: A Move Above 3.0% On The 10-Year Would Pop The Stock Market Bubble by Jim Willie of Golden Jackass, via https://www.silverdoctors.com/ The Jackass adds a few points, first on the technical chart and then on the pessimistic viewpoint toward the vile banker sector. – The above is a severely dangerous looking chart, with a Head & Shoulders […]
FBI Agents Discussed “Secret Society” Within DOJ And FBI Working To Undermine Trump
FBI Agents Discussed “Secret Society” Within DOJ And FBI Working To Undermine Trump by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ Congressional investigators learned from a new batch of text messages between anti-Trump FBI investigators that a “secret society of folks” within the Department of Justice and the FBI may have come together in the “immediate aftermath” of the 2016 election to undermine […]
US Interference in Syria Could Spark ‘World War’ – Professor
US-Pentagram: “Start World War? That’s the Plan!” RT America Published on Jan 23, 2018 *US interference in Syria could spark ‘world war’ – professor* International human rights professor Dan Kovalik joins “News with Ed” to discuss the ominous possibility of looming confrontation between the US and Russia in Syria and Ukraine, and how the Russia-gate narrative […]
NSA Can Identify You Just by Hearing Your Voice – Snowden Leak Docs
RT Published on Jan 22, 2018 America’s National Security Agency has the power to identify people by the sound of their voice. They are thought to be using technology much more advanced than that of Apple or Amazon. That’s according to a report based on documents leaked by the agency’s former contractor Edward Snowden. Jacqueline Vouga […]
Here Are Five Maps And Charts That Will Tell The Story Of 2018
Source: Geopolitical Futures *Jacob Shapiro, Mauldin Economics*: *Five Maps and Charts That Tell the Story of 2018* Almost a year ago to the day, we wrote an article titled "The Geopolitics of 2017 in Four Maps." The premise was simple: We picked out four of the best maps our graphic designers (TJ Lensing, Jay Dowd, and Mandy Walsh) had made in the past year. We selected the maps based not only on how awesome they were, but also on how closely they linked to our predictions for the year ahead. As it turned out, that article was one of our most popular in 2017. *Read more* .... ... more »
We Don't Need Bad Law
[image: we-don-t-need-bad-law] One major benefit from decriminalizing libel and slander would be that it would reduce the value of gossip.
( My grandfather was a city policeman in St. John, N.B. ending in the mid 20th century. One of his pearls of wisdom was simple. If a law is unenforceable in practice, it is bad law. )History of Econ Summer Camp
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Democrats Will Not Support Trump's Border Wall
The top of five of U.S. President Donald Trump's eight border wall prototypes are shown near completion along U.S.- Mexico border near San Diego, California. REUTERS/Mike Blake *Reuters: **Democrats withdraw offer to fund Trump's border wall* WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats said on Tuesday they had withdrawn an offer to fund U.S. President Donald Trump’s border wall, as tough negotiations over the future of young illegal immigrants known as “Dreamers” resumed in the Senate. A day after the end of a government shutdown linked to wrangling over immigration, Senate Democratic leade... more »
Representatives Dianne Feinstein and Adam Schiff send letter to Mark Zuckerburg urging him to investigate Russian bots pushing the #releasethememo campaign.
Sen. Feinstein and Rep. Schiff have sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg and @jack urging them to investigate involvement of Russian bots pushing #releasethememo campaign. Here’s my story about it that they cited: https://t.co/YNufBFfOCR pic.twitter.com/5WaTjKh7PM — Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) January 23, 2018 Good for them. Since our own Justice Department and the Republicans are currently busy helping the Russians to undermine the FBI and the Mueller investigation, I guess we have to turn to the powers that be behind social media to help protect the American people. Keep in... more »
What It's Like To Get Shot At By The A-10 Warthog's 30mm Gatling Gun
Business end of the A-10 Warthog.#Brrrrrt pic.twitter.com/GeC9ENA7DD — USSOCOM (@USSOCOM) January 20, 2018 *Business Insider: **Insane video shows what it's like to get shot at by the A-10 Warthog's 30mm Gatling gun* The US' Special Operations Command recently posted a video on Twitter showing what it's like to be on the "business end" of the A-10 Warthog's Gatling gun. We first saw the video at SOFREP. The 137th Special Operations Wing, which shot the footage, captured a rather unique perspective. The special operations wing put a camera on a training ground before the A-10 pe... more »
You Can’t Handle the Truth: A Review of Vaccines A Reappraisal by Dr. Richard Moskowitz
By Dr. William H. Gaunt, NMD Vaccines: A Reappraisal by Richard Moskowitz, MD is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. People who are knowledgeable about the great harm being caused by vaccines will learn even more....
Big Pharma fails to disclose antibiotic waste leaked from factories
Drugs industry watchdog rings alarm bells on pharmaceutical waste
ISIS eyes-out new territories in south Syria with little hint of disapproval from Israel
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:20 P.M.) – The last several months has witnessed an exceptional increase in the amount violence between a key Islamic State affiliate based in Syria’s southwestern province of Daraa and local rebel groups. Here, a recent number of offensives by the group suggest that it may be attempting to expand in the face […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian Army troops withdraw from Manbij border positions opposite Turkey-backed rebel lines – Reports
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:35 A.M.) – There exists reports from Syrian conflict observers that border troops of the Syrian Arab Army and National Defence Forces have begun to withdraw from their positions west of Manbij. In the last 24 hours, reports – mostly based on rumor – have begun to emerge that Syrian Army and pro-government […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
The Earth’s Atmosphere is Chaotic, Partially Constrained
A thoughtful response to the recent Cox et al here on climate sensitivity. “They seem to overlook one very important thing. In their method, they look at “variations in yearly global temperatures”. They are assuming that the envelope created by … Continue reading →
Clinton Foundation and its networks are the largest set of unprosecuted charitable frauds in American history
The Clinton Foundation uses unseen transactions for influence peddling. More The post Clinton Foundation and its networks are the largest set of unprosecuted charitable frauds in American history appeared first on The Duran.
TV host urging America to invade Syria gets destroyed by comedian (Video)
S.E. Cupp pushes for an American invasion of Syria, and gets demolished by Dave Smith. More The post TV host urging America to invade Syria gets destroyed by comedian (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
Cinderella CO2
Jock Mc Poet A steam train in a tunnel - that's a clear case of pollution Air's black as pitch, your nostrils twitch, but what a great solution Electric trains proved right as rain, the power's from a station Where chimney flues scrub out all hues of soot particulation. The only vapours from the site are CO2 and water When carbon mates with oxygen, they have a lovely daughter Her beauty though is not for show, her hidden charms unlisted Like Cinderella pre the ball, soot-faced and ugly-sistered. There is no doubt a glass of stout is good for our well being And that there br... more »
Are tech giants wasting their money in Washington?
“The largest companies in the world used to be banks and oil giants. Now big tech rules. Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft are the largest corporations on the planet”. So wrote Nigel Cameron on Friday. Now the latest lobbying figures for 2017 expenditure add further weight to this. According to Axios, Facebook has spent a record $11.51 million […] The post Are tech giants wasting their money in Washington? appeared first on UnHerd.
The FBI's Secret Society
A "secret society" at the FBI that meets off-site, after normal working hours and plots the overthrow of the constitutionally elected government. A conspiracy to commit treason. There are documents to support it and Congress has an insider, a member, an informer in their midst who will testify. Overt actions were taken in furtherance of the conspiracy. It's not a Robert Ludlum novel or a Jim Curtis novel. It's the news. And it's immediately repudiated by CNN and MSNBC. How far does the conspiracy go and who does it include? The fake Mueller Probe, the fake dossier used to support s... more »
Is it time to reign* in the BBC? Per David Sedgwick
( Spellcheck doesn't know if its spelling makes sense. Try 'rein in' as in controlling a horse. )
This is a must read article http://www.davidsedgwick.co.uk/blog/is-it-time-to-reign-in-the-bbc with much insight into the BBC's anti President Donald Trump and anti Brexit stances. Here's a brief extract, but do read the whole piece: 'Meanwhile under the Trump stewardship the US economy continues its remarkable ascent – a US stock market breaking all records; according to the Wall Street Journal the economy operating at near full capacity for the first time in generations; record levels of job creation; lowest levels of unemployment in the African-American community - stories vi... more »
Musical Interlude: Robert Palmer, “Sailin' Shoes- Hey Julia- Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley”
Robert Palmer, “Sailin' Shoes- Hey Julia- Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNw8U4aCgjE
Musical Interlude: The Who, “Overture” from “Tommy”
The Who, “Overture” from “Tommy” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKdusyjiuvY
"A Parade Of Fools..."
“Humanity is a parade of fools, and I am at the front of it, twirling a baton.” - Dean Koontz, “Brother Odd”
"Do or Die"
*"Do or Die"* by Captain Hook "The laws of the jungle are becoming important again as the life cycle of humanity continues to turn. Increasingly, it's survival of the fittest for both the have-nots and haves alike, whether they choose to realize this or not. In the jungle, it's 'do or die'- the laws of natural selection. The weak and less endowed must stay ahead of the strong or be eaten- and they know it. For some time now however, increasing numbers of human beings have become desensitized to rules of Mother Nature due to technological innovation that has made life 'easy' for the... more »
A Look At The Best (Non-American) Special Forces on Earth
Wikimedia Commons *Dave Majumdar, National Interest*: *The Best (Non-American) Special Forces on Earth* *A new book on Russian, Iranian, Chinese and other special forces will be particularly useful to scholars in Washington.* Edited by Ruslan Pukhov and Christopher Marsh, Elite Warriors: Special Operations Forces From Around the World is an excellent, methodically researched study of various special mission units from around the globe. While information about well-known American and British special operations forces such as the U.S. Army’s elite Delta Force, the U.S. Navy’s SEAL T... more »
The Economy: “General Electric in Full Retreat”
*“General Electric in Full Retreat”* by Bill Bonner "The titans of one era become the schmucks of the next. Marshal Michel Ney, one of France’s greatest soldiers, was executed by his own people…who later put up a statue of him in Paris. General Robert E Lee was revered by both sides in the War Between the States; statues were later erected on both banks, north and south, of the Potomac. Now they are coming down (often in the middle of the night to avoid a confrontation). And here now, among the mighty fallen, is General Electric and its celebrity ex-CEO, Jack Welch… Mr ‘Winning’ hi... more »
Anthony McDonnell and Neil Woodford: Hype can undermine hope for new antibiotics.
Anthony McDonnell and Neil Woodford: Hype can undermine hope for new antibiotics – The BMJ http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2018/01/22/anthony-mcdonnell-and-neil-woodford-hype-can-undermine-hope-for-new-antibiotics/ Advertisements
How NAFTA Is Making Our Food and Water Much Less Healthy
How NAFTA Is Making Our Food and Water Much Less Healthy https://www.ecowatch.com/nafta-isds-canada-2527754581.html?utm_campaign=RebelMouse&socialux=facebook&share_id=3217240&utm_medium=social&utm_content=EcoWatch&utm_source=facebook
Smartphones are damaging this generation’s mental health.
Smartphones are damaging this generation’s mental health | World Economic Forum https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/11/smartphones-are-damaging-this-generations-mental-health?utm_content=buffer0ebda&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
CHABAD BOSS RESCUED BY NAZIS
*Josef Yitzhak Schneerson, the dynastic leader of the worldwide Chabad Lubavitcher movement.* In 1940, the Nazis allowed Josef Yitzhak Schneerson, the dynastic leader of the worldwide Chabad Lubavitcher movement, to leave Nazi Europe and travel to the USA. *henrymakow.com* / Nazis Rescued Chabad Lubavitcher Leader / The half-Jewish Nazi who saved the Lubavitcher Rebbe The party of 18 Orthodox Jews travelled first-class. The "escape" is documented in the book, Rescued from the Reich (2004) by Bryan Mark Rigg, a Cambridge Ph.D., and professor at American Military University. Chaba...more »
Russia Has Banned The Movie 'The Death of Stalin'
*DW: **Russia bans 'The Death of Stalin' from movie theaters* The film sheds a comic light on the power struggle after Joseph Stalin's death in 1953. A group of officials and film directors said the film was "extremist" and "aimed at humiliating the Russian people." Russia's Culture Ministry on Tuesday banned the satirical film "The Death of Stalin" from Russian theaters after politicians and prominent film figures criticized it for mocking Russian history. The ministry said it decided to pull the movie's license because it contained "information whose distribution is legally bann... more »
North and South Korea uniting under one flag for Olympics
No one has been paying much attention with the hidden USA Civil War now in full swing. What has happened here is that North Korea has used the Olympic Games as a face saving gambit to open full unification talks with South Korea. The games were the easy part and got things underway while keeping the media out of the picture. I do think that they need to settle this ASAP and South Korean Generosity will go a long way to make it very palatable as occurred with East Germany. At the same time the North Koreans will see their athletes marching under the united Korean Flag. The... more »
Camping...With Bigfoot
They actually did it right and almost started trading with a Big Foot. That gift is important. Bigfoot is in fact keen to receive gifts from us but knows not how. Laying out gifts every day should do it and deer meat is an excellent choice as are good apples. Accept gifts in return gracefully as it is information. Big Foot is our natural partner in the woods and can obviously be groomed. Imagine Big Foot with a simple chain saw doing forest grooming. This could work. The potential is there and should be followed up on.. *Camping...With BigfootThurs... more »
Secret Political History of the Bat Creek
This stone has been hopelessly compromised. At best it was a marker as well. The script is potentially ancient, but we can not rule out recent fakery as well, unlike the Kensington stone written in Norse runes a thousand years old. There is also far too little of it.. Thus we simply have an interesting item demanding additional discoveries. However do read the long expose on the behavior of so called archeologists back in the day. Worse this has continued deep into the twentieth century and even emerged in front of the author. What disturbs me is the lack of respect for know... more »
Goldman Explains How "Bitcoin Could Succeed As A Form Of Money"
Crypto currencies have plenty of issues to overcome, but none are deal breakers and they can be accommodated as it continues to evolve. The current issue remains security of peripherals and the apparent gold rush among promoters, most of which cannot end well. Yet the pie is now expending through the steady advent of clones. The current cap is running around 300 billion. Expanding by adding clones will allow the dollar total to continue increasing while prices actually drop. This will also allow many new entrants into mining operations as well. What is rather clear is that this... more »
Midnight Meme Of The Day!
*- by Noah* Only pawns in their game. So sang Bob Dylan. He was singing about the assassination of Medgar Evers and how politicians and others in authority use poor whites as pawns and pit people against eachother to gain and keep power. But if Bob Dylan were to rewrite his song today, he could write it about the children with cancer who were at increased risk when republicans wouldn't fund CHIP when they'd had months to do so but didn't because they wanted to use those children in their shutdown game. He could also write a verse about DACA and the Dreamers, many of whom could be ... more »
Taiwan President Admits In An Interview That Her Government Has Never Ruled Out The Possibility Of A Chinese Invasion
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen speaks during the end-of-year news conference in Taipei, Taiwan December 29, 2017. REUTERS/Fabian Hamacher/Files *Taiwan News:* *Taiwan President says government never rules out possibility of Chinese invasion * *President Tsai told TV interview about her cross-strait policy and the response to growing Chinese pressure* TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said in an interview on Monday evening that the government never ruled out the possibility of a Chinese invasion but emphasized one “should not underestimate the determinati... more »
Building his legacy of hate, Peter Gleick mocks the death of John Coleman
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: Paraphrasing Forrest Gump, “Sometimes, I guess there’s just not enough adjectives to describe Peter Gleick“. On Sunday, shortly after I heard about and announced the death of John Coleman, Dr. Roy Spencer and I had this short exchange on Facebook: The first name that went through my head…
Russia prepares visit to Syria by OPCW experts — envoy
Russia is trying to organize a visit by experts of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to Syria, where they can examine chemical agents seized from militants, Russia’s UN envoy Vasily Nebenzya told reporters on Tuesday. Russia suggests setting up UN Independent Mechanism of Investigation for Syria According to the Russian diplomat, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
US Coalition killed nearly 10,900 people in 40 months: report
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:55 A.M.) – The U.S. Coalition killed nearly 10,900 people in Syria over the course of 40 months, the pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) claimed on Tuesday. According to the SOHR report: 2,815 Syrian civilian citizens, including 655 children under the age of eighteen, and 481 women over the age of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
China welcomes Russian resolution on chemical weapons investigations in Syria
China welcomes the draft resolution by Russia to establish a new mechanism to investigate the use of chemical weapons in Syria, Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations Liu Jieyi told members of the UN Security Council on Tuesday. “China welcomes the draft resolution distributed by Russia on establishing a new investigative mechanism on Syrian chemical […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
YPG fighters that leave ISIS operations for Afrin will lose US support: Pentagon
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:20 A.M.) – Any YPG fighter that leaves the battle against the Islamic State (ISIS) in order to participate in the Afrin operations will lose U.S. backing, the Pentagon told Turkish state owned Anadolu News Agency on Tuesday. “If they [U.S.-backed forces under the SDF] carry out military operations of any kind that […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
US claims 150 ISIS terrorists killed in eastern Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:00 A.M.) – The US Coalition killed over 150 Islamic State (ISIS) militants, Saturday, while bombing the terrorist group in eastern Syria, the Pentagon alleged on Tuesday. According to the Pentagon, their warplanes targeted the Islamic State’s positions in the eastern countryside of the Deir Ezzor Governorate. “Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Egypt detains ex-army chief who ran for president
Former Egyptian army Chief Sami Anan, arrested days after announcing his plans to run against President Sisi in this year’s election, suspends his campaign. Authorities in Egypt have arrested retired general Sami Anan, according to his campaign coordinator. Anan announced his presidential bid on Saturday, just hours after incumbent President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said he […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Tweets For Today
A new #map update on #Turkey's operation in #Syria from ISW's Elizabeth Teoman and @JennyCafarella: https://t.co/3iZrvZjcIk pic.twitter.com/g0ZZfjudZA — ISW (@TheStudyofWar) January 23, 2018 The BBC has obtained shocking footage from the war-ravaged area of Eastern Ghouta in Syria *This report contains some upsetting images* pic.twitter.com/YObSDsQHGX — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) January 23, 2018 At least 180 people were involved in a violent altercation in Hannover Airport in what appears to be conflict between Turkish and Kurdish people READ MORE: https://t.co/1vyUEPzSsv pic.t... more »
Watch Russian Combat Engineers Put A New Battle Suit To The Test
Watch Russian combat engineers put a new battle suit to the test in the Vladimir Region READ MORE: https://t.co/anca1iunJd pic.twitter.com/gTYazPurie — RT (@RT_com) January 23, 2018
Not Enough Good Protest Music-- Here's A Great One About A Fucking Businesman Laughing Like A Spoiled Child
People are always complaining that in the '60s there was a lot of great protest music and that now there isn't. There was in the '60s, though much of it was "underground." Today there's plenty as well-- and much of it-- maybe more of it-- is underground. Look harder. Do you know Company of Thieves, the Chicago band that;s been recording and touring for around a decade? They put out a couple of albums and in 2014 seems to have disappeared. They're back-- with a new album coming out later this year and a new 5-song EP coming out February 23. The new EP has an acoustic version of "T... more »
Picture Of The Day
A Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army fighter holds a makeshift Turkish flag as he patrols on a road near Azaz, Syria. REUTERS/Osman Orsal *WNU Editor:* The above picture is from the following link .... *Editor's Choice Pictures* (Reuters).
German Government Under Fire Over German Tanks Being Used By Turkey In Their Invasion Of Syria
*DW:* *German government under fire over Leopard tanks in Syria* Germany's government has faced a slew of criticism over German-made tanks that Turkey deployed in its push into Syria. Some politicians have called for an immediate halt to arms exports to Turkey and nixing a key deal. Opposition politicians in Germany responded with outrage to the photos of German-made Leopard tanks being used by the Turkish army in their Syrian offensive. The intervention, which entered its fourth day on Tuesday, is unpopular with the German public. "The German government must not look away again a... more »
What It's Like To Get Shot At By The A-10 Warthog's 30mm Gatling Gun
Business end of the A-10 Warthog.#Brrrrrt pic.twitter.com/GeC9ENA7DD — USSOCOM (@USSOCOM) January 20, 2018 *Business Insider: **Insane video shows what it's like to get shot at by the A-10 Warthog's 30mm Gatling gun* The US' Special Operations Command recently posted a video on Twitter showing what it's like to be on the "business end" of the A-10 Warthog's Gatling gun. We first saw the video at SOFREP. The 137th Special Operations Wing, which shot the footage, captured a rather unique perspective. The special operations wing put a camera on a training ground before the A-10 pe... more »
Alarmists still gloat over death of Sceptics.
John L Daly*John L. Daly* (31 March 1943 – 29 January 2004) was an Australian teacher and self-declared "Greenhouse skeptic." He was known for speaking out publicly against what he called the "Global Warming scare," and authored the book *The greenhouse trap: Why the greenhouse effect will not end life on earth*, published in 1989 by Bantam Books. Looking at his scientific work today gives an insight into why the people at the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) and the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit were so annoyed with Daly’s work and why he was ... more »
Scientists counted all the protein molecules in a cell and the answer really is 42
Scientists counted all the protein molecules in a cell and the answer really is 42 http://www.sciencealert.com/simple-cell-has-42-million-protein-molecules-life-universe-everything Advertisements
Smartphone app shows promise monitoring chemotherapy patient
M3 India | Clinical News | Smartphone app shows promise monitoring chemotherapy patient https://www.m3india.in/contents/clinical_news/61653/smartphone-app-shows-promise-monitoring?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=ads&utm_campaign=CP11_Article_Oncology_FB
Strategic Outlook: Energy Systems : World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
Strategic Outlook: Energy Systems > World Economic Forum Annual Meeting | World Economic Forum https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2018/sessions/strategic-outlook-energy-systems
China Has Already Gene-Edited 86 People With CRISPR
China Has Already Gene-Edited 86 People With CRISPR https://gizmodo.com/china-has-already-gene-edited-86-people-with-crispr-1822297524?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
X22 Report, “Flashing Indicators Show Housing, Jobs & The Economy Are Going To Decline Rapidly”
X22 Report, “Flashing Indicators Show Housing, Jobs & The Economy Are Going To Decline Rapidly” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDJQHTnLu_c Related followup report: X22 Report, “The Hawaiian Alert Was Not A Drill, It Was A Planned Event” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD89bGvK1jM
Commentaries And Analysis On Turkey's Invasion Of Northwest Syria
*Tom Demerly, We Are The Mighty/The Aviationist: **Turkey just had its own 'Black Hawk Down' moment in Syria* It is the new battlefield, the great equalizer, delivered at the speed of light and impervious to bullets, missiles and armor. It is social media. Increasingly social media is being used as a weapons delivery platform in the information war. It is an equalizer between conventional militaries and insurgent forces, providing a sometimes-terrifying mouthpiece for guerillas and freedom fighters. *Read more* .... *Commentaries And Analysis On Turkey's Invasion Of Northwest Syr... more »
President Trump To Speak With Turkey's Erdogan On Syria Offensive
*Reuters*: *Trump to speak soon with Turkey's Erdogan on Syria offensive: U.S. official* WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will speak by phone soon with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to raise U.S. concerns about Turkey’s offensive against Kurdish forces in northwest Syria, a senior administration official said on Tuesday. The official, who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity, said Turkish officials have sent “conflicting signals” about the scope and duration of the offensive against the U.S.-backed Kurdish YPG in Syria’s Afrin region. “We’re going to ... more »
M 7.9 Alaskan Earthquake – Tsunami
“Tectonic Summary The January 23, 2018 M 7.9 earthquake southeast of Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska occurred as … Continue reading →
Active Ring of Fire: Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions Jolt Opposite Sides of the Pacific Tuesday
“The ‘Ring of Fire’, also called the Circum-Pacific belt, is the zone of earthquakes surrounding the Pacific Ocean- about 90% … Continue reading →
Leading Republicans Demand Second Special Counsel to Investigate FBI Handling of Clinton E-mail Scandal
[image: leading-republicans-demand-second-special-counsel-in-investigation-of-fbi-handling-of-clinton-e-mail-scandal] Leading Republicans are demanding the appointment of a second special counsel to look into the FBI’s botched investigation into Hillary Clinton’s illegal use of an unsecured, unauthorized, private e-mail server and account during her tenure as secretary of state. At issue is a new revelation that the FBI “failed to preserve” five months of text messages between two FBI officials who appear to have conspired to protect Clinton and harm President Trump.
Trump Declares "National Sanctity of Human Life Day” on Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
[image: trump-declares-national-sanctity-of-human-life-day-on-anniversary-of-roe-v-wade] History is in the making as the anniversary of Roe v. Wade is positioned to take a backseat to a new and opposing milestone in America. In a monumental move on Friday, President Trump declared January 22nd “National Sanctity Of Human Life Day” — the absolute antithesis of the dreaded Supreme Court decision made 45 years ago on that date.
Libya: At least 22 killed after double car blast in Benghazi
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:50 A.M.) – At least 22 people were killed by a double car bombing in the coastal city of Benghazi on Tuesday, with a further 30 injured according to reports. The first blast took place outside a mosque as people left following evening prayers, with a subsequent detonation on the same street as […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Turkish forces capture several areas in northern Afrin after fierce battle with YPG – map
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:20 A.M.) – The Turkish Army and their rebel allies launched another big assault in the Afrin Canton, Tuesday, targeting the northern part of this important region in northern Aleppo. According to pro-opposition media, the Turkish Army and their allies began the day by recapturing the town of Adamanli and its surrounding hilltops. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Saudi-led forces suffer heavy losses in failed border offensive (photos)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:05 P.M.) – The Saudi-led forces launched a big offensive in the Najran Region of Saudi Arabia, today, targeting the large mountaintop that overlooks the provincial capital. The Saudi Coalition, alongside Hadi loyalists, stormed the imperative mountaintop of Jabal Al-Ulaib near Najran City in a bid to expel the Houthi forces from the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Breaking: YPG launches surprise assault on rebel stronghold in west Aleppo
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:30 A.M.) – Minutes ago, the Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units (YPG) launched a surprise assault on the rebel stronghold of Daret ‘Izza in west Aleppo. According to a local report from Aleppo, the YPG forces attacked Daret ‘Izza from its western axis, capturing a number of points near the Sama’an Castle. Intense clashes […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Protest Song Of The Week: ‘Levitating’ By Xenia Rubinos, Sammus, And Olga Bell
The days following this year’s Women’s March are as good a time as any to repeat the central question posed by “Levitating,” a collaborative track by Xenia Rubinos, Sammus and Olga Bell: “Are you really down? Way down? All the way down?” “Levitating” is a smooth and steady intersectional anthem The post Protest Song Of The Week: ‘Levitating’ By Xenia Rubinos, Sammus, And Olga Bell appeared first on Shadowproof.
Did the Kochs Contribute $500,000 to Paul Ryan After the GOP Tax Plan Was Passed?
Charles and Elizabeth Koch gave nearly half a million dollars to the House Speaker's fundraising committee after passage of the Republican tax bill.
Turkey's Offensive On Kurdish Militias In Afrin, Syria Continues
*Reuters:* *Turkey kills at least 260 Kurdish, Islamic State fighters in Syria offensive -military* ANKARA/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkey has killed at least 260 Syrian Kurdish fighters and Islamic State militants in its four-day-old offensive into the Kurdish-dominated Afrin region of northwest Syria, the Turkish military said on Tuesday. U.S. President Donald Trump plans to raise concerns with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call expected on Wednesday about Ankara’s offensive against U.S.-backed Kurdish YPG forces in Afrin, a senior U.S. official said. French President... more »
CIA: North Korea Only Months Away from Ability to Hit America with Nuclear Weapon
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * So what is Trump going to do about it? The Central Intelligence Agency assesses that North Korea will have a reliable capability to strike at the continental United States in only a few months. “The way we ought to think about it is reliability,” CIA Director Mike Pompeo told an audience at the American Enterprise Institute on Jan. 23. “Can they reliably deliver the pain which Kim Jong-un wants to be able to deliver to the United States of America?” Pompeo notes that there is a world of difference between being able to build a rudimentary capabilit... more »
The Navy May Have No Way to Counter Russia's Status-6 Nuclear Torpedo (Yet)
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * And that's a problem. A leaked version of the Trump Administration’s Nuclear Posture Review posits that Russia is developing a new nuclear-tipped torpedo with strategic ranges that can be used to target coastal areas of the continental United States. The weapon—called Status-6—would, in the short-term—present the United States Navy with a challenge that it could not counter without significant investment in new weaponry. “If we assume that this is a real capability—that it will have a prototype built in 2019 and become operational in early 2020’s—th... more »
America Should Not Fall for North Korea's Belligerence
*Gracy Olmstead* *Security, Asia* [image: U.S. President Donald Trump smiles during a joint press conference with South Korea's President Moon Jae-in at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea] We needn’t fear Kim Jong-un’s posturing or dishonesty—we should trust U.S. power and strength to successfully deter North Korea, just like we deter Russia and China. It’s been nearly a year since Donald Trump became president of the United States—and in that time, he’s managed to dangerously escalate tensions between the U.S. and North Korea, demonstrating a readiness for militar... more »
Will Syria Be Trump's Next Foreign Policy Blunder?
*Daniel R. DePetris* *Security, Middle East* [image: A Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army fighter is pictured at a training camp in Azaz, Syria] With the Trump administration celebrating its first anniversary, this much is obvious: American politics has changed in remarkable, disturbing, cringe-inducing ways. But many things have not changed, like the bloody, unholy pit of despair that has defined Syria for the past seven years. The violence may no longer be at its peak, but it is still sufficiently terrible that UN humanitarian and refugee officials blast out press releases predict... more »
Is America Preparing for Conflict with China?
*Zhiqun Zhu* *Security, Asia* [image: Honour guards prepare for the ceremony to welcome Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China] A lack of public debate on China may lead to a short-sighted policy that will hurt American interests in the long term. The delicate U.S.-China relationship survived President Donald Trump’s first year in office without too many surprises. However, at the start of his second year in the White House, some dark clouds are hovering over the relationship. Recent developments in Washington make one wonder whethe... more »
The Implications of President Trump’s Jerusalem Ploy
*Henry Siegman* *Security, Middle East* [image: People look out from a building facing the Dome of the Rock, located in Jerusalem's Old City on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount] Trump’s move on Jerusalem achieved what years of Israel’s settlements failed to do—shatter the illusion of a two-state outcome. The question whether “liberal Zionism” can survive the far right trends that now dominate Israel’s political life was raised forcefully in the *New York Times* by its columnist Michelle Goldberg. It was prompted by Donald Trump’s recog... more »
THESE TWO THINGS ARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE
Michael Wolff says Donald Trump doesn't like his job. Author Michael Wolff said in a new interview that he believes President Trump does not want to be the president. "There is nothing to indicate that ... Trump is going to find his footing as the president of the United States, that he's going to be able to put a staff around him ... that knows what they're doing and a staff that he listens to," Wolff told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.... "In the end, I think that the real truth is he does not want to be the president — the president of the United States," Wolff said. "H... more »
Merit-based legal immigration has majority support
“The overwhelming majority of Americans agree with President Trump’s pro-American immigration agenda, saying that legal immigration to the U.S. should be based on skills and merit, rather than the current system based on family ties.” click here
NFL Rejects Veterans Group’s Ad for Super Bowl Program
The NFL has denied advertising space in the Super Bowl program for a veterans group that declined to alter language about standing for the national anthem.
Did Obama, Soros, and Democrats Order a Government Shutdown to Stage a Coup?
Some fake news is so fake that it doesn't even make coherent sense.
ACT Launches 2018 Policy Platforms
ACT has released four new policy platforms geared to promote education and workplace access for students and to align the nation’s education and workforce systems to meet their needs.
Civil Rights Icon Wyatt Tee Walker Dies
The Rev. Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, who served as an architect of the early civil rights campaigns in the South, died Tuesday. He was 88.
North Carolina ‘Dreamers’ Volunteer, Mentor Young People
SANFORD, N.C. — After midnight one Saturday, Teresa Rivera and her mother, Juana Capcha, had just fallen asleep on the overstuffed couch in their living room in Huancayo, Peru. Suddenly, they were jolted awake by the sound of a door slamming shut as Rivera’s father stormed into the house — reeking of beer. He staggered over to Rivera’s mother and began an angry tirade.
Andrew Napolitano: Wrong to Keep Mass Surveillance Memo Secret
What is the deal with a memorandum by Republican employees at the Intelligence Committee of the United States House of Representatives that allegedly demonstrates very disturbing use of surveillance power through the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court not being publicized or shared widely among Congress members until shortly after legislation (S 139) to extend legal authority for such surveillance for six years cleared the Congress? If the memorandum provides as disturbing of revelations as some Congress members are claiming, every House and Senate member, and the American peop... more »
New York Magazine writer Rebecca Traister says that the media and the politicians do not yet understand the historical significance of the women's marches.
Courtesy of Crooks and Liars: *New York Magazine writer Rebecca Traister, in a discussion with Chris Hayes and organizer Linda Sarsour, asked why the women's marches got so little media coverage. * *"What do you want me to tell the crazy women talking about justice? They ignored us again but they will not ignore us at the ballot box," Sarsour said. * *"This is right. This is symptomatic, the marches and the activism is not taken seriously. Why?" Traister asked. * *"They are women's marches. We know last year single biggest one-day demonstration in this country's history, we hea... more »
Increasingly unwanted, Germany’s Merkel staggers on
SPD conference unenthusiastically backs grand coalition talks with Merkel More The post Increasingly unwanted, Germany’s Merkel staggers on appeared first on The Duran.
Second Group of Immigrants Rejected by Australia Fly to U.S.
A second group of asylum seekers from Australia's offshore detention centers are en route to their new homes in America as part of the controversial deal. The fifty-eight left Papua New Guinea on a Philippine Airlines flight on Tuesday bound for New York, according to the *Refugee Action Coalition*. The men, mostly from Afghanistan and Pakistan, will be resettled in groups and as individuals across the country in locations including North Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Georgia as part of a *deal struck in 2016 with then president Barack Obama* to resettle 1250 refugees fro... more »
Recap On The Mueller Investigation, Missing FBI Text Messages, And Does The FBI Have A 'Secret Society'?
*Guardian*: *Attorney general Jeff Sessions questioned in Trump-Russia inquiry* The attorney general, Jeff Sessions, has been interviewed by Robert Mueller, as part of his investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, a justice department spokeswoman said on Tuesday. Sarah Isgur Flores confirmed to the Guardian that the meeting took place. The New York Times first reported the meeting on Tuesday morning. Advertisement It was also reported on Tuesday that the special counsel is seeking to interview Donald Trump in relation to the president’s decision to fire former n... more »
Pennsylvania Ordered To Un-Gerrymander Before The Midterms (ie, Immediately)
*Meehan will be the first Republican flushed away* As if things weren't bad enough for Chester the Molester, his gerrymandered district-- the only thing that has kept him in Congress-- is being wiped off the face of the map-- *literally*! Pat Meehan is done for... and he's not the only Pennsylvania Republican who is, either. He's been exposed for using tax payer money as hush money to quiet a woman staffer has his age he was molesting; Paul Ryan kicked him off the Ethics Committee. And how the most gerrymandered district in the country is going bye-bye... as he will soon be. As expe... more »
Ursula K. Le Guin, Best-Selling Science Fiction Author, Dies
The award-winning science fiction and fantasy writer, who explored feminist themes and was best known for her Earthsea books, has died at 88.
Why Texas and the Energy Sector Should Support NAFTA
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 23, 2018
*Noah Feldman, Bloomberg*: *Turkey's Attack on the Kurds Is a Betrayal of the U.S.* President Erdogan thinks he can spurn American interests without consequence. How long can such an alliance last? The U.S. needs to start imagining NATO without Turkey. The latest reason is Turkey’s assault against the Syrian Kurds. The same Kurds who, with U.S. training and support, have borne the brunt of the fighting against Islamic State. Turkey is coordinating its attacks with Iran and Russia -- the very countries the North Atlantic Treaty Organization exists to oppose. U.S. interests appear... more »
Did Donald Trump’s 2018 Budget Proposal Cut Support for Disabled Veterans?
The president's plan did call for changes that would have had a significant financial effect on some disabled veterans, but the policy has been abandoned.
Did ICE Deport a Michigan Doctor 40 Years After He Immigrated to the U.S.?
The doctor, who is in ICE custody, was convicted of two misdemeanors as a teenager 26 years ago.
"In the Inbox"
"In the Inbox" "From Coordinator of Volunteer Services: We have a young man, thirty-six, on hospice who has a very young child. They want someone to help him do a life review and perhaps put some pictures together for he and his wife so the child will know him. Call me if you are willing to do this." "The next time, friend, your life seems too hard, check your Inbox." - Jose Orez
Musical Interlude: Ludovico Einaudi, "Divenire", Live At Royal Albert Hall, London
Ludovico Einaudi, "Divenire", Live At Royal Albert Hall, London - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1DRDcGlSsE
"A Look to the Heavens"
"Why do some spiral galaxies have a ring around the center? Spiral galaxy NGC 1398 not only has a ring of pearly stars, gas and dust around its center, but a bar of stars and gas across its center, and spiral arms that appear like ribbons farther out. The featured image was taken with ESO's Very Large Telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile and resolves this grand spiral in impressive detail. *Click image for larger size.* NGC 1398 lies about 65 million light years distant, meaning the light we see today left this galaxy when dinosaurs were disappearing from the Earth. The pho... more »
Chet Raymo, "Like Rubies Ringed With Gold"
*"Like Rubies Ringed With Gold"* by Chet Raymo "Here's a Hubble Space Telescope composite photograph of two colliding galaxies in the constellation Corvus. Click to enlarge or look for large image on the link. Each of the three books of Dante's "Divine Comedy" ends with the same words: "the stars." The Inferno concludes with distant stars glimpsed through the narrow exit of hell. "We emerged," says the poet, "and saw the stars." The poet's journey through Purgatory ends on Earth's highest mountain, with the heavens seemingly not so far away. He is "ready to ascend to the stars." F... more »
"12 Rules for Being a Human Being"
*"12 Rules for Being a Human Being"* by Marc "Don’t try to be perfect. Just be an excellent example of being human. Here are a few things to keep in mind: *1. Growth requires pain.* Be patient and tough, someday this pain will be useful to you. Those with the strength to succeed in the long run are the ones who lay a firm foundation of growth with the bricks that life has thrown at them. So don’t be afraid to fall apart for a little while. Because when it happens, the situation will open an opportunity for you to grow and rebuild yourself into the brilliant person you are capable o... more »
"Life Is Inconvenient..."
"One of life's best coping mechanisms is to know the difference between an inconvenience and a problem. If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire – then you’ve got a problem. Everything else is an inconvenience. Life is inconvenient. Life is lumpy. A lump in the oatmeal, a lump in the throat and a lump in the breast are not the same kind of lump. One needs to learn the difference." - Robert Fulghum
Megawatts and Milliwatts!
By Paul Homewood Yesterday I reported on new research suggesting that the dissipation of heat from Earth’s interior is responsible for the acceleration of the seaward slide of Greenland’s ice sheets. The story claimed that 100 MW (megawatts) per square meter of energy was transferred from the Earth’s interior to the fjord. As […]
Egypt’s Presidential Elections 2018 : And Anan is out of the race “Updated”
The drama continues in Egypt’s Presidential Elections on Tuesday , Egypt’s former Chief of staff and Presidential elections Hopeful Sami Anan was arrested and is currently interrogated as the Egyptian army issued an official statement not only rejecting his presidential candidacy as well accusing of number of charges above them forgery and attempt to incite public against army. Updated on Wednesday : Anan’s family says that it does not know his current whereabouts after his arrest in an exclusive statement to Mada Misr. Sami Anan (Reuters) Earlier Tuesday, the Egyptian armed forces... more »
Unless Erdogan Stops Spitting in Trumps Face the US/Turkey Alliance Will End?
*Noah Feldman is quite the spin doctor! * *“The U.S. needs to start imagining NATO without Turkey. The latest reason is Turkey’s assault against the Syrian Kurds. The same Kurds who, with U.S. training and support, have borne the brunt of the fighting against Islamic State. Turkey is coordinating its attacks with Iran and Russia -- the very countries the North Atlantic Treaty Organization exists to oppose.”* *I personally believe the US has envisioned a NATO with a vastly different Turkey still ensconced in the ‘alliance’ for quite some time now. * *“Turkish President Recep Tayyip... more »
Bastiat & the &balanced trade& bugaboo
*With the announcement after all of a TPP deal that includes New Zealand, it's worth reminding ourselves, as this guest post by Marco den Ouden does, that trade exists because the parties to every trade see an advantage to doing so, not because it is "good for the country."* *_________________________________________________________________________________* *"Trade protection accumulates upon a single point the good which it effects, * *while the evil inflicted is infused throughout the mass. The one strikes the eye at* *a first glance, while the other becomes perceptible only to c... more »
Climatists Exploit Pensioners and Taxpayers
New York city signed up for “Me Too” commitment to Paris Accord, and the city’s pensioners are paying the price as their retirement funds suffer from virtue signaling divestment from oil companies. Jeff Patch writes in Real Clear Policy End the Political Games With Public Pensions Excerpts below with my bolds. There’s a link on New York […]
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