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CBC suddenly Mum on Trudeau/India Junket - had their knuckles rapped by Deep State?
*Trudeau Family meets Indian PM Narendra Modi* Catching up on the newz this morning, I was looking to see how the visit between Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi went. Nothing at all so far in the CBC. Watching the CBC National TV news last night the "At Issue" panel of geopolitical dinosaur analysts (all three of them) tore a strip off Trudeau for all the flubs, Bollywood circus atmosphere and shocking invitation extended to a Sikh Terrorist for dinner at the Canadian Embassy. The kindest word the CBC analysts used to describe Trudeau's... more »
Beyond Prisons — Episode 21: The Year of Du Bois feat. Dr. Tony Monteiro
Beyond Prisons host Kim Wilson talks to Dr. Tony Monteiro about the 150th anniversary of W.E.B. Du Bois’s birth and the significance of his work in our time. The post Beyond Prisons — Episode 21: The Year of Du Bois feat. Dr. Tony Monteiro appeared first on Shadowproof.
Did Billy Graham Say ‘All Homosexuals Should Be Castrated’?
After preacher Billy Graham died, a meme appeared attaching him to an offensive quote.
Is a School Walkout Planned in Response to the Parkland Mass Shooting?
School walkouts and a protest in Washington, D.C. are being planned in response to a deadly February 2018 school shooting in Florida.
Cape Cod environmentalists plan to wreck their lobster Industry to save the whales
“It’s not going to work,” Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association President Arthur Sawyer told The Boston Globe. “It’s complete foolishness — very far-fetched.”
Robert Mueller hands out new tax and bank fraud charges to Paul Manafort and Rick Gates. Update!
Courtesy of Bloomberg: *Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his onetime deputy, Rick Gates, were indicted on tax and bank fraud charges as U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller mounted a fresh attack to strengthen his legal pressure against the men. Mueller used a new 32-count indictment in Alexandria, Virginia, to raise the legal stakes against the duo, who were initially indicted on Oct. 27 in Washington on charges of laundering millions of dollars and failing to register as foreign agents for their political consulting work over a decade in Ukraine.* *The second in... more »
Trump at CPAC...
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Protect Kids or Confiscate Guns?
[image: protect-kids-or-confiscate-guns] The anger and anguish of those who lost family or friends in this atrocity is understandable. But passion is not a substitute for thought.
John Foster Dulles: How This Early “Deep-Stater” Harmed America
[image: john-foster-dulles-how-this-early-deep-stater-harmed-america] John Foster Dulles — a politician following in his family’s footsteps — decided the world needed global government, so he worked to achieve it, including backing dictators.
Monopoly: Fears, Fallacies, and Facts
[image: monopoly-fears-fallacies-and-facts] Americans are told that early Progressive success came when Teddy Roosevelt broke up monopolies that were gouging the people, and we need such laws today. Not so!
DCCC Comes Out Of The Closet As The Progressive-Hating Attack Machine It's Been For Over A Decade
*Jason Westin: Above the ugly DCCC fray in Houston* It isn't hard to figure out why I'd be attracted to Jonathan Tilove's headline in the *Austin American-Statesman* a few days ago... Nancy Pelosi’s 'cold-blooded' warning to Democratic primary voters: 'If the person who can’t win, wins, it’s not a priority race for us anymore.'. That's old DCCC standard operating procedure: if their corrupt conservative candidate doesn't win the primary, the DCCC abandons the district to the Republicans. Ever since Pelosi took control of the DCCC, that's how it's been run. She never admits it thou... more »
MAKE THE WORLD GO AWAY: People and topics disappeared!
*FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2018Part 5—Making those kids go away:* Yesterday, a certain special counsel issued 32 new indictments. The indictments were aimed at former Trumpkins Paul Manafort and Rick Gates. On The Rachel Maddow Show, this action by special counsel Mueller made the rest of the world go away. Make no mistake—Mueller's action constituted a genuine news event. In the New York Times and the Washington Post, news reports about the indictments appear above the fold on today's front pages, though they're on the left hand side of the page. By normal reckoning, these news repor... more »
The Desperation of the Environmentalists.
*By Terence Cardwell * (*Twenty-six years’ experience in managing power stations.*) Demolition of Munmorah Power Station.A recent claim by Environment Victoria that “Coal power stations keep failing” came to my attention, and as I worked in such power stations for some 26 years, I state categorically that this assertion is absolutely incorrect and is, in fact, malicious slander without foundation designed, it would seem to me, to further brainwash those who believe in “global warming/climate change” (“*anthropogenic, of course!*”). This sensationalist claim would have fitted Nazi ... more »
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- February 23, 2018
*CBS:* *Putin ally's private army behind attack on U.S.-backed forces?* MOSCOW -- We are learning more about who was likely behind an attack earlier this month on a rebel base in northern Syria, where American forces were embedded with the fighters. The Russian mercenaries who carried out the siege -- which was repelled by U.S. airstrikes -- were reportedly working for oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close ally of Vladimir Putin and the same man accused of running a troll factory that targeted American voters. As CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports, the attack took place... more »
LaRouchePAC Friday Webcast
Video of BzvqvGJIJsM Join us live at 2:30pm Eastern, with our host Matthew Ogden.
Trump’s Federal Reserve Pick Wants to Put Metal Chips in Cash to Track Every Dollar and Tax It
[image: cash] Trump's nomination for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors is an outspoken proponent for putting magnetic strips in physical cash so the government can track its movement and tax it. The post Trump’s Federal Reserve Pick Wants to Put Metal Chips in Cash to Track Every Dollar and Tax It appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
Sea level rise acceleration (or not): Part IV – Satellite era record
Originally posted on Climate Etc.: by Judith Curry Part IV of the Climate Etc. series on sea level rise focuses on the satellite era (since 1993), including the recent causes of sea level variations and arguments regarding the acceleration (or not) of recent sea level rise. Part III considered historical sea level rise in the…
Overheated claims on global temperature records
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: Foreword by Paul Dreissen Over and over, we are confronted with claims that last month or last year was “the warmest on record.” Each claim is accompanied by dire warnings that the alleged new records portend “unprecedented” chaos for wildlife, humans and planet. Virtually never do these scary…
NASA: ‘Unusually cold winter’ causes Lake Erie to ice over – nearly 60% of all lakes covered with ice
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: The unusually cold winter in the Upper Midwest has led to a notable buildup of ice on the Great Lakes. Lake Erie is usually the first to freeze over because it is shallower than the other Great Lakes. download large image (19 MB, JPEG, 5200×3467) On February 14, 2018, the Moderate Resolution Imaging…
‘First hint’ of a puzzling change in Southern Ocean revealed by CSIRO
Originally posted on Tallbloke's Talkshop: Image credit: theozonehole.com ‘The salinity puzzle’ – something new for climate theorists to ponder and debate. Here they still refer to ‘heat-trapping’ gases, having ignored or forgotten about convection. Researchers aboard an Australian ship undertaking pioneering work in the Southern Ocean have found the “first hint” of a shift…
Climate alarmism is still bizarre, dogmatic, intolerant
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: Claims defy parody, as alarmists become more tyrannical and their policies wreak havoc Guest opinion by Paul Driessen Climate alarmism dominated the Obama era and run-up to Paris. But it’s at least as bizarre, dogmatic and intolerant now that: President Trump pulled the United States out of the…
Climate Model GIGO
Originally posted on PA Pundits - International: By Craig Rucker ~ Global warming campaigners live in a computer “matrix” of their own design. The media continually runs alarming reports about the climate. The little known fact is that what is being reported is based on computer simulations derived from the most extreme projections of other…
With America’s help, Saudi Arabia is moving to become a nuclear power
US may open path for Saudi Arabia to acquire nuclear weapons. More The post With America’s help, Saudi Arabia is moving to become a nuclear power appeared first on The Duran.
Something For Everyone: Mueller Indictment a Boon for Partisan Status Quo
[image: undefined] Last Friday, depending on which side of the partisan divide one was watching from, President Trump was either vindicated or his treachery was confirmed. The impetus for these seemingly disparate reactions was Robert Mueller’s indictment against 13 Russian nationals, the latest and largest indictment to result from his investigation into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. However, over the nine months that Mueller’s investigation has been active, it has continuously grown from its original purpose of investigating Russian collu... more »
Editor's Note
Traveling today. Blogging will return later this afternoon.
Fascism in Poland?
Everywhere I turn, I see new regimes of censorship, new authoritarian leaders: James McAuley (2018, February 22). Poland’s new ‘Holocaust law’ comes up against massacre of Jews in 1941. The Washington Post, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/polands-new-holocaust-law-comes-up-against-massacre-of-jews-in-1941/2018/02/22/ee9f22d4-10e4-11e8-a68c-e9374188170e_story.html?undefined=&utm_term=.d24a8a9f4ec1&wpisrc=nl_headlines&wpmm=1 Starting in March, publicly invoking Polish complicity in Nazi atrocities will be a punishable offense. Israel has likened the provision to “Holocaust... more »
Security In Iraq, Feb 15-21, 2018
The number of security incidents dropped slightly in Iraq during the third week of February 2018. That was due to a decline in violence in Diyala and Salahaddin. There were a high number of casualties however, which were caused by more mass graves with Islamic State victims being found. There were 59 incidents total during the week. For the last five full weeks there had been at least 60 incidents, so attacks were down, but not by much. There was 1 incident in Salahaddin, 1 in Sulaymaniya, 3 in Anbar, 4 in Diyala, 12 in Kirkuk, 17 in Ninewa, and 21 in Baghdad. *Security Incide... more »
This Day In Iraqi History – Feb 23
1946 Tawfiq Suwaidi became premier for 2nd time 1959 Communists called for march in Mosul to counter rumors of military revolt against Gen Qassim there (Musings On Iraq Interview with Prof Johan Franzen on the history of the Iraqi Communist Party) 1980 Start of major military operation against Kurds 1986 2nd Iraq counterattack to re-capture Fao Peninsula Failed 1986 KDP launched preparatory attacks in Sulaymaniya to support Iranian offensive starting next day in area 1988 1st Anfal Campaign targeted PUK HQ in Jafati Valley, Sulaymaniya Yakhsamar S... more »
Chaos continued, Syria.
*From yesterday: *Chaos, Syria. *Massive Psychosis set to continue at the UN-* *Globe & Mail* *A new wave of bombs struck Syria's eastern Ghouta district unabated on Friday, witnesses said, ahead of a U.N. Security Council vote to demand a 30-day ceasefire to end one of the deadliest bombing campaigns of the war.* *As mentioned yesterday- The US has been flying out "prisoners" from Syrian territory annexed by their Kurdish proxies... Obviously these aren't prisoners. * *Obviously these are military assets of some value.** Most probably these military assets are then presented as ... more »
Labour, Momentum and Communist Party to Hold "Cooperation" Meeting - imagine if...
Reading that Guido Fawkes piece https://order-order.com/2018/02/23/labour-momentum-and-communist-party-to-hold-cooperation-meeting/ I wondered what if it was the Conservative party, or even just part of the Conservative party, holding a cooperation meeting with the BNP or even just UKIP. The BBC
“Revenue neutral” nonsense
There are a lot of wacky schemes around for forcing people to stop using carbon-based energy, even though fire is still the basis for human civilization.
Radiologist explains the difference between an AR-15 and a handgun.
Courtesy of The Atlantic: *As I opened the CT scan last week to read the next case, I was baffled. The history simply read “gunshot wound.” I have been a radiologist in one of the busiest trauma centers in the nation for 13 years, and have diagnosed thousands of handgun injuries to the brain, lung, liver, spleen, bowel, and other vital organs. I thought that I knew all that I needed to know about gunshot wounds, but the specific pattern of injury on my computer screen was one that I had seen only once before. * *In a typical handgun injury that I diagnose almost daily, a bullet l... more »
Gathering on the Homeland Feb 24 and 25 Manderson, Oglala Territory
Gathering on the Homeland Feb 24 & 25 Manderson, Oglala Territory
Pakistan To Be Placed Back On Terror-Financing Black List
*Reuters*:* Global watchdog to put Pakistan back on terrorist financing watchlist: sources* ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A global money-laundering watchdog has decided to place Pakistan back on its terrorist financing watchlist, a government official and a diplomat said on Friday, in a likely blow to Pakistan’s economy and its strained relations with the United States. The move is part of a broader U.S. strategy to pressure Pakistan to cut alleged links to Islamist militants unleashing chaos in neighbouring Afghanistan and backing attacks in India. It comes days after reports that Pakis... more »
HEY KEVIN WILLIAMSON, WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT OF RIGHT-WING DISHONESTY...
In the aftermath of the Parkland massacre, Kevin Williamson of *National Review* acknowledges and denounces what he calls "an epidemic of dishonesty on the right": David Clarke, the sheriff of Fox News, insisted that the Florida students’ reaction to the shooting “has GEORGE SOROS’ FINGERPRINTS all over it,” idiotic capitalization in the original and, one assumes, in his soul. The idiots at Gateway Pundit suggested that one of the student survivors was a fraud because — get this — he’d been interviewed on television before about an unrelated incident. Dinesh D’Souza joined in to moc... more »
Civilians killed, injured as rebels rain down Damascus with mortars, rockets
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3:40 P.M.) – At least 2 civilians were killed, dozens others wounded today in Rukn Eddin residential district when a massive rocket fired by Islamist rebels in Eastern Ghouta hit a building. The highly-destructive missile is most probably manufactured and fired into the capital by the Saudi-backed Jaysh al-Islam. A few days ago, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
We Shall See
When it comes to gun violence in the United States, Michael Harris gets down to the nitty gritty. Consider, for instance, how much money the NRA has donated to American politicians: Leave it to the lawmakers they say? Let’s be honest with ourselves for a second: They are too busy getting greased by the National Rifle Association to change America’s insane gun laws. Instead, they pretend to pray and hug and talk about their broken hearts after slaughters like Sandy Hook, Las Vegas, and now Parkland. But as the New York Times reports, that doesn’t stop them from cashing fat checks ... more »
RHS Beclown Themselves Again
By Paul Homewood This appeared in Royal Horticultural Society’s “The Garden Magazine” last October: The RHS Climate Scientist believes that UK summers are becoming drier. Meanwhile, back in the real world: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/summaries/actualmonthly Gardens seem to manage well enough the enormous year to year variability in English summer weather, which completely […]
Why US Subversion Flopped in Iran
*February 23, 2018* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - At the end of December 2017 the Western media reported "widespread" protests sweeping Iran. Narratives indistinguishable from the US-engineered "Arab Spring" in 2011 flooded headlines and social media regarding a "popular uprising" spurred first by alleged economic grievances before protesters then began making demands echoing the US State Department regarding Iran's internal domestic affairs as well as its foreign policy. The protests were in fact so indistinguishable from the now admittedly US-engineered "Arab Spring" that still-fresh... more »
Labour, Momentum and Communist Party to Hold "Cooperation" Meeting per Guido Fawkes
I usually try to find items on the BBC to comment upon. However recently the big news has been about something that the BBC are desperate not to cover. So rather than commenting on the BBC's sins of commission I seem to be commenting upon their sins of omission. Once again the story is about Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party's extremely unpleasant links. Guido Fawkes, again has the news that the BBC choose to ignore. This report https://order-order.com/2018/02/23/labour-momentum-and-communist-party-to-hold-cooperation-meeting/ tells us that the Labour Party is to hold a cooperation m... more »
IPR and Innovation 41, Governments and the UN on patent prizes
I am reposting below a good article by a friend. Enjoy. -------------- *How governments can screw up the development of new drugs* by Philip Stevens THE PATENT-BASED system of drug development will come under further pressure from key countries aiming to increase access to medicines at the executive board meeting World Health Organization in March. Critics of the system want reform, arguing it makes drugs too expensive and fails to provide cures for those in need who may be unable to pay, such as people in developing countries. They want to slash drug prices by replacing intellectu... more »
Trump Bucks NRA, Backs Raising Age for Buying Assault Rifles
The nation should keep assault rifles out of the hands of anyone under 21, President Donald Trump says, defying the National Rifle Association.
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. - Livia Gershon discusses why relative equality plays a far greater role in people's well-being than absolute income in developed countries. And Stefanie Stantcheva writes about the cultural roots of the U.S.' relative acceptance of extreme inequality (though it's worth noting that even in the U.S. public preferences are far more egalitarian than actual results): Despite their country’s mounting income gap, Americans’ support for redistribution has, according to the General Social Survey, remained flat for decades. Perhaps John Steinbeck got it rig... more »
The folly and illegality of FISA courts
A brief look at how the FISA warrants obtained against Carter Page were in violation of the Constitution of the United States of America - and no one paid attention More The post The folly and illegality of FISA courts appeared first on The Duran .
Paul Craig Roberts explains how “Russiaphobia is out of control”
All Mueller has found is a bait-click commercial marketing scheme that had nothing to do with election interference. More The post Paul Craig Roberts explains how “Russiaphobia is out of control” appeared first on The Duran.
Russia In Lebanon: “Anti-Zionist” Agenda Or “Pro-Israeli” Pivot?
There is no way that Russia’s expanded military-energy presence in Lebanon is against Israel’s interests, but is actually to its regional advantage in the sense that it seeks to replace Saudi Arabia’s recently declining role in the country and therefore “counterbalance” Iranian influence. The post Russia In Lebanon: “Anti-Zionist” Agenda Or “Pro-Israeli” Pivot? appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
Massacre Of Christians In Nigeria Goes Unreported
Fifteen villages were attacked in the state of Nasarawa *Express:* *Armed gangs WIPE OUT 15 villages in mass Christian slaughter in Nigeria* ARMED men stormed through 15 villages to massacre Christians and destroy their churches in a violent crackdown against the religion in Nigeria. Dozens of people have been killed after the gangs ransacked towns and villages to clear them of all aspects of the Christian faith. Houses belonging to believers have also been razed with authorities doing little to help, an anti-persecution watchdog claimed. Open Doors spoke to one Christian who des... more »
Southeast Asia’s Arms Race Continues
*Felix Heiduk, East Asia Forum/Asia Sentinel:* *Southeast Asia’s Arms Race* While countries in many parts of the world are reducing their military spending, Southeast Asian countries are bucking the trend. Total defense spending of ASEAN states doubled over the last 15 years in absolute terms, with countries like Indonesia and Thailand witnessing military expenditure growth rates of 10 percent on a year-by-year basis. Tightly interlinked with this rise in defense spending is an increase in arms procurements. Several Southeast Asian countries are going on arms spending sprees and bu... more »
About those "spontaneous" news conference questions . . .
CNN claims it did not script the questions that were asked in a public news conference involving some of the survivors of the Parkland school shooting. Courtesy of Daily Timewaster, I came across this picture from that conference: Not scripted, huh? With an e-mail *setting out the question that student was to ask?* If you believe CNN on this, I've got this bridge in Brooklyn, NYC that I'd like to sell you. Cash only, please, and in small bills. Peter
The National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre and America's Elite
On February 22, 2018 at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, Wayne LaPierre, current CEO and Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association, made the following comment regarding the gun control debate that has once again flared up after the Florida school shooting that left 17 dead ( 1 minute 58 second mark): "*They hate the NRA. They hate the Second Amendment. They hate individual freedom. In the rush of calls for more government, they've revealed their true selves. The elites don't care not one wit about America's school syste... more »
British Think Tank Warns That U.S. Military Advanatges In Technology Are Eroding
*Defense One*:* New Report Notes Erosion of Pentagon’s Technological Advantage* The evidence ranges from a new long-range Chinese missile to ramped-up European defense spending, an annual assessment of the world’s militaries finds. The U.S.’s latest national security documents aren’t alone in warning that many of the technical military advantages America and its allies have taken for granted the last two decades are eroding. More evidence is marshalled in the latest edition of The Military Balance, an annual quantitative assessment of the world’s armed forces by the Internationa... more »
Tonight's Free Ebook Offering Is Sun Tzu's 'The Art Of War
*WNU Editor: *The link to download *the ebook is here*.
Massive Amount Of Cocaine Seized At Russian Embassy In Argentina
*Daily Mail*: *Police seize 400kg of cocaine worth £35 million from the Russian embassy in Buenos Aires 'after busting gang using diplomatic couriers to traffic drugs to Europe'* * Russian ambassador tipped of the authorities after luggage found in embassy * A sting operation was mounted with drugs intercepted and replaced with flour * Operation resulted in the arrest of two suspects in Argentina and three in Russia * High purity drugs destined for Russia as well as Germany, where gang boss lives A police officer and a former Russian diplomatic official are among those arreste... more »
Donald Trump has now joined his buddy Vladimir Putin on Amnesty International's list of human rights villains.
Courtesy of Newsweek: *President Donald Trump joins authoritarian leaders like Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping in spreading hate and promoting regressive policies in 2017, Amnesty International’s annual human rights report determined. * *The report looks at the human rights situation in 159 countries and territories throughout 2017, Trump’s first year in office. * *“In the U.S.A., President Trump wasted little time in putting his anti-rights rhetoric of discrimination and xenophobia into action, threatening a major rollback on justice and freedoms—includi... more »
UnPacked Shorts – Are classroom seating plans oppressive?
In this UnPacked short, Peter Franklin, Charlotte Pickles and Sally Chatterton discuss whether classroom seating plans are oppressive in their hierarchy, or whether this post-modernist worldview is just a different form of oppression? The post UnPacked Shorts – Are classroom seating plans oppressive? appeared first on UnHerd.
Re-rigging Wall Street Against America
Yesterday, we started the day off looking at how conservative Democrats are joining with the Republicans to gut Dodd-Frank and set Wall Street free to rip off America and Americans again, Elizabeth Warren and progressive House candidates Austin Frerick (IA), Tim Canova (FL), Lillian Salerno (TX), DuWayner Gregory (NY), Ellen Lipton (MI) and Sam Jammal (CA) explained why that's a terrible idea. "Giant regional banks," wrote Canova, "are trying to mischaracterize this bill as an effort to help small banks and rural communities. In reality, this legislation would relax regulatory over... more »
Report: Kremlin Gave Approval For Russian Mercenary Attack On U.S. Base In Syria
An image shared on social media of Russian mercenaries operating in Syria (Twitter) *Denver Post/Washington Post*: *Putin ally said to be in touch with Kremlin, Assad before his mercenaries attacked US troops* A Russian oligarch believed to control the Russian mercenaries who attacked U.S. troops and their allies in Syria this month was in close touch with Kremlin and Syrian officials in the days and weeks before and after the assault, according to U.S. intelligence reports. In intercepted communications in late January, the oligarch, Yevgeniy Prigozhin, told a senior Syrian offic... more »
Remembering the StB per Guido Fawkes
The BBC are still towing the Labour Party line that whatever links Jeremy Corbyn may have had with the Czech authorities are of no consequence. This piece https://order-order.com/2018/02/23/ed-lucas-remembers-the-stb/ on Guido should shame both the BBC and Jeremy Corbyn but I fear that both are beyond shaming. '... I do not regard Jeremy Corbyn's dalliance with the London representatives of the Czechoslovak regime as a trivial Cold War curio. While he and other left-wingers were hobnobbing with the emissaries of the Soviet empire, its victims were experiencing treatment — far wo... more »
Police Release Body Cam, Showing Officers Brutally Assault 84yo Grandmother
[image: grandmother] Mesa police have released body cam footage showing their officers slam an 84-year-old grandmother to the ground. They deliberately blurred the entire video, however, their abuse is clearly visible. The post Police Release Body Cam, Showing Officers Brutally Assault 84yo Grandmother appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
Shiver Me Timbers!
By Paul Homewood It’s going to get much colder in the next week or two! Advertisements
US Immigration System Heading Back on Track
“U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services administers the nation’s lawful immigration system, safeguarding its integrity and promise by efficiently and fairly adjudicating requests for immigration benefits while protecting Americans, securing the homeland, and honoring our values.” click here
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Lost Its Way
Having graduated from CU-Boulder in 1975, 1977, and again in 2007 it has been very clear to me that since the 1970s NCAR has strayed far and wide from actually doing real science and has contributed to more confusion than … Continue reading →
How working with men and boys could stop domestic violence
Richard Tolman, Professor of Social Work, University of Michigan at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 18 hours ago
Domestic violence services have rightly focused most attention on meeting survivors' needs. Increasingly, though, organizations are involving men and boys in domestic violence prevention.
A former prosecutor reimagines how the criminal justice system can serve victims of domestic violence
Andrew King-Ries, Professor of Criminal Law, The University of Montana at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 18 hours ago
Years after their trials, he got in touch with the victims he thought he had helped. They described feeling ‘dumped’ by the system.
Musical Interlude: Georg Deuter, “Morning Light Silhouettes”
Georg Deuter, “Morning Light Silhouettes” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEXIjHI9FNA
Aristotle’s Natural Teleology versus “Design”
Here’s an excerpt from John Herman Randall’s *Aristotle* (Chapter 9: "Aristotle’s Functionalism Illustrated in Biological Theory"; Section: "Aristotle's Natural Teleology versus “Design”"), Page 228-229: Since the various religious traditions not unnaturally identified “nature,” the system of ends toward which natural processes are discovered to be directed, with the “will of God,” as Plato’s creation myth had already done, “final causes” were taken as the conscious *purposes* of the Deity, and as such were held to be *ipso facto* efficient causes, themselves acting to bring about ... more »
Putin critic Bill Browder detained by Swiss authorities
A man hiding in plain sight, William Browder has a formidable record of alleged lies and deceit, and a political influence that may be behind the biggest hoax in political history More The post Putin critic Bill Browder detained by Swiss authorities appeared first on The Duran.
Computers and Records Seized of Dr Gatti and Dr Montanari
By John Stone The computers, records and data of Antonietta Gatti and Stefano Montanari have been seized by the Italian "Guardia di Finanza". Sanevax comment: BREAKING NEWS: This morning two scientists from Italy lost their computers, records, and data -...
"Just Because..."
"Just because some of us can read and write and do a little math, that doesn’t mean we deserve to conquer the Universe." - Kurt Vonnegut
Vaccine Dissidents: What Should Our Long Term Goals Be?
By David Weiner Here, I will be laying out a vision for the end state that our movement should strive for. It is simply not adequate to (only) react to the onslaught of attacks from those promoting 24/7 vaccination. We...
Using markdown to markup bookmarks and pages: Part 1 – Basics
There are many features to start.me most users don’t know about. And that’s fine: that leaves something to be discovered. Today I will start a series of blogs about one of these ‘hidden’ features: Markdown. This easy to learn markup language is supported by start.me and allows you to add some extra style to your… Read More Read More The post Using markdown to markup bookmarks and pages: Part 1 – Basics appeared first on start.me.
“Allegory Of The Cave Updated”
*“Allegory Of The Cave Updated”* by T4C *"Socrates: *“Why do people think philosophy is bullsh*t? Let me put it this way - imagine you’re in a cave, all chained up so you can’t turn your body at all, and all you get to look at is this one wall. Some fools behind you are making shadow puppets using the light from a fire and making echo noises and that’s all you or anyone else chained up has seen or heard all your life. Sounds terrible, right? Except it’s all you’ve ever known, shadows and echoes, and that’s your whole world - there’s no way you could know that, really, you’re watchi... more »
Work On Afghan Section Of TAPI Gas Pipeline Starts Today; The Taliban Promise To Protect It (Along With Their Opium)
“Caspian countries have supported a project to build the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline to supply South Asia with natural gas. The … Continue reading →
Manafort-Gates Superseding Indictment For Money-Laundering, Tax Evasion, Fraudulent Securing Of Loans
Trump Tower 5th Ave. If it wasn’t being bugged for most of its existence, the FBI wasn’t doing its job! … Continue reading →
"Forget the Russia Meddling Story”
*"Forget the Russia Meddling Story”* by Bill Bonner "If mockery is an art, here’s a fellow who calls out for the talents of a Leonardo: Mr. Robert Mueller. Clean as a whistle. Hard as steel. Incorruptible. Unstoppable. He just keeps going, hammering away…until he nails a dangerous felon. Or railroads someone else… Last week, Mr Mueller handed in his indictment. After so many months of rumors…accusations…counter charges…and fake news, we now have a federal prosecutor who’s managed to collar a gang of real desperadoes. Who are these hellish perps? What mayhem and murder have they com... more »
Pi Cluster Parallel Script First Fire
My first cluster script experiences using GNU *parallel* command and what it takes to actually make it "go". Continue reading →
How a backwards shirt led to a lesson in kindness for P.E.I. kindergarten class
This is a great story about how we all have the worst impulses however driven that can then be replaced by an act of kindness through an individual's unexpected initiative to ensure emotional solidarity. It isnoteworthy that we do rationally move toward emotional solidarity. It is not immediate either. It is rationally arrived at. The instinctual impulse was to join in the hazing itself. Was right or wrong rediscovered anew here? These are all core to the human personality and noteworthy when found absent. What causes failure to think this way? That seriously happens as wel... more »
Evidence the corrupt EPA colluded with Monsanto
[image: Image: Evidence the corrupt EPA colluded with Monsanto to delay toxicology review of their controversial herbicide glyphosate] What will happen when Trump cleans house here? The science has been suppressed for decades. That science will continue to be suppressed by whatever means possible.. We need to legislate a clear tiered regulatory regime. A trial tier can be allowed limited to special applications by licensed users. This state should continue for twenty years or so long as necessary to produce properly collected meta data by independent researchers that show no is... more »
OUTED: DuPont covered up the health risks of Teflon
This is 2018 and we are now understanding this. Folks can now get to sue. Sixty years of exposure to C8 is the central problem but was no surprise to Du Pont. Huh!. I never liked the product and whatever pans we had i usually avoided as the surface only held up briefly anyway. The i did have a cast iron pan that i bought the day i came to Vancouver in 1972 and have to this day. It happens to be the perfect non stick pan. We need to produce cast iron foam to form a working core and surface in order to eliminate the majority of the cast iron pan's weight. No from of plastic... more »
Large city just days away from running out of wate
[image: Image: COLLAPSE: Large city just days away from running out of water, turning off all water taps to residential households… massive PANIC and UNREST to follow] This piece is clearly alarmist but also a reminder. a water system is designed to have an ample reserve. However that can be wiped out by urban expansion and it often is. Then it becomes necessary to engineer a solution. However that always takes a year or five. No magic overcomes increasing risk and a rare drought. The first response is rationing and that is usually done early because it... more »
Midnight Meme For The Day!
*by Noah* And isn't it strange that we have a so-called "president" who did away with a law that made it tougher for mentally ill people to get guns. Was it because that so-called "president" was so determined to undo any of the good things that his predecessor did for the American people that the idea of making it easier for the mentally ill getting their hands on war weapons didn't matter? Or, was it because we obviously have a severely mentally ill so-called "president." Or, both? That's a rhetorical question. We have a madman in the oval office. Now, after 17 more are dead at... more »
Why Bolivia Fights US Imperialism, But Chile Does Not
According to the leaked documents, the main goal of the USAID was to split Bolivia into two republics. More The post Why Bolivia Fights US Imperialism, But Chile Does Not appeared first on The Duran.
Publicly funded private Island – Puerto Rico, taxes, and profits
The Puerto Rican government in content to privatize the public infrastructure, and throw the cost, and the corporate profit margin that this would entail, on the backs of the struggling, tax paying citizenry. More The post Publicly funded private Island – Puerto Rico, taxes, and profits appeared first on The Duran.
China’s ‘New Silk Roads’ reach Latin America
Washington will need to invest in a much more sophisticated game if it is to compete economically against China More The post China’s ‘New Silk Roads’ reach Latin America appeared first on The Duran.
Syrian forces came to defend Afrin, but no deal with Damascus: YPG spox.
The Spokesman for the YPG (People’s Protection Units) in Afrin told reporters on Thursday that increasing numbers of Syrian government forces have joined their fight against Turkey in Afrin “to defend the soil of the homeland,” but denied any deal had been struck with Damascus. He said, “they [Syrian Popular Forces] came here to defend […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Tweets For Today
New airstrikes bring death toll from five-day assault on Syria enclave to more than 400 https://t.co/Xs4s23fEGi pic.twitter.com/XqV1pyJuXe — AFP news agency (@AFP) February 23, 2018 A Japanese military patrol plane & an escort vessel observed what is believed to have been a ship-to-ship transfer of cargo between an NK ship & a ship with Chinese characters that in English read “Fujian Province, Ningde City, oil tanker 078.”https://t.co/4D42kbll3x — Ian Burns McCaslin (@IBMcCaslin) February 23, 2018 Diplomatic Impurity: Argentinian police seize nearly 400 kilos of cocaine from the ... more »
A poll the BBC probably won't be tweeting about
So according to the latest YouGov poll... ...nearly half of Leave voters think the BBC is biased against Brexit and only 13% of them give the BBC believe the BBC to be unbiased over Brexit. Not surprising that of course - though the 5% of Leave voters who think the BBC is pro-Brexit *is *quite something! The more interesting finding is that - despite Lord Adonis and Alastair Campbell - there's no equivalent result among Remain voters. Nearly three times as many Remain voters think the BBC is unbiased. And most startling of all, more Remain voters (14%) think the BBC is anti-Brex... more »
Binders galore
Assorted tales of an information hoarder. The first time I decided it would be a good idea to organize my life, I didn’t know anything about bookmark managers. In fact, they didn’t even exist, back then. I suppose there was no Internet available yet, not for non-techies like me. But there were those sturdy binders… Read More Read More The post Binders galore appeared first on start.me.
Your Life Depends on Stopping This Deep State Coup Against Trump — Harley Schlanger
SGTreport Published on Feb 21, 2018 The deep state coup against President Trump that has been revealed is an existential threat to each and every one of us. In fact Harley Schlanger says, “YOUR future is at stake. Your LIFE depends on stopping this coup. What the deep state is doing is a LIFE AND DEATH […]
Norman Finkelstein(Jew): Gaza ‘on Brink of Collapse’ as Residents Remain ‘Caged In’. Israeli Forces Targeting Palestinian Civilians
Norman Finkelstein(Jew): Gaza ‘on Brink of Collapse’ as Residents Remain ‘Caged In’. Israeli Forces Targeting Palestinian Civilians by https://www.rt.com/ The “open-air prison” of Gaza is “on the brink of collapse,” with Palestinians verging now on an unlivable situation, author Norman Finkelstein told RT’s ‘Going Underground.’ – Finkelstein, author of the book ‘Gaza: An Inquest into its […]
The Debate: Pro-Government Forces Entering Syria’s Afrin Amid Turkish Operation. Afrin Residents Celebrate Arrival of Pro-Govt. Forces
PressTV Published on Feb 22, 2018 Is Syria’s Afrin a powderkeg? President Assad says the “brutal Turkish aggression cannot be separated from the regime’s policy from the 1st day of Syria’s crisis, which was built on supporting terror.” While Turkey & Syria standoff over Afrin, Western uproar is growing over Syria’s actions in Eastern Ghouta, with […]
US and Turkey Invaded Sovereign Syria, ‘Should Get Out’ – Journalist
RT America Published on Feb 22, 2018 A proxy war in Syria between Saudi Arabia and Iran took a new turn as Turkish forces pushed Kurdish militia out of the Afrin district. For more, RT America’s Ed Schultz is joined by journalist and author Daniel Lazare. end
Syria ‘Powder Keg’ Building as US Denies Involvement with Kurds
RT America Published on Feb 22, 2018 Reports indicate Kurdish militias have been driven out of several villages in Northern Syria’s Afrin as Turkish forces move into the district. Syrian government troops have now arrived to back the Kurdish militias. RT America’s Manila Chan explains. end
Bitcoin, scarce cryptocurrencies are stocks in (hopeless) companies
*The most adequate analogy should define the rules of taxation* Various central banks and regulators are trying to ban, suppress, or regulate the cryptocurrencies in one way or another. Others are preparing their own cryptocurrencies and join the irrational but widespread hype about the blockchain technology. Yet another group of central banks does both. The Polish central bank has paid some amusing $25,000 to Polish YouTube star to write texts and record videos such as I Lost All My Money about the cryptocurrency "investments". Czechia is the home to the largest non-Chinese and old... more »
The Political Commissars Are Returning To The Russian Military
Sergey Shoigu and Valery Gerasimov (Source: RIA Novosti) *Aleksandr Golts, RCD:* *The Return of the Commissars* The Russian Army is planning to recreate the Main Political Directorate that existed in the Soviet Army (GlavPUR), according to the Deputy Chairman of the Public Council at the Russian Ministry of Defense, Alexander Kanshin. “The role of the moral and political unity of the army and society is increasing immensely at the time of global informational and psychological confrontation. Therefore, it is necessary to fundamentally reform and significantly strengthen the armed f... more »
South Australian Madness
Anthony Cox Northern Power Station demolished. Power rich state creating Wealth and Jobs in China. https://climatism.wordpress.com/tag/green-energy-failure/ We all know SA Premier, Wetherill is an alarmist loon who has swallowed the crazy pill of alarmism and its equally crazy offspring, renewables with gusto. He has blown up cheap reliable coal plants, invested unknown amounts of money in Musk’s battery, installed diesel generators, the most (real) polluting of all energy sources, except wood, which is about the only fuel source he has not tried. All in SA with the largest deposit ... more »
Florida School Shooting: ‘Abject Breakdown at All Levels’
The Valentine's Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School has reignited national debate over gun laws and school safety.
Sheriff: School Officer Never Went Inside to Confront Gunman
The armed officer on duty at the Florida school where a shooter killed 17 people never went inside to engage the gunman and has been placed under investigation.
Picture Of The Day
*Exit Prep* Emerson Kovalanchik, a member of the South Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team, prepares to exit a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during joint rescue hoist training with soldiers during Patriot South 2018 at Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg, Miss., Feb. 15, 2018. Patriot South is a domestic training exercise sponsored by the National Guard that focuses on increasing the understanding of coordination, policies and procedures required to conduct a joint inter-agency domestic response. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Michelle Y. Alvarez-Rea *WNU Editor:* The above pictur... more »
The Pizza MRE Is Back!
Soldiers with the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colorado, try the pizza MRE in 2014. After more recent modifications, now it's ready to be packaged into MREs. (David Kamm/U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center) *Army Times*: *It's official: The pizza MRE is back!* The Holy Grail of downrange eating is becoming a reality after last year’s news that the pizza MRE was facing an indefinite delay. The Meal, Ready-to-Eat was slated for MRE No. 38, which is set to roll out this year. Nearly a year ago, in March 2017, the Combat Feeding Directorate a... more »
Russia's Su-57 Fighter Jets Are Not Combat Ready, But They Have Been Spotted In Syria
(L) Su-57 multirole figher jet © Sputnik / A still from a video by Syrian Military Capabilities/Facebook *Business Insider:* *Russia appears to have deployed its most advanced fighter jet to Syria.* * An expert told Business Insider that it could be used to spy on the US's F-22 stealth fighter. * Russia often uses Syria as a showroom for new hardware, and it most likely wants to market the Su-57, which is still a prototype, as having been combat-tested. * But the Su-57 isn't ready for combat, and Russia has only 12 of the jets on order as it seeks funding to expand the program. V... more »
Missouri Governor Eric Greitens Career In Politics Is Ending Ugly
Greitens is another one of those fake Democrats the DCCC and DSCC love so much but who found his true calling when, like so many Blue Dog types, he officially became a Republican (in 2015). A much-decorated former Navy Seal, now 43, he was elected governor of Missouri in 2017. He was a Rhodes scholar who earned a doctorate from Oxford University. When he switched parties and decided to run for governor, he wrote a scathing OpEd for Fox, denouncing Democrats as "world-class hypocrites." In 2016 he beat Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster 1,424,730 (51.29%) to 1,261,110 (45.40%).... more »
This New Cannabis Patch Can Effectively Treat Fibromyalgia and Diabetic Nerve Pain.
This New Cannabis Patch Can Effectively Treat Fibromyalgia and Diabetic Nerve Pain – Natural Healing http://healinglifeisnatural.com/this-new-cannabis-patch-can-effectively-treat-fibromyalgia-and-diabetic-nerve-pain/ Advertisements
Head Of Russia's Parliamentary Defense Committee: Russia Tested ‘Over 200 New Weapons’ In Syria
© Sputnik/ Michael Klimentyev *Times of Israel:* *Russia tested ‘over 200 new weapons’ in Syria: MP* *Ex-commander of country's air force boasts that many countries now seeking to purchase its arms, as Moscow accused of participating in Assad assault in Ghouta.* MOSCOW — Russia has tested over 200 new types of arms in Syria during its campaign in support of President Bashar al-Assad, a senior lawmaker said Thursday, as Moscow was accused of taking part in airstrikes against rebel-held Eastern Ghouta. “As we helped the brotherly Syrian people, we tested over 200 new types of weap... more »
Veteran Educator Tapped to Lead Adult-Serving University
The presidency of Union Institute & University will enable Dr. Karen Schuster Webb to increase her impact on higher education by expanding horizons for adult learners.
The N-Word and Language as Property
Debates about whether Whites in academia — professors or students — are entitled to sling and fling the N-word with abandon, be it in a song, a “lesson” or some sort of speculative “thought experiment” (as seems to be the case with the most recent incident) are not a bug, but a feature of a society structured by racial dominance, oppression and exploitation.
Texas Students Welcome Campus Support Groups
With $25,000 in funding from a two-year college-completion grant, the Department of Residence Life at Texas A&M University (TAMU) created two social support groups for African-American and Hispanic students to increase their comfort and confidence in college.
Chet Raymo, “Retreat From Reason”
* “Retreat From Reason” * by Chet Raymo “Is there a flight from reason in the United States? Everywhere we look, science is under attack. In government. In the schools. In the churches. We are offered faith-based substitutes. The “Left Behind” series of apocalyptic novels outsells everything else on the shelves. People are more interested in astrology than astronomy. Intelligent design is championed at the highest levels of government. Alternative medicine - faith healing, homeopathy, energy therapies, New Age healing, and the like - is more popular than ever. Scripture and revelat... more »
Video footage of Syrian Army reinforcements arriving in the East Ghouta
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:40 A.M.) – The Russian media channel, FAN TV, released footage of Syrian Arab Army (SAA) reinforcements arriving to the East Ghouta region of Damascus on Thursday. Based on the footage released, the Syrian Army reinforcements were sent to the suburb of Harasta, which is considered a hot-zone right now. While the journalist […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
US doesn’t consider Russia’s Su-57 fighter jets a threat to their operations in Syria
The deployment of Russian Su-57 fighter jets in Syria poses no threat to the US-led coalition’s military operations and the United States will continue to deconflict operations with Russia as usual, US Department of Defense spokesman Eric Pahon told reporters. “We do not consider these [Su-57] jets to be a threat to our operations in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Video of Shooting Survivor Slamming CNN for Giving Him Script Goes Viral, CNN Denies Claims
By Carey Wedler On Thursday, CNN denied claims from a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student who said the network expected him to ask scripted questions during a... more »
As Nation Debates Gun Control, US Military Wants $716 Billion for Next Year
By Darius Shahtahmasebi As Americans debate domestic gun control following the mass shooting at a Florida high school last week, funding for military arms has... more »
Curse of Oak Island - They Hit an Obstacle
I don’t know how many of you caught it, but on the *Curse of Oak Island*, there was a big reveal. Remember, they brought in all this expensive, modern equipment so that they could dig down in what they thought was the money pit. They were lining the excavation with huge hollow, steel tubes, in an effort to defeat the alleged booby traps that had confounded treasure hunters for two centuries plus. That worked just fine and they drilled down to bedrock and said they couldn’t drill any deeper. They found no treasure. They found no real sign of treasure. Rather than concluding that ther... more »
Are Russia-Linked Internet Bots Making The World An Angrier Place?
*ABC News Online*: *Russia-linked internet bots trying to make the world an angrier place* When a big contentious story breaks, chances are hundreds of Russia-linked bots and trolls will soon be tweeting about it. Moscow denies meddling in the 2016 US presidential election that brought Donald Trump to power, despite fresh claims from American intelligence agencies continuing to build a case that they did. But there's also an increasing body of evidence to suggest Russian agents don't need a US election to keep themselves busy stirring the pot in other parts of the world. *Read mo... more »
MERKEL’S GRAND PLAN: German Chancellor Puts EU SUPERSTATE at Heart of Desperate Coalition
MERKEL’S GRAND PLAN: German Chancellor Puts EU SUPERSTATE at Heart of Desperate Coalition by REBECCA PERRING, https://www.express.co.uk/ ANGELA Merkel has put ploughing ahead with plans to create an EU superstate at the heart of her coalition deal with the Social Democrats (SPD) as the German Chancellor desperately clings on to power for a fourth term in office. […]
Top IDF General Warns of Increased Chance of War in 2018
A dose of Zionist war mongering propaganda. The western Illuminati has lost the Syrian war using their ISIS, Al Qaeda … proxies. It appears they have to pull out their “big gun”, Zionist ‘666’ Israel, the Satanic counterfeit, for the next phase. – Top IDF General Warns of Increased Chance of War in 2018 by […]
Florida JROTC Shooting Survivor: CNN Gave “Scripted” Question After Refusing To Air His Questions
Florida JROTC Shooting Survivor: CNN Gave “Scripted” Question After Refusing To Air His Questions by https://ibankcoin.com/ A Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student was approached by CNN to ask a question at Wednesday night’s town hall, but declined after the network gave him a “scripted question” instead of allowing him to ask his own question. – […]
Syria is Becoming a Black Hole of Cold War Entanglements
Syria is Becoming a Black Hole of Cold War Entanglements by Alan Philps, https://www.thenational.ae/ The chaos on the ground is providing opportunities for the Russians and Americans to come to blows, writes Alan Philps. – It was only two months ago that Vladimir Putin declared victory in Syria and announced – not for the first time […]
Central Banks Have Been Calling for a Financial System Reset Since 2013. They’ve Been Using This Time to Accumulate Gold
ITM Trading Streamed live on Feb 21, 2018 Link to slides and supporting sources: https://www.itmtrading.com/blog/insid… – Insiders have been busy leading up to February. In fact, Goldman Sachs reports that, during the recent stock rout, they had their busiest week ever as buybacks surged 4.5 times last years average corporate buying. Snap has made Even Spiegel […]
Parkland Shooting Survivor: CNN Gave Me “Scripted Question” After Denying Question About Armed Guard
Lionel Nation Published on Feb 22, 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Colton Haab said he was approached by CNN to ask a question at Wednesday night’s town hall but decided not to after the network gave him a “scripted question,” quashing one he wrote himself. Haab, a member of the Junior ROTC shielded students […]
Overthrowing Syrian Govt is Aim of West’s Proposed UNSC Resolution – Lavrov
Overthrowing Syrian Govt is Aim of West’s Proposed UNSC Resolution – Lavrov by https://www.rt.com/ The real goal of the West-brokered UN Security Council resolution on Syria is to put the blame on Damascus for everything and provide cover for militants, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. – The authors of the resolution on humanitarian issues […]
Russia's Su-57 Stealth Fighter in Syria: “This Is Testing in Actual War"
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * The most likely reason for the Russian deployment is to refine the Su-57 design for production and to gain as much operational wartime experience as possible. Russia appears to have deployed two prototype Sukhoi Su-57 PAK-FA fighters to its Khmemeim airbase in Syria. While the reports of the stealth fighters arriving in Syria are unconfirmed, it would be highly unusual to deploy a developmental asset into a combat zone before it is ready for war. Indeed, the Russian move—if confirmed—would be the equivalent of deploying the Lockheed Martin F-22 Rapt... more »
Sweden Wants Lockheed Martin’s Patriot PAC-3 Missile Defense System
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * Any thoughts as to why? As tensions with Russia continue to rise, Sweden has requested that the United States supply it with Lockheed Martin’s Patriot PAC-3 missile defense system. Stockholm would use the weapons to deter any potential aggression by Moscow. “The proposed sale of the Patriot missile system will improve Sweden’s missile defense capability,” reads a statement from the State Department’s Bureau of Political Military Affairs. “Sweden will use the Patriot system to defend its territorial integrity and promote regional stability. The prop... more »
Averting the U.S.-Russia Warpath
*James N. Miller, Richard Fontaine, Alexander Velez-Green* *Security, Europe* [image: A Russian serviceman walks past the Buk-1M missile system at the Army-2015 international military forum in Kubinka, outside Moscow, Russia] Even as U.S.-Russian tensions have risen, fundamental shifts in the military-technological environment threaten to erode strategic stability between the two nations. FOR NEARLY twenty years following the end of the Cold War, military confrontation between the United States and the Russian Federation seemed implausible. Even during periods of tension, as duri... more »
What Does America Get for Its Military Aid?
*Bilal Y. Saab* *Security, Middle East* [image: A helicopter is seen next to the Jordanian flag during the Eager Lion military exercise at the Jordan-Saudi Arabia border, south of Amman] Too often the United States has sold or transferred weapons to Arab friends and allies with little regard to their military utility and the recipients’ capacity to use them. ON OCTOBER 16, 2017, Baghdad dispatched troops to the oil-rich city of Kirkuk with the goal of retaking it from Iraq’s Kurds, who had plans of creating an independent state in the northern part of the country. Not only did I... more »
America Needs to Exercise Budgetary Restraint Before It's Too Late
*Brett D. Schaefer* *Economics, North America* [image: President Trump's Budget for the U.S. Government for the Fiscal Year 2019 is released in Washington] But the notion that Congress should reject any cuts is simply not realistic. President Donald Trump released his fiscal year 2019 budget this week—and foreign-policy experts and prominent voices on Capitol Hill were quick to criticize the depth of his budget cuts. For the most part, Trump’s request for the Department of State and other international programs, including both base discretionary funding and supplementary funding... more »
A 3-Step Exit Strategy for Afghanistan
*Daniel L. Davis* *Security, Middle East* [image: A U.S. soldier from 3rd platoon Bronco troop 5-20 infantry Regiment, attached to 82nd Airborne looks through his sights while on patrol with Afghan national Army soldiers in Zharay district, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan] America must break free from the chains of status quo failure and adopt strategies that can succeed. This month, the Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR) released its 38th Quarterly Report to Congress. The news was bad. Without immediate and major changes in the administration’s A... more »
Trump's Budget Is a Bonanza for Hawks
*Christopher A. Preble* *Security, North America* Over the next five years, the Trump administration expects to spend $3.6 trillion on the nation’s military. The Trump administration released its budget for FY 2019 on Monday, and the reviews are in: military spending advocates are pleased and deficit hawks are dismayed. The top line steers $716 billion to various national security functions. The Pentagon will get $617 billion in its base budget, plus $69 billion to pay for the ongoing wars. Spending on nuclear weapons tucked away in the Department of Energy makes up most of the r... more »
The Munich Conference Grapples with America's 'Burden Shedding'
*Nikolas K. Gvosdev* *Security, Europe* [image: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump takes the stage for a campaign rally in Colorado Springs, Colorado] Was the 2016 election a bump in the road, or a sign of what’s to come? Those with experience of attending previous Munich Security Conferences have described the mood of the 2018 conclave with terms like “retrenchment” and “hunkering down” and “waiting out the uncertainty.” A theme constantly repeated during the three-day gathering was that of the liberal world order under stress and threat, with a concurrent focus on the... more »
Swim Team Can Forget Ivy League Championships
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Brown University says its men’s swimming and diving team will not participate in this week’s Ivy League Championships as it investigates allegations of hazing. The university says in a statement dated Tuesday its investigation and the student conduct review process are expected to reach a conclusion “in the coming weeks.” It began […]
X22 Report, “The Transition To The New System Has Already Begun, People Don't Know It Yet”
X22 Report, “The Transition To The New System Has Already Begun, People Don't Know It Yet” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7LNlAbEGGo Related followup report: X22 Report, “The Event Is Not Working As Planned, Moving On To The Next Phase” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgCF4TNg56w
Illinois State Legislature Candidate Urged to Drop out of Race Following Offensive Remarks
Burt Minor, a candidate for the Illinois state legislature, reportedly asked a black GOP candidate for attorney general if she was a "lesbo" or offended by the n-word.
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