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Day 28: Where is the outrage from the 'progressives' on GD corporate welfare?
Fellow activist Lisa Savage from Solon, Maine has written a deeply moving blog post today entitled The Shame Of Underfunding Education To Make Fat Cats Even Fatter. Lisa, a leader in our statewide campaign to oppose the General Dynamics corporate welfare bill now being considered at our state capital in Augusta, is a school teacher in one of the most rural and poverty stricken regions of Maine. In her post today she writes: In my tiny, very poor school district our annual budget is roughly $11 million. The superintendent let the board know recently that, due to a shortfall in t... more »
Iraq Fails To Allocate Adequate Funds For Rebuilding War Damage
In February, Iraq’s Planning Ministry announced that the country needed $23 billion immediately for rebuilding damage from the war against the Islamic State, and another $65 million in the mid-term. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) believes that Baghdad can come up with $77 billion of that over the next five years. $27 billion of that would be raised from selling bonds, loans and investment, with the other $50 billion coming from oil revenues via the country’s capital budget. The new spending plan was just passed at the start of March. It included a $20 billion investment b... more »
This Day In Iraqi History – Mar 11
1917 British army captured Baghdad from Ottomans 1922 Wahabi Ikhwan from Saudi Arabia attacked south of Nasiriya slaughtering civilians 1970 Bakr govt offered Kurds autonomy agreement after talks with KDP Offered self rule assembly recognized Kurdish language promoted Kurdish culture 1970 Autonomy agreement with Kurds allowed Kurdish vice president in Baghdad share of oil revenue 1970 Autonomy agreement Mustafa Bazani agreed to give up heavy weapons and have Peshmerga integrated into army 1970 Since fighting started in 1968 some 60,000 k... more »
Donald Trump invites his favorite Fox News personalities because "he couldn't get enough of them on TV."
pic.twitter.com/OPbT6nXIvk — Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) March 9, 2018 Courtesy of Daily Beast: *On Monday night, President Donald Trump welcomed Seb Gorka back into the White House—not for a job, but for a meal. * *The president was joined for dinner in the White House residence by Fox News personalities, including host Jesse Watters and Gorka, a former White House official and aide to former chief strategist Steve Bannon. According to a White House official and two other sources familiar with the meeting, President Trump invited Gorka and Watters because “he couldn’t get eno... more »
WE COULD HAVE HAD TWO TRUMP/CLINTON ELECTIONS
The best headline about the Trump campaign appearance last night is from Politico: "At Pennsylvania Rally, Trump Endorses Himself." President Donald Trump got business out of the way quickly Saturday night – urging voters to elect Republican congressional candidate Rick Saccone, who’s locked in an unexpectedly tough special election battle in Pennsylvania – before turning to the main subject of the night: himself. ... Trump made fun of Washington and congratulated himself for maintaining his iconoclastic style in office.... Trump touted his tax reform plan, his new tariffs on steel ... more »
Putin on Alleged U.S. Election Interference: I Don’t Care
In a sometimes combative interview, Putin denied the charge by U.S. intelligence services that he ordered meddling in the November 2016 vote, claiming any interference was not connected to the Kremlin.
Schools Brace for Massive Student Walkouts Over Gun Violence
As schools around the country brace for student walkouts following the deadly shooting in Parkland, Florida, principals and superintendents are scrambling to perform a delicate balancing act.
Mimicking Trump, Local Officials Use ‘Fake News’ as a Weapon
Officials at all levels of government are now using the term "fake news" as a weapon against unflattering stories and information that can tarnish their images.
All DCCC Staffers Who Undermine Democrats Must Be Fired-- The DCCC Should Only Fight Republicans
In Texas' Tuesday primary the DCCC's biggest bet was in TX-23 and on Jay Hulings, a right-of-center dull corporate shill endorsed not *just* by the DCCC but also by the Blue Dogs, the New Dems, the Castro San Antonio political machine and every corrupt surrogate the DCCC could round up. (Don't ask me why the Congressional "Progressive" Caucus didn't back him; they must have forgotten.) Anyway, no one won outright and the nomination to face GOP incumbent Will Hurd in November will go to a May 22 primary runoff. But Hulings won't be in that runoff. He came in 4th with just 15.04% (... more »
Here's the Most Overused Military History Clichés
*Task and Purpose* *Security, North America* We run down the worst of the worst. The other evening in my reading room I reached over to the three-foot stack of military history books I need to go through for my next roundup for the “New York Times Book Review.” Contemplating which book to crack next. I opened one, and almost at random saw the phrase, “Artillery stocks were critically low.” I thought, *Well yes, a year or so into every war, that is almost always true.* You know the joke about comedians at their convention just yelling out numbers of their favorite gags? Likewise... more »
Pentagon Says Everyone Who Watches or Mentions a Disturbing Video Is Helping ISIS
*Task and Purpose, Jeff Schogol* *Security, Africa* Is that true? The Pentagon is refusing to confirm whether a disturbing video released by the Islamic State actually shows the Oct. 4 ambush in Niger that killed four soldiers, and a DoD spokesman warned reporters that they would be helping ISIS if they even reported on its very existence. A quick sampling of media that have reported on it: The New York Times, Fox News, and the BBC . According to the Pentagon, you aid ISIS by even watching the shocking video, which appears to show how the soldiers were unable to get out of a kil... more »
BREAKING: Fake news CNN discovers Russian video game “Hilltendo” tricked 60 million Americans to vote Trump (Video)
CNN finally caught Russians swaying millions of US voters with this 3-level game. More The post BREAKING: Fake news CNN discovers Russian video game “Hilltendo” tricked 60 million Americans to vote Trump (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
Best Evidence of UFOs I’ve Seen
2 Navy Airmen and an Object That ‘Accelerated Like Nothing I’ve Ever Seen’ Please Like, Share, Subscribe and Comment Advertisements
Coerced Consensus is no Consensus at All
College Student Barred From Class For Claiming There Are Only Two Genders A student who attends Indiana University of Pennsylvania was barred from a religious studies course that he needed to complete in order to graduate after stating the fact that there are only two genders. Continue Reading Coerced consensus isn’t limited to just Slimate … Continue reading "Coerced Consensus is no Consensus at All"
The “Gender Impact” of Man-Made CO2 has been Hugely Positive for Women
Identify politics have infected climate science, but this is a case where you had better be careful what you wish for, you just might get it. Canadian Climate Minister Urges Attention to the ‘Gendered Impacts’ of Climate Change In a recent post on Twitter, Catherine McKenna, the 47-year-old Trudeau appointee from Canada’s Liberal Party, called … Continue reading "The “Gender Impact” of Man-Made CO2 has been Hugely Positive for Women"
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 11, 2918
*Forbes: **The 10 Strongest Military Forces In The Middle East* The Middle East and North Africa are generally seen as one of the least stable parts of the world. Indeed, the Institute for Economics and Peace ranks it the most violent region in its annual Global Peace Index. That’s not surprising, given the civil wars in Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen, as well as the insurgency in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, intermittent violence in Israel and the neighboring Palestinian Territories, plus the occasional flare-ups in Iran and Saudi Arabia and elsewhere. Many of the larger conflicts have ... more »
Working with the enemy
I first started blogging almost a decade ago, when the BBC’s anti-Israel bias seemed to be getting more and more entrenched. I thought my arguments would have less chance of being dismissed outright as pro-Israel propaganda, 'hasbara' if you like, if they cropped up in a general BBC bias blog rather than a dedicated pro-Zionist platform. Who wants to be sidelined before they’ve even started? Biased BBC has been described as the blog with the best domain name ever, and I was flattered at the invitation to contribute. (I subsequently found out that the offer had already been turned ... more »
State Congress Passes Bill to Confiscate Legal Guns from All 18-20-year-olds
[image: illinois] The Illinois House has passed a bill that will force legal gun owners to turn in their weapons to the government or become criminals overnight. The post State Congress Passes Bill to Confiscate Legal Guns from All 18-20-year-olds appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
Man Files Complaint Against Border Patrol for Trespassing—So They Put a Spy Camera On His Property
[image: border patrol] After a family filed an official complaint with the U.S. Border Patrol regarding agents who were trespassing on their land, the agents returned and set up a surveillance camera on the property. The post Man Files Complaint Against Border Patrol for Trespassing—So They Put a Spy Camera On His Property appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
State to Force Homeschoolers to Submit to Warrantless Home Inspections, Trampling Rights
[image: homeschoolers] In an attack on homeschoolers, lawmakers are now pushing legislation that will force families to consent to warrantless inspections, home visits, and a slew of regulation. The post State to Force Homeschoolers to Submit to Warrantless Home Inspections, Trampling Rights appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
Rise and Fall of the Modern Warming Spike
A previous post Rise and Fall of CAGW described the process that began with Hansen’s flashy Senate testimony in 1988, later supported by Santer’s flashy paper in 1996. This post traces a second iteration that ensued following Michael Mann’s production of the infamous Climate Hockey Stick graph in 1998. The image at the top comes […]
Assange destroys UK lies about free speech with Saudi secret deal tweet
Remember when the UK approached Saudi Arabia promising it a seat on the UN Human Rights Council in exchange for council support. More The post Assange destroys UK lies about free speech with Saudi secret deal tweet appeared first on The Duran.
Putin says that he does not care if Russians hacked the US election, and suggests that they might have been Jews or that they were paid by Americans.
Courtesy of NBC News: *Russian President Vladimir Putin has told NBC News that he "couldn't care less" if Russian citizens tried to interfere in the 2016 American presidential election because, he claims, they were not connected to the Kremlin. * *In an exclusive and at-times combative interview with NBC's Megyn Kelly, Putin again denied the charge by U.S. intelligence services that he ordered meddling in the November 2016 vote that put Donald Trump in the White House. * *"Why have you decided the Russian authorities, myself included, gave anybody permission to do this?" asked ... more »
The Persistence of Daylight Saving Time
It's not enough that here in the Northeast we've just experienced two snow bomb cyclones in the space of a week and that thousands of people are still without power and that a third Nor'easter is possible by Tuesday. As the meteorologists explain it, once this kind of weather pattern sets up, there is just no stopping it. And since policy-makers can't ever seem to escape their own pattern of not fixing what they and their forebears have already broken and adding to human misery in a million creative ways, we're still saddled with the atrocity known as Daylight Saving Time. This is... more »
Manhattan Town Hall event with Diane Sare
Classical Renaissance New International Economic Order Video of s69oTtleWuY Russian President Putin's March 1st strategic announcement has effectively ended the trans-Atlantic powers' fantasy of a "unipolar world." So, how does the United States break with the "culture of death," and join the New Paradigm typified by China's Belt and Road initiative? LaRouche PAC Policy Committee member Diane Sare presents Lyndon LaRouche's method and strategic analysis as the unique solution.
Court in Egypt sentences 10 people to death for terrorism
A court in the Egyptian city of Giza sentenced 10 people to death for terrorist activities, while five more were given life sentences, local media reported. According to the MENA news agency, the criminals were members of the Muslim Brotherhood movement (a terrorist organization, outlawed in Russia) which staged major protests after former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi was ousted. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Toxic substances found in opposition forces stronghold – Syrian gov’t
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:05 P.M.) – Syrian chemical weapons specialists have recovered 20-tonne containers of toxic substances from areas previously controlled by militants, said Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad in Damascus on Saturday. Mekdad stated that 20-tonne containers were found in storehouses near the villages of Az-Zahiriyah and Al-Khafsah in the province of Hama. The Syrian […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Watch the Syrian Army capture strategic East Ghouta town
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:45 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) reclaimed the strategic town of Mesraba in the East Ghouta region of Damascus on Saturday, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency. After several hours of fighting, the SAA reportedly defeated opposition forces in Mesraba. Footage shows tanks rolling through the remains of the town, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
BREAKING: East Ghouta enclave completely splintered, key town recaptured [+ Photos]
Moments ago, the Syrian Forces successfully managed to recaptured the last rebel-held town before completely splitting the insurgent enclave. Islamist rebels in the town of Madira – located along the Mesraba-Harasta road – collapsed under the heavy artillery shelling and airstrikes, as well as the intensified ground invasion. With Madira recaptured, the Army units advancing […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
More civilians killed, wounded as jihadists shell besieged Shia towns in Idlib
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3:05) – For the five consecutive day, jihadi militants in north Idlib countryside rain down two encircled Shia towns with hundreds of mortar shells in retaliation of East Ghouta offensive. Scores of civilians have been reported killed and injured – including children – in the rocket attack. Schools have been also suspended ever […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
VIDEO: Syrian Army’s missiles pound rebel enclave in northeast Damascus
DAMASCUS, SYRIA, 2:40 P.M.) – The Syrian Forces finally managed to cut off two major rebel bastions on northeast Damascus following weeks of intense battles with Islamist insurgents. The significant advance was propelled by intense rocket shelling that targeted rebel barracks and fortifications in the area. Video footage published by pro-government activists show Goulan rocket […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian rebels shell Christian town in northwest Hama with rockets, Russian warplanes respond with incendiary bombs
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:15 P.M.) – On Saturday, rebels linked to the Free Syrian Army unleashed a salvo of rocket fire at the predominately Christian town of As-Suqaylabiyah in Hama province’s northwestern countryside. Militant forces in Hama province frequently attack As-Suqaylabiyah and sometimes the nearby Alawite-majority town of Tal Salhab with rocket fire. According to their […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
A Mob That Is Mad As Hell
Martin Regg Cohn offers a succinct summary of the Ontario PC leadership race: Mere months before the election, the province’s official Opposition sacrificed its leader in a scandal over sexual misconduct allegations; surrendered its official campaign platform in a policy panic; revealed the “rot” and internal wrongdoing in its nominations and machinations; and, finally, bungled the vote count virtually from start to finish, and ultimately in the aftermath. Yesterday's vote count confirms two things: The party is deeply divided and it's deeply incompetent. Still, polls indicate t... more »
Deadly Taliban Ambush Kills Scores Of Afghan Special Forces
Afghan commandos assigned to 1st Special Operations Kandak clear a training compound during breaching training in Laghman province, Afghanistan, Feb. 13, 2018. (U.S. Army photo/Connor Mendez) *Long War Journal*: *Afghan special forces hit hard in deadly Taliban ambush* The Taliban killed at least 10 Afghan commandos and several other security personnel during an ambush in Farah province last night. Security in Farah has been slipping over the past two years as the Taliban has focused efforts in the western province. Taliban fighters ambushed the special forces unit that was partne... more »
Did a Court Order Obama to Pay $400 Million in Restitution?
No huge sum of money was "lost," or is being personally repaid, by former President Obama.
How will we keep the lights on without coal?–Booker
By Paul Homewood Back from India, Booker picks up on two recent items in today’s column: How will we keep the lights on without coal? I did not personally have any horror stories from the recent “Beast from the East” because I was visiting my Indian family in Goa (90F in the […]
Letters To The Telegraph
By Paul Homewood Last Sunday, the Telegraph printed this letter, in response to Booker’s column on global warming groupthink the week before: SIR – I agree with Christopher Booker that people tend to adopt the views of their “group” without checking facts or using critical thinking. Nevertheless, his article contains inaccuracies. A big […]
One Year After The Marines United Scandal, Nude Photos Of Female Personnel Continue To Be Shared Online
Marines United devolving from @Google to @Dropbox to protect treasure trove of revenge porn and nonconsensual imagery. When will these platforms crack down on illegal activity hindering good order and discipline of @DeptofDefense @ProtectRDfnders @RepSpeier @SenKamalaHarris https://t.co/CuxzgSLQfF — #NotInMyMarineCorps (@NotInMyMarines) March 9, 2018 *VICE News*: *Explicit photos of female service members are being shared in a Dropbox folder called “Hoes Hoin’”* *A spokesperson for Dropbox told VICE News that the folder described in this story has been removed from the platform: ... more »
U.S.Navy: The Electromagnetic Railgun Project Is Not Dead
*Defense Tech*:* Navy 'Fully Invested' in Futuristic Railgun, Top Officer Says* Following a flurry of reports in December predicting the Navy's $500 million electromagnetic railgun experiment was dead on arrival, the chief of Naval Operations told lawmakers this week that the death of the program was greatly exaggerated. "[We are] fully invested in railgun; we continue to test it," Adm. John Richardson told the House Appropriations subcommittee on defense during a Wednesday hearing on Navy and Marine Corps budget issues. "We've demonstrated it at lower firing rates and ... shorte... more »
Untitled
*Cincinnati professor forced out after claiming Muslim women are safer in U.S.* A University of Cincinnati professor is being forced to retire after he told a Muslim student that female Muslims are safer in the U.S. than in the Middle East. University of Cincinnati assistant professor Clifford Adams has been placed on administrative for the remainder of the semester and will retire May 1, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported. The news comes after the university investigated Mr. Adams in the fall for comments he made on a female student’s paper that another student had posted on Face... more »
The Changing Arctic–Nov 1922
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood In 1922, the US Weather Bureau, now part of NOAA knew that the Arctic was undergoing a “radical change of climate”, and was “not recognizable” from the climate of 1868 to 1917. In November that year, the Weather Bureau published this chapter…
Sunday morning music
Almost 43 years ago, progressive rock legend Mike Oldfield released " Ommadawn", his third album. It combined acoustic and electronic musical instruments in a magical symphonic composition that was heavily influenced by Celtic roots. It was a smash hit, despite its length, unfamiliar to many rock fans of the period. Here's how this incredible musician's career began, covering the period of his first three albums, "Tubular Bells", "Hergest Ridge" and "Ommadawn". A young Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Records, recalls how things got started. His career in business was to be... more »
Untitled
*The President of Iceland is a nit* *There are some things so crazy that only an intellectual would believe them and Gudni Johannesson is dripping with academic qualifications -- none of which are in the sciences, unfortunately. He is basically an historian.He recently went to a Greenie-dominated conference and apparently felt that he had to find some way in which global warming would be bad for Iceland -- a most unlikely task. Below you can see what he came up with -- basically nothing, just Warmist boilerplate.He resorted to the very vague "harming biodiversity", with... more »
Pennsylvania Republican lawmaker takes out restraining order on another Republican lawmaker after he pulls a gun on her. WTF Pennsylvania?
Courtesy of AP: *A Pennsylvania state lawmaker who says a fellow lawmaker pulled a gun on her and threatened to kill her has gotten a restraining order against him. * *State Rep. Tarah Toohil alleges that fellow Republican Rep. Nick Miccarelli pointed a gun at her in 2012 and on another occasion, when the two were in a car, warned he would crash the vehicle while speeding 100 mph on a highway, The Citizens’ Voice reported . * *A Luzerne County judged granted the restraining order Friday, barring Miccarelli from contacting Toohil and prohibiting him from possessing firearms. * *H... more »
Russian Foreign Minister In Africa Discussing Nuclear Deals, Along With Mining And Oil, Gas, And Pipeline Deals (i.e., Russian Imperialism Bringing Future Chernobyl To Africa)
“Russian companies are working in the exploration, mining, energy and petrochemical sectors in Africa and are taking part in national … Continue reading →
Japanese Government Accepts UN Fukushima Recommendations – Current Policies Now Must Change To Stop Violation Of Evacuee Human Rights
This is good news. It also means that the nuclear industry must be shut down immediately and that there must … Continue reading →
More Marr...
Just a few more thoughts on this morning's Andrew Marr show - each one no doubt a pearl fit for inclusion in John McDonnell's Little Red Book... ******* Isn't it fun when both paper reviewers arrive wearing matching outfits? I bet Amanda Platell was delighted. "And this is a tangerine dream, beautifully coordinated", quipped Andrew Marr. ******* And talking of quips, Andrew made one at the expense of John McDonnell. Good morning. I was reminded this week of something Lenin said: "There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen." It's been ... more »
Smearing Jeremy
David Collier’s exposé of the explicitly racist, closed Facebook group Palestine Live was reported by the press, but in a muted, almost off-hand manner. The media in general hasn’t picked it up in any significant way. They haven’t applied the level of scrutiny to the story as they routinely do to far less portentous revelations. Only pro-Jewish websites like Harry’s Place appear in the slightest bit interested. One notable exception is the indefatigable journalist Dan Hodges. But in this case, the platform upon which he airs the matter is - *has* to be - OMG The Daily Mail. ... more »
Mandatory inclusivity
Passive antisemitism: the new normal. I too saw Angel Epstein on BBC Breakfast discussing a concert organised by Italian musician Francesco Lotoro, soon to be performed in Israel. It’s unusual because it consists of lost music - “Thousands of songs, symphonies and even operas composed in Nazi concentration, forced labour and prisoner of war camps in Germany and elsewhere before and during the second world war.” As already noted on this site, Angela Epstein was in conversation with Naga Munchetty. Epstein expressed her admiration for the extraordinary creativity of the Jewish c... more »
Someone Better Rein In The DCCC Before It's Too Late-- But Who? Pelosi Sure Won't. Can Bernie?
It shouldn't surprise anyone that Steny Hoyer has been an enthusiastic, full-throated supporter of anti-Choice, ant-immigrant, anti-healthcare, anti-LGBTQ fake-Dem Dan Lipinski all along. Hoyer's slimy money laundering operation AmeriPAC, gave Lipinski $5,000 immediately (at around the same time the GOP PAC, Susan B. Anthony List gave Lipinski $6,200.) Pelosi's backing for the bigoted right-winger was slightly more surprising. She could have kept her mouth shut about the race. But, to her eternal shame, she backed Lipinski as well, regardless of his opposition to everything she be... more »
Why You Should Train And Shoot With Both Eyes Open
*We Are The Mighty: **The reasons why you should shoot with both eyes open, according to a Green Beret* For years, military sharpshooting instructors taught their students to close their non-dominant eye as a fundamental of shooting. The idea behind this practice is to lower the activity of the half of the brain that isn’t technically being used, freeing it from distractions. Over the years, well-practiced shooters have determined that closing one eye helps you line up your target more easily. So, why keep both eyes open? Former Army Green Beret Karl Erickson will break down for y... more »
Musical Interlude: 2002, "Remember Now"
2002, "Remember Now" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq4qjI8VVzg
McDonnell: UK economy - Britain to become a Socialist country
'Mr McDonnell said that no-one should mistake his round of meetings with banks like Barclays and fund managers in the City (the so called "Rich Tea offensive" of discussions over biscuits of Labour's economic policies) with a reduction in his radicalism. What does being "a socialist" mean, I asked him. "It means to create a society that's radically fairer, radically more equal, radically more democratic, based upon a prosperous economy, but where that economy is sustainable, economically and environmentally, and here's the difference between us and the Conservatives, where that p... more »
I think Pennsylvania can do better than this.
"IN PENNSYLVANIA WE'RE STILL CLINGING TO OUR GUNS AND OUR BIBLES!" GOP candidate Rick Saccone screamed-like an absolute maniac. #VoteLamb #NoSaccone #PA18 pic.twitter.com/nBcZGn8atG — Scott Dworkin (@funder) March 9, 2018 He screamed in his high pitched little voice. Jesus these people are deranged.
what i'm reading: short reviews of fiction by margaret atwood, madeleine thien, frances itani, elizabeth kostova
I've gathered some thoughts about several novels I read but neglected to write about. I enjoyed them all to varying degrees; all are worth reading if you enjoy the type. This is the first of three posts. * * * * *The Heart Goes Last* by Margaret Atwood is subgenre we don't see enough of: the dystopian comedy. We're in the future, one in which the entire economy of the United States has collapsed. Formerly middle-class families are living in their cars. Gangs of menacing scavengers roam the landscape. No one knows what happened -- some complicated financial dirty dealings went awry.... more »
Electronic Voting Not an Option.... yet.
*Following the panel discussion on voter engagement of young people at Ryerson University recently backbench Liberal MPP Arthur Potts proposes that the voting age should be lowered two years, to 16. Scotland and Argentina are among the places where teenagers are allowed to cast ballots at that age, a time when many are taking on other responsibilities such as getting behind the wheel of a car,. “They can drive. They can work,” “This proposal is not a stretch from where we are today.” he said.* *“I think they’re quite capable of making a reasoned choice for a political party,” he adde... more »
USA Today Weekend Op Ed says to not take Florida Teens seriously
Because kids who were thrust into the front line by a second-amendment idiot aren’t smart enough to realize that it’s all for their own good. Or something similar. God strike me down if I’m stupid enough to pay $1.50 to find out. Sometimes, many times, it’s wise to judge a book by it’s cover.
Antarctic Penguins are doing just fine, thank you
“The 1.5 million penguins were spotted on the Danger Islands, a chain of nine rocky islands off the Antarctic Peninsula’s tip, near South America.” click here
Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
Two Tories, apparently Oh my, it's happened again! As Andrew Marr finished his interview with the Chancellor and the camera cut to Nicky Campbell's preview of *The Big Questions *Andrew was heard saying "Sorry" to Mr. Hammond. So can you guess what's now happening on Twitter? *C Chakravarty*: #marr and at the end of Hammond interview marr said ‘sorry’ to him, not sure why. He fawned over him, maybe cos he didn’t clean his shoes? *Steve Sturgess*: #marr to @PhilipHammondUK. "Sorry". So ends a party political party for the Conservative party. *Janice Thomas*: Yes! I heard it too... more »
No Easy Answers
Back in the 1950s when abortion was illegal, my mom had already had four young sons and was pregnant again … and she and our father were not even married. She was running a 280-acre cattle ranch mostly on her own, and she knew that she was already very near to her breaking point. It…
Let's Make Sure Astronauts Won't Extinguish Native Mars Life - Op Ed
Lisa Pratt, the new planetary protection officer for NASA takes up her job at a challenging time for astrobiology. We are approaching a major decision point for Mars. If Elon Musk succeeds in his ambitious plans, then some time in the next couple of decades we may introduce trillions of hardy microbial spores to the planet. Not deliberately, but just because we can't help but take them with us wherever we go. This is a major quandary for astrobiology. But not just for astrobiologists. I think almost anyone would be saddened if we had this headline news story in the 2030s: read m... more »
Users of the Bitcoin are sponsors of organized crime
Forbes has published musings by Jason Bloomberg, We Need To Shut Bitcoin And All Other Cryptocurrencies Down. Here's Why. He's the president of a company of tech analysts. Bloomberg is expected to publish a corresponding article by Jason Forbes. ;-) Well, here's a nice anti-Bitcoin story at Bloomberg by Paul Ford (from Friday). Bloomberg (that one at Forbes) argues that the cryptocurrencies with the public blockchain – Ripple is the only possible counterexample of a semi-permissioned blockchain – should be banned for one reason he focused on: every user funds anonymous criminals. In... more »
Medical Historian
By Cathy Jameson About 3 weeks ago, Ronan’s little brother told me that he was having headaches while reading. Willem has been in glasses before. But that was back in 2nd and 3rd grade. He’s passed eye exams since then,...
The U.S. Ariforce Has Officially Retired The Predator Drone
A Predator and Reaper operating out of Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan. USAF *The War Zone/The Drive*: *SAF Officially Retires MQ-1 Predator While MQ-9 Reaper Set To Gain Air-To-Air Missiles* The Reaper is set to gain new capabilities just as its iconic progenitor is pulled from service, but arming drones with air-to-air missiles isn't new. The Reaper has come for the USAF's long-serving MQ-1 Predator drone fleet, literally. Today, March 9th, 2018, the flying service will officially retire Predator, a platform that ushered in a new era of unmanned air warfare—most notably the abi... more »
Chewing over US Navy Programs
I have a personal interest in the US Navy because I was once a serving officer and could be considered a Naval hobbiest today. That's not an insulting term to me. It's accurate, though many former active duty types feel that the term is somehow demeaning. The "I've pissed more salt than you've sailed over" philosophy holds - sometimes. *USS Independence*, LCS 2 Because I care, I hate to see the service mismanaged the way it was during the years of ObamaNation. It can be put back on a better and firmer foundation but sometimes that vision needs to be a bit 'wider'. *LCS* The US deve... more »
British Ministers Meet to Discuss Poisoning of Former Russian Spy
Salisbury Cathedral, consecrated in 1258 – 760 years ago this year. Stonehenge is not far away. By VOA: “British Ministers … Continue reading →
Breaking: Elite Syrian troops launch assault on imperative rebel stronghold in east Damascus
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:27 A.M.) – Storming units of the Syrian Army’s elite Tiger Forces Division have kicked-off a powerful assault to seize the all-important militant stronghold town of Mudayrah in Damascus’ East Ghouta region. The well-informed Muraselon new group, citing own sources, reports that the elite formation launched its attack on Mudayrah just moments ago. According […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Breaking: Major rebel stronghold in Syria’s Hama province reconciles with government
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:45 A.M.) – The rebel stronghold town of Qalaat al-Mudiq in northwest Hama province has joined the Russian-brokered Syrian reconciliation agreement reports the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD). In the same statement, the Russian MoD said that the town of At-Touni in Aleppo province has also joined the Syrian reconciliation agreement. The latest […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Breaking: Militant drone targets Russian airbase in Syria with bombs
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:12 A.M.) – Syrian militants have targeted the Russian Hmeimim airbase in Latakia province with at least one bomb-armed drone. Air defense systems at the Hmeimim airbase reportedly neutralized the incoming threat before it could reach the military installation and drop any munitions. Reports of the attack originate from pro-government sources claiming to […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Iraqi Army, PMU gears up for big anti-ISIS offensive in Kirkuk amid increased jihadist activity
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:40 A.M.) – Iraqi forces including the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) are gearing up for a new anti-ISIS operation in the province of Kirkuk report well-informed pro-government sources. Reports of the new operation come after weeks of increased activities by Islamic State jihadists against the Iraqi Army, federal police and popular militias throughout […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
One of Our Papers is Missing
*The Sunday Mirror* was missing from Andrew Marr's collection of newspapers this morning. (It was nowhere on his table.) I had a suspicion it would be. Its main story looks like the latest manifestation of the 'Asian grooming gang' scandal, this time erupting in Telford: It's an absolute shocker. Well might it be said, "Not again. 'Let's keep quiet about teenage sex slavery because we're tolerant.' Wilful blindness is not tolerance." Let's hope "Not again" *can't* also be said of the BBC's response to this story.
White House Prepared To Use Tariffs To Encourage NATO Countries To Increase Their Financial Commitments To NATO
U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a proclamation during a White House ceremony to establish tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 8, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis *Radio Free Europe:* *Trump Might Exempt NATO Allies From Tariffs If They Hike Military Spending * U.S. allies might be asked to increase their financial commitments to NATO to avoid new U.S. tariffs on their exports of steel and aluminum to the United States, the U.S. Treasury secretary has said. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin told CNBC in an interview on March 9 that Pr...more »
Women’s Gifts
If the church were to produce a new canon which read, “If anyone teaches that a woman may be ordained to the sacramental and holy priesthood just as men can, let him be anathema!” would these Orthodox feminists sign on and agree with the canonical sentiment? The post Women’s Gifts appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
TELFORD ABUSE SCANDAL
*Deputy Mayor of Telford & Wrekin. Telford (Donnington) has a large military base.* There is a belief that certain spooks recruits for al Qaeda and ISIS in the areas around Rochdale and Birmingham and Telford How DID Birmingham become the jihadi capital of Britain? | Daily Mail *Britain's 'worst ever' child grooming scandal exposed*: In the early 1980s, vulnerable *Telford *girls are targeted by groups of mainly Asian men. 1996 A concerned resident claims she tells police about the activities of a key abuser selling underage girls for sex. Late 1990s Files reveal social worker... more »
How to turn a good news story into a bad news story about Brexit
There's a 'good news story' for bricklayers and plasterers in today's *Sunday Express*: *Construction jobs BOOM: Bricklayers and plasterers earn MORE than architects* THE AVERAGE bricklayer earns 10 per cent more than the typical architect, according to research. A poll by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) found that brickies earned £42,034 on average compared to £38,228 for architects across the UK. *By CAMILLA TOMINEY, EXCLUSIVE* Floorers, scaffolders and plasterers also earn more and one firm was paying London bricklayers £90,000 a year. FMB chief executive Brian Berry... more »
Russia Has A Kill Switch To Disconnet Itself From The World Wide Web
*Defense One:* *If War Comes, Russia Could Disconnect from the Internet. Yes, the Entire Country* *Robust internal networks will keep the military and government operating, says Putin’s top IT advisor.* A two-year-old effort to allow the Russian military to rely solely on internal networks during wartime has apparently blossomed into support for a digitally isolated government and civil society as well, a top advisor to Vladimir Putin said this week. “Technically, we are ready for any action now,” Herman Klimenko told Russian television station NTV on March 6. He added that any s... more »
Midnight Meme Of The Day!
*by Noah* In case you might be having an otherwise nice Sunday dinner with some relatives that include that proverbial crazy crackpot Republican kool-aid guzzling gun-nut uncle who brought his AR-15 to your house to show the kids... Of course, you shouldn't expect to change a rotted mind, but expressing the logic of tonight's meme to him will still be worth it, if only to watch the confused look on his face, followed instantly by a glassy eyed blankness that lasts as long as it takes his mouth to whine something about "Obama." Later, for extra fun, you could play on his classic R... more »
Nuclear news this Fukushima disaster anniversary week
Originally posted on nuclear-news: Tomorrow, Sunday March 11, will mark the seventh anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. I’m…
This Is Still Painful To Watch One Year Later
🙌 1 year ago today the world became a better place.#BBCdad pic.twitter.com/Q5I70XxT7T — BBC (@BBC) March 10, 2018
Russia Shows-Off The "Kinzhal", Their Newest Hypersonic Air-To-Surface Missile System
#Russia just gave us a closer look at "Kinzhal", their recently revealed hypersonic air-to-surface missile system pic.twitter.com/zY9pzBwQzT — Joseph Dempsey (@JosephHDempsey) March 10, 2018 *RT*:* Russia’s new hypersonic missile put through military tests (VIDEO)* A video showing a new set of tests of the cutting-edge hypersonic Kinzhal missile has been released by the Russian Defense Ministry. President Vladimir Putin earlier said the weapon is designed to penetrate any possible defenses. The footage features a pair of MiG-31 aircraft carrying a single Kinzhal on its under-fuse... more »
Tweets For Today
#UPDATE The civilian death toll rose to 1,002 after eight people were killed today in Harasta and Arbin, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights https://t.co/0XjZQRpi5P — AFP news agency (@AFP) March 10, 2018 Syrian army gains ground in intensified Ghouta assault https://t.co/967evHZvv7 — Reuters World (@ReutersWorld) March 10, 2018 Tens of thousands of Slovaks rally against government, corruption following murder of journalist #JanKuciak and his fiancee pic.twitter.com/dIaBuWLFF9 — AFP news agency (@AFP) March 10, 2018 Convincing the Colombian public to vote for th... more »
Global cooling means global warming is real
“Yes. How could we ever have doubted it? All this freezing weather we’ve been having is, of course, yet another sign that global warming is real. And anyway, we shouldn’t take any notice of all this white stuff that is … Continue reading →
Boeing Has Started Testing Its 'Tanker-Drone' For The U.S. Navy
Boeing *Popular Mechanics:* *Boeing Tests Its MQ-25 'Stingray' Prototype Tanker for U.S. Navy Carriers* The T-1 prototype is being offered for the Navy's unmanned carrier-based tanker program. Boeing is currently conducting ground tests on its prototype aircraft designed for the U.S. Navy's MQ-25 program, according to Aviation Week. The Navy is looking for an unmanned tanker that can operate from an aircraft carrier and pass fuel to other carrier-based jets, such as the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and the F-35C Joint Strike Fighter, greatly extending the operational range of Navy carr... more »
Rebel forces in east Qalamoun cut Damascus-Baghdad highway
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:00 A.M.) – Militant forces based in Syria’s east Qalamoun mountainous region have heavily shelled Syrian Army positions along the Damascus to Baghdad highway, temporarily cutting the road for a time according to their own account. The shelling took place on Saturday afternoon in conjunction with another artillery attack on the Syrian Air […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Iraqi forces start shelling ISIS inside Syria’s Hasakah province
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:00 A.M.) – Iraqi pro-government paramilitary forces of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) have conducted cross-border artillery strikes against Islamic State militants in eastern Syria, so report Syrian opposition sources. Reports published over social media by the Euphrates Post opposition media group say that PMU artillery forces shelled ISIS positions at the village […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian Army to launch offensive in northeast Damascus against Qalamoun militants
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:45 A.M.) -The Syrian Army and allied paramilitaries are to launch a major offensive operation against armed rebel groups in the Qalamoun region of northeast Damascus. According to Al-Masdar News journalist, the offensive by government forces on militant groups in eastern areas of Qalamoun mountain region will most likely come after the Syrian […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Picture Of The Day
Russian soldiers are seen at Wafideen camp in Damascus, March 1. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki *WNU Editor:* The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... *Russian forces in Syria* (Reuters).
China Testing Its Own Spaceplane
*South China Morning Post: **Lift-off in space plane race as China tests hypersonic drone model* Researchers confirm experimental military vehicle launched late last month, with work also under way in Beijing for civilian craft. China launched a scaled-down model of a multipurpose, reusable space plane from a test site in the Gobi Desert late last month, part of its race to develop space travel technology. The hypersonic space drone lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Inner Mongolia, accelerated to more than five times the speed of sound and reached orbital al... more »
Kahlil Gibran, “The Farewell”
*“The Farewell”* “Farewell to you and the youth I have spent with you. It was but yesterday we met in a dream. You have sung to me in my aloneness, and I of your longings have built a tower in the sky. But now our sleep has fled and our dream is over, and it is no longer dawn. The noontide is upon us and our half waking has turned to fuller day, and we must part. If in the twilight of memory we should meet once more, we shall speak again together and you shall sing to me a deeper song. And if our hands should meet in another dream we shall build another tower in the sky.” - Kahlil Gib... more »
Free Download: Kahlil Gibran, "The Garden of the Prophet"
*"The Garden of the Prophet" * by Kahlil Gibran "Oftentimes we call Life bitter names, but only when we ourselves are bitter and dark. And we deem her empty and unprofitable, but only when the soul goes wandering in desolate places, and the heart is drunken with over-mindfulness of self. Life is deep and high and distant; and though only your vast vision can reach even her feet, yet she is near; and though only the breath of your breath reaches her heart, the shadow of your shadow crosses her face, and the echo of your faintest cry becomes a spring and an autumn in her breast. And... more »
Trump Seems To Think He Went Overboard On That Whole Chaotic Thing
Chris Whipple, author of *The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency*, spoke with Chris Riback about how Donald Trump’s White House compares to others. Short version: "the most dysfunctional White House in history." Maybe Señor Trumpanzee listened to it and took it to heart because Gabe Sherman reported Friday in *Vanity Fair* that Trump wants a clean reset and get a whole new White House staff, one that is 100% MAGA. He's going to fire everyone who isn't onboard with his crackpot agenda, including Ivanka and Kushner-in-law. He's tired of being r... more »
Cycling In and Out of Nutritional Ketosis Is Recommended
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Everything You Want To Know About The A-10
*We Are The Mighty*: *Everything you ever wanted to know about the A-10* The A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat, twin turbofan-powered aircraft designed specifically for close air support and ground attack missions against armored vehicles. The aircraft’s sub-sonic speed and large, straight-wing design allows for extreme maneuverability at low altitudes and extended time on target or to loiter above the battlefield. The airframe was designed from the very start as a short takeoff and landing aerial platform for the 30mm GAU-8 Avenger rotary cannon, which can fire 3,900 depleted... more »
Middle Finger Symphony Theater
** No Tuxedos Required ** Brought To You By *BLUESJUNKY*: Chair of Music - Middle Finger Symphony Music Director
U.S. Special Forces Want A Vehicle That Can Blend In While Operating In Sensitive Locations
*War Zone/The Drive*: *US Special Operators Want a Super Vehicle They Can Disguise As Different Civilian Trucks* The trucks will have modular body kits that units can swap out to change their appearance to best blend in while operating in sensitive locations. To give special operators’ a better option when they need to move around discreetly in foreign locales, U.S. Special Operations Command has purchased hundreds of modified commercial pickups and sport utility vehicles over the years. But with multiple different types from different manufacturers in service, this fleet has bec... more »
What Happens When America's Enemies Attack with Their Own Drones?
*Eugene K. Chow* *Security, North America* The Pentagon is set to spend $332 Million on drone defense. Cheap drones are a deadly problem with an expensive solution for the U.S. military. With devastating effect, ISIS has rigged store-bought drones to drop grenades and serve as kamikaze bombers strapped with RPG warheads. In Iraq, more than a dozen have been killed and over fifty injured by these makeshift weapons. To defend against this lethal miniature air force, the U.S. military is investing heavily in technology, exploring everything from high-powered lasers to ray guns to... more »
Trump's New 'Low-Yield' Nuclear Weapon: Two Bad Ideas Rolled into One
*Tom Z. Collina* *Security, North America* Congress has already rejected them both. President Donald Trump wants a new nuclear weapon. Just a “small” one, no bigger than the ones that leveled Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Why? The president’s advisors think Russia “apparently” believes Trump might be reluctant to use some of the 4,000 nukes he already has because they are massively destructive. *That* would be crazy. But this new one, with a lower yield, would be more “usable” against Russia because it would cause less damage. This is not a new idea. Nor is it a good idea. It’... more »
How the Military Plans to Win the next War: 1,000s of Tiny Drones Taking Over Your Cell Phone
*Michael Peck* *Security, North America* That seems to be the dream of U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM). Imagine you’re a politician in a nation hostile to the United States. As you sit down to eat dinner, the phone rings. Is is a spammer with a great credit card deal or an offer to rid your computer of fake viruses? No, it’s the voice of an American soldier, speaking your language fluently, advising you not to resist the U.S. troops headed your way. The call came not from a cell phone but from a little drone. And not just one drone, but hundreds or thousands of them swarm... more »
Winston Churchill's Escape during This Battle Made Him a Legend Forever
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* And it was way before World War II. Few historical figures have brooked imprisonment worse than Winston Spencer Churchill. Marched off to the States Model School in Pretoria, he saw great events passing him by. He asked for help from anyone—his mother, the Prince of Wales, an American senator friend. “I am 25 today,” he lamented. “It is terrible to think how little time remains.” Even the comparatively beneficent Boer prison regime was suffocating, exacerbating his always pronounced depressive tendencies. When two fellow captives began... more »
China's Torpedoes Are Built to Kill (but Just How Good Are They?)
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Asia* We break it all down. The current fleet of Chinese sub-launched torpedoes represents an interesting blend of Soviet, American and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technology. From the Yu-4, a domestic completion of an incomplete Soviet design, to the Yu-6, which uses an Intel microprocessor to power its guidance components, the torpedoes of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) show significant traces of reverse engineering. But how capable are they? Do they really improve on the designs on which they are based, and effectively integrate COTS te... more »
The USS Lexington Was America's First Supercarrier
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Asia* A ship with a history like no other. On March 4, 2018 an expedition funded by philanthropist Paul Allen discovered the shattered remnants of the carrier USS* Lexington* two miles below the ocean’s surface in the Coral Sea. The first full-sized fleet carrier to serve in the U.S. Navy, the Lady Lex had sunk to its watery grave nearly seventy-six years earlier, fighting the first, frenetic carrier-on-carrier battle in history. The *Lexington* was the fifth U.S. Navy ship to be named after the opening battle of the American Revolution. It and its... more »
Trump May Be Rude, but That Doesn't Make Him a Tyrant
*Ted Galen Carpenter* *Politics, North America* Equating the president’s behavior toward the media with outright repression is inappropriate. Donald Trump’s critics, both here and abroad, increasingly compare his treatment of journalistic critics with that of Turkey’s autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdogan or even Joseph Stalin. Writing in the *Financial Times*, Gideon Rachman contends that “it is the similarities in the Trump and Erdogan approaches to the media and the courts that should be most chilling for Americans.” A Der Spiegel editorial likewise asserts that “Donald T... more »
The North Korea Crisis Could Help Trump Achieve 'Kennedy' Status
*Joseph A. Bosco* *Politics, North America* [image: Trump arrives in West Palm Beach, Florida] Trump must grapple with a crisis that has developed and deepened under prior administrations. The Kennedys are back, in all their personal and political glamor. CNN’s buildup to this month’s mini-series evokes the Hollywood-style aura of America’s first entertainment presidency. The mythology that was created before our eyes then has remained part of the tragic Camelot mystique ever since. Syndicated cartoonist Mike Luckovich recently made a small contribution to the Kennedy zeitgeist ... more »
“The History of the Middle Finger”
*“The History of the Middle Finger”* by pappy “Well, now... here's something I never knew before, and now that I know it, I feel compelled to send it on to my more intelligent friends in the hope that they, too, will feel edified. Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger it would be impossible to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore they would be incapable of fighting in the future. This famous English longbow was made of the... more »
The Poet: Maya Angelou, "When Great Trees Fall"
*"When Great Trees Fall"* "When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber after safety. When great trees fall in forests, small things recoil into silence, their senses eroded beyond fear. When great souls die, the air around us becomes light, rare, sterile. We breathe, briefly. Our eyes, briefly, see with a hurtful clarity. Our memory, suddenly sharpened, examines, gnaws on kind words unsaid, promised walks never taken. Great souls die and our reality, bound to them, takes leave of us. Our souls, dependent upon their... more »
Musical Interlude: Liquid Mind, “Balance (Galaxies)”
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"A Look to the Heavens"
“South of Antares, in the tail of the nebula-rich constellation Scorpius, lies emission nebula IC 4628. Nearby hot, massive stars, millions of years young, radiate the nebula with invisible ultraviolet light, stripping electrons from atoms. The electrons eventually recombine with the atoms to produce the visible nebular glow, dominated by the red emission of hydrogen. * Click image for larger size.* At an estimated distance of 6,000 light-years, the region shown is about 250 light-years across, spanning an area equivalent to four full moons on the sky. The nebula is also cataloged ... more »
Afghanistan War News Updates -- March 10, 2018
*BBC:* *Taliban attacks Afghan soldiers in Farah, killing at least 24* At least 24 members of the Afghan security forces have been killed in a Taliban attack in the western province of Farah, officials said. Militants reportedly attacked soldiers who had assembled in preparation for an attack in Bala Buluk district. The attack triggered a deadly skirmish between fighters from the hardline Islamic movement and security forces. Afghanistan has seen a surge in attacks in recent months, with militants often targeting state security forces. Much of Afghanistan's opium harvest comes fr... more »
Amazon Smart Device Owners Can Now Become Spies For UK Police
By Nicholas West The use of information obtained by smart devices is already threatening to rewrite the criminal justice system in America. I’ve covered various... more »
Fake News Storm Clouds Gather Over Southeast Asia
By Joseph Thomas From Cambodia to Thailand American and European media companies have launched a campaign of disinformation aimed at reversing Washington’s waning influence in... more »
Newly Released Florida School Shooting Police Scanner Audio Raises Serious Questions
By Carey Wedler Former Broward County sheriff’s deputy Scot Peterson was widely condemned for his failure to enter Stoneman Douglas high school as Nikolas Cruz... more »
Brave SWAT Cops Suspended For Refusing to Stand Down and Trying to Stop Parkland Shooter
By John Vibes In the aftermath of the recent Parkland school shooting, the cowardice of many of the police who responded to the shooting has... more »
Are the Inmates Running the Asylum Now?
Op-Ed by Scott Lazarowitz This whole situation with the young people being brainwashed with leftist-authoritarian claptrap is really quite a thing now. I have no... more »
YouTube Purge: The End Of Freedom Of Expression Or The Great Awakening For Alternatives?
By Aaron Kesel The censorship is ramping up as YouTube has begun deleting channels at a rapid rate including more recently a friend of Activist... more »
New Orleans And Detroit Are Models For The Urban Police State
By Derrick Broze Detroit and New Orleans are quickly becoming examples of a city under total surveillance. How can you prevent your hometown from becoming... more »
Well it looks like Trump will finally get his military parade and it will only cost taxpayers around 30 million dollars.
Courtesy of The Guardian: *Donald Trump looks set to get the military parade he wants in Washington, on Veterans Day in November. * *But a Pentagon planning memo issued on Thursday and released on Friday said the parade being planned for 11 November will “include wheeled vehicles only, no tanks consideration must be given to minimize damage to local infrastructure”. * *In other words, heavy tanks could tear up the streets of DC and will thus not be allowed to rumble past the president on his reviewing stand. * *The event will “include a heavy air component at the end of the parad... more »
The U.S. Military And Intelligence Community Have Expressed Caution On The Upcoming Talks With North Korea
U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis briefs the media at the Pentagon in Washington, U.S., April 11, 2017. Yuri Gripas, Reuters *VOA:* *US Military, Intel Officials Cautious About N. Korean Overtures* PENTAGON — U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to sit down for talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un came as no surprise to top U.S. military officials, though they are wary of setting any expectations. The Pentagon said Friday that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis was in contact with the White House and involved in the decision to accept the North Korean leader's offer. But mili... more »
"O Brave New World..."
"How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in't." - William Shakespeare, "The Tempest"
Breaking: Russian and Syrian forces retreat from strategic area in Afrin amid Turkish Army offensive – reports
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:54 A.M.) – Russian and Syrian forces have retreated from their positions in the strategic Tal Riffat area of northern Aleppo province according to some sources. The reports amid an ongoing and so far highly successful offensive operation by the Turkish Army and allied militias across the governorate’s Afrin region. If true the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Turkish Army, allies snatch 19 towns from Kurdish forces in Afrin as assault to seize regional capital looms – Map update
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:35 A.M.) – On Saturday, the Turkish Army and Syrian proxy militias under its command seized some nineteen villages and towns from Kurdish forces in Afrin as part of their ongoing ‘Olive Branch’ operation across the region. The advance has brought Turkey-led forces to within one kilometer of Afrin’s regional capital – the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Breaking: Syrian warplanes unleash powerful retaliation operation in northeast Damascus for rebel rocket attack on airbase
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:19 A.M.) – Several hours ago, militant groups operating out of the Qalamoun mountains in northeast Damascus province attacked the Syrian Air Force’s Ad-Dumayr military airport with rocket artillery. Since then government warplanes have launched a powerful retaliation operation against armed rebel factions in the region. According to military-affiliated sources, Syrian jets targeted […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Breaking: Militant Grad rockets smash into key Syrian airbase in east Damascus with deadly accuracy
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:45 A.M.) – Militant groups operating out of the Qalamoun mountains in eastern Rif Dimashq (Damascus) province have shelled the Syrian Air Force’s Ad-Dumayr military airport (near the city of Ad-Dumayr) with rockets. According to sources, more than ten Grad and or Grad-like rockets were unleashed in the artillery attack against the airbase […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
New satellite images reveal Russian military arsenal at Hmaymim Airport
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:00 A.M.) – Recent satellite images that was taken on February 19th revealed the Russian Aerospace Forces’ large arsenal of warplanes at the Hmaymim Airport in southwest Latakia. The satellite images were released by the Colonel Cassad Live Journal and they detail the large arsenal of Russian warplanes currently deployed at the Hmaymim Airport in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
23 year old Palestinian murdered by illegal Israeli settler
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (11:00 P.M)- A Palestinian man was shot dead by an illegally occupying Israeli settler tonight. 23 year old, Umair Shehada, was gunned down in the village of Uref, near Nablus. Umair was reportedly declared dead, at roughly 8:30 tonight. The Israeli settlers identification is yet to be confirmed. Israeli settlers live in settlements, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Climate Change Science Fair Project; CO2 and Global Warming
To understand CO2’s contribution to climate change, one has to understand a few basics. The first is that CO2 is evenly distributed throughout the atmosphere up to 80 km. CO2 is 400 ppm at the surface, and CO2 is 400 ppm up 80 km, CO2 is 400 ppm at the equator and the poles. Water vapor, by far … Continue reading "Climate Change Science Fair Project; CO2 and Global Warming"
Corrupting Science is nothing to a Progressive; The Ends Justifies the Means
If Progressives are willing to round up and exterminate 50 million Americans, they are certainly morally bankrupt enough to corrupt science and manufacture the climate crisis for political gain. Please Like, Share, Subscribe and Comment
"Shocking Experiment Shows People Will Murder Others Just to Conform to Society"
*"Shocking Experiment Shows People Will * *Murder Others Just to Conform to Society"* by Gov't Slaves Dylan Charles – In his 1974 book, "Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View," Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram discusses in detail the findings of his now famous experiment. Milgram demonstrated just how easy it is to convince an ordinary person to commit torture and murder under the instruction of an authority figure. Intrigued by the role of Nazi military personnel in concentration camps during WWII, Milgram wanted to know how much coercion people needed in order ... more »
One Way To Prevent Another Trump: Creating A Culture In Which People With Emotional Problems Receive Help
We've often looked at stats that show the shocking relationship between the counties that voted most heavily for trip and the counties that are most heavily addicted to prescription drugs. i keep wishing there was a way to measure the average IQs of Trump counties as compared to anti-Trump counties. I know that isn't possible but... this week Tom Jacobs did fascinating post for *Pacific Standard* you may have missed: Regions With More Neurotic People Supported Trump And Brexit. The factors that drove support Donald Trump in the United States and Brexit in the United Kingdom have ... more »
"Inhuman: What The Establishment’s Bot Hysteria Reveals About Their View Of The Masses"
*"Inhuman: What The Establishment’s Bot Hysteria * *Reveals About Their View Of The Masses"* by Elizabeth Lea Vos "The only apparatus that could hope to match the soullessness of the psychopaths that run our planet is manifested in the rise of artificial intelligence, paired with robots, which press reports indicate will replace vast sections of the beleaguered human workforce within decades. It is particularly ironic, then, that the plutocratic class has developed an intense phobia of Twitter bots. In this author’s view, their intense abhorrence can be read in Jungian terms as the ... more »
The Wisdom of Crowds. Blockchain "coins" .... but first, those nukes...
Before getting into blockchain and BitCoin and all that, a brief aside regarding the inescapable news cycle. *Rule of thumb.* If you ever find yourself envisioning that any Donald Trump action might actually benefit America and the West, look closer. Take the latest news from North Korea that DT is crowing about. Kim is offering talks right now because it is l*ogically exactly the right time for him.* His aim, in seeking nukes, was always to replace an expensive deterrent - a gigantic, standing army - with a much cheaper one, H Bombs. The trick? Get the US and SK to agree to "limit... more »
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China Is Taking Credit For The Easing Of Tensions Between The U.S. And North Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets members of the special delegation of South Korea's President in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 6, 2018. KCNA/via Reuters *Reuters*: *In state media, China presents itself as crucial to U.S.-North Korea talks* BEIJING (Reuters) - China helped bring about a dramatic easing of tensions between the United States and North Korea, according state media outlets, adding evidence that the government sees itself as a central player in any agreement despite largely sitting on the sidelines so far. The co... more »
New Study Links Glyphosate to Shortened Pregnancy Lengths in American Women
A new peer-reviewed study published in Environmental Health on Friday has linked glyphosate levels with shortened pregnancy lengths, in the first ever study of glyphosate exposure in pregnant women in the U.S.. This study adds to the pressure on regulatory authorities to take action on the world’s most used herbicide. This unique study was performed […] The post New Study Links Glyphosate to Shortened Pregnancy Lengths in American Women appeared first on Sustainable Pulse.
In China, Every Place You Go You Are Being Watched
Monitor cameras work in front of the giant portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong on Beijing's Tiananmen Square, September 28, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo *The Guardian*: *'Every place you go, you are being watched': reporting from Xi's China* *The Guardian’s outgoing Beijing correspondent reflects on six years of increasing repression* “You don’t work out, do you?” inquired one of the officers who had summoned me to my hotel lobby in China’s pre-eminent police state. We had only checked in 10 minutes earlier and, after an exhausting week reporting along Xinjiang’s spectacular h... more »
Remembering Lee Ann Fujii, a Friend and a Fighter
This is a guest post from Erin Tolley an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. Professor Lee Ann Fujii passed away unexpectedly in Seattle on March 2, 2018. This loss is personal because it has robbed me of a brilliant friend and colleague, but it is also public because […]
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