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Katya Adler on reporting about Brexit
Katya Adler For your information (or FYI, as they say).... Here's what the BBC's Europe Editor Katya Adler had to say recently to Paul Blanchard of Media Masters about reporting about Brexit for the BBC: *Paul Blanchard*: It is the single defining political issue of the generation now, Brexit, isn’t it? And I get the feeling no one quite knows what the hell’s going on. I tune into BBC news programmes for you to tell me what’s happening, frankly. *Katya Adler*: I think we will look back and to see how big this really was. But I think you come across different attitudes, so those who ... more »
Katya Adler on reporting the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Here's what the BBC's Europe Editor Katya Adler had to say recently to Paul Blanchard of Media Masters about her days as a BBC Middle East correspondent : *Katya Adler*: What I do like very much with my colleagues here, and I enjoyed that so much when I was in the Middle East, we had a bureau full of lively debate, and that was so important. At the time – the Israeli-Palestinian conflict now has disappeared largely from the airwaves actually, it doesn’t get the attention that it used to – but while I was there it was still front and centre. We had Palestinian producers in the offic... more »
Persian Gulf Kingdoms Earn AIPAC’s Seal of Approval
Teaneck psychiatrist Mort Fridman used his first speech as president of AIPAC, the nation’s largest pro-Israel group, to walk the fine line of praising actions by President Donald Trump while urging liberals to continue the group’s bipartisan tradition. Fridman got sustained applause Sunday morning when he thanked Trump, who delivered on a long-held AIPAC goal in December when he […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Douma receives another aid convoy as per ‘humanitarian pause’ [+Pictures]
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (5:05 P.M.) – A previously agreed-on ‘pause of operations’ deal between Russian and Syrian rebels has allowed another aid convoy to enter a major insurgent stronghold in East Ghouta. The convoy, the 3rd of its kind since the Syrian Army began its full-scale offensive on the rebel enclave, consists of 25 trucks carrying […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Breaking: Syrian Army takes full control of large rebel stronghold in east Damascus
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:59 P.M.) – Forces of the Syrian Army have taken full control over the district town of Hammuriyah – for years a key militant stronghold – in Damascus’ East Ghouta region. After thousands of civilians fully vacated Hammuriyah towards government-controlled areas, rebel forces began to retreat from the district also (instead away from […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Pictures: ‘Wrathful’ militant offensive in north Hama fails to avenge East Ghouta rebels but still gives Syrian Army new weapons to use
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:05 P.M.) – On Wednesday, various rebel groups operating out of northern Hama province combined to launched a powerful offensive against the Syrian Army. Code-named ‘Wrath for Ghouta,’ the militant offensive was aimed at avenging allied rebel factions in Damascus’ East Ghouta region; it was also hoped that the assault would relieve pressure […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
VIDEO: Russian jets pummel militants in Hama following failed offensive
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (4:05 P.M.) – Several headquarters and positions for the FSA-affiliated jaysh al-Izza were razed to the ground as Russian fighter jets conducted fatal airstrikes in north Hama countryside. The deadly strikes come after a jihadi alliance – in which Jaysh al-Izza was part of – launched a surprise attack on Syrian Army positions, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Breaking: Rebels completely retreat from two key districts in east Damascus amid civilian mass fleeing – reports
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:07 P.M.) – According to reports from BBC journalist Riam Dalati, rebel fighters in Damascus’ East Ghouta region have fully withdrawn from the district towns of Hummuriyah and Saqba. Al-Masdar News cannot yet independently verify this claim. The claimed development comes amid the mass flight of thousands of civilians from militant-controlled areas of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Breaking: Saudi Arabia to develop nuclear bomb ‘ASAP’ if Iran does – Saudi Crown Prince
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:40 P.M.) – In a very recent interview with CBS News, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman stated that his country would develop a nuclear bomb if key regional rival Iran did so. ‘Saudi Arabia does not want to acquire any nuclear bomb, but without a doubt, if Iran developed a nuclear […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
American PR firm defends its role in Saudi Arabia’s controversial corruption crackdown
Saudi Arabia massages its image with the aid of public relations ofensive
California teacher accidentally fires gun in classroom while teaching class on safety.
Courtesy of KSBW: *A teacher who also serves as a reserve police officer accidentally fired a gun inside a Seaside High School classroom Tuesday, police said, and three students were injured. * *Dennis Alexander was teaching a course about gun safety for his Administration of Justice class when his gun went off at 11 a.m.* *Alexander was pointing his gun at the ceiling when it fired. Pieces of the ceiling fell to the ground.* *A news release from the Seaside Police Department said no one suffered "serious injuries." One 17-year-old boy suffered moderate injuries when fragments f... more »
BWorld 192, Cobalt mining and TRAIN
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last March 01, 2018. Many people are enamored — and rightly so — with consumer electronics and gadgets like smartphones, iPads, laptops, and so on. Then, there is new and huge global demand for electric cars and bikes, even electric buses and trucks. All these products and equipment need batteries, which, in turn, require large volumes of cobalt, considered by some analysts as the “new oil.” This is good news for the Philippines. First, cobalt prices seem to be skyrocketing. Second, the Philippines has the 4th largest cobalt reserves (#1 is Co... more »
Duvuan Pi – First Try
E.M.Smith at Carbon Oxide Causes Supernovas And Will Destroy The Solar System – Musings from the Chiefio - 12 hours ago
An unenlightened first stab at upgrading Raspbian Jessie (Debian 8.0) to Devuan Jessie (no systemD) via the direct process unadorned. Continue reading →
Reforestation without government and taxes involved
Among the many big proof why humans are often unnecessary to "reforest" the planet, lowlands or uplands. Trees just grow by themselves even in the most "adverse" conditions. I took these photos in one of many creeks in Makati City, at Metropolitan avenue, across the Manila South Cemetery. Those trees just grow on the rocks, on fences, their extensive roots extend wide and deep in small cracks. Never planted by humans, not even by any government agency or department of environment. They can grow big and heavy and damage some human structures by their weight alone. Few more years ... more »
US and its puppet states, issue joint statement on Skripal poisoning, blaming Russia
Skripal poisoning 'was a violation of Britain’s sovereignty by Russia' More The post US and its puppet states, issue joint statement on Skripal poisoning, blaming Russia appeared first on The Duran.
U.S. Imposes New Sanctions On Russia
*Politico:* *U.S. imposes new sanctions on Russian entities over 2016 election meddling* Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says America will level additional sanctions 'to hold Russian government officials and oligarchs accountable.' The Treasury Department on Thursday slapped new sanctions on 24 Russian entities and individuals for interfering in the 2016 election and conducting a series of damaging cyberattacks, a major step towards punishing Russia for its increasingly bellicose behavior. But the move is already prompting calls for more tough action against Russian President V... more »
WHEN STORMY MET NOBBY: When Nicolle succumbed to the pleasures of sex!
*THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2018Part 4—Confessore's warning:* On Tuesday morning, the New York Times published three letters about Stephanie Clifford, who says she engaged in various rolls in the hay with our president, Donald J. Trump, back in 2006. It's hard to imagine why any sane person could possibly care about that. It's hard to imagine why anyone would care if Donald J. Trump paid money to Clifford to keep her trap shut about that. That said, people care about these matters a very great deal, even the liberal Digby. Digby published a very large photo of Clifford's very large body... more »
There's A Reason I Avoid Washington DC Like The Plague: It's A Truly Disgusting Sausage Making Factory Town
The most powerful political brand of 2018 belongs to Randy Bryce, the iron worker, single dad, caring son and veteran running against Paul Ryan in southeast Wisconsin: IronStache. He's raised over $5,000,000 in small contributions and he's so popular among ordinary working folks that *incumbents* are asking him to come to their districts and campaign with them! The Republicans had a military vet with a mustache running as well... and on Tuesday his red, red district swung 20 points blue and he lost to some mediocre woos Democrat named Conor Lamb in 2018's first mega-upset... first... more »
College Student Booted From Class for Insisting There Are Only Two Genders
[image: college-student-booted-from-class-for-insisting-there-are-only-two-genders] A student at Indiana University of Pennsylvania was kicked out of class after declaring that there are only two genders.
Obama Campaign Used Fusion GPS to Dig Up Dirt on Romney
[image: obama-campaign-used-fusion-gps-to-dig-up-dirt-on-romney] Surprise! The Democrats used the same firm — Fusion GPS — to dig up dirt on Mitt Romney in 2012 that they used in 2016 to try to dig up dirt on Donald Trump.
“Transgenderism” Is Delusion, Says Think-tank Philosopher
[image: transgenderism-is-delusion-says-think-tank-philosopher] “Transgenderism” amounts to just playing “pretend,” argues Heritage Foundation philosopher Ryan T. Anderson in a recent essay, since sex change is biologically impossible.
Doctors to Examine US Man Sought by Poland in Nazi Case
Michael Karkoc's family denies that he was involved in any war crimes.
United to Issue Special Pet Carrier Tags After Dog’s Death
A dog died on a United Airlines plane after a flight attendant ordered its owner to put the animal in the plane's overhead bin.
Dylann Roof’s Sister Accused of Bringing Weapons to School
Morgan Roof, 18, was arrested and charged with two counts of carrying a weapon on school grounds and one count of simple possession of marijuana.
Did a GOP Candidate Insult a Parkland Shooting Survivor on Twitter?
Leslie Gibson, a Republican candidate Maine's House of Representatives, called Parkland school shooting survivor Emma Gonzalez a "skinhead" and a "lesbian."
Dept With Only 8 Cops Secretly Acquired an Arsenal of 19 Military Vehicles Using 1033 Program
[image: 1033] A tiny police department in a small Delaware town has been using the newly reinstated 1033 program to amass an arsenal of vehicles, weapons, and equipment and they are keeping it secret. The post Dept With Only 8 Cops Secretly Acquired an Arsenal of 19 Military Vehicles Using 1033 Program appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
WATCH: Congressman Accidentally Admits Cryptocurrencies Threaten Govt’s “Control” Over You
[image: control] In what can be called a Freudian slip, a US congressman accidentally admitted that the government is scared of the blockchain because it makes it harder for them to control you. The post WATCH: Congressman Accidentally Admits Cryptocurrencies Threaten Govt’s “Control” Over You appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
Kremlin Calls U.K. Nerve Agent Attack Allegations 'Insane'. Will Retaliate Against Diplomat Expulsions
*RT:* *Putin ‘extremely concerned’ over UK’s ‘destructive, provocative’ stance in Skripal case – Kremlin * In his first public reaction to ex-spy Sergei Skripal’s poisoning, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was “extremely concerned” by the “destructive and provocative” stance of the UK, according to a Kremlin spokesman. A “detailed discussion” of the current crisis in Russian-UK relations was held when Putin met with top officials from the Russian government, military and security services on Thursday, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said. “Extreme concern was ... more »
France, Germany, Britain, And The US Blame Russia For Ex-Spy Chemical Attack
*DW*: *France, Germany, UK, US blame Moscow for ex-spy chemical attack - joint declaration* France, Germany, Britain and the US have condemned a chemical attack on a Russian former double agent in the UK, blaming Moscow for the attack. NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said the incident must have "consequences." The leaders of France, Germany, the US and the UK jointly demanded "complete disclosure" from Russia on the Novichok nerve agent used in the attack on former spy Sergei Skripal, saying there is "no plausible alternative" to Moscow's involvement. "This use of a military-grade ne... more »
U.S. Central Command: There Has Been No Provocations From Iranian Forces In The Persian Gulf Since August
An Iranian vessel steers close to the U.S. Navy coastal patrol craft USS Thunderbolt (R) in the Gulf in a still image from video provided by the U.S. Navy July 25, 2017. U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS *The Hill:* *No Iranian provocations in Gulf in months: Central Command* U.S. Naval Forces Central Command said on Thursday there have been no provocations from Iranian forces in the Persian Gulf in several months. Navy Cmdr. William Urban told The Associated Press that there have been no “unsafe and unprofessional” gestures from the Iranian navy in the region since last August “It s... more »
Obama Pays Respect To Stephen Hawking In Usual Barky Style
*With A Picture of Himself....*
Fearless leader or lame duck? Putin's certain triumph heralds fresh uncertainty
Cynthia Hooper, Associate Professor of History, College of the Holy Cross at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 13 hours ago
The result of Russia's upcoming election is already known: President Vladimir Putin will be re-elected. Will he be content to be a lame duck, or will he undermine democracy to suit his ambition?
Hashd To Get Equal Pay-Benefits To Army As Further Integrated Into Iraqi State
At the start of March 2018 Prime Minister Haidar Abadi issued a decreegiving the Hashd al-Shaabi the same pay and benefits as the Iraqi army. Previously, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki createdthe Commission for the Popular Mobilization Forces in June 2014 to give the Hashd formal backing. Then in February 2016, Abadi passed Executive Order 91 making them an independent group within the Iraqi Security Forces under the Commander In Chief. These were all meant to bring this paramilitary force into the Iraqi state. In turn, the Hashd are now acting like any other arm of the governmen... more »
This Day In Iraqi History – Mar 15
1935 National Brotherhood Party started revolt in Daghahara Led King Faisal to create new cabinet with Brotherhood Party 1981 Saddam said unless Iran agreed to ceasefire he would aid Iranian opposition groups 1985 Iraq carried out air raid on Tehran Iran fired SCUDs at Baghdad in War of Cities 1988 First detention center for Kurds displaced during Anfal campaign set up (Musings On Iraq article on Anfal campaign) 1990 Iraq executed UK Observer journalist Batoft for reporting on missile program Condemned in West 1991 Rebels in Diwanaiya attempted... more »
The U.S. Military Tried to Build 'Flying Aircraft Carriers'. It Was a Total Disaster.
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * A story you may not know. *On April 3, 1933 USS Akron was on a mission to calibrate its radio equipment off the coast of New Jersey when it ran into trouble. Strong winds caused the Akron to plunge 1,000 feet in a matter of seconds, and the crew made the snap decision to dump the water ballast to regain altitude. The airship ended up rising too quickly and the crew lost control. Akron crashed into the sea, killing seventy-three out of seventy-six personnel on board, including the head of the Navy’s Bureau of Aeronautics and the commander of Naval Ai... more »
Could North Korea Be Destroyed by the U.S. Navy?
*James Holmes* *Security, * How can the U.S. Navy destroy North Korea should Washington give the word? *As it was in the 1950s, so it is now. Sea power furnishes the Trump administration military options in its confrontation with North Korea, but none of them promises easy, quick, or painless results. Thankfully, this is not lost on high-ranking defense officials. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, to name one, is reportedly a fan of Fehrenbach’s treatise. Indeed, General Mattis recently** quoted him** while holding forth on how a second Korean War would unfold. That’s good. It bet... more »
Opium Wars: The Bloody Conflicts That Destroyed Imperial China
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Asia* In 1839, England went to war with China because it was upset that Chinese officials had shut down its drug trafficking racket and confiscated its dope. *Once again, the Royal Navy demolished its Chinese opponents, sinking 23 junks in the opening engagement near Hong Kong and seizing Guangzhou. Over the next three years, British ships worked their way up the river, capturing several Chinese forts through a combination of naval bombardment and amphibious assault. France joined in the war — its excuse was the execution of a French missionary who ... more »
Is America Prepared for a Bloody Clash with North Korea or a Naval Conflict with China?
*Robert E. McCoy* *Security, * Now there are signs pointing toward a confrontation of some sort coming this year. The question is how – and how well – will Washington and its allies will respond. The United States is the world’s last remaining superpower. Russia has declined to a lesser state status but a rising China has been making moves in the South China Sea and even into the Indian Ocean. In response to China’s expanded focus and amid concern that Beijing is becoming a seafaring threat, Washington has recently partnered with Canberra, New Delhi, and Tokyo to form a new alli... more »
Navy Aircraft Carriers are Training in the South China Sea with Japan
*Asia Times* *Security, * China, take notice. Japan’s Jiji Press is reporting that a US Navy strike group led by the super carrier USS Carl Vinson is engaged in a joint exercise with Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) in the South China Sea. The drill in the South China Sea where China has been building artificial islands and military facilities, follows the Vinson’s visit to Da Nang, Vietnam earlier this month in what analysts say was a veiled warning to Beijing. The Vinson strike group, which includes two Aegis guided-missile destroyers, has been conducting the exerc... more »
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From Jenna Orkin UK farmers to be given first ever targets on soil health Walmart has hinted that it may want to make crop-pollinating robot bees Salt-Water Fish Extinction Seen By 2048 NOW MATTIS ADMITS THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE ASSAD USED POISON GAS ON HIS PEOPLE Facebook Blamed By U.N. Investigators For Spreading Hate Speech In "Possible Genocide" Not The Onion: Elon Musk Poaching "The Onion" Staffers For Secret Project New Jersey Prepares To Raise Taxes On "Almost Everything" As It Nears Financial Disaster "Do Not Leave Your Homes" - Sleepy UK Town In Lockdown As Army Investigate... more »
Andrew Neil criticises 'Today'
Maybe Andrew Neil should set up a blog about the BBC's failings. Here he is again: *Sam Coates, Times*: President Macron switches France position - says Russia only obvious culprit - relief in UK government diplomatic circles. *Andrew Neil*: There’s been no switch. The* Times *simply over-egged the words of Macron’s spokesperson into ludicrous “France defies May” splash headline, for which there was no grounds (*though didn’t stop R4 Today parroting the line this morning*). I did warn you last night. I think he must have had in mind John Humphrys's remarkable interview with Boris ... more »
Taking on Putin
Well, I must say that I found John Sweeney's *Panorama*: *Taking on Putin* a gripping watch. It was almost like a Cold War spy drama at times. It build a strong case that Russia is a sham democracy and a police state - something we already knew, of course, but it was eye-opening to see just how thuggish and ruthless it actually is. It was a distinctly Orwellian moment when the BBC crew (including JS) got arrested for vandalising a memorial to murdered opposition leader Boris Nemtsov when we viewers knew (and can be sure that the Russian authorities also knew) that a pro-Putin g... more »
Editor's Note
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Nikki Haley lays down foundation for war with Russia, says chemical weapons “could be used here in New York” (Video)
Nikki Haley channels "Colin Powell, anthrax" ghost of Iraq WMDs. More The post Nikki Haley lays down foundation for war with Russia, says chemical weapons “could be used here in New York” (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
Putin “extremely concerned” by the destructive and provocative stance of the UK
World inches closer to major conflict...just as the Deep State had planned. More The post Putin “extremely concerned” by the destructive and provocative stance of the UK appeared first on The Duran.
The FBI has been trying to contact the two prisoners in Thailand who claim to have evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Courtesy of CNN: *FBI agents have tried to meet a pair of self-styled "sex coaches" detained in a Bangkok jail who claim to have evidence of Russian meddling in the 2016 US election, a senior Thai official told CNN. * *Belarussian citizens Anastasia Vashukevich and Alexander Kirillov sent a handwritten letter last month to the US Embassy in Bangkok asking for help in getting them released in exchange for information on alleged meddling in the US presidential election. * *The FBI agents contacted Thailand's Immigration bureau last week to try to organize the meeting, the highly pl... more »
The Las Vegas shooting: why the deafening official silence?
I have no idea what's going on with the investigation into the Las Vegas shooting last year. However, the deafening silence from official sources is inevitably giving rise to all sorts of conspiracy theories. Two that I've come across recently - which may or may not be more or less accurate; we have no way of telling - are: - WAYNE ALLYN ROOT=> The Vegas Massacre Exposé: What Really Happened - FBI Insiders Blow Whistle on Massive Las Vegas Cover Up; Agents Told Not to Investigate Key Evidence Including ISIS Terror Link to Mandalay Bay Massacre I think the official s... more »
New column day
Here, on how the Boundary Dam carbon capture and storage project - cited incessantly by Scott Moe and the Saskatchewan Party as a substitute for a climate change action plan - has in fact proven a costly failure both as a power source and a means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. For further reading... - I've previously written about the Saskatchewan Party's entirely hollow excuse for a climate change plan. - Sean Kavanagh reported on Manitoba's agreement to participate in the Canada-wide climate policy framework which leaves Saskatchewan alone among Canadian provinces in doing n... more »
The Role of the British Has Never Been Clearer
PDF: [image: PDF icon] 20180315-british-role.pdf First it was Tony Blair's "dodgy dossier" on Saddam Hussein's WMD which unleashed the pathetic George W. Bush to turn the entire Mideast (with help from Obama) into a terrorist hell hole. Then came claims of Bashir Assad's use of chemical weapons, tricking Trump into a missile attack on a Syrian airbase. Then came British Intelligence operative Christopher Steele's own "dodgy dossier," launching a regime- change effort against the government of the United States based on fairy tales about Trump and Russia. Now, Prime Minister Theres... more »
Newsflash: Donald Trump Is A Liar
Donald Trump is a liar. And he brags about it. The Canadian Press reports that: U.S. President Donald Trump boasted in a fundraising speech in Missouri on Wednesday that he made up information about trade in a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, according to a recording of the comments obtained by The Washington Post. The newspaper said in a report posted on its website that Trump had insisted to Trudeau that the United States runs a trade deficit with its neighbour to the north without knowing whether or not that was the case. Trump said on the recording that after Trud... more »
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. - Matt Bruenig highlights Norway's high level of social ownership, with 76% of non-home wealth in public hands in an extremely prosperous country. And Patrick Collinson reports on the latest World Happiness Survey, showing Norway within a group of relatively equal Nordic countries at the very top. - Christo Aivalis discusses the elements of economic democracy, as well as the need for the NDP to offer voters a clear option of social ownership: (H)owever important things like Medicare, education, and social security were, they did not constitu... more »
MEPs back Ukraine-style ‘association' deal for post-Brexit UK
15-Mar-2018 The European Parliament has backed a Ukraine-style “association agreement” as the model for future EU-UK relations after Brexit.
Rusoro Mining wins key US court ruling confirming arbitration award
15-Mar-2018 DC court ruled in Rusoro's favour, rejecting all of Venezuela's defenses and holding that the award was valid and enforceable in the United States.
EP wants to include gender equality in free-trade agreements
15-Mar-2018 The European Parliament has adopted a resolution to better account for gender equality in trade agreements. The commission could follow up on the resolution in its agreement with Chile.
Une décision judiciaire majeure pourrait menacer les tribunaux d'arbitrage privés
15-Mar-2018 Serait-ce le début de la fin pour les très controversés tribunaux d'arbitrage « ISDS », ces juridictions d'exception qui traitent les litiges entre les multinationales et les Etats ?
China, EU close to BIT: reports
15-Mar-2018 Despite rising concerns about Chinese investment among some European officials, China and the EU are moving fast toward completing a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) and a free trade agreement (FTA), according to media reports.
Revive trade deal talks to avoid trade war, EU urges Trump
15-Mar-2018 The European Union urged the United States to revive trade talks rather than escalate a dispute over tariffs on metals and cars.
Trade deals must work for rural women say participants at key UN session
15-Mar-2018 Trade agreements must take into account the concerns of the millions of women who earn their living off the land in developing countries, participants said at a meeting held during the 62nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations in New York organized by UNCTAD and the Asia Pacific Forum on Women Law and Development (APWLD).
South Korea-China FTA follow-up talks to open next week
15-Mar-2018 South Korea and China will hold the first round of follow-up negotiations to their free trade agreement(FTA) next week to have the deal include the service and investment sectors.
Trump's imposition of trade barriers rendering the KORUS FTA obsolete
15-Mar-2018 “Trump's unilateral imposition of import restrictions on South Korean products is revealing the vulnerabilities of the KORUS-FTA, which has accomplished absolutely nothing. At the time of the negotiations in 2007, the agreement to open markets to a great extent to the US's massive economic bloc was both advantageous to South Korean exports because of the size of the American market but also made it possible for the US to push us around because of its asymmetric strength. Trump's actions are showing the limitations of that, says expert.
TRUMP FIRES TILLERSON, HIRES POMPEO SENDING MESSAGE TO KIM JONG UN AHEAD OF DENUCLEARIZATION TALKS
Donald Trump has fired Globalist lynch pin Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and replaced him with hawk Mike Pompeo, sending a message to North Korea to start denuclearization negotiations fast or face being turned into nuclear dust. https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/13/politics/pompeo-trump-foreign-policy-iran-korea/index.html Tillerson has been working in tandem with Pentagon Chief James Mattis to narrow US options in dealing with North […]
Tuareg Forces In Mali Have Claimed That They Have Recovered Vehicles And Weapons Used By U.S. Special Forces Who Were Ambushed And Killed In Niger
YouTube *Threat Matrix:* *Tuareg alliance claims recovery of US Special Forces vehicle from Niger ambush* The Imghad and Allies Self Defense Movement (GATIA) and the Movement for the Salvation of Azawad (MSA) alliance claims its fighters have recovered a vehicle used by US Special Forces from last October’s deadly ambush in northern Niger. Four US Special Forces soldiers and several Nigerien troops were killed in an attack by the so-called Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS). According to the Tuareg groups, its forces recovered one of the vehicles used by the US soldiers t... more »
Luis Burgos: A Fire on the Ground
*Source: FAO-ICOUDate: 03.15.2018* *A Fire on the Ground* *By Luis Burgos (FAO-ICOU)* Buenos Aires Provincial Route 36 is in the news again. The experiences recorded over so many decades by drivers, country people, tourists, residents, hunters and fishermen are innumerable. The region’s geography, much of it lonely, is peppered with all manner of encounters as we traverse the very heart of EL NIDO (The Nest). Small probes (diminutive luminous spheres) chasing car drivers, dozens of imprints found in its fields, frequent sightings of unidentified flying objects, lights emerging fr... more »
“The ‘1’ key was not pressed hard enough:” Did a typo kill a cancer paper?
Errors in a 2017 paper about a new cancer test may have occurred because of a simple typo while performing calculations of the tool’s effectiveness. According to the last author, the “1” key was likely not pressed hard enough. The error, however small, affected key values “so greatly that the conclusions of the paper can … Continue reading “The ‘1’ key was not pressed hard enough:” Did a typo kill a cancer paper?
Public Accounts Committee Prefers Us To Drown In Debt Than “Sacrifice Green Objectives”
By Paul Homewood h/t Dave Ward If we ever needed evidence that our MPs are living in a different universe to the rest of us, take a look at the latest report from the Public Accounts Committee, courtesy of the Mail: A influential group of MPs has branded the Government’s sale of […]
Some Notes On Jester's Take On The Future Of HEP
I am very glad to observe that Adam Falkowsky has resumed his blogging activities (for how long, that's early to say). He published the other day a blog entry titled "Where were we", in which he offers his view of the present status of things in HEP and the directions he foresees for the field. I was about to leave a comment there, but since I am a very discontinuous blog reader (you either write or read, in this business -no time for both things together) I feared I would then miss any reply or ensuing discussion. Not that I mean to say anything controversial or flippant; on the co... more »
The Dynamite Cruiser Was Nearly as Dangerous to Her Crew as the Enemy
*Robert Beckhusen* *Security, * A U.S. Navy experiment to find an alternative to black powder resulted in a strange design. On June 13, 1898, the cruiser USS Vesuvius crept within one-mile of the Cuban coastline and began launching explosives from her monstrous compressed-air cannons — quietly, as far as the Spanish soldiers ashore in their fort knew until the shells landed. The nighttime shore bombardment targeting Santiago was Vesuvius’ first combat mission. She still remains one of the strangest warships of the modern era. A custom-built “dynamite gun cruiser,” Vesuvius had a... more »
TRUMP WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND WHY WE DON'T THINK THAT TRUDEAU ANECDOTE IS A GREAT STORY
President Trump delivered a fundraising speech in Missouri last night. This anecdote from the speech is getting a lot of attention: President Trump boasted in a fundraising speech Wednesday that he made up information in a meeting with the leader of a top U.S. ally, saying he insisted to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that the United States runs a trade deficit with its neighbor to the north without knowing whether that was the case. “Trudeau came to see me. He’s a good guy, Justin. He said, ‘No, no, we have no trade deficit with you, we have none. Donald, please,’” Trump sa... more »
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*‘60 Minutes’ Snubs the Facts on Education* Beth Richardson is committed to her son’s success. She expected Jed to do his homework once in school, so she did her homework first on the schools near their South Carolina home. “I visited every single school that was available,” she says. She wasn’t satisfied with Jed’s assigned school, and her research led her to East Point Academy. East Point is a charter school—an independent public school—that provides instruction in both English and Mandarin Chinese. “They are definitely absorbing the language both verbally and in writing,” Ric... more »
Kids Injured as School Cop Shoots Gun in a Class—Officials Cover It Up, Wounded Kid Blows Whistle
[image: school] Not one, but two school cops discharged firearms in schools this week. One of the officers injured multiple students in the process and the media and school officials attempted to cover it up. The post Kids Injured as School Cop Shoots Gun in a Class—Officials Cover It Up, Wounded Kid Blows Whistle appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
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*Boom... Nature study admissions undercut almost all climate studies:* 1. Correlation not causation. 2. Historical record inadequate. 3. Physical mechanism not understood. SOURCE *Sustainable Energy: At this rate, it’s going to take nearly 400 years to transform the energy system* Here are the real reasons we’re not building clean energy anywhere near fast enough. Fifteen years ago, Ken Caldeira, a senior scientist at the Carnegie Institution, calculated that the world would need to add about a nuclear power plant’s worth of clean-energy capacity every day between 2000 an... more »
Map: Turkish forces on the verge of encircling Kurdish region in northern Syria
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (2:15 P.M.) – The Turkey-led forces are less than 600 meters from entirely encircling the region of Afrin amid intensifying battles. According to unofficial reports, Turkey is waiting for more civilians to evacuate the city of Afrin before ordering it proxies an all-out ground invasion. For this purpose, the reports said, the Turkish […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
VIDEO: Rebel defenses in east Damascus get completely obliterated by multiple Syrian Army charge-thrower attacks
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:30 P.M.) – Video footage (shown below) has emerged showing elite forces of the Syrian Army deploying UR-77 charge-throwers to demolish heavily fortified militant positions and tunnels near the town of Ar-Rayhan in Damascus’ East Ghouta region. For two weeks now, units from the Syrian Army’s elite Tiger Forces Division and veteran rebel […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Breaking: Thousands of civilians from militant stronghold in east Damascus begin fleeing to Syrian Army lines
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:43 P.M.) – According to emerging reports from military-affiliated sources, thousands of civilians from the rebel-held district town of Hammuriyah in Damascus’ East Ghouta region have begun fleeing towards Syrian Army lines. Sources claim that some 2,000 civilians from Hammuriyah, a key rebel stronghold in the heart of East Ghouta, are involved in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Breaking: Militants mull surrendering key stronghold in east Damascus after hundreds of civilians leave to government areas
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:21 P.M.) – According to BBC affiliated journalist Riam Dalati, rebels currently holding positions inside the district town of Hammuriyah in Damascus’ East Ghouta region are considering surrendering their stronghold without any further fight. The develop comes amid the flight of hundreds of civilians from the combat zone towards government-held areas via Syrian […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
VIDEO: Russian precision bomb torches militant position amid dozens of night strikes by warplanes over east Damascus
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:50 A.M.) – On the night of Wednesday to Thursday, Russian warplanes conducted dozens of precision strikes against militant targets across Damascus’ East Ghouta region. The bombardment targeted rebel tactical positions, movements, bases and ammo storage areas in key insurgent-controlled district towns east of the Syrian capital. At some point during the strikes, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Breaking: Turkey will not hand over Afrin to Syrian government after seizing it – Erdogan’s spokesperson
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:12 A.M.) – Following an official statement by Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesperson saying that Ankara is willing to cooperate with Washington in Syria to create a shared security zone around the city of Manbij (currently held by US-backed forces), additional commentary was made regarding Turkey’s intentions for Afrin. According to Ibrahim […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Breaking: Turkish, US forces in Syria to form ‘safe zone’ around Manbij city – Erdgoan’s spokesperson
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:54 A.M.) – Reports are beginning to emerge that Turkish and US forces are planning to establish a ‘safe zone’ around the Kurdish-held city of Manbij in Syria’s Aleppo province. The reports cite Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin who said that Ankara is willing to engage in such a cooperative […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
ISIS launches big assault against Syrian Army troops in southern Damascus
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:30 A.M.) – The so-called Islamic State (ISIS) continued their offensive in southern Damascus, today, targeting the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) positions at the Al-Qadam District. ISIS began their assault on the Syrian Army’s positions in Al-Qadam, yesterday, scoring a small advance in the eastern part of the district. This morning they attempted […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Entergy Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Station: Workers Given Exam Answers; Workers Failed To Make Rounds-Falsified Records
Staircase from the Windsor Plantation Ruins, now located at Alcorn State University near Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Station Perhaps this … Continue reading →
Is the BBC's coverage of Jeremy Corbyn on Russia, Bizarre?
As ever Craig at isthebbcbiased has the BBC bang to rights over their coverage of Jeremy Corbyn's comments. 'The BBC - unlike pretty much everyone else - is presenting this as a case of Jeremy Corbyn saying something and only getting a hostile response from the Conservatives. This is frankly beyond bizarre. Labour MPs have been falling over themselves this afternoon to signal their profound disagreement with their leader. They've been publicly siding with the Government in the House of Commons. To present this as just some 'jeering' Tories responding to Jeremy Corbyn's attacks o... more »
U.S. Military Campaign Against Islamic Militants In Yemen Continues
A Yemeni soldier looks at the graffiti of U.S. drone strike painted on a wall as a protest against the drone strikes, in Sanaa, Yemen, on Dec. 21, 2013. (Photo: Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua) *Long War Journal:* *LWJ Exclusive: US quietly continues Yemen air campaign* The United States’ air campaign in Yemen has shown no signs of slowing down. US forces conducted 12 airstrikes against terrorist groups in Yemen over the last month that were not publicly announced, FDD’s Long War Journal has learned. Maj. Josh T. Jacques at US Central Command Communication Integration said yesterday in a...more »
The Jeff Sessions Justice Department looking for way to take authority away from Federal Courts.
Courtesy of Mother Jones: *Last April, when a federal judge in Hawaii blocked the Trump administration’s effort to ban entry to people from six Muslim-majority nations, Attorney General Jeff Sessions took to conservative talk radio to vent his frustration. “I really am amazed that a judge sitting on an island in the Pacific can issue an order that stops the president of the United States from what appears to be clearly his statutory and constitutional power,” he told host Mark Levin. * *Residents of Hawaii pointed out that it was every bit as much a state as the other 49, but Ses... more »
Our lack of online privacy is mind-blowing
When we click on the "Accept" button(s) for online service providers' terms and conditions, we typically don't bother to read all the fine print. We simply take it on faith that the provider will protect our privacy to at least some extent. Sadly, that's seldom the case - as demonstrated by PayPal, which offers a list of several hundred "third parties" with whom it shares information. The extent and use of that information may surprise you. A few examples of reasons why PayPal shares it: - "To allow payment processing settlement services, and fraud checking" - "To allow te... more »
Is No One Noticing The Greatest Economic Mismanagement In History?
Yesterday, there was a trial balloon about decision to appoint deranged coke freak Larry Kudlow to replace Gary Cohn as Trump's chief economic advisor. Kudlow is a greed-and-selfishness crackpot who can only make the vibrant economy that Obama left Trump worse-- and more rapidly. Trump has already been sowing the seeds for a big downturn himself. As Alan Grayson, a former economist as well as a former congressman, pointed out this week: "Trump’s 'fiscal policy' bears a striking resemblance to Trump’s real estate business model: borrow your way to bankruptcy, and hope to leave some... more »
More...
Though the BBC News website coverage of the Telford child abuse scandal has now been 're-buried in Shropshire' under the headline *Telford abuse: Victim numbers 'sensationalised' says police chief*, the story continues to unfold. The *Mirror* is now putting the police themselves under its searchlight: *Police slammed over memo saying Telford child sex abuse was 'consensual'* Officers investigating child sexual exploitation in the town were sent an internal memo telling them “in most cases the sex is consensual” The report says: A person under 16 cannot be deemed in law to have cons... more »
"It's important for people to understand the difference"
There's an article on the BBC News website that's dividing opinion: For some this is a case of the BBC "normalising regressive cultures again"; for other's it's the BBC living up to its mission to inform and clearing up "misapprehensions" about arranged marriages. The BBC reporter behind the piece, Megha Mohan, does indeed have that purpose, having tweeted: The reaction to this tweet has been split too. She's getting plenty of 'thank yous', but others are accusing her of being "patronising" and complaining that the headline is racist against white people.
Oh 'Eck!
Intriguing tweet from Andrew Neil this morning about RT host Alex Salmond: So did the BBC give in to that pressure? Did they stop using the phrase "break up the UK" during the Scottish referendum?
Never argue with a chemist about conspiracy theories
Nothing to do with BBC bias, but here's a fascinating Twitter exchange between a former research chemist and a former UK ambassador to Uzbekistan. The former UK ambassador to to Uzbekistan loses and then vanishes in a cloud of nitrogen triiodide. Its startling point is a Craig Murray post in which my conspiratorially-minded former-ambassadorial near namesake argues that "The Novichok Story Is Indeed Another Iraqi WMD Scam". Former research chemist Clyde Davies read it and thought it didn't exactly hold up to scrutiny. Here's what happened next.... 1. *CorbynSupporters50+*... more »
Australia Considering Issuing Emergency Visas For White South African Farmers On Humanitarian Grounds
*BBC:* *Australia considers visas for white South African farmers* South Africa has dismissed allegations its white farmers are "persecuted" after an Australian minister said they needed help from a "civilised" country. Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said he was exploring giving South Africa's white farmers access to fast-track visas on humanitarian grounds. The suggestion was made amid calls to transfer land ownership from white to black farmers in South Africa, and fears over the number of farm killings. But South Africa says it is ridiculous. *Read more* .... *WNU Editor:... more »
The Target of America's Trade Policy Agenda - The Trump Version
While the world was shaken by the announcement of the proposed U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum, it should have come as no surprise to anyone. The 2018 version of the President's Trade Policy Agenda published by the Office of the United States Trade Representative, part of the Executive Office of the President, appears to have quite clearly stated what the world can expect from the Trump Administration when it comes to trade. Let's look at a few highlights, focusing on the chapter which outlines the President's trade policy agenda. I apologize in advance for the length of this p... more »
Application of nanoparticles for household water treatment
T.C., Prathna; Sharma, Saroj Kumar; Kennedy, Maria. Review: Nanoparticles in household level water treatment: An overview Separation and Purification Technology 30 June 2018 199:260-270 Providing safe drinking water is a great challenge for both the developing and the developed world. … Continue reading →
"What the 432 Hz 'Miracle Tone' Sounds Like"
*"What the 432 Hz 'Miracle Tone' Sounds Like (Listen):* * A Healing Frequency to Raise Your Vibration"* By Kalee Brown "As sound healing becomes more popular, more and more people are starting to experiment with it. You have people learning how to chant, listening to specific frequencies, and using singing bowls. It’s not just those of us who are interested in spirituality and New Age concepts that are looking into this ancient Eastern knowledge, but scientists as well, studying these sounds and how they affect the body. Though sound healing is only now beginning to enter into the m... more »
Jerome Corsi Discredits Himself. Over & Over Again #QAnon
On a personal level I like Jerome as much as the next chap. He's avuncular, soothing to listen to, better than average educated, and able to talk at great length in a calm manner on his world... Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced
LARRY KUDLOW - TRUMP'S TOP ECONOMIC ADVISER
*Kudlow* *Larry Kudlow is to replace Gary Cohn as Trump's top economic adviser* Lawrence "Larry" Kudlow was the host of CNBC's The Kudlow Report. Kudlow was raised in New Jersey, the son of Ruth (née Grodnick) and Irving Howard Kudlow.[2] His family is Jewish. Kudlow attended the University of Rochester where he was a member of the left-wing Students for a Democratic Society. Kudlow attended the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He left before completing his master's degree.[5] *John Podesta and Bill Clinton.* Kudlow worked alongside Bill Clinton and J... more »
China Confirms That They Sea-Testing An Electromagnetic Railgun
Reuters *National Interest:* *Chinese Military Website Confirms Sea Trial of Shipborne Railgun* Sea tests of China’s indigenous electromagnetic railguns are underway, Chinese papers have revealed, quoting delegates of the People’s Liberation Army who are attending the annual parliamentary session in Beijing. This has been further confirmed by a feature on the PLA-run news portal 81.cn about a female lead engineer who was the brains behind a repeating pulsating direct current power system that could charge the railgun. Zhang Xiao, associate research fellow at the Wuhan-based PLA Na... more »
Federal authorities charged three Trump supporters with bombing a mosque in Minnesota.
Courtesy of TPM: *Federal authorities on Tuesday charged three men from rural central Illinois with the bombing of a Minnesota mosque last year and said one of the suspects told an investigator the goal of the attack was to “scare” Muslims out of the United States. * *A statement from the U.S. attorney’s office in Springfield, Illinois, says the men also are suspected in the attempted bombing of an abortion clinic. The Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, Minnesota, was bombed just before morning prayers on Aug. 5, causing a fire and extensive damage although no one was i... more »
Katie Wright on the Lack of Precision in Dr. Shafali Jeste's "On the Road to Precision Health: Brain Based Biomarkers.”
By Katie Wright I recently watched Dr. Shafali Jeste’s* (see bio at end of this post) of the UCLA Jeste Lab for Autism Research and Treatment SFARI presentation “On the Road to Precision Health: Brain Based Biomarkers.” Dr. Jeste and...
CONTAGION: The Great Swine Flu scare of 2009
Sir Liam Donaldson As BBC4 prepares to televise its new scare documentary Contagion AoA re-posts a sequence of articles by UK editor, John Stone, from 2009-10 highlighting an earlier shadowy attempt to hi-jack global health agenda by the vaccine industry....
"If Aliens Visit Us..."
"If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans. We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet." - Stephen Hawking
"Fear..."
“I was as afraid as the next man in my time and maybe more so. But with the years, fear had come to be regarded as a form of stupidity to be classed with overdrafts, acquiring a venereal disease or eating candies. Fear is a child's vice and while I loved to feel it approach, as one does with any vice, it was not for grown men and the only thing to be afraid of was the presence of true and imminent danger in a form that you should be aware of and not be a fool if you were responsible for others.” - Ernest Hemingway, "True at First Light”
The Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant Is Being Ready For Its First Flight Next Year
Sikorsky and Boeing have worked together on their offering for the U.S. Army's Joint Multi-Role technology demonstrator called the SB-1 Defiant. (Courtesy of Boeing and Sikorsky) *Defense News:* *Defiant undergoing rigorous testing prior to first flight this year* WASHINGTON — The Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant coaxial helicopter demonstrator is now undergoing rigorous testing prior to its first flight expected later this year, according to Boeing and Sikorsky company officials. Defiant is likely to fly in the latter part of this summer, Randy Rotte, Boeing’s director of global sal... more »
“I Died With My Eyes Open”; A Comment
*A comment:* We've posted some unusual articles over the nearly 10 years of this blog, but this one is... "different." View it as food for thought. Please comment if so inclined. - CP ◆ *“I Died With My Eyes Open”* by Julian Wash “Today I would like to return to your awareness an aspect of the Human condition that ultimately succumbs to the biological experience we call life. Yes, death seems inevitable and inescapable. There are those who appear to cheat it at times but sooner or later we are all paid a visit by that rather grim-looking, cloaked entity who gestures with a scythe. W... more »
Personality Disorders
*Elizabeth "Fake Indian" Warren* is now fighting the political battle of her life against those accusing her of faking her ancestry to advance her career. In the latest incident, someone suggested she take a DNA test to prove her heritage. She's so sure about her heritage that she's "not going to let someone take it away" with a DNA test. She announced that if nominated she would not run and if elected she would not serve as President of the United States -- but what could be more progressive than to have a fake Indian female as president? Actually, I think it would be as fun to... more »
Trump's and Pompeo's Path to Nuclear Crisis
*Paul R. Pillar* *Iran North Korea nuclear proliferation, Middle East East Asia* The prospective replacement of Rex Tillerson with Mike Pompeo clears one of the last apparent hurdles between Donald Trump and his destruction of a significant diplomatic achievement that has been squarely in the interests of the United States, of nuclear nonproliferation, and of the containment of conflict in the Middle East. This is, of course, the multilateral agreement that restricts Iran’s nuclear program, known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). There is ample reason t... more »
British Envoy: Russia’s Attempted Assassination of Ex-Spy was “No Common Crime”; UK To Expulse 23 Russian Spies (Diplomats)
British Deputy U.N. Ambassador Jonathan Allen “said his government had asked the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, headquartered … Continue reading →
Russian Politician Who Reportedly Sent Millions to the National Rifle Association (NRA) Has Long History in Spain
From ProPublica.org: “Russian Politician Who Reportedly Sent Millions to NRA Has Long History in Spain Spanish authorities were poised to … Continue reading →
BWorld 191, Solar insecurity, energy stability and affordability
* This is my column in BusinessWorld on February 26, 2018. *“When PV Solar rely on up to 67% of revenues from subsidies, the state becomes a counter-party that is critical to sustaining the firm’s financial viability. Vagaries of politics imply constantly changing priorities, making for a fickle advocate.”* — Ricardo Barcelona, author of Energy Investment: An Adaptive Approach to Profiting from Uncertainties (2017). This is a lesson and reality that will be hard to appreciate for solar energy advocates and developers, that without politics, without forcing and coercing energy cons... more »
Ytd, PH stockmarket is the poorest performer in AsPac
Year to date (ytd) or from January 01 to March 15, 2018, the PH stockmarket is the poorest or worst performer in the Asia-Pacific. JP's Abe has corruption scandal while PH's Duterte has drugs and China scandal, ICC problem, and tax-tax-tax de TRAIN. Data from http://markets.wsj.com/asia as of 9pm today. There should be rising investment uncertainties here. TRAIN 1 overall tax hikes, now TRAIN 2 in Congress proposes withrawal of many fiscal incentives to corporations while the promised cut in corporate income tax (CIT) from 30% to 25% will be in 2022, the end of Du30 term. Comments... more »
Russian embassy urges US to refrain from escalating conflict in Eastern Ghouta
The United States should take care not to escalate bloodshed in the Syrian capital’s suburb of Eastern Ghouta by making irresponsible statements, the Russian Embassy warned. “We are again calling on Washington to refrain from irresponsible statements and plans that can lead to an irreversible escalation of the conflict,” the Embassy said, adding it would […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Israel detain 1,319 Palestinians in 2 months, including 274 kids
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (6:57 A.M)- According to ‘Addameer’, a Palestinian Prisoners Rights Group, over 1,300 Palestinians were detained in January and February, of this year alone. Amongst the detained were 274 children, with them were also women and journalists. Those arrested included (according to the report): “381 individuals from Jerusalem; 233 from the Ramallah and al-Bireh […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Russian drill sees 200 anti-aircraft gunners successfully shoot down missiles (video)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:15 A.M.) – Servicemen of the anti-aircraft missile unit of the 150th Motorized Rifle Division of the Southern Military District destroyed cruise missiles from the Tor-M2 surface-to-air missile systems at the Kapustin Yar test range in the Astrakhan region, Wednesday. About 200 anti-aircraft gunners were involved in the combat shooting and more than […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Pictures: Huge numbers of elite Syrian Army troops gather up for another big push in east Damascus
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:00 A.M.) – After 24 hours of renewed clashes across Damascus’ East Ghouta region, elite Syrian Army storming units of the Republican Guard have made considerable headway against rebel fighters in the district town of Jisreen. A day of battle has seen Republican Guard troops – backed by armor and artillery as well […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
A Look At The Working Relationship Between U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis And President Trump
Phil Stewart / Reuters *Krishnadev Calamur, The Atlantic:* *James Mattis Has Somehow Stayed on Trump's Good Side* While the president has railed against other Cabinet officials, the defense secretary has avoided his wrath—so far. President Trump undermined Rex Tillerson before firing him on Tuesday. He has railed against Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Twitter; chided H.R. McMaster, the national-security adviser, also on Twitter; and pushed back against claims by John Kelly, the White House chief of staff, that the border wall would never be built. But there is one high-profile ... more »
RT presenter destroys Piers Morgan, after Piers claims he is certain that Putin “kills journalists” (Video)
Piers Morgan seems to have evidence that no one else on the planet has... More The post RT presenter destroys Piers Morgan, after Piers claims he is certain that Putin “kills journalists” (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
Paul Craig Roberts: “World War 3 Is Approaching”
“In a nuclear war the “collateral damage” would be the life of all humanity.” - Fidel Castro More The post Paul Craig Roberts: “World War 3 Is Approaching” appeared first on The Duran.
Jimmy Dore blasts UK poisoning hoax: “Doesn’t pass the smell test” (Video)
Russia convicted of nerve attack before investigation. More The post Jimmy Dore blasts UK poisoning hoax: “Doesn’t pass the smell test” (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
Trump's Tariffs Are a Tax on Americans?
[image: aluminum.PNG] This has been the consensus opinion and in a normal economic environment it is totally correct. Except it is wrong today. China has been operating prediatory capitalism utilizing the money of the State to use cheap metal to force their competition out of the market. This is actually quite common amoung large USA corporation who do exactly the same thing here. What is now going to happen is that Trump will manage an active tariff portfolio aimed at forcing these guys to heel. this is not crazy at all, and it promises to be closely managed as well. Another t... more »
Deep State Criminality
I share this posting. My own work has uncovered an organized effort to optimize all forms of criminal enterprise only possible through government collusion. That it was organized around corrupt politicians was inevitable and that it ended up organizing it all and not just the Drug trade was also inevitable as time went on. At the same time in order to expand these markets it has supported criminalizing many forms of human behavior. Such as marijuana. Right now a huge part of our economy is in the hands of criminal enterprise and thus under the Deep State. The present phas... more »
Scientists unleash graphene’s innate superconductivity
Thanks to graphene we are now manipulating atoms and molecules in ways never imagined. Now we are inducing superconductivity. Ultimately, we will be able to manufacture complex 3d matrices from various elements that produce useful results. As i have posted before this is the real future of technology, long anticipated and now certainly upon us. Great stuff and somewhat unexpected as well to actually do it without an obvious hitch.. *Scientists unleash graphene’s innate superconductivity* *Colin Jeffrey**January 21st, 2017* *https://newatlas.com/graphene-pwave-supercon... more »
Jester's unconstructive recommended HEP reforms
Yesterday, Adam Falkowski published his first blog post since September 2016, Where were we?. He starts by saying that particle physics is in crisis – which is no longer a prohibited word – because the LHC hasn't found any physics beyond the Standard Model. He mentions texts by Hossenfelder, Giudice, and the Economist to prove that the "crisis" is being used. But there have always been people who preached about crises. More than two decades ago, in 1996, John Horgan published his "End of Science" diatribe. Ten years later, Šmoits introduced their own crisis hype. Adam, if you think ... more »
A Look At How A Nuclear Submarine Crashes Through The Arctic Ice
*Navy Times: **This is how a nuclear submarine crashes through Arctic Circle ice* A submarine smashing it’s way through Arctic ice is certainly impressive from the outside, but what’s happening below the surface? The Navy posted the above video showing an animation of the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine Hartford’s surfacing in the Arctic Ocean last week for Ice Exercise 2018, or ICEX. Superimposed on the animation is a live-action view of inside the Hartford as it surfaces. It’s a tense moment to be sure, but professionals make it look like an easy, almost everyday occurr... more »
Midnight Meme Of The Day!
*by Noah* Sean Hannity, the FOX "News" version of Alex Jones, at his "best." Perhaps some day in the near future, Madame Tussauds will have a special exhibit of anti-American propagandists and other enemies of the state. The all too lifelike wax statue of Sean Hannity will have its lips firmly affixed to the huge orange baboon ass of Donald Trump, or perhaps somewhere else.
'Tremendous Roaring Scream' in the Minnesota Wilderness
This was surely a Sasquatch showing his displeasure having guests, The shower of twigs is typical primate behavior and this has happened before. He got what he wanted as they left at dawn. We have no evidence of such screams associated with the Giant Sloth/Dogman. And of course no other animal makes that sound either. Wha is important is that this was well witnessed and everyone changed their behavior. *'Tremendous Roaring Scream' in the Minnesota Wilderness* *Monday, March 05, 2018* *http://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2018/03/tremendous-roaring-scream-in-minnesota.html?* *... more »
Seven Feet Of Snow In Northern California Puts Screeching Halt To State’s Drought
Let us observe that we have had a serious winter with ample snow pack all over and yes this will surely ameliorate ongoing drought conditions. As i have posted before, the sun has actually cooled sufficiently to allow a global heat decline and this trend has been underway for several years now. Thus we will see worsening winters and an end to general drought conditions generally. The present expectation is that this will be sustained for around three decades before the sun warms up again. How cold it might get cannot be predicted simply because we lack empirical data to safel... more »
The UK government is manufacturing its nerve agent case for ‘action’ on Russia
There is no legitimate reason for the British authorities to rule out that any of other states possessing Novichok technology (US, Britain, Israel) could have at the very least ‘lost control’ of their nerve agent stockpiles. The post The UK government is manufacturing its nerve agent case for ‘action’ on Russia appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
Laser-heated nanowires produce micro-scale nuclear fusion with record efficiency
Laser-heated nanowires produce micro-scale nuclear fusion with record efficiency https://m.phys.org/news/2018-03-laser-heated-nanowires-micro-scale-nuclear-fusion.html Advertisements
Herbal Oil: Nutmeg Oil Benefits and Uses
https://articles.mercola.com/herbal-oils/nutmeg-oil.aspx
Hawking showed us a pathway to the stars.
Hawking showed us a pathway to the stars | Asia Times http://www.atimes.com/article/hawkins-showed-us-pathway-stars/
Hackers could kill patients by attacking their pacemakers, warns Royal Academy of Engineering
Hackers could kill patients by attacking their pacemakers, warns Royal Academy of Engineering https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/03/14/hackers-could-kill-patients-attacking-pacemakers-warns-royal/?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook
Scientists have established a link between brain damage and religious fundamentalism
Scientists have established a link between brain damage and religious fundamentalism https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/scientists-established-link-brain-damage-religious-fundamentalism/
Alkaline Water: Benefits, Side Effects, and Dangers
Alkaline Water: Benefits, Side Effects, and Dangers https://www.healthline.com/health/food-nutrition/alkaline-water-benefits-risks
U.S. Troops Have Been Involved In More Firefights In Niger Than Previously Revealed
Nigerien Army soldiers conducting an exercise last month. After four American soldiers were killed in an October ambush, the United States imposed additional safety measures to protect troops on missions helping local forces in Niger. But the missions did not end. Credit Finbarr O'Reilly for The New York Times *New York Times:* *U.S. Kept Silent About Its Role in Another Firefight in Niger* WASHINGTON — Green Berets working with government forces in Niger killed 11 Islamic State militants in a firefight in December, the American military acknowledged for the first time on Wednesd... more »
Can Haspel bring the CIA in from the cold?
Brent Durbin, Associate Professor of Government, Smith College at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 23 hours ago
A new head could help repair the president's relationship with the spy agency, but only if leaders stop playing politics with intelligence.
Pompeo's rise will make Mideast war more likely
Gregory Aftandilian, Lecturer, Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 23 hours ago
Trump's pick to lead the State Department believes Iran is 'intent on destroying America.' But ending the Iran nuclear deal could unleash a violent chain reaction, a Mideast scholar says.
Anti-Gun “National School Walkout” Duped Students, Families
[image: anti-gun-national-school-walkout-duped-students-families] Organizers and establishment propaganda outlets often painted the so-called National School Walkout on March 14 as an event to honor the victims of last month's school shooting in Parkland, Florida. But the real agenda — at least of the establishment billionaires, leftists, and globalists behind the operation — was to promote more infringements on the unalienable right of Americans to keep and bear arms. In fact, one of the leading student voices endlessly hyped by CNN even called publicly for “Revolution.” And thousa... more »
Tweets For Today
For nearly three decades, the nerve agent Novichok has scared American weapons experts. There was no sign of it ever being used. Until last week. https://t.co/PVzf60NG4q — At War (@nytimesatwar) March 14, 2018 The United States is taking action at the World Trade Organization against Indian government export subsidies, opening a new front in President Donald Trump's intensifying trade offensive https://t.co/p3GaqOQAAv — AFP news agency (@AFP) March 14, 2018 United Nations officials have accused Facebook of spreading hate speech in Myanmar, where human rights experts are investiga... more »
One Former Marine's Story And Why He Is Concern That His Brother Is Joining The Marines
*Photo:* The author, carrying a bag of samoon — a type of bread — while on patrol in Fallujah, Iraq, in late 2007. Courtesy of Matt Young *Matt Young, Time:* *I Hope the Military Doesn't Change My Brother Like It Did Me* My youngest brother leaves for basic training in April. I get it. The military fashions itself the last bastion of true manliness, and in a world that feels unstable, it promises four years of a steady job, decent pay, health care and moral high ground over those who didn’t serve. Then, they tell you, at the end of your active service you’ll be left with a marketa... more »
Lynette Zang Doubles Down: Listen To The IMF & Central Banks Because There WILL BE A Monetary Reset
Lynette Zang Doubles Down: Listen To The IMF & Central Banks Because There WILL BE A Monetary Reset by https://www.silverdoctors.com/ Lynette Zang says if we just listen to and watch the central banks then we can understand what’s coming to the global financial system. Here’s more… Lynette Zang of ITM Trading. Eric sources questions from Lynette’s viewers and Lynette […]
Does Pompeo as Secretary of State Mean War on Iran?
TheRealNews Published on Mar 13, 2018 President Trump’s ouster of Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State in favor of Mike Pompeo is a step closer to US war on Iran, says national security reporter Marcy Wheeler. end
UK Will Expel 23 Russian Diplomats, They Have 1 Week to Leave – May
RT Streamed live 15 hours ago UK Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement on the poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal in Salisbury, England. end
Flashback 2016: SPACE THREAT? Military Reveals Plan For Mysterious Space Command Center
secureteam10 Published on Jun 20, 2016 Hallmark Envisions Real-Time Space Command and Control by OUTREACH@DARPA.MIL, 6/17/2016, https://www.darpa.mil/ Military commanders responsible for situational awareness and command and control of assets in space know all too well the challenge that comes from the vast size of the space domain. The volume of Earth’s operational space domain is hundreds of […]
Macron Eyes Expanding His Movement Across Europe
Macron Eyes Expanding His Movement Across Europe by Peter Müller and Christian Reiermann, http://www.spiegel.de/ French President Emmanuel Macron launched a brand new political movement in his bid for the French presidency. Now, he wants to do the same for Europe. But the Brussels establishment is wary. – In just a few weeks, French President Emmanuel Macron is slated to […]
‘It’s Dead’: Peace Architect Gives Up Hope for Israel-Palestine Two-State Solution
‘It’s Dead’: Peace Architect Gives Up Hope for Israel-Palestine Two-State Solution by David Hearst, http://www.middleeasteye.net/ Marwan Muasher labels Trump ‘deal of the century’ as ‘pure fantasy’ and says no Palestinian could agree to it. – AMMAN – The main architect of the Arab Peace Initiative, which offered Israel recognition in exchange for a full withdrawal from the occupied […]
“They Killed The Market” – Not A Single Japanese Bond Traded On Tuesday
“They Killed The Market” – Not A Single Japanese Bond Traded On Tuesday by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda appeared to somewhat proudly proclaim last night during his address to government that the BoJ has bought 75% of JGBs issued in fiscal-year 2017 so far! (and yet we are reassured that this is not […]
Ukraine Gets Official NATO Status: Weighing Up the Pros and Cons
Ukraine Gets Official NATO Status: Weighing Up the Pros and Cons by PETER KORZUN, https://www.strategic-culture.org/ NATO has granted Ukraine the status of an aspirant country. Macedonia, Georgia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina have similar status. This means Kiev has been offered a real chance to make its dreams come true. The next step will be obtaining its Membership Action Plan (MAP), a set […]
Here Comes The Main Event: Trade War With China, And What Is Section 301
Here Comes The Main Event: Trade War With China, And What Is Section 301 by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ The recently announced global steel and aluminum tariffs (with various exemptions) by the Trump administration were just a (Section 232) preview of the main event: Trump’s imminent trade war with China, which as Credit Suisse previews, will be […]
Picture Of The Day
Grumman A-6 Intruder jets. (Supplied: Phillip W Buehler) *WNU Editor:* The above picture is form this link .... *Recalling Cold War-era fears through photography* (ABC News Online).
Musical Interlude: Two Steps From Hell, “Evergreen, Extended”
, Two Steps From Hell, “Evergreen, Extended” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGYsq7cbVZA
Did ‘Trucks Full of Illegals’ Cast Fake Votes in Pennsylvania Race?
Recycling a ubiquitous rumor from every election in recent memory makes for lame political trolling.
Did a Federal Judge Nullify PA Election Results for ‘Wide-Scale Voter Fraud’?
A Democrat apparently won the special House election in southwestern Pennsylvania, with no judicial action nullifying the results.
Have Amelia Earhart’s Remains Been Located?
Despite a flurry of reporting to the contrary, the mystery of Earhart’s final resting place has not been — and may never be — solved.
Musical Interlude: Kevin Kern, "Out of the Darkness, Into the Light"
Kevin Kern, "Out of the Darkness, Into the Light" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey62Yn6rzJg
U.S. Ambassador To The United Nations Nikki Haley Warns Russia Could Use Chemical Weapons In New York
*Washington Examiner:* *Nikki Haley warns: Russia could use chemical weapons in New York* New York City could be the next site of a chemical assassination attempt if world leaders fail to punish Russia for its alleged role in poising of a former spy in the United Kingdom, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley warned Wednesday. “If we don't take immediate concrete measures to address this now, Salisbury will not be the last place we see chemical weapons used,” Haley told the United Nations Security Council. “They could be used here in New York, or in cities of any co... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Stars are sometimes born in the midst of chaos. About 3 million years ago in the nearby galaxy M33, a large cloud of gas spawned dense internal knots which gravitationally collapsed to form stars. NGC 604 was so large, however, it could form enough stars to make a globular cluster. *Click image for larger size.* Many young stars from this cloud are visible in the above image from the Hubble Space Telescope, along with what is left of the initial gas cloud. Some stars were so massive they have already evolved and exploded in a supernova. The brightest stars that are left emit light s... more »
The Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke, "Sunset"
*"Sunset"* "Slowly the west reaches for clothes of new colors which it passes to a row of ancient trees. You look, and soon these two worlds both leave you, one part climbs toward heaven, one sinks to earth, leaving you, not really belonging to either, not so helplessly dark as that house that is silent, not so unswervingly given to the eternal as that thing that turns to a star each night and climbs – leaving you (it is impossible to untangle the threads) your own life, timid and standing high and growing, so that, sometimes blocked in, sometimes reaching out, one moment your life is a s... more »
Why Did Gillibrand Really Chase Al Franken Out Of The Senate?
The other day a friend of mine in Congress told me I missed an important part in my Gillibrand vs Franken coverage. "You're not following the money, Howie," he told me. "Franken was leading the charge on Comcast, right? Check out the Comcast money flowing into Gillibrand's campaign." So I did. Comcast spends an immense amount of money bribing corrupt politicians from both parties-- both in lobbying (last year alone: $15,310,000) and in campaign contributions (last year: $2,627,152). The 2012 cycle was huge for them-- over $34 million in lobbying and $5,431,065 directly to politicia... more »
"A Road In The Country..."
"Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence." - Lin Yutang (1895-1976)
"World War 3 Is Approaching"
*"World War 3 Is Approaching"* by Paul Craig Roberts “In a nuclear war the 'collateral damage' would be the life of all humanity.” - Fidel Castro "The Russians, in their anxiety to show the West how friendly they are, left Washington with a toe hold in Syria, which Washington is using to reopen the war. The Russians’ failure to finish the job has left Washington’s foreign mercenaries, misrepresented in the American presstitute media as “freedom fighters,” in a Syrian enclave. To get the war going again, Washington has to find a way to come to the aid of its mercenaries. The Trum... more »
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Pictures: Russia sends dedicated ship, submarine-killer frigate to Syria amid rising tensions with the US
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:00 A.M.) – Russia is deploying a dedicated anti-ship and anti-submarine frigate to Syrian waters as part of a general re-mobilization of its naval strength in the Mediterranean sea. The Russian warship, a Krivak II-class frigate (vessel Pytlivy 868), was photographed (picture below) by Bosphorus-based sources in transit from the Black Sea into […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Breaking: Syrian Army kills, maims dozens of rebels during well-executed surgical artillery strike in north Homs
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:30 A.M.) – On Wednesday afternoon, Syrian Army artillery units conduced a surgical strike against rebel forces in the Rastan pocket region of Homs province’s northern countryside. The artillery barrage targeted a militant headquarters as insurgent ranks were convening. The structure itself was a water facility that had long been renovated by rebels […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Breaking: Syrian Army’s Douma offensive fully paused
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:45 A.M.) – As of 12:00 A.M. (Damascus Time), all Syrian Arab Army (SAA) operations to capture the strategic town of Douma have been halted until further notice, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced. “All skirmishes in the town of Duma, as well as any other forms of hostilities have completely stopped. Free […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Government forces shell Turkish troops in response to airstrike
A local government militia reportedly shelled Turkish forces in the town of Marea in northern Syria today, in retaliation to an airstrike on a checkpoint, which killed eight of their combatants near Afrin. Another six militiamen were injured in the airstrike by a Turkish warplane. It’s unclear if the subsequent artillery fire resulted in the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Breaking: Syrian Army enters East Ghouta suburb for first time in years
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:30 A.M.) – For the first time in years, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has entered the Al-Hamouriyah suburb of the East Ghouta after several days of fighting against the Islamist rebels in the area. Led by their elite Tiger Forces, the Syrian Arab Army was able to overpower the militants at the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
‘Inshallah Afrin will fall by tonight’ – Erdogan
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:10 A.M.) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed hope that Turkish forces would completely encircle Afrin by nightfall on Wednesday, speaking from Ankara on Wednesday. “3,444 neutralised terrorists. And we also got a little closer to Afrin and, if God’s willing, Afrin would fall by tonight,” said Erdogan. Responding on criticisms of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Cargo planes parachute drop aid to besieged Shiite towns in Idlib
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:55 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) airdropped much needed humanitarian aid to the besieged Shiite town of Al-Fou’aa and Kafraya on Wednesday. Using parachutes, the SyAAF was able to safely deliver the humanitarian aid, despite the fears of a possible militant attack on the two towns. Footage from the pro-rebel […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian Army attacks jihadist positions in west Aleppo
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:30 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA), alongside their allies from the National Defense Forces (NDF), attacked a the positions of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham in the western part of Aleppo city on Wednesday. According to the Facebook page of the National Defense Forces (NDF), the SAA and NDF specifically struck Hay’at Tahrir […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Turkish army and FSA troops engage in combat in Afrin suburbs (video)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:20 A.M.) – Footage filmed on Tuesday allegedly showed the Free Syrian Army (FSA), allied with the Turkish army, engaging in combat in the village of al-Qarah (Kojuk Qariqin) on the outskirts of Afrin city, as Turkish Armed Forces recently claimed they have surrounded the city with the aid of the FSA. This […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Two U.S. Navy Pilots Recovered After Navy F/A-18 Jet Crashes Off Key West
*FOX News:* *Navy F/A-18 jet crashes off Key West, official says* *A U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet jet crashed off the coast of Key West, Florida, on Wednesday, an official told Fox News.* One pilot and one weapons systems officer ejected from the twin-engine jet, and search and rescue efforts are under way. A marina owner in the Florida Keys told WPLG that the Hornet jet caught fire mid-air, then crashed roughly one mile from the runway of Naval Air Station Key West. *Read more *.... *More News On Two U.S. Navy Pilots Recovered After Navy F/A-18 Jet Crashes Off Key West* Two ... more »
"When Did Americans Become the Bad Guys?"
*"When Did Americans Become the Bad Guys?"* by Bill Bonner "Everything changes. A generation gives way. A new one takes over. The moon doesn’t stand still for long. Fresh milk in the bucket goes sour. And the bright young man becomes a grumpy old coot. He finds his thrill. And then he loses it. One shocking change came to light when 2800 documents regarding the JFK assassination were ordered released by President Trump on October 2017. We introduce it with a question: When did Americans become the ‘bad guys’? *Country gone bad: *When President Wilson went to war with Germany for no... more »
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