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Reactionary World Politics
This is a guest post from Joseph MacKay, a Research Fellow in the Department of International Relations at Australian National University, and Christopher David LaRoche, a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. Growing nationalist and populist parties and movements across the developed West and elsewhere are prone to a […]
"God Grant Me The Courage..."
"The way in which a man accepts his fate and all the suffering it entails, the way in which he takes up his cross, gives him ample opportunity — even under the most difficult circumstances — to add a deeper meaning to his life. It may remain brave, dignified and unselfish. Or in the bitter fight for self-preservation he may forget his human dignity and become no more than an animal. Here lies the chance for a man either to make use of or to forgo the opportunities of attaining the moral values that a difficult situation may afford him. And this decides whether he is worthy of his s... more »
Excruciating - Ricky Gervais Meets Gary Shandling
I have much admiration for @rickygervais' obviously genuine animal rights activism, so I didn't want to like this @deep_beige article as much as I did. The petulant conflating of "criticism" &... Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced
Picture Of The Day
Iraqi Kurdish people carry fire torches up a mountain, as they celebrate Newroz Day, a festival marking their spring and new year, in the town of Akra, Iraq. REUTERS/Ari Jalal *WNU Editor*: The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... *Photos of the Week* (Reuters).
"Washington Has Declared Hegemony Or War"
*"Washington Has Declared Hegemony Or War"* by Paul Craig Roberts "I agree with Stephen Lendman (below) that the Russian government’s efforts to deal with the West on the basis of evidence and law are futile. There is only one Western foreign policy and it is Washington’s. Washington’s “diplomacy” consists only of lies and force. It was a reasonable decision for Russia to attempt diplomatic engagement with the West on the basis of facts, evidence, and law, but it has been to no avail. For Russia to continue on this failed course is risky, not only to Russia but to the entire world.... more »
This Man Saved Hundreds Of Millions In The Developed World From Famine
*WNU editor: *It is Norman Borlaug's birthday today .... *Norman Borlaug* (Wikipedia).
We Can't Let The Wasserman Schultz Machine Steal The Election Again
Last December we tried untangling the mess of how Wasserman Schultz, one of the most loathed figures in American politics, managed to steal her reelection bid in 2016. It was *Politico*'s Marc Caputo who broke the a story about how Brenda Snipes, a crooked Wasserman Schultz crony and ally and the Broward County elections chief, broke the law by destroying ballots cast in the tight primary election between Wasserman Schultz and Tim Canova after Canova sued to get access to the ballots. Canova, according to Caputo "wanted to inspect the optical-scan ballots cast in his Aug. 30 prima... more »
Finding: North Pacific climate patterns influence El Nino occurrences
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: From the INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES and the “tail wagging the dog” department. For decades, the world’s leading scientists have observed the phenomena known as El Nino and La Nina. Both significantly impact the global climate and both pose a puzzle to scientists since they’re…
North Pacific climate patterns influence El Niño occurrences
Originally posted on Tallbloke's Talkshop: Image credit: NOAA Another attempt to shed light on this recurring but tricky to predict climate phenomenon. For decades, scientists have observed the phenomena known as El Niño and La Niña, says Phys.org. Both significantly impact the global climate and both pose a puzzle to scientists since they’re not…
Delingpole: The Shocking True Story of How Global Warming Became the Biggest #FakeNews Scare of All Time (Pt 2)
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? ? Dellers has Part II on global warming groupthink: ? Here is this week’s latest in Climate Stupid: Let’s “solve” climate change by halting economic growth, argues a paper from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Vienna, published in…
Claim: Scientists accurately model the action of aerosols on clouds
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: From the “models aren’t the same as reality unless you have a bigger computer” department. This portrait of global aerosols was produced by a GEOS-5 simulation at a 10-kilometer resolution. Dust (red) is lifted from the surface, sea salt (blue) swirls inside cyclones, smoke (green) rises from fires,…
CET Winter Trends
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcet/data/download.html As promised, I have now some detailed analysis of the Central England Temperature Series, specifically winter trends. As can be seen above, there has been an underlying trend increase since the start of the record in 1660. However, certain things stand…
What are the main sources of heat that account for the incremental rise in temperature on Earth?
Originally posted on Climate Etc.: by Judith Curry Suggestions for the climate ‘red team’ response. This post is motivated by a twitter thread from Andrew Dessler that responds to a recent ruling in the Northern California versus the oil companies lawsuit (discussed previously here) The judge posed 8 science questions for each side to respond to.…
New study: Cooling cloud cycle caused global warming hiatus
Originally posted on Tallbloke's Talkshop: Is this how it works? [image credit: politics.ie] An obvious problem with studies like this is that as soon as natural climate variation is invoked – to explain the lack of expected warming from so-called greenhouse gases – the argument that such gases could be a dominant factor in…
PetroYuan Futures Open — Over 10 Billion Notional Trades In First Hour
PetroYuan Futures Open — Over 10 Billion Notional Trades In First Hour by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ After all the preparation, all the expectation, cheerleading and doomsaying, China’s Yuan-denominated crude oil futures contract began trading tonight and appears to be off a good start with well over 10 billion yuan notional traded within the first hour. So far […]
Chinese Bombers & Fighter Jets Conduct Drills in South China Sea & Western Pacific
Chinese Bombers & Fighter Jets Conduct Drills in South China Sea & Western Pacific by https://www.rt.com/ China has dispatched warplanes to the South China Sea and the Western Pacific for combat readiness drills, the PLA Air Force has announced, just days after the US Navy exercised its ‘freedom of navigation’ in disputed waters. – The Chinese […]
MSNBC Says Expect Your Gun Rights To Be Taken
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Mar 25, 2018 Alex Jones and Owen Shroyer talk about MSNBC coming out and saying it’s time for americans to expect their guns to be taken in the very near future. https://www.infowars.com/msnbcs-matth… end
Watch How Israeli Forces Pound Gaza Strip Following False Iron Dome Alert
PressTV Published on Mar 25, 2018 Israeli forces have pounded the Palestinian town of Beit Lahia after dozens of rocket sirens sounded in southern Israel following light artillery fire from a drill carried out by Hamas’ military arm in the northern Gaza Strip. The Iron Dome missile system was activated several times late Sunday evening as […]
Habitual Liar John Bolton Leads an Assault on the Truth
John Bolton Leads an Assault on the Truth by Anhvinh Doanvo, https://intpolicydigest.org/ John Bolton is an unusual pick for Trump’s national security adviser. As a Bush administration alum, he, in as recently as 2016, said that he would “still overthrow Saddam Hussein” if he had known everything that he knows today. His sentiment betrays President Trump’s condemnation against the […]
Trump’s Quiet Meeting with Saudi Arabia and Israel Portends a Dangerous Collision Course with Iran
Trump’s Quiet Meeting with Saudi Arabia and Israel Portends a Dangerous Collision Course with Iran by Phyllis Bennis, https://www.commondreams.org/ An under-the radar gathering at the White House exposes troubling new drifts in U.S. foreign policy. – It was a lot to take in, even in these whipsawed media moments. In one 24-hour news cycle, President Donald Trump […]
Israeli Jets Pound Gaza Target After ‘Border Fence Breach & Arson Attempt’
Israeli Jets Pound Gaza Target After ‘Border Fence Breach & Arson Attempt’ by https://www.rt.com/ The Israel Defense Forces have struck a ‘Hamas target’ in the Gaza Strip, in retaliation for a border breach and an infiltration attempt by four Palestinians into Israel, the IDF has said. – According to an IDF statement, the Israeli Air Force […]
Rand Paul: Generals Are Corrupting Trump’s Anti-War Instincts
Rand Paul: Generals Are Corrupting Trump’s Anti-War Instincts by Steven Nelson, February 11, 2018, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/ Sen. Rand Paul said Sunday President Trump’s anti-war instincts are being muted by generals he’s named to senior positions in his administration. – The Kentucky Republican said he believes Trump is “the least interventionist-minded president we’ve had in a long time,” but […]
Remember When Trump Was Anti-Iraq War? Bolton Hire Just Tip of Iceberg in Policy U-Turn
Has Trump sold out to the Illuminist MIC? Base on the appointment of Bolton, I would say: LIKELY. – Remember When Trump Was Anti-Iraq War? Bolton Hire Just Tip of Iceberg in Policy U-Turn by https://www.rt.com/ Despite being elected on an anti-interventionist program, Donald Trump has now surrounded himself with foreign policy hawks and Iraq war […]
Will the Deep State Break Trump?
Will the Deep State Break Trump? by Patrick J. Buchanan, http://buchanan.org/blog/ “It is becoming more obvious with each passing day that the men and the movement that broke Lyndon Johnson’s authority in 1968 are out to break Richard Nixon,” wrote David Broder on Oct. 8, 1969. – “The likelihood is great that they will succeed again.” […]
Jim Willie: Chinese Invade Oil Realm — PetroDollar Kill
Jim Willie: Chinese Invade Oil Realm — PetroDollar Kill by Jim Willie, http://www.goldenjackass.com/, via http://www.goldseek.com/ China is working a strategy with the Saudis. Since the last months of 2017, the Jackass has been firm that the ARAMCO deal for IPO stock introduction might never occur. And if it did, then Hong Kong might be the only location […]
Dave Janda: Restoration of Rule of Law Will Blow Globalist System Apart
Dave Janda: Restoration of Rule of Law Will Blow Globalist System Apart by Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com (Early Sunday Release) Rothschilds & Rockefellers Need to Go Down to Free America Radio host Dr. Dave Janda says Trump is working on draining the swamp in Washington D.C., but the job is huge and it takes time. Janda explains, “Many people […]
Inside Jordan's Special Forces Training Center
Jordanian soldiers demonstrate their skills during the opening ceremony of eighth annual Warrior Competition at the King Abdullah Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) in Amman, Jordan, May 2, 2016. Reuters *Business Insider:* *Step inside Jordan's special forces training center — which is carved out of a mountain and has everything the most elite soldiers in the world need* Located on the outskirts of the capital city of Amman, the sound of gunfire, explosions, helicopters, and tire screeches reverberate around the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Centre. A mas... more »
Countries with lowest unemployment rates
Top 12 countries in lowest unemployment rate. 6/12 are from the ASEAN -- CM, TH, LA, BR, VN, SG. 4/12 though have old data, as of end-2016. Some of these 12 countries have zero personal income tax (QA, BR) or low flat tax (Macau 12%, Belarus 13%, Tajikistan 13%). Data from Trading Economics. Unemployment rate of 2-3% is somehow considered as "full employment" economy. The 2-3% of labor force who are looking for job but have no jobs at the time of labor survey/questionnaire are considered as "voluntary unemployment" normally due to high "reservation wage" and other factors. For inst... more »
History Lesson: China's 3 Most Powerful Dynasties
*Akhilesh Pillalamarri* *Security, * Get your textbooks out. Class is in session. *The Qing were the first Chinese state to effectively control regions like Tibet, Xinjiang, Manchuria, and Mongolia, peripheral regions that were inhabited by people that had always harassed China. They were able to do this because of their dual nature as both a Chinese imperial bureaucratic state able to draw on agrarian revenue, and as the leaders of a large northern tribal confederacy that was able to assimilate Mongol tribes into their system. Gunpowder also aided the Qing’s cause, allowing the... more »
5 Futuristic (And Terrifying) Weapons That Could Change Warfare Forever
*J. Michael Cole* *Security, * Bringers of hell? *The military implications of such developments are self-evident, as “invisibility cloaks” would make it possible for fighters—from ordinary soldiers to special forces—to operate in enemy territory undetected, or at least buy them enough time to take the initiative. Such capabilities would reduce the risk of casualties during military operations while increasing the ability to launch surgical and surprise attacks against an opponent, or conduct sabotage and assassination.* Predicting which five weapons will have the greatest impa... more »
These Are the 5 Most Dangerous Shotguns on the Planet
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * What would you choose? *One of the most common shotguns in circulation is the venerable Remington 870. A manual, pump action shotgun, the “870” first hit the civilian market in 1950. The 870 is sold in a variety of configurations, with barrel length ranging from eleven inches to thirty, magazine capacity ranging from four to ten shells, and sold in shell calibers from .410 to 12 gauge. The shotgun was quickly picked up for police and prison guard use in the United States and has seen limited service in foreign military forces. Highly modifiable, a s... more »
No One Talks About This Russian Special Forces Unit (SOBR)
Russian Special Force SOBR (СОБР) - Special Rapid Response Unit (YouTube) Charlie Gao, National Interest:* This Is the Russian Special Forces Unit No One Talks about—until Now.* After being renamed OMSN in 2002, and OSN in 2011, the organization’s name finally reverted to SOBR in 2012. Control of the SOBR units was transferred to the new Russian Rosguard (known sometimes as the Russian National Guard) from the MVD in 2016, along with OMON and VV units. This effectively deprived the MVD of any real counterterror or paramilitary operational capabilities. As of 2016, SOBR was listed a... more »
China applauds Putin’s win, backs Russia on Skripal case, hails China’s ‘strategic partnership’ with Russia
Messages of support for Russia and its "comprehensive collaborative strategic partnership" pour in from China More The post China applauds Putin’s win, backs Russia on Skripal case, hails China’s ‘strategic partnership’ with Russia appeared first on The Duran.
Houthi forces launch largest offensive of the year in Yemen (video)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:20 A.M.) – The Houthi forces launched their largest offensive of the year in northern Yemen this past weekend, targeting a strategic mountain chain near Sanaa city According to the official media of the Houthi forces, their fighters stormed the strategic Yam Mountains that are located inside the Nihm District of the Sanaa […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Two FSA commanders assassinated in Daraa
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 A.M.) – Two Free Syrian Army (FSA) commanders were assassinated by unknown assailants in the Dara’a Governorate this past weekend, pro-opposition activists reported. According to the pro-opposition activists, the two Free Syrian Army commanders were traveling in rural Dara’a on Sunday, when the unknown assailants opened fire on their vehicle. The two […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Breaking: Over 75 buses carrying 5,000+ people leaves East Ghouta
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:30 A.M.) – A large convoy filled with militants and and their family members has departed from the East Ghouta for northern Syria, a military source in Damascus told Al-Masdar News tonight. According to the source, at least 77 buses carrying 5,257 people left the East Ghouta suburbs tonight. This is the largest […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Turkish forces preparing to attack Aleppo’s Manbij: report
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:55 A.M.) – The Turkish-backed rebels are preparing to attack the Aleppo Governorate town of Manbij, the Daily Sabah reported tonight. According to the Turkish daily, the Turkish Army and their rebel allies have begun preparations to attack the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Manbij, along with several other areas, including Tal […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Houthis unleashes their largest missile attack inside Saudi Arabia
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:30 A.M.) – The Houthi forces launched their largest missile attack against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia tonight, targeting several areas inside this Gulf nation. According to the official media wing of the Houthi forces, their rocket battalion fired several ballistic missiles towards the King Khaled Airport in Riyadh, Najran Municipal Airport, Jizan […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Elite Syrian Army division to redeploy from East Ghouta to southern Damascus
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:30 A.M.) – The elite Tiger Forces of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) will redeploy to the southern districts of Damascus after they conclude their operations in the East Ghouta, Yusha Yuseef of Muraselon reported this evening. The Tiger Forces will be given the task of eliminating the Islamic State’s (ISIS) terrorists currently […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Breaking: Saudi Air Defense intercepts missile near Riyadh (video)
Saudi Air Defence have intercepted a missile over northeastern part the country’s capital city of Riyadh, according to reports. A ballistic missile from Yemen has been intercepted by air defence of Saudi Arabia over the capital of Riyadh late Sunday night, local state television reported. Several loud explosions have been heard by local witnesses, according to multiple reports. Several social media users […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Aerial footage shows captured neighborhoods in East Ghouta
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:40 P.M.) – A government drone captured footage of the East Ghouta region this week, showing the areas that are now declared militant-free. The drone filmed through the surrendered neighborhoods in the East Ghouta suburbs of ‘Ayn Tarma, ‘Arbeen, and Zamalka. In the coming days, four of the last remaining Faylaq Al-Rahman held […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Six Cloud Types Tell You the Weather
This informative post comes from Hannah Christensen Six clouds you should know about – and what they can reveal about the weather March 23, 2018 at phys.org. Text and images from the article. You don’t need a supercomputer to predict how the weather above your head is likely to change over the next few hours – […]
Mass Protests In Catalonia After Germany Arrest Former Leader Carles Puigdemont
*BBC:* *Spain Catalonia: Mass protests after Germany detains Puigdemont* Protests have broken out across Catalonia as former leader Carles Puigdemont spends the night in a German prison. Mr Puigdemont, who is wanted in Spain for sedition and rebellion, was detained by German police acting on a European arrest warrant. Thousands of his supporters have turned out in Barcelona and other nearby cities to protest his arrest. Mr Puigdemont will appear before a German judge on Monday. He was detained while crossing from Denmark on his way to Belgium, where he has been living in self-imp... more »
Western Illinois University To Keep Tuition at Same Levels
MACOMB, Ill. — The board of trustees at Western Illinois University has voted to keep costs for the 2018-2019 school year at current levels. The decision at a board meeting Friday means undergraduate tuition will stay the same for the third year in a row. The tuition rate for incoming undergraduate students is set at […]
Mississippi Names First Black Higher Education Commissioner
JACKSON, Miss. — The first-ever African American has been named to oversee Mississippi’s eight public universities. The state College Board announced Friday that Alfred Rankins Jr. will become higher education commissioner July 1 when Glenn Boyce retires. Rankins is the current president of Alcorn State University. It’s a return to the central office for Rankins, who […]
Black Male Students Find Common Bond
The plight of Black males continues to take center stage at institutions such as The Ohio State University, which hosted its 13th annual National Black Male Retreat over the weekend. More than 120 Black male college students from 18 schools reflected on their personal and professional growth.
Leaders of Howard University Takeover Reflect 50 Years Later
WASHINGTON — The national tumult of 1968 was marked by iconic images, including the campus takeover: students occupying critical campus buildings and shutting down institutions for days. The Columbia University takeover in April of that year was the best-known, but it appears the first one happened in D.C. 50 years ago this past week. About […]
Report: New York For-Profit Colleges Falling Short
New York’s for-profit colleges leave students with huge debt and have little impact on earning potential, according to a report published by The Century Foundation that compares student outcomes at 427 colleges and universities.
Youth-Led ‘March For Our Lives’ Targets Gun Violence
WASHINGTON — It was one of the largest gatherings in recent history. Hundreds of thousands of people from Hawaii and Houston to Virginia and Vermont took to the streets in the nation’s capital to call for an end to gun violence.
Recruitment Changes Needed to Expand Access to Higher Ed
Admissions policies in higher-ranking universities and colleges predominantly favor high-achieving applicants. While much has been written about access, affordability, diversity and student loans, the focus on GPA, aptitude tests and the reputation-enhancing concept of “selectivity” has negatively impacted minorities and underprivileged applicants.
Brexit: Heed the Lessons from History
*Joergen Oerstroem Moeller * *Politics, Europe* [image: An anti-Brexit protester demonstrates opposite the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain] Britain’s global role depends on being a European power. And that could be coming to an end—fast. “If Britain must choose between Europe and the open sea, she must always choose the open sea” is a phrase allegedly spoken by Sir Winston Churchill in 1944 to the leader of the Free French, Gen. Charles de Gaulle, who became president of France (1959–1969). Churchill must subconsciously have known his words were contradictory to British f... more »
The Marginalization of Taiwan Must End
*Rep. Ted Yoho* *Politics, Asia* [image: A man poses with Taiwan's flag] Formalizing the removal of Taiwan “symbols of sovereignty” sets a dangerous precedent that others can be pressured to follow. Images of Taiwan’s flag began mysteriously disappearing from U.S. government websites in late 2017. With no explanation, the white sun, blue sky, and red field of the Republic of China flag was deleted from the State Department’s page on Taiwan in September, with some other U.S. government sites following suit. While the removal of a few “flag.jpg” files may seem trivial, for Taiwan ... more »
Saudi Arabia's War in Yemen Has Been a Disaster
*Yoel Guzansky, Ari Heistein* *Security, Middle East* [image: Yemeni soldier, pictured through a vehicle's windscreen, which was damaged by a bullet, gestures out of the window, in Marib, Yemen] The Saudi-led coalition cannot win the war but it can settle the conflict on favorable terms, and the United States should help it do just that. This month marks three years since the start of the Saudi-led campaign in Yemen, but that is unlikely to be an occasion for celebration in Riyadh. The war is estimated to have cost the Saudis upwards of $100 billion, eroded the international imag... more »
Security Contractors in the Middle East: First the Americans and Now the Russians
*Thomas Bruneau, Daniel G. Straub* *Security, Middle East* [image: A private security organization contractor listens to a radio during his duty at guard tower in Camp Nathan Smith in Kandahar City] There are many opaque, if not hidden, reasons for using contractors in a war zone. There is much in the current news about Russian security contractors dying in Syria. It must be remembered that the Russian contractors were preceded by American security contractors, who came to total more than twenty-five thousand in Iraq in 2009. The difference between the two is that there are mech... more »
The Real Problem with Gina Haspel's CIA Nomination
*Ted Galen Carpenter* *Security, North America* The United States has all but surrendered its soul in the way it conducts its' foreign policy. Enough is enough. An especially insidious snare for a liberal democracy in the conduct of its foreign policy is the temptation to adopt the strategies and tactics of one’s adversaries. President Donald Trump’s appointment of Gina Haspel as the new director of the Central Intelligence Agency highlights that problem. A longtime CIA veteran, Haspel ran one of the Agency’s infamous “black sites” (in Thailand) during George W. Bush’s administra... more »
Did a GOP Lawmaker Report a High School Student for Cursing Over Gun Safety?
Rep. Mark Amodei did not notify Noah Christiansen's school, but he defended the staff member who did.
Musical Interlude: Dire Straits, “Private Investigations”
Dire Straits, “Private Investigations” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-HCrKa1gbw
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Why is this nebula so complex? When a star like our Sun is dying, it will cast off its outer layers, usually into a simple overall shape. Sometimes this shape is a sphere, sometimes a double lobe, and sometimes a ring or a helix. In the case of planetary nebula NGC 5189, however, no such simple structure has emerged. To help find out why, the Earth-orbiting Hubble Space Telescope recently observed NGC 5189 in great detail. *Click image for larger size.* Previous findings indicated the existence of multiple epochs of material outflow, including a recent one that created a bright but ... more »
Chet Raymo, “Surrender To Facts”
*“Surrender To Facts”* by Chet Raymo “I'm currently reading two books. One I found in the house when I arrived, presumably left by a previous visitor: Cheryl Strayed's "Wild", a young woman's attempt to sort out her messed-up life and grief for her mother's death by hiking alone on the Pacific Crest Trail, many hundreds of miles along the ridges of California's Sierra Nevada and Oregon's Cascades mountains. The other, my friend Douglas Christie's "The Blue Sapphire of the Mind: Notes for a Contemplative Ecology", grounded in Doug's extensive knowledge of the Christian monastic trad... more »
Israel's Iron Dome Mistakenly Fires Interceptors Over Gaza In Response To Hamas Live-Fire Exercise
*Times Of Israel:* *IDF: Iron Dome fires mistakenly in response to Hamas drill; no Gaza rockets* Incoming alarms sound throughout area surrounding Gaza Strip as system triggered by live-fire exercise within Strip; IDF said to retaliate with tank fire. The Iron Dome missile defense system was apparently mistakenly activated by automatic gunfire within Gaza on Sunday, sending an unnecessary barrage of interceptors into the skies above southern Israel, the army said. The launch of the interceptors also appeared to be responsible for the wave of missile warning sirens that went off i... more »
Donald Trump is thinking of publicly fighting the Stormy Daniels allegations. Yes please.
Courtesy of TPM: *President Donald Trump is reportedly mulling over whether to maintain his silence on his alleged pre-presidency affairs with porn actress Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal, according to a Wall Street Journal report Friday. * *WSJ reports that Trump, who has previously denied the allegations, privately discussed with his advisers about the possibility of “publicly” fighting the allegations “on Twitter or elsewhere.”* *Trump’s advisers reportedly assured him that “there is no sign the allegations are hurting him with voters” and that fighting ... more »
Rick Santorum: Students Should Learn CPR, Not Seek Gun Laws
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum said that students who have rallied for gun control should instead learn CPR or find their own way to prevent a school shooting.
Did a GOP Lawmaker Report a High School Student for Cursing Over Gun Safety?
Rep. Mark Amodei did not notify Noah Christiansen's school, but he defended the staff member who did.
Mexico: The Dangers of Industrial Corn and Its Processed Edible Products
In August 2017, a Mexican research team composed of members from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) published a study showing the presence of transgenes and the herbicide glyphosate in processed foods and tortillas made from industrial maize (corn) throughout Mexico. Source: www.grain.org At a press conference, the team […] The post Mexico: The Dangers of Industrial Corn and Its Processed Edible Products appeared first on Sustainable Pulse.
Another Republican Congressman Bites The Dust-- Is Ryan Costello The First NRA Parkland Casualty?
*Paul Ryan's toxicity would have sunk Ryan Costello* When Pennsylvania's Supreme Court ungerrymandered the state's congressional districts, it looked like curtains for Ryan Costello. His weirdly drawn district (PA-06) went from an R+2 PVI (a swing district that would be very difficult to hold in a wave election) to a more compact district with the same number (PA-06) but very different political boundaries and a D+2 PVI. In 2016 it went very narrowly for Clinton (one point). Under these new boundaries, which now include bright blue Reading, it would have gone to her by 9 points. Co... more »
Russia ridicules EU Council statement on Skripal case; calls it absurd
Kremlin spokesman ridicules 'ambiguous language' in statement which appears to accuse Russia but actually fails to do so More The post Russia ridicules EU Council statement on Skripal case; calls it absurd appeared first on The Duran.
Porn Actress Stormy Daniels Describes Threat Over Alleged Trump Encounter
Adult film star Stormy Daniels says she was threatened to keep silent about an alleged sexual encounter with Donald Trump in 2006.
Was Emma González Wearing a Cuban Flag Patch During Her ‘March for Our Lives’ Speech?
An image of the Parkland school shooting attack survivor attempts to cast her as a "communist" for paying respect to her father's heritage.
Palm Sunday...
*Almighty ever-living God,* *who as an example of humility for the human race to follow* *caused our savior to take flesh and submit to the Cross,* *graciously grant that we may head his lesson of patient suffering * *and so merit a share in his Resurrection.* *Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,* *one God, for ever and ever.* *Holy Week* *Holy week begins on Palm Sunday and ends at the Easter vigil on the evening of Holy Saturday.* *I will not be posting during Holy Week.* "In every human life, in yours and in mine, the palms and the passion are int... more »
Saudi Air Defense Shoot Down Houthi Missile Over Riyadh (Videos)
*Guardian: **Saudi air force intercepts missile over Riyadh: state television* RIYADH (Reuters) - The Saudi air force intercepted a missile over the northeastern part of the capital Riyadh late on Sunday night, Saudi state television said. Reuters reporters in the capital heard several loud booms and saw smoke in the air shortly before midnight. Another witness said he saw a long stream of light followed by additional explosions. Yemen’s Houthi-run SABA news agency reported that the group’s missile force had targeted King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh with a Burkan H... more »
New Poll a Healthy Antidote to Adolescents’ Phony “March for Our Lives” Rantings
[image: new-poll-a-healthy-antidote-to-adolescents-phony-march-for-our-lives-rantings] A new public-opinion survey found that the average American has an increasingly favorable view of the legal possession and use of firearms when it comes to self-defense.
37 Dead, Scores Missing After Tragic Mall Blaze In The Russia Siberian City Of Kemerovo
*RT:* *37 dead, dozens of children missing after tragic mall blaze in Russia’s Kemerovo* As rescuers continue to search the burned-out shopping mall in the city of Kemerovo, many have been frantically trying to reach their relatives, including children who were in the mall’s cinema or play area when the fire started. Some 37 people were killed in the blaze, the Russian Investigative Committee has confirmed. At least 11 children were among the victims. Amid conflicting reports, some have described the source of the fire as the children’s playground, suggesting that the trampoline ... more »
Twenty-One Bad Things About Wind Energy — and Three Reasons Why
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: Promoting wind is a political agenda that is divorced from real facts and science. Windmills in the TX-OK panhandle area – Photo from 2009 by Anthony Watts By John Droz Jr. Trying to pin down the arguments of wind promoters is a bit like trying to grab a…
Pompeo’s New Position Is Proof Of Trump’s Neocon Truce
Trump realized that he simply doesn’t have enough time to create a “third force” from scratch to replace both the liberal-globalists and the neoconservatives. The post Pompeo’s New Position Is Proof Of Trump’s Neocon Truce appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
Rick Santorum suggests that the Parkland students would be better served learning CPR to save gunshot victims than advocating for more comprehensive gun laws.
Stupidity starts aroung the 4:15 mark.) Courtesy of Media Matters: *RICK SANTORUM (CNN SENIOR POLITICAL COMMENTATOR): Yeah, I mean this is the bottom line. Is this a political effort? Is this a political movement? It very well may be, and that's fine. If the organizers, people who certainly supported it, the Hollywood elites and the liberal billionaires who funded this, it's all about politics. Is this really all about politics or is it all about keeping our schools safe? Because if it is about keeping our schools safe, then we have to have a much broader discussion than the dis... more »
The Food Explorer
Cue up the marching band, majorettes, flag-waving veterans, and cheering crowds. *The Food Explorer*by Daniel Stone is a proud celebration of American greatness. The hero of the story is David Fairchild (1869–1954), a botanist and agricultural explorer. Working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, his group was responsible for sending home seeds and cuttings of thousands of plants from nations around the world. The goal was to expand the variety of crops grown in America, and build the biggest, most profitable, industrial agriculture system in human history. The devious v... more »
BREAKING: DiGenova BACKS OUT of joining President Trump’s legal team
Citing unspecified conflicts, Joseph DiGenova and his wife Victoria Toensing decline to join President Trump's legal team as RussiaGate appears to be coming to a head More The post BREAKING: DiGenova BACKS OUT of joining President Trump’s legal team appeared first on The Duran.
Turkish President Erdogan Announces Military Operations Against Kurdish Forces In Iraq's Sinja Region Have Begun
*Reuters:* *Turkey's Erdogan says operations begin in Iraq's Sinjar region* President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkey had begun operations in Iraq’s Sinjar region, an area where it has threatened a military incursion, two days after sources said Kurdish PKK militants would withdraw from the area. “We said we would go into Sinjar. Now operations have begun there. The fight is internal and external,” Erdogan told a crowd in the Black Sea province of Trabzon, without elaborating on what operations he was referring to. Iraq’s Joint Operations Command denied that any foreign... more »
Egypt’s Presidential elections 2018 : The Quest of high turnout
After 12 hours from now Cairo local time, the polling stations will open its doors for more than 50 million eligible voters kicking off the 2018 Presidential elections inside Egypt which all the world knows its result in advance: an overwhelming victory for President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. The Egyptian armed forces units have been deployed the polling stations, mostly at schools around the country. The Egyptian army has been securing the Election process in Egypt since 2011. Anyhow now the Egyptian Pro-regime mainstream media and social media have been doing something hysterically in... more »
“Integrity?”
As of this weekend, there’s a new oxymoron to add to 'Australian culture': Australian integrity. And a lesson to be drawn about owning up. The position of Australian cricket captain in the country’s pecking order is just one down, or even one up, from Australian PM. It bears with it all the virtues and values the Australian likes to think are embodied by those from the broad brown land: courage, fortitude, tenacity, a relentless drive to succeed, integrity. Look however at this press conference over the weekend with the most recent Australian cricket captain to wear that mantle, j... more »
“Transgenderism” Causing Parents to Choose Unisex Baby Names
[image: transgenderism-causing-parents-to-choose-unisex-baby-names] “Choose your parents wisely,” goes the quip attributed to Bertrand Russell. This is especially good advice today given a new trend: selecting “gender-neutral” baby names for newborns out of the belief that “gender is fluid.”
The Food Explorer
Cue up the marching band, majorettes, flag-waving veterans, and cheering crowds. *The Food Explorer*by Daniel Stone is a proud celebration of American greatness. The hero of the story is David Fairchild (1869–1954), a botanist and agricultural explorer. Working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, his group was responsible for sending home seeds and cuttings of thousands of plants from nations around the world. The goal was to expand the variety of crops grown in America, and build the biggest, most profitable, industrial agriculture system in human history. The devious v... more »
Corbynism and Anti-Semitism
A picture says a thousand words, so take a look at this one and tell me what you see. Did you espy the anti-semitic themes? And how did you arrive at this conclusion - did the caricaturing give the game away? And how long did you take - a fraction of a second? Or are you like leading Stop the War activist Yvonne Ridley who, in the Facebook thread below the now infamous image, couldn't see anything wrong with it? Unfortunately anti-semitism has yet again resurfaced and as everyone reading this knows, this time it's Jeremy Corbyn who's in the firing line for failing to notice the ima... more »
Syrian Army secures more neighborhoods in Ayn Tarma (video)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:10 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) secured more neighborhoods inside the East Ghouta suburb of ‘Ayn Tarma, today, following the departure of several militants and their family members. As captured by Hezbollah’s official media wing below, the Syrian Army can be seen combing through the once militant-held neighborhoods of ‘Ayn Tarma: […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Hezbollah denies Israel attacked their positions near Syrian border
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:30 P.M.) – Hezbollah’s official media wing released a statement on Sunday that denied rumors of an Israeli attack on their positions near the Syrian border. According to Hezbollah’s statement, no Israeli attack took place in the Ba’albak Highlands nor inside of Syria. In addition to Hezbollah’s denial, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Alleged photos capture US military vehicles arriving in Jordan
The Telegram channel Directorate 4, which monitors the situation in Syria and Iraq, has published pictures of US heavy military equipment arriving in Jordan via the military transport ship “Liberty pride” for future participation in the annual military drills “Eager Lion.” During the process of unloading, vehicles looking like M1A2 “Abrams” tanks, the M113’s variation […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian Army reportedly gives Jaysh Al-Islam last chance to surrender Douma
As the Syrian Army is making rapid advances to capture areas in Eastern Ghouta from militants, it has given an ultimatum to Jaish al-Islam to leave Douma. According to the Fars News Agency the Syrian army has told the militant group to evacuate its forces and hand over control to Damascus. In case Jaish al-Islam […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Video: Syrian army welcomed by East Ghouta locals
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (08:10 PM) – The Syrian Arab Army has taken control of the town of Hazzah following Friday’s agreement with rebel forces in the area that saw the militants retreat from the area. Video footage shows the arrival of Syrian forces in the liberated town, under cheers and welcome of the local population, many […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Video: Car bomb rocks rebel-held town in Aleppo province
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (07:50 PM) – Another car bomb has rocked the city of Jarabulus, in the north-east of Aleppo Governorate, on Sunday. Jarabulus, a city under control of the Turkish-backed rebel forces known as Euphrates Shield, was hit by a VBIED for the third time in the past two months on Sunday, when a vehicle […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Unconfirmed: Douma to accept reconciliation with Syrian government
Negotiations are currently taking place between Russia and Jaysh al-Islam to conclude a reconciliation agreement with the Syrian government, media sources reported. the city of Douma – controlled by the Saudi-backed group – is left alone among other East Ghouta towns which either fell to the Syrian Army or accepted an evaluation deal. Leader of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Before US Troops Protected Poppies In Afghanistan, There was No Opioid Epidemic in America
By Rachel Blevins The Afghanistan War is the longest in United States history, and despite initial claims that the goal of the invasion was to... more »
How The “News” Is Made And Reported
By Catherine J. Frompovich If you are a “news hound” or, perhaps, a news skeptic, you, undoubtedly, think you know what the ‘real’ news really... more »
Nanomotors for targeted cancer therapy.
Nanomotors for targeted cancer therapy – The Hindu http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/nanomotors-for-targeted-cancer-therapy/article23342456.ece Advertisements
The Food Explorer
Cue up the marching band, majorettes, flag-waving veterans, and cheering crowds. *The Food Explorer*by Daniel Stone is a proud celebration of American greatness. The hero of the story is David Fairchild (1869–1954), a botanist and agricultural explorer. Working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, his group was responsible for sending home seeds and cuttings of thousands of plants from nations around the world. The goal was to expand the variety of crops grown in America, and build the biggest, most profitable, industrial agriculture system in human history. The devious... more »
These 5 Nations Will Have The World's Most Powerful Armies In 2030
Wikimedia *National Interest:* *In 2030, These 5 Nations Will Have the World's Most Powerful Armies on the Planet* In the end, the answers to “how do we build a powerful army” remain painfully simple. States that have access to enthusiastic populations with high human capital, that can cull the most innovative technologies from robust, modern economies, and that can structure their civil-military relations with just-enough-but-not-too-much independence will tend to do very well. Experience doesn’t hurt, either. The simplicity of the answers does not imply that the prescriptions ar... more »
Next Big Primaries: North Carolina And Indiana
*Building a team for real change starting in 2019- Jenny Marshall with Randy Bryce* On Tuesday, Marie Newman gave Blue Dog Dan Lipinski a run for his money. With over 92,000 votes cast, just 2,000 separated them. In the end, Lipinski won the primary, 51.2% to 48.8%, although losing the suburban parts of the district where the Cook County Machine was unable to tamper with results. The next primaries up are on May 8 in Indiana and North Carolina, where we have two outstanding candidates, Dan Canon (IN-09) and Jenny Marshall (NC-05). Both are running strong, issues-oriented grassroots ... more »
"Watch Two Strangers Make Beautiful Music Together In A Paris Train Station"
*"Watch Two Strangers Make Beautiful Music Together In A Paris Train Station"* Proof that music really is a universal language. by Chloe Fox "Music just makes everything better- even traveling through a busy and crowded train station. Which is precisely why French train company SNCF decided to put pianos smack dab in the middle of select train stations. The pianos- which are known as “À vous de jouer” pianos, or "It’s your turn to play"- are free for anyone to use, and lucky travelers in March of this year were treated to a real show when two complete strangers improvised a beautifu... more »
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"The Most Important Of All The Lessons..."
“Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted. That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.” - Aldous Huxley
Texas teenage girl beaten and abused with hot cooking oil after refusing arranged marriage
FOX News neglects to mention the very likely Islamic background, but provides photos and names that seem consistent with this as an "honor crime" that was perpetrated on AMERICAN soil. More The post Texas teenage girl beaten and abused with hot cooking oil after refusing arranged marriage appeared first on The Duran.
“China Launches Massive Military Drills ‘In Preparation For War’”
*“China Launches Massive Military Drills ‘In Preparation For War’”* by Tyler Durden "Just hours after the latest close military encounter between the US and China, when the US navy sailed a destroyer to within 12 nautical miles of the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea as a "freedom of navigation" operation - a move that China condemned as a "severe provocation" just as the two countries launched an all-out trade war - the Chinese military launched its spring combat readiness drills with an air force exercise in the West Pacific and a joint combat patrol mission in the... more »
"The Truth Of The Matter..."
“So, how do you beat the odds when it’s one against a billion? You’re just outnumbered. You stand strong, keep pushing yourself against all rational limits, and never give up. But the truth of the matter is despite how hard you try and fight to stay in control, when it’s all said and done, sometimes you’re just outnumbered.” - "Meredith", "Gray's Anatomy"
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 25, 2018
Reuters *Mir Sadat, National Interest*: *Phase IV Operations: Reconstructing Syria?* Situated between Middle and Near East flashpoints, Syria has been involved in conflicts stretching from Iraq to Israel-Palestine, Lebanon, and Iran. Regional conflicts and the Arab Spring also had an undeniable effect on Syria, especially because the country’s civil war represents a larger geostrategic struggle between Great Powers (namely, the United States and Russia) and regional hegemons (Turkey and Iran). For almost seven years, the war has taken an enormous toll on the Syrian people: there has... more »
Facebook Ads Apologize for Cambridge Analytica Scandal
Facebook's CEO apologized for the Cambridge Analytica scandal with ads in multiple U.S. and British newspapers, saying the social media platform doesn't deserve to hold personal information if it can't protect it.
Conservative firebrand Tomi Lahren poses with gun toting yoga pants. The internet is not kind.
Live. Speak. Stand. Run. Carry with Confidence. Ladies, chances are your assailant is gonna be bigger, stronger and faster and that’s why you have @alexoathletica for your gun, your mace, or even your phone. Yeah, you’ve got it covered. #TeamTomi #alexoathletica #NotYourAverageGunGirl A post shared by Tomi Lahren (@tomilahren) on Mar 22, 2018 at 5:54pm PDT So she is so terrified of the world around her that she needs to be packing heat during yoga class? Where are her classes held, Beirut? Courtesy of Raw Story: *Oddly, Lahren’s packing pants appear to be part of a new athletic we... more »
"'Now It Begins' - America's 'State Wreck' Is Gathering Steam"
*"'Now It Begins' - * *America's 'State Wreck' Is Gathering Steam"* by David Stockman "Now it begins. They bought the February 8th dip just like the previous 40 odd plungelets in the stock averages since the March 2009 bottom, expecting another ka-ching in the easy money lane of the casino. But this time it didn't work. The market had been retreating for days and then tumbled 724 Dow points allegedly on the Donald's $50 billion tariff assault on the China trade. Not surprisingly, the overnight follow-through in Asia was downright bloody with Shanghai down 3.4%, the Nikkei lower by ... more »
The Phantom Greenhouse
Originally posted on PA Pundits - International: By NickReality ~ (This image below is sized to fit the page here. For greater detail, just click on the image and it will open in a new and larger window) RGHE theory exists only to explain why the earth is 33 C warmer with an atmosphere than without.…
Rise and Fall of the Modern Warming Spike
Originally posted on Science Matters: The first graph appeared in the IPCC 1990 First Assessment Report (FAR) credited to H.H.Lamb, first director of CRU-UEA. The second graph was featured in 2001 IPCC Third Assessment Report (TAR) the famous hockey stick credited to M. Mann. A previous post Rise and Fall of CAGW described the process…
Unravelling the mystery of ice ages using ancient molecules
Originally posted on Tallbloke's Talkshop: Image credit: ScienceDaily It seems there was ‘a distinct increase in sea ice extent’ at some point in time that led to a switch to longer ice age intervals, but the reason(s) for it are not known. Researchers from Cardiff University have revealed how sea ice has been contributing…
NYT contradicts itself on Arctic warming
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: Michael Bastasch at the Daily Caller writes: ? The New York Times ran an editorial Sunday about the effect climate change had on discovering the Northwest Passage that appears to contradict claims the Arctic ice is melting at cataclysmic rates. The editorial: The Northwest Passage That Might Have Been…
Amstrup & colleages can’t refute my critique of their 2007 polar bear survival model, Part 2
Originally posted on polarbearscience: Polar bear specialists Andrew Derocher and Steven Amstrup recently spent inordinate energy trying to refute the opinion piece I’d written for the Financial Post in celebration of International Polar Bear Day last month, ignoring my fully referenced State of the Polar Bear Report for 2017 that was released the same day…
Amstrup & colleages can’t refute my critique of their 2007 polar bear survival model, Part 1
Originally posted on polarbearscience: It’s been more than a year since I first published my scientific manuscript at PeerJ Preprints (a legitimate scientific forum) on the failure of Amstrup’s 2007 USGS polar bear survival model (Crockford 2017), a year waiting in vain for the polar bear community to comment. They either couldn’t be bothered or…
At the winter maximum, still about the same polar bear habitat this year as 2006
Originally posted on polarbearscience: There is no evidence that slightly less winter sea ice than the average since 1979 has had any negative impact on polar bear health or survival: the difference is simply not biologically meaningful to Arctic animals. Polar bear on winter sea ice around the yearly maximum in the Beaufort Sea, 2010…
Weather Without Mountains Averaged Gives Climate Without Reality
From Musings from the Chiefio Posted on 12 March 2018 by E.M.Smith So I’m sitting in the sun on my patio, dogs snoozing on the lawn, contemplating the Winter Weather Alert for California mountains from now to next weekend and pondering Climate Models. Wondering about things like how to have the land contour handled, how […]
More Polar Scientists Stuck in the Ice
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: Icebreaker Laurence M Gould. Photo taken by Remi Jouan 2006 source Wikimedia Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t Breitbart / James Delingpole – US scientists appealed to Argentina for help when the US icebreaker Laurence M Gould failed to break through the ice. American scientists rescued from icebound…
‘Beast from the East’ exposed our energy failings
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? ? h/t Green Sand ? The recent severe weather placed a huge strain on Britain’s energy networks. As well as a gas supply threat there were troubling signs that electricity supplies were dangerously exposed. Current policies are set to make the…
Definition of the Day: Alt-Right
*Alt-Right: A neo-Marxist post-modernist political ideology characterised by an affinity for European ethno-nationalism (white supremacy), anti-semitic conspiracy theory (group evolutionary strategy), atheism, biological determinism (race-realism), totalitarian modes of governance (National Socialism), combined with subversive Alinskyite promotional methodology (memes as arguments). In general, they share a disdain for Classical Liberalism (cucks), contemporary Conservatism (cucks) and Libertarian (cucks) political ideologies. Their main hostility is reserved for Social Liberalism... more »
Was Emma González Filmed Ripping Up the U.S. Constitution?
The outspoken survivor of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting has been campaigning against gun violence, but not in the fashion seen here.
Breaking news...
On the Sky website: On the BBC News website: Sky makes Mr. Corbyn's 'apology' sound less fulsome than the BBC does. When you click into the respective reports you quickly find another interesting difference - their respective uses of qualifiers. While Sky uses "apparent"... ...the BBC uses "allegedly": So Sky says "an anti-Semitic mural" and the BBC says "an *allegedly* anti-Semitic mural". Hmm.
World News Briefs -- March 25, 2018
*BBC: **Syria war: Rebel evacuations from Eastern Ghouta gather pace* Syrian rebel groups have pulled out of more towns in the Eastern Ghouta, as the government tightens it grip on the enclave outside Damascus. Buses carrying fighters, their families and others left the area late on Saturday, leaving the city of Douma as the last rebel-held stronghold. The evacuations followed a deal between government forces and a local rebel group, Faylaq al-Rahman. About 70% of the Eastern Ghouta is now under government control. *Read more* .... *MIDDLE EAST* Syria forces close to *gaining fu... more »
An Interesting Footnote
*China Gets It* Even if the general US population doesn't understand what is going on, the leadership in China understands recent US moves. The bottom line is that China needs the US and US markets if it intends to march forward and engulf all of Asia, which are their aims. Asia in fifty years, Africa in fifty years (or simply drained of all mineral wealth) and Russia when they get around to it. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin spoke about the issue yesterday on Fox News: “We are going to proceed with our tariffs. We’re working on that,” Mnuchin told “Fox News Sunday” in an exclu... more »
Reflections on the Pied Piper March
[image: Pied Piper] The majority of gun deaths are suicides, not homicides. And the suicide rate for older white men is higher than any other group. Just keep that in mind as you reflect on the time media spent covering the march yesterday. It's as true today as it was 26 years ago when this article was written. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1578415 You won't see any people organizing for men, but you will see them demonized and ridiculed in our media, in academe and by the left. Yesterday's march was solicitation for Democrat voters, not a response to a tragedy. (Never wa... more »
The Pentagon’s Scary Plan to Militarize Ocean Life
The US military has plans to create genetically modified marine organisms that can be used as underwater spies for the military. Fantastic as this idea may seem, the Pentagon’s research arm, DARPA (or Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), has actually launched a new program that aims to tap into the “natural sensing capabilities” of marine […] The post The Pentagon’s Scary Plan to Militarize Ocean Life appeared first on Sustainable Pulse.
That interview
Here's part of *The Andrew Marr Show*'s own transcript of *that* interview with Tom Watson: *AM*: Some people suggest that the Owen Smith sacking was an attempt to deflect public attention. Can I ask you to look at this? What is your reaction when you see that image? *TW*: My reaction is that is a horrible anti-Semitic mural that was rightly taken down. *AM:* And how long did it take you to glance at that and to make that judgement? *TW*: Well, look, you’re showing it me on a 32-inch screen on national television and I’ve seen it about a hundred times on social media. Very differ... more »
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