Monday, March 26, 2018

26 March - Blogs I'm Following 2 of 2

11:00 pm MDT



5G – Harmful Effects of a New Technology

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 12 hours ago
*Jon Rappoport* - Governments are promoting it as if the future of humanity depends on it.

Time Entanglement and the Supernatural

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 12 hours ago
*Robert Torres* - More like-minded scientists are coming to the realization that we are the cause of many of our own phenomena.

Untitled

Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 12 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Fukushima rice to be exported to France- News - NHK WORLD An Expert on Presidential Pardons Emailed Reporter His Life’s Work, Then Killed Himself and His Two Sons [???] Intel: ‘Partitions’ in New Chips Will Correct Design Flaw that Created Spectre and Meltdown WELCOME TO ATLANTA: Inside Goldman Sachs' plan to move dealmaking beyond Wall Street and Silicon Valley(Comment: Does this have anything to do with the massive hack in that city a couple of days ago?) Legal pot business owners ponder the possibility of death row The NRA Is A Public Charity That Doesn’t P... more »

World News Briefs -- March 26, 2018

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
*BBC:* *Spy poisoning: Russian diplomats expelled across US and Europe* The United States and its European allies are expelling dozens of Russian diplomats in a co-ordinated response to the poisoning of a former Russian spy in the UK. It is said to be the largest collective expulsion of Russian intelligence officers in history. Prime Minister Theresa May said 18 countries have aligned with the UK, expelling more than 100 diplomats. Russia vowed to retaliate to the "provocative gesture". Russia denies any role in the attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, in Salisbury,... more »

How Oily Is Keith Vaz

cefrith@hotmail.com at Charles Frith - 12 hours ago
I've been fighting Keith Vaz for about five years now. I don't know how he does it, but he is protected from very high up in Westminster like that other oily shit, Speaker of the House John... Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced

Mirror selfie in colours of Greek independence day

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 12 hours ago
With Donald Trump cleaning house and sweeping out the Globalists like HR McMaster and hopefully soon Con artist James Mattis, my situation in Larisa, Greece, in the crosshairs of George Soros and Alexis Tsipras looks a little more hopeful. It would be very nice indeed if the new heavyweights could use their influence on Greece […]

GLOBALIST FALSE FLAG ALERT IN GREECE, MEDIA PUSH CIVIL WAR NARRATIVE. GREECE DOES NOT RESEMBLE CATALONIA, ARTIFICIAL TENSIONS CREATED TO DIVIDE AND RULE

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 12 hours ago
Establishment media Ekathimerini has escalated talk of a political crisis, division and civil war in Greece, claiming implausibly this could be the national response to a disallowed goal. http://www.ekathimerini.com/227033/opinion/ekathimerini/comment/new-divisions “Greece is now divided once more, but perhaps for the first time since World War II so deeply and on so many fronts. Passion and animosity […]

Thank you, Alexis Tsipras! Greek PM scores another own goal by spot lighting swine flu vaccine irregularities, information confirms I was accurate, draws attention to Tsipras’ murder attempts against me precisely on account of my accurate reports

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 12 hours ago
Alexs Tsipras and his cronies Vasiliki Thanou and others are so desperate to keep the political lynch justice process against their main political rivals going that they have scored another own goal. Greek media report that prosecutors have sent information to the parliament concerning the irregularities about the procurement of what appears, at least from the […]

Angela Merkel has Catalan independence leader arrested on behalf of Spain, protests break out in Barcelona at Madrid jack boots

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 12 hours ago
The former leader of Catalonia Carles Puigdemont, who organized the independence referendum, was arrested in Germany on Sunday, and now faces extradition to Spain for charges of rebellion. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/26/carles-puigdemont-to-appear-in-court-in-germany-as-catalans-protes His arrest sparked protests in Barcelona and Catolonia, in which about a 100 people have been injured. http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/barcelona-verletzte-bei-demonstration-fuer-carles-puigdemont-15512104.html Puigdemont was arrested on Sunday afternoon at a petrol […]

#ParisAgreement climate accord fails – CO2 emissions growing worldwide- Trump vindicated for pulling out

Hifast at Climate Collections - 12 hours ago
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: The Paris Climate Accords Are Looking More and More Like Fantasy By David Wallace-Wells Remember Paris? It was not even two years ago that the celebrated climate accords were signed — defining two degrees of global warming as a must-meet target and rallying all the world’s nations to meet…

The day after the Stormy Daniels interview Donald Trump kicks 60 Russian officials out of the country. Because you know that's not obvious.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 12 hours ago
Look I may have to kick out a couple of Russians to save face here. If that's okay with you of course. Courtesy of NPR: *President Trump ordered the expulsion of 60 Russian officials from the United States and ordered the closure of the Russian consulate in the Seattle, the White House announced Monday. * *The move follows the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, in the English city of Salisbury on March 4.* *The officials and their families have been given seven days to leave the U.S. Of the 60 officers being expelled, 48 are members of the Russ... more »

India proposes to negotiate trade pact with Africa: Prabhu

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
26-Mar-2018 India's Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu today pitched for a free trade agreement with Africa with a view to boosting economic ties between the two regions.

South Korea carmakers want level playing field after FTA revision

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
26-Mar-2018 South Korean carmakers on Monday called on the government to create a level playing field by easing regulations for them as well after the current trade pact between Seoul and Washington was tentatively revised in favor of US carmakers.

Indonesia pins hope on ASEAN-EU FTA to support SMEs, palm oil

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
26-Mar-2018 Speaking at the 16th ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM)-EU Trade Commissioner Consultations in Singapore on Friday, Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita outlined the desired impact a free trade agreement (FTA) between ASEAN and the European Union would have on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and the palm oil industry.

We have resumed work on India-EU FTA: Prabhu

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
26-Mar-2018 India's Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu today indicated the resumption of negotiations of the long-stalled free trade pact between India and the European Union.

Utopia of the Wastelands

Ethical Technology - 12 hours ago
Part of the problem with utopia is the question of where do you put it. After all, what any imaginary ideal society ultimately ends up being is its “own world turned upside down”, which means that the world, as it is, must not have a place for anything like a paradise on earth, otherwise an author would have had no reason to dream up a utopia in the first place.

Skripal False Flag Sh!t$torm Explodes into World Cup Destroying Main$tream Meme

greencrow at Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 12 hours ago
*Skripal False Flag Sh!tstorm Explodes* *as Deep State tool to destroy Russia World Cup* This morning the Main$tream Presstitute Media is uniformly marching in anti-Russian goose step fanaticism. They're announcing the expulsion of Russian diplomats in all the Western vassal states. Looking back over the past week or two this was always going to be where it was headed. It was always going to be about suddenly and without cause, evidence or rationality...escalating the strategic project of isolating Russia exponentially...just ahead of the 2018 Soccer (Football) World Cup which is sc... more »

Bob Dylan - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Audio)

Geezer Power at GEEZERPOWER - 12 hours ago
ZZZZZzzzzzz.....

The Air Force Is Planning to Make a Big Change in How it Will Wage Future Wars

Kris Osborn at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * Thanks to Russia and China. The Air Force is training its fighter jets to attack and destroy enemy air and ground targets without needing to rely upon large centralized ground-based command and control systems, given the quickening pace at which adversaries are developing “jamming,” electronic warfare and cyber attack technologies. Citing the intensity with which near-peer adversaries are accelerating methods of attacking command and control systems, GPS and other networking technologies, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson said air combat operations ... more »

Why Russia and China Should Fear the Navy's New F-35C Stealth Fighter

Dave Majumdar at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * The new plane is making some major strides. The United States Navy’s two Lockheed Martin F-35C Joint Strike Fighter fleet replenishment squadrons (FRS) have completed their first operational carrier qualifications onboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Strike fighter squadrons VFA-125 and VFA-101 flew day and night qualifications sorties and made 140 traps onboard the massive nuclear-powered carrier in anticipation of F-35C operational testing phase later this year. “It's really neat to see this aircraft out there with other aircraft,” Rear Adm. Dale... more »

A "First Step": Trump Administration Expels 60 Russian Nationals

Curt Mills at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Curt Mills* *Politics, Eurasia* [image: Vladimir Putin makes his annual New Year address to the nation in Moscow, Russia, December 31, 2017. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via Reuters] The administration Monday also announced the shuttering of the Russian consulate in Seattle, and reserved the right for further action. The Trump administration on Monday ordered the expulsion, within the next seven days, of sixty Russian nationals assessed to be “spies” and “intelligence officers.” Said one senior administration official: “These individuals who are being sent back to Russia . . ... more »

Jihadis leave East Ghouta as resistance collapses

Alexander Mercouris at The Duran - 12 hours ago
Entire Jihadi enclave soon to be under Syrian government control as thousands of Jihadis withdraw to Idlib More The post Jihadis leave East Ghouta as resistance collapses appeared first on The Duran.

Italy!

Alfred Lehmberg at alienviews - 12 hours ago
Who is the person in Italy lately so interested in *Alienviews*. Can the person or persons share their motivation, for many weeks now, in comments? Thanks in advance! Chi è la persona in Italia ultimamente così interessata ad Alienviews. La persona o le persone possono condividere le loro motivazioni, per molte settimane ora, nei commenti? Grazie in anticipo!

How Many Democratic Senators Will Approve Gina Haspel For CIA Chief?

Gaius Publius at DownWithTyranny! - 13 hours ago
*The face of torture. Gina Haspel has been nominated for CIA chief. Which Democrats will support her? (source)* *by Gaius Publius* An interesting vote will be coming up in the Senate, the confirmation vote on Trump nominee Gina Haspel as Director of the CIA. Make no mistake; this will be a torture vote, a yes or no to confirm the CIA's role in systematic torture of our "enemies" abroad (see below for details). The last time a pro-torture Trump nominee came to the Senate — Mike Pompeo for the same job in January 2017 — the Senate confirmed him 66-32-2. The motion to bring his nomin... more »

The Only Worthwhile Investment We Ever Make

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 13 hours ago
*RJ Spina* - Stop leaking all of your power, wisdom and courage on an illusion.

Paper used to support WHO guidelines on preventing infections “has no scientific validity”

Victoria Stern at Retraction Watch - 13 hours ago
A surgery journal retracted a 2014 paper last month after discovering that the study has “no scientific validity.” Mario Schietroma and his coauthors, based at the University of L’Aquila in Italy, reported that giving patients high concentrations of oxygen during and after colorectal surgery significantly reduced their risk of infections. Although the authors reported significant … Continue reading Paper used to support WHO guidelines on preventing infections “has no scientific validity”

WATCH: Unarmed Man with Pants Around His Ankles Publicly Executed by Police

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: ankles] A father grieving the loss of his two children in an apparent state of mental illness was gunned down by a Houston cop as he walked around with his pants around his ankles—unarmed. The post WATCH: Unarmed Man with Pants Around His Ankles Publicly Executed by Police appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

Google Just Partnered With Mainstream Media to Wipe Independent Journalism Off the Map

The Free Thought Project at The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: google] The “new media” monopolists of Silicon Valley and the once-dominant traditional print media have clearly agreed that the “fake news” frenzy is a convenient pretext to step up their censorship of the internet through new algorithms, allowing them to boost their profit margins and silence opposition through a new framework of “algorithmic censorship.” The post Google Just Partnered With Mainstream Media to Wipe Independent Journalism Off the Map appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

5 Stories the Media Buried While Obsessing Over ‘March for Our Lives’

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: march] As the media and government focused their attention on the thousands of teenagers demanding the state take away their right to self-defense in the March for our Lives rally, these five big stories were buried in the press. The post 5 Stories the Media Buried While Obsessing Over ‘March for Our Lives’ appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

Monday, Monday again

Keith at musingsofanoldfart - 13 hours ago
Using a wonderful song from The Mamas and Papas, happy Monday everyone. Our friend Jill enjoys (and eventually laments) it when I place these songs in her head. A few random thoughts for the start of the week are as … Continue reading →

The children of Parkland

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 13 hours ago
[image: Parkland kids] Actually, a lot of them are--but the MSM don't want to interview them because it might hurt the anti-gun lobby. Layers and layers of government failed them. Laws are useless if no one from the criminal to the sheriff to the school board don't follow them. Sonja Ness says, “Why aren’t the folks marching to protest the complete and utter failure of “see something, say something”? Why aren’t they marching in support of kids that have been bullied to the point of mental breakdown? Why aren’t they marching for the repeal of the law that forces schools to turn... more »

Trump Call for Line-item Veto Not a Good Idea

Steve Byas at rss - 13 hours ago
[image: trump-call-for-line-item-veto-not-a-good-idea] Trump wants a line-item veto to control federal spending — an idea that could prove to be a cure worse than the disease.

BREAKING: "Dripping with decadence and corruption!"

bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2018Plato gets it right:* For starters, we have to compliment Joe Scarborough for some of his reactions this morning. At the start of Morning Joe, Scarborough noted that Anderson Cooper did a miserable job last night on Anderson's Playpen. He also noted the fact that Stephanie Clifford's reptilian lawyer had vastly over-promised regarding this TV event. For what it's worth, this was the sixth straight morning that Joe and Mika have failed to appear on the morning program together. The break-up dates to Friday, March 16, when Joe seemed to offend Mika by his moc... more »

An infamous low bridge adds to its victims

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 13 hours ago
A low bridge in Durham, North Carolina, is famous for the vehicles that have run into it. The 78-year old bridge that runs along South Gregson Street has a clearance of only 11 feet 8 inches. It has become known across the internet as “The Can-Opener Bridge” because of the astounding number of overconfident truck drivers who think they can squeeze their vehicle under it. Recently, the bridge claimed its 130th victim: an Army LMTV. Local truck drivers know to avoid the overpass, so nearly every vehicle that gets clipped is either a rental or from out-of-state. The costs of raising ... more »

Bullets fly across Damascus as East Ghouta militants set fire to their bases and arms storage sites before evacuating

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:55 P.M.) – As yet more rebel fighters prepare to depart from Damascus’ East Ghouta region per an evacuation agreement with Syrian government forces, the process of burning their final bases and arms storage sites ahead of departure continues. Over the last several days, civilians in government-controlled areas of Damascus have heard bullets […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

U.S, European countries expel Russian diplomats amid rising tensions

Zen Adra at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (4:50 P.M.) – Up to 60 Russian diplomats were given only one week to leave the United States as the US authorities decided to close the Russian consulate in Seattle due to the Skripal case. “The United States takes this action in conjunction with our NATO allies and partners around the world in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Graphic video: The moment Nusra assassins kill a leading Free Syrian Army commander in south Idlib

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:25 P.M.) – Video footage (shown below) has been released bearing witness to the moment that a group of assassins belonging to Al-Qaeda affiliate Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham (better known by its former name, Al-Nusra Front) killed a leading Free Syrian Army commander. The victim rebel commander, Abu Abd al-Rahman, had been assassinated whilst […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Entire generation of Syrian Army soldiers to be retired from duty after almost 8 years of service – reports

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:35 P.M.) – An entire generation of Syrian Army service personnel are to be effectively demobilized after almost eight years of duty according to emerging reports from pro-government sources. Reports state that soldiers of the 102nd Recruitment Course, since attached to various Syrian Army units (some of them Republican Guard), are to be gradually […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Palestinian Syrian Army commander beheaded by ISIS after capture in south Damascus

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:05 P.M.) – A commander within Palestinian unit attached to the Syrian Army who was captured by Islamic State militants during the terrorist group’s blitz operation in the southern Damascus district of Al-Qadam has been beheaded. The Palestinian-Syrian commander, Nidal Darwish (shown above), was part of a Palestinian battalion operating in close coordination […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Incredible recently-released footage: Russian naval warplanes bomb militant targets in Syria (takeoffs, airstrikes)

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:10 P.M.) – The Russian Ministry of Defence recently released several minutes of footage showing the operations of the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier against militant targets in Syria. The footage is well over one year old, being from around the time of late-2016, when the carrier, its aircraft and its attached fleet conducted […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

VIDEO: Syrian, Russian jets pummel Idlib as Ghouta militants pour in

Zen Adra at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (2:00 P.M.) – Several airstrikes hit targets for the Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham jihadi group in the province of Idlib as more militants pour in coming from the East Ghouta towns. Local sources reported that at least 4 airstrikes hit the al-Qaeda-linked group’s positions in Jisr al-Shughur and in the province’s southern countryside near […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Developing: Hundreds of hardline jihadists leave east Damascus stronghold for Idlib amid new evacuation wave – details

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:35 P.M.) – According to Damascus-based sources, hundreds of hardline jihadist militants have begun departing from the district town of Arbeen in Damascus’ East Ghouta region as of Monday morning. Reports state that some 238 fighters of Al-Qaeda affiliate militia Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham (better known by its former name, Al-Nusra Front) and 863 […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Latest opposition delusion: Daraa rebels will defeat Syrian Army offensive just like East Ghouta rebels were meant to – Opinion

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
NOTE: The following is an opinion piece that does not necessarily reflect the views of Al-Masdar News. BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:50 P.M.) – Syrian conflict opposition ‘analysts’ are convinced that any future Syrian Army offensive to clear rebel-held areas of Daraa province and nearby governorates will be defeated by the militant forces. Without naming names (for […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Do you know if your kids are safe online?

Stefan van Dierendonck at start.me - 13 hours ago
Do you know if your kids are safe online? Are you sure they know how to find everything they need to get informed and entertained, but nothing more? Do you know about the dangers they face every day? In this post, we give some suggestions to help keep your kids safe and happy online. And… Read More Read More The post Do you know if your kids are safe online? appeared first on start.me.

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago

"The Risk..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
"Biology says that we are who we are from birth. That our DNA is set in stone. Unchangeable. Our DNA doesn't account for all of us though, we're human. Life changes us. We develop new traits. Become less territorial. We start competing. We learn from our mistakes. We face our greatest fears. For better or worse, we find ways to become more than our biology. The risk of course is that we can change too much to the point where we don't recognize ourselves. Finding our way back can be difficult. There's no compass, no map. We just have to close our eyes, take a step, and hope to God w... more »

Jeju Island: Fr. Mun to jail

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 14 hours ago
[March 25] Fr. Mun Jeong-hyeon chose prison in refusal to paying fines. He is expected to be released from the Jeju prison early April. The below is a rough translation of his letter before leaving to prison on March 25. Today, I go to prison in refusal to paying fines for the protest related to a ‘Hope Bus.’ In 2011, I joined the Hope Bus to support and to be in solidarity with Kim Jin-Suk who was carrying out high crane sit-in then, in protest to lay-off of workers by the Hanjin Heavy industry. And later, I was fined of 800,000 won (around 800 $ USD) for that solidarity. I ins... more »

Review Anderson, Jon Lee, The Fall of Baghdad

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 14 hours ago
*Review Anderson, Jon Lee, **The Fall of Baghdad**, New York: Penguin Press, 2004* Jon Lee Anderson is a writer for the *New Yorker* magazine who was in Baghdad from 2002-2003 to witness the invasion, and then went back several times afterward. His time in Iraq was collected together in *The Fall of Baghdad*. The book is like a journal mostly consisting of recollections of the people he met in Iraq. There are ten chapters each with a rough theme. Chapter One is an insight into how Iraqis viewed the world before the overthrow of Saddam. In Baghdad for example, his handlers from th... more »

This Day In Iraqi History - Mar 26

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 14 hours ago
1918 Battle of Khan Baghdadi between Ottomans and British started 1975 Iranian premier visited Baghdad and laid out steps to implement Algiers Agreement 1979 Iraq hosted anti-Sadat meeting to oppose new Egypt-Israel peace treaty 1984 US Special Envoy Rumsfeld arrived in Iraq for 2ndtime Rumsfeld presented secret proposal for Israeli aid against Iran Iraq rejected offer 1985 Iraq threatened to spread war to all sections of Iran if it didn’t agree to a peace settlement 1991 Fierce fighting between Iraqi forces and Peshmerga on Khanaqin-Jalawla road, ... more »

A return to earmarks could grease the wheels in Congress

Diana Evans, Professor of political science, Trinity College at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 14 hours ago
Pork-barrel spending – that often reviled custom otherwise known as 'earmarks' – may well help Congress pass bills on schedule. Banned since 2011, they may be making a comeback.

Fewer diplomats, more armed force defines US leadership today

Monica Duffy Toft, Professor of International Politics and Director, Center for Strategic Studies, Fletcher School, Tufts University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 14 hours ago
The author of 'Securing the Peace,' explains what's wrong with having US ambassadors operating in one-third of the world’s capitals while special operations forces are active in three-fourths.

Historical Roots of Modern Albanian Imperialism

Vladislav B. SOTIROVIĆ at OrientalReview.org - 14 hours ago
The roots of Albanian territorial megalomania that is formulated within the framework of a „united“ Greater Albania are dating back in 1878 as a consequence of the results of the Great Eastern Crisis. All projects of a Greater Albania have been anti-Christian Orthodox and primarily anti-Russian. The post Historical Roots of Modern Albanian Imperialism appeared first on OrientalReview.org.

“Dunno Why There’s No Sun Up in the Sky”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
*“Dunno Why There’s No Sun Up in the Sky”* by James Howard Kunstler “Newsflash: President Donald J. Trump had sex with a whore twelve years ago. Let that sink into your limbic lobes, you poor, opiated, Facebook-addled, morbidly-obese, fly-over nation of lumbering, deplorable, gun-gripping, Jesus-haunted voters. A *hoor*! Do you hear? Wait a minute, you say. Stormy Daniels is no such thing, She’s an actress in, and director of, adult films, an auteur, if you like, at least a sex worker, toiling in the rolling mills of eros, sweating and grunting as much as any Mahoning Valley steel ... more »

How the Military Controls America

Eric Zuesse at - 14 hours ago
[image: undefined] Unlike corporations that sell to consumers, Lockheed Martin and the other top contractors to the US Government are highly if not totally dependent upon sales to governments, for their profits, especially sales to their *own *government, which they control — they control their home market, which is the US Government, and they use it to sell to its allied governments, all of which foreign governments constitute the export markets for their products and services. These corporations control the US Government, and they control NATO. And, here is how they do it, which i... more »

Trump Should Withdraw Haspel Nomination, Intel Vets Say

Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity at - 14 hours ago
[image: undefined] Two dozen former U.S. intelligence officers urge President Trump to rescind Gina Haspel’s nomination to lead the CIA, citing torture that she oversaw while supervising a black site prison, as well as her role in destroying evidence. *MEMORANDUM FOR:* The President *FROM:* Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity *SUBJECT:* Request to Withdraw Nomination of Gina Haspel *EXECUTIVE SUMMARY* With respect, we veteran intelligence officers from CIA and other agencies urge you to withdraw the nomination of Gina Haspel for CIA director. From what is already known... more »

Neocons Are Back With a Big War Budget and Big War Plans

Ron Paul at - 14 hours ago
[image: undefined] On Friday, President Trump signed the omnibus spending bill for 2018. The $1.3 trillion bill was so monstrous that it would have made the biggest spender in the Obama Administration blush. The image of leading Congressional Democrats Pelosi and Schumer grinning and gloating over getting everything they wanted -- and then some -- will likely come back to haunt Republicans at the midterm elections. If so, they will deserve it. Even President Trump admitted the bill was horrible. As he said in the signing ceremony, “there are a lot of things that we shouldn’t have ha... more »

Psychographics: Cambridge Analytica & The Trump/Russia "Scandal"

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 14 hours ago
Cambridge Analytica. This most recent "scandal" had me thinking about where I'd heard this name previously. This morning I headed over to James Corbett's site. And there it was! A presentation that James had done last year, which was thoroughly enjoyed by yours truly at that time. After listening again, it seems only appropriate to post this now- Because it's more timely then ever. Additionally I sent James Corbett an email regarding the Cloud Act passage, Friday March 23, well hidden in the omnibus bill.* As reported on in the post below:* Cambridge Analytica "Scandal" CLOUDS Global... more »

North Dakota Becomes Ground Zero for Corporate Dismemberment of Schools

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 14 hours ago
And thus begins the truly dystopian implementation of a "schooling" plan for children, whereby kids become collections of longitudinal data points in a massive corporate experiment, rather than interacting human organisms learning within democratic institutions. Not only will these kids experience the isolation and bad health effects of massive screen time, but learning relationships with teachers and classmates will be exchanged for a chance to become guinea pigs for Silicon Valley developers of learning algorithms aimed to predict and control behavior, while offering an alienatin... more »

Free Download: Wim Grommen, “The Present Crisis, A Pattern”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
*“The Present Crisis, A Pattern”* by Wim Grommen "*ABSTRACT: *This paper advances a hypothesis of the end of the third industrial revolution and the beginning of a new transition. Every production phase or civilization or human invention goes through a so- called transformation process. Transitions are social transformation processes that cover at least one generation. In this paper I will use one such transition to demonstrate the position of our present civilization. When we consider the characteristics of the phases of a social transformation we may find ourselves at the end of ... more »

Trump confidante says that White House changes are not over yet. Oh goody.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 14 hours ago
Christopher Ruddy in a super relaxed pose with Donald Trump. Courtesy of WaPo: *A friend of President Trump said Sunday that the president has told him he expects to make one or two more major personnel changes in his administration soon, amid mounting signs that Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin is on the way out. * *Christopher Ruddy, chief executive of Newsmax, said others in the White House, but not Trump, have told him that Shulkin is “likely to depart the Cabinet very soon.” * *Ruddy, who speaks frequently to Trump, said on ABC News’s “This Week” that Trump believes... more »

The Science of Ending Poverty and Geopolitics

adam at LaRouchePAC Feed - 14 hours ago
In the current world environment of sometimes frenetic discussion of geopolitical measures and countermeasures, of trade sanctions and retaliation, of cabinet and other personnel shifts in leading world governments—side-by-side with the manifest potential for dramatic change, as evidenced in President Trump's recent unscripted call to President Putin—it is useful to step back and return to some basics, starting with a half-century of fundamental discoveries by Lyndon LaRouche, especially in the science of physical economy. The only way to put an end to the current geopolitical nig... more »

"Decrypting The Appointment Of John Bolton”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
*"Decrypting The Appointment Of John Bolton”* by Charles Hugh Smith "So perhaps the dominant wing of the Deep State is finally willing to cut a deal with Trump. To many observers, the appointment of John Bolton as national security advisor is the functional equivalent of appointing the Anti-Christ - or maybe worse. Indeed, these observers would, when comparing the two, find grudging favor with the Anti-Christ. Bolton is a founding member of the neoliberal, neoconservative, neo-colonial interventionist Globalist wing of the Deep State. The antipathy he inspires is partly due to the ... more »

U.S. - China Trade War Averted?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Wang Yang attend the U.S. - China Comprehensive Economic Dialogue to discuss bilateral economic and trade issues in Washington, U.S., July 19, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas *Yahoo Finance/WSJ:* *U.S., China Quietly Seek Trade Solutions After Days of Loud Threats* China and the U.S. have quietly started negotiating to improve U.S. access to Chinese markets, after a week filled with harsh words from both sides over Washington’s threat to use tariffs to address trade imbalances, people with knowledge of the matter said. The talks, which cover wid... more »

FILLED FULL OF LEAD: Puzzling work in the New York Times!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 15 hours ago
*MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2018Part 1—Is it time for a new "paradigm?"* In Three Amigos, the Steve Martin character threatens to "fill [him] full of lead." He issues this threat to El Guapo ("The Guapo"), the bad guy in the film. His statement was an adaptation of a familiar threat from decades of Hollywood westerns. As far as we know, no one has ever filled anyone full of lead, at least not in real life. In all likelihood, it simply can't be done. That said, the phrase threatens to adopt a new meaning thanks to a growing body of work on the effects of lead exposure—work which Kevin Drum... more »

A Rare And Endangered Spieces

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago
Elizabeth May talks the talk and walks the walk. Over the weekend, she was arrested in Burnaby. Michael Harris writes: The Green Party leader was protesting Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion when she and Kennedy Stewart, the NDP MP for Burnaby South, were arrested at the gate of one of the company’s work sites Friday. So far, 100 protesters have been charged along with them, including the co-founder of Greenpeace. The charge that the two politicians face is civil contempt for blockading a road. It’s not a criminal charge and the politicians are free to continue th... more »

Telegraph Propagates Extreme Weather Nonsense Again!

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 15 hours ago
By Paul Homewood h/t Green Sand Even by Telegraph standards, this is a truly dreadful piece by Ashley Kirk, another of their new breed of wet behind the ears journalists. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/23/britain-tackle-flooding-face-extreme-weather/ It would appear to have been written with the help of Lord Deben, and makes the usual series of comments about […]

BBC Regrets Climate Error And Failure To Meet Usual Standards Of Reporting — Then Does It Again

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 15 hours ago
By Paul Homewood The BBC have been caught at it again! Everybody makes mistakes, and some of them matter. On the BBC’s News at Ten on the 18th January 2018 there were two of them, and the GWPF complained a few days later. The first error was in describing the global temperature of […]

Finding Common Ground - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 15 hours ago
*Finding common ground* *Putting differences aside* *Protect our free speech* *© *2018 M.N. Hopkins *Note: **The inspiration for this haiku poem came to me yesterday after watching a youtube video of Tommy Robinson interviewing Sa Ra Garvey about the topic of free speech and how the UK government is doing it's best to put a lid on people voicing their opinions and thinking that people of different groups must find some common ground, put aside their differences for awhile and work together to protect our rights to free speech before they disappear. I wrote this poem yeste... more »

Authors claim clinical trial data came from one center. It came from three.

Victoria Stern at Retraction Watch - 15 hours ago
A BMJ journal has retracted a 2017 paper that made a false claim about the clinical trial in question. The Acupuncture in Medicine paper reported the results of a clinical trial about the impact of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine on stroke, gathered from one center. However, in November, the editors of the journal discovered that … Continue reading Authors claim clinical trial data came from one center. It came from three.

DARPA To Tackle Faked Videos And Its Impact On Fake News

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*National Defense:* *DARPA to Tackle Fake News Scourge* The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has kicked off a program that will seek out faked video footage that may be used to improperly influence populations, a senior agency official said March 20. “We have all seen pictures and videos that have been altered. And a lot of that has been done by very advanced photographic video industries,” Dick Urban, special assistant to the DARPA director, said at the National Defense Industrial Association’s Science and Engineering Technology conference in Austin, Texas. Future movies... more »

Terrified of Tariffs?

William F. Jasper at rss - 15 hours ago
[image: terrified-of-tariffs] To judge from the impassioned cries of his opponents, one might think President Donald Trump’s tariff announcement on March 1 was the opening shot of a calamitous “trade war” that will end in apocalypse and ashes.

President Trump And The Porn Star

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*CBS 60 Minutes:* *Stormy Daniels describes her alleged affair with Donald Trump* The adult-film star and director is being threatened with financial ruin, but she wants to set the record straight about her alleged affair with Donald Trump A week and a half before the 2016 election, Donald Trump's personal attorney paid a porn star named Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about her alleged relationship with the Republican candidate for president. Today, that arrangement is well on its way to becoming the most talked-about "hush agreement" in history, with potential legal and political ... more »

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 16 hours ago
*Pennsylvania school district that gave students buckets of ROCKS to defend themselves in mass shootings say they will now use armed guards* The Pennsylvania school district that stocked its classrooms with a bucket of stones last week has announced that they will replace the rocks with armed guards. Blue Mountain School District put a five-gallon bucket of river stones - which are smooth and used for landscaping - in the closet of every elementary, middle and high school classroom on Friday. But on Sunday, David Helsel, the superintendent of the district, wrote on Facebook that... more »

ARE WE SURE WHAT TRUMP FEARS IS BLACKMAIL?

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 16 hours ago
In response to the Stormy Daniels interview on *60 Minutes*, Matt Yglesias writes: Stormy Daniels’ *60 Minutes* interview ... ultimately failed to shed light on the two most interesting questions posed by this entire imbroglio, presumably because Daniels herself doesn’t know the answer. 1. How many other sexual partners has Trump paid hush money to? 2. How many foreign intelligences services know about one or more of those women? ... for one reason or another Trump is clearly *quite* committed to trying to prevent his former partners from discussing their dalliances in public. He ... more »

The DCCC Is Hiding NRA-Democrats Jeff Van Drew, Ann Kirkpatrick, Anthony Brindisi And Elaine Luria

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
I've reported this here before but bear with me a moment; there's a reason I'm repeating it now. The week Andrew Janz declared he was running for Congress and eager to take on Devin Nunes in the Central Valley district (CA-22) that stretches from Clovis and the neighborhoods and suburbs north and east of Fresno through Dinuba and Visalia and down beyond Tulare, he called to ask about a Blue America endorsement. He was a brand new candidate without the consultants who teach new candidates what to say and not say. He has them now. But then he was still speaking from the heart, raw ... more »

Facebook Unable To Address How Their Website Is Being Used To Promote 'Ethnic Cleansing'

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
*Christopher Woody, Bussiness Insider*: *Facebook official who oversees the news feed says his team loses sleep over the site's alleged role in Myanmar 'ethnic cleansing'* * Workers at Facebook reportedly "lose sleep" over the use of their platform to spread hate speech. * The Facebook executive who oversees the newsfeed algorithm said addressing such content was one of his team's biggest challenges. * Facebook's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has expressed reservations about cracking down on speech. Adam Mosseri, Facebook's vice president of product management, said that Facebook's contri... more »

Former President Barack Obama Wants A 'Million Young Barack Obamas'

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
Former President Barack Obama repeatedly touched on the Obama Foundation's efforts to engage the digital space to help young people in the U.S. and across the world get connected. (Screen shot) *Washington Examiner*: *Obama envisions creating 'a million young Barack Obamas' during speech in Japan* Former President Barack Obama talked about his future plans for his post-presidency life at a conference Sunday in Japan, addressing how he might shape "a million" new, young leaders in his mold. The wide-ranging discussion repeatedly touched on the Obama Foundation's efforts to engage ...more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 16 hours ago
*Human Caused Global Warming: Some scientific rebuttals* No empirical evidence in observational data 1…. that atmospheric CO2 is responsive to fossil fuel emissions https://ssrn.com/abstract=2997420 2…. that there exists an ECS parameter that determines temperature according to atmospheric CO2 https://ssrn.com/abstract=3117385 3…. that there exists a TCRE parameter that determines temperature according to cumulative emissions https://ssrn.com/abstract=3142525 4…. a parody of the flaw in TCRE https://ssrn.com/abstract=3144908 5…. Conclusion: No empirical evidence to support the... more »

Thailand expects some progress on RCEP pact finalisation before July

bilaterals.org - 16 hours ago
26-Mar-2018 Thailand is expecting “some progress” towards finalisation of the long-delayed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) before July as a ministerial-level meeting is likely soon to address many of the pending issues.

SKorea to open auto market wider to US in revised trade deal

bilaterals.org - 16 hours ago
26-Mar-2018 South Korea has agreed to further open its auto market to the United States as the two countries prepare to amend their six-year-old trade agreement.

Indonesia calls for unified ASEAN position in RCEP talks

bilaterals.org - 16 hours ago
26-Mar-2018 Indonesia has called on ASEAN member countries to develop a unified position in negotiations on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).

Fiji and PNG talk post Brexit trade

bilaterals.org - 16 hours ago
26-Mar-2018 Fiji and Papua New Guinea have held talks with Britain to ensure trade isn't disrupted post Brexit.

Les Teamsters s'inquiètent des conséquences du Mercosur

bilaterals.org - 16 hours ago
26-Mar-2018 Le syndicat est préoccupé par le fait que le Partenariat transpacifique global et progressif pourrait servir de modèle pour des négociations avec le Mercosur.

Teamsters raise concerns on Canada-Mercosur trade talks

bilaterals.org - 16 hours ago
26-Mar-2018 The union is concerned that the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership could be used as a model for talks with Mercosur.

US court grants enforcement of US$520 million award against Republic of Kazakhstan

bilaterals.org - 16 hours ago
26-Mar-2018 US court issued its ruling in favor of the plaintiffs in Stati et al. v. Rep. of Kazakhstan, a long-running litigation concerning the Stati Parties' efforts to enforce a $520 million arbitral award under the Energy Charter Treaty.

Zone de libre-échange continentale (Zlec) : Moïse Kérékou critique le projet

bilaterals.org - 16 hours ago
26-Mar-2018 Pour le diplomate, l'Union Africaine est en train de mettre la charrue avant les bœufs avec ce projet. Elle n'a pas appris selon lui, des problèmes d'intégration qui se posent au niveau des Communautés Economiques Régionales.

Washington and the Quiet War

A Political Junkie at Viable Opposition - 16 hours ago
Recent developments in Washington, some of which received almost no attention from the mainstream media, provide us with a glimpse inside how the current Administration is doing its very best to "stir the pot" in the Middle East. As background, under the Constitution, Congress has the sole power to declare war; the first time that Congress declared war was in 1812 against Great Britain and the last Congressional formal declaration of war took in 1942 against Rumania. Since then, Congress has passed resolutions that authorize the use of military force and has used appropriations to ... more »

Stormy Daniels Saying That She Was Threatened To Stay Silent About Affair With Trump Acts As A Reminder Of Trump’s Mafia Ties

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 16 hours ago
When reading this remember that Trump’s former lawyer-mentor, Roy Cohn, was a mafia lawyer. And, that a gambling ring, apparently … Continue reading →

Britain And Russia Waging A Fast and Furious Information War

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 16 hours ago
Salisbury Cathedral From VOA: “Britain Russia Waging A Fast and Furious Information War March 26, 2018 4:26 AM, by Jamie … Continue reading →

Spain: UFO Phenomena Over Los Rodeos

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 16 hours ago
*Source: PLANETA UFO and Salamanca24Horas.comDate: 03.25.18An Article by Juanca Romero Hasmen - Crónicas AtlantesNewsroom 06:56-03.25.18* *Spain: UFO Phenomena Over Los Rodeos* Like a giant snowball that grows exponentially, stories linked to the unknown and attributed to the runways of the airport at Tenerife (Canary Islands) tend to multiply, pulled along by the fine thread of collective memory, polluted by the small and large details of confabulation. Among this hoard of tales we find those that have to do with unidentified objects, the strange lights that make themselves kn... more »

A Facebook post by a comic book store owner reminds us that these parkland kids may be brave on the outside, but on the inside they are shattered and barely holding it together.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 16 hours ago
Facebook post by a comic shop owner who met some of the Parkland students recently. Very hard to read but I’m glad I did. pic.twitter.com/Cuq8rvs6Ea — Tres @ C2E2 AA #T14 (@tresdcomics) March 24, 2018 We keep expecting these kids to save the country, but who is making sure that they will be saved as well? They have gone from one terrifying reality involving gun violence, to another terrifying reality involving being thrust onto the national stage. At some point they need the time to heal. Hopefully that time will come before the wounds become too deep, and the wounds become too fo... more »

Is The Russian Threat Rising?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 17 hours ago
Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Security Council. One European expert estimates that at least a third of Russia's diplomats work for Putin's intelligence agencies. Alexei Nikolskyi/RIA Novosti/Kremlin/Reuters *Claudia Rosett, The Hill*: *From the Baltics to the Middle East: Russia’s rising threat* It’s less than six years since President Obama mocked presidential contender Mitt Romney for warning about the resurgent threat from Russia. In one of the most memorable lines of the 2012 election, Obama scoffed that “the 1980s are now calling to ask for their ... more »

Is Trumpanzee Just Stumbling Along, Blundering From Self-Inflicted Crisis To Self-Inflicted Crisis-- Or Is He An Existential Danger To Our Country? Or Both?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 17 hours ago
Has there ever been such an ill-prepared man to wind up in the Oval Office? Historians will judge Trump, an illegitimate president to begin with, worse than John Tyler, the Whig who was expelled from the Whig Party and who went on to support the Confederacy during the Civil War, either James Buchanan or Franklin Pierce (each of whom was responsible for bringing on the Civil War) or Andrew Jackson, one of Trump's role models. Trump has already defamed the office he shouldn't be in and brought ill-repute and disgrace to the executive branch. Trump is, unquestionably, the most success... more »

Countries In Asia Are Trying To Find A Between The U.S. And China

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 17 hours ago
US Navy Rear Adm. Bill Byrne, commander of Carrier Strike Group 11, observes Indian, Japanese, and US ships from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz during Malabar 2017 in the Bay of Bengal, July 17, 2017. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Holly L. Herline) *Christopher Woody, Business Insider*: *Countries in Asia are wary of China — and they're 'wondering exactly how far America would go'* * China and its neighbors have been rapidly enhancing their militaries in recent years. * Countries in the region, worried about Beijing and uncertain about the US, are also... more »

MSM Fake News: The UK’s ‘Bosnian Death Camp’ Deception

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 17 hours ago
*Emperor's Clothes* | Mainstream Media produced images that grossly distorted reality and were used to promote a fake 'humanitarian' intervention in Yugoslavia.

New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan notes that Democrats have abandoned Roman Catholics

Seraphim Hanisch at The Duran - 17 hours ago
In his opinion piece his comments show that the one-time "party of the average Joe" has totally abandoned Christianity in favor of *anything* else More The post New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan notes that Democrats have abandoned Roman Catholics appeared first on The Duran.

The Trumpster strikes back – President plans to use military appropriation and apply it to the WALL

Seraphim Hanisch at The Duran - 17 hours ago
OMB Director Mick Mulvaney's guidance may be what helps President Trump take a horrible bloated spending bill and turn it to good use. More The post The Trumpster strikes back – President plans to use military appropriation and apply it to the WALL appeared first on The Duran.

Trumpian angst versus Presidential realpolitik

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 17 hours ago
Both *angst* and *realpolitik* have been much in evidence over the omnibus spending bill that President Trump signed into law late last week. The latter has come from the President, the former from many of his erstwhile supporters. Consider this disappointed perspective: Trump won the election in part because of his promise to be a genuine maverick. But the Trump we saw Friday evening, Friday afternoon, last September, last May and countless other times wasn’t a maverick. He was a soft, weak-kneed, bleeding-heart chump, point blank. Have I personally given up on him yet? Of cours... more »

in the ontario election, the choice is clear. put down the polls and pick up your vote.

laura k at wmtc - 18 hours ago
I am very frustrated by progressive reaction to Doug Ford becoming the leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party. People are acting as if Ford has already won an election that is three months away. I understand there is great -- and well-deserved -- anger against Kathleen Wynne's Liberal party. But are we progressives going to stand helplessly staring at polls as we are thrown from frying pan to fire? Under 20 years of Liberal governments, public spending has been frozen, resulting in a decrease of more than 40% in public resources. Corporate taxes are at all-time low. ... more »

Washington Post—hysterical as usual

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 18 hours ago
I could only laugh when WaPo's headline flashed on my I-pad. Cambridge Analytica had sent foreigners (gasp) to work in the U.S. Isn't that a racist allusion? Doesn't the Left love foreigners coming to our country, especially without "documents" and doing the work of Americans? Don't Google and Facebook hire foreigners with special visas to do jobs Americans are too dumb and uneducated to do, like computer programming, data mining and app design? And the very MSM folks who want global government and global economy are horrified that in 2014, before Trump was even in their sights an... more »

Hume on Happiness Through Sharing of Life’s Experiences

Anoop Verma at The Verma Report - 18 hours ago
An engraving of Hume from the first volume of his *The History of England* (1754) David Hume believed that human beings have a natural urge to share their feelings, especially their good experiences, with each other. A life in the company of friends is more conducive to happiness than a lonely existence, according to Hume. Here’s an excerpt from Hume’s *A Treatise of Human Nature*: In all creatures, that prey not upon others, and are not agitated with violent passions, there appears a remarkable desire of company, which associates them together, without any advantages they can eve... more »

Musical Interlude: Deuter, "Blessing"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours ago
Deuter, "Blessing" - https://www.youtube.com/

From the cutting room floor: Jack Jenkins on Christian Nationalism

Katie Harrison at Blog Posts – Page Array – UnHerd - 18 hours ago
Jack Jenkins, of Religion News Service, is one of America’s rising stars in religion reporting. He has extensively analysed the narrative and rhetoric among Trump-supporting white evangelicals, as well as scrutinising the President’s own words, and developed a detailed understanding of Christian Nationalism: the way that many evangelicals have appropriated American exceptionalism to create a […] The post From the cutting room floor: Jack Jenkins on Christian Nationalism appeared first on UnHerd.

Finally, a phone phone

Nigel Cameron at Blog Posts – Page Array – UnHerd - 18 hours ago
As ABC News points out, the problem of kids and phones isn’t phones at all. It’s all the non-phone things that phones can do, starting with social media. The latest high-tech gizmo is a phone that … just does phone calls. This seems like something from the satirical magazine the Onion. But what a handy idea. And the […] The post Finally, a phone phone appeared first on UnHerd.

UnPacked Shorts – Is a race to Mars worth it?

James Coney at Blog Posts – Page Array – UnHerd - 18 hours ago
In this UnPacked Short, Charlotte Pickles quizzes Peter Franklin and Nigel Cameron on the new space race. Is it really worth trying to land on Mars? Peter and Nigel disagree… Read the UnPacked behind the short here. The post UnPacked Shorts – Is a race to Mars worth it? appeared first on UnHerd.

Record number of militants evacuate East Ghouta enclave in single day – details

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:50 P.M.) – According to reports from the Russian TASS news agency, a record number of rebel fighters withdrew from Damascus’ East Ghouta region to areas of northwest Syria on Sunday in line with a Russian-brokered evacuation agreement. TASS claims that some 5,500 militants of the Free Syrian Army affiliate group Faylaq al-Rahman […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Nusra Front suffers heavy losses, including armor, amid ongoing clashes with rival Islamists in west Aleppo

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:00 P.M.) – Heavy clashes between Al-Qaeda affiliate militia Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham (better known by its former name, Jabhat al-Nusra) and rival Islamist group Jabhat Tahrir Souriya continue in the western countryside of Aleppo province. In line with its aggressive military doctrine, Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham has been the one doing most of the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Tens of thousands of civilians stay in their East Ghouta homes after Syrian Army takeover – details

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:50 A.M.) – Tens of thousands of civilians have stayed in their homes throughout various districts in Damascus’ East Ghouta region that are now under the control of government forces according to a report from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). The often-cited Syrian conflict monitor claims that at least 37,000 residents […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

VIDEO: Saudi interceptor missile loses control and crashes asteroid-like amid Houthi rocket attack

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:55 A.M.) – Video footage (shown below) has emerged showing the moment a Saudi interceptor missile malfunctioned and crashed asteroid-like near an cameraman filming Sunday’s Houthi rocket attack on Riyadh as it unfolded. The attack against the Saudi capital on Sunday afternoon saw Houthi rocket forces fire as many as seven ballistic missiles […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Video reportedly showing clashes between Arab tribesmen and Kurdish forces in Raqqa

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 18 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:50 A.M.) – Video footage (shown below) reportedly showing clashes between Al-Bukhamiss tribesmen and US-backed Kurdish forces in the Syrian province of Raqqa has been released over pro-opposition social media sources. The video appears to coincide with reports of gunfights and the burning of tires by Al-Bukhamiss tribesmen in the Euphrates town of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Letter on Vaccination to Members of the European Parliament with Damning Official Report on the Deaths and Illnesses of Italian Military Personnel

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 18 hours ago
Today Age of Autism reproduces a letter to be circulated to members of the European Parliament in advance of a resolution about “vaccine hesitancy” aimed at creating a false emergency and putting pressure on member states to maximise vaccine uptake....

Age of Autism Now Available with Google Translate

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 18 hours ago
We've added Google Translate to our website. We know it's hardly perfect translation, but we hope it makes our readers around the world better able to access our content. It's on the right sidebar. I'm trying to figure out how/if...

A no pulling our punches comic to start your day.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 18 hours ago
I don't really have anything more to add than to say that this is just as gross as it is accurate.

A Good Monday Morning

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 19 hours ago

MYSTERIOUS JOHN BOLTON

Anon at Aangirfan - 19 hours ago
*John Bolton (left)* *"John Bolton was reportedly kicked out of Plato's Retreat in NYC after propositioning a 16 year old outside the club."* Press Release: Larry Flynt "*We are informed that Bolton used to have his wife raped at various swingers clubs. * "He was reportedly kicked out of Plato’s retreat in NYC after propositioning a 16 year old outside the club. " Henry Makow‏ @HenryMakow - Larry Flynt says he has proof John Bolton’s Divorce - Group Sex Allegations - May 2005 "Bolton has declined to take part in the right's LGBT-bashing, famously *hiring gay staff* and callin... more »

“The Mule- One Year Later”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago
*“The Mule- One Year Later”* by James Quinn "Exactly one year ago I wrote a three part article comparing Issac Asimov’s “Foundation Trilogy” to our current political environment. I pondered whether Donald Trump was the Mule character in this science fiction classic. At the end of part three I wrote these words: "Will Trump’s reign resemble the reign of The Mule? The Mule’s conquest was astonishingly fast. He defeated the Foundation and established the Union of Worlds after only five years. The unpredictability of his arrival and rare mental talents befuddled the Foundation. Then he... more »

2,230 page “Rebuke” of President Trump shows call for further populist revolution

Seraphim Hanisch at The Duran - 19 hours ago
President Trump's 'Never Again' statement ought to be that of all of us come election day, as Congress collectively tried to do the second Great Betrayal in five years More The post 2,230 page “Rebuke” of President Trump shows call for further populist revolution appeared first on The Duran.

Trade War? Bring It On!

Willis Eschenbach at Skating Under The Ice - 19 hours ago
Lots of folks are hyperventilating about the possibility of a trade war with China. I see this as a result of wide-spread misunderstandings about the economics of trade between countries. So let me start from the basics. There are three and only three ways to create wealth. What is wealth? It is the stuff that…

"Then Why Is Anyone STILL on Facebook?”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
*"Then Why Is Anyone STILL on Facebook?”* by Wolf Richter "Things at Facebook came to a head, following the disclosure that personal data from 50 million of its users had been given to a sordid outfit in the UK, Cambridge Analytica, whose business model is to manipulate elections by hook or crook around the world, and which is now getting vivisected by UK and US authorities. The infamous “person familiar with the matter” told Bloomberg that the Federal Trade Commission has opened an investigation into whether Facebook violated a consent decree dating back to 2011, when Facebook set... more »

"Because..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
"There is much asked and only so much I think I can or should answer, and so, in this post I would like to give a few thoughts on what seemed to be the overwhelming question: "WHY?" And here is the best answer I can give: Because. Because sometimes, life is damned unfair. Because sometimes, we lose people we love and it hurts deeply. Because sometimes there aren't really answers to our questions except for what we discover, the meaning we assign them over time. Because acceptance is yet another of life's "here's a side of hurt" lessons and it is never truly acceptance unless it has ... more »

"Stocks Are Headed for a Thunderstorm"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
*"Stocks Are Headed for a Thunderstorm"* by Bill Bonner "We got up before dawn this morning. We’re taking a cluster of our grapes over to the neighboring ranch, Tacuil. There, Raul - the winemaker - will tell us if the sugar content is high enough to pick them. *Don Bill and Don Jéjé inspecting sugar levels.* *An update from Bill: Grape sugar level is ideal. Let the harvest begin!* Poor Raul has even more trouble with his originarios (vaguely indigenous people who are claiming land rights they lost in the 16th century) than we have. We think we have a plan for winning our war with ... more »

"The Question..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago

Rise in Alzheimer’s and dementia deaths

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 21 hours ago
I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it: Rise in Alzheimer’s and dementia deaths – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-43401094 Advertisements

Rise in obesity linked to ‘preventable’ cancers

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 21 hours ago
I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it: Rise in obesity linked to ‘preventable’ cancers – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-43512605

Rise in cancers ’caused by weight’

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 21 hours ago
I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it: Rise in cancers ’caused by weight’ – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-43502144

‘Serious gap’ in cosmic expansion rate hints at new physics

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 21 hours ago
I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it: ‘Serious gap’ in cosmic expansion rate hints at new physics – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42630399

Stephen Hawking PhD readers crash Cambridge University website

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 21 hours ago
I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it: Stephen Hawking PhD readers crash Cambridge University website – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-41721585

Chanje Kunda: The poet using pole dancing to explain particle physics

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 21 hours ago
I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it: Chanje Kunda: The poet using pole dancing to explain particle physics – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41699062

Is dust the source of life on Earth?

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 21 hours ago
I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it: Is dust the source of life on Earth? – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-42051252

High-energy ‘ghost particles’ absorbed by Earth

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 21 hours ago
I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it: High-energy ‘ghost particles’ absorbed by Earth – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42083258

Quantum computers ‘one step closer’

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 21 hours ago
I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it: Quantum computers ‘one step closer’ – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43065485

Simpsons writer: Stephen Hawking was a beautiful man

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 21 hours ago
I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it: Simpsons writer: Stephen Hawking was a beautiful man – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-43401605

Great Empires Crumbled, While Ideas Survived - The Wisdom of Bhagat Singh

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 21 hours ago
*To learn more about Bhagat Singh, please click on the link provided below:* *https://www.culturalindia.net/leaders/bhagat-singh.html*

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 22 hours ago
*by Noah* Now that the farcical Republican-run House Intelligence Committee has folded up its treasonous tent, Speaker Ryan is, yet again, feeling all warm and smug. He loves smug. He bathes in it. For Ryan and his crew it's all "Nothing to see here, folks." Nothing to see here if you don't want anyone to see it is more like it. The word is cover-up. The Republican Party thinks they can make reality go away but all they have done is confirm their role in acts of treason against the country they live in and acts of treason against the people who pay for their salaries and medical c... more »

White House's John Kelly, Chevron officials are the new Al Gores

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 22 hours ago
Donald Trump is a climate skeptic of some sort, he has mocked the hysteria, and there are positive changes taking place under his presidency. To say the least, some government websites have erased the phrase "climate change" from most of their web pages. He has appointed lots of secretaries that are climate skeptics as well. Rex Tillerson, an ex-boss of Exxon, was paradoxically the main alarmist in Trump's team. Now, Tillerson is gone and replaced by Mike Pompeo who is a great climate skeptic. But something is still wrong. I think that we're still bombarded by news de facto prepare... more »

“March for Our Lives” Rallies Were AstroTurf, Based on Lies

Alex Newman at rss - 22 hours ago
[image: march-for-our-lives-rallies-were-astroturf-based-on-lies] Despite the dishonest impression created by the establishment media, the so-called “March for Our Lives” demonstrations in Washington, D.C., and beyond on March 24 were the very definition of AstroTurf — and the entire foundation underpinning the establishment-created “movement” is based on easily debunked lies. Ironically, polls taken after the Parkland shooting show even most U.S. students between 13 and 17 do not believe that more gun-control would prevent mass shootings.

Cambridge Analytica & The Facebook-Big Data Conspiracy

Andrew KORYBKO at OrientalReview.org - 22 hours ago
This whole affair goes to show the growing influence that technology companies are having in today’s post-modern society, but the only reason why it’s coming under the Mainstream Media’s microscope is because it was one of the reasons why the “wrong side” won. The post Cambridge Analytica & The Facebook-Big Data Conspiracy appeared first on OrientalReview.org.

Developing: Arab tribal uprising attempts to drive Kurdish forces from Raqqa, gunfights taking place

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 23 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:19 A.M.) – It appears that an Arab tribal uprising against US-backed forces has been taking place in the Syrian province of Raqqa since Sunday afternoon according to vague but nonetheless emerging reports from opposition sources. Reports indicate that men from the Al-Bukhamiss tribe have taken up arms in the Euphrates town of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Houthi missiles kill 1 person in Saudi capital

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 23 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:00 A.M.) – Last night, the Houthi forces unleashed a flurry of missiles into Saudi Arabia, targeting several airports and military installations near the Kingdom’s capital city. According to the Saudi authorities, their air defense managed to shoot down seven of the Houthi missiles. However, the fragments of one Houthi missile landed inside […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Compiled video footage of the Syrian Army’s entire East Ghouta offensive

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 23 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:30 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) East Ghouta offensive lasted just over two weeks and proved to be one of their most successful operations this year. In a matter of two weeks, the Syrian Arab Army was able to capture several towns and villages that they were unable to enter for […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Iraqi forces take control of entire Sinjar region after PKK withdrawal

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 23 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:55 A.M.) – The Iraqi Armed Forces took full control of the Sinjar region of the Nineveh Governorate following the withdrawal of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). According to local activists in Sinjar, the PKK forces completely withdrew from the western part of this region after Turkey announced that they were planning a […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Trouble in paradise: FSA group storms base of allied faction in Afrin, arrests 200 fighters (video)

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 23 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:50 A.M.) – Two Turkish-backed groups from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) are currently at odds in the Afrin region, following the assassination of a local military commander. . According to pro-opposition activists, the Ahrar Al-Sharqiyah faction of the Free Syrian Army arrested over 200 members of the Al-Hamza Brigade after the former […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Tweets For Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
Thousands of Catalan separatists rallied for independence in Barcelona. Some threw garbage cans at Catalan police in riot gear, who responded by beating demonstrators with their batons or firing warning shots in the air https://t.co/gk5IHMzDuo pic.twitter.com/Kudqn5ZNRY — AFP news agency (@AFP) March 25, 2018 How Turkey Destroyed Its Own Air Force https://t.co/VuPLuf7IIO — National Interest (@TheNatlInterest) March 25, 2018 Defense News Weekly full episode March 25, 2018 https://t.co/SxJVgp6CSr pic.twitter.com/rjneQTVYQF — Defense News (@defense_news) March 26, 2018 On this #Med... more »

13 Incredible Stories Of American Servicemen Who Won The Medal Of Honor

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
A military aide holds the Medal of Honor before U.S. President Donald Trump awarded it to James McCloughan, who served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, during a ceremony at the White House in Washington, U.S. July 31, 2017. Reuters *Business Insider*:* 13 incredible stories of American servicemen who won the Medal of Honor — the military's highest honor* The Medal of Honor is the highest and most prestigious award that can be given to American servicemen for distinguished service in the field of battle. Since it was first given in 1863, the medal has been awarded only 3,5... more »

Reactionary World Politics

Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 23 hours ago
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..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"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

cefrith@hotmail.com at Charles Frith - 1 day ago
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

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
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).

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago

"Washington Has Declared Hegemony Or War"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"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

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*WNU editor: *It is Norman Borlaug's birthday today .... *Norman Borlaug* (Wikipedia).

We Can't Let The Wasserman Schultz Machine Steal The Election Again

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
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

Hifast at Climate Collections - 1 day ago
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

Hifast at Climate Collections - 1 day ago
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)

Hifast at Climate Collections - 1 day ago
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

Hifast at Climate Collections - 1 day ago
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

Hifast at Climate Collections - 1 day ago
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?

Hifast at Climate Collections - 1 day ago
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

Hifast at Climate Collections - 1 day ago
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

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
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

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
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

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
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

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
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

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
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

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
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’

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
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

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
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

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
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?

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
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

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
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

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
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

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
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

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 1 day ago
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 at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*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 at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*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 at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*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)

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
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

Alexander Mercouris at The Duran - 1 day ago
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)

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
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

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
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

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
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

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
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

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
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

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
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

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
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

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