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Polar Regions Of Mars Of Outstanding Interest For Astrobiology - Why We Haven't Searched For Life There Yet
The reason we know so little about the polar regions is not lack of
interest. The polar regions are of great interest, for instance the Martian
dry ice geysers in Richardson crater, one of the most interesting dynamic
processes on Mars and the polar regions also have astrobiological interest
too. There are potential habitats there that might even have fresh liquid
water within 7 cms of the surface of clear ice - of all the unexpected
things to find on Mars with its near vacuum atmosphere!
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Do U.S. Citizens Have the Right to Resist ‘Unlawful Arrest’?
It's probably best not to get your legal advice from social media.
Trump Says Cohen Represented Him in ‘Stormy Daniels Deal’
President Donald Trump said that his personal attorney Michael Cohen
represented him "with this crazy Stormy Daniels deal," after previously
denying any knowledge of a payment Cohen made to the porn actress alleging
an affair with Trump.
Ronny Jackson Withdraws from Consideration for VA Chief
President Donald Trump's pick to lead Veterans Affairs, Ronny Jackson,
withdrew in the wake of late-surfacing allegations about overprescribing
drugs and poor leadership while serving as a top White House doctor.
Missed opportunity
One of the joys of working for oneself is that one can watch The Daily
Politics and PMQs live, if one should feel the need.
Yesterdays PMQs was particularly acrimonious. Jeremy Corbyn gave an
impassioned speech about the Windrush debacle, calling on Amber Rudd, or
possibly Theresa May (some people aren’t quite sure which) to resign.
The theme was that the Tories had deliberately created ‘A Hostile
Environment’ for immigrants and that both legal and illegal immigrants were
‘caught up in the fallout’. It suited the Labour Party to conflate the two
whilst angrily accusing the Tories o... more »
Who Does North Korea's Leader Kim Jong-un Trust The Most?
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un Reuters
*BBC: **North and South Korea summit: The people Kim trusts the most*
North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un will be bringing an elite group of
confidantes and advisers along with him when he crosses into South Korea.
The South say it has never hosted such a senior delegation from Pyongyang.
This is the third inter-Korean summit, but this time it is also a prelude
to a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un. No sitting
US president has ever met a North Korean leader.
So who does Kim trust the most as he heads into uncharted diplo... more »
The Navy Might Have a Plan to Change Amphibious Warfare Forever
*Kris Osborn*
*Security, North America*
These new craft bring an unprecedented ability to transport larger armored
vehicles.
*Designed with over-the-horizon high-speed and maneuverability, LCACs are
able to travel long distances and land on rocky terrain – even driving
right up onto the shore.*
The Navy’s first newly built Ship-to-Shore Connector maritime warfare craft
has launched on the water, introducing a new era in modern amphibious
warfare for the Marines.
The new Navy craft brings an unprecedented ability to transport larger
armored vehicles, such as an Abrams tank, from... more »
Why Bernie Sanders' Jobs Program Would Be a Complete Disaster
*David Kreutzer*
*Politics, North America*
Americans would feel the bern.
*However, reality is different. Incentives do matter, just as we have seen
in the past year. The tax cuts passed in December have already led to pay
raises, bonuses, and (more importantly) increased investment. It is this
increased investment that will lead to continuing raises and bonuses.*
Sen. Bernie Sanders’ big-idea solution to everything is big government.
The independent senator from Vermont wants government-run, single-payer
health care. Seeing efficiencies that nobody else can see, he wants to turn... more »
The Navy's Secret Fantasy? How the F-117 Stealth Fighter Almost Flew from an Aircraft Carrier
*Sebastien Roblin*
*Security, North America*
These fighters would have been naval beasts.
*The ultimate iteration was the A/F-117X Seahawk, which threw everything
but the kitchen sink into Nighthawk airframe. The Seahawk’s wings were
lengthened nearly 50% to 64 feet long and adjusted from a 48 to 42 degree
slant, while additional horizontal ailerons were added on the tail. This
was done to improve the Nighthawk’s aerodynamics and low-speed handling to
enable landing on carrier decks. Visibility was improved through a bubble
canopy. Of course, the Seahawk also came with reinforce... more »
In 1871, America Went to 'War' in Korea (and Almost No One Knows about It)
*Sebastien Roblin*
*History, Asia*
Some history about the tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
*The American gunboats returned fire, their modern twelve-pound guns
driving the Korean troops from the walls and gun positions into the shelter
of concealing ravines. The U.S. force’s commander, Lieutenant Commander
Blake, wheeled his ships around and blasted all three forts until they
ceased firing. Then he sailed back to the sea. Only one sailor had been
wounded by enemy fire, and another had lost a few fingers to the recoil of
his own howitzer.*
Seventy-nine years before American troo... more »
The Inside Story of Why Nazi Germany Never Built a Battleship Fleet
*Sebastien Roblin*
*History, Europe*
Would it have changed the tide of the war?
*Two large surface combatants—the Admiral Graf Spee and Bismarck—embarked
on hit-and-run commerce raids. Like swaggering villains in a Tarantino
film, the powerful warships inspired terror and wreaked havoc, but
attracted too much attention to themselves and met violent, ignominious
ends.*
At first glance, the Battle of the Barents Sea seems insignificant, a minor
World War II naval battle in which a couple of destroyers were sunk. Yet
the New Year’s Eve skirmish in frozen Arctic waters convinced Hit... more »
Forget Russia's Stealth Fighter: This Is the Plane the Air Force Should Fear
*Sebastien Roblin*
*Security, Europe*
Moscow’s ace in the hole against American air power?
*The Su-35 may be the best jet-age dogfighter ever made and a capable
missile delivery platform—but whether that will suffice for an
air-superiority fighter in the era of stealth technology remains to be
seen.*
The Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker-E is the top Russian air-superiority fighter in
service today, and represents the pinnacle of fourth-generation jet fighter
design. It will remain so until Russia succeeds in bringing its
fifth-generation PAK-FA stealth fighter into production.
Distinguishe... more »
Triumph or flop? Russia provides its evidence US’s Syrian raid flopped
Russian military provides detailed breakdown of Syrian intercepts of US
missiles More
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flopped appeared first on The Duran.
Kanye West’s tweets are a death blow to the Democrat Party
A dragon and a lion come together. More
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What’s Really Going On in Constitution Pipeline v. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
The Thurgood Marshall courthouse in New York. (Credit: Flickr/Ken Lund)
The interplay between the politics of a democracy and its laws can
sometimes be sharply illuminated when a curtain is drawn back and the
political motives behind the acts of state are revealed despite official
disclaimers. That is what happened this week in the New York governor’s
race, but to understand this—and its significance—requires some background.
In January of this year, I was part of a team that filed a petition for a
writ of certiorari asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision by
the U.S. C... more »
Trump lawyer Michael Cohen pleads the fifth, and the Donald finally admits that he represents him in the Stormy Daniels debacle.
Courtesy of TPM:
*President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen said in a court
filing Wednesday that he would plead the Fifth Amendment in adult film star
Stephanie Clifford’s lawsuit over a nondisclosure agreement she signed in
2016.*
*In a court filing Wednesday, Cohen tied the criminal probe directly to his
assertion of Fifth Amendment rights in the civil suit. *
*“I will assert my 5th amendment rights in connection with all proceedings
in this case due to the ongoing criminal investigation by the FBI and U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York,” he said i... more »
No more secret science at EPA!
EPA will stop relying on "secret science" in its rule-making process and
enter a new era of transparency under a new regulation Administrator Pruitt
unveiled at EPA headquarters.
STUDY: UN climate Models ‘inconsistent’ with real temperature
It’s the latest in a slew of studies trying to figure out how much warming
can be expected from a doubling of carbon dioxide levels. The answer: not
much, according to Lewis and Curry.
Commentaries And Analysis On Tomorrow's Historic DMZ Summit
*Virginia Harrison, BBC:* *Korean talks: What will come from Kim-Moon
meeting?*
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will
meet on Friday in an act of diplomacy not seen for more than a decade.
This rare dialogue comes after months of improving relations between the
two countries and will pave the way to proposed talks between the United
States and North Korea.
Denuclearisation and peace on the peninsula will top the agenda. While
analysts are sceptical Pyongyang will agree to give up its nuclear weapons,
the summit carries promise for both Koreas... more »
North And South Korea Prepare For Historic DMZ Summit On Friday
*BBC:* *Kim Jong-un to meet Moon Jae-in at Korean border for summit*
Kim Jong-un is set to become the first North Korean leader to cross into
South Korean territory since the end of the Korean War in 1953, as final
details are put in place for the summit.
South Korea said President Moon Jae-in would personally meet Mr Kim at the
border at 09:30 (00:30 GMT) on Friday.
The historic summit will focus on the North's recent indications it could
be willing to give up its nuclear weapons.
Talks are also proposed between Mr Kim and US President Trump by early June.
Mr Kim is set to cross... more »
Am I the only one who likes to shop?
“Walmart on Tuesday announced an agreement with restaurant delivery firm
DoorDash to expand its grocery delivery service in Atlanta. Walmart plans
to expand its grocery delivery to more than 40 percent of U.S. households
by the end of this year. The company already has assembled a team of more
than 18,000 personal shoppers to implement the service.” E-Commerce Times,
April 25, 2018
After exercising at the gym I went to Marc’s today for bananas, and came
home with $32 of groceries.
Want to be safe online? Just install more browsers!
The numbers are clear: almost 60% of internet users prefer Google Chrome as
their browser. As usual, Google is leading the pack, trailed by other crowd
favorites like Safari, Firefox, and Edge. There’s only one problem with
this statistic: the fact that we can’t tell how many browsers people
actually use. We might have more than…
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Musical Interlude: Neil H, “The Remembering”
Neil H, “The Remembering”
- https://www.youtube.com/
Musical Interlude: Elton John, “Your Starter For”
Elton John, “Your Starter For”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdKwjXrhFJg
"Of Sound Mind..."
“A man who is "of sound mind" is one who keeps
the inner madman under lock and key.”
- Paul Valéry,
“Mauvaises Pensées et Autres”, 1942
Globalist Magazine "Foreign Affairs" Calls Trump Racist, Sexist, and Authoritarian
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It's clearly evident that the globalists who run the CFR and its
publication *Foreign Affairs* are antagonistic to President Trump.
Reactions to "Chappaquiddick" Movie Vary
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Not surprisingly, there have been diverse opinions about the movie
*Chappaquiddick*, just as there have been about the episode it dramatizes.
World News Briefs -- April 26, 2018
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis had testified before that Iran was in
compliance and it was in U.S. national security interest to remain in the
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, which Trump has criticized as one of
the worst deals in history. Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner
*VOA:* *Mattis: No Decision Yet on US Withdrawal From Iran Deal *
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says there has been no decision made on any
U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement but Washington is
working with its European allies to see if there are ways to improve the
pact.
"The decision has n... more »
The Rent Is Too Damned Low
So says that zany HUD director, Ben Carson, who wants people receiving
Section 8 housing assistance to start paying as much as triple their
current rent. His reasoning, if you can call it that, is that a triple kick
in the teeth by the landlord will be just like Jesus raising Lazarus from
the dead. The moribund renters will immediately hoist themselves off their
cushy catafalques of dependency, flee their apartments, and land a
fantastic, good-paying job that very same day.
No matter that, unless they're elderly or disabled, most of the people who
receive government rent subsidies a... more »
What To Do About Facebook — First Thoughts
*If a billion-user, private, hugely profitable company were truly this
powerful, what should be done about it?*
*by Gaius Publius*
The revelations about Facebook and Cambridge Analytica have come and gone
quickly, like a fiery auto crash into a ten-foot wall, the remains of which
nevertheless disappeared overnight — in this case replaced by the next
Trump scandal to hit the news. Pedestrians walking past the crash site
today can only smell the fumes of earlier fevered concerns.
Yet the Facebook problem remains, if barely considered now. As we wrote
earlier, what Facebook did in th... more »
Thinking outside the skull: can we bring brains back to life?
Remember the good old days when big ethics dilemmas like in vitro
fertilisation and cloning came along once every few years? They’re long
past. The latest wonderful/awful news that would have made the headlines a
few years ago has been barely noticed. But its implications are vast. As
the MIT Technology Review notes, it could lead to […]
The post Thinking outside the skull: can we bring brains back to life?
appeared first on UnHerd.
"History: More Fake News”
*"History: More Fake News”*
by Bill Bonner
"The streets were crowded last night. On the main ramblas, so many people
were strolling about that we could barely cross the intersection. Many of
the women held a single red rose. It was the Day of Roses and Books - Sant
Jordi’s Day - in the Catalan capital city. Women are given roses to
celebrate the slaying of the dragon by Sant Jordi (Saint George) in the 4th
century.
Men are given books coincidentally, to recall the deaths of the two giants
of Western letters, William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes, both of
whom died on the sam... more »
"Uncle Sam is Biggest Brother"
*"Uncle Sam is Biggest Brother"*
by Phil Hart
Back in the 1770’s there was a collection of radicals, who were highly
educated in the natural law and the errors and successes of past political
and economic systems. They were American Colonists with names like John
Hancock, Samuel Adams, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, et. al. They
believed that each man was uniquely created by God and could have a
personal relationship with the Creator if he or she chose to do so. This
mind-set also caused these men to reject the idea that God only spoke to
men through either the Pope or the King... more »
“Old Aliens”
*“Old Aliens”*
by The Zman
"When I was a kid, smart adults still believed that humans would be
visiting other planets sooner rather than later. That was mostly a carry
over from the previous generations, who managed to get from zero to the
moon in roughly a decade. If you were into this stuff in 1968, it was hard
not to think that the next stop for man was Mars and then from there the
rest of the solar system. By the time I was becoming aware of the world,
this was fading, but there were plenty of optimists and romantics, with
regards to space travel.
It really was a generational ... more »
U.S. Dollar Closes at Highest Rate in Almost Two Years
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The
Brazilian real registered another day of registered heightened volatility
on Wednesday, with the U.S. dollar closing at its highest rate in almost
two years. After surpassing the R$3.51/US$1 mark in the early afternoon,
the exchange rate closed at R$3.486/US$1, up by 0.48 percent. […]
E-Waste Recycler Sentenced To Over A Year In Prison For Fixing Old PC’s and Selling Them
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A computer technician has been sentenced to prison for selling restore
disks for computers after he was targeted by Microsoft for allegedly taking
away from their profits.
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PC’s and Selling Them appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
‘Golden State’ Serial Killer Arrested for 12 Murders, 45 Rapes—Turns Out, He Was a Cop
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A former police officer has been arrested as the suspect in the case of the
"Golden State Killer" who terrorized California 40 years ago.
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Rapes—Turns Out, He Was a Cop appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
Two things you must do to boost your deep, REM sleep
By Dr. Mercola Among all the factors contributing to poor health and early
death, stress is perhaps the most pernicious yet commonly overlooked. While
the stress response is a lifesaving biological function, enabling you to
fight or flee an attacker, this “lifesaving” reaction ends up doing far
more harm than good when triggered by financial
Nuclear Politics and Nuclear Disasters: Fukushima and Chernobyl as Endless Catastrophes
Today, Sputnik news published an interview with me on nuclear risks:
Sputnik: In your view, how do politics affect such disasters as the
Fukushima incident?
Majia H. Nadesan: Politics is an inevitable dimension of social life.
Unfortunately, consolidated political power over critical decision-making
can have catastrophic consequences, particularly when decision-makers are
driven by singular logics that are intolerant of dissent.
We see in the case of nuclear energy how centralization of decision making
power legitimized by symbolic appeals to national and economic security
have pr... more »
Perpetual Business Of War
Given that the US political system is based on "iron triangles" — the
intersecting interests of corporations, government officials, and
special-interest groups — it is unlikely that any truly sensible decision
will be made in the US in regard to the use of armed force that would make
it possible to resolve conflicts by means of diplomacy instead.
The post Perpetual Business Of War appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
The 60-year oscillation revisited
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?:
Guest Post by Javier It is a well-known feature of climate change that
since 1850 multiple climate datasets present a ~ 60-year oscillation. I
recently wrote about it in the 7th chapter of my Nature Unbound series.
This oscillation is present in the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO),
Arctic…
Things I don't understand: Alfie Evans, Kanye West, Joy Reid, and James Comey...
*of course, aside from Alfie Evans, there's a ton of other much more
important stuff I don't understand.*
*Alfie Evans:*
Alfie is a sick little boy with some unexplained neurological problem who
has been on life support in the UK for quite a long time. His life support
was removed by court order against the wishes of his parents. So far he's
breathing on his own.
Italy granted him citizenship and will helicopter him there for treatment,
but the UK courts refuse to let him go.
I can understand the life support decision, but I can find no rational
reason to deny his parents the ri... more »
KDP Arrest PM Abadi Candidates
Prime Minister Haidar Abadi is in full campaign mode touringthe country
recently visiting Ninewa, Muthanna, Diwaniya, Anbar and Maysan. His latest
stop was Sulaymaniya. Abadi’s Nasr list is running 25 candidatesin
Kurdistan including 10 in Sulaymaniya. That has apparently raised the ire
of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). On April 24, it was reportedthat
three Nasr candidates were arrested by the Asayesh. This blatant
intimidation tactic was a warning that the Barzani clan did not appreciate
the premier’s move into their territory.
Abadi is attempting to change his image from... more »
This Day in Iraqi History – Apr 26
1916 British arranged a ceasefire with Ottomans in Kut, Wasit after 146 day
siege
1923 UK’s Iraq committee presented findings and okayed by cabinet to stay
path in
Iraq
1941 PM Gaylani asked Axis for military and financial aid against British
1947 Iraq left SF Conference on creating UN to protest creation of Israel
1987 Jordan and Saudis arranged meeting between Saddam and Syria’s Assad to
try to
improve ties
1990 Report Bush pushed greater economic ties with Iraq
1991 Kurdish refugees began leaving Turkish mountains for refugee camps in
Kurdista... more »
China's Hong Kong seeks closer ties with Indonesia, ASEAN under FTA, Belt and Road Initiative
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
26-Apr-2018
An official delegation from China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
(HKSAR) is seeking closer ties in economic and other areas with Indonesia
as well as ASEAN under the Hong Kong-ASEAN free trade agreement (FTA) and
the Belt and Road Initiative.
India joining RCEP trade pact could be disastrous: NITI Aayog
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
26-Apr-2018
Government think tank NITI Aayog, in a note on free trade agreements (FTAs)
and their costs for India, has argued that the country needs to rethink
joining the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) as it will
be disastrous to provide more market access to China, which is a key player
in the grouping.
PDVSA ordered to pay Conoco $2 billion after Venezuela oil nationalization: arbitration
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
26-Apr-2018
In a separate arbitration claim from the ICSID case, the International
Chamber of Commerce has ordered Venezuela's state-run oil company PDVSA to
pay ConocoPhillips $2.04 billion for early dissolution of two joint
ventures for producing oil.
Pacific economic ministers cautioned on NZ's PACER-Plus view
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
26-Apr-2018
PACER-Plus will undermine the right of governments to regulate, and see the
Pacific bear the burden of binding commitments in the areas of interest to
Australia and New Zealand whilst getting little legal commitments in return.
Affaire Quantum Global : la Financial Intelligence Unit maintient son objection
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
26-Apr-2018
Quantum Global menace de recourir à un arbitrage international si le
contentieux avec les autorités locales n'est pas résolu dans un délai de
six mois.
Aleca : Reprise des négociations sur un fond de réticences tunisiennes
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
26-Apr-2018
Une nouvelle session de négociations autour de l'Accord de libre-échange
complet et approfondi (Aleca) entre la Tunisie et l'Union européenne (UE)
a démarré, le 23 avril 2018. Sur un fond de réticences tunisiennes...
VIDEO: Two Syrian fighters freed by Nusra arrive at government-held towns in north Aleppo
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (5:30 P.M.) – Fighters from the Syrian Hezbollah group who
were freed up from Nusra poisons showed up at their hometowns of Nubl and
Zahraa towns in northern Aleppo countryside. The two fighters, released as
per an exchange deal between the jihadi group and Syrian government, were
captured a couple of years ago […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
WATCH: Syrian warplanes carpet bomb ISIS in south Damascus whilst army rocket forces unleash unrelenting barrage
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:15 P.M.) – More video footage (below) has emerged
showing the ongoing bombardment of ISIS-held areas of southern Damascus by
Syrian government warplanes and rocket artillery. The footage shows the
moment an Su-22M fighter-bomber drops at least eight 500-pound bombs on
Islamic State tactical positions several hundred meters behind the
frontline in the […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Motorcycle VBIED blows up marketplace in north Aleppo, rebels blame Kurdish forces
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:40 P.M.) – A motorcycle bomb has been detonated at
marketplace in the Syrian border town of Al-Ghandorah (near Jarablus city)
in northern Aleppo province. Early reports on casualties are still somewhat
vague, however several people are believed to have been killed and insured
in the attack. According to sources, the motorcycle was […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Update: Syrian Army punches its way forward in south Damascus, advances against ISIS from multiple directions
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:23 P.M.) – The Syrian Army and allied paramilitary
forces have scored another series of advances against Islamic State
militants in southern Damascus, gaining ground in the district of Hajjar
al-Aswad. Sources report that in the Ma’adhiyah neighborhood, government
troops backed by armor, artillery and airstrikes captured locations in the
local industrial area, […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
In Pictures: Syrian Army tank VS ISIS jihadists
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3:20 P.M.) – Fierce urban warfare is currently taking
place in districts still held by the Islamic State in southern Damascus. A
standoff was hilariously caught in camera between a Syrian Army tank and a
group of ISIS militants in al-Jourah orchards of Qadam district. The
extremist militants came out of a tunnel […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Drone footage shows Syrian Army operation in southern Damascus
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (2:50 P.M.) – The Syrian forces intensify its offensive on
districts in southern Damascus as the Islamic State desperately defends its
last foothold outside the capital. Constant shelling with artillery and
missiles, non-stop airstrikes as well as continuous firefights could be
heard around the clock as the Syrian government is determined to re-take […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Russian cargo vessel laden with arms, ammo en route to Syria
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (2:05 P.M.) – Russian continues to send more arms,
ammunition and military equipment to Syria to help the Syrian forces defeat
the terrorist group across the war-torn country. Recently, the Kyzyl-60: a
Russian cargo vessel was seen crossing the Mediterranean-bound Bosphorus en
route to the Syrian port of Tartus, where Russia keeps its […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
VIDEO: Syrian Army lights up the skies in ferocious night attack against ISIS
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (1:45 P.M.) – The sky over south Damascus districts was lit
up as missiles fired by the Syrian Army struck ISIS positions and
headquarters in a non-stop night assault. The highly-destructive, home-made
Golan 300, 400 and 1000 missiles were unleashed by the SAA’s elite 4th
Armored Division in bid to destroy the terror […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Editor’s Comment: Macron in Washington and The Fall of France
French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to the US does not deserve the
attention the news media is giving it. Macron has nothing to offer Trump.
France is only a bit player in the Syrian war. France’s military
contribution to the Syrian raid was token. France does not lead Europe,
Germany does, and does not decide […] More
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Tucker Carlson DEMOLISHES fake news, homophobe, hypocrite Joy Reid (Video)
Russian agents did it! Russian agents did it! Russian agents did it! More
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 26, 2018
Joshua Roberts / Reuters
*FOX News: **John Bolton says National Security Council staff changes are
coming, and some employees aren't happy*
National security adviser John Bolton has informed National Security
Council employees that staff changes are imminent, including an influx of
new people and a reorganization, a Trump administration source told Fox
News on Wednesday.
In a memo sent by Bolton on Wednesday morning, he informed staffers that
the changes could include combining higher-level director positions.
The source said that while some at the National Security Council (NSC) ... more »
GAPS AND STANDARDS: Jonathan Kozol visits Flint!
*THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2018Part 4—Nobody cares about this:* Long ago and far
away, Jonathan Kozol wrote a book which won a National Book Award.
The year was 1967. The book was called Death At an Early Age. We read the
book when we were in college. We were lucky enough to get to know Kozol a
tiny tad a few years later on.
In his opening paragraph, right on page one, Kozol described a type of
achievement gap. The child described here was just one child, but, as a
general matter, this story rings true today:
KOZOL (1967): *Stephen is eight years old.* A picture of him standing in
fron... more »
All Politics Is Local—in Libya, That Could Be an Opportunity
Photo Credit: via Andolou Agency
*Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on *Order from Chaos*.*
Libya is in no better shape today than it was in 2011. In spite of the best
efforts of the U.N. Special Envoy for Libya Ghassam Salame and his talented
team, there remains no political solution to stabilize and unite the
country—bifurcated between a U.N.-backed government in Tripoli (the
Government of National Accord), and another in Tobruk (the House of
Representatives).
These main Libyan factions seem uninterested in forming a unified state,
preferring instead to blame each... more »
New column day
Here, on the Trudeau Libs' biased approach to the Trans Mountain expansion
- and the need to take a fair look now, rather than allowing Kinder Morgan
to dictate timelines and play governments against each other and their
constituents.
For further reading...
- Mike De Souza's report on the Libs' refusal to consider anything but
approval of Trans Mountain is here. Thomas Sisk wrote about his experience
trying to provide current science about the risks of a dilbit spill to the
Trudeau government. And Andrew Nikiforuk offered needed background on the
connection between Kinder Morgan an... more »
The doctor is out! Ronny Jackson decides against running for VA Secretary.
Courtesy of CNN:
*Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson has withdrawn as President Donald Trump's nominee
to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, he said in a statement Thursday
morning. *
*His nomination was hampered by a flurry of allegations about Jackson's
professional conduct. *
*In a statement announcing his withdrawal, Jackson slammed allegations of
improper behavior leveled against him as "completely false and
fabricated." *
*"If they had any merit, I would not have been selected, promoted and
entrusted to serve in such a sensitive and important role as physician to
three preside... more »
Chemists duke it out over who was first to discover a 30-year-old technique
Decades ago, unbeknownst to each other, two chemists were independently
working on a screening approach to identify new potential drugs. Both
published papers about the technique around the same time. So now, when
scientists write papers that cite the technique, who should get credit for
discovering it? Decades later, that question still hasn’t been answered … Continue
reading Chemists duke it out over who was first to discover a 30-year-old
technique
Solar power and wind power drive up the cost of energy
“Between 2009 and 2017, the price of solar panels per watt declined by 75
percent while the price of wind turbines per watt declined by 50 percent.
And yet — during the same period — the price of electricity in … Continue
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Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.
- Sunil Johal and Armine Yalnizyan discuss the importance of building an
economy based on a race to the top in labour and environmental standards,
rather than the pursuit of the lowest common denominator.
- Kevin Corinth and Claire Rossi-de Vries examine the importance of social
ties as a buffer against homelessness. Suzanne Fitzpatrick reports that
even social housing is becoming unaffordable in the UK. And Brakkton Booker
reports on the Republicans' plans to ensure the same result in the U.S.
- Meanwhile, Heather Timmons comments on Mick Mu... more »
We Are Having a Spiritual Experience
*Jon Rappoport* - It is not easy for a person to live in this world on the
side of love.
Iran’s Navy Commander Threatens To Sink U.S. Ships
*Times of Israel*: *Iran’s navy commander threatens to sink US ships*
*Admiral Ali Fadavi says Americans will land in a 'catastrophic situation,'
amid escalating rhetoric over endangered nuclear deal.*
A top Iranian general has threatened to sink the United States Navy’s
ships, warning that the US would find itself in a “catastrophic situation”
amid an ongoing war of words between the countries over the possibility
President Donald Trump’s could exit a landmark nuclear deal.
“The actual information that the Americans have about us is much less than
what they think they have. When ... more »
German Anti-Semitism Chief Tells Jews: Your Fears over Influx of Muslim, Arab Refugees Legitimate
'The German government's first special envoy to the Jewish community has
warned that Jews' fear over the influx of Muslim, Arab refugees is
legitimate.'
If it is legitimate for German Jews to fear the influx of Muslim, Arab
refugees into Germany, is it also legitimate for British Jews to fear the
influx of Muslim, Arab refugees into the UK? If not, why the difference?
Could anyone ask that question of our political leaders and the opinion
formers at the BBC?
More here at Breitbart
http://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2018/04/26/german-anti-semitism-chief-tells-jews-your-fears-over-... more »
Rio’s River Conservation Program Revived with Community Education
By Jack Arnhold, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On March
3rd the Secretary of the Environment and Conservation for the city of Rio
de Janeiro (Seconserma) announced that they were to resume a river
protection program under the name ‘Conservado Rios’ (River Conservation).
On March 28th the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Marcelo […]
Rio Nightlife Guide for Thursday, April 26, 2018
We have the top three picks for this Thursday, and below there is a list of
bars and pubs that are always a good option. PARTY: Festa Ploc (Botafogo) –
The Festa Ploc has been running for 13 years and tonight it will revive all
the greatest artists from the 80’s, 90’s, and early 2000’s. […]
B-52s Practice Attacking China
Posts by Aircraft Spots about the path of two US B-52 bombers. Photo:
Twitter
*Asia Times*: *US B-52 bombers fly close to Guangdong coast*
Rarely had US strategic bombers been seen above waters so close to the
Chinese shore.
A pair of US B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers reportedly flew within
250 kilometers of Guangdong’s coastline in southern China on Tuesday
afternoon, according to Taiwan media and Aircraft Spots, a Twitter group
that tracks aircraft movement and the deployment of the US Air Force.
The two long-range bombers, bearing registration numbers 57-1454 and
60-036... more »
Macron Speaks for the Empire — Is Trump Listening?
PDF:
[image: PDF icon] 20180426-macron-speaks.pdf
If one were to believe that President Trump accepted French President
Emmanuel Macron's ranting before the joint session of the U.S. Congress
yesterday, then one would accept that Trump were prepared to submit the
nation to the collapsing old paradigm of the British Empire. Macron,
clearly speaking for the Empire (as the French are wont to do) acted as if
Trump had agreed with him that the U.S. must stay in Syria as an occupying
power, that he would soon return the U.S. to the green fascist Paris
agreement on deindustrializing the ... more »
Road trip
Miss D. and I will be making a quick road trip today, so blogging will be
sparse. It's kinda hard to juggle the steering wheel and a smartphone when
writing blog posts - or, as a passenger, writing posts while using the
phone's navigation function!
Please enjoy the bloggers listed in the sidebar. They write good stuff
too! I may put up an article later this afternoon or this evening, if we
get back in time. Otherwise, blogging will resume tomorrow.
Peter
The Pentagon Has Classified A Study That Outlines The Challenges That The F-35 Faces In The Pacific
An F-35 undergoes transonic testing, producing shockwaves. The Pentagon
stopped delivery of new aircraft last year when it found corrosion at the
point where carbon fibre panels joined the aluminium airframe. Picture: US
DoDSource:Supplied
*Bloomberg*: *Pentagon Classifies Study of F-35 Jet’s Challenges in Pacific*
* Lessons learned not being shared well with other services: GAO
* Jet seen as bolstering U.S. forces in case of Korea conflict
The Pentagon classified an assessment of the major challenges the Marine
Corps encountered in deploying the U.S.’s first F-35 jets to the Pa... more »
Correct Blitz Chess - A Nice Miniature
Playing chess games flawlessly is a super-human endeavour, which even
machines are still having a hard time achieving. However, the occasional
flawless game does arise in human practice, albeit rarely. Usually it is a
grandmaster who pulls it off. The absence of sub-optimal moves can be
ascertained by extensive computer analysis these days, so the quality of
the moves is not in question.
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*UNREAL: Parkland Teacher Compared Pro-Gun Survivor To Hitler During Class *
Kyle Kashuv, one of the few Pro-Second Amendment survivors of the Parkland,
Florida High School shooting, tweeted on Wednesday about attacks from one
of the tolerant history teachers from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Two students have now confirmed the teacher compared Kashuv to Hitler in a
rant that lasted around ten minutes during class.
Kashuv tweeted, “So… I just got a call from a friend of mine from
@GregPittman1957’s class and he apparently compared me to Hitler in class
and said I am a piec... more »
The F-35 Is Still Losing Dogfights 'Sometimes'
© US Air Force, Airman 1st Class Isaac Johnson
*Business Insider:* *F-35s in Japan are still losing dogfights to F-15s
sometimes — here's why*
* F-35s dogfighting against Cold War-era F-15 fighter jets still sometimes
lose, according to a new report.
* The F-35 has been plagued by reports that it can't dogfight for years,
but experts say that's not really the purpose of the new jet.
* Instead, F-35s stealth features mean they'll do most of their fighting
unseen, and that something has gone wrong if they forfeit their stealth
advantage by fighting up close.
* But as F-35 software, ta... more »
Not Believed, Not Trusted
Donald Trump has a cluttered and chaotic brain. Nowhere is the chaos more
evident than on the question of nuclear weapons in North Korea and Iran. On
the one hand, Trump wants to do a deal with Kin Jung Un. On the other, he
wants to tear up the agreement with Iran. Jonathan Manthorpe writes:
Trump foresees — fantasises might be more accurate — that when he meets Kim
in May or June “we have a chance of doing something very special with
respect to North Korea. Good for them, good for us, good for everybody.”
Trump was blue-skying about Kim after a meeting with Emmanuel Macron. The
F... more »
IF THE PEE TAPE EVER TURNS UP, TRUMPERS WILL NEVER ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT'S REAL
On the radio yesterday, Rush Limbaugh discussed reports that Donald Trump
consorted with prostitutes in Moscow in 2015. What Limbaugh said was posted
on his website under the headline "Don’t Be Surprised If They Fabricate a
Golden Showers Tape." That pretty much tells you what every conservative
will believe if video of the alleged encounter ever surfaces.
RUSH: No, I’ll tell you why I think they’re gonna find a pee tape, because
I think this is where this kind of stuff heads. They’re desperate. Nothing
— they’ve got no evidence for anything. And now they’ve got a guy who
worked at ... more »
Bannon Directed Cambridge Analytica To Test American Reaction To Images Of Putin-Russian Expansion In Eastern Europe According To Whistleblower Testimony
“Wylie reported that Bannon directed Cambridge Analytica in 2014 to test
images and concepts for an American audience relating to …
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Key Takeaways from Interview with Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower
“Judiciary and Oversight Committee Democrats Release Key Takeaways from
Interview with Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower Apr 25, 2018 Press Release
Judiciary …
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*More medical madness*
*A long-time correspondent writes as follows:*
As a retired anesthesiologist I am embarrassed to say that my own
colleagues have joined the greenie bandwagon.
Some of them want to "capture” nitrous oxide, a widely used anesthetic gas,
to “save the earth".
The amounts of gas escaping are trivial, and the process would increase
already inflated medical costs.
MADNESS
*Global Warming Likely to Be 30 to 45 Percent Lower Than Climate Models
Project: Study*
Climate researchers have spent decades trying to pin down the planet's
equilibrium climate sensitivit... more »
Toronto Van "Attack"- Facebook's Role in Fake News Media Distribution
*Ah, facebook......*
*Facebook and Intelligence agencies. Intel collection/distribution and
Facebook. *
*They go together. **"Like rama lama lama ka dinga da dinga dong"*
*As I'd mentioned in the first post covering the numerous anomalies
regarding the Van "attack" and the alleged attacker-* *A Face book post
purporting to belong to the attacker was uploaded to Facebook immediately
prior to the attack-** And conveniently left up just long enough for the
msm to distribute a specific narrative far and wide*.* That specific
facebook presented narrative is pretty much all that is left o... more »
Study finds that Trump voters were not driven by economic concerns but rather concerns that their dominance as white Christians was being threatened.
Courtesy of the New York Times:
*Ever since Donald J. Trump began his improbable political rise, many
pundits have credited his appeal among white, Christian and male voters to
“economic anxiety.” Hobbled by unemployment and locked out of the recovery,
those voters turned out in force to send Mr. Trump, and a message, to
Washington. *
*Or so that narrative goes. *
*A study published on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences questions that explanation, the latest to suggest that Trump
voters weren’t driven by anger over the past, but rather fear of what may... more »
Passing Observations
*The world around you* is a reflection of your reaction of the world around
you.
And when you're crazy as a March Hare, maybe you need some sort of
mandatory institutional treatment rather than being set free to do harm?
I'm not an expert on mental illness except that I know that it takes
different forms. Some are more severe than others. Yet, it's still one of
those things that people don't like to talk about - or more importantly -
do anything about. A lot of the homeless people in America are simply nuts
and nobody wants to deal with that institutionally so they wander the
str... more »
Why Were Members of Congress Asking Mark Zuckerberg About Myanmar? A Primer.
A U.N. camp for displaced persons in Rakhine state. Credit: UK
International Development Agency/Wikimedia
During Mark Zuckerberg’s 10-plus hours of testimony before Congress on
April 10 and 11, the Facebook CEO was asked at least six times about his
company’s alleged censorship of conservative internet personalities Diamond
and Silk—to the point where New York Times technology reporter Kevin Roose
commented, “I think if you were an alien who dropped down to earth to
observe the testimony … you would think there was no one on earth who was
more important than Diamond and Silk.” In ... more »
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From Jenna Orkin
Estée Lauder is now paying employees $10,000 to adopt and giving parents 20
weeks of paid leave
Democratic Senator Alleges Trump's VA Pick Was Known As "Candy Man" For
Handing Out DrugsTaiwan To Simulate Chinese Invasion In Live-Fire Military
Drill Starting Next WeekArmenia Heats Up As The Proxy War ContinuesBelgium:
First Islamic State In Europe?Top Secret: DoD Building $110 Million Drone
Base In Niger
Hackers Steal $150K After Infiltrating Popular Ethereum Wallet
Facebook Readies For A Fight? Replaces US Policy Head With Former
Republican FCC Chair
"This Is Mushroo... more »
Macron’s mother’s face. Pictures of decadence or generations of Dorian Grays and Baudelaires?
Now we know why Emmanual Macron has to spend about 10,000 euros a month on
make up.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/24/emmanuel-macron-has-spent-26000-makeup-first-three-months-french/
Just googled and came across a picture of his mother…
https://www.voici.fr/news-people/actu-people/qui-est-francoise-nogues-la-mere-d-emmanuel-macron-636980
Emmanuel Macron has deigned to tell the French his thoughts are “too
complex” for journalists and the mere mob, and so we cannot expect him to
explain […]
RED FLAG! Mike Pompeo leaves Globalist operative US ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt to carry on false flags and regime change activities
Mike Pompeo, Donald Trump’s new state secretary has not fired George Soros
regime change and false flag fixer Geoffrey Pyatt, the US ambassador to
Greece, or indicated he plans to do so.
https://twitter.com/usambgreece?lang=de His predecessor Rex Tillerson fired
George Soros regime change architect in the Ukraine Victoria Nuland within
5 days of Trump’s inauguration and a week before […]
WILL THE GLOBALIST LAUNCH A FALSE FLAG TO DERAIL DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION TO NORTH KOREAN DENUCLEARIZATION DEAL?
With ever more signs that Donald Trump is a eugenicist Globalist, fears are
growing that the North Korea’s attempt to denuclearize using diplomacy will
be sabotaged to justify global war chaos after a Syrian false flag failed.
Big questions need to be asked about Trump’s new State Secretary Mike
Pompeo after Trump’s other picks for […]
Hillary Clinton, Uranium One, Urenco…
Well, it looks like Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State and Barack Obama
let a lot more of the US nuclear industry fall into foreign hands than
merely the Uranium One deal. Urenco provides one third of the U.S. demand
for military grade, uranium enrichment services and is owned by the UK,
Germany and the Netherlands. […]
FALSE FLAG ALERT! ARE TRUMP, MACRON PLANNING NEW FALSE FLAG, THIS TIME AGAINST IRAQ AFTER MAY 12TH
Ominous clues that Globalist Emmanual Macron and Donald Trump are planning
a false flag attack, and this time against Iraq after May 12th when the
current nuclear agreement runs out, may have emerged during Macron’s state
visit to the USA. In a separate development, false flag scares may also
have prompted 109 retired admirals and generals […]
DCCC Is Forcing Crappy Status Quo Candidates In Districts That Voted For Bernie Over Hillary-- CO-06
This morning Lee Fang broke a story at *The Intercept* that we touched on
back in January-- basically how the Democratic establishment is trying to
crush progressive CO-06 candidate Levi Tillemann in order to push their
corrupt conservative candidate Jason Crow. The story stars Steny Hoyer and
if it reminds you of what the DCCC did to Laura Moser in Texas, it
should... for more reasons that are apparent.
Last year Pelosi (along with her incompetent DCCC chair, Ben Ray Lujan)
were forced to allow the Democratic House conference to elect the leaders
of the DCCC. No one ran against ... more »
Volumes of higher-dimensional balls from Gaussians: the coolness and conceptual implications
Bill Zajc has agreed with me that the derivation of the volume of an
\(N\)-dimensional ball\[
V_N (R) = \frac{\pi^{N/2} } { \zav{\frac N2}! } R^N
\] where \(X!\) is the generalized factorial i.e. \(X! = X\cdot (X-1)!\),
\(0!=1\), \((-1/2)!=\sqrt{\pi}\), is something that simply has to impress a
kid who has a mathematical heart, especially the kind of a mathematical
heart that is relevant for theoretical physics.
I will try to discuss the derivation including some comments why it's so
cool and what one learns.
First, at some moment, the kid learns that the exponential with the base ... more »
Scientists Find New ‘Hidden’ Structure Inside Human DNA
Scientists Find New ‘Hidden’ Structure Inside Human DNA
http://ewao.com/2018/04/25/scientists-find-new-hidden-structure-inside-human-dna/
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Long-sought structure of telomerase paves way for new drugs for aging, cancer
Long-sought structure of telomerase paves way for new drugs for aging,
cancer
https://m.phys.org/news/2018-04-long-sought-telomerase-paves-drugs-aging.html
Common class of drugs linked to dementia even when taken 20 years before diagnosis
Medical Xpress: Common class of drugs linked to dementia even when taken 20
years before diagnosis
https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2018-04-common-class-drugs-linked-dementia.html
Scientists Find New ‘Hidden’ Structure Inside Human DNA
Scientists Find New ‘Hidden’ Structure Inside Human DNA
http://ewao.com/2018/04/25/scientists-find-new-hidden-structure-inside-human-dna/
Long-sought structure of telomerase paves way for new drugs for aging, cancer
Long-sought structure of telomerase paves way for new drugs for aging,
cancer
https://m.phys.org/news/2018-04-long-sought-telomerase-paves-drugs-aging.html
Astronomers witness galaxy megamerger
Astronomers witness galaxy megamerger
https://m.phys.org/news/2018-04-astronomers-witness-galaxy-megamerger.html
Did Air Force B-52 Bombers Just Practice an Attack on China?
*Asia Times*
*Security, *
Some reports seem to suggest so.
A pair of US B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers reportedly flew within
250 kilometers of Guangdong’s coastline in southern China on Tuesday
afternoon, according to Taiwan media and Aircraft Spots, a Twitter group
that tracks aircraft movement and the deployment of the US Air Force.
The two long-range bombers, bearing registration numbers 57-1454 and
60-0360 with call signs HERO01 and HERO02, were spotted above the Bashi
Channel between Taiwan and the Philippines and were believed to have come
from the US outpost of G... more »
UnPacked Shorts – how men subvert the long hours work culture
If family life is the main driver of the gender pay–gap, shouldn’t work
culture be more family friendly? In this UnPacked short, Peter Franklin,
Charlotte Pickles and Sally Chatterton discuss how women are penalised in
their career progression by antiquated working practices, while
family–minded men simply subvert the “rules”. Read the UnPacked behind the
short […]
The post UnPacked Shorts – how men subvert the long hours work culture
appeared first on UnHerd.
Labour 22 Points Ahead in London per Guido Fawkes
Guido Fawkes reports
https://order-order.com/2018/04/26/labour-22-points-ahead-london/ that
Labour have a 22 point lead in London ahead of the local government
elections next week.
People will ask 'how can this be the case' with all the coverage of
antisemitism issues in the Labour Party? However could it be possible that
being seen as antisemitic, or at least as being soft on antisemitism, is
helping the Labour Party in large parts of London?
VA nominee debacle may distract from the agency's 3 major problems
Richard Lachmann, Professor of Sociology, University at Albany, State University of New York at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 17 hours ago
Trump's nominee for secretary of Veterans Affairs is fighting allegations
of misconduct, while the agency's deep issues of funding and access
continue to fester.
Senate confirmation: The grilling can be grueling
Capri Cafaro, Executive in Residence, American University School of Public Affairs at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 17 hours ago
Senate confirmation for many of President Trump's nominees has been tough.
In this speed read, The Conversation asks: What is Senate confirmation, and
why do we do it?
Armenia rejects the 'politics of eternity'
Chase
Johnson, Research Associate, Frank Church Institute, Boise State
University School of Public Service , Boise State University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 17 hours ago
Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan was just deposed. His party's still
in power, though, and he could end up ruling anyway, behind a curtail like
the Wizard of Oz.
Female firefighters defy old ideas of who can be an American hero
Lorraine Dowler, Associate Professor of Geography and Women's Studies, Pennsylvania State University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 17 hours ago
The 10,300 women serving in fire departments across the US face ill-fitting
gear, hostility and sexism. But in the end, they say, people "don't care
you're a woman when their house is on fire.'
One Prince is Born as Another UK Tot Told to Die by Legal System
Below is the story of Alfie Evans, a UK Tot for whom life will not be a
grand and soft as that for the young Prince just born. Alfie has what the
media is calling "a mystery illness," struck down...
Why 1 isn't prime
Natalie Wolchover is among those who believe that one should be considered
a prime integer:
Why isn't 1 prime? It would make the primes truly the building blocks of
all natural numbers (rather than "all natural numbers except 1," which
bothers me... which says a lot about me). According to Wikipedia it's a
touchy subject: pic.twitter.com/bsFw8AJk0Y
— Natalie Wolchover (@nattyover) April 24, 2018
Well, she's wrong. One isn't prime *exactly* because it's not a building
block of natural numbers. More precisely, it's totally useless as a
building block.
Or as a follower of hers wrote:... more »
Biggest Wind Turbines Won’t Solve Our Energy Problems–Delingpole
By Paul Homewood h/t AC Osborn Dellers has a very good piece in the Mail
today: What could be more clean and natural than harvesting energy from the
power of wind using gigantic turbines? Environmentalists have dreamed of
this since at least the Thirties, when a Nazi German inventor called Dr
Franz Lawaszeck theorised how […]
Things You May Not Know About Chernobyl
From Greenpeace.org: “15 things you didn’t know about Chernobyl Blogpost by
Celine Mergan – 9 April, 2016 at 11:00 In …
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Chernobyl’s Children of Hope Rehab Centre: As Russia Sells Nuclear Power Station to Belarus; Govt Services for Chernobyl Survivors Cut; Greenpeace and others offer help
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
70% of Chernobyl fallout poured down upon neighboring Belarus. 30 years
later the government is failing…
Governments Cut Services to Chernobyl Survivors while Spending Billions on Nuclear Power Stations
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
From Greenpeace.org: “Stand in solidarity with Chernobyl survivors! Today
five million people in the Ukraine, Russia…
Apparently Melania Trump has a restraining order against her husband's lips.
Trump didn't kiss Melania but didn't have any issue kissing the French
First Lady Brigitte Macron. pic.twitter.com/7mIdo7SNg6
— Red T Raccoon (@RedTRaccoon) April 24, 2018
It appears that his lips have to stay at least eight inches away at all
times.
Clearly Macron's wife needs one of those as well to keep the old man
slobber off of her face.
I'm not going to lie, I don't think I will ever get tired of seeing Melania
reject Trump's advances in public.
EVER.
On the Therapeutic Model of Philosophizing
The purpose of Martha C. Nussbaum’s *The Therapy of Desire: Theory and
Practice in Hellenistic Ethics* is to investigate the therapeutic
philosophy preached by the three major Hellenistic Schools, Epicurean,
Stoic, and Skeptic. The view was widespread among the Hellenistic
philosophers that human diseases can be cured by modifying the passions
through reasoning and argumentation.
They believed that philosophy heals the diseases caused by false beliefs;
and to deliver therapy, they deployed rhetorical and literary forms in
complex ways.
Philosophy in the Hellenistic age was a tool ... more »
Arbitrary adjustment of global temperature data destroys credibility
“This was a huge problem for Barack Obama, because he wanted to be
remembered for healing the planet and slowing the rise of the seas. So I
predicted over three years ago that the satellite data would be massively
tampered … Continue reading →
2018.04.26
… a lot of physical training, exercise, bathing, which is recommended so
much, is wrong for esotericists. It draws them into the center of the
physical, while they should be striving above all to behave calmly, not to
walk too much, to move their limbs as little as possible. Jag minns att jag
skrev någon … Continue reading 2018.04.26 →
SAA unleashes ground-to-ground offensive on IS positions south of Damascus – reports
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:20 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) reportedly
launched Golan 1000 ground-to-ground missiles on Wednesday to further its
offensive on targets in the district of Hajar al-Aswad, south of Damascus,
against the remaining members of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS,
formerly ISIS/ISIL) still in the capital’s suburbs. Footage also showed
foot soldier […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
BANKERS; TSB; HENRY DUNCAN; RBS; FRED GOODWIN; BCCI
*Dumfries Academy, attended by Henry Duncan.*
*The TSB - the Trustee Savings Bank *- was founded by the* Reverend Henry
Duncan*, in Dumfries and Galloway, in the early 19th century.
*It was the world's first commercial savings bank.*
*The bank's aim aim to help the working people of Dumfriesshire.*
Henry Duncan never received any financial reward from his bank.
*Laurieston, Dumfries and Galloway*
The current TSB is no longer like Henry Duncan's TSB.
The TSB is now part of the Spanish banking group Sabadell.
The current TSB is about making the top bankers rich.
The TSB has been ... more »
Jewish Groups Say Labour Isn't Doing Enough To Stop Anti-Semitism
https://youtu.be/btEMYUnjehs
This video is from Good Morning Britain and Piers Morgan, not my favourite
person, has two solid interviews with Barry Gardiner and Jonathan
Goldstein. The former is his usual self, apologetic but unwilling to
criticise his boss, Jeremy "quack quack" Corbyn. The latter is very good
and makes a good point comparing Jeremy Corbyn's no nonsense, immediate
response to the Windrush affair to his dilatory response to antisemitism in
the Labour Party and unwillingness to make it clear where he stands, by
actions not words.
The U.S. Is Not Going To Confront China Over The South China Sea
*Mark J. Valencia, The Diplomat:* *The South China Sea: Reality Is Slowly
Sinking In*
*It’s finally clear that the United States is not willing to confront China
in the disputed waters.*
China continues to militarize the South China Sea features it occupies and
to assert its questionable maritime claims versus other claimants. U.S.
rhetoric has sharply criticized China’s behavior and implied dire
consequences if it persists. But China has persisted and it has become
clear that America is not going to rescue the other claimants from
perceived intimidation and coercion. The realizat... more »
Gazan Journalist Shot by Israeli Forces Dies from His Wounds
RT Published on Apr 25, 2018 A photo-journalist from Gaza has died of a
bullet wound he sustained while documenting a demonstration close to the
Israeli border earlier this month. end
Iranian Naval Commander Threatens To Sink US Ships, Create “Catastrophic Situation” If Trump Kills Deal
Have the Iranians finally become so fed up with the provocations,
lawlessness, genocide, terrorism …. of the west and Zionist ‘666’ Israel,
the Satanic counterfeit, that they are ready for WW3? They know war is
coming whether they want it or not. – Note: the Iranian general is hinting
at some new technology/weapon that they […]
Macron thinks Trump won’t stand by the Iran nuclear deal
North Korea can read America's commitments to peace by how it treats Iran
More
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first on The Duran.
Planned Parenthood & The Commercialisation of Fetal Tissue
Planned Parenthood openly sold fetal tissue they secured with 500 million
dollars of subsidy in the USA. I hear 800 black babies a day are aborted in
the USA. What do you think of Black Lives...
Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large
number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced
Whether it’s Russiagate, Skripal or Syria, the Media Have Lost Their Grip on Reality
*Paul Mansfield* | Despite a series of collapsing mainstream narratives,
the establishment can't help but doubling-down on their government-issued
official conspiracy theories.
YouTube Bans Gaza Video Tribute to Palestinian Journalists Killed by Israeli Snipers
*SOTT* | Paying tribute to Palestinian journalists shot dead by Israeli
snipers will get you censored by YouTube.
Qanon - Flynn?
I suspected a long time ago that Flynn was heading up the military Intel
operation against the DEEP State. This gives us the first crumbs of
confirmation. long ago i learned ignore official content and search the
edges with my peripheral vision for indications of intent and ask what i
would do as well.
We also now understand that what is happening is that the administration is
globally supporting an Awakening of all the people and working toward
giving political control back to them. All elites will become irrelevant.
[ My own comment on this ambition is that it is possible... more »
Qanon Waiting for the shoe to drop
The center of all evil in this world is the global conspiracy operating
around pedophilia and its internal hierarchy. Because of its nature and as
i have discussed before, it is the only possible sustainable conspiracy in
the world at large.
All other putative conspiracies fall apart because of money and betrayal.
Cleansing the world of this removes an alternate global organization
clearly working to establish a dictatorship able to protect the underlying
conspiracy itself. The take down has to be huge and what we have seen is
crumbs so far mostly in the form of catch and rele... more »
Rip it up and start again: the case for a new economics
I have been making this argument forever, essentially because i am a
mathematician and a scientist and i have been intimately involved with the
creation of economic protocols for business propositions for over fifty
years. Early i understood that base economic thinking was terribly
misleading and broken.
I ultimately synthesized input from anthropology, sociology and empirical
market making to reorder the foundations of my economics.
The critical object of economics is not the lone person but the natural
community instead which is approximately 150 individuals and ruled... more »
Sun looks like a cueball
First off, this is extraordinary and we really do not know what it means
except that it perhaps coincides with significant deep changes in the solar
interior that is part of a long term cyclical movement linked to the known
solar cycle.
Our knowledge is terribly prospective. Thanks to 2010, we now know that an
El Nino event a decade earlier is able to shift heat into the Arctic and
thus open the North West Passage. We know this explains the viking uses of
this passage and their presence in Vinland.
That is pretty well as good as our knowledge really takes us. We can make
... more »
Canadian Government Wants To Extinguish The Centennial Flame That Burns In Front Of Parliament Hill
The federal government is looking at options to replace natural gas as a
fuel source for the Centennial Flame - among them, LED lights. (Philippe
Turgeon/CBC)
*Toronto Star: **'Greening' project could end use of fossil fuel for
Centennial Flame*
Carbon-offset deal for Centennial Flame monument costs about $20,000, but
longer-term solution sought.
Will the Centennial Flame monument on Parliament Hill, with its dancing
fires lit by natural gas, become the Centennial LED?
The federal government has launched a study of options to cut the flow of
natural gas from Western Canada to the... more »
Midnight Meme Of The Day!
*by Noah*
There are actually people who will try to convince you that Paul Ryan is
not a fan of Señor Trumpanzee. The photo for tonight's meme puts the lie to
that in an instant. Just look at that adoring expression on Ryan's face.
This is a man with his idol, a puppy with his master. It's also a picture
of a pair of mangy disease carrying rodents that are the faces of the
Republican Party.
I wonder what was discussed the day this photo was taken. I have little
doubt that there was a snickering nudge-nudge discussion of porn stars and
whores. I have even less doubt that that woul... more »
Balancing nuclear and renewable energy
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?:
Solar panels now are on the property of the closed Rancho Seco Nuclear
Generating Station, near Sacramento, CA. Feb. 2009 Image: Wikipedia By
Cathy Milostan, Argonne National Laboratory Nuclear power plants typically
run either at full capacity or not at all. Yet the plants have the
technical ability…
And They Say President Trump Is A Narsicist
Narcissism is having your photo taken ... while another photographer takes
your photo ... of you autographing photos ... of yourself. #cdnpoli
pic.twitter.com/SkW72dfQus
— Pundit Class 🇨🇦 (@punditclass) April 20, 2018
*WNU Editor:* A photographer taking a picture of a photographer taking a
picture of Prime Minister Trudeau signing a picture of himself. And the
funny part .... many Liberals think this is cool.
I Want To Live My Life In Such A Way That...A Quotation from Steve Maraboli
*To enlarge for clearer reading just click on the image.*
Saudi Arabia Wants To Cut Qatar Off – Literally
Saudi Arabia hopes that the psychological pressure of being cut off from
the mainland together with the deployment of a Saudi base and the
construction of a nuclear storage facility on the southern half of the
newly created “island” will ensure that Qatar continues to feel under
threat, though this might inadvertently backfire by triggering a “siege
mentality” among its population.
The post Saudi Arabia Wants To Cut Qatar Off – Literally appeared first on
OrientalReview.org.
Canada Expecting Another Massive Wave Of Migrants At The Border
*Toronto Star:* *Quebec preparing for up to 400 asylum seekers a day at the
U.S. border this summer*
Between Jan. 1 and April 14 of 2018, 6,074 asylum seekers have arrived in
Quebec — three times more than the number of people that crossed the border
in 2017.
MONTREAL—Quebec government is demanding that Ottawa come up with a new plan
for handling asylum seekers with projections that up to 400 people each day
could begin crossing into Canada this summer.
“Last year, we peaked at about 250 a day and that was considered massive,”
said Quebec Immigration Minister David Heurtel. “Righ... more »
Tweets For Today
These photos were taken just 50 metres apart, on the military demarcation
line between North and South Korea. The state of the current relationship
between the two means I had to travel over 2000km (and convince a lot of
people) before I was able to make them happen. #DMZ
pic.twitter.com/8LsQ44ojtV
— Ed Jones (@edwardesjones) April 25, 2018
#UPDATE: The leaders of North and South Korea will meet at the Military
Demarcation Line that divides the peninsula for their summit on Friday,
Seoul says https://t.co/u9fFbPAJvU pic.twitter.com/xmY6Wd8QQ4
— AFP news agency (@AFP) April 26, 201... more »
WhatsApp to raise minimum age limit to 16 in EU
I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it: WhatsApp to raise
minimum age limit to 16 in EU – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43888647
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Astronomers witness galaxy megamerger
Astronomers witness galaxy megamerger
https://m.phys.org/news/2018-04-astronomers-witness-galaxy-megamerger.html
5 Rare Diseases You’ve Never Heard of (Until Now)
https://curofy.com/news/38017-5-Rare-Diseases-You-ve-Never-Heard-of–Until-Now
#Royal Baby Celebrated Across The World While Yemen Gets Bombed Again
*21WIRE* | More lives lost in Yemen and another dirty proxy war rages on in
the Middle East – is this worth your time MSM?
Russian move to block Telegram creates wider access problems for Russian Internet users
Clumsy implementation of mass IP bans create a difficulty in accessing
global Internet resources, in a move that is NOT based in propaganda More
The post Russian move to block Telegram creates wider access problems for
Russian Internet users appeared first on The Duran.
Trump: Middle Eastern countries need to ‘step it up tremendously’ regarding Arab participation in Syria
After all, jihadists don't saw off heads, dodge bullets, invade cities, and
destabilize countries for free More
The post Trump: Middle Eastern countries need to ‘step it up tremendously’
regarding Arab participation in Syria appeared first on The Duran.
French President Macron Believes President Trump Will Withdraw From The Iran Nuclear Accord
*Bloomberg:* *Macron Says He Thinks Trump Will Pull Out of Iran Nuclear
Deal*
* U.S. president may quit accord ‘for domestic reasons’: Macron
* Trump has set May 12 deadline for strengthening nuclear accord
French President Emmanuel Macron said he thinks U.S. President Donald Trump
will withdraw from the Iran nuclear accord, dealing a blow to the
six-nation agreement reached in 2015 and endorsed by world powers.
“My view — I don’t know what your president will decide — is that he will
get rid of this deal on his own for domestic reasons.” Macron told
journalists Wednesday in Washi... more »
Qatar Should Finance American Military Presence in Syria Or Lose US Support – Saudi FM
Qatar: “But ISIS has been defeated. We don’t need to be in Syria any
more!”. Saudi Arabia: “We’re ISIS you IDIOT! cough cough I mean we need to
fight for liberty, peace, prosperity.. apple pies and liberty fries ….
democracy … wait a minute, this last one don’t sound right!” – RT Published
on Apr 25, […]
Qatar Govt. Must Send Troops to Syria Or Lose US Support and be Toppled – Saudi FM
Qatar Govt. Must Send Troops to Syria Or Lose US Support and be Toppled –
Saudi FM by https://www.rt.com/ Riyadh appears to be trying to bully
regional rival and fellow US ally Qatar into going to war in Syria, with
the Saudi foreign minister citing the US leader’s call for “wealthy”
nations to stump up and […]
Is the U.S. Government Evil? You Tell Me
Is the U.S. Government Evil? You Tell Me by John W.
Whitehead, https://www.rutherford.org/ Is the U.S. government evil? You
tell me. This is a government that treats its citizens like faceless
statistics and economic units to be bought, sold, bartered, traded,
tracked, tortured, and eventually eliminated once they’ve outgrown their
usefulness. – This is a government that […]
‘That Will Teach Them’: Israeli Soldiers Gloat & Cheer as They Shoot Palestinian Protesters (VIDEO)
“In 2001, Dr. Ariella Oppenheim, of Hebrew University, a biologist,
published the first extensive study of DNA and the origin of the Jews. Her
research found that virtually all the Jews came from Khazar blood. Not only
that but Oppenheim discovered that the Palestinians—the very people whom
the Jews had been persecuting and ejecting from […]
‘They Want People to Support a Big War’: Media Stokes Fears After Toronto Attack
Emphasis mine: ‘They Want People to Support a Big War’: Media Stokes Fears
After Toronto Attack by https://sputniknews.com/ Canadian police on Monday
steered clear of suggesting that 25-year-old Alek Minassian, believed to
have driven a van into a group of pedestrians, killing 10, is Muslim, or
the attack part of a terrorist plot. But that didn’t […]
Peter Schiff: Gold To Spike By $100/Day Over Many Days In A Row
Peter Schiff: Gold To Spike By $100/Day Over Many Days In A Row
by https://www.silverdoctors.com/ Peter Schiff says once gold takes off,
it’s going to be like “an invading army busting through the castle doors”.
Here’s why… Peter Schiff interviewed by Mike Adams via Natural News: –
(Natural News) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, launched his new
“Counterthink” program on the Infowars network […]
The World Now Knows: ‘It’s the British Empire, Stupid!’
What LaRouche term as the “British Empire”, I term as the western
Illuminati. They are one and the same. It is the Anglo-American Zionist
Satanic cabal that is in charge of the west. At the head of the serpent are
the Old Black (as in EVIL) Nobility of Europe headed by the British
Monarchy. These […]
OPCW Finds No Chemical Weapons at Syrian Facilities Bombed by US – Russian MoD
OPCW Finds No Chemical Weapons at Syrian Facilities Bombed by US – Russian
MoD by https://sputniknews.com/ Last week, the fact-finding mission of the
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) visited a site
in the Damascus suburb of Douma to collect samples in connection with the
alleged April 7 chemical attack. – Chief of the […]
A Furtive Glance at the US’s Ongoing War Preparations Against Russia
Will the serpents be able to trigger their Satanic WW3? A Furtive Glance at
the US’s Ongoing War Preparations Against Russia by ARKADY
SAVITSKY, https://www.strategic-culture.org/ While the world’s attention is
riveted on Syria, the US is significantly boosting its forces in Europe.
And these are not just divisions streaming in to take part in some
exercises that […]
Gohmert On Mueller
Gohnert illustrates the dirt on Mueller Continue reading →
Picture Of The Day
The "Ingosstrakh Exclusive Classic Day" car rally kicked off by the
Metropol Hotel in Moscow's center. © Sputnik / Iliya Pitalev
*WNU Editor:* The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... *Vintage
Car Rally in Moscow* (Sputnik). On a personal note .... before the
revolution my great-grandfather was a car enthusiast and he opened a
factory in Moscow to build cars .... but the revolution changed everything.
Wikipedia's post on Russia's car industry is rather good, and the link is
here .... *Automotive industry in Russia* (Wikipedia).
Simon & Garfunkel, “Mrs. Robinson”
Simon & Garfunkel, “Mrs. Robinson”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C1BCAgu2I8
“Sitting on a sofa on a Sunday afternoon,
Going to the candidate’s debate.
Laugh about it, shout about it,
When you've got to choose,
Every way you look at it you lose...”
"A Look to the Heavens"
“A now famous picture from the Hubble Space Telescope featured Pillars of
Creation, star forming columns of cold gas and dust light-years long inside
M16, the Eagle Nebula. This false-color composite image views the nearby
stellar nursery using data from the Herschel Space Observatory's panoramic
exploration of interstellar clouds along the plane of our Milky Way galaxy.
Herschel's far infrared detectors record the emission from the region's
cold dust directly.
*Click image for larger size.*
The famous pillars are included near the center of the scene. While the
central group of hot... more »
"A Complete Substitute For Life..."
"The Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that
for some people it is a complete substitute for life."
~ Andrew Brown
Chet Raymo, “The Wild Silence And The Wild Dark”
*“The Wild Silence And The Wild Dark”*
by Chet Raymo
"It is probably obvious by now that I have been reading Yeats. So let me
share one more poem, "He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven":
“Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.”
There is a wonderfully sexy scene in “Frankie Starlight” where Anne
Parillau... more »
"Sooner Or Later..."
“Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences.”
– Robert Louis Stevenson
X22 Report, “They Feel Threatened, Deep State Changes Tactics, Next Move Could Be Huge”
X22 Report, “They Feel Threatened,
Deep State Changes Tactics, Next Move Could Be Huge”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4vD7PjHtSE
*Related followup report:*
X22 Report, ”The Central Bank Experiment Failed,
Germany Moves Closer To The Silk Road”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP8bofIjLdk
The State Of The Arab World In One Picture
Arab leaders pose for a photo during the 29th Arab League Summit in Dhahran
city, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday April 14, 2018. press photo
*Simon Henderson, The Hill*: *Awaiting change: State of the Arab world is
captured in photo from Saudi summit*
It is going to be a long, hot summer in the Middle East — continuing civil
wars in Syria and Yemen, tension on the Israel-Gaza border, the Iran
nuclear deal being extended or ending, the opening next month of the new
U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, and who knows what else will happen. Some of
this turmoil may be self-inflicted, but all are challe... more »
After Pompeo Is Confirmed We'll Be Hearing Lots About "Bloody Gina"
I'm really looking forward to former Democrat Joe Lieberman's OpEd on why
Democrats need to confirm Torture Princess Gina Haspell. He hasn't
published it yet, just one called Senate should fulfill constitutional
duty, confirm Mike Pompeo. Pompeo has to move on the State before Haspell
cn be voted on for his old job at the CIA. Lieberman hectored Democratic
senators that the pro-Pompeo and anti-Pompeo votes are "breaking along
partisan lines which is contrary to precedent for this important position
and bad for our country because it sends a message of internal division to
our alli... more »
Flamengo Draws 0x0 Against Santa Fe in Copa Libertadores
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On
Wednesday, April 25th, Flamengo continued its 2018 Copa Libertadores
campaign drawing 0-0 with Colombian side Independiente Santa Fe (Sante Fe)
in Bogotá, Colombia. In the first match between these two clubs, a
closed-door affair at Maracanã Stadium on April 18th, Flamengo took the
early […]
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