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Neonic & Bees – The Experiment Begins
The EU has banned Neonic pesticides. Now we'll find out if they are the cause of bee colony collapses.
Not Everyone Believes In Putin-Gate... And Many People Never Believed In Watergate Either
On Thursday, John Schildler, writing for *The Observer* compared Putin-Gate and Watergate, noting that the former Is Really Just Watergate for Morons—With Russians. And Schindler, like many of us, really is obsessed by how incredibly stupid Trump and his team really are. So... not just the most corrupt president in history, but, probably, the stupidest and least capable as well. Recipe for disaster. Trump, he wrote, "is viewed with undisguised contempt for his venality and stupidity, even by his hand-picked top staff. Trump’s own National Security Council chair observed that, duri... more »
Atrial Fibrillation Diet: What to Eat and Avoid
A cardiologist’s look at diet and Atrial fibrillation Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is the a common abnormal heart rhythm plaguing millions of people. In fact, Afib is the most frequent reason why people come to my office. Afib is associated with an increased risk for stroke, heart failure, dementia and mortality. The risk of atrial fibrillation […] The post Atrial Fibrillation Diet: What to Eat and Avoid appeared first on The Drs. Wolfson.
Armenia's Parliament Will Not Nominate A Candidate From The Ruling Party For Prime minister
*BBC:* *Armenia crisis: Ruling party quits PM race* Armenia's ruling party has said it will not put up a candidate in Tuesday's parliamentary vote for a new prime minister in a bid to ease tensions. It means the new prime minister will not come from the dominant Republican Party, for the first time since 1999. The party said it would back another candidate on the day of the vote. Opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan, who has led mass protests that forced the last prime minister to resign, says he should be the country's new leader. Serzh Sargsyan resigned on 23 April. He had been ac... more »
BBC Radio 4 marks a year out from Brexit - a review
So how did BBC Radio 4's much-anticipated Brexit day - *Britain at the Crossroads* - on 29 March pan out? This, you may recall, was the BBC's way of marking one year before the date when we leave the EU, and it was evidently meant to showcase the BBC's range, depth and impartiality. I've not have the time to write about it so far, frustratingly, but I have (at last) finally heard it all. In lieu of a full-scale review (to come, no doubt, from the good folk at News-watch), I'll give my own impressions at, hopefully, not *too* great length (as John Milton might have said before p... more »
Musical Interlude: Manuel Iman, “This Moment Called Now”
Manuel Iman, “This Moment Called Now” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIno6Yu3rLE
"A Look to the Heavens"
"The constellation of Orion is much more than three stars in a row. It is a direction in space that is rich with impressive nebulas. To better appreciate this well-known swath of sky, an extremely long exposure was taken over many clear nights in 2013 and 2014. After 212 hours of camera time and an additional year of processing, the featured 1400-exposure collage spanning over 40 times the angular diameter of the Moon emerged. *Click image for larger size.* Of the many interesting details that have become visible, one that particularly draws the eye is Barnard's Loop, the bright red c... more »
Nothing Regarding the GHG Effect Can Explain the Record Low Temperatures in the Mid-West
The US Midwest is having the coldest spring on record, almost 20 degrees colder than 1910 – when CO2 was just over 300 PPM. Continue Reading Please Like, Share, Subscribe and Comment Advertisements
Why Is China Testing A Laser At Their Military Base In Djibouti?
*C4ISRNet*: *Who’s testing a laser in Djibouti?* Laser war is already here, and it might be so annoying it turns fatal. I am speaking not about directed energy weapons, the high-powered beams of light that most closely resemble the blasters and lasguns of science fiction. No, this is a simpler menace, one less about melting holes in objects and more on the side of blinding cameras and, occasionally, pilots. The news in this particular case is a Notice to Airmen from the U.S. military, sent out April 14th and in effect until at least June 14th, warning pilots of a laser in use nea... more »
Okinawa: U.S. strategy to circumvent protests
- Yesterday, due to the swell of the crowd at the construction gate at Camp Schwab, the government cancelled the usual convoy of dump trucks delivering huge rocks that are placed in Oura Bay. So about 50 people, including our VFP delegation, were taken to a Nago City port where the government has been loading rocks onto a ship that then takes them directly to Oura Bay in order to circumvent the gate blockades. Our job yesterday at the port was to stand in front of dump trucks as they drove up to unload their rock cargo which was then scooped up and placed... more »
"If The Earth Were Only..."
"If the earth were only a few feet in diameter, floating a few feet above a field somewhere, people would come from everywhere to marvel at it. People would walk around it marveling at its big pools of water, its little pools, and the water flowing between the pools. People would marvel at the bumps on it, and the holes in it, and they would marvel at the very thin layer of gas surrounding it and the water suspended in the gas. The people would marvel at all the creatures walking around the surface of the ball and at the creatures in the water. The people would declare it sacred bec... more »
How To Stop Trump
Robert Reich - 3 hours ago
Why did working class voters choose a selfish, thin-skinned, petulant, lying, narcissistic,... more »
North Korea Wants To Meet President Trump In Beijing Or Shanghai. The U.S. Wants To Meet Kim Jong-Un In Singapore Or Mongolia
*SCMP:* *Why Kim Jong-un may not want to meet Donald Trump in Singapore* While the Lion City may be Washington’s preferred choice for the groundbreaking meeting, the North Korean leader is believed to want to stay closer to home Kim Jong-un may be reluctant to travel to Singapore for his proposed summit meeting with Donald Trump, analysts said, citing a range of factors including North Korea’s distant relations with the city state and Kim’s reluctance to travel by air. Following Friday’s historic sessions between North and South Korea, the focus will shift to the proposed landmar... more »
Is UK Gov. Using “Hate Speech” Laws to Try to Cover Up Murder of Alfie Evans?
[image: is-uk-gov-using-hate-speech-laws-to-try-to-cover-up-murder-of-alfie-evans] It’s bad enough that the British government played medical judge and jury before the death of little Alfie Evans, denying his parents the opportunity to take him to Italy for care. They also, say critics, have used the hate-speech principle to cover up their own complicity.
Foreign Policy Failure: America Has Not Learned from Its Wars
*Daniel L. Davis* *Security, Middle East* America must take a hard, critical, and unemotional look at its foreign policy in the post–9/11 era. It’s time for the Washington foreign-policy establishment to consider the seemingly unthinkable: perpetual foreign-military operations and occupations do not enhance American national security and economic prosperity. Overwhelming evidence—currently on painful display in Syria, Afghanistan and Yemen —reveals the stark reality that these operations drain our nation of critical resources, produces a slow-bleed of U.S. troops, and deteriora... more »
America's New Economy: To the Risk Takers Go the Spoils
*Samuel Rines* *Economics, North America* [image: A worker paints a section of the inaugural platform in front of the Capitol in Washington] When dynamism decelerates, wage gains are likely to falter. Sometimes, the grass is greener. Economists, perplexed by the lack of wage pressures generated by the current economy, were looking in the wrong places. The quitters are the ones being paid. Former Fed Chair Janet Yellen once stated that quits, as measured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, were one of her favorite indicators. When people are ... more »
5 Best .22 Caliber Guns on the Planet (Ruger Made the Cut, Twice)
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, North America* The best of the best at .22. The .22 Long Rifle (also known as 5.7×17mmR) cartridge is the oldest firearm cartridge still in common use. The “.22 LR” is so old that the cartridge’s date of invention is nearer to the Declaration of Independence than the present day. Despite the diminutive bullet’s age, it is still the most popular sub-.223 round in America by a wide margin, and the fifth most popular caliber overall, with more than a hundred thousand .22 LR rifles and pistols chambered sold every year. Invented in 1878 by the J. Stevens ... more »
The Army Wants to Destroy a Tank (without Destroying a City)
*Michael Peck* *Security, Europe* A good idea, but will it pan out? The U.S. Army has a problem. If its dismounted soldiers encounter enemy armored vehicles during a fight in a city, those vehicles will need to be neutralized. The problem is that any explosive powerful enough to destroy an enemy tank—for example, a Russian T-14 Armata tank—will likely devastate the surrounding buildings and their civilian inhabitants. Therefore, the Army wants a soft-kill weapon that can knock out a tank without obliterating a city block. As the Army research solicitation puts it with understate... more »
5 Worst Russian Rifles of All Time
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Europe* You would not want to go to war with these guns. Period. Russia is famous for producing the AK rifle, an amazing design known for its reliability under adverse conditions. However, Russia has also fielded some rifles with questionable or just plain bad designs and characteristics. Here are some of the worst Russian and Soviet rifle designs to have seen the light of day. *Avtomat Shpagina Obr. 1944* While Shpagin is best known for his submachine gun, the PPSh-41, he also entered the 1944 trials to build an automatic weapon for the new intermedia... more »
Forget Nuclear Weapons: North Korea Has Lots of Ways to Make Its Military More Deadly
*Ryo Hinata-Yamaguchi* *Security, Asia* Here's what to look out for. On April 20, North Korea held the Third Plenary Meeting of the Seventh Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK). The North Korean state media declared the “great victory” for the “WPK’s line of simultaneously pushing forward the economic construction and the building of a nuclear force.” After flattering the achievements of the policy, North Korea stated that it will suspend nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests, while also affirming to no first use, and no transfer of nucle... more »
Did Donald Trump Save the F-15 and F/A-18 (and Boeing)?
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, North America* Perhaps. The Trump Administration’s rise to power has proven to be a boon for Boeing’s fighter programs. In previous years, both the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and F-15 Eagle production lines were expected to shut down as Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter looked set to dominate the fighter market both domestically and internationally. However, with domestic defense funding boosted and new overseas sales, the future looks brighter for both jets. “I think after several years of having to endure the damage of sequestration and a cha... more »
Why the Navy Is Completely Desperate for More Aircraft Carriers
*Zachary Keck* *Security, North America* And Congress might be able to make it happen. The House Armed Services Committee is seeking to accelerate the construction of a new aircraft carrier and wants to examine the possibility of extending the life of a current one. The message: America needs more carriers—and fast. In the lastest mark up the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee inserted language to move up the construction of the next Ford-class carrier. “The Secretary of the Navy may enter into one or more... more »
Louie Gohmert on Robert Mueller
https://www.scribd.com/document/377409983/Gohmert-Mueller-UNMASKED# “I was one of the few who were NOT surprised when Mueller started selecting his assistants in the Special Counsel’s office who had reputations for being bullies, for indicting people who were not guilty of the charges, for forcing people toward bankruptcy by running up their attorney’s fees (while the bullies in the Special Counsel’s office enjoy an apparently endless government budget), or by threatening innocent family members with prosecution so the Special Counsel’s victim would agree to pleading guilty to any... more »
North Korea Still Relies On China For Economic And Political Security
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. KCNA/via Reuters *SCMP*: *North Korea still looking to China for economic and political security, analysts say* It won’t be possible to move forward on denuclearisation without Beijing giving Pyongyang the incentives to give up its weapons, according to experts China is still an indispensable player in the Korean peninsula issue following Friday’s historic summit, because Beijing can provide economic and political assurance to Pyongyang, analysts said. After North Korean leader Kim Jong-un a... more »
Censorship Is Alive And Thriving In the USA—Especially Via The Internet
By Catherine J. Frompovich It’s finally happened? Congress woke up to the problem(s) it helped create with regard to censorship on the Internet by pandering... more »
MSNBC's Joy Reid apologizes for insensitive blog posts from the past, while also not taking full responsibility.
Courtesy Raw Story: *Calling her comments “despicable and wrong,” Reid copped to writing some of the offense comments, but said she truly believed she did not write them all. * *“A community I support and deeply care about is hurting because of despicable and truly offensive posts being attributed to me,” the somber Reid began. “Many of you have seen the blog posts circulating online and social media. Many of them are homophobic and discriminatory and hateful. When a friend found them and sent them to me, I was stunned. Frankly I couldn’t imagine where they came from and whose vo... more »
Scott Pruitt’s Doublespeak Clarifies Him
*by Skip Kaltenheuser* Allow me to introduce a friend, Elliott Negin, who writes for the Union of Concerned Scientists. The UCS, marshals volunteers and a network of twenty-thousand scientists for a variety of objectives including fighting misinformation and attacks on science, on matters from global warming to pollution to nuclear weapons. Elliott just wrote an essay considering a speech by Scott Pruitt, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, before CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference, The analysis underscores Pruitt’s startling hypocrisy, most rece... more »
China Is Rushing To Develop Stealth Technology For Its Planes
An Air Force F-22 Raptor (left) flies with an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter over Florida. USAF Photo by Master Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock *Zachary Keck, National Interest:* *China Has a Plan to Unstealth the F-35 and F-22* *China is trying to devise ways to make its nonstealthy aircraft radar resistant.* This week, the Hong Kong–based South China Morning Post reported that China is working on experimental technologies to make even its older aircraft appear stealthy to most radar systems. Citing scientists working on the project, the SCMP said, “The technology involves the use of a ‘metamate... more »
Seeing what should be (but isn’t, alas) obvious
= No, we will do the choosing == Earlier, I posted a lengthy critique of an issue of the economics newsletter published by my friend, John Mauldin. In a separate newsletter, another friend (of very different political persuasion) Mark Anderson of the Strategic News Service offers an interesting comparison. Very thought-provoking, and your reaction will be very telling. *“Imagine that it is Orwell's 1984, and you live under the most repressive regime on the planet. One day the dictator, Big Brother (remember that wonderful Apple ad?), announces that all citizens will be forced to c... more »
Jihadists Go On The Rampage In North-Eastern Mali Killing 40 Tuaregs
Malian army soldiers and Tuareg have been fighting the jihadists recently, inflicting defeats on them which have in turn led to reprisals *BBC:* *Mali: Tuaregs killed in 'jihadist revenge' attacks* More than 30 members of the Tuareg community have been killed in two separate attacks by suspected jihadists in north-eastern Mali, officials say. The attacks happened in the remote Menaka region on Thursday and Friday. They are believed to have been carried out in revenge after Tuareg attacks on jihadist bases in recent weeks. Much of north-eastern Mali is lawless despite a 2015 peace... more »
Agreement Reached At India - China Summit To Keep The Peace At Their Shared Border
*CNBC/Reuters:* *China and India agree to maintain border peace as Modi wraps up visit* * India, China agree to maintain border peace, Indian foreign secretary says * Indian prime minister in China for informal meeting with President Xi Jinping * Chinese state media praises the tone of the get-together India and China have agreed to improve communication between their militaries to maintain peace at the border, India's foreign secretary said on Saturday at the end of an ice-breaking trip to China by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Modi has spent the past 24 hours in the central Chin... more »
Syrian Army bulls through ISIL’s defenses in southern Damascus (video)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:45 A.M.) – Heavy shelling struck the district of al-Hajar al-Aswad, to the south of Damascus on Saturday, as the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) worked to gain further ground against the remaining members of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) still in the capital. The Syrian Arab Army and their Palestinian allies […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
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A Look At the Growing U.S. Military Presence In Africa
*NPR: **The Military Doesn't Advertise It, But U.S. Troops Are All Over Africa* *This story was originally published on Oct. 20, 2017, and is being republished with minor changes to update.* When U.S. troops were ambushed in Niger last October, the widespread reaction was surprise: The U.S. has military forces in Niger? What are they doing there? Yet in many ways, the Niger operation typifies U.S. military missions underway in roughly 20 African countries, mostly in the northern half of the continent. The missions tend to be small, they are carried out largely below the radar, ... more »
Exaggerated Reports Regarding US/Turkish Agreement & Manbij, Again
*Yesterday, after catching some fake news via Reuters, claiming that the US and Turkey had reached an agreement on Manbij- One that will see **them 'move together' in Syria's Manbij.* *It occurred, immediately to me, that yup* *I've read this hogwash on a number of occasions.* *I need context and lots of it to understand what's really happening.* * And, as expected the actuality was nothing like the out of context Reuter's article*. *Daily Sabah-* *Today this vitally important sentence is completely gone* *“If the [determined] plan is actualized, the YPG terror group will withdra... more »
"Noticing Synchronicity: Interconnected Experiences"
*"Noticing Synchronicity: Interconnected Experiences"* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM "Things happen in our lives for a reason, even if that reason is not clear to you right away. When events appear to fit together perfectly in our lives it may seem at first that they are random occurrences, things that are the result of coincidence. These synchronous happenings, though, are much more than that, for, if we look at them more closely they can show us that the universe is listening to us and gently communicating with us. Learning to pay attention to and link the things that occur on a ... more »
Syria – A Case Study in Propaganda
By Chris Kanthan Dear diary, many of my colleagues are unhappy about the recent events in Syria. They are unhappy that Assad is still in... more »
The Poet: Fernando Pessoa, “Since We Do Nothing”
*“Since We Do Nothing”* “Since we do nothing in this confused world That lasts or that, lasting, is of any worth, And even what’s useful for us we lose So soon, with our own lives, Let us prefer the pleasure of the moment To an absurd concern with the future, Whose only certainty is the harm we suffer now To pay for its prosperity. Tomorrow doesn’t exist. This moment Alone is mine, and I am only who Exists in this instant, which might be the last Of the self I pretend to be.” - Fernando Pessoa
"And For The Rest..."
"It is always what I have already said: always the wish that you may find patience enough in yourself to endure, and simplicity enough to believe; that you may acquire more and more confidence in that which is difficult, and in your solitude among others. And for the rest, let life happen to you. Believe me: life is right, in any case." - Rainer Maria Rilke
The Fringe Cult of Peaceful Coexistence?
By Larken Rose This is Larken Rose’s response to the dishonest spin and hit-piece against libertarianism by the well-trained subject of the state, Matt Lieb,... more »
We Do Better Than Government ‘Services’ with Dan Johnson
By Jeff Berwick On this episode of Anarchast, Jeff Berwick interviews Dan Johnson of We Do Better and People Against the NDAA. Topics include: moral... more »
Hitherto unknown meeting between Michael Flynn and his son with Russian Ambassador revealed in House Intelligence Committee report.
Courtesy of TPM: *The House Intelligence Committee’s report from its Russia investigation published on Friday revealed another meeting former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn had with the Russian ambassador before he joined the Trump campaign. * *Flynn and his son, Michael Flynn, Jr., met with Ambassador Sergey Kislyak at his Washington, D.C. residence on December 2, 2015, according to emails reviewed by the House Intelligence Committee. Flynn’s son described the meeting as “very productive” in an email to the Russian embassy, according to the committee’s report. According... more »
Breaking: Syrian Army scores massive advance in south Damascus amid total collapse of ISIS defenses
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:23 P.M.) – The Syrian Army and allied Palestinian forces have just scored a huge advance against Islamic State militants in southern Damascus amid a total collapse of the terrorist group’s defenses. According to military-affiliated sources, following the capture of the Al-Madaniyah neighborhood earlier on Friday, Syrian pro-government forces have since pushed on […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Rastan rebels suffer big losses after Syrian Army artillery, Russian warplanes launch joint attack in south Hama – details
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:05 P.M.) – Rebel fighters operating in the southern countryside of Hama province near Rastan city suffered heavy losses on Friday afternoon after getting snagged in a surprise joint attack by Syrian Army artillery units and Russian warplanes. According to military-affiliated sources, rebel forces came under heavy artillery shelling (including the use of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Pictures: Syrian Army’s Tiger Forces send first convoy towards north Homs for upcoming offensive
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:40 P.M.) – Photos (below) have been released showing the first convoy of the Syrian Army’s elite Tiger Forces Division to be sent towards the northern countryside of Homs province for an upcoming offensive against armed rebel groups. The convoy in question comprises units that had been preparing to strike Islamic State terrorists […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Middle Finger Symphony Theater
A Special Double Feature - Live from Daryl's House _______________________________ *No Drink Minimum & Dancing is Encouraged! *
The Mueller Protection Legislation Moves Forward—and Shifts Focus
At the beginning of April, commenting on the spate of legislation aimed to protect the special counsel from summary dismissal, Bob Bauer put forward an alternative proposal on *Lawfare*: Rather than enact a measure to enforce the special counsel rules, Congress might address one of their serious weaknesses: the absence of any requirement that the special counsel report to Congress. Legislators could require that, if fired, the special counsel provide such a report on the status of the investigation through the date of his dismissal, focusing on whether the inquiry had uncovered cr... more »
Gravitational “Anomalies” Caused by Shapiro Delayed Traveling Energy Quanta Around Galactic and Cosmic Scale Structures.
Gravitational “Anomalies” Caused by Shapiro Delayed Traveling Energy Quanta Around Galactic and Cosmic Scale Structures – ENERGY FELT HYPOTHESIS https://gregoriobaquero.wordpress.com/2017/08/23/gravitational-anomalies-caused-by-shapiro-delayed-traveling-energy-quanta-around-galactic-and-cosmic-scale-structures/amp/?__twitter_impression=true Advertisements
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These Dryer Sheets Cause Hormone Imbalance, Neurotoxicity, Respiratory Problems, and Even Cancer
These Dryer Sheets Cause Hormone Imbalance, Neurotoxicity, Respiratory Problems, and Even Cancer http://realfarmacy.com/dryer-sheets/
First Human Being Has Their DNA Manipulated To Make White Blood Cells 20 Years Younger.
First Human Being Has Their DNA Manipulated To Make White Blood Cells 20 Years Younger – Collective Evolution http://www.collective-evolution.com/2016/04/28/first-human-being-has-their-dna-manipulated-to-make-white-blood-cells-20-years-younger/
Technology, ethics and the law: Grappling with our AI-powered future.
Technology, ethics and the law: Grappling with our AI-powered future – Asia News Center https://news.microsoft.com/apac/features/technology-ethics-and-the-law-grappling-with-our-ai-powered-future/
Vigorous physical activity may be linked to heightened risk of motor neurone disease
Medical Xpress: Vigorous physical activity may be linked to heightened risk of motor neurone disease https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2018-04-vigorous-physical-linked-heightened-motor.html
Scientists Find Brain Chemical That Suppresses Unwanted Thoughts.
Scientists Find Brain Chemical That Suppresses Unwanted Thoughts | Inverse https://www.inverse.com/article/38093-unwanted-thoughts-memory-gaba-brain
SYRIA: Did UN Peace-Keeping Troops Send Syrian Soldiers to Certain Death in Occupied Golan Territories in 2012?
*21WIRE* | UN peace-keepers guilty of murder in Golan Heights?
Facebook Fascists
I'm into my sixth consecutive month long ban on Fakebook for explaining the reality about our terrorist buddies/crisis actors we nearly destroyed Syria with. The oldest Christian capital in the world... Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced
Republican Gerrymandered OH-12 Special Election Now Rated A Toss Up
OH-12 should be a competitive district. But the Republican-controlled legislature gerrymandered it in such a way as to make it safe for Republicans. Pat Tiberi, first elected in 2000, has never had a competitive race, not just because the Ohio Democratic Party died some years ago, but because Democrats knew the boundaries made running there a waste of time. A Republican has held the congressional seat since 1983. But, sick of Trump, Tiberi decided to retire this year and OH-12 is now an open seat with an August 7 special election. The district spreads out from Columbus' northern U... more »
Argentina: ICOU Conmemorates the 1963 Trancas Case
As part of their effort to conmemorate Argentina's long and distinguished UFO history, the *ICOU* (*Investigadores de Campo Unidos / United Field Researchers*) group has set up its most recent plaque in Trancas, Argentina - the scenario of the mind-bending Trancas Incident of 1963 in which the Moreno family was besieged by entities from a landed saucer (or source of light) on the nearby train tracks. For more information on this landmark event fifty-five years ago please visit *http://inexplicata.blogspot.com/2011/06/argentina-1963-trancas-case-revisited.html* (Our thanks to *Luis ... more »
The Buddha’s Life Story
Here’s a brief exploration of the Buddha's life with some myth sprinkled in for fun.
Partisan agenda
There was an astonishing interview on the Today Programme just after the eight o’clock news. In the studio with John Humphrys were Michael Gove and Diane Abbott. If you didn’t hear it, you should listen here. Go on. The topic was immigration and in particular those contentious targets. You know, the targets that led to a small fleet of innovative “go-home” buses intended to generate a hostile atmosphere for illegal immigrants, who would obviously take one look and immediately flock to the airport in droves or drive to the airport in flocks. John Humphrys was super-indignant and in... more »
Solar Activity Flat Lines…Cycle 24 Weakest In 200 Years…Link To Recent Northern Hemisphere Ice Rebound?
Imagine that, when the sun, the source of almost 100% of all energy warming our globe, goes quiet, the temperature of the earth falls. Who would have thunk it? As the current solar cycle nears an end, it will go down as the weakest in close to 200 years. And as inhabitants of the northern … Continue reading "Solar Activity Flat Lines…Cycle 24 Weakest In 200 Years…Link To Recent Northern Hemisphere Ice Rebound?"
Solar Activity Flatlines: Weakest solar cycle in 200 years
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: By Frank Bosse and Prof. Fritz Vahrenholt, No Tricks Zone In March our supplier of energy was more inactive than in the previous months. The sunspot number was only 2,5, which is only 8% of what is normal for this month into the average cycle (month 112).Only solar…
Concurrent Warming and Cooling
Originally posted on Science Matters: Rannoch Moor, Scotland This post highlights recent interesting findings regarding past climate change in NH, Scotland in particular. The purpose of the research was to better understand how glaciers could be retreating during the Younger Dryas Stadia (YDS), one of the coldest periods in our Holocene epoch. The lead researcher…
Did a Virginia Newspaper Run a KKK Ad on the Front Page?
The Westmoreland News published a photograph of a KKK recruitment flyer, a decision that was criticized as providing free advertising for the Klan.
The Biggest Estate on Earth
The British colonization of Australia began in 1788. Historian Bill Gammage, a white fella, spent ten years studying the writings of early observers, as well as paintings, drawings, and maps from the era. The landscape in 1788 looked radically different from today. Much of what is now dense forest or scrub used to be grasslands. Early eyewitnesses frequently commented that large regions looked like parks. In those days, all English parks were the private estates of the super-rich. Oddly, the Aborigines who inhabited the park-like Australian countryside were penniless bare ... more »
The House Intelligence Committee led by Devin Nunes released the report on their Russia "investigation" yesterday, and guess what? No collusion!
Courtesy of CNN: *The House Intelligence Committee on Friday released a redacted version of the Republican report on the committee's year-long Russia investigation, in which GOP members say they found no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia and disputed the intelligence community's assessment that Russian President Vladimir Putin tried to help elect Donald Trump. * *The committee released the report with redactions from the intelligence community, along with a redacted Democratic dissent. saying collusion exists and that there were key aspects of the probe R... more »
South Korea Prepares President Trump For His Meeting With North Korean Leader Kim Jong-Un
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump (R) deliver a joint statement from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 30, 2017. Credit: REUTERS/Carlos Barria *Reuters:* *After summit, South Korea plots 'roadmap' for Trump's meeting with Kim Jong Un* SEOUL (Reuters) - At their first summit in more than a decade on Friday, the leaders of North and South Korea held hands, planted a tree, and signed a pledge to pursue peace on the peninsula. The heavy symbolism of the night was the culmination of more than three months of efforts by both K... more »
Trump Says Democrat Should Quit Over VA Nomination Brouhaha
A furious President Donald Trump called for the resignation of the Democratic senator who assembled and released what he called "false" allegations that scuttled the nomination of the White House doctor who'd been in line to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs.
North Korean Leader Kim Kong-Un's Speaks Korean With A German Accent
© REUTERS / Korea Summit Press Pool/Pool *Sputnik:* *Kim's Speech: N Korean Leader's Accent Steals the Show at Summit* While thousands of people across the world appeared eager to hear what the North Korean leader had to say at the historic meeting with his South Korean counterpart, the way he said those things also surprised many who tuning in for the event. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s "multicultural accent" became one of the highlights of the inter-Korean summit for South Korean viewers watching the event live, South China Morning Post reports. While the differences in di... more »
Musical Interlude: Deuter, "Uno"
Deuter, "Uno" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWVJjS-ieIU
"How It Really Was, And Is"
Oh yeah, that worked out really well....
April 28: Not a good time to be born.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-gaza-border-protesters-killed-wounded-1.4638663 When our news media were given the (fake) story of Syria dropping poison gas on 20 or so children, the whole western press ran the story with indignation, and without bothering to check for facts. And, as questions about this have been raised, our news media, for the most part, have decided just to forget about it. Israel has been killing and wounding unarmed Palestinian civilians. But I've yet to see any story about it in, say, the irving press. For today's world news, it has a BIG story about the ... more »
“The End Of Our Empire Approaches”
*“The End Of Our Empire Approaches”* by Chris Martenson "History is clear on where we are headed... Do you have the nagging sense that our empire is in decline? If so, don't be embarrassed by it. Historically speaking, we’re in very good company. Far larger and longer-lived empires than ours have come and gone over the millennia. This was hit home for me on a recent trip. I scored a major "dad win" by taking my youngest daughter, Grace, to England for her 18th birthday (we live in Massachusetts, USA). All on her own, Grace developed an abiding love of mythology at a very young ... more »
"This I Believe..."
“This I believe: That the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.” - John Steinbeck
Trump Walks Back Promises To Declassify Remaining JFK Files Despite Remaining Questions
By Aaron Kesel U.S. President Donald Trump has walked back his previous promises to declassify the remaining classified JFK Files out of the CIA until at... more »
Goldman Sachs Report Warns Pharma Companies That Curing Disease Is Bad For Business
A report from Goldman Sachs openly admitted that curing patients is not a "sustainable business model" for drug companies. The post Goldman Sachs Report Warns Pharma Companies That Curing Disease Is Bad For Business appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
California's "War on Ammo" is lost before it's even begun
I was struck by a comment from an anti-gun spokesperson over the NRA's lawsuit against California over its new restrictions on ammunition. The relevant bit is in bold, underlined text. The lawsuit challenges specific restrictions like a requirement that ammunition sales be conducted face to face, and a mandatory background checks for those purchases – a component that many still don’t know how the state would implement. * . . .* In the lawsuit the NRA claims the ammunition sale restrictions violate the second amendment and the commerce clause of The Constitution. Butchko, though... more »
Putin Syrian Strategy: FIRST Electronic Warfare.... THEN, if neccessary, Conventional Warfare
*Russian Signals Jamming Equipment* I always know when I'm onto a good post when the formatting on my blog goes *Kablui.* The gremlins that observe and destroy are at work...pre-empting a good post, IMO. But, that only spurs me on to publish. I'm kind of funny that way. I like a challenge. So, here I go, attempting *once again* to publish this post which is about how Putin, the grand chess master, has developed an incremental strategy in Syria, in response to the build-up of USrael forces there. USrael, as readers are aware, has illegally built a permanent base in eastern Syria. It... more »
BREAKING: The jaw-dropping book you should purchase today!
*SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2018Also, What Donald Trump said:* In a word, Amy Chozick's new book, Chasing Hillary, is, in a word, jaw-dropping. It's also a type of confession, though perhaps an unintentional example of same. It's a book you should purchase today. We aren't sure that we've ever read such a remarkable document. To what inanity or cultural illness does the author confess? With an instant nod to Isaac Chotiner for this on-target interview, we'll only say this much today: Chozick was sent to Iowa, in October 2007, to cover the Hillary Clinton campaign. She was sent there by ... more »
Brazilian Government Grants Haitians Humanitarian Visa
By Melissa Van Brunnersum, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On April 9th, the Brazilian government made the decision to grant priority treatment to Haitians who intend to live in Brazil. The government can now provide temporary visas and residence permits for humanitarian purposes up to two years. The decree was published in the […]
Leni Riefenstahl: How A Nazi Film-Maker Became A Feminist Icon
The dancer, actress, director and photographer Helene “Leni” Riefenstahl, who died in 2003, is a controversial character, largely because of the many propaganda movies she produced for the Nazis. So when it was recently announced that her estate would be handed over to a Berlin photography museum, historians of the period hoped to find some clarification about the extent of her involvement with the Nazi regime. read more
A Day After The Historic Summit North Korea's State News Agency Is Praising The Meeting
*Reuters: **North Korean media hails summit as Trump presses for full denuclearization* SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea’s state news agency on Saturday called the inter-Korean summit a turning point for the Korean peninsula, while U.S. President Donald Trump said he would maintain sanctions pressure on Pyongyang ahead of his own unprecedented meeting with Kim Jong Un. The North’s KCNA news agency separately released the joint statement North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in presented on Friday after the first summit in more than a decade between the ... more »
Review Gunter, Michael, Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy and Hope
*Review Gunter, Michael, **Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy and Hope**, New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1992* Professor Michael Gunter of Tennessee Tech University is a leading Kurdish scholar. One of his first books on the subject was *Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy and Hope*published in 1992. It’s a quick read with only 118 pages of text, and gives a good review of the major trials and tribulations that have faced the Kurdish movement in Iraq. Gunter writes that the Kurds in Iraq were in a different situation then their brethren in Iran and Turkey. For one they were a larger percentage of the po... more »
This Day In Iraqi History - Apr 28
1922 UK Iraq Commissioner Cox said King Feisal racially weak for disagreeing with him 1929 Tawfiq al-Suwaidi became premier of Iraq, would hold that office 3 times 1941 PM Gaylani asked Axis for military and financial aid for second time to be used against British 1941 UK Amb to Iraq told PM Gaylani second contingent of British troops landing at Basra Gaylani refused them entry 1947 Mustafa Barzani and 500 supporters returned to Iraq from Iran 1959 Communists asked for positions in Qasim govt but turned down 1973 Iraq offered to talk ... more »
MSNBC’s Joy Reid Can’t Prove Hackers Wrote ‘Hurtful’ Posts
Reid was unable to explain blog posts from a decade ago that mocked gay people and individuals who were allegedly gay.
Russia, Iran, Turkey warn against attempts to divide Syria
Moscow, Tehran and Ankara believe attempts to split Syria on ethnic and religious grounds to be unacceptable, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Saturday following a meeting with his Iranian and Turkish counterparts – Mohammad Javad Zarif and Mevlut Cavusoglu. “We agreed that attempts to split Syria on ethnic and religious grounds were totally […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Top jihadist commander in northern Homs killed by Syrian Army
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:30 P.M.) – The top commander of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham in the militant-held pocket in northern Homs was reportedly killed by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) today. According to a military report, the Syrian Army killed the HTS commander, Abu Khaled Al-Hamwi, inside the northern Homs town of ‘Ezzeddine, which is not far […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Breaking: Syrian Army, Palestinian forces liberate large parts of ISIS-occupied Al-Qadam
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:15 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and their Palestinian allies resumed their offensive operations in the southern districts of Damascus this afternoon, seizing new areas from the Islamic State (ISIS) forces. Led by their 105th Brigade of the Republican Guard, the Syrian Arab Army managed to liberate more ground in the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian Army kills 68 ISIS terrorists in southern Damascus: monitor
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:00 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and their allies have killed 68 Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists over the last few days in southern Damascus, the pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) claimed on Saturday. While Al-Masdar cannot verify the exact number, reports from southern Damascus have indicated that the Islamic […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian Army uncovers more militant weapons left behind in East Ghouta (photos)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:45 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has uncovered more weapons in the East Ghouta region after combing through the Jobar suburb on Saturday. According to Damascus Now, the weapons were found while the Syrian Arab Army was clearing some buildings that were once under the control of Faylaq Al-Rahman. Below are […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Bilateral talks between Lavrov and Iranian FM start in Moscow
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:00 P.M.) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held bilateral talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif in Moscow on Saturday. “We highly appreciate the dialogue on regional, in particular, Caspian Sea issues, as well as international issues. First of all, our cooperation in the triumvirate format with Turkey on the Syrian settlement,” […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Nigerian Shiite leader faces new criminal charges
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:00 P.M.) – The Nigerian Shiite leader, Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, is facing new criminal charges by the local government, the AFP News Agency reported this afternoon. According to the AFP report, Sheikh ZZakzaky is facing eight criminal charges from the High Court of Justice of the Kaduna State. The Shiite leader is facing […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Inspiration Saturday...
*but first, take a moment to say a prayer for the family of Alfie Evans who passed away.* Alfie James Evans was a baptized Catholic, like his father. His mother belongs to the Reformed tradition. If a baptized child before the age of reason dies, he goes straight to heaven, according to Catholic teaching. “Baptized and under ‘the age of reason’, he does not need our prayers,” tweeted Dr Joseph Shaw, a Catholic ethicist at Oxford University. *“His family, and everyone else involved, do.”* *source* *Moving on:* It's a cool rainy day here after a week of above average temps. We even... more »
Concurrent Warming and Cooling
This post highlights recent interesting findings regarding past climate change in NH, Scotland in particular. The purpose of the research was to better understand how glaciers could be retreating during the Younger Dryas Stadia (YDS), one of the coldest periods in our Holocene epoch. The lead researcher is Gordon Bromley, and the field work was […]
Aurora, Texas - Again
This probably should be another edition of “Why I’m Beginning to Dislike Ufology,” but I thought I’d just use it as a single example of what is wrong with us today. I had thought we had finally driven the stake through the heart of the Aurora, Texas, UFO crash of 1897. I thought that the overwhelming evidence showed no such event had taken place. It was, in the terminology of today, “Fake News.” If you wish to read that article that sparked this post you can find it here: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6127496/bizarre-claims-us-government-has-dug-up-aurora-alien-buried-after-crash-lan... more »
Why US Intelligence Agencies Have Lost The Trust Of Many Americans
*WNU editor:* U.S. intelligence agencies have lost the trust of many Americans for a long time (remember weapons of mass destruction in Iraq). But the politicization of the intelligence agencies and the FBI has become far more pronounced since the election of President Trump, and the more that people like Comey, Brennan, and Clapper make their opinions known, the demands for an investigation on these agencies only grow stronger .... *Poll: A Majority Of Americans Want The FBI Investigated.*
Does Donald Trump deserve credit for peace between North and South Korea? Not so much.
After this admittedly historic meeting, Donald Trump was quick to jump in and snatch the credit. After a furious year of missile launches and Nuclear testing, a historic meeting between North and South Korea is now taking place. Good things are happening, but only time will tell! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 27, 2018 KOREAN WAR TO END! The United States, and all of its GREAT people, should be very proud of what is now taking place in Korea! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 27, 2018 But is it credit that he deserves? What do you think? Courtesy of The Indep... more »
North Korean Leader Kim Jong-Un Admits He Is Embarassed By His Country's Poor Infrastructure
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attend a banquet on the Peace House at the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, South Korea, April 27, 2018. Korea Summit Press Pool/Pool via Reuters *Business Insider:* *Kim Jong Un made a revealing, out-of-character admission when discussing North Korea* * Kim Jong Un told South Korean President Moon Jae-in he's "embarrassed" by his country's infrastructure. * This was an out-of-character moment for Kim, as North Korean leaders have long been well-known for boasti... more »
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