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The Skripal case and the misuse of ‘intelligence’
As the Novichok 'evidence' collapses, the criminal investigation into the Skripal attack has become corrupted More The post The Skripal case and the misuse of ‘intelligence’ appeared first on The Duran.
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From Jenna Orkin China's military tells Russia "we've come to support you" against the U.S. Birds Can See Earth's Magnetic Fields, And We Finally Know How That's Possible ‘I can’t breathe’: Asheville police video shows white officer beating, choking black jaywalking suspect ANALYSIS | A NEW STUDY SUGGESTS FAKE NEWS MIGHT HAVE WON DONALD TRUMP THE 2016 ELECTION Trump quietly met with a major tech CEO whose company is locked in competition with Amazon for a Pentagon contract worth billions Father of the suspected YouTube shooter reportedly told police his daughter was 'angry' with th... more »
Argentina: Cellphone Test Photo Reveals Possible Anomalous Object
*Source: PLANETA UFO and El Once https://www.elonce.com/secciones/sociedad/542656-intentn-fotografiar-un-avinn-para-probar-su-celular-pero-logrn-capturn-un-ovni.htmDate: 04.05.2018* *Argentina: Cellphone Test Photo Reveals Possible Anomalous Object* "He tried to take a photo of an airliner. When he saw the photo he'd taken, he found an odd spot. The UFO flew over Córdoba during the holiday weekend." There was considerable bustle in Córdoba over the holiday weekend due to the arrival of some tourists who decided to take advantage of Easter break to relax and see the sights. We ne... more »
No, Common Core is NOT Dead!
[image: alex-newman-no-common-core-not-dead]VIDEO - Despite false claims by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, Common Core is not dead. In fact, as The New American's correspondent Alex Newman points out in this video, it is alive and well in states across America--and DeVos knows it, because under current federal statutes, she has to approve it. Alex explains that Common Core is a major problem, but the crisis in American education goes back generations. To solve it, Alex calls for the feds to obey the Constitution, and for the department to be abolished as proposed by everyo... more »
US Gov’t Admits Funding Political Change at the Direction of Billionaire George Soros
[image: soros] The US government has admitted to spending a whopping $9 million to carry out political reform in Albania at the behest of George Soros. The post US Gov’t Admits Funding Political Change at the Direction of Billionaire George Soros appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
Donald Trump to send the National Guard to the Mexican border, but nobody really knows why.
Courtesy of Time: *The Trump administration says it is working with governors to “immediately” deploy the National Guard to combat illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border. * *Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Wednesday that DHS and the Pentagon will be working closely with governors in the affected states. * *She says that deployment will be done as expeditiously as possible and that Guard troops could begin heading to the border as soon as Wednesday night. * *Trump announced his plan to send the military to the border during a meeting with Baltic leaders T... more »
What Google doesn’t want you to know: the truth about startpages
There’s something magical about the internet. When it all started for the public, back in 1996, we might not have realized it fully. But now it’s very clear: humankind is connected like never before. What we photograph, film or write can be shared instantly, all over the globe. No friends or acquaintances have to disappear from… Read More Read More The post What Google doesn’t want you to know: the truth about startpages appeared first on start.me.
Kudos to California Cities for Standing Against “Sanctuary State” Laws
“The city council of Fountain Valley in Orange County voted on Tuesday to join the U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit against the state that was filed last month in Sacramento — thanks, in part, to intervention by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), who … Continue reading →
Cherri Foytlin targeted and arrested at 'Crawfish Boil Blockade' -- No Bayou Bridge Pipeline
. L'eau Est La Vie Camp - No Bayou Bridge Update: Cherri said she was released at 1 p.m. BREAKING. Cherri Foytlin, an amazing mother and organizer who is on the Indigenous Women's Council for the L’eau Est La Vie Camp, was just targeted and arrested by Louisiana police. Cherri was livestreaming a lock-down action at a Bayou Bridge Pipeline supply yard when police charged at Cherri was
EVEN ON MATTERS OF RACE: Trumpism, Cassandra and Donald J. Trump!
*THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2018Part 3—The question of good intentions:* Last Saturday morning, Donald J. Trump unloosed a new load of Trumpism on the world. That said, Trumpism and its various offshoots existed long before Trump. It can be practiced by people who are fully sincere and thoroughly well-intentioned. Unhelpful behavior can even exist when we talk about matters of race. That said, the emotion invested in such discussions makes this fact a bit hard for us to digest Over Here. It seems to us that our nation is in serious trouble. It seems to us that we the liberals have inves... more »
"Fake fast food" for the win!
I had to smile at this report about fast food in Iran - not only because it's amusing, but because we ran into the same thing in South Africa (of which more later). Before the 1979 revolution—before religious clerics took control of the country—Iran’s capital, Tehran, was a cosmopolitan city that glittered with Western influence: secularism, mini-skirts, and fast food chains such as McDonald’s and Kentucky Fried Chicken. But the new ruler, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, pushed a return to Islamic values and removing American influence. And so, women were forced to cover, Western text... more »
In what appears to be a first, researcher sanctioned twice by ORI
Here’s something we haven’t seen before: The U.S. Office of Research Integrity has issued a second notice for a former researcher at the National Institutes of Health, after determining she withheld information during the first investigation. Last year, the ORI sanctioned Brandi M. Baughman — formerly at the National Institute of Environmental and Health Sciences … Continue reading In what appears to be a first, researcher sanctioned twice by ORI
DCCC And The Art Of Losing Congressional Seats-- Let's Look Towards Syracuse, NY
The DCCC has been driving state and county Democratic Party officers crazy with their interference, often on behalf of corrupt conservative, candidates far to the right of local Democrats, self-funders and “ex”-Republicans. All over the country I hear party officials telling me the DCCC tactics are frustrating the Democratic grassroots and tamping down enthusiasm. “The DCCC is making themselves a target of widespread hatred across the state,” one county chairman told me. “Party activists are always telling me they are just as bad as the Republicans… Democratic voters have switched... more »
The New Silk Road is Shaping Strategic Affairs
World Land-Bridge New International Economic Order Video of PiCDDFKdnQ4 The hysterical and vitriolic rhetoric against Russia, coming from Britain's imperial oligarchs and their intelligence services, channeled through Theresa May and Boris BoJo Johnson, is fooling no one. While some governments have subserviently gone along with the British, others, including the U.S., have made only token gestures. The target of these provocations is the New Paradigm, associated with China's BRI, which the City of London and its Wall Street allies correctly have identified as the successor to thei... more »
Iraq Witnessing Fewest Security Incidents Since 2003
Iraq is currently witnessing the fewest security incidents since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. In 2003, there were an averageof 10 to 35 incidents per day. In the first three months of 2018, there has been an average of 9 incidents. After the Islamic State seized Mosul in the summer of 2014 attacks steadily declined even before the government forces went on the offensive and liberated all of the conquered territory. There were 28 incidents per day in 2014, 23 in 2015, 20 in 2017, and 15 in 2017. At the end of that last year the Islamic State decided to switch to an insurgency ra... more »
What’s Wrong with Trump’s New National Security Advisor
[image: undefined] Beyond the general concerns regarding the nomination of John Bolton as National Security Advisor, there is also the specific issue of his impending access to the most highly classified intelligence information that the United States possesses. There are a number of reasons why Bolton should be denied a clearance, including his well-known record of abusing subordinates at State Department and colleagues at the United Nations. Bolton also has a close personal relationship with Israel and its government that may have included divulging classified information. The Is... more »
This Day In Iraqi History - Apr 5
1916 British forces attack Ottomans at Fallahiya to try to relive surrounded British troops in Kut 1939 Abd al-Illah asked Nuri al-Said to become premier again (Musings On Iraq interview with Historian Phebe Marr comparing PM Said with PM Maliki) 1965 Arif govt launched military offensive against KDP 1980 Saddam gave speech saying conflict with Iran was about Arabs vs Persians and denounced Khomeini 1980 Funeral of those killed in Mustansiriya bombing hit by a bomb Both done by Islamic Action Organization 1984 Reagan issued NSDD 139 that US would help Iraq in... more »
One death every 12.5 minutes – the opioid epidemic ravaging America
Today the US Surgeon General, Jerome Adams, issued a press release urging “more individuals, including family, friends and those who are personally at risk for an opioid overdose” to carry the drug Naloxone, an antidote to opioid overdose. Not trained health professionals and emergency service workers (they already carry the drug), but ordinary men and women. […] The post One death every 12.5 minutes – the opioid epidemic ravaging America appeared first on UnHerd.
Rus-Pak Military Relations Are On The Path To A Strategic Partnership
The developing Russian-Pakistani Strategic Partnership and the two sides’ strengthening military relations that have come about because of their fast-moving rapprochement in recent years will form an axis of stability in Eurasia during these turbulent times. The post Rus-Pak Military Relations Are On The Path To A Strategic Partnership appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
The Supreme Court of Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg Floats a Governance Structure for Online Speech
Mark Zuckerberg is on a charm offensive. Fresh off a round of interviews with various media outlets following the revelations about Cambridge Analytica’s use of Facebook data in the 2016 election, the Facebook CEO sat down this week with Vox’s Ezra Klein for an interview about future governance structures for his platform. The conversation was hardly the Constitutional Convention—but it did shed light on Zuckerberg’s thinking about the potential for a more robust framework of accountability and dispute resolution, complete with separation-of-powers mechanisms, for its two billion ... more »
New column day
Here, on how the Libs' criminal justice bill (Bill C-75) is aimed solely at speed rather than fairness - and seems likely to fail even by that insufficient metric. For further reading... - Others weighing in on the bill include Omar Ha-Redeye, Michael Spratt, Stephanie DiGiuseppe, Sarah Leamon and Joanna Smith. - And it's particularly worth contrasting the lack of any action on minimum sentences (coupled with many increases in maximum sentences) against Jody Wilson-Raybould's apparent mandate.
Keep the Education Revolution Alive: Stay Away from NEA/AFT
In the Fall of 2015, both AFT and NEA presidents colluded with the DNC to back the Clinton education agenda for more charter schools, big data intrusions, Common Core, and more standardized testing. This brazen manipulation occurred without a debate that this important decision deserved and with scant support among teachers who pay an estimated $1,750,000,000 every year to make sure that the corporate education reform agenda is pushed forward. In effect, over three million teachers continue to pay into their own funeral funds every year when they send hard-earned dues money suppor... more »
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. - The Canadian Press reports on new research showing how wealth shocks at any level of income or wealth are associated with a higher risk of mortality: Middle-aged Americans who experienced a sudden, large economic blow were more likely to die during the following years than those who didn't. The heightened danger of death after a devastating loss, which researchers called a "wealth shock," crossed socio-economic lines, affecting people no matter how much money they had to start. The analysis of nearly 9,000 people's experiences underscores ... more »
WWE’s ‘Luscious’ Johnny Valiant Killed Crossing Street
Former professional wrestling champion "Luscious" Johnny Valiant has died after being struck crossing a street in a Pittsburgh suburb.
Youtube Shooter’s Bizarre Videos Key to Suspected Motive
The videos have become central to the motive authorities have settled on for the shooting: Aghdam's anger with the policies of YouTube — the world's biggest online video website.
NYC Police Fatally Shoot Man Carrying Metal Pipe
A tense crowd gathered after Saheed Vassell, 34, was killed around 5 p.m. on 4 April 2018 in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn.
Howard U Students Revolt, Issue List of Marxist Demands
[image: howard-u-student-revolt-issues-list-of-marxist-demands] Students at Howard University are continuing the social justice warriors endless crusade to advance the victim narrative that “systematic oppression” has been inequitably targeting non-whites. What started as anger over a financial aid scandal has ballooned into a now seven-day revolt at the historically black college, with Howard U. students storming and occupying the school’s administrative building and making demands to address the institutions that oppress based on race, gender, mental and emotional health, etc.
Better use of bilateral relations, FTA can boost Indo-Vietnam trade: Envoy
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
05-Apr-2018 The Vietnamese envoy to India pointed out that trade between India and Vietnam is languishing at around one percent of the total trade done by both countries.
India- EU FTA: Officials to meet next week
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
05-Apr-2018 Senior officials of India and European Union (EU) will meet in Brussels next week to deliberate upon the long stalled negotiations for a proposed free trade agreement and update each other on their positions, a government official said.
FTA with China to hurt manufacturing sector: traders
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
05-Apr-2018 In Pakistan, businessmen and investors are expressing concerns over free trade agreement (FTA) with China claiming that would hurt the manufacturing sector.
FTA with China delayed due to industry concerns
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
05-Apr-2018 Pakistan's federal government has deferred second phase of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China on the demand of the business community.
South Korean trade minister draws line between FTA, currency deal
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
05-Apr-2018 A recently revised trade deal between South Korea and the United States and currency policy are separate matters, but Washington's associating the two may be aimed at highlighting its achievement during the negotiations, Seoul's trade minister said Thursday.
To counter China's BRI, India joins US, Japan to boost connectivity in Indo-Pacific
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
05-Apr-2018 India has joined hands with Japan and United States to build infrastructure for promoting connectivity in Indo-Pacific region, ostensibly to counter the Belt and Road initiative of China.
HOW MUCH DID GLOBALISTS AND AMAZON PAY MATTIS AND DUNFORD TO OBTAIN 10 BILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT FOR PENTAGON CLOUD COMPUTING CONTRACT?
After the revelation of James Mattis role in one of the biggest securities fraud ever, I invite readers to send in their idea of how much Mattis and his Marine crony Joseph Dunford were paid to direct a multi billion, monopoly contract for a huge cloud to upload US military data to Globalist Amazon and […]
MIT ends relationship with start up planning to digitize brain and upload it onto a cloud
From CNN A prominent research lab at MIT has terminated its relationship with Nectome, a new startup with the stated mission of preserving human brains such that they can be digitized and uploaded into a computer in the future, effectively bringing the dead back to life. But while MIT has chosen to distance itself from […]
TRUMP SENDS US MILITARY TO MEXICAN BORDER, SIDELINES GLOBALIST HANDLERS MATTIS, KELLY AND NIELSEN
WASHINGTON — Asserting the situation had reached “a point of crisis,” President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a proclamation directing the deployment of the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border to fight illegal immigration. “The lawlessness that continues at our southern border is fundamentally incompatible with the safety, security, and sovereignty of the American people,” […]
Federal judge to Paul Manafort's lawyer “I don’t really understand what is left of your case.”
Courtesy of Reuters: *A federal judge tore into all of the legal arguments that a lawyer for President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort made on Wednesday in his long-shot civil case to convince her that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation has run amok and should be reined in.* *“I don’t really understand what is left of your case,” U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson said to Kevin Downing, Manafort’s attorney, after peppering him with a lengthy series of questions. * *Manafort filed a civil lawsuit on Jan. 3 in the U.S. District Court for t... more »
China Gets Trumped
*Christian Whiton* *Economics, Asia* [image: U.S. President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping chat as they walk along the front patio of the Mar-a-Lago estate after a bilateral meeting in Palm Beach, Florida] As Trump has made clear in other negotiations, he is looking for a real outcome—a change in behavior—not a quick win on paper for the cameras. We’re in uncharted waters with China—a good place to be, considering the abysmal track record of past U.S. trade-related interactions with Beijing. Last month, President Trump made good on his campaign promise to get tough... more »
U.S. To Impose Sanctions On Russian Oligarchs
*Reuters: **U.S. plans to sanction Russian oligarchs this week: sources* WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States plans to sanction Russian oligarchs this week under a law targeting Moscow for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, in what could be the most aggressive move so far against Russia’s business elite. The action, which could affect people close to President Vladimir Putin, reflects Washington’s desire to hold Russia to account for allegedly interfering in the election - which Moscow denies - even as U.S. President Donald ... more »
Brazil's Top Court Rules That Former President Lula Can Be Jailed For Graft Conviction
*BBC: **Brazil's Lula must start prison term, Supreme Court rules* Brazil's ex-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will be jailed while he appeals against a graft conviction, the Supreme Court has ruled. He is facing 12 years in jail on charges of accepting a bribe but had asked to remain free during his appeal. Lula claims the charges are politically motivated, and designed to prevent him from running for president in October. He has a lead in opinion polls. His Workers' Party said the ruling was a "tragic day for democracy and Brazil". The Supreme Court judges ruled against him... more »
American broadcasting has always been closely intertwined with American politics
Michael J. Socolow, Associate professor, communication and journalism, University of Maine at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 15 hours ago
Sinclair network anchors decrying 'fake stories' have been condemned for giving biased support to President Trump. But nostalgic calls to restore civil political discussion on the air ignore history.
BREAKING: Yulia Skripal phone call leaked: “everyone’s health is fine, will be discharged soon”
The recording was reportedly made on the morning of Thursday, April 5th. More The post BREAKING: Yulia Skripal phone call leaked: “everyone’s health is fine, will be discharged soon” appeared first on The Duran.
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A Look At The U.S. Navy's M80 Stiletto
The Navy's futuristic looking M80 Stiletto speeds past the aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush. The ship is preparing for a trip to Washington for the annual Sea, Air and Space symposium that starts April 9. (Mark D. Faram/Navy) *Navy Times:* *The Navy’s coolest looking vessel heads to Washington* *It’s arguably the Navy’s coolest surface vessel and comes with potentially the coolest name.* Meet the M80 Stiletto. The 88-foot Little Creek-based high-speed craft, owned by the Naval Sea Systems Command, is currently used to test new technologies for the Navy — specifically for Navy Sp... more »
A Look At The Consequences Of A U.S. Pull-Out From Syria
*Stratfor: **The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of a U.S. Pullout From Syria* *Highlights* * President Donald Trump is pushing for a withdrawal of U.S. forces from Syria, citing the considerable resources the United States has expended in the Middle East. * A U.S. pullout from Syria could pave the way for an improvement in relations with Turkey and Russia. * A withdrawal could also damage U.S. credibility, hamper the fight against the Islamic State and weaken Washington's ability to pressure Iran. If President Donald Trump gets his way, the United States will soon be heading for the d... more »
Top 1,000 Corporations 2016
Belated posting, BusinessWorld's Top 1,000 Corporations 2016. The numbers were revenues and sales in 2015. Top 10: Meralco, Petron, Shell, Texas Instruments, Nestle, Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco, Toyota, Mercury, PAL and Globe. See also: Top 1,000 corporations 2015, January 28, 2016 Top 1,000 corps 2015, the 401-1,000 ranks, November 12, 2016
The British Empire Is Un-Masked, But Desperate
The British Imperial Lords are in a state of shock. Their frantic effort to save the Empire came crashing down Tuesday when the scientists at Porton Down refused to lie for the Empire — refused to say that the nerve agent in the Skripal case came from Russia. Recall that it was David Kelly, the head of the Defence Microbiology Division at Porton Down and a member of the inspection team in Iraq, who blew the whistle on Tony Blair's "sexed up" dossier claiming that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. As a scientist he refused to lie. Kelly was "suicided" as a result, and ... more »
Turkey vows to clear Syria’s Tal Rifaat of ‘terrorists’
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:20 P.M.) – The Turkish regime has once again vowed to conduct an operation inside the northern Aleppo town of Tal Rifa’at,. Speaking to the Turkey-based Haberturk news channel on Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag stated that his regime was determined to rid Tal Rifa’at of the YPG/PYD. “Just as Afrin was […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Hamza bin Laden warns of Shiite expansion in Middle East
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 P.M.) – The propaganda channel for Al-Qaeda, Al-Sahab, recently released another series featuring Hamza bin Laden lecturing on the history of Saudi Arabia. During the lecture, bin Laden repeatedly criticized Saudi Arabia for their links to the U.S. government and their failure in containing Iran. According to the Long War Journal, the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian Army takes over 4 towns in Hama province as per reconciliation deal
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3: 20 P.M.) – More towns and villages in the southern countryside of Hama are engaging in reconciliation agreements with the Syrian government amid fears of massive ground invasion by the Syrian forces. Talks to accept such agreements have been underway for a while with the mediation of Russian officers who pushed for […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Developing: Jaysh al-Islam rebels fight among themselves as disagreement over Douma evacuation reaches boiling point
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:09 P.M.) – Following the evacuation of a third batch of Jaysh al-Islam militants and their family members from the city of Douma in east Damascus all further relocation efforts have since been put on hold due to sudden infighting within the insurgent group’s ranks. According to a source in the Syrian government, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Turkey arrests over 80 nationals living abroad for alleged coup links
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:40 P.M.) – The Turkish intelligence apparatus has arrested more than 80 nationals living in foreign countries for alleged links to the 2016 failed coup, Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag stated on Thursday, as quoted by the Hurriyet Daily News. Bozdag claimed that the Turkish intelligence apparatus arrested the 80+ nationals in 18 […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Thousands of children return to schools in liberated East Ghouta town
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (2: 55 P.M.) – Up to 6000 children in a recently-liberated East Ghouta town have returned to their schools after years of dropping out. Even though most of the state schools in Saqba have been used by Islamist militants as headquarters and barracks, few survived the woes of 7-years war. The Syrian government […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Breaking: Syrian Army, HTS reach agreement to reopen southern Aleppo road
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:25 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army and jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham reached an agreement, today, to reopen an important roadway in the southern countryside of the Aleppo Governorate. According to a military source in Damascus, the SAA and HTS will open a new crossing near the town of Tal Al-‘Eis, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian Army sends more reinforcements to Daraa for upoming offensive
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:00 P.M.) – For the second day in a row, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) sent a large batch of reinforcements to the Dara’a Governorate, as they prepare to launch their large-scale offensive in southern Syria. According to a military source in Damascus, the Syrian Army sent another batch of reinforcements from the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Iraqi forces, US-backed Syrian militias seriously consider joint operation in east Syria after gains by ‘revived’ ISIS
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:05 P.M.) – Iraq forces and US-backed Syrian paramilitary groups are seriously contemplating a joint operation against Islamic State militants in Syria’s east claims a Rojava leader. Speaking to Reuters, Kurdish leader Aldar Khalil recently said that ISIS has taken advantage of the extensive redeployment of US-backed Syrian forces from Deir Ezzor province […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
US wants allies to do more in Syria
The United States wants its allies in the region to step up their efforts in Syria, while its purpose is to transition to local enforcement in the country, White House spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a briefing on Wednesday. “We want to focus on transitioning to local enforcement and do that over this process […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Kurdish forces have almost entirely withdraw from Tal Riffat in north Aleppo says Russia to Turkey
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:15 P.M.) – Russian military-diplomatic authorities have assured Turkey that Kurdish forces that were once based in the strategic town of Tal Riffat – located in northern Aleppo province – have since mostly withdrawn. Despite the assurance from Russia, President Erdogan’s spokesman has said that Turkish military and intelligence forces are conducting an […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Breaking: Syrian Army advances on US-backed forces in south Homs amid ongoing quarantine operation
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:57 P.M.) – The Syrian Army and allied paramilitary groups continue to tighten their quarantine on US-backed forces in southern Homs province having recently advanced closer to the coalition base at At-Tanf. According to reports, Syrian pro-government forces have taken control over the hills of Jabal (Mount) al-Ghurab, located along the Damascus-Baghdad highway […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Death toll reaches 21 in Gaza, as two more confirmed dead
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (1:20)- Another two Gazan men have been confirmed dead, bringing the death toll to 21, since the beginning of ‘the Great Return March’. Shadi Kashif, 34 years old was shot and critically wounded last Friday, near the Rafah border area, close to Israel. Below is a video from the ambulance after he was […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Scores of Turkistani jihadists begin to leave Syria after realizing war cannot be won
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:35 P.M.) – Turkistani jihadists serving in the ranks of Al-Qaeda affiliate Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham (better known by its former name, Al-Nusra Front) have begun to leave Syria according to opposition sources. Reports from opposition sources state that Turkistani Islamists are departing from rebel-controlled areas in northwest Syria by their tens following the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Abby Martin interviews journalist and author Max Blumenthal on the current situation in Palestine
AMN is republishing this video due to it being severely limited on YouTube and outright blocked in 28 countries. Abby Martin interviews journalist and author Max Blumenthal on the current situation in Palestine and the Israeli occupation. This episode covers what is behind today’s rebellion, the rising dominance of far-right, ultra-racist ideology in Israel, eye-witness […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
VIDEOS: US forces in Syria position artillery, anti-tank systems and motorized units around Manbij
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:55 P.M.) – Two videos (below) have emerged showing US forces in Syria positioning heavy firepower assets and motorized reinforcements around the city of Manbij. The footage confirms that despite claims by US President Donald Trump that he wishes to remove American forces from Syria, coalition troops on the ground continue to bolster […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrians from Hasakah prefer to join Syrian Army amid growing disillusionment with US-backed forces
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:25 P.M.) – In recent days, a very large group of civilians from the province of Hasakah – mostly native to the cities of Hasakah and Qamishli (both mostly controlled by US-backed forces) – joined the Syrian Army after reconciling with the Syrian government. The number of people that joined Syrian Army ranks […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
ISIS may be manufacturing artillery in Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:50 A.M.) – In 2017, Islamic State media released a video showing the terrorist group manufacturing and modifying a range of weapons systems from workshops inside the Iraqi city of Mosul (since retaken by Iraqi forces). The video served as evidence to then preexisting claims from various sources that ISIS had a primitive […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
VIDEO: ISIS knocks-out Syrian Army machine gun nest with direct hit from artillery amid ongoing attack on Abu Kamal
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:50 A.M.) – Islamic State terrorists continue to attack defensive positions used by Syrian pro-government forces on the outskirts of the city of Abu Kamal (near the Iraqi border) in Deir Ezzor province. Although it has not launched a proper ground assault for several days now, ISIS has resorted to conducting stand-off attacks […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
VIDEO: Syrian Army seizes guided anti-tank missiles after discovering underground ISIS cache in Deir Ezzor
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:05 A.M.) – Amid the seemingly never ending saga of finding hidden Islamic State arms caches throughout western Dier Ezzor province, the Syrian Army has very recently discovered an underground munitions storage site belonging to the terrorist group in the town of Sabaykhan (south of Al-Mayadeen city). A range of ammunition types were […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian Army acquires new regiment of troops after people from Hasakah, Qamishli enter service in great numbers – details
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:15 A.M.) – The Syrian Army has acquired a new regiment’s worth of troops after huge numbers of civilians from Syria’s northeastern regions entered service during recent days. According to sources, some 1,500 people who originate from Hasaskah and Qamishli (well inside territory controlled by US-backed forces) and the countryside around both cities […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Venezuela's Currency Has Collapsed
*Bloomberg:* *Venezuela's Currency Is Doing Even Worse Than Previously Thought* * New platforms for tracking rate show prices about 30% weaker * Independent forex websites are widely followed by Venezuelans Venezuela’s currency is worth even less than previously believed, with new trackers of the black-market rate showing deep discounts compared with the long-standing benchmark gauge. Rates from the widely watched Dolartoday.com, known for arousing President Nicolas Maduro’s ire on state TV, have lagged behind other markers that show prices about 30 percent weaker. While the U.S.-b... more »
Will Cuba's Next President Change The Status Quo?
Cuba's President Raul Castro (L) speaks with his first vice-president Miguel Diaz Canel during a session of the National Assembly in Havana, December 20, 2014. REUTERS/Enrique De La Osa *John Caulfield, The Hill: **Cuba's next president faces choice between economy and communism* On April 19, Cuba’s National Assembly will meet to elect Cuba’s next president. There will only be one name on the ballot for the legislators to consider and the vote will be unanimous. First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel will become president and Raul Castro, at 86 years old, will formally retire fro... more »
China Issues A Warning To The U.S. On Trade And White House Attempts To Curb The Massive Trade Deficit With China
*Reuters:* *China says it never backs down in the face of threats after trade salvos with U.S.* BEIJING (Reuters) - China has never surrendered to external pressure and it will win any trade war with the United States, the nation’s state media stressed in a series of editorials and columns in the hours after the world’s two top economies targeted each other with steep tariffs. While China’a Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai stressed in comments to reporters in Washington that Beijing’s preference was to resolve the trade dispute through negotiations, Beijing’s official ... more »
Removing All Doubt
The Canadian Press reports this morning that Doug Ford's campaign to be the premier of Ontario will not include a bus for the media: Ontario's newly minted Progressive Conservative leader will not bring journalists with him on the campaign trail this spring, a rare move experts say suggests the Tories are keen to keep the unpredictable populist politician out of the hot seat as he takes on two more seasoned rivals. Doug Ford's team said Wednesday the former Toronto city councillor will not have a media bus following him as he criss-crosses the province ahead of the June election, ... more »
Agneta: Age is not a ticket out of the struggle......
Agneta Norberg lives in Stockholm, Sweden and is a board member of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space. Please enjoy this important and wonderful documentary film about her life and her work. This film shows protests against the ongoing US-NATO takeover of significant regions of the Nordic high-north country for military exercises in preparation for war with Russia. Most people think of the Nordic nations as neutral but that is no longer the case. It is a timeless and universal story about peace activism. I loved it and love Agneta's spirit. Bruce
The Pain of a Trade War With China
With a trade war between China and the United States looking increasingly likely, I wanted to use this posting to briefly survey what some economists and industry groups feel will be the negative impacts of a trade war and who would be the winner and loser in this battle of economic giants. 1.) Institute for Management and Development - Professor Winter Nie: Dr. Nie notes that a trade war would be problematic for China and the rest of Southeast Asia, however,* a trade war will be less disastrous for the Chinese economy than for the American economy.* She notes that China now has mo... more »
Thousands Of Google Employees REVOLT, Demand Company Stop Supporting US War Machine
[image: war] More than 3,100 Google employees are calling for the cancellation of a controversial drone program and saying that they want out of the business of war. The post Thousands Of Google Employees REVOLT, Demand Company Stop Supporting US War Machine appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
THE RHYTHM OF THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY IS THE RHYTHM OF FOX NEWS
A brief item from Rick Klein at ABC News: “Nothing concrete has actually happened,” Larry Kudlow, President Donald Trump’s brand-new top economic adviser, said yesterday. Kudlow was talking about action on tariffs, in what amounted to an effort to declare a truce in an emerging trade war .... Beyond tariffs that won’t be what he said they would be, the president isn’t actually removing U.S. troops from Syria, and he won’t be deploying regular military troops to the U.S. border with Mexico, but instead working with governors to have the National Guard assist – as other presidents ha... more »
A Hard Transparency Choice: What is WikiLeaks?
I’ve written on Lawfare about the intelligence community’s transparency plan and have previously outlined a framework for how we might think about transparency efforts. In July 2016, in light of emerging information regarding Russian efforts to influence the American presidential election—and confirmation at that time that the FBI was investigating the Democratic National Convention hack—I wrote: [T]he Intelligence Community will need to wrestle in the coming weeks with how much more information it can – or should – provide to the public on a matter of significant public interest ... more »
Trump’s New National Security Team Likely Spells Disaster for the Iran Nuclear Deal
Photo Credit: via masspeaceaction *Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on *Order from Chaos*.* Iranians gathered this week for picnics to mark *sizdah bedar*, the culmination of the annual celebration of the Persian new year (Nowruz.) Nowruz, a pre-Islamic holiday that coincides with the spring equinox, remains “so embedded in Persian culture” that it endured the early puritanism of Iran’s post-revolutionary era. For millions of Iranians and others who celebrate, the weeks around Nowruz mark an annual opportunity for ritual and renewal, a time for housecleaning and fam... more »
A Preview of Oral Argument in Doe v. Mattis
Photo: Flickr/Cliff On Thursday, April 5, the D.C. Circuit will hear the government’s appeal of a January order enjoining the government from transferring an American citizen currently held in military detention in Iraq out of the country without notice. The order required the government to provide counsel for the detainee, known as John Doe, with at least 72 hours notice before transferring Doe out of Iraq. Judges Karen Henderson, Sri Srinivasan and Robert Wilkins will consider whether the district court exceeded its authority by requiring 72-hour notice. *Factual Background* J... more »
Caught Our Notice: Researcher who sued PubPeer commenter up to 21 retractions
Titles: 1) Notch-1 induces Epithelial-mesenchymal transition consistent with cancer stem cell phenotype in pancreatic cancer cells 2) Sensitization of squamous cell carcinoma to cisplatin induced killing by natural agents What Caught Our Attention: Regular readers will be familiar with the saga involving Fazlul Sarkar and PubPeer: In 2014, Sarkar sued anonymous commenters on the site, claiming … Continue reading Caught Our Notice: Researcher who sued PubPeer commenter up to 21 retractions
Things A Fascist Would Never Do
Nothing demonstrates the complete and utter ignorance of the progressive movement than their portrayal of fascism, and who they call fascist. Things a Fascist would NEVER DO. Actions disqualifying for a Fascist. A Fascist would NEVER champion the 2nd Amendment. You can’t easily seize the property of peasant farmers if they can shoot back. A Fascist … Continue reading "Things A Fascist Would Never Do"
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*University event aims to combat ‘Christian Privilege’* George Washington University diversity workshop to be held four days after Easter Just four days after Easter, George Washington University will host a training session for students and faculty that teaches that Christians — especially white ones — “receive unmerited perks from institutions and systems all across our country.” The April 5 diversity workshop is titled “Christian Privilege: But Our Founding Fathers Were All Christian, Right?!” Hosted by the university’s Multicultural Student Services Center, the event will tea... more »
About the caravan, Pueblo Sin Fronteras, People without borders, and the churches
“Pueblo Sin Fronteras, the group in charge of the annual “migrant caravan,” launched its effort during Holy Week by invoking the Stations of the Cross with biblical costumery and prop crosses. When they’re not serving as human traffickers masquerading as human rights activists, these travel agents for amnesty busy themselves constructing shelters along their illicit pathways that span the globe. Catholic groups have sponsored and subsidized such nation-sabotaging campaigns for decades.” Michelle Malkin, a Catholic, has thoughts on how churches are aiding and abetting this: http:/... more »
Is A Russia-China Alliance Forming?
*Dave Majumdar, National Interest:* *Is America's Greatest Fear Coming True? Is a Russia-China Alliance Forming?* Russia and China are drawing closer together as Washington ratchets up pressure on Moscow and Beijing. In recent months, the United States has enacted sanctions against Moscow and has imposed a series of trade tariffs on Beijing, antagonizing both great powers simultaneously. As result of American pressure, the two powers—which already had grievances against Washington—have formed a strategic partnership to balance against the U.S-led liberal hegemony. *Read more* ...... more »
87 million Facebook users harvested by Cambridge Analytica
Facebook believes "most" of its 2 billion users had their data harvested. More The post 87 million Facebook users harvested by Cambridge Analytica appeared first on The Duran.
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*A climate quiz* Warmists usually just pour out abuse at skeptics but sometimes they try to be more factual. One such effort is a "climate quiz" that came out last year. It pretends to be a factual approach to explaining why there is and will be global warming. And it is. It does deal in facts -- or the Warmist version of facts, to be precise. I just did the first 3 or 4 questions and got them all wrong but they were very technical questions so I was not sure how well founded their answers were. They asked, for instance, "When Glacier National Park in Montana was founded in 19... more »
Chin'a New Defense Minister Wei Fenghe Says China Will ‘Support’ Russia Against America
*CNN: **Chinese defense chief says his trip to Russia is a signal to the US* The US should take notice of China and Russia's increasingly close military ties, a top Chinese official said Tuesday. Gen. Wei Fenghe, China's new defense minister, gave the remarks in Moscow following a meeting with Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, according to Russian state news agency TASS. "I am visiting Russia as a new defense minister of China to show the world a high level of development of our bilateral relations and firm determination of our armed forces to strengthen strategic cooperati... more »
In 1969, a Freak Accident Nearly Destroyed a Navy Aircraft Carrier
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * Could it have been avoided? *The painfully won experience from the Enterprise fire inspired a final round of introspection from the navy, which you can read in the mandatory JAG investigation here. Prior to the fire, sailors were already aware of the danger posed by the huffer heating units to aircraft weapons, due to earlier, nonlethal incidents. The crew of the USS Constellation had even devised longer huffer hoses for safer use. However, this awareness did not lead to navy-wide policies which could have prevented the accident, and the ordnance... more »
In 1942, Japan 'Invaded' America. It Was a Disaster (For Japan).
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * Some history you may not know. *By mid-1943, the fate of Japan’s Alaskan outpost was sealed. As the blockade and bombardment further intensified, the stage was set for Allied amphibious landings that would finally eject Japanese troops from U.S. soil. The landing on Attu in May 1943 would face three weeks of desperate fighting that culminated in a terrifying, desperate last act of resistance. And the joint American-Canadian assault on Kiska Island three months later would conclude in one of the most embarrassing surprises of the war.* There has b... more »
Bomber Battle: Russia's Deadly Tu-160 vs. America's B-1 Lancer (Who Wins?)
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * You make the call. *The Tu-160s primary armament has always been long-range cruise missiles like the Kh-55MS--of which it can carry a dozen. In recent months however, the Russians have used the conventional version Kh-555 version of the cruise missile against targets in Syria alongside much more advanced and stealthy Kh-101 cruise missile. The aircraft also carries the nuclear-tipped Kh-102.* The Rockwell International B-1B Lancer strategic bomber and the Russian Tu-160 Blackjack look visually similar and even share some overlap in their mission se... more »
Military Death Match: Russia's Su-35 vs. China's J-11 Fighter
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * Who would win? *Overall, for now at least, Russian-built Flankers retain the technical edge over their inferior Chinese copies. Sukhoi’s Su-35S is by far the most capable version of the Flanker that has been built to date. It has advanced avionics, a much-improved airframe and new motors with three-dimensional thrust vectoring. It’s a very capable fighter that—if fielded in numbers—would be a potent threat to Western air forces. Other Russian Flanker variants like the Su-30SM and Su-34 are also very capable warplanes.* While the Sukhoi Su-27 Flanke... more »
Wisconsin Scott Walker is running scared from the Blue Wave.
Courtesy of CNN: *On Tuesday night, it happened again. * *Democrat Patty Schachtner beat Republican Adam Jarchow for a western Wisconsin state Senate seat that had been held by a Republican since 2000 and in a district that President Donald Trump won handily in 2016. * *Schachtner's win marked the first Republican-to-Democrat switch at the state legislative level of 2018 but it is the 34th state legislative seat pickup for Democrats since the start of 2017. That trend is beginning to rightly alarm smart Republicans.* I don't know if you could actually put Scott Walker in the smar... more »
Congressional Democrats Are Learning-- Slowly-- That They Can't Trust Trump And His GOP Colluders
I asked several members of Congress about the DCCC's reticence to take on Trump. Most didn't want to be quoted by name. One e-mailed me "I don’t want to be quoted on this, but you’re absolutely right, and the deeper problem is that this is part of the socialization process that leads even good candidates to become worthless pieces of crap upon election. Ann Kuster, for instance-- she could have gone either way. But once the DCCC and Steve Israel were done with her, she was fit only to sing a cappella in the eunuchs’ choir. Every Democrat to whom I speak wants the Democrats to go a... more »
John Locke: On The Natural Right to Rebellion
John Locke is the foremost theorist of the right to rebellion. He holds that the right to rebellion is a natural right. In the *Second Treatise of the Goverment* (Chapter 13: “Of the Subordination of the Powers of the Common-wealth”), Locke writes: There remains still in the people a supreme power to remove or alter the legislative, when they find the legislative act contrary to the trust reposed in them: for all power given with trust for the attaining an end, being limited by that end, whenever that end is manifestly neglected, or opposed, the trust must necessarily be forfeited,... more »
EXCLUSIVE: As Teachers Forced to Beg for Money, Oklahoma Gov’t Squandering Millions
[image: teachers] While thousands of teachers in Oklahoma protest for more funding from the state government, taxpayers are spending millions covering up fraud committed by state agencies that face no accountability. The post EXCLUSIVE: As Teachers Forced to Beg for Money, Oklahoma Gov’t Squandering Millions appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
Russian Govt Owned Gas Pipeline Nord-Stream 2 Undermines European Independence-Security; Threatens International Nature Preserve in Baltic
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + : Russian State owned Gazprom is the majority owner at over 50% of the proposed Nord-Stream 2…
Nord Stream 2 – Not A Private Matter
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + : Via Heinrich Boell Stiftung (https://www.boell.de/en ): “Nord Stream 2 – not a Private Matter Apr 22,…
Capitalism’s flabby middle
A new paper by Brookings fellow Danny Bahar, summarised on the think tank’s website this week, is the latest attempt by economists to explain the productivity problem facing advanced economies. It finds, across all sectors, that “fast productivity growth is concentrated not just at the bottom but also at the top of the productivity distribution”. […] The post Capitalism’s flabby middle appeared first on UnHerd.
UnPacked Shorts – Could a land value tax save Silicon Valley?
In this UnPacked Short, Peter Franklin, Charlotte Pickles and Seb Giraud discuss how high rents are driving businesses out of Silicon Valley and whether a land value tax might be the solution. Read the UnPacked behind the short here. The post UnPacked Shorts – Could a land value tax save Silicon Valley? appeared first on UnHerd.
Where the Republican voters ARE going
In a rebuttal to Eric Zuesse's analysis piece here on The Duran, we offer a conservative's point of view on what Eric left unsaid More The post Where the Republican voters ARE going appeared first on The Duran.
3 reasons why UK poisoning is one big ‘May-Johnson’ government cover up (Video)
The Three Most Important Aspects of the Skripal Case so Far. More The post 3 reasons why UK poisoning is one big ‘May-Johnson’ government cover up (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
Town Bypasses Constitution, US Citizens Given 60 Days to Turn in Guns Or Become Criminals
[image: guns] Residents of a town in Illinois were just handed down an unconstitutional decree from their local government, they now have 60 days to give up their guns or be fined up to $1000 per day. The post Town Bypasses Constitution, US Citizens Given 60 Days to Turn in Guns Or Become Criminals appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
WATCH: Cops Forget Tasers, Use Deadly Force Instead, Shoot Mentally Ill Student Holding a Pipe
[image: chicago] Police shot a 21-year-old student from the University of Chicago Wednesday night and in an unprecedented move, they immediately released all the video from the shooting. The post WATCH: Cops Forget Tasers, Use Deadly Force Instead, Shoot Mentally Ill Student Holding a Pipe appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
"The swamp" is not only in Washington D.C.
Some years ago I wrote several articles on public sector trades unions (follow those three links for more information). They were intertwined with political interests in Federal and state government, making sure (through political donations) that their interests were entrenched in public policy, and even subsidized with taxpayer funds when that was possible. They're indisputably part of "the Swamp" that President Trump is trying to drain. Evidence of that has emerged (yet again) in New York state, where unions have succeeded in undermining a possible setback to their influence th... more »
The Changing Face of Vaccinology
Note: From World Mercury Project Vaccines are “immunogenic formulations” intended to protect vaccinated individuals by inducing production of antibodies and cell-mediated immune responses to combat infectious (and sometimes noninfectious) conditions. Historians trace the roots of modern vaccinology—the science of vaccine...
Inde-Afrique : New Delhi a l'œil sur la zone de libre-échange africaine
bilaterals.org - 19 hours ago
05-Apr-2018 Derrière sa présence diplomatique qu'il renforce sur le continent, le gouvernement de Narendra Modi affiche clairement son intention de concurrencer son grand voisin de l'empire du Milieu.
Ted Cruz's Democratic opponent raises more than 6 million in first quarter.
Got to meet someone who supposedly represents me today. Not for much longer, though! #BetoForTexas @SenTedCruz @BetoORourke pic.twitter.com/7S4yVR5uAj — Rebecca (@LazyyMillennial) March 23, 2018 Courtesy of The Hill: *Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas) reportedly brought in more than $6 million during the first quarter of the year in his bid to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). * *The Texas Tribune reported that O'Rourke raised $6.7 million in the first three months of 2018. * *O'Rourke's fundraising haul was far higher than the amount he had raised during previous quarters, according ... more »
“The American Empire Hangs in the Balance as the Ghosts of Roman Emperors Whisper“
*“The American Empire Hangs in the Balance as* *the Ghosts of Roman Emperors Whisper“* by James Quinn “The refusal of the political class to imposes losses on large bank creditors since the collapse of Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual in 2008 illustrates the extent to which the financialization of the western industrial economies has turned into a gradual coup d’état by the banks and the global speculators who dominate their client base.” - Chris Whalen “We’re not moving toward Hitler-type fascism, but we’re moving toward a softer fascism: Loss of civil liberties, corporations ... more »
"The Object Of Life..."
"*Glory:* I look around at this world you're so eager to be a part of and all I see is seven billion lunatics looking for the fastest ride out. Who's not crazy? Look around, everyone's drinking, smoking, shooting up, shooting each other, or just plain screwing their brains out 'cause they don't want 'em anymore. I'm crazy? Honey, I'm the original one-eyed chicklet in the kingdom of the blind, 'cause at least I admit the world makes me nuts." - Douglas Petrie
George Carlin on The Language of Politics
*National Press Club* | An essential translation guide for political-speak.
UK COLUMN: Ghouta’s ‘Underground Terrorist City’, Collapse of British Skripal Novichok Narrative
*UK Column News* | Brian Gerrish and Mike Robinson are joined by Vanessa Beeley with a stunning report from on the ground in Syria.
"QI | What's Unfair About Wimbledon?"
https://youtu.be/-8HpzZVdhqU Reality intrudes upon QI, the audience aren't too willing to laugh at feminism.
How Many?
Artist's concept of black hole (stock illustration) © nasa_gallery Since nobody is sure what 'dark matter' is, one other candidate for the glue that holds galaxies together is super massive black holes. A black hole is a region of spacetime exhibiting such strong gravitational effects that nothing can escape from inside it. The theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass can deform spacetime to form a black hole. Quantum field theory in curved spacetime predicts that event horizons emit Hawking radiation, with the same spectrum as a black body of a tem... more »
Former OSCE VP weighs in on poisoning hoax: “UK government is behaving like mafia state”
Former OSCE VP on Skripal poisoning hoax: "UK govt behaves against all rules & regulations." More The post Former OSCE VP weighs in on poisoning hoax: “UK government is behaving like mafia state” appeared first on The Duran.
Documents reveal CIA was planning regime change in Syria in 1986
1986 CIA Document Analyzes Possibilities Of “Regime Change” In Syria More The post Documents reveal CIA was planning regime change in Syria in 1986 appeared first on The Duran.
Arrogant feminist astrophysicist forces Aspen to pay for a kindergarten in the mountains
Yesterday, two Twitter users whom I follow have retweeted a sequence of tweets by an American female astrophysicist working in Amsterdam, Ms Anna Watts, that I found shocking. She complained that the Aspen Center for Physics – which is located in the ski resort in Rocky Mountains in Colorado – has a discriminatory policy because... because it requires the theorists to visit at least for two weeks. Experimenters maybe there for one week. The policy allows experimenters to leave after one week because experimenters don't need to go so deeply to explain their work. It's normal that... more »
In Letter to CEO, 1000s of Google Employees Revolt Against Military Drone Project
By Carey Wedler Google made headlines last month when it was announced it was partnering with the Pentagon to develop artificial intelligence for use in drones flown... more »
Truth At Last: The Assassination of Martin Luther King
By corbettreport On April 4, 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King delivered a passionate speech at Riverside Church in New York staking out his opposition to... more »
Russian envoy to NATO: You crossed ‘red line’ with military build-up
NATO has tripled its military presence on Russia’s western borders over the past five years, forcing Moscow to take retaliatory steps More The post Russian envoy to NATO: You crossed ‘red line’ with military build-up appeared first on The Duran.
«Hang in there!» – The Citizens of St. Petersburg Greet The NATO A Happy Birthday
On April 4, 1949 the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was founded. This year the NATO celebrates its 69th birthday. The alliance was created as a counterbalance for the communistic system of values, literally to defend the European countries from the Soviet invasion. For more than a quarter of a century we have been watching a […] More The post «Hang in there!» – The Citizens of St. Petersburg Greet The NATO A Happy Birthday appeared first on The Duran.
FALSE FLAG - YOUTUBE SHOOTER
*Nasim Aghdam - mind controlled by the security services?* A YouTube product manager, wrote on Facebook: "I was in the courtyard and we heard the gunshots, then saw *him*. "He had a shooting *mask* on, *full body armor* and was calmly walking and firing a handgun. "We jumped to the floor then ran as fast as we could." Allegedly, the shooter opened fire at YouTube in San Bruno, injured 3, and then killed themself. Shooter opens fire at YouTube in San Bruno, injures 3, kills self - SFGate . Law enforcement sources identified the shooter as *Nasim Aghdam*, 39, of Menifee (Rivers... more »
The Red Haired Giants of Lovelock Cave
First off Giantism itself is real enough and has occurred even in the present. Thus you cannot dismiss any such report out of hand as merely impossible. The more difficult problem is whether we ever had tall family groups or bands and this appears at least plausible. Certainly a genetic issue has produced something like this out of Ireland and let us recall that the neanderthal lineage was exceptionally robust all on its own and of course they had red hair. Unfortunately this meme got plenty of coverage a century ago and that has wonderfully clouded the record when i f... more »
If you want to stay successful, learn to think like Leonardo da Vinci
*[image: A boy runs across a giant copy of the Mona Lisa as it is unveiled in Wrexham, north Wales, October 28, 2009. The giant version of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece measuring 17.5 metres across and 50 times bigger than the original, is an attempt to produce the largest ever reproduction of the painting.]* The proper intellectual ambition of all humanity is to develop as a polymath. Of course most will completely disagree with me. Not only that most will couch their contributions in impenetrable language so as to obscure it from the casual reader.Yet understand what i am say... more »
Wyoming Proposes Grizzly Bear Hunt for First Time in Four Decades
The fact is that bear populations both black and grizzly will rapidly expand and we need to harvest local surplus bears in order to continue to contain them. These bears are not teddy bears. The grizzly will stalk you, erupt from cover at thirty miles per hour to kill you before it understands that you are human even. At least a cougar knows what its prey happens to beWhat is more the population needs be limited to large parks as well in the lower USA as they will take down cattle and humans who get unlucky.Add in the emerging additional need to harvest deer and turkeys in part... more »
Global warming on trial and the elementary error of physics that caused the global warming scare
[image: clip_image002] Science gets no better than this. It is also true that elementary error will creep into well intentioned work to render false results. That is why i want to see ample skeptical replication around important work. It is a repeat of a lesson learned in mining exploration. Show me a fine outcrop and i will blow it up forthwith to discover what is behind it if anything. That eliminates a lot of nonsense. It is just too easy to get excited by a long awaited positive result. That this could then be shilled to support a Communist revival no less is appalling... more »
China retaliates to the US’s retaliation to China’s retaliation to US imposed trade tariffs
China is now following through on its warnings that it would retaliate in like manner More The post China retaliates to the US’s retaliation to China’s retaliation to US imposed trade tariffs appeared first on The Duran.
Midnight Meme Of The Day!
*by Noah* As every sane person knows, if Obama was for it, the Psycho Party is against it. Cases in point: 1) What became known as Obamacare had its roots in a plan devised by the conservative Heritage Society, and, later, Romneycare. It was even supported by Newt Gingrich. And, then, Obama adopted it and the rest was history. 2) And, let's not forget: Obama talking to dictators: bad. Trump talking to dictators: great! 3) And, how about: Obama plays golf because he's a lazy black dude. Trump plays golf because he's an industrious white guy. Just ask FOX "News." It goes on and on.... more »
The Cool Greenhouse Gas
S. Fred Singer has written an interesting article or post on American Thinker in which he proposes that Carbon Dioxide actually cools the atmosphere. This phenomenon was previously mentioned by astronomer Hilton Radcliffe when he referred to a South African agronomist … Continue reading →
Tweets For Today
Brazil's Lula must start prison term, Supreme Court rules https://t.co/JArdjVd1OG — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 5, 2018 Hamas will try this Friday to torch the border fence w/ Israel w/ thousands of tires. This will burn down Palestinian fields near the border & the heavy smoke, toxins & pollution will cause a huge environmental disaster for Palestinians. But Hamas doesn't care. Remember that. pic.twitter.com/ZoeKRmmbTL — Ofir Gendelman (@ofirgendelman) April 4, 2018 #UPDATE: Dozens of US diplomats expelled from Russia depart the American embassy in Moscow pic.twitter.c... more »
Houthi forces fire ballistic missile at another Saudi oil tanker
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:10 A.M.) – The Houthi forces continued their attacks against Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, firing another ballistic missile at an oil tanker near the Yemeni border. According to the official media wing of the Houthi forces, their rocket battalion fired a newly manufactured Badr-1 ballistic missile at a Saudi Aramaco oil tanker that […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Breaking: Russian Air Force unleashes heavy airstrikes along Turkish border
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:55 A.M.) – At midnight, the Russian Aerospace Forces unleashed a flurry of airstrikes over the Idlib countryside, hitting several jihadist targets near the Turkish border. According to a military source in Damascus, the Russian Aerospace Forces specifically targeted the border-towns of Al-Ghassaniyah, Al-Aliyah, Al-Duribat, and Jisr Al-Shughour. These four towns in western […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Red Cross President praises humanitarian corridors in Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:20 A.M.) – President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, commended the role of the de-escalation zones in solving the humanitarian crisis in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta, speaking on the sidelines of the Moscow security conference on Wednesday. According to Maurer, “we need to have access for neutral and […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
"The Source of America’s Economic Illness”
*"The Source of America’s Economic Illness”* by Bill Bonner "Up, down. Up, down What to make of it? The stock market is in denial, struggling with the idea, not quite willing to give in…not quite willing to admit that the bull market of 2009–2018 is over. Of course, we could be wrong. We frequently are. But the big risk you face…is that we’re right. *Strong as an ox: *Our confidence spiked yesterday when we looked across the net and saw who was playing on the other side: one of the biggest dopes in the financial world. Yes, we’re talking about White House trade adviser Peter Navarr... more »
Picture Of The Day
*Tank Blast* An Army M1A1 SA Abrams tank fires at a target during unit gunnery training at Fort Stewart, Ga., March 29, 2018. Soldiers assigned to the 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment conducted the training. Army courtesy photo
Misnamed “auto efficiency” is actually rationing
That a lot of people need and would happily buy larger, stronger and more powerful vehicles is simply not allowed under the Cafe scheme.
Why Russia Would Lose A Second Cold War?
*Harry J. Kazianis, FOX News:* *Here’s why Russia would lose a second Cold War -- and would be unwise to start one* While the world might be captivated by Russia’s rogue actions of late—attacking dissidents on British soil with chemical weapons, backing Syria’s Bashar al Assad, as well as clearly proving its military is back—know this: Russia is condemned to the same fate as the old Soviet Union when it comes to the possibility of a new Cold War. Moscow would lose—and be thrown into the scrap heap of history just like the old USSR. But before we declare the start of another dangero... more »
Is Amazon Bankrupting the United States Postal Service?
President Donald Trump has claimed the giant online retailing company is jeopardizing USPS's financial health.
Two New Studies Suggest Opioid Prescriptions Drop in States with Legalized Marijuana
The findings run counter to political arguments against legalizing marijuana for recreational use.
Is The Pentagon Planning For A Three-Front ‘Long War’ Against China And Russia?
*Michael Klare, Foreign Policy in Focus:* *The Pentagon Is Planning a Three-Front ‘Long War’ Against China and Russia* *If you thought the "global war on terror" was a significant overreach for a single power, just wait.* Think of it as the most momentous military planning on Earth right now. Who’s even paying attention, given the eternal changing of the guard at the White House, as well as the latest in tweets, sexual revelations, and investigations of every sort? And yet it increasingly looks as if, thanks to current Pentagon planning, a twenty-first-century version of the Cold ... more »
Yes, The Blue Dogs Money-Launder NRA Money Into The House Democratic Caucus
From time immemorial the Blue Dog organization has been soliciting money from the NRA and then spreading it out among its members. It’s a kind of money-laundering operation that allows Blue Dog members to get NRA cash without actually accepting it directly. Now many of them are pretending they never knew the source of the funds and they’re giving it back. Crooked right-wing Floridians Stephanie Murphy and Charlie Crist are two good examples. After the NRA massacre in Parkland, the two slimy Democrats were petrified they would be seem as NRA-allies and they were eager to see the Bl... more »
Is An African Spring Now Underway?
*Charlie Mitchell, The National:* *It might be too early to declare an African Spring – but leaders are being toppled in their droves* *In recent months, a trend has emerged with leaders across the continent falling victim to their greed or being brought down by their own parties.* Ethiopia swore in a new prime minister this week after an overhaul within the ruling party. To onlookers, the transition of power to Abiy Ahmed might seem insignificant. But seen in the context of a continent in flux, it reflects what some are calling the African Spring. Young and energetic, Mr Abiy's ap... more »
O'odham Ofelia Rivas 'Welcome to Honduras Migrant Caravan' -- Censored News Live Video
Ofelia Rivas, O'odham, and Michelle Cook, Dine', live tonight on Censored News. Watch video on YouTube below. (Click arrow below to watch.) O'odham Ofelia Rivas 'Welcome to Honduras Migrant Caravan' Article by Brenda Norrell Censored News O'odham Land -- Ofelia Rivas, O'odham, and Michelle Cook, Dine', broadcast live from O'odham land. Ofelia responds to Trump's announcement that he
Gregory Mannarino, “4/4/18 Post Market Wrap Up”
Gregory Mannarino, “4/4/18 Post Market Wrap Up” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt29Kwk5yvk
New Study Provides Yet More Proof Of Saudi State Sponsorship Of ISIS
New Study Provides Yet More Proof Of Saudi State Sponsorship Of ISIS by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ During the same week Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) admitted to the The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg that Saudi nationals have funded terror groups, a prominent Georgetown University counterterrorism expert and field researcher has published his findings based on extensive interviews with former […]
UK Foreign Office Denies Claiming Russia Responsible For Nerve Agent, Deletes Tweet
UK Foreign Office Denies Claiming Russia Responsible For Nerve Agent, Deletes Tweet by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ Update: It appears that either the British government can’t keep its lies and proof-less accusations straight or something far more nefarious is at play. – Following headlines (below) that British government scientists admitted they couldn’t tell where the poison – identified […]
US Possibly Setting Up New Military Bases in Syria, Despite Trump’s ‘Withdrawal’ Promise
US Possibly Setting Up New Military Bases in Syria, Despite Trump’s ‘Withdrawal’ Promise by https://www.rt.com/ While President Trump has reiterated his intention to withdraw troops from Syria, the US military is reportedly working on plans to send an additional contingent to secure a foothold in the north of the war-torn country. – “I want to get […]
Pentagon At Odds with Trump Over Troop Withdrawal from Syria
Pentagon At Odds with Trump Over Troop Withdrawal from Syria by http://www.presstv.com/ Top Pentagon and US State Department officials have adopted a totally different policy than that of President Donald Trump regarding the withdrawal of American troops from Syria, saying that the United States will not be leaving the war-torn Arab country anytime soon as the […]
China Threatens The Petro-Dollar: What Does It Mean?
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Apr 3, 2018 Jake Lloyd explains the United States’ history as the “World’s Bank”, as well as the petrodollar and what it would mean for China to create their own. end
CNN Lies To Protect Google’s Anti-Christian Bigotry
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Apr 3, 2018 Google didn’t have a doodle for Easter this year, claiming it doesn’t recognize religious holidays. end
Gaza Death Toll Mounts to 18 as US Backs Israel’s Massacre of Palestinians
“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 […]
Russian Top Brass Says US Striving to Divide Syria and Trigger War of All-Against-All
Russian Top Brass Says US Striving to Divide Syria and Trigger War of All-Against-All by http://tass.com/ The US is trying to create a quasi-state on the eastern bank of Euphrates having its own armed forces in Syria, according to the Russian general. – MOSCOW, April 4. /TASS/. The United States seeks to trigger a new large-scale […]
Porton Down Experts NOT Able to Prove Salisbury Nerve Agent was Russia Made
Porton Down damage control: UK still ‘assesses’ Russia poisoned Skripals after lab finds no link by https://www.rt.com/ The UK government has issued a statement in the wake of the admission by Porton Down chemical scientists that they can’t verify the Skripal attack nerve agent came from Russia. Moscow is still “assessed” to be responsible, though. – […]
Galloway: “For a Foreign Secretary to Lie It Must Mean Resignation”
RT UK Published on Apr 4, 2018 “For a Foreign Secretary to lie about such a grave matter it must be a resignation matter” says George Galloway as Boris Johnson is under pressure for possibly lying about Russia being proven as the source of a nerve agent used in the Skripals’ poisoning. end
Boris Johnson Lied about Skripal on VIDEO
Why would anyone trust a person who is always having a bad hair day and looks like he just woke up from a drunken stupor? – RT Published on Apr 3, 2018 Boris Johnson put his post in jeopardy after apparently lying about Russia being proven as the source of a nerve agent used in the […]
‘A Security Risk’: Public Demands Johnson’s Resignation Over Nerve Agent Gaffe
‘A Security Risk’: Public Demands Johnson’s Resignation Over Nerve Agent Gaffe by https://sputniknews.com/ The revelations of top British military scientists have thrown the social media into an uproar as it became apparent that new statements cast doubt on earlier claims made by Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson regarding the alleged nerve gas attack in Salisbury. – Gary […]
Michael Pento: Financial Crescendo in October of 2018?
Michael Pento: Financial Crescendo in October of 2018? by Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com Money manager and financial writer Michael Pento says the federal government is “burning the furniture to heat the house.” Pento contends, “If you are burning the furniture in your house to heat your house, guess what, you are not too far away from freezing to […]
Fear and Fawning In Hillaryland
"I should tell you that Hillary did try to warn me," confesses Jennifer Palmieri in the latest memoir about the ill-fated Clinton campaign. "On March 23, 2015, my first day on the campaign staff, Hillary sat me and communications director Kristina Schake down and basically vomited up what it was like to have been her for the past twenty-five years." Even if you've grown tired of the nauseating "everybody is to blame but Hillary" literary genre, you still have to give Palmieri's "Dear Madam President" props for at least graphically feeling our pain while she goes to great gut-wrenchi... more »
Veritas April 2018
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This issue of *Veritas*, the quarterly publication of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, features solutions to correctly measure poverty, introduces the Texas Prosperity Promise, explores whether free college is a good idea, a farewell from our CEO Brooke Rollins, an introduction of Lieutenant Colonel Allen West and the Booker T. Washington Initiative, and recaps the 2018 Policy Orientation and Visionaries Meeting.
Natural Baby Food Company is the First to Become Certified Free From Monsanto’s Glyphosate
One of the most galvanizing issues in the non-GMO and organic movement has been that of baby formula, more specifically the type of genetically engineered soy that has been used as the primary ingredient for many years. While the GMO industry disputes it, one recent study actually found surprisingly high levels of the health-destroying chemical formaldehyde in genetically engineered soy, just part of the reason why mothers began looking elsewhere. In response, some of the world’s biggest infant formula companies including Enfamil and Similac finally decided to go non-GMO, the la... more »
Dr. Willie Soon Exposes Scientific Deceit; Is Anyone Listening?
OSU marine ecologist receives prestigious National Science Board award CORVALLIS, Ore. – The National Science Board is honoring Oregon State University marine ecologist Jane Lubchenco with its 2018 Vannevar Bush Award. The award recognizes “exceptional lifelong leaders in science and technology who have made substantial contributions to the welfare of the nation through public service … Continue reading "Dr. Willie Soon Exposes Scientific Deceit; Is Anyone Listening?"
EVEN WHEN ANOTHER CONSERVATIVE ARGUED AGAINST IT, WILLIAMSON BACKED HANGING FOR WOMEN WHO HAVE ABORTIONS
Many people continue to insist that new *Atlantic* hire Kevin Williamson proposed hanging as a punishment for women who have abortions only because he was tweeting, and tweeting precludes thought. But as I've noted in previous posts, Williamson said the same thing in an interview with the anti-abortion site LifeSiteNews conducted after he posted his abortion tweets. And now Media Matters unearths a *National Review* podcast in which Williamson also advocated hanging women who have abortions: ... as Williamson himself explained in a September 2014 episode of his *National Review* pod... more »
‘A Point of Crisis’: Trump Orders Troops Deployed to Border
Asserting the situation had reached "a point of crisis," President Donald Trump signed a proclamation ordering the deployment of the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border to fight illegal immigration.
President Trump Orders National Guard Troops To The Mexican Border (Update)
*CBS: **Trump will deploy National Guard to southern border, DHS secretary says* Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said that President Trump, DHS and the Department Of Defense, working alongside governors of each state, will deploy the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border. Mr. Trump will sign a proclamation certifying his intent Wednesday, Nielsen said during the White House briefing. However, the president doesn't have unilateral authority to send National Guard troops to the border. That must be done in a memorandum of agreement in conjunctio... more »
Why North Korea, Russia and China Fear the (Old) F-16 Fighting Falcon
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * She can still fight--even after all these decades. *If the agile little fighter has any shortcomings, it’s that the American F-16’s radar has fallen out of date, and that the type was never designed to carry a great deal of fuel, limiting its combat radius to just 340 miles on internal stores. The Pentagon should eventually consider reasonable measures to keep that fleet up to date, notably the incorporation of APG-83 AESA radars and the adoption of conformal fuel tanks. These issues aside, the F-16 has more than earned its current popular nicknam... more »
Is America's Greatest Fear Coming True? Is a Russia-China Alliance Forming?
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * The signs are there. Russia and China are drawing closer together as Washington ratchets up pressure on Moscow and Beijing. In recent months, the United States has enacted sanctions against Moscow and has imposed a series of trade tariffs on Beijing, antagonizing both great powers simultaneously. As result of American pressure, the two powers—which already had grievances against Washington—have formed a strategic partnership to balance against the U.S-led liberal hegemony. "I am visiting Russia as a new defense minister of China to show the world a... more »
China's Army and Navy Have Big Plans to Dominate and Win the Next War
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, Asia* Think drones and AI. With China fast developing its naval aviation capabilities, Beijing has started research on carrier-based unmanned aircraft. Moreover, the People’s Liberation Army is developing advanced capabilities such as artificial intelligence (AI) and manned/unmanned teaming concepts. "Although the military has not released any information, research into carrier-based UAVs started long ago, and ship-based UAVs on destroyers and frigates have already been used in training," Li Jie, a Beijing-based naval expert, told the Chinese state-ow... more »
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