Monday, May 21, 2018

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FRACKing with Democracy: U.K. Government Wants Fracking Decisions Out of Local Control

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 12 hours ago
*Ian R Crane* | This is how the game will play out. Take away local democracy to achieve profits and decimate the environment.

When 43% of Americans Can’t Pay for Food and Rent, We Can Safely Say the Economic Collapse Is HERE

Activist Post at Activist Post - 12 hours ago
By Daisy Luther You know all those reports about how lots of Americans can’t afford a $1000 surprise expense like a medical bill or a... more »

Okay. Let's Not Talk About Guns

Peter Greene at CURMUDGUCATION - 12 hours ago
I know there are earlier examples, but it really starts for me with Jody Billingsley. Jody was one of my former students, part of a class of students that I really enjoyed for their spark, their joy, their bravery, their curiosity. She was a star athlete, smart, kind-- the sort of decent human being you want your own children to grow up to be. When she was only 38, she was murdered near Pittsburgh in an LA Fitness Center, gunned down by an angry white guy. It was 2009, so nobody was talking about InCels yet, but this guy (I'm not printing the son of a bitch's name) fit the descript... more »

"The Rule of Law"

Joseph Fishkin at Balkinization - 12 hours ago
The rule of law is one of those broad concepts, like human dignity or equal opportunity, that we all can agree we support in part because we don’t entirely agree on what it means. Two especially unusual conceptions of the rule of law offered by politicians on the right, in this country and elsewhere, recently underscored this point. The first came from Viktor Orban, the Prime Minister of Hungary, under heavy fire from the European Union for undermining the rule of law (by, among many other things, limiting the power of his country’s Constitutional Court and manipulating the judicia... more »

Aprender de las resistencias feministas en América Latina. La lucha frente a los tratados comerciales

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
21-May-2018 ¿De qué manera afrontar este momento como feministas, como conjunto de movimientos sociales, como ciudadanía crítica?

Comienza la negociación por el TLC entre Mercosur y Corea del Sur

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
21-May-2018 En un marco de gran incertidumbre industrial, el próximo viernes, en Seúl, el Mercosur y Corea del Sur firmarán el comienzo de las negociaciones para alcanzar un acuerdo de libre comercio.

No se pueden apresurar las negociaciones del TLCAN

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
21-May-2018 Es necesario que de parte de México se garantice una mayor producción en el sector automotriz y mejores salarios

Industrias Farmacéuticas latinoamericanas expresaron discrepancia con TLC entre Mercosur y la UE

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
21-May-2018 La asociación instó a los gobiernos del Mercosur a que “no acepten nuevos y más altos estándares de protección y observancia de propiedad intelectual que vulneren las flexibilidades contempladas en el Acuerdo sobre los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad Intelectual, y que limitan el acceso a los medicamentos”.

"Compleja" negociación entre la UE y Mercosur

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
21-May-2018 "Compleja" negociación entre la UE y Mercosur Por Nieves Guerrero Lozano | 17-5-18 Que en la mesa de concertaciones estén de un lado los "países desarrollados y del otro los subdesarrollados indica un desequilibrio inicial que juega en contra", evaluó el experto en negociaciones comerciales internacionales Adrián Makuc. La negociación para concretar un acuerdo bilateral entre el Mercosur y la Unión Europea (UE) aparece, por lo menos, "compleja". En este lado del mapa la negociación se percibe (...)

Japón albergará reunión regional para dialogar sobre comercio

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
21-May-2018 Japón albergará el venidero 1 de julio un encuentro de los países que negocian el Acuerdo Integral de Asociación Económica Regional (RCEP, por sus siglas en inglés), reveló hoy el ministro de Comercio, Hiroshige Seko.

Abu Dabi fuerza la tercera derrota de España en un arbitraje internacional por las renovables

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
21-May-2018 Tras los cinco arbitrajes ya resueltos, la balanza se decanta ya en contra de España, que tiene abiertos 40 litigios de este tipo con 7.500 millones en reclamaciones.

Mnuchin says NAFTA negotiations could spill into 2019

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
21-May-2018 Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says efforts to renegotiate a trade agreement with Canada and Mexico could spill into next year.

“FTA violates President's program for food production” – Aruna Kantha Bandara

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
21-May-2018 The Sri Lanka Singapore Free Trade Agreement has raised serious concern among many industries.

Italian populists post final version of gov't "contract"

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
21-May-2018 The document opposes international trade treaties such as the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)

Les ministres chinois et argentin des AE s'engagent à renforcer la coopération bilatérale

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
21-May-2018 Les deux pays doivent chercher à aligner l'initiative chinoise "la Ceinture et la Route" et la stratégie de développement de l'Argentine pour injecter un nouvel élan à leur partenariat stratégique global.

Parliament must ensure we don't sign away values for trade

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
21-May-2018 The way we sign up to trade deals must change, and parliament needs to lead the process to prevent flawed agreements like the TPP getting through, write lawyer Oliver Hailes and academic Max Harris.

EU-Azeri trade pact will be ready in 2019

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
21-May-2018 An EU-Azerbaijan trade and political agreement will be ready for ratification in 2019, says Javanshir Feyziyev, co-chair of the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.

Investigators Admit Victims in Texas Shooting Could’ve Been Killed by Police Fire

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 12 hours ago
[image: shooting] Authorities in Texas made a telling admission on Monday, noting that it is indeed possible that some of the victims of the Santa Fe High School shooting could've been killed or injured by police. The post Investigators Admit Victims in Texas Shooting Could’ve Been Killed by Police Fire appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

Mike Pompeo threatens ‘strongest sanctions in history’ and vows to ‘crush’ Iranian proxies

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 12 hours ago
Fighting talk as U.S. Secretary of State warns of "unprecedented financial pressure" on Iran

Mexican Wall Blues: And Some Other Stuff

Fred Reed at 12 hours ago
Being as I am a self-appointed explicator of things Latin to Americans curious about what lies to the south, and has come north, I occasionally and in a scattershot and prejudiced manner try to offer a picture of life below … Continue reading →

John Bercow's non apology re calling Andrea Leadsom 'stupid'

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 12 hours ago
https://youtu.be/63SeaMBBxpY If Bercow only said 'stupid' then he might get away with this almost non apology but if he said 'stupid woman' then he should be toast.

WATCH LIVE: Vin Armani Discusses Bitcoin Cash Conference, the Future of Bitcoin and Blockchain Governance

ActivistPost at Activist Post - 12 hours ago
By Vin Armani Watch Live at 1pm EST (10am PST). The Vin Armani Show returns from the CoinGeek bComm Conference in Hong Kong and Vin... more »

Progressive Democrats Help Enshrine "Blue Lives Matter" Into Law

Gaius Publius at DownWithTyranny! - 13 hours ago
*"Hands up, don't shoot" — this is one form of defiance against police at the Ferguson protests. It's only in the context of state-sanctioned murder that a symbolic act of surrender can be taken as defiance (source).* *by Gaius Publius* The Blue Lives Matter movement is a political counterattack against the Black Lives Matter movement. It doesn't include the concept that black lives also matter (notice the catch phrase isn't "blue lives matter too"), but enshrines a defiant, contrary opinion thinly disguised in a superficially innocuous phrase. In the same way, "America First" or "... more »

Oklahoma Legislature Vote to Diminish Columbus Vetoed

Steve Byas at rss - 13 hours ago
[image: oklahoma-legislature-vote-to-diminish-columbus-vetoed] The majority of Oklahoma's legislators apparently believe that Christopher Columbus is a man to be trashed.

History Lost to History

Steve Byas at rss - 13 hours ago
[image: history-lost-to-history] Certain Founding Fathers, such as George Washington and James Madison, are known to most Americans, but others who played dominant roles in shaping our country are obscure.

Karl Marx — The Father of Communism?

Steve Byas at rss - 13 hours ago
[image: karl-marx-the-father-of-communism] Though Karl Marx is credited with devising communism — in response to the conditions of the working poor — the ideology was taught to him mainly by wealthy intellectuals.

Virtue-signaling Governor Cuomo Politicizes Santa Fe, Puts Onus on Trump

Selwyn Duke at rss - 13 hours ago
[image: virtue-signaling-governor-cuomo-politicizes-santa-fe-puts-onus-on-trump] Perhaps with his eye on the presidency, New York’s governor Andrew Cuomo just targeted the president — putting an onus on Donald Trump for the Santa Fe school shooting.

Pentagon Prepares to Deploy Advanced Robot Soldiers

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. at rss - 13 hours ago
[image: pentagon-prepares-to-deploy-advanced-robot-soldiers] The Department of Defense will soon spend about $1 billion to deploy robot soldiers in the field, alongside, and eventually in place of, human troops.

China Now Leads the World — at Bullying

Selwyn Duke at rss - 13 hours ago
[image: china-now-leads-the-world-at-bullying] China has made known that it wants to be the world’s premier power, and it already leads in one area: bullying. The latest example is GAP clothing retailer, which just issued a groveling apology to Beijing for releasing a t-shirt emblazoned with an “erroneous” (read: correct) map of China.

Mainstream Media Completely Ignores Global-cooling Data

James Murphy at rss - 13 hours ago
[image: mainstream-media-completely-ignores-global-cooling-data] In case you haven’t heard, the largest two-year global average temperature drop in a century occurred between February 2016 and February 2018.

Connecticut Votes to Scrap the Constitutional Method of Presidential Election

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. at rss - 13 hours ago
[image: connecticut-votes-to-scrap-the-constitutional-method-of-presidential-election] Connecticut joined 10 other states in calling for the president to be popularly elected, rather than by the Electoral College.

Why Aren’t the Military Commissions Working? Look No Further Than Al-Nashiri

SVladeck at Lawfare - 13 hours ago
A U.S. Navy bus passes Camp Delta, a prison at Guantanamo Bay. (Photo: Wikimedia/U.S. Air Force) It’s hard to keep up with the numerous difficulties that the U.S. government has encountered in its effort to prosecute Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri—alleged, among other things, to be responsible for the October 2000 bombing of the USS Cole—in a Guantanamo military commission. But the latest dispute in the case—over whether two of al-Nashiri’s (former) civilian lawyers should be allowed to intervene in an interlocutory government appeal to the Court of Military Commission Review (CMCR)—is a... more »

May 26 Okinawa event in Brunswick

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 13 hours ago

My mirror selfie as world braces for Ebola vaccine cultured in same African green monkey cells that gave us AIDS

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 13 hours ago
My mirror selfie for the week as it emerges Donald Trump really is a Kremlin (Deripaska?, Rothschild?) agent and a eugenicist Globalist and as a new Ebola false flag threat has been unleashed, this time spearheaded by Publich Health England. A vaccine campaign is starting in the DR Congo. The experimental jab contains an Ebola […]

Hanging out with the Greens

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 13 hours ago
- Yesterday MB drove me to Augusta for the annual Maine Green Independent Party convention where I was the keynote speaker. Also in attendance was State Representative Ralph Chapman (Brooksville) who left the Democratic Party two years ago and became the highest ranking Green Party elected official in the US. Chapman was a big help to us during our recent General Dynamics corporate welfare bill campaign here in Maine. He is a very decent human being. - I was impressed with two of the young Greens that are running for state representative seats in a c... more »

Brazilian Governors Demand Promised Funds For Public Security

Lise Alves at The Rio Times - 13 hours ago
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Governors of seven Brazilian states released an open letter on Friday calling for the release of R$42 billion in funds, promised by the Temer Administration back in March, for the nation’s public security system. According to the governors the money to be invested in […]

Bourbon Music Festival Returns to Paraty this Weekend

Beatriz Miranda at The Rio Times - 13 hours ago
By Beatriz Miranda, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – This Friday, May 25th, the city of Paraty, in Rio’s Costa Verde (the Southern coast of Rio State), opens the tenth edition of the Bourbon Festival Paraty. Dedicated to jazz, blues, R&B and soul music, the international festival will bring high-profile attractions to the historic […]

Delingpole: Climate Skeptic Professor Fired for Telling the Truth About the Great Barrier Reef

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 13 hours ago
By Paul Homewood From Breitbart: An Australian professor has been fired for telling the truth about the Great Barrier Reef: that it’s not being destroyed by man-made climate change and that the “science” claiming otherwise is bunk. Until this week Peter Ridd was Professor of Physics at James Cook University in Queensland, […]

9 Amazing Health Benefits of Cucumbers

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
9 Amazing Health Benefits of Cucumbers https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/08/23/amp/health-benefits-cucumbers.aspx?__twitter_impression=true Advertisements

NASA Is Launching a Box of Lasers to Make the Coldest Spot In the Universe

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
NASA Is Launching a Box of Lasers to Make the Coldest Spot In the Universe https://www.space.com/40631-nasa-coldest-spot-universe-laser-box.html?utm_content=bufferae072&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

Migraines: FDA approves first preventative drug

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
Migraines: FDA approves first preventative drug https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/05/18/migraines-fda-approves-first-preventative-drug/622457002/

Monday Morning Links

Greg Fingas at Accidental Deliberations - 13 hours ago
Miscellaneous material to start your week. -The UK's Association of Directors of Public Health speaks out (PDF) about the importance of giving children the best possible start in life - including through security in the essentials of life. - But Christina Gibson-Davis and Christine Perchenski write about the increased inequality that is leaving a large majority of families in the U.S. with no safety net. And Matthew Stewart breaks down the U.S.' income brackets into the .1% which is accumulating wealth faster than it can spend, the 90% which is falling behind, and the 9.9% between t... more »

GAPS AND MAN AT YALE: The microaggressions of Ivy League life!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*MONDAY, MAY 21, 2018Part 1—As compared to the gaps of New Haven:* As far as we know, Andy Shallal had, and has, a perfectly decent idea. Shallal is the founder of the Washington, D.C. restaurant-and-bookstore chain, Busboys and Poets, whose first location opened in 2005. Now there are six Busboys and Poets restaurants. Shallal has 600 employees. Shallal's idea was to talk with his employees about race. In yesterday's Washington Post, Abha Bhattarai published a 2200-word portrait of the way the enterprise works. From the report, it isn't entirely clear whether Shallal conducts the... more »

Syrian Army, allies repel ISIS attack in south Deir Ezzor countryside

Zen Adra at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (5:50 P.M.) – The Islamic State has launched an assault against positions for the Syrian Army and allied forces in the southern countryside of Deir Ezzor as the group suffers another defeat along the Syria-Iraq borders. According to a military source, a number of ISIS militants attempted to infiltrate the government-held areas in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Mysterious incident kills 3 American soldiers in northeast Syria

Zen Adra at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (4:25 P.M.) – Three U.S. Army soldiers were reportedly killed in the northeastern province of Hasakah, local sources said. Three U.S. military vehicles crashed while patrolling Tal Tamr town, killing 3 soldiers immediately. However, other reports spoke of a roadside bomb that went off as the vehicles passed by. AMN cannot verify the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

VIDEO: Turkish reinforcements enter Syria’s Idlib to foster observation point

Zen Adra at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3:40 P.M.) – A Turkish military convoy entered, today, the Syrian province of Idlib to further enhance the military buildup in one of the observation posts deployed in the area. The convoy, which includes armored and logistic vehicles, as well as servicemen, headed to Sarman village located in the eastern countryside of the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Battle of Homs officially over as Syrian troops raise flag over rebel bastion (map)

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:00 P.M.) – One of the longest battles in this seven year long war has finally ended, as Syrian Arab Army (SAA) troops raise the flag of the Syrian Arab Republic over the Al-Rastan and Al-Houla plains. The last rebels in the northern countryside of the Homs Governorate were transported from this region […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Breaking: Massive blast rocks Azerbaijan capital

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
The incident has occurred in a Binagadi district cafe located inside a market for auto parts near the shopping center Elite, according to reports. An explosion has occurred in a Baku café, the victims have been taken to the hospital. The reasons for the explosion as well as the number of injured are still unknown. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian Army in full control of Damascus for first time since 2011

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:40 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) is in full control of Damascus city and its countryside for the first time since the advent of this conflict. The so-called Islamic State (ISIS) has abandoned all of their positions in southern Damascus in exchange for transportation to the Badiya Al-Sham region of eastern […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Confrontation between Israel and Iran in Syria will not turn into massive war: expert

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
The confrontation between Iran and Israel in Syria will remain and the strikes will continue, but a massive war between the two countries is hardly probable, said chief research scientist of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies at the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies Irina Zvyagelskaya at a presentation of the report on the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Breaking: Syrian military in full control of strategic town in southern Damascus

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:20 P.M.) – For the first time in seven years, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) is in full control of the strategic southern Damascus town of Hajar Al-Aswad. The so-called Islamic State (ISIS) had reportedly withdrawn completely from Hajar Al-Aswad this morning, but the Syrian Arab Army did not enter these areas until […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Turkish military convoy heads to southwest Idlib

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) – The Turkish military sent another convoy of troops to the Idlib Governorate, as they prepare to establish another observation point in the southwestern countryside of this province. According to local reports from pro-opposition activists, the Turkish troops traveled to the town of Al-Sarman in southwestern Idlib, where they are establishing […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Global Times: China-U.S. Trade Agreement "Followed the Win-Win Principle"

Alicia at LaRouchePAC Feed - 13 hours ago
Sunday's *Global Times* carries an editorial which is very positive on the U.S.-China trade agreement, as the headline indicates: "China, U.S. Reach Win-Win Victory with Trade War Truce." According to the editorial, the joint statement says the two countries will substantially reduce the trade deficit, including by "expanding trade in manufactured goods and services." They report that "both nations fought fiercely for their own country's interests. In the past two and a half months, the situation was close to reaching disastrous conditions. Even until the very last moment before th... more »

U.S.-China Reach Agreement on Trade Talks

Alicia at LaRouchePAC Feed - 13 hours ago
The U.S. and China issued a joint statement Saturday at the conclusion of the talks between the Chinese delegation (headed by Vice Premier Liu He) and the U.S. side (headed by Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin). The official statement is short on specifics, but the tone is very positive and there is a heavy emphasis on the personal working relationship between Presidents Xi and Trump, as the key to the accord. Prior to the conclusion of the talks, the Chinese had made some significant concessions to make sure things worked out: they stopped their investigation of U.S. sorghum dumpi... more »

A Needed Burst of Optimism

Alicia at LaRouchePAC Feed - 13 hours ago
Direct collaboration between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping at the end of this week pulled China and the U.S. back from the brink of a highly dangerous potential trade war between the two countries, a scenario devoutly desired and orchestrated by the British Empire and their free-trade acolytes in Washington. The problem is not over, but a collaborative course has been struck for a win-win approach, and further negotiations will now proceed. Similarly, the extremely dangerous situation on the Korean Peninsula, which the British have also been trying to use as a tr... more »

Breakdown Of The Iraq Election Results

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 14 hours ago
Analyzing the returns from Iraq’s May 2018 parliamentary elections shows some interesting trends. First, the most well organized parties did the best. Some lists were focused upon the wrong themes, and there was widespread charges of fraud. The Sairoon alliance between Moqtada al-Sadr, the Iraqi Communist Party, and some civil society groups benefited the most from the low voter turnout. Sairoon’s political machine served it well. It was able to mobilize its voters and get them to pick from across the list to get them a plurality of the seats with 54. It was the only one that ran ... more »

This Day In Iraqi History - May 21

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 14 hours ago
1847 Treaty of Arzurum tried to set border between Ottoman Empire and Persia Gave Sulaymaniya to Ottomans Shatt al-Arab to Persia 1847 Treaty of Arzurum set up commission to demarcate border between Ottomans and Persia but never finished 1919 UK PM George abrogated Long-Berenger UK-French oil deal due to disagreement with France over Iraq-Syrian border George wanted Iraq to extend to Mediterranean 1928 British official said Iraqi provincial administrators picked who would be elected to parliament 1941 Iraqis launched counterattack attempting to re...more »

Doofus Of The Day #1,011

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 14 hours ago
Today's award goes to a felon in Florida. A Lake City man was jailed after he reported that his son had stolen his rifle. The problem? The man, James Denson, is a convicted felon who is not allowed to own a rifle, the Lake City Police said in a press release. There's more at the link. Uh-huh. Before you call the cops to report a crime, make sure you're not implicating yourself in the same crime! Peter

IUCN polar bear specialists reject IPCC- supported forecasts of sea ice based on CO2

Hifast at Climate Collections - 14 hours ago
Originally posted on polarbearscience: In case you missed it — or missed the significance of it — polar bear specialist Mitch Taylor correctly pointed out in his recent essay (a response to the New York Times article that appeared Tuesday (10 April) about the Harvey et al. (2018) BioScience paper) that the IUCN Polar Bear…

Cop Crosses Thin Blue Line, Records Chief Say He Wants to ‘Line Up’ Black People and ‘Mow ’em Down’

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: blue] A good cop crossed the thin blue line and because of his bravery, a racist and brutal tyrant, who used his badge to carry out his sick desires, has been charged with multiple hate crimes. The post Cop Crosses Thin Blue Line, Records Chief Say He Wants to ‘Line Up’ Black People and ‘Mow ’em Down’ appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

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Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 14 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Scuba Farming Someone needs to do an EROEI test of this China Releases Footage Of Bombers Landing On Disputed Island For The First Time Drinking Baking Soda Could be an Inexpensive, Safe Way to Combat Autoimmune Disease China Reportedly Holding Thousands of Muslims in Internment Camps U.S. Birth Rate Hits All-Time Low The Future of Border Security: Lie-Detecting Computer Kiosks Equipped with Artificial Intelligence FDA Glyphosate Testing Fraud Seaweed in Cow Feed Reduces Methane Emissions Almost Entirely Scientists to Grow ‘Mini-Brains’ Using Neanderthal DNA Hacker ... more »

Summary: Fourth Circuit Rejects Suspicionless, Forensic Searches of Devices at the Border in United States v. Kolsuz

gclary at Lawfare - 15 hours ago
When the Supreme Court rejected warrantless cell phone searches incident to arrest in *Riley v. California*, it emphasized that “many of the more than 90% of American adults who own a cell phone keep on their person a digital record of nearly every aspect of their lives,” and that “allowing the police to scrutinize such records on a routine basis is quite different from allowing them to search a personal item or two in the occasional case.” That powerful recognition of the privacy interests implicated by electronic devices promptly raised the question whether courts should rethink... more »

Margaret River shootings: Australian grandfather taking antidepressant medication before murders

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 15 hours ago
Early last Friday morning, grandfather Peter Miles shot dead his wife Cynda, 58, the couple’s daughter Katrina, 35, and grandchildren Taye, 13, Rylan, 12, Arye, 10, and Kayden, 8, at their farm in Osmington, east of Margaret River. It is believed that Miles had started taking antidepressant medication just weeks before, something that close friends believe […] The post Margaret River shootings: Australian grandfather taking antidepressant medication before murders appeared first on Health Nut News.

Healthy Gut Experts Summit 2.0: Register for FREE!

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 15 hours ago
When I was asked to participate in the Healthy Gut Experts Summit 2.0 I knew that this would be something you would all appreciate. I’m grateful every day that we have created a community of people who are interested in and concerned about being as healthy as possible. Learn How To Heal Your Digestion Naturally […] The post Healthy Gut Experts Summit 2.0: Register for FREE! appeared first on Health Nut News.

It’s like viper venom for your brain, yet the risk is rarely recognized

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 15 hours ago
By Dr. Mercola In the featured video, Xiren, host of Know How Things Work, interviews Oram Miller, building biology environmental consultant, electromagnetic radiation specialist in Los Angeles, and director of learning and development for the Institute for Building Biology and Ecology (IBE, www.hbelc.org). Many of Miller’s clients have electromagnetic sensitivities, but some simply want to […] The post It’s like viper venom for your brain, yet the risk is rarely recognized appeared first on Health Nut News.

'Panicked' Trump roundly mocked after parroting Fox News conspiracy theory in Monday morning Twitter meltdown

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 15 hours ago
What a fucking dope! 'Panicked' Trump roundly mocked after parroting Fox News conspiracy theory in Monday morning Twitter meltdown: The American president used to be considered the leader of the free world. As such, any president of the United States should have access to the absolute best: the best intelligence, the best advisors, and, if necessary, the best attorneys. But not Donald Trump, who ironically won the White House in part by telling voters he only hired “the best.” That’s turned out to be the far from from truth. The “best advisors” he can …

Likud MK Pushes Israel to Recognize Kurdistan as Independent

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 15 hours ago
*'Cause when you just wanna get along with your neighbours taking every action to antagonize them makes perfect sense..... not! * *As US Congressman DeSantis pushes for the recognition of Syria’s Golan as Israeli territory we have an Israeli MK pushing for Israel to recognize Kurdistan as an "independent" state.* * Can anyone deny that the US and Israel are being intentionally provocative pushing these concepts? It seems to me neither the US or Israel are hiding their desire for a regional war.* *The move of the US Embassy to Jerusalem was a provocation* *Flashback:* May 14/18- PROVO... more »

Editor's Note

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
Blogging will be slow today. It is a national holiday in Canada .... and it is the GF's 50th birthday. And yeah .... she is expecting me to do a lot for her today.

U.S. Forces in South Korea: A seven-decade commitment

Frances Tilney Burke, PhD student, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 15 hours ago
Since the Korean War, U.S. troops have helped South Korea with military training and planning. Our Speed Read describes the regular joint exercises designed to deter North Korean aggression.

Caught Our Notice: A team from Harvard, Cornell, Cambridge, HHMI, and UCSF can’t reproduce a paper’s findings

Alison Abritis at Retraction Watch - 15 hours ago
What Caught Our Attention: Any time there’s an issue with a paper co-authored by researchers from such high-profile institutions as Harvard, Cornell, and the University of Cambridge, we take notice. In this case, the group — which included Laurie Glimcher, then-dean at Cornell, now president of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute — chose to retract a … Continue reading Caught Our Notice: A team from Harvard, Cornell, Cambridge, HHMI, and UCSF can’t reproduce a paper’s findings

Daniel Bausch’s team from Public Health England arrives in Congo ahead of mass vaccination campaign and climbing Ebola toll. A US navy bioweapons scientist, Bausch was at epicentre of 2014 Ebola outbreak…

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 15 hours ago
The only way to stop this Ebola outbreak looks like being exposing the Globalist depopulation plan. Implementing standard epidemic control measures won’t help much if Globalist teams are spreading the disease in others place or simulating Ebola death with agents formaldehyde as appears to have happened in 2014. That means exposing Donald Trump and the Globalists in his […]

Spiritual warfare boot camp for the End times battle. Part 1

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 15 hours ago
Listen up, Pentagon, nappers! Time for a spiritual boot camp. On your toes. Memorize. Any work done in the cause of justice, truth, freedom is blessed by God. Anyone blessed by God may appear to fail at first, but in the end, they succeed. It’s important to contact God (called prayer), get his orders (called […]

Rio Nightlife Guide for Monday, May 21, 2018

Beatriz Miranda at The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
We have the top three picks for this Monday, and below there is a list of bars and lounges that are always a good option. PARTY: The Glow Party (Copacabana) – It is time to get the party mood started all over again as “The Glow Party” returns to New Mariuzinn Copacabana tonight. DJ Guga […]

TEXANS LOVE GUNS WITHOUT QUALIFICATION (EXCEPT FOR THE MAJORITY WHO DON'T)

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 16 hours ago
Here are the lead paragraphs of a *New York Times* story about opinions on guns in Texas after the Santa Fe shooting: One mile from the scene of the shooting that left 10 people dead at her school, Monica Bracknell, a senior at Santa Fe High School, approached Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in the lobby of Arcadia First Baptist Church here Sunday morning. Her message was simple: The violence was not “a political issue,” she told Mr. Abbott, explaining to reporters afterward that schools needed to be safer but restricting the availability of guns was not the way to achieve it. After the Fe... more »

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 16 hours ago
*No more boys, no more girls - and no more Winnie-the-Pooh or Barbie dolls: Books and toys could be banned from Australian schools due to radical push to make classrooms 'gender-neutral'* *This is just ideology. What proof is there that boys who are deprived of male role-models are better off? There is none. It's just Leftist theory. Most role-model researchers say that boys need MORE male role models in our feminized schools* Winnie-the-Pooh books, Barbie dolls, and superhero play are among things children could be banned from after a radical study on 'gender stereotyping'. ... more »

A Fact Full Election?

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 16 hours ago
Last week, Bob Rae told a crowd of distinguished dignitaries, "Facts matter. Our politics needs to understand and respect this." Robin Sears wonders if Ontarians do understand this: Like travelling medicine shows and revival preachers of old, their caravan booms noise and angry rhetoric but leaves little behind as it heads for the next town. A fact-free campaign of glaring contradiction can work for an established front runner with deep party roots and a following wind. That is not Doug Ford, nor this campaign. So far, he has promised nearly $30 billion in slashed taxes and expen... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 16 hours ago
*Activists try to disrupt Chevron Play* Dear Friends, So we have had the opening weekend of the The $18-Billion Prize and what a weekend it has been. At Friday night's preview two activists sat in the crowd heckling the actors trying to disrupt the performance. Thankfully they were far enough away as not to be able to throw the actors off their performance. Afterwards they created disruption in the lobby. A member of the audience managed to catch this video of the end of the confrontation. However the weekend has turned out to be a huge success. The $18-Billion Prize was chosen ... more »

Martin Armstrong: Rates are Going to Jump to 10% Instantaneously

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 16 hours ago
Martin Armstrong: Rates are Going to Jump to 10% Instantaneously by Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com (Early Sunday Release) Near the end of last year, legendary financial and geopolitical analyst Martin Armstrong said the Trump tax cuts were going to be a very positive move for the U.S economy. He was right. What does he say now about the […]

Immanuel Kant’s Letter to Frederich Schiller

Anoop Verma at The Verma Report - 16 hours ago
Kant's statue in Belo Horizonte, BrazilThe letters that Immanuel Kant wrote to many of the leading thinkers of his day is rich in philosophical content. But his correspondence with Frederich Schiller is businesslike. On June 13, 1794, Schiller wrote from Jena, requesting Kant to contribute an essay in his new literary magazine *Die Horen*. Johann Gottlieb Fichte too wrote to Kant supporting Schiller’s request. Schiller wrote again on June 17, 1794 and again on October 6, 1794. In his letters, Schiller assured Kant that he was devoted to the Kantian moral system and he thanked Kant ... more »

WATCH: Innocent Man Detained, Assaulted by Cops Because He Had ‘Vegetation’ on His Window

Jack Burns at The Free Thought Project - 16 hours ago
[image: vegetation] An innocent man was harassed and detained by police, all because they claimed the "vegetation" on his window seal was an illegal substance. The post WATCH: Innocent Man Detained, Assaulted by Cops Because He Had ‘Vegetation’ on His Window appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

Arbitration panel to hear Vodafone challenge to Rs 22,100 crore tax in February 2019

bilaterals.org - 16 hours ago
21-May-2018 The tribunal, headed by Sir Franklin Berman, will hear the government's objection to tax matters being covered under the Netherlands-India Bilateral Investment Treaty.

ALENA: Washington vise «un bon accord» et non une échéance

bilaterals.org - 16 hours ago
21-May-2018 Les États-Unis sont davantage préoccupés par le fait d'obtenir un bon accord que de tenir un délai dans les renégociations du traité de libre-échange nord-américain avec le Canada et le Mexique, a affirmé le secrétaire au Trésor.

China to tap into Belt and Road potential in cooperation with Belarus

bilaterals.org - 16 hours ago
21-May-2018 China will cooperate with Belarus to actively use the advantages of the Belt and Road concept, Deputy Head of the Foreign Affairs Office of Hubei Province Lianghua Zhang said as he spoke at the international seminar Belt and Road. Getting to Know Hubei in Wuhan, China, BelTA has learned.

Chinese, Chilean FMs hold talks to deepen bilateral cooperation

bilaterals.org - 16 hours ago
21-May-2018 China expects Chile to continue to play an active and exemplary role in jointly building the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative with Latin America, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday.

The Worst Democrat In Congress Is, I'm Sorry To Report, A Woman

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 17 hours ago
*Not second worst or third worst* The worst Democrat in Congress, chair of the Blue Dogs, is Kyrsten Sinema. Kyrsten is a woman. Of the 78 Democrats rated "F" by ProgressivePunch 15 are women. Any list of the worst Democrats in the House would have to include, Kyrsten Sinema, of course, as well as Stephanie Murphy (Blue Dog-FL), Cheri Bustos (Blue Dog-IL), Jacky Rosen (NV), and Kathleen Rice (New Dem-NY). ProgressivePunch rates 37 House Dems "A." 16 are women and this cycle only 3 members of Congress have 100% perfect crucial vote scores, two of whom-- Jan Schakowsky (IL) and Barbar... more »

Congressman urges US to recognize Syria’s Golan as Israeli territory

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 17 hours ago
*Coming hot on the heels of the inflammatory embassy move to Jerusalem this type of recognition would simply 'up the game' in the region. * - *Press TV * - *Arutz Sheva * - *DeSantis Statement of Support For Israel Claim to Golan Heights* * (PT) A member of Congress has urged the US to recognize Syria’s Golan Heights as an Israeli territory after Washington's relocation of its embassy to Jerusalem al-Quds last week.* Republican Representative Ron DeSantis said in an interview published on Israel’s Walla news website on Sunday that he had brought the proposal before the Hou... more »

Would America Sell Taiwan the Ultimate Weapon: The F-35?

Zachary Keck at The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Zachary Keck* *Security, Asia* Taipei seems to want it. Taiwan’s Defense Minister has revealed that his country is engaged in negotiations with the United States to acquire the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. During an interview with the local *Liberty Times*, Minister of National Defense Yen Teh-fa was asked whether Taiwan has officially asked the United States to sell it F-35 jets and M1 tanks. In discussing the former, Yen stated “I can confirm that negotiations are ongoing.” His remarks were reported in English by the *Taipei Times*, a sister publication of the *Liberty Times*...more »

Israeli's Deadly Air Force Has Been Destroying Syria's Russian-Built Air Defense Systems

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Middle East* Something you might not have known. Since 2012, Israeli aircraft have launched dozens of air strikes on Syrian government, Hezbollah and Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps forces in Syria. These attacks reached a new peak in May 9 when, in response to an Iranian rocket artillery attack, twenty-eight Israeli F-15s and F-16s launched more than sixty guided weapons at targets throughout Syria. In addition to numerous Iranian logistical bases and staging areas, the Israeli jets also fired on Syrian air defenses that attempted to engage them... more »

Why Engage in Proxy War? A State’s Perspective

dbyman at Lawfare - 17 hours ago
Northern Alliance soldiers visit Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. (Credit: Jim Garamone/Wikimedia) *This is the first of a two-part series on proxy war. This first essay explains why states might engage in proxy war and the likely costs and problems. The second will examine the same issues from the proxy’s perspective.* A proxy war occurs when a major power instigates or plays a major role in supporting and directing a party to a conflict but does only a small portion of the actual fighting itself. Proxy war stands in contrast not only to a traditional war—when a state shoulders ... more »

Clearly, you do business with Intuit (Quickbooks, TurboTax, etc.) at your own risk

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 17 hours ago
Intuit - owners of Quickbooks, TurboTax and other widely used financial software products, as well as a provider of financial services such as credit card payment processing - has just dumped one of its customers firmly in the dwang, for politically correct - not legal - reasons. A couple of months ago Gunsite decided to make a change to a new credit card processor, QuickBooks. It seemed to be a wise business choice at the time and may have been, had Intuit not chosen to go the way they did. * . . .* Then, a week ago – May 11th, 2018 – Gunsite got another phone call from QuickBook... more »

Highly Problematic Stance on Fake "Antivaxx" Authorship By the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics

noreply@blogger.com (Christian Munthe) at Philosophical Comment - 17 hours ago
It is a recognised challenge of my research field, bioethics, to include and empower researchers and institutions from low- and midlle-resource settings. Since a few years, the leading journal of *Bioethics*, runs the side journal *Developing World Bioethics* to address this issue, and over the past few years a number of journals have appeared, based at institutions outside of the most affluent parts of the world with a natural focus on bioethical issue of relevance to such settings, as well as global health related issues. One of these is the *Indian Journal of Medical Ethics*, th...more »

Woods Hole Research Center

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 17 hours ago
By Paul Homewood Philip B. Duffy, Ph.D. President and Executive Director Woods Hole Research Center Yesterday I mentioned the testimony of Philip Duffy to the U.S. House of Representatives Science, Space and Technology Committee, which included three seriously misleading statements. It is important to draw a distinction between Woods Hole Research […]

US will hardly withdraw its troops from Syria in near future: expert

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
The United States is hardly expected to withdraw its forces from Syria soon, as its involvement in the region remains high. Academic advisor for the Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Vitaly Naumkin said about it on Monday at a presentation of the report of the Valdai Discussion Club dubbed […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Erdogan slams Europe’s treatment of Turks

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
Addressing 15,000 supporters at the Olympic stadium in Sarajevo, President Erdogan touched upon the issue of discrimination of Turks in Europe. He went on to say that expatriates serving in European governments had sought to undermine Turkey, and encouraged his supporters to become educated and work their way into power in those governments. “The European […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Breaking: Syrian, Palestinian forces fully liberate Yarmouk Camp

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:30 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and their Palestinian allies are now in full control of the Yarmouk Camp after a large batch of Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists were transported to the Badiya Al-Sham region of eastern Syria. According to a military source, the Yarmouk Camp was handed over to the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Nearly 300 refugees return to their homes in Syria – Russian reconciliation center

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
More than 290 Syrians returned to their homes in the province of Homs and Damascus’ Eastern Ghouta neighborhood during the day, chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria Yuri Yevtushenko said on Sunday. “Restoration of damaged social infrastructure facilities and normalization of everyday life encourage people to return to […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian military seizes another large cache of weapons in southern Damascus (photos)

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:00 P.M.) – The Syrian military police inside of the three southern Damascus towns of Babila, Beit Sahm, and Yalda uncovered another large cache of equipment left behind by the rebel forces. The seized military equipment included telecommunication devices, mortar shells, mortar launchers, gas masks, grenades, et al. As shown in the pictures […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Breaking: Syrian military resumes operations in southern Damascus after rogue ISIS fighters refuse to leave

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:40 A.M.) – The Syrian military has resumed their military operations inside the small pocket still held by the Islamic State (ISIS) in southern Damascus, a source told Al-Masdar News this morning. Syrian jets were reportedly seen above both the Yarmouk Camp and Hajar Al-Aswad around 11:45 A.M. (Damascus Time), as the 48 […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Israeli warplanes fly along Syrian-Lebanese border to raise alert levels in Damascus

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:25 A.M.) – Israeli warplanes were once again seen flying along the Syrian-Lebanese border, prompting the Syrian Air Defense to raise their alert levels. According to a military report from Damascus, Israeli warplanes crossed into Lebanon and flew over the town of Marjeyoun before making their way to the Beqa’a Valley in the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Turkish presidential candidate calls for normalization of relations with Assad

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:00 A.M.) – Turkish presidential candidate Dogu Perincek of the Patriotic Party told RIA Novosti on Monday that he will normalize relations with the Syrian government. “As president, I will invite Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to Turkey on the very next day,” Perincek began. “I will send him a plane and personally meet […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian Army uncovers large cache of equipment left behind by rebels in southern Damascus (photos)

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:45 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) uncovered a large cache of equipment left behind by the rebel forces in the southern Damascus towns of Babila, Beit Sahm, and Yalda, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported this morning. According to the SANA report, the Syrian Army seized a large cache of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Iran fires back after Putin calls on foreign nations to leave Syria

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:30 A.M.) – The Spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Bahram Ghassemi, responded to Vladimir Putin’s statement regarding the withdrawal of all foreign nations from Syria. “We will stay inside Syria as long as there is a terrorist threat and as long as the Syrian government wants us there,” Ghassemi stated this morning. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Two Russian Tu-142 anti-submarine jets seen above Pacific

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:20 A.M.) – A pair of Tu-142 anti-submarine aircraft from the Pacific Fleet’s naval aviation division are patrolling the sea zone, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced this morning. “The Tu-142M is a long-range anti-submarine / reconnaissance aircraft designed by the Tupolev Design Bureau and manufactured by the Kuibyshev Aviation and Taganrog Machinery […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Ceasefire in southern Damascus to expire, Syrian military to resume attack on terrorists refusing to leave

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:00 A.M.) – The 48 hour ceasefire between the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and Islamic State (ISIS) forces in southern Damascus is set to expire at noon (Damascus Time), today. According to a military source in Damascus, the Syrian military will resume their assault on the Yarmouk Camp, Hajar Al-Aswad, and Al-Tadamon if […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Maximum versus minimum effort

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 18 hours ago
Having failed to trigger WW3 through a false flag, Prince Charles, Harry and Meghan have hastily re adjusted their plans. The new couple have delayed their much publicized honeymoon and instead will appear prominently in public events featuring Charles… Furthermore, Harry and his new CIA agent wife might now even go to hotspot Turkey for their honeymoon according […]

PENTAGON’S FAILURE IN THE NEW INFOWARS IS A GLOBAL EMBARASSMENT AND EMBOLDENS HOSTILE ACTORS, INFO WARRIORS ARE THE NEW PRIME TARGETS NOT BUREAUCRATS LIKE JAMES MATTIS

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 18 hours ago
The Pentagon has appointed a new deputy commandant for information in an effort to kick start its information-related capability, whose visible and public failure threatens the very existence of the USA by emboldening every enemy, whether it is a state or a non state actor. https://www.c4isrnet.com/c2-comms/2018/05/18/marines-get-new-information-war-leader/ http://www.executivegov.com/2018/05/maj-gen-loretta-reynolds-nominated-as-marine-corps-deputy-commandant-for-information/ What has just happened to the US pandemic expert Tim Ziemer […]

US births hit a 30-year low, despite good economy.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 18 hours ago
US births hit a 30-year low, despite good economy | Fox News http://www.foxnews.com/health/2018/05/17/us-births-hit-30-year-low-despite-good-economy.html Advertisements

High levels of workplace exercise linked to early death

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 18 hours ago
Medical Xpress: High levels of workplace exercise linked to early death https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-high-workplace-linked-early-death.html

Evidence EPA Colluded with Monsanto to Cover-Up Glyphosate/Cancer Link.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 18 hours ago
Evidence EPA Colluded with Monsanto to Cover-Up Glyphosate/Cancer Link | Wake Up World https://wakeup-world.com/2017/04/01/evidence-epa-colluded-with-monsanto-coverup-glyphosate-cancer-link/

Scientists Reveal What Marijuana Does To The Bones

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 18 hours ago
Scientists Reveal What Marijuana Does To The Bones https://www.whydontyoutrythis.com/2017/03/scientists-reveal-what-marijuana-does-the-bones.html?m=1

Climate scientist’s unprofessional behavior undermines credibility of science

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 18 hours ago
“Professor Garth Paltridge, formerly a chief scientist with Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Division of Atmospheric Research, says that the behavior of certain members of the climate science establishment is “seriously threatening the public’s perception of the … Continue reading →

1,250 Deaths in Trials Considered Acceptable by Indian Drugs Controller General

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 18 hours ago
From webindia123: Drugs Controller to come out with vaccine specific regulatory policy Hyderabad | Saturday, 2018 10:15:04 PM IST The Drugs Controller General of India plans to come out with vaccine specific regulatory policy and a manual for regulatory requirements...

Jeremy Corbyn laughs with man who 'left Jewish MP Ruth Smeeth in tears' per Metro News in 2016

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 19 hours ago
Because I haven't forgotten even if the BBC would rather we all did. From The Metro in 2016 https://metro.co.uk/2016/07/01/corbyn-laughs-and-jokes-with-man-who-left-jewish-mp-ruth-smeeth-in-tears-5978221/ 'Jeremy Corbyn can be seen laughing and joking with the man who berated Labour MP Ruth Smeeth just moments before. Labour Party activist, Marc Wadsworth, attacked Jewish MP Ms Smeeth by name at the launch of a report into anti-Semitism yesterday. She walked out of the conference 'in tears' following the accusation that she was 'colluding with the media'.' That lovely Mr Corbyn... more »

Flashback: Abortion tied to sharp decline in women’s mental health

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 19 hours ago
Abortions linked to increased incidence of mental health problems, manifesting as substance abuse, anxiety and depression

Power

LL at Virtual Mirage - 20 hours ago
*Power requires neither permission nor forgiveness.* I'm sure that was the sense of certainty in the triumph of the Democrat Party in the last presidential election that Barack Hussein Obama felt. Orwell said it best, perhaps, "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." (*1984*) The feeling of power and invincibility must have been heady when he ordered the FBI into the Trump Campaign, when his minions created false FISA Court surveillance warrants and when his political adversary was wiretapped. It wasn't the first time. Under Obama, th... more »

A Good Monday Morning

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 20 hours ago

I’m Hispanic, who knew?

E.M.Smith at Musings from the Chiefio - 20 hours ago
Near as I can tell, I'm Hispanic. Hey, I don't make the rules, I just follow them. Wherever they may lead... more »

Maduro wins another term as Venezuela’s president

Frank Sellers at The Duran - 21 hours ago
Washington considers no election legitimate unless the outcome is for a pro-USA candidate More The post Maduro wins another term as Venezuela’s president appeared first on The Duran.

The Messiah is Here

Israel Shamir at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
The best gift God Almighty gave the Jews this season is the Matzo balls of president Trump. The Chosen people have got him by the balls in more ways than one

Austrian man jailed up for glorifying Nazism after cops found “joke” Hitler-branded wine in his home

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
Jailed for owning bottles of "Hitler wine", which can be bought across the border in neighbouring Italy where they are legal

Twitter Suspends Me for 12 Hours for Retweeting This

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
Obviously, certain minorities enjoy special protected status. In this case, child abusers

How Democracy Ended

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
It’s the type of government that both the French Revolution and the American Revolution were against and overthrew; but it has been restored in both countries.

The Philip Cross Affair

Craig Murray at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
Has the founder of Wikipedia, James Wales, been using twitter anonymously to promote his own political ideas? Or has he employed someone to do so for him?

How Jews Celebrate Murder

Brother Nathanael Kapner at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
When "Genocide is Permissible" was the headline in a recent issue of Sheldon Adelson's Times of Israel

Musical Interlude: 2002, “A Year And A Day”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
2002, “A Year And A Day” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL7b_avTk38

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
“Point your telescope toward the high flying constellation Pegasus and you can find this expanse of Milky Way stars and distant galaxies. Centered on NGC 7814, the pretty field of view would almost be covered by a full moon. NGC 7814 is sometimes called the Little Sombrero for its resemblance to the brighter more famous M104, the Sombrero Galaxy. *Click image for larger size.* Both Sombrero and Little Sombrero are spiral galaxies seen edge-on, and both have extensive central bulges cut by a thinner disk with dust lanes in silhouette. In fact, NGC 7814 is some 40 million light-years... more »

Exclusive: Lessons From Airbnb’s First Foray Into Urban Renewal

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
This is a nice start and recognizes that there is something important here that lacks successful monetization. At its foundation, we have a natural community that has lost its fresh faces to the virtual natural communities in larger centers. Replenishment becomes impossible. We need a natural influx of newcomers, internal finance using the rule of twelve and fiat capital. This would stimulate a recovery to the 150 population and support for sustainable local growing. It can be done but it will take example and education. *Exclusive: Lessons From Airbnb’s First Foray Into Urb... more »

How a Ghanaian entrepreneur uses recycled plastic to make cheaper roads and building blocks

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
This is really promising. To start with it works. That means we can set up a regulatory system in which all plastics made new are charged out a deposit per pound of plastic that it set to underwrite the whole underlying collection process. We do this with glass bottles and plastic bottles and metal cans already. Thus the processor uses the revenue from his product sales to support the manufacturing operation and pay for the equipment. The bricks easily fits into the local building culture anywhere. There is no particular need for great strength either as the market for paving s... more »

Global warming? The latest news tells a different story

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
Ah yes! Just where did that global warming go when we needed it. Yet it all fits within the expected channel for good statistical data. What this makes clear though is that all the gains in global heat are now been lost quickly while the obvious markers will still be lagging. It takes time to rebuild sea ice. Right now I do expect shocks during the coming winter months and think the chance of being disappointed to be low. The obvious shock will be suddenly frozen rivers comparable to the eighteenth century. The scientific retreat from flawed climate dogma will be embarrass... more »

Fiber-reinforced hydrogel is 5 times stronger than steel

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
Rather nice and a likely artificial ligament. Not an obvious solution either. This looks to be a great manufacturing solution as well as we are completely familiar with glass fiber. Yet many materials can also be manipulated so this may well be not that unique but may still be cheap en0ugh to get market share. All good. *Fiber-reinforced hydrogel is 5 times stronger than steel* *David Szondy * *February 26th, 2017* *https://newatlas.com/fiber-hydrogel-tougher-steel/48108/* *The newly developed fiber-reinforced hydrogel consists of polyampholyte gels and glass fiber fabri... more »

Mahathir Will Continue Malaysia’s Multipolar Course

Andrew KORYBKO at OrientalReview.org - 21 hours ago
Malaysia under the returned leadership of Prime Minister Mahathir is expected to remain multipolar, even if it changes the manner in which it has hitherto expressed this geostrategic vision by rebalancing its relations with China and the US. The post Mahathir Will Continue Malaysia’s Multipolar Course appeared first on OrientalReview.org.

Laurel Yanny is a sister of Marilyn Einstein

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 21 hours ago
*A Lumosque introduction to the spectral analysis of vowels and consonants* There are two famous people named Marilyn Einstein. One of them is the trans-sexual daughter of Marilyn Monroe and Albert Einstein (yes, Marilyn had a relationship with many famous men): Her genes are 50% from Einstein, 50% from Monroe, and the percentages don't change much. But the other Marilyn Einstein is this one: Ze differs from the first one because ze can be close to 100% Einstein or close to 100% Monroe, depending how we look at zir. If your eyesight is sharp and you can see the short-distance... more »

The U.S. Navy Wants To Protect Its Large Cargo Planes And Surveillance Aircraft From Chinese And Russian Missiles

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 21 hours ago
US Navy *Zachary Keck, National Interest:* *The Navy Fears Russia and China Could Exploit a Dangerous Military Weakness* *The U.S. Navy wants new, better ways to protect its large cargo and surveillance planes from increasingly sophisticated missiles threats from countries like China and Russia.* Earlier this month, the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) began soliciting bids from defense firms for new ways to protect “wide body” planes like the Lockheed C-130 Hercules. The wide body designation would also include planes derived from civilian aircraft, such as Air Force plan... more »

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 22 hours ago
*by Noah* Of all the double armpit-scratching monkey goons that Señor Trumpanzee coulda picked to represent him as his newest "TV Lawyer," Rudy Giuliani has proven to be the best, most tremendous choice. I have no doubt that Trumpanzee considered other republican luminaries such as Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Judge Roy Moore, Speaker Ryan, and various Grand Wizards, but Donnie and Rudy go way back with their natural affinity for each other, an affinity based on New York City's underbelly of "You scratch my back I'll scratch yours, and fill your wallet" sleaze. Seeing Rudy figuratively pi... more »

Satellite images show increased number of Russian warplanes in T-4 Airbase

Zen Adra at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 22 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (8:55 A.M.) – Russia is still extensively using a large airbase in central Syria to launch sorties against positions for the rebel groups across the country, satellite images reveal. The images, released online, clearly show four SU-25 jets, as well as a squadron of helicopters including three Ka-52 attack helicopters. The highly-operational T-4 […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russian military finds militants’ depots with NATO weapons

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 22 hours ago
Depots with weapons produced in NATO member-states as well as underground explosive production facilities are being found by members of the Russian Center for Syrian reconciliation and Syrian government troops in the territories liberated from militant groups, the center said on Monday in a statement. According to the statement, the officers are also revealing underground […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Maduro wins Venezuelan election

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 22 hours ago
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro comfortably won re-election in a controversial vote on Sunday, the election board said, though his main rivals both declared the poll illegitimate due to alleged widespread irregularities. Turnout at the election was just 46.1 percent, the election board said, way down from the 80 percent registered at the last presidential vote […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Update: Saudi Arabia says air defense downed Houthi missile near military airport

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 22 hours ago
Saudi air-defense systems have reportedly managed to intercept a ballistic missile launched from Yemen after Houthi rebels said they had targeted a “military airport” in the city of Jizan. The alleged Scud-type missile was destroyed before the projectile hit the intended target in the port city, which lies in the southwest corner of Saudi Arabia […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Israeli DM calls Arab minister ‘terrorist’ that belongs in prison

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 22 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:45 A.M.) – The Israeli Minister of Defense, Avigdor Lieberman, called Aymen Odeh, the leader of the Join (Arab) List party, a ‘terrorist’ that belongs in prison for his behavior at the Gaza solidarity protest in Haifa. “Every day that Ayman Odeh and his associates are free to walk around cursing at police […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Breaking: Houthi forces fire missile at Saudi airport

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 22 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:10 A.M.) – Earlier this morning, the Houthi forces fired a short-range ballistic missile at a military airport near Saudi Arabia’s southern border. According to the official media wing of the Houthi forces, their rocket battalion fired a Badr-1 ballistic missile at the Jizan Military Airport. The Houthi forces stated the missile hit […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Tracking polar bears in the Beaufort Sea resumes after a one year hiatus

Hifast at Climate Collections - 22 hours ago
Originally posted on polarbearscience: Fourteen bears tagged by the US Geological Survey (USGS) on or near the central Southern Beaufort Sea coast in April 2018 (near Kaktovik) will be tracked online over the coming months. The break in published USGS tagging data from March 2017 to April 2018 was the first since the project began…

Did North Korea Had A Plan Five Years Ago On How To Achieve Denuclearization?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
Reuters/KCNA *Joel S. Wit, The Atlantic:* *What the North Koreans Told Me About Their Plans* *I was one of a handful of former officials to meet with them when they were just developing their current strategy. Those talks offer the best information we have about how to achieve denuclearization.* What exactly do the North Koreans mean when they say they’re willing to denuclearize? And how exactly would they do so? These are the key mysteries at the heart of the upcoming Trump-Kim summit—and indeed they threatened to derail the whole thing this week when Kim Jong Un objected to Nat... more »

The Space Travel of the Future: Ion Propulsion

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 23 hours ago
The Space Travel of the Future: Ion Propulsion https://futurism.com/the-space-travel-of-the-future-ion-propulsion-2/ Advertisements

Drug Maker Will Soon Hold Patent On THC, CBD As Cancer Cures.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 23 hours ago
Drug Maker Will Soon Hold Patent On THC, CBD As Cancer Cures | USA Health Times http://usahealthtimes.com/2018/04/08/drug-maker-will-soon-hold-patent-on-thc-cbd-as-cancer-cures/

Tweets For Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
President Maduro is unsurprisingly declared winner of Venezuela's election in a poll boycotted by the opposition and in which only 46 percent of voters turned out to cast ballots https://t.co/03gtfrznem pic.twitter.com/vZzaBtvlFx — AFP news agency (@AFP) May 21, 2018 #UPDATE President Maduro is declared winner of Venezuela's election in a poll rejected as invalid by his rivals, who called for fresh elections pic.twitter.com/S8y2yCWTD3 — AFP news agency (@AFP) May 21, 2018 Another source of the explosions reported at the Iranian base south of Damascus, Syria. https://t.co/vo3vm1e... more »

Venezuelan President Maduro Wins Re-Election With A Massive Landslide

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro is surrounded by supporters as he speaks during a gathering after the results of the election were released, outside of the Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, May 20, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins *Reuters:* *Venezuela's Maduro re-elected amid outcry over vote* CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela’s leftist leader Nicolas Maduro won a new six-year term on Sunday, but his main rivals disavowed the election alleging massive irregularities in a process critics decried as a farce propping up a dictatorship. Victory for the 55-year-o... more »

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
Soldiers fire an M119 105mm howitzer during a live-fire exercise at the 7th Army Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany, May 4, 2018. Army photo by Markus Rauchenberger *WNU Editor:* The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... *Soldiers Hone Howitzer Live-Fire Skills* (US Department of Defense).

U.K Labor Finance Policy Chief John McDonnell: 'Venezuela Is Not A Socialist State'

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
Britain's Shadow Finance Minister John McDonnell, speaks as he sets out Labour's demands for the Spring Statement, in London, Britain, March 9, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson Reuters: *Socialist Britain will not be 'ripped off any more' under Labour: McDonnell* LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s main opposition Labour Party wants to radically transform the economy, forming a Socialist society where “we’re not going to get ripped off any more”, its finance policy chief, John McDonnell, said on Sunday. With Labour almost neck-and-neck in the polls with the governing Conservatives, who lost... more »

"To Others And To Ourselves: Obligations"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"To Others And To Ourselves: Obligations"* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM "When we schedule too much in our lives trying to meet our obligations, we only end up draining our energy. We all encounter obligations in life, from spending time with family and friends to being present at important functions in the lives of the people who form our community. Many times, the obligations are actually fun and fulfilling, and we want to be there. At the same time, we all sometimes experience resistance to meeting these obligations, especially when they pile up all at once and we begin to feel... more »

Qotd: The motive of egalitarianism

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
*"The motive [of egalitarianism]... is not the desire to help the poor, but to destroy the competent."* ~ Ayn Rand . [Hat tip Ayn Rand Bot] Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with link and attribution.

Can The Koch Brothers Buy Democratic Primaries Too? Rhode Island

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Yesterday, we looked at a few Democrats with their greasy palms out for cash from the Koch brothers, like Ben Ray Luján (NM), Raul Ruiz (CA) and Pete Aguilar (CA). And it isn't just corrupt conservative Democrats in Congress who have been compromised by the Koch brothers and their network. A Koch aligned organization is sending out attack mailers against progressive Rhode Island Lt. Governor candidate Aaron Regunberg. And here’s the thing-- they're attacking him in the DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY. We're starting to see this more and more frequently around the country-- right-wing groups ba... more »

Iran Announces Deadline for Europe to Salvage Nuclear Deal

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Iran Announces Deadline for Europe to Salvage Nuclear Deal by The National Tehran says EU mechanisms must be in place before US sanctions take effect Iran has announced the new deadline it expects European nations to meet if they are to uphold the nuclear agreement and salvage it after US President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the […]

EU Continues Talks with Iran Despite US Sanctions

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
PressTV Published on May 20, 2018 EU Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete continued talks in Tehran on Sunday in a bid to protect trade ties amid fresh US sanctions. He met with Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Head of Department of Environment Isa Kalantari. Canete is reportedly expected to discuss further bilateral collaboration as well […]

French Finance Minister: “U.S. Won’t be Allowed to be Economic Police”

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
PressTV Published on May 20, 2018 The French finance minister has urged Europe not to allow the United States to be the economic policeman of the world. Bruno Le Maire said the European response must be clearly NO to Washington’s economic stance. He was reacting to U-S President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw his country from […]

US Pundit Says Ukraine Should Bomb Russia’s Bridge to Crimea

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
RT America Published on May 18, 2018 Columnist Tom Rogan of the Washington Examiner has called for Ukraine to bomb the newly built Russian bridge to the Crimean peninsula. Now Russia’s equivalent of the FBI is looking into charges of inciting terrorism, while the Examiner is standing by their man. RT’s Yulia Shapovalova has the story. […]

US Threatens to Punish Russia & Germany If They Continue with Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
RT Published on May 19, 2018 Washington has warned that proceeding with the Russian-led gas pipeline project, aimed at bringing natural gas to Germany’s northeastern Baltic coast, could result in sanctions for those involved. end

A New World’s Extraordinary Orbit Points to Planet Nine

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
A New World’s Extraordinary Orbit Points to Planet Nine by Olena Shmahalo, https://www.quantamagazine.org/ In early 2016, two planetary scientists declared that a ghost planet is hiding in the depths of the solar system, well beyond the orbit of Pluto. Their claim, which they made based on the curious orbits of distant icy worlds, quickly sparked a race […]

Norman Finkelstein(Jew): Outrage Over Israeli Massacre Shows Power of Nonviolent Palestinian Resistance

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Democracy Now! Published on May 16, 2018 https://democracynow.org – The United States is refusing to criticize Israel after Israeli forces shot dead at least 61 unarmed Palestinian protesters taking part in the Great March of Return in Gaza Monday. More than 2,700 Palestinians were injured. At the United Nations, U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley has blocked a […]

‘US Not Economic Gendarme of Planet’: France Suggests EU May Compensate Firms Hit by US Sanctions

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
‘US Not Economic Gendarme of Planet’: France Suggests EU May Compensate Firms Hit by US Sanctions by https://www.rt.com/ France’s economy minister has suggested that the EU may compensate European companies affected by US sanctions on Iran, stressing that the bloc should not accept Washington as “the economic gendarme of the planet.” – Bruno Le Maire referred […]

Brussels Rises in Revolt Against Washington: A Turning Point in the US-European Relationship

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Brussels Rises in Revolt Against Washington: A Turning Point in the US-European Relationship by ALEX GORKA, https://www.strategic-culture.org/ The May 16-17 EU-Western Balkans summit did address the problems of integration, but it was eclipsed by another issue. The meeting turned out to be a landmark event that will go down in history as the day Europe united to […]

Russia, Europe and China Reportedly Discussing New Iran Nuclear Deal. Covenant of 1 Week?

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Russia, Europe and China Reportedly Discussing New Iran Nuclear Deal by Reuters, https://www.haaretz.com/ Diplomats are in talks to offer Tehran financial aid to curb its missile program and regional meddling. – Diplomats from Europe, China and Russia are discussing a new accord to offer Iran financial aid to curb its ballistic missile development and meddling in the region, […]

British Push Mideast Wars to Derail Emerging Four-Power Cooperation

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Schiller Institute Streamed live on May 17, 2018 In October 2009, speaking at the Dialogue of Civilizations Forum on the Island of Rhodes, Lyndon LaRouche developed the concept that an agreement among four leading powers — the U.S., China, Russia and India — can form the basis for creating a new global credit system, to replace […]

Extending Life Span & Reversing Ageing: Dutch Scientists Test Anti-Ageing Molecule

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Al Jazeera English Published on May 20, 2018 Scientists in the Netherlands are working on a drug that could reverse certain aspects of ageing. A rejuvenating molecule tested in mice managed to extend their lifespan by 25 percent. Human trials have not yet started, but replicas of the molecule are already being sold on the internet. […]

Washington Wants to Drive Wedge Between Russia, China & Europe – Analyst

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Washington Wants to Drive Wedge Between Russia, China & Europe – Analyst by https://www.rt.com/ The real goal behind recent US sanctions is to isolate Russia economically from Europe and Asia, according to an analyst interviewed by RT. “The most obvious reason for sanctions is to drive a wedge into the relationship between Russia and the European Union, […]

Israeli Racism & Zionist Apartheid – An Honest Conversation. The Genocide & Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians by Israel

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Blackstone Intelligence Network Published on May 18, 2018 Did you know that Israel has been compelling black Jews to receive long-term birth control shots? This is a big controversy in Israel. In this video, I will discuss racism and apartheid in Israel. Link to Abby Martin’s full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFoxL… end

EU States, Russia, China to Discuss New Iran Deal, Leaving US Sidelined – Report (Covenant of 1 Week?)

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
The alignment of Britain with France and Germany instead of USA is a bad sign for America. It is a break-up of the Anglo-American western Illuminati power. I believe Trump has made a ‘fatal’ mistake. – EU States, Russia, China to Discuss New Iran Deal, Leaving US Sidelined – Report by https://sputniknews.com/ According to Reuters’ sources, […]

Enough is Enough: EU to Block US Sanctions on Iran to Protect European Firms

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Enough is Enough: EU to Block US Sanctions on Iran to Protect European Firms by https://sputniknews.com/ US President Donald Trump’s decision to walk away from the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran has raised serious concerns and worries among America’s European allies. – In a clear response to the US move, EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has announced […]

Illegal Spying: Cambridge Professor Outed as FBI Informant Inside Trump Campaign

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Cambridge Professor Outed as FBI Informant Inside Trump Campaign by Mary Kay Linge, https://nypost.com/ A Cambridge professor with deep ties to American and British intelligence has been outed as an agent who snooped on the Trump presidential campaign for the FBI. – Multiple media outlets have named Stefan Halper, 73, as the secret informant who met with Trump […]

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo To Announce New U.S. Strategy On Iran Monday Morning

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*CNN: **Pompeo set to unveil US "Plan B" to confront Iran* Washington (CNN)Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will unveil the administration's "Plan B" for countering Iran on Monday, an idea that some critics call a "pipe dream," while others question whether the administration is coming clean on its goals for the country. The plan, administration officials say, is to assemble a global coalition to pressure Iran into negotiations on "a new security architecture" that goes beyond its nuclear program. Pompeo's address, his first major foreign policy speech as secretary, will take place a... more »

“Poor America: 40% of Americans Can't Afford Middle-Class Lifestyle”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Poor America: 40% of Americans Can't Afford Middle-Class Lifestyle”* by Tyler Durden "Even though the stock market trades at near record highs, joblessness suppressed at decade lows, and corporate buybacks/profits booming via Trump’s tax reform, poverty is exploding all over America. One of the primary objectives of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy of this past decade was to generate the “wealth effect”: by artificially driving valuations of stocks and bonds to nosebleed valuations, American households would feel more prosperous, therefore, be more inclined to borrow and spe... more »

Mixed Bag for Rio’s Big Four in Brasileirão Round Six

Nelson Belen at The Rio Times - 1 day ago
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Rio’s big four clubs returned to the pitch this past weekend in the Campeonato Brasileiro (Brasileirão) Série A, round six, with mixed results: Flamengo drew with Vasco 1-1 in a wild match that featured four ejections, Botafogo lost 1-0 to América-MG, and Fluminese defeated Atlético-PR […]

Another Aghan District Under Seige By The Taliban

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
U.S. Army General John Nicholson, commander of Resolute Support forces and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, walks with Afghan officials during an official visit in Farah province, Afghanistan May 19, 2018. REUTERS/James Mackenzie *Reuters:* *Afghan government under pressure as Taliban threaten new district* FARAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Taliban fighters closed in on another district in Afghanistan on Sunday as officials sought to reassure an increasingly angry public that security would improve. On Sunday, the insurgents were besieging the governor’s compound in Ajrestan district in ... more »

Iran talks continue despite US sanctions

BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:45 A.M.) – EU Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete continued talks in Tehran on Sunday in a bid to protect trade ties amid fresh US sanctions. He met with Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Head of Department of Environment Isa Kalantari. Canete is reportedly expected to discuss further bilateral collaboration as well […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Houthi forces down Saudi Coalition reconnaissance aircraft in northern Yemen

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:30 A.M.) – The Houthi forces managed to down a Saudi Coalition reconnaissance aircraft that was seen flying over the Yemeni province of Hajjah on Sunday, the Saba News Agency reported. According to the Saba report, the reconnaissance aircraft was downed over the Al-Nar Mountains that are located in the Hajjah Governorate’s Harad […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russian-made Su-30 manages to detect top Chinese stealth jet

A Sukhoi Su-30MKI (NATO reporting name Flanker-C) of the Indian Air Force reportedly managed to detect the latest Chinese Chengdu J-20 jet fighter, which is supposed to be a top-of-the-line stealth aircraft operated by the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), reports Indian Defence Research Wing. According to the outlet, when the new Chinese jets […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Iraqi forces arrest commander of ISIL’s “Islamic Police” at Syrian border

BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 A.M.) – The Iraqi military has arrested another high ranking commander of the so-called Islamic State (ISIL/ISIS) that was attempting to infiltrate from Syria, the Security Media Center stated. “The military intelligence department managed, during an operation, to besiege one of the militants, while infiltrating via the Iraqi borders coming from Syria,” […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

53 yr old Palestinian man deliberately led to his death in Israeli Prison

Robert Inlakesh at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3:50 A.M)- A Palestinian political prisoner from Jerusalem has died in hospital after Israeli prison authorities purposefully denied the man access to urgent medical attention. Fifty-three year old, Aziz Awaisat, was today declared dead at the Assaf Harofeh hospital which is located roughly 15 kilometers away from central Tel-Aviv. Due to the crippling […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Civilian flights resume at Russian airbase in Syria

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:50 A.M.) – Civilian flights have once again resumed at the Russian airbase in southwest Latakia after a 120 day long hiatus due to security reasons, a military source told Al-Masdar News on Sunday evening. According to the source, the Russian military is once again allowing civilian flights to land at their Hmaymim […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russian Navy’s Pacific Fleet to receive 70 more ships by 2027

The Russian Navy’s Pacific Fleet (PF) will receive more than 70 ships by 2027, the commander of the Pacific Fleet Admiral Sergei Avakyants said on Sunday. “Until 2027, the total number of the newest warships and vessels that will replenish the Pacific Fleet will exceed 70 units,” Avakyants said in an interview with the Krasnaya […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Over 1,000 Germans have fought in Syria, Iraq: report

The German media group Funke reported on May 20 that Berlin is aware of more than 1,000 German residents, who have left for Syria and Iraq, since the war broke out several years ago, in order to support various terrorist groups. More than half of them have German citizenship. 243 of them left Germany to […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

15 Year Old Cousin of Ahed Tamimi kidnapped by Israeli Forces

Robert Inlakesh at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (2:50)- Yesterday at early hours of the morning, in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, the 15 year old cousin of Ahed Tamimi was yet again arrested by Israeli Forces. Fithteen year old, Mohammed Al-Tamimi, was yet again arrested by Israeli forces after continual harassment by occupation troops since the time of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

No Russian airstrikes over Idlib in last 48 hours

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:40 A.M.) – The Russian Aerospace Forces have not conducted any airstrikes over the Idlib Governorate in the last 48 hours, a military source told Al-Masdar News this evening. According to the source, the Russian Aerospace Forces has not launched airstrikes over Idlib since the completion of the latest round of peace talks […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Battle for Aleppo heats up as jihadists launch powerful night attack

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:20 A.M.) – The jihadist rebels launched a powerful assault on Aleppo city, tonight, targeting several neighborhoods under the control of the Syrian government. According to a military report from this front, the jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham fired at least three grad missiles at the Al-Zahra’a Association Quarter in the northwestern […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

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