The Duck of Minerva
Climate and Security: Bridging the Policy-Academic Gap
In March, I argued that the connections between climate change and
security are complex, contingent, and not fully understood. Most of the
academic literature has firmly focused on conflict onset with the
broader security consequences largely understudied . For policy
audiences, the nuance can be frustrating. It is difficult to know what
to do with such complexity, other than talk broadly of clim
We are Groot
Today is President Putin’s inauguration day and even Avengers couldn’t
stop it, as evidenced by the arrested raccoon in the center of Moscow on
Saturday during the unsanctioned rally ““He’s No Tsar to Us.” For
Russia watchers, the Saturday protests probably created a sense of déjà
vu of May 2012 when much larger protests erupted in Moscow and around
Russia. They displayed a high degree of social
No Supply Without Demand: A Response to Stephen Walt
This is a guest post by Sarah Detzner, a Ph.D Candidate at the Fletcher
School of Law and Diplomacy. Her research is focused on international
security, particularly post-conflict stabilization/reconstruction and
security sector reform. In addition, she serves as Director of the
Fletcher Graduate Writing Program, as a Fellow at the Center for
Strategic Studies and the Institute for Human Security,
What is Happening to the Non-Intervention Norm?
This is a guest post by Betcy Jose , Assistant Professor at University
of Colorado-Denver and author of Norm Contestation: Insights into
Non-Conformity with Armed Conflict Norms . Follow her on Twitter . After
the recent strikes in Syria, Germany’s Angela Merkel stated the
intervention was, “necessary and appropriate, to ensure the
effectiveness of the international ban of chemical weapons use an
The Tyranny of the Big 3? Which Journals Count Most May Be Increasingly Problematic
In recent days, there has been much discussion about the so-called Big3
journals in Political Science: the American Political Science Review,
the American Journal of Political Science, and the Journal of Politics.
Each is the standard-bearer journal for their respective
associations–the American Political Science Association, the Midwest
Political Science Association and the Southern Political Sc
Rumor, Social Media, and the Question of Knowledge
Some time ago, Charli reviewed an article I published in International
Organization . In that review, Charli asked how do we know what we
‘know’ about the nature of external states. At the time, I thought the
question an important one. In only a few years, the question has gone
from important to absolutely critical. As the politics surrounding
Trump’s election and administration, including the no
The Straight Goods
Justin Trudeau, all Huff, no puff, and more importantly, no political clout..Kinder Morgan Stageplay Unplugged
Written by Grant G Electoral reform, "The last federal election under a
first past the post electoral system" Justin Trudeau said ....I clearly
remember that 2015 Justin Trudeau election promise...oh indeed, once
granted his federal majority that progressive election promise was the
first promise to bite the dust...buried, dead, not even a lackluster
attempt....Justin just blew it off.. Trudeau m
thwap's schoolyard
Movies About Childhood
I'm still working on the next chapter of my "Justin Trudeau vs. Free
Speech" series. (The world awaits the next installment with bated
breath, I know!) But today I feel like typing about three movies about
childhood that really moved me. The first film I'll talk about isn't so
much about childhood as it is about single-parenting. In "The Babadook"
an isolated single-mother begins to receive sinis
Vagabond Scholar
National Poetry Month 2018: Fire and Ice
April
is National Poetry Month. As usual, I'll promote the wonderful Favorite
Poem Project. Unfortunately, the associated Summer Poetry Institute for
teachers ceased last year, but the site still has resources for
teachers or anyone else who wants to host a favorite poem event. This
year, I'm going to feature a short piece, whose dark wit always makes me
smile. Fire and Ice By Robert
Weekly Geo-Political News and Analysis
Purge at highest levels of secret government spells doom for the satanists
A change of guard and a purge of secret power brokers is breaking the
deadlock in the battle for the Earth, say Pentagon, Vatican, agency, and
other sources. This is expected to result in the official disclosure of
9/11 and 3/11 truth as well as the removal of several G7 leaders,
according to the sources. To kick off this process, Admiral Mike Rogers,
the head of the NSA who “resigned” on May 4th
Prepare For Change Interviews Benjamin Fulford, May 3, 2018
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Big showdown expected in Middle East as end game approaches for Saudi Israelia
Peace in the Korean Peninsula means the Khazarian mafia is now pulling
out all stops in an effort to start World War 3 in the Middle East,
multiple sources agree. The result is that there is now a huge battle
going on there that is likely to determine the fate of Israel and its
ally Saudi Arabia, a collective we will refer to as Saudi Israelia. The
battle will also determine who rules the West—sa
The world asks, “Has America gone insane?”
The current leadership of the Anglo-Saxon world is acting in a manner
that can only be described as insane, by issuing one obviously false,
incendiary claim after another in a vain attempt to start World War 3.
They are doing this because the current leadership is literally fighting
to survive as the wheels of justice inevitably grind closer. This is
why recently we have seen that UK Prime Minist
Revolution may start in France as crazy Zionists try yet again to start WW3
The insane religious-fanatic Zionists who have been trying for years to
start Armageddon have failed yet again in their latest attempt, this
time in Syria. They now face serious repercussions, possibly starting
with a revolution in France. Before we get into the details, let’s
remember what it is we’re dealing with here. It is difficult for sane,
reality-based people to understand that the Wester
Massive satanist offensive runs out of steam and counterattack begins
The satan-worshipping elite who hijacked power in the West, fighting
for their very lives, have staged a massive counteroffensive in Syria
and against U.S. President Donald Trump. This offensive has now run out
of steam and is backfiring on them big time as their lies about Syria
and many other things are being exposed. And, although no word has been
given about when the 25,500 sealed indictments
Welcome Back to Pottersville
Interview With Mystery Author Cathy Ace
1) First, let’s talk about your longer and more established Cait Morgan
mysteries . What made you decide to make this series so cosmopolitan?
I’ve noticed every entry in this series takes place not just in another
city but in a different nation. It was a decision based upon two
thoughts: first, I wanted to avoid what’s become known as “Cabot Cove
Syndrome” where a certain locale becomes inundated
What's Playing on the Intertuvz?
My heroes are now on the final leg of their journey to catching the
Gamesman in my new thriller, A GAME OF HANGMAN, So this digest is all I
have time for right now, peeps. Just a coincidence, I'm sure, but the
late Cambridge Analytica's primary funder, Rebekah Mercer (Robert
Mercer's daughter) joined a shadowy new firm called Emerdata last month.
When she filed British government paperwork, she u
Bless Me, Constant Reader, For I Have Sinned.
It has been 15 days since my last rant. Yeah, this was my reaction when
i noticed the date of my last post and for that, for those few of you
who have stuck by me when everyone else fled during the friendly fascist
days of Obama, I have no excuses... ...except to say that I've been in
the teeth of a new book since I put The Doll Maker into the submission
swim. It's another Scott Carson novel, wel
Rat #46 Scuttles Off the Listing Ship of State
The self-pitying sanctimoniousness of Paul Ryan's official resignation
announcement was literally sickening. He didn't seek the job as House
Speaker. He wasn't really resigning because of November's Blue Tsunami
getting bigger and bigger on the horizon. And, of course, he wanted to
spend more time with the Koch Brothers his family. And so ends one of
the shortest House Speaker tenures in modern A
What Is Sustainable
The Biggest Estate on Earth
The British colonization of Australia began in 1788. Historian Bill
Gammage, a white fella, spent ten years studying the writings of early
observers, as well as paintings, drawings, and maps from the era. The
landscape in 1788 looked radically different from today. Much of what is
now dense forest or scrub used to be grasslands. Early eyewitnesses
frequently commented that large regions looked li
Wide Asleep in America
Citations Needed, Episode 35: The Total Blackout of the Korean Left
Police
officers surround anti-THAAD protesters in Seongju, South Korea, April
23, 2018. (Credit: Yonhap) When Americans read about the Korean
"conflict" in the Western press, the articles are populated almost
entirely with Serious Western Talking Heads, weapons contractor-funded
think tank "fellows," and former and current U.S. military brass. Who's
never consulted, much less heeded, are
Citations Needed, Episode 34: What the Hell is Wrong with MSNBC?
MSNBC
is by far the most influential mainstream media outlet on the American
left. It sets the tone and defines the boundary for what is acceptable
discourse among American liberals. But major issues the left is
generally thought to care about - imperial war, worker strikes,
Palestine, climate change - are almost entirely absent from coverage, as
the network increasingly looks like a 24-hour
Citations Needed, Episode 33: Liberals' Obsession with the Phantom Reasonable Republican
Jeffrey
Goldberg, Leon Wieseltier, and James Bennet The unlikely rise of Trump
in the past three years has created a chasm in the Republican party:
those who embrace the President’s wild, unorthodox, nativist style and
those who––with much posturing and self congratulation––reject his brand
of conservatism. The latter group, generally called “NeverTrump”
Republicans occupies a special,
WWF - Latest News
Environmental and indigenous rights activist to receive WWF's top youth conservation award
Cartagena, 8 May 2018 - Nina Gualinga, an indigenous woman leader of
the Kichwa community of Sarayaku in the Ecuadorian Amazon, is the
recipient of this year's WWF International President's Youth award. An
advocate for climate justice and indigenous rights since the age of
eight, the award recognizes Nina's relentless efforts to protect nature
and communities in the Amazon at a time when the regi
'Business unusual' must be the mantra in Bonn as UN climate talks resume next week
BERLIN, Germany (25 April 2018) - As the 2018 climate talks kick off
under the auspices of the UN next week, 'business unusual' must be the
mantra delegations need heard resoundingly in Bonn, says WWF. Speaking
ahead of the start of the meeting, Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, WWF's global
climate and energy programme leader , said the window of opportunity to
keep global temperature rise below 1.5°C if fas
Hope for critically endangered Mekong river dolphins as population increases for first time
Phnom Penh, Cambodia, April 23, 2018 – After decades of seemingly
irreversible decline, results from a WWF and Government of Cambodia
census released today show that the population of critically endangered
river dolphins in the Mekong has risen from 80 to 92 in the past two
years – the first increase since records began more than twenty years
ago. Effective river patrolling by teams of river guar
Global Shipping Sector Steps Up, Sets Climate Targets And Bans Use Of Heavy Fuel Oil In Arctic
LONDON , UK ( 13 April 2018 ) - In a landmark step forward for the
goals set out in the Paris Agreement, the International Maritime
Organization (IMO) today agreed to climate targets for the sector, as
part of its first comprehensive greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) reduction
strategy. The global maritime regulator also agreed to ban heavy fuel
oil in the Arctic, a region on the frontline of the im
Is the BBC biased?
Violating the terms?
Interestingly, on the Today Programme, Justin was rather pleasant to
Emily Thornberry , despite some fairly rigorous probing. (It can be
done.) Addressing Boris Johnson’s bid to persuade Donald Trump not to
abandon the Iran deal, the Shadow Foreign Secretary said she was sad to
see Boris on Fox News instead of ‘face to face’ with the POTUS, like
Macron with the dandruff. “Might that have had anyt
Free Speech
It seems ironic that none of the mainstream press reported Tommy
Robinson’s march yesterday (Sunday, May 6th). I err. One did, and you’ll
never guess which one. The actual Guardian. Not the BBC, Sky, ITV, the
Times - in fact, it would be much easier to just say the only other
paper that mentioned it was t he Evening Standard . (I say this only
after a somewhat perfunctory search so do please corr
Picking bones
Ellie Reeves MP Finally on today's The World This Weekend came a
section with this introduction by Mark Mardell: The bones of the English
local election results have been picked clean by now but here's one
under-reported result: Nearly 4,000 people who wanted to vote were
stopped from doing so, according to the Electoral Reform Society. Quite
ow 'under-reported' it was I'm not sure because I've r
Raining on Ayn's Parade?
Mark Mardell admirer, former Labour MP and arch Europhile Denis
MacShane, is full of praise for the World This Weekend presenter again
today: As soon as I heard Mark announce the item about Ayn Rand I
guessed she wouldn't be his cup of tea, and I wasn't exactly surprised
when Mark talked to two people who aren't fans of Ayn Rand and one
person who was but now isn't any longer!
Looking on the Dark Side
Today's The World This Weekend ,... ....which twice featured Mark
Mardell calling DUP leader Arlene Foster "Eileen Foster",... ...also
featured an interview with former EU commissioner Danuta Hübner. She was
predictably negative about Brexit and the consequences for the UK of
leaving the Customs Union. During the interview Ms Hübner said that
non-tariff barriers "are not existing within the Custo
BBC Radio 4 marks a year out from Brexit - a review
So how did BBC Radio 4's much-anticipated Brexit day - Britain at the
Crossroads - on 29 March pan out? This, you may recall, was the BBC's
way of marking one year before the date when we leave the EU, and it was
evidently meant to showcase the BBC's range, depth and impartiality.
I've not have the time to write about it so far, frustratingly, but I
have (at last) finally heard it all. In lieu of
A Different Perspective
John Greenewald's Take on AATIP - Updated
(Blogger’s note: My pal, John Greenewald, had attempted to post this to
the comment section of the last column, but it is too long to be
accepted there. Rather than breaking it into several pieces, I decided
to just add it as a new post. It clarifies some of the issues that have
been raised about the AATIP and the like. You can find additional
information about a wide variety of topics at www.the
Art Bell Has Died
Art Bell, the creator and original host of Coast-to-Coast died on April
13, in Pahrump, Nevada. He was 72. There isn’t much information
available at this time. The announcement was made by the Nye County
sheriff’s office You can watch it here:
https://www.facebook.com/nyecountysheriff/videos/1084985051644669/ Bell
had been retired for a number of years, first leaving Coast-to-Coast but
later retu
The Coyne Helicopter Encounter - Explained?
For the last several days I have been engaged in a conversation with
someone who identifies himself as Parabunk. He analyzed the Coyne
helicopter encounter and provided what he believed to be a terrestrial
solution for the case. You can read his long report here:
https://parabunk.blogspot.com/2018/04/the-1973-coynemansfield-helicopter-ufo.html
You can read my original post which inspired his (wel
Anatomy of an Investigation
Once again, going through older material looking for nothing specific, I
have stumbled over something that might be of some significance. It all
began when, scanning a document created by the Air Force that listed 49
UFO organizations in the United States that investigated UFOs, I
spotted Karl Pflock’s name. He was listed as the director of something
called the National Committee for Karl Pflock
Why I'm Beginning to Dislike the UFO Field - Part Four
I was going through old files with an eye to weeding out the nonsense,
the useless, the outdated and the duplications. As I was doing that, I
turned over a newsletter from December 1996 and on the back found a note
that I hadn’t seen before. It explained that I hadn’t been invited to
participate in the Roswell 1997 celebration because I had libeled
someone. My first reaction was that is a strange
Moon Dust and the 4602nd AISS
For years, decades really, there has been this idea that Project Moon
Dust began with the creation of the 4602 nd Air Intelligence Squadron
(AISS) in early 1953. Ed Ruppelt, one time chief of Project Blue Book,
had complained to his superiors after the massive UFO sighting wave of
the summer 1952, that he needed help in the investigations. He was
surprised when it was suggested, and later put int
A Very Public Sociologist
Understanding the Local Election Logjam
About a year ago, I was invited to write on the local elections and
what they meant for the General Election. My argument was things were
looking bad because the council results were pretty bad. This wasn't
what said august publication wanted to publish so it never appeared,
which is just as well as I got it completely wrong. Having learned my
lesson I kept my counsel this year, but my gut feelin
The Tory Politics of the Windrush Scandal
You don't need me to tell you what a disgrace Theresa May is. She can't
be accused of mishandling the Windrush scandal, because the pain and
misery caused to surviving family members is by design, not by accident.
As Diane Abbott puts it , "Tory MPs and commentators who have always
supported the government’s policy of creating a ‘hostile environment’
for migrants express astonishment that there i
Owen Jones vs the British Media Establishment
It was January 1994 when my A-Level Sociology class got to grips with
the media. I can remember learning about the discredited hypodermic
model of media/audience interaction, the pluralist argument that
whatever was transmitted or made it into print was there because the
audience wanted it, as well as the bits and bobs of Marx and Weber
around the edges manifesting as the manipulation and hegemon
Theresa May's Theatrical War
War and politics go hand in hand, which is something Theresa May
certainly understands even if sundry Labour backbenchers do not.
Reminding us of this was a rumour reported on by BBC Washington
correspondent, Jon Sopel. He suggests that while the US led the bombing
of selected targets in and around Damascus, it was actually the French
and the British who were egging on an immediate response. The
Len McCluskey on Labour Anti-Semitism
Len McCluskey has played a blinder. Read his article for yourself. He
doesn't give the impression, which he has in the past, that Labour
anti-semitism is a put up job. He explicitly addresses it. Rightly, he
contextualises it as an excrescence, a minority pursuit to be dug out
and thrown out using the enhanced powers the party has adopted. And what
he does is to give voice to the frustrations and
Jeremy Corbyn and the Anti-War Rightwingers
Politics sometimes makes for uncomfortable and uninvited bedfellows.
Take poor old Jeremy Corbyn for instance. Since the left took over the
Labour Party, we've been plagued with stories about cranks, weirds and
racists taking out membership and getting spun by the media, sundry
centrists and the Tories as some how indicative and typical of our
party's transformation. The never-ending difficulty o
Adrienne's Corner
"Wild Bill" finally jumps into the "Catholic bashing" fray...
and it's very disappointing. Add to that the ridiculous filthy
Hollywood degenerates at the Met Gala mocking Catholics - but more
important mocking God. (no pictures on purpose.) Hey, I have an idea -
how about you mock muslims and their Allah next year? You know - the
religion of peace. From Facecrap: I had no idea that Bill Finlay was
such an anti-Catholic bigot and a self-appointed bearer of B
The fetid swamp creatures are disappearing faster then a melting milk shake in July...
good riddance. A lovely way to start the weekend: Lisa Page and James
Baker resign from FBI Michelle Wolf fired from comedy Central Trump and
Pence pump up the crowd at the National Rifle Association’s Annual
Leadership Forum in Dallas, Texas. , aka driving the commie/libtards
insane. And.................my very favorite concerning Sexy Paul
Manafort the Great from U.A. District Judge T.S. Ellis
Project Veritas: James O'Keefe confronts Hamilton Township Education Association President David Perry...
you know - the mafia wannabe mook who protects and defends bad
teachers. Sure wouldn't want them to lose their pensions, doncha know.
Watch him in all his glory being a jackass I understand he's been
suspended. Good. More: Bruce Deitrick Price: K-12: Let the Peasants Eat
Popcorn Project Veritas Day Two: Union City NJEA Protects "Teacher Who
Had Sex" w/ Student... Amazon Today Super Deals in Patio
Anti-Catholic bigotry is alive and flourishing with the self proclaimed "Bible believing Christians"...
and it's ludicrous. I wasn't going to comment on this, but it's been
weighing heavy on my heart since yesterday. Not because I'm surprised
(okay - I am a little surprised) , but because it saddens me to see good
conservative people display such unwillingness to access the truth. A
few days ago, Bill Finlay aka "Wild Bill for America", a man who I've
followed and admired, posted a meme on his Face
Cory Booker to Mike Pompeo: Do you believe gay sex is a perversion?...
yes or no? Seriously? This elected crackpot wants to discuss homosexual
sex during congressional hearings? Let me answer that for you Cory.
Yes. Clear enough? More: Thomas Lifson: Cory Booker disgraced himself
questioning Pompeo Metal Tape Yesterday I was forced to replace the vent
hose on my dryer. The vent hose had not only a kink in it, but also a
hole. I'm a big believer in duct tape and had
North and South Korea officially end war while the commie/libtards of the U.S. remove the statue of Stephen Foster...
two things I never thought to see. It occurred to me that most people
alive today have no memory of the Korean War. Even though I was very
young I remember it well. At the same time I remember the songs of
Stephen Foster , all of which I sang around campfires. Stephen Collins
Foster (July 4, 1826 – January 13, 1864), known as "the father of
American music", was an American songwriter known primar
Centauri Dreams
Indifferently Spacefaring Civilizations
How big a role space travel will play in our future is a question with
implications for our civilization’s intellectual, economic and
philosophical growth. It may even be the hinge upon which swings the
survival of the planet. But as Centauri Dreams regular Nick Nielsen
points out in the essay below, enthusiasts for spacefaring can overlook
historical analogies that show us the many ways humans c
A Self-Assembling Space Telescope?
Scaling up our space telescopes calls for new thinking. Consider this:
The Hubble telescope has a primary mirror of 2.4 meters. The James Webb
Space Telescope takes us to 6.5 meters. But as we begin to get results
from missions like TESS and JWST (assuming the latter gets off safely),
we’re going to need much more to see our most interesting targets.
Imagine what could be done with a 30-meter spa
SETI: Breakthrough Listen Expands the Search
The SETI effort run by Breakthrough Listen is beginning to hit on all
cylinders. Yesterday came news that observations at the CSIRO Parkes
Radio Telescope in New South Wales have been extended. You may recall
that work at the site began in November of 2016, when Parkes joined the
Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in West Virginia, USA, and the Automated
Planet Finder (APF) at Lick Observatory in Califor
Helium Discovered in Exoplanet ‘Tail’
Scientists have been saying for some time now that helium should be
readily detectable in the atmospheres of gas giant planets — after all,
this is the second-most common element in the universe, and we know it
is plentiful at Jupiter and Saturn. The problem has been how to detect
it, an issue which this morning’s story brings into sharp relief. At the
University of Exeter (UK), Jessica Spake has
Civilization Before Homo Sapiens?
My doctor is a long-time friend who always stops during my annual
physical to ask about what’s going on in the hunt for exoplanets. Last
week he surprised me when, after I had described ways of analyzing a
transiting planet’s atmosphere, he asked whether planets could give rise
to civilizations in different epochs. Why just one, in other words,
given that homo sapiens has only been around for sev
Disk Imagery from Nearby Young Stars
Here’s an interesting situation: Around a star designated GSC
07396-00759, a member of a multiple star system, astronomers have found
an edge-on disk. Such disks are helpful ways of studying planetary
evolution, as we’re looking at gas, dust and planetesimals that
represent a planetary system in the process of formation. But at GSC
07396-00759, the disk is more evolved than the gas-rich disk arou
Craig Murray
Trump’s Act of American Hubris
The United States is so far doing virtually no trade with Iran anyway.
In 2017 total US exports to Iran were just 138 million dollars, and
total imports a mere 63 million dollars, figures entirely insignificant
to the US economy. By contrast, for the EU as a whole imports and
exports to Iran were each a very much more substantial 8 billion dollars
in 2017 and projected to rise to over 10 billion
Freedom No More
As I write, with over 75% of all yesterday’s English local election
results in, Labour has a net gain of 55 councillors compared to the high
water mark of the 2014 result in these wards, while the Tories have a
net gain of one seat against a 2014 result which was regarded at the
time as disastrous for them, and led the Daily Telegraph to editoralise
“David Cameron Must Now Assuage the Voters’ Rag
Jeremy Corbyn and Mhairi Black
There are very few people who support Irish re-unification but oppose
Scottish Independence. I do not know of any. I have always, from my
knowledge of Jeremy Corbyn and his general political philosophy and way
of thinking, and that of many of his close associates, believed him to
be sympathetic to Scottish Independence. I do not claim to know Jeremy
well. I have shared a Stop the War platform wit
Marching for Freedom
I am off now to Glasgow for a rally for Independence – which might give
some indication of how ready the movement are for renewing the struggle
in earnest. You should be able to follow events live on Independence
Live . I am speaking at Glasgow Green at 1.15, which is pretty early so
don’t dawdle on the march. My technique on demonstrations is to start at
the front, nip in to the first pub, quick
The Right to Stand in First Class
For every one mile one passenger travels, the British taxpayer pays an
average 8 pence subsidy to the train operating company. That is an
average of 8p per mile subsidy for every single journey for every single
passenger. That is, of course, in addition to your train fare. The
train fare system in the UK is ridiculously complicated, so much so that
it makes comparison to other countries difficult
Robert Fisk Reports Head of Douma Clinic Denies Chemical Weapons Attack
Robert Fisk is one of the very few excellent investigative journalists
still employed in the UK. He is twice winner of the British Press Awards
‘ Journalist of the Year prize, and seven time winner of the British
Press Awards’ Foreign Correspondent of the Year. He is extremely smart
and knows the Middle East very well. He has just made his way – not
accompanied by Russian or Syrian government off
David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary
The United Conservative campaign strategy after Red Deer: Tom Olsen and the Wreckage offer hints
I think I’ve figured out the United Conservative Party election
strategy for 2019. In light of the embarrassingly revealing policy
resolutions passed at the UCP’s founding convention in Red Deer over the
weekend and the party leadership’s subsequent effort at damage control,
not to mention the emerging behaviour of candidates seeking UCP
nominations, the strategy is becoming clear. They’re going
Admirably true to their Iron Age code, UCP delegates defy their leaders and the zeitgeist
Modern Conservatives indeed! The Wildrose Party base – by which I mean
the United Conservative Party base, they are the same people – is a wild
horse that cannot be ridden safely or broken easily for reasons of mere
political expedience. This is partly because it contains many people of
genuine principle, even if their principles are those of a previous
epoch – to wit, the Iron Age when the Old T
Alberta then and now: Marking the third anniversary of the unexpected victory of Rachel Notley and the NDP
CALGARY Three years ago today, Albertans did the unexpected in the
province’s 29th general election and elected a majority New Democratic
Party government. In truth, despite Albertans having been instructed for
generations by those who are supposed to know better that they lived in
the most conservative province in Canada, what voters did was not
completely unexpected. From a macro point of view,
Just get over it, WestJet! It’s time to negotiate like grownups with your pilots’ union
Message to WestJet: It’s time to negotiate with your pilots like
grownups. After all, this is Canada and they’ve got a constitutional
right to bargain collectively, so you need to just get over it. At this
point, you’ll do more harm to your business by fighting them than you
will by making an effort to have a mature business relationship. The
recent call for a strike vote by WestJet pilots, who a
UCP policy list controversies will disappear in a puff of smoke as Jason Kenney performs his best-known magic trick
Alberta’s Opposition United Conservative Party has distributed to its
members a list of 782 policy proposals to be considered at its founding
convention in Red Deer this weekend. Inevitably, the list was
immediately handed over to media and the blogosphere by Conservatives
unknown. Much was immediately made by the UCP’s enemies, and a few of
its friends, of the list’s many potentially controversi
Review of Canada’s energy systems unlikely to cut through noise generated by pipeline hysteria
The furious debate about the merits of current and future pipeline
projects underscores the need for an evidence-based long-term energy
strategy for our country, the conclusions of a new review of Canada’s
energy systems suggest. Alas, the report released yesterday by the
Corporate Mapping Project and its partners at the Canadian Centre for
Policy Alternatives and the Edmonton-based Parkland Inst
From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog
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general Eric Schneiderman to be replaced by State Solicitor Barbara
Underwood My kid used to play baseball with her son. She’s wonderful!!!
An Australian state is 'reviewing' its relationship with China's
controversial Confucius Institute over fears of covert forei
From Jenna Orkin Eric Schneiderman, New York’s Attorney General, Resigns Amid Abuse Accusations Oliver North Will Be th...
From Jenna Orkin Eric Schneiderman, New York’s Attorney General,
Resigns Amid Abuse Accusations Oliver North Will Be the Next N.R.A.
President Britain's post-Brexit economy isn't actually doing that
terribly Cambodia's last independent paper was sold to the owner of a PR
company that once worked for the prime minister Stephen Hawking's Last
Words: We Live In 'The Matrix'? Did Italy's Five Star Mo
From Jenna Orkin Gina Haspel, nominee to head CIA, sought to withdraw over questions about her role in agency interroga...
From Jenna Orkin Gina Haspel, nominee to head CIA, sought to withdraw
over questions about her role in agency interrogation program
Psychedelic drugs appear to fundamentally reorganize the brain — and
they're starting to turn into approved treatments Bitcoin Goes Physical:
Swiss Start-Up Launches Pilot Sale Of BTC "Banknotes" "To His Dying
Breath": McCain Regrets Picking Palin, Wants Pence But No
From Jenna Orkin CIA emails to journalists don't have to be released to public, judge rules Researchers are keeping pig...
From Jenna Orkin CIA emails to journalists don't have to be released to
public, judge rules Researchers are keeping pig brains alive outside
the body Read more here:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/national-security/article210169704.html#storylink=cp
Inside New York City Cyber Command — a government agency most people
know nothing about that's leading America's biggest city
From Jenna Orkin Argentina Hikes Rates To 40% To Stall Currency, Bond Market Collapse Mandalay Bay Shooting Body Camera...
From Jenna Orkin Argentina Hikes Rates To 40% To Stall Currency, Bond
Market Collapse Mandalay Bay Shooting Body Camera Footage Released: No
Broken Windows Reported Taiwan Livid After China Secretly Installs
Cruise Missiles On Contested Spratly Islands Exposed: The Naked Truth
About Robert Mueller Presented with all due skepticism about an author
who proclaims the innocence of Dick Cheney, for on
From Jenna Orkin Geothermal Plant Linked To South Korean Earthquake Judge Who Gave Saudis a Free Pass Orders Iran to Pa...
From Jenna Orkin Geothermal Plant Linked To South Korean Earthquake
Judge Who Gave Saudis a Free Pass Orders Iran to Pay $6 Billion to 9/11
Families Wearing certain sunscreens in the ocean could kill sea life —
here's what you should look out for In his first TV appearance as
Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani made a bombshell admission about why Trump
fired James Comey Pentagon Accelerates Testing Of
GlobaLove Think Tank
Lion-man prehistoric ivory sculpture
Löwenmensch, a lion-headed figurine found in Germany, dating to the Upper Paleolithic of about 35,000 to 40,000 years ago.
Government and Taxes
China Watch 27, How many islands the PH has?
A friend sent me this meme, I posted it in my fb wall with this note:
Old Q: How many islands in the PH? Old clarification: High tide or low
tide? New clarification, this... (and the joke is on us) Many people
commented and shared it, nice. Some trolls came, posted their own meme
with quotes like "you want Duterte to attack those islands?" That
comment can only come from paranoid and even idiotic
BWorld 205, Energy mix and wishful thinking
* This is my column in BusinessWorld last April 16, 2018. “You must be
ready to give up even the most attractive ideas when experiment shows
them to be wrong.” — Alessandro Volta (1745-1827, Italian scientist who
invented one of the first electric batteries known as a voltaic pile)
This quote should be remembered by people who keep on insisting the
urban legend that we can banish coal power in ou
AsPac markets after the Korea Summit
Two days before the Boracay closure last Thursday April 26, the PSE was
among the worst performers that day in the Asia Pacific (AsPac) market.
Ytd decline was -11%, wow. Second worst was the Duterte-beloved China
and its various stockmarkets. Last Friday April 27, the Korea Summit was
around 8:30am PH time, many Asian markets were about to open. It was
positive for all markets in Aspac except Ch
The Korea Summit, moving to world peace
I like these news reports last Friday, April 27, 2018. More talks and saliva are a lot better than more bombs and missiles.
BWorld 204, Mining attractiveness index and the Philippines
* This is my column in BusinessWorld last April 12, 2018. There are two
similarities between the mining industry and Boracay. The first is that
both have small contributions to GDP, and the second is that both can
be closed by the Duterte government for six months without any
compensation to affected enterprises including environment-compliant
ones. Mining companies and Boracay establishments sho
Ytd, PH stockmarket is the worst-performer in AsPac
The AsPac stockmarkets: 1. Today: everyone recovered, positive change
except the PH's. 2. Full month: everyone has a bad month except India,
but PH's decline is the biggest, -6.1%; 2nd biggest decline is CN
Shanghai, -3.6%. 3. Year to date (ytd, from Jan 01 till today): PH has
the biggest decline, -7.3%; 2nd biggest decline is JP Topix, -4.7%. Yes,
the PH investment environment is "improving", wo
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Karl Marx Was Rothschilds' Third Cousin
(Rothschild agent Chaim Mordecai makes Masonic sign. Freemasonry is
Jewish Cabalism. Cabalism is Satanism.) May 5 is the 200th anniversary
of Karl Marx's birth. "In order that the true meaning of things may not
strike the goyim before the proper time, we shall mask it under an
alleged ardent desire to serve the working classes..." Protocols of Zion
VI Latest - Top Ten Marxian Objectives Accomplis
Young Men are Starting to Hate Women
"There are two ways to dehumanize someone: by dismissing them, and by
idolizing them," says David Wong. In the article below, he argues that
men hate women because life doesn't conform to their masculine
brainwashing: They aren't getting sex from beautiful women. No doubt for
men, our idealized image of women is a big part of the Matrix . In
spite of online dating, men (and women) are not getting
Billionaires are Behind Communism - Reece Committee
Norman Dodd (1899-1987) was a banker/bank manager, worked as a
financial advisor and served as chief investigator in 1953 for U.S.
Congressman B. Carroll Reece Special Committee on Tax Exempt Foundations
(commonly referred to as the Reece Committee). Most of America's great
fortunes were made by men chosen by the Rothschilds and given the money
to become monopolies. Naturally, they share the Roth
No Commercial Planes Crashed on 9-11
When a foreign power can commit an atrocity like 9-11 with the
complicity of America's Masonic colonial ruling class, you know that the
United States is not an empire . Although I cannot vouch for the claims
made here, they are plausible and expose 9-11 as a bald-faced hoax .
Because they got away with 9-11, these false flags have continued on a
regular basis. "NOT ONE single supposed passenger p
Why All Porn is Gay
(Porn king relied on gay porn) Think of heterosexuality as monogamous
and dedicated to rearing children; homosexuality as promiscuous and
concerned with sex for its own sake. Porn is creating new generations of
heterosexuals who behave like homosexuals. (Updated from Feb. 2006) By
Henry Makow Ph.D. In 2004, a woman revealed details of Hugh Hefner's sex
life . If the Playboy founder is any indicat
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