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Record corn yields debunk newest climate scare
Global warming activists and their media allies have been pushing a narrative this week that global warming is producing a corn crisis, but record-high crop yields show the corn scare is just another example of fake news.
Help EPA rethink regulatory cost-benefit analysis
EPA is asking for your input! EPA is considering changing how it does cost and benefit analysis for new regulations. This is great news, because the Agency's analyses have often been biased in favor of regulation, sometimes to the point of absurdity.
Picture Of The Day
A C-17 aircraft drops equipment for the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team during an airborne insertion exercise at Miroslawiec Air Base, Poland, June 8, 2018, as part of Swift Response 18, a joint Army-Air Force exercise. Michigan National Guard photo by Pvt. Chris Estrada *WNU Editor:* The above picture is from this photo-gallery ....* U.S., Italian, Israeli Soldiers Train During Exercise Saber Strike 18* (US Department of Defense).
Leonard Peltier Day San Francisco, June 26, 2018
Leonard Peltier Day San Francisco On the 50th anniversary of AIM!(1968-2018)By AIM West Censored NewsLeonard is innocent!Yet he languishes in federal prison (now in Coleman Penitentiary near Orlando, Florida) for over 43 years for a crime he did not commit!AIM-WEST is hosting this event Tuesday, June 26th in solidarity with Pine Ridge Tribal Council resolution declaring “Leonard Peltier
Tonight's Free Ebook Is 'U-Boat 977' By Heinz Schaeffer
*WNU Editor: *U-Boat 977 by Heinz Schaeffer .... a riveting story of a German submarine crew during the Second World War. Before the movie Das Boot, there was this book. The link to download *this ebook is here.*
My Magnificent Bastard System
I've Created A Monster... Well, a hybrid Devuan 2.0 system using arm64 kernel and armhf userland... more »
Why Trump Hasn't Fired Pruitt-- But Soon May
Even some Republicans are embarrassed by Trump's most blatantly corrupt cabinet member-- though, of course, nowhere near as corrupt as Trump and his family-- and turning against him. It doesn't matter that far right Senators James Inhofe (R-OK) and Ron Johnson (R-WI) denounced him and demanded he resign, Inhofe on Laura Ingraham's radio show. Nor does it matter one bit that relatively mainstream House conservatives Frank LoBiondo (NJ), Carlos Curbelo (FL), Ileana Ros Lehtinen (FL) and Elise Stefanik (NY) have also called on him to resign. All that matters is Trump-- and Trump *lov... more »
Musical Interlude: Chuck Wild, “Liquid Mind VI: Spirit - In The Spirit”
Music by Chuck Wild, “Liquid Mind VI: Spirit - In The Spirit” Images courtesy of ESA, NASA, and The Hubble Space Telescope. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s52o9_2pi1U&feature=related
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Following an ancient galaxy-galaxy collision 200 million light-years from Earth, debris from a gas-rich galaxy, NGC 5291, was flung far into intergalactic space. NGC 5291 and the likely interloper, also known as the "Seashell" galaxy, are captured near the center of this spectacular scene. The sharp, ground-based telescopic image looks toward the galaxy cluster Abell 3574 in the southern constellation Centaurus. *Click image for larger size.* Stretched along the 100,000 light-year long tidal tails, are clumps resembling dwarf galaxies, but lacking old stars, apparently dominated by ... more »
Chet Raymo, "Chimps and Cosmologists"
"Chimps and Cosmologists" by Chet Raymo "Lord Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal and president of the Royal Society in Britain, caused something of a flap by suggesting that humans may never be able to understand the universe. "Some aspects of reality may elude us simply because they're beyond human brains, just as surely as Einstein's ideas would baffle a chimpanzee," he said. Einstein used existing mathematics to develop general relativity, describing how gravity controls the universe on the largest scale. Dirac also used "off-the-shelf" mathematics when devising quantum theory, which... more »
Running with Bad Bear -- Crow Agency to Leech Lake
Running with Bad Bear -- Crow Agency to Leech Lake Photos by Western Shoshone Photojournalist Carl Bad Bear Sampson Bad Bear said, "They are almost to Mile City, running in the rain. Running from Crow Agency to Mile City in honor of Dennis Banks commitment. This is an obligation to finish up Dennis Banks wishes when he was still alive. These Warriors will run to Leech Lake, fulfilling
How America Could Have Won the Korean War (Meaning No More North Korea): Nuclear Weapons?
*Warfare History Network* *Security, Asia* Could this have been possible? One U.S. general thought so. In his 1964 book *Gen. Douglas MacArthur* (Gold Medal Books, Greenwich, Conn.), Bob Considine writes, “MacArthur’s final plan for winning the Korean War was outlined to this reporter in the course of an interview in 1954 on his 74th birthday. … ” “Of all the campaigns in my life—20 major ones to be exact—the one I felt the most sure of was the one I was deprived of waging properly. I could have won the war in Korea in a maximum of 10 days, once the campaign was under way, and wi... more »
Watch A U.S. Army Tank Crew Lay Waste In Epic Car-Crushing Competition
*Task and Purpose, Adam Linehan* *Security, * This is very much worth seeing. Nothing strikes fear into the hearts of America’s enemies quite like the sight of an M1 Abrams tank rumbling in their direction. It is a supremely lethal machine, equipped with a 120mm smoothbore cannon that can turn a man to mist from up to three kilometers away. And those lucky or quick enough to escape that particular fate still have the Abram’s .50 caliber and M240 machine gun turrets to contend with. Of course, getting shot or blown up is how insurgents expect to die. Far more terrifying is the p... more »
History Lesson: The Final Days of General Patton
*Warfare History Network* *Security, Americas* Everything you always wanted to know about a true legend. The commander of the U.S. Third Army, General George S. Patton, Jr., took no great pleasure in the end of the war in Europe; he already knew that despite his lobbying of many influential figures in Washington, D.C., he had no hope of being reassigned to the Pacific Theater to command combat troops there. As he put it to his III Corps commander, Maj. Gen. James Van Fleet, “There is already a star [MacArthur] in that theater and you can only have one star in a show.” Patton was... more »
Only A Quarter Of U.S. Service Member Deaths Since 2006 Occurred At War
*Task and Purpose* *Security, Americas* A shocking statistic. In some ways, the aviation mishap crisis that’s roiled the Pentagon in recent months only underscores something U.S. service members have known for years: Military service can be damn dangerous even if you never see combat. That’s the alarming reminder from a June analysis of active-duty military deaths published by the Congressional Research Service, which revealed that of the 15,851 active-duty and mobilized reserve military personnel who died between 2006 and 2018, only twenty-eight percent lost their lives during ... more »
Did U.S. and Russian Troops Fight Their Bloodiest Battle Since World War I in February?
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Middle East* We break it all down. *An earlier article the participating forces and chronology of a battle involving U.S. forces, Syrian militias and Russian mercenaries near Deir e-Zor, Syria in February 2018. This article considers the mystery of which forces were behind the attack, and the extent of the losses they suffered.* In a violent battle near the Syrian city of Dier ez-Zor the night of February 7–8, U.S. commandos did not suffer any casualties, and only one allied SDF fighter was injured. However, the United States estimated that it had ... more »
Did Russia and America Almost Go to War in Syria?
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Middle East* A scary account of a battle that could have ended in a showdown like no other. On May 24, 2018, the *New York Times* ran an article by Thomas Gibbons-Neff detailing an intense battle between U.S. special forces and Syrian government-allied troops and Russian mercenaries for control of the Conoco gas field east of Deir ez-Zor. The article supported a statement made by Secretary of State Pompeo in a confirmation hearing that the U.S. military had killed a “couple hundred Russians” in the engagement. Similar claims had been swirling in Ru... more »
America Wasn't Tough Enough on China's ZTE—Here's How to Make It Right
*Grant Newsham* *Security, Americas* [image: A ZTE employee checks a motherboard at a production line in a factory in Shenzhen, Guangdong province April 17,2012.China's ZTE Corp, which recently sold Iran's largest telecommunications firm a powerful surveillance system, later agreed to ship to Iran millions of dollars worth of embargoed U.S. computer equipment, documents show. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu] The Trump Administration has been better than its predecessors when it comes to Asia. However, the chance to reign in ZTE has been misplayed, and such opportunities come along infrequently... more »
Libya: Intervention by Invitation
*Jeffrey Stacey* *Security, Middle East* [image: Anti-Gaddafi fighters fire a multiple rocket launcher near Sirte, one of Muammar Gaddafi's last remaining strongholds, September 24, 2011. Libyan provisional government forces backed by NATO warplanes swarmed into the city of Sirte on Saturday but weathered heavy sniper fire as they tried to win control of one of deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi's last bastions of support. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic] NATO and the EU have been formally requested by Libya to mount civilian stabilization operations. President Macron appears to be gradually... more »
Report: French Special Forces On The Ground In Yemen
Soldiers of the French Special Forces during a training operation [File photo] *Reuters:* *French special forces on the ground in Yemen - Le Figaro* PARIS (Reuters) - French special forces are present on the ground in Yemen with forces from the United Arab Emirates, French newspaper Le Figaro reported on Saturday, citing two military sources. The newspaper gave no further information about their activities. The Defence Ministry was not immediately available for comment, but its usual policy is not to comment on special forces’ operations. A French parliamentary source recently to... more »
Greece: Confrontations at protest against name change deal with Macedonia (video)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:40 P.M.) – Police scuffled with protesters outside parliament in Athens, Saturday, at a demonstration held against a proposal that would see FYROM renamed as ‘Northern Macedonia.’ Police repelled groups of protesters who tried to enter the parliament complex. Protesters held the Greek flag, sang the national anthem and played drums. The demonstrators reportedly […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Russian diplomat says some countries softening stance on Assad’s resignation
Some countries that earlier demanded that Bashar al-Assad step down as Syria’s President are softening their position, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday. “Political efforts are underway to set up a UN-backed constitutional committee and launch work on Syria’s Constitution in accordance with the provisions of UN Security Council Resolution 2254 and […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Houthi forces deny losing strategic Hodeideh Airport
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:20 A.M.) – The Houthi forces have denied losing any part of the strategic Hodeideh Airport, despite contrasting claims from Yemeni pro-government media. According to the official media wing of the Houthi forces, their troops are still in full control of the Hodeideh Airport after another battle with the UAE-backed Southern Resistance Army […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Russia launches Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with Glonass-M navigation satellite
Russia launched a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket from the Plesetsk space center on Sunday to orbit a Glonass-M satellite, the Russian Defense Ministry said. “On Sunday, at 00:46 Moscow time [21:46 GMT]… the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces successfully launched a middle-class Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with a navigation Glonass-M spacecraft,” the ministry said in a statement. Earlier, a satellite […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian military reinforces air defense systems in southern Syria (video)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 A.M.) – The Syrian military reportedly reinforced their air defenses in southern Syria this week amid recent threats along the border with the occupied Golan Heights. Video footage released this week showed the Syrian military deploying a Pantsir-1 air defense system in the southern province of Dara’a. Previously, the Israeli Air Force […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Ukraine: Far-right Azov Battalion hold parade for fourth ‘victory’ anniversary (video)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:40 A.M.) – The far-right nationalist Azov Battalion held a military parade in central Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, on Saturday, celebrating the fourth anniversary of reclaiming territory from anti-government forces, the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic. The founder of the Azov Battalion Andrei Biletsky addressed to the hundreds of residents, gathered at the Freedom Square for […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
US allegedly preparing chemical weapons provocation: Kazem
Syrian Human Rights Network head Ahmad Kazem has told Sputnik that US intelligence was preparing a provocation involving chemical weapons near al-Tanf, Syria, and that its purpose will be to drive a wedge between Damascus and Syria’s Kurds. “Right now [at At Tanf] preparations are being made by US special services in coordination with Daesh (ISIS)* in the region […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Iraq: ‘The worst devastation I’ve seen’ – Angelina Jolie visits Mosul on Eid (video)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:30 A.M.) – American actress and UN Refugee Agency Special Envoy visited West Mosul on Saturday, less than a year after the city’s liberation following years of self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS; formerly ISIS/ISIL). Jolie walked though the ruined buildings and streets in the Old City, meeting with displaced families as they try to piece […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Jihadist commander assassinated in rural Idlib
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:00 A.M.) – Another jihadist commander was reportedly assassinated this week inside rural Idlib, pro-opposition activists reported. The jihadist leader of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham, Abu Mus’ab Al-Saheli, was killed on Friday when a group of unknown assailants opened fire on him and his associates. Abu Mus’ab, nicknamed “Al-Nusayri”, was born to an Alawite […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
The Battle For The Yemen Port Of Hodeida -- News Updates June 16, 2018
*DW:* *Saudi-led forces seize rebel-held airport in Yemen's Hodeida - military* Forces allied to the Saudi-led coalition say they have entered Hodeida airport as part of an assault to retake the port city. Fears are rising of a new humanitarian crisis if food imports, from the port, are disrupted. Soldiers from an Arab alliance seized the international airport in the Houthi-held port city of Hodeida on Saturday, officials loyal to Yemen's exiled government said. Aid workers and rights advocates said areas close to the airport remained the scene of intense fighting, which prevente...more »
US House Intel Committee Ranking Member Statement On DOJ IG Report On Clinton Email Investigation: Comey’s Errors Of Judgement Helped Trump; Harmed Hillary
US Congressman “Schiff Statement on DOJ IG Report Washington, June 14, 2018 Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), … Continue reading →
The Poet: Wendell Berry, “The Contrariness of the Mad Farmer”
*“The Contrariness of the Mad Farmer”* “I am done with apologies. If contrariness is my inheritance and destiny, so be it. If it is my mission to go in at exits and come out at entrances, so be it. I have planted by the stars in defiance of the experts, and tilled somewhat by incantation and by singing, and reaped, as I knew, by luck and Heaven's favor, in spite of the best advice. If I have been caught so often laughing at funerals, that was because I knew the dead were already slipping away, preparing a comeback, and can I help it? And if at weddings I have gritted and gnashed... more »
"You Think They're Nice..."
"That's why crazy people are so dangerous. You think they're nice until they're chaining you up in the garage." - Michael Buckley
“A Man You’ve Never Heard of Saved Your Life”
*“A Man You’ve Never Heard of Saved Your Life”* by George Washington “On October 27, 1962, a man you’ve never heard of saved your life. It was at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, when the U.S. and Soviet Union were on hair trigger alert for World War Three. And an order to launch a nuclear missile against Americans was actually given by the commander and political officer of a Soviet nuclear submarine. One man stopped global nuclear war. Edward Wilson explains in the Guardian: “An American spy plane had been shot down over Cuba while another U2 had got lost and strayed into ... more »
Environment Canada maps of polar bear population and status assessments 2018
Originally posted on polarbearscience: Just out (6 June 2018) — new population assessment and status maps of the 19 polar bear subpopulations according to Environment Canada. Contrary to the map presented at the Range State meeting in February 2018 (pdf here), these maps show Western Hudson Bay and Southern Hudson Bay (along with the Southern…
New study: The Sun and volcanoes caused the pause
Originally posted on Tallbloke's Talkshop: Has the media been trying to bury bad news here? Embarrassingly bad news for its enthusiasm for supposed man-made global warming, that is. Last week a team of researchers from the UK Met Office, the University of East Anglia, the University of Gothenburg, the University of Southern Queensland and…
What an Engineer Finds Amazing About the Claims of Arctic and Antarctic Melting
From WUWT: https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/06/16/what-an-engineer-finds-amazing-about-the-claims-of-arctic-and-antarctic-melting/ Guest Blogger / June 16, 2018 Guest opinion by Ronald D Voisin It’s just amazing how we as a society can let global group-think ideas have fantastically large continued public traction when direct scientific observation utterly refutes the very basis of the ideas. Can not the alarmist scientific folks (I’m thinking here of Mann, Alley, Schmidt, Hansen, […]
More Good News: Ontario Reversing Carbon Tokenism
Originally posted on Science Matters: The story comes from Bloomberg, where they regard the event as lamentable: Ontario Scraps Carbon-Reduction Plan as It Expands Elsewhere. Excerpts below with my bolds. Ontario will scrap the province’s cap-and-trade program and pull out of the carbon-trading market with Quebec and California even as pollution pricing expands in other regions…
Meet the Green Nuclear Engineering Graduates who Want to Save the Planet from Climate Change
From WUWT: https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/06/16/meet-the-green-nuclear-engineering-graduates-who-want-to-save-the-planet-from-climate-change/ Eric Worrall / June 16, 2018 Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to NPR, since 2001 there has been a surge in young people graduating with nuclear engineering qualifications, who are driven by the desire to convince their fellow greens to embrace the nuclear path to a zero carbon future. As Nuclear […]
Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 166 – 2018
Originally posted on sunshine hours: South / North
"A Stick In The Mud..."
“At this point I reveal myself in my true colors, as a stick-in-the-mud. I hold a number of beliefs that have been repudiated by the liveliest intellects of our time. I believe order is better than chaos, creation better than destruction. I prefer gentleness to violence, forgiveness to vendetta. On the whole I think that knowledge is preferable to ignorance, and I am sure that human sympathy is more valuable than ideology. I believe that in spite of the recent triumphs of science, men haven’t changed much in the last two thousand years; and in consequence we must try to learn from ...more »
Afghan President Ghani Orders Ceasefire Extension With Taliban
*BBC:* *Afghanistan extends ceasefire with Taliban* Afghanistan has extended its unilateral ceasefire with the Taliban following an initial truce observed by both sides over the Eid festival period. President Ashraf Ghani appealed to the militants to follow the government's lead and enter peace talks. In extraordinary scenes, militants have been embracing security force members and taking selfies with citizens. However 25 people died in a suicide attack on one gathering of Taliban and government officials in Nangarhar. Taliban members and local residents were among the victims o... more »
Official Science
Believe it or not but the science of geology is not a discipline possessing equanimity of thought; it is riven between biblical fundamentalists, biblical liberalists or other wishy-washy religious faiths, and a third group best accused as empiricists or data-driven … Continue reading →
Moscow Taxi Deliberately Plows Into World Cup Soccer Fans Injuring Eight
Наезд такси в Москве.. жесть какая-то. pic.twitter.com/09XTwbZNPw — Борисыч (@Borisich_glass) June 16, 2018 *Daily Mail:* *Moscow taxi driver mows down World Cup fans: Eight injured as Kyrgyzstani migrant swerves out of traffic, mounts pavement and speeds into crowd - before fleeing and being wrestled to ground* * Mexican fans were among those injured in the crash in Ilinka Street, around 200 metres from the Red Square * Video footage shows the driver mounting the pavement and ramming through pedestrians on the pavement * Additional footage shows the driver trying to escape the sc... more »
Why You Should Never Vote For A Blue Dog
I get a lot of retweet and replies from people defending Blue Dogs. I get the feeling that most of the perps are actually conservatives, just morons who don't understand what Blue Dogs are and what kind of damage they cause the Democratic brand and the whole country. I'll explain that in a moment but first let me list the current Blue Dogs and which candidates are running under the Blue Dog banner. First the incumbents: *•* Sanford Bishop (GA) *•* Jim Cooper (TN) *•* Lou Correa (CA) *•* Jim Costa (CA) *•* Charlie Crist (FL) *•* Henry Cuellar (TX) *•* Vicente Gonzalez (TX) *•* Josh... more »
American Citizens for Taiwan #5: America, Taiwan, and the Inevitability of History
*Our reservoirs should could have used that predicted rain...* My latest for American Citizens for Taiwan. I was going to post this up yesterday but was out all day biking and got back late... However, this scheme was killed by the outgoing Secretary of State of the Buchanan Administration. When Pierce became president, he appointed William Reed to Parker’s place, and instructed him that on no account would the US annex Chinese territory. Thus ended the possibility of Formosa eventually becoming a US state. ...go thou and read... _______________________ [Taiwan] Don't miss the comm... more »
Another Progressive False Narrative Goes Down Under Examination
New Study: No Systemic Evidence Of Racism When Police Use Deadly Force A new study of officer-involved fatal shootings in 2015–2016 found there was no systemic evidence of racial disparity in police use of deadly force. The study, offered by two Michigan State University psychology professors and an Arizona State University professor of Criminology and … Continue reading "Another Progressive False Narrative Goes Down Under Examination"
More on Lies and Lying Liars
We know the Conservative Party is a fundamentally dishonest outfit. Not because it's composed of unprincipled place-seekers and shysters, of whom it possesses more than its fair share, but because of what the party *does*. It is a collective of elites, an organised network of actors mobilising, working and moving in a certain direction. And that destination is always, *always* the preservation of a minority class interest as if it was *the majority interest*. When we start thinking about the awful politics and shenanigans of Tory lies, it's more than a matter of rotten apples. It's ... more »
Pink Gin - Made In The Baltics
Pink Gin - Ocean Village - Southampton The cult who print money (and lend it to GovCorp for interest), are uninterested in money. They're interested in your mind. Doesn't mean they don't have style... Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced
Musical Interlude: Jefferson Airplane, “White Rabbit”
Jefferson Airplane, “White Rabbit” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUY2kJE0AZE
Taxi ploughs into pedestrians in Moscow injuring eight per BBC News
To add some background to this BBC story https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44509577 here's something, the religious breakdown of the population of Kyrgyzstan: 'Islam - 80% Russian Orthodox Church -17% other - 3%'
The Daily "Near You?"
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"My Own View..."
“My own view is that this planet is used as a penal colony, lunatic asylum and dumping ground by a superior civilization, to get rid of the undesirable and unfit. I can't prove it, but you can't disprove it either. It happens to be my view, but it doesn't challenge any of the findings of Darwin or Huxley or Einstein or Hawking.” - Christopher Hitchens
Middle Finger Symphony Theater
** No Tuxedos Required ** *Brought To You By BLUESJUNKY: Honorary Chair of Music - Middle Finger Symphony Music Director*
Trump trolls CNN, as Wolf Blitzer whines: “We are not the enemy of the American people. We love American People” (Video)
CNN freaks out over latest Trump tweet. More The post Trump trolls CNN, as Wolf Blitzer whines: “We are not the enemy of the American people. We love American People” (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
"A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall"
*"A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall"* by Adam Taggart via PeakProsperity.com "Après moi, le déluge." ~ King Louis XV of France "A hard rain's a-gonna fall..." ~ Bob Dylan (the first) "As the Federal Reserve kicked off its second round of quantitative easing in the aftermath of the Great Financial Crisis, hedge fund manager David Tepper predicted that nearly all assets would rise tremendously in response. "The Fed just announced we want economic growth, and we don't care if there's inflation... have they ever said that before?" He then famously uttered the line "You gotta love a put", refe... more »
Godwin's Law?
You're Goddamned right I'm going there. Here's why: The man who's allowed to employ his criminal daughter in the White House has, with the collusion of his embattled Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, stolen 2000 children or more from migrant families in just six weeks. That comes out to nearly 50 a day. If 50 white children of respectable (or outwardly respectable) conservative families were abducted on a daily basis for a month and a half, there would be a hue and a cry on Fox "News" and perhaps all the other dinosaur networks. Right wing bloggers would ... more »
Introducing: Karma Yoga Daily
Openhearted Rebel has become Karma Yoga Daily.
"How It Really Is"
And he was right, too... ask the IG.
Border Patrol SUV Hitting Native American Man, Then Driving Away
Tensions flared on Friday between federal authorities in Arizona and residents of a Native American reservation straddling the border with Mexico after a video surfaced in which a Border Patrol vehicle appears to hit a man from the tribe before driving away. The video, which was recorded on the phone of the victim, a member of the Tohono O’odham Nation identified as Paulo Remes, spread quickly on social media after several tribe members and Indivisible Tohono, an organization focused on the impact of border policies, posted the footage on Twitter and Facebook. “They just ran me ove... more »
Scientists make first ‘on demand’ entanglement link
Scientists make first ‘on demand’ entanglement link https://m.phys.org/news/2018-06-scientists-demand-entanglement-link.html Advertisements
Stephen Hawking’s Family Will Beam His Voice Toward a Black Hole
Stephen Hawking’s Family Will Beam His Voice Toward a Black Hole https://www.space.com/40902-hawking-westminster-voice-black-hole.html?utm_content=buffer16243&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook
Solar cells combining silicon with perovskite have achieved record efficiency of 25.2 percent
Tech Xplore – Solar cells combining silicon with perovskite have achieved record efficiency of 25.2 percent https://m.techxplore.com/news/2018-06-solar-cells-combining-silicon-perovskite.html
Lentils significantly reduce blood glucose levels, study reveals
Medical Xpress: Lentils significantly reduce blood glucose levels, study reveals https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2018-06-lentils-significantly-blood-glucose-reveals.html
A machine has figured out Rubik’s Cube all by itself
A machine has figured out Rubik’s Cube all by itself https://www-technologyreview-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.technologyreview.com/s/611281/a-machine-has-figured-out-rubiks-cube-all-by-itself/amp/
Scientists to America: Embrace climate action or lose your coastal cities.
Scientists to America: Embrace climate action or lose your coastal cities – ThinkProgress https://thinkprogress.org/trumps-policies-will-destroy-americas-coastal-cities-warn-top-scientists-654164b69c9a/
Research confirms that a mostly plant-based diet could save your life.
Research confirms that a mostly plant-based diet could save your life | TreeHugger https://www.treehugger.com/health/new-studies-confirm-benefits-vegetarian-diet.html
Orwell’s Final Warning
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Countering the Michael Mann Straw Man Arguments
Michael Mann is the scientific equivalent of FBI Agent Peter Strzok. (Click Here) Michael Mann has assumed a position of public trust and he has betrayed it on a Biblical Scale. (Click Here) Michael Mann is truly a despicable human being. (Click Here) He is a climate activist, a climate sophist masquerading as a legitimate scientist. … Continue reading "Countering the Michael Mann Straw Man Arguments"
Trump Administration Moving to Strip Protection From Wolves Across Country
The Trump administration this week confirmed it is considering a proposal to strip Endangered Species Act protection from nearly all wolves in the lower 48 states, including the Great Lakes region, making the animals vulnerable to trophy hunting and trapping. An email statement from Gavin Shire, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s chief of public affairs, said the agency has begun reviewing the status of the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act and expects to publish a proposal to revise the wolf’s status “by the end of the calendar year.” “It’s deeply troubling to see the T... more »
How Long Will Manafort Languish In His Prison Cell Before Flipping? Guiliani Tells Him To Hang Tight-- The Cavalry Is On The Way
One of my neighbors asked me yesterday if Manafort will be allowed to keep dyeing his hair while he's in prison. I don't think so; isn't hair dye poisonous? He could poison himself or another inmate. I was once in an Afghan prison but my business partner, a relative of the king, got me out before I could settle into a routine or observe such about how the inmates groomed themselves. Besides, it was basically just a hole in the earth with no running water. In America I've been in jails, not prisons and I don't even remember anyone taking my belt away. My mom came and bailed me out i... more »
Can Amputees Take Their Limbs Home?
A Reddit user's account of his post-amputation experience of bringing home his leg and making tacos out of it is decidedly uncommon, but at least part of his story is not unheard of.
Salmonella Infections Linked to Kellogg’s Honey Smacks Cereal
The FDA is advising consumers to not eat any Kellogg's Honey Smacks cereal, regardless of size or 'best if used by' dates.
Firefighters Break Windows of Car Blocking Hydrant
Firefighters had to break the windows and run a hose through a car that was blocking a fire hydrant in New Jersey.
Is Robert Dugger setting up Robin Hood to steal from the poor?
from Wrench in the Gears June 16, 2018 More on the people behind ReadyNation’s Global Business Summit on Early Childhood, November 1-2, 2018 New York City *Who is Robert Dugger?* Robert Dugger is the co-founder of ReadyNation and serves on the board of the Council for a Strong America. He began his career as an economist with the Board of Governor’s that oversees the Federal Reserve System, later serving as a senior advisor on banking and financial policy in the US House of Representatives and the US Senate. From 1988 until 1992 Dugger worked as policy director for the American Ban... more »
Why the West Should Recognize Syria’s Many ‘Private Ryan’ Heroes
*Vanessa Beeley* | Syria is stemming the terrorist tide within its territory and the SAA is fighting and dying to contain the threat.
On The Residual Brightness Of Eclipsed Jovian Moons
While preparing for another evening of observation of Jupiter's atmosphere with my faithful 16" dobsonian scope, I found out that the satellite Io will disappear behind the Jovian shadow tonight. This is a quite common phenomenon and not a very spectacular one, but still quite interesting to look forward to during a visual observation - the moon takes some time to fully disappear, so it is fun to follow the event. This however got me thinking. A fully eclipsed jovian moon should still be able to reflect back some light picked up from the still lit other satellites - so it should not,... more »
Leonard Peltier has been in Lockdown for 20 Days
By International Leonard Defense Peltier Defense Committee Censored News
Russia World Cup 2018: Muzzled bear forced to perform for fans ahead of game
"Being chained up, muzzled and forced to perform unnatural acts in front of large, rowdy crowds of people causes tremendous stress and can have an untold impact on these animals, both psychological and physical." FOOTBALL FANS across the world are up in arms after a video showed a trained bear being made to hand the ball to the referee before he was forced to clap for Russian fans at the start of a match in a mindless display of animal cruelty. The Russian Football Federation (RFF) has been criticised for allowing the circus bear to perform tricks for fans ahead of third division ga... more »
UK Farmers Foot Climate Bill
The Farmer’s Weekly advises UK farmers: Don’t miss out on climate change tax discounts Excerpts below with my bolds. The NFU has warned farmers they face rises in climate change taxes unless they register for a discount scheme before the 31 July deadline. The Climate Change Levy (CCL) is a tax charged on gas, […]
More Good News: Ontario Reversing Carbon Tokenism
The story comes from Bloomberg, where they regard the event as lamentable: Ontario Scraps Carbon-Reduction Plan as It Expands Elsewhere. Excerpts below with my bolds. Ontario will scrap the province’s cap-and-trade program and pull out of the carbon-trading market with Quebec and California even as pollution pricing expands in other regions of the world. Ontario’s Progressive […]
Inspector General’s Report on FBI: Bombshells, Coverups, Fake News Spin
[image: inspector-general-s-report-on-fbi-bombshells-coverups-fake-news-spin] The liberal "mainstream" media are deceptively portraying the 568-page IG report as vindication for Hillary Clinton, as Obama-era DOJ/FBI officials continue to stonewall and obstruct investigations.
Israel adopts abandoned Saudi sectarian logic
Amid ever closer cooperation with Saudi Arabia, Israel’s military appears to be adopting the kind of sectarian anti-Shiite rhetoric that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is abandoning as part of a bid to develop a national rather than a religious ethos and promote his yet to be defined form of moderate Islam. The Israeli […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Dr Shaaban: Time for Arabs to Take Back the Narrative, Write Their Own History
*Dr Bouthaina Shaaban* | Arabs are now at an important crossroads in history and how they react to the current set of challenges will shape their identity for generations to come.
Defense Stocks Fall After Trump-Kim North Korea Summit
*IBD* | Top European defense officials are also warning that Europe shouldn't rely so much on U.S. weapons tech.
BREAKING: Ways to normalize The Crazy!
*SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2018The Times soft-soaps Donald J. Trump: *Yesterday, Donald J. Trump did a lot of high-decibel talking about some very important topics. In this morning's editions, the New York Times made the following statement in a front-page news report about the president's remarks: BAKER AND SULLIVAN (6/16/18): As he often does, *Mr. Trump misstated or distorted a variety of facts, large and small,* over the course of the television appearance and subsequent conversation with reporters. Trump had "misstated or distorted a variety of facts, large and small." The Times wa... more »
Editor's Note
Enjoying a wonderful day with the GF in Old Montreal today. Blogging will return later tonight.
Mainstream Media Confirms Conspiracy Theory That Walmart Stores Are Being Turned into Prison Camps
By Rachel Blevins When citizens began to ask questions about why Walmart stores were suddenly closing in in southern states in 2015, the mainstream media... more »
Will We Ever Start Using “The Precautionary Principle” With WiFi Technology –Even With Our Kids?
By B.N. Frank Ian Phillips was a business executive whose job required he spend many hours on a mobile phone. After learning he had a... more »
So Much For Afghanistan's Ceasefire .....
*Reuters:* *Afghanistan Eid car bomb, claimed by Islamic State, kills 26* KABUL (Reuters) - A car bomb killed at least 26 people at a gathering of Taliban and Afghan armed forces in the eastern city of Nangarhar on Saturday, an official said, as soldiers and militants celebrated an unprecedented Eid ceasefire. Islamic State claimed responsibility. The group’s Amaq news agency said the target was “a gathering of Afghan forces” but gave no details. The Taliban had already denied involvement. Dozens of unarmed Taliban militants had earlier entered the Afghan capital and other citie... more »
To Win The Climate Debate The Right Question Must Be Asked; How is CO2 the Cause?
The recent event featuring Dr. Curry, Dr. Moore, Dr. Mann and Dr. Titley highlights the problems real climate scientists face. (Click Here) The general public aren’t climate scientists, most don’t have much of an understanding of science, most are not climate junkies that follow this issue, so they don’t have the background to understand good … Continue reading "To Win The Climate Debate The Right Question Must Be Asked; How is CO2 the Cause?"
Shredding misconceptions about electricity and motor fuel
And there are one hell of a lot of them out there; few things are so ubiquitous yet opaque to the layman. Reposting some blog comments in case they are of more general interest: Ominous Cowherd: Using Pierre's numbers, 1 gallon of diesel equals 10kWh, so the overnight charge would be 7kWh equals about three quarts.The EIA says a gallon of diesel is 137452 BTU, or just over 40 kWH(th).
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