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FAVORITES

Bayer + Monsanto = A Match Made in Hell

It is hardly surprising that the first thing Bayer did after completing their takeover of Monsanto earlier this month was to announce that they were dropping the Monsanto name, merging the two companies’ agrichemical divisions under the Bayer Crop Science name. After all, as everyone knows, Monsanto is one of the most hated corporations in the world. But Bayer itself has an equally atrocious hist
Fostering Scientific Inquiry and Environmental Awareness

From documenting shark sightings to scoping out urban owl habitat, Earth Island projects are embracing citizen science in their work


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BLOGGER-FOLLOWING

Trump slams 'dirty' Red Hen restaurant, but let's not forget Mar-a-Lago's 13 health code violations

It took Donald Trump more than two days to comment on Sarah Huckabee Sanders being asked to leave the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Virginia, but alas, he's finally settled on a comeback. Rather than claiming he would treat people "respectfully" like his press secretary, who tweeted about the event on Saturday, Trump did what he does best and straight-up trash talked the establishment. "The Re
Yet another World Cup reporter had to deal with sexual harassment on live TV

Again and again, women in the media just keep getting harassed while they're just trying to do their jobs. Taking a stand against this was Julia GuimarĂ£es, a sports reporter for Brazil's TV Globo and sportv, who ripped into a man who tried to kiss her during a live cross in front of a stadium in Yekaterinburg prior to the Senegal vs. Japan match on Sunday. SEE ALSO: Anime theme brings Japan and S
NSA’s Wiretap Rooms in Eight U.S. Cities

Via: The Intercept: THE SECRETS ARE hidden behind fortified walls in cities across the United States, inside towering, windowless skyscrapers and fortress-like concrete structures that were built to withstand earthquakes and even nuclear attack. Thousands of people pass by the buildings each day and rarely give them a second glance, because their function is not […]
Trump Calls For End of 'Due Process', Protesters Make Admin (and MSM) Sad: 'BradCast' 6/25/2018

As the GOP's stolen U.S. Supreme Court further undermined American democracy today...and as climate change-fueled extreme weather resulted in a tar sands oil train derailing and leaking hundreds of thousands of gallons of crude into the drinking water supply for Iowa (and perhaps even Nebraska)....and as the President of the United States lied about immigration facts again while calling for the v
Intelligent alien life unlikely, study claims

Researchers at Oxford University maintain that we are probably the only intelligent life forms in the universe. The question of whether we are alone i...
Pentagon Prepares to Create Temporary Camps for Illegal Immigrants at Two Bases

Via: Reuters: The U.S. military is preparing to build temporary camps at two military bases to house immigrants, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Sunday, in the latest sign of a growing U.S. military support role for President Donald Trump’s politically charged immigration policies. Mattis, speaking to reporters during a flight to Alaska, did not […]

NEWS

Papua New Guinea suffers first polio outbreak in 18 years

Boy of six falls ill in Morobe province, as PNG joins three other countries in the world battling the virus The first case of polio in Papua New Guinea in 18 years has been detected, with a six-year-old boy from the Morobe province the first confirmed case of the virus. The boy presented to health authorities on the 28 April with weakness in his lower limbs and the virus – a vaccine-derived polio
Most of Labour is pro-Corbyn and anti-Brexit – we must be heard | Alena Ivanova

Time is running out to shape the debate in the party and the public. Momentum’s petition to stop a Tory Brexit is a vital step For those of us on the left, London was witness to some bizarre scenes last Saturday. As a hundred thousand people, maybe more, marched against Brexit , the most memorable chant that could be heard echoing across Parliament Square was not about migrants’ rights or the disp
Pence's Midterm Message Shows How His Future Depends On Trump's Success

Vice President Mike Pence is stumping all over the country, touting President Trump's record, proving his loyalty to his boss — and GOP voters — while building relationships that could pay dividends. (Image credit: Pete Marovich/Getty Images)
For a 6-year-old snared in the immigration maze, a memorized phone number proves a lifeline

As the U.S. attempts to reunite migrant families, children will bear the burden of helping to reunite their kin
If it’s hard for you to deal with Korean peace talks because of Trump, maybe get your head checked

The military-industrial-national-security-media complex now lines up steadfastly in defense of the wrong choice
Psychedelics Are Going Mainstream, Because the Mainstream Needs Them

The event begins, like so many ritualized psychedelic experiences do, with a check in. It is gently suggested that we close our eyes and take inventory of our internal realities. How are we feeling? Happy to be here? Energized? Cold? Mildly annoyed with the emotional fussiness of this exercise? Perhaps. The crowd sits in collective silence for several minutes, after which we are asked to yell out

SCIENCE

Could DNA Testing Reunite Immigrant Families? Get the Facts.

Genetic testing offers a potential solution to the crisis, but logistics and privacy concerns pose major challenges.
What Does It Take to Raise a Flamingo?

A zoo celebrates as its flamingo flock gives birth to five new chicks—but the process is more difficult than it may seem.
Scientists take a journey into the lungs of mice infected with influenza

In the 1966 novel, Fantastic Voyage, written by biochemist and author Isaac Asimov, a crew of people become miniaturized in order to travel through the body of a scientist and save him from a blood clot in his brain.
'Green gold': Pakistan plants hundreds of millions of trees

The change is drastic: around the region of Heroshah, previously arid hills are now covered with forest as far as the horizon. In northwestern Pakistan, hundreds of millions of trees have been planted to fight deforestation.
ScienceTake: How Spiders Fly

Gossamer strands of spider silk serve as balloons to carry spiders far afield.
How Spiders Use Silk to Fly

Spider flight is a mysterious phenomenon not fully understood by science. How is it that spiders can ride the wind for miles at a time?

YOUTUBE

Manila Death Squad

An ambitious journalist challenges the leader of a violent vigilante group to a high-stakes drinking game that may score her a scoop or a bullet to the head. "AN ELECTRIC LOVE LETTER TO TARANTINO" - Indiewire World Premiere - Fantastic Fest International Premiere - Sitges IFFF - Official Fantastic Competition Winner, Best Short Film - Eastern Oregon FF Focus on Southeast Asia: Fuck The World! - K
Watch Koko the Gorilla Use Sign Language in This 1981 Film | National Geographic

Watch Koko the signing gorilla in this clip from a 1981 National Geographic documentary. Koko died in her sleep on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets
Best of LGBTQ+ Pride on The Ellen Show

Kick off Ellen’s pride week with some of our most inspiring LGBTQ+ show moments featuring celebrities such as Ellen announcing her wedding, Sam Smith talking about wanting to be a spokesperson for the LGBTQ+ community, Laverne Cox as the first transgender person on Time Magazine, and much more! From: TheEllenShow
How to read privacy policies like a lawyer

Privacy policies are massive, daunting legal documents that can be complicated to understand. We called a couple lawyers to get their best tips on how to understand privacy policies without spending hours breaking down each line. Subscribe: http://goo.gl/G5RXGs Like The Verge on Facebook: https://goo.gl/2P1aGc Follow on Twitter: https://goo.gl/XTWX61 Follow on Instagram: https://goo.gl/7ZeLvX Rea
This Community in the Philippines Converts Plastic Fishing Nets to Carpet | National Geographic

Plastic can be found everywhere in the ocean. Learn how marine biologist Heather Koldewey has teamed up with communities in the Philippines to collect discarded plastic fishing nets and turn them into industrial carpeting. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through th
REWIND FORWARD by Justin Stoneham

Justin has always managed to escape his own story. But his past catches up with him when he discovers his father’s VHS recordings and sees his mother as he’s never seen her before - young and healthy. When Justin was four, a brain stroke left her partially paralyzed and unable to speak. Seeing the mother he longed to have in his father’s recordings triggers him to confront his family’s misfortune

THE CORBETT REPORT

Episode 340 – Bayer + Monsanto = A Match Made in Hell

[audio mp3="https://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/episode340-lq.mp3"][/audio] It is hardly surprising that the first thing Bayer did after completing their takeover of Monsanto earlier this month was to announce that they were dropping the Monsanto name, merging the two companies' agrichemical divisions under the Bayer Crop Science name. After all, as everyone knows, Monsanto is one of the most hated
US and Yemen, DC Psychopaths, NWNW Updates – New World Next Week

This week on the New World Next Week: the massacre in Yemen could end tomorrow, but it probably won't; you absolutely WILL believe which area of the US has the highest concentration of psychopaths; and we round up the latest Space Force / VW / CRISPR updates.
Interview 1368 – New World Next Week with James Evan Pilato

[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2018-06-21%20James%20Evan%20Pilato.mp3"][/audio] This week on the New World Next Week: the massacre in Yemen could end tomorrow, but it probably won't; you absolutely WILL believe which area of the US has the highest concentration of psychopaths; and we round up the latest Space Force / VW / CRISPR updates.
NGOs and the Deep State – James Corbett on Radio Fault Lines

James Corbett appears on Radio Fault Lines to discuss his work on NGOs and deep state operations.

THE ENVIRONMENTALIST

California Condors Reestablishing Their Range Across the Golden State

The endangered species still faces major threat from lead poisoning, but wildlife managers are hopeful about recovery prospects
California Condors a ‘Wonderful Wildlife Success Story’

The endangered species still faces major threat from lead poisoning, but wildlife managers are hopeful about prospects for full recovery
Hawai’i's Kilauea Eruption Has Wiped Out Rare Sites and Entire Ecosystems

As the island mourns a tragedy, it also accepts the brutal cycle of nature
Watching Over Washington’s Whistle Pig

Citizen scientists are bolstering our understanding of the Olympic Peninsula's endemic marmot
30 Years Ago Global Warming Became Front-Page News

Back then, before massive a disinformation campaign by corporate interests, both Democrats and Republicans took the issue seriously

WWF - LATEST NEWS

Southeast Asia's high appetite for pet otters supplied online

The online pet trade has emerged as a pressing threat to otters in Southeast Asia with a new TRAFFIC-IUCN Otter Specialist Group (OSG) study revealing hundreds of the animals for sale on Facebook and other websites over a four-month period. The Illegal Otter Trade in Southeast Asia, released today, revealed a high demand for juvenile live otters in the region, with over 70% of the animals offered
Multi-stakeholder platform to drive excellence in sustainable finance across Asia

5 JUNE 2018, SINGAPORE – To shift Asia's financial flows towards sustainable economic, social and environmental outcomes, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has announced the launch of the Asia Sustainable Finance Initiative (ASFI). Based in Singapore, this multi-stakeholder platform will bring together industry, government, civil society and academia to develop and coordinate science based bes
Mountain gorilla numbers climb upwards

Results from a two-year survey in the transboundary Virunga Massif, one of the two remaining habitats of the mountain gorilla, show numbers of the critically endangered species are on the rise. Released last week, the latest estimates from the Virunga Massif put mountain gorilla numbers at 604 from an estimated 480 in 2010, including 41 social groups, along with 14 solitary males in the transboun
Mountain gorilla numbers surpass 1,000 despite challenges

Rubavu, Rwanda, 31 May 2018 - Numbers of critically endangered mountain gorillas are on the up, following conservation efforts in the transboundary Virunga Massif, one of the two remaining areas where the great ape is still found. Survey results released today reveal that numbers have increased to 604 from an estimated 480 in 2010, including 41 social groups, along with 14 solitary males in the t

ACTIVIST TEACHER

The global money printing press

By Denis Rancourt, PhD ON GLOBAL PATHOLOGY The world's greatest structural pathology is that the USA prints the US-dollar and therefore has an endless supply of currency to militarize, bribe, intimidate, ravage, exploit, destabilize, propagandize, co-opt and plunder. The world will continue to recover from the global parasite/enforcer as states align with competing blocks and
Amnesty International Report - June 2018: Undeniable USA mass war crime in Raqqa - Syria

The Amnesty International report of June 5, 2018, Syria: “War of annihilation”: Devastating toll on civilians, Raqqa – Syria 5 June 2018, Index number: MDE 24/8367/2018 https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/MDE2483672018ENGLISH.PDF presents undeniable evidence of USA criminal disregard for civilian life, on a mass scale, in a populated city, and calls for official
That is freedom of speech

Comment by Denis Rancourt Vehemently arguing that someone should not utter certain words or express certain views does not violate freedom of speech. It presumes freedom of speech. Campaigning and arguing in favour of censorship does not violate freedom of speech. It presumes freedom of speech. Demonstrating to an institution or corporation that a speaker should be deplatformed does not
Racism And Israel And Yemen

By Denis Rancourt, PhD RACISM. The Western middle-class ethos has been infected by a disproportionate taboo-like hyper-aversion to attitudinal and opinion racism. This is a socially engineered and recent pathology that is not checked by humour and satire. People are now routinely prosecuted and jailed for victimless "hate speech" that is inferred to signal blasphemous beliefs and
"Call the Zionists what they are: Nazi criminals" -- Auschwitz survivor

Auschwitz survivor, Dutch theoretical physicist and human rights activist HAJO MEYER (died at 90 in 2014, both his parents were killed at Auschwitz): < “If we want to stay really human beings, we must get up and call the Zionists what they are: Nazi criminals,” Meyer said. The hate of the Jews by the Germans “was less deeply rooted than the hate of the Palestinians by the Israeli Jews,” he
Message from The Man

Dissidents: If you are too threatening, actually threatening and not protected, then you will be murdered. If you are too popular, then you will be character assassinated. If you confine yourself to properly "academic" expression and the pretext to fire you is too costly or risky, then you will not be censored. Only your web venues will be very very very s..l..o..o..o..w.

AMUSED CYNICISM

Perth March Against Brexit

Some people marched in Perth today, against Brexit and for a second referendum once we know the actual terms of the Brexit deal.
Brexit: Scrap the aerospace industry, go back to fruit picking

The front page of today’s Times has two Brexit-related stories: ( full size image ) The first that Brexit may force aircraft manufacturer Airbus out of Britain, with the loss of 124,000 jobs. The second that, because of a shortage of foreign workers, British jobseekers are to be encouraged to consider seasonal fruit picking where apparently you can earn “£675 a week in comfortable conditions” (no

ANGOLA 3 NEWS

A3 Newsletter June 11, 2018: Keep on Keeping On

Working for social justice frequently seems to be a glacially slow endeavor. This last week brought a summer thaw and more than a few things have changed. We celebrate and honor the work of Professor Angela A. Bell and the students in her Law and Minorities classes at Southern University for their remarkable efforts in seeing the long delayed parole of John Cluchette through to his release. Pleas
BREAKING: 'Soledad Brother' John Clutchette has been released!

Watch a short video interview with John Clutchette following his release, here . ( PHOTO : John Clutchette in the 1980s. ) Today 'Soledad Brother' John Clutchette walked out of the prison gates a free man, following Governor Jerry Brown's final approval of a January 12, 2018 decision by the California Parole Board to grant parole to Clutchette. On January 18, we published an interview with Southe

CHERCHEZ LA VERITE

Paul Craig Roberts beleves that the entire Western World lives in Cognitive Dessonance, based on the use of the current top news storys. In order to illustrate the disconnect that is everywhere in the Western mind. He begins with the family separation of children from immigrant/refugee/asylum parents has caused such public outcry that President Trump has backed off his policy and signed an executive order terminating family separation.

The Entire Western World Lives In Cognitive Dissonance June 21, 2018 | Categories: Articles & Columns | The Entire Western World Lives In Cognitive Dissonance Paul Craig Roberts In this column I am going to use three of the current top news stories to illustrate the disconnect that is everywhere in the Western mind. Let us begin with the family separation issue. The separation of children from im
The neoconservatives have seized the opportunity and replaced diplomacy with threat and coercion. Our government tells weaker countries to "do as you are told or we will impose sanctions." Sanctions are an assertion of hegemony of one country over another. And once the constraint on Washington’s unilateralism was removed, sanctions became an instrument of US foreign policy and replaced diplomacy.

The Absence of Diplomacy Is Isolating Washington — Paul Craig Roberts June 5, 2018 | Categories: Articles & Columns The Absence of Diplomacy Is Isolating Washington Paul Craig Roberts The dissolution of the Soviet Union removed the constraint on Washington’s unilateralism. The neoconservatives, who had just risen to power, seized the opportunity and replaced diplomacy with threat and coercion. On

CRAIG MURRAY

There Is Another England

Given the centuries of economic exploitation, political domination and depopulation, I perfectly understand why many Scots support any team at the World Cup which is playing England. But, with an English mother and two English grandparents who largely brought me up, I do not feel that way and I raised a glass at Harry Kane’s late winner. Let me tell you why. My grandfather Henry was a lifelong so
A Longer View

A few weeks’ break gives you a perspective on British politics aside from the day to day excitements, and the long view is just horrible. An astonishingly inept and irrelevant government maintains itself by a series of straight lies to both Tory Remainers and Tory Brexiteers about its intentions. Both these groups know they are being lied to, but the show stutters on because all in the Tory Party
Tempting Fate

This is the third time I have posted that there is a temporary hiatus in blogging but nothing to worry about, and subsequently ended up in hospital. Just discharged from Edinburgh Royal Infirmary after losing an unexpected argument with a piece of agricultural machinery. Between Eden Festival and that, I have missed the most fascinating fortnight in politics this year. Next time I have a break I
The Mills of God Grind Slowly. Particularly in Spain.

One of these two is a dreadful spiv and crook. The other is Arthur Daley. That’s Luis Barcenas, former Treasurer of the ruling Francoist successor Popular Party in Spain and long time confidante of Prime Minister Rajoy, happily now in prison for his part in a corruption scandal in which, over twenty years, hundreds of millions of euros in kickbacks from taxpayer-funded projects were channelled in
Doune the Rabbit Hole Final Line-Up

I spent the morning at a Stirlng Council licensing panel organising the licenses for the Doune the Rabbit Hole Festival this year. Happy to say that the council – both officers and councillors – could not have been more conscientious or more helpful. I have been spending a fair bit of time on community engagement for the festival this year, and have also extended my activity to quite a heavy invo
Silence is Sort of Dirty Bronzeish

I apologise for the silence. I am perfectly well, thanks for all the queries, but am on the site of the Eden Festival and working rather too hard. The post Silence is Sort of Dirty Bronzeish appeared first on Craig Murray .

WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE

Guns Germs and Steel

Professor Jared Diamond did research in New Guinea, and became buddies with many natives. One day, a lad asked him why some societies became so rich, and others did not. Why are there haves and have-nots? White folks with European ancestors have done better economically than folks in New Guinea, and many other regions. To a number of dodgy white gits, this was absolute proof of their racial super
Germs Seeds and Animals

In history classes, students struggle to memorize and regurgitate the names, dates, and places essential to our glorious myth — the sacred journey that brought us to the miracle of today. For many, this parade of dusty factoids is the story they will believe for the rest of their days. What I was taught about Christopher Columbus resembled a kindergarten fairy tale — the courageous hero succeeds.

DR CINTLI

Brown Journeys Through Mexico Profundo

BROWN JOURNEYS THROUGH MEXICO PROFUNDO: https://xicanation.com/brown-journeys-through-mexico-profundo/ (posted by XicaMedia) The above is the longer version of a recent piece I wrote for Truthout's Public Intellectual Page. The piece was shortened and given a different title. The first part is pretty much the same and the second part expands on the relationship between law enforcement violence, r
Mexico's Color Line and the Cultural Imperialism of Light-Skin Preference

Truthout’s Public Intellectual Page By Robeeto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez The color of the people of Mexico is one of the things that had a most profound effect on my psyche when I first visited the place of my birth in 1976 at the age of 22. The people came in all colors, though primarily different shades of red-brown, owing to the nation's Indigenous roots. Having grown up in a white-dominant society

FREE PLANET

Bosnian Pyramid Complex - sure, it's a hoax - move on...

...now that we've got rid of the sensationalist naysayers and grant-funded academists, here's the latest presentation of evidence suggesting that the Bosnian Pyramids Complex (Sun, Moon, Earth & Dragon) is more than a little like the Teotihuacan complex of pyramids just outside of Mexico City. And made of very modern concrete, dating from 24,000 to 12,000 BC... It's interesting stuff. Let's see wh
Japanese MMA - Tenshin Nasukawa - kick ass kid

I don't normally do 'sports' on the Free Planet blog, but I always respect karate kids who are this fucking hardcore that they can switch style and dominate their chosen sport with consummate ease. From Japan, he'll be just twenty years old this August with a glowing record of wins under his belt, Tenshin Nasukawa - kickin' m.m.a. ass.
Ancient History - The future has already happened - Rewriting our past.

in this charmingly cogent video gently narrated by Barry Fitzgerald the topic of THE MISDIRECTION OF OUR HISTORY is discussed. This Misdirection , Barry insists is reinforced by those who report upon our history, write our history books and teach our children what's supposed to have happened. Barry takes his cue from the work of Silvie Ivanova who has put out many Ancient History videos through he
Wales - the Land of Kings - full version...

thanks to Richard D Hall of Rich Planet for putting together this excellent re-working of the historical British timeline... Coelbren Alphabet, coming via Egypt and the Mediterranean A List of British Kings, coming via Wales not Germany Did we all used to speak Khumric, or ancient Assyrian?
E3 Scorn - gameplay trailer - gigertastic nonsense

...and because I save a small dark corner of my heart for anything this blatantly Giger-ish, here's a recent gameplay trailer for October-due game SCORN
E3 Hidea Kojima = Death Stranding - Lyndsay Wagner

...and suddenly I'm interested in video games all over again + Lyndsay Wagner as she looked in her Bionic Woman role: hint hint...

GREG MANKIW'S BLOG

An Effective Marginal Tax Rate

Interesting numbers from Phil Gramm and Robert B. Ekelund Jr .: The bottom quintile earned 2.2% of all earned income in 2013, but after adjusting for taxes and transfer payments, its share of spendable income rose to 12.9%—six times its proportion of earnings. The second quintile’s share more than doubled, rising from 7% of earned income to 13.9% of spendable income. For the third quintile, middl
A Response, along with a Movie Recommendation

A couple readers emailed me about yesterday's post , asking me whether I want to enforce the law. The implicit suggestion is that President Trump's immigration policy is simply law enforcement. Of course, I believe in law enforcement, but enforcement has to be proportionate. Double parking is illegal, but we don't execute people for double parking. We give them a ticket. The Trump administration's
Anti-liberal Trolls

David Brooks : For centuries, conservatives have repeated a specific critique against state power. Statism, conservatives have argued, has a tendency to become brutalist and inhumane because a bureaucracy can’t see or account for the complexity of reality. It tries to impose uniform rules on the organic intricacy of human relationships. Statist social engineering projects cause horrific suffering
On Tariffs, Blame Congress Too

The tariffs just imposed by President Trump are, of course, terrible policy. Mr. Trump deserves the first line of blame for making decisions that no sensible economist would advocate. But let's not let Congress off the hook. Over many years, Congress has passed the laws that give the President a lot of discretion over international trade policy. The assumption is that the President could be counte
Why Aren’t More Men Working?

Click here to read my column in Sunday's New York Times .

LAND DESTROYER

Hong Kong's Paradoxical "Independence" Movement

June 21, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - Prominent Hong Kong opposition leader Edward Leung was sentenced to 6 years in prison for assaulting police and his role in leading riots in 2016. The Guardian in its article " Hong Kong jails independence leader Edward Leung for six years ," would report: Hong Kong’s leading independence activist has been jailed for six years for his involvement in some
Manufacturing Dissent: US NGO's Build Opposition in Thailand

June 9, 2018 ( Joseph Thomas - NEO ) - Should decidedly anti-British government organisations be found across the United Kingdom to be funded and directed by Russians, we could only imagine the reaction. Even whispers of hints of Russian influence have resulted in legislation, sanctions and quite literally years of punditry warning of the Kremlin's insidious reach. When the tables are turned, it
Is Trump-Kim Deal Really Peace Or Is It A Set Up For War?

June 14, 2018 ( Brandon Turbeville - Activist Post ) - Presidents Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un are perhaps the two most unpredictable leaders in the world with everyone wondering from day to day what new provocative statement will be ushered from official channels. However, the two most unpredictable leaders appear to have found common ground, perhaps even kindred spirits, during the course of th
US Regime Change and its Armies of "Garbage"

America's "color revolutions" are polished by the Western media to portray opposition as daring heroes. However, the truth is far less flattering, and even compromising. June 5, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - Had James Buchanan - writing for the Guardian in his article, " 'This country has no freedom!': how Thailand's punks are railing against the junta " - told the truth about who Kitikea ‘Pur
Washington Post Denies US Meddling in Cambodia, Cites US Meddlers

May 18, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - Washington is attempting to seize on momentum produced by a sweeping victory for US-backed opposition in Malaysia by ratcheting up pressure across the rest of Southeast Asia through US-funded opposition groups, US-funded media, and US-funded and directed fronts posing as nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). This includes in Cambodia where the opposition h
Babchenko Stunt Torpedoes Western Media

June 2, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - Some of the most prominent newspapers across the Western World spent much of the end of May editing or deleting humiliating headlines and articles falsely announcing the supposed death of Russian media figure Arkady Babchenko - who turned up very much alive and well shortly after the Ukrainian government claimed he was murdered by assassins. The humiliatio

LEFT I ON THE NEWS

How Russian Meddling Gave Us This Year’s World Cup

This New York Times article —original title “How Russian Meddling Gave Us This Year’s World Cup”, later changed to the noncommittal “Did Russia Steal the World Cup?”)—is the latest manifestation of Russiamania, featuring none other than Christopher Steele. Yes, that’s Christopher Steele of Trump dossier and “pee tape” fame, as the article’s subtitle immediately reminds us. Spoiler alert — the ans
Headlines for June 15, 2018

Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio . Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted 11 minutes. CANDIDATES FOR “WORST”/”MOST DISGUSTING”: *The Biggest Winner at the U.S.-North Korea Summit: China https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-biggest-winner-at-the-us-north-korea-summit-china *The big winner of the Trump-Kim summit? China. ht
Headlines for June 8, 2018

Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio . Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted 11 minutes. CANDIDATES FOR “WORST”/”MOST DISGUSTING”: *A Woman Dedicated to Saving Lives Loses Hers in Gaza Violence https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/02/world/middleeast/gaza-paramedic-killed.html Actually a decent article, even with an accompanying video includ
Headlines for June 1, 2018

Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio . Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted 11 minutes. CANDIDATES FOR “WORST”/"MOST DISGUSTING": *Syria war: Russians killed in militant raid in Deir al-Zour http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-44271676 “Militants”? As the article itself makes completely clear, although not until the ninth paragra

WEEKLY GEO-POLITICAL NEWS AND ANALYSIS

Western civilization continues to implode as old paradigms cease to function

The old regime in the U.S. and Europe is collapsing in a way that is now becoming obvious even to the most brainwashed and illiterate Westerners. This collapse ultimately stems from the social instability cause by extreme concentration of wealth in the hands of a very small clique of closely interbred oligarchs now known as the Khazarian mafia. Fortunately, a revolution has begun that will soon l
Benjamin Fulford Talks: Interview June 21, 2018 with Prepare for Change

Another fun and informative interview on Prepare For Change: https://prepareforchange.net/2018/06/23/benjamin-fulford-talks-china-russia-us-forming-an-alliance-interview-june-21-2018-with-prepare-for-change Topic: Forming an Alliance between China, Russia and the U.S. The post Benjamin Fulford Talks: Interview June 21, 2018 with Prepare for Change appeared first on Weekly Geo-Political News and A
New financial crisis likely as Western civil war intensifies in Washington D.C., Europe, Brazil and elsewhere

The undeclared civil war inside the ranks of the Western elite is continuing to rage, with both sides carrying out major offensives. Ultimately, this battle is between the old aristocratic bloodlines, strongest in Europe, and the anti-bloodline Gnostic Illuminati, now prevalent inside the U.S. The biggest battleground continues to be Washington, D.C., where the old establishment is fighting for i
The Kim/Trump summit, the Rothschilds and the financial war are all linked

The summit meeting this week between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean strongman Kim Jong-un was preceded by a tidal wave of high-level public and secret diplomacy, because this is no ordinary meeting, multiple sources agree. The summit will not only discuss peace in the Korean Peninsula, but also the future of the financial system and thus the future of the world, according to North K
Rebirth of Manchuria plotted as Europe faces summer of discontent

Once again the world faces a long hot summer of discontent, with the major action likely to be in Europe and East Asia this year. The EU is likely to experience regime change due to popular anger as warm weather brings in yet another massive wave of mostly male Muslim immigrants. In the Far East, the summit meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean strongman Kim Jong-un has led
Takedown of Israel may be imminent as NATO withdraws protection

Tectonic shifts in the geopolitical landscape continue at a dizzying pace around the world as the satanic Khazarian mob is being systematically removed from all world power centers, multiple sources agree. The situation has proceeded so far that the Khazarian big Kahuna, Israel, may soon be liberated from the satanists, Pentagon sources say. In Europe the changes of government last week in Italy,

A CLOSER LOOK: JODY PATERSON

On voyeurism while urinating: The strange tale of the Opus Hotel video cam

I first heard about this story in April from a co-worker of mine, the wife of Paul Razzell. I could hardly believe what I was hearing, and my old reporter instincts came to life in an instant as I encouraged her to have Paul call me so we could do a story. The question at the heart of the story: Is it OK to film people as they go about their business in the bar for the entertainment of men as the
Our sexwork podcast has been launched!

I am remarkably excited that the long-talked-about podcast with sex workers that I've been wanting to do for more than a year now has finally come together. Here's our first episode . With any luck, we'll be doing a new episode at least once a month. All episodes will be looking at sex work as a small business, as there is so much the work has in common with any other small business. Yet that asp

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Outrageous Fiction Pushed as History: Holstein's fable of Auschwitz, Masturbation Machines and Wolves

Book Claims Nazis Used Masturbation Machines on Jews and a Wolf Saved Them By Studies Jewish Children Escape Auschwitz And Live With Wolves Bernie Holstein and his friends Wolves protect the Jewish children This is the story of an Australian Jew, named Bernard Holstein, who gets tattooed, claims he was an Auschwitz survivor, and writes a holocaust novel. The book becomes a best seller. It turns o

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The Trump Plague Spreads and Continues

The 2016 presidential election vote is still staggering: Nearly 63 million Americans voted for Donald J. Trump for president. Admittedly it is less than those […]
Illegal immigration is now a top national security issue!

President Trump should call for a Western Hemisphere Summit on national sovereignty and border integrity. The ongoing border – illegal immigration invasion crisis has now […]
America’s enemies within, copying Hitler’s actions in 1945 towards his Third Reich!

Students of World War II history are well aware of Adolph Hitler’s madness once he realized he had lost the war…he decided to savage his […]
State of Disunion

The crony capitalist plan is nearly complete with the cancerous boil that has erupted on the hide of our nation. Now if that boil can […]
The Lesser of Two Evils… Yup, Still Evil! But is there a choice?

As any reader here who has looked over my profile can tell, I am a staunch Libertarian with a bit of a conservative stripe. So, […]
A man of integrity investigates a man of corruption

After reading “The Untold Story of Robert Mueller’s Time in Combat” in Wired Magazine, I got a feel for the great gulf between the characters […]

VAGABOND SCHOLAR

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Blowing Things Up

Today is Memorial Day, which is meant for remembering those who died in military service. It's also a good day to reflect on war in general. Back in May 2017, John Quiggin of Crooked Timber made a good observation about Trump bombing Syria and the pundits this impressed. Quiggin: Blowing things and people up is seen as a demonstration of clarity and resolve, unless someone is doing it to us
The Capitals Win the Stanley Cup

The Washington Capitals have finally won their first championship, in their forty-third season! It's also the first championship for DC in one of the four major sports since 1992 (although soccer team DC United has won four times in that span). I do most of my sports posting and commenting on fan blogs and social media, and I'm not going to post the 50 plus links I've collected, but I felt

THE RULES OF EXPOSITION

Sometimes you just don't need a "for instance"

From MarketWatch: Computers are getting more expensive and here’s why , July 2017: “Vendors raise the price for both new and existing models,” she said. “For instance, a model A used to be $500, but the same model A with same configuration is now $550.”

OBSIDIAN WINGS

Quick and Easy . . . NOT!

by wj For the past week, we have mostly been focused on the family separation fiasco. Understandably. But in some senses this has been just another distraction effort (after all, they have now gone 3 steps forward and 1 step back; probably without general notice of the net movement). Meanwhile, there have been other things going on which will end up having a bigger impact on more people, both in
We are all C.J. Roberts now....

by Ugh Today SCOTUS decided Carpenter v. United States , saying essentially if the police want to gather your cell phone location records for the past ____ days they need a warrant under the 4th Amendment. In the decision, in an opinion by the Chief Justice (who continues to vie with Kennedy for "least awful GOP nominee", the other three being hopeless in almost all cases), notes that "A person d

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