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UK: smart meters are expected to save a whopping £11 annually
… No one needed a smart meter when we had smart baseload. Beware Australians, despite the promises and threats, smart meters may or may not make UK customers a paltry saving. When all is said and done it’s not even clear the benefits outweigh the costs. People who have smart meters installed are expected to save an average of £11 annually on their energy bills, much less than originally hoped. A
Interview 1373 – Financial Survival and Societal Collapse
The Corbett Report / 19h
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2018-07-19%20Financial%20Survival.mp3"][/audio] James joins Melody Cedarstrom for his bi-monthly appearance on Financial Survival. This time they talk about the polarization of society, the internet filter bubble, the Helsinki conference, NATO, the deployment of US special forces around the globe and much, much more.
Dark Money, Japan Nukes, DARPA Mind Control – #NewWorldNextWeek
The Corbett Report / 19h
This week on the New World Next Week: dark money in politics just got darker; Japan is a secret nuclear power; and DARPA wants mind control for soldiers.
Why Do We Know So Little About One of the Most Abundant Animals on the Planet?
The EnvironmentaList / 1d
Krill are ecologically and economically important, yet they have long been misunderstood and misrepresented
Canadian former PM says let the others do a carbon tax and conservatives will win every province and the nation
Skeptics are winning Stephen Harper must have watched the Tony Abbott win, the Trump win, and the Doug Ford win in Ontario. He gets the message. When will Australian conservatives? Fully 48% of Australian’s are happy to pull out of Paris. Plus 14% more are undecided, there for the taking – convince them. Trudeau’s aggressive climate action plan appears dead Trudeau’s Tough Climate Polices Face a M
BLOGGER-FOLLOWING
A 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' reboot is in the works with a new focus on diversity
As it was told in old times, a slayer will rise to fight against the forces or darkness: Buffy The Vampire Slayer is finally getting a reboot. SEE ALSO: 10 TV shows that deserve their own movie Joss Whedon, the original creator of the Buffy movie and beloved TV show, will executive produce the project, while Monica Breen (who co–executive produced Whedon's Agents of Shield ) will write and serve
'Halloween' fan's Comic-Con tale earns him cheers, and a hug from Jamie Lee Curtis
Movies can teach just as well as they entertain, sometimes even in unexpected ways. That was the message driven home by one San Diego Comic-Con attendee during the show's Halloween panel. He used his time at the mic during the panel Q&A to share a touching anecdote with the movie's star, Jamie Lee Curtis. SEE ALSO: M. Night Shyamalan drops extremely creepy 'Glass' trailer at Comic-Con "I'm just r
ESA wants you to name its new Mars rover
The European Space Agency is offering a prize to the person who manages to come up with the winning name. The rover, which will be launching in 2020, ...
Mystery buzzing plagues Barwell residents
An aggravating background noise has been giving locals in Leicestershire sleepless nights for months. The sound, which resembles the continuous drone ...
NEWS
SOTT FOCUS: Putin And Trump Working Towards Peace is NOT 'Treason' - It's a Return to Reality
Not since the days of McCarthyism have we seen the US media push the anti-Russia narrative like it does today. This time, however, they're even accusing their president - who legitimately won the election - of 'siding with the enemy'. We expected the CIA-controlled press and like-minded types to go on the attack over the Trump-Putin Summit in Helsinki, but the manner in which they went into frenzi
Gina Rinehart company revealed as $4.5m donor to climate sceptic thinktank
Billionaire’s company gave significant donations to the Institute of Public Affairs in 2016 and 2017 Australia’s richest person, mining magnate Gina Rinehart, has been revealed as a key funder of the rightwing thinktank the Institute of Public Affairs – a consistent promoter of climate science scepticism. Rinehart’s company, Hancock Prospecting, donated $2.3m to the IPA in 2016 and $2.2m in 2017,
Jacob Rees-Mogg says UK is heading for no-deal Brexit
Comments from Tory MP and hardline leaver come after EU mauls Brexit white paper plans Jacob Rees-Mogg has said Britain is heading for a no-deal exit from the EU, and that leaving on World Trade Organisation (WTO) terms is now likely. Presenting a phone-in on LBC, the prominent Tory MP and hardline Brexiter said: “I think we are heading to WTO and I think WTO is nothing to be frightened of. Conti
Trump reacts to Michael Cohen’s secret recording: “Inconceivable”
I do not think that word means what you think it means. President Donald Trump lashed out at his former attorney Michael Cohen on Saturday, reacting to a report that Cohen secretly recorded the two discussing a payoff to former Playboy model Karen McDougal , who claims they had an affair. Trump called Cohen’s actions “inconceivable,” but emphasized he did nothing wrong. The New York Times reporte
How low can Trump go?
He kidnaps babies, abuses women, admires white supremacists, conspires with Russians & still his base supports him
Accused fraudster Bill Browder accuses GOP Congressman Rohrabacher of being on Russia's payroll
Financier Bill Browder, wanted in Russia on tax evasion charges, has accused Republican Senator Dana Rohrabacher of being a Moscow stooge, alleging that he was paid by the Kremlin to lobby for the repeal of the Magnitsky Act. Browder made his bold statement about Rohrabacher, who is the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats in the US Congress, as he was speaking at a
SCIENCE
Space Photos of the Week: Sweeping the Clouds Away on Titan
With infrared eyes, astronomers are more than scratching the surface of Saturn’s hazy moon.
How to use your smartphone without leaving a trace
DIY Cover up your digital footprints. Every time you noodle around on your phone, you leave a digital trail of activity. This footprint can compromise your privacy—so here's how to reduce it.
Newly released video shows man believed to be last of tribe
No one knows his name. No one knows the name of the people he came from. And he appears to have lived alone in Brazil's Amazon for 22 years.
Using adrenaline in cardiac arrests results in less than one percent more people leaving hospital alive
A clinical trial of the use of adrenaline in cardiac arrests has found that its use results in less than 1 percent more people leaving hospital alive -- but almost doubles the risk of severe brain damage for survivors of cardiac arrest. The research raises important questions about the future use of adrenaline in such cases and will necessitate debate amongst healthcare professionals, patients and
Fiat Chrysler board meets in light of CEO's surgery
The boards of Fiat Chrysler, Ferrari and CNH Industrial were called to urgent meetings Saturday in Italy in light of executive Sergio Marchionne's recent surgery and prolonged convalescence.
Eagle-eyed machine learning algorithm outdoes human experts
Researchers have trained computers to quickly and consistently detect and analyze microscopic radiation damage to materials under consideration for nuclear reactors. And the computers bested humans in this arduous task.
YOUTUBE
99-Million-Year-Old Baby Snake Fossil Found in Amber—First Of Its Kind | National Geographic
A 99-million-year-old baby snake fossil was found preserved in amber—the first of its kind. The fossil is about 2 inches in length, and has 97 preserved vertebrae. It's the first baby snake fossil ever discovered, and the first snake found in amber. Researchers also believe they found a piece of skin from an adult snake in a separate piece. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About Nationa
OMK – Is That Chicken on the Runway?! Kalen Reacts to Peculiar Fashion Show
Kalen Allen reacts to a peculiar fashion show filled with chicken feet, dishware, and carpets being worn as fashion. Watch all-new episodes of OMKalen every SaturKay. From: TheEllenShow
Stunning Stone Monuments of Petra | National Geographic
The “Rose City” is a honeycomb of hand-hewn caves, temples, and tombs carved from blushing pink sandstone in the high desert of Jordan some 2,000 years ago. Hidden by time and shifting sand, Petra tells of a lost civilization. Little is known about the Nabateans—a nomadic desert people whose kingdom rose up from these cliffs and peaks, and whose incredible wealth grew from the lucrative incense t
"Final Offer" DUST Original Sci-Fi Short Film - Exclusive Premiere
"Final Offer" by Mark Slutsky A down-on-his-luck lawyer awakes in a doorless room to find he's been selected to negotiate on behalf of the human race. Cast: DUST
Strange Jealousy - Crøm-lus
Poppy Edwards: Lyrics, Writer/ Co-producer (vocals, piano, alto sax) John Tonks: Writer/Co-producer Georgios Cherouvim: Video Camera: Charly Feldman Lukas Hyrman Alex Seltzer Crøm-lus (Poppy Edwards) Strange Jealousy is mash up of warped sounds, acoustic instruments and synth sound design. Sounds and motifs flow in and out throughout the song, sometimes deliberately detuning, giving a feeling of
Is Instagram revealing my stalkers?
Instagram has us coming up with wild ideas on how the platform algorithm actually works. It’s mostly because we’re confused about why the app’s arranged in certain ways. Like, why do I see one person in my feed before someone else? Ashley Carman talks to Instagram Home product lead Julian Gutman to learn more about the Instagram algorithm. Subscribe: http://goo.gl/G5RXGs Like The Verge on Faceboo
THE CORBETT REPORT
Episode 341 – Welcome to Your Driverless Future!
[audio mp3="https://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/episode341-lq.mp3"][/audio] We've all seen the propaganda by now: Like it or not, autonomous driving technology is on the way. But what will that future look like? Should we be concerned about the lack of control implicit in these technologies? How vulnerable they are to hackers, both criminal and deep state? Or the fact that our entire society is abo
Interview 1372 – New World Next Week with James Evan Pilato
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2018-07-19%20James%20Evan%20Pilato.mp3"][/audio] This week on the New World Next Week: dark money in politics just got darker; Japan is a secret nuclear power; and DARPA wants mind control for sodiers.
Welcome to Your Driverless Future!
We've all seen the propaganda by now: Like it or not, autonomous driving technology is on the way. But what will that future look like? Should we be concerned about the lack of control implicit in these technologies? How vulnerable they are to hackers, both criminal and deep state? Or the fact that our entire society is about to be re-engineered before our very eyes? Join James for this thought-p
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
The Weird DARPA/Facebook “Coincidence” You Never Heard About
Ever hear about "Lifelog?" You know, the DARPA project to create an automatically updated, itemized, organized, electronic list of every interaction you have, every event you attend, every place you go and everything you do? The project that was announced as canceled the very same day Facebook launched? Well, neither had I? In today's Thought for the Day we explore the Lifelog/Facebook "coincidenc
Interview 1370 – James Corbett on the New World Order
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2018-06-20%20Lior%20Gantz.mp3"][/audio] James Corbett joins Lior Gantz of wealthresearchgroup.com to discuss the New World Order, the deep state and the battle for global control, and how we can slay the beast by simply removing our participation from the beast's system.
THE ENVIRONMENTALIST
The Animal Activists Signing Up to ‘Shoot’ Grizzlies in Wyoming
The EnvironmentaList / 2d
Activist group Shoot’em with a Camera seeks to infiltrate a bear hunt by acquiring licenses they don’t intend to use
A California City That’s Taking Beauty Seriously
The EnvironmentaList / 3d
Vallejo is working on conserving open space and beautifying the city as part of a national campaign to unite Americans
Trump ‘Colludes’ with Putin Over Oil
The EnvironmentaList / 4d
The two presidents have much in common when it comes to fossil fuels and climate politics
Strangers in Town
The EnvironmentaList / 8d
How the arrival of beavers divided the small California city of Martinez
ACTIVIST TEACHER
Social Animals have Two Modes of Being
Activist Teacher / 18d
By Denis Rancourt, PhD This article was first published on Dissident Voice: https://dissidentvoice.org/2018/07/social-animals-have-two-modes-of-being/ I want to describe what I think is a fundamental truth about the individual bio-psychology of social animals, including humans. Setting for the model The setting for my model is arguably the greatest current scientific revolution: The
Urban landowner rights versus zoning bylaw practice in Old Ottawa East by Denis Rancourt
Activist Teacher / 20d
This article was first published in the July 1, 2018 issue of the Ontario Landowners Association: http://www.ontariolandowners.ca/news/urban-landowner-rights-versus-zoning-bylaw-practice-in-old-ottawa-east-by-denis-rancourt/ Basically, a small neighbourhood in Ottawa is being devastated by large three-storey multi-unit buildings being built next to family homes, sometimes encasing and
The USA supreme court did NOT just uphold "Trump's Arab and Muslim ban"
Activist Teacher / 25d
By Denis Rancourt Statements to the effect that the USA supreme court just upheld "Trump's Arab and Muslim ban" are FAKE NEWS for fabricated outrage and to obfuscate reality. Read the court's decision: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/17-965_h315.pdf The executive order that was before the court was not an "Arab and Muslim ban". It is a detailed policy instrument meant to
The global money printing press
Activist Teacher / 25d
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
WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE
Conquest of the Land Through Seven Thousand Years
What Is Sustainable / 15d
Following a severe Chinese famine in 1920-21, Walter Lowdermilk (1888-1974) was hired to study the situation, and provide famine prevention recommendations. He worked there from 1923 to 1927. Floods and famines had been hammering the Yellow River (Hwang Ho) basin for 4,000 years, sweeping away millions of lives. The basin is covered with a deep blanket of yellowish, nutrient-rich loess soil, dump
Guns Germs and Steel
What Is Sustainable / 29d
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
AMUSED CYNICISM
Perth March Against Brexit
Amused Cynicism / 26d
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
Amused Cynicism / 28d
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
ARMSCONTROLWONK
Putin and Trump Meet at Helsinki
Quotes of the week: “When America does not lead malign actors fill the void to the disadvantage of the United States” — Trump administration National Security Strategy, December 2017 “We will compete and lead in multilateral organizations so that American interests and principles are protected.” — Trump administration National Security Strategy, December 2017 “We must upgrade our …
North Korea Expanding Key Missile Site
This post is authored by Jeffrey Lewis and Dave Schmerler Despite the April 27 Panmunjom Declaration, in which North and South Korea “confirmed the common goal of realizing, through complete denuclearization, a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula,” satellite images captured by Planet show that North Korea is completing a major expansion of an important factory for producing solid …
Drums in the Deep: Estimating Test Yields Based on Seismic Signal
This post is authored by Nate Taylor. Recently, equally great statesmen Kim Jong Un and Donald “Jong” Trump met in Singapore for a brief discussion on how they plan to split their Nobel prize winnings, their favorite burgers, and (assuming they got to it) the complete, verifiable, and irreversible dismantlement (CVID) of the Korean Peninsula. …
North Korea’s New Old Enrichment Site: Kangson
KANGSON. We have the (probable) location of North Korea’s original enrichment site: Kangson, now called Chollima. This is probably the spot where the DPRK has been enriching uranium since the early 2000’s, which has previously not been openly identified! Jeffrey, Grace Liu, and Dave Schmerler combed over information dropped by friend-of-the-pod Ankit Panda. Jeffrey, Aaron, and …
The Holy Grail of Deterrence Stability
Quotes of the week: “The imminent possibility of nuclear escalation will impose stringent limits on the conduct of conventional conflict. Both sides will be receptive to direct or indirect mediation, due to which the conflict could be quickly concluded… Instead of TNWs [tactical nuclear weapons), the most important factor that can destabilize deterrence is the …
Who’ll Stop the Rain?
Quote of the week: “Good men through the ages, trying to find the sun; And I wonder, still I wonder, who’ll stop the rain.” — John Fogerty In 1978, Nick Nolte was a dynamic young actor with a breakthrough lead in Who’ll Stop the Rain? How often is a movie named after a great song? …
CHERCHEZ LA VERITE
Here, Paul Craig Roberts asks the question of The Two Superpowers: Who Really Controls the Two Countries? by studying what the Washington Post and the New York Times say about that. And They repeat the disproven lies about Russia as if blatant, obvious lies are hard facts. Yet the WaPo reads: “THE REASONS for the tension between the United States and Russia are well-established. Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine, instigated a war in eastern Ukraine, intervened to save the dictatorship of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, interfered in the U.S. presidential election campaign to harm Hillary Clinton and help Donald Trump, poisoned a former intelligence officer on British soil and continues to meddle in the elections of other democracies.” But if you can get behind the truth, Russia didn't "seize" Crimea because it belonged to Russia for centurys and they only took it back after a plebiscite wherein about 85 or 90 voted to again be under Russian rule, largely because the Ukraine…
Cherchez la Verite / 12d
The Two Superpowers: Who Really Controls the Two Countries? June 30, 2018 | Categories: Articles & Columns | The Two Superpowers: Who Really Controls the Two Countries? Paul Craig Roberts Among the ruling interests in the US, one interest even more powerful than the Israel Lobby—the Deep State of the military/security complex— there is enormous fear that an uncontrollable President Trump at the u
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.
Cherchez la Verite / 28d
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
WEEKLY GEO-POLITICAL NEWS AND ANALYSIS
Will the Jews finally be freed from Khazarian mafia slavery as Israel is liberated?
The world is headed for a new age, not a New World Order. As a part of this, the Jewish people—high-level slaves of satan-worshipping Khazarian gangsters—are about to be freed from thousands of years of Babylonian slavery. That is why the rogue state of Israel is now under full martial law as the Khazarian-controlled government there faces an ultimatum to surrender and free their Jewish and Arab
The revolution continues as old regimes collapse in Mexico and the EU, plus secret space program disclosure
The criminal cabal that has been ruling the planet earth is being systematically removed from power, with the latest being regime change in Mexico and soon the EU. Furthermore, the power struggle in Washington D.C. is definitely being won by the good guys. Also, apparently some real disclosure is occurring about both the Roswell “UFO” incident and anti-gravity technology. The two links below were
Arrests in August; 9/11 announcement in September; and Jubilee in October?
The good guys are continuing to win the secret battle for the planet earth in a big way, multiple sources confirm. As things now stand, there will be a new wave of mass arrests in August, official government disclosure about 9/11 in September, and some sort of “major economic announcement in October,” Pentagon sources claim. Behind the scenes, meetings involving the Knights of Malta, Russian FSB
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
Benjamin Fulford Talks: The Council of Europe Redux. Interview July 4, 2018 with Prepare for Change
Benjamin Fulford Talks: The Council of Europe Redux. Interview July 4, 2018 with Prepare for Change https://prepareforchange.net/2018/07/06/benjamin-fulford-talks-council-of-europe-redux-interview-july-4-2018-prepare-for-change/ The post Benjamin Fulford Talks: The Council of Europe Redux. Interview July 4, 2018 with Prepare for Change appeared first on Weekly Geo-Political News and Analysis .
DR CINTLI
Those Impacted by Colonialism Speak Out on the US’s Legacy of Family Separation
Dr Cintli / 9d
Those crying children, separated from their parents and detained for crossing the US border, are part of the original peoples of this continent. They symbolize all of the children that have been ripped away from their mothers’ arms since the era of colonialism. To be sure, Donald Trump is doing what the US has always done best: destroying and dehumanizing nations and peoples; destroying lives and
Tucson Skirts International Law in Refusing to Reinstate Mexican American Studies
Dr Cintli / 19d
The Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) school board recently defended its decision to not re-implement the highly successful Mexican American Studies (MAS) program after Arizona’s 2010 HB 2281 legislation essentially banned the subject from the district’s schools. The majority of the board contends that the district’s new “Culturally Relevant Curriculum” (CRC), introduced after 2012, is essent
GREG MANKIW'S BLOG
The most important book I've read this year
Larry Ball carefully looks at one aspect of the financial crisis--the collapse of Lehman Brothers--and documents that the conventional narrative, as told by many of the leading policymakers who were there, is false. According to Ball, the Fed failed to act as lender of last resort when it could have, making the financial crisis worse than necessary. In other words, at a crucial moment, Bernanke a
A plea to economics journalists
I was recently reading an article by Greg Ip (one of best economics journalists around, by the way), and he used the following expression: "the trade balance improved" A quick google search finds this expression (and the related "the trade balance deteriorated") used many thousands of times by various writers. I would like to ask everyone to please stop saying things like this. Write instead: "the
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
LAND DESTROYER
US Propaganda: Time Magazine Takes Swipe at Thailand
July 15, 2018 ( Joseph Thomas - NEO ) - Time Magazine's article titled, " Thailand’s Leader Promised to Restore Democracy. Instead He's Tightening His Grip ," reflects Wall Street and Washington's growing displeasure with the current Thai government and its seemingly successful efforts to pivot the nation away from US-backed proxies including the ousted regime of Thaksin Shinawatra and his Pheu T
Twitter Bot Armies Target Thai Politics
July 20, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - It appears that the Western-backed opposition in Thailand is attempting to create the illusion of popular support online after failing repeatedly to create it in the streets of Bangkok, the nation's capital. Hundreds of suspicious accounts either clearly bots and sockpuppet accounts, or exhibiting suspicious behavior have begun promoting pro-opposition pr
Who are Washington's "Revolutionaries" in Iran?
The US backed Iranian opposition are neither "revolutionary," nor even "in" Iran. Yet they have been designated as Washington's proxies of choice, and an alternative government they seek to place into power in Tehran. July 11, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - As the US-led proxy war in Syria reaches a relative stalemate and with time on Damascus and its allies' side, Washington's wider agenda of
What's Really Behind Anti-China Protests in Vietnam?
June 27, 2018 ( Joseph Thomas - NEO ) - US and European media outlets reported anti-Chinese protests across Vietnam. Claims regarding numbers varied greatly from several hundred to others claiming several thousand. The Western media was particularly careful not to mention the names of any of the individuals or organisations leading the protests. The South China Morning Post in its article titled,
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
Shangri-La Dialogue: Mattis Hawks Weapons and Hegemony
June 29, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - The International Institute for Strategic Studies's (IISS) annual Shangri-La Dialogue brings together diplomats, ministers, and representatives from around the world to discuss Asian security. Researchers at Western think tanks including from the IISS itself have been promoting this year's forum as an opportunity to sell Washington's re-branded "Indo-Paci
LEFT I ON THE NEWS
Headlines for July 20, 2018
Left I on the News / 1d
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. Worst and Most Misleading Headlines (WAMMH) -- July 20, 2018 CANDIDATES FOR “WORST”/”MOST DISGUSTING”: *U.S.-Led Coalition or Partners May Have Hit Syrian Area: Spokesman https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2018/07/13/world/middleeast/13reuters-mideast-
Headlines for July 13, 2018
Left I on the News / 7d
Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio . Worst and Most Misleading Headlines (WAMMH) -- July 13, 2018 CANDIDATES FOR “WORST”/”MOST DISGUSTING”: Germany Imports Gas From Russia. But Is It a ‘Captive’? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/11/world/europe/trump-germany-russia-gas.html Really, NYT? You’re going to treat this absurd statement by Trump seriously? Senators criticiz
Headlines for July 6, 2018
Left I on the News / 14d
Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio . Worst and Most Misleading Headlines (WAMMH) -- July 6, 2018 CANDIDATES FOR “WORST”/”MOST DISGUSTING”: We already gave Syria to Putin, so what’s left for Trump to say? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/both-obama-and-trump-let-putin-have-his-way-in-syria-now-what/2018/07/05/b333c656-807d-11e8-b660-4d0f9f0351f1_story.html?utm
Headlines for June 29, 2018
Left I on the News / 21d
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”: *Trump and Putin: A Love Story https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000005935591/trump-and-putin-a-love-story.html?playlistId=100000005954997 Disgusting homophobia with the NY Times imprimatur. *Fears gr
Headlines for June 22, 2018
Left I on the News / 21d
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”: *Mattis slams Russia, says Putin 'attempts to undermine America's moral authority https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/15/politics/mattis-slams-russia-putin/index.html Or should this be under funniest? “He aims to di
A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE
Ed Ruppelt and Thomas Mantell
I have said it before and I’ll say it again. Ed Ruppelt did us no favors. And as you all know, I have been reexamining the Mantell case and found a few problems in the way it has been reported in the past. I don’t think there is anything nefarious in those mistakes, it’s just that I have access to information that they might not have had. Donald Keyhoe didn’t have the case file or the accident re
Finding the Ruth Barnett Diary
I recently posted that we had been looking for any documents, diaries, journals, personal letters or anything else from July 1947 that mentioned the Roswell case without luck. That wasn’t exactly the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. This doesn’t relate directly to Roswell, but it had been attached to the information about it for decades. Barney Barnett claimed to have seen a cras
Jesse Marcel's Journal
Jesse Marcel, Sr. As you all know, one of the problems with the Roswell case is that we have been unable to find any letters, diaries, journals, or notes that were written in 1947 that would tell us about the crash. There have been hints about this, but to this point, none of those hints produced anything that is conclusive. Inez Wilcox, wife of the Roswell sheriff, had written a story about her
Donald Keyhoe and Thomas Mantell
For reasons that will become clear later, meaning in the future and not in this post, I have been reviewing some of the Mantell case. I won’t bother telling you that it involved Thomas Mantell who died while chasing an unidentified object. What I want to mention are two things, both relevant to understanding the case, but that have gotten buried in the minutia of the sighting. Donald Keyhoe Donal
The Levelland Sightings and the Condon Committee
I had always wondered why the Condon Committee, that University of Colorado study of UFOs financed by the Air Force, which is to say us, never bothered looking into the Levelland UFO sightings of November 1957. In their final report there is a single mention of Levelland in which they report, “Magnetic mapping of automobiles involved in particularly puzzling UFO reports of past years, such as the
Curse of Oak Island - Season Six Guesses
As I was sitting around, waiting for summer to officially begin in a couple of hours, I realized that the Lagina boys would be back at Oak Island if there was really a plan for Season Six. I had noticed, at the end of Season Five, as they sat around in their war room, that Dan Blankenship didn’t seem to be too enthusiastic for another assault on the island and said that it wasn’t his money to spe
MIDDLE CLASS POLITICAL ECONOMIST
Shock EU Court Decision Strikes Blow Against Investment Arbitration
With all the dreary news we've seen this week, could you stand some good news? The battle against investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) got a huge boost in March when the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled in Slovak Republic v. Achmea B.V. ("Achmea") that ISDS is contrary to EU law. The decision was something of a surprise because the preliminary analysis ("opinion," in EU-spea
Great new Tax Justice Network podcast on how "Bean Counters...Broke Capitalism"
The June 28 Taxcast is out with a focus on the Big Four accounting firms. Richard Brooks is the author of Bean Counters: The triumph of the accountants and how they broke capitalism (order here in the UK and here in the US) which documents accountants' involvement in some of the world's worst financial scandals, not least of which is the promotion of tax havens. The new segment also features U.S.
NEWS FROM ATLANTIS.
The Youtube Censorship continues: It is now 'inappropriate' to discuss RAPE GANGS
News From Atlantis. / 25d
In my inbox, from Youtube... Hi Knowledge Is Power, As you may know, our Community Guidelines describe which content we allow and what we don’t allow on YouTube. Your video Muslamic Ray Guns = Islamic Rape Gangs. Liberals are sick . was flagged to us for review . Upon review, we’ve determined that it may not be suitable for all viewers and it has been placed behind an age restriction . Video conte
NOLANCHART.COM
Establishment Republicans turn on the President…again
NolanChart.com / 3d
Senator McConnell and Speaker Ryan, along with the usual band of RINO’s have once again come out in opposition to President Donald Trump, and specifically […]
Catch up folks…the world is a changing
NolanChart.com / 5d
Life has been exciting, enjoyable, positive, and looking good for the future of America ever since November, 2016 and the election of an American President! […]
Above the Law, Trump?
NolanChart.com / 6d
For Donald J. Trump, he was doing what he has done his whole life, defy the law. Only this seemingly apparent defiance carries the weight […]
The Trump Rampage
NolanChart.com / 16d
Trump alternate reality grows, stoked with the help of the one-two propaganda punch of Fox News and Sinclair Group. Both help spin and coordinate Trump’s […]
America in Decline
NolanChart.com / 24d
A country in decline lives off the benefits of earlier times when leadership invested in new ideas and new technology, when prudence and planning required […]
The Trump Plague Spreads and Continues
NolanChart.com / 30d
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 […]
THE RULES OF EXPOSITION
Sometimes you just don't need a "for instance"
The Rules of Exposition / 27d
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.”
THE ERGOSPHERE
Energy Central just killed The Energy Collective
The Ergosphere / 28d
Management will no longer allow anyone who is not an "energy professional". That's it for everything TEC was. Gone. Finito. And it looks like the archives will never be back on-line either. Fortunately, The Wayback Machine has a good snapshot of the site just before it went dark. RIP.
THWAP'S SCHOOLYARD
Trump Derangement Syndrome and Russia-gate
thwap's schoolyard / 3d
I've mentioned this before but I'll say it again: Critics of the moronic george dubya bush were often accused of suffering from "bush derangement syndrome" [bDS] by his supporters. To whit; pointing out he was stupid , that his case for the invasion of Iraq was based on lies , that he was a craven servant of the plutocracy , that he stole elections , was " deranged ." But all of those things turn
Two Books I'm Reading
thwap's schoolyard / 19d
I just finished reading Michael Hudson's Killing the Host: how financial parasites and debt bondage destroy the global economy . It's from 2015 so it leaves out some important European developments though it does include the beginnings of Syriza's capitulation to the European troika . My complaints: Hudson says the FIRE sector (finance, insurance, real-estate) produces nothing of real value for t
PAYING ATTENTION
A revolution looks different on the streets you once walked
Paying attention / 21d
My latest Tyee column People are dying on the streets I walked to work in Managua just two years ago. Masaya, a smaller town about an hour away by bus, is a battlefield. The streets of Leon, where we also lived, were filled with improvised barriers as neighbours united to keep out police and government supporters. This is what revolutions look like, I suppose, but it is still surreal to see all t
PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK
Decades of deceit on glyphosate
It's been clear for years that the pesticide industry has too much influence on public officials and the policies they set. Veteran journalist Carey Gillam’s new book Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer and the Corruption of Science digs into one egregious example of this: Monsanto’s (now Bayer) aggressive efforts to protect their RoundUp Ready seed and pesticide empire. Through investi
For beekeepers, the "new normal" is unacceptable
Last month, the Bee Informed Partnership (BIP) published results from their annual survey of managed honey bee colony losses in the United States. With the combination of increased overall pathogen load, poor nutrition, habitat loss and pesticide exposure all contributing to bee declines, the results were — unsurprisingly — not comforting. But looking past the numbers for this year’s survey, the
We have work to do.
Last week, after an early morning call with international colleagues, I had a moment to chat with my friend Susan from PAN Germany. She asked what in the world is going on in the U.S. these days. It was hard to know where to begin. The constant firehose of chaos and crisis that is now our national politics is so exhausting — and the root causes so complex and deep — that describing “what’s going
Landmark initiative promotes farmworker justice
We know that ending reliance on hazardous pesticides can only happen by creating healthy, just food and farming systems — and this means for all of us. One way we can do this? A safer, more transparent food chain. This week, people across California are convening to learn more about and take action for Equitable Food Initiative (EFI) standards. The EFI program is designed to signify that workers
On Pruitt, pesticides & progress
It was clear from the minute he was appointed that Scott Pruitt was a wildly inappropriate choice to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA.) Last Thursday, after months of public pressure and outrage, he finally submitted his resignation. Though we know the work continues, we want to take a moment to celebrate this win. Over the past year, PAN supporters joined hundreds of thousands acros
Farm Bill: Will the Senate seize the opportunity to lead?
The widely criticized House version of the 2018 Farm Bill, HR2, narrowly passed in the House late last week. This version of the bill fails to invest in sustainable farming or rural and urban communities across the country. A better (but still flawed) version of the Farm Bill is expected to be taken up in the Senate at any moment. Pesticide Action Network (PAN) is one of more than 500 organizatio
THE DUCK OF MINERVA
Tackling Climate Change: A Conversation with Josh Busby
Readers of the Duck will be very familiar with Duck editor Josh Busby’s commentary on climate change and security , U.S. foreign policy , and a host of other topics. Earlier this year, Bridging the Gap (BTG) awarded Josh a Policy Engagement Fellowship (PEF). The purpose of this fellowship is to support efforts by scholars to connect their research on international issues to the policy community.
The #Metoo Movement and Postcolonial Feminist Dilemmas: Reflections from India
This is a guest post from Swati Parashar, an Associate Professor in Peace and Development at the School of Global Studies, Gothenburg University, Sweden. She tweets @swatipash This is the fifth post in the series on # metooacademia #Metoo started as a twitter hashtag, but has no doubt become one of the most effective, visible and also controversial feminist strategies across time and space. While
Building Policy Networks
This post comes from James Goldgeier, professor of international relations at American University, Visiting Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and a co-director of the Bridging the Gap project. You can follow him on Twitter @JimGoldgeier . Earlier this month, we held our annual Bridging the Gap (BtG) International Policy Summer Institute (IPSI) for faculty and postdocs who want to
#MeToo, Feminism, and Anti-Feminism: a reflection from Sweden
This is a guest post from Linda Åhäll , a Lecturer in international relations from Keele University, UK. Follow her on Twitter at @ DrLindaAhall This is the sixth post in the series on # metooacademia An Australian newspaper described #MeToo in Sweden as “the biggest Swedish women’s movement since women secured the right to vote almost a hundred years ago” . Here I offer my impression on events i
The Trump-Kim Nuclear Summit By: Dr. Seuss
The following is a guest post by Mason Richey, an associate professor of international studies at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. I am Trump; I am Trump. Trump I am. That Trump I am, that Trump I am, I do not like that Trump I am. Would you like CVID [1] ? I do not like it, don’t you see? I do not like CVID. Would you like it here or there? I would not like it here or there, I would not lik
Dark Days Ahead: Does Trump Have a Point About Europe?
For the first year of the Trump Administration, the Washington D.C.- based denizens of the U.S. foreign policy establishment assured themselves that although Donald Trump had tipped over the geopolitical apple cart, everything broken could be put back into place without undue difficulty. They were wrong. Taking their cue from the caustic reactions of American allies to Trump’s twin summit debacle
SCREW YOU GUYS, I'M GOING HOME
Can You Rescind Your Resignation? Papa John's Former CEO Wants To Know
In light of the recent brouhaha over Papa John's founder/CEO's use of the n-word, subsequent resignation, then statement that he regretted resigning , I thought I'd address this issue I encounter frequently: can you rescind your resignation? The answer, sadly, is probably not. However, it mostly depends on how much your employer wants you to stay. In general, if you quit in a huff, you're gone. Mo
Give Thanks And Support To Labor Unions Before It's Too Late
The Supreme Court, hijacked by conservatives when they refused to allow President Obama to appoint a Justice during his term, has predictably put another knife in the back of labor unions. The Republican plan is to eliminate
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