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More Petroglyphs and Plasma Instabilities
More cave drawings found in the Yukatan region in Mexico include depictions of plasma instabilities previously identified elsewhere by Peratt and published in the scientific literature. When? My guess is drawn by the traumatised survivors of the catastrophe that terminated … Continue reading →
China Trade
by Reese Erlich When I first reported from China in 1980, bicycles outnumbered cars on Beijing's major streets, and the tallest building in town was a 25-story hotel. I visited a small village that had one black and white TV, which everyone watched at night. Today China's major cities are jammed with modern factories, skyscrapers, and large public transportation networks. The Chinese government's "socialist market economy" led to unprecedented prosperity, as well as massive corruption and intensified class divisions. China now has the second largest economy in the world after the... more »
Musical Interlude: Liquid Mind, “Night Light”
Liquid Mind, “Night Light” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5VzYAPBVJc
Erdogan warns US could lose partner if doesn’t change attitude toward Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the United States should not forget that it would lose a strong and sincere partner if it does not change its attitude toward Turkey, announcing that Pastor Brunson will not be a part of a prisoner swap deal with US. Erdogan also said that the remarks by Donald Trump about possible sanctions against Turkey […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian Army scores new advance in SW Daraa as ISIS struggles to hold last areas
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:30 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) continued their large-scale offensive in southwest Daraa on Saturday, targeting the Islamic State’s (ISIS) last positions in the Yarmouk Basin region. Led by their elite Tiger Forces, the Syrian Arab Army attacked the towns of Faysoun, Samatah, and Al-‘Awam in the southern part of the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
NATO Isn’t Cheap—and It’s Still Worth the Price
*Melanie W. Sisson* *Security, Europe* [image: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President Donald Trump are seen as they pose for a family photo at the start of the NATO summit in Brussels, Belgium July 11, 2018. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause] Maintaining the ability to shape the European security environment in America and its allies' favor is what actually matters most. President Trump’s confounding behavior during the recent meeting with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members and at this week’s Helsinki summit with Russia has produced no shortage of dismay among th... more »
Russia Is Not the Soviet Union
*Ted Galen Carpenter* *Security, Europe* [image: A participant wears a sticker with the word] Today's Russia is weak and not an existential threat. The messianic, superpower of the USSR was. The American public and U.S. policymakers both have an unfortunate tendency to conflate Russia with the Soviet Union. That habit emerged again with the media and political reaction to the Helsinki summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump’s critics accused him of appeasing Putin and even of committing treason for not doing enough to defend American interests a... more »
Problems with Dry Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel: Comment Deadline July 30th, 11:59 pm
Comment By Jul 30 2018, at 11:59 PM ET, ID: NRC-2018-0052-0058 on Holtec’s spent nuclear fuel facility in New Mexico: … Continue reading →
Musical Interlude: Peter, Paul & Mary, "Day Is Done"
Peter, Paul & Mary, "Day Is Done" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=199&v=QlN0d3m12vw
"A Look to the Heavens"
“What created the Waterfall Nebula? No one knows. The structure seen in the region of NGC 1999 in the Great Orion Molecular Cloud complex is one of the more mysterious structures yet found on the sky. Designated HH-222, the elongated gaseous stream stretches about ten light years and emits an unusual array of colors. * Click image for larger size.* One hypothesis is that the gas filament results from the wind from a young star impacting a nearby molecular cloud. That would not explain, however, why the Waterfall and fainter streams all appear to converge on a bright but unusual non ... more »
Max Ehrmann, "A Prayer"
"A Prayer" "Let me do my work each day; and if the darkened hours of despair overcome me, may I not forget the strength that comforted me in the desolation of other times. May I still remember the bright hours that found me walking over the silent hills of my childhood, or dreaming on the margin of a quiet river, when a light glowed within me, and I promised my early God to have courage amid the tempests of the changing years. Spare me from bitterness and from the sharp passions of unguarded moments. May I not forget that poverty and riches are of the spirit. Though the world knows me n... more »
Online trolls may be barred from being MP or councillor per BBC News
Two nuggets in this BBC report https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44995171 run counter to the BBC usual narrative that women receive the majority of abusive tweets and that it's nasty alt-right types that are making the majority of the abuse. 'A joint analysis of tweets in the run-up to the election in 2017, by the University of Sheffield and BuzzFeed News. found that male Conservative candidates received the highest percentage of abuse on Twitter. Amnesty International had carried out a separate analysis of the accounts of 177 female MPs in the six months leading up to the election and... more »
The S.Hinhayat Clock shop's time capsule [Flickr]
Kodak Agfa posted a photo: [image: The S.Hinhayat Clock shop's time capsule] Inside the S.Hinhayat Clocks shop in Downtown Cairo
Nomolas watches package at S.Hinhayat [Flickr]
Kodak Agfa posted a photo: [image: Nomolas watches package at S.Hinhayat] The old package of Nomolas Watch brand , S.Hinhayat's own line of watches and clocks made in Germany.
Old clocks including King Farouk's Clock at S.Hinhayat Shop [Flickr]
Kodak Agfa posted a photo: [image: Old clocks including King Farouk's Clock at S.Hinhayat Shop] A collection of old clocks including two manufactured by Nomolas Watch owned by S.Hinhayat. In the middle, a Clock reportedly by Egypt's King Farouk and besides one of the early electric clocks in Egypt
S.Hinhayat Shop's clock workhop [Flickr]
Kodak Agfa posted a photo: [image: S.Hinhayat Shop's clock workhop] The workshop in the second floor of S.Hinhayat Clock shop
The S.Hinhayat Clock shop's time capsule [Flickr]
Kodak Agfa posted a photo: [image: The S.Hinhayat Clock shop's time capsule] S.Hinhayat Clock shop from inside
The Poet: Robert Frost, "Into My Own"
*"Into My Own"* "One of my wishes is that those dark trees, So old and firm they scarcely show the breeze, Were not, as ’twere, the merest mask of gloom, But stretched away unto the edge of doom. I should not be withheld but that some day Into their vastness I should steal away, Fearless of ever finding open land, Or highway where the slow wheel pours the sand. I do not see why I should e’er turn back, Or those should not set forth upon my track To overtake me, who should miss me here And long to know if still I held them dear. They would not find me changed from him ... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Ozark, Missouri, USA. Thanks for stopping by!
"This Is My Wish For You..."
"This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, love to complete your life." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Very Much Afraid..."
"In ordinary times we get along surprisingly well, on the whole, without ever discovering what our faith really is. If, now and again, this remote and academic problem is so unmannerly as to thrust its way into our minds, there are plenty of things we can do to drive the intruder away. We can get the car out or go to a party or to the cinema or read a detective story or have a row with a district council or write a letter to the papers about the habits of the nightjar or Shakespeare's use of nautical metaphor. Thus we build up a defense mechanism against self-questioning because, to... more »
"Now or Never"
*"Now or Never"* by Robert Gore at Straight Line Logic "There can be no better advertisement against Democrats, neoconservatives, and never-Trumpers than their display after the Helsinki summit. Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad. The Democrats’ destruction began long before Trump. They are wholly associated with government, their answer to all problems and the source of their identity and power. Where they once had a healthy hostility towards the military and the intelligence agencies, they are now among their stoutest defenders. Their ideology, such as it is, is simp... more »
Saturday Evening Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. - Joel Achenbach and Angela Fritz discuss how climate change is amplifying all kinds of extreme weather (with severe heat as only the most obvious example). And Umair Irfan examines some of the dangerous economic and social side effects of unprecedented heat waves. - Matthieu Vincente highlights how the classification of workers can serve as a barrier to the exercise of collective bargaining rights and employment protections. And Tom Ayers reports on the large-scale use of foreign workers in Kameron Coal's Donkin mine at wages far beyond t... more »
AMI Smart Meter Overcharges & Overbillings Class Action Lawsuit
By Catherine J. Frompovich One of the “constants” I’ve heard ever since the beginning of my researching and writing about the vagaries of AMI Smart... more »
The Weak And Vulnerable Always Get Preyed On... First
Not every child molester is a wresting coach or a Republican legislator. Yesterday, Michael Graball and Topher Sanders reported for ProPublica that the ICE prisons (redubbed "immigrant youth shelters") Trump is sending children, are a "gold mine" for predators. Are they sending Jim Jordan (R-OH) down to investigate? The way Trump's Gestapo (ICE) has kidnapped children and now unable to reunited them with their families is a human rights crime... and one of the most horrible things Americans have ever done to Americans, at least in my lifetime. And now we find out the the shelters-... more »
Full Report: The Battle for Southwest Syria
*21WIRE + AMN* | The Syrian Arab Army has already demanded that the Islamic State terrorists surrender - how soon until ISIS is eradicated?
QotD: “In 1976, Mao single-handedly and dramatically changed the direction of global poverty with one simple act: he died.”
*“In 1976, Mao single-handedly and dramatically changed the direction of global poverty with one simple act: he died.”* Stephen Radelet, from his book *The Great Surge* Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with link and attribution.
Lebanese minister accuses Joumblatt of conspiring against Syrian Druze
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:45 A.M.) – The Lebanese Minister of Displaced Persons and leader of the Lebanese Democratic Party, Talal Arslan, slammed his political foe, Walid Joumblatt, in a statement on Saturday evening. Arslan, a prominent Druze politician, began his statement on Saturday by offering his condolences to the families that lost loved ones as a […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian Army’s assault spreads to northern Hama after jihadist rebels attack NDF post
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:30 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and their allies from the National Defense Forces (NDF) have spread their assault to the northern countryside of the Hama Governorate, a military report claimed tonight. According to the report, the Syrian Army and NDF launched a barrage of missiles and artillery shells towards the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Breaking: Syrian Army strikes several jihadist sites in southern Idlib
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:45 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has launched a number of strikes against the jihadist rebels in southern Idlib, tonight, a military source told Al-Masdar News. According to the source, the Syrian Arab Army’s 11th Tank Division struck the defenses of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham around the strategic town of Khan Sheikhoun. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
China, Azerbaijan win first competitions at International Military Games
The teams of China and Azerbaijan came first on the opening day of the 2018 Tank Biathlon at the International Army Games on Saturday. The Chinese crew won the first race on Type 96 tanks, with Kazakhstan coming second. Due to mistakes, the team of Kuwait was assigned penalty laps and so they lost to […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian military begins amassing troops in northwest Syria for next major offensive
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:45 P.M.) – The Syrian military has begun amassing troops in northern Latakia for their upcoming offensives in the Al-Ghaab Plain and Kurdish Mountains, a military source told Al-Masdar News tonight. According to the military source, the Syrian military has begun moving their forces from southern Syria to the Latakia Governorate, following their […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Russian Air Force in Syria destroys UAV launched toward Hmeymim Base
The Russian Center for Syrian Reconciliation has called on the commanders of illegal armed formations to give up provocations and agree to a peaceful settlement of the conflict in areas under their control. “On the 27th of July, the Russian Air Force detected and destroyed a UAV, launched from the territory under the control of illegal armed formations in the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Erdogan wants to develop greater cooperation with BRICS bloc
Erdogan pointed out that the systems set up by the West are essentially designed to guarantee the interests of a few The post Erdogan wants to develop greater cooperation with BRICS bloc appeared first on The Duran.
China starts importing Russian LNG from the Arctic
Whether NATO likes it or not, Russia is quickly becoming the dominant energy supplier in the hemisphere The post China starts importing Russian LNG from the Arctic appeared first on The Duran.
Update From Hell
So today I got my marching orders to vacate the flooded, incipiently moldy premises as of 3 p.m. Sunday so that Servpro can get on with making it like it never even happened. Granted, this was pretty short notice on the part of the landlord, who had given me a date of a week from now to check into the hotel. But professionals that they hopefully are, Servpro found themselves unexpectedly ahead of schedule. So no blogging, except maybe posting a few links, for the next week or so. I am not lugging my heavy equipment into exile, because it will be hard enough lugging my self and my... more »
My Letter To The Editor
Before they became the useful idiots of the Military Industrial Complex, Boulder Democrats used to have bumper stickers reading “Question Authority” Tony Heller: Every American’s right to question authority – Boulder Daily Camera
Above & Beyond feat. Richard Bedford - Northern Soul
No blogging time tonight, so a ditty will do.
Liberals Leap to Defend Neo-Con Henchman McFaul
*July 29, 2018* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - Were one to read the Washington Post's article on a Russian proposal regarding the questioning of suspects in various, ongoing US and Russia investigations, they would have imagined former US ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul was about to be shipped to a dungeon beneath the Kremlin for interrogation. The Washington Post's article, "Outrage erupts over Trump-Putin ‘conversation’ about letting Russia interrogate ex-U.S. diplomat Michael McFaul" fueled anti-Russian hysteria, claiming: *At this week’s summit in Helsinki, Russian President Vla... more »
Something’s gotta give movie for Saturday
It’s a gorgeous day at Lakeside, one of the prettiest we’ve had, and after a stroll through the craft show I sat down and watched a throw away movie, “Something’s gotta give” with Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson. Kind of predictable—the movie begins with him dating her (Keaton’s character) daughter, but in the end the two who are closer in age end up together. Lots of sex scenes and innuendo and jokes about heart attacks, eye glasses, age and aging. I wandered away a lot, looking for something crunchy to munch, but there was nothing but healthy stuff in the house. https://www.im... more »
BRICS committed to strengthened economic cooperation in the face of trade war
The world will continue turning round, with or without America's approval The post BRICS committed to strengthened economic cooperation in the face of trade war appeared first on The Duran.
The Root Cause of Depression and How to Heal It
*Azriel ReShel* - The disease of disconnection is wreaking havoc on our mental health.
Study Finds Clear Link Between Social Media and Depression
*Phillip Schneider* - The findings of this study could lead to a greater understanding of the causes of depression.
In Refusing To Defend Assange, Mainstream Media Exposes Its True Nature
Last Tuesday a top lawyer for the New York Times named David McCraw warned a room full of judges that the prosecution of Julian Assange for WikiLeaks publications would set a very dangerous precedent which would end up hurting mainstream news media outlets like NYT, […]
Who Does Putin Own More Thoroughly, Rohrabacher Or Trumpanzee-- And, No We're Not Discussing Nunes Today
Yesterday, Josh Marshall brought up the June 14, 2016 incidents again-- it can never be brought often frequently enough... the one where GOP House Majority Leader blurts out that Putin is paying off Trump and Rohrabacher... "so help me God." My favorite part of this story-- other than the pays offs themselves-- is how Ryan and McCarthy tried to cover it up and kept changing their stories as the *Washington Post* closed in on them and finally revealed they had a tape. Oops! Watch the two and a half minute video above. It's *amazing*! Marshall has an interesting spin. Take a look a... more »
Middle Finger Symphony Theater
** No Tuxedos Required ** Brought to You by *BLUESJUNKY*: Honorary Chair of Music - Middle Finger Symphony Music Director
Plans for $4.5 billion wind farm to power Louisiana scrapped after regulator's denial
Texas turns thumbs down on Oklahoma-based project
DOUGLAS DAY 2018
*Katie Henderson and George Benson* *Castle Douglas* Lass and Lad, *Katie Henderson and George Benson*, during the Douglas Day Parade, 2018. (Many thanks to the photographers of the Douglas Day Parade, in Castle Douglas, a place we like to visit.) Castle Douglas Civic Events Castle Douglas Civic Events Castle Douglas Civic Events Castle Douglas Civic Events Castle Douglas Civic Events Castle Douglas Civic Events Taking part in the Douglas Day Parade, of 2018, were the Castle Douglas scouts. Castle Douglas Civic Events Recently, *Castle Douglas Scouts cycled 130 miles to... more »
Wild And Unprecedented Price Fluctuations Are Causing Financial Chaos For U.S. Businesses
By Michael Snyder In every war there is a high price to pay, and this trade war will not be any different. The normal flow... more »
Podcast: ‘The (Horrific) Return of Tony Blair’
*21WIRE* | TB’s like a chronic illness, that just keeps coming back. Even the 'Yeti' man gets it…
Full report from southwest Syria battle – map
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:20 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has liberated several areas inside the southwestern region of Syria, today, forcing the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists to fall back towards the Jordanian border. Led by their elite Tiger Forces and 4th Armored Division, the Syrian Arab Army kicked off the day by liberating the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
ISIL’s reign in southwest Syria nears its end as SAA troops liberate more towns
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:45 P.M.) – The Islamic State’s (ISIS/ISIL/Daesh) reign in southwest Syria is nearing its end, as the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) closes in on the terrorist group’s last positions in the Daraa Governorate. Backed by heavy airstrikes and artillery strikes, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) resumed their operations in the Yarmouk Basin region […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Brave 72 year old Syrian woman fends off ISIS terrorists with AK-47, saves grandchildren (video)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:30 P.M.) – A 72 year old Syrian woman was recently hailed for her heroics during an Islamic State (ISIS) attack on her home in the Al-Sweida Governorate. The 72 year old woman successfully repelled Islamic State terrorists with her AK-47 after they attempted to enter her home in rural Al-Sweida on Wednesday. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
UAE-backed forces falter in latest large-scale offensive in central Yemen
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:15 P.M) – On Thursday, the UAE-backed Southern Resistance Army and their allies from the Yemeni Republican Guard launched a large-scale offensive in the central Yemen province of Al-Bayda. Backed by heavy airstrikes from the Arab Coalition, the Southern Resistance Army stormed the Houthi-held Al-Malajeem area, resulting in a fierce battle that is […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
China's Underwater 'Nukes': Country-Killers or Paper Tigers?
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Asia* [image: A Chinese Navy nuclear submarine takes part in an international fleet review to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army Navy in Qingdao, Shandong province April 23, 2009. REUTERS/Guang Niu/Pool] Beijing is getting into the SSBN game. How good are these subs? For decades, the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom and France have deployed ballistic missile submarines—or “boomers’’—to quietly patrol along the deep depths of the ocean for months at a time, having no need to surface for air due to ... more »
Calvin, Hobbes, and the Limts of Time
One gift that I finally got to crack open this summer was my copy of the Complete Calvin and Hobbes. And I just finished it. It's done. I've looked at every panel, every sequence, every extra piece of artwork. That's all there is. There is no more. You know the feeling. You love the book, or the book series, and you turn the last page, and you're done. That's it. There is no more. My father is a bit of a Glenn Miller scholar, and he has amassed over the years pretty much every recording, including many that exist only as reel-to-reel copies of transcripts, and he can chart them all ... more »
July 28:The Daily Greed
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/heat-warning-change-environment-canada-1.4762636 Note the death rate in BC from heat. Gee! It's lucky climate change isn't happening. ______________________________________________________________ New Brunsick - star player in the latest crisis. http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/frequently-asked-questions-about-blue-green-algae-1.4763291 _______________________________________________________________ Climate change ain't happenin'? Then you won't be disturbed by these items. https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/164dc7ae5f18707b http:/... more »
A vintage Glock, no less!
I'm not a collector of older firearms for the sake of their age or antiquity. My guns are shooters, plain and simple. Nevertheless, I was surprised this morning when I dropped into my local gun shop, to inquire about a firearm I've got on back-order with them. The owner noticed I was wearing an older model Glock 17 on my hip, and asked to look at it. When I handed it over, he did a double-take, and pointed out that I had a first-generation Glock. It was manufactured sometime in the mid-1980's, and must have been one of the very first to be imported into this country. Until rec... more »
88% of Trump media coverage is negative: MRC study
https://youtu.be/gAziDb71fDA What percentage of the 'impartial by charter' BBC coverage of Trump is negative? I'd say around 97% and that 3% might just be accidental.
Another County Votes to Nullify NDAA’s Infamous Indefinite Detention Provisions
By Carey Wedler (CW) — Laurens County, South Carolina, passed a resolution this week urging the state to reject the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)’s indefinite detention provisions, making... more »
The Telecom Industry (“Big Wireless”) and Those Who Support Them Don’t Care About “The Precautionary Principle.” There is No Love in Not Caring about Harm from Radiation Exposure.
By B.N. Frank An excerpt from a recent Newsweek article, clarifies that the U.S. FDA still doesn’t care about known harm caused by cell phone... more »
"More on Evolution: From the Mail Room"
*"More on Evolution: From the Mail Room"* by Fred Reed "Recently I wrote a column about the theory of Intelligent Design, which holds that that life, both in its origins and its changes over time, are the result of design instead of chance. Several hundred comments and emails arrived, more than I could read. This was not surprising as there seems to be considerable public interest in the question, while a virulent political correctness prevents discussion in most forums. In particular the major media prevent mention of Intelligent Design except in derogatory terms. Interesting to m... more »
"You Cannot Kill Me Here..."
"You cannot kill me here. Bring your soldiers, your death, your disease, your collapsed economy because it doesn't matter, I have nothing left to lose and you cannot kill me here. Bring the tears of orphans and the wails of a mother's loss, bring your Jesus on a cross, bring your hate and bitterness and long working hours, bring your empty wallets and love long since gone but you cannot kill me here. Bring your sneers, your snide remarks and friendships never felt, your letters never sent, your kisses never kissed, cigarettes smoked to the bone and cancer killing fears but you cann... more »
Pricking the Filter Bubble
By corbettreport Recommended videos. Tailored newsfeeds. Personalized search results. Know it or not, we are increasingly living in filter bubbles that are being determined by... more »
WATCH: ‘No One Is Hurt!’ Cop Shoots Unarmed Dad In The Back, Lies To Neighbors As He Dies
[image: neighbors] Body camera footage shows a police officer shooting a man in the back and then lying to concerned neighbors and claiming no was hurt. The post WATCH: ‘No One Is Hurt!’ Cop Shoots Unarmed Dad In The Back, Lies To Neighbors As He Dies appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
#MeToo Finally Hits the Vatican as Nuns Denounce Rampant Sex Abuse from Priests
[image: #metoo] The #MeToo movement has finally reached its way to the Vatican and this time, it was brought by nuns. The post #MeToo Finally Hits the Vatican as Nuns Denounce Rampant Sex Abuse from Priests appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
WATCH: ‘I’mma Beat the S**t Out of Him!’ Cop Punches, Threatens 13yo Mentally Disabled Boy
[image: baltimore] A Baltimore cop was seen on video manhandling and threatening to cause grave harm to a 13-year-old boy with a mental disability. The post WATCH: ‘I’mma Beat the S**t Out of Him!’ Cop Punches, Threatens 13yo Mentally Disabled Boy appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
"Eventually You Understand..."
"That's where it all begins. That's where we all get screwed big time as we grow up. They tell us to think, but they don't really mean it. They only want us to think within the boundaries they define. The moment you start thinking for yourself- really thinking- so many things stop making any sense. And if you keep thinking, the whole world just falls apart. Nothing makes sense anymore. All rules, traditions, expectations- they all start looking so fake, so made up. You want to just get rid of all this stuff and make things right. But the moment you say it, they tell you to shut up a... more »
"Fate. Luck. Chance."
"That is life, isn't it? Fate. Luck. Chance. A long series of what-if's that lead from one moment to the next, time never pausing for you to catch your breath, to make sense of the cards that have been handed to you. And all you can do is play your cards and hope for the best, because in the end, it all comes back to those three basics. Fate. Luck. Chance." - Kelseyleigh Reber "Unless, of course, there's no such thing as chance... in which case, we should either- optimistically- get up and cheer, because if everything is planned in advance, then we all have a meaning and are spared ... more »
Activists Focusing Upon Fridays For National Protests In Iraq
Protest in Maysan (Al Mirbad) Activists are concentrating on Fridays for national protests in Iraq. On July 27, there were gatherings in Babil, Baghdad, Basra, Dhi Qar, Karbala, Maysan, Muthanna, Najaf and Qadisiyah. Most met in front of provincial council buildings, sometimes in the hundreds. The movement was bolstered by a Friday sermon by Ayatollah Sistani’s representative that called for the government to meet public demands and to fight corruption. The demonstrators have expanded from asking for jobs, electricity, and services to demanding that many governors and councils be... more »
ITS: The End Of The Story
*ITS: The End Of The Story* by Alfred Lehmberg ...Remember the end of the story? We'll get there in a minute. *The *beginning of the story*, one recalls, revealed individuals selected of a pool from which **astronauts** would later be drawn. These selectively sieved persons, highly trained, intelligent, and brave, were ordered to fly out in state-of-the-art jet aircraft to meet with their inevitable opposition. Only, forgetting they must have acquitted themselves gloriously whatever their fate, most of them had never signed on for **this** brand of opposition. * *See, they... more »
"The Heroin of 'Signing Up'”
*"The Heroin of 'Signing Up'”* by Eric Peters "A good friend urges me to “sign up” for Obamacare. He knows about the extortion letters I have been receiving from the federal thugs who are now the enforcers for the health insurance mafia – which succeeded in getting a law passed which forces us to buy their services. Or else. The “or else” being punishing fines – plus interest. These are called “shared responsibility” payments but – in the first place – nothing is being “shared” (I am being forcibly mulcted) and in the second place - for whom am I “responsible”? Myself, certainly. ... more »
The Looming War Against Iran
[image: undefined] President Donald Trump and his neocon advisors have been trying to provoke a war with Iran and Syria for many months. The neocons are echoing Cato the Elder’s cry, "*delenda est Carthago*!" Iran must be destroyed. So far, Tehran and its ally Damascus have refused to respond to US naval and air incursions or Israel’s growing air attacks in Syria. But the war of words between the US and Iran has now reached a critical phase. Last week, Trump, who evaded military service during the Vietnam War, made his loudest threats yet against Iran, bringing the danger of war t... more »
US Maximalist Stance on Denuclearization Holds Korean Peace Process Hostage
[image: undefined] For the first time since the Singapore summit, a shadow of doubt has been cast over the Korean peace process. Its source is the United States’ unyielding demand for complete North Korean nuclear disarmament before ending the Korean War and prior to allowing the sanctions exemptions needed for carrying out North-South peace initiatives. The US’ unwillingness to take a more conciliatory approach on these two issues stems from the misguided conviction among senior Trump administration officials that maximum pressure was the key to bringing Kim Jong-un to the negotia... more »
WHEN TRUMP HAS OUTLIVED HIS USEFULNESS, CAN PUTIN REALLY FINISH HIM OFF?
*Newsweek* considers whether Donald Trump might soon cease to be of use to Russia, quoting Julia Davis, an expert on Russian propaganda: The Kremlin, [Davis said], is “growing very frustrated because there's so many controls that are being placed on” Trump by Congress, starting with Russian sanctions, upgrades to the U.S. nuclear arsenal and beefed-up military aid to Ukraine.... And then there are the ongoing investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 elections.... “They like to talk about him as weak and incompetent and just pretty much a clown,” Davis said of the Moscow ... more »
China tests its new Russian S-400 SAM system
Given the speedy trials of the Russian SAM, it is expected that they will be just as speedily inducted into service The post China tests its new Russian S-400 SAM system appeared first on The Duran.
This Day In Iraqi History - Jul 28
1920 US complained 2nd time to England about San Remo agreement that divided Iraq’s oil between England and France 1982 Iran made 3rd attack on Basra city but failed again Iran lost around 1,000 soldiers per day Iraq lost 7000 casualties 1982 During Iranian Op Ramadan Ayatollah Baqir al-Hakim crossed into Iraq from Iran Called for uprising vs Saddam 1982 During peak of Op Ramadan Iran held 120 sq mi of Iraqi territory By end only had 32 sq mi (Musings On Iraq interview with author Anthony Tucker-Jones on Iran-Iraq War) (Musings On Iraq ...more »
How Would the U.S. Military Have Waged War Without the Tomahawk Missile?
*Robert Farley* *Security, * [image: Flickr] A story of how this could have happened--and what would have followed. For the past three decades, America’s signature weapon of war has been the Tomahawk Land Attack Missile, or TLAM. The TLAM has helped bust down the doors of air-defense networks from Iraq to Libya, and has become a favorite tool of political influence for several presidents. But what if the TLAM had never existed, or at least not in the form that we have grown accustomed to? What if the United States had given up the TLAM in arms control negotiations with the USSR... more »
Pearl Harbor Avenged: How America Sunk the Japanese Imperial Navy Once and For All
*Warfare History Network, Christopher Miskimon* *Security, Asia* [image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yamato#/media/File:Yamato_Trial_1941.jpg] The naval combat that raged around the Philippines invasion was preceded by a game of reconnaissance, intelligence gathering, and planning. The Japanese superbattleship Musashi was steaming east along with a fleet of other battleships, cruisers, and destroyers on their way toward what was expected to be a climactic battle at Leyte Gulf. At 8:10 am on October 24, 1944, Musashi’s captain ordered the crew to battle stati... more »
How to Push Back Against Russia: The Trump Administration Must Revitalize NATO’s Nukes
*Dan Goure* *Security, Europe* NATO and the U.S. must accept as an absolute priority the need to recreate a solid, credible and capable escalation ladder with clearly delineated and identifiable capabilities are available for each rung. Russia is a military power primarily because of its large arsenal of nuclear weapons. So central are these weapons to Moscow’s foreign and defense policies that it was even willing to deploy a new long-range, land-based cruise missile in violation of the long-standing Intermediate-Range Nuclear Weapons Treaty to bolster Russian theater nuclear fo... more »
China May Soon Have a New Weapon to Kill Navy Submarines
*Zachary Keck* *Security, China* [image: Flickr] Beijing is developing large, smart and relatively low-cost unmanned submarines that can roam the world’s oceans—and target the U.S. Navy. China may soon have a new weapon to help defend itself against enemy submarines. For years, many have commented on Beijing’s lack of anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capabilities. The Department of Defense’s 2016 report on China’s military, for instance, noted that Beijing “continues to lack either a robust coastal or deep-water anti-submarine warfare capability.” This was not a major problem when ... more »
How China Got Its Hands On Its First Aircraft Carrier
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * Truly a story like no other. *In March 2002, the carrier finally arrived at the port of Dalian in Liaoning province, which would lend the carrier its name in Chinese service. Three years later, it was put into a dry dock to allow for an extensive refit process, including sandblasting away all the rust and restoring and installing the engines in 2011.* China was proud to launch its first aircraft carrier, the *Liaoning, *in 2012. This vessel was a refit of an incomplete Soviet Kuznetsov-class cruiser carrier. However, the story of how China got th... more »
Obama Administration Funded al-Qaida Front
[image: obama-administration-funded-al-qaida-front] The Obama Administration OK’d a $200,000 grant to a terrorist front with the help of World Vision, the Christian evangelical aid organization. And at least $115,000 of it actually went to the terror group.
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