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Kicking The Working Class To The Curb For Wealthy Donors Was A Bad Idea For The Democratic Party
Establishment Democrats are making a terrible mistake in moving their emphasis towards millionaires and away from the working class. The glory days of the Democratic Party was when they united working families and dominated politics-- basically from 1930, when the Democrats netted 52 House seats, making John Nance Garner Speaker. Doesn't that sound great? 52 seats! Two years later, the party of the rich and clueless lost another *101 seats* in the House. Did the GOP snap back in 1934? Conventional wisdom dictated they had to. But, no-- another 14 seats down the toilet. The House h... more »
Trump Willing to Shut Down Government Over Border Security
President Donald Trump said he'd be willing to shut down the government if Democrats refuse to vote for his immigration proposals, including building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
India Mortgaged? Forced-Fed Illness and the Neoliberal Food Regime
Countercurrents, RINF, CounterPunch, Global Research, Dissident Voice Like many countries, India's food system was essentially clean just a generation or two ago but is now being comprehensively contaminated with sugar, bad fats, synthetic additives, GMOs and pesticides under the country's neoliberal 'great leap forward'. The result has been a surge in obesity, diabetes and cancer incidence, while there has been no let-up in the under-nutrition of those too poor to join in the over-consumption. Indian government data indicates that cancer showed a 5% increase in prevalence between 2... more »
Scientists Are Bringing Back the GMO Tomato in Elaborate New Scheme to Sell More Farm-Raised Fish
The world of GMOs is an insane one: scientific experiments have included the following: rice with human genes, “spermicidal” corn, and genetically engineered foods of all kinds ranging from corn to tomatoes. What most people don’t realize, however, is that GMO tomatoes are not currently on the market, although conventional tomatoes are sprayed with toxic ripening gases and pesticides among other chemicals. Now, however, things are about to come circle, as a new GMO tomato is being developed once again, this time for a far more convoluted process than anyone ever expected. GMO To... more »
Victory!!! Monsanto and Bayer Defeated in Mexico as Anti-Trust Agency Orders End to Monopolistic Seed Practices
The Monsanto-Bayer merger came to light with a ton of controversy, but now, it appears to have slipped the radar screen as the two companies quietly merge into a monstrous entity that could control more than a quarter of the world’s pesticides and seeds market. The two companies were able to receive anti-trust approval in the United States despite petitions and objections toward their allegedly monopolistic practices, infuriating many activists who had fought for more regulations or a halt to the merger. But meanwhile in Mexico, the historic pesticide and GMO alliance has just b... more »
To Fight Bee Die-Off, State Now Offering All Citizens Their Own Beehives
[image: beehives] One state is hoping to preserve the bee populations by offering beehives to residents who qualify for its new program. The post To Fight Bee Die-Off, State Now Offering All Citizens Their Own Beehives appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
Cops Raid Ving Rhames’ Home, Hold Him at Gunpoint, Accusing Him of Breaking Into His Own House
[image: rhames] Police were called to the home of Ving Rhames because neighbors reported him for the crime of breaking into his own house. The post Cops Raid Ving Rhames’ Home, Hold Him at Gunpoint, Accusing Him of Breaking Into His Own House appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
Cop Arrested and Fired for Kicking an 8-month Pregnant Woman in the Stomach
[image: pregnant] A Florida cop has been fired and arrested after admitting to losing her temper and kicking a pregnant woman in the stomach. The post Cop Arrested and Fired for Kicking an 8-month Pregnant Woman in the Stomach appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
Epidemiologists Link Politics To Bad Teeth
Democracies have better teeth than dictatorships, according to recent statistical correlation presented at the 96th General Session of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) in London, held in conjunction with the IADR Pan European Regional (PER) Congress. read more
MAYBE THE NEW YORK TIMES HATES PROGRESSIVES BECAUSE ITS SUPPOSEDLY LIBERAL READERS DO
The bothsiderism in this *New York Times* story about the Georgia governor's race is awful: ... Georgia’s political middle, long the dominant force behind the state’s thriving commerce and pragmatic leadership, suddenly finds itself all but abandoned. More starkly than in most midterm campaigns, the contest between [Brian] Kemp, the two-term Republican secretary of state, and [Stacey] Abrams, a former Democratic leader in the State Legislature, has come to mirror the disorienting polarization of the Trump era and expose the consequences of a primary system that increasingly rewards... more »
Misreading the “Liberal Order”: Why We Need New Thinking in American Foreign Policy
Photo Credit: Doug Mills/NYT *Editor’s Note: Critics of Trump's foreign policy, including many of my Brookings colleagues, regularly espouse the virtues of the so-called liberal order and decry Trump's repeated attacks on it. The University of Chicago's Paul Staniland, however, challenges this consensus. He argues critics are romanticizing the liberal order, failing to recognize its flaws and ambiguities.* *** Donald Trump’s foreign policy grows more destabilizing by the day, whether in embracing tariffs or insulting allies. Previously taken-for-granted assumptions about America... more »
How to lie with maps and smoothing – NASA GISS in Antarctica
From WUWT:Anthony Watts / July 27, 2018 Marcel Crok writes to Anthone Watts saying: Hi Anthony The two images in the link above are being used wildly during the current heat wave we experience in Western Europe. | My bullshit detector goes off but I can’t really put my finger on it. Can you share […]
13 Days of Low Levels of UK Wind Power Rectified by £632 billion of Powerpack 2 Batteries!
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? ? Repost from Prisms UK: ? The UK’s installed wind power capacity is 19,261 MW TOTAL: Operational Capacity Load Factor for all wind: 30.1% Statistics Explained At 30.1% load factor, 19,261 MW of capacity is generating on average over the year…
US advances ‘Arab alliance’ against ‘Iranian aggression’
Iran has sort of become the Russia of the Middle East The post US advances ‘Arab alliance’ against ‘Iranian aggression’ appeared first on The Duran.
Puigdemont commits to advance Catalonia’s independence
Freedom, self determination, independence, etc., are convictions that hold value in the West only when it suits the powers that be in Washington, or, by extension, Brussels The post Puigdemont commits to advance Catalonia’s independence appeared first on The Duran.
Failing the laugh test: Wind, solar power make subsidy accusations
The wind and solar power industries each receive such enormous taxpayer subsidies that all other energy industries combined do not receive as much taxpayer pork as either wind or solar power alone. Big renewable has no interest in sharing.
A Nuclear War to Win the Korean War?
*Warfare History Network* *Security, * Some thought so--or start World War III. You decide. *Would MacArthur really have employed atomic weapons in Korea and Red China as the Considine interview asserted? One of his aides, Col. Sid Huff, wrote in his 1951 memoir My 15 Years With Gen. MacArthur, “I feel … that he didn’t like the idea of using the atomic bomb against Japan, although I never heard him express a direct opinion on that question either before or after Hiroshima.” But in a memo to President Eisenhower in December 1952, MacArthur suggests basically the same plan as he s... more »
The Army’s New Futures Command Will Succeed or Fail by Congress’s Hand
*Cole Stevens* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/soldiersmediacenter/26298618928/] Until Congress straightens its never-ending fiscal rollercoaster and Army leadership demonstrates that it has learned from its past, the success of Futures Command remains dubious. Earlier this month, the U.S. Army announced that Austin, Texas, will be the location for its new Futures Command headquarters. The command, intended to be the spearhead of the Army’s modernization effort, will direct the research and development (R&D) of new military technologies and build partn... more »
Misfire: 5 Worst Guns Ever (Colt Made the List, Twice)
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * Let the debate begin. *Unfortunately for Colt, the weapon was a failure: the open nature of the revolver-cylinder system and the amount of noise it produced was acceptable in a weapon held at arm’s length, but not in a weapon held close to the face. Having the action close to the face was also dangerous in case the weapon suffered a mechanical failure or explosion. Only 1,000 Colt 1855s were built and the entire concept was abandoned by the gun industry.* Guns are tools meant to address life or death situations, so a poorly designed or manufactured ... more »
Nazi Germany's War Machine: Inside the German Army
*Warfare History Network, Michael E. Haskew* *Security, Europe* [image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Tiger_II_233#/media/File:R%C3%A9tromobile_2015_-_Panzer_VI_Ausf_B_Tigre_II_-_1944_-_026.jpg] Why Hitler's land forces seemed almost unstoppable. With the end of World War I, the German Army had not been defeated in the field. Surrender had come due to depleted resources and war weariness at home. When the proud German soldiers returned to their country from war-torn France and Belgium, they were welcomed as heroes. The bitter terms of the Versailles Treaty placed th... more »
How the B-1 Bomber Could Sink an Aircraft Carrier (Any Anything Else at Sea)
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * The last B-1B will likely leave service by 2036 when Air Force strategic bomber fleet will consist of the B-21 and long-serving Boeing B-52. *The B-1B remains a potent weapon and has performed well in recent conflicts. Most recently, the bomber was used to launch nineteen AGM-158A JASSM cruise missiles against Syrian targets in retaliation for the Assad regime's alleged chemical weapons attacks this past April. The JASSM, longer-ranged JASSM-ER and the LRASM—which all share the same stealthy missile body—ensures the B-1B’s ability to operate against h... more »
The Air Force's Great F-22 Fighter Shortage
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * Unfortunately, because there are so few F-22s in the Air Force inventory and so few combat-coded squadrons, the ops tempo for these units is extremely high. With the U.S. Air Force considering the retirement of the Boeing F-15C Eagle, Lockheed Martin’s stealthy fifth-generation F-22 Raptor will be the only air superiority fighter in the service’s inventory. While there is no doubt that the Raptor is far and away the best air superiority fighter ever built, the U.S. Air Force only has about 186 surviving Raptors in its inventory. Of those 186 remainin... more »
When you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice
If you have followed this blog for any length of time, you will know that I love cleverly worded song lyrics. The above title comes from an unexpected source (if you don’t follow the band) – a song called “Free … Continue reading →
Revealed: Shocking safety record of UK meat plants
Six years of records from abattoirs and meat processing plants reveal thousands of accidents to staff
Ousted Pakistani PM Sharif “falls sick in jail” , "seriously ill" Hospitalized. Timing?
*Another stroke of sheer luck for Imran Khan! * *What timing. How convenient. Who benefits from this? * *Imran Khan, of course. Alongside Pakistan's powerful military and it's corrupted judiciary* *Daily Mail & Japan Times * **Update: DAWN* *Sharif is in critical care* *According to jail sources, the doctors today advised moving Sharif to the critical care unit as he has been suffering from acute pain in both his arms, likely due to lack of adequate blood circulation.* *Meanwhile, security has been beefed up in and around the jail. Security personnel have been deployed around its ... more »
More rebel fighters assassinated in Idlib amid escalated tensions
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (4:05 P.M.) – Assassinations continue to rip through the jihadi-held Idlib as more reports came in confirming that the province is the next destination for the Syrian Army. Yesterday, three militants including a field commander were killed by unidentified gunfire. First Lieutenant Hussein Jamal and two of his companions were assassinated when unknown […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
VIDEO: ISIS threatens to slaughter women captives unless Army halts west Daraa offensive
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3:05 P.M.) – Having become on the verge of a major defeat in west Daraa enclave, the Islamic State is now threatening to slaughter captured women from east Swaida in order to guarantee a safe exit. The terror group released a video showing one of the captives demanding the Syrian Army to discontinue […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Combat Footage: Syria Army tightens noose around ISIS in southwest Syria
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (2:35 P.M.) – Fierce battles continue to erupt in the far western countryside of Daraa province as the Syrian Armed Forces gain more territories in the last ISIS enclave in the area. The clashes resulted in the government troops imposing full control over Nafa’a and Jamleh; two former bastions for the terror group […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
UAE-backed forces claim 30 Houthi fighters killed in central Yemen
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:50 A.M.) – The UAE-backed forces claimed they killed at least 30 Houthi fighters during their large-scale assault in the central Yemen province of Al-Bayda. According to the Yemeni Ministry of Defense, their national army killed 30 members of the Houthi forces, while also seizing the Fadha area in the Al-Malajim District. The […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
13 Days of Low Levels of UK Wind Power Rectified by £632 billion of Powerpack 2 Batteries!
By Paul Homewood Repost from Prisms UK: The UK’s installed wind power capacity is 19,261 MW TOTAL: Operational Capacity Load Factor for all wind: 30.1% Statistics Explained At 30.1% load factor, 19,261 MW of capacity is generating on average over the year 5,797.6 MW. But for a 13 day x 24 hour […]
Wet and Cold Summers The Shape of Summers to Come-Peter Stott -2012
By Paul Homewood https://www.thegwpf.com/wet-cold-the-shape-of-british-summers-to-come/ Back in 2012, Peter Stott said cold, wet summers in Britain were due to climate change! Now he reckons heatwaves will be the new norm. I wonder what he’ll blame average summers on?
ICYMI: Almost August Already Edition (7/29)
Summer is slipping away, but there's still plenty to read about education. Here are a few things from this week that you might want to catch up with. And remember-- amplifying important voices is how those voices become important. End of Public Schools in Milwaukee Thomas Ultican explains what's going wrong there. Charter Schools Have Done More Harm Than Good in Michigan Mitchell Robinson with a guest op-ed that lays out the sad, destructive history of charter schools in Betsy DeVos's home state What Does TFA Tell the New Recruits about the Janus Decision? Gary Rubinstein with ano... more »
Murray Rothbard, Nathaniel Branden, and Ayn Rand
Murray RothbardWhen Murray N. Rothbard met Ayn Rand in 1958, he was a great devotee of her literature and philosophy. He thought that *Atlas Shrugged* was the greatest book, fiction or nonfiction, ever written. But within six months Rothbard was excommunicated from Rand’s circle by Nathaniel Branden (then Rand’s main associate and lover) who was infuriated by Rothbard’s failure to acknowledge Rand as the source of some ideas on causality and free will that he had used in his essay. Branden offers a brief description of this episode in his book *My Years With Ayn Rand*—but his accou... more »
Untitled
*Harvard still in denial* Harvard strenuously denied allegations that it discriminates against Asian-American applicants and sought to discredit the legal challenge to its admissions policies in court documents filed Friday. The Ivy League college, whose admissions practices are at the center of a federal affirmative action lawsuit, argued that it values the ethnic backgrounds of its Asian-American applicants and has not capped the number of students it lets in based on their race. Harvard called the statistical analysis done by Students for Fair Admissions, which mounted the disc... more »
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*Environmentalist scare stories – Never mind!* Solid evidence shows there is no “bee-pocalypse,” but alarmists allege new pesticide threats Paul Driessen “Baby boomers” will remember Gilder Radner’s Saturday Night Live character from the ‘70s – Emily Litella, who would launch into hilarious rants against perceived problems, only to discover that she had completely misconstrued what she was fuming about. “What’s all this fuss about endangered feces?” she asked in one. “How can you possibly run out of such a thing?” Then, after Jane Curtain interrupted to tell her “It’s endangered... more »
Russian scientist CAUGHT leaking key hypersonic missile data to NATO (VIDEO)
Russian 60 Minutes program further highlights differences between the US sensationalist "fake news" and the FSB's careful investigation. The post Russian scientist CAUGHT leaking key hypersonic missile data to NATO (VIDEO) appeared first on The Duran.
Imran khan claims premiership in Pakistani election
Khan has come out the victor and most of the opposition has admitted it The post Imran khan claims premiership in Pakistani election appeared first on The Duran.
Displaced Syrians return to town liberated from Islamic State
Meanwhile, jihadists flee to the refuge of Israel and their Western backers The post Displaced Syrians return to town liberated from Islamic State appeared first on The Duran.
Sound Familiar?
The most important take away from Doug Ford's decision to downsize Toronto's city council is what it says about Mr. Ford. Adam Radwanski writes : With Friday’s announcement that he intends to dramatically change some of the province’s municipal elections already under way and outright cancel others, Mr. Ford demonstrated that unwritten rules for how premiers are supposed to act do not apply. If not the what, it’s the how that should alarm Ontarians. Every system of government has written and unwritten rules. Ford has sent a clear signal that he doesn't give a damn about the unwri... more »
How South Africa Built Nuclear Weapons (And Then Gave Them Up)
*Steve Weintz* *Security, Africa* [image: Wikimedia Commons] A nuclear program that is not well understood—until now. Apartheid-era South Africa had all the qualities necessary for a secret nuclear weapons program: an authoritarian government, a hostile international climate, a large and inventive arms industry and abundant deposits of uranium ore. Like other nuclear states. South Africa early on acquired necessary technology and materials through international cooperation, but fell back on its own resources when that cooperation ended. Unlike any other nuclear state, however,... more »
Coming Soon: North Korea's Nukes Could Go Underwater
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Asia* [image: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guides on the spot the underwater test-fire of strategic submarine ballistic missile in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on April 24, 2016. KCNA/via REUTERS. ATTENT] As in ballistic missile submarines. In the summer of 2018 a flurry of reports confirmed that North Korea has continued construction of a second ballistic-missile submarine, designated the Sinpo-C by intelligence analysts after the shipyard in eastern North Korea. South Korean represe... more »
If You Were Running For Congress Would You Want Trump Coming To Your District To Campaign?
*Bad campaign message* The albatross is on the way! Republican incumbents got some really bad news Friday evening on Hannity's show. Down deep, Trump knows he's really bad at being president. He would never admit it but he knows the 38% job approval is silly. It should be 8%, not 38%. He's terrible at his job. Everything he touches turns to shit. The only thing he's been "good" at is stirring up racist and xenophobic sentiments and dividing the country for partisan goals. And Julie Davis reported for the *NY Times* that he "plans to spend almost all of his time this fall campaigning... more »
Sunday morning music
Let's try something both classical and modern this morning. Alexander Glazunov was a very influential Russian composer, bridging the period between classical and modern music. His Saxophone Concerto in E flat major was first performed in 1934, a fine example of combining the two eras. This is a live performance from 2012, at the 7th annual Aeolus International Competition for Wind Instruments. Soloist Bartek Duś and conductor Martin Fratz perform with the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra. Peter
Italian graffiti artist arrested for mural of Ahed Tamimi on security barrier
Artists detained for painting a mural commemorating Ahed Tamimi on a West Bank separation wall
Democracy Under Ford?
This blog was started back in 2009 to highlight what I and my then blogging partner viewed as the declining respect for democracy by the then recently elected federal leader , one Stephen Harper. I now find myself appalled to see a similar mind set being displayed by the freshly elected Ontario leader Doug Ford who less than a month into his mandate is arbitrarily and with little or no consultation shutting down many long standing programs. Whilst the specific programs and initiatives being discontinued are in my view more in need of a tweak or two than elimination it is the manner i... more »
Last Philly Glimpses
Linh Dinh takes leave of a purposely imploding nation, with a population that’s been ever more relentlessly brainwashed
U.S. Military Whistleblower Details U.S. Ties to Terrorism
For exposing how the U.S. was supporting and assisting the very "terrorists" it was supposedly fighting, former Special Forces second Lieutenant Scott Bennett was imprisoned. Here he talks to Dave Gahary
Iran initiates production line for air-to-air missiles
Iran has the capability to not only manufacture the missiles, but also to tweak the technology and mechanics so as to suit the needs of the Iranian military The post Iran initiates production line for air-to-air missiles appeared first on The Duran.
Is Russia's Su-25 Really Similiar to the A-10 Warthog?
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Europe* We take a look. The Su-25 is one of the most visible signs of the Russian Air Force’s might. Since its debut during the Soviet-Afghan War in the 1980s, the Su-25 has seen service in every conflict involving Soviet or Russian forces, from Chechnya to Georgia to Syria. Observers have often compared it to the A-10, but that comparison misses some of the nuances of how they are employed. Regardless, the Russian defense ministry plans to keep the Su-25 around in the foreseeable future. But how does it plan on accomplishing that goal? The development ... more »
PTSD: It’s Not Just for Veterans Anymore
*Task and Purpose, Stacy Bare* *Security, Middle East* [image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/soldiersmediacenter/39825429282/] More problematic though is why more people won’t get treatment. In the last few years, I’ve begun to realize that as a veteran, that I have trauma and how I have responded to that trauma is not unique amongst the general population—we live in a traumatic world–even if how I accumulated some of those traumas might be different. But when I first came home from war, I don’t think I ever would have allowed anyone to tell me, if they themselves had not served ... more »
Vaccine Law and 2018 School Exemptions: A Guide for Concerned Parents
As your body grows bigger Your mind must flower It's great to learn 'Cause knowledge is power It's Schoolhouse Rocky, the chip off the block Of your favorite schoolhouse, Schoolhouse Rock! By Cathy Jameson Back to school. I love this...
Consent To Reality
The Christian faith is apocalyptic. It reveals that which is hidden. The Church is the revelation of reality (or it is nothing). To live its life is to live as a revelation of that which is. All of creation agrees with that revelation and utters its yearning “Amen.” The post Consent To Reality appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
X22 Report, “The Storm Is Raging, Those Who Follow Understand What's About To Happen”
X22 Report, “The Storm Is Raging, Those Who Follow Understand What's About To Happen” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVBMy50_Si8
Project 2049 Accepting Intern Applications
Project 2049 sent this around. *++++++++++++++* The Project 2049 Institute is accepting applications for Fall 2018 internship positions for current students and recent graduates: RESEARCH INTERN Position Responsibilities: Assist with the Institute's research projects and ongoing programs Assist with administrative tasks, event planning, and other logistics Help maintain and update the Institute's social media outlets Independent research with opportunities to publish on the Institute's blog, AsiaEye. Attend local events based on research and project interests Complete projects both in... more »
Arctic ice increase….hockey stick?
“No one knows how long this divergence of surplus ice will persist, but for now 2018 Arctic ice extent resembles a hockey stick. Presently the ice is 525.000 km^2 above 11 year average (2007 to 2017 inclusive) and ~1M km^2 … Continue reading →
"Reality In Fragments"
* "Reality In Fragments"* by Alex Noble "You suggest a course of action to a friend and it turns out to be wrong. What then? Console yourself with the fact that you meant well. To move through contemporary life is to navigate perilous waters. Consider the man who felt a pain in his left wrist. They took x-rays, and the report came back that he had three broken ribs and a fractured collarbone. He was incredulous. Still, he let them tape him up in a cast that reached from his ears to his waist. Actually, what had happened was that a lab technician who had had too much to drink the ni... more »
A Canadian journalist proves a Sydney suburb obeys the Sharia Law
I am getting and watching lots of similar videos and follow many stories – the recent invasion of the Africans to the Spanish enclaves bordering Morocco (they had feces, lime, flamethrowers) was pretty fascinating. It makes no sense to discuss everything but at some moments, I think it's a good idea to see something and think about it. Lauren Southern is an attractive and bright 22-year-old *Canadian* journalist who went to investigate the situation in Lekamba, the most Islamized part of (Western) Sydney, Australia. She expected the situation to be much better than in the no-go... more »
Rio Nightlife Guide for Sunday, July 29, 2018
We have the top three picks for this Sunday, and below there is a list of bars and lounges that are always a good option. MÚSICA BRASILEIRA: Samba das Laranjeiras c/ Samba do Xoxó (Laranjeiras) – From the producers of traditional Samba dos Guimarães, Samba and Feijoada da Casa Rosa, Sambinha do Corcovado, Samba da […]
Barack Obama promises Russia 'After my election I have more flexibility'
https://youtu.be/XsFR8DbSRQE "But, but, but Trump's colluding with the Russians" Oddly the crybabies who call out President Trump for allegedly colluding with the Russians seem to forget when Barack Obama made that promise...
Star Citizen - identity crisis - still doesn't know what it is...
six years down the line, and (while No Man's Sky is suddenly looking full-bodied and finished and proper) Star Citizen from CIG with ten times the number of devs in L.A., Texas, Frankfurt and Wilmslow is languishing in FIH or first-iteration hell. FIH means all its current gaming features implemented to first-functionality level. Nothing seems to have been thought out further than this initial two-week sprint-task solution. No integration of systems. No grand overscheme to dictate variety and flavour of gaming experience. No unity of galactic vision or play style. Six years down ... more »
Syrian Army strikes back against ISIS in northeast Al-Sweida
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:30 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has struck back against the Islamic State (ISIS) forces in northeast Al-Sweida after spending the last few days on the defensive in the Badiya Al-Sham region. Backed by the National Defense Forces (NDF), the Syrian Arab Army began this morniing’s attack by storming the Islamic […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Turkey will not back down if faced with sanctions: Erdogan
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:45 A.M.) – The relationship between the United States and Turkey is in danger due to the U.S.’ threats of sanctions, Erdogan stated on Sunday. “We will not take a step back when faced with sanctions,” Erdogan said, as quoted by TRT Haber. “They should not forget that they will lose a sincere […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Palestinian Icon Ahed Tamimi Is Released From Military Prison
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (9:40 A.M)- Palestinian resistance icon, Ahed Tamimi, has been released from an Israeli Military prison after serving 8 months. Ahed Tamimi became a Palestinian icon after a video of her slapping an Israeli soldier, in the face, went viral. Ahed spent 3 months in administrative detention, until a charge was reached of 8 […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Two Palestinians killed by Israeli Airstrikes Targeting People At a Cemetery
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (7:25 A.M)- Two Palestinians were killed this Sunday morning, in Gaza, after Israeli Aircraft fired upon a group of people inside a cemetery. Israeli Aircraft targeted and killed two Palestinians this morning, firing at a group of people who had gathered inside the ‘Eastern Cemetery’, located in the Northern Gaza refugee camp of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Here and There (Sunday Sermonette)
*Fashion icon*, Hillary Clinton put the moo in MuMu last week. Sort of a cross between a MuMu and a cape. I expect that we'll see more of her followers (male and female and gender confused) following her fashion example in weeks to come as she ramps up her run for the Presidency in 2020. (right) *Use a Plastic Straw, Go to Jail*. The California insanity over plastic straws has not abated. I asked for one at lunch today (Saturday) and the waitress informed me that I had to drink from the lip of the glass. I asked if I could bring my own straw (BMOS) in the future. She said that she... more »
Chet Raymo, “To Love The Darkness”
*“To Love The Darkness”* by Chet Raymo "You darkness, that I come from, I love you more than all the fires that fence in the world, for the fire makes a circle of light for everyone, and then no one outside learns of you. But the darkness pulls in everything: shapes and fires, animals and myself, how easily it gathers them! - powers and people - and it is possible a great energy is moving near me. I have faith in nights." "I have long pondered these verses by the poet Rainer Maria Rilke (here translated by Robert Bly). I think I first ... more »
The Incredible Strength Of Apathy – Over Hyping?
The Public just don't give a damn about "Global Warming" or "Climate Change". That's a very good thing. There is nothing so hard as getting an apathetic person to care and be active. Inertia is now on the side of the Skeptic. Continue reading →
"I Rescued A Human Today..."
*"I Rescued A Human Today..."* "Her eyes met mine as she walked down the corridor peering apprehensively into the kennels. I felt her need instantly and knew I had to help her. I wagged my tail, not too exuberantly, so she wouldn’t be afraid. As she stopped at my kennel I blocked her view from a little accident I had in the back of my cage. I didn’t want her to know that I hadn’t been walked today. Sometimes the overworked shelter keepers get too busy and I didn’t want her to think poorly of them. As she read my kennel card I hoped that she wouldn’t feel sad about my past. I only ... more »
CENSORSHIP BY FACEBOOK, TWITTER, YOUTUBE ... NEWSPAPER CIRCULATIONS
Reportedly, FACEBOOK will now hide many posts that are critical of the Powers-That-Be. *Henry Makow* @HenryMakow 16h16 hours ago More http://snippits-and-slappits.blogspot.com/ has been locked out of twitter *Henry Makow* @HenryMakow 16h16 hours ago More YouTube terminates SGT Report channel to silence the truth; http:// REAL.video explodes in new channels, videos http://www. thetruthseeker.co.uk/?p=173801 *Henry Makow* @HenryMakow 14h14 hours ago More Twitter Admits: Your Posts Will Be Hidden if You Follow the Wrong Accounts. UK national newspaper print circulation figures ... more »
A New Chinese Submarine Could Be a Game-Changer (Or a Total Disaster)
*Task and Purpose, Brad Howard* *Technology, Asia* [image: A Chinese navy submarine leaves Qingdao Port, Shandong province April 22, 2009. China will show off its resurgent naval strength this week at a parade marking 60 years since the founding of its navy, presenting its fleet of warships and nuclear submarines] AI and UUVs--what could go wrong? The South China Morning Post reported on July 23 that the Chinese Academy of Sciences is pursuing designs for a fleet of unmanned autonomous underwater submarines. These submersibles would be able to take on a docket of missions, from w... more »
Is Japan’s New Missile-Defense System Simply Unaffordable?
*Zachary Keck* *Security, Asia* [image: Wikimedia Commons] The costs keep going up. The price of Japan’s new missile-defense system is quickly escalating, raising questions about whether it will ever be deployed. On July 23, *Kyodo News* reported that Japan’s defense ministry now estimates that deploying two Aegis Ashore missile batteries could cost around 400 billion yen ($3.6 billion), roughly twice what Tokyo originally expected. *Kyodo* cited a “government source” as providing the information. It did not further identify the source. The cost actually rises when considering ... more »
"I Can't Convince Myself..."
"I can't convince myself that it does much good to try to challenge the everyday political delusions and dementias of Americans at large. Their contained and confined mentalities by far prefer the petty and parochial prisons of the kind of sense they have been trained and rewarded for making out of their lives (and are punished for deviating from them). What it costs them ultimately to be such slaves and infants and ideological zombies is a thought too monstrous and rending and spiky for them even to want to glance at." - Kenneth Smith "If you want to tell people the truth, make th... more »
Anthony Migchels -How Money Rules
A lucid and informative expose of the banking cartel by a pioneer of monetary reform.
On Toxic Femininity
The movement that has popularized the term ‘toxic masculinity’ shares tools and conclusions with those who see signs of ‘white supremacy’ everywhere
You Never know Until You Know and… You Still Don’t know
Mr Apocalypse is not just showing you all the dark uglies that we have become so used to, he's revealing far more. Les Visible explains
US Suddenly Buys More Ecuadorian Oil: Is Trump Also Buying Assange’s Arrest?
Just last week several sources claimed that Julian Assange could leave his sanctuary in Ecuador's London embassy within “weeks” or even “days.”
How tech’s richest plan to save themselves after the apocalypse
'The Event' is their euphemism for a cataclysmic disaster that will threaten us all. Except the super rich who are making their own, expensive preparations to survive
Russia is 10X More Free than Germany, Which Promotes a Culture of Degeneracy and Interracial Rape
It took a FIFA World Cup for one journalist to realize Russians are people too
Whitehall is ‘covering up the past’
Files on Prince Charles and Princess Diana's marriage, Lockerbie records and MI5 'link' to Belfast lawyer death among documents blocked by government
Midnight Meme Of The Day!
*by Noah* "How Do You Milk Sheep?" sounds like any politician's handbook if there ever was one. Chances are such a book, if it exists, has been translated into more languages than the Bible or Traitor Don's Hollywood Access tape. And, since I mentioned Traitor Don... During the 2016 campaign, Trump cruised the Midwestern states with a typical divide and conquer approach. Sure, he had the Putin cyber-propaganda machine working for him but he also played the usual Republican "free stuff" card and appealed to the fears, resentments and visceral racism (latent and otherwise) of the w... more »
Radical chic at the BBC
Rod Liddle is on fine form in *The Sunday Times *this morning, accusing the BBC of "radical chic attitudinising" for broadcasting Raja Shehadeh's *Where the Line is Drawn *as Radio 4's *Book of the Week* this past week. Sue described the same *Book of the Week *earlier this week as "unadulterated pro-Palestinian propaganda in the form of the creepiest passive-aggressive grievance-mongering" and having heard it myself now I know she's got it spot-on. Responding to the chap at the BBC Press Office who sends out a weekly bulletin about what the BBC's up to, Rod replied: The BBC re... more »
Cruise ship bear guard survives being mauled by polar bear in Svalbard
Originally posted on polarbearscience: Less than a month after a fatal polar bear attack near Arviat, Western Hudson Bay, European media reported this morning that one of two German polar bear guards escorting a group of tourists on a shore visit in northern Svalbard was mauled on 28 July by a polar bear before the…
Holtec Nuclear Waste Cans-Kris Singh: Apparent Bribery-Kickback And Allegation Of Attempted Bribery
Comment By Jul 30 2018, at 11:59 PM ET, ID: NRC-2018-0052-0058 on Holtec’s proposed spent nuclear fuel facility in New … Continue reading →
Labour Party finally take speedy action over antisemitism allegations
'"You should be aware that any future behaviour of a similar nature to the allegation above could result in further disciplinary action, including the possibility of administrative suspension while the matter is investigated."' Wouldn't it be wonderful if the Labour Party really took such speedy action against people accused of antisemitism? However the above letter was sent to Ian Austin, Labour MP and adopted child of Jewish refugees by the increasingly National Socialist style Labour Party. 'Austin told the Observer: "Wouldn't it be great if they dealt with the people respo... more »
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 »
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"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
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