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The Federal Reserve: Secretly Sticking It To Americans For Over 100 Years
By Clint Siegner In the aftermath of the 2008 Financial Crisis, the private Federal Reserve bank cartel was front and center as a target for... more »
10 Numbers That Prove That America’s Current Financial Condition Is A Horror Show
By Michael Snyder America’s long-term “balance sheet numbers” just continue to get progressively worse. Unfortunately, since the stock market has been soaring and the GDP... more »
Airstrike That Killed 14 Civilians in Afghanistan Never Happened, Says US
By Jason Ditz (ANTIWAR.COM) — On July 19, an airstrike hit a number of civilians in Afghanistan’s Kunduz Province, killing 14 of them. The Afghan government originally... more »
LaRouchePAC Monday Update - August 13, 2018
LaRouchePAC Monday Update - August 13, 2018 Video of LaRouchePAC Monday Update - August 13, 2018 Join us live at 11:30am Eastern with our host, Matthew Ogden.
Rio’s Azteka Bistro in Ipanema Ready for Next Chapter: Sponsored
By Jack Arnhold, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – After almost seven successful years in business, the Mexican bistro Azteka is currently looking for new ownership. Since 2012, expatriate founders Aglika Angelova and Miguel Campos have built the restaurant up to create one of the most authentic and high-quality eateries in Rio. Having decided […]
8 Things You Need to Know (But Probably Don’t)
“The system cannot be fixed by the system.” ~Tom Morello
Mexico City’s First Elected Female Mayor Sets Her Sights on Smog
When scientist Claudia Sheinbaum takes office, she hopes to bring the city out of the dark.
Bayer Stock Nosedives After Jury Finds Monsanto Guilty of Covering Up Cancer Risks
For those who’ve for years been fighting Monsanto, affectionately known as the world’s most evil corporation, a San Francisco jury’s decision last Friday to fine the company $289 million is earth-shattering news.
Is Your Popcorn Laced With Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals?
No one should be exposed to toxic chemicals in their food, particularly children.
Battle For Key Afghan City Of Ghazni Rages For Fourth Day
*NBC:* *Taliban assault on Ghazni kills 120 people; U.S. helps struggling Afghan forces* *The U.S. is helping Afghan forces as they scramble to keep control of Ghazni. * KABUL, Afghanistan — A four-day assault by the Taliban on a key provincial capital has killed about 100 Afghan security forces, the country’s defense minister, Tariq Shah Bahrami, said Monday. Twenty to 30 civilians have been killed in the fighting, he said. It is a major show of force by the Taliban as capturing Ghazni in the east of the country would cut off a key highway linking Kabul to the traditional insur... more »
Plummeting August 13 Temperatures In The US
August 13th afternoon temperatures have plummeted in the US over the past century, as has the frequency of hot days. On this date one hundred years ago, almost the entire US east of the Rocky Mountains was over 90 … Continue reading →
Covering/Not Covering
It's interesting that Jeremy Corbyn's latest difficulties have made the Top 5 stories for both the Sky and ITV news websites: ...and yet are nowhere to be seen on the BBC news website's home page, or even on the BBC's Politics page. This mirrors something I observed over the weekend via TV Eyes... Jeremy Corbyn was in trouble on Friday night for a speech comparing Israel's actions to the Nazi occupation of Europe and then from Saturday morning onwards was in the eye of a storm over his actions in Tunisia four years ago. Sky News devoted considerable attention to both stories ov... more »
Another violent cannabis dispensary-related attack
News 1. Health care Writes Stephen Kimber: “I want to assure you that I’ve heard you, and I’ve listened,” McNeil said of the health care crisis on election night. “We have a plan, and the opposition parties have a plan, and we can work together to make it better.” So much for working together. With […]
Lawmaker blocked anti-vaccine activists on Twitter. Now he’s facing a lawsuit
On July 27th, activists fighting for choice and safety in vaccines filed a suit in federal court against Sen. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento because he blocked them on Twitter, in violation of their First Amendment rights. Their lawsuit argues Pan’s Twitter account is a modern public forum because he is a government official. RELATED STORY: Questioning vaccines ought […] The post Lawmaker blocked anti-vaccine activists on Twitter. Now he’s facing a lawsuit appeared first on Health Nut News.
New studies drop a bombshell on fish oil
Omega-3 fats are essential polyunsaturated fats (PUFA) required for healthy digestion, muscle activity, blood clotting, visual acuity, memory and much more. Most omega-3s are considered “essential fats” as your body cannot make them. You have to get them from your diet. However, there’s plenty of confusion when it comes to which omega-3 fats are required […] The post New studies drop a bombshell on fish oil appeared first on Health Nut News.
BREAKING: Bayer shares fall after Monsanto’s Roundup cancer trial
Last week when I shared that Monsanto had been ordered to pay $289.2 million to former school groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson, currently dying of cancer (due to the Roundup he used) I suggested that perhaps this trial- the first of thousands– was the first crack in their wall. And I may have been right. RELATED STORY: Bayer + Monsanto = […] The post BREAKING: Bayer shares fall after Monsanto’s Roundup cancer trial appeared first on Health Nut News.
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From Jenna Orkin Almost 10,000 Cancers from 9/11 Toxic Dust NASA's Parker Solar Probe launched to 'touch' a star for the first time — here are the hellish conditions the must survive 11-Year-Old Girl Changed Results of Florida Presidential Election at Hacker Convention Infowars Website Traffic Explodes After Silicon Valley Blacklists Alex Jones Empire"A Devastating Scenario": Brazil Breaks Own Record For Number Of Murders, Ahead Of ElectionIran Sanctions Fallout: China Takes Over French Share In Giant Iran Gas ProjectWill Myanmar Become A Conduit For Iranian Crude Into China? Eco-F... more »
BioFire and lamivudine: two effective Ebola defences for Germany and any country in the short term (long term removing eugenicist Globalists like Merkel is only way)
Giving hospitals around Germany a rapid and accurate diagnostic tool like BioFire and a stockpile of an HIV drug lamivudine which was proven to help Ebola patients in Liberia if they were given treatment quickly, Germany can take some effective steps to prevent its spread and avert any mass vaccinations. By making controlling borders its […]
RED ALERT! BILL GATES AND MERCK FORM UNHOLY ALLIANCE TO GET EBOLA JAB A LICENSE FOR USA AND EUROPE IN 2019
Bill Gates and Merck have joined forces to get an Ebola vaccine licensed in USA and Europe in 2019, though it could be sooner. Merck’s Ebola vaccine did not receive a license in 2015 because the “unusual trial design yielded data that were not deemed strong enough to lead regulatory bodies to license the vaccine.” http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/12/special-report-ebolas-thin-harvest […]
W.H.O. DEMANDS SECURITY FOR MEDICAL TEAMS
From Rfi Des officiels congolais et de l’Organisation mondiale de la santé portent des combinaisons de protection alors qu’ils participent à une formation contre le d’Ebola, près de la ville de Beni, le 11 août 2018. © REUTERS/Samuel Mambo Par RFI Publié le 12-08-2018 Modifié le 12-08-2018 à 23:22 Ce n’est pas la première fois […]
RED ALERT! W.H.O. PLANS TO MOVE TO TO MASS, FORCED EBOLA VACCINATION
A very dangerous precedent is being set in the DR Congo which could be used anywhere around the globe under various pretexts (e.g. armed police in London have to guard Ebola vaccine centres from ISIS terrorists and these armed police can also be deployed to compel vaccination of people in affected area by medical teams at the same […]
Official at epicentre of Ebola outbreak calls for the entire population to be given risky vaccine
From Radiomotofm Au nom de la population de Beni, l’administrateur de ce territoire a encouragé toutes les parties prenantes dans la lutte contre l’épidémie. KASEREKA KIBWANA Donat a au même moment plaidé pour que la vaccination soit élargie à toute la population de la zone de santé de Mabalako et environs. De son coté, le […]
African media focuses on Trump’s corrupt CDC chief who said that water was enough to stop Ebola. Is the USA really prepared?
From Modern Ghana Ex-CDC head, Dr. Brenda Fiztgerald bows in shame when her corruption came to light. Time will when the CDC and WHO will be exposed for allowing the US government to test Aids and Ebola bio-weapons in Africa … She has to resign as head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
International scientists point out the Ebola vaccines lack an evidence base, welcome attempt to correct hype
From NIH Despite promising advances, important scientific questions remain unanswered in the effort to develop a safe and effective Ebola vaccine, according to members of an international Ebola research consortium. In a Viewpoint published in The Lancet, the experts review the current field of Ebola vaccine candidates and clinical trials and highlight key gaps in […]
Progressives Ask Why So Many Unions Seem Anti-Progressive
* A South Boston anti-busing protest in the 1970s (source)* *by Gaius Publius* *As a new Democratic insurgency has risen over the last year, unions have clung tightly to the old guard.* — Aida Chávez & Ryan Grim, *The Intercept* The modern progressive movement is far and away a very good friend of labor. The labor movement, on the other hand, seems far less a friend of progressives. This varies from union to union, of course, and also within unions. There are many pro-progressive unions and union members. National Nurses United, for example, strongly supported Bernie Sanders in th... more »
Syrian military sends more reinforcements to northern Hama for upcoming offensive
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 P.M.) – The Syrian military has send more reinforcements to the northern countryside of the Hama Governorate, as thy prepare to launch their upcoming offensive. According to a military source in Latakia, the Syrian Arab Army’s Republican Guard and 4th Division sent reinforcements to the northern countryside of Hama from the Damascus […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Iranian military unveils new domestically-made quadcopter
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:30 P.M.) – The Iranian military unveiled new military equipment to leaders of the Persian Gulf nation this morning, the state-owned Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported. According to the IRNA report, the Iranian military unveiled a domestically-made, vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) quadcopter called the ‘Hodhod-4’. The Hodhod-4 reportedly has a command-and-control […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Extremely Graphic: Saudi coalition massacres schoolchildren in northern Yemen
At least 50 civilians, mostly children, were killed, scores others injured when the Saudi-led coalition conducted deadly airstrikes targeting a busy marketplace in northern Saada last Thursday. Most of the victims were children whose school bus was directly hit by the aerial bombardment. Earlier UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an independent investigation into the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
VIDEO: Boy whipped for publicly sitting with a girl in Syria’s Idlib
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3:35 P.M.) – A teenager was sentenced to 50 lashes and forcibly shaving his head for sitting with a girl in public. The northwestern Syrian province of Idlib is primarily controlled by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham; the Syrian offshoot of al-Qaeda organization. The ultraconservative group is applying strict Sharia laws where boys and girls […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Baghdadi seriously wounded by Iraqi airstrikes in Syria – Sumaria TV
Leader of the Daesh terrorist group Abu Bakr Baghdadi is bedridden after a serious injury and does not lead the group, Alsumaria broadcaster reported Monday citing an intelligence source. The Alsumaria broadcaster reported that Baghdadi was wounded in June during an attack by the Iraqi Air Force on one of the Daesh-controlled Syrian villages. Several terrorists were killed, the rest, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
SDF denies coordination with Syrian Army in upcoming Idlib battle
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:00 P.M.) – The spokesperson for the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Kino Gabriel, stated on Monday that his group and the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) are not coordinating together for the latter’s upcoming Idlib offensive. “There is no coordination with the Syrian regime in regards to the battle of Idlib,” Gabriel stated, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
More refugees return to Syria from Lebanon
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (2:55 P.M.) – Hundreds of Syrian refugees have left to their villages in southwest Syria as the government forces liberate more territories countrywide. Up to 200 people returned to their homes – from Shabaa town – in Beit Jinn and Mazraat Beit Jinn in west Damascus countryside after the area is entirely secured. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Russia to modernize Tu-95MS strategic missile-carrying bomber
The Tupolev Aircraft Company will develop the modernized Tu-95MSM strategic missile-carrying bomber for Russia’s Defense Ministry, the company’s press office told TASS on Monday. “The contract for creating the heavily-modernized Tu-95MSM aircraft has already been concluded,” the company’s press office said. The details and the time frame of the bomber’s heavy upgrade have not yet […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
New Source of Non-Cannabis, Non-Hemp Derived CBD Discovered
*Alex Pietrowski* - Great news for those who cannot access CBD due to the legal standing of cannabis and hemp.
Bayer Stock Nosedives After Jury Finds Monsanto Guilty of Covering Up Cancer Risks
*Alex Pietrowski* - Monsanto has been lying about the safety of their most popular products.
Musings On Iraq In The News
I was cited by the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence in "From Battlefield to Ballot Box: Contextualising the Rise and Evolution of Iraq's Popular Mobisation Units." Was also quoted by Wladiir van Wilgenburg in "UN: Baghdad most affected by violence with 63 civilians killed in July" for Kurdistan 24 and by Paul Iddon in "What will a new Iraq-Turkey border-crossing mean for KRG?" for Rudaw.
How Trump’s War on Regulation is Trickle-Down Economics
When Trump’s not blaming foreigners for everything that ails America, he’s blaming regulations. Last... more »
China Will Soon Have the World's Largest Submarine Force. And Japan Has a Plan to Stop Them in a War.
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Asia* And this plane is a big part of that plan. *Tokyo eventually intends on operating sixty to seventy P-1s to replace all its P-3Cs, and plans on routinely upgrading the P-1’s sensors every ten years. The JSDF may also procure customized P-1s to replace P-3 variants, which include five EP-3C signals intelligence planes, four OP-3C optical reconnaissance aircraft, and four UP-3C and UP-3D test and training planes.* Japan may be the only nation to have experienced having its economy truly crippled by submarine warfare. Yes, the costly campaigns wag... more »
The Navy Is Going To War Against Mines
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * Could new technology make them obsolete? The Navy can now use sonar and video-guided underwater warheads to attack and destroy enemy sea mines at the bottom of the ocean, improving protection for submarines and surface ships while bringing new combat ability to maritime war operations, service officials said. Operating from a MH-60S maritime helicopter, the Airborne Mine Neutralization System (AMNS) is designed to enable Carrier Strike Groups, Expeditionary Strike Groups and Amphibious attack missions to improve combat access while lowering risk to su... more »
In 2015, North Korea Practiced "Sinking" a Navy Aircraft Carrier
*Zachary Keck* *Security, Asia* Could Kim really do it? *Kim also told the military not to fear America and its allies’ superior technology because “the fight with the enemies is not only the confrontation between arms and equipment and physical strength but the confrontation of mental power and ideology of people.” Kim argued that North Korea holds advantages over its adversaries in these latter qualities.* North Korea’s Navy and Air Force recently conducted a drill simulating “mercilessly striking” U.S. Aircraft Carriers using “guerrillas-style combat,” according to official... more »
NATO Is Getting Ready to Go to War Against Russia's Submarines
*Zachary Keck* *Security, Europe* While much attention was given to the recently concluded NATO Summit, the alliance has quietly been busying trying to hunt its own submarines. *The episode does make clear that NATO has to devote extensive resources to tracking Russian submarines and that interoperability is crucial. Hence, the need for drills like Dynamic Mongoose and Dynamic Mantra.* While much attention was given to the recently concluded NATO Summit, the alliance has quietly been busying trying to hunt its own submarines. From June 25 to July 6, 2018, seven NATO members parti... more »
Russia Claims to Be Developing New Aircraft that Can Disable U.S. Satellites
*Michael Peck* *Security, Europe* Could this trigger a Nuclear War? *If Russia can in fact disable the electronics on American satellites, and the NPR does reflect U.S. policy, then turning off a satellite could be construed as an act of war sufficient to justify a nuclear response. Whether a U.S. president would in fact risk thermonuclear war over a disabled satellite is another matter. Nonetheless, Russia’s new toy could have dangerous implications.* Russia says it is developing a new aircraft that can disable the electronics on U.S. satellites. Could this new development tri... more »
Could This 1 Chinese Fighter Jet Take on the Air Forces Best?
*TNI Staff* *Security, Asia* The Chengdu J-10 Firebird was the People’s Republic of China’s first attempt to develop a fourth generation fighter comparable to the American Boeing F-15C Eagle and Lockheed Martin F-16 Falcon as well as the Soviet Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker and the Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum. Who would win in a fight? *Overall, the J-10 is a competent design that offers good capability at modest prices. More importantly, it is an indigenous aircraft where China more or less developed most of the intellectual property itself. As such, the Chinese have gained valuable experie... more »
This Day In Iraqi History - Aug 13
1919 War Min Churchill told PM George that keeping large British forces in Mesopotamia was a financial drain (Musings On Iraq article on Churchill’s views on Mesopotamia) 1951 PM Said signed deal with Iraq Petroleum Company to split pre-tax profits 50-50 with Iraqi govt 1974 Iran and Iraq met in Turkey to negotiate border dispute 1986 US State Dept said Iraq was trying to negotiate peace but Iran-Iraq War continuing because of Iran (Musings On Iraq interview with author Anthony Tucker-Jones on Iran-Iraq War) (Musings On Iraq review *The Iran-Iraq War 1980-19... more »
War is coming – to the United States and to the world
The all-but-inevitable Second American Civil War is likely to be fought away from US soil if the globalists have their way. The post War is coming – to the United States and to the world appeared first on The Duran.
IS TRUMP CONFUSED BY TIME ZONES, OR IS HE JUST A SPOILED CHILD?
Politico reports: Several times in the first year of his administration, President Donald Trump wanted to call Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the middle of the afternoon. But there was a problem. Midafternoon in Washington is the middle of the night in Tokyo — when Abe would be fast asleep. Trump’s aides had to explain the issue, which one diplomatic source said came up on “a constant basis,” but it wasn’t easy. “He wasn’t great with recognizing that the leader of a country might be 80 or 85 years old and isn’t going to be awake or in the right place at 10:30 or 11 p.m. thei... more »
WATCH LIVE: Byzantine Generals Problem & Bitcoin Governance with Chris DeRose
By Vin Armani Watch live at 1 pm EST (10 am PST) – In the first hour we look at how The Byzantine Generals Problem,... more »
Gov. Andrew Cuomo Admits to Committing and Continuing to Commit a Federal Crime—No Charges
[image: cuomo] Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo admitted to breaking a law that people are fined and arrested for every year, and nothing happened to him. The post Gov. Andrew Cuomo Admits to Committing and Continuing to Commit a Federal Crime—No Charges appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
Good riddance to Google news on uClimate.com
The uClimate.com collects together all the latest changes on blogs and presents them as a single page. A long time ago, I included the google news feed for climate because at that time it used to include sceptic articles. But … Continue reading →
Morning Surprise: Boa Constrictor Found Under Car Hood
The Stoughton Police Department says a local resident called their office Saturday morning after finding the snake.
Heat Wave Put Flamingos in the Mood for 1st Time in 15 Years
The birds are long-lived and can breed into old age.
Residents Split in Goose Dispute in Long Island Village
Resident Jonathan Landon sees the geese as a part of the habitat and urges humane treatment of them.
His Name is Idris Elba, But Will He Be First Black Bond?
British actor Idris Elba has stoked speculation he may take over the role of James Bond when Daniel Craig steps aside.
Minnesota Deputies Rescue Women Stranded on Unicorn Raft
KMSP-TV reports the deputies pulled their squad car over and asked the women for a photo, but noticed the raft was stuck in weeds.
Toxins Turning Up in Dozens of Public Water Systems
Earlier this year, federal toxicologists decided that even the EPA's 2016 advisory levels for the two phased-out versions of the compound were several times too high for safety.
Omarosa Releases Another Recording, Threatens to Say More
Omarosa suggested there was more to come, saying: "There's a lot of very corrupt things happening in the White House and I am going to blow the whistle on a lot of them."
Omarosa Says She Secretly Taped Her Firing, Plays Audio
Omarosa Manigault Newman said she viewed the conversation as a "threat" and defended her decision to covertly record it and other White House conversations.
‘Unite the Right 2’ Rally Whisked Away Before Scheduled Start Time
White supremacist rally-goers attempting to hold a Charlottesville anniversary event in D.C. were vastly outnumbered by counter-demonstrators.
Aretha Franklin is Seriously Ill
The Queen of Soul canceled planned concerts earlier this year after she was ordered by her doctor to stay off the road and rest up.
The US-Turkey Crisis: The NATO Alliance Forged in 1949 Is Today Largely Irrelevant
[image: undefined] There has been some reporting in the United States mass media about the deteriorating relationship between Washington and Ankara and what it might mean. Such a falling out between NATO members has not been seen since France left the alliance in 1966 and observers note that the hostility emanating from both sides suggests that far worse is to come as neither party appears prepared to moderate its current position while diplomatic exchanges have been half-hearted and designed to lead nowhere. The immediate cause of the breakdown is ostensibly President Donald Trump’... more »
Why Does Facebook Use NATO To Help Censor Users?
Facebook is using a NATO think tank, the Atlantic Council, which is also funded by the US government and foreign governments, to help it determine which posts are authentic and which are fake. The Atlantic Council is hardly an unbiased judge, however. It is extremely hawkish and has even encouraged US military strikes against Russian assets! Why is a US government funded entity involved in limiting speech? More in today's Liberty Report:
Lib Dem leader Sir Vince Cable can't give a reason why Boris Johnson should apologise
https://youtu.be/XONYnHxFZ2Q Lib Dem leader Sir Vince Cable can't give a reason why Boris Johnson should apologise, Julia Hartley-Brewer kept asking for a reason but Vince Cable couldn't seem to think of one.
The world is NOT a big, happy, adventurous playground . . .
. . . and, with surprising frequency, people who assume it is, die for their mistake. The latest victims were a cycling foursome in Tajikistan. [JAY Austin and Lauren Geoghegan] dropped everything in pursuit of a worldwide adventure in July 2017 — but it would eventually lead to them being horrifically killed for being “unbelievers”. The well-travelled couple, both 29, kept a detailed blog and Instagram posts which revealed an incredible trip reaffirming their faith in humanity and seeing them reach some of the world’s most untouched paradises. The in-depth online accounts show th... more »
Brazil’s Market Expects Higher Inflation, Lower GDP Growth for 2018
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Financial institutions in Brazil have increased their forecast for the country’s inflation (IPCA) this year, from 4.11 percent to 4.15 percent, according to the latest Focus Bulletin, released by Brazil’s Central Bank (CB) on Monday (August 13th). The Bulletin also expects a decrease in […]
Training school shooters in New Mexico?
“The man arrested at a squalid New Mexico compound is the son of a controversial Brooklyn imam who was on a list of people who “may be alleged as co-conspirators” to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, according to court documents released … Continue reading →
ROCKMAKERS: A new arrival upon the front!
*MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2018Part 1—Wittgenstein's pinball machine:* Long ago and far away, "the appearance on the front of a new arrival...became the topic of general conversation." So said glorious Chekhov, though only, of course, in translation. In Chekhov's account, the new arrival was "a lady with a lapdog." The events in question would have occurred in or around the 1890s. (Some background, from the leading authority: "The Lady with the Dog is a short story by Anton Chekhov. First published in 1899, it describes an adulterous affair between Dmitri Dmitritch Gurov, an unhappily ma... more »
Federalism in the Middle East: A Collection of Essays
Demonstration in Banyas, Syria, April 2011 (Source; Wikimedia/Syrian Frames of Freedom) *Editor’s note: Over the next week, *Lawfare *will be running a series of essays on federalist governance in the Middle East. This introductory essay is the first in the series. Links to subsequent essays will be added to this post as they are published.* Events of the last decade suggest a growing momentum for federalist governance around the world. In multi-ethnic countries like Nigeria and India*, *federalism has arguably helped to hold these nations together. More recently, citizens, NGOs,... more »
America's True "Special Relationship" Is With the Ideas of Gottfried Leibniz
[image: Portrait of Gottfried Leibniz (1646-1716), by Bernhard Christoph Francke.] An over-extended and exposed British Empire deployed their Secretary of Defense, Gavin Williamson, to Washington, D.C. this week to try to jam Washington back into the "Special Relationship" straitjacket, without which their centuries-long grip on global power will disintegrate. Williamson used a major Aug. 7 policy address to the Atlantic Council think-tank in Washington, D.C. to try to rev up a full-blown Western confrontation with Russia and China, and to force-feed his audience the big lie that "t... more »
Aerospace industry 'space farce'
Will Griffin's latest video does a superb job of reviewing background of US military space operations and shares where the aerospace industry is trying to take us in the years to come. Griffin is on the board of the Global Network and is an Iraq and Afghanistan Army veteran. He's also active in Veterans For Peace. Please help spread this video around - particularly as we build-up to Keep Space for Peace Week - October 6-13. Two trains are now on a collision course - one is called human progress on our Mother Earth and the other is called the 'Space Farce'. Please do what you can... more »
Germany, EU Won’t Support US Sanctions on Iran
PressTV Published on Aug 12, 2018 Germany strongly criticizes the US economic policies against other countries, saying they are destroying jobs and economic growth. Economy Minister Peter Alt-meyer has named tariffs against different countries and sanctions against Iran as two examples of the Trump administration’s wrong policies. He said neither Berlin nor the European Union will […]
German Minister: US Cannot Tell Us with Whom We Can Do Business
The ‘LUV’ between Europe and USA is getting palpable. German Minister: US Cannot Tell Us with Whom We Can Do Business by https://www.presstv.com/ Germany’s Economy Minister Peter Altmaier says the United States is in no position to tell Berlin with which countries it can do business, vowing support for companies doing business with Iran. – The […]
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. - Beth Gutelius writes that any discussion about the future of work can draw important lessons from the past, with most of the issues facing workers today echoing or arising out of ones which have surfaced before: The set of structural forces that has converged over the last forty years has shaped the economy and produced an uneven distribution of benefits, especially along lines of race, gender, immigration status, disability, and other markers of social difference. These are the ghosts of work, forces which include: - *Structural raci... more »
Gregory Mannarino, "Out Of Control: Stop The Madness- Debts/Deficits/Borrowing/Spending"
Gregory Mannarino, "Out Of Control: Stop The Madness- Debts/Deficits/Borrowing/Spending" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYflIPucd5M
Tamino Finally Admits That My Graphs Are Accurate
Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts Richard Feynman Tamino has acknowledged that my graphs are accurate, but says the data has to be tampered with because of changes in average station latitude. He also says we … Continue reading →
From The Top Down
Lots of Americans believe that, ultimately, their institutions will save them from the black hole that is Donald Trump. But Anne Applebaum writes that those institutions are failing -- and, in fact, they have been failing for a long time: Some of that institutional failure is on display at the trial of Paul Manafort, Trump’s 2016 campaign chairman. Here is a man who is alleged to have declared income as “loans,” concealed foreign bank accounts and lied about money that Ukrainian oligarchs were paying him via shell companies in Cyprus. For decades, in other words, U.S. law enforce... more »
"Peisistratos"
*"Peisistratos"* by The Zman "In the late 7th and early 6th century BC, ancient Athens fell into crisis. As is often the case with the classical period, historians disagree about the particular causes. One issue upon which everyone agrees is that economics played a part. The wealthy families had become an oligarchy, owning the majority of the land. Debt-bondage was common in the classical period. The collateral for loans in that age was the person. This meant that if the Athenian tenant farmers did not pay their rents, they and their children could be seized as slaves. The way it... more »
Dinesh D'Souza: Death of a Nation...
*excellent!* I apologize for my silence lately, but the fact is I had nothing to say. Rather than waste my time, and more importantly - your time, I refrained from cobbling together posts just to post. We also had a mini-heat wave reaching a staggering (for us) 107° degrees on August 10th. Even though our portable air conditioner did a magnificent job of keeping us comfortable the heat, accompanied by extremely low humidity, leaves a person feeling wiped. During the heat wave I also had to deal with an insurance adjuster who, as per his job requirements, was determined to not fix ... more »
Immigration activists fighting to abolish ICE have a bigger vision
A. Naomi Paik, Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 15 hours ago
It's more than just a slogan. For community organizers, 'Abolish ICE' represents the first step to a world without immigrant detention or prisons.
A socialist's primary win doesn't herald a workers revolution in the US
Daniel Pout, Instructor School of Politics & Global Studies, Arizona State University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 15 hours ago
The victory of a Democratic Socialist in a New York primary will not lead to the dictatorship of the proletariat. It's an incremental addition to the long history of moderate socialism in the US.
"Close Up and Long Shot"
*"Close Up and Long Shot"* by James Howard Kunstler "Be careful about what you see in the foreground of the news vis-à-vis what’s in the background. Sunday, the cable networks were on fire over the 30-or-so white nationalists marching across Washington DC — with much larger hordes of masked, black-clad Antifa street-fighters following them around, and an army of DC cops in fluorescent green riot vests following the Antifas and the white nationalist knuckleheads. The event was a billed as an attempt to commemorate the clash that happened between the same contestants in Charlottesvil... more »
Bayer Shares Plunge USD 12.5 Billion as Monsanto Takeover Turns Sour
Bayer AG, the German multinational pharmaceutical and life sciences company, is in panic after a huge share sell off on Monday morning, following the decision from a landmark legal case in San Francisco, which judged that the glyphosate-based weedkiller Roundup causes cancer. $ 12.5 Billion (12%) was wiped off Bayer’s share price in Monday trading […] The post Bayer Shares Plunge USD 12.5 Billion as Monsanto Takeover Turns Sour appeared first on Sustainable Pulse.
Syria Returns Its Citizens. What Is About Europe?
The resolution of the Syrian crisis is quite close, but the European leaders must realize that the full settlement is impossible without resolving some humanitarian issues. In particular, the return of refugees. Both the Syrians and Europeans are interested in this. The post Syria Returns Its Citizens. What Is About Europe? appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
Israel's Great Weakness: An Attack on Its Nuclear Reactors?
*Zachary Keck* *Security, Middle East* Israel’s nuclear establishment has been conducting drills simulating attacks against the country’s two nuclear reactors *Fears about the vulnerability of Israel and other countries’ nuclear reactors are likely to grow in the coming years and decades. Although Iran’s missiles cannot realistically threaten Israel’s nuclear reactors at the moment, the real question is how long will that continue to be the case? It wasn’t long ago that a country like China didn’t have guided missiles. Now, it is believed that Beijing has missiles that can threat... more »
Saudi Crackdown On Canada Could Backfire
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is not apologizing for his country’s call that the Saudis release human rights activists. The post Saudi Crackdown On Canada Could Backfire appeared first on The Duran.
Sergey Lavrov SLAMS new US sanctions over Skripal case
Ruble continues to tank under the spectre of looming American sanctions imposed on the basis of circumstantial evidence and insinuation. The post Sergey Lavrov SLAMS new US sanctions over Skripal case appeared first on The Duran.
US Sanctions are Pushing Russia to War
The American people are being led to the abyss by politicians who are either ignorant, insane or prostitutes for war profits. The post US Sanctions are Pushing Russia to War appeared first on The Duran.
Jeremy Corbyn 'thinks' he did not lay wreath to Palestinian activists
Jeremy Corbyn has changed his story over the wreath laying ceremony. 'Jeremy Corbyn has admitted he was present at a wreath-laying memorial for Palestinian activists thought to have been behind the murder of Israeli Olympic athletes in 1972. The Labour leader revealed he was there but did not "think" he was involved in the wreath laying. Speaking for the first time since photos emerged of him at the cemetery in Tunisia, Mr Corbyn said on Monday: "I was present when it was laid, I don't think I was actually involved in it.' You can read more at Sky News https://news.sky.com/story/... more »
Divide & Conquer on Full Display as Media Devotes Days of Attention to 20 White Nationalists in DC
[image: divide] For days, the mainstream media has been devoted to promoting the protest of 20 white nationalists in D.C. showing their relentless attempt to push divide on Americans. The post Divide & Conquer on Full Display as Media Devotes Days of Attention to 20 White Nationalists in DC appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
Non-Verbal Autistic Child Tasered by School Cop, Left Lying in His Own Urine for 13 Minutes
[image: autistic] A mother has filed a lawsuit after her autistic son was attacked by a school cop, tasered until he fell unconscious and left in a pool of his own urine. The post Non-Verbal Autistic Child Tasered by School Cop, Left Lying in His Own Urine for 13 Minutes appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
Chinese Imperialism
China likes to remind the world that THEY (the PRC - which is one of two Chinas) obey international law. But as with most nations including the USA - they obey the laws they wish to obey and reject those that they can get away with ignoring - sort the way that I do on a daily basis. You may recall that China’s claims on developing the South China Sea by creating islands were rejected by an international maritime tribunal two years ago. China said that the tribunal was "hostile toward China", which justifies their actions...and their neighbors aren't big or strong enough to whip them... more »
Albert Camus: The Dandies' Rebellion
Albert Camus, in *The Rebel* (Chapter 2, “Metaphysical Rebellion”), says that dandyism is a degraded form of asceticism and a refusal to submit to the traditional norms. He writes: The dandy creates his own unity by aesthetic means. But it is an aesthetic of singularity and of negation. "To live and die before a mirror": that, according to Baudelaire, was the dandy's slogan. It is indeed a coherent slogan. The dandy is, by occupation, always in opposition. He can only exist by defiance. Up to now man derived his coherence from his Creator. But from the moment that he consecrates hi... more »
Filmed in Cairo : The return of a state-owned Press corporation CEO
A post shared by Zeinobia (@zeinobia) on Aug 13, 2018 at 4:14am PDT Akhbar Al Youm press corporation is celebrating the return of its CEO and Journalist Yasser Rizk from abroad after having some surgery. Rizk is known to be among the very close journalists to the Egyptian Presidency and current President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi himself as well the army. The state-owned press corporation had banners with his face with the cheesiest slogans ever all over its buildings in Downtown Cairo and even hired a DJ blasting songs since early morning. When famous Journalist and Akhbar Al Youm fo... more »
Trump vs. His Own Administration?
[image: undefined] Are President Trump’s senior cabinet members working against him? It’s hard not to conclude that many of the more hawkish neocons that Trump has (mistakenly, in my view) appointed to top jobs are actively working to undermine the president’s stated agenda. Especially when it seems Trump is trying to seek dialogue with countries the neocons see as adversaries needing to be regime-changed. Remember just as President Trump was organizing an historic summit meeting with Kim Jong-Un, his National Security Advisor, John Bolton, nearly blew the whole thing up by making ... more »
Space - Washington's Rage for Dominance at Any Cost
During a June 2018 speech on immigration, Donald Trump explained one of his latest visions: Here is a more complete transcript: "*I want to also say that when it comes to space, too often, for too many years, our dreams of exploration and discovery were really squandered by politics and bureaucracy, and we knocked that out. So important for our psyche, what’s you’re doing. It’s going to be important monetarily and militarily. But so important for right up here -- the psyche. We don’t want China and Russia and other countries leading us. We’ve always led -- we’ve gone way far afiel... more »
Are you liable for misconduct by scientific collaborators? What a recent court decision could mean for scientists
Retraction Watch readers may have followed our coverage of the case of Christian Kreipke, a former Wayne State researcher who was recently barred from U.S. Federal funding for five years. That punishment followed years of allegations and court cases, along with half a dozen retractions. The case has been complicated, to say the least, and … Continue reading Are you liable for misconduct by scientific collaborators? What a recent court decision could mean for scientists
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*UK: Male, pale and stale: university professors to be given 'reverse mentors'* *A reminder of Maoist China and the "Red Guards". Wondering why applications to universities are down? Because universities have stopped being about the transmission and expansion of knowledge and become left-wing madrassas. Who wants to pay £50,000 to be told they’re racist, sexist, transphobic, etc.?* Male, pale and stale university professors are to be given “reverse mentors” to teach them about unconscious bias, under a new Government funded scheme. Under the project, white men in senior acad... more »
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*Warming is good for flamingos!* In a feat attributed to the heat wave that swept across Europe, rare Andean flamingos at a wetlands reserve in Britain have laid eggs for the first time in 15 years. The exotic birds are “fickle breeders” and can go years without nesting successfully, the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in Slimbridge, England, said in a statement this past week. But amid scorching temperatures on the Continent — which have spawned wildfires in England and Wales, melted glaciers in Austria and Sweden, and broken records in Portugal — a surprising thing happened at the ... more »
Climate Tricks 71, "Rising ocean" when reality is rising rivers, lakes
The climate alarmism movement is all about creating unnecessary or false alarm and worries to the people. They warn of “rising ocean” when reality shows that we are more engulfed with rising creeks, rivers and lakes, resulting in flooded farms, streets and villages. The past three weeks, Metro Manila and many surrounding provinces have experienced many days of prolonged rains known as "Habagat" or south-west monsoon. Late this week, especially last Friday-Saturday, many areas experienced heavy rains and flooding. Photo here from Jaysus Reyes, 4am Saturday, SM Marikina. Also a vide... more »
Duterte federalism is anti-economic freedom, for bigger government
I am no fan of DOF and #Dutertenomics in their tax-tax-tax de #TRAIN but I'm their fan in their anti-federalism assessment. Go, Sec. Dominguez. Friends tayo sa anti-federalism, pero less-friends tayo sa TRAIN de TRABAHO nyo ha. cheers. *Interest rates ‘will go to hell’ under federalism – Dominguez* Published August 9, 2018, 7:33 AM By Chino Leyco https://news.mb.com.ph/2018/08/09/interest-rates-will-go-to-hell-under-federalism-dominguez/ *DOF chief: Draft federal charter could force massive gov’t job cuts* By: Ben O. de Vera - Reporter / Philippine Daily Inquirer / 07:25 AM August 11,... more »
The Throne and the Altar
Do not overestimate importance of money, writes Israel Shamir. Clinton had much more money than Trump, yet she lost
Rio’s CR Flamengo Beats Cruzeiro 1×0 at Maracanã
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On Sunday, August 12th, Rio’s CR Flamengo held on to defeat Belo Horizonte’s Cruzeiro 1-0 in Round 18 of the Campeonato Brasileiro (Brasileirão) Série A. Despite starting five reserves yesterday, Vitinho, Paquetá, Trauco, Dourado, and Piris, a raucus 55,000-plus showed up at famed Maracanã Stadium […]
An Old OLC Opinion on Whether the President Can Be Subpoenaed
Over the weekend, I received a surprising email from my friend Stephen Bates, a professor of journalism and media studies at the University of Nevada Las Vegas who occasionally writes for *Lawfare*. Partly because of Bates’s work for Ken Starr, for whom he helped write the Starr Report, Bates has a long-running interest in matters pertaining to investigations of presidents. So back in June, he sought under the Freedom of Information Act a Watergate-era Office of Legal Counsel opinion on what has once again become a timely subject: “Presidential Amenability to Judicial Subpoenas.” ... more »
Bayer + Monsanto = A match made in hell
It should come as no shock that Bayer has decided to drop the Monsanto name as soon as their takeover is complete. After all, Monsanto is one of the most reviled companies in the world. However, don’t let Bayer off the hook just yet. They also have an equally if not more atrocious history of death […] The post Bayer + Monsanto = A match made in hell appeared first on Health Nut News.
This boy has a full recovery from autism
We fully understand that this doesn’t happen for everyone and that many families are in agony every day watching their children struggle with Autism. However, we are so happy for this family and want to celebrate with them, and we believe other families would as well. RELATED STORY: If you’re whitewashing autism, you’re part of […] The post This boy has a full recovery from autism appeared first on Health Nut News.
America's Problem: Trump Is Married To The Mob
Trump's Mafia connections have been dogging him for his whole life. Somehow they didn't impress his supporters-- except maybe in Staten Island where Mon connections are considered a plus. Yesterday David Von Drehle gave it another try in the *Washington Post*: All The President's Wiseguys. Trump, he wrote, "spent plenty of time in mobbed-up milieus. As many journalists have documented-- the late Wayne Barrett and decorated investigator David Cay Johnston most deeply-- Trump’s trail was blazed through one business after another notorious for corruption by organized crime. New York ... more »
Part Two- Just as the Winners Get to Write History...
Yesterday, I went into some of the lies, omissions and whitewashes that Jeff fucking Bezos has been troweling out to his shareholders for 12 years running. Today, we'll delve into the Fantasy Island bullshit Tattoo has been giving them over the last eight. So let's resume with 2009's shareholder letter in which, as usual, Bezos lapses into his corporate doublespeak, such as this snippet when he talks about setting goals while pretending Amazon doesn't care about profits- Senior leaders that are new to Amazon are often surprised by how little time we spend discussing actua... more »
Editor's Note
Stuck at the airport waiting for a plane (that is 3 hours late) with some friends just passing by for today. Blogging will return later today.
Edu-Blocks Arrive in New Hampshire
Roughly two months ago I discovered Southern New Hampshire University had become the first academic institution in North America to issue a diploma credential / education transcript on the Blockchain. It surprised me. I knew Learning Machine (MIT) was working on this in Malta, but I had no clue there was a domestic trial underway. I dove in, did a lot of research, and created the map below. To view an interactive version that is actually readable click here. Click here to read the entire post.
Russiagate Conceals Israeli Meddling and Coming War with Iran
*Global Research* | While the establishment and its corporate media stenographers peddle 'Russian meddling', Israel's power over the Trump administration's foreign policy is largely overlooked.
Health care crisis? Check. Leadership to solve it? Another question…
Did you know that, as of Friday morning, the Nova Scotia Health Authority’s News website was reporting a full computer page — 10 different items — flagging current, ongoing, never-ending emergency room closures in Nova Scotia? From the Lillian Fraser Memorial in Tatamagouche, to the Eastern Shore Memorial in Sheet Harbour, to Guysborough Memorial, to […]
These 5 Submarines Could Destroy Entire Countries. Here Is What They Can Do.
*TNI Staff* *Security, * These submarines are the ultimate weapons of war. *Built at the same time as the mighty Typhoon-class, the Delta IV is the current backbone of the Russian ballistic missile submarine fleet. The older 18,200-ton Delta IV design is nonetheless a capable platform and its armed with 16 R-29RMU Sineva liquid-fuel ballistic missiles, each of which can carry between four and eight warheads. Unlike previous versions of the Project 667 design, the Delta IV is able to fire missiles in any direction from a constant course in a circular sector. It is also able to fi... more »
Could China's New Destroyer 'Sink' the Navy?
*Robert Farley* *Security, Asia* No need to worry? *So the short answer to the question “does the United States need to respond to the Type 055” is “no, not in the medium term.” The longer answer is that the U.S. Navy needs to figure out its procurement and shipbuilding policies soon in order to credibly approach design of the next big surface combatant.* Does the United States have an answer to China’s new Type 055 destroyers? Does it need one? On July 3 Dalian shipyard launched two of the big new ships, with some reports suggesting that the class may extend to twenty-four ve... more »
Turkey preparing to launch new military operation in Syria
Turkey has reached the final stage of preparations for its new military operations in the neighboring Syria, the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. “We are at the last stage of preparations for increasing the number of regions in Syria, where we have provided stability through ‘the Euphrates Shield’ and ‘the Olive Branch’ operations. With God’s help, we […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Jordanian military neutralizes terrorist cell in Salt
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:30 P.M.) – Four Jordanian security forces and three militants were killed during an operation attempting to neutralise a terrorist cell in an apartment building in Salt, near Fuheis on Saturday, footage from Sunday showed. Security forces were seen trying to storm the building after a police officer was killed in a bomb attack […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
ISIS fully surrounded at strategic mountain in southern Syria – map
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:20 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has managed to fully besiege the Islamic State (ISIS) forces at the strategic Al-Safa Canyon in east Sweida. According to a military source in Sweida, the Syrian Arab Army was able to fully surround the Al-Safa Canyon after scoring a massive advance on Sunday. The […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Turkey won’t be ‘bossed around,’ says Erdogan on US relations
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:00 P.M.) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country will not be ‘bossed around’ by US President Donald Trump, while commenting on the ongoing diplomatic row between his country and the United States over the arrest of Pastor Andrew Brunson, in Trabzon on Sunday. “You are attempting to sacrifice your relations with […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
RCEP trade ministers to meet on Aug 30-31 in Singapore
13-Aug-2018 The meeting is important as the 16-member bloc now needs specific political guidance to move the negotiations further.
Japan, US to meet again on trade in September: Japan economy minister
13-Aug-2018 Motegi and Lighthizer exchanged views on individual trade areas but nothing has been decided.
The Gambia signs the region-to-region Economic Partnership Agreement between West Africa and the EU
13-Aug-2018 The Gambia became the 14th West African country to have signed the region-to-region Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the EU.
Malaysia urged to withdraw gracefully from bad trade deal
13-Aug-2018 With negligible real trade gains from the original TPP, the US withdrawal has made benefits from the regional agreement even more trivial.
La Gambie rejoint l'accord de partenariat économique de région à région de l'UE
13-Aug-2018 La Gambie a signé vendredi 10 août, l'accord de partenariat économique de région à région avec l'Union Européenne (UE), faisant d'elle le quatorzième pays d'Afrique de l'Ouest à l'avoir ratifié.
L'accord de libre-échange avec l'Inde est au point mort
13-Aug-2018 La Suisse ne parvient pas à finaliser un traité. En visite à Delhi, Ignazio Cassis estime que le chemin sera long.
Taliban hails ‘helpful’ US talks as boost to Afghan peace process
Confirmation that the U.S. is indeed involved in direct negotiations with the Taliban, that could allow a U.S. military contingent to remain in the country as the Taliban assume power
Harrabin Forced To Retract Latest BBC Lie
By Paul Homewood https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2018/05/16/mps-criticise-government-clean-energy-policies/ Readers may recall this BBC report from Roger Harrabin in May, which falsely stated that there was a ban on new onshore wind farms. This is an outright lie, promulgated by the renewable lobby and often repeated by the likes of Jillian Ambrose. I filed an official complaint with the […]
Why do distorted views on global warming and the Middle East go unchallenged by the BBC?
By Paul Homewood Booker highlights the latest examples of BBC bias: Anyone who thinks that the BBC any longer pays the slightest attention to its statutory obligation to report only with “accuracy and impartiality” should have heard two items on last Tuesday’s Today programme on Radio 4, each so one-sidedly propagandist that they […]
Spelling it out
This cartoon made me laugh, and not just for its humor, but because the underlying problem is so real. Click it to be taken to a larger view at the strip's home page. The difference between English-English and American-English can be startling - and they're often scatological. A couple of examples: - I was having breakfast with a family in the Baltimore area in 1996, during my first visit to this country. There were the father and mother, their teenage daughter, and myself. I noticed that the daughter was picking the cherries out of her fruit salad and placing th... more »
Junk climate science rolls on…
“Bishop Hill bothered to look up the paper, should you want to bother reading it. It’s junk science at it’s worst, and apparently sailed through peer review in less than two months.” click here
New York Times Print Headline About Vaccine Science Radically Different from Online Version
Not much to say here. The print version of the New York Times had a strong headline for the op-ed by Melinda Wenner Moyer. It had a very different implication than the online version on the same op-ed. The Censorship...
Doctor Describes Severe Reaction to Shingrix Vaccine with Refreshing Transparency
By Kim Rossi Many years ago, I worked for a wonderful woman who became a mentor and second mother to me. She had a saying, "Don't punish progress." I think of her wise words every day. When one of my...
Rio Nightlife Guide for Monday, August 13, 2018
We have the top three picks for this Monday, and below there is a list of bars and lounges that are always a good option. PARTY: Super Sarrada contra o Baixo Astral @ Caipi 373 Bar (Lapa) – This party, one of the newest in Lapa, features free caipirinhas from 11PM-midnight. There will also be […]
How Russia will respond to America’s latest sanctions… (Video)
The Duran – News in Review – Episode 77. The post How Russia will respond to America’s latest sanctions… (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
Spies, Straws and So Forth
*California Progressiveness* I haven't heard much outrage from Californians, that their favorite daughter, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) employed a Chinese spy to drive her around for twenty years. The fact that the spy reported back her every thought may have been worse for the Chinese than it was for the USA, though. I wonder if Nancy Pelosi would consider employing Chinese spies to haul her from place to place and listen in on her phone calls? Don't you find it strange that there is no call for s special counsel to investigate Senator Feinstein's lax behavior that led to espio... more »
Taliban Kill More Than 200 Afghan Defenders on 4 Fronts: ‘a Catastrophe’
The Talban are advancing across Afghanistan and now there are suggestions that government in Kabul may be nearing its final days
Endgame in Afghanistan?
Is the Trump administration engaged in secret, face-saving negotiations to effectively allow the Taliban to assume power in Afghanistan?
Black Migration as White Ethnic Cleansing in the US
Sponsoring migration is a longtime Illuminati ploy. E Michael Jones book, Slaughter of the Cities chronicles the creation of modern urban America
Blow-back is a bitch
Like Frankenstein, identity politics is turning on its creators. Irish Savant explains
Meet Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales: Ex Porn Peddler Paid by ‘Israel’ to Spread Zionist Propaganda
Is Wikipedia founder James Wales, a suspected Hasbara agent (of influence), being used to explain and justify Israeli policy?
Musical Interlude: Yanni, “To the One Who Knows”
Yanni, “To the One Who Knows” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xBePsQzdOw&html5=1
"The Invitation"
*"The Invitation"* "It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing. It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive. It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain! I want to know if you can sit with pain, mi... more »
"Don't Wonder..."
"Don't wonder why people go crazy. Wonder why they don't. In the face of what we can lose in a day, in an instant, wonder what the hell it is that makes us hold it together." - "Grey's Anatomy"
"The Paradox of Our Time"
Dr. Bob Moorehead, "The Paradox of Our Time" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=181B7yainqY
Study: "Blue Light Emitted by Smartphones and Laptops Accelerates Blindness by Making a Molecule in Our Eyes Toxic”
*Study: "Blue Light Emitted by Smartphones and Laptops * *Accelerates Blindness by Making a Molecule in Our Eyes Toxic”* by Lindsay Dodgson "Staring at screens all day isn't good for us - we know this. It can cause eye strain, sometimes called computer vision syndrome, and the light is so bright it can mimic sunlight, mess with our hormones, and prevent us from feeling sleepy. And according to a new study, published last month in the journal Scientific Reports, the blue light emitted by our phones, tablets, and laptops might increase our chance of becoming blind. Previous studies ha... more »
SCHOOLS, SAILING, SELF, 9 11, FRANCE
... The evolution of consciousness back into light? "Rather than seeing illness as our failure to be responsible for our health, it's more useful to view it as a sign that we're ready to grow. "The part of us that chooses illness is the 'Self' with a capital 'S', the Spiritual Self that sees our highest good in a way the limited perceptions of our ego can't." The Spiritual Purpose of Physical Illness .. Al Franken. Aangirfan has been to France. Above we see a Moslem girl. ... YOUNG GIRLS - FRANCE AND BELGIUM. LE PEN LINKED TO MOSSAD VOLTAIRE. ... REVOLUTION NORMANDY ... more »
“Do We Really Evaluate Each Being On The Basis Of A Monetary Value?” Comment Deadline Tonight 11:59 PM Eastern Time
Re: Cost Considerations in Rulemaking Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OA-2018-0107 Agency: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Proposed Rule Comment Deadline August 13th, 11.59 … Continue reading →
“Only Our Environmental Protection Measures Stand Between Us And Disaster” Comment Deadline Tonight 11:59 PM Eastern Time
Re: Cost Considerations in Rulemaking Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OA-2018-0107 Agency: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Proposed Rule Comment Deadline Monday August 13th, … Continue reading →
Trump Administration Taking The E And The P Out Of The EPA: Comment Deadline Tonight 11:59 PM Eastern Time
Re: Cost Considerations in Rulemaking Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OA-2018-0107 Agency: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Proposed Rule Comment Deadline August 13th, 11.59 … Continue reading →
Search for ETs is more speculative than modern theoretical physics
Edwin has pointed out a new tirade against theoretical physics, Theoretical Physics Is Pointless without Experimental Tests, that Abraham Loeb published at pages of *Scientific American* which used to be an OK journal some 20 years ago. The title itself seems plagiarized from Deutsche or Aryan Physics – which may be considered ironic for Loeb who was born in Israel. And in fact, like his German role models, Loeb indeed tries to mock Einstein as well – and blame his mistakes on the usage of thought experiments: Einstein made great discoveries based on pure thought, but he also made ... more »
US ambassador says UK should join Trump and put pressure on Iran
It happened with Iraq but doesn't seem to be happening with Iran. The U.S. begins to sound desperate to get others to join with its hard-line stance as longtime ally appears reluctant to withdraw from Iran nuclear deal
Let’s Not Invite China to Invade Taiwan
*Gordon G. Chang* *Security, Asia* An important debate continues on. In “The United States Must Be Realistic on Taiwan,” Lyle Goldstein, writing on this site, misreads Taiwan’s history, portrays Chinese territorial ambitions as benign, and essentially argues Washington must do what China says because it has weapons. To makes these points, he neglects crucial facts and endorses pro-Beijing arguments that have now been discredited. In addition, he manages to misrepresent my views, sling epithets, resort to innuendo, and include an unrelated personal attack. Personally, I’m appall... more »
The US’ Rebuff Of Russia’s Cooperation Request In Syria Shows Its Cynicism
Making humanitarian and developmental assistance conditional on political factors is Machiavellian to the core but unsurprising to those who have a solid understanding of the cynicism behind American strategic planning. The post The US’ Rebuff Of Russia’s Cooperation Request In Syria Shows Its Cynicism appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
Russia shoots down armed drone targeting Khmeimim air base
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (8:45 A.M.) – A drone carrying explosives was downed by Russian air defense systems while approaching the Russian forces in the coastal air base of Khmeimim, Russian military said. The drone is the 4th to be downed in 3 days. Earlier, the Russian military has shot down dozens of armed drones operated by […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Turkish Lira collapse has Europe worried and Erdogan fighting Trump (Video)
The Duran – News in Review – Episode 76. The post Turkish Lira collapse has Europe worried and Erdogan fighting Trump (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
Only 13% Of The World’s Population Enjoys A Free Press
Only 13% of the world’s population enjoys a free press https://t.co/hiA3QvC8rA — Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) August 12, 2018
Mysterious ‘Pyramids’ Are Spotted on the Atlantic Ocean Floor
Let me explain something. I have been expecting evidence of pyramids in this exact location for years. This the first real occurrence to be properly reported or at least brought to my attention. These were all port cities of the European Bronze Age and were sunk in 1159 BC by the same events that ended the whole Atlantean sea trade based civilization. I have been posting now for years that the annual copper fleet from all of he Americas but principally from Poverty point and Lake Superior would gather here before making their run to the Irish Sea and Lewis in particular. This ... more »
Universal Healthcare Could Save Hundreds of Billions of Dollars Annually
The USA has been suffering under a blizzard on disinformation for decades whose sole purpose is to provide cover for insurance fraud. An insurance company is necessary to provide life insurance or a pension benefit for a group of people representing a subset of the population. All good as many people simply cannot actually qualify and it is certainly not universal. Good health happens to be incredibly important to the individual and the Nation itself. It is an universal need as is base sustenance. The dead may well vote, but they certainly do not pay taxes. My point is that th... more »
The Coconut Crab
[image: Coconut Crab] A reminder that some things in nature are not your friend. What i do find informative though is that these crabs are on every island with coconuts. I had thought that coconuts could not travel successfully on their own from island to island. I got that from a source read long ago but a quick check shows us that the wild ones did exactly that. My source had picked up the dispersion of the domestic version which did follow human dispersion. All this explains the antiquity of both the coconut and the crab as well as coral atolls as well.. *The Cocon... more »
Is China's Day Of Reckoning Coming?
Of course it is coming. China needs access to the USA market unless they want to see their whole economy contract nastily. The trouble for them now is that they have to negotiate the present situation with Donald Trump. Trump will be presenting a long list of bad acts by the Chinese along with their costs to the American economy. It will be heavily marked up. It may add up to a couple of trillion dollars. The Chinese will be invited to make good. You too get to negotiate with your landlord after your drunken party. All this will be aimed at a complete reformation of t... more »
Reflections On Love & Courage Video - Three Poems by M.N. Hopkins
Youtube link: *https://youtu.be/00sRwoklKhU* These are three original poems by me that were put into video form for your viewing. I write under the pen name of M.N. Hopkins. *I hope that you enjoy this video and will share the my poetry with your friends.* *1. We Are Lighter Keepers2. It Need Not Be So3. Fear Is Not Our Own*
Midnight Meme Of The Day!
*by Noah* With apologies to our pictured, four-legged friend...
Report: 100 Elite Afghan Commandos Reported Killed From Taliban Onslaught
*Long War Journal:* *Taliban routs Afghan Commandos while overrunning remote district in Ghazni* As Taliban fighters continue to battle Afghan forces for control of the provincial capital of Ghazni city, its fighters overran the remote district of Ajristan and routed elite Afghan Commandos who were assigned to defend it. Upwards of 100 Commandos are reported to have been killed after their unit melted away into the mountains. On its official website, Voice of Jihad, the Taliban claimed it overran the “Ajristan district administration center, police headquarter and other installati... more »
Italy Expects Financial Market Attack in August – Govt Official
Italy Expects Financial Market Attack in August – Govt Official by Crispian Balmer, Reuters, https://www.cnbc.com/world/ * “Hungry speculative funds” eye Italy, says Giorgetti * Italy foreign minister says euro shelters Italy * League econ chief says Italy might need a “Plan B” – ROME, Aug 12 (Reuters) – Speculators will probably attack Italian financial markets this month […]
South African Rand Flash-Crashes 10% As Turkey Contagion Spreads
South African Rand Flash-Crashes 10% As Turkey Contagion Spreads by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ Amid increased anxiety over Ramaphosa’s white farmer land confiscation and reports of a $4.2 billion bailout of state-owned enterprises, the Emerging Market rout in Turkey has sparked a collapse in the Rand in early Asia trading. – The Rand crashed 10% against the dollar almost instantaneously as […]
Turkey Faces Tough Choices as It Teeters on Brink of Economic Collapse
Turkey Faces Tough Choices as It Teeters on Brink of Economic Collapse by Deena Kamel, https://www.thenational.ae/ Measures needed include aggressive interest-rate increases, tackling inflation, mending international relations, and IMF rescue as last resort, analysts say – Turkey’s government faces politically unsavoury measures to pull the country back from the brink of economic collapse amid risks of […]
ECB Fears Contagion from Turkish Lira Collapse, Bank Stocks Plunge
ECB Fears Contagion from Turkish Lira Collapse, Bank Stocks Plunge by Don Quijones, https://wolfstreet.com/, 10 Aug 2018 Turkish lira in free-fall, down 18% in two days. On Friday, the Turkish Lira plunged 15% against the US dollar. Over the past two days, it has plunged 18%. Over the past four months — shown in the chart […]
Rob Kirby: It Is Not Ridiculous To See The Gold Price Going From $1,200 To $100,000 Per Ounce
Rob Kirby: It Is Not Ridiculous To See The Gold Price Going From $1,200 To $100,000 Per Ounce by https://www.silverdoctors.com/ When the globalists finally lose the ability to rig gold & silver, the run-up in prices will make the run-up in Bitcoin look like child’s play. Here’s Rob’s take… Rob Kirby interviewed by CrushTheStreet: – Rob Kirby delivers a […]
Erdogan Says Turkey Economy Under Attack as Trump Doubles Tariffs
Al Jazeera English Published on Aug 11, 2018 US President Donald Trump announced this week that he would double steel and aluminium tariffs on Turkey. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is urging Turks to sell their dollars and buy lira instead, to strengthen the currency, which has fallen to a record low. Since the start of […]
Saudi Arabia on Brink of War with Qatar?
PressTV Published on Aug 11, 2018 Reports suggest Saudi Arabia was on the brink of waging war on Qatar. The country the Kingdom has tried to isolate. Wesam Bahrani takes a look at where else in the region Riyadh has been accused of interfering. end
Israeli Fire Forces Gaza Flotilla to Return to Port, Enforcing Illegal Blockade of Gaza
PressTV Published on Aug 12, 2018 A flotilla carrying injured protesters and students titled ‘Freedom Ship 3’ was blocked by the Israeli Navy as it attempted to break a naval blockade on the Strip. Israeli boats allegedly opened fire on the flotilla, forcing the boats to return to the Gaza port. end
Did Israel Agree to a Gaza Ceasefire with Hamas? Likud Ministers Say NO
Hamas is a creation of Israel. They are controlled opposition via Israeli ShinBet/Mossad. They work for Zionist ‘666’ Israel, the Satanic counterfeit. There is already an agreement between Hamas and Zionist ‘666’ Israel for a Palestinian state in the Sinai desert. (See bottom of post) IE. the Palestinians will be expelled, forcibly relocated into the […]
Russia Finance Minister: We May Abandon Dollar In Oil Trade As It Is Becoming “Too Risky”
Russia Finance Minister: We May Abandon Dollar In Oil Trade As It Is Becoming “Too Risky” by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ One month ago, the bond market and political pundits did a double take when according to the latest Treasury International Capital report, Russia had liquidated virtually all of its US Treasury holdings, selling off the bulk of its US […]
Life on Mars Could Be Found Within THREE YEARS Astrobiologist Says After Breakthrough
Life on Mars Could Be Found Within THREE YEARS Astrobiologist Says After Breakthrough by CIARAN MCGRATH, https://www.express.co.uk/ COMPELLING evidence of life on Mars could be found within three years, a NASA scientist has predicted after two major discoveries. – Scientists are on the brink of a breakthrough in space exploration following the discovery of a lake of […]
Tweets For Today
ASSAD LAUNCHES IDLIB OFFENSIVE AGAINST REBELS https://t.co/PhGJ4fe87Z — EndGameWW3 (@EndGameShowWW3) August 13, 2018 North, South Korea begin talks before possible Pyongyang summit https://t.co/8w7sLSlHTJ — Reuters Top News (@Reuters) August 13, 2018 Over 10,000 people gather at anti-government #rally in #Romania - Reports https://t.co/FNT5mCZ1Bv pic.twitter.com/VFyoD3oQ9W — Sputnik (@SputnikInt) August 13, 2018 MV-22 tests rolling landing and takeoffs in excess of 57,000 lbs on CVN 77 - https://t.co/hpVzULdf88 pic.twitter.com/lAlppT77BS — Alert 5 (@alert5) August 13, 2018 "If ... more »
Picture Of The Day
A tank of Team Iran in the first semi-final of the Tank Biathlon 2018 international competition held as part of the International Army Games at the Alabino training ground in the Moscow region. The teams of Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, China and Iran performed in the first semi-final. August 7. © Sputnik / Eugene Odinokov *WNU Editor: *The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... *This Week in Pictures: August 4-10* (Sputnik)
Do You Think Trump Cares What Jesus Would Do? Do You Think Evangelical Christians Who Worship Him Do?
*Fascism Comes To America by Nancy Ohanian* There are some Republicans-- precious few-- who will work to try to separate the Republican Party from the racism that Trump has inserted into its DNA. Mitt Romney, soon to be Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT), is setting himself up as a Republican alternative to Trump on issues where Trump makes normal peoples' skin crawl. He has a column he publishes on his website, "As I See It," and this week's is called Race And Equality. It's most unlikely to please Trumpanzee if someone shows it to him. A year ago in Charlottesville, a Nazi white supremac... more »
Thai Political Crisis: What the Western Media Omits
*August 13, 2018* (Joseph Thomas - NEO) - Political pressure is mounting in the Southeast Asian Kingdom of Thailand ahead of anticipated elections early next year. However, political analysts across the West have consistently portrayed Thailand's political crisis as if existing in a vacuum divorced from geopolitics. Shawn Crispin provides an example of this with his Asia Times piece titled, "Thai junta dreams of a ‘Thaksin-free’ election." Crispin's analysis does indeed offer many important and accurate insights into Thailand's ongoing political crisis and the pressure that is buil... more »
Former White House Aide Omarosa Newman Taped Her Firing From The White House Situation Room
EXCLUSIVE: @OMAROSA releases secret audio recording of meeting when Chief of Staff John Kelly fired her. #MTP Omarosa: “Is the president aware of what’s going on?” pic.twitter.com/ZTeS7fzz5b — Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) August 12, 2018 *The Hill:** Omarosa recorded chief of staff Kelly in White House Situation Room* Former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman said Sunday that she secretly recorded chief of staff John Kelly in the White House Situation Room. "This is a White House where everybody lies ... you have to have your back," Manigault Newman said on NBC's "Meet... more »
Musical Interlude: Deuter, “Loving Touch”
Deuter, “Loving Touch” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0aDAdxt0ls
The Idiot’s Guide to The Internet of Things (IoT): With an Almost 75% Failure Rate, Security Experts Suggest Only Idiots Would Want to Install It
By B.N. Frank Many security experts have written about the vulnerabilities of IoT already. With an almost 75% failure rate, it’s already proven to be... more »
Who Funds The Petition Site “Change.org” & Can Funders Money Affect U.S. Elections?
By Catherine J. Frompovich What do you know about the online petition site Change.org? According to a December 2014 New York Times article, which was... more »
The Major Change in the Global Warming Groupthink Between 1990 and 1995
From Watts Up With That Guest Blogger / August 12, 2018 Guest Opinion: Dr. Tim Ball Somebody said economists try to predict the tide by measuring one wave. This puts them in the same league as climate scientists trying to predict the climate by measuring one variable, CO2. It is no surprise that an amalgam […]
Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 223 – 2018
Originally posted on sunshine hours: South / North
"A Look to the Heavens"
Young suns still lie within dusty NGC 7129, some 3,000 light-years away toward the royal constellation Cepheus. While these stars are at a relatively tender age, only a few million years old, it is likely that our own Sun formed in a similar stellar nursery some five billion years ago. Most noticeable in the sharp image are the lovely bluish dust clouds that reflect the youthful starlight. But the compact, deep red crescent shapes are also markers of energetic, young stellar objects. *Click image for larger size.* Known as Herbig-Haro objects, their shape and color is characteristic ... more »
"One Must Live..."
“How is one to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in life, when one finds darkness not only in one’s culture but within oneself? If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in its unfolding and accepts responsibility for a life lived in the midst of such paradox. One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would collapse. There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You conti... more »
ANTIFA Doesn’t Only Hate President Trump, They Hate America
BTW, look at the thugs that show up to instigate these riots and rob fellow Americans of their 1st Amendment Rights. Then look at the expensive mass produced manufactured signs. That is a clear giveaway that they are being funded by some outside left-wing source. These truly are the astroturf rent-a-mods that Nancy Pelosi used … Continue reading "ANTIFA Doesn’t Only Hate President Trump, They Hate America"
#QAnon and www.Qanon.pub
Interesting. The media is attacking Qanon like they attack climate realists. They must be flying over the target to be getting so much flack.
The F-35 Program In One Graphic
*(Click on Image to Enlarge)* *Breaking Defense:* *F-35: The World’s Biggest Weapons Program in One Graphic* More than a decade in the making, F-35 Lightning program is transforming air defense for the United States and its strategic partners. More than a decade in the making, F-35 Lightning program is transforming air defense for the United States and its strategic partners. These fifth-generation fighters are delivering the versatility and advanced technology to ensure air superiority for decades to come. Offering three variants — the F-35A (conventional takeoff and landing), F... more »
Obama’s Education Secretary Says Trump Wants Ignorant Children
[image: obama-s-education-secretary-says-trump-wants-ignorant-children] Former President Obama's Education Secretary Arne Duncan said President Trump wants American children to be ignorant because he has authoritarian tendencies. Seriously.
Dreamers
People try to tell me that there is no hope. That the status quo is too fully locked in. That the sociopathic manipulators who are driving our species toward war, ecocide and Orwellian dystopia are just too powerful and too good at what they do. […]
Che Guevara: Romanticizing Tyranny
[image: che-guevara-romanticizing-tyranny] Ernesto “Che” Guevara's romanticized image has become iconic. But why?
Normalizing Satanism in America: Demon Statue in Arkansas State Capitol; Satanic Highway Cleanup in Indiana
Normalizing Satanism in America: Demon Statue in Arkansas State Capitol; Satanic Highway Cleanup in Indiana by Dr. Eowyn, https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/ The Oxford Dictionaries defines “norm” as something that is usual, typical, or standard. To “normalize” some deviant thing or behavior, therefore, is to make that object or behavior a “norm” — that is, making it acceptable by having the public perceive it […]
Israeli Minister Says It Would Be Better if Iran Just ‘Disappears’
Israeli Minister Says It Would Be Better if Iran Just ‘Disappears’ by https://sputniknews.com/ While Tehran doesn’t acknowledge Israel’s right to exist, Tel Aviv suspects Iran of attempting to create nuclear weapons despite the historic 2015 agreement. – Israeli Minister of Public Security Gilad Erdan has endorsed the US decision to re-implement sanctions against Tehran and expressed his hope that […]
Government Silent as Dangerous Meteor Strikes Earth, with More Space Objects Incoming!
Skywatch Media News Published on Aug 7, 2018 You are watching Skywatch Media News A “mysterious meteor” exploded over Thule Space Command Base in Greenland. end
Inside Top Secret Clearance ICBM Missile Launch Control Center & Missile Silo
*WNU Editor:* From YouTube ....* Video of Missileers working inside of a LGM-30 Minuteman ICBM Launch Control Center and a Launch Facility/missile silo at Minot Air Force Base. The missile combat crews are with the 91st Missile Wing.*
The Poet: Norbert Capek, "Worth Living..."
*"Worth Living..."* by Norbert Capek “It is worthwhile to live and fight courageously for sacred ideals. O blow ye evil winds into my body's fire, my soul you'll never unravel. Even though disappointed a thousand times, or fallen in the fight, and everything would worthless seem, I have lived amidst eternity- Be grateful, my soul- My life was worth living. He who was pressed from all sides but remained victorious in spirit is welcomed into the choir of heroes. He who overcame the fetters, giving wings to his mind, is entering into the golden age of the victorious.” Composed in Dre... more »
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