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JB Handley Deconstructing the "Hot Spots" Hoax from Pharma shill Dr. Peter Hotez
JB Handley is on a tear. And that's great, unless he has you in his sights. We invite you to bookmark his blog here. And make sure you order his debut book, How to End the Autism Epidemic today, available...
Nurse in Samoa Charge with Manslaughter Post Vaccine Deaths
Minister of Health We're following this case in Samoa - two children died after receiving MMR vaccination. A nurse has been charged - but it's unclear what she did. From the article, In this tragic case, vaccinologists say they believe...
A New Malaysia? #3: reform roadblocks with Bridget Welsh & Shamsul AB
Two leading scholars on the ideological and institutional legacies Pakatan Harapan inherits from the BN regime. The post A New Malaysia? #3: reform roadblocks with Bridget Welsh & Shamsul AB appeared first on New Mandala.
Japan record high temperatures due to urban heat sinks
“It turns out that the record temperature that the media like the Times got all excited about has little to do with global warming, but likely a lot more with the urban heat island effect, where nearby asphalt, steel and … Continue reading →
Trump EPA Proposal Revealed By Proponent As Means Of Avoiding Nuclear Operating Costs; Cleanup Costs & Evac After Nuclear Disaster – Comment By Tonight 11:59 PM ET
Comment by tonight, 1159 US Eastern Time (NY-DC time zone) https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EPA-HQ-OA-2018-0259 Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OA-2018-0259 The Trump administration is setting up … Continue reading →
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*Oscar Mike Golf* - A friend of mine who is not liberal at his core but he has a lot of leftie friends began a rant to me about how the Mojave Desert is hotter than ever before. It kicked off a discussion about man-caused climate change. I pointed out that 10,000 years ago the same spot was under an ice sheet and 20,000 yers ago it was under 500 feet of ocean. If somebody else talks about global warming to me, I'm going to hurl my cookies on their shoes (or Birkenstocks, as the case may be). Al Gore predicted that polar bears would be extinct by 2018 and they're doing fine - and th... more »
Saudi police allegedly exchanged fire with Daesh supporter near Riyadh
A spokesman for the Saudi Interior Ministry said on Wednesday that Saudi Arabian authorities exchanged fire with a man who harbors “Islamic State ideology” in al-Bukayriyah City, which is about a three-and-one-half-hour drive outside the capital, Riyadh. The man was “neutralized” by authorities, according to the Saudi Press Agency. The assailant was wearing what appeared to be a […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Massive blast rocks Idlib after HTS ammo depot explodes
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:30 A.M.) – A massive blast rocked Idlib city last night after an ammo depot belonging to Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham exploded. According to pro-opposition activists, the blast took place at a Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham ammo depot that was located near the governor’s mansion in Idlib’s city-center. The total number of casualties as a […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Turkish military prepares to setup security checkpoints along strategic Syrian highway
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:00 A.M.) – A large convoy of Turkish supply trucks were seen traveling to the Idlib countryside from the Hatay province on Wednesday morning. According to opposition activists, the Turkish supply trucks were transporting armored cabins to several areas along the Idlib-Aleppo Highway (M-5 Highway). The armored cabins will be placed along the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Houthi forces launch ballistic missile at Saudi military base in Najran
BEIRUT ,LEBANON (8:25 A.M.) – The Houthi forces fired a ballistic missile at a Saudi military camp in the Najran region last night. According to the official media wing of the Houthi forces, their rocket battalion fired a Badr-1 ballistic missile at a military camp in the Al-Wajib area of the Najran region. Per usual, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Turkish forces kill high ranking PKK commander in Iraq
Turkish forces “neutralized” a senior member of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which is listed as a terrorist organization in Turkey, during an operation in Iraqi Sinjar, the Turkish general staff said on Wednesday. “Ismail Ozden, a member of the PKK executive committee and the terrorist group’s senior figure in Sinjar… was eliminated during an […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
ISIS asks for ceasefire in east Sweida as Syrian troops advance (video)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:45 A.M.) – After three unsuccessful attempts to breakout of the Al-Safa Canyon in east Sweida, the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) has asked for a ceasefire with the Syrian Arab Army (SAA). A source from the Syrian Arab Army told Al-Masdar last night that the Islamic State asked for a ceasefire to discuss […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Palestine: Abbas vows to fight Israel to point of ‘cutting own flesh’
The President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas vowed to confront ‘the Israeli practices that continue to take over the land’ during the 29th round of the Palestinian Central Council in Ramallah on Wednesday. “We meet today in this new Central Council, with the aim of evaluating the situations in which our people are going […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Turkish military vows to confront Syrian Army in Idlib, Hama provinces
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:00 A.M.) – The Turkish military sent a delegation to visit several towns in northern Hama and southern Idlib on Wednesday, opposition activists reported via social media. According to these activists, the Turkish delegation met with the residents in these towns to discuss the latest developments around southern Idlib and northern Hama. The […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
The Forgotten Tale of How Allied Bombers Chased a German Sub to Its Doom
*Sebastien Roblin* *History, * Spanish divers have re-discovered the wreck of Nazi submarine 'U-966' In June 2018, Spanish media reported that divers Anxi González Roca and Eduardo Losada and naval historian Yago Abilleira had re-discovered the wreck Nazi submarine *U-966 *off Estaca de Bares in the Galician region on the northwestern tip of Spain. The divers found debris scattered across a wide area at depths ranging from 18 to 26 meters. Roca told the periodical *El Pais* that they had searched for years in the famously rough waters of Estaca de Bares, before being tipped off a... more »
Qanon - Gmail drafts supported Global criminality
As I posted a long time ago, the pedophilia conspiracy is the sole stable conspiracy. For that reason it morphed into the NWO as well and all this has been sustained for generations plausibly tracking back to the seventeenth century when it was still possible to draw on older satanic lore. What now becomes obvious is that the take down of the NWO is only a side benefit of taking down the global pedophile network. All the activity i have been reporting on is aimed first at the pedophiles. This was a bit of a surprise at first but it is also inevitable. Read these items just ... more »
Get The Champagne Out" - The Longest Bull Market Of All Time
What was missing for most of this secular bull market was reinvestment in the USA. Most of those investment dollars were clearly going offshore not least because of Obama Administration policy initiatives and promotion of the regulatory State. The corporations were doing fine, just elsewhere.This also explains just how easy it was for Trump to succeed in Jaw boning the USA economy back into a robust health. The Global economy has been expanding and will continue to do so because the whole global population is fully monetizing and accessing cell phone banking. It is the USA wh... more »
Revolving Door: How Security Clearances Perpetuate Top-Level Corruption in the United States
What has changed is that all these folks now have their communications recorded and actively tracked. The prime reason that these clearances have not been revoked is because all these fine chaps are been actively investigated for serious crimes. Just because it is obvious, does not mean that we have the whole story. Add in the continuing provocation of the so called Mueller investigation whose sole achievement to date has been to act as a stalking horse for Clinton wrong doing and you may have a clue as to what is really happening. The whole world now understands the depth ... more »
After 50 years, the patient victims of Leftist oppression finally begin to resist
In 2016, after been conned for essentially seven whole presidential terms by candidates who paid lip service to their intent, took a long chance on the only candidate who showed up that was clearly no friend of the increasingly visible DEEP STATE. Even Reagan was forced to make a devil's deal to keep the peace and thus accepted George Bush as his VP. That kept the peace while he rebuilt the economy and the military in order to take down the USSR. DEEP STATE interests then coincided. Reagan was the last president in concert with George Bush to be full briefed regarding our Gravit... more »
Midnight Meme Of The Day!
*by Noah* Way back in 1973, conservative President Richard Nixon's Environmental Protection Agency's (Let that one sink in. He created it.My how times have changed!) Clean Air Act banned most spray asbestos products that had been used for fireproofing and insulation after it was found to be causing serious lung and respiratory ailments, including Mesothelioma, lung cancer and other chronic respiratory conditions. 3 years later, in 1976, the Toxic Substances Control Act gave the EPA the authority to restrict the use of certain toxic materials such as asbestos, radon, and brain-dama... more »
Ecuador: The False Lenin
This endangers ALBA’s unity and overall cohesiveness as a stabilizing force of multipolar change in the continent, and it also represents an unexpected historical quirk because of how counterintuitive it is that a man named after Lenin would so closely collaborate with America on this neo-imperial scheme. The post Ecuador: The False Lenin appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
Cuba Claims Justin Trudeau Is Fidel Castro’s Son
A suicide note by Fidel Castro's son claims Canadian premier Justin Trudeau is his half-brother
The Illuminati’s Strategy of Tension
The Illuminati have used terror to destabilize society for decades.
London Terror Suspect Named as Sudanese Migrant Salih Khater
The suspect has no known ties to militants or any political affiliations. So what made his do what he did?
Beijing Responds with Their Own Tariffs. US-China Trade
A trade dispute between China and the U.S. is turning into a trade war. Will it escalate still further into a military confrontation?
Decoding Magic and Kabbalah
Mark Windows and Windows on the World explore the Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism
US FY 2019 Defense Budget Becomes Law
An overview of the 2019 Defense Budget and how its $716 billion will be spent
US Sanctions Foster Emergence of Multipolar World
US sanctions negatively affect the economies of the targeted countries, but they also push the nations hit by them to move closer to each other. The post US Sanctions Foster Emergence of Multipolar World appeared first on The Duran.
These Are The Coffee Brands That Fuel The US Military
*Military Times:* *Sweet, sweet java — these are the coffee brands that fuel the US military* The secret to the United States military won’t be found locked inside a room at the Pentagon nor encrypted on a secure network behind a firewall. It’s found in mugs on messy workstations, in the hands of a sailor half-asleep just off of watch and brewed in chow halls all over the globe. It’s coffee. “If the Taliban or al-Qaida ever poisoned the coffee supply, the entire military would be combat ineffective in less than a day,” Richard Siemion, a former Army infantry officer and combat ve... more »
Stories floating in the air
Between the US President and his three prominent spokes people, Sean Hannity, Sarah Huckabee-Sanders and Rudy Guiliani, there are numerous stories about what happened, what was said, what was tweeted, etc. floating around in the air. The mercurial President lives … Continue reading →
Tweets For Today
#UPDATE Italy's government blamed the firm that operated the collapsed Genoa bridge for the disaster that killed at least 39 people, as it announced a state of emergency in the city https://t.co/BuebemnVcg — AFP news agency (@AFP) August 15, 2018 Taliban overruns another base in north as it withdraws from Ghazni City - https://t.co/1cqdUtqa0f pic.twitter.com/Am4XVuUEXk — Long War Journal (@LongWarJournal) August 15, 2018 French drone-busters at Jordan's Prince Hassan Air Base https://t.co/DwzhXsrGVZ pic.twitter.com/FXjPhT1cS4 — Jeremy Binnie (@JeremyBinnie) August 15, 2018 Myste... more »
Fund Manager: Gold & Silver Being Hit Like In 2008 To Cover-Up Impending Global Financial Crisis
Fund Manager: Gold & Silver Being Hit Like In 2008 To Cover-Up Impending Global Financial Crisis by https://www.silverdoctors.com/ Dave Kranzler provides a very critical update today on what is going on with gold, silver, and the broader markets. Here are the details… – by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics In 2008, gold was taken from $1020 to $700 […]
CONTAGION: Why Turkey Could Gobble Up the World by Lynette Zang
ITM Trading Streamed live 5 hours ago Turkey boasts the fourteenth largest economy and they’ve had easy access to global debt markets. If that debt were issued in terms of lira, no problem, it could be paid off with cheaper lira. Unfortunately, roughly $450bn of that debt was issued in terms of other fiat currencies, with […]
US Looking to Counter Russia and China in North Atlantic
RT America Published on Aug 15, 2018 A new report says Russia and China are stepping up activity in the North Atlantic. This has the navy looking for ways to prepare and counter this movement. Earlier this year the US military announced a new strategy to counter China and Russia. Much of this strategy is classified […]
US-Turkey Get Deeper into Tariff Spat Over American Pastor Detention
RT Published on Aug 15, 2018 Turkey has slapped tariff hikes on certain American products including cars and alcohol. The Turkish vice president called it a response to US attacks on Turkey’s economy. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/9cf9 end
This Mother of All False Flag Attacks Is the Globalist End Game for Humanity
This Mother of All False Flag Attacks Is the Globalist End Game for Humanity by Dave Hodges, http://www.thecommonsenseshow.com/ Mike Adams and several others in the Independent Media has postulated that a major false flag will following the silencing of the Independent Media. I believe there will be a false flag to silence the alt right media. […]
‘He Was Armed with Bandages’: Israeli Forces Kill Second Palestinian Paramedic During Great March of Return
‘He Was Armed with Bandages’: Israeli Forces Kill Second Palestinian Paramedic During Great March of Return by Ahmad Kabariti, https://mondoweiss.net/ It seems that the killing of paramedic Razan al-Najjar in June by an Israeli snipers was not a tragic one-time occurrence. Her colleague, Abdullah al-Qatati, joined her on Friday, hours after a truce brokered by Egypt […]
Robot Sailors Are Coming to Navy Aircraft Carriers
*Michael Peck* *Security, * As for aircraft carriers, the thought of machines running one of the most dangerous weapons in the world is not necessarily reassuring. But that day may be coming. There are few places more busy and stressful than the deck of an aircraft carrier. That's because a carrier is an airport planted on top of a ship. A U.S. *Nimitz*-class carrier is longer than three football fields, but that's a lot less acreage than even a regional airport on land. Still, a carrier has to be to launch, recover and prep jet aircraft, and do so quickly and efficiently. That... more »
Watch This Massive C-5M Super Galaxy Land Without Its Nose Gear
*Popular Mechanics:* *Watch a Massive C-5M Super Galaxy Land Without Its Nose Gear* *An extremely skillful landing.* A C-5M Super Galaxy landed without its nose gear at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland a few months ago, the first incident of its kind in years. Now, there's footage of the incident. The C-5 was on a routine training mission over the Alamo City when it came in for a landing on March 15 with a crew of 11 on board. The flight was a training mission that involved pilots, flight engineers and loadmasters. The crew discovered the nose landing gear wasn’t lowering while p... more »
Was a ‘Muslim Extremist’ Granted Bail by a ‘Liberal Democrat’ Judge After Training Children to Shoot Up Schools?
Despite Internet outrage saying otherwise, New Mexico "compound" defendant Siraj Ibn Wahhaj has not been released on bond, because he is being held on an out-of-state warrant.
Trump EPA Proposal Re Dose-Response Analysis Is Inappropriate And Not Scientifically Based Say Epidemiologists – Comment By Thursday Night 11:59 PM Eastern Time
There is still time to comment by Thursday night, 1159 US Eastern Time (NY-DC time zone). It becomes public record … Continue reading →
Trump EPA/NRC: Spreading the Italian Triangle of Death to America? Refuse Omertà. Comment By Thursday Night 11:59 PM ET
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + : Why, and by what right, has a “researcher”, Giovanni Pagano, from Italy’s “Triangle of Death”, put…
Picture Of The Day
Russian multi-purpose Su-27 fighter aircrafts during demonstration flights on open house day in the aviation regiment of the South-Eastern Military District in honor of the 105th anniversary of the Russian Air Force. © Sputnik / Vitaliy Timkiv *WNU Editor:* The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... *Flying High: Day-to-Day Life of Russia's Air Forces *(Sputnik).
The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming
Democrats are terrified by tiny CO2 molecules, straws, free speech, guns, the US Constitution, cows, Russians, and almost everything else.
What If This Happened Now?
This week in 1969, Hurricane Camille hit the Gulf Coast with 200 MPH winds, about 3X the wind speed of Hurricane Sandy at landfall. This was right at the beginning of the global cooling scare. 18 Mar 1970 – FURNACE … Continue reading →
Venezuela Cracks Down On Its Military After Drone Attack On Maduro
Military support is key to Maduro maintaining power in the crises-ravaged country [Marco Bello/Reuters] *DW:* *Venezuela military officers arrested over drone attack on Maduro* A National Guard general and a colonel have been detained in Venezuela over an attempt to kill President Nicolas Maduro with drones, officials said. The authorities claim some of the remaining suspects hide in the US. Authorities in Venezuela have arrested two high-ranking military officers over the alleged assassination attempt on President Nicolas Maduro, bringing the total number of detained suspects to 1... more »
Fear is the Enemy of Freedom
*Gary ‘Z’ McGee* - The enemy of freedom is fear. It always has been.
Is Fructose as Addictive and Harmful as Alcohol?
*Sayer Ji* - Industrially processed fructose in isolate form may be as addictive as alcohol and perhaps even morphine.
Why Don't People Like Trump Personally?
The new Quinnipiac poll asked people if they "like" Señor Trumpanzee as a... um, person. Only 31% do. (59% do not.) Let's break that number down among various demographic groups. They reported on how much each of these groups *like* him as a person: *•* Republicans- 66% *•* Democrats- 8% *•* Independents- 24% *•* Men- 36% *•* Women- 27% *•* Whites with college degree- 28% *•* Whites- 34% *•* Blacks- 24% *•* Hispanics 19% *•* 18-34 year olds- 28% *•* 35-49 year olds- 30% *•* 50-64 year olds- 36% *•* people over 65 years old- 31% "There's a lot of corrupt that went on both in the cam... more »
Russia Begins Patrols On The Golan Heights
Abandoned UN checkpoint in Golan Heights. © / RT *The Telegraph*: *Russia exerts growing clout in Middle East as it begins patrols in Golan Heights * Russian military police have begun patrolling the demilitarised zone between Israel and Syria in the Golan Heights, highlighting Moscow's increasing clout as a Middle Eastern power broker following its intervention in the civil war there. “The Russian military police are pioneers in renewing patrols of the Golan Heights,” Lt Gen Sergei Kuralenko told journalists at a damaged United Nations observer post. “There is almost no danger ... more »
Labour prepares the ground for compromise on antisemitism code | Politics
The Guardian report https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/aug/15/labour-prepares-to-amend-antisemitism-code-ihra-israel 'Labour is preparing the ground to amend its antisemitism code of conduct to align with International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance guidelines, provided the party can find a way to include protections that allow for legitimate criticism of Israel's creation.' Are there any other countries whose creation is legitimately criticised by Jeremy Corbyn and the others in the Labour Party, or is it just Israel? If it's just Israel then doesn't that fall foul of IHRA?
Is Colombia's Renewed War On Drugs About To Get 'Ugly'?
*Colombia Reports:* *Colombia’s renewed war on drugs could get ugly, and solve nothing* The war on drugs could get ugly in Colombia after the country’s new government said it would ignore crop substitution agreements made with 75,000 coca-growing families and send in the military. Two days after taking office, Defense Minister Guillermo Botero said that the government would withdraw from the agreements made between the previous administration, the United Nations and the farmers in May last year. Botero bluntly said that “voluntary substitution is over” and that he would return to... more »
The Poet: John O'Donohue, "Benedictus"
*"Benedictus"* "As you huddle around the torn silence, Each by this lonely deed exiled To a solitary confinement of soul, May some small glow from what has been lost Return like the kindness of candlelight. As your eyes strain to sift This sudden wall of dark And no one can say why In such a forsaken, secret way, This death was sent for; May one of the lovely hours Of memory return Like a field of ease Among these gravelled days. May the Angel of Wisdom Enter this ruin of absence And guide your minds To receive this bitter chalice So that you do not damage yourselves By attending o... more »
Chinese Security Agencies Are Now Targeting Former Citizens In The U.S. And Other Countries
*Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Daily Beast:* *Chinese Cops Now Spying on American Soil* *China is compiling a global registry of its ethnic minorities who have fled persecution, threatening to detain the families of those who don’t comply. The message: Nowhere is safe.* A major human rights crisis is unfolding in northwestern China, according to the United Nations, which said last week that there were credible reports that the Chinese government is holding one million or more ethnic minorities in secretive detention camps. Yet even for those who have escaped China, surveillance and i... more »
‘Illegal migration’ in Arakan: myths and numbers
One of the rationales underlying the persecution of the Rohingya by the Burmese state is that they are “illegal immigrants from Bangladesh”, having flooded Rakhine State (formerly known, and referred to here, as Arakan State) over the last century. But how valid are such claims in the face of available evidence? The border between Bangladesh... The post ‘Illegal migration’ in Arakan: myths and numbers appeared first on New Mandala.
“The Mass Conspiracy Of Blame Avoidance”
*“The Mass Conspiracy Of Blame Avoidance”* by Paul Rosenberg "If you can ever get far enough from the status quo, one of the most shocking sights you’ll see is the mass conspiracy of blame avoidance. This phenomenon is so pervasive that most people go their entire lives without taking serious notice of it. It simply *is*, and the possibility of another way has never occurred to them. People do see this from time to time of course, but only as it intrudes on them personally. And even then, they generally wander away from the conflict and slide back into the conspiracy, wondering wh... more »
“The Science of Stress and How Our Emotions Affect Our Susceptibility to Burnout and Disease”
*“The Science of Stress and How Our Emotions * *Affect Our Susceptibility to Burnout and Disease”* by Maria Popova "I had lived thirty good years before enduring my first food poisoning - odds quite fortunate in the grand scheme of things, but miserably unfortunate in the immediate experience of it. I found myself completely incapacitated to erect the pillars of my daily life - too cognitively foggy to read and write, too physically weak to work out or even meditate. The temporary disability soon elevated the assault on my mind and body to a new height of anguish: an intense experie... more »
Fascistbook: ‘Censorship Does Not End Well’
*Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone* | The recent deplatforming of Alex Jones does not bode well for the future of free speech.
Lower Your Breast Cancer Risk with Sunshine
If there is something that haunts millions of women, it is the fear of breast cancer. This diagnosis seems to be touching every family these days. Fear No More The reasons for breast cancer are many. Genetics is not one of them. Why would we be genetically programmed to develop cancer? All cancer comes from […] The post Lower Your Breast Cancer Risk with Sunshine appeared first on The Drs. Wolfson.
Long Overdue: Trump Revokes Former CIA Chief John Brennan’s Security Clearance
[image: long-overdue-trump-revokes-former-cia-chief-john-brennan-s-security-clearance] In a long-overdue move, President Trump revokes the security clearance of John Brennan, as many Americans hope he will also begin prosecution of Brennan, James Comey, James Clapper, Andrew McCabe, and other Deep State actors.
Lord Jacob Rothschild Claims “New World Order” Is At Risk
DAHBOO777 Published on Aug 10, 2018 Readers may recall that as part of the RIT Capital Partners 2014 annual report commentary, the scion of Rothschild family warned that “the geopolitical situation is most dangerous since WWII.” One year later, Jacob Rothschild again warned about the outcome of “what is surely the greatest experiment in monetary policy […]
CRISIS In Latin America As Currencies PLUMMET! The Next Domino To Fall?
World Alternative Media Published on Aug 15, 2018 Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen as several Latin American currencies plummet! This is no surprise as all fiat currencies eventually revert to their true value of zero as they have since 1024 AD in China every single time. Still, it’s shocking a lot […]
The Central Bankers Are Up To Something
X22Report Published on Aug 15, 2018 IMF says Spain needs 5 million migrants to pay pensions, what about all the youths that are not working. US household debt hit 13.3 trillion dollars, nothing to worry about. Retail sector rebound with a revision to last month data and the increase in gasoline price. US production slows. Why […]
The U.S. Military Is Worried About China's Moves in Africa
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Africa* The Pentagon and US State Department are reinforcing their commitment to African security and influence amid numerous reports of stepped up Chinese military and economic incursions into the region. The Pentagon and US State Department are reinforcing their commitment to African security and influence amid numerous reports of stepped up Chinese military and economic incursions into the region. Having established a military base in Djibouti on the coast as recently as last year, China is expanding political and military influence in the region, ins... more »
Just How Dangerous Will China's 'F-15' Actually Be?
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, Asia* China’s two-seat Shenyang J-16 multirole strike fighter is nearing full combat readiness with the People’s Liberation Army Air Force. China’s two-seat Shenyang J-16 multirole strike fighter is nearing full combat readiness with the People’s Liberation Army Air Force. The advanced unlicensed Chinese derivative of the Russian Sukhoi Su-30MK2 Flanker-G would afford Beijing a long-range strike fighter capability similar in concept to the United States Air Force’s Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle. However, it is unclear how well the new Chinese warplanes perf... more »
Decline in the Fall (or Late Summer, Anyway): by Fred Gibbon
I am not sure why people write columns. Partly from boredom, I suppose, or lack of anything better to do. Partly from exasperation. Yet partly from the hope that if enough people collectively become aware of problems, they might, just … Continue reading →
State creating groups to help fishing industry adapt to levee, restoration projects
Adaptive working groups will recommend ways to reduce effects of projects on oyster, shrimp, finfish and crab fisheries.
Jefferson Parish landfill odors cited in three new lawsuits
Parish officials scramble to contain stench, limit political repercussions
US Sanctions on Iran Hurting Iraqis Too
*21WIRE + Antiwar.com* | The sanction-crazed bullies in Washington are out of touch and out of control.
Brace yourself: more starving polar bear news stories in the pipeline from Svalbard
Originally posted on polarbearscience: A few polar bears have become stranded on small islands north of Svalbard since the local sea ice retreated — of which the bear that mauled a cruise ship guard last month was but one — and if return of the ice is as late as last year, those handful of…
Climate Change and Forest Fire Fact Check
Originally posted on Sierra Foothill Commentary: The Charge: Timothy White, California State University Chancellor “Nearly everyone agrees that climate change is the biggest environmental challenge facing California and the world. Communities across California are experiencing firsthand the effects of devastating wildfires, persistent droughts, agricultural anomalies and public health crises because of our changing climate. The…
The Afghan War Is Entering A New Phase
A member of the Afghan security forces stands guard next to damaged army vehicles after a Taliban attack in Ghazni city, Afghanistan August 15, 2018. REUTERS/Mustafa Andaleb *Peter Apps, Reuters*: *The new face of Afghanistan’s war* On the streets of the city of Ghazni this week, Afghan troops and Taliban fighters battled for the future of Afghanistan. It was a savage fight. Several hundred Taliban insurgents attacked the town on Friday, and at the height of the battle they dominated the city, pushing back Afghan security forces to only a few key strongpoints while residents cowe... more »
Republican Incumbents Who Voted To Phase Out Medicare Are Desperate To Hide Their Records From The Voters
*Trump rubber stamp Bruce Poliquin wants to take away Mainers' healthcare... and pretend it's the Democrats* This morning I was on the phone with Mike Siegel, the Blue America-endorsed candidate in a gerrymandered Texas district (TX-10) that goes from north Austin all the way through Weimar, Brenham, Columbus and Prairie View into Cypress and Tomball in the exurbs northwest of Houston. He had just gotten back his new polling and it was the best yet. He and longtime right-wing incumbent Michael McCaul are running neck-and-neck and a big reason is their approaches to healthcare. McCau... more »
Assaulting Cops Is Now Considered A Hate Crime In Connecticut
By Aaron Kesel A 20-year-old man in Connecticut has been charged with a hate crime for throwing a brick at a police squad car, which... more »
Musical Interlude: Deuter, “Black Velvet Flirt”
Deuter, “Black Velvet Flirt” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qWFCocIfXI
"A Look to the Heavens"
“It looks like a lunar landscape but this remarkable photograph actually shows our Milky Way and the planet Jupiter in all their glory - viewed from a cave in America's Utah desert. The spiral galaxy, which cannot be seen with the naked eye, was captured by photographer Wally Pacholka using a 35mm camera and 50mm lens on a tripod with a 30-second exposure - long enough to collect the light but not to see the stars moving. *Click image for larger size.* Pacholka, an architect from Long Beach, California, relied on the light of a crescent moon to illuminate the subject and chose the are... more »
"Brighten The Corner Where You Are..."
"All human lives are so profoundly and intricately entwined- those dead, those living, those generations yet to come that the fate of all is the fate of each, and the hope of humanity rests in every heart and in every pair of hands. Therefore, after every failure, we are obliged to strive again for success, and when faced with the end of one thing, we must build something new and better in the ashes, just as from pain and grief, we must weave hope, for each of us is a thread critical to the strength to the very survival of the human tapestry. Every hour in every life contains such o... more »
Chet Raymo, “We Are Such Stuff...”
*“We Are Such Stuff...”* by Chet Raymo “Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears, and sometimes voices, That, if I then had wak'd after long sleep, Will make me sleep again.” "Caliban is talking to Stephano and Trinculo in Shakespeare's “Tempest”, telling them not to be "afeard" of the mysterious place they find themselves, an island seemingly beset with magic, strangeness, ineffable presences. And you and I, and, yes, all of us, find ourselves inexplicably th... more »
HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR UNDERMINING THE AFFORDABLE CARE...
Robert Reich - 10 hours ago
*HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR UNDERMINING THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT* Trump and Republicans in Congress haven’t been able to officially kill the Affordable Care Act. But they’re quietly using 5 strategies to destroy it. Know what they’re doing so you can hold them accountable on Election Day. *1. They’ve repealed the requirement that all Americans sign up for health insurance.* Republicans slipped this repeal into their tax cut for the wealthy and corporations. But that requirement had meant enough healthy people were enrolled to cover the sick. Without it, 4 million Americans will l... more »
"Hold Your Head Up..."
"I want you to always hold your head up and follow your dreams wherever they take you. Don't you ever listen to the people out to hurt you or make you cry. Listen to your heart and be better than them. No one gets ahead by hurting others. The only real peace anyone will ever have is the one that comes from within. Live your life on your own terms and make it a happy life. Always. That's what's important.” -
"I Hope I End Up..."
"I don't want to pass through life like a smooth plane ride. All you do is get to breathe and copulate and finally die. I don't want to go with the smooth skin and the calm brow. I hope I end up a blithering idiot cursing the sun- hallucinating, screaming, giving obscene and inane lectures on street corners and public parks. People will walk by and say, "Look at that drooling idiot. What a basket case." I will turn and say to them, "It is you who are the basket case! For every moment you hated your job, cursed your wife and sold yourself to a dream that you didn't even conceive. For... more »
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- August 15, 2018
*Larry Elliott, The Guardian*:* How serious is Turkey's lira crisis and what are the implications?* *The options as the country’s economic growth displays the classic signs of overheating* *How serious is Turkey’s crisis?* Bad and getting worse by the day. Over the past five years, Turkey’s growth has been virtually keeping pace with that of China and India but it is now displaying the classic signs of overheating: a large trade deficit, a construction boom and soaring debt. Financial markets have taken fright at inflation, rising at an annual rate of more than 15%, and have been... more »
World News Briefs -- August 15, 2018 (Evening Edition)
Afghan soldiers fire a machine gun during a gun battle with Taliban forces in Afghanistan's northern Baghlan province, April 15, 2010. *VOA:* *Taliban Kill 40 Afghan Forces, Overrun Northern Army Base * ISLAMABAD — A pre-dawn Taliban raid on a military base in northern Afghanistan has killed at least 40 security forces, the latest in a series of insurgent attacks across the country inflicting heavy casualties on government forces. A security official in the province of Baghlan, where the attack occurred, told VOA on condition of anonymity that 31 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier... more »
Clark Atlanta ‘Housing Crisis’ Hints at Institutions Relying on Tuition Revenue
While Wednesday marked the first day of classes at Clark Atlanta University, nearly 150 students were still waiting Tuesday for answers about their housing accommodations on campus.
The World’s Beacon of Freedom, That Shining City on a Hill “Was Never That Great”
The Country that introduced the modern world to Democracy. The Country that is responsible for 1/4 of the World’s GDP and having only 5% of the world’s population. The country that produces more Patents, Nobel Prize Winners, Innovative Products and Drugs than any other Nation. The country that Feeds the world. The country that won … Continue reading "The World’s Beacon of Freedom, That Shining City on a Hill “Was Never That Great”"
Idlib offensive to have largest build-up of Syrian Army troops, full list of troops
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:00 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army’s long-awaited Idlib offensive is just days away, but the latter continues to send thousands of soldiers to this front in preparation for the operation. According to a military source in Damascus, the upcoming Idlib offensive is to be carried out by the largest Syrian Arab Army […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Homs governor says refugees afraid to return to Palmyra because of US presence
Syrian refugees are afraid of returning to the city of Palmyra in Syria’s Homs province as long as there are US forces nearby in at-Tanf as well as some Daesh* militants in the neighboring desert, the regional governor said Wednesday. “Few people have returned — only 200 families… People are worried, they are afraid to return to Palmyra, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian Army launches big attack across southern Idlib
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:00 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) unleashed a big attack across the Idlib-Hama axis, tonight, striking several areas controlled by the jihadist rebels. Led by the 11th Division, the Syrian Arab Army fired a large number of missiles and artillery shells on the jihadist positions in the key towns of Khan […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Erdogan vows to stand by Iraq in fight against terror groups (video)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed that his country will continue to cooperate with Iraq and to keep fighting against terror organisations, including the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) and the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS; formerly ISIS/ISIL), while speaking at a press conference alongside Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi in Ankara on Tuesday. “There is no […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Jihadist rebels arrest 12 people for allegedly seeking reconciliation in Idlib
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:20 P.M.) – The jihadist rebels in Idlib continued their campaign to arrest people wanting reconciliation with the government inside the province. On Wednesday, Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham reportedly arrested at least a dozen people inside the southern Idlib villages of Ma’arat Hurmah and Al-Naqeer. The 12 people were charged by Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Russia denies UK intercepted their fighter jet over Black Sea
The Russian Defense Ministry has denied a report of the UK Royal Air Force that six Russian bombers Su-24 were intercepted over the Black Sea on August 13. According to the ministry, on August 13, four planes of the Russian Black Sea Fleet with no Su-24 bombers among them were conducting scheduled training flights over […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
International journalists visit liberated Quneitra in Golan Heights (video)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:50 P.M.) – The destruction of the Syrian Golan Heights city of Quneitra almost a month after its liberation from opposition forces can clearly be seen in footage filmed on Tuesday. Quneitra was liberated by Syrian government forces in late July, along with a number of villages in the area. Opposition forces had taken […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Senate Study Faults Government Care of Migrant Children
Some 200,000 of these children have entered the U.S. over the past six years.
Church Helped Former Priest Accused of Abuse Get Disney Job
Church officials gave a former priest a positive reference to work at Disney World, even though they'd fielded at least one allegation about him sexually abusing a boy.
The filthiest food you can eat, yet most think it’s the healthiest
While health agencies make a big stink about unsterilized foods such as raw organic milk, the food associated with the greatest number of foodborne illnesses is factory farmed chicken. According to the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) statistics, there were 5,760 reported foodborne outbreaks between 2009 and 2015, resulting in 100,939 illnesses, 5,699 […] The post The filthiest food you can eat, yet most think it’s the healthiest appeared first on Health Nut News.
This SW Florida school district found lead in its water. It didn’t tell parents for a year.
An investigation by the Tampa Bay Times has found that the Hillsborough County School District knew about high levels of lead in some of their schools drinking water — for more than a year — and yet, didn’t say a word to parents. Instead, the district announced their results three days after the Times started asking […] The post This SW Florida school district found lead in its water. It didn’t tell parents for a year. appeared first on Health Nut News.
The Poet: Anne Sexton, "Courage"
*"Courage"* "It is in the small things we see it. The child's first step, as awesome as an earthquake. The first time you rode a bike, wallowing up the sidewalk. The first spanking when your heart went on a journey all alone. When they called you crybaby or poor or fatty or crazy and made you into an alien, you drank their acid and concealed it. Later, if you faced the death of bombs and bullets you did not do it with a banner, you did it with only a hat to cover your heart. You did not fondle the weakness inside you though it was there. Your courage was a small coal that you kept swallo... more »
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 15, 2018
Marines with Combined Arms Company, step back as an M777 Howitzer fires a round during a live-fire shoot in Rena, NorwayUS Marine Corps *Reuters: **US to more than double the number of Marines in Norway, strengthening defenses along the border with Russia* * The US is expected to more than double the number of US Marines in Norway, the Norwegian defense ministry revealed Wednesday. * The number of US Marines in country is expected to increase from a little over 300 to 700. Some of the deployed Marines will be sent to the border with Russia. * Moscow has protested the plan, character... more »
"Where Is King Henry Now That We Need Him?"
"In this year, before Christmas, King Henry sent from Normandy to England, and commanded that all the moneyers that were in England should be deprived of their members; that was the right hand of each, and their testicles beneath. That was because the man that had a pound could not buy for a penny at a market. And the bishop Roger of Salisbury sent over all England, and commanded them all that they should come to Winchester at Christmas. When they came thither they were taken one by one, and each deprived of the right hand and the testicles beneath. All this was done within the twel... more »
Corbyn and Rabaa Salute misinformation : The sign's true story
On Tuesday, London-Telegraph published a news article under the title “Jeremy Corbyn condemned after image emerges of him making Muslim Brotherhood Salute” which claims that the leader of Labor in the UK was photographed with a man in an old photo making the famous four-finger Rabaa sign. [image: Jeremy Corbyn doing the famous Rabaa sign in 2017 "Telegraph"] Jeremy Corbyn doing the famous Rabaa sign in 2017 "Telegraph" The Telegraph says in the report that Corbyn is under fire because he was doing the Salute of the Muslim Brotherhood, the group linked to terrorism in Egypt and the Mid... more »
"Where Does One Go..."
"Where does one go from a world of insanity? Somewhere on the other side of despair." - T.S. Eliot
“The Dollar Liquidity Storm Is Ahead of Us”
*“The Dollar Liquidity Storm Is Ahead of Us”* by Brian Maher “It's not just Turkey,” we are warned. “The dollar liquidity storm is ahead of us - buckle up.” Forewarned, we acknowledge Nedbank strategists Neels Heyneke and Mehul Daya for the advisory. Where will it likely strike next? Answer anon... We begin with a brief excursion into the mysteries of the international monetary system… and the “Triffin dilemma.” In 1959 Belgian-American economist Robert Triffin alighted upon a thumping paradox. A nation boasting a global reserve currency carries a unique burden, he observed. It mu... more »
La Unión Europea exige al Perú cumplir obligaciones laborales y ambientales suscritas en TLC
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
15-Aug-2018 La CE enviará una misión de investigación a Perú para que el Gobierno presente antes de noviembre un plan de acción que garantice una mayor protección de los derechos laborales y ambientales contemplados en el tratado de libre comercio
Fedearroz pide al Gobierno revisar TLC con la CAN para que se excluya al arroz
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
15-Aug-2018 El comercio del arroz es un problema que el Gobierno debe solucionar más pronto que tarde.
Maurice et la Chine font un pas décisif vers un ambitieux accord de libre-échange
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
15-Aug-2018 Les entreprises chinoises pourront bénéficier de l'accès préférentiel de Maurice aux marchés régionaux en Afrique, tels la SADC et le COMESA.
Mauritius - China FTA - Third round of negotiations underway
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
15-Aug-2018 The FTA is expected to be finalised by the end of August this year. It will be signed in Beijing in September 2018.
In East Sweida, ISIS Desperation is Palpable
*21WIRE + AMN* | ISIS terrorists have wreaked havoc and horror on this community and now it appears their time is up.
Six Heart Disease Prevention Secrets from Cultures Around the World with the Healthiest Hearts
Heart disease is the number one cause of death around the world and the #1 killer of people in the United States, claiming about 375,000 lives in a year. But despite these sobering statistics, there are places across the world where heart disease is far less prevalent, including France, Japan and Korea, and also in a traditional society found in the Amazon Rain Forest named the Tsimanes, who were found by the National Institute on Aging to Have the healthiest hearts on the planet. Most medical problems like heart disease are complex, with emotional, dietary and lifestyle all f... more »
...Not Space Farce...
*.,¸¸,.»§«,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.»§«*¥*»§«,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.»§«·.,¸¸,.* *Is it Earth-like in space as I travel vast distances? Can I breathe the Earth's sweetness in transit twixt stars? Can I live in a "can" that retreats from the sun, or in rings that we built from the moons around Mars?* *The answer is yes, is my own learned opinion. The answer is yes, in all ways, shapes, and forms. The answer is yes; even frat boys are grudging, as they plan their dark business in churches and dorms.* *We could push to light speed, or real close to it anyway... We could slow elapsed time to a glacia... more »
Hating Whitey: NY Times Runs Advice Column on Curing White-skin Privilege
[image: hating-whitey-ny-times-runs-advice-column-on-curing-white-skin-privilege] No, it isn’t the *Onion*, just an example of truth being stranger than fiction: Proving why it hired anti-white bigot Sarah Jeong, the *New York Times* has just published an advice column on curing white-skin privilege.
Lapps and Labyrinths
Once upon a time, all humans in Europe were nomadic hunter-gatherers. Today, we know little about those prehistoric wild folks. Over the centuries, farming, animal husbandry, ceramics, textiles, and other technologies from the Middle East slithered westward into Europe. Eventually, almost all of the wild folks were either absorbed into the turbulent new culture or eliminated by it. In Europe, the far north was one of the last regions to be colonized. Around 15,000 years ago, it was buried under a sheet of ice that was a kilometer thick. Then, the climate warmed up, and by 8... more »
Trump Would be Stupid to Talk to Mueller
[image: undefined] The US mainstream press is obviously becoming increasingly anxious about Special Counsel (and former FBI Director) Robert Mueller’s efforts to bring an early end to Donald Trump’s presidency. After all, it has now been 15 months (and millions of taxpayer dollars) since Mueller received his special appointment, and he still has not charged Trump with any wrongdoing whatsoever. What Mueller has done is secure indictments against a few Russians who, according to Wikipedia, supposedly attempted “to trick Americans into consuming Russian propaganda that targeted Democ... more »
Senator Richard Burr: a Longtime Fan of Torture
[image: undefined] Newly released official documents obtained by the National Security Archive showing that CIA Director Gina Haspel directly supervised waterboarding at the first CIA “Black Site” simply confirm what Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Richard Burr (R-NC) already knew as he orchestrated the charade that was Haspel’s confirmation hearing. Burr allowed her to “classify” her own direct role in waterboarding and other torture techniques so that it could be kept from the public and secure her confirmation -- further proof that this Senate oversight committee has instead... more »
Samoan fire crew after fighting the fires in California sing their traditional song
These heroic Samoan fire crew after fighting the fires in California take the time to sing their traditional song and is a sight to see. About a dozen American Samoa crew members performed their ritual beside a Cal Fire helicopter in the mountains near Fort Bragg. Drew Rhoads posted the video to Facebook Sunday night and most comments praise the men for their hardwork battling the wildfires. Samoans were renown through the Pacific for their seafaring culture and thus was named the Navigator Islands by the first European visitors upon witnessing first hand the Samoan people's seafa... more »
Google’s China plan a security threat?
” “Google is proposing a new Faustian bargain with the Chinese government that isn’t just morally wrong; it’s also terrible for business,” declared Rogin in his Washington Post article titled, “Google’s China plan isn’t just evil — it’s bad for business.” “
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