11:08 pm MDT
Franklin And Eleanor Roosevelt Wing vs The Joe Lieberman And Blanche Lincoln Wing
*No, not just another pretty face* Democrats from the Democratic wing of the party-- people in the tradition of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt rather than Joe Lieberman and Blanche Lincoln-- had some nice strong wins Tuesday. It was very healthy for the Democratic Party in general that Chamber of Commerce Democrat Mary Glassman was defeated by Teacher of the Year Jahana Hayes in Connecticut, that progressives with powerful personal brands like Randy Bryce WI-01) and Ilhan Omar (MN-05) were nominated for congressional races they should win and that Vermont Democratic voters overwhelm... more »
Musical Interlude: Liquid Mind, “Night Light”
Liquid Mind, “Night Light” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5VzYAPBVJc
U.S. Military Pilots In The Middle East Are Being Targeted By Laser Pointers
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Bernadette Wildes *The Hill*: *Military pilots attacked with laser beams 350 times in last 7 months: report* U.S. military pilots flying in the Middle East are facing laser pointer attacks at a rate higher than the Pentagon has previously acknowledged, according to a report. Officials at U.S. Air Forces Central Command in Qatar told The Wall Street Journal that military pilots in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan have reported 350 attacks in the first seven months of 2018, a sharp increase from 400 attacks overall in 2017. Such attacks had been declining... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“This beautiful telephoto composition spans light-years in a natural night skyscape from the island of Crete. Looking south, exposures both track the stars and record a fixed foreground in three merged panels that cover a 10x12 degree wide field of view. The May 15 waxing gibbous moonlight illuminates the church and mountainous terrain. *Click image for larger size.* A mere 18 thousand light-years away, huge globular star cluster Omega Centauri (NGC 5139) shining above gives a good visual impression of its appearance in binoculars on that starry night. Active galaxy Centaurus A (NGC... more »
"Believe in Yourself!"
*"Believe in Yourself!"* by Jill Badonsky “What you are is a question only you can answer.” - Lois McMaster Bujold "We tend to be attracted to confident, bold, defiant people in the world. Many times audacity can go further than even talent. The talented person who does not show belief and confidence can flounder, when someone less talented but with assertive belief can flourish. Being convinced in the merit of ourselves is an attractive energy that sells and magnetizes attention as much for the product as for the belief itself. Spending time working on confidence, acting “as if” ... more »
OMG This This This This!
That’s right, I’m writing an entire goddamn article about a single tweet made by another political commentator. It probably won’t even be a long article, because the excellent Tim Black said it all. Call me lazy, I don’t care, this is the most interesting thing […]
"Sometimes..."
"Sometimes this human stuff is slimy and pathetic... but better to feel it and talk about it and walk through it than to spend a lifetime being silently poisoned." - Anne Lamott "It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life." - Elizabeth Kenny
X22 Report, “The Crime Syndicate Is Still Using The Same Economic Tricks”
X22 Report, “The Crime Syndicate Is Still Using The Same Economic Tricks” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33JljtuLAVA
Backlash In Brazil Against Venezuelan Migrants
Reuters: *Brazilian border town residents drive out Venezuelan immigrants* *BRASILIA (Reuters)* - Angry residents of the Brazilian border town of Pacaraima ran riot and drove out Venezuelan immigrants on Saturday after a local restaurant owner was stabbed and beaten, residents and government officials said. The demonstrations forced hundreds of Venezuelans to flee back across the frontier on foot and residents set fire to the belongings they left behind and to tires to block the only road crossing between the two countries, video images released by the state of Roraima government s... more »
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro Devalues The Currency By 96%
© Miraflores Palace / Reuters *CNBC/Reuters: Maduro orders 96 percent devaluation in hyperinflation-stricken Venezuela* * "I want the country to recover and I have the formula. Trust me," Maduro said in a nighttime speech broadcast on state television. * Economists expressed doubts that Venezuela's cash-strapped government, which faces U.S. sanctions and has defaulted on its bondholders, would succeed. Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro announced on Friday a single exchange rate pegged to his socialist governments petro cryptocurrency, effectively devaluing by 96 percent in ... more »
Russian President Putin Dances With The Bride At Austrain Foreign Minister's Wedding
*Reuters*: *Cossacks and flowers as Putin dances at Austrian minister's wedding* VIENNA (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin danced arm-in-arm with Austria’s Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl at her wedding on Saturday, after receiving an invitation that opposition critics said undermined the West’s stance against Moscow. Putin arrived in a car carrying a bouquet of flowers and accompanied, local media said, by a troupe of Cossack singers booked to serenade the newlyweds. He was on a stopover on his way to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel outside Berlin. Photographs sh... more »
50 Years Ago: Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia On August 20 1968 Under The Guise Of Military Exercises
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + : During the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovaks carry their national flag past a burning tank in…
The Daily "Near You?"
Málaga, Andalucia, Spain. Thanks for stopping by!
Trump Delegates Military More Authority for Offensive Cyber Attacks
By Jason Ditz (ANTIWAR.COM) — This week, President Trump signed a new order delegating additional powers to the Pentagon to carry out offensive cyber attacks against America’s “adversaries.” The... more »
As Public Learns of TSA Surveillance Program Body Scanners Installed in L.A. Subway
By Derrick Broze The Transportation Security Administration is expanding their surveillance and search efforts beyond the airport. In late July, The Boston Globe exposed the... more »
Mock “Letter of Consent” Explains What it Means to Not Oppose Small Cell Towers in Yards and Everywhere Else
By B.N. Frank Since 2004, the International Association of Firefighters has opposed the use of their stations as base stations for cell towers and antennas. ... more »
New Study: Geoengineering Could Lead to Lower Crop Yields
By Derrick Broze A new study has determined that spraying the skies with chemicals to combat global warming will likely come with the unintended side-effect... more »
The President’s Lawyer and His Cooperation in the Russia Investigation
Don McGahn speaking at the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland. (Flickr/Gage Skidmore) The New York Times reports that White House Counsel Don McGahn has interviewed extensively with the special counsel, cooperating with the president’s consent but perhaps more extensively than President Trump may have anticipated. The result may be a further strain on what, according to the Times, was already a difficult working relationship. One source of the tension appears to be the president’s expectation of loyalty from a counsel who maintains a ... more »
The Trump-Media Logrolling
*-by Sam Husseini* A couple of days ago, hundreds of newspapers, at the initiative of the *Boston Globe*, are purporting to stand up for a free press against Trump's rhetoric. Today also marks exactly one month since I was dragged out of the July 16 Trump-Putin news conference in Helsinki and locked up until the middle of the night. As laid in my cell, I chuckled at the notion that the city was full of billboards proclaiming Finland was the "land of free press." So, I've grown an especially high sensitivity to both goonish behavior toward journalists trying to ask tough question... more »
REPUBLICANS, WHY EVEN BOTHER PREPARING FOR AN N-WORD TAPE?
So I guess this guy got stuck with the job of trying to prepare the ground for a Donald Trump N-word tape, unless he volunteered: A Georgia state lawmaker said he would not have an issue if President Donald Trump used the n-word in the past and argued that holding a president accountable for mistakes made before entering office would "set a bad precedent." "I will always say using the n-word is wrong, and it's bad, and should never be accepted in our society. But just because (Trump) might have done it years ago, not as our president, doesn't mean we need to continue to berate him ... more »
Abortion is a Laughing Matter to a Progressive
Netflix Cancels Gutter ‘Comedian’ Michelle Wolf’s Show After Three Months Due to Lack of Viewership (Source) Abortion is also something to be proud of to a Progressive. And Progressives call Conservatives Nazis. Please Like, Share, Subscribe and Comment Advertisements
Synthetic drug overdoses: a national crisis, or the ultimate cure?
I was saddened, particularly as a retired pastor, to read of the mass overdose crisis in New Haven, Connecticut, a few days ago. This mass, rapid-fire overdose event was a sped-up version of what is happening across the US as local and federal governments struggle to reduce the colliding impacts of opioid, methamphetamine, cocaine and other addictions. * . . .* In 2017, drug overdoses killed nearly 200 people per day, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data released this week, a new record driven by the deadly opioid epidemic. Since K2 was first detecte... more »
Why did Erdogan free two Greek soldiers after six months in a Turkish prison?
The Duran – News in Review – Episode 83. The post Why did Erdogan free two Greek soldiers after six months in a Turkish prison? appeared first on The Duran.
Migrant Spouse of Pregnant Woman Detained on Way to Hospital
A California woman has said she had to drive herself to the hospital and give birth without her husband after he was detained by immigration agents.
The Poet: David Whyte, "One Day"
*"One Day"* "One day I will say the gift I once had has been taken. The place I have made for myself belongs to another. The words I have sung are being sung by the ones I would want. Then I will be ready for that voice and the still silence in which it arrives. And if my faith is good then we'll meet again on the road, and we'll be thirsty, and stop and laugh and drink together again from the deep well of things as they are." - David Whyte, "Where Many Rivers Meet" "The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see - it... more »
The Myth-Busting Papadopoulos Sentencing Memo
George Papadopoulos attends a campaign meeting with Donald Trump (Instagram/@realDonaldTrump) The government’s sentencing memo in George Papadopoulos’s prosecution, filed on Friday, is an illuminating document—illuminating about both Papadopoulos’s underlying conduct and the state of Robert Mueller’s investigation. As to Papadopoulos’s conduct, the document should—though it undoubtedly won’t—puncture some of the conspiracy theories that treat Papadopoulos as some kind of victim of an overzealous prosecutor out to get President Trump or as an extraneous “coffee boy.” It is also a ... more »
Climate Change Battle Report
Originally posted on Science Matters: Anyone paying attention knows this summer the media has assaulted the public with many climate scares, both old and new. Each week we see new ones like “marine heat waves” added to threats that 2018 summer temperatures will be repeated and increased until 2022. All sorts of dire consequences are…
Weather and Climate in the Real World
From Watts Up With That: Anthony Watts / August 18, 2018 Guest Opinion: Dr. Tim Ball My overall career interest is the impact of weather and climate on human history and the human condition. Much of this involved the impact on primary industries like agriculture, forestry, and fisheries. For 17 years I produced monthly columns […]
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. - Paul Taylor argues that it's long past time for our leaders to take poverty and food insecurity seriously: While nonprofits do incredible work, I can’t think of many that can truly claim to be reducing poverty. Why? Because, while non-profit organizations, such as FoodShare Toronto and others, do everything we can to support people access good food, we do not have the power to set welfare and disability rates or minimum wage. We need politicians willing to commit to working with us to dismantle systemic inequities in our society, includin... more »
Quake Alert
Had a little quake of 4.0 in nearby Nantou, but it felt big. During the quake, which went on for a few seconds, I got this "presidential alert" on my phone. _______________________ [Taiwan] Don't miss the comments below! And check out my blog and its sidebars for events, links to previous posts and picture posts, and scores of links to other Taiwan blogs and forums!
On the Campaign against Corbyn
As the dust settles after another episode in Labour's interminable anti-semitism wars, one in which we're told there's a "fine line" between opposing Israel's oppression of Palestinians and anti-Jewish racism, it seems even the most gutter attacks will do as long as it's seen to damage Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party. Yet let's step back and assess the factional battlefield. It does look like the party will adopt the contested IHRA definition and its woolly examples. And the anti-Corbyn group in the party have successfully worked to ensure anti-semitism allegations have dominate... more »
Trump Slams Social Media Censorship of Conservatives; Files Discrimination Complaint Against Facebook
[image: trump-slams-social-media-censorship-of-conservatives-files-discrimination-complaint-against-facebook] “Social Media is totally discriminating against Republican/Conservative voices,” and “the Trump administration ... won’t let that happen.” So wrote President Trump on Twitter Saturday, in a shot across the bow of increasingly Orwellian social-media companies.
Eye-rolling for peace
This is part of the infamous “eye-rolling” interview with a channel four reporter. If nothing else, it shows where he's coming from. It also reveals Jeremy Corbyn’s limited grasp of the Israeli Palestinian situation JC “I’m not apologising for being there at all. I went to a conference to try and promote peace in the Middle East. I remembered those that had died in an attack on Tunis, by the Israeli Air force, which was condemned by the whole world and I’m sure Luciana would also condemn that attack. It was unprovoked, it was wrong, (gulp) and by killing Palestinian people there... more »
"Why America Hasn’t Had a Raise in Forty Years"
*"Why America Hasn’t Had a Raise in Forty Years"* by Bill Bonner POITOU, FRANCE – "Whoa! What’s this? The Dow popped up nearly 400 points Friday. It is now just 4% off its all-time high of 26,616, reached on January 26 of this year. And you know what that means. Markets are either going up or going down. According to Dow theory, a market goes down after it hits its high for the cycle. We had previously predicted that the high on January 26 would be the peak of the current cycle, and that the “primary trend” for stocks would, therefore, be down for the foreseeable future. We’re not ... more »
"My Own View..."
“My own view is that this planet is used as a penal colony, lunatic asylum and dumping ground by a superior civilization, to get rid of the undesirable and unfit. I can't prove it, but you can't disprove it either. It happens to be my view, but it doesn't challenge any of the findings of Darwin or Huxley or Einstein or Hawking.” - Christopher Hitchens
Hillary Clinton's Latest Classified Home Server Emails - The Saga Continues
Thanks to Judicial Watch and its lawsuit dated May 6, 2015 in which it sued the U.S. Department of State regarding State's failure to respond to Judicial Watch's Freedom of Information Act request for additional emails on Hillary Clinton's non-"State.gov" email address as follows: ...we now have an additional two batches of emails, one with 184 pages and the other with 45 pages. The documents are part of the accelerated schedule of production that was ordered by U.S. District Court Judge James E. Boasberg on November 30, 2017, which requires that the State Department complete ... more »
Climate Change Battle Report
Anyone paying attention knows this summer the media has assaulted the public with many climate scares, both old and new. Each week we see new ones like “marine heat waves” added to threats that 2018 summer temperatures will be repeated and increased until 2022. All sorts of dire consequences are proclaimed, and for what purpose? […]
Hypocritical Canada - Bad Mouthing/Sanctioning Russia...Yet Sucking Up When it Comes to Space
*American Russian and Canadian Astronauts* Nobody likes a hypocrite. I've been saying for a couple of years now that the reason le Dauphin tanked in the public opinion polls within a year of his election is because of his hypocritical attitude towards Russia. Trudeau's first and only conversation with Putin shortly after becoming Canada's prime minister was short and not sweet "You need to get out of Ukraine" was Trudeau's hypocritical message. Trudeau probably didn't even know how hypocritical he sounded to older Canadians, who remember the *Quebec Independence Crisis in the 19... more »
More comparisons
My Twitter feed alerted me early to the news today that former Scottish Labour MP turned Labour councillor Jim Sheridan had apparently been caught red-handed posting on Facebook "For almost all my adult life I have had the utmost respect and empathy for the Jewish community and their historic suffering. No longer due to what they and their Blairite plotters are doing to my party and the long suffering people of Britain who need a radical Labour government." Later in the day Labour suspended him. I've been watching how it's been reported. The BBC News website, along with Sky News ... more »
Susan Wild's Lucky Break In Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley: Another GOP Sex Scandal
*The board complained Nothstein had "ego" problems but didn't fire him until after the sex scandal* When the Pennsylvania Supreme Court oversaw the redrawing of the state's gerrymandered congressional districts, Charlie Dent's 15th district got somewhat friendlier for Democrats. Dent had already decided he couldn't stand working in a Trumpified Washington and had announced his premature retirement. The new 7th district is 71.6% from Dent's 15th CD, 24.8% from Matt Cartwright's old 17th district and a tiny bit from Tom Marino's old 10th district. The 15th was an R+2 district. The new... more »
Kerala Floods
By Paul Homewood The BBC has news of the terrible floods in India: At least 324 people have been killed in flooding in the southern Indian state of Kerala in what local officials say is the worst flooding in 100 years. India’s monsoon season started in June, but the death toll in Kerala […]
Wind Power Is Free, Says Silly Little Telegraph Reporter
By Paul Homewood Today’s offering from the dumbed down Telegraph is from silly little girl called Lucy Mangan: I’m on holiday in Norfolk at the moment, and was standing on the beach with a friend looking out to sea at the majestic crop of wind turbines on the horizon. He made a noise […]
Coeur d'Alene Tribe candidate leads among all women voters in Idaho
A survey released recently shows that Medicaid expansion is likely blazing a trail for gubernatorial hopeful Paulette Jordan. According to a news release from Clarity Campaign Labs, lieutenant governor and gubernatorial candidate Brad Little’s lead on Jordan has shrunk to single digits. While Little’s lead still sits at 8 percent, Jordan is popular for health care and Medicaid expansion, according to the news release. The poll of 826 likely Idaho voters showed 45 percent support for Medicaid expansion with 36 percent undecided. Only 19 percent of respondents said they do not supp... more »
Conspiracy Theories and Conspiracy Facts — The Q “Conspiracies”
[image: conspiracy-theories-and-conspiracy-facts-the-q-conspiracies] The Q "conspiracy" phenomena on the Internet raises a larger question: Are all conspiracy theories just bunk, or could some of them be true?
Dog Won’t Stop Crying After Realizing He’s Been Abandoned At Shelter
When AJ and his brother Toby arrived at Carson Animal Shelter the two dogs had no way of knowing they would be left behind by their family, who surrendered the two dogs because they couldn’t afford to take care of them any more. The two dogs were smiling and fine until they became separated and soon realized they were away from their family, each other, and everything they knew. Their home was replaced with loud barks and a cold kennel surrounded by strangers. The two dogs “did great walking on a leash next to each other when they came in but now they are confused and alone and mi...more »
Father and Son Illegally Killed Mama Bear and Her Two ‘Shrieking’ Babies
On Esther Island in Alaska, a mother bear and her two recently born cubs were shot dead by a father and son. The killing was captured thanks to a motion-detecting camera that had been set up in the bear den as part of a joint three-year study between the U.S. Forest Service and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Once the sow black bear and her babies were inexplicably shot, the perpetrator realized that the mother bear was collared – and tried to cover up what had been done. Fortunately, the attempts were futile, and the men are now facing felony and misdemeanor charges. The ... more »
The Decline of Roswell - So Many Missed the Point
Over the last several days I have received a number of comments, privately, about my post, “The Decline of Roswell.” What is disturbing about it is that many people missed the most important part. They focused on the statement by Colonel Howard McCoy to The Science Advisory Board about his wishing one would crash. But, that is not the critical comment. To recap, briefly. Those who follow this blog know that a while back I mentioned that Captain Edward Ruppelt, in a briefing he conducted in the early 1950s, had mentioned the lack of recovered crash debris. But Ruppelt had no need to... more »
Unreality Check
Oh dear! The nationwide commercial radio station LBC isn't impressed with the BBC's Reality Check for calling it a "London radio station": *Hey @BBCRealityCheck... @LBC is NOT a ‘LONDON’ radio station! It’s been national - ‘LEADING BRITAIN’S CONVERSATION’ - for nearly 5 years now.* "Good job it isn’t called Fact Check, eh?", tweeted LBC presenter Iain Dale. What with James Kirkup eviscerating one of its pieces, it's not been the best week for the BBC's Reality Check. Maybe the BBC needs to set up a new unit called Reality Check Check to fact-check Reality Check.
Turkish Army to expand military operations in Syria – Erdogan
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:20 P.M.) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his Justice and Development Party (AKP) members, today, that his nation’s military will continue their operations inside Syria. “The operations of the Turkish army in Jarabulus, Al Bab and Afrin will be carried out in other Syrian regions, up to the Iraqi border,” Erdogan began. Erdogan would then […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Houthi forces kill high ranking Al-Qaeda commander
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:00 P.M.) – The Houthi forces killed a high ranking commander of the Al-Qaeda terrorist group this weekend. According to the official media wing of the Houthi forces, their fighters killed the Al-Qaeda commander, Ghaleb ‘Abdullah Al-Zaydi, after the former stormed the terrorist group’s base in the Mareb Governorate. In particular, the Houthi […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
‘We won’t surrender’: Erdogan accuses US of plotting ‘economic coup’ in Turkey
Speaking at a congress of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party in Ankara, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan specifically referred to “some” who he said “are threatening us with the economy, sanctions, exchange rates, interests and inflation.” The statement came in an apparent nod to the US amid a row over sanctions imposed by Washington in connection with the detention of American pastor Andrew Brunson. “We are […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Progressive’s Frankenstein’s Monster
Prior to Social Media and the Internet, Progressives essentially had an Oligopolistic Lock on the Mainstream Media. They controlled ABC, CBS, NBC and the NYT, and that is all they needed to control their sterilized MONOLOG message. Conservatives were limited to the DIALOG battlefield of Talk Radio where they continually stress tested and strengthened their … Continue reading "Progressive’s Frankenstein’s Monster"
Trump Regime Continues Supporting ISIS
Stephen Lendman, Global Research – US support for ISIS is an open dirty secret – undiscussed by media, pretending it’s not so. Washington actively arms, funds, trains, and directs ISIS and other terrorists – backing the scourge they pretend to oppose. Obama and Trump’s vow to degrade and destroy ISIS was and remains a bald-faced... (read more)
BREAKING: Rachel's tease, after Brian's confession!
*SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 2018What chance mutation hath wrought:* She was stuck in the middle of two waves of clowning, one of them vile, when viewers were handed her tease. She wanted viewers to stick around for the full hour this evening. This improves ratings, builds her prestige, and puts millions of dollars into her pants. For that reason, she offered a tease she knew was untrue. The horrible star of corporate liberal "cable news" proceeded to tell viewers this: MADDOW (8/16/18): *Boy, has there been a lot of news today!* The jury in the Paul Manafort case met for just over seve... more »
The AGM-28 'Hound Dog' Cruise Missile: How the Air Force Planned to Drop a Hydrogen Bomb on Russia
*Steve Weintz* *Security, * [image: Wikimedia Commons] The Hound Dog missiles went to the kennels in 1975 for dead storage, and the last one (save for a few museum displays) was scrapped about a year after Elvis died. As peer opponents field ever more sophisticated air defenses the U.S. Air Force requires ever more ingenuity to get its B-52 bomber force to its targets. The Air Force needs a large missile its bombers can carry with them to strike radars, missile sites and air bases hundreds of miles ahead of the slower manned aircraft. Is it 2018 and the subject the Long Range St... more »
Oh, lord, the memories . . .
The anonymous blogger at HMS Defiant made me laugh out loud this morning when he posted this video montage of the "wisdom" of the legendary Chiun, the Master of Sinanju, from the "Destroyer" series of pulp novels. It's an excerpt from the only film made from the series, "Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins". I remember those books very well. They, along with other pulp series such as Mack Bolan ("the Executioner"), the Survivalist, and others were staples in almost every military base in which I found myself, along with Westerns by Louis L'Amour, J. T. Edson and sundry other... more »
Disturbing Video Shows Cops Attack Dad, Taser Him As He Held His 2-month-old Baby
[image: baby] A disturbing video was uploaded to Facebook showing police officers surround a man holding a baby and taser him because he yelled at them. The post Disturbing Video Shows Cops Attack Dad, Taser Him As He Held His 2-month-old Baby appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
AFGHANISTAN: ‘How to Fight a War of Ultimate Repetitiousness’
*Tom Engelhardt* | The U.S. military is now heading into record territory in Afghanistan.
Syrian Army Spies Taunt Jihadi Militants in North Idlib with Videos
*AMN* | This ‘psychological warfare’ adopted by the Syrian Army is meant to negatively affect the morale of jihadi militants as they prepare for battle.
Tuvalu is growing, not sinking
“The Pacific nation of Tuvalu—long seen as a prime candidate to disappear as climate change forces up sea levels—is actually growing in size, new research shows.” click here
Life Past the End of Your Nose......
Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement. ….get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed. - *Abraham Joshua Heschel*. Then there's Doug: (a friendly reminder from the archives of DMF - April 2016)
KIRKCUDBRIGHT PARADE 2018
Kirkcudbright Parade 2018. Above, we see the Tolbooth in Kirkcudbright, in Dumfries and Galloway. Kirkcudbright Parade 2018. Kirkcudbright Parade 2018. Kirkcudbright War Memorial. Kirkcudbright Parade 2018. Kirkcudbright Parade 2018. The Tardis, in Kirkcudbright. Kirkcudbright Parade 2018. Kirkcudbright Parade 2018. The day of the Kirkcudbright Parade 2018. Kirkcudbright Parade 2018. Kirkcudbright Parade 2018. Kirkcudbright Parade 2018. Kirkcudbright Parade 2018. Kirkcudbright Parade 2018. Kirkcudbright Kirkcudbright Kirkcudbright ... more »
What’s bad is good, and good is bad
Do you ever have the feeling that "science" isn't very scientific? Wine. Chocolate. Coffee. Butter. Fat. All the things we were taught were bad, and now they are good. And now* variety* which we were all taught was good, might not be? https://www.medpagetoday.com/primarycare/dietnutrition/74498
Super Herb: Ten Reasons to Use Curcumin
Ten reasons to use curcumin.
Lifting the Veil of Duality: 3 Key Practices of Self-Mastery
When one is solely focused on the physical world around them, it becomes easy to be governed by the illusion of duality.
Censorship is the New Front in the War on Consciousness
At its core, consciousness is the awareness of being aware. Which is extraordinarily relevant to today’s conversation about the internet censorship being openly carried out by big tech and big government.
‘Illegal Rubber-Stamp’ of Keystone XL Stalled as Federal Court Orders Full Environmental Review
A federal court in Great Falls, Montana has sided with opponents of the project and mandated a full environmental impact review for the proposed route.
Review The Tragedy of the Assyrian Minority in Iraq
*Stafford, R.S., The Tragedy of the Assyrian Minority in Iraq, London and New York: Routledge, 2016* *The Tragedy of the Assyrian Minority in Iraq* was originally published in 1935 and covers the history of Assyrians in Iraq after World War I, and their massacre at the hands of the Iraqi army in 1933. It was written by R.S. Stafford who was a British officer stationed in Mosul province during that time period. It is a good source that documents those tragic events. When reading a primary source it is always important to recognize the author’s point of view. First, being a member of... more »
This Day In Iraqi History - Aug 18
1933 Iraqi army held victory parade and was given award by Prince Ghazi for massacring Assyrians in north 1990 Saddam said foreign workers and visitors could not leave Iraq after Kuwait invasion 1990 UN Resolution 664 demanded Iraq release foreign nationals it held 2004 Iraq Survey Group head Kay testified to Congress Blamed Rice and NSC for not checking WMD intel before war 2005 Police report listed 18 Sunnis arrested in Baghdad 6 weeks later their bodies found along Iranian border Showed torture 2005 Anbar governor and other Sunni leaders fired... more »
285 HZ Realms of Love - A Video Creation And Guest Post by Ron Shields
*285 HZ Realms of Love* *Set it to HD...Blessings:)))* *Ron*
All Sanctions Against Russia Are Based on Lies
All of the US sanctions levied against Russia are based on lies and fabrications. The post All Sanctions Against Russia Are Based on Lies appeared first on The Duran.
Germany Returning Migrants to Greece
Germany’s policy contradicts claims that the migrants are “war refugees,” because if that were the case, they’d seek asylum at the nearest, non-wartorn country. The post Germany Returning Migrants to Greece appeared first on The Duran.
Why Trump revoked former CIA Director’s security clearance
John Brennan loses his security clearance under suspicion that he was monetizing intelligence - this claim put forth by Senator Rand Paul. The post Why Trump revoked former CIA Director’s security clearance appeared first on The Duran.
Let's be clear about the scandal occurring in the Catholic Church...
*it's about homosexuality.* You know - that prideful perversion. If people can't call it what it what it is, it will never be eradicated. Yesterday some guy at American Spectator, an opinion outlet that considers itself top drawer, *published an article* that used the word "pedophilia" over, and over, and over concerning the recent report from the Pennsylvania grand jury. Because the good Lord knows we can't appear to be homophobic and insult teh gheys. This has been ongoing in the Church for decades. It was planned. The plan was executed. The plan is blowing up now. And it's ... more »
"Fukushima Update 8/18/18: 17,492.4 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow"
*"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”* - Shiva *Updated August 18, 2018: Fukushima Equals 17,492.4 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow; There is No Place On Earth to Escape the Rad: *The 3 melted-through cores of the destroyed reactors, now melted together into a single "corium" totaling over *600 tons*, at Fukushima *daily* release the radioactive equivalent of 6.45 Hiroshima bombs directly into the atmosphere and the Pacific Ocean. As of August 18, 2018 - 2,712 days since the disaster began - this equals the detonation of *17,492.5 *Hiroshima atomic bombs and it is ... more »
Why America Should Pull Out of Okinawa
*Jarek Buss* *Security, Asia* [image: A Marine Corps pilot prepares for a vertical landing of Lockheed Martin F-35B stealth fighter aboard the USS Wasp (LHD 1) amphibious assault carrier during their operation in the waters off Japan's southernmost island of Okinawa March 23, 2018. REUTERS/Is] America and its allies will be just as safe—or safer—without the Marines on Okinawa. Let’s bring them home. What is worth fighting for? Which “national interests” are worth American lives? At the end of the day, this is the yardstick for measuring the necessity of U.S. military involvement... more »
The Nazis Ordered Their U-Boats to Fight Airplanes. It Was a Massive Mistake.
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Eurasia* [image: Wikimedia Commons] A World War II tale you may have never heard of. At the height of the World War II Battle of the Atlantic, Grand Adm. Karl Dönitz, mastermind of the Nazi U-Boat fleet, issued Standing War Order 483 in defiance of conventional wisdom. The “Fight Back Order” instructed German submarines transiting from French bases through the Bay of Biscay to fight off attacking aircraft on the surface rather than evade with a hasty crash dive. This order came about because the submarines were pitted against British and American an... more »
Singapore Might Be Small, But Its Military Is Ready for a Fight
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Asia* [image: By U.S. Department of Defense Current Photos - 121009-F-UP786-075, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51082761] How does it stack up against its neighbors, from the small to the big? Does Western tech really provide the level of advantage it needs to defend itself? Despite its small geographical size, Singapore fields one of the most advanced and well-equipped militaries in South East Asia. It spends more on its military than any of its neighbors. Being a tiny city-state, one of the strongest arms of the Singapor... more »
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment