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Fukushima Fuel Debris Removal To Begin In 2021
By Alexander Heisenberg Down by the seaside See the boats go sailin’ Can the people hear What the little fish are sayin’ – Led Zeppelin... more »
Matt Kahn: The Upside to Criticism
The upside of criticism occurs in recognizing that while others may critique your existence, they are merely in the process of cultivating a deeper inner awareness.
Banned Pesticide May Be Doubling Autism Risk in Babies
Did you know that DDT is still used to control mosquitoes in developing countries?
Suicide Prevention, Psychiatry and Antidepressant Use All Fail to Reduce Suicide Rate
*Alex Pietrowski* - This is life in the Prozac era.
Brazil’s Government to Increase Help to Refugees in Venezuelan Crisis
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s Public Security Minister, Raul Jungmann is expected to spend the day on Thursday in Pacaraima, Roraima to see first-hand the installation and emergency services being provided to Venezuelan refugees after the protests by some of the town’s residents on Saturday. After several meetings, […]
U.S. - China Trade War Escalates
*Reuters*: *U.S.-China talks on trade war resume as new tariffs kick in* BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and China escalated their acrimonious trade war on Thursday, implementing punitive 25 percent tariffs on $16 billion worth of each other’s goods, even as mid-level officials from both sides resumed talks in Washington. The world’s two largest economies have now slapped tit-for-tat tariffs on a combined $100 billion of products since early July, with more in the pipeline, adding to risks to global economic growth. China’s Commerce Ministry said Washington was “... more »
Complaint: Migrant Parents Coerced by Officials
U.S. immigration authorities coerced dozens of parents separated from their children at the border to sign documents they did not understand, according to a complaint expected to be filed Thursday.
Democrats Now Say Hacking Attempt Was Test from Within
What the Democratic Party first thought was a malicious attempt to hack the party's massive voter information file turned out to be just a security test.
Brzezinski and Carter: America's Grand Strategists
*Simon Serfaty* *National Security, United States* [image: Former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski arrives to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 1, 2007. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES)] “Few administrations,” writes Vaïsse, from Brzezinski’s perspective but in the context of the administration he served, “have known so many tangible successes … in only four years.” Justin Vaïsse, *Zbigniew Brzezinski: America’s Grand Strategist*, translated by Catherine Porter (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University... more »
To "'give style" to one's character
Nietzsche, 1861In *The Gay Science*, Friedrich Nietzsche talks about giving style to one’s character. He calls it a great and rare art. Here’s a famous passage: One thing is needful.— To "'give style" to one's character — a great and rare art! It is practiced by those who survey all the strengths and weaknesses of their nature and then fit them into an artistic plan until every one of them appears as art and reason and even weaknesses delight the eye. Here a large mass of second nature has been added; there a piece of original nature has been removed—both times through long practic... more »
Fukushima Daiichi Looks Drowned
I realize this series of posts on Fukushima Daiichi's webcam imagery may seem tiresome to some readers. However, I've been watching the plant for 7 years and am very aware of changes in emissions patterns. Today the plant looks drowned, especially as viewed through the cam focused on units 1 and 2: Now: Yesterday Yesterday I noted that the lens has some sort of "stuff" on it but that alone does not explain the higher level of emissions that are visible on both cams and during day time hours (see my post from yesterday and screenshot of cam 4). The weather in Fukushima presentl... more »
What If the Mueller Investigation Pushed Trump to Attack Iran?
*Paul R. Pillar* *Politics, Americas* [image: U.S. Army 10th Mountain Division troops listen as President Donald Trump speaks before signing the National Defense Authorization Act at Fort Drum, New York, U.S., August 13, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria] It would be the ultimate diversionary tactic. Michael Cohen’s guilty plea directly implicating President Trump in the commission of a crime has stimulated new talk about possible impeachment. Given how the case involves sexual liaisons, it also has stimulated comparisons with the impeachment of Bill Clinton. Most such comparisons foc... more »
Sy Hersh is Calling!
*James Rosen* *Politics, United States* [image: Journalist Seymour Hersh speaks at Al Jazeera Forum] Seymour Hersh, in his Buddy Holly eyeglasses, unmemorable suit and rumpled raincoat—a cross between Woody Allen and Columbo—was enough to set hardened bureaucratic lifers atremble. *Sy Hersh is calling!* In the hearts and minds of legions of senior U.S. officials in the late 1960s and 1970s, thusly alerted by their secretaries, no words struck greater fear. Throughout official Washington they almost invariably prompted an attempt to evade and mislead the intrusive reporter, to d... more »
The Air Force Would Have Serious Problems if the B-52 Bomber Never Happened
*Robert Farley* *Security, * What if the BUFF had not survived the procurement battles that embroiled the Air Force and the rest of the U.S. defense establishment in the 1940s? *It is difficult to conceive of a world in which the United States had never acquired the B-52. The decision would have had ripple effects across the Air Force and the Department of Defense, with a not inconsequential impact on the Vietnam War. Indeed, the Air Force today would look very different if it could not rely on the B-52 as both a conventional and a nuclear bomber. The B-70 Valkyrie might well sti... more »
Russia Is Getting New Tanks (But Don't Get Too Excited)
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, Europe* While the Russians are starting to field new hardware and are showing off new capabilities at the Army-2018 show, fundamentally, nothing has really changed. While the Armata series, T-90M and other vehicles will enter service with the Russian military in small numbers, but backbone of the force will remain the T-72B3 and other upgraded versions of existing vehicles. While the upgraded and highly capable T-72B3 will remain the mainstay of the Russian Ground Forces, the Kremlin’s armored forces are receiving a significant boost in capability with... more »
New Mexico's Bill Richardson Joins Blood Oil
By Brenda Norrell Censored News It is hard to believe that so many global thieves and agents of genocide could be on one board. There is no Genie in this bottle. Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson joined a crowd of former CIA, U.S. Treasury, a Louisiana Senator, with Dick Cheney, Murdoch media, a Rothschild and an Israeli military commander, all on the board of Genie Energy, for
Verizon Throttled Firefighters' Data As Mendocino Wildfire Burned
*Thomas Middleditch, actor and star of the hit series *Silicon Valley*, taking "sellout money" (his phrase) and shilling for Verizon, the company most strongly associated with killing net neutrality* *by Gaius Publius* There's no way to sugarcoat this. As one commenter noted, this is "pure evil." It looks like Verizon, already the greedy face of the death of net neutrality, throttled the data speed of California fire-fighting equipment during a 300-arce wildfire in an attempt to force them to upgrade to a more expensive data plan. During a 300-acre wildfire. Sounds like blackma... more »
BWorld 243, NAIA closure, Passenger rights and MIAA
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last August 21, 2018. On Aug. 16, 2018, Thursday near-midnight, a Xiamen Airlines plane skidded at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) and caused the runway closure for some 36 hours. The result was a nightmare for thousands of passengers. Many arriving flights were rerouted to Clark and Mactan-Cebu airports while passengers departing from NAIA were stranded for a day or two or even more as it was not easy to rebook a flight. Among the issues and questions that came out of the incident are the following: 1. The DoTC-DTI Joint Admini... more »
The IBS & SIBO SOS™ Summit is online and FREE from September 3-10, 2018!
If you currently struggle with IBS or know someone who is, this is for YOU! This upcoming and FREE summit promises to help you deal with and better understand your IBS. Don’t continue to suffer, register for free NOW! “Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) impact more than 400 million people. Symptoms can […] The post The IBS & SIBO SOS™ Summit is online and FREE from September 3-10, 2018! appeared first on Health Nut News.
Instant mood booster, also lowers blood pressure
The way you breathe — whether fast or slow, shallow or deep — is intricately tied to your body as a whole, sending messages that affect your mood, your stress levels and even your immune system. Yet, breathing is unique in that it’s both easily ignored (becoming a basic background of your life) and revered at the same […] The post Instant mood booster, also lowers blood pressure appeared first on Health Nut News.
VaxXed Stories: Dr. Franz, Orlando, FLA
The video below is 23 minutes long and worth every one of those minutes. Take some time for yourself this morning and watch this pediatrician- in practice for over 30 years- discuss how she used to give shots in her practice and why that all changed. (She even mentions that the vaccinated kids she sees […] The post VaxXed Stories: Dr. Franz, Orlando, FLA appeared first on Health Nut News.
Heatwave causes build-up of deadly blue-green algae in British lakes: Waters infected with toxic bacteria can kill dogs and cause brain damage in humans, experts warn
It’s been hot this summer, even in Britain, and the scorching summer temps “have caused an explosion of toxic algae in British lakes.” In Cumbria, blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, has been found at Windermere, Ullswater, Coniston Water and Killington Reservoir. (Other lakes in Pennington Flash country park, near Leigh, Greater Manchester were also found to have the […] The post Heatwave causes build-up of deadly blue-green algae in British lakes: Waters infected with toxic bacteria can kill dogs and cause brain damage in humans, experts warn appeared first on Health Nut News.
Accountabilities Suspiciously Unaccounted For
Accountabilities Suspiciously Unaccounted For by Alfred Lehmberg UFOs? These are accountables for which there is a decided dearth of accountability. Call them phenomena detailing an ultimate sedition, seditions end-running, effortlessly, our insincere status-quos just like a compassionless pro club against a middle school football team. Lots of middle school hair, teeth, and eye-balls litter the playing field. This may go a long way to explaining that lack or dearth alluded to. That's no excuse, right? See, currently, Trillions (with that indomitable "T," all those zeros, and ... more »
Denisova 11 - Girl Had A Neanderthal Mother And Denisovan Father
In the 1800s, critics of evolution insisted there had to be fossil evidence for everything, which neglected the idea that fossilization is already difficult, finding the fossil is even more difficult, and something like an eye will not fossilize at all. But detractors who insisted they would not accept evolution until they found a "missing link" between modern humans and ancestral primates would be moving the goalposts once again, because a fossil of an ancient hominin individual from Siberia had a Neanderthal mother and a Denisovan father. read more
Experts Say Eventually EVERYONE Will Get a Microchip Implant
By Daisy Luther After a company in Wisconsin fitted each of their employees a microchip and claimed they absolutely loved it, many people were adamant that... more »
Censorship Happy Xi Jinping Calls for End of “Vulgar” Internet Content at Propaganda Conference
By Joseph Jankowski During a meeting with senior propaganda officials, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a “clean and righteous” Internet and the rejection of “vulgar” content....more »
Donald Trump’s Signing of the 2019 NDAA Will Lead to More Dead Yemeni Children
By Derrick Broze Donald Trump recently made it clear he will not accept any limitations on the U.S. military’s logistical support of the war in... more »
In The New “Multipolar World” The Globalists Still Control All The Players
By Brandon Smith The greatest tool at the disposal of globalists is the use of false paradigms to manipulate public perception and thus public action.... more »
NY Public Library Encouraging Kids to Download Books on Instagram When Research Says Blue Light From Screens Can Cause Blindness and Excessive Screen Use Causes Mental Health Issues and More
By B.N. Frank It’s bad enough that Sesame Street has a character named “Smartie the Smart Phone.” Now The New York Public Library seems to... more »
Lion Rock 24, Is everything under control?
I am reposting another good article from a friend, Nick Smith of Lion Rock Inst. in HK. This was published in March 2018. *Is Everything Under Control?* Nick Sallnow-Smith Chairman, The Lion Rock Institute You may not think it from my title but this piece is about the Budget. Let me explain. Human beings, when faced with the chaos of nature, crave some degree of certainty. Governments respond to that innate desire with welfare programmes, the promise to outlaw or regulate all unpopular behaviour, and other measures that promote the idea of keeping society “under control” for the p... more »
Security In Iraq Aug 15-21, 2018
(Iraqi News) While the number of incidents has remained relatively stable for the last four months, the third week of August 2018 had one of the lowest casualty counts in Iraq since the 2003 invasion. There were 45 incidents reported in the media from August 15-21. There have been around 40 incidents per week since April. Baghdad was the only area with double digit incidents. That was not because of any change in the situation there but rather because violence has dropped off in the center of the country over the last few weeks. 26 people were reported deal during the week and 45... more »
Concerning The On The Run guy Or How the Egyptian society supports rich sexual harassers
Sorry for the shocking the headline but honestly I can’t think about anything better than this headline. On the first day of Eid Al-Adha, the hashtag “#I_support_Menna_Gobran” led the top Twitter trends with over one thousand tweets in no time in Egypt. Many Egyptian tweeps expressed their support to a young lady called Menna Gobran as well their anger and disgust for what happened to her in those two weeks because of sexual harassment. The story of Menna Gobran started on 15 August when she uploaded a video that she recorded earlier while waiting for her work’s bus in a busy street... more »
LOS ANGELES STORY: Meets a Manhattan mystery!
*THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2018Part 3—A mystery that's easily solved:* It's a bit like Rodney Dangerfield's boxing match—the famous fight at which the hockey game broke out. In this case, a Los Angeles story was underway—and, to borrow from Woody Allen, a Manhattan mystery broke out! The Los Angeles story of which we speak involves gigantic "achievement gaps." As you may recall, those achievement gaps look like this: *Average scores, Los Angeles Unified School DistrictGrade 8 math, 2017 Naep* White students: 298.28 Black students: 253.66 Hispanic students: 259.99 Asian-American stude... more »
This Day In Iraqi History - Aug 23
1922 King Faisal struck by appendicitis with no PM or govt UK High Commissioner Cox ruled until king returned Cox deported and exiled opposition leaders banned opposition parties and papers Silenced opposition and Shiite leaders 1924 American Consul in Iraq said King Faisal had no popular support and many were openly opposed to him 1952 Communist led strike at Basra port over pay Broken up by police Started year of protests called the Intifada (Musings On Iraq Interview with Prof Johan Franzen on the history of the Iraqi Communist Party) 1962 Govt census in ... more »
Now, This is Racism!
You'd call an exclusively Aryan club that only allows Aryans as members Nazis. Right? So what do you call a club that exercises the same selectivity but with Jews
Board President: ‘It’s like Jeremy Corbyn has declared war on the Jews’
The head of Britain's Jewish Board of Deputies claims that Jeremy Corbyn represents a "threat to world security". Includes video
Detective Publishes Book Exposing High-Level Gov’t Pedophile Ring, Shot in the Head Days Later
[image: high-level] Nine days after a former police detective published a book exposing a high-level government pedophile ring that murdered children, he was shot in the head. The post Detective Publishes Book Exposing High-Level Gov’t Pedophile Ring, Shot in the Head Days Later appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
Yes, it really is that hot in Texas
Following yesterday's article about this weekend's Hotter 'n Hell Hundred cycle race, a couple of readers asked whether it was really that hot all through summer in northern Texas. I told them that while there were mild periods, generally we expected our temperatures to hover between 95°F and 105°F all summer long. This year, June/July was exceptionally hot, with the mercury hitting 114°F one day - a real scorcher. We're not alone in that. Southern Texas gets just as hot, and sometimes more so. ROMA, Texas — This week marks the end of the dog days of summer, the 40 hottest days... more »
Cop Convicted Multiple Times for Raping Children and Never Sent to Prison, Strikes Again
[image: children] A California cop and serial child rapist, was allowed to victimize multiple children because the state repeatedly refused to send him to prison. The post Cop Convicted Multiple Times for Raping Children and Never Sent to Prison, Strikes Again appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
A novel idea to protect students and teachers
“The New York Times reports President Trump’s Department of Education is considering the use of federal funds to buy guns for teachers around the country.” click here
Big Gov. and Small Spirituality Are Causing Doctor Shortage; Physicians Leaving Field
[image: big-gov-and-small-spirituality-are-causing-doctor-shortage-physicians-leaving-field] The medical profession needs a doctor — stat. This conclusion is inescapable, with stories about how fewer people are entering medicine, leading to a physician shortage; and, more shockingly, about how many doctors are leaving the field for greener pastures. The reasons? Demoralizing, stifling government bureaucracy; the rise of STEM jobs; and younger generations that value status over service.
BWorld 242, PH defense spending and the SCS
* This is my column in BusinessWorld last August 20, 2018. On Aug. 13, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Gen. Carlito Galvez, Jr. admitted that China’s radio warnings to Philippine aircraft and ships in the South China Sea (SCS) are “a daily occurrence.” The AFP leadership has actually been mum about this, giving only occasional admission of such China warnings until BBC, one of the international TV networks allowed by US Navy Patrol in one of its recent patrols at the SCS, reported that it was able to pick up China’s aggressive warning to a Philippine military ... more »
How to trace an e-mail address
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-trace-your-emails-back-to-the-source/ “The first thing you do when you hear that email notification is check the sender, right? It is the quickest way to figure out who the email is from, as well as the likely content. But did you know each email comes with a lot more information than what appears in most email clients? There’s a host of information about the sender included in the email header—information you can use to trace the email back to the source. Here’s how to trace . . .” And some very detailed instructions.
NSIDC Losing Their Ice Cubes
From: https://realclimatescience.com/2018/08/nsidc-losing-their-ice-cubes/ Posted on August 22, 2018 by tonyheller NSIDC shows no ice north of Barrow, AK. N_20180817_extn_hires_v3.0.png (1461×1740) But visible satellite imagery shows lots of ice (red) there. NASA Imagery Unlike the fraudsters at NSIDC, the Danish Meteorological Institute correctly shows the ice. DMI Modelled ice thickness I’ve also observed that NSIDC shows the […]
Greenland Ice Cap Sees 2nd Year Of Above Average Growth
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? http://www.dmi.dk/en/groenland/maalinger/greenland-ice-sheet-surface-mass-budget/#? It appears that the melt season has just about finished on the Greenland ice cap, and for the second year running ice accumulation has been way above normal. ? https://web.archive.org/web/20170908203852/http://www.dmi.dk/en/groenland/maalinger/greenland-ice-sheet-surface-mass-budget/ ? ? Nearly all of the country has seen this…
Gloria Vanderbilt, Anderson Cooper, Biljana Djurdjevic & Child Abuse
Many recall the disturbing 'artwork' of Biljana Djurdjevic, when it emerged that the Podesta brothers were keen admirers of her work, after online investigations into highly suspicious coded language... Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced
Syrian Army discovers rebel field hospital with US-made equipment
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:00 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) said on Thursday that their troops had discovered a rebel field hospital in the Al-Quneitra Governorate. According to a communique from the Syrian Arab Army, the rebel field hospital was found in the Al-Quneitra Governorate town of Rafid and it contained US-made equipment. The Syrian […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian Army spy films from within Khan Sheikhoun in southern Idlib
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:30 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) continued their trolling campaign against the jihadist rebels, today, releasing two videos from within the latter’s strongholds in the Idlib Governorate. The latest video the Syrian Arab Army released shows one of their spies operating inside the key town of Khan Sheikhoun, which is located […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Su-25SM jets carry out take-off, landing drills on highway (video)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:30 P.M.) – The Sukhoi SU-25SM jets carried out take-off and landing drills on a highway in the Khabarovsk Region on Thursday as a part of the Russian armed forces’ five-day drills. General Alexei Kuzmenkov said such drills hadn’t taken place in Russia for a long time and added that the exercises show “the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Trouble in paradise: HTS attacks rebel allies in northern Latakia as Syrian Army’s offensive nears
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:30 P.M.) – In a bizarre move on Thursday, Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham launched a big attack on their Free Syrian Army (FSA) allies in the northern countryside of the Latakia Governorate. According to opposition activists via social media, Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham stormed the bases of the Free Syrian Army’s (FSA) Ansar Al-Sham Regiment […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Two high ranking ISIS members arrested in Germany
The German Public Prosecutor General’s Office said it had brought charges against two Iraqi nationals suspected of being members of the Daesh terror group, who participated in the execution of a high-ranked Iraqi official. “On August 9, 2018, the Public Prosecutor General’s Office submitted charges against Iraqi nationals Raad A., 42, and Abbas R., presumably 19, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian Army spy films from inside heart of Idlib city
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:10 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army’s Tiger Forces branch released a new spy video, Thursday, from the jihadist-held territories in northwest Syria. Similar to their previous videos from northwest Syria, the Tiger Forces’ spy filmed from within the heart of the jihadist-held territories. In this particular video, the Tiger Forces’ spy was […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Free Syrian Army sentences Syrian doctor to 6 months in prison for criticizing Erdogan on Facebook
BEIRUT, LEBANON 3:00 P.M.) – A Syrian rebel court in the Aleppo Governorate city of Al-Bab have sentenced a civilian to serve time in prison for criticizing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. According to local activists, a rebel court in Al-Bab sentenced Dr. Mahmoud Al-Sayeh, 48, to six months in prison for criticizing the Erdogan […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Breaking: ISIS claims terrorist attack in Paris
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:30 P.M.) – The so-called “Islamic State (ISIS) issued a statement via their official media wing, today, claiming responsibility for the recent stabbing rampage in Paris. According to the local authorities in Paris, at least two women have been killed and another wounded after a man armed with several knives began attacking civilians […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Russia, China gear up for massive joint war games (VIDEO)
The Russian military and elite units of China’s People’s Liberation Army are slated to conduct war games soon in what some are calling “proof of the sustained bromance between the two forces.” From the final days of August through mid-September, approximately 3,200 soldiers within the Chinese army will train with Russian and Mongolian personnel, Asia Times reported Wednesday. According […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Turkish jihadist commander assassinated sophisticated attack in northwest Idlib
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:10 P.M.) – A Turkish jihadist commander was the latest victim of a targeted assassination in the Idlib Governorate, opposition activists reported via social media on Wednesday evening. According to these activists, an unnamed Turkish commander of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham was assassinated when a sticky bomb exploded on his 4×4 vehicle in the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Over 1,000 people exit jihadist-held areas through humanitarian corridor
Civilians are leaving militant-controlled areas in the Syrian province of Idlib. The Suriya al-Ain news portal reports that on Wednesday, about 1,000 people used the humanitarian corridor in Abu al-Duhur, built near the border with the province of Aleppo. The majority of refugees are women and children. One of the refugees stated that people leave […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian Army seizes large quantity of Israeli-made weapons near occupied Golan Heights (video)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:45 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) seized a large amount of weapons near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights this week, state-owned Al-Ikhbariya reported on Wednesday. According to the Al-Ikhbariya report, the Syrian Arab Army seized a large quantity of weapons inside the former rebel stronghold of Jabata Al-Khashab in the Al-Quneitra Governorate. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Baghdadi instructs followers to keep fighting in new speech, urges rebels to join ISIS
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:20 P.M.) – In a new 54 minute long speech for the ‘Eid Al-Adha holiday, the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) leader, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, instructed his followers to keep fighting, despite their several setbacks across Syria, Iraq, and Libya. “For the Mujahideen (holy warriors) the scale of victory or defeat is not dependant on […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Reducing flash flood
My little dam in the farm (Brgy Laguit Padilla, Bugallon, Pangasinan) is strong enough to impound water and hence, help reduce flash flood during heavy rains. No cement and steel, only stones, sand, soil, organic matter. And no government funding, tax money or agency involved. Pictures taken last Wednesday. How it looked in April-May 2017. Rear view of the impounded water, picture last Wednesday. How it looked in January-February 2017. The climate alarmists shd prepare for rising creeks, rivers and lakes, not rising ocean. Lots of sick and dead people in Pangasinan flooding ... more »
The Unpleasant Truth About The 1941 Parachuting Of Rudolf Hess In England (III)
When Rudolf Hess said that he had come to England to save humanity, might he have been talking about the lesser evil domination the British Empire and Germany would've kept over the world, compared to the totalitarian American Big Brother that is now our reality? The post The Unpleasant Truth About The 1941 Parachuting Of Rudolf Hess In England (III) appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
Water Protector Refused to Leave Lakota Elder Regina Brave Alone -- Aubree Peckham's Charges Reduced
. Lakota Elder Regina Brave arrested Feb. 2017 Photo: WPLC Attorney Andrea Carter and Water Protectors Aubree Peckham,Regina Brave and Leta Killer-Bailey after the bench trial in Mandan, ND. Court Update: Water Protector Found Not Guilty on One Charge, Receives Deferred Sentence on Another Posted on August 22, 2018 By Water Protector Legal Collective Censored News
Facebook Kills 'Inauthentic' Foreign News Accounts - US Propaganda Stays Alive
[image: undefined] The creation of digital content led to the re-establishment of claqueurs: By 1830 the claque had become an institution. The manager of a theatre or opera house was able to send an order for any number of claqueurs. These were usually under a chef de claque (leader of applause), who judged where the efforts of the claqueurs were needed and to initiate the demonstration of approval. This could take several forms. There would be commissaires ("officers/commissioner") who learned the piece by heart and called the attention of their neighbors to its good points betwee... more »
The New Cold War Flops
[image: undefined] Has there ever been a country so vilified as Russia, a leader so demonized as Vladimir Putin? It makes me dizzy just to think of all the crimes that have been laid at that particular doorstep. I could spend the rest of this column simply listing them, from the deaths of numerous Russian journalists to the extinction of Hillary Clinton’s presidential ambitions – that and so much more! The omnipotent Russian President has apparently poisoned so many Russian expatriates in Britain that the streets are awash in polonium, novichok, and god knows what else. Why, it onl... more »
Kremlin Expresses Concerns That The U.S. Has No Desire To Improve Relations
National flags of Russia and the U.S. fly at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia April 11, 2017. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo *Reuters:* *Kremlin, before meeting with Trump adviser, bemoans U.S. apathy* MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Thursday it noted a lack of desire in Washington to find areas where relations could be improved. It was speaking ahead of a meeting later on Thursday in Geneva between U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton and his Russian counterpart Nikolai Patrushev, the first high-level meeting of its kind since the Russian and U.S. p... more »
Will Brazil's Next President Be A Jailed Criminal?
*France 24:* *Jailed Lula's Brazil presidential poll lead increases* RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva may be incarcerated and potentially prevented from standing in October's presidential election but the leftist leader's advantage in polls continues to grow. Figures published by pollsters Datafolha on Wednesday showed the former president's share of the vote has risen to 39 percent from 30 last month. It means he now has more than double the number of his nearest challenger, right wing candidate Jair Bolsonaro, who is up to 19 percent from 17 last month. *Read mo... more »
Ships, Conservatives, turbines, gold, and forests
Hello, I’m Joan Baxter, Nova Scotian journalist and author, wondering how on earth Tim does this every morning. News 1. Ships start here, but when? Jennifer Henderson investigates the six-month (and counting) delay in the completion of the first ship in the multi-billion dollar Halifax Shipyard contract in a new article for the Examiner: The […]
“We’re Living It With Them”: NSGEU President and Correctional Officer Jason MacLean responds to the prisoner protest at Burnside
On Sunday, the Halifax Examiner published a statement written by prisoners at the Burnside jail. The prisoners say they are embarking on a non-violent protest in solidarity with their counterparts in U.S. prisons; however, the Burnside prisoners have their own set of demands. To get the perspective of the guards at the jail, El Jones […]
Unexplained delay pushes completion of the first ship in the multi-billion dollar Halifax Shipyard contract back at least six months
The slogan said, “Ships Start Here,” but it didn’t address the “when.” The first vessel built under the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy program at the Halifax Shipyard will be delivered to the Canadian Navy about six to nine months later than expected — sometime next summer. In response to a question from the Halifax Examiner, […]
New column day
Here, on how the Libs' national poverty reduction strategy manages to aim low yet still set us up for failure on its own terms. For further reading... - CTV interviews Trish Garner about what's missing from the Libs' plan. Community Food Centres Canada discusses the danger that a vague and unfunded plan will be used as an excuse for inaction. And the Maytree Foundation is more optimistic, but also notes the need to move from aspirations to rights and actions. - Matthew Johnson discusses how a basic income could significantly reduce work-related stress, while James Mulvale laments th... more »
The unlearned lesson
Institutions have a bad habit of not learning lessons. The unlearned lessons may even be from their own history, yet they go unlearned or unheeded. Examples continue to pile-up like a stack of unread reports or emails. To compile just … Continue reading →
Today’s GOP leaders have little in common with those who resisted Nixon
Michael Koncewicz, Assistant Research Scholar, New York University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 14 hours ago
Republicans in Congress today are different than GOP figures who challenged President Nixon during Watergate. GOP leaders now stand in contrast to those who once chose country over loyalty to one man.
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. - Simon Wren-Lewis discusses how media negligence allowed austerian economics to be treated as credible long after any pretense of academic merit has been debunked. - Kevin Milligan and Tammy Schirle examine the relationship between income and life expectancy in Canada - featuring both the comparatively good news that we haven't seen a U.S.-style increase in the disparity between high and low incomes, and the reality that the preexisting gap also hasn't been reduced. - Meanwhile, Joan Grant comments on the growing housing gap in the UK, as ... more »
Zapatistas on Capitalism and its Prey 'A Farm, a World, A War, a Few Chances'
. Participation of the Sixth Commission of the EZLN in the Meeting of Networks of Support to the CIG and its Speaker.(Extended version)TranslationsFor reasons of time, the Zapatista participation was not complete. We promised that we would then send them what was missing: here the original version that includes parts of the transcript plus what was not mentioned. You're welcome. There is no
Democracies Beware: Russia and China are on the Offensive
*Agnia Grigas, Clive Hamilton* *Security, Americas* [image: A military officer adjusts a Russian flag ahead of a welcome ceremony hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping for Russian President Vladimir Putin outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China June 8, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee] Democracies Beware: Russia and China are on the Offensive President Donald Trump has just signed a new bill to expand federal powers of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to investigate and block Chinese and other foreign investments on national-security ground... more »
Even If The U.S. Leaves Afghanistan A Military Commitment Will Still Exist
U.S. Army 1st Lt. David T. Broyles watches as his men leave Observation Post Rocky with Afghan National Army Soldiers in Kunar province, Afghanistan, July 19, 2010. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Gary A. Witte *Dan Gouré, RCD*: *What If the U.S. 'Pulls the Plug' on Afghanistan?* The U.S. may be approaching a crucial decision concerning its military involvement in Afghanistan. Secretary of Defense James Mattis says U.S. activity there won’t end anytime soon. The question is, will President Trump stick with a plan that does not promise victory? First, understand the mission. After 2014... more »
Create a Chance for Humanity in the U.S. Nov. 6 Elections, or the World Goes to Hell
[image: President Trump campaigns in West Virginia. August 21, 2018 (twitter/realDonaldTrump)] PDF: [image: PDF icon] 20180823-create-chance.pdf The 75-day countdown to the Nov. 6 U.S. Federal elections is a critical opportunity to activate Americans to forge a plurality of leadership favorable to shifting the U.S. policy course into a new paradigm for development and peace. If not, the world goes to hell. Predictably, the advocates for going to hell, went wild yesterday, gleefully claiming that the two legal decisions against President Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort... more »
Chinese Face Reading In The News
Brother Nathanael examines Wolf Blitzer and Anderson Cooper in the light of the ancient art of Chinese facer-reading. Highly entertaining
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From Jenna Orkin How Bill Clinton's Fed Twisted the Economy - Bill Bonner Powerful 7.3 Earthquake Strikes Coast Of VenezuelaWatch Afghan President's Speech Interrupted By Missiles Falling In Latest Assassination AttemptGermany is challenging the US's financial monopoly as the Iran row deepens Cohen Willing To Tell Mueller About Trump's "Conspiracy To Collude" With Russia Cohen Lawyer Launches $500,000 GoFundMe Campaign "To Expose The Truth About Trump" Russia Buys Over 800,000 Ounces Of Gold In July After Dumping US TreasuriesCatholic Church Spent $2M on Lobbying to Block Child Sex L... more »
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Least Extreme Year On Record Continues In The US
The number of daily and all-time record temperatures (maximums and minimums) in the US has been at or near a record low in 2018. The number of tornadoes has been near a record low. And there have been no hurricanes. … Continue reading →
Plummeting August Temperatures In The Midwest
August afternoon temperatures have dropped sharply in the Midwest since the 19th century, as has the frequency of hot days. August days over 110 degrees in the Midwest were common prior to 80 years ago. but have only happened … Continue reading →
The Missouri Heatwave of August 12-27, 1936
From August 12-27, 1936, afternoon temperatures at Lexington, Missouri averaged 106 degrees, peaked at 110 degrees, and were never below 100 degrees. Unionville, Missouri also averaged 106 degrees, and peaked at 112 degrees. One hundred degree days were common during … Continue reading →
Ford's Mafia
Doug Ford has already made Toronto City Council an offer it can't refuse. His bill to reduce the council from 47 to 25 seats was passed without any middle step -- committee discussion. Now Ford is making Ontario's teachers the same offer. Isabelle Teotonio reports in *The Toronto Star*: The Ontario government is creating what critics are calling a “snitch line” for parents to report teachers who refuse to stop using the repealed 2015 sexual education curriculum. And Doug Ford warned that educators caught breaking the rules will face consequences. We will not tolerate anybody usin... more »
Constitutional Democracy in Crisis?
Last fall, Sandy Levinson, Mark Tushnet and I asked thirty-five of the leading experts on constitutionalism to consider the state of constitutional democracy with respect to particular countries, regions and problems. Thanks to amazing responses and even more amazing work by Oxford University Press, Constitutional Democracy in Crisis? ships today and is available for purchase at what we think is a more than reasonable price (39.99) for a more than 700 page volume. The good news is that all essays are designed for a general reader. If you are simply interested in what is going on ... more »
A Ground Report On The U.S. Fight To Save Ghazni From The Taliban
Americans at a military outpost inside Ghazni on Aug. 16, after the U.S. helped Afghan forces retake the city from the Taliban. Emanuele Satolli for TIME *W.J. Hennigan, Time: **Exclusive: Inside the U.S. Fight to Save Ghazni From the Taliban * An ominous orange glow lit up the sky for miles around. It was after midnight on Aug. 11, and the city of Ghazni, less than 100 miles from Kabul, was on fire. Approaching the outskirts of town in a convoy of heavily armored 22-ton vehicles, the team of Green Berets from Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) Team 1333 took it as the first sign ... more »
Former Chairman of the Joint Chief: 'Keep Your Politics Private, My Fellow Generals and Admirals'
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey testifies before the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., on June 4, 2013. DoD / U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Sean K. Harp *Defense One: **Keep Your Politics Private, My Fellow Generals and Admirals* We must not compromise our military’s special role in democracy, nor hinder those who come after us. The relationship between elected leaders and the military is established in the Constitution and built on trust. As a matter of law, we follow the orders of the duly elected commander-in-chief unless those orders... more »
Second CFACT billboard exposes the foolishness of straw bans
CFACT unveils a new billboard that lays out more hard facts that expose the foolishness of banning plastic straws.
President Trump Tweets On South Africa's Land Seizures And On The Murder Of Hundreds Of White Farmers
I have asked Secretary of State @SecPompeo to closely study the South Africa land and farm seizures and expropriations and the large scale killing of farmers. “South African Government is now seizing land from white farmers.” @TuckerCarlson @FoxNews — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 23, 2018 *Wall Street Journal:* *Trump Tweet on South African Land Reform Draws Government’s Ire* *Rand falls after Trump says U.S. is looking at South Africa's efforts to overhaul land ownership* JOHANNESBURG—South Africa’s government on Thursday criticized a tweet by President Donald Trum... more »
Tweets For Today
The total value of goods affected now stands at $100 billion, one-seventh of total annual US-China tradehttps://t.co/kx3xUuWpa5 — AFP news agency (@AFP) August 23, 2018 A few minutes ago I spoke with Malcolm Turnbull to advise him I believed the majority of the party room no longer supported his leadership. Accordingly, I asked him to convene a party room meeting at which I would challenge for the leadership of the Parliamentary Liberal Party. — Peter Dutton (@PeterDutton_MP) August 22, 2018 3 things to know about #HurricaneLane: 🌊Hawaii-based #USNavy ships sorting ahead of hurri... more »
Twitter Suspends Account That Supports The U.S. Military
I’ve seen some outrageous Twitter suspensions but THIS takes the cake‼️ If this acct is not reinstated Im done. #twitterCensorship What could @jack possibly have against an acct that solely posted about our military.@tedcruz @Jim_Jordan @RepMarkMeadows @RealJamesWoods pic.twitter.com/WlPCDdOU45 — Mary 💋🇺🇸 (@1776HotLips) August 22, 2018 *WNU Editor*: I am familiar with this Twitter account. It posts on soldiers who have been killed in the line of duty, and special military events/news. This is 100% inexcusable!
Genocide of the Greek Nation
The austerity imposed on the Greek people by the EU, the IMF, and the Greek government has resulted in the contraction of the Greek economy by 25%. The post Genocide of the Greek Nation appeared first on The Duran.
TRUMP REMINDS US THAT DEMOCRATS WILL BE BLAMED WHEN THE NEXT RECESSION ARRIVES
This seems likes nothing more than standard-issue Trump bragging: President Trump, in an exclusive interview with Fox News' Ainsley Earhardt, warned that the “market would crash” if he's ever impeached.... “I don’t know how you can impeach somebody who’s done a great job,” Trump said, in the interview which aired Thursday on "Fox & Friends." ... he warned, “If I ever got impeached, I think the market would crash, I think everybody would be very poor, because without this thinking, you would see—you would see numbers that you wouldn’t believe in reverse.” Make note of this, because... more »
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*Shiny new public school expected to turn around poor student performance* *They've wasted their money. It's what's in the heads of the kids that determines educational achievement. And expecting minority kids to learn computer programming is totally dumb. I tried to teach university sociology students that with little success. Only the very bright can learn languages like 'C' -- in its many variations* Natural light filters through the four-story glass and steel building. There are state-of-the-art science labs, a computer center, and a rooftop garden for botany lessons. Eve... more »
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*Who's the "Cleanest" of Them All* Take a wild guess what country is reducing its greenhouse gas emissions the most? Canada? Britain? France? India? Germany? Japan? No, no, no, no, no and no. The answer to that question is the U.S. of A. Wow! How can that be? This must be a misprint. Fake news. America never ratified the Kyoto Treaty some two decades ago. We never enacted a carbon tax. We don't have a cap-and-trade carbon emission program. That environmental villain Donald Trump pulled America out of the Paris climate accord that was signed by almost the entire rest of the civiliz... more »
Rio Gastronomia 2018 Returns to Centro’s Píer Mauá this Thursday
By Jack Arnhold, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Dubbed as ‘the biggest gastronomic event in the country,’ Rio Gastronomia returns to Píer Mauá in Centro this Thursday, August 23rd until Sunday, August 26th for four more days of food and festivities, following a successful turnout last weekend. This year the event is organized […]
Brazil’s Seleção Adds New Faces as it Prepares for U.S. Tour
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – It’s been less than two months since Brazil’s Seleção‘s disappointing exit from the 2018 World Cup, but for the team’s manager, the time has come to add new faces to a roster that had started to show some age. In announcing his squad for the […]
An Air Force Stealth B-2 Spirit Just Test-Dropped a Nuclear Bomb
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * This is what it could do in battle. The Air Force’s B-2 Stealth bomber has test-dropped an upgraded, multi-function B61-12 nuclear bomb which improves accuracy, integrates various attack options into a single bomb and changes the strategic landscape with regard to nuclear weapons mission possibilities. Earlier this summer, the Air Force dropped a B61-12 nuclear weapon from a B-2 at Nellis AFB, marking a new developmental flight test phase for the upgraded bomb, Air Force spokeswoman Capt. Hope Cronin told Warrior Maven. “The updated weapon will includ... more »
China vs. America: Could a Trade War Spark a Shooting War?
*WarIsBoring* *Security, Asia* History has some answers. The United States has experienced a wider and faster shift on basic questions of trade policy in less than two years than in the previous seven decades. From a broad bipartisan consensus in favor of liberalized free trade guaranteed by multilateral agreements — a consensus long contested by politically marginal elements on both the left and right — Pres. Donald Trump has reinvigorated protectionism. He rejected the most significant multilateral trade deal in recent years, the Trans Pacific Partnership, while putting on... more »
Right-wingers Invent Self-Serving Narratives Which Their Media Turns Into Conventional Wisdom-- Take Venezuela And Medicare-For-All
The war against dumb conventional wisdom, often bolstered by self-serving propaganda, will never end. Francisco Toro gave it a try at the *Washington Post* a couple days ago in regard to the agony in Venezuela, No, Venezuela Doesn't Prove That Socialism Will Bring About A Zombie Apocalypse, later prudently retitled "No, Venezuela Doesn't Prove Anything About Socialism." Toro, raised in Caracas and schooled in the U.S. is a journalist, political scientist and blogger. "Venezuela is clearly having its moment in the American conservative mediasphere," he wrote. "The country’s catastr... more »
United States Military Spending - Coffee Cups and Flight Helmets
With Donald Trump's concerns over NATO member states not paying their share of their own defense, let's look at what exactly U.S. taxpayers are getting for their "Department of Defense Tax Dollar" given that the United States spends more on its military than many of its allies and enemies combined as shown here: Let's start by looking at coffee cups. According to a recent feature on the Air Mobility Command website, we find this news item: Here is a higher definition picture of the military hardware in question: The news item opens with this line: "*Spending $1200 on a cup, eve... more »
“Barndom” på SVT
Ikväll klockan 20:00 kan ni se dokumentären “Barndom” på SVT (även tillgänglig på SVTplay). Den handlar om en waldorfförskola i norska Nesodden (en ort utanför Oslo som liksom Järna har en hög andel antroposofer). Dokumentären är på intet sätt en faktadokumentär om waldorfpedagogik — i själva verket sägs inte en enda gång att det handlar … Continue reading “Barndom” på SVT →
Jefferson Parish, its landfill operator at odds over source of liquid industrial wastes
It's a flashpoint in controversy over odors repulsing Harahan, River residents
Greenland Ice Cap Sees 2nd Year Of Above Average Growth
By Paul Homewood http://www.dmi.dk/en/groenland/maalinger/greenland-ice-sheet-surface-mass-budget/# It appears that the melt season has just about finished on the Greenland ice cap, and for the second year running ice accumulation has been way above normal. https://web.archive.org/web/20170908203852/http://www.dmi.dk/en/groenland/maalinger/greenland-ice-sheet-surface-mass-budget/ Nearly all of the country has seen this accumulation: Meanwhile climate alarmists continue to ignore the […]
Dogbark Turns Back!
By Paul Homewood h/t Green Sand A few weeks ago, a family of six was holed up in Nome, waiting for the ice to clear so that they could attempt to sail to Greenland through the Northwest Passage: http://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Full-sail-on-the-frontier-Family-of-6-prepares-for-long-voyage-through-the-Northwest-Passage-489368941.html Like so many other attempts in recent years, they did not get very […]
The ‘flagrantly psychotic’ habit you should develop today, no kidding
While many still approach sleeping as a waste of valuable time and hence something to be done as little as possible, overwhelming evidence shows sleeping more can actually boost both productiveness and creativity. In the video below, professor Matthew Walker, Ph.D., founder and director of the University of California Berkeley’s Center for Human Sleep Science and […] The post The ‘flagrantly psychotic’ habit you should develop today, no kidding appeared first on Health Nut News.
Tesla employee turned whistleblower says cartel using US factory to traffic drugs
Former Tesla employee Karl Hansen has gone public this week, with allegations that the company’s battery factory in Nevada has connections to Mexican drug cartels, and is being used as a base of operations to traffic drugs. Hansen said that he was fired after he told management at the company about how a number of […] The post Tesla employee turned whistleblower says cartel using US factory to traffic drugs appeared first on Health Nut News.
Open Thread
University Challenge New Open Thread (Twit Twoo)
Malaysian PM Rejects Chinese ‘Belt and Road' Projects
bilaterals.org - 17 hours ago
23-Aug-2018 Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed announced the cancellation of two major infrastructure projects that were part of China's international “Belt and Road” initiative, rejecting the projects as too expensive since Malaysia is already grappling with a debt crisis.
Pockets of multidimensional poverty remains despite economic progress
bilaterals.org - 17 hours ago
23-Aug-2018 The discussions provided a rare opportunity for policymakers to engage directly with the local community to gain a better understanding of the realities they are facing, and what that means for localizing and achieving the SDGs.
Europeans unhappy about SA's duties on chicken
bilaterals.org - 17 hours ago
23-Aug-2018 European chicken producers are miffed by South Africa's decision to impose import duties on their exports, which goes against the spirit of the EPA [economic partnership agreement].
Textile and garment industry banks hope on possible US-PH FTA
bilaterals.org - 17 hours ago
23-Aug-2018 The textile and garment industry, now far from its glory days, will have to bank on a possible free trade deal with the United States in a bid to revive its struggling businesses.
Interdire les pesticides de synthèse? C'est non
bilaterals.org - 17 hours ago
23-Aug-2018 Le Conseil fédéral s'est prononcé contre l'initiative «pour une Suisse libre de pesticides de synthèse». Une interdiction d'importer serait en outre en partie contraire aux accords de libre-échange conclus par la Suisse.
Some Random Charts of Taiwan People be Passin' Around
The carbon footprint chart I put on Flickr. If you mouse over it you can zoom in on it. _______________________ [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!
Elsevier investigating paper on solar cells that appears to plagiarize a Nature journal
The similarities between recent papers in two different journals about energy were striking — so striking that a number of people have taken to Twitter and Facebook to let the world know about them. One paper, “Systematic investigation of the impact of operation conditions on the degradation behaviour of perovskite solar cells,” was authored by a … Continue reading Elsevier investigating paper on solar cells that appears to plagiarize a Nature journal
A very big ship, and a very big building
Here's a fascinating video for those who think that size matters more than almost everything else. It shows a brand-new cruise ship, AIDAnova, emerging from her immense construction shed at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. The ship is the first of a new class of cruise liners fueled by liquid natural gas, rather than fuel oil or diesel. She's being built for AIDA Cruises, the German arm of Carnival Corp., 'the world's largest travel leisure company'. I suggest watching this in full-screen mode, and comparing the size of the ship to the people visible dockside and ... more »
Rio Nightlife Guide for Thursday, August 23, 2018
We have the top three picks for this Thursday, and below there is a list of bars and lounges that are always a good option. LIVE: Homenagem a Raul Seixas @ Fundição Progresso (Lapa) – This month marks the 29th anniversary of the death of Raul Seixas, one of the giants of Brazilian rock, and […]
Houston We Have Autism Biomarkers
by Ginger Taylor Glutathione s-Transferase (GST) Apparently we have had biomarkers for autism for five years. Remember when Tom Insel, the man tasked by the federal government to coordinate autism research via the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, said that what...
Did Trump Know In Advance About The Trump Tower Meeting With The Russians? Did Michael Cohen Contradict Himself On This Point?
The end appears nigh… Trump Tower meeting recap: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2018/08/01/do-trump-jr-emails-indicate-an-ongoing-conspiracy-between-the-kremlin-and-the-trumps/ When asked by Wolf Blitzer what evidence Michael Cohen has that … Continue reading →
ANASTASIA AND TRUMP
Above, we see *Anastasia Vashukevich*. Above, we see Anastasia's 'handler', *Alexander Kirillov,* at *Trump Tower.* Russia sex spy story | Asia Times. *Above, we see Trump in Russia.* *Anastasia Vashukevich*, aka Nastya Rybka, is a Belorussian 'prostitute'. In February 2018, she was arrested in *Pattaya*, Thailand, and held on prostitution charges. She claimed to have proof of Russian interference in the US presidential elections. *She claimed to have tapes of Oleg Deripaska talking about the election interference. * *Anastasia and Deripaska.* On 20 August 2018, in court i... more »
The Rubber Chicken Circuit
I will be speaking to a mixed group of graduate students and prominent members of the community, some US State people in La Jolla (pronounced La-Hoya), California on Thursday on the future of the "nation" of Palestine. I'm speaking again later in the day on the subject of Boko Haram, currently killing Nigerians for fun and profit. The topic and the fact that I'm bloviating on it shouldn't surprise anyone. It's a common topic and there are as many solutions to the problems as there are people to suggest them. I'm hardly an expert, but the people who are paying me, are doing so becau... more »
The 12th season of the Big Bang Theory will be the last one
Eclectikus has informed me that upcoming the 12th season of The Big Bang Theory will be the last one. See Google News. The main force that said "enough was enough" was unsurprisingly Sheldon Cooper – more precisely Jim Parsons which is the nickname that Sheldon uses outside TV sets. ;-) He announced he was "ready to leave". In recent seasons, the four main actors were getting $1 million per 20-minute episode. It's a lot of money. But I would still tend to think that Sheldon should have been a notch above others – by a notch, I mean $2 million instead of $1 million. It sort of seem... more »
Cedella Marley: Learn From Your Mistakes
Learn from your mistakes and apply those lessons as you move forward.
Let’s Discard The ‘Right’ To Be Insulted By Free Speech
Many people in our society have not yet done the consciousness work that makes them feel immune to criticism.
12 Toxins in Your Drinking Water
Let’s take a look at some of the nastiest water contaminants that may be pouring out of your faucet.
The Academic’s Dilemma: Being a Good Citizen and Managing Time
Tis the season for academic navel gazing so here are some things I’ve learned the hard way. This is primarily a piece for folks on the tenure track. I know that I come at this from a position of immense privilege as a tenured professor at an R1, layered by being a white guy. I […]
Iran’s Responsible For The Caspian Summit’s Success
The institutional overlap of the Eurasian Union, Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), and SCO integrational bodies between the Caspian Sea’s five regional states creates a solid basis for advancing the Golden Ring vision of a comprehensive multipolar partnership. The post Iran’s Responsible For The Caspian Summit’s Success appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
Details Of Ocasio-Cortez’s Ties To George Soros Revealed
Members linked to George Soros-funded digital media asked Ocasio-Cortez to run for office. The post Details Of Ocasio-Cortez’s Ties To George Soros Revealed appeared first on The Duran.
Michael Cohen’s plea deal is prosecutor’s attempt to set up Donald Trump
Michael Cohen pled guilty to campaign violations that were not campaign violations. The post Michael Cohen’s plea deal is prosecutor’s attempt to set up Donald Trump appeared first on The Duran.
12 ICCC Monckton Presentation – March 2017
Lord Monckton's talk at the 12th ICCC - Mathematical Proof - Climate Sensitivity is Low. With a section on why in one generation media and universities have gone radical left / socialist. Continue reading →
Germany's Navy Is a Total Embarrassment
*John Beckner, Helmoed Heitman* *Security, Europe* The German Navy needs to immediately advocate to increase its budget and capabilities. *The German Navy’s current condition is a true “Schande;” an embarrassment for Europe’s wealthiest country. The German Navy needs to immediately advocate to increase its budget and capabilities.* In a country where good news stories about the military are few and far between, recent years have been kind to the German Navy (*Deutsche* *Marine*). Its vessels had been participating with its allies in counter-piracy operations like Operation ATALA... more »
Scientists Claim They’ve Solved The Bermuda Triangle Mystery
. Except that the meta stats and associated meta data should throw something up to support this. We have dozens of events. Do sea conditions confirm that those conditions existed? Do the implied homework guys before you make extraordinary claims. Rogue waves do occur, but they are also rather rare. Thus an accident might occur once in say a century which hardly justifys a theory. This is a case of blaming a needle in a haystack. *Scientists Claim They’ve Solved The Bermuda Triangle Mystery* *By Mac Slavo* *August 6, 2018* * https://www.lewrockwell.com/2018/08/mac-slavo/s... more »
The world of social science is overwhelmingly left-wing
James Delingpole, writing for the Spectator says: *The world of social science is overwhelmingly left-wing* Anyone who posts anti- #agwFraud posts or comments on social media will be aware of that. You have to wear your flame jacket to dodge the flaming arrows from the molls and trolls of the raving eejots. James continues: *Lest you think this is my own bias showing, another recent study confirmed it: a survey of 479 sociology professors found that only 4 per cent identified as conservative or libertarian, while 83 per cent identified as liberal or left-radical. In another surv... more »
Alan Dershowitz: "Corbyn Is an anti-semite"... "and a despicable human being"
https://youtu.be/k6JTT9MYGEc Alan Dershowitz doesn't mince his words in this interview, when dissecting the positions taken by Jeremy Corbyn and explaining why Jeremy Corbyn is an antisemite not just anti-Israel. Alan Dershowitz goes beyond anything that I have heard before on the media by calling Jeremy Corbyn 'a despicable human being' which does just about nail it. Somehow I doubt that the institutionally anti Israel, and antisemitic by at least one of the IHRA examples, BBC will have Alan Dershowitz as an interviewee anytime soon.
ASIA ARGENTO: Anthony Bourdain paid her underage accuser in sexual assault case
(Editor’s note: We don’t normally do stories like this but we’ve followed Anthony Bourdain’s death since the start. We’ve also followed the Weinstein case to some degree. It’s just tough to stomach that at 6’4″ he hanged himself from a doorknob in France, according to local French journalists and doctors I have talked with face to […] The post ASIA ARGENTO: Anthony Bourdain paid her underage accuser in sexual assault case appeared first on Health Nut News.
Midnight Meme Of The Day!
*by Noah* Today's meme is a "special" gem. It's total FOX "News" Channel bullcrap. I was in elementary school in the 1950s. We never had one iota of "firearms safety" instruction. No one I've talked to since FOX "News" spewed out this insane lie 4 years ago ever experienced such instruction in the classroom, regardless of what part of the country they were from. In my little conservative Republican town, we didn't even receive such instruction after a local 7-year-old tragically got his dad's gun out of a safe and shot and killed a 6-year-old playmate in the family living room, ri... more »
China Launches Personal Attack At "Arrogant, Deceitful" Trump: "We Are Prepared To Fight To The End"
This blast of propaganda is aimed at the leadership itself to shore up the support for the government. It also serves to rally internal support though that can be fleeting. In the meantime the stock market has massively collapsed and trade problems are multiplying. I expect negotiations are going on at a high rate right now and will continue in an emergency mode. Recall that Trump can retreat anytime and not worry about saving face. Better he can talk about bad acts by Chinese spies. The loss of face will thus be serious to the Chinese. *China Launches Personal Attack At... more »
"A Stealth Mortgage On Your House" - The Reality Of The Looming Pension Crisis
I finally understood something. Why real estate prices have failed to fully inflate in the USA. Yes we had a nasty crash that was poorly handled, but by now it is long handled. My point is that cheap money which we have is normally reflected in pricing. To put it in perspective in 1980, a thousand dollar per month of mortgage would qualify you for a $100,000 shack at say 12%. It got much worse than that briefly. Now that same thousand dollars per month will plug you into a 500,000 or so shack. The slack has been moved over to land values. All this has played out fully i... more »
DoD may cut funding to Chinese propaganda centers in U.S.
At least they are paying attention. Truth is that communist propaganda is hardly a threat to anyone and is rather like reading texts issued during WWII. Everyone understands that it is garbage. Thus any such effort ends up been ineffective. More likely it will all be drawn into been a bargaining chip. *DoD may cut funding to Chinese propaganda centers in U.S.world | Aug 07, 2018 | By Martin Barillashttp://www.speroforum.com/a/OEFVLBFCBC57/83805-DoD-may-cut-funding-to-Chinese-propaganda-centers-in-USCongress is seeking to prohibit the use of funds ap... more »
Corbyn floats plan for windfall tax on tech firms to fund journalism per BBC News
The BBC report https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-45271286 on Jeremy Corbyn's proposals for the future of journalism in the UK. 'Mr Corbyn has long supported a review of media ownership rules amid longstanding concerns within the party about the power of companies such as Rupert Murdoch's News Corp and 21st Century Fox. Labour's 2017 manifesto promised to give regulator Ofcom more powers to protect media plurality and to reconsider rules on who is fit and proper to run TV and radio stations.' Oddly Jeremy Corbyn seems unconcerned about the UK media's largest and most powerful n... more »
For And With The Divine Video Presentation - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins
*For And With The Divine Video is a creation by Sukie. Many, many thanks for the beautiful video. I am both grateful and honored that you think enough of my writings to make a video for me.* Below is the text for those who may wish to read it clearly: *FOR AND WITH THE DIVINE - A POEM BY M.N. HOPKINS* When faced with a dilema There are two ways to go Turn away from it Or Walk directly into the storm The storm will last but a short while And after You will be Enlivened and refreshed Too many have been conditioned To take the easy way Devoid of conflict Devoid of challenges... more »
Pepe Escobar: Prepare for the Sanctioned Russia-Iran-China-Turkey Supergroup to Blow Trump’s Solo Act out of the Water
Trump's solo act can't compete with the hard rock presidents from the electric east.
Communist China will use a ‘social credit score’ to rank its citizens
New Chinese surveillance system won't just monitor citizens. It will use artificial intelligence to reward those who play by the rules and punish those who don't
Declining America Is Setting up Itself for Terrible Revenge After the Fall
"As America weakens, Russia, Turkey, Iran and all the other countries that have been steamrolled by Washington will likely seek revenge."
As far as Lavrov is concerned, Guterres would be a straw man at the head of the UN
Sergei Lavrov recently revealed that the UN is run by the Secretary General's "number 2", Hillary Clinton’s former deputy for the Middle East, Jeffrey Feltman
Meet the Owner of Canary Mission’s Anonymous Anti-Palestinian Blacklisting Website
The man who has made it his mission to introduce campus-wide surveillance and FBI interrogations of critics of Israel
Illuminati Use Porn in Spiritual War Against Society
Sexual "liberation" was really spiritual enslavement.
Yemen School-Bus Airstrike: Theresa May’s Husband’s Company Has Shares in Firm That Made Bomb
So it's no exaggeration to say that Theresa May and her husband Philip, the war in Yemen is a profitable sideline
Islamic State Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Urges Followers To Fight On In Audio Message
*CNN:* *Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi purportedly releases message saying ISIS losses are test from Allah* (CNN)For the first time in almost a year, ISIS has released what it says is a new audio message from its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. In the message, the man on the recording admits that ISIS groups are losing and that it is a test from Allah, saying they need to stick together. The man says his followers are being tested with "fear and hunger" but says "glad tidings" will be given to those who "patiently persevere." The audio message was published by ISIS media wing al-Furqan on Wedne... more »
August 23rd – 2018 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #581
In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and … Continue reading →
Picture Of The Day
Muslim pilgrims walk to cast their stones at a pillar symbolising Satan during the annual haj pilgrimage in Mena, Saudi Arabia August 22, 2018. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra *WNU Editor:* The above picture came from this photo-gallery .... *Journey to Mecca* (Reuters).
A Special Thank You To Those Who Have Donated Money To War News Updates
*WNU Editor:* A few months ago I put a donation button for this blog and .... surprise surprise .... a number of readers have donated money to WNU (The donation button is on the upper left side of this blog). I have been a bit derelict in saying thank you .... so .... better late than never .... mucha thanks to all those who took the time to make a donation. I should also add that I do not keep any of the funds. All donations and advertising revenue from WNU (thank you Google) goes to support a free online library ( *Bookyards*), and to two young university ladies who run the librar... more »
Thursday August 23rd – Open Thread
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those … Continue reading →
Iran Crisis: Germany Urges EU Split from US to Create Nuclear Deal-Saving Payment System
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Iran Crisis: Germany Urges EU Split from US to Create Nuclear Deal-Saving Payment System by JOE BARNES, BRUSSELS CORRESPONDENT, https://www.express.co.uk/ GERMAN foreign minister Heiko Maas believes Europe needs to establish a payment system independent of the United States in order to save the Continent’s firms from Donald Trump’s repercussions when doing business in Iran. – Mr Maas […]
Israel Approves Over 1,000 Illegal Settler Units in West Bank
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PressTV Published on Aug 22, 2018 Israeli authorities have approved plans to construct over one thousand new settler units in the occupied Palestinian territories. According to Israeli media, the units will be built in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli ministry of military affairs is also slated to approve hundreds more settler units for marketing. The […]
UN Slams Unilateral US Sanctions on Iran
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PressTV Published on Aug 22, 2018 The office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has strongly criticized the unilateral US sanctions against Iran. According to the special rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures, sanctions shouldn’t lead to the suffering of the people of the targeted nation. Idris Jazairy said the […]
Child Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church
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RT America Published on Aug 22, 2018 Mike Papantonio and Attorney Archie Lamb discuss the latest in the grand jury investigation into clergy sexual abuse in Pennsylvania which was released in an interim, redacted form — detailing decades of alleged misconduct and cover-ups in six of the state’s eight Roman Catholic dioceses. The roughly 900-page report, […]
WHAT’S NEXT? The Crash and Reset Questions: Q&A with Lynette Zang and Eric Griffin
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ITM Trading Streamed live on Aug 21, 2018 Link to Slides and Sources: https://www.itmtrading.com/blog/whats… Question 1. NikoD: What variables can trigger the general public to lose confidence in the dollar, and how has that process unfolded before? Question 2. Jeffrey D: After the reset, how does one keep track of falling house /asset values to know […]
Israeli Military Fires at Group of Palestinians, Gaza Reports Say
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Israeli Military Fires at Group of Palestinians, Gaza Reports Say by Jack Khoury, https://www.haaretz.com/ It is unclear whether the group was targeted for approaching the border fence or launching incendiary kites into Israel – The Israeli military fired at a group of young men near Khan Younis in southern Gaza, reports in the Strip said. No casualties […]
Egypt, Saudi Arabia Less Optimistic of Trump’s ‘Deal of Century’ to Bring Middle East Peace
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Egypt, Saudi Arabia Less Optimistic of Trump’s ‘Deal of Century’ to Bring Middle East Peace by Jacob Wirtschafter and Mina Nader, Special to USA TODAY, https://www.usatoday.com/ CAIRO – Even as the White House moves to unveil its’ “Deal of the Century” vision for Middle East peace, it’s increasingly clear that Arab enthusiasm to partner with President Donald Trump […]
Illuminati Bankers Mainstream Ritual Human Sacrifice
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Illuminati Bankers Mainstream Ritual Human Sacrifice by https://www.henrymakow.com/ Kevin Barrett writes that the Washington Post is mainstreaming Satanic child ritual sacrifice. – Satanists control the banking system. They wish to expand their credit monopoly into a monopoly over information, expression, and behavior. We are being inducted into their satanic cult, the Illuminati (Cabalism, Communism, Freemasonry.) Their aim is to enslave or destroy us. If we […]
The Rabbit Hole is Much Darker and Far More Sinister Than You Imagined: Satanism, Child Sacrifice, Sex Trafficking …
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SGTreport Published on Aug 20, 2018 Child sex trafficking and satanic ritual abuse survivor and whistle blower Fiona Barnett joins me to discuss the plague upon the earth that is being exposed and that MUST be brought to an end. Fiona, a former child victim of very powerful people is not afraid to name the names […]
Trump & The Deep State Fight To The Finish
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Operation Freedom Published on Aug 21, 2018 The spotlight of this Briefing focusses on the winner take all War between President Trump & The Deep State. Check out all of our content at : http://www.davejanda.com end
Kevin Shipp: MSM Covering Up DOJ Wrote Phony Trump Dossier in Failed Coup
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Kevin Shipp: MSM Covering Up DOJ Wrote Phony Trump Dossier in Failed Coup by Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com CIA whistleblower Kevin Shipp says the next revelation that will come to light will be that Bruce Ohr, who was the fourth highest ranking official in the Obama Justice Department (DOJ), wrote the now infamous phony Trump Dossier which was […]
Swift Turn: German FM Says Europe Needs Bank Transactions System Independent from US
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Implied is the end of US hegemony over Europe (and the world). The Anglo-American controlled SWIFT (Society of Worldwide Inter-Bank Telecommunication/Transfer) allows America to enforce their financial sanctions on the world. Nations which are not obedient to USA will be kicked out of the SWIFT network and thus be unable to do bank funds transfer […]
Earth Has Been Violently Shaken By 144 Major Earthquakes Over The Last 7 Days
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nemesis maturity Published on Aug 22, 2018 Within the past few days, we have seen an enormous magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit Venezuela and a giant magnitude 8.2 earthquake hit Fiji. Where will the next one strike? To many of us, it is becoming exceedingly clear that something very unusual is happening to our planet. The crust […]
USD PLUNGES, Bursting the Strong Dollar Myth… by Lynette Zang
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ITM Trading Streamed live 6 hours ago Link to Slides and Sources: https://www.itmtrading.com/blog/usd-p… Many of you who’ve been accumulating gold and silver over the years, have been subject to ridicule for doing so. Friends and family members see the markets marching higher and believe that this time is different, and they can believe Wall Street’s lies. […]
Will New Mexico Voters Make The GOP The #3 Party?
*How many candidates want to pose for a photo with Trump?* When former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson-- then a Republican, now a Libertarian-- jumped into the state's Senate race last week, Ed Kilgore called him a cranky professional spoiler in *New York* Magazine. And a "a lovable goofball with serious ideas." Kilgore noted that "It’s unclear what sort of resources Johnson can bring to the race, and what he will choose to say about the current president of the United States, which will help determine which pool of major-party voters he is likely to dip into most effectively. At t... more »
China's Moves To Control And Influence U.S. Public Opinion And Policy Meets Little If Any Opposition
Reuters *E. John Gregory, National Interest:* *How China Controls Its Citizens* China is zombifying ostensibly regulatory-type international institutions in an effort to spread its pro-Party message. In the first two parts of this series, I explained the genesis and logic behind China’s discursive-construction of a truth-ambivalent China-wide safe space where the Communist Party would be unassailable and understood as indispensable to the nation. I also explained how the Party created a zombified version of what the West calls “civil society” in order to make the safe space self-p... more »
Fukushima Continues to Look "Smoggy"
The usually clear view during daytime hours is muddied by what looks like smog: m The bad "air quality" at Fukushima Daiichi has been building. No idea why other than the removal of melted fuel underway has stirred up some that is still very hot. Can we rely on TEPCO, or the industry more generally, to warn us in the event of ongoing contamination? Perhaps not: Watchdog says TEPCO nuclear disaster drill ‘unacceptable’ THE ASAHI SHIMBUN August 22, 2018 http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201808220008.html The government’s nuclear watchdog slammed Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s efforts... more »
Venezuela's Economy Has Completely Collapsed
Streets of #Caracas #Venezuela empty this morning #20Ago after Socialist dictator Maduro pronounced devaluation of currency pic.twitter.com/W3fb8djqhg — Michael Welling (@WellingMichael) August 20, 2018 *Monica Showalter, American Thinker:* *Venezuela's economy in complete collapse – and the mother of all human waves outward begins* As Brazilian troops move toward the Venezuelan border to sort that hell out, and Argentina of all places takes Venezuela to the World Court for crimes against humanity, and the U.S. sends out the USNS Comfort to aid thousands of Venezuela's starving, ... more »
Donald Trump Is Not Millard Fillmore Or James Buchanan
Reuters *Conrad Black, National Interest*: *No, Donald Trump Is Not Millard Fillmore or James Buchanan* *Trumps is successfully and actively pursuing his own agenda, unlike those two previous U.S. Presidents.* The treatment of Trump’s foreign policy in the July-August issue of The National Interest by Dimitri K. Simes and Dov S. Zakheim were remarkably different. Mr. Simes offered thoughtful analysis with valuable insights into the current president’s thinking, whereas Mr. Zakheim undertook an almost inexpressibly implausible effort to find some resemblance between President Trum... more »
Yesterday Was Peak “Muh Russia” – The Lanny Davis Gig Isn’t Turning Out The Way Media Intended….
The pesky thing about the truth is its figurative ambivalence to any feelings or emotions that surrounds it. A few counter-intuitive media appearances by Michael Cohen’s lawyer, Lanny Davis, highlights this point succinctly. Chuck Ross at the Daily Caller has … Continue reading →
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