Friday, August 03, 2018

3 August - Blogs I'm Following 1 of 2

11:165 pm MDT

"Warren Buffet’s Favorite Stock Market Metric Is Signaling Huge Downside Ahead"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 minutes ago
*"Warren Buffet’s Favorite Stock Market Metric* * Is Signaling Huge Downside Ahead"* by Adam Tumerkan "Yesterday Apple became the first public company worth over $1 trillion dollars. Thanks to very low interest rates – the company’s piling on debt and buying their own shares back – shrinking the float. And because of a worldwide rush into mutual funds and exchange traded funds (ETF’s) – there’s crazy demand for Apple shares. The king of ‘buy and hold’ investing and a Champion of equities – Warren Buffet – must have grin on his face from ear to ear. Because Apple’s surge just netted... more »

Can America and Its Allies "Play Fort" against China Deadly Missiles?

Harry J. Kazianis at Test Feed Using Fields - 1 hour ago
*Harry J. Kazianis* *Security, Asia* "Protecting the aircraft is just a first step." *In general, investing in inherently defensive measures like hardening tends to increase crisis stability and reduce the security dilemma. If both sides had nothing but defensive weapons, then there would be no security dilemma. Defensive measures increase crisis stability by 1) reducing confidence on the part of the attacker that preemptive “knock-out” blows will succeed and 2) reducing the tendency of the defender to view the defended systems as “use it or lose it” assets.* As the United State... more »

Is This the End of the Liberal World Order?

Christopher A. Preble at Test Feed Using Fields - 1 hour ago
*Christopher A. Preble* *Security, Americas* The foreign-policy establishment has relied on nostalgia and myth to avoid reckoning with the shortcomings of the liberal world order. Over the last several weeks, beginning with the NATO summit in Brussels, quickly followed by the meeting in Helsinki between President Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin, reporters and pundits have been mourning the demise of long-standing U.S. foreign-policy nostrums, and lamenting the emergence of a dark and dangerous new world order. Writing in the Washington Post after the Brussels su... more »

Two Percent Defense Spending for NATO Is a Flawed Idea

Lawrence J. Korb at Test Feed Using Fields - 1 hour ago
*Lawrence J. Korb* *Security, Europe* [image: U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive aboard Air Force One ahead of the NATO Summit, at Brussels Military Airport in Melsbroek, Belgium July 10, 2018. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY] Spending should be linked to threats not to the size of the allies' economies. When I was serving on active duty as a U.S. Naval flight officer in the 1960's, I once asked an admiral, who had come to speak to our squadron, how the country decided how much to spend on defense each year. The admiral told me that the... more »

5 Ways a Nuclear War Could Still Happen Today

Tom Nichols at Test Feed Using Fields - 1 hour ago
*Tom Nichols* *Security, * Nuclear war, the exchange of nuclear weapons between two or more states in open conflict. It’s unthinkable. It can’t happen. Right? Wrong. *The classic war-by-accident novel is Fail-Safe, in which a computer blows a fuse and the Air Force melts Moscow. Most people don’t read Fail-Safe anymore (which is why I make my students read it now), but almost everyone has seen WarGames and The Terminator, both of which are part of an entire genre of science fiction in which military computers decide not to take orders from pesky humans about who gets to fire nucl... more »

Democratic House Campaigns About The DCCC Regional Vice Chairs: "What's That?"

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 hour ago
What a waste of time this morning! I called a couple of dozen campaign managers all over the country, almost entirely campaign managers for candidates who had already won their primaries. And I had an identical simple question for each one: "Have you talked to your DCCC Regional Vice Chair?" Except for the ones in California, I got the same answer from every campaign manager. "Who's that?" or "What's that?" No one knew. They didn't know on the East Coast. They didn't know in the Midwest. They didn't know in the South. The region that encompasses Texas and the Rocky Mountain States... more »

Musical Interlude: Manuel Iman, “This Moment Called Now”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
Manuel Iman, “This Moment Called Now” Filmed at Point Lobos, Monterey, California. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIno6Yu3rLE

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
“South of Antares, in the tail of the nebula-rich constellation Scorpius, lies emission nebula IC 4628. Nearby hot, massive stars, millions of years young, radiate the nebula with invisible ultraviolet light, stripping electrons from atoms. The electrons eventually recombine with the atoms to produce the visible nebular glow, dominated by the red emission of hydrogen. * Click image for larger size.* At an estimated distance of 6,000 light-years, the region shown is about 250 light-years across, spanning an area equivalent to four full moons on the sky. The nebula is also cataloged ... more »

Chet Raymo, “Yet…”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
* “Yet…”* by Chet Raymo "My suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose." - J. B. S. Haldane “Legend has it that after reciting his official recantation, kneeling on the floor of the Holy Office in Rome before assembled officials of the Inquisition, Galileo whispered, "And yet it moves." To save his life, or at least to avoid some dank dungeon and perhaps torture, the old man had publicly denied that he ever believed or taught that the Earth orbits the Sun, rather than the other way around. The public recantation was real... more »

The Climate Alarmists Oppose Air Conditioning

Charles R. Anderson, Ph.D. at An Objectivist Individualist - 1 hour ago
When it is hot outside in the developed nations, we turn on our air conditioners at home, at work, and in our cars. This includes the alarmists who claim that greenhouse gases are dangerously warming the Earth. Insofar as the Earth should warm, we would use more air-conditioning to mitigate its troublesome effects. But no, we are now told that the current generation of refrigerants cannot be used because they are greenhouse gases. Those who are convinced that the Earth is catastrophically warming want to disarm many by making air-conditioning much more expensive. Let us examine... more »

"By Our Lives..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what a people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong whi... more »

"What Still Pulls On Your Soul?"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
"You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were born with greatness. You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so don't. You have wings, Learn to use them, and fly. What in your life is calling you, When all the noise is silenced, The meetings adjourned... The lists laid aside, And the Wild Iris blooms By itself in the dark forest... What still pulls on your soul?" - Rumi (1207 - 1273)

China Vows to Safeguard Iranian Nuclear Deal

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
China Vows to Safeguard Iranian Nuclear Deal by Daniel J. Graeber, https://www.upi.com/ The pledge follows a report that Beijing wasn’t bowing to U.S. pressure by cutting back on Iranian oil imports. – Aug. 3 (UPI) — China, a member of the U.N. Security Council, said Friday it was willing to work to save a nuclear agreement that lets […]

Gaza Border Protest: 25 Palestinians Injured by Israeli Army Using Live Fire and Tear Gas

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
Gaza Border Protest: 25 Palestinians Injured by Israeli Army Using Live Fire and Tear Gas by https://www.rt.com/, 3 August 2018 Some 25 Palestinians have been injured, mostly by gunfire from the Israeli army, during violent clashes at the Gaza border, Gaza Health Ministry reports. The injured demonstrators have been evacuated. Their condition is unknown. – At […]

China Rejects US Request to Cut Iran Oil Imports

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
PressTV Published on Aug 3, 2018 Media reports say China has rejected a US demand to cut Iranian oil imports. US daily, Bloomberg, says it has received the news from two officials familiar with the issue. However, it says Beijing agreed not to increase purchases of Iranian crude. The move would deal a blow to US […]

Zarif: Global Consensus on Need to Keep JCPOA – Iran Nuclear Deal

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
PressTV Published on Aug 3, 2018 Iran’s foreign minister says there is a clear global consensus on the need to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal. Mohammad Javad Zarif made the comment after holding talks with Singapore’s President, as well as the foreign ministers of New Zealand, Australia and Indonesia. The meetings happened on the sidelines of […]

Israeli Commandos Brutally Attack Freedom Flotilla Activists in International Waters

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
TheRealNews Published on Aug 3, 2018 Indigenous leader Larry Commodore returns to Canada after being released from an Israeli prison. end

Israel Bans Entry of Fuel and Gas into Besieged Gaza Strip

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
Israel Bans Entry of Fuel and Gas into Besieged Gaza Strip by https://www.aljazeera.com/ The step comes weeks after Israel closed sole commercial crossing in retaliation to burning kites launched from Gaza. – Israel has blocked the supply of fuel and gas to the besieged Gaza Strip, saying it was in retaliation over Palestinians setting fire to Israeli land, […]

‘Went Too Far’: National Geographic on ‘True Message’ Behind Viral Picture. Climate Change Propaganda

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
RT Published on Aug 3, 2018 National Geographic has admitted it ‘went too far’ linking a starving polar bear with climate change…saying there was no way to know for certain why the bear was dying. end

‘US Should Condemn Yemen Catastrophe’: Reports Say Saudi-Led Airstrikes Kill Dozens in Yemen

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
RT Published on Aug 3, 2018 Thousands of Yemenis have turned out in the capital in protest at ongoing Saudi-led coalition air strikes. It was prompted by a deadly raid which killed dozens in the main port city of Hodeidah. Saudi Arabia denies carrying out airstrikes in the area at the time, instead blaming the attack […]

Facebook Censoring Getting Out of Control

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
RT America Published on Aug 3, 2018 Facebook shuts down accounts and pages they say were “Russian linked accounts.” It turns out many of the blocked and shutdown pages were in fact real accounts with no proven links to Russia. Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute, Daniel McAdams joins RT’s Anya Parampil for more. end

Fake News’ Agenda Is State Run Media In The U.S.

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Aug 3, 2018 The Chinese government has used google and apple to censor the word “Taiwan”. This type of censorship is now in the U.S. thanks to MSM begging for Alex Jones to be banned from social media and other platforms. end

Climate Change Fraud Used To Justify Growth Of Government

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Aug 3, 2018 For many decades, MSM has tried to justify growth in government using climate models. During the 80s and 90s, the MSM contradicted current climate predictions. end

Thousands hold massive protest against Saudi-led coalition in Sanaa (video)

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 2 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:20 A.M.) – Thousands of Yemenis took to the streets of Sanaa on Friday to protest the military actions undertaken by the Saudi-led coalition in their country, including Thursday’s airstrike in Hodeidah which killed more than 26 people. Protesters can be seen taking part in the massive rally, often armed with guns, as they […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Bermuda Triangle Mystery Solved - Again

KRandle at A Different Perspective - 3 hours ago
Well, it’s happened again. Science has solved the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle… except we’ve known what is happening there for decades and the latest merely provides a source for some of the losses. Now we learn that “rogue waves” are responsible. Of course, the cynic in me wonders how a rogue wave could knock an airplane from the sky, but that’s not important now. I have discussed this fascination of the Bermuda Triangle by the news media in the past. It really is them keeping this myth alive. I would have thought the reporter might have googled Bermuda Triangle just to see wha... more »

Fake History

Louis Hissink at Louis Hissink's Crazy World - 3 hours ago
Previous posts have focussed on megalithic structures, pyramids and related topics that collectively result in an intellectual standstill – we really don’t know the past, historical and geological, at all. Velikovsky in his early research based his work on disproving … Continue reading →

The Doll Maker

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Gotham City - 3 hours ago
THE DOLL MAKER, the sequel to TATTERDEMALION, launched a week ago last Saturday and is still hanging tough just outside the top 100,000. Help me keep it up as high as possible. And if you get a copy, please leave behind a review. Here's the synopsis: “Jack the Ripper was just the beginning. In 1889 New York, 22 year-old Scott Carson retreats to his parents’ basement on 69th Street. Unwilling to venture back into the world, the reclusive engineering genius is still licking his wounds after winning his final battle with Jack the Ripper and trying to reassemble his shatte... more »

The Real U.S.-China War We Should Worry About: A "Range War"

Robert Haddick at Test Feed Using Fields - 3 hours ago
*Robert Haddick* *Security, * The United States and China have found themselves engaged in a “range war” in the western Pacific, a competition over the distances their missiles and aircraft can attack targets. The fielding of new technology by one side is resulting in responses by the other, with the dimensions of the potentially contested space in the Asia-Pacific region growing with each move in this competition. *The more China can extend its range past U.S. capabilities, the more challenging the execution of ASB will be. But as China extends its threat against U.S. warships ... more »

Musical interlude

Greg Fingas at Accidental Deliberations - 3 hours ago
Tame Impala - Why Won't They Talk To Me?

Another U.S. Town’s Entire Police Department Quits — Doesn’t Devolve Into Lawlessness and Chaos

Aaron at Activist Post - 4 hours ago
By Aaron Kesel Another U.S. town’s entire police force has quit in two years and guess what? Things didn’t evolve into lawless chaos for the... more »

Supreme Court Orders New Hearing for Kansas Woman Ordered Not to Pray

Arturo Garcia at Snopes.com - 4 hours ago
The high court said that it was "impossible to analyze" Mary Anne Sause's claim that police restricted her First Amendment rights.

Report: Trump Commission Did Not Find Widespread Voter Fraud

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 4 hours ago
The now-disbanded voting integrity commission launched by the Trump administration uncovered no evidence to support claims of widespread voter fraud, according to an analysis of administration documents.

Man Who Harassed Yellowstone Bison Arrested at Glacier Park

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 4 hours ago
An Oregon man who was caught on video harassing a bison in Yellowstone National Park was arrested in Glacier National Park.

Musical Interlude: Logos, "Cheminement"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
Logos, "Cheminement" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOuXP8aVWHU&t=182s

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
Port-of-spain, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and TobagoThanks for stopping by!

Free Download: Richard Bach, "Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
"Once there lived a village of creatures along the bottom of a great crystal river. The current of the river swept silently over them all- young and old, rich and poor, good and evil, the current going its own way, knowing only its own crystal self. Each creature in its own manner clung tightly to the twigs and rocks of the river bottom, for clinging was their way of life, and resisting the current what each had learned from birth. But one creature said at last, "I am tired of clinging. Though I cannot see it with my eyes, I trust that the current knows where it is going. I shall l... more »

"The Otters Of The Universe"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
“We are game-playing, fun-having creatures, we are the otters of the universe. We cannot die, we cannot hurt ourselves any more than illusions on the screen can be hurt. But we can believe we’re hurt, in whatever agonizing detail we want. We can believe we’re victims, killed and killing, shuddered around by good luck and bad luck.” “Many lifetimes?” I asked. “How many movies have you seen?” “Oh.” “Films about living on this planet, about living on other planets; anything that’s got space and time is all movie and all illusion,” he said. “But for a while we can learn a huge amount and... more »

"Ironic, huh?"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
“Thought is real. Physical is the illusion. Ironic, huh?” - Robin Williams, “What Dreams May Come”

The Poet: T.S. Eliot, "Four Quartets", "East Coker III",

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
*"East Coker" * III "O dark dark dark. They all go into the dark, The vacant interstellar spaces, the vacant into the vacant, The captains, merchant bankers, eminent men of letters, The generous patrons of art, the statesmen and the rulers, Distinguished civil servants, chairmen of many committees, Industrial lords and petty contractors, all go into the dark, And dark the Sun and Moon, and the Almanach de Gotha And the Stock Exchange Gazette, the Directory of Directors, And cold the sense and lost the motive of action. And we all go with them, into the silent funeral, Nobody's funeral, f... more »

"The Human Condition..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
"I think it's unfair, but they have the right as fallible, screwed-up humans to be unfair; that's the human condition." - Albert Ellis

Sad To Have To Say So, But Trump Supporters Really Do Tend To Be Absolute Morons

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 5 hours ago
It's hard to tell if *Chicago Tribune* columnist John Kass is a Democrat or a Republican. It's easy to tell he's a status quo hack. And long-time servant of the establishment. Wednesday he wasted a column worrying about how no one understands the Trump supporters. Did you watch them screaming at CNN's Jim Acosta in Tampa a couple of days ago? Take a look at the link; those are the Trump supporters. I understand them; my brother-in-law is one of them. Basically they're morons who have been left behind economically and they're pitiful racists who feel alienated from a multiracial soc... more »

August 4: Losing the Future.

Graeme Decarie at The Decarie Report - 5 hours ago
I write this just before I leave for the shore for a few days. It's not so much about the news as it is about the general picture. But I will start with some news items. https://www.facebook.com/yearsclimatefacts/videos/517430342037510/ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/sockeye-salmon-water-temperature-1.4771607 http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/portugal-eurpoe-heatwave-temperature-records-1.4773905 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/israel-us-elections-intervention-ru... more »

Time to Drain the Energy Swamp

Alan Carlin at Carlin Economics and Science - 5 hours ago
By Viv Forbes Reproduced from: http://carbon-sense.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/drain-the-swamp.pdf The Australian electricity market has become a stinking swamp covered with a tangled net of treaties, laws, rules, obligations, prohibitions, targets, taxes and subsidies. The swamp conceals the rubble of demolished coal generators; another plant destined for destruction (Liddell) is gradually sinking in the green ooze. The swamp is […]

Recent Graduates Lack Soft Skills, New Study Reports

Sarah Wood at Diverse - 5 hours ago
A recent study revealed that four in 10 corporations and almost half of academic institutions believe that recent graduates lack certain so-called "soft skills" needed in the workforce to be successful, including emotional intelligence, complex reasoning and negotiation and persuasion.

Exposure to 5G Small Cell Towers Can Cause Excessive Sweating. New Prescription for Excessive Armpit Sweating Approved by FDA in Time for Massive 5G Rollout.

Activist Post at Activist Post - 5 hours ago
By B.N. Frank Excessive underarm sweating is unfortunate on so many levels. For those who are suffering from it, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration... more »

IT WOULDN'T BE SURPRISING IF TRUMP IS NOW LYING JUST FOR THE SAKE OF LYING

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 5 hours ago
Susan Glasser writes this for *The New Yorker,* under the headline "It’s True: Trump Is Lying More, and He’s Doing It on Purpose": On Thursday, the Washington *Post* published a remarkable story on its front page revealing a recent spike in the number of “false and misleading claims” made by President Trump. In his first year as President, Trump made 2,140 false claims, according to the *Post*. In just the last six months, he has nearly doubled that total to 4,229.... History books will likely declare the last few months a turning point in the Trump Presidency.... The upsurge provid... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago

Question: Can China 'Fall' Peacefully?

Andy Morimoto at Test Feed Using Fields - 5 hours ago
*Andy Morimoto* *Security, * The prospects for peace in Asia are not promising. Indeed, whether China rises or falls, the most logical theories predict that conflict is likely, if not downright unavoidable. However, as University of Chicago Professor John Mearsheimer has noted, theories of international relations are still “rather crude instruments” and “even our best theories to explain the past and predict the future are limited.” Let’s hope he’s right. *What will be the geopolitical implications for China, its neighbors and the United States if the Chinese economy tanks? Would... more »

Russia's Su-27 and MiG-29 Were Once Some of the Most Dangerous Fighter Jets for One Big Reason

Charlie Gao at Test Feed Using Fields - 5 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Eurasia* [image: A Soviet-built MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter flown by Major (MAJ) Peter Meisberger, from Germany`s (DEU) 73rd Fighter Wing (FW), Laage Air Base (AB), Germany, fires a radar guided AA-10 ] The missiles they carried. When the Su-27 “Flanker” and MiG-29 “Fulcrum” came onto the scene in the 1980s, they represented a significant generational leap in technology compared to earlier Soviet fighters. The missiles they carried also represented a generational leap in their own way. Indeed, both the R-73 short-range air-to-air missile and R-27 medium range ... more »

X22 Report, "It's Not Noticeable, & It's Done This Way For A Reason"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
X22 Report, "It's Not Noticeable, & It's Done This Way For A Reason" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg20kuA0HPw

Trump: “Fake News” Media Is the Enemy, Not Media

Alex Newman at rss - 6 hours ago
[image: trump-fake-news-media-is-the-enemy-not-media] The establishment media has been endlessly parroting the notion that President Donald Trump believes the press to be the “enemy of the people.” And indeed, many Americans, outraged by the constant media lies and demonization of Christians and conservatives, do often feel like the media is the enemy. Almost nobody trusts the national media anymore, anyway, polls show. However, to ensure that there is no public misunderstanding on the issue due to establishment press dishonesty, the president clarified that not all of the media is ... more »

University Professors Join Forces to Kill 1st Amendment on Campus

Alex Newman at rss - 6 hours ago
[image: university-professors-join-forces-to-kill-1st-amendment-on-campus] The far-left American Association of University Professors (AAUP), which styles itself the “leading organization primarily dedicated to protecting the academic freedom of professors,” has launched a campaign to fight against free speech on college campuses. Seriously.

Threatening a President Is a Crime

John F. McManus at rss - 6 hours ago
[image: threatening-a-president-is-a-crime] Threatening the President is a crime. And a one-term congressman from New York has issued such a threat.

Would War With Iran Doom Trump?

Patrick J. Buchanan at rss - 6 hours ago
[image: would-war-with-iran-doom-trump] A war with Iran would define, consume and potentially destroy the Trump presidency, but exhilarate the neocon never-Trumpers who most despise the man. Why, then, is President Donald Trump toying with such an idea?

"The Sad Fate of Companies — and Empires"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*"The Sad Fate of Companies — and Empires"* by Brian Maher "Apple wins the race… first U.S. company to a $1 trillion market cap. Inspired by strong quarterly earnings, Apple ran down favored Amazon in the final turn… and broke the tape yesterday morning. From the press stand rose a mighty roar… “Apple Officially Becomes First U.S. Company With $1 Trillion Market Cap,” MarketWatch thundered. “Apple Makes History by Becoming First U.S. Company to Reach $1 Trillion,” cheered USA Today. “Apple Reaches $1000000000000 Value,” came joyous word from CNN. *Poor Apple. *Yesterday most likel... more »

Beauty Queen Resigns Title Rather Than Cover Tattoos

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 6 hours ago
A beauty queen in the Southern California desert community of Phelan has given up her crown rather than cover up her tattoos.

Did President Donald Trump Donate His Entire $400,000 Salary to Rebuild Military Cemeteries?

Dan MacGuill at Snopes.com - 6 hours ago
Prominent conservative commentators boosted a false, mathematically impossible rumor about the president's salary donations, taking aim at the news media along the way.

Oldsmobile Knew!

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 6 hours ago

Trump Administration Reverses Ban on GMOs and Neonics in US Wildlife Refuges

Sustainable Pulse at Sustainable Pulse - 6 hours ago
The Trump administration has reversed an Obama administration ban on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides and genetically modified crops on national wildlife refuges where farming is permitted, threatening pollinators like bees and butterflies along with a suite of other wildlife species that depend on healthy, natural refuge habitats. Source: newsroom.defenders.org This abrupt change in policy, announced […] The post Trump Administration Reverses Ban on GMOs and Neonics in US Wildlife Refuges appeared first on Sustainable Pulse.

Kurdish YPG ambushes Turkish-backed rebels in Afrin (video)

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 6 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:30 P.M.) – The Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units (YPG) carried out another powerful ambush against a group of Turkish-backed rebels in the Afrin region of Aleppo this week. According to the YPG’s official media wing, their sleeper cell in Afrin ambushed a group of Turkish-backed rebels inside the village of Kimara, which is […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Israeli MP concerned Iran’s troops may remain in Golan Heights alongside Syrian Army

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 6 hours ago
Member of the Israeli parliament from the Zionist Union party Ksenia Svetlova in a comment to Sputnik on Friday expressed doubt that the Iranian advisers and allied militias left Syria’s south alleging they could be fighting alongside Syrian troops on the Syrian territory of the Golan Heights. “I would prefer not to rush into conclusions, let’s wait […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian Army unleashes powerful assault in Al-Ghaab ahead of next offensive (video)

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 6 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:20 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) unleashed a powerful assault in the northwestern countryside of the Hama Governorate, today, targeting the jihadist movements around the Al-Ghaab Plain. Syrian Army units reportedly began their assault by firing a large number of missiles and artillery shells towards the town of Zayarah, resulting in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Osama bin Laden’s mother says son was radicalized by cult in Saudi Arabia

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 6 hours ago
In an unprecedented interview, the mother of the former head of the Al-Qaeda franchise insisted her son was a “very good kid.” Alia Ghanem, Osama bin Laden’s Mum, told The Guardian her son was drawn to Islamic fundamentalism and terrorism after he was radicalized by a “cult” while studying economics at the King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. “The people at university […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

IDF closes field clinic treating Syrians in occupied Golan Heights

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 6 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:55 P.M.) – The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) announced on Friday that it would close a field clinic in the occupied Golan Heights which had treated thousands of Syrians. Soldiers packed up supplies as civilians left the health centre for the last time. The Mazor Ladach field clinic – meaning ‘relief for the suffering’ […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

BREAKING: One Gazan Killed by Israeli Sniper Fire and 220 Injured

Robert Inlakesh at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 6 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (9:38 P.M)- Israeli Regime Forces, positioned along the Gaza-Israel separation fence, have shot and killed a young Palestinian man and injured 220 demonstrators. According the Gaza Health Ministry, at least 220 Palestinians were injured today, during demonstrations against the Israeli occupation forces. The Gaza Health Ministry also confirmed the murder of 25 year […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Contact Lost with Swedish Boat to Gaza

Brenda Norrell at CENSORED NEWS - 7 hours ago
Swedish Boat to Gaza believed to be under Israeli Military Attack, after all contact lost .https://stg2018.wordpress.com/category/ship-to-gaza-sweden/

Colombia - TLC con la Unión Europea: 5 años de deterioro comercial

bilaterals.org - 7 hours ago
03-Aug-2018 A pesar de las celebraciones del gobierno Colombiano y de la Delegación de la UE en el país, los resultados evidencian retroceso en las relaciones comerciales con ese bloque.

Colombia: Se cumplen cinco años del TLC con la Unión Europea

bilaterals.org - 7 hours ago
03-Aug-2018 Las exportaciones colombianas hacia este destino cayeron 41,4%, mientras que las importaciones crecieron 13,8%.

Colombia: Odebrecht demandó al Estado por 3.8 billones de pesos

bilaterals.org - 7 hours ago
03-Aug-2018 Odebrecht vuelve a ser noticia, no por un nuevo escándalo de corrupción sino por una millonaria demanda que interpuso contra el Estado por $3.8 billones de pesos.

History at Harvard: Four Black Women Head Colleges

LaMont Jones at Diverse - 7 hours ago
When Harvard University students arrive for classes Aug. 15, they will return to history in the making: for the first time in the Ivy League school’s history, four of its colleges will be headed simultaneously by African-American women. Dr. Claudine Gay’s appointment in July as the first African-American and the first woman dean of the […]

UC Irvine Piloting Program to Hire Diverse STEM Faculty

Sarah Wood at Diverse - 7 hours ago
As part of an effort to hire a more diverse group of faculty within the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) department, the University of California, Irvine (UCI) created the Building Our Own Pipeline to the Professoriate program.

BWorld 238, Trademark ban and health alarmism

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 7 hours ago
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last Wednesday, August 01, 2018. Health alarmism is the practice of frequently looking at health conditions pessimistically and then calling for more government regulations, taxation, and prohibitions supposedly to ameliorate the perceived pessimism. Smoking is something that many people indulge in despite awareness of its dangers. The reason is that people own their body, not the government or doctors or NGOs. That is why many people also engage in dangerous activities like rock climbing, sky jumping, downhill bicycle racing, deep sea diving, ... more »

Israel's Spike Missile: Super Weapon or Paper Tiger?

Charlie Gao at Test Feed Using Fields - 7 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Middle East* [image: Wikimedia Commons] Is the acclaimed tank-killer worth the hype? When the Su-27 “Flanker” and MiG-29 “Fulcrum” came onto the scene in the 1980s, they represented a significant generational leap in technology compared to earlier Soviet fighters. The missiles they carried also represented a generational leap in their own way. Indeed, both the R-73 short-range air-to-air missile and R-27 medium range air-to-air missile which were first fielded on those aircraft serve on to this day. But the R-27 design in particular has proven to be parti... more »

No, A Huge Meteor Did Not Threaten A U.S. Base With Total Destruction

Brad Howard, Jeff Schogol at Test Feed Using Fields - 7 hours ago
*Brad Howard, Jeff Schogol* *Security, * Digging into the meteor incident demonstrates that it really isn’t that big of a deal. Here’s why. On July 25th, a fireball graced the skies over icy Greenland near Thule Air Force Base, the U.S. Air Force’s northernmost base and a key to its aerospace defense strategy. The meteor released 2.1 kilotons of energy over a installation designed to detect nuclear missile launches, which led to a predictable media freakout; Fox News posted a story about the incident beneath a picture of an explosion — definitely *not* this one — with a mushroom... more »

The Big Republican Personnel Freeze?

Curt Mills at Test Feed Using Fields - 7 hours ago
*Curt Mills* *Politics, Americas* [image: White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow (R) and new National Security Advisor John Bolton (L) leave the Oval Office as U.S. President Donald Trump departs the White House for a trip to Miami, Florida, in Wash] Sources familiar tell the National Interest that most principals in the White House are probably safe until the conclusion of the midterms; no change in House leadership is currently expected. “Earlier in the year it was going to be a big change by the end of summer,” but now that’s pr... more »

Where are Trump and Mueller Headed?

TNI Staff at Test Feed Using Fields - 7 hours ago
*TNI Staff* *Politics, North America* [image: U.S. President Donald Trump pauses during address at campaign rally at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S., August 2, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis] Jacob Heilbrunn and Daniel McCarthy discuss Trump, Mueller and the New York Times. *Editor's Note*: *In our latest Facebook Live interview (please like our Facebook page to see more of these events) Jacob Heilbrunn, editor of the National Interest, and Daniel McCarthy, editor of the journal Modern Age, discuss the latest events in the Trump administration.* *Daniel McCarthy... more »

F-35: 5 Ways To Replace It

Robert Farley at Test Feed Using Fields - 7 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, * It could be done. Here's how. *If we could kill the F-35, the ideal solution would likely involve a combination of two, three, and four, with different recipes including different amounts of each. Thus, a different way of phrasing the question that motivates this article is “how many UAVs and legacy aircraft would we need to make it to Generation Six?” If the United States does not envision air combat against a peer competitor within the next decade and a half, finding the right mix might well be possible.​* *Editor’s Note: Please see previous work... more »

Why the F-35 is No F-22 Substitute

TNI Staff at Test Feed Using Fields - 7 hours ago
*TNI Staff* *Security, * But with the F-15C likely being retired in the coming years, the F-35 will have to step up. *Ultimately, the Air Force does need a new air superiority fighter—particularly for the Pacific theater. The service is currently studying a new extremely long-range Penetrating Counter-Air (PCA) fighter that would replace the F-22 and F-15C as America’s primary air superiority aircraft. However, it is likely that the F-22, F-35 and PCA will all serve together in the coming decades. But at the end of the day, the F-35 is no F-22 substitute.* Lockheed Martin’s F-3... more »

Boeing's New F-15X: A Strike Eagle on Steroids? Here Is What We Know.

Zachary Keck at Test Feed Using Fields - 7 hours ago
*Zachary Keck* *Security, Americas* [image: Flickr] A legendary fighter jet gets even better? Boeing is considering producing a new advanced version of its F-15 Eagle for the U.S. Air Force, according to various news reports. *Defense One* was the first to report the news. On July 16, *Defense One’s* Marcus Weisgerber revealed that Boeing is “quietly pitching the U.S. Air Force” on the new F-15X model. Weisgerber noted that the company appeared to be trying to replicate the strategy it used to convince the Trump administration to purchase more F/A-18s. The *Defense One* report o... more »

Duped into War on Plastic

Ron Clutz at Science Matters - 8 hours ago
Everyday now, everywhere in the media someone else is lamenting the presence of plastics and proposing ways to end straws and other plastic items. Terence Corcoran in Financial Post explains how we got here: How green activists manipulated us into a pointless war on plastic Excerpts in italics with my bolds. The disruptive Internet mass-persuasion machine controlled […]

Trump to California fuel standards: “You’re fired!”

Craig Rucker at CFACT - 8 hours ago
Crafting smarter fuel efficiency standards is a needed reform. Standing up to California's heavy-handed eco-bullying is courageous. CFACT applauds both wise moves.

Spontaneous Office Pool Wins $543 Million Lottery Jackpot

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 8 hours ago
A group of California co-workers who decided to play the lottery on a whim won last month's $543 million Mega Millions jackpot.

Was a ‘Large Cat’ Spotted at Lake of the Ozarks?

Dan Evon at Snopes.com - 8 hours ago
A report about a tiger lurking near the shores of the Lake of the Ozarks originated with a prank website.

Did Eleven U.S. Marines Give Their Lives This Week?

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 8 hours ago
A long-circulated message offers prayers on behalf of servicemen killed in Afghanistan several years ago.

Did Barack Obama Mock President Trump’s ‘IDs for Groceries’ Speech on Twitter?

Arturo Garcia at Snopes.com - 8 hours ago
A seeming tweet circulated online was designed to mimic the former president's social media account.

Protected speech

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 8 hours ago
[image: image] Here’s what Todd Thorton who works for the airlines said about this: “So I post [on Facebook] about flight attendants and get 281 reactions, 11 comments, and 182 shares among 1,100 friends. I post something about Trump and the same 25 or so friends see it. Tell me Zuckerberg and his thought police aren’t actively engaged in throttling back anything conservative. Apparently such views are against their community standards.”

France bans smartphones in schools

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 9 hours ago
Since 2010, France has had a law on the books that prevented smartphone use during class hours but under new legislation, French students will be prohibited from using smartphones and tablets while at school. “The law, which was originally noted in President Emmanuel Macron’s election campaign, was elevated to a matter of public health amidst concerns French […] The post France bans smartphones in schools appeared first on Health Nut News.

Report shows legal weed in Nevada made drivers SAFER as crashes dropped significantly

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 9 hours ago
According to a recent report from the Nevada Department of Public Safety, deaths from traffic accidents in Nevada have dropped by over 10 percent in the first year that marijuana was legalized in the state for recreational use. Prior to legalization in Nevada, between July 2016 and May 2017, 310 people died in traffic accidents, but in […] The post Report shows legal weed in Nevada made drivers SAFER as crashes dropped significantly appeared first on Health Nut News.

Garbage in, Garbage out: Researchers dress down Cochrane for its flawed and biased review of HPV Vaccines

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 9 hours ago
By World Mercury Project Team In May 2018, Cochrane, the research organization that bills itself as the “international gold standard for high quality, trusted information,” released a flattering review of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines. The Cochrane review methodology involves pulling together data from clinical trials and reviewing the assembled evidence in what is supposed to be a standardized, […] The post Garbage in, Garbage out: Researchers dress down Cochrane for its flawed and biased review of HPV Vaccines appeared first on Health Nut News.

Time to end sugar subsidies and political payoffs

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 9 hours ago
Over the last couple of days, we’ve been writing and doing videos about the state of the environment here in South West Florida, due to Red Tide and Blue/green algae. And with each article we’ve done, we’ve reminded you that Big Sugar shares part of the blame, “And even though they deny that the Red […] The post Time to end sugar subsidies and political payoffs appeared first on Health Nut News.

Incumbents Who Suck Should Be Primaried-- Not Incumbents Who Are Doing An Excellent Job

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 9 hours ago
I don't have any firsthand knowledge of Ayanna Pressley. Everything I've heard about her has been excellent. But I do know Mike Capuano-- and he's nothing like Joe Crowley. I'm certain there was no one in the country working harder and more consistently than I was to displace Crowly over the last decade-- although it took a grassroots wonderwoman and her team to eventually do it. Before Alexandria was old enough to vote, I was calling local elected leaders in the Bronx and Queens asking them to challenge Crowley. Most were not sympathetic. And even the ones who were said it was im... more »

Alesso - Falling

Phil at All That Is Solid ... - 9 hours ago
Too tired to write tonight. *And* I want to finish off Roger Scruton's *The Meaning of Conservatism*. It doesn't come recommended.

Declining August 3 Afternoon Temperatures In The US

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 9 hours ago
August 3 US afternoon temperatures peaked in 1930, and have been declining ever since. On this date in 1930, it was 113 degrees in Nebraska; 112 in South Dakota, Oklahoma and Kansas; 111 in Missouri, 110 in Iowa and Arkansas, … Continue reading →

NDNU a Place to ‘Do Good and Do Well’ for Bay Area Students

Tiffany Pennamon at Diverse - 9 hours ago
Notre Dame de Namur in Belmont, Calif. is often ranked among the most diverse higher education campuses with a population that is roughly two-thirds students of color and a track record of success producing graduates from underrepresented populations.

Tokyo Medical University Accused of Bias Against Female Applicants

Monica Levitan at Diverse - 9 hours ago
Tokyo Medical University (TMU) is being investigated after allegations that the institution systematically discriminated against female applications on grounds that women tend to leave the medical field after starting families, leading to staff shortages. The Yomiuri, a Japanese newspaper, said TMU has altered the scores on female applicants’ entrance exams since 2011 in efforts to […]

Gulf's dead zone, flood insurance, and oil and gas suits: Coastal news roundup

Mark Schleifstein at Louisiana Environment and Flood Control - 9 hours ago
A smaller than expected low-oxygen dead zone off Louisiana's coast does not mean nutrient pollution is on the wane.

Ancient lake holds secrets to Mayan civilization's mysterious collapse, study finds

The Washington Post at Louisiana Environment and Flood Control - 9 hours ago
Scientists have several theories about why the collapse happened.

Latest Air Pollution Scare Debunked

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 9 hours ago
By Paul Homewood H/t stewgreen The BBC has gone to town on this latest pollution scare research: Low levels of air pollution linked to changes in the heart Regular exposure to even low levels of air pollution may cause changes to the heart similar to those in the early stages of heart failure, […]

Recommended Essay on Human Capacity for Evil

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 10 hours ago
I stumbled upon this highly recommended essay today: Noga Arikha (2018). How evil happens. Aeon Magazine. Available, https://aeon.co/essays/is-neuroscience-getting-closer-to-explaining-evil-behaviour?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=bb25c7f472-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_08_01_04_55&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-bb25c7f472-70351921 Arikkha's account is very sophisticated in blending neurological, psychological and social-cultural accounts of evil. Although reduced affect (except in the arenas of anger and fear) drives the individual psychology of evil, it is not alone a suffi... more »

What Doctors Say Are CBD Benefits Observed in Actual People, not Mice

Waking Times at Waking Times - 10 hours ago
*Anna Hunt* - Here's what medical professionals have to share on how CBD benefits people.

We Now Know the Army Tested Its Own Nuclear ‘Dirty Bombs’. This Is What Happened.

Joseph Trevithick at Test Feed Using Fields - 10 hours ago
*Joseph Trevithick* *Security, * Was it a waste of time? *We don’t know how long the Army continued to work on these dirty bombs. The Pentagon only declassified these two reports in 2000 as part of larger project to determine how many servicemen and women might have been exposed to dangerous radiation in such experiments over the years. The information had been kept secret under the Atomic Energy Act of 1946.* From television to Hollywood blockbusters, the “dirty bomb” – a device designed to spew radioactive material rather than set off a massive atomic explosion – has captured... more »

The Bizarre Facebook Path to Corporate Fascism

Glen Ford at 10 hours ago
[image: undefined] *“The Facebook intervention is a qualitative escalation of the McCarthyite offensive.”* Facebook has assumed additional political police powers, disrupting a planned counter-demonstration against white supremacists, set for August 12th in Washington, on the grounds that it was initiated and inspired by “Russians” as part of a Kremlin campaign to “sow dissention” in the US. The Facebook intervention is a qualitative escalation of the McCarthyite offensive launched by the Democrat Party and elements of the national security state, and backed by most of the corporat... more »

Confidence in Government on National Security Matters: July 2018

meoyang at Lawfare - 10 hours ago
A year ago, we began a polling project to measure public confidence in government institutions on national security matters on an ongoing basis. This post provides our data for the month of July 2018. It includes perceptions about government institutions and about the two major political parties’ handling of national security; about the public’s comfort with intelligence authorities; about the president’s handling of key national security issues; about Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation; and about ongoing military operations. *Confidence in Institutions to Protect U.S.... more »

Brett Kavanaugh's Failure to Acknowledge the Changes in Communications Technology: The Implications for Privacy

slandau at Lawfare - 10 hours ago
Facebook became available to the general public in 2006; Apple's smartphone was announced the following year. In little over a decade, the devices, and the communications they engender, have become ubiquitous. Fully 95 percent of Americans own cell phones; 77 percent, smartphones. We carry mobile devices everywhere, using them to carry out a multitude of tasks. We communicate from the grocery store, while walking down the street, at a restaurant, sitting at a table in a restaurant, while in the kitchen, the bedroom, and even the bathroom. In the process of using mobile phones, we ... more »

It's Not Heckling a Reporter That's a Threat to The Republic

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 10 hours ago
A little time spent googling will reveal to anyone who bothers to look that Donald Trump has never actually said that the press is the enemy of the people. He is quoted as saying that the *“fake news press”* is the enemy of the people, or specific Democratic Party news outlets like CNN are the enemy of the people. To listen to the media today, The Republic is said to be on the verge of collapse and the press are in physical danger now, because Jim Acosta was heckled. It’s time for Acosta and the media et al to grow up. Your life is not in danger because some people yell and hold up ... more »

Police: Suspect in Bush’s Doctor’s Death Killed Himself

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
A man accused of killing one of former President George H.W. Bush's doctors killed himself when confronted by authorities.

Adversarial collaborations don't solve anything

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 11 hours ago
Tetragraviton has presented himself as an idealist diplomat and he proposed Adversarial Collaborations for Physics. Arguments may sometimes be harsh, and that's true in physics, too. The two sides accuse each other of moving the goalposts, double standards, misinterpreting things, ignoring the evidence, and so on. Tetragraviton has a magic solution – to force both sides to co-author a paper. These enemies fudge together and have a baby, a paper. Then they become friends who share the facts and standards. And the truth magically sprinkles from that heterotic paper and they love each ... more »

Strong Economy Boosting Trump’s Poll Numbers

Bob Adelmann at rss - 11 hours ago
[image: strong-economy-boosting-trumps-poll-numbers] The president is enjoying ever-stronger poll numbers as the economy continues to grow.

The Russian Church as Putin’s Weapon of Influence

Tatiana Christy at rss - 11 hours ago
[image: the-russian-church-as-putins-weapon-of-influence] In the aftermath of the communist revolution in Russia in 1917, the Russian Orthodox Church made a deal to survive communist rule: push propaganda. It’s still a party organ.

Hollywood Ignores Ocasio-Cortez as Democrats Go Further Left

R. Cort Kirkwood at rss - 11 hours ago
[image: hollywood-ignores-ocasio-cortez-as-democrats-go-further-left] Hollywood power brokers aren't meeting with young Democrat star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, yet the Democratic Party is moving further to the left — and raising big money.

Done With Conservative Democrats

Charles Scaliger at rss - 11 hours ago
[image: done-with-conservative-democrats] Once upon a time in the Democratic Party, there were conservative Democrats — politicians and voters who cared about the country and its inhabitants as well as about right and wrong.

Health Dept Shuts Down 7-Year-Old Boy’s Lemonade Stand After Snitches Reported Unlicensed Lemonade

Activist Post at Activist Post - 11 hours ago
By Matt Agorist Ballston Spa, NY — As 2018’s summer of snitches continues, a story out of New York shows just how well the see... more »

Health Dept Shuts Down 7-Year-old’s Lemonade Stand to Protect Society from Unlicensed Lemonade

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 11 hours ago
[image: lemonade] To "protect" society from the dangers of unlicensed lemonade sales, the New York Department of Health shut down a little boy's summer project. The post Health Dept Shuts Down 7-Year-old’s Lemonade Stand to Protect Society from Unlicensed Lemonade appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

Edward Snowden: 5 years in Russia and still relevant as ever

Seraphim Hanisch at The Duran - 11 hours ago
Edward Snowden changed the practices of both the internal and external focused US and global intelligence agencies. The post Edward Snowden: 5 years in Russia and still relevant as ever appeared first on The Duran.

With Russian help, Damascus gains territory in the fight against terror

Seraphim Hanisch at The Duran - 11 hours ago
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad continues to restore order in his country after many years of a brutal civil war, thanks to Russian help. The post With Russian help, Damascus gains territory in the fight against terror appeared first on The Duran.

Developer Sues Wilberforce for $3M Over Construction Work

Monica Levitan at Diverse - 11 hours ago
JayCee Development, a Washington, D.C.-based firm, has filed a lawsuit against Wilberforce University seeking more than $3 million in damages, stating the institution owes the firm payment for three years of construction work. According to the lawsuit, the developer made some renovations to campus buildings in 2015 that cost more than $1.1 million and hd […]

Montreal Model Known as Zombie Boy Dead at 32

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
Dulcedo Management confirmed the passing of Rick Genest, who was better known as Zombie Boy.

Is Facebook Taking Down a Photograph Showing the Burial of Korean War Remains?

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
Facebook is not taking down a picture of the interment of Korean War dead in order to minimize an achievement of President Trump's.

Documents: Youth Care Worker Sexually Abused Immigrant Boys

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
Federal authorities allege that a former youth care worker at a Phoenix-area facility for immigrant youths sexually abused eight teenage boys.

Couple Thinks They Found Prohibition-Era Booze in New Home

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
A couple moving into a Massachusetts home have found what they believe is a stash of Prohibition-era booze.

Drake Drops ‘In My Feelings’ Video Chock Full Of Cameos

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
Comedian Shiggy, who created the challenge associated with the song, performs "The Shiggy Dance" throughout.

Warriors: 5 Greatest Military Strategists of All Time

James Holmes at Test Feed Using Fields - 12 hours ago
*James Holmes* *Security, * Let the debate begin...now. *Now, many of you will protest who made my list, who got left off and who was placed where in the pecking order. Good! Get out there, immerse yourself in works on strategic theory, and draw up your own catalogue of go-to scribes. The destination of your intellectual journey matters. But the journey is where you find enlightenment.* Ranking military strategists against one another is a slippery chore. Apart from the obvious differences among strategists—the historical epochs when they lived, the state of martial technology ... more »

Why Everyone Is So Obsessed with the Falklands War

Robert Farley at Test Feed Using Fields - 12 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, * Until the end of the missile age, it will continue to hold lessons for analysts and policymakers. And for the foreseeable future, London and Buenos Aires will continue to contest ownership of the islands. *Editor’s Note: Please see previous works by Dr. Farley including: Asia’s Greatest Fear: A U.S.-China War, Five Revolutionary Soviet Weapons of War that Never Happened, The Five Most Overrated Weapons of War, and America’s Troubled F-35: Five Ways to Replace It.* The Falklands War ended with a decisive British victory over thirty years ago. Nevert... more »

We Asked One of America's Top Military Minds to Rebuild the U.S. Navy from Scratch. Here Is What He Came Up With.

James Holmes at Test Feed Using Fields - 12 hours ago
*James Holmes* *Security, * [image: PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 4, 2015) The guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110), front, leads the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in a show of force transit off the coast of San Clemente Island near Southern California.] Reinventing America's navy, in short, could involve reshuffling priorities for future acquisitions, tactics, and operations. *Don't like my thought experiment? Run your own. Let a hundred flowers bloom.* Here's a thought experiment: would America build the U.S. Navy currently plying the seven seas if... more »

Adolf Hitler's Last Stand: Why the Battle of the Bulge Still Matters

Michael Peck at Test Feed Using Fields - 12 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, * In today's era of military micromanagement, one wonders how quickly the U.S. military could rescue an American force from defeat. Or would it take months for the Pentagon to plan it, the White House to approve it, the State Department to convince the rest of the world that it was justified and Congressional Republicans or Democrats to denounce it? *Nonetheless, Hitler pursued his hopeless plan—and inflicted more than 80,000 casualties in a month. It was equally crazy for the Viet Cong to come out in the open and expose themselves to overwhelming U.S. f... more »

Why the Navy's New Aircraft Carrier Might Be the Deadliest Warship Ever

Kyle Mizokami at Test Feed Using Fields - 12 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * The carrier air wing will form the carrier’s primary means of deploying both offensive and defensive firepower. The Ford class will embark two squadrons of ten to twelve F-35C Joint Strike Fighters, two squadrons of ten to twelve F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, five EA-18G Growler electronic attack jets, four E-2D Hawkeye airborne early-warning and control aircraft, and two C-2 Greyhound carrier onboard delivery (COD) planes. It will also carry eight MH-60S Seahawk helicopters. Down the road, it will embark the MQ-25 Stingray refueling and intelligence collec... more »

Time to support Palestine’s Ola, Dareen and Lama just like we support Ahad

egyptianchronicler@gmail.com (Zeinobia) at Egyptian Chronicles - 12 hours ago
[image: Ahad Tamimi] Ahad Tamimi after her release "Ahmed Arouri" Famous Palestinian teen activist Ahad Tamimi was released from Israeli prison on Wednesday. She was released after serving 8 months in jail for attacking an Israeli soldier or rather slapping an Israeli soldier as her little cousin was shot down by another Israeli soldier. Ahad was received by camera flashes and TV interview requests as she became a new iconic face of the Palestinians and their struggle. Needless to say, her mother Nermeen who was also imprisoned with her spoke about the elephant in the room we know an... more »

State Passes Revolutionary Law To Let Elementary Students Have Access To Medical Cannabis In School

Activist Post at Activist Post - 12 hours ago
By Rachel Blevins While the United States Federal Government continues to claim that cannabis is a deadly drug with no medicinal value, the state of... more »

GOSSIP OR JOURNO: Burying our heads in the sand!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 12 hours ago
*FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 2018Part 4—No ostrich left behind:* "Fourscore and seven years ago, our fathers [sic] brought forth on this continent a new nation..." We believe Abraham Lincoln said that. "About 70,000 years ago, Sapiens from East Africa spread into the Arabian peninsula, and from there they quickly overran the entire Eurasian landmass." Yuval Noah Harari said that. He said it in his widely-acclaimed 2011 best-seller, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. By "Sapiens," Harari meant member of our widely-acclaimed and thus self-impressed species, Homo sapiens. According to Ha... more »

Jo Cox, Her Assassination, the White Helmets, “Humanitarianism” and Regime Change

Vanessa Beeley at 21st Century Wire - 12 hours ago
*Vanessa Beeley + Whitney Webb* | The billionaires behind the Jo Cox Fund, exploiting a heinous murder to promote regime change in Syria.

US Senators Push for Russia Sanctions ‘Bill From Hell’

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 12 hours ago
*21WIRE + Antiwar.com* | Has public service devolved into a contest to see who can be more 'anti-Russia'? It appears so.

Terrifying Sea Level Rise In Sydney Harbor

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 12 hours ago
Over the past 60 years, sea level in Sydney Harbor may have risen as much as an inch. Or perhaps less. Sea Level Trends – NOAA Tides & Currents

If Assange Leaves the Ecuadorian Embassy, What Next?

hhurd at Lawfare - 12 hours ago
Julian Assange meets with Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño in London, 2013 (Source: Wikimedia/Foreign Ministry of Ecuador) WikiLeaks founder and CEO Julian Assange might be nearing his final days in Ecuador’s London embassy, where he’s lived and worked since 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden for rape charges or, potentially, to the United Stat es. On July 20, RT’s Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan tweeted that the release might occur in the coming weeks, or even days. On July 21, Intercept reported that Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno recently met with British offi... more »

Our Cellphone Addiction Is Turning Wireless Tech Into an Invisible Weapon That’s Destroying Wildlife

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 12 hours ago
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