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Paralyzing Illness Incidents Spike in Children in 2014, 2016, and now 2018
AP (2018, October 17). Cause unknown: Mysterious paralyzing illness found among kids in 22 U.S. states https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/17/world/science-health-world/cause-unknown-mysterious-paralyzing-illness-found-among-kids-22-u-s-states/#.W8dER3tKj3g NEW YORK – U.S. health officials on Tuesday reported a jump in cases of a rare paralyzing illness in children, and said it seems to be following an every-other-year pattern. At least 62 cases have been confirmed in 22 states this year, and at least 65 additional illnesses in those states are being investigated, according... more »
Claims of Khashoggi death by fistfight expose Saudi brutality
The brutality of both state claims and unproven allegations in Khashoggi's death raise serious questions about American alliances. The post Claims of Khashoggi death by fistfight expose Saudi brutality appeared first on The Duran.
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'From being a campaign of the establishment, by the establishment and for the establishment, they’re now styling themselves as a populist insurgency. Or what a PR agency might think a populist insurgency looks like..."
Neither Mexican nor Indian?
Poor Senator Warren just can't catch a break. Sent in by reader J. M.: Peter
Canada, Ukraine start reviewing free trade agreement
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20-Oct-2018 The joint commission on the implementation of the free trade agreement between Ukraine and Canada will hold its first meeting on Friday, October 19.
Challenging the far right's nationalist opposition to free trade deals
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20-Oct-2018 Extreme right-wing, anti-immigration and Islamophobic parties tend to oppose so-called "free trade" agreements.
Vietnam-EAEU FTA to motivate bilateral economic development
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20-Oct-2018 The economic and trade cooperation between Vietnam and the EAEU has achieved important results after two years since the signing of the Free Trade Agreement between Vietnam and the Eurasian Economic Union (Vietnam-EAEU FTA), contributing to creating a motivation for the economic development of each country and expanding cooperation in the region.
Member Newsletter: Breaking Through Secrecy That Enables Abuse Of Prisoners
Journalist and editor Brian Sonenstein recently wrote about retaliation for supporting the prison strike and provides further insights into his reporting. The post Member Newsletter: Breaking Through Secrecy That Enables Abuse Of Prisoners appeared first on Shadowproof.
Ban Hybrids As Well, Say MPs
By Paul Homewood https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45899580 A bit more detail on that new report from the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy committee, which recommends banning all sales of new petrol and diesel cars by 2032. One of their complaints about current government policy is its vagueness. As I pointed out when Michael Gove made the […]
The Marines Might Not Like Their New Sniper Rifle. Here's Why.
*Task and Purpose* *Security, * [image: Flickr] We have all the details. The Marine Corps is throwing down cash to test-drive the same compact sniper rifle the Army has pursued in recent months. But while its 7.62mm rounds pack the punch required by scout snipers facing increasingly protected enemies downrange, its effective range falls well short of the sniper systems used by both foreign militaries and militants — a limitation that makes it unclear just what the Corps could do with this new weapon. The Army’s proposed fiscal 2019 budget includes $46.2 million to field 5,180 M1... more »
Turtle: The First Submarine Ever Went to War During the American Revolution. It Was Way Ahead of Its Time.
*Warfare History Network, Brandt Heatherington* *History, * [image: By Zenit - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5989016] American inventor David Bushnell’s Revolutionary War submarine Turtle was a major breakthrough in naval warfare. The world’s first combat submarine was something of an afterthought on the part of its creator. The revolutionary craft, known as the Turtle for its odd profile, was the progeny of David Bushnell, who was born in 1742 in West Saybrook, Conn. Bushnell did not start his career as an inventor, engineer, or even as... more »
BREAKING: What we read on our autumn vacation!
*SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2018The latest academic hoax v. the western canon:* What did we read on our autumn vacation? At long last, thank you for asking! Good lord! We dug out of a musty old box our copy—actual, our two copies—of Norman Malcolm's slender yet once definitive volume, Ludwig Wittgenstein: A Memoir With a Biographical Sketch by Georg Hendrik Von Wright. (This slender volume is still on sale through the Oxford University Press.) Memories came flooding back, especially memories of NAME WITHHELD. Did Proust ever scarf down a whole sack of madeleines? If so, that's what it ... more »
Wolchover, Ball face armies of brainwashed anti-quantum NPCs
Nine and two days ago, the Quanta Magazine posted the following two articles that were "sort of negative" about some "alternative interpretations" of quantum mechanics: October 11th: Famous Experiment Dooms Alternative to Quantum Weirdness (Natalie Wolchover) ------------------------------ October 18th: Why the Many-Worlds Interpretation Has Many Problems (Philip Ball) Ball's article is an excerpt from his book *Beyond Weird* which is problematic but it's the least problematic book among the 10 or so "books on interpretations of quantum mechanics" that I detected and mentioned in t... more »
When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
Apex Predator Dies Shortly After the Arrival of Humans, Climate Change Blamed The University of New South Wales, birthplace of the Ship of Fools, sees no connection between the arrival of Australian Aboriginals, and the subsequent rapid demise of a dangerous apex predator which dominated Australia for millions of years. (Source) BTW, that garbage passed … Continue reading "When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail"
Communist China caught funding US environmental groups to undermine military
Communist China-funded US enviro groups working to stop US military base on Okinawa China is funding US green groups to harm our national security. (Source) Never in your life will you see a communist organization fund the NRA, RNC or other conservative groups unless it is for the expressed intent to undermine from within. Please … Continue reading "Communist China caught funding US environmental groups to undermine military"
Pictures of the Week; Halloween 2018
Unfortunately, you won’t see any jokes like the above on SNL. Their political bias robs them of some of the best material out there. (Source) Please Like, Share, Subscribe and Comment
Tristan and Jenny
Jenny Hill, neither portly nor rotund Jenny Hill was on this morning's *From Our Own Correspondent. *She'd been to see her first Wagner opera, *Tristan and Isolde*, and was using the experience to draw parallels with the present German political situation (as you do). She found herself having to "suppress a giggle" at the sight of "the two rather portly lead singers", especially as "the rotund figure of Tristan prepared to fling an equally substantial Isolde onto a rather flimsy table". In the spirit of the age, I was frankly outraged by that. That's fat-shaming, body-shaming, and ... more »
Two U.S. Air Force B-52 Bombers Fly Over The South China Sea During The Asean Defense Summit
Two U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bombers fly over the Pacific Ocean during a routine training mission Pacific Air Forces *Business Insider*: *US B-52 bombers tore through the South China Sea in a power play ahead of a sit-down between the US and Chinese defense chiefs* * Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and his Chinese counterpart Gen. Wei Fenghe, the Chinese defense minister, met Thursday to discuss a number of issues, particularly their disputes in the South China Sea. * Two days prior, two US Air Force B-52 bombers flew through the contested area, sending a message about A... more »
The Most Strategic Midterm Race: Elder Challenges Hoyer
*-by Sam Husseini* Especially with Brett Kavanaugh's accession to the Supreme Court, many are understandably absorbed with the importance of trying to end the Republican majorities in Congress for the midterm elections. But simply always backing Democrats will likely propel the party further toward the establishment corporate right. If voters are just going to get behind a Democratic candidate no matter what, there's no incentive for them to be progressive in any sense. Some may point to some new left-leaning candidates coming out of the Democratic Party. But even the most optimi... more »
Supreme Justice Grants Stay of Kids Lawsuit
On Friday, Chief Justice Roberts stayed the discovery and trial of Juliana vs. US, pending responses from the plaintiffs to issues raised by the defense. Report from The News Review in italics with my bolds. The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday granted a stay in the climate trial, Juliana v. United States, pending a response […]
Bomb Attacks Against US Forces And US-Backed Forces In Syria Have Risen Five-Fold Since June
Fighters of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces launched an operation against ISIS in Deir Ezzor on September 10, 2018. Reuters *The National: **Bomb attacks against US-backed forces in Syria rise five-fold* New report documents rise of an Iran-backed Sunni tribal resistance movement The number of bomb attacks against US-backed forces and American troops in Syria has risen more than five-fold since the establishment of an Iran-backed force in June, according to a new report. In the three months prior to June, there were 12 improvised explosive device attacks recorded, compared... more »
WATCH: Police Taser and Shoot Dog For Protecting Its Home, Dispose of Body Before Notifying The Owner
Police were caught on eyewitness video tasering and executing an innocent dog after it protected its home from an intruder The post WATCH: Police Taser and Shoot Dog For Protecting Its Home, Dispose of Body Before Notifying The Owner appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
Electron dipole moment: lessons
A few days ago, you could see reports about the new measurements of the electron electric dipole moment: Google News. The ACME II experiment published its findings in Nature Improved limit on the electric dipole moment of the electron and the upper bound is about 10 times smaller (more constraining) than measured a year earlier, namely\[ |d_e|\leq 1.1 \times 10^{-31} e\ {\rm m}. \] The dipole moment has the units of "charge times distance" and with the natural charge factor of \(e\), the electron charge, the distance is just some 10,000 times the Planck scale! This distance is heur... more »
Insurance Companies Aren’t Covering Cell Phone and WiFi Radiation Exposure Risk
By B.N. Frank Even though we covered insurance companies not wanting to do business with telecoms before – this information seems worth sharing again because... more »
Saturday Morning Links
This and that for your weekend reading. - Kate Aronoff interviews Mariana Mazzucato about *The Value of Everything*, including some important discussion about the relationship between governments and markets: *Aronoff: *You talk a lot about the power of the state in shaping markets. What does the idea that the government should only intervene to tweak markets get wrong? *Mazzucato: *How we talk about governments and markets is very problematic. In traditional economic theory, governments are just fixing market failures. And I talk about governments—if they’re actually well organiz... more »
TRUMPERS WILL BELIEVE ANYTHING
I wonder if Michael J. Knowles -- managing editor of alleged #NeverTrumper Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire -- hesitated for a moment before the "publish" button was pushed and his latest piece went live. If I were a right-winger and I'd written it, I'd ask myself, "Are the rubes really going to fall for this? With an audience like mine, I can get away with a lot, but this?" Whether or not he hesitated, the piece is up, and it's jaw-dropping: *The Surprising Humility of Donald Trump* Really, he's serious: No one is better at deprecating President Trump than President Trump—just ask him. K... more »
The future of war: UAE hires U.S. mercenaries to assassinate political leaders (Video)
The Duran – News in Review – Episode 137. The post The future of war: UAE hires U.S. mercenaries to assassinate political leaders (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
Weekend reads: A whistleblower speaks; a new most-cited retracted paper; criminalizing scientific fraud?
Before we present this week’s Weekend Reads, a question: Do you enjoy our weekly roundup? If so, we could really use your help. Would you consider a tax-deductible donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work? Thanks in advance. The week at Retraction Watch featured a call for more than 30 retractions by former Harvard … Continue reading Weekend reads: A whistleblower speaks; a new most-cited retracted paper; criminalizing scientific fraud?
U.S. Navy Planning To Send Warships Between China And Taiwan
*Reuters: **Exclusive: U.S. weighs new warship passage through Taiwan Strait* SINGAPORE/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is considering a new operation to send warships through the Taiwan Strait, U.S. officials tell Reuters, a mission aimed at ensuring free passage through the strategic waterway but which risks heightening tensions with China. The U.S. Navy conducted a similar mission in the strait’s international waters in July and any repeat would be seen in self-ruled Taiwan as a fresh expression of support by President Donald Trump’s government. The U.S. military decl... more »
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From Jenna Orkin Russia Liquidates Nearly All Holdings of US Debt (RT) Even more than in July, when they divested themselves of 84% Transpiration SCUPLS Khaled Saffuri Possible Source for Khashoggi Narrative Via Daniel Klaidman Facebook has hired Britain's former deputy prime minister as its global comms chief Putin Hints At New Russia-Saudi Axis: "No Reason To Spoil Saudi Ties Over Khashoggi Killing" Saudi Royal Family Considering Replacement For Crown Prince bin Salman: ReportBattle For The Arctic: NATO's Trident Juncture Aims To Demonstrate Its Dominance To RussiaObama's Nationa... more »
Cloak and Dagger
Israel Shamir reflects on the recent dark doings involving Russian intelligence
Russian President Putin: Not Up To Russia To Persuade Iran To Leave Syria
*Press TV (Iran):* *Not up to Russia to persuade Iran to leave Syria: Putin* Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected US and Israeli calls for Moscow to persuade Iran to pull its military forces out of Syria, saying it is not what Russia can make a decision about. Putin made the comments in an address to the annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi on Thursday. Moscow, he said, cannot force Tehran to end its presence in Syria and that a possible withdrawal is an issue between Damascus and Tehran to decide. *Read more* .... *More New... more »
IDF Uses Live Fire & Tear Gas on Gaza Border Protest, Many Injured
RT Published on Oct 20, 2018 A Palestinian official and several other people have been injured during a protest against eviction in the West Bank. Israeli officers were seen using force against the demonstrators. end
UN Mideast Envoy: Situation in Gaza Imploding
PressTV Published on Oct 19, 2018 The United Nations Middle East envoy has warned about the worsening conditions of Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip. Nickolay Mladenov made the statement at a UN Security Council meeting. He said half the population of Gaza lives below the poverty line. Mladenov added that all the key indicators show […]
The Great BBC Survey
Readers of *Is the BBC biased?*, *Biased BBC* and the like may already know of David Sedgwick. He's currently writing a book about the BBC (which sounds very much like the kind of book for us!) and would appreciate a little help with a survey he's carrying out about the BBC. So if you have a spare five minutes, please could you click here and complete it: *The Great BBC Survey* Thank you, and Helen Boaden sends her hugs.
PM Designate Mahdi Did Not Like Oil Minister’s Action On Iraq National Oil Company
Oil Minister Luabi (Reuters) October 18 out going Oil Minister Jabbar al-Luabi transferred nine-state owned oil and service companies to the new National Oil Company (INOC) that he is heading. While this was part of the plan for the new oil business, the timing, a week before a new government is to be announced raised the ire of Prime Minister designate Adel Abdul Mahdi. That same day Minister Luabi issued his order, Mahdi posted on Facebook that Prime Minister Haidar Abadi and President Barham Salah should stop any unconstitutional and illegal actions, appointments and contracts ... more »
This Day In Iraqi History - Oct 20
1980 US said Iraq invasion of Iran threatened security in Gulf and land should not be seized by force 1983 Iranian Op Wa al-Fajr 4 seized 15 villages in Kurdistan 1984 Iraq held elections to prove legitimacy of Saddam Was 40% quota for Shiite deputies (Musings On Iraq interview with author Anthony Tucker-Jones on Iran-Iraq War) (Musings On Iraq book review *The Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988*) (Musings On Iraq book review *Iran-Iraq War, The Lion of Babylon, 1980-1988*) (Musings On Iraq book review *The Iran-Iraq War*) 1991 Report Saddam was arming PKK to fight Turkey 2000 British Forei... more »
Christian Filmmakers Battle Minnesota Over Same-Sex Marriage
[image: christian-filmmakers-battle-minnesota-over-same-sex-marriage] A couple who make Christian-themed films are suing the state of Minnesota over a law requirng them to film same-sex “weddings” against their religious convictions.
Terrorism U.: Gov. Cuomo Supports Terrorists Angela Davis, Oscar Rivera, Antifa on Campus
[image: terrorism-u-gov-cuomo-supports-terrorists-angela-davis-oscar-rivera-antifa-on-campus] Democrat leftists accuse President Trump of collusion with Russia, but their Red icons were (and are) the most ardent Stalinists/Maoists of our times.
U.S. Congressman Accuses President Trump's Son-In-Law And Adviser Of Orchestrating The Killing Of Khashoggi
Video: Here's the video of Democratic Congressman Joaquin Castro stating without evidence that Kushner may have given the Saudis a hit list that had Khashoggi's name on it and thus the Saudis had him killed. Incredibly irresponsible. pic.twitter.com/9mossq4Cdt — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) October 19, 2018 *The Hill: **Joaquin Castro accuses Kushner of orchestrating killing of Khashoggi* Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) on Friday accused senior White House adviser Jared Kushner of orchestrating the killing of Saudi-born Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Castro, who serves ... more »
L85A1 Rifle: As Short as a Submachine Gun with the Performance of an Assault Rifle
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Europe* [image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SA80_A2_(L85A2)_5.56mm_Rifle_MOD_45162138.jpg] But it had its problem. In the mid-1980s, the United Kingdom became the first major NATO power to adopt a so-called “bullpup” assault rifle. The L85A1 Individual Weapon was unique in that it placed the rifle’s operating system and magazine well behind the trigger. The result was a weapon as short as a submachine gun with the performance of an assault rifle. The adoption of the L85A1 was a watershed moment in the history of small arms marred by the the... more »
Russia's Top Guns: How Dangerous are the Su-27SM and Su-30SM Fighters?
*Charlie Gao* *Security, * [image: Wikimedia Commons] Let's find out. While the Su-35 grabs the headlines as Russia’s most advanced fighter, the majority of its air force consists of older types. Per the International Institute for Strategic Studies’ (IISS) “The Military Balance 2018,” Russia operates around 220 “legacy” Flankers to seventy Su-35S, nearly triple the number. The “legacy” Flankers consist of a mix of original Su-27s, various SM upgrades of this type and twin-seat Su-30s. But how effective are these older Flankers? Are some versions near the capability of the Su-35S... more »
Inside the Papers
Kirsty, YAB and Katy For those keeping an eye on *Newsnight*'s 'Inside the Papers' feature, where a journalist (or, occasionally, a panel including journalists) discusses the next day's newspapers, here's a list of all the contributers so far. One interesting thing to note (after six weeks) is that the early guests did suggest that *Newsnight *was at least trying to achieve some measure of balance when it comes to Brexit in terms of supporters and opponents, but that attempt only lasted two weeks. Thereafter, over the remaining four weeks, there's been a quite staggering lack of pr... more »
Pack Your Bags For Antarctica
Fifteen years ago, Tony Blair’s science adviser predicted we would all have to move to Antarctica – where temperatures sometimes fall below the freezing point of dry ice (-109 degrees.) Why Antarctica will soon be the only place to live … Continue reading →
Democrats – Trying To Destroy America’s Energy Supply For Over 40 Years
In 1975, President Obama’s future science adviser was calling for policy driven energy shortages in the US. He cited the danger of diverting resources to unproven technologies, which is exactly what he and the Democrats want to do with wind … Continue reading →
Argentina: Are We Alone? Alleged UFO Flying Amidst a Storm
*Source: INFOPICO and Fundación Argentina de OvnilogíaDate: October 20, 2018* *Argentina: Are We Alone? Alleged UFO Flying Amidst a Storm* The alleged sighting took place in the locality of Quemú Quemú. Several phenomena of this sort have been reported in recent times. A reader contacted *infopico.com* and shared the photo taken recently over Quemú. While storm clouds gathered overhead, it is possible to make out a circular, dark object among the clouds. It did not resemble a conventional aircraft. [*Translation (c) 2018 IHU with thanks to Luis Burgos, FAO*] Inexplicata Podcas... more »
Top U.S. Marine Commanders: The Corps Is Not Ready To Fight China
Landing Craft Air Cushions prepare to land aboard the USNS John Glenn during a Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF) exercise designed to train Marines and Sailors on arrival and assembly operation to ensure that the right equipment, supplies and tools get to the right people in a crisis response, humanitarian assistance or combat operation. (Lance Cpl. Roxanna Gonzalez/Marine Corps) *Marine Times:* *The Corps must change how it gets wartime gear to the fight, generals say * ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Top Marine Corps leaders say that the current way the force keeps its wartime inventory posi... more »
Trump - Kim Summit To Happen Next Year
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un hold a signing ceremony at the conclusion of their summit at the Capella Hotel on the resort island of Sentosa, Singapore June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo *Reuters:* *Next summit for Trump, North Korea's Kim likely after first of year: senior U.S. official* WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The next summit meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is likely to happen early next year, a senior administration official said on Friday. The two sides have been engaged in talks o... more »
National Security Adviser John Bolton Travels To Moscow For High Level Talks
U.S. national-security adviser John Bolton *The Hill:* *Bolton heads to Moscow for high-stakes meeting with Russians* National security adviser John Bolton is traveling to Russia for talks early next week with top Russian officials that are likely to cover a variety of high-priority issues for the administration. The trip is Bolton’s first to Moscow since he went to broker the details of the now infamous Helsinki summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin last July. The visit comes amid high tensions with Moscow on several fronts, including the conflict ... more »
On Nietzsche’s Sister, Elisabeth
Elisabeth shaking hands with HitlerElisabeth Förster-Nietzsche became Friedrich Nietzsche’s guardian and assumed control of his legacy after he suffered a mental collapse. She was an anti-semite and several scholars (including Walter Kaufmann) have criticized her for twisting Nietzsche’s legacy and creating the impression that he was a Nazi prophet. It is said that she published *The Will to Power*, a selection of fragments from Nietzsche’s notebooks, with the intention of depicting him as a proto-Nazi. The book has several aphorisms which dwell on the importance of breeding and th... more »
Missing anyone, John?
Not the Deputy First Minister of Scotland Talking of John Sweeney (who Kirsty Wark introduced last night as 'John Swinney', confusing him with the SNP Deputy First Minister of Scotland!), his *Newsnight *report on Jamal Khashoggi contained a classic partisan BBC moment. It began: The House of Saud is built on a sea of oil. Whoever holds the Crown has the key to unimaginable wealth and that has brought the ruling houses of the United States to Riyadh's door time and time again. First, the House of Bush, and now, the House of Trump. "First, the House of Bush, and now, the House of T... more »
Navajos Natives assaulted outside Trump rally in Mesa, Arizona
"We were assaulted today at the trump rally in Mesa, Az. We were standing on the side of the road, exercising free speech..." said Amanda Blackhorse, a Diné activist. "Of course the assault happened in front of Mesa Police Department- a trump supporter bull dozed his way thru our crowd knocking over a woman and others. My property damaged in the process. The police watched and did nothing. The woman in the video above is only one of very many, I was able to get this on camera as we were marching. trump spoke in Mesa, in an airport hanger, miles from the city. This was the perfect sp... more »
Tweets For Today
Afghans head to the polls facing renewed security threat 17 years after U.S. invasion https://t.co/uXN5jYtHjc — NBC News (@NBCNews) October 20, 2018 #UPDATE: Dozens of Afghans were killed or wounded in poll-related violence as the legislative election turned chaotic with hundreds of polling centres failing to open and voters queueing for hourshttps://t.co/W86WqCmbE5 — AFP news agency (@AFP) October 20, 2018 #JamalKhashoggi: Turkey vows to reveal 'truth' on Saudi critic killing https://t.co/M384uPzEtm — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) October 20, 2018 No Mega Millions winner, jackpo... more »
Picture Of The Day
Members of the honor guard prepare for the welcoming ceremony of Norway's King Harald outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. © AP Photo / Ng Han Guan *WNU Editor:* The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... *This Week in Pictures: October 13 - 19* (Sputnik).
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*What makes a "good" school?* Before answering the question above, one has to define what a good school is. And that's surprisingly easy. The basic definition is that the pupils do well in the annual state-wide exams. Many people, however, will poo-pooh that definition, and say that things like cultural awareness, personal development and social responsibility are the defining qualities. But, as it happens, all those things tend to covary. A school with good exam results will tend also to facilitate more exposure to the arts and offer many options for activities that are not ... more »
VN exporters lack FTA knowledge
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20-Oct-2018 Most Vietnamese enterprises lack awareness about free trade agreements (FTAs) the country plans to sign with other countries, especially the EU-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), according to a survey.
For The People?
This week, Doug Ford showed us how a government which has adopted the motto "for the people" operates. Martin Regg Cohn writes: The news this week that Ford has rewarded one of his closest campaign cronies with a plum patronage posting to Washington isn’t especially surprising. What is appalling is that he has doubled down on partisan enrichment. With curious hubris, Ford proclaimed Friday, “I am so happy to announce” that Progressive Conservative loyalist Ian Todd will be Ontario’s new trade representative in the U.S. What Ford neglected to say is that Todd’s annual salary will... more »
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*Groan! Another tale about the evils of particulate pollution* New York Magazine has a subsection called "Intelligencer" which would more aptly be called "Dramatizer". Under the heading, "Trump’s Climate Denial Isn’t Just a War on Our Coastlines. It’s a War on Our Brains'" they have a large collection of tired old Warmist talking points, all of which have been refuted many times by skeptics. Hell! *I* have refuted them many times. What has got them particularly stirred up this time is particulate pollution -- tiny little bits of matter that float around in the air. Diesel truck e...more »
Chiropractic Care for Chest Pain
When I was a hospital-based cardiologist, I saw thousands of cases of chest pain. Most patients got the whole enchilada of a work up including chest x-ray, EKG, blood work, and a stress test. Sometimes a CT scan of their chest as well. I am here to tell you that the vast majority of these […] The post Chiropractic Care for Chest Pain appeared first on The Drs. Wolfson .
How Al Gore built the global warming fraud
By Dr. Jay Lehr and Tom Harris -- Almost single-handedly, climate change evangelist and multi-millionaire Al Gore launched the scare that has frightened and depressed generations of school children and pushed normally sensible politicians into drastic, expensive and ultimately futile actions to “save the planet” by stopping climate change. The post How Al Gore built the global warming fraud appeared first on CFACT.
F/A-18E/F Super Hornet: A Killer in the Sky (So Why Aren't They Selling?)
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Americas* [image: By Photographer's Mate Airman Phillip A. McDaniel, US Navy - en.wikipedia.org (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:F-18E_landing_06-10304cr.jpg)Originally from DVIC F/A-18E image page and F/A-18E high resolution image, Public Domain, https://commons.wikime] A good question. The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet has fully replaced the F/A-18A/C in U.S. Navy service, but it has not been as successful as an export. What’s holding it back? In April 2018, the U.S. Navy officially retired the F/A-18C “Hornet” from combat service, marking the end of an e... more »
The Army's Dream Gun: A Rifle That Can Fire Up to 5 Rounds at One Time
*David Axe* *Security, Americas* And the Army will soon have the prototype. Colorado gunsmith Martin Grier has invented a new kind of rifle—one that can fire up to five rounds at a time through five carefully-aligned barrels, and also ditches traditional metal-encased ammunition for electronically-triggered caseless rounds. The L4 and L5—respectively, the four- and five-barrel version of Grier’s rifle—are the sole products of Grier’s garage-based FD Munitions. And they’ve caught the U.S. Army’s eyes. Amid a flurry of media coverage, Grier is building, free of charge, a prototype... more »
Why Russia's S-400 Is No Joke (And Why No Air Force Wants to Fight Against It)
*Charlie Gao* *Security, * [image: Flickr / United States Government Work] What does it have in common with the S-300? The S-400 is one of the most controversial missiles in the world currently. The United States has imposed economic sanctions on countries simply for buying the system, but many of the world’s powers are interested in it, with India signing deals in September 2018 and China in April 2018. But what exactly makes the S-400 such a hot ticket item in the world today? How did it evolve from the earlier S-300? The S-300 began development in the 1960s as a follow-up to ... more »
The Two Things Air Force F-22 Raptors Can't Defeat
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * [image: Wikimedia Commons] The weather and the fact that Washington does not have enough of them. The F-22 Raptor may be the most elusive fighter ever built. It has a radar-cross section the size of a marble, and if it gets into trouble, it can rocket away traveling up to two-and-a-half times the speed of sound—so fast that the friction from the air would melt its radar-absorbent coatings right off its airframe. But this October, the Air Force discovered that a Raptor with its wings clipped can’t evade the force of nature. Tyndall Air Force Base, ... more »
The Midterms Are All About Two Things: Trump And Healthcare
*Will people vote against this? Or to protect healthcare?* Unless the polls are all wrong, the 2 things that will be on the top of most voters' minds when they cast their ballots-- and millions are already doing so in an unprecedented rush to cast ballot early-- are Señor Trumpanzee and on healthcare. Thursday Kaiser released their new poll and yesterday the Associated Press put theirs out. Neither had any good news for the GOP. Both polls indicated that Trump is the top motivator for voters, that Trump's disapproval numbers are sky-high and climbing and that voters want to hand con... more »
Time to be afraid
John Sweeney's piece on today's *From Our Own Correspondent *was ostensibly about the murdered Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia but its focus soon shifted to other murdered journalists - from Viktoria Marinova to Jamal Khashoggi. At its conclusion JS pointed the finger of blame firmly at,...yes, Donald Trump: In the summer of 2016 I visited the home of one of New York's great reporters, Wayne Barrett, who was dying of cancer. In his pomp, working for the Village Voice in the '80s, Wayne used to report on Donald Trump and his links with the mob - the Gambinos, the Genovese,... more »
"Fukushima Update 10/20/18: 17,898.75 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow"
*"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”* - Shiva *Updated Oct. 20, 2018: Fukushima Equals 17,898.75 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow; There is No Place On Earth to Escape the Rad: *The 3 melted-through cores of the destroyed reactors, now melted together into a single "corium" totaling over *600 tons*, at Fukushima *daily* release the radioactive equivalent of 6.45 Hiroshima bombs directly into the atmosphere and the Pacific Ocean. As of Oct. 20, 2018 - 2,775 days since the disaster began - this equals the detonation of *17,898.75 *Hiroshima atomic bombs and it is st... more »
Choose your friends carefully, because the wrong choice might kill you
The late, great Jeff Cooper promulgated four rules of firearms safety that have become almost universally recognized. Some modify the wording, others add more rules, but I guarantee you: if you observe his basic four rules faithfully, you won't ever injure anyone by a negligent or accidental discharge of your firearm. They are: 1. *All guns are always loaded.* 2. *Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy.* 3. *Keep your finger off the trigger till your sights are on the target.* 4. *Know your target, and what is beyond it.* Sadly, in the hea... more »
Not quite in the Premier League
Toby Castle (Admission: Adults £8.00, Child & Students £6.50, Family £20.00) The main theme on this week's *Newswatch* though was the BBC's royal coverage (in the week of Princess Eugenie's wedding, Harry and Meghan's baby news and Pippa Middleton giving birth). There have been complaints from both sides - complaints that the BBC has been too sycophantic and complaints the the BBC was too rude about the Royals - thus allowing Samira to say: Clearly, this is one of those topics where it is impossible for the BBC to please *all* of the people *all* of the time. She then talked t... more »
More than 122,000 terrorist facilities destroyed by Russian air force in Syria
Russian Air Force have made over 40,000 flights, including 21,000 flight in the nighttime, over the course of the operation in Syria and delivered strikes at around 122,000 terrorist facilities, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said. “Over the course of military actions, strikes were delivered at around 122,000 terrorist facilities. Most militants were eliminated,” Shoigu […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Trump applauds Saudi Arabia over their Khashoggi investigation
Calling Saudi Arabia a crucial ally against Iran that purchases billions of dollars-worth of US weapons, Donald Trump lamented Khashoggi’s “unacceptable” death but praised Riyadh for making the first arrests in the ongoing probe. “It is a good first step. It is a big step,” Trump said, admitting, though, that “some questions” do remain and […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Crash Norman
Norman Talking of Norman Smith, here's something from this weeks' *Newswatch*: *Samira Ahmed*: First, the B-word has again dominated the news this week with much discussion of the likelihood of leaving the European Union without a deal in place. That was one of two possible outcomes laid out recently by the BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith: *Norman Smith*: One, another referendum on Brexit itself, or two, crashing out of the EU without any deal. A number of viewers have taken exception to the phrase used at the end there with Ian Frost asking: *Ian Frost*: Why does t... more »
Rio Nightlife Guide for Saturday, October 20, 2018
We have the top three picks for this Saturday, and below there is a list of bars and lounges that are always a good option. LIVE: Pitty @ Fundição Progresso (Lapa) – This special night in the heart of Lapa sees Pitty make their debut show, promoting their new tour, ‘Matrix,’ in what promises to […]
‘Strong Blow’ Looming? Israel Masses Tanks & APCs on Gaza Border
‘Strong Blow’ Looming? Israel Masses Tanks & APCs on Gaza Border by https://www.rt.com/ Israel has boosted its military presence along the border with Gaza amid top politicians’ calls for a full-scale military campaign like the conflict of 2014, to put an end to the violence and rocket attacks that it links to Hamas. – The IDF […]
Little Ice Age – Where Is You?
An interesting isotope record has been measured from a Japanese Cedar tree by Libby et al and the data were aggregated as 5 year composites. Tim Cullen published many pertinent posts using Libby’s data and the graphs are posted here. … Continue reading →
Chinese Whispers
Xi Jinping being whispered to Links here, here, here and here will give you the whole story, but here's a summary... A rumour began spreading on social media, concerning the UK's future migration policy. It said that the Government and Migration Advisory Committee have recommended that the bar for 'high-skilled' immigrant workers will be raised to £50,000 per annum post-Brexit. This is false - the actual proposal is that the bar should be £30,000 per annum - but lots of pro-immigration people and organisations (from the Welsh government to the Wirral Chambers of Commerce, from the... more »
Issues
Doctor Who Peter Hitchens tuned into the first episode of the latest series of *Doctor Who* - the one where "a large clove of garlic from another galaxy was trying to take over the world by stealing people’s teeth" - and found it: ...a heavy-handed expression of equality and diversity propaganda, a comprehensive school, post-Christian, multicultural mish-mash, so full of pious messages that it left no room for a decent plot... So I'm guessing he'll not be pursuing Jodie Whittaker's new Doctor much further. I have to say that I *am* watching and enjoying it, but it looks as if the ... more »
Huddersfield
A heartfelt comment on Twitter... Just watched BBC Look North reporting of Huddersfield grooming gangs sentencing. As a grandmother who saved two granddaughters from this evil trade in children, am heartbroken that 'community cohesion' is still the main emphasis in BBC reporting... Not the safety of our girls. ...led me to watch BBC Look North. The programme's coverage didn't hide the fact that the grooming gang phenomenon is overwhelmingly associated with "south Asian"/"Pakistani" individuals *and* it reported that 13 out of the 15 victims were "white girls", but: - (... more »
Leaping in
From the BBC's Home Affairs Correspondent yesterday: Note though how, if *some *people don't want to talk about the Sikh ringleader of the Huddersfield paedophile gang and want to keep the focus on Muslims, *other *people (with just as much of an agenda) just can't wait to make a point about it not quite being an *all*-Muslim gang: ...though it *may* be that Dominic Casciani has leaped too soon there (see link). *Update*: Comments could be going better for Dom:
The Story of How One Nazi Intelligence Officer Tried to Take Down Adolf Hitler
*Warfare History Network, Brooke C. Stoddard* *Security, Europe* [image: By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-1987-0703-507 / unbekannt / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5346192] Who Was Colonel Hans Oster? Why did this intelligence officer want to put an end to Hitler’s reign? And who among the Nazi regime would he turn to for help? Adolf Hitler won victory after victory in the late 1930s: the remilitarization of the Rhineland in 1936, the incorporation of Austria into the Reich in 1938, the acquisition of the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia in... more »
China's H-20 Stealth Bomber: Everything We Know About It
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Asia* [image: Wikimedia Commons] If the H-20 does have the range and passable stealth characteristics attributed to it, then it could alter the strategic calculus between the United States and China by exposing U.S. bases and fleets across the Pacific to surprise air attacks. In October 2018, Chinese media announced that the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) would publicly unveil its new H-20 stealth bomber during a parade celebrating the air arm’s seventieth anniversary in 2019. Prior news of the H-20’s development had been teased using tec... more »
NAFTA 2.0: Free Trade or Central Planning?
[image: nafta_freeuse.png] The interesting question is whether these agreements are meaningful way stations on the way to universal free trade? I actually think that they are because in the very long term wage parity will become reality. It is regrettably a slow process. Trade agreements are necessary to allow management of market share generally and to block egregious dumping and other shake down tactics. Thus Canada rarely sees its retail auto market disturbed while participating fully in the USA market at the wholesale level. With thousands of products and many manufacturin... more »
Instant coffee
In university residence we all lived on instant coffee. I have barely touched it since and actually gave up coffee itself almost twenty five years ago when i understood just how much sugar it led me to consume. No one was happier than myself when i saw Stevia show up at Starbucks, though i now use scant sweeteners. It has allowed my wife to end much of her sugar habit. Bulk sales ofstevia packets cannot be too far out. It has been a long ride and it is good to see quality is slowly inching ahead. While i was in Europe this spring i was able to enjoy ample cappuccino as my usua... more »
President Donald Trump writes op-ed, says Democrats want open borders and socialism
The open borders meme is nothing more than a creeping power grab at the expense of economic health and more directly at the expense of the Union movement already ruined by outright union busting by offshoring. That this comes at the hands of the socialists is the ultimate irony and informs us that control of this movement has fallen under the hands of committed International Marxists or NAZIs who understand this as a road to overcome local voting blocks. The medicare situation will have to be successfully worked out, but this has to be post mid terms. With pricing getting sort... more »
Explain the Chinese spy, Sen. Feinstein
First off, it is extremely bad and i do not know just how the FBI was not onto this chap the day he showed up. If they were doing their job, they were and kept him in the loop deliberately. This is more normal spy-craft. If not then start firing the fools. More seriously though, this is the tip of the iceberg in terms of Sen. Feinstein if i am reading the Intel correctly. The rest is likely to come out soon as well as it will be embarrassing to the DEMS as if they are not already embarrassed enough. I have dealt with hundreds of Chinese over the years and this has included t... more »
Saudis Admit Khashoggi Killed At Consulate “In Fist-Fight”, King Salman Fires 5 Top Officials
Saudi Arabia confirmed tonight that Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed at its consulate in Istanbul on 2 October. The post Saudis Admit Khashoggi Killed At Consulate “In Fist-Fight”, King Salman Fires 5 Top Officials appeared first on The Duran.
Burning skeptics at the stake for causing climate change – Video
Dr. Sallie Baliunas discusses the Little Ice Age and the history of people’s superstitious reactions to extreme weather. Dr Baliunas, Staff Astrophysicist at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, lays out a great read of propaganda and the CAGW crowd. Only seven minutes long, this eye-opening video is well-worth watching. The Little Ice Age lasted ... Read moreBurning skeptics at the stake for causing climate change – Video The post Burning skeptics at the stake for causing climate change – Video appeared first on Ice Age Now.
Man who dismissed antisemitism set for top Labour role in dealing with it
For some time I have been calling Jeremy Corbyn antisemitic. Is the Labour Party itself also? 'A hard-left member of the Jewish Voice For Labour group is heading for a position on the Labour Party's top disciplinary body after pro-Jeremy Corbyn activists buried internal factional divisions and united to back him. Stephen Marks — who once accused the Board of Deputies of being behind "imagined" claims of antisemitism in Labour — was placed on the left-wing "slate" of six suggested candidates for election onto the party's National Constitutional Committee (NCC). On Wednesday, Moment... more »
Dauntless Dive Bomber: America's Deadly World War II Bomber that was "Slow but Deadly"
*Warfare History Network, John D. Gresham* *Security, * [image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Douglas_SBD_flies_over_USS_Enterprise_(CV-6)_and_USS_Saratoga_(CV-3)_on_19_December_1942.jpg] Marine and Navy bomber pilots made history in the Douglas SBD Dauntless dive-bomber, fondly known as 'Slow But Deadly.' World War II gave us many stories of aerial warfare, men and their machines fighting their way to victory and glory in the name of humanity. However romantic such a notion may be, World War II was the first in which airpower actually won battles, decided the outcome o... more »
Big Guns: The Army Is Developing a 'Cannon' To Kill Targets 1,000 Miles Away
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Americas* [image: Flickr / The U.S. Army] And land warfare will never be the same. Recent statements by the U.S. Army indicate that it is enthusiastically seeking to resurrect a type of weapon long thought to have been consigned to the cobwebs of history—the long-range “super gun.” The Pentagon is talking up a project to develop a Strategic Long-Range Cannon with a mind-boggling range of 1,150 miles—far enough for cannons based in Europe to bombard targets in western Russia. During the first half of the twentieth century, armies grew enamored with t... more »
The Croatian Role In The Destruction Of Yugoslavia In The 1990s (II)
Tudjman’s personal efforts to make stronger his own political (authoritarian) position in Croatia at any cost of liberal democratic institutions are obvious and very similar to his counterpart in Serbia in the 1990s with one difference: Tudjman was more successful in destroying liberal democracy in Croatia in comparison to Miloshevic’s efforts to do the same in Serbia. The post The Croatian Role In The Destruction Of Yugoslavia In The 1990s (II) appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
“You Now Have A Shorter Attention Span Than a Goldfish”
*“You Now Have A Shorter Attention Span Than a Goldfish”* by Time "No longer can we boast about 12 seconds of coherent thought. The average attention span for the notoriously ill-focused goldfish is nine seconds, but according to a study from Microsoft Corp., people now generally lose concentration after eight seconds, highlighting the affects of an increasingly digitalized lifestyle on the brain. Researchers in Canada surveyed 2,000 participants and studied the brain activity of 112 others using electroencephalograms (EEGs). Microsoft found that since the year 2000 (or about when ... more »
"All Of The Available Data Show...:
“All of the available data show that the typical American citizen has about as much interest in the life of the mind as does your average armadillo.” - Morris Berman ◆ Apologies to armadillos for the comparison, but if it's true... and it is.
"Showtime in America: Idiots’ Delight, A Quasi Review. 'It’s All A Lie'”
*"Showtime in America: * *Idiots’ Delight, A Quasi Review. 'It’s All A Lie'”* By Edward Curtin The making of a journalist: no ideas and the ability to express them.” – Karl Kraus, "Half-Truths & One-and-a-Half Truths" “Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.” – Mark Twain “All cats die. Socrates is dead. Socrates is a cat.” – Eugene Ionesco, "Rhinoceros" "If believability is your gauge for discerning truth, you are living in a fantasy world. But that is the reality of life in the United States today. This is the land of make-beli... more »
Midnight Meme Of The Day!
*by Noah* Thank you Keith Richards! You are a brilliantly succinct man of words, not to mention one hell of a musician!
Furor in Germany: Short Sentences For Migrants Who GANG RAPED 13-Year-Old
The eight migrants aged between 14 and 17 were given suspended sentences
Who was Roy Cohn?
One of Henry Makow's readers tackles the Roy Cohn enigma.
Saudi Arabia admits Khashoggi murdered in Turkey, sacks bin Salman’s top aide
According to Saudi state TV, a top general and close aide to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has been relieved from his duties over Khashoggi's death
The story of the Armenian Legion is finally being told
A dark tale of anger and revenge
French Forces to Set Up Military Base in Raqqa
Like the U.S. Army's deployment to Syria, the French have not been invited by President Assad, making their intervention illegal
Ending the War on Yemen
Ryan Dawson on the hypocrisy and double-standards over Khashoggi's murder
Putin “Gets it” About Nations & Soros
A fascinating speech by Putin per Sorors and the PC Crap consuming the west. Continue reading →
DISNEY HEIRESS, FACEBOOK, TRUMP, CHINA, KAVANAUGH, KUSHNER
... Facebook, the CIA and Russians Trolls Trump is Puppet of Kissinger, CFR and Rothschilds, the True Architects of Russian Collusion Kompromat: Trump, Hollywood Sex Parties and the Russian Oligarchs (Part II) ... China's export growth to the US rose to 14.0% year -on-year in September 2018. The trade surplus of China’s trade with the US widened to USD34.1bn in September 2018. China Trade Data Suggests Trump Is Not "Winning" The 'War' Kavanaugh and Georgetown Prep: Pedophilia acceptance . Prominent evangelical leader on Khashoggi crisis: let's not risk "$100 billion worth of ... more »
Politicians won't save us....
Politicians won't save us, only we can. Video by Will Griffin The Peace Report and board member of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
October 20th – 2018 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #639
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 Presidency. This thread will refresh daily and appear above the Open Discussion Thread. President Trump … … Continue reading →
Saturday October 20th – 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 who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL. … … Continue reading →
The Geopolitics of Human Gene Editing
*October 20, 2018* (Gunnar Ulson - NEO) - A cursory warning was left by renowned physics professor Stephen Hawking regarding a future where a race of superhumans, manipulating their DNA, would taking control of their own evolution. The warning came just before his death in March of this year. The Washington Post in its article, "Stephen Hawking feared race of ‘superhumans’ able to manipulate their own DNA," would explain (my emphasis): *Before he died in March, the Cambridge University professor predicted that people this century would gain the capacity to edit human traits such as... more »
Does This Photograph of a Marine Saluting the U.S. Flag Violate Twitter’s Rules?
Despite claims that an image of a marine saluting an American flag was deemed offensive by Twitter, we found no evidence that it violated the company's rules.
What Are the Requirements for Women Seeking to ‘Get Their Tubes Tied’?
An online image highlights the "paternalistic" treatment some women face when they seek tubal ligations.
Saudis Blame ‘Fistfight’ for Jamal Khashoggi’s Death
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi died in a "fistfight" in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, the kingdom claimed, finally admitting that the writer had been slain at its diplomatic post.
Afghans Go To The Polls Today (Saturday) To Vote For a New Parliament
*BBC*: *Afghanistan election: Voters cast ballots amid heavy security* Voters in Afghanistan are casting their ballots in the long delayed parliamentary elections, amid heavy security and threats from the Taliban. More than 2,500 candidates - including many women - are vying for 250 seats. But more than 30% of polling stations are shut because of security concerns - 10 candidates have been killed in the lead up to the vote. Meanwhile voting in Kandahar province has been delayed by a week after the assassination of a top police chief. Gen Abdul Raziq was shot dead by a rogue bodyg... more »
First Russian Has Been Charged By The U.S. Justice Department For Attempting To Meddle In The U.S. Election
*The Guardian*: *US charges Russian woman with interfering in 2018 midterms* *Elena Khusyaynova accused of using social media to sow discord and stoke conflict among voters on controversial topics* Russian woman has been charged by the US government with interfering in the 2018 midterm elections. Elena Khusyaynova is accused of playing a senior role in an online campaign that worked to promote Donald Trump’s agenda, stoke conflict among Americans and discredit the Trump-Russia investigation by Robert Mueller, the special counsel. *Read more* .... *WNU Editor:* President Trump ... more »
Saudi Arabia Admits That Jamal Khashoggi Died In Their Saudi Consulate In Istanbul -- News Roundup
*Daily Mail:* *Saudi Arabia says Jamal Khashoggi died in an unexpected 'FISTFIGHT' in Saudi consulate in Turkey, arrests 18 and fires five intelligence officials but will not comment on journalist's missing body - and Trump says he finds the explanation CREDIBLE* * Saudi Arabia has finally admitted journalist Jamal Khashoggi is dead * Saudi attorney general says Khashoggi died after a fight at the consulate * 18 suspects - all Saudi nationals - have been held in connection with the case * Saudi Arabia fired the deputy intelligence chief Ahmed Assiri and Saud al-Qahtani, the royal c... more »
US Dept. Of Homeland Security Intel Assessment On Election Security Does Not Support Trump-Pence Claims That Chinese Meddling In US Elections “Is A Bigger Problem” Than Russia’s Well-Documented Interference
“Top Democrats Issue Statement on Trump and Pence Claims After DHS Provides Election Security Update Oct 17, 2018 Press Release … Continue reading →
Musical Interlude: Liquid Mind, “Through My Eyes (Nebulae)”
Liquid Mind, “Through My Eyes (Nebulae)” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HTgHuUuDQg
Nobody Has Been Better At The Military
"President" Pig-Man can't pull his lard ass away from his mastabatory Nazi rallies and cheating at his pathetic golf game. Did you read the transcript of the interview the illegitimate and incompetent fake "president" did the other day with the Associated Press? You should; it will encourage you to help get out the vote in 2 weeks. Let me skip the lies and lame attempt at a cover-up for his crooked Saudi cronies and his bullshit and lies about the midterms, the lies about how he feels about a Democratic takeover of the House, the lies about Stormy Daniels, the lies about hurricanes... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
"Messier 15 is an immense swarm of over 100,000 stars. A 13 billion year old relic of the early formative years of our galaxy, it's one of about 170 globular star clusters that still roam the halo of the Milky Way. *Click image for larger size.* Centered in this sharp telescopic view, M15 lies about 35,000 light years away toward the constellation Pegasus, well beyond the spiky foreground stars. Its diameter is about 200 light-years. But more than half its stars are packed into the central 10 light-years or so, one of the densest concentrations of stars known. Hubble-based measuremen... more »
Chet Raymo, “The Silence”
*“The Silence”* by Chet Raymo “The hiding places of my power Seem open; I approach, and then they close; I see by glimpses now; when age comes on, May scarcely see at all, and I would give, While yet we may, as far as words can give, A substance and a life to what I feel...” "These few lines from Wordsworth's "The Prelude" leapt off the page at me this morning. They capture well enough what my life has become. All those years of teaching, of writing in the Boston Globe, were years of sharing public knowledge, knowledge that had been vetted by the scientific community. The work was no... more »
"The First Rule Of Life..."
"The first rule of life is to reveal nothing, to be exceptionally cautious in what you say, in whatever company you may find yourself. If you have a secret, you have only to whisper it to your dearest friend with the strictest injunction that it will go no further, and within half a day the story is all over town, and when you do make what would seem to be a perfectly sensible remark, you will find it reported in the most grotesque form, thus incurring no end of criticism to rebound upon you." - Elizabeth Aston
"The Cry Of Their Mothers..."
"Humanity is the spirit of the Supreme Being on earth, and that humanity is standing amidst ruins, hiding its nakedness behind tattered rags, shedding tears upon hollow cheeks, and calling for its children with pitiful voice. But the children are busy singing their clan's anthem; they are busy sharpening the swords and cannot hear the cry of their mothers." - Kahlil Gibran ○ U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman HM1 Richard Barnett, assigned to the 1st Marine Division, holds an Iraqi child in central Iraq in this March 29, 2003 file photo. Confused front line crossfire ripped apart an Iraqi fa... more »
America Just Cancelled another Military Excercise with South Korea. We Have All the Details.
*Task and Purpose* *Security, Asia* [image: Flickr] Is this a good idea? The U.S. military has called off yet another exercise in South Korea as part of President Trump’s efforts to reach an agreement with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un about nuclear weapons. Vigilant Ace, an annual aviation exercise, will not be happening in December. Its purpose is to allow the Air Force as well as Navy and Marine Corps aviation units to train with South Korea’s air force. Last year’s exercise involved 230 aircraft. “Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis and Minister of National Defense Jeo... more »
The Air Force Has a Problem: Old Warplanes Are Becoming Too Expensive to Fly
*Michael Peck* *Security, * [image: A U.S. Air Force (USAF) A-10 Thunderbolt II ground-attack aircraft performs a manoeuvre during the Singapore Airshow February 2, 2010. REUTERS/Tim Chong (SINGAPORE - Tags: BUSINESS TRANSPORT MILITARY)] And it won't be easy to fix. The U.S. military faces the same dilemma as any automobile owner: when does it make more sense to buy a new aircraft rather than shelling out more and more dollars to keep the old ones going? In fact, the operating costs of U.S. aircraft are rising faster than predicted, according to a study by the Congressional Budg... more »
The Marines Want This Laser for One Very Special Reason
*Task and Purpose* *Security, Americas* [image: Flickr / Marines] Simple crowd control. The Marine Corps is on the hunt for a vehicle-mounted laser system that can produce “sustainable and controllable plasma at range” for the purposes of crowd control, according to A U.S. government solicitation. A Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) solicitation details future needs for a Scalable Compact Ultra-short Pulse Laser Systems (SCUPLS) that, when integrated into a small tactical vehicle like a Humvee or Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, can generate “a full spectrum of scalable non-... more »
False Rape Accusations
I got to thinking about the Kavanaugh case and the #IBelieveSurvivors movement. As folks who follow my work know, I’m a data junkie. I don’t believe anecdotes. I want evidence, facts, data. I agree totally with what Robert Heinlein said: “What are the facts? Again and again and again – what are the facts? Shun…
"'All-Out War' Coming: Record Number Of Israeli Tanks Amassed On Gaza Border"; A Comment
*"'All-Out War' Coming: * *Record Number Of Israeli Tanks Amassed On Gaza Border"* by Tyler Durden After months of violence and widespread protests along the Israeli-Gaza border fence, Israeli is quickly ramping up its military presence with a show of force a day after launching deadly airstrikes on Gaza in response to what officials say were two rockets fired from the strip earlier this week. Reuters has reported some 60 Israeli tanks and armored personnel carriers now stationed at a deployment area along the border as of Thursday, which is the largest reported mustering of forces ... more »
Five Years in Prison for Stealing Sneakers, 90 Days’ House Arrest for Raping a Young Girl?
Two criminal cases that were widely disparate in the sentencing were also widely disparate in many other factors.
Alabama A&M’s Transportation Director Pushes Environmental Sustainability
Marshall Chimwedzi is helping increase Alabama A&M University’s status as an environmentally sustainable historically Black institution through his grant writing capacity and service as the university’s director of transportation.
Politico Report Says Russiagaters Should Prepare To Kiss My Ass
In a new article titled “Mueller report PSA: Prepare for disappointment“, Politico cites information provided by defense attorneys and “more than 15 former government officials with investigation experience spanning Watergate to the 2016 election case” to warn everyone who’s been lighting candles at their Saint […]
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