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Paul Craig Roberts: The Triumph of Evil
Profits take precedence over murder and genocide. The post Paul Craig Roberts: The Triumph of Evil appeared first on The Duran .
Musical Interlude: Neil H, “The Remembering”
Neil H, “The Remembering” - https://www.youtube.com/
Cesar Altier Sayoc is suddenly a white guy instead of an Indian...
*oh, yeah, sorry - "Native American."* And why do they keep calling non-functioning pieces of PVC pipes with fake timers "bombs?" Let me make sure I understand this: This wack job lived and drove around in a van with custom made signage (those are not *"stickers"*) obscuring his windows and not one police officer cited him for this? And not one equally deranged Florida peep keyed, kicked, or otherwise harmed his vehicle? The MSM has given this way too much breathless coverage for it to be anything other than a scam and a fake. Is this roid-rage ex-stripper Indian taking one for ... more »
Israeli Jets Carry Out Airstrikes on Gaza
PressTV Published on Oct 26, 2018 Israeli warplanes have carried out a series of airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip. Israeli jets pounded a number of areas including positions of Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas. Loud explosions were heard following the attacks. There has been no immediate report of casualties. Tel Aviv claimed the airstrikes were in […]
"Fukushima Update 10/27/18: 17,943.9 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow"
*"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”* - Shiva *Updated Oct. 27, 2018: Fukushima Equals 17,943.9 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 - 2,782 days since the disaster began - this equals the detonation of *17,943.9 *Hiroshima atomic bombs and it is stil... more »
Many Trump Enablers In Congress Are Going To Get What's Coming To Them
It became clear soon after Trump opened his trap from inside the White House, that the 2018 midterms were going to be all about him-- not real issues per se, but Trump and his outlandish lies, outlandish behavior and disdain for American norms at every level. Yesterday, trying to deflect the blame for the coming Republican catastrophe from himself, he tweeted that GOP "momentum," is being harmed by the bomber. "Republicans are doing so well in early voting, and at the polls, and now this'Bomb' stuff happens and the momentum greatly slows-- news not talking politics. Very unfortuna... more »
Magick ‘saved my life': the former death row inmate turned warlock
When the corporate media starts promoting the occult, or what it calls "occult spirituality" we should be wary. Especially when the Guardian is involved
Efficacy, effectiveness, and safety of herpes zoster vaccines in adults aged 50 and older: systematic review and network meta-analysis.
https://www.bmj.com/content/363/bmj.k4029 Advertisements
Summaries of and commentary on original medical and scientific articles from key medical journals
https://www.jwatch.org/fw114703/2018/10/25/common-blood-pressure-drugs-tied-increased-lung-cancer
Magnesium: This Invisible Deficiency Can Harm Your Health
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2015/01/19/amp/magnesium-deficiency.aspx?__twitter_impression=true
How Souls Choose Their Families and Friends Before Birth.
https://awarenessact.com/how-souls-chose-their-families-and-friends-before-birth/?=wuw
FDA Says Vape Liquid Contains Erectile Dysfunction Drug.
https://forum.facmedicine.com/threads/fda-says-vape-liquid-contains-erectile-dysfunction-drug.37477/
Get Rid Of Sciatica And Lower Back Pain With A Simple Yoga Pose
https://www.whydontyoutrythis.com/2016/07/get-rid-of-sciatica-lower-back-pain-with-a-simple-yoga-pose.html?fbclid=IwAR2IWkRXa05ApBbYadnmCOdutY1xmQ2CipAd4ysA2un8Sy0GyQqsJ8uoJV0&m=1
How to Safely Address Heartburn
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2017/07/19/amp/how-to-safely-address-heartburn.aspx?__twitter_impression=true
Science Confirms The Bigger The Belly, The Better The Lover
https://www.thehealthyarchive.com/2018/09/bigger-belly-better-lover.html?m=1
Is Anti-Gravity Real? Science Is About To Find Out
https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/10/26/is-anti-gravity-real-science-is-about-to-find-out/?fbclid=IwAR0GpKtDVjgb3bIXzukHBGSvEoSA3PJgt5FkbnsLMgyGqgc1EbvELObEmzA#982864c49a79
The Health Benefits of Himalayan Salt Lamps Include Cleaner Air, Sinuses and More
It seems as if you can’t visit a health food store, raw organic cafe, yoga studio or other holistic health spot without seeing a Himalayan Salt Lamp, and their signature warming glow. But what you may not realize is that the lamps provide many incredible benefits even beyond their good looks. These benefits include cleaner air, the ability to mitigate the effects of damaging EMF’s from computers and Wi-Fi, and a widely-reported calming effect, just to name a few. I’ve experienced the benefits of these incredible mood boosters first-hand, and I actually have six of them in my hom... more »
Oct. 27: A new, gutter low.
I have just spent almost four hours writing my blog. And it disappeared! I have no idea why. This has happened a couple of times before but this time was worse because I had the whole damn thing typed. I shall start again his evening. the disappearances seem to happen when my left hand brushes against something at the lower, left-hand corner of the keyboard. Or maybe I'll just shoot myself instead. graeme decarie
"None Are More Hopelessly Enslaved..."
"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Self-Serving Global Warmism
Originally posted on Science Matters: ? https://canadaandbeyond.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/balloon-filling-up.jpg?w=1000 To believe humans are dangerously warming earth’s climate, you have to swallow a bunch of unbelievable notions. You have to think the atmosphere drives temperature, instead of the ocean with 1000 times the heat capacity. You have to disregard the sun despite its obvious effects from summer to…
Greenland ice sheet well above average in 2018
Originally posted on Tallbloke's Talkshop: Rinks Glacier, West Greenland[image credit: NSIDC] However this is interpreted, ‘sixth highest on record’ doesn’t quite support the ‘rapid melting’ story so beloved of man-made climate alarm believers. It looks a lot more like natural variability, as the report suggests. It’s time for the Greenland ice sheet’s annual health…
The Poet: Edward Hirsch, "I Was Never Able To Pray"
*"I Was Never Able To Pray"* "Wheel me down to the shore where the lighthouse was abandoned and the moon tolls in the rafters. Let me hear the wind paging through the trees and see the stars flaring out, one by one, like the forgotten faces of the dead. I was never able to pray, but let me inscribe my name in the book of waves and then stare into the dome of a sky that never ends and see my voice sail into the night." - Edward Hirsch
Parents Given Nearly $5 Million After Officers Ignored Teen Daughter as She Died in Jail
[image: jail] Instead of providing the teenage girl with the medical help she needed, officers ignored her in her jail cell until it was too late. The post Parents Given Nearly $5 Million After Officers Ignored Teen Daughter as She Died in Jail appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
Is Japan Destined to Have Aircraft Carriers Armed with F-35s?
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Asia* [image: Wikimedia Commons] Sorry, but Tokyo calls them "helicopter destroyers." Meet the Izumo—the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force’s largest ship, displacing a gargantuan twenty seven thousand tons. The vessel’s lengthy, flat deck measures the length of two-and-a-half football fields at 248-meters. The Izumo typically hosts seven SH-60K helicopters designed to comb the seas for hostile submarines, plus another two search-and-rescue models—though it can carry as many as twenty-eight choppers if necessary. The Izumo also has several elevato... more »
"A Multitude Of Causes..."
"A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and unfitting it for all voluntary exertion to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor." - William Wordsworth, 1770-1850
BREAKING: Concerning health care, who needs facts?
*SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2018The OECD rides again:* We want to start by apologizing for the tone of yesterday's report. "Too hot," we thoughtfully told the analysts when they quit work at 10 PM. We'd felt bad about the tone of our report all day long. The tone of that report was too hot. That said: "If in some smothering dreams, you too could pace/Behind the wagon that we flung [so many of Baltimore's children] in," you might understand how appalling it is to read such a report. This is *not* a commentary on Eliza Shapiro, the highly-regarded young to youngish journalist who wrote... more »
Useful post-election security advice from Greg Ellifritz
We've mentioned Greg Ellifritz several times in these pages. He's produced a couple of very useful articles about how to prepare for and/or react to possible violence following the imminent mid-term elections. Given the social turmoil in these dis-United States right now, this may be prescient. He has two articles focusing specifically on that issue, and a third on a possible rioter's weapon. *Post Election Riots?Post Election Violence Part II - Surviving the Flash MobDealing with Molotov Cocktails and Fire Bombs* They're very informative and practical. I learned and re-le... more »
Not mocking the afflicted
As a great man used to say, oooh noo, please, it's wicked to mock the afflicted! And he's right of course, missus. Those #FBPE sufferers who gather on Twitter, for example, shouldn't be tittered at, for they are truly afflicted. So when I shine *ITBB*'s mighty spotlight (a £1.99 torch from ASDA) on the following #FBPE tweet I'm only doing it for the poor man's good and not for reasons of mockery: That said, I'm chortling at him praising *The Now Show*'s "coverage" of Brexit. *That* suggests to me that this week's *The Now Show* was *very *biased against Brexit. Shall I (pr... more »
Shadow Banning Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg: We’re All Digital Ghosts Now
By Charles Hugh Smith Just about the only bulwark against being silenced by the modern-day tech-corporate-NKVD-Stasi is Patreon. If you do a search of shadow banning,... more »
China Is Challenging The US In Central America, And Washington Can’t Do Anything
Just as disturbing of a scenario for the US is if this has a knock-on effect that enhances Chinese influence in Mexico after its leftist president-elect AMLO takes office at the beginning of December, thereby representing an unprecedented challenge to the US’ political dominance in the entire Western Hemisphere. The post China Is Challenging The US In Central America, And Washington Can’t Do Anything appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
Syrian Army attack spreads across southern Idlib as jihadists refuse to leave buffer zone
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:20 P.M.) – The jihadist rebels were supposed to withdraw on October 15th from the designated demilitarized zones in the provinces of Aleppo, Idlib, Hama, and Latakia; however, these groups chose to remain in the area and strengthen their front-lines. In response to the rebel breach of the Sochi Agreement, the Syrian Arab […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Saudi Arabia rejects Erdogan’s demands to extradite 18 suspects in Khashoggi’s murder to Turkey
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 P.M.) – Saudi Arabia will not extradite the 18 suspects wanted by Turkey in connection to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi on October 2nd. During his press conference in the Bahraini capital on Saturday morning, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Jubeir said that his Gulf nation will not comply with the demands […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Over 40 US-backed fighters killed by ISIS in eastern Syria: monitor
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 P.M.) – Over 40 U.S.-backed fighters were killed fighting the so-called “Islamic State” (ISIS) in eastern Syria this weekend, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Saturday. According to the SOHR report, the Islamic State killed at least 41 members of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces near the strategic town of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Saudi Arabia says they are the ‘light’ against Iran despite ongoing Khashoggi crisis
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:00 P.M.) – Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Jubeir stated during his press conference in the Bahraini capital, today, that his country is at the forefront of combatting Iran in the Middle East. During his brief press conference, Jubeir attempted to shift the audience’s focus from the ongoing murder case involving Saudi journalist Jamal […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Breaking: Syrian Army attacks jihadist rebels inside Idlib buffer zone
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:20 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) launched a powerful attack against a group of jihadist rebels inside the Idlib buffer zone this afternoon. According to a military source inside the Hama Governorate, the Syrian Arab Army launched a big attack against the jihadist rebels near the town of Lahaya. The source […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Houthi forces kill several Sudanese fighters in southern Saudi Arabia
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) – A number of Sudanese fighters loyal to the Saudi Coalition were killed in southern Saudi Arabia on Friday, Al-Mayadeen TV reported. According to the Al-Mayadeen report, several Sudanese fighters were killed by land mines planted by the Houthi forces in the Jamarak area of the Jizan province. Furthermore, Al-Mayadeen said […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Media has become ‘hysterical’ about Khashoggi affair – Saudi FM
Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Saturday that the reporting into the circumstances surrounding the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi “has become fairly hysterical,” at a security summit in the Bahraini capital of Manama. Al-Jubeir said that the investigation was ongoing and that “every day we uncover new things, every day we […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Breaking: Putin arrives in Istanbul for quadrilateral summit on Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:30 P.M.) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has officially arrived in Istanbul for the quadrilateral summit with the leaders of Turkey, Germany, and France, the Sputnik News Agency reported this afternoon. Putin is scheduled to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and French President Emmanuel Macron on the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syria will not allow Idlib to be safe haven for jihadists – Jaafari
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:20 P.M.) – The Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations, Dr. Bashar Al-Ja’afari, stated during a Security Council meeting on Friday that Damascus will not allow the Idlib Governorate to become a safe haven for jihadists. “Idlib is part of Syria, and it is natural for the Syrian government to fight terrorism in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Phillip’s story: “They told me it could be a lifelong job. And instead I got a lifelong addiction.”
Phillip Izzard has been trying to get someone to listen for 37 years. I interview Phillip in his home in Uniacke Square. The day I meet him, I have just come from an event at the Black Cultural Centre exploring the impact of the city’s apology for Africville. “Africville is still happening,” residents at the […]
Iraq Starts Following US Sanctions On Iran
(iStock) Both former Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abadi and new Premier Adel Abdul Mahdi said they did not agree with U.S. sanctions on Iran. Abadi sent a delegation to Washington to try to get some exemptions, but the White House was firm. As a result, the Oil Ministry announced that it will no longer be trucking petroleum to Iran. New Prime Minister Mahdi saidthat Iraq would follow its own interests on U.S. sanctions on Iran, but the reality is that it will likely have to comply with them at least partially. Reuters reported that the Oil Ministry will stop trucking oil from Kirkuk t... more »
This Day In Iraqi History - Oct 27
1982 Saddam ordered increase in attacks upon Iranian cities 3 SCUD missiles fired at Dezful (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*) 1984 Iraq restored diplomatic relations with US which ended in Oct 1967 1992 Report before Gulf War Bush admin approved sale of computers and software to Iraq that were used on missile and supergun programs 1992 Opposition meetin... more »
Globalization Has Hollowed Out Rural America
By Charles Hugh Smith The value of local control and local capital far exceed the pathetic “savings” reaped from shoddy commoditized goods. What do we make of an economy... more »
Stock Market Plunges Again – Global Stocks Down 5 Weeks In A Row – 8 Trillion Dollars In Wealth Wiped Out
By Michael Snyder It’s not over. The worst October stock market crash since 2008 got even worse on Friday. The Dow was down another 296... more »
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. - David Moscrop discusses the need for a more meaningful definition of "progress" which doesn't hand-wave away the long-term harms and risks created by the single-minded pursuit of immediate gains in top-end wealth. - Rajeev Syal reports that the UK Cons pushed through public-sector austerity with full knowledge of the increased poverty that would result. CBC reports on at least one private-sector employer, Quebec's Simons, which is recognizing the benefits of paying employees more than the bare minimum. And Mike Crawley notes that Doug For... more »
The Series
Eighteen innings last night, ending in a walk-off home run by Max Muncy, brought the Dodgers their first win in this World Series. Tonight the Dodgers are still down 2-1 against the Red Sox, but they're on home turf and it's going to be interesting to see how the Red Sox do. I'm pulling for the Dodgers, and I follow Dodger baseball throughout the season. The Red Sox had their historical best season in baseball ever. The Dodgers barely squeaked through into the series. I've been invited to a World Series party tonight in the home of HARD CORE Bostonians, who really love the Red Sox... more »
Weekend reads: Our database of 18,000-plus retractions is launched; inside a trial gone wrong; scholarly publishers bow to censorship
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 the official launch of our database of more than 18,000 … Continue reading Weekend reads: Our database of 18,000-plus retractions is launched; inside a trial gone wrong; scholarly publishers bow to censorship
At the Harvard Affirmative Action Trial, We’re About to Hear From the Less Than Perfect — Who Got In.
With the news of pipe bombs and hot rhetoric, the trial in Boston over Harvard’s use of affirmative action has been anything but a racial hot-button for the president’s base. Maybe they need the Cliff Notes?
Institute Marks 25 Years of Training Minorities as Faculty, Mentors
Inside and outside a ballroom buzzing with activity at the Marriott Crystal Gateway hotel, it could have been easy to get confused or overwhelmed as 1,000 other future, current and past minority Ph.D. students and faculty sought face time with recruiters from more than 80 colleges and universities across the nation.
Postscript
On the same theme as the previous post, David Keighley's latest piece at *TCW *takes stock of where we are as far as the BBC being held to official account goes. He puts the jigsaw together and lets us see the scale of the problem. From successive post-John Whittingdale Culture Secretaries, through the present Damian Collins-headed Commons Culture & Media Select Committee, to Mrs May's (ex-BBC) Press Secretary Robbie Gibb, and the BBC's new Management Board (headed by the barely-visible Sir David Clementi), onto Ofcom itself, David sees allies of the BBC and enemies of Brexit as fa... more »
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From Jenna Orkin Some Suspected Mail Bombs Not Capable of Exploding Manhunt for sender of suspicious packages zeroes in on Florida mail center Former Paul Ryan Challenger Arrested In Radioactive Murder Plot Hundreds Of Caravan Migrants Accept Bus Rides Home Amid "Sickness, Fear And Police Harassment"NBC Admits "Blue Wave Turning Purple" As Republicans Outnumber Dems In Early Voting Ethiopia elects its first female president, former United Nations representative Sahle-Work Zewde NYC Post Office Evacuated As "Bomber" Strikes Again; De Niro Turns Into "Rock The Vote" Moment TSA Confirms ... more »
How The UK Has Cut Co2 Since 1990
By Paul Homewood The government, and Claire Perry in particular, like to keep telling us how much we have cut emissions of CO2 already in the UK. Last week, she claimed: The UK is already a world leader when it comes to tackling climate change. We led the world with our Climate Change Act, […]
Tools and techniques
Panel show? According to the UK Press Gazette, Ofcom is to review the depth of analysis and the impartiality of the BBC's news and current affairs output. Especially interesting for me is their intent to look at "the “tools and techniques” the corporation uses to deliver impartiality". I'll like the BBC pinned down on that, given their constant equivocation over the matter. They deny the value of measuring ('counting') from sources they don't like yet measure like mad themselves over things like diversity, and they count party politicians on programmes like *The Andrew Marr Show, Q... more »
Trump's Influence Creeps North
If you thought that Donald Trump's war on the media couldn't happen here, think again. Alex Boutilier writes in *The Toronto Star*: Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer’s office has revamped its communications team to provide a more rapid response, war room-style operation. And they have not been shy about calling out reporting they don’t like. At a rally in downtown Ottawa last Sunday, Scheer said he would stand up to “the media” and accused journalists of siding with the Liberals in the carbon tax debate. “We don’t always get the same kind of coverage that (Trudeau) gets in the ma... more »
Forget Russia: Is Finland the Hybrid Warfare Champion?
*Michael Peck* *Security, * At the very least, Helsinki is making some progress. Here's the latest. Russia is supposed to be the master of hybrid warfare, that shapeshifting amalgamation of regular and irregular war. But has Russia met its match in little Finland? “While still a work in progress, recent exercises suggest that the Finnish Army is arguably better positioned to tackle hybrid threats than most of its European counterparts,” says a report by Sweden’s Defense Research Agency. “The lessons from Crimea were by no means lost on the Finnish defense establishment,” note S... more »
The Day the Japanese Empire Died: How America Won the Battle of Midway
*Warfare History Network, Michael E. Haskew* *Security, Asia* [image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SBD-3_Dauntless_bombers_of_VS-8_over_the_burning_Japanese_cruiser_Mikuma_on_6_June_1942.jpg] This was the turning point in the great Pacific War. Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander of the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy, sought to extend Japan’s defensive perimeter in the central Pacific with the seizure of Midway atoll, about 1,300 miles west of Hawaii. Yamamoto intended to occupy Midway and lure the U.S. Navy in... more »
Aircraft Carriers vs. Submarines: Which Is the Ultimate Naval Weapon for War?
*Robert Farley* *Security, * [image: Flickr / U.S. Department of Defense] One of the world's top military minds takes a look and provides important background. The great naval powers emerged from World War I relatively confident that the battleship would continue to decide question of naval warfare. German submarines had nearly starved Great Britain in the last two years of the war, but the Royal Navy had turned back the offensive with minimal damage to its heavy units. The Royal Navy had also begun to experiment with aircraft carriers, a development the American and Japanese wat... more »
"I Wish..."
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." - J.R.R. Tolkien, "Lord of the Rings"
POLL THE DELUSIONAL REPUBLICANS NOW
Mediaite is reporting this as if it should surprise us: Well, this one is a real headscratcher. During a Trump rally in North Carolina, NBC News’ Ali Vitali caught up with a Trump supporter who had a rather novel theory about how the mail bombs got to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. According to Arvil Runyon, who braved standing out in the bad weather to attend the rally, Obama probably sent the bomb to himself. “Barack Obama probably sent his to hisself,” Runyon said, before noting Clinton was in on the plot too. “Hillary Clinton probably sent hers to herself.” He then said he ... more »
Inflaming the situation
Inflaming the situation is a hot issue at the moment. In a comment today Pugnazious at* Biased BBC *recalls a previous example of the BBC doing just that - and, in the process, reminds me of how stories often become much clearer after the mainstream media bandwagon moves on... Do you recall the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014? He was a black man shot by a white police officer, Darren Wilson. Riots ensued, and BBC journalists (along with much of the media) went into overdrive, heavily pushing the racism angle. But go to the Wikipedia page on the Shooting o... more »
Haddad Takes Last Shot to Win Presidential Elections in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In a final push to win over undecided and those who are thinking about annulling their votes, Brazilian presidential candidate, Fernando Haddad, of the PT (Workers’ Party) criticized his opponent on Friday and stated he hoped for explicit support from third runner-up, Ciro Gomes. […]
Opinion: Brazil’s Bolsonaro: Legend or Myth?
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The second round in the presidential election will occur this Sunday, October 28th. Notwithstanding recent trends in polls, it is almost a foregone conclusion that Jair Bolsonaro will be elected President of Brazil. Bolsonaro’s fan base often refer to him as “Mito”, which most English publications […]
Editor's Note
Spending some quality time with the GF today. Shopping, lunch, movie, the market, etc.. Blogging will return this evening.
Non-Diagnosis: An Unappreciated but Critical Role for AI in Healthcare
William M. Sage For the Symposium on The Law And Policy Of AI, Robotics, and Telemedicine In Health Care. *AI can help people understand and improve their health without forcing them along the “final common pathway” into the paid medical mainstream. * Better health information technology has been a consensus goal of health policy experts for roughly two decades, with AI (“artificial” or “augmented” intelligence) the latest example of a potentially disruptive innovation in the informatics domain. In particular, AI’s potential to improve diagnostic speed and accuracy has created p... more »
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*What California Can Teach Harvard* A group of Asian-Americans is suing Harvard with backing from the U.S. Department of Justice, which filed papers stating: "The record evidence demonstrates that Harvard’s race-based admissions process significantly disadvantages Asian-American applicants compared to applicants of other racial groups — including both white applicants and applicants from other racial minority groups." This is a rare case where California policy could provide positive guidance. The back story here is the dogma that all institutions must precisely reflect the ra... more »
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*Australia's economic 'lucky streak' jeopardised by political infighting, reliance on China, report warns* *This is a repeat of Donald Horne's old jaundiced claim that Australia does well only because it is a "lucky" country. But it's not luck qand never has been. The Australian continent is resource-rich but so is the African continent. Need I say more on that? Australia is very similar to the USA in its economic and cultural arrangements so gets prosperity by its own doing, just as the USA does. Past Prime Ministers, Hawke, Keating and Howard all instituted economi... more »
The Riddle of Nietzsche’s Philosophy
Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche is often severely criticized for twisting Friedrich Nietzsche’s legacy and creating the impression that he was a Nazi prophet. The book that I am currently reading, Ben Macintyre’s *Forgotten Fatherland: The Search of Elisabeth Nietzsche*, has some good insights on Elisabeth's own thought and the role that she played in Nietzsche’s life and literature. On pages 18 - 19, Macintyre notes how Nietzsche has been associated with all kinds of movements: Despite his opposition to codified systems of belief, Nietzsche’s name has been associated with practically ... more »
Scoop! (not)
TADEK BEUTLICH (BORN 1922, POLISH) 'Bios' On the latest Open Thread, Sir Topham poses some interesting questions about Chris Cook's latest piece: Sir Topham Hatt27 October 2018 at 12:39 Chris Cook from BBC Newsnight has written a very odd article about a painting hanging in a obscure junior minister's office from 2012-15. What are his motives? Why raise something of little interest about an art choice 6 years ago? Is he trying to make a political point or a #MeToo point? Or just virtue signalling his solidarity with women who feel uncomfortable? Is he trying to mischief make ... more »
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*Canada’s ‘Climate Barbie’ Catherine McKenna Mistakes CO2 for Air Pollution* *She gives blondes a bad name* The Canadian Minister of Environment and Climate Change has justified the nation’s new carbon tax by suggesting that carbon dioxide is a pollutant. In a tweet Tuesday, Catherine McKenna, confused the issue of air pollution with the emission of greenhouse gases such as CO2. “Canadians know that pollution isn’t free,” the minister wrote. “We see the costs in storms, floods, and wildfires — that’s why we’ve announced we’re putting a price on pollution. It’s good for the enviro... more »
"Courage..."
“God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right, even though I think it is hopeless.” - Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
The US Dollar Is DONE! China & Saudi Arabia Will Trade Oil In Yuan
World Alternative Media Published on Oct 25, 2018 Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the currency swaps happening across the board as China convinces Saudi Arabia to trade oil in Yuan. For years, Saudi Arabia has traded with China in US Dollars, the world reserve currency, frustrating China. Well now, as […]
NBC News Sat On Information That Would Have Discredited Kavanaugh Accusers
NBC News Sat On Information That Would Have Discredited Kavanaugh Accusers by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ While promoting obviously biased and possibly defamatory narratives is par for the course at NBC News (in another example,MSNBC’s chief political correspondent suggested last night that Russia might be behind the spate of attempted mail bombings despite having no evidence to support […]
Gold Demand up 42% as Countries Abandon US Dollar in Expectation of Geopolitical Shift
Gold Demand up 42% as Countries Abandon US Dollar in Expectation of Geopolitical Shift by https://www.rt.com/ Central banks around the world are turning to gold as an alternative to the US dollar, which they see as being undermined by America’s aggressive trade policy and geopolitical uncertainty. – Demand for gold was up 42 percent year on […]
Yes, Russia is Getting Ready for War – in Case US Attacks, Diplomat Tells UN
Yes, Russia is Getting Ready for War – in Case US Attacks, Diplomat Tells UN by https://www.rt.com/ A Russian diplomat has both confirmed and denied what US war hawks have been calling out. Moscow is indeed preparing for war, he said – just in case the US starts one. – Speaking at the UN on Friday, […]
Will Their Opposition To Healthcare Kill The GOP November 6th?
One of the funniest moments in the election debate this cycle-- at least for me-- came when Arizona congresswoman, Martha McSally, a garden variety Trump rubber-stamp who had voted to repeal protections for pre-existing conditions several times, was cornered by a reporter asking her to square her consistent record against healthcare with her promise now-- as she runs for U.S. Senate-- to protect people with pre-existing conditions from the greed of insurance companies. After lying for a few minutes to a reporter who kept pointing out her votes, she finally said something to the ef... more »
"The Global Financial System Is Unraveling, And No, the U.S. Is Not immune"
*"The Global Financial System Is Unraveling,* * And No, the U.S. Is Not immune"* by Charles Hugh Smith September 4, 2018 (It's a *lot* worse now on October 26,2018 - CP) "Take a look at the Shanghai Stock Market (China) and tell me what you see: A complete meltdown, right? More specifically, a four-month battle to cling to the key technical support of the 200-week moving average (the red line). Once the support finally broke, the index crashed. Now take a look at the U.S. S&P 500 stock market (SPX): SPX is soaring to new highs, not just climbing a wall of worry but leaping over it. S... more »
19 months of constant resistance
[image: Image may contain: 2 people, text] The media are just egging the unstable on. Hoping it will get Trump killed. “When was the last time an actor assassinated a president?” asked Johnny Depp at a film festival recently. "Yes, I'm angry. Yes, I am outraged. Yes, I have thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House," Madonna said. “Impose martial law until we know the Russians weren’t involved in the election . . . I want to send the military to the White House. . .” Rosie O’Donnell
Adverts for the Government’s smart meter roll out banned from claiming the devices are ‘free’
By Paul Homewood A victory of sorts! Adverts for the Government’s smart meter roll out have been wrongly claiming the meters are "free", advertising regulators have said. The Daily Telegraph can reveal that the Advertising Standards Authority has told Smart Energy GB, the industry body which produces the adverts, to stop making the claim […]
"George Carlin: How It REALLY Is"
*Very strong language alert!* George Carlin, "Nobody Seems To Notice, Nobody Seems To Care" *And he was absolutely right!*
NATO vs. Russia: A Massive Wargame Is Simulating What Would Happen If Putin Invaded Norway
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Eurasia* And it's big. Really big. On October 25, 2018, over fifty thousand military personnel braved chilly Scandinavian weather to begin Operation Trident Juncture—a massive exercise simulating a defense of Norway against land and amphibious invasion, and by some accounts the largest North Atlantic Treaty Organization exercise since the end of the Cold War. Sailors, soldiers, and airmen from all twenty-nine NATO member states are participating as well as Finnish and Swedish forces, 250 military aircraft and sixty-five ships. The ten thousand land... more »
One Thing That Makes the M1 Abrams Tank and Russia's Armata T-14 Very Different
*Charlie Gao* *Security, * [image: Reuters] If one looks at the most popular tank designs in the world, then two clear design philosophies emerge. If one looks at the most popular tank designs in the world, two clear design philosophies emerge. The first is seen in the Abrams and Leopard 2 which store the ammunition in the turret bustle in a protected bunker where the force of the explosion is directed away from the crew if it’s hit. The second philosophy is shown by the Russian T-series tanks which primarily store the ammunition around and under the turret in a carousel so that ... more »
By the 1930s, Western democratic nations should have loved Czechoslovakia
*...they didn't and all of us paid the price once or twice...* Tomorrow, on October 28th, it will be 100 years from the moment when Czechoslovakia was created by declaring the independence. Austria-Hungary, guaranteed to lose the First World War, ceased to exist. The stellar Czechoslovak example allowed other nations to gain independence as well. For example, Yugoslavia declared its existence one day after Czechoslovakia did – it will be 100 years on Monday. Czechs have lived along with Germans – Bohemia was the only legally allowed kingdom within the Holy Roman Empire – and/or A... more »
Researchers develop AI based fabric detection system for textile industry.
https://apparelresources.com/technology-news/industry-4-0/researchers-develop-ai-based-fabric-detection-system-textile-industry/ Advertisements
What just one energy drink does to your body – the scary truth.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/science/what-happens-your-body-24-6244871?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mirror_main
Could height be a cancer risk?
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-45953442?ns_mchannel=social&ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_source=facebook&ns_campaign=bbcnews
Stress Linked To Reduced Brain Volume And Poorer Memory
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2018/10/25/stress-may-actually-shrink-the-brain-and-impair-memory-study/?utm_source=FBPAGE&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1849884267&utm_campaign=sprinklrForbesMainFB#4eee1ad47687
Bee Venom Can Kill HIV, Study Says
https://www.whydontyoutrythis.com/2013/03/bee-venom-can-kill-hiv-study-says.html?m=1
This Woman’s Viral Tweet About Ways Her Boyfriend Can Help Her Anxiety.
https://fairygodboss.com/articles/this-woman-s-viral-tweet-about-ways-her-boyfriend-can-help-manage-her-anxiety-and-it-s-in?utm_source=keywee&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=pd_april&utm_content=this-woman-s-viral-tweet-about-ways-her-&kwp_0=987097&kwp_4=3311442&kwp_1=1390738
No Doctor Should Work 30 Straight Hours Without Sleep.
https://forum.facmedicine.com/threads/no-doctor-should-work-30-straight-hours-without-sleep.37211/
China produces nano fibre that can lift 160 elephants – and a space elevator?
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12149561&ref=NZH_fb
Ultra-close stars discovered inside a planetary nebula
https://m.phys.org/news/2018-10-ultra-close-stars-planetary-nebula.html
ACE Inhibitors Linked to Higher Lung Cancer Risk
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/903966?src=soc_fb_181027_mscpedt_news_mdscp_lungcancer&faf=1
"This Bank Lost 50% Of Its Value – Reminding Many of a Lesson They Forgot"
*"This Bank Lost 50% Of Its Value – * *Reminding Many of a Lesson They Forgot"* by Palisade Research "Yesterday, news broke that new home sales plunged nearly 6% in September. This was the worst month since December 2016. This shouldn’t come as a surprise though. We’ve seen the U.S. housing market suffer this year because of two main things. First – rising interest rates are making debt burdens harder to service. And not allowing individuals to refinance their debts lower. And Second – home prices continue to price out new buyers. Because of these two things – home construction fir... more »
Has the BBC fact-checked this?
Someone - namely Manchester Uni's Prof. Louis Appleby - has been fact-checking the BBC again and found it wanting. Here's an illuminating Twitter thread to explain all: 1. Tragedy of young life lost but BBC London News ran it under headline that teenage suicide rate in London is 4x higher than rest of country, repeated in story. In fact, rate in London is lower. Astounding piece of misinformation. 2. How did this alarming claim, which must have been seen by countless people inc teenagers themselves (there is concern that stories like this can be self-fulfilling... more »
No word on the smell . . .
I was taken aback (sort of) by reading about a new technique for producing bricks . . . using *human urine*. The world’s first ‘bio-brick’ made from human urine was unveiled by University of Cape Town (UCT) civil engineering masters student Suzanne Lambert on Wednesday. * . . .* Dr Dyllon Randall, Lambert’s supervisor and senior lecturer in water quality at UCT, explained that the “bio brick” is created through a natural process called microbial carbonate precipitation. “It’s not unlike the way seashells are formed,” Randall said. Parts of the urine are combined with loose sand a... more »
Rio Nightlife Guide for Saturday, October 27, 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: Samba do Teles @ Arco do Teles (Centro) – It’s samba on the street, with live music, an improvised dancefloor, great Djs in the intervals, and it’s free! It […]
Israel blames Iran and Syria for current conflict in Gaza
On Saturday, the IDF conducted air strikes on around 80 targets in the Gaza Strip in response to the recent shelling from the area. Islamic Jihad’s spokesman has announced an immediate halt to Gaza rocket fire on Israel. Earlier in the day, spokesperson for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus has alleged that there was a link […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Jihadist rebels attack several areas in Hama and Aleppo
Militants from the Idlib de-escalation zone have repeatedly shelled Syria’s Hama and Aleppo regions in the past 24 hours, Lieutenant General Vladimir Savchenko, chief of the Russian center for reconciliation of conflicting sides in Syria, told reporters on Friday. “Despite the ceasefire agreement, illegal armed groups operating in the Idlib de-escalation zone keep violating it. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian opposition says constitutional committee should be setup before peace talks (video)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:00 A.M.) – The head of the opposition in the Syrian Negotiation Commission Nasr Hariri said that Constitutional Commission should be set up before the next round of intra-Syrian talks during a press conference in Moscow on Friday ahead of his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Hariri went on to say that […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Israeli forces claim they struck 80 Hamas targets in Gaza
The Israeli military said Saturday it had struck two arms workshops, five bases, a training camp, an entrance to an underground tunnel and an observation post among other Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip. “In response to the actions of [the Palestinian movement] Hamas, dozens of fighter jets, attack helicopters and other aircraft of the Israel Defense Forces […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Best of: Hopey Halloween
Note: Here's a favorite post of mine in time for Halloween. Bella is now an 18 year old young woman and she makes progress every day. I am proud of her. XOX By Kim Rossi who was Stagliano when she... more »
ACIP Vaccine Advisory Program Suggests Costly Program for Mild Non-Fatal Hepatitis A in Homeless
Note: I read this article about the recent ACIP meeting and recommendations with a jaundiced eye - pun intended. Explain to me how a program to vaccinated the homeless for a disease that while contagious, is relatively mild and usually... more »
Satire
Here's Andrew (and he's much funnier than the *Now Show* crowd)... Evenin' all. Welcome to *This Week *- and what a week it's been. You're probably still exhilarated by Saturday's big march - you know, the one Alastair Campbell told us about last Thursday. I couldn't make it myself - I had a previous appointment with a box set of *The Daily Politics *- but I'm sure you were there. I sent along my Greek gardener, my Polish plumber and the Norwegian nanny. So nobody can be in any doubt about my commitment, or should I say self-interest, in a People's Vote. Mind you, the Brexit negoti... more »
2018.10.27
So, while the Kings Langley Steiner school, which I wrote about a short while ago, nurtures a fantasy of being able to reopen again soon, another Steiner school is under existential threat, this time the one in Exeter. As I also wrote, I believe, all Steiner schools are really under the same threat, and they … Continue reading 2018.10.27 →
Is Carbon Dioxide really a “Pollutant” ? (HINT: NO!)
by Astrophysicist Dr Gordon Fulks The short answer is “NO!” But the longer answer is “Nonsense! Carbon dioxide is essential for life on this planet, important in many industrial applications, and not producing the warming that has been predicted.” Of course, you will never see that explained in the constant climate propaganda, featuring photos of giant smokestacks spewing smoke or automobiles apparently belching smoke on a cold morning. They know that few people will realize that the “smoke” is really just water vapor. Water vapor is the other benign byproduct of our civilization... more »
Demonstrating impartiality?
This week's *Newswatch *began with Samira Ahmed noting that the so-called People's Vote march last Saturday had led BBC News that day. Some had complained that the extent of the coverage was not warranted, she said, but "many more complaints" came from those who thought the demonstration should have been given greater prominence and who objected to the inclusion of Nigel Farage in a Chris Mason report. A senior BBC editor was duly invited into the studio.... I'm still not really buying the 700,000 figure he obligingly parroted for that march or his assertion that the issue motivati... more »
The M1 Abrams Tank Was Almost Armed with a 'Super' Bullet. So What Happened?
*Charlie Gao* *Security, * [image: Flickr / The U.S. Army] What happened to the STAFF round? In the 1990s, the U.S. Army was developing a new series of tank ammunition for the Abrams main battle tanks. The new round, designated XM943 Smart Target Activated Fire and Forget (STAFF), was to have lethality far beyond what was possible with conventional ammunition: it would fly over enemy tanks and detonate above them, projecting an explosively formed projectile through the top armor to destroy them. Some reports suggest that the round could have an astounding 11.5:1 kill ratio agains... more »
China Is Building More Submarines That Carry Nuclear Weapons. And It Could Be a Good Thing.
*David Axe* *Security, * [image: Reuters] But there is a catch. China for decades has struggled to develop nuclear ballistic-missile submarines. The country finally might be on the cusp of deploying reliable boomers. An effective Chinese ballistic-missile submarine fleet over the long term could have a stabilizing influence on the world's nuclear balance. But in the short term, it might heighten tensions. Especially if Beijing lets popular fervor drive its build-up. That’s the surprising conclusion of a new report from Tong Zhao, a fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Ca... more »
The U.S. & Nazi post-war relationship
*Nazi intelligence officer (anti-Russia specialist) Maj. Gen. Reinhard Gehlen was brought to the US after WW II and helped create the CIA. He later returned to the newly formed West Germany and became the head of the BND (their version of the CIA).* *NATO’s Nazi Beginnings: How the West implemented Hitler’s goals* *by Robert S. Rodvik* Many writers have documented how British and American elites bankrolled Hitler’s rise to power and not until he turned his forces westward did they begin to mount defensive actions against the Third Reich. In Britain, elite members of The Right Club... more »
Another beauty
Donald and Steph Good grief! This was one of the main stories on the front page of the BBC News website last night and it's still one of the BBC's Top 4 news stories this morning (some twelve hours later): So Donald Trump, the multi-millionaire with the model wife, called Steph McGovern orfa *BBC Breakfast *"so beautiful", and she says she replied, "Aye love, I've heard better lines down Club Bongo". And, my, how the Have I Got News For You panel and audience larfed when she told them about her encounter with "creepy" Donald and her comeback line! Comments on Twitter haven't ... more »
Cold temperatures pose greater health risk than warm, India
Fu SH, Gasparrini A, Rodriguez PS, Jha P (2018) Mortality attributable to hot and cold ambient temperatures in India: a nationally representative case-crossover study. PLoS Med 15(7): e1002619. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002619 Author summary Why was this study done? Very few studies from … Continue reading →
Musical Interlude: Deuter, "Illumination of the Heart"
Deuter, "Illumination of the Heart"
"A Look to the Heavens"
“From Sagittarius to Carina, the Milky Way Galaxy shines in this dark night sky above planet Earth's lush island paradise of Mangaia. Familiar to denizens of the southern hemisphere, the gorgeous skyscape includes the bulging galactic center at the upper left and bright stars Alpha and Beta Centauri just right of center. About 10 kilometers wide, volcanic Mangaia is the southernmost of the Cook Islands. Geologists estimate that at 18 million years old it is the oldest island in the Pacific Ocean. * Click image for larger size.* Of course, the Milky Way is somewhat older, with the gala... more »
"Life Is Truly A Ride..."
"Life is truly a ride. We're all strapped in and no one can stop it. When the doctor slaps your behind, he's ripping your ticket and away you go. As you make each passage from youth to adulthood to maturity, sometimes you put your arms up and scream, sometimes you just hang on to that bar in front of you. But the ride is the thing. I think the most you can hope for at the end of life is that your hair's messed, you're out of breath, and you didn't throw up." - Jerry Seinfeld
"Neuroscience Says Listening to This Song Reduces Anxiety by Up to 65 Percent"
*"Neuroscience Says Listening to This Song Reduces Anxiety by Up to 65 Percent"* By Melanie Curtin "Everyone knows they need to manage their stress. When things get difficult at work, school, or in your personal life, you can use as many tips, tricks, and techniques as you can get to calm your nerves. So here's a science-backed one: make a playlist of the 10 songs found to be the most relaxing on earth. Sound therapies have long been popular as a way of relaxing and restoring one's health. For centuries, indigenous cultures have used music to enhance well-being and improve health c... more »
"Fight or Flight: Who Runs Your Life?"
"Fight or Flight: Who Runs Your Life?" by Tony Schwartz "Think, for a moment, about the life you're living. You skitter from activity to activity. The consequence is that you don't do anything particularly well. You're easily distracted and have difficulty paying attention. You rarely read anything challenging, if you read much at all, which is why so much of your knowledge is superficial. The same is true of your relationships. How does that description strike you? Have I got it pretty much right? My suspicion is I do, even if you are compelled to deny it. Okay, now take a moment... more »
"We Always May Be..."
“No star is ever lost we once have seen, We always may be what we might have been.” - Adelaide Anne Procter
The Daily "Near You?"
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FBI Director Wray On Arrest Of Cesar Sayoc As Suspect In Sending 13 Improvised Explosive Devices; Additional Targets Included Tom Steyer; James Clapper; Kamala Harris
“10/26/18 Update: The FBI has confirmed a package has been recovered in California, similar in appearance to the others, addressed … Continue reading →
A Modern Dictator’s Playbook
7 min video link: http://youtu.be/SzrrsU1TslU A Modern Dictator’s Playbook (Extended) By Tom Steyer, who was among those recently targeted by … Continue reading →
"Economic Market Snapshot 10/26/18"
*• *"It's A Bloodbath Out There Across Almost Every Strategy" *• *"Tech-Wrecked": Global Stocks, US Futures Plunge As Panic Selling Returns" •"S&P Joins Small Caps & Nasdaq In Correction, Down Over 10% From Highs" •"Higher Rates Are Crushing Investors" • *MarketWatch Market Summary* https://www.marketwatch.com/tools/marketsummary • *CNN Market Data:* - http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/ *CNN Fear And Greed Index:* - http://money.cnn.com/data/fear-and-greed/ http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/dow/ • I think you get the point...
MAIL BOMB PSY-OP; CESAR SAYOC
*Nick Monroe @nickmon1112 More potential info about the suspect's van via @BillyCorben https://twitter.com* *Is the Cesar Sayoc story linked to the Kosher Nostra?* *Nick Monroe*** *@nickmon1112** 20h20 hours ago* *More* *More revealing tweets from Cesar Sayoc @hardrock2016 http://archive.is/770A8 * *Has Cesar Sayoc been mind-controlled by the US military?* *Spooky Cesar Altieri Sayoc, star of the psy-op.* On 26 October 2018, in Plantation Florida, the suspected 'pro-Trump' mail bomber, *Cesar Altieri Sayoc*, was arrested. *According to media reports:* In the 1990s, Sayoc tra... more »
"Expect A 'Lost Decade', Stock Market Rout 'Only Just Starting'"
*"Expect A 'Lost Decade', Stock Market Rout 'Only Just Starting'"* by Mike Shedlock "October has been a terrible month for equities. Yet, this is only a start of what's to come... Despite the rout, the S&P is just barely down for the year. *Why?* The Shiller PE Ratio also known as "CAPE", the Cyclically Adjusted Price-Earnings Ratio, is in the stratosphere. It's not a timing mechanism, rather it's a warning mechanism. The main idea is that earnings are mean reverting. On that basis, stocks are more overvalued than any time other than the DotCom era. But that is misleading. In 2000 th... more »
Saudi-Led Coalition Airstrike Kills 21 Civilians in Yemeni Market – UN
RT Published on Oct 26, 2018 The #UN‘s humanitarian aid agency has confirmed the deaths of 21 people in a Saudi air strike close to the #Yemen‘s port city of #Hodeida. Hospital chiefs say all the victims are civilians, with children among the dead. end
Trident Juncture 2018: Largest NATO Drills Since the End of the Cold War
RT Published on Oct 26, 2018 #NATO troops began the #TridentJuncture 2018 joint military drills at various locations across #Norway on Thursday. Dubbed the largest NATO drills since the end of the Cold War, Trident Juncture will see as many as 50,000 troops take part in exercises in Europe. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/9h2p end
Conflict with Gaza ‘Inevitable’: Israel’s Lieberman
More Zionist ‘666’ propaganda for war! Conflict with Gaza ‘Inevitable’: Israel’s Lieberman by Anadolu Agency, https://www.yenisafak.com/en/ ‘We must attack them with great force,’ Israel’s hardline defense minister says – Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Thursday that another confrontation with Hamas-run Gaza was “inevitable”. “There is no avoiding another confrontation with Hamas; we must attack them with […]
Eurozone will Collapse – There is No Other Choice Economically
Eurozone will Collapse – There is No Other Choice Economically by Martin Armstrong, https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/ QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; I can see what you have been arguing about the faulty design of the euro. After the EU rejected Italy’s budget, is there any hope left for Italy? – RS, Rome – ANSWER: For those who do not follow Europe closely, the […]
EU to Invite Russia, China to Join Alternative Payment Network for Iran
EU to Invite Russia, China to Join Alternative Payment Network for Iran by https://www.presstv.com/ The European Union plans to invite Russia and China to join a future alternative payment network to the global financial services provider SWIFT to circumvent the US sanctions on Iran, according to Russia’s EU ambassador Vladimir Chizhov. – Speaking to the Rossiya-24 TV […]
Gaza Kidney Patients Suffer Due to Lack of Medicines Because of Israeli Blockade
PressTV Published on Oct 24, 2018 Hundreds of chronic kidney patients in the Gaza Strip have no access to a special medicine that produces red blood cells. This is posing risks to their lives. This comes amid the Israeli blockade that has left hospitals acutely short of medicines. end
Limbaugh: Were Bomb Threats A ‘False Flag’ Operation?
Limbaugh: Were Bomb Threats A ‘False Flag’ Operation? by AMANDA PRESTIGIACOMO, @AMANDAPRESTO, https://www.dailywire.com/ “Would it make a lot of sense for a Democrat operative or Democrat-inculcated lunatic to do it?” – Were the intercepted bombs mailed to various high profile Democrats actually sent in some sort of “false flag” operation to help Democrats at the ballot […]
Dollar Demise? China & Japan Ink Bilateral Currency Swap Deal Worth Up To $30bn
Dollar Demise? China & Japan Ink Bilateral Currency Swap Deal Worth Up To $30bn by https://www.rt.com/ Beijing and Tokyo sealed a multi-billion dollar currency swap arrangement on Friday, aimed at enhancing financial stability and spurring business activity in both countries. – According to the Bank of Japan (BOJ), the arrangement which will last until October 25, […]
Nemesis: Our Solar System May Have Had Two Suns Astronomers Say
nemesis maturity Published on Oct 26, 2018 According to experts, there is evidence which suggests that all stars in the universe are born in pairs. For decades, scientists have speculated that our sun has an ‘evil’ twin referred to as NEMESIS—a dwarf star responsible for hurling objects from the outer solar system towards our planet. In […]
Italy Rules Out Changing Budget Plan Despite Brussels’ Threats
RT Published on Oct 26, 2018 #EU rejected #Italy‘s proposed new #budget. It’s the first time the European Commission has rejected any member state’s budget proposal. The bloc gave Rome three weeks to revise its spending plans. end
Putin comments on U.S. IMF nuclear trreaty withdrawal
President Putin: "Of course, there are certain issues concerning the development of missile technology in the world and the restrictions which only the US and the USSR, then the Russian Federation undertook. But what are we concerned about? We are concerned that the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty was terminated. Now we are talking about the treaty on intermediate-range and short-range missiles." In 1983 Ronald Reagan deployed the Pershing II nuclear missile in Germany (built in Orlando, Florida where I was then living and organizing protests at the plant where they were built calle... more »
"I Tried My Best..."
"We are one knot in a great web of being, building out of the vast past and (with luck) continuing billions of years into the future, until the sun dies, the last of its energy reaches Earth, and our local light goes out. The most appropriate response to the world is to realize, with awe, the ferocious mystery of being alive in it. And act accordingly. The worst thing anyone should be able to say about their life is also the greatest thing anyone can say: 'I tried my best." - Carl Safina ○ - Steve Jobs
The Army's M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle Is Old. What Replaces It Could Be Revolutionary.
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * [image: Wikimedia Commons] There are three choices. Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFV) have become a cornerstone of mechanized warfare since the Soviet Union introduced the BMP-1 in 1966—a heavily armed troop transport that carried a lightweight cannon and machine guns for blasting infantry and light vehicles, as well as a guided missile launcher for tackling tanks at long range. This allowed an infantry squad to ride through a possibly radiation-contaminated nuclear battlefield with its own heavy fire support mounted on the vehicle. Fifteen years l... more »
"Are the Dems Self-punking?"
*"Are the Dems Self-punking?"* by James Howard Kunstler "Applying Occam’s Razor (aka the law of logical parsimony) to the latest rash of attempted pipe-bombings against mostly Democratic Party associated targets, one would have to conclude that the most likely suspect is… Debbie Wasserman-Schultz! Isn’t that her return address on the packages? You say, Oh, but her name was misspelled. And your point is? The FBI has already determined that the packages were posted down in Florida, where DWS’s congressional district happens to be located! You say, Oh, but none of the bombs went off... more »
Britain on the Leash with the United States – but at Which End?
In fairness, the DEEP STATE in both the USA and Britain have found common cause against each other's citizens. Do not presume that any politicians either created or even fostered such a thing. Exceptions were found and controlled but that was it. Both the USA and Britain need Russia as a strong ally as Europe reforms around Russian - Christian leadership. this creates an united Europe quite able to absorb foreign elements. I suspect that Trump also knows this and that is why the push back from these factions. The Luciferian thread runs deep here and must be rooted out as it ... more »
Meet The Finance Professor Exposing Rigged Markets One Academic Paper At A Time
The problem i have with this historic debate regarding so called manipulation is that market making is central to sustaining orderly and useful markets. Yet it is by definition manipulation and must also operate at a profit or at least break even. What is critical is that it is all very short term.A happy market maker is flat at the end of the day. The second problem is that market making makes you pay attention to the order flow. This means that profit windows become available and that includes trade interference as well. All this is tacky as hell. Recall you are juggling a ha... more »
Outside In: The Trump administration’s plan to remake the Middle East
Sadly, the Palestinian leadership has allowed only this approach by betraying every legitimate attempt over seventy years. Even my approach which led directly to good local governance would have to be forced. The Palestinian position has always amounted to enforced genocide with no compromise and in fact is an attempt to force the whole world to bend to their will in this act. At the same time the Arab world has also refused to accept them as immigrants while effectively expelling all Jews into the former homelands of the Palestinians. Both Trump and Netanyahu understand this.... more »
Acid Bodies Acid Cancer
I would love to winkle out a simple take home here. This explains why certain diets support cancer suppression. All good. I do think that we have determined another natural market for hydronian enriched water. That is normally a solution of H3O3 which is a natural ring molecule carrying an extra bio-available oxygen atom. It supplies all the oxygen used the ocean and our biologically active ground waters. Cancer patients drinking that would have oxygen enriched blood which would quickly saturate the whole body. That should reverse the effects of cancer. This also explains ... more »
Midnight Meme Of The Day!
*by Noah* I'm fair. I pride myself on being fair. A little snarky perhaps, but, I call it how I see it. I call it how it is. That's my definition of fair. So, here I am, posting a meme that gives credit to FOX "News" of all entities for actually calling out their dear leader, a bit, just a little bit. But, perspective and context matter. So, the question is: Is FOX "News" just fact checking their goon of a white nationalist icon in an effort to convince us that they're fair and balanced or something? Is this just a bit of illusion creation? Yeah, probably both of those. The contex... more »
Naming The Top Anti-Russian Advocates
Several names come to mind that IMO should make a top ten Russophobe list for 2018. Granted, the difficulty in choosing people for such, as there're numerous individuals worthy of consideration. The post Naming The Top Anti-Russian Advocates appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
More Russian GRU Military Spies Have Been Exposed
An unlikely number of 100-year-olds are apparently clustered in two Moscow hostels ( Dossier Center ) *The Independent:* *Russian spy agency GRU appears to reveal details of operatives' children in latest blunder* *Spy agencies reportedly turned children into centurions in crude attempt to disguise their identity * For a country with an average life expectancy barely above 70, the existence of a hundred centurions living in two hostels in northwest Moscow appeared suspicious. So suspicious, says a new report, the Russian pension fund ordered an investigation. Dead souls, after ... more »
Portrait of Evil: Karl Marx, a Disciple of Hell on Earth
Contemporary accounts reveal Marx was far from the proletarian ideal. An ill-tempered man with expensive tastes, he was generously funded by the Rothschilds,
Police in three countries scramble to solve The Crime Of The Century
It's a measure of how slanted our news media is that one, admittedly unpleasant incident, has been front-page news. Irish Savant explains
Nation Transfixed In Horror By Toy Bombs While Destroying Lives With Real Ones
When the mass media is telling us with a unified voice to be afraid of something we should be very, very skeptical. Caitlyn Johnstone explains
#7 – The Illuminati – Out of Darkness Into the Light
Blackstone Intelligence Network traces the origins of the Illuminati and their role in child sex-trafficking today
#8 The Knights Templar – Out of Darkness Into the Light
Blackstone Intelligence Network examines the role of the Knights Templar in satanic ritual abuse and child sex trafficking
The World is a Mirror and so is the face of God
I pay attention, I notice trends and THIS IS A TREND. Smoking Mirrors spells out what others may have noticed but dare not say
The “Hate” Emanates from the Left
Henry Makow cautions "Don't listen to those who say there is no difference between the Left and the Right"
Musical Interlude: Leonard Cohen, "Hallelujah"
Leonard Cohen, "Hallelujah" (original studio version) And no, it's not a "religious" song as you'd normally think... - CP
2002 NT7 Will NOT Hit Earth Feb 1, 2019 - Known Since Aug 1, 2002 - Normal For Asteroids To Be Removed From Sentry Impact Table
I am getting many people contacting me scared of this asteroid, which was proved to miss Earth back on 1st August 2002! Right now, it is coming from below Earth's orbit, but not directly towards us. We are circling the sun at the same time. It crosses Earth's orbit ahead of us. By the time we get to the place where our orbits cross, it is already high above our orbit and moving away. It will be closest on 13th January, but even then it is at a vast distance of 61 million kilometers away. We already knew this back on 29 July, 2002, read more
Israel Execute 7 Palestinians Before Bombarding The Gaza Strip
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (4:20 A.M)- Israeli Regime forces executed seven Palestinians yesterday, before launching a brutal round of airstrikes throughout the Gaza Strip. Israeli Snipers killed 6 unarmed demonstrators in Gaza yesterday, according to the ‘Gaza Health Ministry’. In addition to this, the ‘Palestinian Ministry of Health’ reported the murder of a 33 year old man, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Tweets For Today
FBI Dir. Chris Wray says it's too early to determine what the pipe bomb suspect's motives may have been, but made clear that the devices mailed to prominent Democrats "were not hoax devices." https://t.co/MIFWWzy7VA — NBC News (@NBCNews) October 26, 2018 A new alliance? China and Japan meet for first time in seven years at historic Beijing summit https://t.co/3G7zyTTHNh via @ReutersTV pic.twitter.com/2atWnZkPDa — Reuters Top News (@Reuters) October 27, 2018 Brazil election: Your guide in five charts https://t.co/evz3RcO2OV — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) October 26, 2018 It’s off... more »
"No Warning..."
They'll start listening now, I promise you...
Trump Lectures Media for Trying ‘To Score Political Points’
President Donald Trump lectured the media at length, accusing reporters of trying "to use the sinister actions of one individual to score political points" against him.
White House To Limit Sharing Of North Korean Intelligence With Congress
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides guidance on a nuclear weapons program in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang September 3, 2017. © KCNA / Reuters *CBS:* Trump administration limits sharing of North Korea intelligence with Congress The Trump administration is drastically cutting back on who on Capitol Hill gets to see intelligence reports on North Korea's nuclear weapons program, according to multiple congressional sources. Under the new rules, only each party's House and Senate leaders, along with chairs and ranking ...more »
Environmental Idealism in Handling Plastic Waste Ignores Economics and Leads to Growing Ocean Pollution
Recycling of post-consumer plastic waste leads to problems despite the seeming virtuous goal of “recycling” so that plastic is never disposed of in landfills or incinerated. A recent report published by the Global Warming Policy Foundation in London explains how seeming virtuousness without attention to economics leads to disaster. Idealistic environmentalists want to create a […]
"Global Bloodbath: World Stocks Puke Over $8 Trillion As US Markets Collapse"
*"Global Bloodbath: World Stocks Puke * *Over $8 Trillion As US Markets Collapse"* by Tyler Durden *"Aaaaaand, it's gone!"* "Global capital markets are down five weeks in a row, losing just under $9 trillion - the biggest, fastest drop since Lehman... (around $8.2 trillion from global equity markets)." Please view this complete, very well graphed article here: - https://www.youtube.com/ Oh, and do enjoy your weekend, next week will be very "interesting", shall we say... Like that old song said, "You ain't seen nothin' yet." We will...
Israel’s Bibi visits Oman Friday Morning then Gaza gets hit Saturday Morning
It is early Saturday morning and Gaza is currently being shelled by Israeli forces and deep night turned into a familiar apocalypse scene from hell the people there know it very well. [image: Gaza on Saturday] Gaza early Saturday as Israel began to target Hamas spots In response, Palestinian resistance factions began to shell the illegal Israeli settlements with its rockets in retaliation and it goes on. Early Friday morning, Oman made a rare major unfortunate news appearance when its reluctant Sultan Qaboos received none other than Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his w... more »
Winter conditions in Norway
Up to 50 cm (19.7 inches) of snow above 1,200 meters. Increased snowfall in Western Norway. October 22nd. 2018 The snow forecast warns snowmobiles of several naturally triggered snow slides in the mountains of western Norway from Monday evening until Tuesday morning. The biggest danger is expected in the areas that get a lot of ... Read moreWinter conditions in Norway The post Winter conditions in Norway appeared first on Ice Age Now.
Picture Of The Day
Small rocket ship "Burya" of Project 22800-class before launching at the Leningrad shipbuilding plant "Pella" in the Leningrad Region. The small rocket ship will be the third of a series of a new generation of the Project 22800. It is equipped with the latest weapons, including high-precision rocket weapons and artillery complexes. © Sputnik / Alexander Galperin *WNU Editor: *The above picture came from this photo-gallery .... *This Week in Pictures: October 20 - 26* (Sputnik).
October 27th – 2018 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #646
In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and … Continue reading →
Saturday October 27th – Open Thread
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those … Continue reading →
Lee Smith Investigates: Rosenstein DOJ Threatens “Obstruction” Over Declassification Directive…
Terrific article written by Lee Smith at Real Clear Investigations today highlighting a competing leverage dynamic between President Trump and DAG Rod Rosenstein. One of the reasons the outline is valuable – is specifically because Smith accepts the information ‘as … Continue reading →
North And South Korea Agree To Scrap 22 Guard Posts At The DMZ
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un acknowledges the audience after watching the performance titled "The Glorious Country" at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, September 19, 2018. Pyeongyang Press Corps/Pool via REUTERS *Reuters:* *North and South Korea agree to scrap 22 guard posts at border next month* SEOUL (Reuters) - North and South Korea agreed on Friday to “completely destroy” by next month 22 guard posts near their heavily fortified border, the latest advance in talks in the neighbors’ effort to defuse military tension, Seoul... more »
Donald J Trump......Coward in Chief
*Donald J Trump......Coward in Chief* *Written by grant G* It's gone almost as predicted in a post I wrote November 8th, 2016..the night the US elected Donald J Trump president. here's the last few paragraphs in a post titled.... *Donald Trump, King Lizard* ______ *I feel very sad for the 50% of Americans who voted for Hillary, I feel just as bad for the 50% that voted for Trump because they believed he was their savior, the swamp drainer, wall builder and immigrant deporter...* *Mark my words...no wall will be built, the swamp won't be drained and the immigran... more »
Caitlyn Jenner On Trump: "Oops!" Will Kanye Care?
*Like Caitlyn, I have moths in my closet* Bruce Jenner was a lifelong Republican and when he became Caitlyn Jenner in 2015 that didn't end. Yesterday she wrote an OpEd for the *Washington Post*, I Thought Trump Would Help Trans People. I Was Wrong. She was wrong-- to to have ever thought something so profoundly stupid and to have, as a self-proclaimed transgender activist, acted on it. Did she somehow not understand that Trump is a compulsive, self-serving liar and has been so his entire life? "Trump was the first Republican presidential candidate to claim to support this valuable,...more »
Go Little Hungary, Go!
Hungary says Up Yours! to the EUrocrats and Globalists Continue reading →
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Makes Rare Visit to Oman
*Jerusalem Post:* *Netanyahu makes historic visit to Oman* Prime Minister Netanyahu returns from Oman, the first Israeli leader to visit the country since 1996. Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday made a surprise visit to Oman, an Arab Muslim state which has no diplomatic ties with Israel. He did so at the invitation of the country’s leader Sultan Sayyid Qaboos bin Said Al Said, so that the two men could discuss regional issues. Netanyahu was in Oman, just two days after a Palestinian delegation led by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was in Oman. Abbas also m... more »
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