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Starting The Morning With God’s Miracles
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” ― Albert Einstein
November Arctic Ice Recovery
Eighteen Days in Hudson Bay are shown in the above animation. In the lower center, Hudson Bay more than doubled its ice extent up to 1.07M km2, 85% of maximum. Just to the northeast, Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay are almost frozen over, with Baffin Bay reaching down. At the top right you can see Greenland […]
November Cooling by Land, or Cooling by Sea?
With apologies to Paul Revere, this post is on the lookout for cooler weather with an eye on both the Land and the Sea. UAH has updated their tlt (temperatures in lower troposphere) dataset for November. Previously I have done posts on their reading of ocean air temps as a prelude to updated records from HADSST3. […]
Climate Hypocrite Sanders Spent $300K On Private Jets In One Month
By Paul Homewood Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’s re-election campaign spent just under $300,000 on private jet use in October, Federal Election Commission (FEC) records show. The Sanders campaign, which is funded primarily by small-dollar donors, paid Apollo Jets $297,685.50 on Oct. 10, FEC records reveal. The payment was marked for “transportation.” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) […]
Preening Macron is learning to his cost that you can’t save the planet on the back of the poor
By Paul Homewood A nice, concise piece by Ross Clark (at least until the final paragraph!) What a wonderful irony that, as the world’s great and good gathered in Poland on Monday to discuss climate change, the city where they met for the same purpose just three years ago was aflame – set […]
Musical Interlude: David Gates, “Suite, Clouds & Rain”
David Gates, “Suite, Clouds & Rain” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUwUKi9ouEc&html5=1
Musical Interlude: The Who, "Quadrophenia," "Love Reign O'er Me"
The Who, "Quadrophenia," "Love Reign O'er Me"
Out Of Office Message
Apologies. Things may be quiet here for the next week or so. The Open Thread remains open for all of your comments - as does this one, when that gets too full. Thank you for all of them.
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Sometimes galaxies form groups. For example, our own Milky Way Galaxy is part of the Local Group of Galaxies. Small, compact groups, like Hickson Compact Group 87 (HCG 87) shown above, are interesting partly because they slowly self-destruct. Indeed, the galaxies of HCG 87 are gravitationally stretching each other during their 100-million year orbits around a common center. The pulling creates colliding gas that causes bright bursts of star formation and feeds matter into their active galaxy centers. * Click image for larger size.* HCG 87 is composed of a large edge-on spiral galaxy ... more »
Operation Northern Shield: Countdown to Another Israel-Hezbollah War?
Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News –The State of Israel has conducted an operation to destroy tunnels on the Israeli side of the what is internationally known as the Blue Line between Israel and Lebanon. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tweeted “We have just launched Operation Northern Shield to expose and neutralize cross-border attack tunnels... (read more)
"I Pity You Too..."
"Said a philosopher to a street sweeper, “I pity you. Yours is a hard and dirty task.” And the street sweeper said, “Thank you, sir. But tell me, what is your task?” And the philosopher answered saying, “I study man's mind, his deeds and his desires.” Then the street sweeper went on with his sweeping and said with a smile, “I pity you too.” - Kahlil Gibran
Sir David Attenborough Tells The UN Global Warming Is Causing The 'Collapse Of Civilization'
In 2006, former Vice-President and global warming clarion Al Gore said we only had 10 years to stop CO2 emissions or it would be too late. More cynical people noted that he came up with that 10-year figure because it was two years from his rematch contest for U.S. President plus eight he expected to be in office. It's beyond me to know if that was ever his intent, but if it was, perhaps a Peace Prize and an Academy Award made political campaigning too petty. He never ran again. read more
Uterus Transplant From A Deceased Donor Leads To First Baby
Infertility affects about 10 percent of couples and among them are one in 500 women with congenital defects in their uterus or a medical issue that caused damage. In the past, that meant adoption but recently uterus transplants became possible. In 2013, Sweden performed the first and since then there have been 39, resulting in 11 live births. But those were living donors, and that is going to be rare because uterus donation is only available for women with friends or family members who will donate. read more
"The Fate of Psychopathic Eskimos"
"The Fate of Psychopathic Eskimos" by Duckman "An issue of the New Yorker Magazine featured a very interesting article about psychopathology. A psychopath (sometimes also called a sociopath) is a person without a conscience - one who lies, cheats, steals and in some cases rapes and murders without compunction. It is estimated that about 6% of the people are psychopaths, though degree of psychopathology is thought to vary among individuals. Being a psychopath is not a form of mental illness, since such people are in fact not delusional or cognitively impaired in the usual sense. Whe... more »
Chet Raymo, "Six Things"
*"Six Things"* by Chet Raymo "My mother was part of the last generation of Americans who were welded into a national cohesiveness by the classroom memorization of poems by English language poets - Longfellow, Whittier, Riley, Lowell, Field, and all the rest. All her life, lines of verse were on her lips... "All at once, and nothing first, Just as bubbles do when they burst." Oliver Wendell Holmes, "The One Hoss Shay" "Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose." Longfellow, "The Village Black... more »
The Poet: Charles Baudelaire, "Contemplation"
*"Contemplation"* “Thou, O my Grief, be wise and tranquil still, The eve is thine which even now drops down, To carry peace or care to human will, And in a misty veil enfolds the town. While the vile mortals of the multitude, By pleasure, cruel tormentor, goaded on, Gather remorseful blossoms in light mood - Grief, place thy hand in mine, let us be gone Far from them. Lo, see how the vanished years, In robes outworn lean over heaven's rim; And from the water, smiling through her tears, Remorse arises, and the sun grows dim; And in the east, her long shroud trailing light, List, O my grie... more »
Macron’s Carbon Tax Disaster
Most Americans are probably just hearing about the ongoing protests in France after images of rioting around the Arc de… The post Macron’s Carbon Tax Disaster appeared first on IER.
The Daily "Near You?"
Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan. Thanks for stopping by!
"Nothing Pains Some People More..."
"Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Capacity is not the same as generation because intermittent renewables sit around doing nothing so much of the time." - QotD
*"Capacity is not the same as generation because intermittent renewables sit around doing nothing so much of the time."* ~ Jo Nova, from her post 'Rampant solar, wind growth: Australia increases unreliable energy by 50% in 2018' . Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with link and attribution.
"We Laugh At Sheep..."
“We laugh at sheep because sheep just follow the one in front. We humans have out-sheeped the sheep, because at least the sheep need a sheep dog to keep them in line. Humans keep each other in line. And they do it by ridiculing or condemning anyone who commits the crime, and that’s what it’s become, of being different.” - David Icke ○
DONALD TRUMP IS NOT IN ON THE CON
At the Daily Beast, Asawin Suebsaeng and Lachlan Markay report that President Trump thinks reducing the debt isn't his job. Since the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump’s aides and advisers have tried to convince him of the importance of tackling the national debt. Sources close to the president say he has repeatedly shrugged it off, implying that he doesn’t have to worry about the money owed to America’s creditors—currently about $21 trillion—because he won’t be around to shoulder the blame when it becomes even more untenable. The friction came to a head in early 2017 when se... more »
Mehdi Hasan on George H.W. Bush’s Ignored Legacy: War Crimes, Racism and Obstruction of Justice
From DemocracyNow.org: “Mehdi Hasan on George H.W. Bush’s Ignored Legacy: War Crimes, Racism and Obstruction of Justice, December 03, 2018 … Continue reading →
NATO Foreign Ministers Agree Russia is in Violation of Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty; Russia Has Been In Violation For Years
“Press conference by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg following the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Foreign Ministers’ session … Continue reading →
The Munitions Elevators For The U.S. Navy's Newest Aircraft Carrier Do Not Work
The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier (file photo) *Anthony Capaccio, Bloomberg:* *Flawed Bomb Elevators Leave Inhofe Leery of Buying Two Carriers* * ‘The elevators still don’t work,’ Senate panel’s chief says * Inhofe stops short of ruling out two-in-one carrier contract The new head of the Senate Armed Services panel says he’s leery of backing the Pentagon’s plan to buy two aircraft carriers in one contract so long as contractor Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. is struggling to fix the elevators needed to lift bombs from below deck. “I think the case for two right now is weak... more »
"Dealing With Disagreement"
*"Dealing With Disagreement"* by Adam Taggart "If you're reading this, chances are very good you're concerned about where the world is headed. The over-leveraged economy. Asset price bubbles across the stock, bond and real estate markets just waiting to pop. Declining world net energy per capita. Escalating geopolitical tensions. Unprecedented die-offs among foundational species in our ecosystems. These are probably just a few of the concerning trends that have your attention. But if you're like many of our readers, you're perplexed that the people around you aren't as fixated on t... more »
Hedge war disrupts West End tranquility
News 1. Bike network “This week’s council agenda featured an information report on the prospect of getting Halifax’s AAA (all ages and ability) regional centre bikeway network, which the Integrated Mobility Plan (IMP) included as a priority to be built by 2022, up and running two years earlier, by 2020,” reports Examiner transportation columnist Erica […]
Is This ‘Before and After’ Image of an Earthquake-Damaged Alaskan Road Real?
Sometimes much smaller road maintenance issues languish for years in an unfixed state, and then there's this.
Did 33 Republicans Who Voted to Repeal Obamacare Lose Their Congressional Seats?
Voting to repeal Obamacare may or may not have doomed the re-election chances of many Republicans in Congress.
Brexit: Legal advice warns of Irish border 'stalemate' per BBC News
'Newly published documents show the PM was told an arrangement designed to prevent a hard Irish border could last "indefinitely" and the UK could not "lawfully exit" without EU agreement.' That's what happens when a Remainer runs the Brexit process. Is anyone seriously surprised? BBC article here https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-46451970
Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 338 – 2018
Originally posted on sunshine hours: South / North
The Houston Chronicle: “Houston can’t afford to accept Trump’s view of climate change”… AEUHHH????
From Watts Up With That: David Middleton / December 5, 2018 Guest rebuttal by David Middleton Houston can’t afford to accept Trump’s view of climate change [Editorial] By The Editorial Board Dec. 1, 2018 Updated: Dec. 4, 2018 President Trump frequently acts like he knows what he’s talking about even when it sounds like he […]
“Big Pharma’s” Merkel And Her Final Betrayal – “The End” of Germany and Europe?…
It’s quite a while now since she announced her resignation. Why is she still in the chancellery? Well, she has promised to perpetrate one last betrayal upon the German people before she finally goes to her promised reward. From Germany by Karma Singh… A couple of weeks back, the United Nations promulgated a compact requiring … Continue reading “Big Pharma’s” Merkel And Her Final Betrayal – “The End” of Germany and Europe?… The post “Big Pharma’s” Merkel And Her Final Betrayal – “The End” of Germany and Europe?… appeared first on BolenReport.
The Myth-Making Around George H.W. Bush
Most press in the US have lionized George H.W. Bush, insisting he was a "kinder" and "gentler" statesman, who possessed a decency rarely exhibited in government anymore. The post The Myth-Making Around George H.W. Bush appeared first on Shadowproof.
The CDC claims the flu shot reduces mortality in the elderly. But where’s the evidence?
By Jeremy R. Hammond, Guest Contributor, Children’s Health Defense The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that everyone aged six months and up, including pregnant women, get an annual influenza vaccine. The two fundamental assumptions underlying the CDC’s policy are that vaccination reduces transmission of the virus and reduces the risk of […] The post The CDC claims the flu shot reduces mortality in the elderly. But where’s the evidence? appeared first on Health Nut News.
MBDA Awards Almost $2M to Four HBCUs
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) has awarded almost $2 million to four historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in an effort to increase their ability to qualify for and received federal research and development funding; create partnerships with technology resources; increase STEM entrepreneurship and compete for federal contracts. The institutions […]
Meet the L85A1L Rifle: It Could Have Been Among the Best on the Planet (But Failed)
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * We explain why. *Early rifles produced at the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield were of poor quality with production improved only after a new factory at RSAF Nottingham went into operation. Numerous design flaws continued to go unaddressed--more than two dozen issues were catalogued by 1990, including corroded bolts, extractor issues, broken firing pins, and faulty magazine release mechanisms. * 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 uni... more »
This Is How the Navy Plans to Kill Almost Anything Under Water
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * The Pentagon’s research entity and BAE Systems are working together to develop a next-generation undersea drone communications technology to help identify mines, find enemy submarines and surveil many items relevant to combat missions. *Given that much of the technology relies upon fast-developing algorithms, rapid progress in the area of artificial intelligence (AI) is important to this effort.* The Pentagon’s research entity and BAE Systems are working together to develop a next-generation undersea drone communications technology to help identify mi... more »
Who Benefits from the Chaos of the Global Financial System?
New International Economic Order American Credit System Glass-Steagall Financial Warfare Who Benefits from the Chaos of the Global Financial System? Video of Who Benefits from the Chaos of the Global Financial System? Ever wonder what happened to the stable system of fixed exchange rates FDR created after the war? Who dismantled it, and why? What would it take to rebuild a system of stable monetary agreements that would foster economic growth worldwide?
Meet the 'New' F-16 Fighter (Thanks to F-22 and F-35 DNA)
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * Come soon to a war near you. *Lockheed Martin has good reason to be optimistic about securing further F-16 sales. * Lockheed Martin has received a massive $1.12 billion contract from the U.S. government to produce 16 advanced F-16 Block 70 Fighting Falcons for Bahrain. The “undefinitized contract action award” means that the Royal Bahraini Air Force will become the first operator of the most advanced and capable version of F-16 ever designed. *(This first appeared several months ago.)* Moreover, unlike previous versions of the F-16—which were buil... more »
Report: CBS’s Moonves Had Women on the Payroll for Sex
[image: report-cbss-moonves-had-women-on-the-payroll-for-sex] It doesn’t appear as if Les Moonves, the disgraced former head of CBS, will get that $120 million payout he expected after the Tiffany Network fired him in September.
The Truth About the Catholic Clergy Abuse Scandal
[image: the-truth-about-the-catholic-clergy-abuse-scandal] Is a Lavender Mafia at the root of the sex-abuse crisis rocking the Barque of Peter? A homosexual subculture wields great power in the Catholic Church.
Migrants Breach Border, This Time In the Dark
[image: migrants-breach-border-this-time-in-the-dark] The migrant attack at the border on Thanksgiving weekend might have failed, but the breach of the U.S. border has begun.
Notice to Readers
*Little Green Faerie #3* As my readers can see above, I finally finished carving and painting my "little green faerie". He's going to be part of the Christmas decorations I'm currently putting up. I will be taking a few days off from blogging as we're going to be busy with family and friends social activities. While I'm having a bit of "down time" I invite readers to browse through the more than 2,000 posts I've published on this blog. Also have a look at what my colleagues [see my sidebar for links] in the truth movement are saying. Northerntruthseeker and Pennyforyourthought... more »
Cuba To Offer 3G Internet Access For Cell Phone Users For The First Time
*CNBC:* *Cuba to roll out mobile internet for the first time* * Cuba’s state telecoms firm is to roll out a 3G cell phone service for the first time on Thursday. * The cost of data seen as prohibitive to locals who average take home pay of $30 a month. Cuba has announced that 3G internet access for cell phone users across the country will become available from Thursday. The Caribbean island nation, which exists under communist rule, opened state-run internet cafes in 2013 and citizens have only had access to home internet and public Wi-Fi hotspots since 2017. In that same year, G... more »
No Jail Time For Flynn; Mueller Says Former Trump Official Provided “Substantial” Assistance
Flynn provided "substantial" assistance to his investigation after taking part in 19 interviews related to Mueller's probe. The post No Jail Time For Flynn; Mueller Says Former Trump Official Provided “Substantial” Assistance appeared first on The Duran.
The View from the Trenches of the Alternative Media
By Charles Hugh Smith What’s scarce in a world awash in free content and nearly infinite entertainment content? After 3,701 posts (from May 2005 to... more »
Untitled
*Apologies* Because of some minor but pesky health problems, I will not be blogging for a while I hope to be back on Sunday
Poland Saved Europe From ACTA: Can They Save Us From ACTA2?
By Cory Doctorow Six years ago, Polish activists flooded the streets to oppose ACTA, an incredibly damaging, secretly negotiated Internet treaty hatched in the US... more »
WATCH: Cop Kills Innocent Grandpa for Stopping a Home Invader Who was Biting His Grandson—No Charges
[image: home] An innocent grandpa was gunned down in his own home by police after he'd just stopped a maniac who had broken in and was literally trying to eat his grandson. The post WATCH: Cop Kills Innocent Grandpa for Stopping a Home Invader Who was Biting His Grandson—No Charges appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
Rudolph Declared Racist and “Christmas” is Now a Trigger Word in the United States of the Offended
[image: christmas] Christmas in the land of snowflakes: Rudolph is racist and homophobic, 'Santa Baby' song is slut shaming, "Deck the Halls" promotes gay apparel, and “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” is a date rape anthem. The post Rudolph Declared Racist and “Christmas” is Now a Trigger Word in the United States of the Offended appeared first on The Free Thought Project .
Cop Kidnaps Mentally Unstable Woman from Hospital, Cuffs Her, Rapes Her on Hood of His Car—Only Gets 90 Days
[image: woman] A police officer abused his power, kidnapped a mentally diminished woman from a hospital, handcuffed her, raped her on the hood of his car, and he is only doing 90 days. The post Cop Kidnaps Mentally Unstable Woman from Hospital, Cuffs Her, Rapes Her on Hood of His Car—Only Gets 90 Days appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
Russian President Putin Warns Of A New Nuclear Arms Race
*(Click on Image to Enlarge)* *The Guardian:* *Putin threatens arms race if US dumps nuclear treaty* Russia would also build new medium-range missiles if the US were to do so, says president Vladimir Putin has threatened that Russia will develop new missiles banned by the intermediate-range nuclear forces treaty if the US exits the pact and pursues an arms buildup of its own. The Russian president’s remarks came one day after the US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, said Moscow was in “material breach” of the cold war-era treaty and issued a 60-day ultimatum for Russia to correct t... more »
Alcohol and Cigarette Industries Panicking As More Teens Choose Marijuana Above All Else
Marijuana is increasingly the first substance in the sequence of recreational drug use for adolescents, according researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
On the Middle Ground
Beside the stark and austere reality of the Absolute – where all is One – is the middle ground of Life as it is, Life as it’s unfolding, here and now.
5 Ways to Empower Yourself in Any Situation
This is your life. Not your parent’s. Not your teacher’s. Not your government’s. Not your president’s. It’s yours and yours alone.
Former Secretary of State Clinton Ignores President Trump At The State Funeral Of George H.W. Bush
President Trump, Melania Trump, former President Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, former President Bill Clinton, and Hillary Clinton seated in the front row together for former President George H.W. Bush's funeral *Daily Mail:* *Stone-faced Hillary Clinton IGNORES Donald Trump as he and Melania arrive for front row seats at George H.W. Bush's funeral* * Hillary Clinton did not make eye contact with President Donald Trump when he arrived for former President George H.W. Bush's funeral * She stared straight ahead as he and first lady Melania Trump were seated * Trump shook hands with Pr... more »
This Date In 1941
On this date in 1941, Enosburg Falls, Vermont reached 72 degrees, the warmest December temperature on record in Vermont. Today’s forecast high has the digits reversed at 27 degrees. Why doesn’t Bernie remember this?
The National Climate Assessment – Ignoring All Evidence
Vermont received record snow last month, just as the National Climate Assessment predicted a reduction in deep snow in New England. Vermont breaks November snowfall record – VTDigger Climate experts also say global warming brings more snow. No matter what … Continue reading →
Republicans Seek To Go Out With A Bang-- Reaffirming Their War Against Women In The Lame Duck Session
The House Republicans have always hated the Violence Against Women Act-- first passed in 1994-- and yesterday *Roll Call* reported that they plan to use the cover of the lame duck session to let it lapse. "The law was set to expire Sept. 30, but it was extended through Dec. 7 under a stopgap spending bill that expires this week. Text of another short term spending deal was released Monday and does not include a VAWA extension, according to Republican aides in both the House and Senate." The law authorizes funding for social service agencies that aid victims affected by sexual vi... more »
Real Stupid Artificial Intelligence (Personalized Learning's Missing Link)
Good lord in heaven. Intel would like a piece of the hot new world of Personalized [sic] Learning, and they think they have an awesome AI to help. And they have concocted a deliberately misleading video to promote it. In the video, we see a live human teacher in a classroom full of live humans, all of whom are being monitored by some machine algorithms "that detect student emotions and behaviors" and they do it in real time. Now teachers may reply, "Well, yes, I've been doing that for years, using a technique called Using My Eyeballs, My Ears, and My Brain." But apparently teache... more »
Yale Study: People Who Read Live Longer Than Those Who Don’t
https://bigthink.com/laurie-vazquez/yale-study-people-who-read-live-longer-than-people-who-dont?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1543935482 Advertisements
Neuroscientists and Philosophers Debate Reality and Sensory Perception
https://bigthink.com/robby-berman/neuroscientists-and-philosophers-debate-whether-the-world-exists?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1543936289
Babies Should Sleep With Their Mothers Until Age Three, New Research Claims.
https://www.healthy-holistic-living.com/babies-should-sleep-with-their-mothers-until-age-three-new-research-claims.html?utm_source=HHL&utm_content=54597-QZCJ
10 foods that can make you age faster.
https://www.aol.com/article/lifestyle/2018/07/12/10-foods-that-can-make-you-age-faster/23439932/?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00001389
Scientists Have Connected The Brains of 3 People, Enabling Them to Share Thoughts
https://educateinspirechange.org/science-technology/scientists-have-connected-the-brains-of-3-people-enabling-them-to-share-thoughts/
NASA’s Osiris-Rex arrives at potentially Earth-bound asteroid Bennu
https://www.rt.com/news/445535-osiris-rex-reaches-bennu-asteroid/
Microbial-based treatment reverses autism spectrum social deficits in mouse models
https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2018-12-microbial-based-treatment-reverses-autism-spectrum.html
Why Aren’t Consumer Made Aware of Electromagnetic Pollution?
http://www.wakingtimes.com/2017/12/28/arent-consumer-made-aware-electromagnetic-pollution/
Your Brain Isn’t a Computer — It’s a Quantum Field
https://bigthink.com/ideafeed/does-the-mind-play-dice-with-reason?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1543935574
Tiny aliens may have visited Earth.
https://nypost.com/2018/12/04/tiny-aliens-may-have-visited-us-and-we-just-didnt-know-nasa-scientist/?sr_share=facebook&utm_source=NYPFacebook&utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_campaign=SocialFlow
Trace Chemicals Detectable On Cell Phones Are Not Targeting Women, Or Anyone Else
In *Science Left Behind* I showed that in America it was easy to accurately correlate beliefs about science to political viewpoints. If you believed in psychics, witchcraft, organic food or homeopathy, statistically I could be determine how you voted. If you believed in GMOs and vaccines I also knew how you voted. But everyone hates the word "chemical." That is why it is fertile ground for scaremongering. As soon as you use the word chemical, people are scared, and if you throw the word "toxic" in front of it, like activist academics and $2 billion per year in environmental groups... more »
The Illusion of Freedom
*Rosanne Lindsay* - No document can ensure freedoms.
The Most Toxic Retailers on the Planet
*Dr. Mercola* - A who's who of polluting the earth for profit.
Somebody Pressed The Panic Button – Bank Stocks And Tech Stocks Crash As The Yield Curve Inverts
By Michael Snyder Stocks aren’t supposed to crash in December. Most of the time we see a nice “Santa Claus rally” to close out the... more »
Iraq’s Oil Exports and Prices Drop In November 2018
(Iraq Oil Report) Iraq’s oil industry was hit by two bad trends in November 2018. First, bad weather meant its exports dipped. At the same time petroleum prices took a large fall. That offset the good news that Baghdad and Irbil came to a new agreement to allow the Oil Ministry to use the latter’s pipeline to Turkey. Iraq’s oil exports dropped to a seven-month low in November. The country averaged 3.372 million barrels a day after hitting a series of highs over the previous months. That was the lowest amount since April’s 3.340 million barrels. Previously Iraq had been averaging ov... more »
This Day In Iraqi History - Dec 5
1940 US Amb to Iraq sent note to PM Gaylani saying he was worried about direction of Iraq- English relations because of Gaylani’s overtures to the Axis (Musings On Iraq book review of *Persian Gulf Command, A History of the Second World War In Iran and Iraq*) (Musings On Iraq book review of *Rashid Ali al-Gailani, The National Movement in Iraq 1939-1941*) 1985 Lebanon’s Al Safr paper published petition saying 500 Iraqi writer and intellectuals had been interrogated and tortured to conform to govt 2000 UN Res 1330 renewed Oil for Food Program 2002 White House spokesman said Bush and... more »
Turkey Issues Arrest Warrant For Senior Saudi Official Accused Of Supervising Khashoggi Killing
The post Turkey Issues Arrest Warrant For Senior Saudi Official Accused Of Supervising Khashoggi Killing appeared first on The Duran.
Canada looks to sidestep USMCA tripwire in trade talks with China
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
05-Dec-2018 Sector agreements signed between China and Canada could be rolled into a broader free trade agreement down the road — meaning that sectoral negotiations could lay the groundwork for comprehensive talks.
Who is behind the push for a post-Brexit free trade deal with the US?
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
05-Dec-2018 A nexus of libertarian thinktanks in both the UK and the US propose a bonfire of tariffs, quotas and anti-competitive rules.
NAFTA 2.0: US-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Chapter 20: pharmaceutical related patent provisions
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
05-Dec-2018 The Intellectual Property Chapter of the revised NAFTA, rebranded by the Trump Administration USMCA, includes provisions that threaten to undermine critical efforts towards affordable health care and medicine.
BITs of Bangladesh: Are they national interest friendly?
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
05-Dec-2018 Bangladesh has about 30 BITs of which those with international arbitration provisions tilt to protect corporate interests more than the national interest of Bangladesh as reflected in the Saipem, Chevron, and Niko arbitrations.
15 Million People Were Just Blacklisted from Travel by China’s Social Credit Program and It’s Coming to America Soon
By Meadow Clark China’s social credit system is in full swing and has already blacklisted more than 15 million Chinese residents from travel. Is it... more »
Teaser
Here's an excerpt from my current project - one of five books I'm working on (at various stages of research, investigation, writing and editing) at the moment. Please let me know in Comments if you like it. The noonday sun hung directly overhead, its heat seeming to sear through the cotton *ghutra* over his helmet, turning the metal into an instrument of torture that threatened to boil his brain. Taghri cursed softly to himself. The traders’ caravan had plodded its way through the heat for the past week. It would reach the city tonight. It couldn’t be soon enough for him. He rose ...more »
WHERE HAVE ALL THE LOGICIANS GONE: Russell and Wittgenstein, up in a tree!
*WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2018An anecdote runs through it:* Just for the record, Bertrand Russell, the 3rd Earl Russell, led a complex, varied life. The leading authority on that life starts its account like this: *Bertrand Arthur William Russell*, 3rd Earl Russell, OM FRS (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) *was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic, political activist, and Nobel laureate.* At various points in his life, Russell considered himself a liberal, a socialist and a pacifist, but he also admitted that he had "never been any of these ... more »
Ukraine and Russia Tensions Escalate As Ukraine President Accuses Russia Of 80,000 Troops In Crimea; U.S. NATO Warn Russia To Stop Violating INF Treaty
By Aaron Kesel Ukraine’s President, Peter Poroshenko, has accused Russia of having 80,000 troops, 1,400 artillery and missile systems, 900 tanks, 2,300 armored vehicles, 500 planes and...more »
Loophole in Bernie Sanders’ Yemen Bill Actually Allows Continued US Involvement in Yemen
[image: undefined] Last week, many celebrated the advancement of Senate Joint Resolution (SJR) 54, which had been introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), as a sign that the US Congress was finally willing to act to reduce the US’ culpability for the situation in Yemen, currently the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. The bill, which will be voted on by the Senate this week, has been praised by many within the anti-war movement for its bid to “end” US military involvement in Yemen. Passage of the bill would, however, do no such thing. Much of the media coverage of the bill has ... more »
Trump’s Fawning Over Saudi Ties Backfires
[image: undefined] The G20 is an economic club and it has traditionally stuck to that groove. And Saudi Arabia has traditionally been represented at G20 events by government ministers, usually the oil minister. But this time around, the Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman, who is just a heartbeat away from becoming the king of Saudi Arabia, showed up. By doing so, Riyadh was pushing the envelope. It was insisting that the international community had better come to terms with the reality that MBS is the prince who counts in the House of Saud and should learn to deal with him as their pr... more »
The 'Forceful, Yet Magnanimous' Foreign Policy of George H. W. Bush
*James Holmes* *George H. W. Bush, United States* President Bush held office during a time of tectonic change, as four decades of cold war drew to an end. Rest your oar, shipmate. President George H. W. Bush went to his reward Friday night after a life well lived. Let's canvass historians and philosophers of old to see what they might take from reviewing his legacy as a man and a statesman. Start with the Greek-turned-Roman historian Plutarch. Plutarch’s enduring fame comes mainly from his “Parallel Lives,” capsule biographies of famous Greeks and Romans. He would pair up a Gree... more »
What France's Unrest Means
*Scott B. MacDonald* *France, Europe* The ongoing Yellow Vest movement is significant and could have long-lasting repercussions for France and the rest of Europe. France is suffering from a round of public discontent in the form of the “Yellow Vests” (*gilets jaunes*), a spontaneous and generally leaderless wave of demonstrations and riots springing from the country’s rural areas and small-towns. Beginning in November, people showed up in large numbers to protest a green-friendly tax on gas and diesel fuels to discourage the use of automobiles and trucks. It was estimated by the ... more »
A U.S. Ambassador Reflects on Afghanistan
*Ronald Neumann* *Afghanistan, Afghanistan* There is no short way out. Any success will be very slow in coming. If one year ago I returned from a trip to Afghanistan more hopeful than previously, my return this time highlighted the immensity of the challenges, the dangers to our nation of retreat, and yet a few bright spots difficult to properly assess. Elections, security and peace negotiations are the themes that dominate Kabul discussions. Each is messy, with head snapping contradictions that make most simple bottom line assessments at least partially wrong. For background on... more »
The Steady Drumbeat On Iran Continues
*Curt Mills* *Foreign Policy Iran, United States* Will Trump be able to satisfy the Iran hawks? Something resembling a regime change policy on Iran is at the core of the White House’s foreign policy. Many in the hawkish contingent insist they are *not* building the case for war—rather, they seek to collapse the regime from within or inspire a radical change in behavior—but that’s cold comfort to those who note the hawks have made common cause with the very set that mired America in Iraq. A former senior White House official told me earlier this year that war with the country is “... more »
That Strengthening Diversity: 63 Percent of “Non-citizens” on Welfare
[image: that-strengthening-diversity-63-percent-of-non-citizens-on-welfare] It’s a shocking revelation right up there with rain is wet and fire is hot: Contrary to immigrationist assurances, census numbers inform that a vast majority — 63 percent — of non-citizens are on welfare. This amounts to 4,684,784 immigrant households.
Macron Blinks in Face-off With “Yellow Vest” Protesters
[image: macron-blinks-in-face-off-with-yellow-vest-protesters] The French government announced yesterday that it will delay an increase in new fuel taxes by six months, but it may be too little, too late to pacify the “Yellow Vest” protesters who are wreaking havoc in France.
“The Individual vs. The Illusion Of Consensus Reality”
*“The Individual vs. The Illusion Of Consensus Reality”* by Jon Rappoport “This is such a supercharged subject, I could start from a dozen places. But let’s begin here: the individual is unique, because he is he. He is unique because he has his own ideas, because he has his own desires, because he has his own power. That power belongs to no one else. In particular, it doesn’t belong to the State. The State will try, will always try to suggest that it is granting power to the individual, but this is a lie. It’s an illusion broadcast with ill-intent. While everyone else is trying to...more »
World News Briefs -- December 5, 2018
The Honor Guard lines the entrance to the Rotunda before President George H.W. Bush's casket is removed to be taken to the National Cathedral *Daily Mail:* *A final salute: George H.W. Bush's casket leaves the Capitol for his state funeral escorted by the military and his family as crowds line the street to honor the 41st president* * President George H.W. Bush was taken from the Rotunda to the National Cathedral shortly before 11am * Thousands of people have flocked to the Rotunda since Monday to pay their respects * Around 3,000 people attended his funeral at the National Cathe... more »
"It’s Heretics Who Save the World"
*"It’s Heretics Who Save the World"* by Paul Rosenberg "The people who have kept the world from a slide into darkness and pulled it forward have, to a shocking extent, been heretics of one form or another. I’m using “heretic” more broadly than in just a religious context, but please consider this: It’s the punisher who makes the heretic. Without punishers, heretics would be nothing more than people with different ideas. And in our time, the punishers (at least in the West) are very seldom religious. (Some small number of heretic types are goofy or nasty, but I’m flatly ignoring the... more »
5 Ways to Empower Yourself in Any Situation
*Gary ‘Z’ McGee* - It’s your life. It’s your culture. It’s your world. Don’t let it be destroyed by the corrupt power of others.
The Peeved Aggrieved Bereaved Club
It's getting so divisive out there that liberal commentators can't even tweet out their innocuous accolades for war criminal George H.W. Bush without the Twitter trolls making their lives a living hell. Frank Bruni of the *New York Times *has even written a column about the "obituary wars" between those who come to innocently praise Bush and those who come to crankily point his many faults and crimes while his freshly embalmed body is still indecently at room temperature. *On Twitter over the weekend, the television writer Bryan Behar did something unconscionable.He praised Georg... more »
VIDEO: Deadly Taliban attack kills 4 US servicemen in Afghanistan
Four US Army soldiers were killed when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in the western part of Afghanistan. The extremist Taliban movement claimed responsibility for the attack which took place on November 26 in Bala Buluk district of Farak province. . According to sources, a convoy for the US military was moving […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian Army foils jihadi attack in northern Latakia
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (4:20 P.M.) – Fierce clashes broke out in the northern countryside of Latakia when the government troops fought off scores of jihadi militants who attempted to sneak into Syrian Army positions. According to a military source, a group of al-Qaeda-linked militants launched their attack from Ain al-Hour village located some 5 km to […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
[Graphic 18+] Syrian Army ambush kills scores of Daesh terrorists in east Homs (photos)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:10 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) killed a large number of Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) fighters during a massive ambush in the eastern countryside of the Homs Governorate last night. The Syrian Arab Army reportedly set the ambush in the Bir Helbeh and Bir Safwaniyah area, where they patiently waited for a […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
WhatsApp skewed Brazilian election, proving social media's danger to democracy
Luca Belli, Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation, School of Law, Fundação Getúlio Vargas at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 13 hours ago
Facebook retired its 'Move fast and break things' slogan – perhaps because, as new research from Brazil confirms, democracy is among the things left broken by online misinformation and fake news.
Mother and Children Left Homeless After Police Destroy House Looking for Non-Existent Suspect
[image: homeless] An innocent mother and her three children are now homeless just before Christmas after police destroyed their home looking for a suspect who was not there. The post Mother and Children Left Homeless After Police Destroy House Looking for Non-Existent Suspect appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
"Why Can't It..."
God knows we have an over abundance of it...
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. - Noah Smith writes that for all the recognition of poverty and precarity in the U.S., it may be home to even more material insecurity than normally presumed: Imagine a 55-year-old single woman with diabetes working a part-time job making close to minimum wage. Thanks to government assistance, her total income is $15,000 a year. But if she loses her job or has a medical emergency — both of which, as Matthew Desmond’s book “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City” illustrates, are sadly common — she will probably become home... more »
India set to ban use of “last hope” antibiotic to fatten livestock after Bureau story
Experts say the proposed ban will save the lives of patients in India and all around the world
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- December 5, 2018
Former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, talk with then-Capt. Chip Miller, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), in the captain’s in-port cabin. Bush and his wife, Barbara, spent their time aboard watching flight operations, touring the ship and spending time with the crew. US Navy Photo *USNI News:* *Navy Will Perform Unprecedented 21-Fighter Flyover for Bush Funeral* The Navy will honor former naval aviator and 41st president George H.W. Bush on Thursday with a largest-ever 21-aircraft missing man formation as part of his funer... more »
Another Two Million Brazilians Fall Below the Poverty Line
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The number of Brazilians living below the poverty line in the country increased by over two million people from 2016 and 2017, according to a new report by Brazil’s IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Statistics). Most of the increase was seen in the class of […] The post Another Two Million Brazilians Fall Below the Poverty Line appeared first on The Rio Times.
Mike Leigh Retrospective Begins at Rio’s CCBB this Wednesday
By Jack Arnhold, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – This Wednesday, December 5th will see the beginning of an almost month-long retrospective of British cinematic giant Mike Leigh. The CCBB ‘Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil’ (Bank of Brazil Cultural Center) in Rio’s city center, will be screening 24 full-length and short films by the […] The post Mike Leigh Retrospective Begins at Rio’s CCBB this Wednesday appeared first on The Rio Times.
How The West Eats Its Children
By taking to the streets, the French have become the first Western population to take personal risks to oppose financial globalisation. Although they do not realise it, and still imagine that their problems are exclusively national, their enemy is the same force that crushed the region of the African Great Lakes and a part of the Greater Middle East. The post How The West Eats Its Children appeared first on OrientalReview.org .
Presidents Club Assembles for Bush Funeral, Trump an Outlier
The death of George H.W. Bush is bringing together the five remaining members of an oh-so-exclusive fraternity — the presidents club.
Wisconsin Senate Passes Bill Limiting Governor’s Powers
The Wisconsin Senate voted early Wednesday to pass a sweeping measure designed to empower the Republican-controlled Legislature and weaken the Democrat replacing Republican Gov. Scott Walker.
Prosecutors Recommend No Jail Time for Cooperative Flynn
President Donald Trump's former national security adviser provided so much information to the special counsel's Russia investigation that prosecutors say he shouldn't do any prison time, according to a court filing that describes Michael Flynn's cooperation as "substantial."
Report Details New Allegations of Moonves’ Sexual Misconduct
A report by CBS lawyers outlines more allegations of sexual misconduct by longtime chief Les Moonves, The New York Times reported.
CFP--Conference on Constitutional History: Comparative Perspectives
A reminder of the call for papers for the conference on *Constitutional History: Comparative Perspectives *in Chicago on April 29-30, 2019. Proposals submitted by December 15 will receive priority consideration. Full details are here.
"What America Has Done To Its Young People Is Appalling"
*"What America Has Done To Its Young People Is Appalling"* by James Ostrowski "Critics are perhaps too quick to judge America’s young people, citing declining SAT scores, obesity, drug overdoses, addiction to smart phones, bizarre alterations of personal appearance and high rates of (alleged) mental illness. It’s just too easy to be annoyed at how some of the cashiers at the local grocery store seem unable to carry on a conversation or have chosen to mutilate their faces with pieces of metal. We are perhaps too quick to condemn the crazed behavior of young protesters in recent yea... more »
Report On Militarism: The International Conference Against US/NATO Bases
By Roger Harris For the first time in the history of humanity, the technical means are at hand to eliminate poverty if resources were not diverted to making war. World hunger could be abolished with only a small diversion from military budgets. The only luxuries that so-called middle-class Americans would have to forego would be the Blue Angels air show and drone-bombing wedding parties in the Middle East. Yet, military spending is expanding, and with it global poverty. On November 16-18, some 300 peace activists representing over 35 countries gathered in Dublin, Ireland for the ... more »
It’s Time for Congress to Make Domestic Terrorism a Federal Crime
A memorial outside the Tree of Life Congregation Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Penn. (Source: Flickr/Andrea Hanks) On Oct. 27, Robert Bowers launched an attack on the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Penn., murdering 11 worshipers and injuring many others. The federal indictment against Bowers charges him with multiple counts of obstructing, by force and threat of force, “the free exercise of religious beliefs” resulting in death and bodily injury and involving the use of a dangerous weapon and attempts to kill. These counts are charged under a suite of federal hate crimes statute... more »
Yemen After a Saudi Withdrawal: How Much Would Change?
Neighborhood in Sanaa, Yemen, 2015 (Source: Wikimedia via Almigdad Mojalli/VOA) Pressure is mounting on Saudi Arabia to pull out of Yemen. The Pentagon announced on Nov. 9 that it would stop aerial refueling of Saudi planes conducting operations in Yemen, ending assistance that began under President Obama in 2015, when Riyadh first began its bombing campaign. Last week, the Senate broke with the White House voted 63 to 37 to advance a resolution to end U.S. military support for the Saudi-led war. Democrats in the House of Representatives have promised to use their impending majori... more »
A Flynntriguing Sentencing Memorandum
The media whipped up a bit of a frenzy yesterday in anticipation of Robert Mueller’s filing of his sentencing memorandum in the case of Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser who pled guilty to lying about his contacts with the Russian ambassador and his work for Turkey. The anticipation was understandable: Unlike some other Mueller targets, Flynn essentially vanished at the time of his plea in December 2017. His sentencing has been delayed five times in deference to his apparently ongoing cooperation. And Mueller has used sentencing memoranda in the past to spell out... more »
The Joy of Cooking, vindicated: Journal retracts two more Brian Wansink papers
In February of this year, the Joy of Cooking launched what you could call an epic Twitter stream. Inspired by Stephanie Lee’s reporting in BuzzFeed on Brian Wansink — the food marketing researcher at Cornell who later resigned following findings of misconduct by the university — the legendary cookbook pointed out all that was wrong … Continue reading The Joy of Cooking, vindicated: Journal retracts two more Brian Wansink papers
Reuters Caught Deliberately Misrepresenting Iranian Missile Development Program
Reuter’s makes a crucial omission, implying that Iran poses a greater threat to the West than it does
What's in a name
When Boobus Americanus was a young lad and delivered groceries, he was called a boy. When he worked at the mill, he was called a hand. When he labored in the fields, he was called help. When he worked at the co-op he was called a partner. When he worked as a bagger at Wal-Mart's, he was called an associate. When he was unemployed he was called a bum. When he joined the military he was called a grunt. When he went overseas, he was called a patriot. When he arrived overseas, he was called cannon fodder. At his funeral, he was called a hero. *-~ By Herschel Sternlieb (formerly fro... more »
The USS John C. Stennis - Ramping Up the Rhetoric in the Persian Gulf
According to the Wall Street Journal, a United States aircraft carrier strike group led by the USS John C. Stennis departed from Singapore on November 28, 2018 and is currently sailing in the Indian Ocean south of Sri Lanka towards the Persian Gulf where should arrive by the end of the week as shown here: Here is a graphic from the United States Naval Institute showing the location of all of America's deployed carrier strike and amphibious ready groups: Here is a photo of the John C. Stennis from the carrier's Facebook page: The John C. Stennis (CVN 74)was commissioned in Decemb... more »
Be aware of the new dangerous internet watchdog
Americans’ trust in the media is at an all-time low. According to a 2017 Survey on Trust, Media and Democracy by the Knight Foundation, 43 percent of Americans have a negative view of news media compared to 33 percent reporting a positive view, while 66 percent believe “most news media do not do a good job […] The post Be aware of the new dangerous internet watchdog appeared first on Health Nut News.
The 13 companies poisoning you with toxic products
The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency compile and keep a current list of chemical substances manufactured or processed in the U.S. That list currently includes about 85,000 chemicals. Among them are 10,000 chemicals allowed to be added to food and food-contact materials in the U.S., either directly or […] The post The 13 companies poisoning you with toxic products appeared first on Health Nut News.
A Reckoning Is Coming
Two years ago, Justin Trudeau and Rachel Notley reached what Tom Walkom calls a classic Canadian compromise: The federal government would help Alberta Premier Rachel Notley exploit and transport bitumen from the province’s oilsands. In return she would support Trudeau’s demand for some form of national carbon tax. In normal circumstances, it should have worked. But the circumstances aren't normal: The circumstances today are far from normal. Climate change is not simply another blip in federal-provincial relations that can be resolved by, say, changing the equalization formula.... more »
How to Study a Philosopher?
Bertrand Russell, in his *A History of Western Philosophy*, makes an interesting point on the right way of studying a philosopher. Here’s an excerpt from Chapter 4, “Heraclitus” (Book 1: Ancient Philosophy): "In studying a philosopher, the right attitude is neither reverence nor contempt, but first a kind of hypothetical sympathy, until it is possible to know what it feels like to believe in his theories, and only then a revival of the critical attitude, which should resemble, as far as possible, the state of mind of a person abandoning opinions which he has hitherto held. Contempt... more »
IF WE'RE SO NOSTALGIC FOR THE WASPS, WHY DON'T WE ELECT MORE OF THEM?
Ross Douthat argues that the widespread praise for George H.W. Bush might be a sign of a longing for the old WASP order: ... in The Atlantic, Franklin Foer described “the subtext” of Bush nostalgia as a “fondness for a bygone institution known as the Establishment, hardened in the cold of New England boarding schools, acculturated by the late-night rituals of Skull and Bones, sent off to the world with a sense of noblesse oblige. For more than a century, this Establishment resided at the top of the American caste system. Now it is gone, and apparently people wish it weren’t.” I thi... more »
No Shit Sherlock again
Just like a London bus The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission recently issued a report saying that Beijing could force Huawei and other Chinese 5G equipment-makers to "modify products to perform below expectations or fail, facilitate state or corporate espionage, or otherwise compromise the confidentiality, integrity, or availability" of networks that used them. No Shit Sherlock
There Is a Whole Continent to Be Organized Into the New Paradigm
[image: President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump pose for the G20 “Family Photo” with fellow G20 leaders and their spouses Friday evening, Nov. 30, 2018, at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks)] The central question in history right now is: Can we get the U.S. to join with the efforts underway internationally to organize a New Paradigm to replace the bankrupt British Empire's system of looting and geopolitics, along the lines specified by Lyndon LaRouche's call for a New Bretton Woods? That is the big picture that em... more »
If All Global Jihadists Were Under One Military Umbrella, They Would Be The 21rst Largest Army In The World
*Jacob Siegel, Tablet*: *New Study Finds the Number of Islamic Militants Nearly Four Times Higher Today Than in 2001* Taking stock of the forever war There as many as 230,000 Sunni Islamic militants operating across almost 70 countries today, almost quadrupling the number that were active on Sept. 11, 2001, according to a new study by Washington, D.C., based Center for Strategic and International Studies. The study’s findings were summarized in an article in Wednesday’s New York Times: * The researchers used multiple sources, including the University of Maryland’s global terroris... more »
Royal Air Force Dogfighting with Royal Navy Over Scarce F-35s
*Michael Peck* *Security, * Who will win? When there aren’t enough F-35s to go around, who should get them: The air force or the navy? That question is reportedly roiling the British military as the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy dogfight over which F-35 stealth fighters the cash-strapped UK should buy. The Royal Navy is furious at alleged RAF plans to grab many of the 138 F-35s that Britain is purchasing, according to Britain’s Sky News. Sources close to the Royal Navy “accused senior Royal Air Force officers of privately pushing for a version of a supersonic warplane that ca... more »
10 Times the U.S. Military Lost Its Nuclear Weapons
*WarIsBoring* *Security, * Yes, you read that right. As the numbers of nuclear weapons in the U.S. arsenal grew quickly during the early years of the Cold War, so did the number of accidents *involving* nukes. *March 10, 1956* A B-47 carrying two nuclear capsules missed a rendezvous with a refueling tanker over the Mediterranean. The aircraft was never found, nor were its atomic “capsules.” Early nuclear weapons had a removable capsule containing the nuclear fissile material. It was U.S. Air Force policy not to insert the capsules into the bombs as a safety measure, short of a... more »
Arctic Sea Ice’s Rapid Growth In November
By Paul Homewood http://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/icecover_30y.uk.php Arctic sea ice extent in November was the highest since 2008, and higher than even 2006, according to DMI. As Arctic alarmists, DMI like to impose a linear trend since the start of the record in 1979. Gullible people are thus persuaded that “Arctic ice is continuing to […]
No shit Sherlock
I used to post a No Shit Sherlock piece every week but haven't for a while, here's an (un)welcome example: 'EU have used backstop as 'negotiating ploy' - DUP MP The DUP's Gregory Campbell says the Brexit legal advice published this morning describes the backstop plan to avoid a hard Irish border as a permanent arrangement. However he says the plan is based on a "false assertion", and has been used as a "negotiating ploy" used against the UK by the EU. "It is a practical, physical, political impossibility, under any circumstances, for a hard border to emerge on the island of Irelan... more »
Proposed city budget pulls the wheels off bike network
I really, really wanted to write part two of the update on bikeway projects this week. But perhaps it is wiser to step back for a moment from documenting the planning progress around bike infrastructure, to consider whether or not this municipality actually has the intention to follow through and build what’s being planned. This […]
Is The Mueller Commision Endagering National Security?
*RCW: Stephen F. Cohen:* *Mueller Probe Hysteria Endangers National Security By Preventing Trump From Talking With Russia* Stephen F. Cohen, NYU professor emeritus and author of War with Russia: From Putin and Ukraine To Trump and Russiagate, warns FNC's Tucker Carlson that relations with Russia are worse than at any time since President Eisenhower was in office. Cohen said Monday on Tucker Carlson Tonight that Trump is the first president since the Eisenhower era to be prevented from negotiating with Russia because of the hysteria surrounding the Mueller investigation and "Russi... more »
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From Jenna Orkin Macron Just Backed Down to the Yellow Vest protesters Native American Women Are Being Sold into the Sex Trade on Ships Along Lake SuperiorA Hawaiian US soldier swore allegiance to ISIS, kissed their flag, and spoke of carrying out a mass shooting in Honolulu, prosecutors say Macron On Edge As Up To 120,000 Angry "Yellow Vests" Prepare To Storm The Bastille"We Are Suffering": NYC Cab Drivers Speak Out About Suicide Epidemc U.S. Aircraft Carrier Heads To Persian Gulf In "Show Of Force" After Iran Ballistic Missile Test What's Really Being Taught In MbS' So-Called "Refor... more »
BBC biased reporting as usual
'Blistering from former armed forces minister Mark Francois. The prime minister has repeatedly faced questions about the investigations into historic allegations against armed forces personnel. The prime minister promises a response in due course – that will not satisfy the powerful lobby of Conservative backbenchers who point (as Mr Francois did) to the "letters of comfort" which protect former IRA members from prosecution. This is an issue which corrodes confidence on the Conservative backbenches.' Of course no mention by the Labour Party's propaganda arm the BBC about which part... more »
The government found in contempt of parliament, but what’s next?
These are indeed momentous times. Yesterday, for the first time in history, the UK government was found in contempt of Parliament in a motion passed by 311 votes to 293. It is unclear at the moment what the resulting effects of this will be on individual members of parliament. Contempt of parliament by an MP […] The post The government found in contempt of parliament, but what’s next? appeared first on The Left Bible.
Seen in Giza : The Phoenix laundry service
[image: Phoenix Laundry Service] Seen in Giza: The phoenix laundry service and I do not know why it’s owner named it that iconic name. I do not know why or how the owner thought of naming his laundry service after a mystical bird the old Arabs spoke about in their old literature. In the old Arab literature, the Phoenix or the "Anka" was the hugest bird the earth had seen living away from humans and it had magical characteristics. Historically speaking, the Phoenix' first appearance was in ancient Egyptian mythology then spread in the rest of the ancient world. The Phoenix or the Anka... more »
Millennials Got Even With Trump In 2018-- Just Wait For 2020
Ron Brownstein, reporting for CNN, offered the GOP a ton of bad news yesterday. Young voters were out in force last month-- and whether they like Democrats or not-- they punished the GOP severely, primarily for Trump. 2020, a presidential election year, will be worse-- or, depending on your perspective-- better. In California, for example, young voters helped flip 7 of the Republicans' 14 House seats. Of the 7 left, Democrats will be aiming to take out Doug LaMalfa, Tom McClintock, Paul Cook, Devin Nunes, Ken Calvert and Duncan Hunter (whose trial-- he and his wife face 60 crimina... more »
BBC’s “left-wing journalist” tweeted Rothschild conspiracy theories and called Holocaust testimony “subliminal propaganda” per The Red Roar
Red Roar report https://www.theredroar.com/2018/12/bbcs-left-wing-journalist-tweeted-rothschild-conspiracy-theories-and-called-holocaust-testimony-subliminal-propaganda/ on a guest who'll fit right in at the, antisemitic by at least one of the IHRA examples, BBC: 'The BBC's comedy programme The Mash Report interviewed far-left conspiracy theorist Steve Topple as a guest on its latest episode, describing the Canary writer as a "left-wing journalist". In reality, Topple is a conspiracist who has said that all Jews ought to be "held responsible" for Israel's actions. ... In 2015, To... more »
Italy Drains the Swamp: Fires Every Member of the Higher Health Council
Note: The M5S government in Italy is acting on its promises regarding vaccination safety and choice. Below is the announcement from Giulia Grillo, Health Minister "The hour of change." ### Italian health minister Giulia Grillo has unexpectedly sacked every member... more »
Rio Nightlife Guide for Wednesday, December 5, 2018
We have the top three picks for this Wednesday, and below there is a list of bars and lounges that are always a good option. PARTY: Woodstock @ Casa de Espanha (Humaitá) – This party, organised by UNIT 2018, is inspired by the original Woodstock Music and Art Fair, a landmark event of sixties counterculture. […] The post Rio Nightlife Guide for Wednesday, December 5, 2018 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Integration Of Human & Soul - An Insight and Quotation from M.N. Hopkins
*Source of picture: Pinterest.es**"Integration of human and Soul is the key to a conscious and fulfilling life."* *©* 2018 * M.N. Hopkins* *Note: This insight came to mind during a conversation on social media with who I consider two mindful and enlightened souls. It is an original insight and quotation that I have officially published for the first time on my blog today, the 5th of December, 2018.*
Kabul ready to talk with Taliban without preconditions, discuss changes to Constitution – official
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Peresvet combat lasers enter duty with Russia’s armed forces
The post Peresvet combat lasers enter duty with Russia’s armed forces appeared first on The Duran.
World Stocks Bloodbath – From Triumphant Truce To Deal Dysphoria In 36 Hours
The post World Stocks Bloodbath – From Triumphant Truce To Deal Dysphoria In 36 Hours appeared first on The Duran.
Countries hosting US systems to become targets for Russia if US leaves INF — Russian General Staff
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Bulgaria Won’t Join UN Migration Pact
The post Bulgaria Won’t Join UN Migration Pact appeared first on The Duran.
Turkey’s Economy Is A House of Cards – Consumer Debt Crisis Emerges
The post Turkey’s Economy Is A House of Cards – Consumer Debt Crisis Emerges appeared first on The Duran.
Byron York: From fishy beginning, Mueller case against Michael Flynn nears end with no jail recommendation
The post Byron York: From fishy beginning, Mueller case against Michael Flynn nears end with no jail recommendation appeared first on The Duran.
Putin initiates trilateral summit with India and China
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Is Colombia's civil war moving to Venezuela?
There's an excellent in-depth article on the current situation in Venezuela over at Strategy Page. You should read the whole thing - it contains far more information than you'll get from the mainstream media. Among the nuggets in the article was the fact that Colombian leftist rebels are moving their operations to Venezuela, because it's a safer area for them to operate than their own country. There has been an enormous increase in crime, both official (government employees demanding probes for any reason) and unofficial. Gangs are taking control of many areas, often despite oppo... more »
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