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Manbij Blast: Implicating Turkey With Innuendo & Aspersion
*But not bothering with any facts or rational analysis. 'Tis the way of propaganda and propagandists in the never ending war for your mind.*. I’ve been watching the targeting of Turkey for years now, however, what has been unfolding in slow motion surely shifted into higher gear yesterday. *March 2016: Yes, Willy Loman, It’s about Blamin’ &; Framin’ Turkey &; Saudi Arabia * *I guess the garnering of public support at the “grassroots level” had to begin sometime, somewhere- Scott caught one of these groups in action. I’m sure there are other groups in other places pushing the same non... more »
#QotD: "In the basic, crucial sphere of morality and action, it is not your endowments that matter, but what you do with them. It is here that all men are free and equal, regardless of gifts."
*"Man may be justly proud of his natural endowments ... such as physical beauty, physical strength, a great mind, good health. But all these are merely his materials or his tools; his self-respect must be based, not on these attributes, but on what he does with them.... "If a man says: 'But I realise that my natural endowments are mediocre--shall I then suffer, be ashamed, have an inferiority complex?' The answer is: 'In the basic, crucial sphere of morality and action, it is not your endowments that matter, but what you do with them.' It is here that all men are free and equ... more »
25 deceptions, lies, malicious attacks, and errors in the Gillette commercial
Some clueless people ask what's wrong with the Gillette ad. I wasn't particularly insulted by this ad – which is approaching 20 million views and 1 million downvotes – because similar stuff has become a part of our everyday lives. But let me calmly answer the question as if it were a serious one and explain why I consider creators and apologists of the 108-second-long video (TRF) to be bad human beings who need to be treated as such. There are hundreds of deceptions, lies, manipulations, demagogic statements, mispresentations of facts, and malicious attacks against particular men,... more »
President Trump: NATO Members Are Now Stepping Up
1 week to go until the #NATOSummit Did you know that this is the 4th consecutive year of increased defence budgets across European Allies & #Canada? The trend is up & we intend to keep it up. ⬆ pic.twitter.com/zNDHURwds6 — Oana Lungescu (@NATOpress) July 4, 2018 *Politico:* *Trump: We will be with NATO '100 percent'* President Donald Trump on Thursday said the United States is "100 percent" with NATO, days after a report alleged that the president privately discussed withdrawing from the military alliance multiple times over the past year. "We're gonna be with NATO 100 percent, ... more »
Will There Be A U.S. State Of The Union Address This Year?
Today, I wrote to @realDonaldTrump recommending that we delay the State of the Union until after government re-opens, as the @SecretService, the lead federal agency for #SOTU security, faces its 26th day without funding. https://t.co/K2oL8WGvqo pic.twitter.com/g3fIlxDbbK — Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) January 16, 2019 *The Hill:* *Pelosi: Trump 'very silent' on postponing State of Union* Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday said she’s heard nothing from the White House in response to her request to postpone President Trump’s Jan. 29 State of the Union address while parts o... more »
Shock and anger at government’s failure to invite DPOs to disability workshop
Campaigners have been left “shocked and appalled” by the government’s decision to hold a workshop on the barriers facing disabled people without inviting a single disabled people’s organisation (DPO) to take part. The Cabinet Office workshop is due to take place tomorrow afternoon (Friday), and its purpose is to “convene leading external experts and officials [...]
Universal credit forces wheelchair-user who can’t heat home further into poverty
A disabled benefit claimant with high support needs who has lost more than £40 a week after having to transfer onto the new universal credit – forcing him into even greater poverty – has challenged the government to defend its drastic cuts and reforms. Mark Golden, from Yorkshire, estimates that he paid more than £100,000 [...]
Benefit appeal recordings not possible at nearly half tribunal venues
The government is discriminating against disabled benefit claimants by failing to install equipment at tribunal venues that would allow them to record what happens at their social security appeals, according to university researchers. Leeds University’s International Disability Law Clinic (IDLC) has discovered that there are no social security tribunal venues across the whole of London [...]
Surprise PIP report raises concerns over ministers’ spending plans
Disabled campaigners have been left bemused and concerned by a report from an independent fiscal watchdog which shows the government’s introduction of personal independence payment (PIP) has led to a sharp rise in spending on disability benefits. Tory chancellor George Osborne (pictured) announced in 2010 that the new coalition government planned to cut spending and [...]
DPOs call for support in battle to make ministers think again over attack on rights
Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) are calling for urgent support to prevent the government “bulldozing” through parliament a “potentially dangerous” bill that will affect the lives and welfare of hundreds of thousands of disabled people. DPOs including Inclusion London and People First (Self Advocacy) say they are “deeply unhappy” about the flawed mental capacity (amendment) bill, [...]
Equality watchdog needs further legal powers, MPs are told
The equality watchdog should be given greater powers that would allow it to take more legal cases against organisations that breach the Equality Act, a disabled former commissioner has told MPs. Mike Smith, who chaired the disability committee of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) between 2009 and 2012, told the Commons women and [...]
Double legal victory for access campaigner over underground discrimination
A court has found that London Underground twice discriminated against a disabled campaigner by failing to warn him that vital lifts that would allow him to complete his journey on the capital’s tube network were out-of-order. Doug Paulley found himself stranded and confronted with inaccurate and incomplete information and unhelpful staff on trips to London [...]
Project highlights need for museums to take ‘radical’ action on disability employment
Museums need to take radical action to address the “woeful” under-representation of disabled people in their workforce, a parliamentary event has heard. The call was delivered by Esther Fox, the disabled leader of the Accentuate programme, at a House of Commons event held to mark the end of the three-year History of Place project, which [...]
Trump Right: Wall Building Is Big Business. Why? They Work.
[image: trump-right-wall-building-is-big-business-why-they-work] Yesterday, Trump tweeted that border-wall building is a big business. And with good reason: Walls work.
What A Coincidence! After Syria Attack, Will We Have To Stay?
Neocons like Sen. Lindsey Graham are blaming President Trump for yesterday's attack in Manbij, Syria, which killed four US troops. Graham claims that Trump's withdrawal announcement emboldened ISIS to attack the US. But does this make sense? Would ISIS do the one thing that would get the US to stay? Even if an ISIS member committed the suicide attack, does one lone attack signal a resurgence of ISIS? Or desperation? Tune in to today's Liberty Report:
Americans are Tired of Middle East Mayhem
*Daniel R. DePetris* *Security, Middle East* [image: Reuters] Can Washington avoid spending another decade of being entrapped in the Middle Eastern quicksand? Or is it dangerously close to repeating the same poor judgment? Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s eight-day trip to the Middle East, which took him to Jordan and through the Gulf before concluding in Oman, was marketed by the Trump administration as a messaging tour. Coming weeks after President Donald Trump’s announcement that all U.S. troops will be leaving Syria in a matter of months, Pompeo spent the bulk of his regional... more »
Why America Is Blind to Serbia's Bright Future
*Gordon N. Bardos* *Security, Eurasia* [image: Reuters] Belgrade offers many opportunities that the Washington foreign-policy establishment appears unwilling to recognize. Vladimir Putin’s visit to Belgrade on January 17 poses an interesting question—are China and Russia making inroads into Serbia due to Washington’s neglect? The numbers speak for themselves. The last U.S. president to visit Belgrade was Jimmy Carter in 1980. Vladimir Putin, on the other hand, is making his fourth trip to Serbia since coming to power in 2000 (in addition to which Dimitri Medvedev paid an officia... more »
The Marines Want a Bullet That Zaps You Like a Taser
*Michael Peck* *Security, * The Marines want a wireless human electro-muscular incapacitation (HEMI) round with a range of at least 100 meters (328 feet), and that can incapacitate a target for a minimum of thirty seconds, and ideally more than three minutes. *Taser bullets aren’t exactly a new concept. * A bullet that zaps you with an electric jolt like a Taser. That’s what the U.S. Marine Corps wants as a non-lethal munition that can be fired from a regular small arm. The U.S. military has been trying to develop a Taser-like bullet for twelve years but has yet to succeed. This... more »
A Biological Reason For Body Paint?
Some indigenous peoples wear body paint, and most most of the indigenous communities who paint their bodies live in areas where there is an abundance of bloodsucking horseflies, mosquitoes or tsetse flies. Where insects bite people there is a risk of bacteria, parasites and other pathogens being transferred. More insects, more risk. Did paint come into popularity for protection it might offer? A new study set out to find if the two were linked, and not just cultural decoration. read more
'Chill' de Minaur not fearing Nadal in Australian Open David and Goliath clash
His fighting spirit has captured the imagination of Australian tennis fans and now teenager Alex de Minaur is getting ready to face his biggest challenge to date, an Australian Open clash with Rafael Nadal.
How blockchain tracking could revolutionise our food industry
Scanning a menu at a restaurant with a smart phone, a diner could find out when and where a fish was caught, the duration of its journey to the plate and even the name of the captain of the ship it was caught on.
How shrinking ice sheets will reshape Antarctica
New research has predicted which animals will be Antarctica's "winners and losers" as warming continues to change the face of the frozen continent.
Australian wool industry invests in robot shearers because there aren't enough human ones
Australian wool is spending $10 million on research to streamline harvesting, turning to robotics in an aim to ease the gruelling work at the heart of the $3 billion industry.
Were Members of a ‘Midget Crime Gang’ Suspected of 55 Break-Ins?
Once fake news, always fake news.
Government May Have Split Up Thousands More Migrant Families
Moreover, inaccurate and incomplete information in government files may be hampering efforts to identify more recent cases of family separations.
Cohen Acknowledges Rigging Polls for Trump in 2014 and 2015
Michael Cohen, the President's former lawyer, tweeted that "what I did was at the direction of and for the sole benefit of" Trump.
Southern Beaufort polar bear attack far from the Alaskan coast: another winter example
Originally posted on polarbearscience: A man from Arctic Village (Alaska), out checking his trap-line, killed a polar bear at his cabin when it came after him: only odd things were it was the first week of January and the cabin was more than 100 miles south of the Beaufort Sea coast. Winter is hard for…
Nikolov & Zeller: Reply to Dr Roy Spencer’s blog article.
Originally posted on Tallbloke's Talkshop: Confusing Diabatic and Adiabatic Processes within the Climate Theory: A Reply to Dr. Roy Spencer’s Blog Article “Giving Credit to Willis Eschenbach” Ned Nikolov, Ph.D.Physical Scientist In a recent blog post, Dr. Roy Spencer at the University of Alabama at Huntsville attempted to criticize and dismiss the importance of…
Arctic Higher Than 2017 2018 2006 2011 – Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 16 – 2019
Originally posted on sunshine hours: Arctic higher than 2017 2018 2006 and 2011. South / North
7-year-old boy who has rescued over 1300 dogs awarded for work
Not many adults, let alone a 7-year-old, can claim to have rescued over 1,300 dogs. But Roman McConn can. The young boy has helped rescue dogs from high-kill shelters, finding them homes in the Pacific Northwest and locally. His mom, Jennifer, says that Roman has a unique combination of empathy and drive. It’s that energy and spirit that has caught the attention of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) and Ellen Degeneres. Roman’s rescue work includes spotlighting dogs he would like to see adopted in heartwarming videos and transporting dogs through ... more »
The F word comes in for heavy play - but it's still very funny
Friends recently introduced me to the song "I've no more F****s to give", by banjolele player Thomas Benjamin Wild. It's *very* rude (the F word pops up in almost every line, and sometimes more than once - in fact, the F word is the subject of the song!), but it's also extremely funny. Those with a more scatological sense of humor, particularly those with a military background, will be rolling on the floor laughing. I daren't embed the video here, this being a family-friendly blog, and it's most emphatically *NOT SAFE FOR WORK!!!* However, if you're in a place where you can safe... more »
US Rejects Russian Offer, Will Pull Out of Nuclear Forces Treaty
By Jason Ditz Initially ratified in 1987, the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), which famously kept all nuclear missiles out of Europe for decades, is... more »
Former Donald Trump Lawyer Claims He Rigged Online Polls At His Direction
*FOX News:* *Michael Cohen levels new allegation, claims he worked to rig online polls at Trump’s direction* Michael Cohen, the president’s former fixer who was recently sentenced to three years in prison, leveled a new allegation Thursday at President Trump by claiming his former boss directed him to rig online polls ahead of the 2016 presidential race. Cohen tweeted the allegation after the Wall Street Journal published a story saying he paid thousands of dollars to a man named John Gauger of the company RedFinch to try to boost Trump’s standing in two polls. One was a 2014 CNB... more »
Is President Trump 'Fraying Nerves' Inside The Pentagon?
*CNN:* *Trump is fraying nerves inside the Pentagon* Washington (CNN)Two years into his presidency, Donald Trump is fueling unprecedented uncertainty and anxiety inside the Pentagon. In private conversations over the past month, many of them unsolicited, more than a dozen key military officers, enlisted personnel and senior civilians have expressed worry and concern to CNN. None of the officials have spoken publicly about this, as military law prohibits active-duty personnel from criticizing a sitting president. It's not just Trump's unpredictable decision making that has officials... more »
What’s Happening At Fukushima Since The 2011 Meltdown: An Update
By Catherine J. Frompovich In the interest of responsible journalism, and in accordance with all U.S. Copyright laws, the following educational videographic update of what’s... more »
Final Steps in Syria’s Successful Struggle for Peace and Sovereignty
By Federico Pieraccini The situation in Syria evolves daily and sees two situations very closely linked to each other, with the US withdrawal from Syria... more »
What happened on the way to economic recovery? Was it Obama?
https://www.bostonfed.org/news-and-events/speeches/2016/after-the-great-recession-a-not-so-great-recovery.aspx This is the link to the summary, and you can open the text with a click. Shortly before the 2016 election there was the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's 60th Economic Conference, with president Eric Rosengren exploring what went wrong in the recovery from the recession. Technically it was over by June 2009, and Obama’s goosing the economy with payouts to special interests and bail outs hadn’t even gotten out the door. Without ever getting to the heart of it (I personall... more »
Data on employment
I don’t know why, but Mercer County Ohio seems to have the lowest unemployment rate in the state, 2.4. It’s on the Indiana border, which seems to have a lower unemployment rate than Ohio, and did all during the very slow recovery. The highest unemployment rate in November 2018 was Monroe County, at 7.1. It is located on the eastern border of of Ohio, across the Ohio River from West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was only 14,642, making it the second-least populous county in Ohio. If you want to be alone, this is your county--the county averages thirty-three peopl... more »
Les clauses RSE dans les traités d'investissement
bilaterals.org - 10 hours ago
17-Jan-2019 Des dispositions de responsabilité sociétale des entreprises ne transforment aucunement les devoirs sociétaux ou éthiques des entreprises en obligations juridiques opposables dans le cadre d'une procédure contentieuse mais pourraient permettre de moraliser sans doute davantage le recours à l'arbitrage sur le fondement des traités.
Corporate social responsibility clauses in investment treaties
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17-Jan-2019 Corporate social responsibility provisions do not change the corporate or ethical duties of companies into enforceable legal obligations in the context of dispute settlement proceedings but they could help significantly moralize the use of treaty-based arbitration.
Bold farm plans in Mexico offer a ray of hope in 2019
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17-Jan-2019 Mexican farmers are on the verge of bold, new plans to completely transform their food and farm system. Will NAFTA 2.0 challenge them?
Karkey case posing ”attachment” threat to assets abroad: Cabinet meets today
bilaterals.org - 10 hours ago
17-Jan-2019 The federal cabinet is expected to approve supplementary grant of $ 1.37 million on to contest cases filed by M/s Karkey in courts of different countries as Pakistan's assets abroad are facing "attachment" threat.
Maude Barlow. Water isn't a business, it's a fundamental right we must protect
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17-Jan-2019 CETA and other trade treaties don't consider water as a basic necessity, they consider it as an investment, as something that can be traded through private services.
“Gol a Chile”: Gobierno presiona y Comisión de Relaciones Exteriores aprueba el TPP-11
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17-Jan-2019 Al día siguiente que se pusiera suma urgencia para la aprobación del Tratado Integral y Progresista de Asociación Transpacífico, el acuerdo pasará a ser debatido en la Comisión de Hacienda.
“Psychology Today” goes climate crazy
Gaslighting those who correct the record on climate. The post “Psychology Today” goes climate crazy appeared first on CFACT.
Syrian Army eliminates entire group of militants infiltrating from US-controlled Al-Tanf
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:00 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) eliminated an entire group of militants that were attempting to infiltrate from the U.S.-controlled Al-Tanf Zone in southern Syria, a source told Al-Masdar News. According to the source, the armed militants were trying to sneak past the Syrian Arab Army’s patrol units when they were […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Lebanon: Refugee camp flooded as storm hits Beqaa Valley
Storm Miriam, which recently hit Lebanon including Beqaa Valley, left the area flooded with a refugee camp being largely affected, as footage filmed on Thursday shows. Inhabitants of the camp, mostly those who fled Syrian war, found themselves in harsh conditions. “We have not slept since yesterday. The roof of our tent has been damaged […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Update: Hezbollah claims Lebanese Army arrests US national under suspicion of illegal entry from Israel
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:00 P.M.) – Hezbollah’s official media wing said on Thursday that the Lebanese Army arrested a U.S. national inside the city of Soor (var. Tyre) for suspicion of illegal entry from Israel. Hezbollah’s military wing claimed a man identified as Colin Emery was arrested in Soor after he bypassed the border fences and […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Assad warns against attempts to divide Church of Antioch in Lebanon and Syria
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad said at a meeting with Russia’s delegation that attempts are being made to divide the Church of Antioch in Syria and Lebanon in a manner similar to the church schism in Ukraine, member of Russia’s State Duma (lower house of parliament) Dmitry Sablin, who leads the delegation and who is a […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Massive blast reported inside Idlib city
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:30 P.M.) – A massive blast was reported inside the provincial capital of the Idlib Governorate this afternoon. According to local observers, the blast occurred near the city-center of Idlib and is believed to have been caused by an IED. No further details have been released at this time. Earlier today, a commander […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Breaking: Lebanese Army captures man attempting to cross into Lebanon from Israel
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:20 P.M.) – The Lebanese Army announced moments ago tha their forces managed to arrest a man trying to enter Lebanon from Israel. No further details were released at this time. Earlier this week, a nearly identical event occurred and resulted in the arrest of the man accused of attempting to illegally enter […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Tiger Forces commander arrives in northwest Hama for new mission (photos)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:10 P.M.) – The commander of the Tiger Forces, Major-General Suheil Al-Hassan, traveled to the northwestern countryside of the Hama Governorate this week, a source from the group told Al-Masdar News. According to the military source, General Al-Hassan was given orders to lead his troops from the Tiger Forces in a new battle […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syria rejects invitation to Arab League summit over current policies
Syria received an invitation to the Economic Summit of the League of Arab States (LAS) in Beirut from Lebanese President Michel Aoun but refused to participate in the forum. Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon, Ali Abdul-Kerim, told the Al Mayadeen TV channel on Thursday, stating that Damascus believes that the Arab League “hasn’t departed from its […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Breaking: Turkish warplanes spotted over western Aleppo, northern Idlib
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:30 P.M.) – Turkish warplanes were spotted over western Aleppo and northern Idlib, today, prompting the Syrian military to raise their combat alert levels, a source told Al-Masdar News this afternoon. According to the military source, at least three Turkish warplanes were seen conducting low altitude flights over western Aleppo and northern Idlib. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Stock Market Volatility Reflects Systemic Instability
By Dave Kranzler The post-Christmas stock rally extended through Wednesday as the small-cap and tech stocks led the way, with the Russell 2000 up 14.3%... more »
Tilray, Authentic Brands Group enter revenue-sharing deal for cannabis products
Tilray, the British Columbia-based cannabis heavyweight, signed a revenue-sharing agreement with Authentic Brands Group (ABG) to market and distribute consumer cannabis products within the New York-based firm’s brand portfolio. Under the terms of the agreement, Tilray will pay $100 million to ABG and up to $250 million in cash and stock upon achieving unspecified milestones. […] Tilray, Authentic Brands Group enter revenue-sharing deal for cannabis products is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
May survives ‘no confidence’ vote as UK moves towards March 29 deadline or Article 50 extension (Video)
The Duran – News in Review – Episode 168. The post May survives ‘no confidence’ vote as UK moves towards March 29 deadline or Article 50 extension (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
Final Steps in Syria’s Successful Struggle for Peace and Sovereignty
The war of aggression against Syria is winding up, and this can be observed by the opening of a series of new embassies in Damascus. The post Final Steps in Syria’s Successful Struggle for Peace and Sovereignty appeared first on The Duran.
The White Man’s Burden: Reflections on the Custodial State
James Watson A storm, methinks, is just over the horizon: The genetics of intelligence, perhaps of behavior. Geneticists know that intelligence is largely genetic. They know better than to say so. But research advances rapidly. Laboratories close in on the … Continue reading →
Wyoming Legislators Want State to De-Risk Investments by Holding Gold and Silver
By Jp Cortez Cheyenne, Wyoming (January 17, 2019) – A group of Wyoming legislators have introduced three bills this week to de-risk the state’s financial... more »
Guatemala In Crisis After President Bans Corruption Investigation Into His Government
By Rachel E. Bowen, The Ohio State University For months, Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales has been trying to stop a United Nations-backed anti-corruption investigation into...more »
NASA Satellite Imagery Reveals Shocking Proof Of Climate Engineering
By Dane Wigington In regard to difficult to accept and unpleasant truths, a picture is worth a thousand words. The photo images shown below were... more »
"True Friends..."
"Our true friends are those who are with us when the good things happen. They cheer us on and are pleased by our triumphs. False friends only appear at difficult times, with their sad, supportive faces, when, in fact, our suffering is serving to console them for their own miserable lives." - Paulo Coelho
X-Zone Broadcast Network - James Carrion
In a two-hour special edition of the radio version of *A Different Perspective*, I talked with James Carrion, author of *The Roswell Deception*. This is the theory that the “Saucer Summer of 1947,” as he calls it, was a deception created by American military forces as a way of convincing the Soviets that we had a spectacular aircraft that could deliver atomic weapons deep into the Soviet Union. You can listen to the first hour of the discussion here: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/16732614 And the second hour here: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/16732644 In the course of the d... more »
New Bill Will Fine Parents $10,000 for Smoking With a Child in Their Car
[image: smoke]To combat the problem of second hand smoke, lawmakers will soon be levying insane fines on parents who get caught smoking in their cars with kids.
WATCH: Cop Charged for Stomping Innocent Man As K9 Chewed Off ‘Hunks of Flesh’
[image: k9]Because a good cop was unafraid to cross the line, a bad cop was indicted for horrifically beating an innocent man whilst their K9 literally took bites out of him.
Ellis also worked from script!
*THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2019"Tiny, desperate, unwell:"* Did California have "great public schools" back in the good old days? That's what Miriam Pawel recently said. She said it in an op-ed column in Tuesday's New York Times. (For details, see yesterday's post.) Pawel said California's schools were "great" way back when, in the golden age which covered the decades before 1978. She seemed to say that California's fabulous schools lured people into the state. She offered no evidence in support of her claims. But then, they never do, and their editors never complain! The notion that... more »
The ERA on the Brink
Earlier this week the Virginia Senate voted to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. If the Virginia House of Delegates follows suit (which is by no means certain), then Virginia will become the 38th state to ratify the ERA if the rescission votes of five of those 38 states are disregarded. As a result, a yes vote by the Virginia House will lead to a formal petition to the Archivist of the United States for recognition of the ERA as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment. Stay tuned.
WILL ALSO SEEK SANCTURARY FROM SOROS AND TSIPRAS WITH TEAM PATRIOT CHRISTIAN GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH
*Apart from seeking protection from George Soros and Alexis Tsipras' corrupt judges from governments in Italy, Poland, China etc, I am also going to ask team patriot Greek Orthodox church to offer me sanctuary.* *I believe there is a law stating that Greek police are not allowed to enter a monastery to arrest someone, and I need sanctuary from the unlawful arrest planned for me on February 11th in my case Delta 15 218.* *Time is running out and the Globalists are determined to push through my unlawful arrest, detention and murder to be reframed as suicide, and their Ebola false flag... more »
President Trump To Announce Missile Defense Review
*Daily Mail: **Trump plans massive space-based missile defense push in biggest program since Ronald Reagan's Star Wars helped bring Soviet Union down* * Trump's Missile Defense Review - the first compiled since 2010 - are expected to be released during visit to the Pentagon * It will say Pentagon must expand defense technologies in space and use those systems to more quickly detect, track and ultimately defeat incoming missiles * U.S. is looking at putting a layer of sensors in space to more quickly detect enemy missiles when they are launched * Administration also plans to study ... more »
Why Elizabeth Warren Was Right about MA Charter School Expansion
Jonathan Chait has a piece in *New York Magazine* that attacks Elizabeth Warren's decision in 2016 to support the continued cap on charter schools in urban areas of MA (there is no cap for the suburbs or rural areas). What Chait knows about education policy in general and charter school policy in particular, he probably learned from his wife, Robin Chait, who did stints as a charter cheerleader at the Center for American Progress and WestEd before landing a job as Director of Performance Management and Human Resources, Center City Public Charter Schools, in Washington, DC. As wit... more »
Founder of Black AIDS Institute Retires
Phill Wilson, the founder and president and CEO of the Black AIDS Institute (BAI) since its inception in 1999, has recently retired. The Institute is the only national HIV/AIDS think tank in the country that’s focused on African-Americans.
Australian Daily Electrical Power Generation Data – Wednesday 16th January 2019
By Anton Lang ~ This Post details the daily power consumption data for the AEMO coverage area in Australia. For the background information, refer to the Introductory Post at this link. Each image is shown here at a smaller size to fit on the page alongside the data for that day. If you click on […]
Oh, Arne.
Arne Duncan is always talking and it's never good. Let's take a look at two recent batches of word salad thrown up by the former secretary of education and current ed reform gun-for-hire. Earlier this month the Duncanator was the keynote speaker at Morgan Park High School's career day in Chicago. The appearance would have been unexceptional had Duncan not spelled out in perhaps the starkest terms ever his ideas about the relationship between education and crime. Hats off to reporter Kyle Garmes, who led with a great fake-out sentence: *As he sat in front of juniors and seniors at Mo... more »
Leader of the corrupt Greek MPs says they sold their vote to Tsipras for favours, a criminal offence
*An investigation has to be made into the public claims that ANEL MPs sold their votes to Alexis Tsipras to help him stay in power after the junior coalition partner quit to allow him to get his Macedonia name deal through.* *Now even ANELs leader Panos Kammenos is saying his MPs were involved in a favours for votes scam, a criminal offence.* *Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader Panos Kammenos accused former party MPs of exchanging their support for the government in a no-confidence vote for their cabinet positions, during a speech in a parliamentary debate on the motion on Wednesday.* ... more »
World News Briefs -- January 17, 2019
*Reuters:* *UK in deadlock over Brexit 'Plan B' as May and Corbyn double down* LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s last-minute scramble to shape its exit from the EU, its biggest policy upheaval in half a century, hit the rocks on Thursday as Prime Minister Theresa May and opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn dug in their heels for competing visions. After May’s two-year attempt to forge an amicable divorce with an independent trade policy was crushed by parliament in the biggest defeat for a British leader in modern history, May asked party leaders to forget self-interest to find a ... more »
12 Reasons Why Even Low Levels of Glyphosate are Unsafe
By Zen Honeycutt, Founding Executive Director Mom’s Across America, Children’s Heath Defense Coalition Partner Proponents of GMOs and Glyphosate-based herbicides and staunch believers in the EPA have long argued that low levels of glyphosate exposure are safe for humans. Even our own EPA tells us that Americans can consume 17 times more glyphosate in our […] The post 12 Reasons Why Even Low Levels of Glyphosate are Unsafe appeared first on Children's Health Defense.
Unlicensed MI medical marijuana dispensaries allowed to temporarily reopen
More than 60 unlicensed medical cannabis dispensaries that were shuttered in Michigan are being allowed to again sell product, until March 31, in response to legal challenges and complaints about shortages. The state medical marijuana licensing board voted unanimously to allow dispensaries in the process of trying to get a permanent state license under a […] Unlicensed MI medical marijuana dispensaries allowed to temporarily reopen is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Глава 1. Статья 1 Is this a copy of Alexis Tsipras Macedonia name change deal to be distributed to Greeks
*Alexis Tsipras is to print tens of thousands of copies of his name change deal with Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) in a meaningless media stunt.* *The documents are to be distributed with mainstream newspapers, which hardly any Greeks read in the meantime, perhaps a couple of per cent?* *http://www.ekathimerini.com/236725/article/ekathimerini/news/greece-prepares-massive-print-run-on-deal-with-fyrom* *I have obtained what appears to be a copy of the document which Alexis Tsipras is planning to distribute with mainstream newspapers. * *Am not sure if Greeks can under... more »
Another take on the Gillette ad...
*now this is a real eye opener.* I was briefly considering Dollar Shave Club (who is now owned by UniLever.) Not anymore. And I have something to say about feminist women backing Gillette's rabidly racist stupid ad. Notice all the good guys are black and the bad guys are white? Head over to Daily Mail and check out the massive number of pics of half or completely naked women (with delicate areas smudged out) displaying vulgar behavior and spewing filth and then come back and tell me how men are toxic. Women dress themselves like sluts and then complain if a guy whistles at them... more »
How Gun Control Became an Instrument of Tyranny in Venezuela
By José Niño Is Venezuela paying the price for adopting gun control? The shocking nature of Venezuela’s economic collapse has been covered ad nauseam. However,... more »
Found at the Border: Prayer Rugs, Illegal-alien Skeletons
[image: found-at-the-border-prayer-rugs-illegal-alien-skeletons] Mexicans and Central Americans aren’t the only people tramping across the border illegally. Islamic prayer rugs have been found at the border, as have Chinese and Filipino immigrants. Dead bodies are also an unpleasant reality at the border.
Pelosi Plays Political Hardball With State of the Union Address
[image: pelosi-plays-political-hardball-with-state-of-the-union-message] House Speaker Nancy Pelosi thinks denying President Donald Trump the national TV stage of the traditional State of the Union message will hurt him poltiically.
Mission Creeps: Trump Supporters Ignore Their Leader’s Militarism the Same Way Obama Supporters Did
One of the most affecting things I’ve read is this line from Lee Camp’s article from last year Trump’s Military Drops a Bomb Every 12 Minutes, and No One Is Talking About It: “While we sleep and eat and make love and shield our eyes on a sunny day, someone’s home, family, life and body are being blown into a thousand pieces in our names.” As I’ll describe, this reality of our constant guilt in the slaughter… The post Mission Creeps: Trump Supporters Ignore Their Leader’s Militarism the Same Way Obama Supporters Did appeared first on The Ghion Journal.
Pompeo Turns Reality Upside Down
[image: undefined] The speech made by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the American University in Cairo on January 10th deserves more attention than it has received from the US media. In it, Pompeo reveals his own peculiar vision of what is taking place in the Middle East, to include the impact of his own personal religiosity, and his belief that Washington’s proper role in the region is to act as “a force for good.” The extent to which the Secretary of State was speaking for himself was not completely clear, but the text of the presentation was posted on the State Department websi... more »
The National Security Agency Is A Criminal Organization
[image: undefined] Years before Edward Snowden provided documented proof that the National Security Agency was really a national insecurity agency as it was violating law and the US Constitution and spying indiscriminately on American citizens, William Binney, who designed and developed the NSA spy program revealed the illegal and unconstitutional spying. Binney turned whistleblower, because NSA was using the program to spy on Americans. As Binney was well known to the US Congress, he did not think he needed any NSA document to make his case. But what he found out was: Congress w... more »
US Ground Forces are Leaving the Middle East - Like it or Not
[image: undefined] US ground forces appear to be leaving Syria in spite of the efforts of those who are obsessed with the region and who seek to remain no matter the cost. Inexplicably, some who wish us to remain have responsibilities in the Trump Administration. Our wars in the Middle East were lost the moment they began. These wars have proven costly in lives, wounded, populations displaced and destroyed, America’s alliances and standing in the world and trillions of dollars wasted. The greatest costs, however, have been incurred by allowing our obsession with the Middle East to ... more »
Check Out All of the Places World War III Could Start in 2019
*Robert Farley* *Security, * Any guesses? *The flashpoints may change over time, but the fundamental foundations of conflict—the decay of U.S. military hegemony and of the global international order that has accompanied it—mean that the near future will likely become more hazardous than the recent past.* The world has avoided war between major power war since 1945, even if the United States and the Soviet Union came quite close on several occasions during the Cold War. In the first two decades following the fall of the Berlin Wall, great power war seemed virtually unimaginable.... more »
Meet the Daewoo K2 Rifle: The Gun North Korea Would Face in a War
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Asia* The weapon can be fired in single shot, three round burst, and fully automatic modes. The weapon had a 18.3-inch barrel length, was chambered in 5.56-millimeter, and accepted NATO standard STANAG 30 round magazines. Maximum effective range was the 400 meters, typical for 5.56-millimeter rifles with intermediate barrel lengths. *Although somewhat dated, the weapon is fundamentally sound and there is still plenty of room for growth in the K2 platform.* In the late twentieth century, one of the hallmarks of a modern military was a country’s ability ... more »
The Navy's Zumwalt-Class 'Stealth' Destroyer Has One Big Problem
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * What is it really good for? *What were merely three DDG-1000s good for, despite their nifty stealth features and propulsion? * In January 2019, the Navy will commission its second hi-tech *Zumwalt-*class stealth destroyer, the *USS Michael Monsoor*. The third and last, *USS Lyndon B. Johnson* was launched this December 2018 and will be commissioned in 2022. *(This first appeared last month.)* Traditionally, warships are tailored to perform specific missions. But the cutting-edge *Zumwalt* has been a ship in search of a mission, especially since... more »
Giant Rotating Ice Disk Stops Moving
The roughly 100-yard wide disk is lodged against the river's edge, preventing it from moving.
‘I Never Said There Was No Collusion,’ Trump Lawyer Says
Rudy Giuliani's comments on CNN directly contradict the position of his own client.
TEAM PATRIOT UK MPS MUST FOCUS ON BREXIT DELAY LAWS, UNITE TOGETHER AROUND ONE PLAN AND ONE TEAM
*Team patriot MPs voted down a no confidence motion in Theresa May, avoiding chaos ahead of a no deal Brexit and giving them time to avoid it.* *Cross party team patriot MPs need to unite around a candidate and cabinet team and a plan to ensure the laws needed to delay Brexit are passed on time.* *Theresa May is trying to run down the clock by leaving the vote on her plan B to the last possible date in January.* *Globalist fixer Philip Hammond seems to be spearheading an elaborate media pys op to suggest to team patriot a no deal is off the table through a leaked phone call.* *A ... more »
The Elephant In the Room: Addressing Climate Change Means Rationing
*World War II rationing posters. If no one questions the goal, no one will question means like these.* *by Thomas Neuburger* I could make this complicated or simple. Let's make it simple. We've dithered so long in addressing climate change, that to address it effectively means not just a radical restructuring of the entire economy, it also means energy rationing. A few writers are starting to get this fact, and get at it in their work. Some "rationing will be needed" articles are of the "let me prove it to you with data" type. I'd like to take a different approach in this piece. T... more »
Donald Trump and the Global Arms Race
While the American media and late night hosts focus on Donald Trump's tweets that make him look like a cartoon president, tweets like this one from December 3, 2018 go pretty much unnoticed: Let's look at some statistics. Here is a graphic showing how total global military expenditures as a percentage of GDP has dropped over the last six decades, thanks in large part to the end of the Cold War: From a high of 6.165 percent in 1960, military expenditures have dropped to their current level (2017) of 2.177 percent, the lowest in nearly 60 years. Here is a graphic showing how Unit... more »
Death and Dying from a Shamanic Perspective
*Jan Engels-Smith* - Their view is vastly different from the Western perspective.
97% of Tested Mac and Cheese Products Found to Contain Chemicals Used in Plastics, Rubber, Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants and Printing Inks
*Amy Goodrich* - The lab analyzed the samples for the presence of 13 ortho-phthalates.
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 17, 2019
© U.S. Missile Defense Agency *The Hill:* *Trump to unveil Missile Defense Review at Pentagon: report* President Trump plans to visit the Pentagon on Thursday to unveil a long-awaited report on the status of the country’s missile defense capabilities, Bloomberg reported. Trump will reportedly reveal the Missile Defense Review, a look at U.S. missile defense capabilities and needs that will drive the administration’s Pentagon funding request for the upcoming fiscal year 2020 budget. *Read more* .... *Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 17, 2019* Space-based intercept... more »
Nuclear Tensions Between India And Pakistan Continue
*Aaron Kliegman, Washington Free Beacon:** A Cold Start to Nuclear War in South Asia* *An Indian general provides the latest reminder that South Asia remains 'the most dangerous place' on Earth.* The number of foreign-policy challenges facing President Trump is daunting—from a nuclear-armed North Korea to a revanchist Russia, from an imperialist Iran to an increasingly belligerent China. These global threats garner numerous headlines each day, and deservedly so. Amid this chaos, however, one conflict receives too little attention in Western media. South Asia is home to the ongoin... more »
US Judge Refuses To Throw Out Alfa Group- Fridman-Aven-German Case Though Similar Suits Previously Thrown Out
Mikhail Fridman, Pyotr Aven, and German Khan of Alfa Group have actually done themselves a disservice with recent litigation. Although … Continue reading →
Your Climate Beliefs Are About to be Nudged
Social psychologists are coming to the fore as the mad scientists of our age. Case in point is a recently published guide for intervening in public discourse regarding global warming/climate change. The title is a link to the paper Leveraging cognitive consistency to nudge conservative climate change beliefs by Gehlbach et al. December 12, 2018. […]
Globalists call up UK army reservists to deal with Brexit unrest
*Likely, the Army Reservists being called up by the Globalists will include a high proportion of the biddable.* *From the Daily mail* *Army Reservists are called up in preparation for no-deal Brexit: Troops will be on standby on the streets from NEXT MONTH 'in case of civil unrest'Ministry of Defence has moved to call up part-time soldiers for no deal BrexitReservists are set to make up about 10 per cent of the 3,500 no deal deploymentSoldiers could be used in a range of roles as a short term measure in a no deal Orders will be to guard against threat to welfare of citizens a... more »
German industrials wake up to Brexit disaster, put head in the sand about menace Merkel
*German industrial leaders have woken up to the fact that the Brexit chaos engineered by the Globalists is set to destroy their economy too.* *https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2019/01/17/german-industry-looking-abyss-brexit-fears-mount/* *But they should stop lecturing team patriot UK on the need to take action to avert Brexit chaos, and start doing something themselves to pressure Angela Merkel to offer the UK an acceptable new deal as well as an immediate no Brexit delay.* *She is their Chancellor. Germany has made her the most powerful Globalist fixer in Europe. Germany has t... more »
Federal Reserve Confesses Sole Responsibility for All Recessions
By David Haggith In a surprisingly candid admission, two former Federal Reserve chairs have stated that the Federal Reserve alone is responsible for creating all... more »
500X Zoom From 3.5 Miles
Downslope winds today, so very little atmospheric distortion.
This Day In Iraqi History - Jan 17
1974 Bakr govt held talks with Mustafa Barzani and KDP (Musings On Iraq book review of *The Kurds, A Modern History*) (Musings On Iraq book review *Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy and Hope*) 1987 Iraq conducted missile and air strikes on Tehran and other major cities 3rd War of the Cities Iran-Iraq War 1987 Iran attacked Diyala but repulsed Lost 2 brigades (Musings On Iraq interview with author Anthony Tucker-Jones on Iran-Iraq War) (Musings On Iraq interview with author Tom Cooper on Iran-Iraq War) (Musings On Iraq book review *The Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988*) (Musings On Iraq book review *Ir... more »
MUST THE GREEK ARMY PREPARE TO DEFEND 2.5 MILLION GREEKS IN MACEDONIA?
*Greek army should prepare to put boots on the ground in the region of Macedonia in the event that privat armies funded by Globalists and under the control of FYROM start to kill and rape Greek speakers.* *The Globalist narrative will be that the two "peoples" of the new North Macedonia and the southern Greek Macedonia region have united to form one Macedonia republic with one Macedonia citizenships and one language (Slav) and anyone resisting is a "separatist" and a "nationalist aggressor" who have to be fought by troops and militia.* *Any attempt to conduct a Ukraine style ethni... more »
A Lion in Winter
*A Post Card from the White Wolf Mine* If you are quiet and you carry your camera with a long lens, there's no telling what you will see up on the Mogollon Rim at the White Wolf Mine. Snow muffles sound and as you move slowly through the forest, the natural camouflage of the lions deserts them. This one was after a small herd of white tail deer, which were alert and escaped - but only just. There are a lot of mountain lions in the area. You can hear them at night as they fight for mating rights and for territory. The local deer survive, which is a testament to their skill at eludi... more »
Axon Partners With a Public Hospital to Re-brand Stun Guns as Lifesaving Devices
By MassPrivateI Last month, an article in the Star Tribune revealed a disturbing partnership between Axon Enterprise Inc. (Taser) and a public hospital. For 14... more »
I got a compliment
on my research skills and a question on how did someone from academe ever become a conservative! And I responded: “ I was completely apolitical until about age 55—when my husband went into business for himself and I had to start paying attention to silly things like taxes and insurance—something the state of Ohio had always done for me. I was the perfect state employee—rarely asked how Ohio was going to meet all those pension obligations that paid 2 or 3 times what Social Security does. And frankly, being a Republican isn’t that much fun since we elect such wimps and liars! Bein... more »
BWorld 281, Trump and Bolsonaro vs Xi and Duterte
* This is my article in BusinessWorld on January 4, 2019. *“I stand before the whole nation on a day when people begin to free themselves from socialism, from the inversion of values, from state gigantism and from the politically correct.”* — Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil President Inauguration Speech, Jan. 2, 2019 When Donald Trump became US President, the US has among the highest corporate income tax (CIT) in the industrialized world at 35% plus other federal and state business taxes. So among his first major projects was to cut it to 21% and move the US away from a high tax, near-socia... more »
Climate change is 'no laughing matter', Fiji PM tells Australia
Frank Bainimarama uses Scott Morrison's Pacific trip to call on Australia to put the fate of the Pacific peoples before the interests of any one industry.
Mount Athos calls for referendum on Macedonia name deal
*Team patriot Greek Orthodox clergy on Mount Athos have called for a referendum on the Macedonia name deal, and say Mount Athos monks and other associates will attend a protest in Athens on Sunday.* *Many bishops are also set to attend a protest which could see hundreds of thousands taking to the street as in 2018 when aerial photos showed all the streets in central Athens filled with protestors.* *Clergy should also prepare to field election observers to ensure there is no fraud in any referendum or election.* *See previous post.* *from Ekathimerini* *The Holy Community of Mount A... more »
House Subcommittee Report Highlights ‘Culture Of Fear And Retaliation’ In Federal Prisons
Senior officials in the Bureau of Prisons avoid consequences for misconduct by influencing investigations, encouraging a “culture of fear and retaliation." The post House Subcommittee Report Highlights ‘Culture Of Fear And Retaliation’ In Federal Prisons appeared first on Shadowproof.
Greek police standing down?
*Video appears to show Greek police allowing protesting teachers to destroy a barricade and come closer to the parliament yesterday.* *If police stand down at protests and allow Greeks to express their anger, it will be the end of the Tsipras cash for favour regime.* https://www.protothema.gr/greece/article/856084/ekpaideutikoi-se-exelixi-sugedrosi-sta-propulaia/
Vice President Pence Says ISIS Has Been Defeated Only Hours After An ISIS Attack Kills 4 Americans
Just hours after a number of U.S. troops were killed in an ISIS-claimed attack, VP Mike Pence tells attendees at the Global Chiefs of Mission conference that "the caliphate has crumbled and ISIS has been defeated." https://t.co/LZiMFcMEpm pic.twitter.com/369ffLH8J4 — CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) January 16, 2019 *The Hill:* *Pence says 'ISIS has been defeated' hours after attack that killed US troops in Syria* Vice President Pence declared Wednesday that "ISIS has been defeated," hours after the terrorist group claimed responsibility for an attack in Syria that killed U.S. ... more »
"Trump's ShutdownTrap?"
*"Trump's ShutdownTrap?"* By Thomas Lifson "Has President Trump suckered Democrats and the Deep State into a trap that will enable a radical downsizing of the federal bureaucracy? In only three more days of the already "longest government shutdown in history" (27 days and counting, as of today), a heretofore obscure threshold will be reached, enabling permanent layoffs of bureaucrats furloughed 30 days or more. Don't believe me that federal bureaucrats can be laid off? Well, in bureaucratese, a layoff is called a RIF – a Reduction in Force – and of course, it comes with a slew of... more »
RED ALERT! GREEKS MUST FIELD ELECTION OBSERVERS TO THWART ELECTION THEFT AS IN THE DR CONGO
*TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OBSERVERS NEEDED IN GREECE TO COLLECT RESULTS IN LOCAL POLL STATIONS IN HARD COPY PAPER FORM IN CASE OF INTERNET OR ELECTRICITY BLACKOUT* *CAN BE USED TO FIND MISMATCH WITH RESULTS ANNOUNCED BY PRIVATE COMPANY SINGULAR LOGIC IN GREECE* *CATHOLIC CHURCH IN DR CONGO HELPED FIELD 40,000 OBSERVERS* *THEIR DATA IS NOW BEING USED TO CHALLENGE THE FAKE RESULT AT THE SUPREME COURT* *ORTHODOX CHURCH IN GREECE CAN ALSO USE ITS NETWORK TO FIELD THOUSANDS OF OBSERVERS* *The Greek Orthodox church should help field thousands of election observers as the Catholic Church d... more »
No exit?
James Hamilton provided one of my all-time favorite quotations: You could argue that if the Fed is doing its job properly, any recession should have been impossible to predict ahead of time. In many cases, the disasters that strike us are unexpected. The 1973 oil embargo. The 9/11 attacks. The Lehman moment. Many of the […] The post No exit? appeared first on Econlib.
Mazzucato Missing on the Margins (Part 2)
with Terence Kealey This is a continuation of our earlier post here, written in response to this recent EconTalk episode on which Mazzucato was the guest. Mazzucato’s key idea is that the government’s pockets are virtually inexhaustible: government “can print money”, as she explains to Roberts. When push comes to shove, the government isn’t […] The post Mazzucato Missing on the Margins (Part 2) appeared first on Econlib .
FISA shocker: DOJ official warned Steele dossier was connected to Clinton, might be biased
The post FISA shocker: DOJ official warned Steele dossier was connected to Clinton, might be biased appeared first on The Duran.
Ray McGovern: Russia-gate Evidence, Please
The post Ray McGovern: Russia-gate Evidence, Please appeared first on The Duran.
Cohen Says Trump Directed Him To Rig CNBC, Drudge Polls
The post Cohen Says Trump Directed Him To Rig CNBC, Drudge Polls appeared first on The Duran.
China Injects Gargantuan 1.1 Trillion In Liquidity This Week
The post China Injects Gargantuan 1.1 Trillion In Liquidity This Week appeared first on The Duran.
Pompeo Turns Reality Upside Down
The post Pompeo Turns Reality Upside Down appeared first on The Duran.
With eye on Iran, US steps up presence in Iraq
The post With eye on Iran, US steps up presence in Iraq appeared first on The Duran.
Debris of INF treaty will fall far and wide
The post Debris of INF treaty will fall far and wide appeared first on The Duran.
Russian senator slams US logic linking INF to New Start as dangerous
The post Russian senator slams US logic linking INF to New Start as dangerous appeared first on The Duran.
Google Manipulated YouTube Search Results for Abortion, Maxine Waters, David Hogg
The existence of the blacklist was revealed in an internal Google discussion thread leaked to Breitbart News. The post Google Manipulated YouTube Search Results for Abortion, Maxine Waters, David Hogg appeared first on The Duran.
Are You Suffering From Toxic Masculinity? Know The Warning Signs
Are you or a loved one suffering from toxic masculinity? Know the warning signs so you can seek help. The post Are You Suffering From Toxic Masculinity? Know The Warning Signs appeared first on The Duran.
Trump Embraces the Missile Defense Boondoggle
The post Trump Embraces the Missile Defense Boondoggle appeared first on The Duran.
AG Nominee Barr May Swing Anti-Trust Hammer At Amazon, Facebook And Google
Barr responded that he is interested in "reassessing" Justice Department antitrust policies when it comes to tech giants. The post AG Nominee Barr May Swing Anti-Trust Hammer At Amazon, Facebook And Google appeared first on The Duran.
US Missile Defense Review To Feature Space-Based Interceptors To Counter Iran, North Korea
The post US Missile Defense Review To Feature Space-Based Interceptors To Counter Iran, North Korea appeared first on The Duran.
A Turkish ‘Security Zone’ In Northeast Syria Is A Bad Idea
The post A Turkish ‘Security Zone’ In Northeast Syria Is A Bad Idea appeared first on The Duran.
Brexit Fears Have British Establishment Panicking
The post Brexit Fears Have British Establishment Panicking appeared first on The Duran.
EU Approval of Glyphosate Based on Review That Plagiarized Monsanto Studies
*Lorraine Chow* - They're using fake corporate science to justify polluting the world with toxic chemicals.
More Photos of Buildings and Food
I’m Philip Moscovitch, taking a break from the book I’m writing on Nova Scotia fermented foods and drinks to bring you today’s Morning File. News 1. Northern Pulp and us The Chronicle Herald begins a four-part series by Aaron Beswick on Northern Pulp today. The series looks at “what a permanent closure of the Northern […]
WATCH: Innocent Marine Vet Falsely Arrested, Brutally Strip Searched in Horrific ‘Punishment’
[image: lawsuit] “The only objective of the officers was to punish, harass, humiliate, degrade, and inflict physical and psychological pain," states the lawsuit.
Evaluating the GCHQ Exceptional Access Proposal
The so-called Crypto Wars have been going on for 25 years now. Basically, the FBI—and some of their peer agencies in the U.K., Australia, and elsewhere—argue that the pervasive use of civilian encryption is hampering their ability to solve crimes and that they need the tech companies to make their systems susceptible to government eavesdroping. Sometimes their complaint is about communications systems, like voice or messaging apps. Sometimes it's about end-user devices. On the other side of this debate is pretty much all technologists working in computer security and cryptography,... more »
The downside of electronic drivers licenses
Miguel at Gun Free Zone made a good point yesterday. Many states are now offering electronic drivers licenses, downloaded to your cellphone. The idea is that if you need to identify yourself (say, during a traffic stop, or when voting), you simply call up the license and hand your cellphone to the nice officer. That, right there, may be a problem if you've been stopped in the course of a law enforcement function. You've just handed the officer your *unlocked, fully accessible* cellphone. If you're arrested, the officer can now skim through anything and everything stored on that ... more »
"Shock Survey: 59 Percent Of Americans Support Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Proposal To Raise The Top Tax Rate To 70%"
*"Shock Survey: 59 Percent Of Americans Support * *Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Proposal To Raise The Top Tax Rate To 70%"* by Michael Snyder "Although she has only been in Congress for less than a month, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is getting more attention than any other member of the U.S. House of Representatives. She has been setting social media ablaze with her posts about the inner workings of Congress, the mainstream media is constantly gushing about her, and now she has been tapped to teach her fellow Democrats “how to be good at Twitter”. She is getting rave reviews for taking o... more »
North Korea's Top Envoy Flying to Washington To Meet U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
North Korean official Kim Yong Chol flying to Washington. Reuters *Reuters: **Pompeo's North Korean counterpart boards flight for Washington* SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea’s top envoy involved in denuclearization talks with the United States boarded a flight in Beijing for Washington on Thursday, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said. U.S. and South Korean media previously quoted unidentified sources as saying U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and North Korean official Kim Yong Chol were expected to meet in the U.S. capital on Friday to discuss a second summit between President ... more »
THE SIX
*Note their six names, Greeks!* *An investigation has to be made into claims, very credible, that these six sold their votes to ensure Alexis Tsipras won the vote of no confidence yesterday by one vote.* Ο* Σπύρος Δανέλλης* *Ο Βασίλης Κόκκαλης* *Η Έλενα Κουντουρά* *Η Κατερίνα Παπακώστα* *Ο Θανάσης Παπαχριστόπουλος* *Ο Κώστας Ζουράρις* https://www.eleftherostypos.gr/politiki/351964-psifos-empistosynis-pire-151-o-tsipras-aftoi-einai-oi-vouleftes-pou-ton-esosan/
Thousands of Swedes Are Inserting Microchips in Their Hands and It Is Making Us Worried
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PAGASA 5, Privatize PAGASA and deregulate weather forecasting
Last December 26, 2018, I travelled from Iloilo to Negros Occidental to see my sister and brother in Cadiz City. I wanted to go back to Iloilo Dec. 28 but there was a storm coming, I decided to go back the next day. Around 11:30am I arrived at the new seaport terminal in Bacolod City, all fastcraft trips Iloilo-Bacolod and back have been cancelled by the PH Coast Guard starting 11am that day because PAGASA has issued storm signal #1 in so many provinces in the Visayas. What a bummer. At the time of cancellation, the weather in Bacolod was good – no strong wind, sunny with occasional... more »
#15: Marian Tupy, of the Cato Institute, on human progress and the Simon Abundance Index
The team sits down with Marian Tupy, a senior policy analyst at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and… The post #15: Marian Tupy, of the Cato Institute, on human progress and the Simon Abundance Index appeared first on IER.
"Quantitative Brainwashing"
*"Quantitative Brainwashing"* by Jeff Thomas "We’re all familiar with the term, “quantitative easing.” It’s described as meaning, “A monetary policy in which a central bank purchases government securities or other securities from the market in order to lower interest rates and increase the money supply.” Well, that sounds reasonable… even beneficial. But, unfortunately, that’s not really the whole story. When QE was implemented, the purchasing power was weak and both government and personal debt had become so great that further borrowing would not solve the problem; it would only p... more »
South Korea’s Defense Paper No Longer Calls North Korea The 'Enemy'
South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands at the demilitarized zone separating the two countries in April. © Reuters *Nikkei Asian Review*: *South Korea no longer calls Pyongyang 'enemy' in defense paper* Japan downgraded to a 'neighbor' as tensions mount SEOUL -- South Korea ceased referring to North Korea as an "enemy" in its biennial defense white paper for 2018 released Tuesday, reflecting President Moon Jae-in's efforts to prioritize rapprochement with Pyongyang. At the same time, the document eliminated the phrase "share the ... more »
Cellphone Location Data for Sale on Black Market, Investigation Reveals
[image: cell-phone-location-data-for-sale-on-black-market-investigation-reveals] AT&T and the other major telcos have committed to stop selling customers’ location data after an investigation reveals the data ends up available on the black market.
CBS: Whole Foods posts RXBar recall
Yesterday, Whole Foods Market posted a recall on RXBar’s due to the potential of peanuts in their bars. After you watch the video, make sure to check out the full list of recalled products below. This week, the recall by Chicago Bar Company LLC (RXBAR) expanded to 12 varieties and three kids’ varieties (there was […] The post CBS: Whole Foods posts RXBar recall appeared first on Health Nut News.
French court cancels Monsanto weedkiller permit on safety grounds
On Tuesday, a French court canceled the license for Roundup Pro 360, one of Monsanto’s glyphosate-based weedkillers, over safety concerns, saying that the “approval granted by French environment agency ANSES in 2017 for Roundup Pro 360 had failed to take into account potential health risks.”1 The ban is immediate and surely another blow to the new Big […] The post French court cancels Monsanto weedkiller permit on safety grounds appeared first on Health Nut News.
The Golsteyn Case and Civilian Oversight in Military Justice
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (Flickr/Bill Badzo) I find much to applaud in Maj. (P) Dan Maurer’s thoughtful *Lawfare *post on potential unlawful command influence (UCI) issues associated with the president’s tweet about the controversial case of Maj. Matthew Golsteyn. While UCI is, as the courts have said frequently, the “mortal enemy of military justice,” it is important to carefully distinguish the facts to avoid eroding the importance of civilian oversight of the military justice system. That oversight is a critical aspect of civilian control of the armed... more »
Do Iran's New Space Launchers Violate International Law?
The U.N. Security Council in Manhattan. (Credit: Wikimedia) On Jan. 3, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a preemptive warning to Iran, stating that its development of three space-launch vehicles “demonstrate[s] Iran’s defiance of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2231”—the 2015 resolution endorsing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or “Iran deal”—on the grounds that the technology used in space-launch vehicles is “virtually identical to that used in ballistic missiles, including in intercontinental ballistic-missiles (ICBMs),” which Security Council Resolutio... more »
EMERGENCY! TSIPRAS MAY BE PLANNING TO STEAL THE NEXT ELECTION, REPEATING THE MACRON TV DEBATE SCAM WITH MITSOTAKIS
*RED ALERT! TEAM PATRIOT GREECE MUST STOP MITSOTAKIS DEBATING TSIPRAS ON TV, AND STEALING THE ELECTION* *Alexis Tsipras has challenged controlled Globalist opposition and Illuminati banker Kyriakos Mitsotakis to a TV debate in what appears to be a repeat of the scam that Emmanuel Macron used to steal the French election.* *Macron's rival Marine le Pen was lose in polls before the debate, but after she performed disastrously, the Globalist media were able to push the narrative that Macron was the winner of the debate using possible rigged polls and, therefore, a sure winner in ... more »
Is The Global Economy Headed For A Recession?
*Reuters:* *Global economy is headed for recession* ONDON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Global growth is slowing and the world economy is headed for a recession in 2019 unless something happens to give it renewed momentum. The OECD's composite leading indicator fell to just 99.3 points in November, its lowest since October 2012, and down from a peak of 100.5 at the end of 2017. Growth momentum has been easing for some time in Britain, Canada, France and Italy and there were tentative signs of slackening momentum in the United States and Germany in November. The composite indicator is likel...more »
Hypersonic Weapons Unlikely To Become A Bargaining Chip
There is a marked unease in US military and defence industry circles regarding advances in high-precision hypersonic weapons that they believe are being actively developed in Russia and the People’s Republic of China. The debates at various US forums in the second half of the 20th century and the beginning […] The post Hypersonic Weapons Unlikely To Become A Bargaining Chip appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
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From Jenna Orkin How One Third of Australia's Bat Population Died in Two Days Brexit: Stage One in Europe's Slow Burn Energy Collapse Iceland's Geothermal Energy Growing Tomatoes in Winter The EU will happily punish delusional Britain for last night's Brexit defeat Kirsten Gillibrand Announces Plans To Run For President Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez secures powerful House committee seat that gives her a huge say over Wall Street Majority Of Americans Support Raising Top Tax Rate To 70%*Of course they do; no skin off their nose. But how will those taxed respond?* Venezuela And Turkey Uni... more »
Iraq Could Turn Into A Battlefield If U.S. - Iran Tensions Escalate
Iraqi members of the powerful Iran-backed Badr Brigades take part in a parade marking al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day in the capital Baghdad, on July 1, 2016 *Asharq Al-awsat*: *Int’l Crisis Group: Iraq Likely Theater of US-Iran Tension * The International Crisis Group (ICG) has warned that Iraq could turn into the main battlefield of confrontation between the United States and Iran. Iraq could bear the brunt if conflict intensifies between Tehran and Washington, the think-tank said in a study released Wednesday. ICG, which researches ways to prevent war, interviewed officials around the ... more »
TPP-11: Votación con suma urgencia viola todo principio democrático e impide su análisis en profundidad
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17-Jan-2019 Chile | Este 16 de enero la Comisión de Relaciones Exteriores de la Cámara de Diputados aprobó el Tratado de Asociación transpacífico con 10 votos a favor, 2 en contra y una abstención.
Israel and Japan in talks to enter a free trade agreement
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17-Jan-2019 Israel and Japan are in talks to enter a free trade agreement between the countries.
Corea del Sur acelerará su TLC con el Reino Unido ante un inminente 'brexit' sin acuerdo
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17-Jan-2019 El Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Energía de Corea del Sur ha dicho, este miércoles, que acelerará sus esfuerzos para lograr un tratado de libre comercio (TLC) con el Reino Unido.
Chile: Gobierno pone suma urgencia al TPP-11 para que sea despachado antes de fin de mes
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16-Jan-2019 Este Tratado multilateral ha sido considerado por movimientos sociales y de trabajadores como el peor Tratado de Libre Comercio de la historia, pues se les resta soberanía a los Estados en favor de las trasnacionales.
Police 'saturate' area where exchange student was found dead
Melbourne police vow to ramp up their presence in the area where 21-year-old Aiia Maasarwe was killed, as the Victorian Premier calls for an end to "this culture of violence against women".
Hewitt tells 'clown' Bernard Tomic he won't be playing Davis Cup while he's around
Lleyton Hewitt returns serve on Bernard Tomic, making explosive accusations that his former Davis Cup teammate tried to blackmail and threaten him and his family.
Test hopefuls struggle, forgotten man Patterson shines against Sri Lanka
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It was supposed to be a game for the likes of Joe Burns, Marnus Labuschagne and Matt Renshaw to shine ahead of the first Test against Sri Lanka, but it was forgotten man Kurtis Patterson who starred for the Cricket Australia XI on day one in Hobart.
Are The Chinese About to Take Over The Former U.S. Naval Base At Subic Bay?
Sailors from amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown conduct landing craft utility operations in the ship's well deck at Subic Bay, October 5, 2016. US Navy/Petty Officer 2nd Class Raymond D. Diaz III *Business Insider: **Chinese companies have their eyes on what used to be the US Navy's biggest base in the Pacific* * A struggling shipyard firm in the Philippines is looking for a new investor, and Chinese companies are interested. * "This is a VERY SIGNIFICANT NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE!" Alexander Pama, a retired Philippine admiral warned. * But their potential presence there is ... more »
Trump's interpreters for Putin meetings face ethical dilemma
Laura Burian, Dean, Graduate School of Translation, Interpretation, and Language Education, The Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, Middlebury at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 15 hours ago
Confidentiality is written into the code of ethics that governs the profession. Will Congress force them to break it to learn the contents of Trump’s private meetings?
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. - Simon Ducatel discusses how wealth inequality is at the root of continued poverty and deprivation, while Charles Plante notes that anti-poverty strategies in Canada currently serve mostly to capture credit for existing policies rather than to guide the development of new ones. - Grace Blakely points out the role that capital controls should play in ensuring that the wealthy pay their fair share toward social development and increased equality. And Duncan Cameron writes about Olivier Blanchard's recognition that public debt is entirely accep... more »
Aquinas on The Natural Desire to Know
Aquinas (painting by Carlo Crivelli)Aristotle opens his the *Metaphysics* with the statement: "All human beings by nature desire to know.” Following Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas sees the desire for knowledge as natural. In his *Commentary on the Metaphysics*, Aquinas has expounded on the ontological aspects of the natural desire to know. He offers three arguments. *First argument*: Every imperfect thing desires perfection. The desire for perfection is a thing’s desire for the actualization of its naturally essential potentialities. For a human being, this means achievement of intellec... more »
High compliance costs, lost market share could take toll on cannabis edibles firms under new Washington state rules
A Washington state marijuana trade association is warning regulators that new packaging, labeling and product design rules for cannabis-infused edibles and beverages might decimate edibles manufacturers’ bottom line. According to experts, the cost for some businesses to comply could be $100,000, and that doesn’t include lost revenue for manufacturers who have kept new products off […] High compliance costs, lost market share could take toll on cannabis edibles firms under new Washington state rules is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for... more »
Weekly Deal Watch: Canadian cannabis producers ink key deals to continue global expansion
Canadian marijauna producers continue to march their way to global market domination, targeting Europe and South America for expansion. Weekly Deal Watch: Canadian cannabis producers ink key deals to continue global expansion is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS ARE REPRESENTING REPUBLICANS; DEMOCRATS ARE REPRESENTING AMERICANS
Axios tries to bothsides the shutdown: A new poll by the Pew Research Center shows a big part of the reason why the standoff over funding President Trump's border wall has been so impossible to solve: Republican support for the wall is higher than at any time since Trump's election, while Democratic support has dwindled to almost nothing. The big picture: When the divide has gotten this big, it's hard to see how the government shutdown ends. Yes, that's a big partisan skew. But read on: ... a majority of the public still opposes the wall.... Overall, 58% of the public opposes e... more »
The Navy's Dream: F-14 Tomcat Coming Out of Retirement (For Top Gun 2)?
*Task and Purpose* *Security, * Maybe. We explain. *The Tomcat wil be come out of retirement--at least for a movie. * It looks like the F-14 Tomcat will be making an appearance in “Top Gun 2.” Although actor Tom Cruise announced the first day of filming back in May with an Instagram post of himself in front of an F/A-18 Hornet, he may end up back behind the stick of the Tomcat he flew in the 1986 original. *(This first appeared last month.)* The website Hollywood Pipeline has published a bunch of photos of Cruise and Miles Teller — who will play Goose’s son Bradley — on set up ... more »
History Proves the U.S. Army Has a Big Problem
*Task and Purpose* *Security, * What’s odd here is we find similarities when comparing the latest FM 3-0, published in October 2017, to FM 100-5 Operations of Army Forces in the Field, published in September 1968 while Gen. William Westmoreland was the Army chief of staff. FM 3-0 resembles the losing strategy Westmoreland used in Vietnam. He sought victory by winning a head-to-head war by “grinding down” the enemy. If you were to compare the two Army field manuals, you would find that they are nearly identical. *“You know you never defeated us on the battlefield,” said the Americ... more »
Will the Navy's Own Stealth F-35 Ever Go Into Battle?
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * The Navy’s F-35C is over 50 percent more expensive than the land-based F-35A at roughly $150 million per aircraft. *This problem is particularly endemic to F-35s of all types, but all aircraft in the navy and marine corps have been suffering from severe readiness problem related to their ageing inventory.* The F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter has weathered years of controversy over cost overruns, delays and performance trade-offs. The Pentagon has steadfastly maintained the type’s ability to penetrate enemy air defenses and network sensor data th... more »
According to Ukraine, the Crimean Bridge doesn’t exist (VIDEO)
Ukraine tries to deny the reality of the completion and soundness of the Crimean Bridge, though Ukraine was unable to build it, itself. The post According to Ukraine, the Crimean Bridge doesn’t exist (VIDEO) appeared first on The Duran.
White privilege shaming attempt goes hilariously wrong
A well-trained racist ran afoul of her own side when she accused a black man of white privilege - because he has a conservative worldview. The post White privilege shaming attempt goes hilariously wrong appeared first on The Duran.
Dutch journalist expelled from Turkey for alleged Al-Nusra ties
Ans Boersma, a journalist working for the largest Dutch financial newspaper, was expelled from Turkey earlier in the day. The Turkish authorities on Thursday deported a Dutch correspondent of a major financial newspaper over suspected links to Jabhat al-Nusra* terrorist organization (banned in Russia), based on intelligence received from the Netherlands, Fahrettin Altun, the communications […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
ISIS suffers devastating defeat after losing last major stronghold east of Euphrates (map)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:15 P.M.) – The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) suffered a tremendous defeat, today, after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) seized the key town of Al-Sousah in the eastern region of the Euphrates River Valley. According to reports from this front, the Syrian Democratic Forces were able to overpower the Islamic State fighters in Al-Sousah […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Breaking: Houthi Air Force commander, missile program mastermind reported dead
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:00 P.M.) – The commander of the Houthi Air Force and Air Defense, Major-General Ibrahim Al-Shami, has been reported dead in Sanaa, the Yemeni group confirmed this afternoon. According to the reports, the Houthi commander was rushed to a local hospital in the Yemeni capital this week after suffering a massive heart attack. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
US threatens to sanction Lebanon if they participate in rebuilding Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:40 P.M.) – The U.S. State Department allegedly sent a cable to the Lebanese Embassy in Washington that warned them against inviting Syria to the Arab Economic Summit in Beirut that is scheduled to take place this week, Al-Akhbar reported on Wednesday. According to Al-Akhbar, Lebanon was not only warned against inviting Syria […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian Army, Hashd Al-Shaabi prepare for massive cross-border offensive
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:20 P.M.) – A massive force comprised of Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and Hashd Al-Sha’abi soldiers is preparing to launch a large-scale offensive to eliminate the last remnants of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) in the region. Speaking to Al-Masdar from the capital city of Damascus, a Syrian Arab Army source said that the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Trump vows to exit Syria despite recent attack on US forces
During a meeting with a group of Republican senators on Wednesday, President Donald Trump signaled his readiness to adhere to his plan to withdraw US troops from Syria and Afghanistan, according to Senator Rand Paul. “Not only is he following through with his Syria policy, I really do think there will be changes in Afghanistan […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Pence declares victory over IS hours after US troops killed in Syria (video)
US Vice President Mike Pence stated that ‘the Caliphate has crumbled and ISIS has been defeated’ during his remarks to the Global Chiefs of Mission conference at the US State Department in Washington DC on Wednesday. US Vice President also mentioned that his country will “stay in the region” as well as “in the fight […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Turkish-backed rebels that plotted new terror attacks have been arrested: Manbij Military Council
The military council of Manbij, Syria said that militants who had been plotting new terror attacks and who were getting orders from Turkish intelligence have been arrested. “The antiterrorist squads of the council detained a cell of seven militants — members of opposition groups that participated in Operation ‘Euphrates Anger’ and were supported by Turkey, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Scientists Left Behind
As the well-informed readers will realize, I am hat-tipping Hank Campbell and the catchy title of his best-selling book "Science Left Behind" with the title of this post, for lack of more imagination. What I want to discuss is, however, something only partly in line with the interesting topics of Hank's book. It is something that I see happening around these days, and which I ache for: the dumbing down of our decision making in science. read more
The World Is Becoming A Better Place
*(Click on Image to Enlarge)* *Daily Mail:* *Exposed: The myth that the world is going to hell! Seven incredible charts that prove the world IS becoming a better place - despite all the doom and gloom* * Globalization has helped lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, with the proportion of people in extreme poverty cut in half during the past 20 years * At the same time, advances in science, health care and technology have led to longer lifespans, better education and greater freedoms than ever before * Life expectancy worldwide is nearly 72 years - up from roughly 35... more »
Russiagate Is Being Transformed into an Exposure of the British Coup
[image: President Donald J. Trump speaks to the press before departing the South Lawn of the White House Monday, January 14, 2019, en route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland to begin his trip to New Orleans, Louisiana. (Official White House Photo)] *Part III of the three-part report by LaRouchePAC's Barbara Boyd on the British-orchestrated coup attempt against the President of the United States is now published, under the title: "A British Intelligence Fraud Creates the Coup Against Donald Trump." The report is rapidly becoming a hot item on the alternative radio and website circuit, ... more »
Tweets For Today
#Syria UPDATE Local sources affirm the ISIS istishhadi who carried out suicide attack in #Manbij was desguised in military uniform. Several IS/linked groups spread video (from social) of the moment of explosion in the restaurant @StateDept @jrossman12 @MFS001 @Hyperboloid_INT pic.twitter.com/TyvhJVIjjI — Rosanna (@RosannaMrtnz) January 16, 2019 A look at previous deaths of U.S. troops in Syria after two American soldiers and two civilians were killed in a suicide bomb attack. https://t.co/GFCXr0AIpN — AP Middle East (@APMiddleEast) January 17, 2019 Brexit key dates and British po... more »
True Temple Location: Qumran Map Evidence & 10th Roman Legion — Temple in the City of David, Mount Zion — Not on Dome of the Rock, Temple Mount
No more obstacles to the building of Third Temple if evidence is correct.
Insane Zionist War Propaganda: ‘Israel May Need to Invade Iran to Stop Its Entrenchment in Syria’
“Iran doesn’t frighten me and I don’t think it should frighten the American people. They don’t have a bomb. They haven’t made a decision to build one. They don’t have the means to deliver one. And the Israelis have 300 atomic bombs! I mean who presents the existential threat to whom?” – Pat Buchanan (7:58 […]
Picture Of The Day
A woman looks at newpaper billboards in Harare, January 16. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo *WNU Editor: *The above picture came from this photo-gallery .... *Zimbabwe police crack down on protests* (Reuters).
Brazil’s Environment Minister Toughens Stance with NGOs
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – After widespread criticism Brazil’s Ministry of Environment has backed down from the decision to suspend all agreements and partnerships with non-governmental organizations for the next 90 days. The Ministry now says that the suspension only applies to the signing of new contracts. “We will […] The post Brazil’s Environment Minister Toughens Stance with NGOs appeared first on The Rio Times.
Rio’s National Museum to Host First Exhibition Since Devastating Fire
By Jack Arnhold, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – This Thursday, January 17th, will see the opening of the first exhibition by Rio’s ‘Museu Nacional’ (National Museum) since its devastating fire last September. The exhibition, entitled ‘Quando nem tudo era gelo – Novas descobertas no continente Antártico’ (When everything was not ice – New […] The post Rio’s National Museum to Host First Exhibition Since Devastating Fire appeared first on The Rio Times.
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Trump Is Obsessed With Which Lies Will Work Best For Him In 2020
Too much winning? The coal industry is back? Nope: "Coal mines are closing faster than ever... A bleak outline tonight on the coal industry. A brand new report from CNN suggests more more coal plants have closed during the first two years of the Trump administration than the first four years of the Obama administration. It's not because of regulations but because of competition with cleaner, cheaper forms of energy. Another 20 plants are expected to close this year." Tangent/reminder: In 2016 Trump slaughtered Clinton-- 68.7% to 26.5%; he beat her in every single county. And in t... more »
[Vidéo] BAYES POUR LES NULS : éviter l’écueil « On sait pas DONC on s’en fout »
Ethical Technology - 16 hours ago
On entend souvent dire que le transhumanisme et des sujets proches ne sont “pas scientifiques”. Qu’est-ce qui se cache derrière cette expression ?
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*Boys are BORN cavemen. It's not "culture" or the schools that makes them that way* *The article below has a slightly new wrinkle on an old claim that stereotyped masculine behaviour is encouraged in the school environment to the detriment of boys' academic performance. The wrinkle is that Asian kids seem to be immune from that. Every bit of evidence that they produce in favour of their various contentions is however in the hopeless old "correlation is causation" mode. It proves nothing and ignores other explanations for what it observes.As with most... more »
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*Don’t ban plastic bags! * *Learn the facts about plastic versus paper bags – and bag the bans, instead* Hal Shurtlef Like dozen towns and cities in Massachusetts and other states, Boston recently enacted a ban on plastic shopping bags. It went into effect December 14, 2018. It was a relatively easy vote, because “evil” plastic bags have received extensive bad press that generally ignores important facts. The same holds true in other jurisdictions, especially those controlled by Democrats who a generation ago cared about American workers, but today too often subjugate the needs... more »
Hitachi scraps £16bn nuclear power station in Wales
By Paul Homewood I revealed last month that Hitachi’s plans for a new nuclear plant in Wales were on the rocks. Now we have confirmation that the plug has been pulled: Hitachi has scrapped plans to build a nuclear power station in Wales, becoming the second firm in two months to abandon […]
Subsidizing homelessness
The late President Ronald Reagan famously said, "If you want more of something, subsidize it; if you want less of something, tax it." The truth of that dictum has been demonstrated many times in the past, and nowhere more clearly than the epidemic of homelessness affecting many US cities. For example, City Journal reported last year: Seattle is under siege. Over the past five years, the Emerald City has seen an explosion of homelessness, crime, and addiction. In its 2017 point-in-time count of the homeless, King County social-services agency All Home found 11,643 people sleeping ... more »
Michael Gove: the speech
Everyone else has done it so we might as well publish the barnstormer we enjoyed yesterday. Funnily enough, the BBC chose instead to feature Tom Watson’s effort, over which the spectre of an enormous ‘elephant’ loomed. I have to admit that many of my political and philosophical positions are primarily emotional. For example, I’ve loathed Corbers ever since he hove into view alongside his Judeophobic colleagues, like, say Andy Slaughter and, I don’t know, Chris Mullin. That was long ago. Back when the prospect of such a wrong-headed individual becoming leader of the Labour Part... more »
'I think it's poor': Thunder fume as busted lights see BBL match abandoned
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A Big Bash clash between the Heat and Thunder is abandoned after a power outage sees the Gabba plunged into darkness a week before the ground hosts a day-night Test between Australia and Sri Lanka.
Two Aussies called Alex just beat seeded players at the Australian Open to progress to round three
In a week when Australian men's tennis has been plunged into turmoil, a lanky Sydney teenager and a former construction worker give local fans something to cheer about with shock victories at Melbourne Park.
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