Saturday, January 19, 2019

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President Trump White House Announcement – 4:00pm EST Livestream…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 9 hours ago
President Donald Trump will be making a widely anticipated announcement on the government shutdown and border crisis from the White House today. The speech will likely outline a proposal to end the partial government shutdown. The president is anticipated to … Continue reading →

Recap Video Highlighting 24 Hours in the Fake News Impeachment Cycle….

sundance at The Last Refuge - 9 hours ago
Recap video highlighting 24 hours in the U.S. media news cycle.

Brits Panic grows—Will Trump’s Missile Defense Plan Become LaRouche and Reagan’s SDI?

Alicia at LaRouchePAC Feed - 9 hours ago
Brits Panic grows; Will Trump’s Missile Defense Plan Become LaRouche and Reagan’s SDI? Video of Brits Panic grows; Will Trump’s Missile Defense Plan Become LaRouche and Reagan’s SDI? While one of the Empire’s favorite leak sheets, Buzzfeed, exposed itself with its latest lying story targeting President Trump, he opened the prospect that LaRouche’s design for the SDI might be back on the agenda. And while May and Macron continue in their vain attempts to prop up the collapsing neo-liberal model, the Italians continue to forge ahead. This week’s Schiller Institute’s webcast with He... more »

Publisher’s Platform: “It’s a bad sign for food safety if Bill Marler is hiring lawyers and paralegals.”

Bill Marler at Food Safety News - 9 hours ago
2018 was a bad year for food – Salmonella-tainted Tahini, Chicken, Hamburger, Eggs, Turkey, Pasta Salad, Cereal, Melon, Coconut, Chicken Salad, Kratom and Sprouts; E. coli-tainted Romaine Lettuce (2 of them) and Hamburger; Listeria-tainted Pork Products and Deli Ham; and Cyclospora-tainted Salads and Vegetable Trays have sickened thousands. And, those are only the ones the... Continue Reading

Concerns country domestic violence victims face delays in assessment

Stephanie Corsetti at Just In - 9 hours ago
A former forensic nurse examiner says there are — at times — not enough forensic nurse examiners to assess domestic violence victims in regional Victoria.

Boo, the world's cutest canine #influencer, dies aged 12

Alan Weedon at Just In - 9 hours ago
In the span of 12 years, Boo had managed to surf the waves of internet fame, amassing millions of followers, cameos on TV, and even a book deal.

Forget 'lawn tennis': The real tennis Australian Open has already been won

Just In - 9 hours ago
The world No.1 is here, but it's not Novak Djokovic. Welcome to "real tennis": an archaic from of the game played in a private club in Melbourne.

The first Australian of the Year and how the award came to be

Matt Neal at Just In - 9 hours ago
Nobel Prize winner Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet was the first Australian of the Year, but where did the idea for the award come from?

The little-known strategy to stop punters winning too much

Ian Burrows at Just In - 9 hours ago
You might be surprised to know that while most betting agencies are happy to keep the money rolling in from losing gamblers, start winning too often and it's a whole different story.

Ghost cities, shadow banks, and empty airports: Inside China's looming great wall of debt

Tasha Wibawa at Just In - 9 hours ago
Analysts are becoming increasingly concerned China will struggle to repay an ever-increasing mountain of debt, with potential detrimental consequences for the global market.

'We're walking around like zombies': First the fish died, and Menindee could be next

Paige Cockburn at Just In - 9 hours ago
It took a million dead fish for Australia to pay attention to Menindee's plight — now people in the outback hamlet are worried their community's days are numbered and that the national spotlight may have come too late.

Tragedies are a reminder of the fury of Australia's outback heat

Matt Garrick at Just In - 9 hours ago
The deaths of German tourist Monika Billen and WA mother-of-two Felicity Shadbolt shine a light on the dangers of exercising in temperatures up around 40 degrees Celsius, at which point the body's usual cooling functions start to fail.

F-22s, Stealth Bombers and Submarines: How America Could Make Israel a Military Superpower

Robert Farley at Test Feed Using Fields - 9 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, * These 5 things would do it. *The Obama administration also worried about giving Israel the tools it needed to strike Iran would upset the regional balance. But geostrategic changes (or domestic political shifts in the US) might alter that calculation.* With only a few notable exceptions, Israel can buy whatever it wants from the United States, generally on very generous terms associated with *U.S. aid packages*. Notwithstanding the availability of weapons, however, Israel must still make careful decisions regarding how to spend money. Consequently,... more »

Russian investors to participate in rebuilding of Damascus Airport

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 9 hours ago
Russian investors from airport construction business consider renovation of Syria’s Damascus airport, Dmitry Belik, a deputy of the State Duma (the lower house of Russia’s parliament) from Sevastopol, told TASS on Saturday. On Monday, Syrian Transport Minister Ali Hamud said at a meeting with the Russian delegation that Syria was planning to build a new […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russian military conducts joint patrols with US-backed forces in Manbij (PHOTOS)

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 9 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:00 P.M.) – The Russian military conducted a new round of patrols inside Manbij city with the U.S.-backed Manbij Military Council this week, the Russian Reconciliation Council reported on Saturday. According to the reports, the Russian military police conducted their joint patrols with the MMC in the Manbij countryside. The Russian military police […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Meet Aleppo’s ‘Yellow Man’ bringing sunshine to Syrian city for 35 years (video)

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 9 hours ago
Aleppo’s ‘Yellow Man’ has been bringing joy to the residents of the ancient Syrian city for generations, simply by choosing only to wear the colour yellow. Abu Zakkour, better known by his nickname the ‘Yellow Man of Aleppo’, took cameras on a tour of his hometown this Friday. Zakkour’s obsession with yellow began in 1983, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Breaking: Jihadists, Turkish-backed rebels reach new deal to block Syrian Army’s Idlib offensive

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 9 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:20 P.M.) – Minutes ago, the Turkish-backed National Liberation Front and jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham announced that they reached an agreement in the Al-Ghaab Plain. Just a week after leaving the Al-Ghaab Plain in southwest Idlib, HTS and the NLF reached an agreement that would allow the latter to reestablish control […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

US Senator Graham warns withdrawal from Syria ‘without plan is chaos’ (video)

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 9 hours ago
‘Withdrawal without a plan is chaos,’ said US Senator Lindsey Graham in Ankara on Saturday after meeting Turkish officials and Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Friday. The US Senator from South Carolina met with the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara to discuss Syria on Friday. Speaking to the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Turkey successfully implements agreements with Russia on Idlib – MoD

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 9 hours ago
Turkey continues implementing successfully the Sochi agreements with Russia on the Idlib de-escalation zone, in spite of provocations in the region, Turkey’s National Defense Ministry said on Saturday. “The implementation of the Sochi agreements on Idlib is being successfully continued, despite of the provocations ongoing in the region,” the ministry said in a statement. On […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Abrupt US withdrawal from Syria will create ‘Iraq on steroids’ – Sentor Graham

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 9 hours ago
(Reuters) U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said on Saturday he hoped President Donald Trump would slow the U.S. withdrawal from Syria until Islamic State is destroyed, warning that, if not thought through, the pullout can create an “Iraq on steroids”. Speaking in Ankara, Graham also said he believed U.S. Chief of Staff Joseph Dunford was working […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Breaking: Kurdish roadmap to peace presented to Damascus, SDF to become border guards

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 9 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:30 P.M.) – The Hawar News Agency released a detailed report that highlighted all of the topics that are going to be discussed with the Syrian government. According to the report, the following is the Syrian Democratic Council’s (SDF) roadmap to peace: 1.Unity of the Syrian land 2 The system in Syria is […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Four countries ask the SDF to extradite ISIS terrorists back hom

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 9 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 P.M.) – At least four countries have called on the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to extradite their citizens that were captured while fighting with the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) in Syria, the ANF News Agency reported on Saturday. According to the ANF news report, Indonesia, Russia, Morocco, and Sudan have appealed to the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

The "Human Bargaining Chip Kidnappings" - Latest Trend in Deep State False Flags

greencrow at Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 9 hours ago
*Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer* * of Huawei Technologies Co.leaves her home while out on bail* * in Vancouver, British Columbia.* * Government "Human Bargaining Chip"* * Kidnapping Victim* Has anyone else noticed that the stereotypical deep state false flags, like mass shootings, bombings by police-mentored vulnerable patsies, and catastrophic "accidents" are in decline? I chalk this up to the civil war going on in the USrael Deep State between the various factions of the White House/State Department, "Intelligence" Community and the Pentagon/NSA/MIC, military industrial c... more »

Fact-free Politics

Thomas Sowell at rss - 9 hours ago
[image: fact-free-politics] In this era when there has been more information available to more people than at any time in the past, it is also true that there has been more misinformation from more different sources than ever. We are not talking about differences of opinion or inadequate verification, but about statements and catchwords in utter defiance of facts.

When They Can’t Go Up, They Go Down. Nearly 400 Illegals Dig Under Border Barrier Into Arizona

R. Cort Kirkwood at rss - 9 hours ago
[image: when-they-can-t-go-up-they-go-down-nearly-400-illegals-dig-under-border-barrier-into-arizona] As a new 2,000-strong illegal-alien invasion army heads through Mexico for the U.S. border, another group of illegals already there found a different way to get into the country. They dug their way in.

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago

US Teens At Their Worst

Peter Greene at CURMUDGUCATION - 9 hours ago
This is one of the more upsetting things I've seen in a while. This MAGA loser gleefully bothering a Native American protestor at the Indigenous Peoples March. pic.twitter.com/jIb5K68vIs — Talia (@2020fight) January 19, 2019 From other angles, it only gets worse It’s even worse when you see the full mob effect. pic.twitter.com/Oe7Zn5srOB — Lulu Says (@lulu_says2) January 19, 2019 And here's a description of what happened. Here’s a woman who was attending the march describing what happened in her own words. pic.twitter.com/2bKvvzONEw — Simar (@sahluwal) January 19, 2019 The shirts... more »

Week in Pictures

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 9 hours ago
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Glaring Example of How Out of Touch the Self Absorbed Media is With Most Americans

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 9 hours ago
Longtime CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin lamented during a round-table discussion his fear that many Americans would dismiss the news media as a “*bunch of leftist liars*” in the wake of the BuzzFeed story (and the *epic media circle jerk* it spawned) that was squashed publicly as being false by special counsel Robert Mueller’s office. EARTH TO JEFFREY TOOBIN: where have you been? Mr. Toobin seems totally unaware a large part of america may trust what their local news man tells them about the rise in taxes for trash pickup, but after two years of the media, in particularly his ne... more »

Good samaritans see moose struggling on ice rink and come to the rescue

White Wolf at White Wolf - 9 hours ago
A moose that got stuck on an ice rink got a helping hand from some Good Samaritans who witnessed her troubles. While on their lunch break, a group of people in Anchorage, Alaska noticed a moose traversing an outdoor skating rink. The moose had crossed over the rink into the center part of the field. The animal had trouble getting across, so when it came time to cross back over, she was struggling. She had attempted several times to cross but it was too slippery. After several hours, the Good Samaritans decided to see if they could help, and the solution they came up with was pret... more »

"A Boundary Worth Fighting For..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
*"A Boundary Worth Fighting For..."* by James Howard Kunstler *"Battle Royale: *The effrontery of Ms. Pelosi, Speaker of the House, in cancelling Mr. Trump’s State of the Union address in the chamber she controls is perhaps the worst insult to institutional protocol since the spring day in 1856 when Congressman Preston Brooks (D-SC) skulked into the senate chamber and smashed Senator Charles Sumner (R-Mass) about the head within an inch of his life with a gold-headed walking stick. Brooks’s attack was launched after Sen. Sumner gave his “Bleeding Kansas” speech, arguing that the t... more »

‘We will not be silenced’: Powerful images from the Indigenous Peoples March in Washington, D.C.

White Wolf at White Wolf - 10 hours ago
This matters because American Indians remain one of the most vulnerable groups in this country, and the cost of ignorance about them is already too high. Just look at this past week. It began with President Trump joking about a Native American massacre and ended with a crowd of people attending the Indigenous Peoples March in the nation’s capital, hoping to be seen and heard. People waved signs that read, “We will not be silenced.” They marched in their traditional garb, demanding that part of their heritage be noticed. Two women held a white sheet stained with red handprints, b... more »

President Trump Impromptu Presser Departing White House for Dover AFB…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 10 hours ago
Earlier today President Donald Trump left the White House for an unannounced trip to Dover Air Force Base where he met with the families of four Americans killed in a suicide bombing in Syria last week. . President Trump described … Continue reading →

At Age 70, Time To Rethink NATO

Patrick J. Buchanan at The Duran - 10 hours ago
The architect of Cold War containment, Dr. George Kennan, warned that moving NATO into Eastern Europe and former Soviet republics would prove a “fateful error.” The post At Age 70, Time To Rethink NATO appeared first on The Duran.

"Global Debt Tops 244 Trillion Dollars As 'Nearly Half The World Lives On Less Than $5.50 A Day'"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago
*"Global Debt Tops 244 Trillion Dollars As * *'Nearly Half The World Lives On Less Than $5.50 A Day'"* by Michael Snyder "The borrower is the servant of the lender, and one of the primary ways that the elite keep the rest of us subjugated is through the $244,000,000,000,000 mountain of global debt that has been accumulated. Every single day, the benefits of our labor are going to enrich somebody else. A portion of the taxes that are deducted from your paycheck is used to pay interest on government debt. A portion of the profits that your company makes probably goes to servicing so... more »

Convenient Timing for ‘ISIS Attack’ on US Servicemen in Syria

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 10 hours ago
*Finian Cunningham* | In what can only be described as knee-jerk fashion, the US media leapt on the killing of four American military personnel in Syria as a reason to keep US troops stationed in Syria.

REVEALED: Amnesty International’s Historic Links to US & UK Intelligence Agencies

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 10 hours ago
*Alexander Rubinstein* | Troubling connections contradict Amnesty’s image as a benevolent defender of human rights and reveal an organization crafted to project Anglo-American soft power internationally.

A Stunning Testimony About the Rising Social Epidemic of Homelessness

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 10 hours ago
*21WIRE* | It's high time the West comes to grips with this stark system-level failure.

Nigel and Naga

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 10 hours ago
Following on from his *Question Time *appearance on Thursday Professor Anand Menon was back on the BBC as the paper reviewer for *BBC Breakfast *this morning. I was intrigued by the heavy-handed way he was introduced each time: *8.18 - Charlie Stayt*: Time now for a look at the newspapers. Our guest this morning is Anand Menon, who's from UK in a Changing Europe. Particularly at the moment, and in Brexit times, people are very keen to make sure they *know* where everyone's coming from who we broadcast with. So just explain - I know you've told us before: Your organisation does wh... more »

Helpful Suggestion

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 10 hours ago
I agree with the BBC's Technology Correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones: Old Roarers (as he's known) is surely right that *Would I Lie to You?, *now on its twelfth series, is still good for lots of hearty laughs each and every week it's on, while *Have I Got News For You?*, now on its 56th series, is merely getting by on its (hugely inflated) BBC pension and waiting for 'Tuscan' Polly (Toynbee) to buy it a one-way ticket to Dignitas - once she's finished with all the elderly Leave voters. Modest proposal: Maybe Lee Mack needs to replace Ian Hislop?

This Day In Iraqi History - Jan 19

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 10 hours ago
1948 Kurds from Iraq and Iran met in Baku, Soviet Union Mustafa Barzani led plans for Kurdish movement (Musings On Iraq book review of *The Kurds, A Modern History*) (Musings On Iraq book review *Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy and Hope*) 1987 Iran started phase II of Op Karbala 5 reaching Jasim River 6 miles from Basra City Caused 2000 Iraqi casualties Population of Basra started leaving (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*)... more »

Maddow, Mueller and the dems push a dare at McConnell

David Brin at CONTRARY BRIN - 10 hours ago
First announcements: On December 18, my friend Robert Kuhn became only the second American to receive the China ReformFriendship Medal, said to be China’s highest award; it was given by President Xi Jinping and Chinese leaders at the 40th anniversary of 'opening up' in the Great Hall of the People. Robert is also the host of the future-oriented TV series Closer toTruth, that had me on for topics ranging from SETI to philosophy of science, religion, ESP to human destiny in the cosmos. See his optimistic appraisal of the likelihood of a positive deal with China over matters like s... more »

The Coming Onslaught Of Government Repression

Rainer Shea at The Ghion Journal - 10 hours ago
In 2015, a year into the ongoing lead contamination crisis that was created by the greed of Michigan governor Rick Snyder and his government, the U.S. military started carrying out war games in Flint, Michigan. Residents learned about the war games either at the last minute or after they started happening. The exercises, pictured above, included ammunition and explosives, which were fired into the city’s thousands of abandoned homes. For weeks, dilapidated homes were attacked… The post The Coming Onslaught Of Government Repression appeared first on The Ghion Journal.

Orrin Hatch’s Former Press Secretary Reported As Issuing Statement For Mueller Office Which Makes No Sense

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 11 hours ago
Peter Carr, who has worked for almost 6 years as Public Affairs Specialist for the US DOJ, is currently serving … Continue reading →

Model Apologizes in Claim of Russia Election Interference

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
A Belarusian model who claimed to have evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election says she won't be saying anything more about the matter.

When environmentalism becomes corruption – Part 1

Robert at Ice Age Now - 11 hours ago
“Environmentalism has become a new religion, whose extremists will do whatever it takes to fulfill their misguided life missions, to engage in what far too often amounts to injustice and legalized theft.” – Craig Liukko ___________________ Private property rights are under assault by increasingly powerful and unaccountable politicians, bureaucrats and activists, writes Colorado miner Craig Liukko. ... Read moreWhen environmentalism becomes corruption – Part 1 The post When environmentalism becomes corruption – Part 1 appeared first on Ice Age Now.

The Unofficial Abandonment of the Scientific Method by Climate Alarmists and Democratic Socialists

Alan Carlin at Carlin Economics and Science - 11 hours ago
The far left of the Democratic Party is becoming increasingly enamored of socialism. Examples include Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and other self-described democratic socialists. What has been missed is that they appear to be increasingly enamored of policies that in actuality involve junking the scientific method too. Their current favorite agendas, such as the Green […]

"A Specific Flaw..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
"In one of the earlier Sherlock Holmes mysteries, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle made an observation on logical deduction. When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. There is, however, a specific flaw in that maxim. It assumes people can recognize the difference between what is impossible and what they *believe* is impossible." - Peter Clines

This Russian Nuclear Submarine Is the Biggest on the Planet (Armed with Nearly 200 Nukes)

Kyle Mizokami at Test Feed Using Fields - 11 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * The largest submarines ever built were not built in American shipyards, but Soviet ones. *Clancy envisioned a modified Akula-class submarine, Red October, whose disillusioned captain and crew were attempting to defect to the United States.* The largest submarines ever built were not built in American shipyards, but Soviet ones. Named after sharks, these Cold War leviathans could devastate up to two hundred targets with warheads six times as powerful as those that exploded over Hiroshima. The Akula-class submarines were some of the most terrifying we... more »

MAGA-wearing prep school boys mob and mock Native Elder singing in DC.

White Wolf at White Wolf - 11 hours ago
Nathan Phillips, Omaha, is a Vietnam Veteran who hosts a sacred pipe ceremony at Arlington, was taunted in D.C. Native Twitter has gone ablaze as a Native American elder singing the AIM Song in Washington DC during the Indigenous Peoples March was ridiculed, taunted and mocked by a group of non-Native youth. The video, which was posted by YouTube account holder KC NOLAND, was also screen captured and shared on other social media accounts with views shortly gaining tens of thousands of views. The elder is Nathan Phillips, an Omaha elder who is also a Vietnam Veteran and former dir... more »

Clinics Open Across the US as Elite Line Up to Pay $8K a Liter to Ingest the Blood of the Young

The Free Thought Project at The Free Thought Project - 11 hours ago
[image: blood]No, rich people paying to transfuse themselves with the blood of children as young as 16 is NOT a conspiracy theory.

VIDEO: 4 1/2-year-old boy goes vegetarian. A must watch

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 11 hours ago
I’ve made no secret that I live a plant-based lifestyle and that it not only suits me but makes me feel incredible. But I’m an adult making this decision. So what would you do if your child, your preschooler or kindergartner came to you because he could no longer eat animals? What would you say if […] The post VIDEO: 4 1/2-year-old boy goes vegetarian. A must watch appeared first on Health Nut News.

"Fukushima Update 1/19/19: 18,556.65 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
*"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”* - Shiva *Updated Jan. 19, 2019: Fukushima Equals 18,556.65 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow; There is No Place On Earth to Escape the Rad: *The 3 melted-through cores of the destroyed reactors, now melted together into a single "corium" totaling over *600 tons*, at Fukushima *daily* release the radioactive equivalent of 6.45 Hiroshima bombs directly into the atmosphere and the Pacific Ocean. As of Jan. 19, 2019 - 2,877 days since the disaster began - this equals the detonation of *18,556.65 *Hiroshima atomic bombs and it is st... more »

CO2 Can’t Cause Catastrophic Warming as Long as El Niño, La Niña and Hurricanes Exist

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 11 hours ago
Passing of Hurricanes Cools Entire Gulf It is well known that a warm ocean favors the development of hurricanes. Less well known is the fact that the passage of a hurricane over the ocean can cause the upper ocean to cool substantially, which can influence subsequent hurricane development. In late summer 2005, the extremely warm … Continue reading "CO2 Can’t Cause Catastrophic Warming as Long as El Niño, La Niña and Hurricanes Exist"

Eisenhower’s Nightmare, Nukes-In-Space Edition

Franklin C. Spinney at 11 hours ago
[image: undefined] President Donald Trump’s plan to escalate efforts in Ballistic Missile Defense (BDM), including the introduction of space-based weapons, should not be viewed in isolation. It comes on top of the Defense Department’s plan to execute an across-the-board modernization of all our nuclear strike forces. It comes on top of the expansion of NATO under three presidents, despite earlier promises (here and here) to the contrary. It comes on top of the unilateral decision by President George W. Bush to withdraw from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in June 2002, on top of ... more »

Amnesty International’s Troubling Collaboration with UK & US Intelligence

Alexander Rubinstein at 11 hours ago
[image: undefined] Amnesty International, the eminent human-rights non-governmental organization, is widely known for its advocacy in that realm. It produces reports critical of the Israeli occupation in Palestine and the Saudi-led war on Yemen. But it also publishes a steady flow of indictments against countries that don’t play ball with Washington — countries like Iran, China, Venezuela, Nicaragua, North Korea and more. Those reports amplify the drumbeat for a “humanitarian” intervention in those nations. Amnesty’s stellar image as a global defender of human rights runs counter t... more »

Saturday Morning Links

Greg Fingas at Accidental Deliberations - 11 hours ago
Assorted content for your weekend reading. - Linda McQuaig writes that Canada's federal government should look at buying the soon-to-be-vacated GM plant in Oshawa to begin production of electric vehicles. But Nav Persaud notes that even when the Trudeau Libs make promises about using government power and resources for the public good, they ultimately end up going along with the wishes of the corporate sector. - E. Tammy Kim writes that instead of relying on corporations to address housing shortages, cities should ensure the actors who cause and profit from rising rents are taxed t... more »

Xenophobia May Be Hard To Spell, But It's Easy To See-- Especially When Jeff Merkley Put Out A Secret Trump Regime Document

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
Pew released a new poll yesterday. One of the findings was that most voters say they don't believe what Trump says and that they're not confident officials in his administration are ethical. Just 39% are-- far fewer than for Reagan's (67%), George H.W. Bush's (59%), Clinton's (45%), George W. Bush's (44%) or Obama's (49%). "Views of the ethical standards of top Trump administration officials remain at record lows compared with previous administrations dating back to the 1980s. Overall, 39% rate the ethical standards of top Trump administration officials as either excellent (7%) or... more »

Hossenfelder's plan to abolish particle physics is the most prominent achievement of diversity efforts in HEP yet

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 12 hours ago
I guess that you don't doubt that that the Academia in the Western countries is leaning to the left. Well, that's a terrible understatement. It's heavily left-wing. A 2009 Pew Research Poll found that among scientists in the U.S. Academia, 55% were registered Democrats, 32% were Independents, and 6% were Republicans. The numbers have probably gotten much worse in the subsequent decade. As we could conclude e.g. by seeing the 4,000 signatures under a petition penned by D.H. against Alessandro Strumia, out of 40,000 HEP authors that could have signed, the percentage of the hardcore ex... more »

Ocean SSTs Cooler in December

Ron Clutz at Science Matters - 12 hours ago
The best context for understanding decadal temperature changes comes from the world’s sea surface temperatures (SST), for several reasons: The ocean covers 71% of the globe and drives average temperatures; SSTs have a constant water content, (unlike air temperatures), so give a better reading of heat content variations; A major El Nino was the dominant […]

VAXXED II, The People’s Truth, Coming In 2019

Activist Post at Activist Post - 12 hours ago
By Catherine J. Frompovich Remember all the hoopla about the documentary VAXXED, From Cover-up to Catastrophe? That factual, videographic, movie portrayal of the U.S. CDC...more »

82% of Americans Are Right to Think Artificial Intelligence (AI) Is More Harmful than Helpful — Full Measure, 60 Minutes, Elon Musk Weigh In.

Activist Post at Activist Post - 12 hours ago
Op-Ed by B.N. Frank Surveillance! Cyberattacks! Spreading fake harmful online content! Oh My! A new study reveals that overwhelmingly 82% of Americans think AI is... more »

Decentralization Is The Solution To The Government Shutdown Problem

Activist Post at Activist Post - 12 hours ago
By Ryan McMaken The partial shutdown with the federal government has helped, perhaps more than any other recent political event, to illustrate some of the... more »

American Anchor for Iran’s PressTV Still Jailed Without Charge

Activist Post at Activist Post - 12 hours ago
By Jason Ditz (ANTIWAR.COM) — It took a solid week after her detention in St. Louis, but Marzieh Hashemi, an anchor for Iran’s PressTV and an... more »

Weekend reads: #MeToo in a political science journal; 15 articles that challenged dogma in 2018; an entire editorial board resigns

Ivan Oransky at Retraction Watch - 12 hours ago
Before we present this week’s Weekend Reads, a question: Do you enjoy our weekly roundup? If so, we could really use your help. Would you consider a tax-deductible donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work? Thanks in advance. The week at Retraction Watch featured a sixth retraction for a researcher cleared of misconduct; a … Continue reading Weekend reads: #MeToo in a political science journal; 15 articles that challenged dogma in 2018; an entire editorial board resigns

IS THIS THE GUY WHO CAN GET TRUMP REELECTED?

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 12 hours ago
For years I've been warning you that former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz wants to run for president. He has a book coming out later this month that's obviously intended as a campaign manifesto (title: *From the Ground Up: A Journey to Reimagine the Promise of America*). He's a Democrat, so I assumed he'd be looking for an opening in the Democratic primaries along with a couple dozen other wannabes. But no -- *The Washington Post* says today that he's probably running as an independent. Advisers to former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz have been exploring the possibility of launching ... more »

The Deep State and the New Manhattan Project VIDEO

Activist Post at Activist Post - 12 hours ago
By Peter A. Kirby My recently published article “Chemtrails Exposed: The Deep State and the New Manhattan Project” is currently the most viewed article on... more »

Super Weapon: Israel Could Arm Stealth F-35s with Nuclear Weapons

Zachary Keck at Test Feed Using Fields - 12 hours ago
*Zachary Keck* *Security, Middle East* Imagine this. *There is no reason to think that Israel doesn’t have the technical capability to make its new F-35s nuclear capable* By the end of this year, Israel is expected to become the second country after the United States to declare Initial Operational Capability for its F-35s. Already, Tel Aviv has taken possession of five of the multirole fighters, and following an agreement late last month to buy an additional seventeen planes, will ultimately purchase fifty planes. All fifty F-35s are scheduled to be delivered by the end of 2024... more »

The Navy's Secret Fear: Could the Mighty Aircraft Carrier Be Too Big To Fail?

Henry Holst at Test Feed Using Fields - 12 hours ago
*Henry Holst* *Security, * What would be the reaction if a U.S. carrier were attacked and sunk? *If aircraft carriers are being eclipsed by various A2/AD weapons systems and asymmetric strategies, the military-industrial inertia behind the carrier program is a strategic disadvantage to the United States.* Various defense pundits, scholars, and journalists have spent a considerable amount of digital ink debating the various threats to America’s carrier fleet while avoiding a more central question. In the cliché phrase of our time: Are carriers too big to fail? Clausewitz tells us... more »

Back in 2017, 2 Russian Nuclear Submarines 'Fired' Torpedoes at Each Other

Dave Majumdar at Test Feed Using Fields - 12 hours ago
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, Europe* According to TASS, the torpedo shootout was conducted using inert weapons with each vessel launching one weapon. The two torpedoes were later recovered after the exercise. *This is why. * Back in May of 2017, the Russian nuclear-powered attack submarine *Obninsk* fired a torpedo against one of Moscow’s newest nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines, *Yuri Dolgoruky*. The massive Project 955 *Borei* missile boat in turn launched a torpedo back at *Obninsk*, a smaller Project 671RTMK *Schuka*-class vessel more commonly known as a *Victor *I... more »

5 Terrifying Ways to Sink a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier

Robert Farley at Test Feed Using Fields - 12 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, * Here are five problems that the next generation of aircraft-carrier architects will need to worry about. *The Rods from God, using kinetic energy alone, could deliver a tremendous blow to a surface target, either sinking a carrier or rendering it useless.* We know how to kill aircraft carriers—or at least we know how best to try to kill aircraft carriers. Submarine-launched torpedoes, cruise missiles fired from a variety of platforms and ballistic missiles can all give an aircraft carrier a very bad day. Of course, modern carriers have ways of defend... more »

How Hitler Was Finally Stopped: Why the Battle of Britain Matters

Warfare History Network at Test Feed Using Fields - 12 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *Security, Europe* [image: Wikimedia Commons] The Battle of Britain in mid-1940 resulted in a British victory and a key setback for the Nazi war machine. Gerald “Zulu” Lewis peered from his Hurricane and spotted 20 German Bf-110s circling with a heavy escort of fast and deadly Bf-109 fighters over Redhill, south of London. It was shortly after 9 am on September 27, 1940. Instinctively, Lewis dove down, laced a two-manned Bf-110 with two short bursts of fire from his machine guns and sent the intruder plunging earthward in a pale of smoke. Avoiding the te... more »

Cuba Hosted Russian Spy Planes During the Cold War to Hunt Submarines and Aim Nuclear Missiles at Aircraft Carriers

Sebastien Roblin at Test Feed Using Fields - 12 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * Some Cold War facts you may not know. On December 10, 2018, two Russian Tu-160 supersonic bombers with huge condor-like swing-wings swooped down to land at Simón Bolívar International Airport in Caracas, Venezuela. Over the next few days the huge, pointy-nosed bombers flew two ten-hour patrols over the Caribbean, at times escorted by Venezuelan F-16 and Su-30MK2 multirole jets, then flew back to Russia on Dec. 14. Russian media reported that Moscow and Caracas were discussing opening a permanent base on La Orchila island, expanding on facilities a... more »

Sig Sauer is Going to Make U.S. Special Ops M4A1 Rifles Even More Deadly

Task and Purpose, Jared Keller at Test Feed Using Fields - 12 hours ago
*Task and Purpose, Jared Keller* *Security, * [image: By Spc. Ryan Green - https://www.dvidshub.net/image/1027731, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41011895] Here's the story. U.S. Special Operations Command has doled out a hefty contract to upgrade its arsenal of M4A1 carbines with suppressed upper receivers, the culmination of a long-running effort to make America’s most elite service members even more silent and deadly. SOCOM awarded a five-year, $48 million contract to Sig Sauer to provide U.S. special operations forces with what the Department ... more »

Meet the DX-12 Punisher Shotgun: A Deadly Weapon (For All of the Wrong Reasons)

Charlie Gao at Test Feed Using Fields - 12 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Security, * If made, it would be dangerous, bulky, unergonomic, and require the user to buy proprietary ammunition. A render of a double-barrel shotgun by “HARDWAR3 INDUSTRIES” got some attention last year due to its futuristic design and boxy shape, which some say resembles the ubiquitous Glock pistols. But unlike the pistols it has been compared to, the “Punisher DX-12” has a ton of questionable design decisions and ergonomic quirks that would make it a danger to the shooter and anyone around. It’s important to remember that the DX-12 is only a concept; the desi... more »

Cuba closes 2018 with the lowest infant mortality rate in its history

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
https://cuba-solidarity.org.uk/news/article/3781/cuba-closes-2018-with-the-lowest-infant-mortality-rate-in-its-history Advertisements

Who Said Men’s Genes Don’t Count?

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
http://mthfrliving.com/health-conditions/who-said-mens-genes-dont-count-mthfr-male-fertility/?fbclid=IwAR3cNUB-kxfi7nGKccYvUdGSW3-EPcG25vMBg5ko43XSga3TpLy0uKLPa1E

Why Consuming Less Meat Is The Best Thing You Can Do To Save The Environment

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
https://truththeory.com/2019/01/14/why-consuming-less-meat-is-the-best-thing-you-can-do-to-save-the-environment/

Looks like we'll pay to have our privacy invaded - whether we want to or not

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 13 hours ago
Eric Peters points out the downside to all these new-fangled car gadgets and systems. There is a saying that goes, if you’re not paying for the product, *you* are the product. But what if you’re paying for it – and you’re *still* the product? Welcome to your next new car – previewed at the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas earlier this month – in which you’ll be surrounded by new technology designed to “monetize” everything from your musical preferences (it knows which stations you like) to where you like to go (it keeps track of where and when) and what you like to eat. *. . .*... more »

Will Globalists Sacrifice The Dollar To Get Their “New World Order”?

Activist Post at Activist Post - 13 hours ago
By Brandon Smith Trade is a fundamental element of human survival. No one person can produce every single product or service necessary for a comfortable... more »

Aussie teen Popyrin falls just short in five-set thriller at Australian Open

Luke Pentony at Just In - 13 hours ago
In a match finishing well after midnight, teenager Alexei Popyrin falls just short of securing a place in the Australian Open fourth round following an inspiring performance in a five-set epic against Lucas Pouille.

John Major, Merkel call on May to compromise to avoid disastrous 'no-deal' Brexit

Just In - 13 hours ago
As capitals on both sides of the channel stress the need to avoid a "no-deal" Brexit, the former Conservative Prime Minister reminds Theresa May of the need for compromise.

'It's because they were abandoned': Mexican fuel pipeline explosion claims dozens of lives

Just In - 13 hours ago
A pipeline, ruptured by suspected fuel thieves, explodes in central Mexico, with many of the people caught in the blaze trying to fill up containers of fuel, according to state and federal authorities.

Border Security or Tyranny? 66% of Americans Already Living in ‘Constitution Free’ Zone

The Free Thought Project at The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: border]"Our own government is now the greatest threat to our safety, and there’s no border wall big enough to protect us from these ruffians in our midst."

Pentagon Identifies Three of Four Americans Killed in Syria

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 13 hours ago
*Link * The Defence Department on Friday identified three of the four Americans who were killed Wednesday in a suicide bombing in Syria that was claimed by the Islamic State. In a statement, the Pentagon named the *three* as Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 *Jonathan R. Farmer*, 37, of Boynton Beach, Florida; Navy Chief* Cryptologic Technician (Interpretive)* *Shannon M. Kent,* 35, of Upstate New York; and Defense Department civilian *Scott A. Wirtz *of St. Louis. *Cryptology:* *the study of codes, or the art of writing and solving them.* *What information may a cryptologist been p... more »

Beyond Prisons: Transformative Justice & Pod-Mapping

Beyond Prisons at Shadowproof - 13 hours ago
Beyond Prisons hosts Kim Wilson and Brian Sonenstein begin a conversation on transformative justice, exploring the concepts of “Pods” and “Pod-mapping." The post Beyond Prisons: Transformative Justice & Pod-Mapping appeared first on Shadowproof.

What Is A ‘Super Blood Wolf Moon’? Just Our Shadow On Distant Moon - No, World Won't End - False Prophet Paul Begley At It Again

Robert Walker at Science 2.0 blogs - 13 hours ago
Another post to help people scared of perfectly normal harmless events because of the sensationalist press and false prophets. This is just the moon passing through Earth’s shadow as it does usually once or twice a year. It’s done it for billions of years. You have lived through many lunar eclipses. Also half the world can see a lunar eclipse, the entire night side of Earth at the time, far easier to see than a solar eclipse which needs you to live on or travel to a narrow eclipse track where the Moon’s shadow briefly touches the surface of the Earth. read more

Rio Nightlife Guide for Saturday, January 19, 2019

Jack Arnhold at The Rio Times - 14 hours ago
We have the top three picks for this Saturday, and below there is a list of bars and lounges that are always a good option. PARTY: SambaRap Festival @ Fundição Progresso (Lapa) – Three of the biggest names in Brazilian music, Elza Soares, Rincon Sapiência and Diogo Nogueira are coming together for one night only! […] The post Rio Nightlife Guide for Saturday, January 19, 2019 appeared first on The Rio Times.

Is America About To Officially Dump Pakistan As An “Ally”?

Andrew KORYBKO at OrientalReview.org - 14 hours ago
For as much as some in the US’ permanent military, intelligence, and diplomatic bureaucracies (or “deep state”) might want to “punish” Pakistan through various means such as symbolically stripping away its “major non-NATO ally” status. The post Is America About To Officially Dump Pakistan As An “Ally”? appeared first on OrientalReview.org.

Our new home in Brunswick

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 14 hours ago
We are making good progress getting things set up in our apartment on McKeen Street in Brunswick - just across from Bowdoin College. Our phone and Internet are not connected yet so I hooked into Bowdoin's guest network. The signal is not always strong but it helps me keep in touch. The apartment is in an old converted farm house that in classic Maine style was added onto over the years as the families in it grew. We are living upstairs. MB and I are quite happy with the place and the two-week wait to get in here due to renovations turned out to be worth it. I spent yesterday... more »

Jihadists release gruesome footage of up-close attack on Syrian soldiers

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:30 P.M.) – The jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham have released a gruesome go-pro video of one of their fighters shooting two Syrian soldiers up-close in the northern countryside of the Hama Governorate. The Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham fighter’s go-pro footage shows him running up on two Syrian soldiers and shooting them at […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Trump to meet families of 4 Americans killed in Syria

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
US President Donald Trump announced Saturday a trip to the Dover air force base in Delaware to meet the families of who he described as four very special people who died serving the country. While he did not specify who they were, the families are likely to be those of two US service members and […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

UAE-backed special forces kill 2 Al-Qaeda terrorists in west Yemen

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:00 P.M.) – The UAE-backed special forces in the Taiz governorate eliminated two terrorists from the Al-Qaeda of the Arabian Peninsula group on Saturday. According to local reports, the UAE-backed Yemeni forces eliminated the two Al-Qaeda terrorists while combing through the Al-Khida area of the Taiz Governorate. No further details were released. Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russian FM says all Syrian territories should be returned to gov’t

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:45 P.M.) – During his joint press conference with his German counterpart Heiko Maas in Moscow on Frida, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said all Syrian territories should be returned to the government. Lavrov said that if some nations want to stop terrorists in Syria, they should return the territories outside state control […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

New video shows aftermath of failed militant attack from US-held Tanf region

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:30 P.M.) – A new video from the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) was released this week that showed the aftermath of a failed infiltration attempt by an unknown group of militants near the US-held Tanf region. As shown in the short video below, the Syrian Arab Army confiscated the weapons and supplies […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syria’s return to Arab League is ‘inevitable’: official

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:10 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Republic’s return to the Arab League is ‘inevitable’, Arab League Assistant Secretary-General Hossam Zaki said on Friday, as reported by Asharq Al-Aswat. “In 2011, Syria’s membership was suspended. The country was not expelled from the Arab League. Its return is, therefore, normal,” he said. According to Asharq […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russia allegedly warns Israel against launching attacks near Damascus Airport

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:40 P.M.) – The Russian Federation has allegedly warned Israel against launching any more attacks near the Damascus International Airport, Al-Quds Al-Araby reported on Friday. Citing Russian military officials, the London-based publication claimed that Moscow warned the Israeli forces against attacking east Damascus as they were preparing to renovate the airport. The unnamed […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Turkey will create safe zone to stop Syrian Army from retaking territory: report

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:30 P.M.) – Turkey will create a 30 kilometer deep safe zone that will be free of any fighters from the People’s Protection Units (YPG) and Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the Daily Sabah reported on Saturday. Furthermore, the Turkish publication claimed that the new safe zone will also prevent damage caused by attacks […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Breaking: Syrian Army launches heavy attack on rebel bases near Turkish military post

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:10 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) launched a heavy attack against the Turkish-backed rebels in the northern countryside of the Hama Governorate this morning. According to a military source in nearby Mhardeh, the Syrian Arab Army’s Republican Guard unleashed a flurry of missiles and artillery shells towards the positions of Jaysh […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Iraqi forces eliminate over 30 ISIS terrorists inside Syria

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:00 P.M.) – The Iraqi-led Hashd Al-Sha’abi forces reportedly killed a large number of Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) terrorists during a new attack on Friday morning. According to the official media wing of Hashd Al-Sha’abi, their forces managed to kill and wound over 35 Islamic State fighters on Friday after heavily targeting the terrorist […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian Army sends entire division to Idlib front

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:30 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army continued their mass build-up of troops in northwest Syria this week, as their high command ordered another division to deploy to the Idlib front. According to a military report from the Hama province, the Syrian Arab Army deployed their 9th Division, including their shock troops, to […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

US court confirms arrest of Press TV journalist, says she will be released after testimony

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
A US court has confirmed that Marzieh Hashemi, an American-born journalist who works for the Iranian state-owned media outlet Press TV, had been arrested in the US city of St. Lous and that she will be released after she testifies before a grand jury. The court order said that Hashemi, who was born in the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

US military sends large armored convoy to Manbij (video)

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:30 A.M.) – A large convoy of U.S. armored vehicles made its way to the key city of Manbij in the Aleppo countryside this week, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported. According to the SOHR report, the U.S. military sent the armored convoy to reinforce Manbij city, which has also […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

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Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 14 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin California commission finds PG&E falsified records for years 4 WAYS TO KEEP MONSANTO OUT OF YOUR HOME GARDEN El Chapo's mistress detailed how the drug lord fled Mexican Marines through a bathtub tunnel while naked in shocking testimony at his federal trial Largest Cache Of Hacked Data In History Discovered: Over 770 Million Email Addresses, 21 Million Passwords Marine Le Pen Says Leaving The Euro "No Longer A Priority" Zimbabwe reportedly turned off the entire country's internet to shut up people protesting its out-of-control economy New US Intelligence Study: China "A... more »

Shaviours of the World

Rob Slane at 15 hours ago
I’m always greatly amused when I hear people saying things like, “I can’t stand being preached at”. What amuses me is that the same people who say this with a straight face tend to be completely oblivious to the fact that they are being preached at day in day out. If they are aware of it, somehow it never seems to bother them. As a culture we are being preached to constantly. No, I don’t mean that we sit in […]

Aircraft Carriers, Stealth Bombers and Nuclear Weapons: How China's Military Is Rising

Sebastien Roblin at Test Feed Using Fields - 15 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * And getting ready for modern war. On January 12, 2019, the Defense Intelligence Agency released an annual report highlighting the radical reorganization of China’s People’s Liberation Army to become faster-responding, more flexible and more lethal than ever before. The PLA was formed in 1927 as a Communist revolutionary force to oppose the Nationalist Kuomintang government and (later) invading Japanese forces. Unlike Western militaries, the PLA remains loyal to the Chinese Communist Party, not a theoretical independent Chinese state. A cadre of po... more »

Welcome to the Hypersonic Arms Race

Richard M. Harrison at Test Feed Using Fields - 15 hours ago
*Richard M. Harrison* *Security, * [image: https://media.defense.gov/2010/May/26/2000358194/-1/-1/0/091209-F-6680C-640.JPG] As the hypersonic weapons programs of America’s adversaries continue to mature, so too does their ability to hold the U.S. military and our allies at risk on a number of fronts. These days, with Capitol Hill divided and at odds with the White House, the opportunities for political compromise seem dimmer than ever. However, all concerned can still agree that an emboldened Russia and increasingly aggressive China represent a threat to the national security of... more »

Some great Navy video

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 15 hours ago
Courtesy of Chant du Depart, here's a video clip of Navy aircraft landing on carriers. It's thought-provoking to realize that many of the hard-learned skills demonstrated in this video are slowly being automated, to the point that even a novice pilot may be able to land on a carrier in a few decades' time. The computer systems aboard modern military aircraft and carriers "talk" to each other, coordinating the approach and landing, so that even at night, in a howling gale, driving rain and zero visibility, landings and takeoffs may eventually become "normal". Peter

Border wall is essential for national security

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 15 hours ago
“Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) told Breitbart News on Wednesday that House Republicans are in “lockstep” and “all together” on the issue of border security amidst an ongoing partial federal government shutdown,..” click here

President Trump To Make A Major Announcement To Day At 15:00 EST

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
I will be making a major announcement concerning the Humanitarian Crisis on our Southern Border, and the Shutdown, tomorrow afternoon at 3 P.M., live from the @WhiteHouse. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 18, 2019 *CNBC:* *Trump says he will make a 'major' announcement on Saturday about the border and government shutdown* President Donald Trump said he will make a "major" announcement on Saturday about the border and ongoing government shutdown. The president did not provide any further details on what he would discuss on what is set to be the 28th day of the partial ... more »

By Lying Day In And Day Out-- On Matters Great And Small-- Trump's Credibility Is Nonexistent Just When He Needs It Most

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
Pew's new poll released yesterday, was devastating enough before yesterday's smoking gun: Trump Begins Third Year With Low Job Approval and Doubts About His Honesty. 37% approval and 59% disapproval. "A growing share of Americans say they trust what Trump says less than what previous presidents said while they were in office. Nearly six-in-ten (58%) say they trust what Trump says less than previous presidents, up from 54% last June and 51% in February 2017, shortly after he took office. The public also continues to fault the ethical standards of top administration officials. Just ... more »

Fraser Island dingo attack leaves boy in hospital with leg injuries

Just In - 16 hours ago
A six-year-old boy is flown to hospital, where he is being treated for lower leg injuries, after being bitten multiple times by a dingo at Eurong, on the eastern side of the island.

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 16 hours ago
*Most 'Oxbridge' students are privately educated. One state school bucks this trend in a big way* *This is a lot less remarkable than it seems. Admission to the school is highly selective. The students are bright to begin with. It is not an elite school socially but it is an elite school intellectually. It has no lessons for mainstream government schools* Elite UK universities Oxford and Cambridge are renowned for stringent admissions policies and student populations weighted in favor of private schools, but one state school has had remarkable success in bucking that trend. B... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 16 hours ago
*Long lost cities in the Amazon were once home to millions of people* *The introduction to a recent article in New Scientist below sets the scene for what is now known about the prehistory of Amazonia. I have recently read quite a few of the scientific studies of the subject in the hope of finding out WHY civilization largely vanished from Amazonia in quite recent times. It seems that at least some parts of Amazonia were as developed as the Incas in Peru and the Aztecs in Mexico. So it seems important to understand what happened to the Amazonian civilization.... more »

Malaysia won't be pressured into CPTPP: trade minister Darell Leiking

bilaterals.org - 16 hours ago
19-Jan-2019 Malaysia will not be pressured into ratifying a 11-nation Asia-Pacific trade deal, as trade minister raised the prospect of holding out for bilateral tariff pacts instead.

S. Korea to speed up FTA with Britain on looming no-deal Brexit

bilaterals.org - 16 hours ago
19-Jan-2019 South Korea's trade ministry said will speed up efforts to clinch FTA with Britain amid the no deal Brexit.

"Is Emma Barnett now officially the most biased BBC broadcaster of all time?"

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 16 hours ago
By special request 😊... Emma Barnett's Radio 5 Live show a couple of days ago discussed (among other things) those calls for a second referendum and during the course of the programme she interviewed a couple of politicians - pro-People's Vote Conservative *Guto Bebb* and pro-Citizens' Assembly Labour MP *Stella Creasy* - plus businessman and pro-Brexit campaign leader *Richard Tice*. Mr. Bebb and Mr. Tice specifically discussed the second referendum question. Now can you guess which interviewee got interrupted the most? Well, resurrecting my old interruption coefficients again (... more »

Trump To Make “Major Announcement” On Border & Shutdown

Zerohedge at The Duran - 16 hours ago
The post Trump To Make “Major Announcement” On Border & Shutdown appeared first on The Duran.

“Everybody Knew” WSJ Exposes Bruce Ohr’s Shocking Admission To The FBI

Zerohedge at The Duran - 16 hours ago
The post “Everybody Knew” WSJ Exposes Bruce Ohr’s Shocking Admission To The FBI appeared first on The Duran.

Twitter pillories BuzzFeed after Mueller team dismisses ‘bombshell’ on Cohen & Trump

RT at The Duran - 16 hours ago
The post Twitter pillories BuzzFeed after Mueller team dismisses ‘bombshell’ on Cohen & Trump appeared first on The Duran.

Mueller’s Office Confirms Buzzfeed’s Trump-Cohen Story Is Fake New

Zerohedge at The Duran - 16 hours ago
The post Mueller’s Office Confirms Buzzfeed’s Trump-Cohen Story Is Fake New appeared first on The Duran.

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