Monday, January 21, 2019

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“We were very uncomfortable with this situation:” French group loses aging paper for “overlap”

Adam Marcus at Retraction Watch - 17 hours ago
The authors of a 2017 paper on how chronic inflammation might hasten aging have retracted the work because it turned out to be a collage of previously published articles. The paper, “Chronic Inflammation: Accelerator of Biological Aging,” appeared in The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, an Oxford University Press title. It has been cited 41 … Continue reading “We were very uncomfortable with this situation:” French group loses aging paper for “overlap”

Glacial- Breakin' Records

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 17 hours ago
*Yup, glacial. Seemed a new word was in order to describe the extreme cold weather round these parts. It's been cold for while now. Colder then is the norm, but, it's now glacial.* *This morning at 6: 38 am, the environment Canada weather was measuring - 18 C or 0 F* *The weather station in my back yard is in agreement. 0 F or -18 C* *With the windchill it is - 30C* *There is an extreme cold advisory and a blowing snow advisory issued for the region because we had a sizeable dumping of snow between Saturday and Sunday.* *30 to 35 Centimeters. About 12 - 14 inches in a span of about... more »
( I don't know where Penny lives - but in Canada in early January temperatures of  -25F often are par for the course. One party night in Winnipeg the temperature was about that - but when it ended about 2 a.m. it was -54 F. Ouch. Now that is exceptionally cold. )

Russia's Space Agency Wants To Deploy A Satellite Network to Watch 'Any Process On Earth'

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 17 hours ago
CC BY-SA 4.0 / José Furtado *Sputnik*: *Russia Mulling Sovereign's Eye Satellite Network to Watch 'Any Process on Earth'* Russia launched over two dozen satellites into space last year, and had some 146 civilian and military satellites orbiting the planet as of mid-2018, according to UN figures. Russia's space agency is proposing the creation of a constellation of remote sensing satellites dubbed the Sovereign's Eye ('Gosudarevo Oko'), Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin has announced. *Read more* .... *WNU Editor*: The ultimate spy in the sky system.

FCC collider tunnel: Will Elon Musk save billions?

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 17 hours ago
On month ago, we laughed about Elon Musk's new Hyperloop science-fiction futuristic mega-invention which turned out to be... a tiny useless road tunnel. Well, to make it more impressive, he has also built car elevators for cars to get there, so that the traffic through the tunnel is even slower than it would otherwise be. That one-mile tunnel of diameter around 4 meters had cost about $10 million. Elon has bragged that he could save 99% of the expenses which is completely ludicrous because he just bought a boring machine, told his employees to read the instruction manual, and they ... more »

Chinese scientist who 'gene-edited' babies 'sought fame and fortune'

Just In - 17 hours ago
A Chinese scientist who said he made the world's first "gene-edited" babies intentionally evaded oversight and broke national guidelines in a quest for fame and fortune, according to a government investigation quoted in state media on Monday.

Police officer jailed for attempting sexual relationship with teen in foster care

Karen Percy at Just In - 17 hours ago
The officer, who had known the girl from when she was 13 years old, asked her to send nude pictures of herself, and had sent a photo of himself in uniform taken from a low angle, saying: "That is the view ur gunna have on ur knees baby ;)."

Williams beats world number one Halep in see-sawing battle on centre court

Just In - 17 hours ago
Serena Williams once again proves her credentials as one of the best on the planet, beating current world number one Simona Halep in three sets to move into the Australian Open quarter-finals.

Minister orders probe into suspected payment for footage of dead and dying sheep

Kath Sullivan at Just In - 17 hours ago
Agriculture Minister David Littleproud wants his department to investigate how footage showing dead and dying sheep onboard a ship bound for the Middle East between May and October 2017 was obtained.

A ship tries to illegally immigrate???

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 17 hours ago
The 5,000-ton Panamanian-registered cargo vessel MV *Murueta* tried to come alongside a quay in Barranquilla, Colombia last week. It didn't go very well. And the headline of this article? Well, you'll note from the video that the ship broke one of its anchors against a bollard. Half was left on the quayside, and the other half in the water next to the quay. That's what I call an anchor, baby! Peter

Chart: Illinois medical marijuana sales strong ahead of opioid-alternative program

Maggie Cowee at Marijuana Business Daily - 17 hours ago
Illinois’ medical marijuana program posted steady growth in 2018, pulling in $133 million in dispensary sales while increasing patient enrollment 66% over the course of the year. Moreover, Illinois dispensaries are poised to post additional sales gains this year thanks to a new state law that could spur residents to opt for MMJ versus opioids […] Chart: Illinois medical marijuana sales strong ahead of opioid-alternative program is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

My name is Anneke Lucas and I was a sex slave to Europe’s elite at age 6

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 17 hours ago
The story below is an excerpt. And while it is hard to read, it’s important for the world to see. “When I was a little girl in my native Belgium, I was put to work as a sex slave. My mother sold me, and drove me wherever, whenever she got the call. The boss of […] The post My name is Anneke Lucas and I was a sex slave to Europe’s elite at age 6 appeared first on Health Nut News.

Israeli military releases video of strikes on alleged Iranian forces in Syria (video)

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
The Israeli military released a video of strikes they carried out on alleged Iranian military targets inside Syria on Monday morning. What appears to be anti-air missiles can be seen being launched from the ground, as well as military vehicles. The Israeli military reported on Twitter that rockets were fired from the northern, Syrian-held Golan […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Houthi forces claim dozens of pro-Saudi fighters killed, wounded in new attack

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:45 A.M.) – The Houthi forces announced on Monday morning that their troops had killed and wounded scores of pro-Saudi fighters inside the Al-Jawf Governorate of Yemen. According to the official media wing of the Houthi forces, their troops unleashed a heavy attack on the pro-Saudi fighters inside the Wadi Shawaq area of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Israel claims Iran fired missile into occupied Golan Heights

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:25 A.M.) – Israel accused Iran of firing a missile into the occupied Golan Heights on Sunday after the former launched several projectiles towards Damascus. According to the spokesperson for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), Jonathon Conricus, the Iranian attack was“not a spur-of-the-moment” response, but rather, it was an attack that had been […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

China warns against stirring tensions in Syria after israeli attack

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
Beijing is calling on all sides to avoid steps that could deteriorate the situation in Syria, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying told reporters on Monday commenting on an Israeli airstrike on Syria. “China has always stated that it’s important to respect and defend Syria’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity. At present, political settlement of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Residents of Damascus cheer in support of Syrian military after Israeli attack (video)

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:00 A.M.) – The residents of Damascus began cheering in support of the Syrian military last night after the Israeli Air Force launched several airstrikes outside the capital city. #التغطية_مستمرة من دمشق الياسمين شاهد ماذا فعل الشعب السوري أثناء العدوان الاسرائيلي طلاب المدينة الجامعية بدمشق pic.twitter.com/bUgVrwAYL3 — raedsyrian002 (@raedsyrian002) January 21, 2019 As […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russian Navy escorts US destroyers that entered Baltic Sea

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
The Baltic Fleet’s corvettes escorted the US Gravely and Porters destroyers, which have entered the Baltic Sea, the Russian National Defense Management Center told reporters on Monday. “The Baltic Fleet’s forces escorted the US Navy’s guided missile destroyers Gravely and Porter, which have entered the southern part of the Baltic Sea’s waters,” the center said. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian air defenses downed more than 30 Israeli missiles: Russian military

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
The Russian military has announced that Syrian air defences had destroyed over 30 cruise missiles and guided bombs when repelling an Israeli strike. “On 21 January 2019 from 2:11 until 2:59 Israel Defence Forces carried out three airstrikes on Syrian territory from the west, south-west and south”, Russia’s defence control centre reported on Monday. According […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Watch: Syrian air defenses attempt to intercept Israeli missiles over Damascus

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:20 A.M.) – The Israeli Air Force launched their heaviest attack of the year on the Damascus countryside last night, causing several explosions that could be heard throughout the capital city. In an attempt to thwart the Israeli attack, the Syrian military activated their air defenses, which helped down several missiles over western […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

DOD climate report way over priced, essentially useless

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 17 hours ago
“$329,000 is an outrageous sum to charge taxpayers for a document which lacks even the most basic details which a policy maker would require to formulate a policy response.” click here

FL: Guns in Schools Not Going So Well

Peter Greene at CURMUDGUCATION - 17 hours ago
After the murder of seventeen people at Marjorie Stoneman Douglass High in Florida, the state legislature of the gun-happy sunshine state finally considered putting some common sense restrictions on guns and ammo in the state. No, just fake newsing you-- what they did was decide they'd better arm more people in schools, because the only solution to a bad guy with a gun is a gunfight in a building filled with children. That was back last spring. Recently the Tampa Bay Times took a look at how the business of putting a "guardians" in schools was going. The short answer is "not well.... more »

Add Patreon To The “Be Woke – Go Broke” Club

E.M.Smith at Musings from the Chiefio - 18 hours ago
Patreon joins the "Be Woke, Go Broke" brigade with the banning of Sargon Of Akkad Continue reading →

Ginger Taylor in Maine Press Herald: Breakdown in accountability at heart of decline in vaccinations

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 18 hours ago
By Ginger Taylor The Portland Press Herald (a wholly owned subsidiary of Offiteer Co. Inc. Limited) published not one silly article pushing the removal of exemptions here this weekend, but two. Just for good measure. I keep telling them to... more »

Special Education is the Wall We Should Worry About In USA and Abroad

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 18 hours ago
Brian Peterson, Star Tribune Note: Harsh words in that headline? Maybe. The wall is divisive enough. It's tangible and easy to make a fast mental picture. Special Education is not as easy to imagine. Special Education will pit parent against... more »

Did Duterte change the rules of Philippine elections?

Lisandro Claudio at New Mandala - 18 hours ago
Dutertismo still hasn’t fundamentally changed how political power is sought and won. The post Did Duterte change the rules of Philippine elections? appeared first on New Mandala.

Anti-Drone Buggies Aboard The USS Kearsarge

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 18 hours ago
*Warzone/The Drive*: *USS Kearsarge Transits The Suez Canal With Anti-Drone Buggies Keeping Watch On Deck* *The USMC is putting its new drone defense capabilities to work in creative ways, like protecting a multi-billion dollar capital ship. * The threat of small commercially available drones looms large over the U.S. military. After years of dragging its feet, the Battle of Mosul finally awoke the Pentagon as to just how complex and vexing the threat from these systems is. Now, ever more elaborate anti-drone defense concepts are hitting the field under rushed procurement concepts... more »

The Next Generation Stealth May Be A Game Changer

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 18 hours ago
*National Interest/War Is Boring:* *Forget the B-2 Bomber or F-35: Next Generation Stealth Might Be a Game-Changer* It’s long been a goal of aerospace developers to eliminate moving control surfaces from airplanes. And it could change everything. In 1975 John Kelly, a Boeing researcher, identified moving control surfaces as a major impediment to developing stealthy warplanes. “Elimination of control surfaces is a consideration that should be examined for low-RCS designs,” Kelly wrote in a company study. The 12-foot-span, jet-propelled MAGMA drone could help BAE develop stealthie...more »

Yes, You Can Kill an F-22 Raptor of F-35 Stealth Fighter

Dave Majumdar at Test Feed Using Fields - 19 hours ago
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * This is how. *Thus, a notional twenty-microsecond compressed pulse with a range resolution of 150 feet should have the range resolution to get the warhead close enough—according to Pietrucha’s theory.* The United States has poured ten of billions of dollars into developing fifth-generation stealth fighters such as the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. However, relatively simple signal processing enhancements, combined with a missile with a large warhead and its own terminal guidance system, could potentially allow low-freque... more »

A Good Monday Morning

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 19 hours ago

Rare encounter as playful dolphin and curious labrador frolic together

Just In - 19 hours ago
Visitors to Glenelg are treated to a rare encounter when a curious black labrador is spotted frolicking in an Adelaide river with a playful dolphin.

$6 billion cash injection for new and upgraded schools across NSW

Jessica Kidd at Just In - 19 hours ago
As students across New South Wales head back to class next week, around 9,000 of them will be walking into brand new schools and classrooms under the NSW Government's multi-billion-dollar strategy to ease overcrowding.

'I kept asking them to stop': Doctor says police assaulted her and covered it up

Just In - 19 hours ago
A Melbourne doctor alleges police assaulted her after she sought to help a barely conscious and bleeding man who was surrounded by officers — and that they then covered up the brutality.

10 UN peacekeepers killed in Al-Qaeda-linked attack in Mali

Just In - 19 hours ago
An Al Qaeda-linked Islamist group in Mali claims responsibility for an attack that killed 10 United Nations peacekeepers in the north of the country.

Theresa May’s Opponents Make Moves Ahead of Monday's "Plan B" Reveal

James Murphy at rss - 19 hours ago
[image: theresa-may-s-opponents-make-moves-ahead-of-monday-s-plan-b-reveal] Following last Tuesday’s defeat of her “soft” Brexit deal in the House of Commons, Prime Minister Theresa May has been furiously working to come up with a “Plan B” deal for the U.K. to leave the European Union.

Stealth Shocker: China Claims It Can Track Air Force F-22 Raptors

Dave Majumdar at Test Feed Using Fields - 19 hours ago
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * No more stealth? *Some industry experts suggested that a combination of high-speed data-links and low-frequency phased-array radars could generate a weapons quality track.* *State-run Chinese media* is claiming that the People’s Liberation Army has been able to track the U.S. Air Force’s Lockheed Martin *F-22 Raptor* stealth fighters over the East China Sea. While the Chinese report might be easily dismissed as propaganda—it is not beyond the realm of possibility. In fact—it’s very possible that China can track the Raptor. Stealth is not a cloak of... more »

The bottom of Pacific Ocean is getting colder

Robert at Ice Age Now - 19 hours ago
Scientists say the cooling “is likely due to the Little Ice Age.”_______ “As a significant part of the ocean responds to the rising temperatures of the today’s world, the deep, dark waters at the base of the Pacific Ocean seem, by all accounts, to be doing the exact inverse,” says this article on techexplorist.com (link ... Read moreThe bottom of Pacific Ocean is getting colder The post The bottom of Pacific Ocean is getting colder appeared first on Ice Age Now.

5 Unforgettable Quotes From R. Lee Ermey

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 20 hours ago
*Task & Purpose: **5 Unforgettable Quotes From R. Lee Ermey, The Iconic Marine-Turned-Actor Buried Today At Arlington * *R. Lee Ermey was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery on Friday.* Best known for his iconic role as the Marine Corps drill instructor Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in the war drama Full Metal Jacket, Ermey died April 15, 2018 at age 74 due to complications from pneumonia, Task & Purpose previously reported. A Vietnam War veteran and former Marine drill instructor, Ermey leveraged his military experience to pursue a career as an actor and technical adviser, who ra... more »

GENNADY COME LATELY – THE FIRST-EVER COMMUNIST PARTY CRITICISM OF OLEG DERIPASKA AND RUSAL

Editor at Dances With Bears - 20 hours ago
By John Helmer, Moscow When Gennady Zyuganov (lead image, right) spotted dirt on Oleg Deripaska’s hands (lead image, left) this month in the State Duma, it was the first time in two decades that the leader of the Russian Communist Party has noticed; or at least dared to say so in public. Was Russia’s leading […]

Reduction in Force?

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
If this is true, then what is in store is the wholesale elimination of the entire body of employees from an agency and the almost immediate recall of those needed or as needed as the agency comes back up to effective operational strength. Of course, unwelcome potential employees will simply never be recalled. What emerges is an effective and trim government that meets corporate productivity expectations. Commentators are arguing that this will not happen, but the potential has now been clearly voiced and will hang over any forced shutdown over budget debates. It also shows ev... more »

Population potential of the Salish Sea.

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
With this post i am revisiting the concept of sea habitats in particular. The operating protocol will be a barge that is one kilometer large and half a kilometer wide. Such can be built on Roberts Bank on the mudflats of the Fraser River just south of Vancouver behind some form of coffer dams and a floating gate that can be removed for launch. The initial build can be a concrete shell with all the necessary hard points and structural elements used to manage warping and any other potential failure modes. The initial draft should be shallow. The sides can then be built up in the... more »

Intravenous NAD treatment

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
This therapy appears to generally reverse the imbalance in brain chemistry produced by the addiction process. It is good news and it likely needs to be also combined with CBD therapy. There is now emerging a palette of brain therapies that appear well on the way to eliminating all those known issues. All good *What is the NAD Treatment Center?* *https://www.nadtreatmentcenter.com/faq* *The NAD Treatment Center specializes in cellular rejuvenation, and treats chronic conditions stemming from the brain with an application of intravenous NAD+ (IV NAD+) and complementary therap... more »

CIA Ex-Director Brennan's Perjury Peril

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
It is a year later after this item came out and it has become abundantly clear that the dossier was dubious at best, which is why they gamed its passage to avoid removal by normal process. It was used because they had nothing else and they were engaged in a coup against a political candidate that then morphed into a president elect. They never called it off and this all morphed into Treason. Most likely Brennan will go down for perjury simply because the higher crimes are difficult to prove. After all, it is inferred that Obama also directed all this and blatantly committed t... more »

The U.S. Navy's Newest Aircraft Carrier Finally Got Its First Weapons Elevator

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 21 hours ago
Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer is briefed by the USS Gerald R. Ford’s commanding officer, Capt. John J. Cummings, on the Upper Stage 1 advanced weapons elevator on the flight deck, January 17, 2018 US Navy/Mass Comm. Specialist 2nd Class Kiana A. Raines *Business Insider:* *The Navy's newest aircraft carrier got a long-missing piece of gear in December, helping solve a problem the Navy secretary has bet his job on fixing* * The Navy's newest aircraft carrier got the first of its long-missing weapons elevators in December. * The ship has been plagued by problems with the array o...more »

Adamowicz’s Assassination Is Being Exploited To Politically Polarize Poland

Andrew KORYBKO at OrientalReview.org - 21 hours ago
Gdańsk mayor Paweł Adamowicz of the Civil Platform (or PO) opposition party died after being stabbed in the heart by a deranged assailant at a charity concert on Sunday, who deceived security in order to get onstage and then give a crazed rant after the attack attempting to justify his crime […] The post Adamowicz’s Assassination Is Being Exploited To Politically Polarize Poland appeared first on OrientalReview.org.

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 21 hours ago
*by Noah* The sooner we recognize that these red Republican MAGA hats like the one being worn by the critter above are the new white KKK hood, the better. The rodent may be cute, but there is nothing cute about today's Republicans. Trump has an idiot savant's gift for marketing and he knew from the time he glided down his Trump Tower escalator to launch his campaign on a platform of xenophobia and racism that he couldn't be so overt as to wear the pointy white hood that he probably inherited from his father. No, instead he needed a new symbol for the same old racist attitudes, but... more »

10 UN peacekeepers killed in al-Qaeda-linked terrorism attack

Just In - 21 hours ago
An al Qaeda-linked Islamist group in Mali claimS responsibility for an attack that killed 10 United Nations peacekeepers in the north of the country.

Rat infestation video forces Oporto to shut Sydney store

Bellinda Kontominas at Just In - 21 hours ago
The fast-food outlet will not be able to reopen its Broadway store until health inspectors are satisfied the vermin cannot re-enter, after video emerged of five of them scurrying over the floor and machinery.

'Blessing in disguise': Australian stranded in Syria says cancelled passport has helped him

Just In - 21 hours ago
Australian Oliver Bridgeman, whose passport was cancelled in 2016 as authorities accused him of going to Syria with a plan to engage in "hostile activities", now says it is a "blessing in disguise" in a video on social media, while also revealing he is now married.

Wheelchair user forced to sit on stage to watch show at Fringe Festival's Shambles venue

Nicolas Perpitch at Just In - 21 hours ago
Samantha Connor says she had to sit on stage next to a performer at Perth's Fringe World Festival because the show did not have proper disability access, despite being advertised as wheelchair-friendly.

What's in a name? Rare 'super blood wolf moon' wows stargazers

Just In - 21 hours ago
Stargazers in Europe and the Americas are treated to a very-rare celestial phenomenon in the early house of this morning — a super blood wolf moon.

Monsoon late to the date but now ready to dump on Darwin

Matt Garrick at Just In - 21 hours ago
The cyclone risk is elevating. The rains are picking up. After a tardy start to the wet season, the Top End is nearly ready to welcome what it's long been waiting for.

South Korean Olympians and athletes accuse coaches of sexual abuse

Just In - 21 hours ago
More South Korean female skaters say they were sexually abused by their coaches following explosive claims by two-time Olympic champion Shim Suk-hee, who says she has been raped by her former coach since she was a teen, a group representing athletes disclosed.

Planning a Marie Kondo clean-up? Here's what clutter does to your body and brain

Just In - 21 hours ago
Japanese tidying aficionado Marie Kondo is on to something: clutter can affect our anxiety levels, sleep, and ability to focus. But it doesn't end there, writes Libby Sanders.

Zverev smashes racquet but bows out to Raonic with barely a whimper

Just In - 21 hours ago
Alexander Zverev puts in an uncharacteristically mistake-ridden performance in a 6-1, 6-1, 7-6 (7/5) Australian Open loss, serving up 10 double faults to give Milos Raonic a huge leg-up.

How Fast Should Your Easy Long Runs Be?

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 21 hours ago
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What You Need to Know About Cholesterol Management.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 21 hours ago
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Media Shamelessly Frame Covington Kids for Scorn and Abuse

Selwyn Duke at rss - 22 hours ago
[image: media-shamelessly-frame-covington-kids-for-scorn-and-abuse] “Do it for the children” is how the Left sometimes sells a policy. But what the media did for some children (adolescents, actually) on Saturday is worth noting: They viciously maligned a group of Catholic teens who’d attended the March for Life in Washington, D.C., causing them to endure scorn, character assassination, and even threats to their safety.

The U.S. Navy May Send An Aircraft Carrier Through The Taiwan Strait

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 22 hours ago
The USS Ronald Reagan will join another carrier for training exercises (Rex) Stock image *Reuters:* *U.S. Navy chief does not rule out sending aircraft carrier through Taiwan Strait* TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy has not ruled out sending an aircraft carrier through the Taiwan Strait, despite military technology advances by China that pose a greater threat to U.S. warships than ever before, the chief of U.S. naval operations said on Friday. Washington sent ships through the strategic waterway three times last year as it makes more frequent transits of the strait that separates ... more »

Turkey is ready to move into SDF-held Manbij city: Erdogan to Trump

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 22 hours ago
Turkey is ready to take over Manbij, a Kurdish-controlled town in Syria, “without delay,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the US leader, denouncing a suicide blast that killed four US Americans as a provocation. In a phone call late on Sunday, Erdogan told President Donald Trump that Turkish forces are poised to assume security […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Israeli strikes struck 2 provinces and 10+ military sites: full report

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 22 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:40 A.M.) – At approximately 1:05 A.M. (local time) last night, the Israeli Air Force unleashed their heaviest attack of the year on the Damascus countryside. According to multiple sources in Damascus, the Israeli Air Force began their attack from the Jabal Sheikh (Mount Hermon) region along the Lebanese-Syrian border. The sources said […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

The Daily Brief 2019-01-20

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 22 hours ago
This is a summary of 26 AMN articles on the following subjects: HTS, Idlib, ISIS, Syria, Damascus, Turkey, Iran, Israel, Netanyahu, Laos, Russia, Assad, Gabbard, US, Qamishli, Golan, Houthi, Saudi, Yemen, Iraq, Sanaa, SAS, Armenia. We have changed our format from posting full articles to our steem readership to a summarized daily brief, as the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

‘Nuclear option’ might get Brashears confirmed by U.S. Senate

Dan Flynn at Food Safety News - 22 hours ago
It might take the “nuclear option” to get the U.S. Senate to confirm the nomination of Texas Tech University Professor Mindy Brashears as the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety. The post, the top food safety job in the federal government, has been vacant for more than five years. President Donald J. Trump nominated... Continue Reading

Child hospitalized in Salmonella outbreak; source unknown

News Desk at Food Safety News - 22 hours ago
A child has been hospitalized in Southern Australia as part of a Salmonella outbreak. The outbreak has been traced to an early learning center and seven children aged up to four years are affected. The Whyalla City Council said the cause and origin of the incident is currently unknown. Whyalla is in the Australian state... Continue Reading

Merger creates Dutch food safety institute

News Desk at Food Safety News - 22 hours ago
A new institute for food safety will start work in the Netherlands beginning in June. Wageningen Food Safety Research (WFSR) is a merger of RIKILT Wageningen University and Research and the Laboratory for Feed and Food Safety of the Netherlands Food and the Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA). With the merger of the two organizations,... Continue Reading

Climate hysterics skyrocket by Paul Driessen

Charles R. Anderson, Ph.D. at An Objectivist Individualist - 22 hours ago
Increasingly absurd disaster rhetoric is consistently contradicted by climate and weather reality Call it climate one-upmanship. It seems everyone has to outdo previous climate chaos rhetoric. The “climate crisis” is the “existential threat of our time,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi told her House colleagues. We must “end the inaction and denial of science that threaten the planet and the future.” Former California Governor Jerry Brown solemnly intoned that America has “an enemy, though different, but perhaps very much devastating in a similar way” as the Nazis in World War II. Not to be... more »

Eclipse Pictures

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 22 hours ago

Tweets For Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 22 hours ago
Sudan president defiant as deadly protests continue https://t.co/DUWf0bllO2 — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) January 20, 2019 #UPDATE Official figures show China's economy grew at its slowest pace in almost three decades in 2018. Economists widely expect the slowdown to deepen https://t.co/qAyYuAkdxX pic.twitter.com/YVtQ7qjhhG — AFP news agency (@AFP) January 21, 2019 Norway tired of Russia's electronic warfare troubling civilian navigation: “Unacceptable and risky” https://t.co/qksfwbWFDi — Tat Atfender (@TatAtfender) January 20, 2019 Skiers on Mt Hermon get a close-up of Israel... more »

GHCN V3 Temperature Data Loaded – MySQL

E.M.Smith at Musings from the Chiefio - 22 hours ago
I do a first load of GHCN Monthly Average Temperatures "unadjusted" into a MySQL database table. Continue reading →

Networks Give Roughly 15 Times More Coverage To Women’s March Than March For Life

By Curtis Houck ~ Despite what was a much delayed but important avalanche of headlines about the group’s anti-Semitism, the 2019 Women’s March took place Saturday and it still received nearly 15 times the broadcast network newscast coverage of the 47th annual March for Life that was held Friday. Between Wednesday morning and Saturday evening, […]

The Women’s March Is Melting Down, And It Makes Perfect Sense

By Kelsey Harkness ~ Two years into the movement, the Women’s March is melting down. Much of the media will blame its decay on the leaders’ unwillingness to denounce anti-Semitism, but that will only be part of the story. The other reason it will ultimately demise is because it was a fraud from the very […]

Teen in Confrontation with Native American: I Didn’t Provoke

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 23 hours ago
The student who stared and smiled at an elderly Native American protester drumming in his face outside the Lincoln Memorial as his schoolmates chanted and laughed says he did nothing to provoke the man.

A C-17 Did A Low Pass Over Nashville (And Scared Everyone)

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
Plane flying close to buildings in Nashville ✈️ pic.twitter.com/ftO2SatybS — Toby Lemley (@TobyLemley) January 18, 2019 *Business Insider:* *A low-flying military plane zoomed through downtown Nashville without warning, leaving residents terrified* * Nashville residents panicked on Friday after a low-flying military plane circled the downtown core, appearing to narrowly miss buildings. * Residents took to social media Friday afternoon, complaining they had received no warning of the flyover and that the plane was far too close to buildings and landmarks. * The flyover was reportedl... more »

January 21st – 2019 Presidential Politics – Trump Adminstration Day #732

sundance at The Last Refuge - 23 hours ago
In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and … Continue reading →

Monday January 21st – Open Thread

sundance at The Last Refuge - 23 hours ago
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those … Continue reading →

from cell phone towers, radar systems, GPS, weather stations, HAARP and more

Bob Dinn at balance10 - 23 hours ago
* This *web site is dedicated to the alternative “Global Warming or Climate Change” theory that microwave radio frequencies are polluting our atmosphere and Earth. Another similar theory to this is the “Broadcast Theory.” The basis of the “Microwave” theory is that microwave radio frequency communications a direct relationship with global warming and climate change. The “Climate Change” and “Global Warming” problem can be a result of the use of radio waves on a global level. Here we will learn briefly about “Global Warming” or “Climate Change,” how satellites work, the princip... more »

Police officer accused of running over teen was 'very aggressive', court hears

Meagan Dillon at Just In - 23 hours ago
A teenage motorcyclist who was allegedly struck by a police car in Adelaide tells the court the vehicle "went over me, spat the bike out and dragged me between the footpath and the kerb" as his friend describes the police officer as "very aggressive".

Strip club ad near SA Parliament labelled 'crude' and 'offensive'

Just In - 23 hours ago
A South Australian politician says he is "disgusted" by videos on display outside of a strip club across the road from Parliament and will be making a complaint to Adelaide City Council.

Respected Aboriginal elder says 'family pressures' led him to bring alcohol into dry community

Shahni Wellington at Just In - 23 hours ago
The chairman of the Tiwi Land Council, who escaped a conviction for bringing alcohol into a dry community, calls on others to learn from his mistake.

Miscarriage shouldn't be the 'Voldemort' of pregnancy — thanks Kelly O'Dwyer for naming it

Just In - 23 hours ago
In her resignation from politics, Kelly O'Dwyer said she feared another miscarriage in Canberra, far from home. Her announcement is shocking for more than just party-political reasons, writes Emma A. Jane.

Farmers outraged new online map lists their location and contact details

Glen Moret at Just In - 23 hours ago
A website detailing the location and contact details of Australian farms causes outrage in the industry with claims it is an invasion of privacy.

Victim forgives robbers who dragged him under van

Rebecca Opie at Just In - 23 hours ago
An Adelaide photographer who was dragged 60 metres down a road trapped under a van forgives his assailants, a court hears.

Arctic Icing on All Sides Now

Hifast at Climate Collections - 23 hours ago
Originally posted on Science Matters: ? With the usual fits and starts, the Arctic has now frozen solid in the central and Russian basins, and ice extents are recovering on all sides, Pacific, European and Canadian. The laggards have been Kara and Barents Seas, but progress there is shown below. Kara on the left is…

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
(L-R) President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, former President Barack Obama, former first lady Michelle Obama, former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter participate in the state funeral for former President George H.W. Bush, at the National Cathedral, December 5, 2018. Alex Brandon/Pool via REUTERS *WNU Editor:* The above picture came form this photo-gallery .... *Trump's first two years in office* (Reuters).

The province of Quebec is running out of electricity

Robert at Ice Age Now - 1 day ago
“Hydro Quebec’s system is under serious strain as temperatures continue to drop and people’s electricity demands continue to rise.” “The temperature in Valdor, Quebec, dropped to -50 C (-58 F) and -30 C (-22 F) in Montreal and Quebec city this morning, Saturday, with the wind,” says reader Pierre Demers. “Hydro Quebec is asking the ... Read moreThe province of Quebec is running out of electricity The post The province of Quebec is running out of electricity appeared first on Ice Age Now.

Coldest snowstorm in Montreal in a century

Robert at Ice Age Now - 1 day ago
According to YUL Weather Records, the last time Montreal experienced a similar snowstorm took place on January 16th, 1920, when 30.2 cm (just over a foot) of snow fell, and the daytime high – the high, mind you – reached only -19.4 (-2.9F). Meteorologists and historians believe that this weekend’s snowfall could have been the coldest snowstorm ... Read moreColdest snowstorm in Montreal in a century The post Coldest snowstorm in Montreal in a century appeared first on Ice Age Now.

U.S. Navy Deploys A Guided-Missile Desroyer To The Black Sea

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
FILE PHOTO: The US Navy destroyer USS Donald Cook. © Reuters / US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mat Murch *RFE: **U.S. Warship Donald Cook Heads To Black Sea For 'Security Operations' * The U.S. Navy says the USS Donald Cook is heading to the Black Sea to conduct maritime security operations and enhance maritime stability with NATO allies in the region. The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer was navigating the Dardanelles Strait in Turkey on January 19 as it headed north toward the Black Sea, the U.S. Navy said in a statement. “The U.S. Navy routinely ... more »

We Know Trump Didn't Write A Word Of The Art Of The Deal, But Did He Ever Read It?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Congressional caucuses often invite special guest speakers Last week Ted Lieu organized for the House Democrats on the uses of social media, featuring Alexandria Ocasio and a rep from Twitter. It went over so well-- and standing room only-- that they're following up with sessions devoted to effective use of Facebook, Instagram, etc. Smart. At the same time Ted and AOC were helping some of their colleagues take steps into a new and mysterious world for many of them, McConnell invited Karl Rove to come over and speak to the Senate Republicans-- specifically the 22 up for reelection ...more »

some have cleverly skipped those steps or so they thought or so they made it appear

Bob Dinn at balance10 - 1 day ago
* Therefore* We have descended as the corridor [through the astral plane] has been cleared [by angelic hosts] and established [by the decrees of Keepers of the Flame]. Therefore We find room once again in the heart of a Messenger and of disciples becoming the incarnation of the Word of God of the first ray…. To be carnally minded is the death of the soul; to be spiritually minded is the eternal and everlasting Life and peace of the soul. So let the soul be forewarned of the intimidations of this carnal mind not alone within the temple of her abode, not alone within the entity... more »

Israel Launches Air Strikes On Iranian Qud Forces In Syria

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
We have started striking Iranian Quds targets in Syrian territory. We warn the Syrian Armed Forces against attempting to harm Israeli forces or territory. — Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) January 20, 2019 *Jerusalem Post*: *IDF attacks Iranian targets in Syria in second attack in 24 hours - report* The IDF announced, "We are warning the Syrian Armed Forces from trying to harm Israeli territory or its forces." IDF forces attacked targets of the Iranian Qud Force in Syria late Sunday night, according to the IDF Spokesperson Unit. The IDF announced, "We are warning the Syrian Armed ... more »

Victimized By One’s Own Mercedes

Pierre Lemieux at Econlib - 1 day ago
Kevin Williamson has an interesting article on “One Way to Do Brexit: Unilateral Free Trade” (National Review, January 18, 2019). The fact that I wrote similar things, both on this blog (“Brits Could Have a Brexit Cake and Eat It Too”) and elsewhere (a recent example: my January 16 blog post “The Unbearable Lightness of […] The post Victimized By One’s Own Mercedes appeared first on Econlib.

Teen in Video Says He Sought to Calm Tension

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 1 day ago
A teen at the center of a video confrontation with a Native American organizer of a march in Washington, D.C., says he did nothing to provoke anyone and sought to calm the situation.

Did Lincoln Say ‘We the People Are the Rightful Masters of Both Congress and the Courts’?

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 1 day ago
"Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet just because there’s a photo with a quote next to it."

Goulburn River bank concerns as unseasonal flows sent downstream to the Murray

Mahalia Dobson at Just In - 1 day ago
Experts fear for the health of Goulburn River in north-east Victoria as unseasonal flows are sent downstream to help meet water demands from towns, irrigators and the environment.

China's economy meets growth forecasts but analysts remain doubtful

Michael Janda at Just In - 1 day ago
China's economic growth has slowed in line with forecasts by economists, but many analysts warn the slowdown is far more serious than official figures show.

Does nature really improve your health? Francie thinks so

Felicity Ogilvie at Just In - 1 day ago
Scientists know nature keeps people healthy, now they're using a Tasmanian program that reaches out to people who are isolated to find out how.

Here's the missing context behind the video of students surrounding a Native American drummer

Just In - 1 day ago
A video picked up by media at the weekend showing young students wearing Make America Great Again caps surrounding and drowning out a Native American drummer doesn't reveal the whole picture.

Aiia Maasarwe's family prepares to return her body to Israel for burial

Emma Younger at Just In - 1 day ago
The family of Arab-Israeli exchange student Aiia Maasarwe make preparations to return her body from Melbourne to Israel, after her alleged killer faced a brief court hearing.

Israel launches air strikes against Iranian forces in Syria

Just In - 1 day ago
A Syrian military source says Israel launched an "intense attack through consecutive waves of guided missiles", but Syrian air defences destroyed most of the "hostile targets".

Australia's rich getting richer, with billionaires' wealth rising to $160b, says Oxfam

Nassim Khadem at Just In - 1 day ago
Another record increase in the number of billionaires in Australia, from 33 to 43, sees their combined wealth climb to almost $160 billion last year, according to an Oxfam report.

Body of man who fell into Brisbane River found

Just In - 1 day ago
The body of a 34-year-old man who fell into the Brisbane River on the weekend sparking an air, water, and land search is located by police.

Lime scooters are causing stress for vision-impaired pedestrians

Jessica Hinchliffe at Just In - 1 day ago
The popular electric scooters seen moving around Brisbane are creating a few headaches for visually impaired people and how they move around the city.

Mining giant BHP accused of underpaying up to $300m in royalties

David Weber at Just In - 1 day ago
The Western Australian Government accuses BHP of underpaying iron ore royalties worth up to $300 million over a number of years, but the company disputes the "concerning" allegations.

Mexico's fuel policies face scrutiny after deadly pipeline explosion

Just In - 1 day ago
Relatives say fuel shortages in Mexico, brought on by a government plan aimed at stopping fuel theft, led victims of the deadly pipeline explosion to risk their lives.

Dingo attack prompts extra patrols after 6yo boy mauled

Megan Kinninment at Just In - 1 day ago
Park rangers try to identify the dingo responsible for biting a boy on Fraser Island over the weekend, as the family thank those who came to their aid saying it was "an unfortunate incident".

Up to 40 people evacuated in Tasmanian town of Miena amid bushfire threat

James Dunlevie at Just In - 1 day ago
Emergency bushfire warnings for Tahune and Miena in Tasmania are downgraded to a watch and act, but firefighters warn the worst weather is yet to come.

In Rare Move, Israel Confirms Attacking Iran Forces in Syria

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
In Rare Move, Israel Confirms Attacking Iran Forces in Syria by Associated Press, January 20 at 8:39 PM, via https://www.washingtonpost.com/ JERUSALEM — In an extraordinary statement, the Israeli military confirmed early Monday that it attacked Iranian military targets in Syria, hours after carrying out a rare daylight air raid near the Damascus International Airport. – The statement was […]

US Spent $7 Trillion in Iraq, Syria And Gained Nothing

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Deep State, Illuminist MIC: “KaChing$$ KaChing$$ KaChing$$, heheheh!” PressTV Published on Jan 20, 2019 Iran’s top military commander says the United States spent seven thousand billion dollars in Iraq and Syria, but achieved nothing. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces said the Islamic Republic achieved strategic and important gains in […]

Israel Launches New Barrage Against ‘Iranian’ Targets in Syria, Warns Against Retaliation

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Israel Launches New Barrage Against ‘Iranian’ Targets in Syria, Warns Against Retaliation by https://www.rt.com/ Syrian air defense systems have repelled an attack in the skies over Damascus, state news agency SANA has reported. The Israeli army said it was attacking “Iranian Quds” forces and warned the Syrian military not to retaliate. – A military source cited […]

Buzzfeed Commits Journalistic Suicide and the World Celebrates the Demise of Fake News Criminals

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Sheeple: naive, gullible, easily deceived, useful idiots complicit in their own destruction and the destruction of others. People with an amazing ability to accept any amount of BULLSHIT. – Lionel Nation Published on Jan 20, 2019 In an almost unprecedented event – having rarely commented on stories related to the special counsel’s investigation – Robert S. […]

Israel Says It Can Fight More Than One War At a Time, Tells Iran To ‘Get Out’ of Syria

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
More war mongering from the genocidally insane Zionist ‘666’ Israel, the Satanic counterfeit. – Israel Says It Can Fight More Than One War At a Time, Tells Iran To ‘Get Out’ of Syria by TOM O’CONNOR ON 1/15/19, https://www.newsweek.com/ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that his country was prepared to fight more than one war at […]

Will Globalists Sacrifice The Dollar To Get Their ‘New World Order’?

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
The short answer is: YES! To bring America into submission to a World Government led by the Anti-Christ (Luciferian New World Order), the Illuminists-Globalists need to destroy America. They can either use WW3 or the destruction of the US dollar. With Donald Trump at the helm, it is proving difficult for them to ignite WW3. […]

Dr. Mark Skidmore: Deep State Cover-Up of Missing $21 Trillion Deeply Disturbing — MSM Covers Up $21 Trillion Historic Government Fraud

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Dr. Mark Skidmore: Deep State Cover-Up of Missing $21 Trillion Deeply Disturbing — MSM Covers Up $21 Trillion Historic Government Fraud by Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com (Early Sunday Release) Michigan State Economics Professor Mark Skidmore has revealed there was $21 trillion in what he calls “missing money” from the Department of Defense (DOD) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD). […]

HUGE: Top DOJ Officials Were WARNED ‘Biased’ Dossier Was Connected to Hillary – Corrupt DOJ Officials Then Went to Work For Mueller

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
HUGE: Top DOJ Officials Were WARNED ‘Biased’ Dossier Was Connected to Hillary – Corrupt DOJ Officials Then Went to Work For Mueller by Cristina Laila, https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/ According to a new report out by award-winning investigative journalist John Solomon, former top DOJ official, Bruce Ohr warned FBI and DOJ officials that Steele’s dossier was connected to Hillary Clinton and […]

Israel Evicting Palestinian Family to Replace Them with Settlers

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Israel Evicting Palestinian Family to Replace Them with Settlers by Zena Tahhan, https://www.aljazeera.com/ Authorities hand eviction order to the Sabbagh family of 45 people, so Israeli settlers could move into their homes. – Sheikh Jarrah, occupied East Jerusalem – Huddled around an electric heater on a chilly winter day, four Palestinian women sit nervously, making calls to […]

Stay Away from Our Coast, Russia Warns US Warship in Black Sea

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Stay Away from Our Coast, Russia Warns US Warship in Black Sea by https://www.presstv.com/ Russia has warned the American destroyer USS Donald Cook deployed in the Black Sea against approaching Russian coasts, stressing that Moscow is closely watching and monitoring the warship’s actions. – Visits to the Black Sea by US warships have nothing to do with […]

Coup Collapses, Mueller Trashes BuzzFeed Story

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Mueller shoots down BuzzFeed’s latest ‘Russiagate’ scoop with a rare dismissal by https://www.rt.com/ Special Counsel Robert Mueller has poured cold water on BuzzFeed’s latest Russiagate “bombshell” with a rare public statement calling the article, which claims Trump told his ex-lawyer Cohen to lie to Congress, “not accurate.” – BuzzFeed reported that President Donald Trump directly instructed […]

Merkel Calls for EU Weapons System Independent of US

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Merkel Calls for EU Weapons System Independent of US by https://www.presstv.com/ German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on EU countries to share their capabilities in order to build weapons systems independent of the United States. – Speaking to her Christian Democrats party in the northern city of Rostock, Merkel said Europe had many more systems than the […]

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

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Mueller’s Office Confirms Buzzfeed’s Trump-Cohen Story Is Fake News by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ Update 2: In an almost unprecedented event – having rarely commented on stories related to the special counsel’s investigation – Robert S. Mueller III’s office put out a statement firmly disputing the reporting of the news site BuzzFeed reported that the president instructed his personal attorney to […]

This Is Why The Taliban Have Failed To Recapture Afghanistan After 17 Years Of War

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
Taliban fighters with their weapons in Afghanistan. Reuters file *Hizbullah Khan, The Independent*: *The Taliban has failed to recapture Afghanistan after 17 years of war – and this is why* *It isn’t surprising that a nationwide poll in 2015 found that 92 per cent of Afghans supported the Kabul government and only 4 per cent favoured the Taliban.* The Taliban has refused peace talks for years, hoping that one day it will capture Kabul, remove a democratic government, and form an extreme regime in the country as they did in 1996. But Afghanistan is stronger today than it was back t... more »

Update: Israeli missiles hammer Damascus in newest wave of strikes

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:45 A.M.) – The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) unleashed a massive attack on the Damascus countryside at 1:05 A.M. (local time), tonight, hitting a number of targets in and around the town of Al-Kisweh. According to a military source, Israeli jets were first spotted over Jabal Sheikh-Golan Heights area; they would then fire […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Exclusive footage from Damascus as Israeli strikes pound capital

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:20 A.M.) – Al-Masdar News has captured exclusive footage from Damascus this evening that shows the Syrian air defense attempting to intercept missiles fired by the Israeli Air Force: Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Breaking: Syrian military confronts several enemy missiles above Damascus

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:10 A.M.) – Minutes ago, the Syrian military activated their air defenses after several enemy missiles were seen in the western countryside of Damascus. According to a military source, several enemy missiles hit the Damascus countryside, causing powerful explosions that could be heard throughout the Syrian capital. The Syrian military did manage to […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Shocking Admission By FBI Veteran Shows Why The FBI Shouldn’t Exist

Caitlin Johnstone at Caitlin Johnstone - 1 day ago
On the 18th of November, 1964, the FBI’s appallingly corrupt boss J. Edgar Hoover denounced Martin Luther King Jr. as “the most notorious liar in the country.” A few days later, a Hoover deputy named William Sullivan wrote King a letter posing as a disillusioned […]

No U.S. - Afghan Taliban Peace Talks In Pakistan

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan (R) speaks with U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad (3rd L) during a meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Islamabad, Pakistan, in this handout photo released January 18, 2018. Press Information Department (PID)/Handout via REUTERS *Reuters:* *Afghan Taliban reject talks with U.S. in Pakistan* PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - The Afghan Taliban rejected reports in the Pakistani media that they were prepared to resume meetings with U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in Islamabad and repeated their refusal to deal directly with the Afghan govern... more »

US erodes Russia-Turkey axis in Syria

M.K. Bhadrakumar at The Duran - 1 day ago
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Turkey ready to move into Kurdish-controlled Manbij ‘without delay’ – Erdogan to Trump

RT at The Duran - 1 day ago
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Israel launches new barrage against ‘Iranian’ targets in Syria, warns against retaliation

RT at The Duran - 1 day ago
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Update: Israeli missiles hammer Damascus in newest wave of strikes

Al-Masdar at The Duran - 1 day ago
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On track: First kilometer of train link to Crimean Bridge complete

RT at The Duran - 1 day ago
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The Yellow Vest Movement Has Gone Global

Zerohedge at The Duran - 1 day ago
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The News About Fake News Is Fake

Zerohedge at The Duran - 1 day ago
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MSM Begs For Trust After Buzzfeed Debacle

Zerohedge at The Duran - 1 day ago
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Inside Mueller’s Decision To Refute Trump-Cohen BuzzFeed Story

Zerohedge at The Duran - 1 day ago
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Schiff Vows To Investigate Disputed Trump-Cohen Story As BuzzFeed Doubles Down

Zerohedge at The Duran - 1 day ago
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5G, Huawei and Us — The U.S. Hates Competition

Tom Luongo at The Duran - 1 day ago
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Will Huawei see brain drain after CFO’s arrest?

Global Times at The Duran - 1 day ago
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9 Dangerous Challenges Democracies Face Today

Joergen Oerstroem Moeller at Test Feed Using Fields - 1 day ago
*Joergen Oerstroem Moeller* *Security, Global Governance* [image: Reuters] Can the tide be turned? *Democracies are fighting for their lives and there are nine major challenges they face. In **part one** of this two-part series, the first six were examined. This article covers the last three.* *7. The individual’s legal rights.* In 2015 the former British defense chief, Field Marshal Bramall, was having breakfast with his wife when the police without warning entered and searched or maybe raided the house as part of an investigation targeting sexual child abuse. No explanation wa... more »

Trump's Shutdown Showdown Is a Threat to National Security

Matthew Flug at Test Feed Using Fields - 1 day ago
*Matthew Flug* *Politics, United States* Border security is imperative, but so is ensuring that U.S. federal law enforcement, the intelligence community, and other security professionals are able to support their families and fulfill their mission. Last Saturday the federal government entered what has now become the longest shutdown in U.S. history. With Congress and the White House at an impasse, there is little hope a compromise will be found in the immediacy. Both Democrats and Republicans have thus far reached no middle ground, furthered by a certain provision—the border wall... more »

The so-called pay gap

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 1 day ago
“Feminists, and leading politicians, make much of the so-called gender pay gap which ostensibly favours men. But actually women under 35 years old and working full time have a higher median hourly pay rate than men of the same age. In view of the greater number of women graduates, this disparity in favour of young women is set to increase. Any pay gap in favour of men sets in only once a woman has children. This is due to the woman’s diminished commitment to work due to preferring to prioritise child care instead (and the new father’s increased commitment to work in order to earn m... more »

As Canada goes, so goes the U.S.?

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 1 day ago
There are a number of excellent Canadian conservatives that have done well with YouTube channels. Jordan Peterson, Stefan Molyneux, Gad Saad, Janice Fiamengo, Rick Mehta. I think they are being silenced by Big Tech. Janice Fiamengo is a favorite of mine—I haven’t found much recent on her YouTube channels. She has no charisma and a voice that could put you to sleep, but she's delightfully smart and perceptive. The first is an interview on Rubin Report, but he's being censored, too. Don't know how long we'll be able to watch him. Even being gay didn't protect him. Having unapproved ... more »

Medical Doctor Responds to New York Times Article Attacking Vaccine Skeptics

AdminM at Health Impact News - 1 day ago
The lead New York Times (NYT) editorial today is titled, “Know The Enemy.” According to the NYT, the “enemy” is anyone who questions the safety and efficacy of any vaccine. I guess that makes me the enemy. I thought I was a board-certified physician trying to read and decipher the research on vaccines to help guide my patients on how to make their best health care decisions.

Kentucky, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Virginia Officials Say No to “Smart” Meters Due to Cost and Ineffectiveness. Is Your State Still Saying Yes?

Activist Post at Activist Post - 1 day ago
By B.N. Frank Tens of millions of utility “Smart” Meters have been installed all over the world so there’s a good chance they are installed... more »

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