Sunday, March 24, 2019

24 March - Blogs I'm Following - 3 of 3

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Links 3/24/19

Jerri-Lynn Scofield at naked capitalism - 17 hours ago

Monster evacuation effort ahead of NT cyclone 'almost certainly saved a life'

Emily JB Smith And Rani Hayman at Just In - 17 hours ago
The biggest evacuation effort since Cyclone Tracy has seen all Territorians safely through a category four cyclone. Brigadier Matt Pearse from the Australian Defence Force spoke to the ABC about it's role in the massive evacuation effort.

I beg to disagree..

Rural at Democracy Under Fire - 17 hours ago
Premier Doug Ford says mainstream journalists have become irrelevant because social media allows him to speak directly to Ontarians. *No Mr Fraud, we now need the MSM more than ever with our so called leaders flooding the 'social media' with unsubstantiated spin and highly partisan rhetoric.* Ford said the spin put on political messages by mainstream media no longer matters. *If the MSM reporting is 'spin' what does that make Frauds input …out and out lies?* "But guess what? Now there's social media so we're circumventing the media through our social media." *Well look there, a t... more »

Australian Daily Electrical Power Generation Data – Saturday 23rd March 2019

TonyfromOz at PA Pundits – International - 17 hours ago
By Anton Lang ~ This Post details the daily power consumption data for the AEMO coverage area in Australia. For the background information, refer to the Introductory Post at this link. Each image is shown here at a smaller size to fit on the page alongside the data for that day. If you click on […]

Russia Gives US Red Line On Venezuela

Finian Cunningham at The Duran - 17 hours ago
Political force is out. Military force is out. Respect international law and Venezuela’s sovereignty. That’s Russia’s eminently reasonable ultimatum to Washington. The post Russia Gives US Red Line On Venezuela appeared first on The Duran.

With RussiaGate Over Where’s Hillary?

Tom Luongo at The Duran - 17 hours ago
Hillary is the epitome of envy. Envy is the destructive sin of coveting someone else’s life so much they are obsessed with destroying it. It’s the sin of Cain. She envies what Trump has, the Presidency. The post With RussiaGate Over Where’s Hillary? appeared first on The Duran.

Trump’s CIA Now Unbound And Back To Its Traditional Hijinks

Strategic Culture Foundation at The Duran - 17 hours ago
There is further evidence that suggests the neo-cons, in cahoots with Haspel at the CIA, set out to disrupt the Hanoi summit. The post Trump’s CIA Now Unbound And Back To Its Traditional Hijinks appeared first on The Duran.

Who Are the Anti-Vaxxers?

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 17 hours ago
NOTE: Cathy often ends her post with music. When I read this post in preparation for publication, I immediately thought about this powerful scene from Sex in the City - where Samantha (the bad girl of the show) gets REAL... more »

"The trouble is that virtually every element of Chris Morris’s ‘Reality Check’ was either flat out false or based on a seriously incompetent use of statistics"

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 18 hours ago
A chicken You may well have already seen this but there's a fascinating piece from Nottingham University Business School's Professor David Paton, co-editor of the International Journal of the Economics of Business, at Briefings for Brexit headlined *Fact Checking the BBC Fact Checkers*. This is a thoroughgoing debunking of BBC Reality Check's Chris Morris, talking his statements on the* Today *programme of 15th March one by one. Being no expert myself on the subject of UK/US records on food health, I'm not competent to definitely rule who's right, except to say that David convin... more »

Taxcast: Mainstream Media Misrepresentations of the Financial Crash

Jerri-Lynn Scofield at naked capitalism - 18 hours ago
This month’s Taxcast discusses misleading reporting from the mainstream media on the financial crisis: it was overloaded with finance ‘experts’, fed us all sorts of misunderstandings about the financial crash, sold us the austerity narrative, and omitted alternative solutions.

China's Navy Has Arrived (And the U.S. Navy Should Be Worried)

Stratfor Worldview at Test Feed Using Fields - 18 hours ago
*Stratfor Worldview* *Security, Asia* [image: China's aircraft carrier Liaoning takes part in a military drill of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy in the western Pacific Ocean, April 18, 2018. Picture taken April 18, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A T] Beijing is trying to close some critical gaps. All fitted out, China's second-ever aircraft carrier — and the first built entirely in China — is set to sail for sea trials. The construction of the aircraft carrier represents a significant milestone in China's steady rise as a major... more »

World War II Test: America’s Over-Hyped Strategic Bombing Experiment

War Is Boring at Test Feed Using Fields - 18 hours ago
*War Is Boring* *Security, Europe* [image: By Unknown - http://www.bands.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/040607-F-0000S-004.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5723323] Bombers blasted the Hell out of Pantelleria. In the years after World War I, the brain trust of the U.S. Army evolved two conflicting opinions on how best to apply air power in the next war. The Army Air Corps’ emerging bomber faction believed directly attacking the vital centers of a country, instead of bombing combat troops, was the best solution. This theory held that destroy... more »

Rio Nightlife Guide for Sunday, March 24, 2019

Jack Arnhold at The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
We have the top three picks for this Sunday, and below there is a list of bars and lounges that are always a good option. DRINKS: Sky Party @ Copacabana Rio Hotel (Copacabana) – From the rooftop terrace of the Copacabana Rio Hotel, guests will be able to enjoy one of the most beautiful views […] The post Rio Nightlife Guide for Sunday, March 24, 2019 appeared first on The Rio Times.

A Masonic headshake

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 18 hours ago
Well, at least the BBC can't be accused of not covering or suppressing discussion of that pro-EU march yesterday. Oh... *Exchange*: *Phil Atherton*: screenshot of the ‘top stories’ on my BBC News App at 8am. Did the march happen? *Rob Burley, BBC*: Yes, it happened yesterday and was lead story all day. What is the new aspect of the march that should be in the news today? Of course it will be discussed but that’s not the same as a new development. *Paul Mason, ex-BBC*: Why is Barbara Streisand more important than the political aftermath of the biggest demo in living memory? It's t... more »

Scary

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 18 hours ago
Was *Panorama *there too?

Sunday Sermonette - A Better Mousetrap?

LL at Virtual Mirage - 19 hours ago
*Happy Happy Happy!* Ancient Persians considered the vernal equinox and a new growing season to be the start of the new year. Historically, it is a secular celebration, but various sub-denominations of Shia Islam consider it a day of religious observance. The ethnic Hazaras of Afghanistan, most of whom are Shia, honor it, as do the Alawites of Syria. Nowruz is the Iranian New Year. I don't have a lot of Iranian friends. Most Iranians I grew close to over my lifetime were agents of influence, penetration agents, and so forth. Recruited assets, who were generally expendable. I realize... more »

South-South Cooperation Now Triangulates with the North

BUENOS AIRES, Mar 24 (IPS) - It sounds like a contradictory play on words, but the countries of the industrialised North are currently the big supporters of South-South cooperation, as was demonstrated at the United Nations Second High-Level Conference on this subject, held in the Argentine capital. Read the full story, “South-South Cooperation Now Triangulates with the North”, on globalissues.org →

ABC: Breastfeeding Mom Gets Kicked Out of an ER & Hospital Admits to ‘Mistake’

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 19 hours ago
No mother should feel ashamed for breastfeeding her child in public, especially while waiting to receive medical care from a doctor. That is why Ariana Edler’s story is so infuriating. The mom from Athens, Atlanta, said a security guard asked her to stop breastfeeding while waiting for her 4-year-old son to be seen at a hospital that […] The post ABC: Breastfeeding Mom Gets Kicked Out of an ER & Hospital Admits to ‘Mistake’ appeared first on Health Nut News.

Truth, Lies And Icons

Fr. Stephen FREEMAN at OrientalReview.org - 19 hours ago
As verbal beings, we live in a world of icons. We experience the world in an iconic fashion. A major difficulty for us is that we have lost the vocabulary of iconic reality. We have substituted the language of photography. The dissonance between reality and our photographic assumptions has led […] The post Truth, Lies And Icons appeared first on OrientalReview.org.

What Happened to Global Warming?

Viv at The Carbon Sense Coalition - 19 hours ago
By David Archibald The global warming hysteria was reaching a crescendo in the lead up to the climate confab in Copenhagen in 2009 when a civic-minded person released the Climategate emails, deflating the whole thing. Those emails, concocted from the fevered imaginations of the scientists involved. Nigh on 10 years have passed since then and […]

High Potency #Cannabis Tied to 50% of New #Psychosis Cases

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 20 hours ago
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/910658?src=soc_fb_190323_mscpedt_news_psych_cannabis&faf=1 Advertisements

Study Says Chipotle Is Worse For You Than #McDonald’s

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 20 hours ago
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/study-says-chipotle-worse-mcdonalds-132311134.html

#Mushrooms May Cut #Cognitive Impairment Risk

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 20 hours ago
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/910668?src=soc_fb_190322_mscpedt_news_neuro_mushrooms&faf=1

Could This Local Herb Be The Next Big Thing In #Skincare?

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 20 hours ago
https://www.purelyb.com/be-well/could-this-local-herb-be-the-next-big-thing-in-skincare

Trees Have a “Heartbeat,” Scientists Discover

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 20 hours ago
https://returntonow.net/2018/04/29/trees-have-a-heartbeat-scientists-discover/

Scientists study tattooed corpses, find pigment in lymph nodes.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 20 hours ago
https://bigthink.com/brandon-weber/scientists-studied-tattooed-corpses-to-see-if-the-ink-stays-put?utm_medium=Social&facebook=1&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1553364679

Your Gut is Your Second Brain

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 20 hours ago
https://www.wakingtimes.com/2018/11/06/your-gut-is-your-second-brain/?utm_campaign=meetedgar&utm_medium=social&utm_source=meetedgar.com

Is exercise addiction a problem?

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 20 hours ago
https://bigthink.com/mind-brain/is-exercise-addiction-a-problem?utm_medium=Social&facebook=1&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1553271202

Regarded by some

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 20 hours ago
John Humphrys to Jeremy Hunt on Wednesday's *Today*: ‘What MPs had seen in this Prime Minister is pretty much at every stage she had given way to a group of people *regarded by some as extremists in the ERG group*. She has listened to them, she has done what they wanted her to do, now she is paying the price for that turning on all the other MPs...’ Oh dear.

The Sunday Rod

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 20 hours ago
It's always a pleasure to start a Sunday morning with a little prose from Rod Liddle. Here are a couple of quotes from his article today: *Rod Liddle*: "It is always a pleasure trying to work out what Kirsty Wark is telling us." *Rod Liddle*: "BBC Radio 4, a network that now consists almost entirely of middle-class women moaning about stuff."

Hymn to the Holy Innocents in Illinois State Capitol for those lost through abortion...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 20 hours ago
*by the youth of St. John Cantius Church, Chicago who gathered together in the capitol of Illinois rotunda a few days ago to pray for the innocent babies who have died from abortion* Illinois is trying to push through some horrendous pro-death legislation. Pray for them to fail. Lully, Lulla, Lullay" by Philip Stopford is a lullaby sung to the Holy Innocents murdered by King Herod. *Haunting...* Lully, lullay, Thou little tiny Child, Bye, bye, lully, lullay. Lullay, thou little tiny Child, Bye, bye, lully, lullay. O sisters too, how may we do, For to preserve this day This poor you... more »

How India's Purchase of a Russian Aircraft Carrier Went Bad Really Fast

War Is Boring at Test Feed Using Fields - 20 hours ago
*War Is Boring* *Security, * [image: Wikimedia Commons] For one, the costs went through the roof. Like a lot of countries, India wants the best weapons it can afford. But ideological and financial concerns mean there are a lot of things it won’t buy from the United States or Europe. That pretty much leaves, well, Russia. India has been a big buyer of Russian weapons for 50 years. Those haven’t been easy years for New Delhi. India’s defense contracts with Russia have consistently suffered delays and cost overruns. And the resulting hardware doesn’t always work. Of all India’s Rus... more »

America and China's Great AI Competition: What Is Driving It

Stratfor Worldview at Test Feed Using Fields - 20 hours ago
*Stratfor Worldview* *Technology, Asia* [image: Xinhua news anchor Qiu Hao stands next to an AI virtual news anchor based on him, at a Sogou booth during an expo at the fifth World Internet Conference (WIC) in Wuzhen town of Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, China November 7, 2018. Picture taken November 7,] It's complicated. For better or worse, the advancement and diffusion of artificial intelligence technology will come to define this century. Whether that statement should fill your soul with terror or delight remains a matter of intense debate. Techno-idealists and doomsdayers will... more »

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 20 hours ago
*by Noah* Sunday Thoughts: A word of explanation: Wendy Wasserman Schultz is a twitter ID used by @dvorakoelling to take the piss out of President Basket Case. She also goes by the name of Anonymous White House Official for the same reasons. Wendy, of course, is the name that that thing in the White House called the infamous Florida fake Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz in one of his 2 million tweets from 2018. At least he calls Nancy Pelosi "Nancy" and not Bobbie Sue. Now that that's out of the way, I think we know the answer to the question posed in the above tweet. To that I... more »

9yo girl killed, 6yo boy critical after serious crash in central Queensland

Tim Swanston at Just In - 21 hours ago
A nine-year-old girl has been killed and a six-year-old boy is in a critical condition after two cars crashed in central Queensland this morning. She is the fourth child to die in a traffic accident on Queensland's roads since Monday.

Michael Daley faces NSW Labor party leadership spill after campaign stumble

Brigid Glanville at Just In - 21 hours ago
NSW Labor leader Michael Daley will face a leadership challenge after a bruising state election result in which the party's primary vote went backwards — with at least one confirmed candidate.

Toddler experiences first big wet as tropical low heads for NT outback

Katrina Beavan And Emily JB Smith at Just In - 21 hours ago
Before today, one-year-old Rekiara had hardly seen a drop of rain in her life. But her outback home could see 70 millimetres before the day is through.

Nazi-hunting spy who captured Holocaust mastermind dies aged 92

Just In - 21 hours ago
Rafi Eitan is being honoured as a hero for his role in tracking down top Nazi Adolf Eichmann, who went into hiding in Argentina after Germany's defeat in World War II.

Men disguised as hunters kill at least 134 Muslim farmers in Mali

Just In - 21 hours ago
Pregnant women, children and the elderly were killed in one of the deadliest attacks of of its kind in a region reeling from worsening ethnic and jihadist violence.

Tigers go top, Eels unbeaten after enjoying big round two wins

Just In - 21 hours ago
A Robbie Farah-inspired Wests Tigers lead the NRL ladder after two rounds thanks to a win over the Warriors, while the Parramatta Eels see off the Bulldogs to remain undefeated in 2019.

Crows surge into AFLW grand final with frightful flogging of Geelong

Just In - 21 hours ago
A date with Tayla Harris and Carlton awaits, but the Adelaide Crows will be rampant favourites for next week's AFLW grand final after beating Geelong by 66 points, incredibly holding them to only one goal.

Byron York: So Much ‘Intense Media Speculation’ Turned Out To Be….Fake News

PA Pundits - International at PA Pundits – International - 21 hours ago
By Tim Graham ~ Liberal expectations were dashed. Byron York at the Washington Examiner reacted to Robert Mueller sending his report to the Justice Department with no further indictments by making a list of “5 things that didn’t happen in the Mueller investigation.” It quickly became clear that the media intensely speculated about a pile […]

Book Review: “Peak Plastic” By Jack Buffington

PA Pundits - International at PA Pundits – International - 21 hours ago
By Peter Murphy ~ “Plastics… There’s a great future in plastics.” So said “Mr. McGuire” to Dustin Hoffman’s character, Ben Braddock, in The Graduate. Indeed, Mr. McGuire was prescient. In more than half a century since he gave his succinct advice, plastic products have become ubiquitous and cheap thanks to a super-efficient global supply chain […]

No Way To Die: During World War II, It Wasn't Just the Enemy That Could Kill You

Warfare History Network at Test Feed Using Fields - 22 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *Security, Americas* [image: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=218976] During World War II, more than 13,000 American aviators lost their lives in training accidents at home before they ever faced the enemy. Their sacrifice is all but forgotten today. It was Christmas Day, 1944. A U.S. Navy C-47 Skytrain with five men aboard was en route from Naval Air Station, Olathe, Kansas, to Columbus, Ohio. It was a routine training flight. The pilot was beginning his landing approach into the Indianapolis municipal airport but a heavy ... more »

CMS: a 3.5-sigma excess in CP-odd Higgs to tops decays

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 22 hours ago
The CMS collaboration has apparently resumed its mass production of deviations from the Standard Model. After the hints of a gluino in gauge-mediated supersymmetry breaking, we have a new anomaly: Search for heavy Higgs bosons decaying to a top quark pair in proton-proton collisions at \(\sqrt{s} = 13\TeV\) The excess is locally 3.5 sigma and globally 1.9 sigma. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); A hypothetical new Higgs boson – which is searched between \(400\GeV\) and \(700\GeV\) and for various small values of \(\tan\beta\) – is assumed to decay to top quarks whic... more »

Letter From The Editor: His food safety budget is Gottlieb’s departing legacy

Dan Flynn at Food Safety News - 22 hours ago
Opinion This is one of those “in-the-news” stories that you might not be expecting. Federal food safety appears to be on the precipice for its best budget year in its history. That possibility is contained in 2020 budget submitted to Congress by the White House. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is on a... Continue Reading

The Third Sunday of Lent 2019

Menagerie at The Last Refuge - 22 hours ago
GospelJN 4:5-42 Jesus came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there. Jesus, tired from his journey, sat down there at the well. It … Continue reading →

March 24th – 2019 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #794

sundance at The Last Refuge - 22 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 →

Sunday March 24th – Open Thread

sundance at The Last Refuge - 22 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 →

Our Turn? – President Trump’s Declassification Arsenal…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 22 hours ago
The Mueller investigation was cited to President Trump, by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, as a specific reason not to declassify certain documents. Here’s a link to the General Principles of declassification [SEE HERE] Yes, the President can declassify anything; … Continue reading →

'I was a spoiled brat': The girl who led 25 relatives to move to Syria to join Islamic State

Anne Barker at Just In - 23 hours ago
At just 15 years old, Nur Dhania told her family she was going to Syria to live in the caliphate. They quit their jobs and followed her. Then they realised they'd made a huge mistake.

Thoughts on jury duty

The Buffalo Chronicle at The Buffalo Chronicle - 23 hours ago
BY NORBERT RUG It’s a small piece of paper, usually the size of a postcard and it is easily hidden between the junk mail and the bills that crowd a mailbox, but it manages to create fear in many of

More facts uncovering the New Zealand false flag attack

Editor, cairnsnews at cairnsnews.org - 23 hours ago
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Why the Dust Won’t Settle After Mueller’s Report

Consortium News at The Duran - 23 hours ago
The post Why the Dust Won’t Settle After Mueller’s Report appeared first on The Duran.

With RussiaGate Over Where’s Hillary?

Tom Luongo at The Duran - 23 hours ago
The post With RussiaGate Over Where’s Hillary? appeared first on The Duran.

The Mueller Report Is In. They Were Wrong. We Were Right

Caitlin Johnstone at The Duran - 23 hours ago
The post The Mueller Report Is In. They Were Wrong. We Were Right appeared first on The Duran.

Byron York: Five things that didn’t happen in the Mueller investigation

Washington Examiner at The Duran - 23 hours ago
The post Byron York: Five things that didn’t happen in the Mueller investigation appeared first on The Duran.

Russiagaters recover from initial shock after Mueller probe winds up & are hell-bent on hunting on

RT at The Duran - 23 hours ago
The post Russiagaters recover from initial shock after Mueller probe winds up & are hell-bent on hunting on appeared first on The Duran.

Greenwald: Coping Strategies For All Russiagate Peddlers Now In Mourning

Zerohedge at The Duran - 23 hours ago
The post Greenwald: Coping Strategies For All Russiagate Peddlers Now In Mourning appeared first on The Duran.

MSNBC’s Joy Reid Suggests Cover-Up Underway With Mueller Report

Zerohedge at The Duran - 23 hours ago
The post MSNBC’s Joy Reid Suggests Cover-Up Underway With Mueller Report appeared first on The Duran.

Ed Henry Special Report on Mueller Probe With Devin Nunes, David Bosse and Gregg Jarrett…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 23 hours ago
Fox News ran a special report on the Mueller investigation concluding with several key interviews. ♦Devin Nunes discusses the recent revelations around the McCabe text messages, and material he wants to see declassified, along with his intent to submit several … Continue reading →

House of Farce: the Mueller Report, Russiagate and the Fraudulence of the Media-Politico Complex

Meg Sherman at The Ghion Journal - 23 hours ago
The outcome bothered the establishment. “No sealed indictments,” Robert Mueller’s highly anticipated report on Russian collusion said on a crucial page in one of the most controversial documents of recent political history. With that, the much anticipated Mueller report concluded his two plus year inquiry, a meandering investigation that looked into suspected collusion between Trump associates and Russia in a supposed effort to subvert the 2016 presidential election that wrought President Trump. Nobody ever expected Donald Trump, or for… The post House of Farce: the Mueller Report... more »

Iraq War Lies: My Letter to Rob Reiner on "Shock and Awe"

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*-by Sam Husseini* Here's a letter that was sent to Rob Reiner in April 2016. At the time, he was directing the film *Shock and Awe* which would be released the following year. Dear Rob Reiner, I've of course enjoyed your work over the years. I recently tweeted "Finally saw *The Big Short*. Good. Sure they'll produce a film about folks who were right about Iraq wmds any decade now." Immediately, a couple of McClatchy reporters I know responded, tweeting that you are working on *Shock and Awe*. At the Institute for Public Accuracy, we got a lot of critical information out scrut... more »

Tracy fears she may lose her dream nursing job because of red tape

Rhiana Whitson And Annah Fromberg at Just In - 1 day ago
Tracy has a nursing job secured, but unusually long wait times to receive her registration from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency may mean she'll have to pass on the opportunity.

'It didn't kill them': Barbra Streisand apologises for remarks against Michael Jackson's accusers

Just In - 1 day ago
Barbra Streisand apologises for her remarks about Michael Jackson and two men who have accused him of sexual abuse, saying she should have chosen her words more carefully.

Melbourne commuters can ditch their Mykis and use their mobiles — but there's a catch

Just In - 1 day ago
Victorian public transport users will be able to put away their Myki cards and tap on using their smartphones, but only if they use Android, as the Government has yet to come to an agreement with Apple.

Why the Federal Coalition won't be relieved by the NSW election result

Melissa Clarke at Just In - 1 day ago
The re-election of the Berejiklian Government for a third term has provided a morale boost for the federal Liberals, but any relief being felt will be tempered by a much bigger problem: what to do about voter discontent in the bush.

A Retired Brigadier General's Lessons from the War in Afghanistan

Don Harvel at Test Feed Using Fields - 1 day ago
*Don Harvel* *Security, Middle East* [image: Reuters] America's top brass can no longer operate under the assumption that every problem is the responsibility of the U.S. military. For the last several months, U.S. special representative Zalmay Khalilzad has been deeply involved in a negotiation with the Taliban—an effort that may or may not lead to a comprehensive political resolution of the seventeen-year-long Afghan conflict. For the sake of peace in Afghanistan, we should all hope that Khalilzad—a man of eminent experience who has worked on the Afghan portfolio for decades—can... more »

China's Dangerous Fentanyl War Is Crippling America

Grant Newsham at Test Feed Using Fields - 1 day ago
*Grant Newsham* *Security, Americas* This is what Washington can do to reduce the damaging impact that Xi Jinping's kingdom has had on the United States. In 2017, Islamic insurgents in Niger ambushed and killed a four-man U.S. Special Forces team. It was front-page news and considered a catastrophe. That same year more than twenty-eight thousand Americans died of overdoses involving the synthetic drug, fentanyl. Yet, it seemed less of an attention-getter in Washington—and still does—even as the death toll rises. Most of the fentanyl comes from the People’s Republic of China—altho... more »

Dinesh D’Souza and Critical Students Have Civilized Dialogue

David Henderson at Econlib - 1 day ago
I’ve seen multiple YouTube videos of Q&A sessions when Dinesh D-Souza gives talks at universities. He often gets his share of hostile comments and I wondered how he would be treated at Stanford when he spoke there last month. So I watched the first few minutes of his speech and then jumped to Q&A. The […] The post Dinesh D’Souza and Critical Students Have Civilized Dialogue appeared first on Econlib.

Change the culture

Scott Sumner at Econlib - 1 day ago
The recent college admissions scandal has received a lot of attention. Unfortunately, there’s a great deal of confused thinking on this issue. Here’s the NYT, discussing the criticism received by parents who bribed college officials: The playwright David Mamet, the couple’s friend and collaborator of many decades, sprang to their defense in an open letter urging […] The post Change the culture appeared first on Econlib.

Did U. S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Announce a ‘New Scheme to Take Down Donald Trump in 2020’?

Bethania Palma at Snopes.com - 1 day ago
The supposed "scheme" entailed lowering the federal minimum voting age to 16.

Zapatistas warn of Mexico's scheme to coopt Indigenous under front of industrialization

Brenda Norrell at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Marcos photo by Brenda Norrell, Sonora Arizona border Zapatistas celebrate life of Zapata, and warn of Mexico's political strategy to coopt and engineer a war on Indigenous. http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/2019/03/16/convocatoria-a-las-jornadas-de-lucha-zapata-vive-samir-vive-la-lucha-sigue-a-100-anos-del-asesinato-del-general-emiliano-zapata-salazar/

UK Official Mocks Man’s Christianity; Says it’s NOT a Religion of Peace

Selwyn Duke at rss - 1 day ago
[image: secularism-or-sharia-uk-official-mocks-man-s-christianity-say-it-s-not-a-religion-of-peace] Entertaining secualrism and Sharia, once great Great Britain is persecuting Christians as it circles the drain of civilizational demise.

Google Searches Put Consumers at Risk.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 1 day ago
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/11/google-searches-privacy-danger/413614/?utm_source=atlfb Advertisements

"With RussiaGate Over Where's Hillary?"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"With RussiaGate Over Where's Hillary?"* by Tom Luongo "During most of the RussiaGate investigation against Donald Trump I kept saying that all roads lead to Hillary Clinton.Anyone with three working brain cells knew this, including ‘Miss’ Maddow, whose tears of disappointment are particularly delicious. Robert Mueller’s investigation was designed from the beginning to create something out of nothing. It did this admirably. It was so effective it paralyzed the country for more than two years, just like Europe has been held hostage by Brexit. And all of this because, in the end, t... more »

Kielbasa recalled after FSIS finds consumer complaints about metal in product

News Desk at Food Safety News - 1 day ago
North Country Smokehouse, in Claremont, NH, late Saturday recalled 2,686 pounds of ready-to-eat sausage products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically metal, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The ready-to-eat kielbasa sausage items were produced on February 7-8, 2019. The following products are subject to recall:... Continue Reading

Climate propaganda confirms need for independent commission

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 1 day ago
“The panel is absolutely necessary because what happens is, the federal government puts out these biased pieces of propaganda, and then the environmental left trumpets it and says, ‘Even the Trump administration says this,’ ” said James Taylor, senior fellow … Continue reading →

U.S. Veterans jailed in Ireland after protesting Pentagon use of Shannon airport

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
*U.S. War Machine out of Shannon Airport* *Two US Veterans For Peace Refused Bail at Ennis District Court**Charged with Trespass and Causing Criminal Damage at Shannon airport in Ireland*A group of seven US Veterans for Peace took part in a protest against US Military Base at Shannon Airport on Sunday, March 17th.WHY? Shannon used for refueling troop planes bound for Middle East wars in which up to one million [1,000,000] children have died since 1991. Two US veterans were arrested at Shannon Airport on 17 March for entering the airfield to inspect and investigate an OMNI Air Inter...more »

Watch How China's Female Marines Are Trained (Video)

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*WNU Editor:* Swimming through a pool of water under burning fire ?!?!?!?!

U.S. Marines Practice Seizing Small Islands In The Event Of War With China

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
Marines pilot a Combat Rubber Raiding Craft during a simulated boat raid *Daily Mail:* *U.S. Marines are practicing seizing small islands using techniques learned in World War II as a possible conflict with China looms in the Pacific* * US Marines recently led a simulated assault on a small island in the Pacific, honing skills that could be essential in a fight with China * The exercise involved the Army and Air Force, part of the Corps' efforts to refine the Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations concept * The mission simulated the process of securing advanced footholds for follow-... more »

Dammit, Jim!

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
It's BBC impartiality Jim, and just as we know it Having been on holiday this past week, previous holidays returned to my memory, including a late teens family coach tour to Oban, Skye and Dunblane, my main memory of which was the coach driver endlessly replaying a cassette of Scottish folk songs as we crossed and re-crossed Scotland. It was one of those coach tours where the coach driver is out to flog you something at each and every opportunity and after a week of this same cassette being endlessly replayed he offered it us to buy, surprise, surprise. Unfortunately, this coac... more »

Of 'EastEnders' and James Purnell

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
The Rise and Fall of the BBC Empire Talking of *Toytown, *I see that some MPs have taken time out from mismanaging Brexit in order to condemn the BBC for mismanaging the building of a new *Eastenders* set. The £87 million project is running £27 million over budget and five years behind schedule. (I'm tempted to say 'very BBC'). This is costing BBC licence fee payers money. (I'm again tempted to say 'very BBC'). The Public Accounts Committee accused the BBC of "complacency". According to the *Telegraph*: A BBC spokesman said: "We welcome the committee's recognition of the importa... more »

Of 'Pitching In' and RS Thomas

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
R.S. Thomas, popping out to welcome English tourists in for a cup of tea and a chat (not) If only the late, great, English-hating Welsh-nationalist poet, priest and bigot R.S. Thomas were still alive he'd doubtless be penning many an ode of violent hate against the 'English' BBC, despite himself refusing to own anything so modern as a TV. The reason? *PitchingIn*gate. As he's not alive, it's been left to non-poets like the Labour leader of Cardiff council and Plaid Cymru’s shadow minister for international affairs and culture (an interesting combination of ministries) to voice t... more »

Helicopters Rescue Norway Cruise Ship Passengers Amid Storm

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 1 day ago
The Viking Sky issued a mayday call as bad weather hit and engine problems caused it to start drifting toward a rocky shore.

Streisand Apologizes for Remarks on Michael Jackson Accusers

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 1 day ago
Streisand had received bitter criticism online after she was quoted in The Times of London as saying that Jackson’s accusers were “thrilled to be there” during the alleged abuse, which “didn’t kill them.”

Chirp, chirp

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
Another Twitter contretemps: *BBC Politics*: Peoples Vote March organisers say more than a million people joined protests in central London. *Tim Montgomerie*: The BBC has become Remain’s propaganda vehicle. *Chris Mason, BBC*: I should arrange a lunch for you and Andrew Adonis. A table for two, a couple of cameras at a discreet distance... *Tim Montgomerie*: BBC uncritically repeating organisers’ claims that a million marched today. Last time the organisers exaggerated by 450,000. *Denis MacShane (former Labour Europe minister)*: Tim, BBC TV News gave equal billing to Farage and 50... more »

Screaming headline alert: The BBC's Chris Mason DESTROYS Lord Adonis

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
Who mourns for Lord Adonis? (Not Chris Mason) Fans of BBC-Lord Adonis tussles might enjoy this Twitter exchange from a couple of days ago. This time the BBC wins and Lord Adonis exits pursued by a geeky-glasses-wearing bear: *Lord Adonis*: BBC News this morning is totally ignoring seismic 2.3 million who in 48 hours have signed petition to revoke Article 50. *Chris Mason*: 11,000 likes, but wrong. It was in my *BBC Breakfast* report. It was in my BBC 5 Live report. And I talked about it on *Brexitcast*. *Anand Menon*: And they mentioned at it near the top on BBC R4 *Today* as I reca...more »

Russia's Space Chief: New Space ‘Race’ Has Begun

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
© Yuri Smityk/TASS *RT: **New deep space ‘race’ has begun, says Russia's space chief * Russia has entered a new space competition, according to the head of the country's space agency, Roscosmos. The new “competition” is focused on manned space flight and deep space exploration. “Now we are entering a new stage of a certain competition with leading space powers, related to future manned programs, including in deep space,” Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said Friday. Rogozin also revealed that he recently talked to the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Sergeev an... more »

Freo makes an attacking statement, Giants take Bombers apart

Just In - 1 day ago
Fremantle has burst out the blocks in 2019 with an imperious thumping of North Melbourne, after the Giants made similarly light work of Essendon and the Saints pipped the Suns by a point.

Adam Schiff Rejects Mueller Report, Says Special Counsel Should Testify

Zerohedge at The Duran - 1 day ago
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Pelosi calls Mueller report summary ‘insufficient,’ seeks full report

Reuters UK at The Duran - 1 day ago
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Mueller submits Trump-Russia report, lawmakers urge quick release

Reuters UK at The Duran - 1 day ago
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America Is Exceptional – in All the Wrong Ways

Strategic Culture Foundation at The Duran - 1 day ago
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