Saturday, March 30, 2019

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

10 pm MDT

Local Council By-Elections March 2019

Phil at All That Is Solid ... - 17 hours ago
This month saw 20,790 votes cast over 12 local authority (tier one and tier two) contests. All percentages are rounded to the nearest single decimal place. No council seats changed hands. For comparison with February's results, see here. Party Number of Candidates Total Vote % +/- Feb +/- Mar 18 Average/ Contest +/- Seats Conservative 11 5,024 24.2% +0.2% -10.2% 457 0 Labour 12 6,614 31.8% +1.7% -3.4% 551 0 LibDem 10 3,626 17.4% -8.8% +7.3% 363 0 UKIP 6 490 2.4% +1.2% +1.2... more »

Links 3/30/19

Yves Smith at naked capitalism - 17 hours ago

Glock's Pocket Cannon: Meet the Glock 30 Handgun (It's Fierce)

Kyle Mizokami at Test Feed Using Fields - 17 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * Is it worth all the hype? Glock’s most powerful—and compact—handgun is a mix of old and new technology. The Glock 30 subcompact handgun merges the .45 ACP round, a product of the Industrial Revolution, with modern handgun technology. The result is a highly concealable firearm that, once drawn, has few equals. The .45 Automatic Colt Pistol (ACP) round was developed by prolific arms inventor John Moses Browning. The U.S. Army’s experience with the .38 Long Colt round during the Philippine Insurrection left it wanting a more powerful round able to neutr... more »

Why The F-15X Could Be a "Poor Man's F-35" (And Partner Up with the Stealth Jet)

Greg Archetto at Test Feed Using Fields - 17 hours ago
*Greg Archetto* *Security, * [image: Wikimedia Commons] Proponents of the F-35 fighter worry that any new F-15X procurement will create a future competition for resources with the previously requested F-35s. Unfortunately, this is bound to spark an unnecessary political battle. Necessity is the mother of invention. Such a truism applies to many areas, including warfare. The battlespace is ever-shifting. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) evolution from novelty to ubiquitous tool over the past twenty years stemmed from the realization that it was not cost-effective to use manned fig... more »

Orwell’s Child: The Integrity Initiative Expands, Creating the ‘Expose Network’

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 17 hours ago
*21WIRE* | This latest document dump raises the 'Integrity' project up to the level of state-sponsored espionage.

DOUMA: White Helmets collaboration with Jaish Al Islam included PR and media production of staged scenes to promote “chemical weapon” narratives

Vanessa Beeley at 21st Century Wire - 17 hours ago
*Vanessa Beeley* | The UK FCO was funding White Helmets to produce PR and media support for Jaish Al Islam, including possible chemical attack hoaxes.

Vanessa Beeley interviews Venezuelan Ambassador to the Syrian Arab Republic

Vanessa Beeley at 21st Century Wire - 17 hours ago
*Vanessa Beeley* | Dismantling the U.S 'regime change' propaganda construct.

VENEZUELA: Guaido’s “Operation Freedom” aligned with CIA “Red Team” prototype – objective, regime change.

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 17 hours ago
*Whitney Webb* | CIA "Red Team" prototype designed to effect regime change in Venezuela - midwived by USAID.

Rockland County New York Quarantine Makes British Medical Journal

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 17 hours ago
Our John Stone works tirelessly to keep a voice of reason in the BMJ rapid responses. This week, he was able to comment on the Rockland County Quarantine of healthy children during a measles outbreak. The Monty Python troupe could... more »

Best Of: Measles and Morals, Then (Davey & Goliath) and Now (Rights & Pharma)

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 17 hours ago
Nancy Hokkanen wrote this post about two years ago. The crush is on harder than ever, with a quarantine (really more of a house arrest) of healthy children in Rockland County NY. Davey and Goliath was a children's TV show...more »

Fukushima Update March 30, 2019: 19,008.15 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
*"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”* - Shiva ◆ *Updated March 30, 2019: Fukushima Equals 19,008.15 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow; There is No Place On Earth to Escape the Rad: *The 3 melted-through cores of the destroyed reactors, now melted together into a single "corium" totaling over *600 tons*, at Fukushima *daily* release the radioactive equivalent of 6.45 Hiroshima bombs directly into the atmosphere and the Pacific Ocean. As of March 30, 2019 - 2,947 days since the disaster began - this equals the detonation of *19,008.15 *Hiroshima atomic bombs and it is... more »

Arab League bands together to reject Trump’s decree on Golan Heights

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
Leaders taking part in the Arab League Summit in Tunisia have agreed to release a “strong statement” rejecting the decision of US President Donald Trump to recognise Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, Arab League Summit spokesperson Mahmoud Al-Khobairi said at a press conference in Tunis on Friday. “The summit will release a strong statement […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russia not backing down to US threats, will continue military cooperation with Venezuela

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
A new helicopter training center has been built in Venezuela, the Russian state arms exporter said, pledging to deepen cooperation with Caracas. The news comes amid US threats of sanctions over Russia’s presence in the country. The training center, built by Russia’s arms exporter, was unveiled on Friday, according to press service Rosoboronexport. The center […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

A forgotten war technology could safely power Earth for millions of years. Here’s why we aren’t using it.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 18 hours ago
https://www.businessinsider.in/A-forgotten-war-technology-could-safely-power-Earth-for-millions-of-years-Heres-why-we-arent-using-it/articleshow/57347151.cms Advertisements

How often should you wash your jeans?

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 18 hours ago
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/jeans-wash-how-often-many-times-levis-boss-a8845411.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1553880976

Scientists worry ‘zombie deer’ disease could jump to humans

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 18 hours ago
https://www.popsci.com/chronic-wasting-disease-humans-hunting?con=TrueAnthem&dom=fb&lnk=TA&src=SOC&utm_campaign=&utm_content=5c9ed4c23ed3f00001722b6d&utm_medium=&utm_source=

Hospital in Thailand Turns to Robot Nurses.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 18 hours ago
https://yellrobot.com/robot-nurses-thailand/

What’s In The Full Mueller Report?…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 18 hours ago
First things first. We cannot approach the analysis of Robert Mueller or any of the officials within the closed-circle of the DC fiefdom from a reference drawn from our own personal experiences. The people we are discussing are not connected … Continue reading →

I Am Invited Overseas

Willis Eschenbach at Skating Under The Ice - 18 hours ago
Back in 1976, when I was about 30, a wealthy friend of mine made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. I was to fly to Hong Kong, where I’d be the First Mate on a sailboat he’d bought and wanted to be delivered back to the US. I’ve done a variety of boat deliveries, they’re…

Fair do's

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 18 hours ago
Lucy Manning As March 29th came and went, the BBC's special correspondent Lucy Manning, attending yesterday's Leave protests outside Parliament, put it well: *Lucy Manning*: They wanted it, voted for it, won it, but didn't get it. And Laura K put it pretty well too: *Sophie Raworth*: Let's go back to Laura. We had been expecting to stand here and be counting down to 11 o'clock tonight, when the UK officially left the European Union. That hasn't happened. Who knows when it *will *happen? It really is quite a moment. *Laura Kuenssberg*: It is Sophie. And, of course, for Theresa M...more »

Disinfo Maginot Line: Protecting EU from ‘Russian Influence’ – by Manufacturing History

Nina Cross at 21st Century Wire - 19 hours ago
*Nina Cross* | Narratives are being manufactured to fit the Western version of reality concerning critically important events shaping our history in and around Europe. Will EU's latest line of defense against 'Russian influence' hold?

Russia's Typhoon Submarines are the Biggest Ever (Now Armed with 200 Cruise Missiles?)

Sebastien Roblin at Test Feed Using Fields - 19 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * Don't get too worried just yet. On April 20, 2019, Russia’s TASS Agency reported that Vice Admiral Oleg Burtsev announced Russia’s intention to take two of its decommissioned *Typhoon*-class ballistic submarines and pack them full of hundreds of cruise missiles. *“The dimensions of these submarines allow arming each of them with at least 200 cruise missiles [each],” he said.* The *Typhoon* ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs), famously featured in the film *Hunt for Red October, *are by far the biggest and most expensive submarines ever built. Cr... more »

F-15 Tomcat vs. Russia's MiG-25: Who Won This Cold War Aerial Cage Match?

War Is Boring at Test Feed Using Fields - 19 hours ago
*War Is Boring* *Security, Middle East* [image: By U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Jayme Pastoric - This Image was released by the United States Navy with the ID 040603-N-9769P-275 (next).This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is st] Place your bets. *When their Foxbats were unsuccessful, the Libyans fired **an SA-5** surface-to-air missile at a pair of F-14As from VF-102. In turn, these two incidents provoked the U.S. retaliation in form of the Operation Prairie Fire, in the course of which Navy pilots sank t... more »

Max Igan | Christchurch – How They Did It

Ceribalius at OYE Alternative News - 19 hours ago
Max Igan breaks down the events that unravelled on footage filmed by Brenton Tarrant in the tragic shootings that occurred on 15th March 2019 at a Mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand. The post Max Igan | Christchurch – How They Did It appeared first on OYE Alternative News.

Carey Wedler | The Worlds Most Dangerous Religion

Ceribalius at OYE Alternative News - 19 hours ago
Carey Wedler tells us about the most dangerous and most widely adopted religion on the planet. The post Carey Wedler | The Worlds Most Dangerous Religion appeared first on OYE Alternative News.

What Oklahoma’s Opioid Settlement Means for Other States, Cities and Counties Suing Purdue Pharma

Yves Smith at naked capitalism - 19 hours ago
Purdue Pharma has threatened to file bankruptcy in response to the tsunami of opioid-related litigation filed against it . That would throw a major spanner in the works.

When driving into a tree becomes a strong temptation

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 19 hours ago
I agree with Bruce: - Jesus. Radio 4. Marcus Brigstocke doing a Brexit “comedy” slot on Radio 4 for half an hour. Exactly as you’d expect. Clichéd anti-Brexit rubbish. Totally unfunny too. I’m tempted to drive my car into a tree at high speed to end the misery. - The good news is I changed the radio channel. The bad news is I got Wave 105 FM blasting out Phil Collins. Now where’s that tree? - Honestly BBC comedy. Is this the best you can do? Tired old, clichéd rubbish rehashing the same material that seems prevalent with all your “woke” “comedians”. Not... more »

The Logic Of Annexation: Israel And The Golan Heights

Binoy KAMPMARK at OrientalReview.org - 19 hours ago
The Trump decision, similarly to its stance on East Jerusalem, tilts the head of US foreign policy away from the basic principles of peace and security embedded in the UN Charter, as weak a document as it has proven to be over the years. It will also further muddy the waters with the Assad regime, ever keen to restore order as the bloody civil war painstakingly comes to a close. The post The Logic Of Annexation: Israel And The Golan Heights appeared first on OrientalReview.org.

U.S. Military Test One-Use Delivery Drones

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 20 hours ago
*Sputnik: **The Expendables: US Military Test One-Use Delivery Drones (VIDEO)* An innovation company based in California has announced it successfully concluded a series of flight tests for delivery drone with the US Marine Corps. The unmanned aircraft were tried by the US military to see if they can transport heavy supplies over long distances, and to be thrown away after each use. Logistic Gliders Inc. (LGI) tested two of their gliders, made of cheap plywood, the LG-1K model (can carry about 300kg) and the LG-2K model (700kg) *Read more* .... *WNU Editor: *At a cost of a few ... more »

New Slovak president: Slovaks are more "generic" Westerners than Czechs

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 20 hours ago
Slovakia is choosing its new president today. In the 2nd round, Ms Zuzana Čaputová (who got 40% in the first round, age 45) faces Mr Maroš Šefčovič (20% in the first round two weeks ago, 53 years). The lady will almost certainly win – something like 60% by 40% of voters (bookmakers have odds over 10-to-1). Up to recently, this female lawyer has been a top official in the Progressive Slovakia movement. Her male antagonist – the campaign contained almost no real fight, maybe he just gave up – has been a life-long diplomat who represents the mainstream "Smer/Direction" Slovak social de... more »

Defying Trump Promises, American Companies Still Playing Offshore Tax Games

Yves Smith at naked capitalism - 20 hours ago
Quelle surprise! A one-time tax break for US companies to repatriate offshore profits didn't stop the gaming, nor did it generate more investment.

Qanon Adam Schiff Knowingly Committed Treason?

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours ago
Here we make the case that Adam Shiff is clearly guilty of treason. He had access to everything but made up his own 'facts' to support the DEM collusion narrative. To be fair, he is guilty of been a stupid man who rose far above his talent and that has always been obvious. Seniority does not often produce talent. Thing Nancy Pelosi and Feinstein as well. This will not end well. The last two years has established the expectation of extreme justice for what has been mostly process crimes. Now we will get some meat and the audience is clearly bloodthirsty. Be scared DEMs.... more »

The Math That Tells Cells What They Are

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours ago
*[image: Art for "The Math That Tells Cells What They Are"]* Rather obviously, a lot more is happening than can be explained by the present intelectual despensation. Let us tackle all this. We experience a life through* third tier matter*. It is operated through *second tier matter *scaled at the electron level. Now none of this acts to store information. Both produce and read information but within our concept of continuous time. Information is stored as number on first tier Mobius strips in the *first tier of matter* on a 3D manifold but with two dimensional ribbons that al... more »

Solar Warden – The Secret Space Program

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours ago
Our recent work reviewing the testimony of our first contact resolved a lot of the necessary background to Solar Warden*.* We learned that the DOMAIN now controls our solar system and has done so only recently as in perhaps the last thousand years only. Prior to that it was dominated by the OLD EMPIRE. Their withdrawal had begun much earlier though when their governors disappeared from Earth leaving some form of human rule in place. What is important to understand is that the DOMAIN is utilizing low gravity objects throughout the Solar system and particularly the asteroid Be...more »

Radical plan to artificially cool Earth’s climate could be safe, study finds

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours ago
The only method put out there is spraying 'dust' into the atmosphere which is what chem trails are all about. I find this unconvincing simply because incoming radiation is converted sooner or later to infrared radiation in the atmosphere and can differ little from hitting the ground. It is a terrible idea anyway based on a false analysis pushed by political interests as fact. The big problem is that our human created deserts do release a lot of infrared energy back into space during the night. This already has caused our global environment to cool by around two degrees since t... more »

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 21 hours ago
*by Noah* As we hit the end of March 2019, I think this brief Tom Tomorrow summary of lowlights of the month (minus the Mueller Report and any of its ongoing fallout) is sadly appropriate. Any one of the people depicted is, of course, deserving of special recognition as Douchebag Of The Month, and so much more, but let's be fair and go with the everyone gets a trophy approach. But wait! There's more!

Australian Daily Electrical Power Generation Data – Friday 29th March 2019

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

Smollett Nominated for NAACP Award — Seriously, Not Satire

PA Pundits - International at Biggest Media Miss Of Trump’s Presidency – PA Pundits – International - 21 hours ago
“I hope he wins. I’m happy for him that the system worked in his favor.” ~ Mark Alexander ~ From the “life imitates art imitates life imitates art” ad nauseam file, when I read this headline — “Jussie Smollett is nominated for an NAACP Award” — I thought it had to be satire, […]

Yet Another Bogus Renewables Versus Coal Cost Study

PA Pundits - International at Biggest Media Miss Of Trump’s Presidency – PA Pundits – International - 21 hours ago
By David Wojick, Ph.D. ~ These days there is a recurring refrain from the greens to the effect that renewable power is cheaper than coal power. This is a half truth at best and the false half is the worst part. There may well be circumstances where the unit cost of power produced by a […]

‘Exactly When Did You Think America Was Great?’ Says Eric Holder. Here’s The Answer.

PA Pundits - International at Biggest Media Miss Of Trump’s Presidency – PA Pundits – International - 21 hours ago
By Jarrett Stepman ~ There’s no doubt that one of the flashpoints of the modern culture war in America is the debate over our nation’s history. On one side, there are Americans who believe that the United States is a unique country, a shining city upon a hill that while flawed, has been exceptional from […]

The Spies of Pearl Harbor: How Japan Struck the U.S. Navy by Surprise

Warfare History Network at Test Feed Using Fields - 21 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *Security, Asia* [image: By IJN - This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing for more information., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15299774] The surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, benefited from the firsthand observation of spies on Oahu. “You are probably the nearest to war that you’ll ever be without actually being in it,” said Commander Harold M. “Beauty” Martin as he addressed his men on the morning of December... more »

Forget the B-2 Bomber or F-15 Eagle: The U-2 Was the Best Plane of the Cold War

Warfare History Network at Test Feed Using Fields - 21 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *Security, * [image: By TSgt Anthony Nelson Jr. (USAF) - Main article: http://www.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2001830268/High-resolution version: https://media.defense.gov/2017/Oct/20/2001830268/-1/-1/0/171020-F-IO684-005.JPG, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/ind] Helped by a fur cap and doctored magazine photos, the U-2 spy plane's missions during the Cold War reaped a good deal of useful information. Movies and novels about spies and espionage usually portray brave and sexy secret agents going deep behind enemy lines to grab some invaluabl...more »

Global Wildfire Area Has Declined, Contrary To Popular Myth

Hifast at Climate Collections - 21 hours ago
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood Another thorough assessment of wildfire trends wrecks alarmist claims: ABSTRACT Wildfire has been an important process affecting the Earth’s surface and atmosphere for over 350 million years and human societies have coexisted with fire since their emergence. Yet many consider wildfire as…

"Ah, You Miserable Creatures..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough. " - Frederic Bastiat Any questions?

Indications Point To Upcoming Solar Cycle 25 Being Among The Weakest In 200 Years

Russ Steele at The Next Grand Minimum - 21 hours ago
H/T to P Gosselin at No Trickszone. The Sun In February 2019. By Frank Bosse and Fritz Vahrenholt (Translated/edited by P Gosselin)The sun was also very sub-normally active in February. Although we are in the middle of the minimum, the sunspot… Continue reading →

Here Are 6 Of NATO's Worst Crises In 70 Years

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 21 hours ago
A Polish army PT-91 tank during NATO exercise Silver Arrow 2017 in Latvia. Ints Kalnins/Reuters *Business Insider:* *These are 6 of NATO's worst crises in 70 years as the world's most powerful military alliance* * During the Cold War, NATO effectively defended Western Europe with US nuclear weapons. * Twelve countries signed the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949, and NATO has since grown to 29 countries, including former Soviet states bordering Russia, which has angered Moscow. * Here are six occasions, from the building of the Berlin Wall to the September 11 attacks, that NATO faced ... more »

"The True Size Of The US National Debt, Including Unfunded Liabilities, Is 222 Trillion Dollars"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
*"The True Size Of The US National Debt, * *Including Unfunded Liabilities, Is 222 Trillion Dollars"* by Michael Snyder "The United States is on a path to financial ruin, and everyone can see what is happening, but nobody can seem to come up with a way to stop it. According to the U.S. Treasury, the federal government is currently 22 trillion dollars in debt, and that represents the single largest debt in the history of the planet. Over the past decade, we have been adding to that debt at a rate of about 1.1 trillion dollars a year, and we will add more than a trillion dollars to th...more »

Do “We” Want to Rule Over Others?

Pierre Lemieux at Econlib - 22 hours ago
On Friday, president Donald Trump tweeted: “The problem is, no matter what the Radical Left Democrats get, no matter what we give them, it will never be enough. Just watch, they will Harass & Complain & Resist (the theme of their movement). So maybe we should just take our victory and say NO, we’ve got […] The post Do “We” Want to Rule Over Others? appeared first on Econlib.

Hundreds of electric scooter riders fined for safety breaches in Brisbane

Rachel Riga at Just In - 22 hours ago
Hundreds of people are fined with safety breaches using electric scooters, and more than 120 taken to hospital with injuries, according to new figures released by the Queensland Government.

Mueller's report could be out by mid-April. Will the public get to see it?

Just In - 22 hours ago
US Attorney-General William Barr says he will release a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on the Russia investigation to Congress within a fortnight. Here's what that could mean.

Live: Cats face Demons, Eagles host Giants in Perth

Just In - 22 hours ago
The Cats seek revenge on the Demons for last year's finals exit, while the Eagles host the Giants in Perth after the Saints down the Bombers, and the Power outlasts Carlton. Get live scores, stats and commentary in our ScoreCentre.

From the vaults, a treasure trove of art far from its island home

Rosa Ellen at Just In - 22 hours ago
For complicated reasons, the Milingimbi collection has never been exhibited, despite being held by the Museum and Art Gallery of the NT for decades — until now.

Rivers on Mars raged for more than a billion years, new study says

Just In - 22 hours ago
The red planet had rivers twice as wide as Earth's running long after its atmosphere was stripped into space billions of years ago, a new study suggests.

Swiss and Finnish checks find Listeria

Joe Whitworth at Food Safety News - 22 hours ago
Separate testing in Finland and Switzerland detected Listeria monocytogenes in a variety of products last year but no samples contained the pathogen at levels above legal limits. The Finland customs authority (Tulli in Finnish) detected Listeria monocytogenes in imported frozen fruits, berries and vegetables. In Switzerland, the bacteria was found in some ready to eat... Continue Reading

Tweets For Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 22 hours ago
Brexit: EU leaders plan for no deal as other options dissolve https://t.co/UHaoIjjhnz — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 30, 2019 #UPDATE A new blackout hits Caracas and other major Venezuelan cities, the third major electricity outage in the crisis-plagued country this month https://t.co/ACcsychv9F pic.twitter.com/oXgMvXHaG2 — AFP news agency (@AFP) March 30, 2019 Exclusive: National security adviser John Bolton said the Trump administration is eyeing 'secondary sanctions' for Venezuela in order to cut off revenues to President Nicolas Maduro pic.twitter.com/nLYwAxDCRO — Reu... more »

Lawyers Worldwide Urge International Court: Investigate Israeli Crimes

Marjorie Cohn at Marjorie Cohn - 22 hours ago
On the eve of the first anniversary of the “Great March of Return” at the Gaza border, lawyers and jurists around the world are calling on the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate and prosecute Israeli crimes against the Palestinians. The International Association of Democratic Lawyers presented a petition from the International Lawyers... Read more »

Elizabeth Warren Smackdown

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 23 hours ago
Courtesy of Natasha Sarin and Larry Summers. One of the best of Larry's recent op-eds.

March 30th – 2019 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #800

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 →

Saturday March 30th – 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 →

Rudy Giuliani Discusses Mueller Report, Barr Release and Possible Trump Response…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 23 hours ago
President Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani appears on Fox News with Sean Hannity to discuss today’s revelations from AG Barr about the pending Mueller report release. Giuliani discusses how Andrew Weissmann created the Obstruction legal theory. . It certainly did seem … Continue reading →

The U.S. Army's M-9 Bazooka Blew Things Up Real Good (As In the User)

War Is Boring at Test Feed Using Fields - 23 hours ago
*War Is Boring* *Security, Asia* [image: By U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph.. - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs divisionunder the digital ID cph.135435.This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal cop] Yep, it had problems. In 1945, Wilbur “Bill” Brunger was an engineer with the U.S. Army, and it was his job to break things. Namely, three underpasses on the Autobahn near Dortmund, Germany. He had to break the underpasses, so the rubble would block the road from any attacking enemy veh... more »

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
Fighters from the Kurdish Women's Protection units (YPJ) participate in a military parade on 27 March 2019, celebrating the total elimination of the Daesh group's (banned in Russia) last bastion in eastern Syria, in the northwestern city of Hasakah, in the province of the same name. © AFP 2019 / Delil Souleiman *WNU Editor: *The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... *This Week in Pictures: 23 - 29 March* (Spuntik).

Live: Panthers, Storm head west for showdown in Bathurst

Just In - 23 hours ago
The Panthers play the Storm in Bathurst to round out a big Saturday of NRL action after Manly posts its first win of the year in Christchurch and the Sharks thump the Cowboys up north. Follow all the live scores, stats and commentary.

Ethiopian Boeing 737 MAX reportedly had active anti-stall system before crash

Just In - 23 hours ago
The anti-stall system at the centre of a probe into the crash of a Boeing 737 MAX jetliner in Indonesia five months ago was also at play when the same aircraft model crashed in Ethiopia earlier this month, according to people close to the matter.

Live exports start as mustering ramps up in WA's parched outback

Courtney Fowler at Just In - 23 hours ago
While some pastoralists in WA's far north are welcoming the deluge of rain from Cyclone Veronica, there are still many who are looking to offload cattle after a "disappointing" wet season.

George Clooney calls for boycott of hotels over new law to stone, whip gay citizens to death

Just In - 23 hours ago
The Oscar-winning actor says he has stayed at the hotels he now wants boycotted because he had not done his homework and acknowledges that refusing to stay at them would probably have little effect on changing the laws.

Veteran journalist blasts Alan Jones after he backs Pauline Hanson over NRA links

Nick Sas at Just In - 23 hours ago
Veteran journalist Margot Kingston accuses Alan Jones of a smear campaign against media organisation Al Jazeera, after he sided with Pauline Hanson in the aftermath of the How to Sell a Massacre documentary.

Crackdown on aged care homes unveiled after dementia patient restrained 14 hours in one day

Just In - 23 hours ago
Stronger regulations limiting the use of physical and chemical restraints in aged care homes will take effect from July after evidence emerged earlier this year showing dementia patients strapped to their chairs.

'A sophisticated place': How Ken Done showed off Australia to the world

Solua Middleton at Just In - 23 hours ago
There was a time when it was almost impossible to walk down the street without seeing Ken Done's artwork emblazoned on a T-shirt.

You shouldn’t wash or reuse condoms.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 23 hours ago
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Venezuela: China Delivers First Batch of Humanitarian Aid

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 23 hours ago
PressTV Published on Mar 29, 2019 A plane carrying the first batch of humanitarian aid from China arrived at Simon Bolivar International Airport in the northern Venezuelan city of Maiquetia on Friday. end

Showdown in South America: Will U.S. and Russia Clash Over Venezuela?

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 23 hours ago
TruNews Streamed live 5 hours ago Today on TRUNEWS we detail how America’s zealous crusade against Venezuela may lead to a repeat of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis with Russia. Later in the Godcast, Doc Burkhart reports from Verona, Italy at the World Congress of Families, where Christian values have been presented as humanities only […]

US Envoy to Israel Reveals Details of ‘Deal of Century’ — Annexation of West Bank

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 23 hours ago
Is this a peace treaty? Obviously NOT! Annexation of West Bank means eviction of Palestinian(REAL JEWS) people. What is not said is the plan to forcefully expel Palestinians (REAL JEWS) into the North Sinai Desert using the Zionist ‘666’ IDF. – US Envoy to Israel Reveals Details of ‘Deal of Century’ — Annexation of West […]

Declassified Documents Reveal SHOCKING Government Projects, Including Research on Warp Drives and High-Energy Laser Weapons

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 23 hours ago
Declassified Documents Reveal SHOCKING Government Projects, Including Research on Warp Drives and High-Energy Laser Weapons by Ethan Huff, https://www.naturalnews.com/ (Natural News) Your tax dollars, believe it or not, are (or at least were) being used by the federal government to research crazy sci-fi concepts like “warp drives,” wormhole travel, high-energy laser weapons, and invisibility cloaking, newly-declassified documents reveal. […]

Russiagate Hype Meant Higher Figures? CNN Loses Viewers After Mueller’s Report

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 23 hours ago
RT Published on Mar 29, 2019 For the past two years, American mainstream media has given near non-stop coverage to the Trump-Russia collusion saga. But although the TV ratings might have spiked after the 2016 election, they are now experiencing a significant drop after the long-awaited Mueller report was released. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/9r2v end

CrossTalk on Russiagate: The Great Reckoning

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 23 hours ago
RT Published on Mar 29, 2019 The tragic comedy known as Russiagate is slowly becoming a part of history. The resistance continues to resist Trump, but clearly the president has the wind at his back. Now is the time for a great reckoning. What are the lessons to be learned? And can the liberal media […]

Russia, Turkey Blast US Move to Recognize Golan Heights as Israeli

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 23 hours ago
RT Published on Mar 29, 2019 The top diplomats of Russia and Turkey have slammed Washington’s suggestion that the Golan Heights should be recognized as Israeli. The pair commented on this during a bilateral meeting in Turkey, which showed the two have a lot in common and not only in politics. end

West Bank Next on US Recognition List, Nasrallah Warns

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 23 hours ago
West Bank Next on US Recognition List, Nasrallah Warns by https://www.presstv.com/ Hezbollah warns that the United States could next choose to recognize Israel’s “sovereignty” over the Tel Aviv-occupied West Bank unless the Arab world springs to action. – The Lebanese resistance movement’s Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah issued the caution during a speech on Tuesday. […]

US Says It Won’t Rule Out Nuclear First Strike Because Allies Wouldn’t Trust It Otherwise

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 23 hours ago
US Says It Won’t Rule Out Nuclear First Strike Because Allies Wouldn’t Trust It Otherwise by https://www.rt.com/ A Pentagon official has said that the US will retain the right to carry out a nuclear strike in response to a conventional attack. A ‘no-first-use’ policy would erode US allies’ belief that they are protected, he said. […]

Scientists Are Surprised To Find That One Of The Fastest Shrinking Glaciers Is Growing Again At An Alarming Rate

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 23 hours ago
Scientists Are Surprised To Find That One Of The Fastest Shrinking Glaciers Is Growing Again At An Alarming Rate by Chris White, http://dailycallernewsfoundation.org/ One of fastest shrinking ice glaciers in the world is reversing course and starting to accumulate ice at an alarming pace, a new NASA study published Monday finds. – The Jakobshavn glacier, […]

Israeli Air Strikes Damaged 500 Palestinian Homes

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 23 hours ago
Israeli Air Strikes Damaged 500 Palestinian Homes by https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/ A total of 500 houses in the Gaza Strip were damaged by the latest Israeli airstrikes, Palestine’s public works minister said late Tuesday. “In Israeli airstrikes against Gaza, 30 houses were completely destroyed and 500 houses were damaged,” Mufeed al-Hasayneh said in a statement. He added […]

Emboldened By Trump’s Move on Golan, Netanyahu To Annex West Bank If Re-Elected: Report

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 23 hours ago
Emboldened By Trump’s Move on Golan, Netanyahu To Annex West Bank If Re-elected: Report by https://www.telesurenglish.net/ Israel PM Netanyahu will possibly announce Jewish illegal settlements as Israeli territories with U.S. backing if re-elected. – Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will possibly declare illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank as Israeli territory if re-elected […]

CONSIDER YOURSELF WARNED: Imminent Crisis Signaled?

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 23 hours ago
ITM Trading Streamed live on Mar 27, 2019 Link to the Slides and Sources: https://www.itmtrading.com/blog/consi… On March 22, 2019, considered the most accurate forecaster of recession signaled red when the 3-month treasury rate paid more than the 10-year treasury did (so did the 6-month and 1-year). The last time that happened was in 2006 and […]

Hollywood Goes Haywire After Trump Cleared by Mueller

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 23 hours ago
Fox News Published on Mar 27, 2019 Late night hosts lament ‘no collusion’ conclusion; Raymond Arroyo has this week’s edition of Seen and Unseen on ‘The Ingraham Angle.’ end

Republicans Aren't The Only Bad Guys-- This Week's Swampiest Crooks: Andy Cuomo, Cheri Bustos, Joe Crowley

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Last week, we looked at a video message from Abigail Disney from the Patriotic Millionaires, talking about-- though not by name-- some extremely bad Democrats in New York: Governor Cuomo and Senate Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, of course + The Long Island 6: legislators Todd Kaminsky, Monica Martinez, Kevin Thomas, James Gaughran, John Brooks and Anna Kaplan. Like the clip above, it's part of their campaign to pass a small tax on the super rich-- just people whose annual income is over $5 million. The purpose was to help bail out cash-strapped public schools that are facing furt... more »

Musical Interlude: Deuter, “Black Velvet Flirt”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Deuter, “Black Velvet Flirt” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qWFCocIfXI

Musical Interlude: Ludovico Einaudi, “Elastic Heart/Not The Only One”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Ludovico Einaudi, “Elastic Heart/Not The Only One” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95PpQFTzdsA

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“Stars are sometimes born in the midst of chaos. About 3 million years ago in the nearby galaxy M33, a large cloud of gas spawned dense internal knots which gravitationally collapsed to form stars. NGC 604 was so large, however, it could form enough stars to make a globular cluster. *Click image for larger size.* Many young stars from this cloud are visible in the above image from the Hubble Space Telescope, along with what is left of the initial gas cloud. Some stars were so massive they have already evolved and exploded in a supernova. The brightest stars that are left emit light s... more »

The Poet: Jane Hirshfield, “The Task”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“The Task”* "It is a simple garment, this slipped-on world. We wake into it daily - open eyes, braid hair - a robe unfurled in rose-silk flowering, then laid bare. And yes, it is a simple enough task we've taken on, though also vast: from dusk to dawn, from dawn to dusk, to praise, and not be blinded by the praising. To lie like a cat in hot sun, fur fully blazing, and dream the mouse; and to keep too the mouse's patient, waking watch within the deep rooms of the house, where the leaf-flocked sunlight never reaches, but the earth still blooms.” - Jane Hirshfield

"The Monstrous Thing..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"The monstrous thing is not that men have created roses out of this dung heap, but that, for some reason or other, they should want roses. For some reason or other man looks for the miracle, and to accomplish it he will wade through blood. He will debauch himself with ideas, he will reduce himself to a shadow if for only one second of his life he can close his eyes to the hideousness of reality. Everything is endured- disgrace, humiliation, poverty, war, crime, ennui- in the belief that overnight something will occur, a miracle, which will render life tolerable. And all the while a...more »

Life In Venezuela Has Returned To The Middle Ages

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*AFP: **Venezuela returns to 'Middle Ages' during power outages* Caracas (AFP) - Walking for hours, making oil lamps, bearing water. For Venezuelans today, suffering under a new nationwide blackout that has lasted days, it's like being thrown back to life centuries ago. El Avila, a mountain that towers over Caracas, has become a place where families gather with buckets and jugs to fill up with water, wash dishes and scrub clothes. The taps in their homes are dry from lack of electricity to the city's water pumps. "We're forced to get water from sources that obviously aren't comple... more »

"Everybody's Pretending..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be." - Kurt Vonnegut, "Mother Night" "People are sad. People are broke. People are worried about money, people are worried that they're not enough and not amounting to anything and they don't feel good about themselves. People have rough times, and everybody's pretending it's not true, and we need to break that veneer." - Eve Ensler “You go up to a man, and you say, “How are things going, Joe?” and he says, “Oh fine, fine... couldn’t be better.” And you look into his eyes, and you see things really couldn’t be ... more »

Beyond Censorship: Destroying Free Thought Online

Activist Post at Activist Post - 1 day ago
By Truthstream Media This is directly related to the video on free speech we put up two videos ago but in a much broader context…... more »

Free Download: T.S. Eliot, "Four Quartets"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Little Gidding”*, Excerpt "We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. When the last of earth left to discover Is that which was the beginning; At the source of the longest river The voice of the hidden waterfall And the children in the apple-tree. Not known, because not looked for But heard, half-heard, in the stillness Between two waves of the sea. Quick now, here, now, always - A condition of complete simplicity (Costing not less than everything) And all shall be well and All m... more »

ISIS Leader Planned His Escape Years Before The Fall Of The Islamic

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
An image grab from a July 5, 2014 propaganda video allegedly shows the leader of the Islamic State jihadist group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, addressing Muslim worshipers at a mosque in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Photo: AFP / Al-Furqan Media *Asia Times:* *ISIS prepped Baghdadi escape years before defeat* *Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and his top leadership are likely in the impenetrable Syrian desert, long prepped for territorial setbacks* Long before the fall of his physical empire, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the self-proclaimed Islamic State, was hunkered down with his top ...more »

"Once a Gaucho… Always a Gaucho"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"Once a Gaucho… Always a Gaucho"* By Bill Bonner GUALFIN, ARGENTINA – "This week, we got a surprise. Eight gauchos rode up, after crossing over the pass from the high “puna.” They dressed in traditional regalia, with their bombacho pants, chaps, boots, wide hats… and each with his knife behind his back. *The gauchos visit Bill at Gualfin.* *The gauchos get refreshed after a long ride.* *And the pack animals bring up the rear.* With them was a muleteer, Chancho, whose job was to bring the pack animals up the rear. Mounted on local criollo horses, they had been riding and camping for... more »

Soft Rocks

Louis Hissink at Louis Hissink's Crazy World - 1 day ago
During late 1977 I worked for the Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation on the Cordeaux Dam underground railway project proposal to haul coal underground to Port Kembla. The tunnel was designed to pass under the Cordeaux water-catchment storage and because of … Continue reading →

I was scared to leave the table

Keith at musingsofanoldfart - 1 day ago
We have all been around people who openly denigrate others in front of us. For some reason, they feel by putting others down, it elevates them. In actuality, the opposite occurs. It shines a negative light on the speaker. An … Continue reading →

Free Speech-Parody At Risk As Republican Congressman Nunes Sues Cow

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 1 day ago
Support free speech/the right to make fun of politicians here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/nunes_vs_cow https://cow.protectvoting.org The right to make fun of politicians isn’t … Continue reading →

Man visits shelters to ask for dogs that no one wants, ends up adopting 10 senior canines

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 1 day ago
After one of Steve Greig’s dogs died, he felt a little lost. And understandably so; there is a deep bond formed between a dog (or any pet really) and their person. So when the accountant from Colorado lost his buddy, he decided to “handle his grief a bit differently.”1 RELATED STORY: Fox: These flea and tick medications for […] The post Man visits shelters to ask for dogs that no one wants, ends up adopting 10 senior canines appeared first on Health Nut News.

iden­ti­fi­ca­tion with the Infinite

Bob Dinn at balance10 - 1 day ago
Rakoczy Castle, Transylvania To All Who Love Freedom and Would Preserve It, *Now* all will admit that tensions are generated on earth. What is the source of tension? Surely not your mighty I AM God Presence. Human miscreation and neglect of spiritual study have propelled men into a decisionless valley. There they are becalmed in a state of vacillation between two evils without even the thought of deliverance in their hearts. Millions live in this manner; selfishness is rampant; the world wallows in deceit. The children of light have a most awesome responsibility. Theirs i... more »

Iran's Stealth Warship: The Next Big Challenge for the U.S. Navy or Paper Tiger?

Task and Purpose at Test Feed Using Fields - 1 day ago
*Task and Purpose* *Security, Middle East* We have some answers. *·Even if the Sahand doesn't become the primary instigator in confrontations between the two, a successful demonstration of its stealth capabilities could prove embarrassing to the U.S. Navy. After all, as The War Zone reported in September, the Navy's beleaguered USS Zumwalt may be the least-stealthy "stealth" ship currently on the high seas.* The Iranian navy added a brand new, domestically-made stealth destroyer to its fleet on Saturday, Reuters reports, deploying the warship and its purported radar-evading syst... more »

The Coming Eurasian World of Lyndon LaRouche

David at LaRouchePAC Feed - 1 day ago
World Land-Bridge New International Economic Order The Coming The Eurasian World of Lyndon LaRouche Video of The Coming The Eurasian World of Lyndon LaRouche *Join us LIVE Saturday at 2pm eastern featuring Jacques Cheminade, president of the French party, Solidarité & Progrès.* Lyndon LaRouche’s 2005 book "Earth’s Next Fifty Years," contains an essay entitled ‘Toward a Second Treaty of Westphalia:The Coming Eurasian World.' The visit of China’s Xi Jinping to Italy last week, preceded by a Milan seminar featuring Helga Zepp-LaRouche and an official of the Italian government, was a p... more »

Donald Trump threatens to shut US-Mexico border over immigrant dispute

Just In - 1 day ago
In a move that could potentially disrupt billions of dollars in trade, the American President says he is "not playing games" and that he is considering closing the southern frontier if Mexico does not make efforts to stop asylum seekers from reaching US soil.

Sex industry paper sees veil lifted on city's booming illegal brothel trade

Matt Garrick at Just In - 1 day ago
A new discussion paper reveals the extent of illegal sexual activities operating in plain sight within the Darwin CBD, disguised as legitimate therapeutic massage parlours.

'I feel numb', homes and stock destroyed by fires near Ballarat

Just In - 1 day ago
Fire authorities confirm at least three homes are among buildings destroyed by grassfires in central Victoria yesterday. A blaze at Mount Mercer quickly grew to 2,000 hectares in size, while the Bunkers Hill fire burned through 150 hectares.

David Warner continues exceptional IPL form against Steve Smith's Rajasthan Royals

Just In - 1 day ago
Steve Smith is reduced to the role of bystander as David Warner hammers 69 runs off 37 balls when the two Australians met in the Indian Premier League on the day their international bans were lifted.

'Polar bears and moving ice': Adelaide woman to trek North Pole, complete explorers' grand slam

Just In - 1 day ago
Adelaide woman Katie Sarah sets her sights on trekking to the North Pole. If successful, she will become the first woman to complete the explorer's grand slam.

Missing Japanese teens found dead in Fraser Island lake

Lily Nothling at Just In - 1 day ago
The bodies of two 16-year-old Japanese boys are found at Lake McKenzie on Fraser Island, north of Brisbane, Queensland police say. The pair were reported missing late on Friday afternoon.

There Are Still Democrats Praying For A Deus Ex Mueller Ending

Caitlin Johnstone at Caitlin Johnstone - 1 day ago
Well it certainly hasn’t taken long for the establishment narrative control machine to pace Russiagaters into a new arsenal of talking points. Now if you try to speak online about how Attorney General William Barr’s letter says that the Mueller report contains the explicit phrase “[T]he investigation […]

Rush Limbaugh’s Epic Presentation Explaining Mueller’s Duplicitious Motives…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 1 day ago
Last night (Thursday) Rush Limbaugh appeared on Fox News to discuss the Mueller report and the much bigger backstory of why Mueller’s entire investigation existed. This is an excellent monologue presentation from Limbaugh: Hi, Mr. Limbaugh!

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