Friday, April 19, 2019

19 April - Blogs I'm Following - 2 of 3

10 pm MDT

Did Actor Keanu Reeves Save Dozens of Cats from Euthanasia?

Dan Evon at Snopes.com - 9 hours ago
He may well be one of the most beloved celebrities on the internet.

Reporter Carol Rosenberg’s FOIA Request Changes Course of al-Nashiri Trial: FRINFORMSUM 4/19/2019

Lauren Harper at UNREDACTED - 9 hours ago
FOIA Request Shows Al-Nashiri Trial Judge Secretly Sought DOJ Position In a remarkable turn of events, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit “threw out every single pre-trial order issued over the past three-and-a-half years in the case of Abd Al-Rahim Hussein Muhammed Al-Nashiri,” the alleged USS Cole bomber currently being tried by […]

Protestors Return To The Streets In Algeria

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 9 hours ago
*Reuters*:* Hundreds of thousands back on Algeria's streets, demanding radical reform* ALGIERS (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators returned to Algeria’s streets on Friday to press demands for sweeping democratic change well beyond former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s resignation, chanting “we do what we want”, witnesses said. The march was peaceful, like most of the demonstrations in the country over the last two months. But an 18-year old who was injured during last week’s protest in Algiers, when clashes broke out, died on Friday of injuries to the head, Enna... more »

Ukraine’s Russia-Leaning Opposition Hopes That A Viktor Medvedchuk Presidential Win This Sunday Will Mean Better Ties With russia

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 9 hours ago
Ukraine's politician Viktor Medvedchuk poses for a picture during an interview with Reuters in Kiev, Ukraine April 17, 2019. REUTERS/Andrew Osborn *Reuters:* *Putin ally to Ukraine's probable new leader: Reconcile with Moscow and get territory back* KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine’s new president could regain control over the separatist-controlled east of his country within months and get cheap gas and major investment from Russia if he repairs ties with Moscow, the Kremlin’s closest ally in Ukraine said. Viktor Medvedchuk, a prominent figure in Ukraine’s Russia-leaning opposition, out... more »

Democrats Intent On Destroying Themselves over the Official Mueller Probe Report

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 9 hours ago
The longer the Democrats obsess over the Mueller report and the possibility of obstruction, the bigger hole they dig for themselves. The reason is simple. The average American -- what Groucho Marx used to call the Barber in Peru (Indiana) -- not the army of Beltway lawyers, will scratch his/her head about why someone should be charged with obstructing justice for a crime he did not commit and did not even occur (i. e. collusion with Russia). Yes, they understand there are legal niceties, but the bottom line remains. And those same middle American "Peruvians" realize -- how could t... more »

Nothing has changed since the Mueller report!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 9 hours ago
*FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2019In our view, the two basic questions:* In our view, nothing has changed in the wake of the Mueller report. We still have two separate tribes telling two separate stories. Each tribe is talking to itself. This is the way cable news and the Internet currently work. At this particular point in time, tribal division is big business as well as an ingrained trait. Speaking from within the tribe which votes for Democrats, we'd say there are only two current questions: Is Donald J. Trump mentally ill? Also, how can we talk to The Others? Again and again, liberal ... more »

Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden To Announce That He Is Running For President Next Week

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 9 hours ago
*Edward-Isaac Dovere, The Atlantic:* *Joe Biden Is Running for President* The former vice president has finally decided he’s in, and he’s announcing in less than a week. Now he just has to finish putting a campaign together. Joe Biden is running. The former vice president will make his candidacy official with a video announcement next Wednesday, according to people familiar with the discussions who have been told about them by top aides. Seriously, he’s actually made a decision. It’s taken two years of back-and-forth, it’ll be his third (or, depending on how you count, seventh) tr... more »

Gallup: Church Membership Down 20 Percent in 20 Years

Bob Adelmann at rss - 9 hours ago
[image: gallup-church-membership-down-20-percent-in-20-years] Recent Gallup polls appear to reflect and confirm the “secularization thesis” in the United States, i.e., that less Americans are attending church. In reality, attendance among committed believers has never been higher.

N.C. Democratic Governor Vetoes Pro-life "Born-alive" Bill

Raven Clabough at rss - 9 hours ago
[image: nc-democratic-gov-vetoes-pro-life-born-alive-bill] North Carolina Democratic Governor Roy Cooper has vetoed a measure that would have protected babies born alive during a late-term abortion, proving once again that the Democratic Party has become the “pro-infanticide” party.

'The Facts'

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 9 hours ago
Well, for posterity's sake on this fine, sunny Good Friday, I've posted a transcript below of the Sir David Attenborough-presented campaigning documentary *Climate Change - The Facts *as I suspect it will be of interest to at least some of you and that you might want to peruse it (or even use it) at your leisure. AC/DC's classic *Back in Black *sprang to mind as former BBC science and environment reporter Richard Black made yet another post-BBC appearance as an expert with very strong views. From my social media reading, I think it's fair to say that the programme has divided ... more »

Transcript: 'Climate Change - The Facts', BBC One, 18 Apr 2019

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 9 hours ago
*David Attenborough*: Right now, we are facing our greatest threat in thousands of years. Climate change. - For a long time, climate change was something that scientists were predicting that would happen in the future. But that's no longer the case. - What we're doing right now is we're so rapidly changing the climate, for the first time in the world's history, people can see the impact of climate change. - Greater storms, greater floods, greater heat waves, extreme sea level rises. All of this is happening far faster than many of us thought possible. Scientists across the glob... more »

Doofus Of The Day #1,040

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 9 hours ago
Today's winner is from Modesto, California. Authorities say a man has suffered third-degree burns over half of his body while trying to melt a plastic jug full of gasoline in a Northern California parking lot ... [he] was using a lighter to melt the mouth of a gallon water jug into the shape of funnel to make it easier to pour the fuel into his car. Instead, the jug exploded in flames. The man and a nearby car also caught fire. . . . He was airlifted to a hospital. There's more at the link. Sounds like a Darwin Award looking for a home, right there . . . Peter

ON IMPEACHMENT, WHY DO DEMOCRATS THINK TRUMP IS CLINTON?

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 9 hours ago
I'm not prepared to say that impeachment is absolutely necessary for the health and well-being of the Republic -- a resounding defeat of Donald Trump and the GOP at the polls in 2020, followed by multiple indictments of Trump (and his associates and relatives) in multiple venues, would have a similar effect. Impeachment would certainly fail in its main goal -- to remove Trump from office -- because no Republican in Congress would vote against the president, regardless of the evidence. Nevertheless, I question the standard argument against impeachment, summarized by Greg Sargent as: ... more »

Could transparent “wood” shatter use of glass for windows?

CFACT Ed at CFACT - 9 hours ago
Believe it or not, windows made from wood are nearing commercial application. The post Could transparent “wood” shatter use of glass for windows? appeared first on CFACT.

GHCN v3.3 vs v4 Anomaly North America

Hifast at Climate Collections - 9 hours ago
Reblogged from Musings from the Chiefio: GHCN v3.3 vs v4 Anomaly North America Posted on 19 April 2019 by E.M.Smith In prior postings I did a sample of various countries around the world, and a full set of South America and Antarctica. This extends that set with North America. I’m goiing to group things into North […]

Climate Change and the Ten Warning Signs for Cults

Hifast at Climate Collections - 9 hours ago
Originally posted on Sierra Foothill Commentary: Reposted From Medium: Have you thought to yourself that the Climate Change movement seems more and more like a religious movement? I have, so I researched how to identify a religious cult. Rick Ross, an expert on cults and intervention specialist, developed a list of ten warning signs for…

Remarkable: Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters Denounces Arrest of Julian Assange

SafeSpace at 'Nox & Friends - 9 hours ago
Mister Dark Side of the Moon Roger Waters rants at the UK as “lackeys of the American empire” – while comfortably numb in Manhattan – and dumps on Trump. No surprises there. Rogers does grasp the current TEGWAR state of western democracies (TEGWAR = The Exciting Game Without Any Rules, courtesy the 1973 movie “Bang The Drum Slowly”). He errs in believing – in the face of a boatload of evidence to the contrary – that POTUS Trump is a member of the traditional One World establishment. A fairly wacko interview, this. Waters’ thinking shows the effects of many years … Continue reading →

2:00PM Water Cooler 4/18/2019

Lambert Strether at naked capitalism - 9 hours ago
Today's Water Cooler: China and WTO, Biden to run, Buttigieg (Zuckerberg; donors), Harris, Moulton (!), Sanders, Warren, Yang, RussiaGate, super-delegates, jobless claims, leading indicators, retail sales, Sears, Lyft, CA carbon tax debacle, real-time evolution, plastic bags, Johnny Cash, brains, cats, badgers

On Lefties for Farage

Phil at All That Is Solid ... - 10 hours ago
For one time only, George Galloway tells us he's voting for Nigel Farage's Brexit Party. Pushing the oft-heard Brexiteer talking points, we're told parliament has spent the last three years trying to thwart the result of the 2016 referendum. So "we" need to send a message to the "Westminster elite". A rocket up their backsides, if you will, a reminder the angry leave army are not about to have their Brexit taken away from them. But to countenance voting for, urging a vote for, and campaigning for the *Brexit Party*, isn't that a step too far? Elaborating his position further, Gallo... more »

Is Nationwide Marijuana Legalization Just Around the Corner?

ActivistPost at Activist Post - 10 hours ago
By Reason It’s hard to be pessimistic about marijuana legalization these days. Recreational cannabis is legal in 10 states and decriminalized in another 14. Virtually... more »

THE LITTLE SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT COULD: Ninth percentile, here we come!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 10 hours ago
*FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2019Life after Ian Watt:* Kevin Drum agrees with us about the absurdity of that closing anecdote in Saturday's New York Times. He says it contains a "remarkable sentence." We reprint that sentence below, but first, consider this: "Short of reporting the results in hexadecimal, I don’t think it would be possible to make it more difficult to figure out what this means," Drum wrote in yesterday's post. He referred to this striking sentence from a front-page report in the Times: Nataylia Henry, a fourth grader, missed more than 50 days of school last year because ... more »

The Special Counsel’s Constitutional Analysis

jblackman at Lawfare - 10 hours ago
(Photo: Matthew Kahn) Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report spans more than 400 pages. In a 12-page section near the end of the thick volume, Mueller tackles a critical question: Can the federal obstruction of justice statute apply to the president? The first element of the report’s analysis focuses on the so-called clear statement rule. In 1995, the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) suggested that the federal bribery statute can be applied to the president, even though there is not a “clear statement” in the statute that the president is subject to the law. Mueller relies on this o... more »

What the Mueller Report Tells Us About Russian Influence Operations

apolyakova at Lawfare - 10 hours ago
The Internet Research Agency, St. Petersburg, Russia (Source: Wikimedia) *Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos. * The redacted Special Counsel report released this morning confirms that the Russian government, through various proxies, carried out a multi-pronged campaign against the United States before, during, and after the 2016 election. That campaign involved three distinct elements: 1. A social media influence and infiltration operation led by the Internet Research Agency (IRA); 2. A cyber hacking operation carried out by the Russian mi... more »

Another Day, Another Facebook Scandal — Company Data Mined Email User Contacts From New Users

Aaron at Activist Post - 10 hours ago
By Aaron Kesel Facebook has another scandal; this time it has been revealed that the company’s password verification feature for new users collected contact data... more »

Aircraft Carrier Alliance: Will Britain Build India a New Queen Elizabeth-Class Carrier?

Michael Peck at Test Feed Using Fields - 10 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, * British defense contractor BAE Systems is offering a Queen Elizabeth-class design as a contender for India’s third aircraft carrier, which will be built in India. Will India’s next aircraft carrier be a British design? British defense contractor BAE Systems is offering a Queen Elizabeth-class design as a contender for India’s third aircraft carrier, which will be built in India. “BAE Systems has begun discussions with India regarding the potential for basing development of the second Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC-2) project on the successful Queen... more »

Making History Great Again

Christian Caryl at Test Feed Using Fields - 10 hours ago
*Christian Caryl* *History, Americas* [image: Reuters] Simon Sebag Montefiore’s book, Titans of History: The Giants Who Made Our World, offers a jaunty tour of past historical greats. Simon Sebag Montefiore, *Titans of History: The Giants Who Made Our World* (New York: Vintage Books, 2018), 640 pp., $20.00. SIMON SEBAG Montefiore is one of those rare writers who knows how to put the story back into history. In his earlier books, he combined solid research with a knack for turning long-dead figures into vivid characters. In *Catherine the Great and Potemkin*, a doorstop of a book,... more »

Donald Trump, Richard Nixon, and Honey Badger Politics

Colin Dueck at Test Feed Using Fields - 10 hours ago
*Colin Dueck* *Politics, Americas* [image: Reuters] The investigation into President Trump's adventures in potential crimes may end very differently from Nixon and Watergate. *He had the fighting instincts of a badger trapped by hounds . . . Badgers don’t fight fair, bubba. That’s why God made dachshunds.* — Hunter S. Thompson, on Richard Nixon With the public release of the Mueller report, comparisons are once again being made between the Trump presidency and that of Richard Nixon. There are indeed multiple similarities. But they may not be the ones observers have in mind. Cons... more »

Could Reparations Help Close the American Racial Divide?

Amitai Etzioni at Test Feed Using Fields - 10 hours ago
*Amitai Etzioni* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] The racial divide continues to plague America. It is well worth spending a large amount of funds—if it can finally be healed. As a Jewish child who escaped Nazi Germany, and whose extended family perished in the concentration camps, I got a check from the German government. It did nothing to change my feelings about the Holocaust or Germany. The same problem is faced by those who have been calling in the recent days for reparations for African American descendants of slaves. There is not a sum large enough to compensate these... more »

Making Global Conversation More Inclusive by Considering our Different Academic Cultures

cmaadmin at Diverse - 10 hours ago
Internationalization has been one of the main drives in higher education in the last decades and it relates to several aspects of our academic institutions and professional activities. To some institutions, internationalization has been translated into an effective strategy to boost revenue by attracting students from other countries; it has also meant the increasing importance of study-abroad initiatives in association with partner organizations.

Publication Highlights the Role of ‘Place and Ecology’ at TCUs

Tiffany Pennamon at Diverse - 10 hours ago
An examination of the circular relationship between place, engagement and identity is the foundation of a new publication exploring the roles of Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) in restoring and revitalizing Indigenous ways of living, languages and social practices.

Is The 'Sound Of Music' Song 'Edelweiss' A Pro-Nazi Song Or A Song With A Sinister Meaning?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 10 hours ago
Does...anyone at that White House understand the significance of that song? https://t.co/IK9h8fOwNj — Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 18, 2019 *PJ Media:* *NYT's Maggie Haberman Suggests Trump Playing 'Edelweiss' at White House Has Some Sinister Meaning* The latest attempt to brand Trump a Nazi has two American artists rolling over in their graves. On Thursday, a New York Post reporter tweeted that President Donald Trump played the song "Edelweiss" at the White House. The New York Times's White House correspondent, Maggie Haberman, suggested the song was a Nazi anthem, insp... more »

Crimea vows to ship oil to Syria amid ongoing fuel crisis

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:20 P.M.) – The President of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, vowed to help the Syrian Arab Republic amid their ongoing fuel crisis that is a result of the sanctions imposed on the country by western nations. Aksyonov told Russia’s Sputnik News that there are plans to export wheat, petroleum derivatives and power tools to […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Houthi forces shoot down massive drone over northern Yemen (photos)

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:15 P.M.) – The Houthi Forces shot down a massive drone over the Sa’ada countryside on Friday, the group announced this afternoon. According to the Houthi forces, they shot the drone after it was seen circling their positions near the Saudi border with the Sa’ada Governorate. The massive drone is suspected to be […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Malta to deny Russia access to airspace if they are supplying Venezuela

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:45 P.M.) – The Maltese authorities have refused to allow Russia use their airspace in order to deliver supplies to the Venezuela, the U.S. Department of State said on Friday. “We applaud the government of #Malta for refusing to allow Russian planes to use its airspace to supply the brutal former regime in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Turkish Army, rebels launch simultaneous attack against Syrian Army, YPG troops in northern Aleppo

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:25 P.M.) – The Turkish Army and their allies from the National Liberation Front (NLF) launched a heavy attack against the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units (YPG) in northern Aleppo this afternoon. According to a source near Aleppo city, the Turkish Army and NLF heavily shelled the YPG near […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Chase Bank CLOSES ACCOUNTS of Political Activists Without Explanation!

ActivistPost at Activist Post - 11 hours ago
By Dan Dicks It’s official…we have entered a technocratic tyrannical dictatorship where at the flip of a switch enemies of the state can be “shut... more »

US Democrats issue subpoena to see full Mueller report

Just In - 11 hours ago
The subpoena for special counsel's Robert Mueller's report into Russian interference in the 2016 election comes as Congress escalates its investigation of President Donald Trump.

Good Friday cold blast brings April snow to the west for first time in 49 years

Herlyn Kaur at Just In - 11 hours ago
Western Australia's south-west receives an unexpected surprise with snow on Bluff Knoll in the Stirling Ranges — the earliest recorded snowfall in the state's history and the first in the month of April since 1970.

Russia Bans Energy Exports to Ukraine

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 11 hours ago
*Moscow Times:* *Russia Bans Oil, Coal Exports to Ukraine* Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree banning Russian exports of coal, crude oil and oil products to Ukraine, he told government officials in televised comments on Thursday. Starting June 1, the export of products listed in the decree will require a special permit, Interfax reported. The decree will also ban the import into Russia of Ukrainian “engineering, light and metalworking products, which in the past year amounted to almost $250 million,” Medvedev said. The move comes in response to Ukraine's recent act... more »

Arctic Sea Ice Volume Increasing For 12 Years

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 11 hours ago
Arctic sea ice volume has been trending upwards for the past twelve years. Spreadsheet Data But reality has no place in the climate debate, as alarmists continue to spread lies about essentially everything.

Plummeting Deaths From Natural Disasters

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 11 hours ago
As CO2 has increased, the number of people dying from natural disasters has plummeted. Spreadsheet Data Climate alarmists make up all kinds of completely fake statistics, in their effort to fool people into accepting global communism. Latest is that global … Continue reading →

Did President Trump Say ‘This is the End of My Presidency. I’m F*cked’ After Mueller’s Appointment?

Dan Evon at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
According to the Mueller Report, U.S. President Donald Trump was less than enthused about the appointment of the special counsel.

Is the Trump Administration Seeking to Monitor Social Media Accounts of Disability Recipients?

Bethania Palma at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
The U.S. Social Security Administration proposed stepped-up evaluation of social media posts when investigating peoples' disability claims.

Easter Feast Arrives at the Space Station

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
There are three Americans living on the space station, as well as two Russians and one Canadian.

Trump Says Statements in Mueller Report ‘Untrue’

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
On Twitter President Trump dubbed the more than 400-page document the “Crazy Mueller Report.”

Drunk on Smoke: Notre Dame’s Bees Survive Fire

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
Confounding officials who thought they had perished, the bees clung to life, protecting their queen.

US Corporations Embracing 420 as Pot Legalization Grows

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
U.S. retail sales of cannabis products jumped to $10.5 billion last year, a threefold increase from 2017.

Alexander the Great is the reason why Jesus Christ could speak some Greek. Two great warriors, one worldly, one spiritual

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 11 hours ago
*A statue of Alexander the Great, Greek king of Macedonia, has been erected in Athens after a 25 year delay amid growing concerns about a fake Globalist narrative about a suppressed Slavic speaking people in Greece.* *https://www.documentonews.gr/article/o-megas-alexandros-ths-athhnas-ta-apokalypthria-toy-glyptoy-toy-giannh-pappa-photos* *https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/athens-installs-alexander-the-great-statue-after-27-year-delay-119041900427_1.html* *Alexander conquered an area that included present day Israel, and that is one of the reasons why Jesus Christ c... more »

Good Friday Reproaches

Menagerie at The Last Refuge - 11 hours ago

Russia Has Completed Delivery Of 24 Su-35 Fighter Jets To China

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 11 hours ago
mil.ru *The Diplomat:* *Russia Completes Delivery of 24 Su-35 Fighter Jets to China* *China is the first foreign buyer of the Russian-made Su-35 fighter jet.* Russia has completed the delivery of 24 Sukhoi Su-35S (NATO reporting name: Flanker-E) multirole fighter aircraft destined for service in the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) told local media on April 16. “In compliance with the contract, all the Su-35 planes have been delivered to the foreign customer,” FSVTS was quoted as saying by TASS news age... more »

Friday Sketch by Joe Infumari: Weakened Bernie and Assange Strong

Joe Infurnari at The Ghion Journal - 11 hours ago
Every Friday, Joe Infumari applies his artistic talent and captures the essence of the articles published at Ghion Journal for the week into cartoons. This week’s Friday Sketch is inspired by two articles, one written by Rainer Shea titled “Supporting Assange’s Prosecution is Supporting the Nullification of Freedoms” and the second article written by Stephen Boni titled “Electoral Politics vs. Movement Politics: The Conundrum of the Bernie Sanders Phenomenon“. Enjoy and appreciate the power of… The post Friday Sketch by Joe Infumari: Weakened Bernie and Assange Strong appeared fi... more »

Multiple Investigations Reveal Secrets About Where US Tax Dollars Are Really Going

Activist Post at Activist Post - 11 hours ago
By Arjun Walia The Facts: Multiple investigations and testimony from high-ranking sources have discovered that trillions of our tax dollars are going towards programs that... more »

Swalwell: You’ll Sell Me Your Gun, or You’ll Go to Jail

R. Cort Kirkwood at rss - 11 hours ago
[image: swalwell-you-ll-sell-me-your-gun-or-you-ll-go-to-jail] Representative Eric Swalwell, a hard-leftist from California who wants to be president, has proposed jailing Americans who refuse to surrender legally purchased and owned firearms to a federal gun Gestapo.

Pew Report: In 2020 Hispanic Voters Will Overtake Blacks

R. Cort Kirkwood at rss - 11 hours ago
[image: pew-report-in-2020-hispanics-voters-will-overtake-blacks] By 2020, Hispanic voters will outnumber black voters 32 million to 30 million.

Caught at the Border: a Murderer Deported Three Times, Another Three-timer, and a Girl With the Measles

R. Cort Kirkwood at rss - 11 hours ago
[image: caught-at-the-border-a-murderer-deported-three-times-another-three-timer-and-a-girl-with-the-measles] This week, Customs and Border Protection caught a thrice-deported illegal convicted of murder in the United States, a Salvadoran also deported three times, and a child who crossed the border with a contagious disease.

Greece Repeats Its Demands For WW2 Reparations From Germany

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 11 hours ago
*Reuters:* *Greek parliament calls on Germany to pay WW2 reparations* ATHENS (Reuters) - The Greek parliament voted on Wednesday to launch a diplomatic campaign to press Germany to cough up billions of euros in damages for the Nazi occupation of the country in World War Two, an issue Berlin says was settled long ago. Greece suffered hugely under Nazi German rule and a parliamentary commission in 2016 put the cost at more than 300 billion euros, though Wednesday’s proposal - backed by both ruling coalition and opposition lawmakers - mentioned no figure. The vote, the first offici... more »

Atmospheric Measurements and Observations

tzofiya at The Great Climate Debate - 11 hours ago
Solar Radiation Measurements Dr. J. Haase, Purdue Download PDF

#MIT has just announced a $1 billion plan to create a new college for #AI.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/612293/mit-has-just-announced-a-1-billion-plan-to-create-a-new-college-for-ai/?utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=add_this&utm_content=2019-04-12 Advertisements

Genetic Testing Is Increasingly Driving Treatment For Breast Cancer And May Actually Help Lower Costs

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
https://www.survivornet.com/articles/genetic-testing-is-increasingly-driving-treatment-for-breast-cancer-and-may-actually-help-lower-costs/?amp&__twitter_impression=true

Why Is the Day Jesus Was Crucified Called ‘Good Friday’?

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
https://billygraham.org/answer/why-is-the-day-jesus-was-crucified-called-good-friday/

Newly Invented Application of CRISPR Could Actually Cure Herpes One Day

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
https://www.sciencealert.com/newly-invented-application-of-crispr-could-actually-cure-herpes-one-day

How Old Are Saturn’s Rings? The Debate Rages On.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-old-are-saturns-rings-the-debate-rages-on/

Salt-Water Fish Extinction Seen By 2048.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
https://earthmaven.io/sustainablehuman/old-story/salt-water-fish-extinction-seen-by-2048-Udxlu7LsXkisG0OmuzAbcA/?utm_campaign=meetedgar&utm_medium=social&utm_source=meetedgar.com

Find out how the ‘god particle’ works: Travelling CERN exhibition is coming to India.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/find-out-how-god-particle-works-travelling-cern-exhibition-coming-india-100325

Astrophysics in The Three-body Problem — Black Hole, Three Spheres and More

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
https://pandaily.com/astrophysics-in-three-body-problem-blackhole-three-spheres-and-more/

Scientists revive brain function in dead pigs

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
https://news.yahoo.com/scientists-revive-brain-function-dead-pigs-175355365.html?ncid=facebook_yahoonewsf_akfmevaatca

How Nelson Mandela created the conditions for success

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 11 hours ago
https://blog.cambridgeinternational.org/nelson-mandela/

Tobacco Doesn't Pay McTurtle Enough Anymore For Him To Keep Turning America Into An Ashtray

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
Big Tobacco was once a much bigger player in congressional politics than it is now. As recently as 1990, the sector was handing out hefty bribes on a bipartisan basis. That year the tobacco companies gave $1,139,125 to Reoublicans and $1,012,249 to Democrats.That year the two top tobacco bribe takers were Senators Mitch McConnell ($60,650) and Jesse Helms ($57,280). Of the top 120 House members gobbling up money that allowed Big Tobacco to continue causing a cancer epidemic only ONE is still in the House: the stinking of corruption Majority Leader Steny Hoyer ($6,450). Almost 2 de... more »

Why Is Venezuela’s Maduro Still In Power?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
*David Noriega, VICE News:* *This is why Venezuela’s Maduro is still in power * CARACAS, Venezuela — President Nicolás Maduro has had a tumultuous 2019. He's been locked in a power struggle with 35-year-old Juan Guaidó since January, when the young opposition leader declared himself Venezuela’s rightful interim president with the backing of 50 countries, including the U.S. He's faced several rounds of sanctions that have crippled the country’s oil sector and sharply exacerbated an already disastrous crisis, making an economic recovery all but impossible any time soon. He's oversee... more »

Disturbing Video Shows Cop Repeatedly Smash Kid’s Face into Pavement, Leaving a Pool of Blood

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 12 hours ago
[image: kid]A town is outraged after disturbing video showed Broward deputies throw a teen to the ground, punch him in the head, and smash his face into the pavement.

WATCH: Officers Laugh as They Chain 4 Black Men To Table, Allow Supremacist to Stab Them

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 12 hours ago
[image: stab]Four black men were chained to a table by officers who then unchained a white supremacist, allowed him to get a knife, and then laughed as he stabbed them.

Notice to Readers

greencrow at Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 12 hours ago
*Easter Wreath* Please be advised that I am travelling to Vancouver Island to spend Easter with family. I will return to the mainland on Monday. Hope Everyone has a very Blessed and Joyous Easter. gc

UN’s Empty Promises to World’s Indigenous Peoples

Apr 19 (IPS) - Tupac Enrique Acosta is a member of the Nahuatl Nation and serves as firekeeper for the Nahuacalli, Embassy of Indigenous Peoples in Phoenix, Arizona. The 18th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) will take place 22 April 3 May 2019. The theme of the session will be: "Traditional knowledge: Generation, Transmission and Protection"The United Nations, as in so many other areas, gives lip service in support of Indigenous issues while lacking the political will and enforcement power over individual member states to comply with th... more »

AOC and the Green New Deal Video

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 12 hours ago
What if we actually pulled off a #GreenNewDeal? What would the future look like? The Intercept presents a film narrated and co-written by Rep. @AOC and illustrated by @mollycrabapple. https://t.co/zAMLAizbN7 pic.twitter.com/PywCR0jPUl — The Intercept (@theintercept) April 17, 2019 Children in NYC graduate from high school unable to read and AOC promotes the GND. Please Like, … Continue reading "AOC and the Green New Deal Video"

Special Counsel, Robert Mueller, Failed in His Mission to Prove Collusion Or Obstruction, But Suggests Case for Impeachment

Fox News at Need To Know - 12 hours ago
Robert Mueller suggested to Congress that they have a potential obstruction case, which creates an opening for Congress to Impeach the President anyway. The burden may now be on the President to prove he is innocent.

End of dollar accelerates under Trump, US could face inflationary shocks and skyrocketing debt in a couple of years

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 12 hours ago
*HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR CHINA AND ITS YUAN, CAN INTRODUCE THE EUROYUAN IN EUROPE IF IT GAINS ENOUGH POLITICAL INFLUENCE BY OUSTING NWO GOVERNMENTS AND NEUTRALIZING THEIR MEDIA PROPAGANDA* *CAN USE FACTUAL INFORMATION TO WIN HEARTS AND MINDS* *INFO ABOUT MY CASE DELTA 15 218 ALONE WILL CONVINCE PEOPLE A STATE RUN BANK, VACCINE CONTROLS AND A FREE MEDIA ARE A GOOD THING AND THEY ARE ALL CHINESE IN 2019* *Dollar Dominance Is Under Multiple, Converging ThreatsProfile picture for user Tyler Durdenby Tyler DurdenThu, 04/18/2019 - 18:253SHARESTwitterFacebookRedditEmailPrintAuthored ...more »

This Day In Iraqi History - Apr 19

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
1916 German commander of the Ottoman forces in Mesopotamia Gen Goltz died of typhoid 1920 Start of San Remo meeting with Britain France Italy and Japan Decided on split up of Ottoman Empire and creation of Iraq 1922 Colonial Sec Churchill said King Feisal’s demand that mandate be dropped from Iraq impossible under League of Nations that created mandate (Musings On Iraq article on Churchill’s views on Mesopotamia) (Musings On Iraq book review *Churchill’s Folly, How Winston Churchill Created Modern Iraq*) (Musings On Iraq book review *Supremacy And Oil, Iraq, Turkey, and the A... more »

Russia Vows To Help The Venezuelan Regime Of Nicolas Maduro

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
*Newsweek:* *Russia Vows to Continue Venezuela Support Despite New U.S. Sanctions As Iran Considers Deploying Revolutionary Guard* Russia has dismissed new U.S. sanctions imposed on Venezuela and Cuba this week, vowing to stand by the embattled regime headed by President Nicolás Maduro. The RIA news agency quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, who said Thursday the new sanctions—announced by national security adviser John Bolton on Wednesday—are illegal, Reuters reported. Ryabkov added that the Kremlin plans to do everything to support its allies in Caracas and Havana, d... more »

Andrew Mallard, jailed for murder he didn't commit, killed in US hit-run crash

Herlyn Kaur at Just In - 12 hours ago
The family of Andrew Mallard and the team that helped exonerate him after he was wrongfully jailed for more than a decade express their devastation following the WA man's death in a hit-and-run crash in Los Angeles.

China inveils hyersonic aircraft, can be used to take down USA electricity grid etc in minutes

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 12 hours ago
*China with its state run central bank and booming economy has the means to defend itself, also using pre emptive strikes potentially with a new hypersonic aircraft which can reach the USA in 14 minutes and basically nuke the country to smithereens or target infrastructure like electricity grid, water supply, communications etc.* *They have the moral right to defend themselves from the aggression of the private banking NWO cartel.* *Unlike the NWO, China has not turned money into an elite weapon of mass financial destruction for 99.99% of the people, using fractional reserve banki... more »

China's Nightmare: How the U.S. Navy Could Sink Its Prized Aircraft Carriers

James Holmes at Test Feed Using Fields - 12 hours ago
*James Holmes* *Security, * Here it is. *That’s a rough analogy to today. Fortress China is festooned with airfields and mobile antiship weaponry able to strike hundreds of miles out to sea. Yes, the U.S. Navy remains stronger than the PLA Navy in open-sea battle. A fleet-on-fleet engagement isolated from shore-based reinforcements would probably go America’s way. But that hypothetical result may not make much difference since the two navies are more likely to join battle in confined Asian waters than on the open ocean.* Ah, yes, the “carrier-killer.” China is forever *touting*... more »

We Know Why China Wants Aircraft Carriers

Bryan McGrath, Mackenzie Eaglen at Test Feed Using Fields - 12 hours ago
*Bryan McGrath, Mackenzie Eaglen* *Security, * Simple. *Whether in a direct or support role, carriers have taken part in almost every major military operation the United States has undertaken since the Second World War. They also serve as first-rate diplomatic tools to either heighten or ease political pressure. When regional tensions increase, a carrier, or sometimes two, is sent to patrol off their coast. And when an election takes place in a nascent democracy or country central to U.S. interests, a strike group typically is sailing offshore.* *(This first appeared in 2015.)*... more »

Donald Trump Did Not Set Out to Obstruct Justice

Daniel McCarthy at Test Feed Using Fields - 12 hours ago
*Daniel McCarthy* *Politics, Americas* [image: Reuters] Trump was unwise to fire Comey when he did. But that action, and his subsequent champing at the bit to be rid of the investigation, were expressions of agony and impatience, not Machiavellian plotting. Few Democrats will tell you that the Whitewater investigation into Bill Clinton, which eventually expanded to cover the Monica Lewinsky affair and more, was worth the time and money spent on it. Likewise, few Republicans have an appreciative word to say about the Iran-Contra investigation. This is despite the fact that Bill C... more »

No Collusion Is Not Good Enough

Dov S. Zakheim at Test Feed Using Fields - 12 hours ago
*Dov S. Zakheim* *Donald Trump, United States* Mueller’s report confirmed that this president has demeaned the office he holds. And in so doing he has demeaned the United States. The president is trumpeting to his supporters and anyone else who will listen that, as he insisted all along, the Mueller report found NO COLLUSION (his all caps, not mine) with Russia. In addition, he is asserting, on the shaky basis of what actually is considerable ambiguity in the report, that there was “no obstruction” either. In fact, the report made it clear that the president certainly came near t... more »

30 Years Ago Today a U.S. Navy Battleship Exploded in Live-Fire Training Exercise

Task and Purpose, Jeff Schogol at Test Feed Using Fields - 12 hours ago
*Task and Purpose, Jeff Schogol* *Security, * It's been 30 years since an explosion inside the number two gun turret on the USS Iowa killed 47 American sailors, but for Mike Carr, it still feels like yesterday. *Up to 300 former Iowa sailors are expected to attend Friday's ceremony, which has proven to be a catharsis for veterans still trying to cope with past trauma, he said.* It's been 30 years since an explosion inside the number two gun turret on the USS *Iowa* killed 47 American sailors, but for Mike Carr, it still feels like yesterday. "I knew all 47 guys inside that turr... more »

Rockland County NY health department goes door to door looking for unvaccinated – Media lies about MMR vaccine risk

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 12 hours ago
by Brian Shilhavy Editor, Health Impact News In spite of an injunction preventing Rockland County, New York, from banning unvaccinated children from public places issued by a state Supreme Court Judge, County Executive Ed Day and Rockland County Commissioner of Health Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert are proceeding with a new ban, and going door to […] The post Rockland County NY health department goes door to door looking for unvaccinated – Media lies about MMR vaccine risk appeared first on Health Nut News.

CHINA CAN USE THE LATEST EBOLA FALSE FLAG TO EXPAND ITS SPHERE OF INFLUENCE AROUND THE GLOBE

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 12 hours ago
*NWO EBOLA FALSE FLAG CAN MAKE CHINA THE WORLD'S POLITICAL LEADER AS WELL AS ECONOMIC LEADER* *CAN EMERGE AS THE CHAMPION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ETC* *Amid the latest round of Ebola hype,* https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-18/ebola-outbreak-congo-close-becoming-global-emergency *China has an opportunity to win hearts and minds and extend its influence in resource rich Africa and through out the world by protecting people from the Globalist false flag epidemic vaccines, including Ebola.* *The World Health Organisation (WHO) opted not to declare a global health emergency, after an emer... more »

The Eternal Fairy Tale of Russiagate

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 12 hours ago
Since many of humanity's most enduring myths and legends are thought to have their origin in humanity itself, we can't expect the Russiagate saga to die any time soon either. It makes lots of money, spinning straw into gold for franchise owners and investors by the hour, by the month, by the Thousand and One Nights and A Night. It also seems to fill a great psychological need for the spinners, who still quaintly describe themselves as journalists. Were it not for the fact that their military/surveillance state-serving narrative edges us ever closer to confrontation with a nuclea... more »

Friday Morning Links

Greg Fingas at Accidental Deliberations - 13 hours ago
Assorted content for your Friday reading. - Paul Krugman offers a reminder that the gap between the 1% and the rest of us is far larger than most people are permitted to see: (T)here’s also a big difference between being affluent, even very affluent, and having the kind of wealth that puts you in a completely separate social universe. It’s a difference summed up three decades ago in the movie “Wall Street,” when Gordon Gekko mocks the limited ambitions of someone who just wants to be “a $400,000-a-year working Wall Street stiff flying first class and being comfortable.” Even now, m... more »

Airline wars heat up, as industry undergoes massive disruption (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 13 hours ago
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 145. The post Airline wars heat up, as industry undergoes massive disruption (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

Mandatory vaccination for measles in the USA soon?

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 13 hours ago
A* NY judge has upheld a mandatory measles vaccination order as former Senator Joe Liberman calls for measles to be considered a national security threat.* *Excerpts from media* *A Brooklyn judge on Thursday ruled against a group of parents who challenged New York City’s recently imposed mandatory measles vaccination order, rejecting their argument that the city’s public health authority exceeded its authority.* *In a six-page decision rendered hours after a hearing on the matter, Judge Lawrence Knipel denied the parents’ petition seeking to lift the vaccination order, imposed last... more »

Dems issue subpoena for red herring Mueller report

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 13 hours ago
*A subpoena demanding the release of the full report into Russian meddling during the 2016 election has been issued, amid claims the current version "leaves most of Congress in the dark".* *https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47991337* *It looks like the Mueller report has left out the core of the Russia investigation, although some information left out may be in the underlying material that the Dems are seeking.* *There is no mention of a secret source at the heart of the investigation according to FBI agents Lisa Page and Peter Strozk.* https://observer.com/2019/02/fbi-mole... more »

Good Friday...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 13 hours ago

Opinion | The Toffoli Factor, Revisited

Michael Royster at The Rio Times - 13 hours ago
The Toffoli factor, Revisited Opinion, by Michael Royster SÃO PAULO, SP – In April 2018, the Curmudgeon criticized votes by STF Justice Toffoli designed to ensure that corrupt PT politicians, including several of his friends, did not go to jail. Six months later, Justice Toffoli became Presiding Justice Toffoli, where controversy continues to involve him. […] The post Opinion | The Toffoli Factor, Revisited appeared first on The Rio Times.

Debunking a so-called "scientific" study

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 13 hours ago
Karl Denninger points out - scathingly - that a recent study of fine particulate matter air pollution is fundamentally flawed in its recommendations, because it doesn't take the whole picture into account. The study claims that there are up to 100,000 "premature" deaths every year due to such pollution. 100,000 dead people in a year is 0.03% of the American population. A real number, to be sure. But..... all those trucks, trains, cars, boats, agriculture and industry -- *the source of that fine particulate emission* -- is why we have: - Food. - Energy. - Warm houses in ... more »

MUELLER'S REPORT OMITS CORE OF RUSSIAN INVESTIGATION, AND ITS SECRET SOURCE

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 13 hours ago
*The redacted Robert Mueller report is out and it leaves out the core of the Russian investigation, specifically any mention of "secret source" at the heart of the FBI investigation into Donald Trump and his Russia links, which FBI agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page told Congress about.* *https://observer.com/2019/02/fbi-mole-trump-campaign-questions* *Does Mueller know about this secret source of not? If not, how come? If so, why is it not in the report focussing also on the issue of obstruction of justice into that original source information?* *https://cdn.cnn.com/cnn/2019/images... more »

The Kremlin Reacts To The Release Of The Mueller Report

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*TASS*:* Kremlin says Mueller’s report was waste of taxpayers’ money* *Moscow regrets that the documents of this sort are causing direct influence on the development of Russian-US relations, the Kremlin spokesman said.* MOSCOW, April 19. /TASS/. Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov believes that US taxpayers have solid reasons to start asking questions why budget money was wasted on special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe. "We regret the documents of this sort are causing direct influence on the development of Russian-US relations, whose condition leaves much to be desired... more »

Former Counsel May Have Saved Trump from Himself

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
Don McGahn, who sat for about 30 hours of interviews, emerged as a central character in Mueller's painstaking investigation.

Yankees Stop Using Kate Smith Recording While Investigating Racism

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
The Yankees have suspended the use of Kate Smith’s recording of “God Bless America” during the seventh-inning stretch while they investigate an allegation of racism against the singer.

Time-traveling AOC Delivers “How I Saved the World” Message From the Future

Selwyn Duke at rss - 13 hours ago
[image: time-traveling-aoc-delivers-how-i-saved-the-world-message-from-the-future] Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has delivered what she calls “A Message from the Future.” It’s presented in a slick video about how she saved the world via her Green New Deal.

A Short History of Yugoslavia (V)

Vladislav B. SOTIROVIĆ at OrientalReview.org - 13 hours ago
Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV Tito’s policy in the 1970s of the so-called “encourage and suppress” for the sake to struggle against politically undesirable and threatening ethnic nationalisms especially the Croat and the Serb ones appeared to be incoherent one. In another word, while some ethnic nationalisms and their […]

Is Trump for Detente or Militarism? – A Talk with Stephen Cohen

Yves Smith at naked capitalism - 14 hours ago
Professor Stephen Cohen dicusses Trump's policies on Russia and China on Real News Network.

Oil Companies say 'Self Regulation is Not Enough'

Censored News, publisher Brenda Norrell at CENSORED NEWS - 14 hours ago
. Self-regulation is not enough, says oil companies By Lisa DeVille Mandaree, North Dakota Censored News It's not often you see a company calling for tougher regulation of itself, but in an Op-Ed in the Houston Chronicle, Susan Dio, Chairperson and President of BP America, publicly called on the EPA to set tough nationwide standards on methane emissions. The company states that

As More States Confiscate Guns, Dad Shoots Pedophile Who Broke Into Daughter’s Room

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: guns]As states across the country move to take away our second amendment rights, a man protecting a 12-year-old from a possible rapist proves why we need it.

Two arrested over alleged shooting death of Jarrod Leigh Turner

Just In - 14 hours ago
Two more people are in custody in relation to the alleged murder of Hobart father Jarrod Turner, whose body was found near Richmond after being shot in the head last Sunday.

Power douse Eagles' fire in the wet, Bombers fly past North

Just In - 14 hours ago
Port Adelaide stuns the premiers, beating West Coast by plenty on a wet Good Friday night in Perth — after the Bombers are way too strong for the Kangaroos at Docklands.

Roosters nearly throw it away, but beat Storm in golden point

Just In - 14 hours ago
It's a worthy grand final rematch, with the Roosters beating the Storm in golden point in Melbourne after South Sydney gets the points in the traditional Good Friday encounter against the Bulldogs.

TYLENOL DAMAGES THE BRAINS OF CHILDREN, RESEARCH REVEALS AND COULD LEAD TO ADHD & AUTISM

Amanda-Mary at Healing Oracle - 14 hours ago
Share List Millions use Tylenol on a daily basis without concern, but it has a wide range of toxic side effects you should be aware of, especially if you are pregnant, or give it to... The post TYLENOL DAMAGES THE BRAINS OF CHILDREN, RESEARCH REVEALS AND COULD LEAD TO ADHD & AUTISM appeared first on Healing Oracle.

Beginning of the End for 'Russiagate': Now Defeat The New McCarthyism

adam at LaRouchePAC Feed - 14 hours ago
[image: Attorney General William Barr gives a briefing on the findings in the Muller report at a news conference. April 18, 2019 (Fox News / Screengrab)] Attorney General William Barr said at his press conference yesterday morning that what Donald Trump faced at the beginning of his presidency was unprecedented: attempting to form an administration, while his own intelligence community was investigating him as an agent of a foreign power. Perhaps Lincoln's having to dodge British-assisted Confederate assassination attempts to get to his inauguration was worse; nothing else comes cl... more »

"STATE OF MIND" LEGAL ARGUMENTS ALWAYS SEEM TO BE RESOLVED IN FAVOR OF WHITE GUYS IN EXPENSIVE SUITS

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 14 hours ago
On the one hand, according to the Mueller report, President Trump is not clearly guilty of obstruction because he *wanted* to obstruct but was prevented from doing so by disobedient subordinates: This shows the intent to Obstruct was present for Trump but only failed because Trump's "efforts to influence the investigation were mostly unsuccessful, but that is largely because the persons who surrounded the President declined to carry out orders or accede to his requests." pic.twitter.com/UQVmbl3ETK — Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) April 18, 2019 On the other hand, according to ... more »

Russia's Draft Joint Declaration On How To Prevent Nuclear War Is Being Ignored By Washington

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
Sergei Fedyunin / TASS *Moscow Times:* *U.S. Ignored Russia’s Nuclear War Prevention Pact – Reports* Russia sent the United States a draft joint declaration on how to prevent nuclear war, only to never hear back from Washington, the Kommersant business daily reported on Friday. The U.S. and Russia are suspending the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty this summer. The only U.S.-Russia arms control pact limiting deployed nuclear weapons — the New START — expires in February 2021. “Nuclear war cannot be won and it must never be unleashed,” Kommersant quoted Russia... more »

He'll Live in Infamy

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 14 hours ago
For weeks, Donald Trump has been claiming that Robert Mueller totally exonerated him. We should have known by now that was a lie. Mueller did nothing like that. E. J. Dionne writes: The Mueller report paints a broad picture of an administration that systematically lied to just about everybody, including the public and the media. It describes a president prepared to do whatever was necessary to close down inquiries into his behavior and Russian ties. And it noted that “some of the individuals we interviewed or whose conduct we investigated — including some associated with the Trump... more »

Should The U.S. Maintain Its Land-Based Nuclear Missile Force?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
W78 warhead used on the Minuteman III., USAF *Warzone/The Drive:* *Updating America's Land-Based Ballistic Missile 'Nuclear Sponge' Is A $100B+ Waste* *It's time to cut a leg off America's Cold War vintage nuclear triad and dramatically strengthen the far more relevant two that remain.* We hear a lot about "tough decisions" from Pentagon officials when it comes to procurement, even in a time of a significant defense spending boom, to the point that many of those statements seem eye-roll worthy and completely out of touch with just how much the U.S. spends on its massive national ... more »

Hobbes and Origins of Modernity

Anoop Verma at The Verma Report - 15 hours ago
Thomas HobbesLeo Strauss notes that Thomas Hobbes cannot be ignored with impunity because he is the originator of modernity. Here’s an excerpt from his essay, “On the Basis of Hobbes’s Political Philosophy,” (Chapter 7; *What is Political Philosophy?* by Leo Strauss): Nietzsche, who abhorred the modern ideas, saw very clearly that those ideas are of British origin. The admirer of Schopenhauer thought it equitable to look down with contempt on the British philosophers, in particular on Bacon and on Hobbes. Yet Bacon and Hobbes were the first philosophers of power, and Nietzsche’s ow... more »

US judge rejects parents’ challenge to NYC mandatory measles vaccine order

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 15 hours ago
Almost two weeks ago, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio declared a measles vaccine emergency; within 48 hours, everyone 6 months and older would need to be vaccinated with MMR or prove they had been. Within a week, “Five parents, identified only by their initials, challenged the constitutionality of the order earlier this week in […] The post US judge rejects parents’ challenge to NYC mandatory measles vaccine order appeared first on Health Nut News.

Leaked ISIS letters reveal Baghdadi is still alive and leading the terrorist group

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
Over the past few years, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s death has been reported numerous times, but the Daesh* leader has re-emerged each time, even reportedly surviving an assassination attempt in January. The latest clues related to the status of Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi indicate that the most wanted man in the world is “at least alive”, Fox News […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Hezbollah mourns the death of one of its soldiers in eastern Syria

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:35 P.M.) – Hezbollah mourned the loss of one its soldier this week after he was reportedly killed in the eastern countryside of the Homs Governorate. According to Hezbollah media relations, Khalil Ibrahim Qassem (AKA Hisham Murtada) of ‘Eita Al-Sha’ab in Lebanon’s Natabieh Governorate was killed while on patrol in eastern Homs. Hezbollah […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Bolton threatens to use Monroe Doctrine against Venezuela

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
National Security Adviser John Bolton has signalled the US administration’s readiness to use the Monroe Doctrine in its policies towards Latin America. The Monroe Doctrine, which was announced by US President James Monroe in 1823, aimed to oppose European colonialism in the Americas. The document declared that any action by any European power directed against independent nations in North and South America would be considered […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Turkish warplanes enter Syrian airspace for 2nd time this week

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:45 P.M.) – For the second time this week, the Turkish Air Force has entered Syrian airspace and flown south towards the demilitarized zone in southern Idlib. According to a Syrian military source in Hama, the Turkish Air Force traveled across the demilitarized zone where they observed the ongoing situation in the Idlib, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

ISIS night operations in April have killed over 35 Syrian soldiers in April

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:00 P.M.) – The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) has recently stepped up their attacks across Syria, targeting the supply routes of both the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). In the month of April alone, the Islamic State has carried out at least a half dozen attacks along the Syrian Arab […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

U.S. Intelligence: North Korea's Weapons Test On Thursday Was Not A Ballistic Missile

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*CNN:* *What US intelligence believes happened with North Korea's weapons test* The US does not believe North Korea successfully launched a fully operational new weapon after Pyongyang claimed it had conducted a "new tactical guided weapons firing test" on Wednesday, according to a US official directly familiar with the latest assessment. The initial US intelligence assessment is North Korea tested components for an anti-tank weapon, rather than a fully operational new weapon, the official told CNN on Thursday. The assessment is based on a review of information gathered from sate... more »

Untitled

Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 15 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Rand Paul Proposes Immunity for Assange in Exchange for Testimony PUBLIC FUNDING OF PRIVATE-SCHOOL SECURITY GROWS BY MILLIONS'This whole thing is a s---show and a sham': Capitol Hill is in a frenzy following 2 bombshell revelations about the upcoming Mueller report The Bank of Japan Is Now A Top-10 Shareholder In 50% Of All Japanese Companies Exposing The World's Hypocritical Silence As China Imprisons Its Ethnic Muslims En Masse Farage's Brexit Party Leapfrogs Tories To Lead European Election Polls 13 mind-blowing facts about Russia's economy Tesla "Spontaneously Ca... more »

Jacques Testart transhumaniste?

Ethical Technology - 15 hours ago
Petite tribune sur les récents propos “étonnamment transhumanistes” de Jacques Testart. Et sur la triste stratégie de l’”épouvantail transhumaniste”, largement pratiquée en France.

Brainstorming the Venezuela take down in Washington

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 15 hours ago
A hawkish US think tank has hosted a secretive meeting on Venezuela, bringing together American and South American officials to discuss the 'use of military force' in the country, investigative journalist Max Blumenthal told RT.

Brexit Party Leading Polls, UCP Wins In Canada

E.M.Smith at Musings from the Chiefio - 15 hours ago
UCP wins in Canada, Brexit Party leading in the polls, all in all a bad day for the Globalists ;-) Continue reading →

Bringing the border closer to home, one immersion trip at a time

Gary John Adler Jr, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Pennsylvania State University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 15 hours ago
Travel along the U.S.-Mexico border and meeting migrants can build empathy for people without papers.

McKinsey Pete

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
*McKinsey is a worldwide management consulting firm which conducts qualitative and quantitative analysis to evaluate management decisions across public and private sectors. Their clientele includes 80% of the world's largest corporations. McKinsey's culture has often been compared to a religion or a cult because of the influence, loyalty and zeal of its members. McKinsey's fingerprints can be found at the scene of some of the most spectacular corporate and financial debacles of recent decades, from Enron, the 2008 financial meltdown and ICE to authoritarian regimes in Saudi Arabia,... more »

How a Nazi Submarine Somehow Sneaked into a Royal Navy Base and Sunk a Battleship

Warfare History Network at Test Feed Using Fields - 16 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *Security, * What a story. *In Britain itself, rumors persisted throughout the war that the German boat had been guided into Scapa Flow by a traitor, and that the car headlights that had so scared the submariners were in fact a secret signal. Only when the war ended did it become apparent that the Germans’ main source of information had been aerial photographs.* World War II had been in progress for six weeks when on the evening of October 12, 1939, the German submarine U-47 surfaced off the Orkney Islands at the northern tip of Scotland. While the off... more »

Recent Study Finds the U.S. Air Force Is In Serious Trouble. Here's Why.

Michael Peck at Test Feed Using Fields - 16 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, * Problem: Like a trucking company with too few trucks and too many deliveries, America's airpower is being overworked and under-maintained. *"When aircraft availability goals are not met, training and operational missions may not be fulfilled as timely as needed," GAO notes. "For example, F-22 squadron officials explained that the lack of available aircraft creates a shortage of trained pilots. F-22 pilots need extensive training to fulfill their air-superiority role. Further, command officials explained that when aircraft availability goals are not met... more »

This Would Be Huge: Would the Air Force Give the U.S. Navy the B-1 Bomber?

Bruce Bibee at Test Feed Using Fields - 16 hours ago
*Bruce Bibee* *Security, * Possible? *Know This: Each Lancer can carry twenty-four long-range stealthy anti-ship cruise missiles.* The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) released a study suggesting the USAF spends more than it should in order to ensure American remains ‘king of the skies.’ It was also suggested that the B-1 Lancer be retired. Once again I feel that I must differ with a group of well-funded subject matter experts - the USAF may not need the Lancer to perform its current mission set; but the USN certainly could use this asset in a sea control ... more »

Renewable electricity promos are ‘greenwashing’ scams

CFACT Ed at CFACT - 16 hours ago
Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) use greenwashing to hawk products they claim to be environmentally friendly to gain market advantages. The post Renewable electricity promos are ‘greenwashing’ scams appeared first on CFACT.

Earth Day Tequila: Toxic Carcinogen Maker Casa Herradura Is The Way To Go

Hank Campbell at Science 2.0 blogs - 16 hours ago
Environmentalists may hate science but they love to ignore inconvenient truths about alcohol - namely that it is a toxic carcinogen the way they wish BPA, atrazine, fracking, vaccines (insert whatever they are raising money on this week) could be. read more

French protests covered by the BBC

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 16 hours ago
P.S. That same BBC News website article features coverage of protests in Paris. Not by the *gilets jaunes *of course, but environmentalist protestors. There's even a photo of the French police being mean to them:

Climatologists Talking To The Dead

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 16 hours ago
Lakeland Ledger – Dec 29, 1974 A number of climatologists. whose job it is to keep an eye on long-term weather changes, have lately been predicting deterioration of the benign climate to which we have grown accustomed. They point to … Continue reading →

Natural Gas Becomes the Major Generator of U.S. Electricity

IER at IER - 16 hours ago
In 2018, natural gas generated 35 percent of the nation’s electricity while coal only generated 27 percent–about half of its… The post Natural Gas Becomes the Major Generator of U.S. Electricity appeared first on IER.

More on Dame Emma

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 16 hours ago
Ah, I see Dame Emma has now got her own headline on the BBC News website: Go to Paragraph 6 and you'll see this: She joined the protests in London after flying from Los Angeles on Thursday. And that's that. (Not even a critical tweet, such as usually festoon BBC articles these days).

Trivia : April 19th

Terry at 'Nox & Friends - 16 hours ago
These things happened on this date in history…. Oklahoma City Bombing April 19, 1995 The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, is bombed, killing 168, injuring more than 680 others, and causing $652 million worth of damage. It was the largest domestic terrorist attack in the United States up to that date. The attack was perpetrated by Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols. McVeigh claimed that the bombing was revenge against the government for the sieges at Waco, Texas and Ruby Ridge. McVeigh was executed and Nichols was sentenced to life in prison with poss... more »

Andrew Neil responds to his public

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 16 hours ago
It will make sense if you read on... Andrew Neil is clearly enjoying the sunshine (and the Blue Nun?) today, and he's making me smile too. So, as it's such a lovely day, I thought I'd share: *Andrew Neil*: The excellent report by Sky News on the appalling, vicious trolling of Meghan Markle on social media is really rather disturbing, especially since most of it seems to emanate from the UK. What is wrong with these people? *Raymond Rowley*: bbc sky news is labour hate jewish news one whole year ,are you being paid by Israel talk truth 30war crimes stolen land every where 2m traped ... more »

Revisiting the Rhodesian War

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 16 hours ago
Earlier this week, I analyzed a New York Times article about Rhodesia and its influence on white supremacists. In that article, I noted: The visceral response of many Rhodesian servicemen was to "do unto others what was being done to them". They became as much terrorists, in the way they treated their own people, as the guerrillas against whom they fought. I know they did - I saw them do it. (If you don't want to believe that, read some of the literature that's come out of the security forces since then. I can list some books here, if there's enough interest. It was a brutal time.... more »

Scientists restore some functions in a pig’s brain hours after death

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 16 hours ago
https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2019-04-scientists-functions-pig-brain-hours.html Advertisements

Helium hydride ion detected in space for the first time.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 16 hours ago
https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/helium-hydride-ion-detected-in-space-for-the-first-time/3010394.article

Brain stimulation reverses age-related memory loss

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 16 hours ago
https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2019-04-brain-reverses-age-related-memory-loss.html

Great challenges require great vision

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 16 hours ago
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/438801-great-challenges-require-great-vision#.XLYv1oxevhw.facebook

Late dinner and no breakfast is a killer combination

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 16 hours ago
https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2019-04-late-dinner-breakfast-killer-combination.html

Nigella Sativa Concoction Induced Sustained Seroreversion in HIV Patient

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 16 hours ago
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3847425/

Fluc­tu­a­tions in the void

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 16 hours ago
https://m.phys.org/news/2019-04-fluctuations-void.html

Hawaiian flower, thought extinct, rediscovered by a drone

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 16 hours ago
https://edition-m.cnn.com/2019/04/18/us/hawaiian-flower-thought-extinct-rediscovered-trnd/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_term=link&utm_source=fbCNN&utm_content=2019-04-19T07%3A01%3A01

What’s the Best Diet for Weight Loss?

Ashley Swanson at The Drs. Wolfson - 16 hours ago
There are many weight loss diets out there. Some restrict calories, some tout low fat and others focus on restricting all animal products. It can easily become confusing for the average person to decide what the best diet is for them. Fortunately, here at the Drs. Wolfson, we have a tried and true plan of […] The post What’s the Best Diet for Weight Loss? appeared first on The Drs. Wolfson.

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