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Generous Joe: More “Free” Healthcare For Illegals Needed
[image: generous-joe-more-free-healthcare-for-illegals-needed] Presidential candidate Joe Biden wants American taxpayers to pay for illegal-alien healthcare. Indeed, he doesn’t just want us to pay for their healthcare, he says we are obliged to pay for their healthcare.
System Cracking Warez – A Conference Video
A nice 1 hour video from Black Hat Asia 2019 showing off a very complete Systems Cracking Tool Kit. Then my comments on why things like Black Hat Conference matter. Continue reading →
Bolton’s Deceptive ‘Intelligence’ Claims Push War Against Iran
*Gareth Porter* | Bolton is an old hand at using allegedly damning intelligence on Iran to advance a plan of aggressive U.S. war.
How The Trade War Is Going To Affect You And Your Family
By Michael Snyder As expected, trade negotiations with China concluded on Friday with no trade deal in sight. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin called the negotiations... more »
5G IS A POTENTIAL HEALTH HAZARD TO EVERYONE, INCLUDING THE PLANET
Millimeter waves, massive MIMO, full duplex, beamforming, and small cells are just a few of the technologies that could enable ultrafast 5G networks. Like it or not, we’re rapidly moving into the world of 5G,... The post 5G IS A POTENTIAL HEALTH HAZARD TO EVERYONE, INCLUDING THE PLANET appeared first on Healing Oracle.
Philadelphia District Attorney Wants to Stop Prosecuting People for Drugs
By John Vibes Philadelphia has one of the worst heroin problems in the country, and the city’s District Attorney recently went public with a radical... more »
Mexico Wants to Decriminalize All Drugs and Get the US to Do the Same
By Elias Marat In a bold move, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador—commonly referred to by his initials AMLO—has issued a proposal that would see... more »
May 11:I think we're heading to the last chapter
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/cuba-food-shortage-rationing-1.5132297 The United States is the only country in the world, it seems, that has the right to tell other countries who they're allowed to trade with - and if they're allowed to trade at all. It can - and does - use this power to starve nations (yes, starve to death) nations. This is why 40,000 children have starved to death in Venezuela. This is why a war against Iran is very likely. Is any other country allowed to tell the U.S. who it can trade with? Of course not. God bless America. God bless the American right to rule th... more »
Big Bullet: The New AMP Round Means U.S. M1 Abrams Tanks Kill Everything
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * This is what it can do. *In a 2016 Army statement on AMP, quoting a senior program manager, describes it impact this way…. "Right now our crews face the dilemma as they go into combat of deciding what rounds to load in the turret and carry in the gun. If they choose wrong, they could have a mismatch between target and ammunition, which will cost them valuable seconds while in enemy contact.”* A single emerging US Army Abrams tank round is engineered to attack and destroy enemy tanks, bunkers, concrete walls, light armored vehicles and even small group... more »
See Ya Later, Hitler: How the Allies Saved Paris During World War II
*Warfare History Network* *Security, Europe* [image: By Alexander Migl - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=73744884] This was history. Flying a tortuous route from North Africa to the French coast of Normandy via Casablanca and Gibraltar, an unarmed Lockheed Lodestar of the Free French Air Force broke through cloud cover over the English Channel on the morning of Sunday, August 20, 1944. The plane carried Free French leader General Charles de Gaulle, bound for a crucial meeting in Cherbourg with General Dwight D. Eisenhower, commander of All... more »
Sea level once stood 6 to 9 meters (20 to 30 ft) higher than today
Long before the industrial revolution ________________ Sea level once stood 6 to 9 meters (20 to 30 ft) higher than today Gregory F. Fegel The coral species that build reefs, which form atolls, are dependent on sub-surface sunlight, so the atoll-building occurs in shallow waters that are near to sea level. During the Eemian interglacial ... Read moreSea level once stood 6 to 9 meters (20 to 30 ft) higher than today The post Sea level once stood 6 to 9 meters (20 to 30 ft) higher than today appeared first on Ice Age Now.
Of Poet Laureates, UK Broadcasters and the BBC's Will Gompertz
Look! It's Will Gompertz! And he's asking an important question, slowly, like an intellectual! Look! Look! Simon Armitage - a working-class Yorkshireman made-good - is our new Poet Laureate. I'm not very familiar with his poetry (though I've liked some of what I've heard) but his books about walking across England and exploring his home patch on the wrong side of the Pennines are beautifully-written and often very funny, and I'm a fan of his on the strength of them. News of his appointment broke during last night's main 10 o'clock news bulletins, and I caught the BBC one, which s... more »
Bomb Iran Half Way Back to the Stone Age
[image: undefined] Is it just a coincidence that TV networks are re-running old “Dirty Harry” films just as a powerful US Naval armada and Air Force B-52 bombers are headed for what could be a clash with Iran? Here we go again with the “good guys” versus the “bad guys,” and “make my day.” Maybe it’s more bluffing? The current US military deployment was scheduled before the latest flare-up with Iran, but the bellicose threats of White House neocon crusaders like John Bolton and Mike Pompeo certainly create the impression that the US wants war. Adding to the warlike excitement, Presi... more »
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. - Lana Payne discusses why we can't afford another Harper government - but also why we shouldn't merely accept the Libs as the only alternative no matter how dishonestly and angrily they try to limit our choices. And Tom Parkin highlights the need to empower social movements to shape our political system. - The Economist discusses the range of new ideas developing among progressive thinkers in contrast to the pattern of stagnation and reactionary messaging on the right. - Laurie Monsebraaten reports on the grim prospects of Ontarians with... more »
Oregon Becomes First State to Permit Dentists to Vaccinate Children
Governor Kate Brown of Oregon signed a bill on May 6, 2019 that will allow dentists in that state to administer vaccinations. House Bill 2220, which passed Oregon’s House of Representatives on Mar. 28, 2019 and Senate on Apr. 25, will make it possible for dentists to give vaccines, including MMR, HPV and annual flu shots, to their patients during dental checkups. With the signing of HB 2220, Oregon becomes the first state in the U.S. to permit dentists to vaccinate patients of any age, including young children, with many types of vaccines. According to Oregon Public Broadcasting, d... more »
First-line #Nivolumab Plus #Ipilimumab vs #Sunitinib for Metastatic #Renal Cell #Carcinoma: A Cost-effectiveness Analysis.
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Being Pro-Life Means More Than Standing Against #Abortion.
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Rio Nightlife Guide for Saturday, May 11, 2019
We have the top three picks for this Saturday, and below there is a list of bars and lounges that are always a good option. PARTY: SubaJovem @ Fabrika (Itanhangá) – Head down to one of Rio’s most spectacular outdoor nightclub experiences and celebrate three years of SubaJovem. To celebrate, they’re inviting you to their […] The post Rio Nightlife Guide for Saturday, May 11, 2019 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Star YouTuber Claims to Have Received Death Threats After Criticizing Bolsonaro: “I Fear for Brazil”
By Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – 31-year-old Star Youtuber Felipe Neto revealed he has received death threats after criticizing militiamen and President Bolsonaro’s supporters. In an interview with “Veja” magazine, the young man came forward with what happened.” I have been criticizing militiamen and people tied to thoughts of extreme violence. I often […] The post Star YouTuber Claims to Have Received Death Threats After Criticizing Bolsonaro: “I Fear for Brazil” appeared first on The Rio Times.
Two Developments that Could Prove Significant
Two climate developments this week could prove to be significant. First, USEPA Administrator William Wheeler implied that there might be a larger review of climate science. Second, Sanjeev Sabhlok published an opinion piece in the Times of India arguing that climate science was not really a science as yet and should not be used to […]
Iran Nuclear Deal Falling Apart, As Conflict in Persian Gulf Inches Closer (Video)
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 165. The post Iran Nuclear Deal Falling Apart, As Conflict in Persian Gulf Inches Closer (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
The Week that Was…in Cartoons
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You Can’t Make This Stuff Up; The Epic Failure of Wind Power
Without Coal, Britain’s Progressives truly would have thrown them back into the Dark Ages…literally. Britain Has Gone Nine Days Without Wind Power China is laughing all the way to the bank. China knows you can’t power a Nuclear Sub, Rocket, Tank, Air Craft Carrier, Jet with wind and solar. They are content sitting back and … Continue reading "You Can’t Make This Stuff Up; The Epic Failure of Wind Power"
The way our tribe's "bombshells" appear Over There!
*SATURDAY, MAY 11, 2019Carlson writes off Trump's losses:* Do you mind if we ask you a question about "the latest bombshell Times story?" (We're quoting the childish language of one one of our team's professors. To confirm that she really employed that locution, you can just click here.) That latest bombshell "story"—to us, it looked like a news report—concerns the $1.17 billion Donald Trump is said to have lost over a ten-year span starting in 1985. He lost a ton of money, we were told in the bombshell story. Also, he paid no federal income taxes in eight of those ten years! D... more »
A Former Supreme Court Justice Worries about Democracy in America
Jess Bravin (2019, May 11-12). John Paul Stevens: A Former Justice Worries about the Court. The Wall Street Journal (weekend edition): C6 "I think there are things we should be concerned about, there's no doubt about that," he says, parrying requests for specifics. Eventually, he allows, "The president is exercising powers that do not really belong to him. I mean, he has to comply with subpoenas and things like that."
Philly to Set Massive Precedent and Stop Arresting People for Drug Possession—of ALL DRUGS
[image: drugs]Since kidnapping and caging people for drugs has proven to be a horrific failure, Philly is proposing a revolutionary new policy to change that paradigm.
U.S. Intelligence: China Is Building Up Its Capability to Invade Taiwan
*Michael Peck* *Security, Asia* [image: Reuters] That's concerning for a number of reasons. China has improved its capabilities to invade Taiwan, according to U.S. intelligence. And while Taiwan is also boosting its military capacity, it’s not enough to compensate for growing Chinese strength, according to the Defense Intelligence Agency’s (DIA) 2019 report to Congress on Chinese military power. “The PLA continues to prepare for contingencies in the Taiwan Strait to deter, and if necessary, compel Taiwan to abandon moves toward independence,” DIA warned. “The PLA also is likely... more »
I See You: Russia's Best (Non-Stealth) Fighter Might Be Able to Track an F-22
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * That's not good. *“Now if you combine two aircraft, the fusion algorithm, now you have lines of bearing from two different sources. Where those two sources cross, the algorithm is going to compute a weapons quality track on that aircraft. So that’s a huge advantage for the warfighter to see that long before you’re in the enemy’s radar range.”* An individual purported to be the pilot of a Russian Sukhoi Su-35S has posted a photo that is alleged to the a U.S. Air Force F-22A Raptor that supposedly was captured on the Flanker-E’s OLS-35 electro-optical ... more »
Guardians of the Warfare State
By T. Hunt Tooley [Mises Editor’s Note: Trump is reportedly set to nominate Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, a former Boeing executive, as Secretary of... more »
The Sun’s Role in Climate Change
FORCE MAJEURE, THE SUN’S LARGE ROLE IN CLIMATE CHANGE (GUEST: HENRIK SVENSMARK), MAY 6, 2019 A podcast interview of Henrik Svensmark by H. Sterling Burnett of the Heritage Foundation By bombarding the Earth with cosmic rays and being a driving… Continue reading →
Which Members Of Congress Raised The Most Money So Far This Cycle? And Where's It Coming From?
*Steny Hoyer brought in big dough this cycle-- and not one penny of it came from a small donor* The champ among House members is Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI-- $5,031,066), although that was raised for-- and because of-- a presidential campaign. When she drops out, anything that's left can be used to help her retain her House seat. (She has a tough primary back home, which she's in danger of losing.) After Tulsi, we're in crooked GOP territory: minority whip Steve Scalise (R-LA-- $2,455,739), minority leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-- $2,243,232) and Bradley Byrne (R-AL-- $2,061,797), a former c... more »
Freedom Of Speech Is About More Than The First Amendment
Op-Ed by Gary Chartier Facebook’s recent bans on controversial figures including Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan and Infowars host Alex Jones have evoked strikingly... more »
Big tech attack on Constitution and First Amendment rights
Big tech has launched an attack on your rights Conservatives and anyone who challenges the leftist orthodoxy are being deplatformed. May 3, 2019 – Paul Joseph Watson: Facebook and the mainstream media are trying to silence me by falsely labeling me an “extremist”. May 6, 2019 – – Diamond and Silk still at war with Facebook despite their time in front of the congressional committee. Liberty University March 2, 2018 Being carried on YouTube under RSBN channel Other media sites under constant attack Blaze Media is an independent conservative channel and one of the nation’s largest inde... more »
Turkey’s S-400 & Iranian oil purchase/EU Idiocy/Hama/Idlib
*There was a claim, implanted in the German media, that the S-400 deal between Turkey and Russia was off. That’s been rebutted.* *DW* *In its Saturday edition, the German Bild newspaper quoted a high-ranking (no name?) Turkish diplomat as saying: "There will be no delivery of the S-400 in July, as the Turkish president had [earlier] announced."Turkey has dismissed a report in a German newspaper that claimed Turkish officials had canceled a deal to acquire a Russian anti-aircraft missile system due to US pressure."The S-400 delivery is a done deal," Fahrettin Altun, a spokesman... more »
Could new water purifying tech replace chlorine?
Purifying drinking water has long been one of mankind’s greatest challenges. The post Could new water purifying tech replace chlorine? appeared first on CFACT.
SVENSMARK’s Force Majeure, The Sun’s Large Role in Climate Change
By H. Sterling Burnett May 9, 2019 By bombarding the Earth with cosmic rays and being a driving force behind cloud formations, the sun plays a much larger role on climate than “consensus scientists” care to admit. The Danish National Space Institute’s Dr. Henrik Svensmark has assembled a powerful array of data and evidence in his …
Stalin's Tank-Killer: This Plane Helped Save Russia During World War II
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Europe* [image: By Dmitry Terekhov from Odintsovo, Russian Federation - IL-2, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=61601972] Soviet ground attackers flew to the rescue — by the thousands. *“You have let down our country and our Red Army. You have the nerve not to manufacture IL-2s until now. Our Red Army now needs IL-2 aircraft like the air it breathes, like the bread it eats. Shenkman produces one IL-2 a day and Tretyakov builds one or two MiG-3s daily. It is a mockery of our country and the Red Army. I ask you not to try th... more »
Results Are In: The U.S. Army Is The Fattest, Marine Corps Is The Fittest
*Task and Purpose* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/soldiersmediacenter/8723473678/sizes/h/] Oh no. When Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower issued a letter to his troops just before the D-Day landings in Normandy in 1944, he told them, “I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle.” He was writing to American troops who had to meet these minimum physical requirements: seven pull-ups, 31 jump squats, 27 push-ups, 52 sit-ups, and a 300-yard sprint in 52.5 seconds. Soldiers — all of them — had to be fit in 1944. *(This article by J... more »
The Coming Stealth 'War': How the F-35 and Russia's Su-57 Could Duke It Out
*Charlie Gao* *Security, * Fewer battles in the sky. More about aircraft sales. Fifth-generation fighter aircraft are incredibly expensive to develop. While the United States and China have proven that they can foot the cost of developing fifth-generation fighters alone, Russia appears to be trying to defray the cost of its latest fifth-generation fighter via joint development ventures and foreign sales. Sales efforts have intensified in 2019 since Rostec requested permission to export the Su-57E export variant of the fighter in March 2019. Since that request, Russia has even off... more »
3 Ways To Make A Glock Gun Even Better
*Gun News Daily* *Technology, Americas* [image: A man holds a Glock handgun during the annual National Rifle Association (NRA) convention in Dallas, Texas, U.S., May 6, 2018. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson] Any guesses? The Glock Safe Action Pistol is the most popular Pistol in the United States. Gaston Glock’s plastic fantastics came about in a time where most guns featured metal frames and were hammer fired. Polymer striker fired guns had been done before, but never succeeded like the Glock. Since then the Glock has gone on to become an insanely popular handgun. Part of that popularity... more »
It’s not your mother’s Democratic Party
"Today, the survival of the liberal establishment depends upon hyper-moralized political correctness and the relentless search for racist transgressions and crimes of exclusion. Over the last generation, rich voters have shifted to the Democratic party. After the 2018 midterms, the Democratic party holds the ten richest congressional districts and 41 of the fifty richest. Whatever remains of the New Deal rationale for the Democratic party has evaporated. It used to be the party of the working man. Now it's the party of Silicon Valley. This necessitates shifting political energy to... more »
The not-so-scary reality of President Trump's tariffs against China
Corporate agriculture has been ringing alarm bells about President Trump's latest tariff increases against Chinese products, because retaliatory tariffs threaten their exports to that country. Karl Denninger - no fan of the President - brings the smackdown against such scare tactics. So over the first seven months *[of tariffs]* we've collected $41 billion and change in duties over the $22 billion and change last year. That's $19 billion smackers in *additional* tariff revenue. * Total ag exports to China are approximately $24 billion a year.* All of them. Well, *so will be the ... more »
Fukushima Update 5/11/19: 19,279.05 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow"
*"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”* - Shiva ◆ *Updated May 11, 2019: Fukushima Equals 19,279.05 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 May 11, 2019 - 2,989 days since the disaster began - this equals the detonation of *19,2279.05 *Hiroshima atomic bombs and it is st... more »
Weekend reads: Ghostwritten peer reviews; is failure to report results misconduct?; scientific sabotage common in at least one country
Before we present this week’s Weekend Reads, a question: Do you enjoy our weekly roundup? If so, we could really use your help. Would you consider a tax-deductible donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work? Thanks in advance. The week at Retraction Watch featured a profile of an image detective who works for free; … Continue reading Weekend reads: Ghostwritten peer reviews; is failure to report results misconduct?; scientific sabotage common in at least one country
The Mueller Report’s Weak Statutory Interpretation Analysis
Then-FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in 2012. (Source: Flickr/Medill DC) Someone on Twitter recently asked: “What is your most [fire emoji] take that absolutely infuriates people and you know deep down in your heart is 100% true”? I was inclined to respond: “The statutory interpretation analysis in the Mueller report is one-sided and weak.” I instead decided to try to explain why I believe this, knowing full well that it will infuriate the vast majority of legal elites who are convinced that the only things preventing Presid... more »
Australian-Lebanese Amer Khayyat freed on bail over terrorism accusations in Lebanon
Just In - 13 hours ago
A Lebanese military court orders the release on bail of an Australian-Lebanese dual citizen on trial for an alleged plot to bring down a passenger plane bound for the United Arab Emirates from Sydney two years ago.
#SexStrike
Progressive women have announced a “Sex Strike.”
Neymar Suspended for Three Matches for Punching a Supporter
By Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On Friday, the French Football Federation (FFF) announced the penalty for Neymar for punching a fan on April 27th, after losing to Rennes in the French Cup final. The Paris Saint-Germain star will be suspended for three matches, starting next Monday. As a result, the number 10 […] The post Neymar Suspended for Three Matches for Punching a Supporter appeared first on The Rio Times.
EntreDança Festival at Rio SESCs Features Afro Talents in a Nation of Dance Enthusiasts
By Harold Emert – RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil is a nation of talented dancers and choreographers who have been featured stars in world-renowned ballet troupes from the Bolshoi to the Royal ballet companies. And despite the continuing economic crisis affecting a culture which has produced, among others, the world-renowned Deborah Colker contemporary dance company (currently […] The post EntreDança Festival at Rio SESCs Features Afro Talents in a Nation of Dance Enthusiasts appeared first on The Rio Times.
Inflation Hits 0.57 Percent in April Pressed by Adjustment in Medicine Prices
By Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Influenced by the rise in medicine prices, inflation in Brazil reached 0.57 percent in April, according to the Extended National Consumer Price Index – IPCA, released today by the IBGE. As a result, the cumulative change in the year stayed at 2.09 percent and the change over […] The post Inflation Hits 0.57 Percent in April Pressed by Adjustment in Medicine Prices appeared first on The Rio Times.
A day to remember in St. Petersburg
*Our guide in Crimea arranged for her friend Elena (who lives in St Petersburg) to escort our group in the May 9 'Immortal Regiment' march that drew well over one million people on the more than three-mile walk through the city. Elena carried a photo of her grandfather who fought against the Nazis during the war. (Click on photos for a better view).* *I carried a photo from 1941 of my mother, her sister and her two brothers who both served in the US Navy during WW II. Both were on ships sunk by the Nazis and miraculously survived.* *VFP member John Schuchardt (left) carried a photo ... more »
This Day In Iraqi History - May 11
1925 UK Colonial Secretary wrote Arab elites knew Iraq was being held together by British 1935 Iraq air force bombed rebel villages in Diwaniya held by Abu Hassan Bani Zurayij and Zawalim tribes 1941 British forces left Haifa, Palestine heading for Habaniya, Anbar 1941 More British planes landed as reinforcements at Habaniya air base 1941 German military aid began arriving from Syria by train Stored in Mosul but never used 1941 German diplomat Dr. Grobba arrived in Baghdad along with 3 German planes and 20,000 Pounds for PM Gaylani (Musings On Iraq book review of *Persian Gulf Comm... more »
Guardian Lauds Coal Free Week- But Forgets To Mention Gas Supplied 49%!
By Paul Homewood I was not going to comment on this as it is such transparent twaddle. But it appears to have now gone across the Atlantic to CNN and others. This is from the Guardian: Britain has gone a week without using coal to generate electricity for the first time since […]
Oddly to hymns by Wagner
...with A.C. Grayling, Gavin Esler and Carole Cadwalladr looking on... Here's a box of frogs on Twitter. Enjoy! *Denis MacShane*: What proper journalism into Farage? The man's portrait is the official BBC screen saver. *Andrew Adonis*: BREAKING NEWS - BBC News bulletins will henceforth be known as ‘Farage Campaign Updates.’ Nigel is also presenting Songs of Praise this week, oddly to hymns by Wagner. *Marcus Chown*: BBC makes urgent plea for Nigel Farage stunt doubles. "One Nigel Farage is not simply enough for all the appearances we are scheduling," says BBC spokesperson. *Peter Ju... more »
WATCH: Cops Harass Innocent Epileptic, Making Him Have a Seizure, Then Beat and Arrest Him
[image: arrest]A police officer was recorded ripping an innocent passenger from a vehicle, causing him to have a seizure and then assaulting and arresting him for no reason.
United States Rattled by Native Women's Testimony Before Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Photos by Brenda Norrell in Jamaica, Censored News A delegation of the United States, comprised of the U.S. State Department and U.S. Embassy, failed to combat the power of testimony delivered by the Native Women's Delegation in Jamaica By Brenda Norrell Censored News KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Native Water Protectors have a place in history. Their sacrifices to protect the water, land, air and
WHOEVER CAME UP WITH TRUMP'S LATEST NICKNAME INSULT JUST MADE LIFE VERY DIFFICULT FOR HIM
Donald Trump is said be a brilliantly caustic nicknamer, but if he was good at this in the past, he's been off his game lately. ("Sleepy Joe" Biden? "SleepyCreepy Joe"? Will it be "SleepyCreepyWeepyPeepyLeapy Joe" next?) Give Trump a little credit, though -- this is a new direction for him: President Donald Trump dismissed Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on Friday in a single sentence. “Alfred E. Neuman cannot become president of the United States,” the president told POLITICO in a 15-minute telephone interview, when asked what he thought of the South Bend, Ind., m... more »
World Press Freedom Day 2019 : Bad time in Egypt
Last week, the world celebrated or rather commemorated the World Press Freedom Day on 3 May and it does not need the genius to say that it comes at very hard times for Egyptian press and media. In an irony, the 2019 theme of the World Press Freedom day is “Media for Democracy: Journalism and Elections times of disinformation”. [image: World Press Freedom Day 2019] This year's theme It is like a slap in the face considering the amount of disinformation shared on a daily basis in the Egyptian mainstream media More red lines and more taboos have been forced by law this year thanks to Eg... more »
On The Role of Senses and Freedom of the Mind
In his essay, “Good Sense and Classical Studies,” (*Henri Bergson: Key Writings*; page 422), Henri Bergson says: "The role of our senses, in general, is not so much to give us knowledge of material objects as to signal their utility to us. We taste flavours, we breathe odours, we distinguish hot and cold, darkness and light. But science tells us that none of these qualities belong to objects in the form that we apprehend them; they only tell us in their picturesque language the inconvenience or advantage that things have for us, the services they could render us, the dangers they c... more »
Balloon Bombs: Imperial Japan's Top Secret Plan to Bomb the U.S. Homeland
*Warfare History Network* *Security, Asia* [image: By National Museum of the U.S. Navy - 342-FH-3B23429c, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=58359449] With hot air balloons? It crossed silently on a chilly winter evening over the southern Oregon coast, descending slowly, its ballast spent. The Japanese bomb-laden paper balloon collapsed into the Gearhart Mountain forest near the line separating Lake and Klamath Counties in south-central Oregon. The undercarriage of the 70-foot balloon slammed into the earth, its impact muffled by several inches of sno... more »
America vs. China: We Take You Inside the Battle for Pork Chop Hill During the Korean War
*Warfare History Network* *Security, Asia* [image: By Unknown - http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//49/media-49685/large.jpgThis is photograph KID 1265 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25290864] It was hell. The tennis-shoed soldiers emerged from the darkness on July 6, 1953, like a “moving carpet of yelling, howling men [with] whistles and bugles blowing, their officers screaming, driving their men” against the Americans as they swept up Hill 255, recalled Private Angelo Palermo. The lead elemen... more »
Is France Buiding Its Very Own F-35?
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * Some key technologies are coming to a new fighter Paris wants. In January 2019, French Defense Minister Florence Parly announced France would commit $2.3 billion to develop an F4 generation of the Dassault Rafale twin-engine multirole fighter. This would include production in 2022–2024 of the last twenty-eight of the original order of 180 Rafales, followed by the purchase of an additional thirty Rafales F4.2s between 2027–2030, for a total of 210. Since 2008, France has deployed land- and carrier-based Rafales into combat in Afghanistan, Iraq, Li... more »
Ruger's New Super Blackhawk .44 Magnum Is Simply Fierce
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * And we can tell you all of the reasons why. In the world of large caliber handguns, the most popular and powerful caliber by far is .44 Remington Magnum. Also known as .44 Magnum, it requires a stout, equally powerful pistol or even carbine to shoot it. One gun up to the task is the Ruger Super Blackhawk, a single action revolver that combines the reliability and simplicity of a revolver with the energy of the famous magnum cartridge. The .44 Remington Magnum cartridge was a progressive development of the .44 Special round. The .44 Special round, use... more »
The U.S. Air Force Fears for Its F-15s and F-35s vs. Russia's S-400. But . . .
*Michael Peck* *Security, Americas* [image: DVIDS] Moscow isn't so confident. Here's why. The United States and other nations worry that Russia’s sophisticated anti-aircraft missiles will deny the skies to Western aircraft. Too bad some Russians aren’t so confident. A Russian military expert warns that air defense missile systems, like the vaunted S-300 and S-400, aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. The problem is that NATO can overwhelm Russia’s air defenses, argues Anatolyevich Khramchikhin, deputy director of the Institute for Political and Military Analysis. One problem is... more »
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*Cambridge College removes historic bell from view, amid fears it was used on a slave plantation* *Mindless virtue signalling. They are desperate for something to protest about* A Cambridge College has reacted to the university wide inquiry by removing a historic bell from view, amid fears it was used on a slave plantation. St Catharine’s College believe that the Demerara Bell, which was donated by alumni Edward Goodland in the 1960, “most likely” came from a slave plantation. The bell remains in place but has been “shuttered” off from view while the College investigate its ori... more »
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China Is Not The Problem. The Problem Is Xi Jinping
President Xi Jinping speaks at a ceremony marking the centennial of the May Fourth Movement *Bradley A. Thayer and Lianchao Han, Spectator:* *Our real problem with China: Xi Jinping* *He is the global leader of opposition to the US position in international politics* At the last minute the Chinese Communist Party chief Xi Jinping vetoed the trade deal with the United States, after his representatives had negotiated and agreed to it. Xi claimed that he will take the responsibility for ‘all possible consequences.’ This left President Trump no choice but to impose higher tariffs on ... more »
Democracy Is Dying
In Ontario, democracy is dying. The signs are everywhere. Martin Regg Cohn writes: Judge for yourself, based on this day in the life of our legislature: It begins with the morning question period. In fairness, it is not called “answer period,” but the premier of the day is expected to make a pretence of debate — perhaps resorting to self-deprecating humour or self-righteous anger to diss the questioner, dismiss the question, diminish the opposition, buttress his own government, but at least address the topic (or in rare instances, reply to a serious question with a serious answer)... more »
“Just Overwhelming To Know All Of The Details Of His Misconduct” – US Congresswoman Recalls Impeachment Process Against Nixon
Deja Vu all over again Tape recorder from President Nixon’s Oval Office, as seen in the Museum’s display on the … Continue reading →
The Shifting Power of the World’s Largest Cities Visualized Over 4,000 Years
*Open Culture:* The Shifting Power of the World’s Largest Cities Visualized Over 4,000 Years (2050 BC-2050 AD) "When Rome fell…." The expression seems designed to conjure the Tarot card Tower that illustrates it, a sudden attack, a reckoning. “Fell,” in the case of most ancient empires, means declined, changed, and transformed over centuries. As all great cities do, Rome suffered many violent shocks during its fall, as it transitioned from a pagan to a Christian empire. The sacking of Rome in 410 left Romans reeling, trying to make meaning from upheaval. They found it in the paga... more »
The churches and BDS
IF you attend a liberal, mainline church (can be either Catholic or Protestant) you'll hear about BDS (boycott-divestment-sanctions) as a response to Israel. It's plain and simple Arab anti-Semitism and you've been snookered. Its advocates swarm on college campuses, social media and late night TV. Liberals particularly seem to love BDS. The objective is the killing of Jews and returning those who are left to the statelessness of pre-1948. I don't know exactly how they got such a foothold in academe, the founder, Omar Barghouti attended university in the U.S., so we must have birth... more »
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*A forbidding island off Martha’s Vineyard, once a bombing site, is now a bunny refuge* *Maybe this makes sense to Greenies but it makes no sense to me. Rabbits are Australia's worst pest species. They greatly reduce the productivity of our pastures. So to me and to most Australians the only good rabbit is a dead rabbit. And from a species conservation viewpoint, rabbits are nearly as toxic as rats.And it is on islands that they do greatest harm -- wiping out many native species. Herculean efforts have been made on South Georgia and Macquarie islands to get rid of them and r... more »
Govt May Curb Flying To Please Green Loons
By Paul Homewood h/t Robin Guenier Concerns over climate change might restrict the growth of flying in the UK, the government has admitted. The advisory Committee on Climate Change (CCC) recently said the UK’s planned increase in aviation would need to be curbed to restrict CO2. Now a senior civil servant has told a […]
Biden And Trump-- More Alike... Than One Would Hope
I used to work for someone who is *just* like Trump. They're like doppelgängers; it's uncanny. I spoke to his biographer the other day and he said he had noticed the same thing-- the lack of empathy, the malignant narcissism, the sexual deviance, the sensitivity to criticism, impulsive behavior, the compulsive lying, the secretiveness, the self-conscious attempts to act charming... wait a minute. More of this applies to Biden than I realized when I sat down to start writing! I just wanted to talk about Biden's penchant for the easy lie. And I'm hardly the only one to have noticed.... more »
The Allure of Change UK
British politics needs comedic relief, and Change UK are delivering it in spades. From their foundation, CHUKa's short history has been a caper of unforced faults and unintentional laughs. We've had the racism. We've had the racism again. We've got transphobes and Tommy Robinson apologists among its European candidates. We saw the Electoral Commission reject their ballot box logo, which they then muddied by giving themselves two names, neither of which say anything. And more hilarity was served up over a "rebrand" of their Twitter account which saw their accidentally abandoned hand... more »
History Of The Climate Crisis
A RECORD OF HOT SUMMERS. IN 637 the heat was so great in France and Germany that all springs dried up, and water became so scarce that many people died of thirst. In 873 work in the field had to … Continue reading →
Climate Math
Last night, the UK was generating 530,000 KW of wind and solar power, two percent of their needs. National Grid: Live Status Tesla fast chargers use 150KW, so all of the solar/wind power in Britain being generated last night would … Continue reading →
Japan tests world’s fastest bullet train, the ALFA-X.
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/japan-fastest-bullet-train-alfax-scli-intl/index.html?utm_term=link&utm_source=fbCNNi&utm_content=2019-05-10T15%3A02%3A35&utm_medium=social Advertisements
Anger more harmful to health of older adults than sadness
https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2019-05-anger-health-older-adults-sadness.html
#FDA Finds High Systemic Absorption of #Sunscreen Ingredients
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/912651?src=soc_fb_190512_mscpedt_news_mdscp_sunscreen&faf=1
FDA declared veggies ‘unapproved drugs’ after NYC allowed doctors to prescribe fresh fruit and vegetables as treatment for obesity
https://www.newstarget.com/2016-08-23-fda-declares-veggies-unapproved-drugs-after-nyc-allows-doctors-to-prescribe-fresh-fruit-and-vegetables-as-treatment-for-obesity.html
Fire Resistant Coconut Husks Can Replace Wood And Save Millions Of Trees
https://truththeory.com/2019/03/28/fire-resistant-coconut-husks-can-replace-wood-and-save-millions-of-trees/
Meditation needs more research: Study finds 25 percent suffer unpleasant experiences
https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2019-05-meditation-percent-unpleasant.html
Our Reality Could Be a “Hologram” Created by Quantum Physics
https://futurism.com/the-byte/reality-hologram-quantum-physics
Scientists worry ‘zombie deer’ disease could jump to humans.
https://www.popsci.com/chronic-wasting-disease-humans-hunting?con=TrueAnthem&dom=fb&lnk=TA&src=SOC&utm_campaign=&utm_content=5cd641dadf4239000112152b&utm_medium=&utm_source=
#Atheism is inconsistent with science, says prize winning physicist
https://bigthink.com/culture-religion/atheism-inconsistent-science?utm_medium=Social&facebook=1&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1557504362
There’s a Bizarre Link Between Losing Your Appendix And Parkinson’s, Huge Study Shows
https://www.sciencealert.com/now-we-have-a-study-saying-appendectomies-put-us-at-risk-of-parkinson-s-and-we-re-confused
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From Jenna Orkin Mexico Wants to Decriminalize All Drugs and Negotiate with US To Do Same Chelsea Manning released from jail after refusing to testify before grand juryStudents who owe lunch money in Rhode Island district will get jelly sandwiches until debt is paid *That'll show the malnourished little cheats.* Patients give horror stories as cancer doctor gets 45 years Trump doesn't seem worried about the collapse of the China trade deal, and it could be because it gives him a way to attack Biden Bolton Held "Extremely Rare" Iran Meeting At CIA Headquarters"Cashless" Sweden Suddenly ... more »
An interesting look at urban defense
I'm not one to fantasize about civil war, or armed rebellion, or whatever. I've seen them in real life, in more than one African nation, and they're the very *last* thing I want to see in these United States! I think most people who've experienced them will say the same. Nevertheless, some worry that we may see some sort of major civil unrest in our cities. With Antifa, Black Lives Matter, urban gangs, and other elements in the news, that's certainly not impossible. If it looks likely, my preferred response will be to get the hell out of the way before things happen . . . but t... more »
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