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On privacy and Surveillance Capitalism
I stored up for a bigger one, this time, in a topic wherein I actually know something! Though yes, in background we have worries about a *looming U.S.-Iran war,* which I've warned about since November 2017... and more recently... asking you to make sure your neighbors know terms like "Saddam's WMDs," "Tokin Gulf Incident," "Gleiwitz," and "Reichstag fire." (And see what Navy vet Jim Wright says about this recently, here.) Over the long haul, our way out of these messes will almost always be *more light.* Exposing the wicked. Which brings us to... *== Fear of exposure ==* Harvard... more »
Oh woe! “Trump official consults climate deniers”
“Trump official consults climate deniers,” reads the headline in the Herald Sun. “A Trump administration national security official has sought help from advisers to a think tank that disavows climate change to challenge widely accepted scientific findings on global warming.” Turns out that William Happer, a member of the National Security Council, has corresponded with ... Read moreOh woe! “Trump official consults climate deniers” The post Oh woe! “Trump official consults climate deniers” appeared first on Ice Age Now.
Top U.S. General In Afghanistan: ISIS Still 'Worrisome' In Afghanistan, But Unlikely To Mount U.S. Attacks
General Frank McKenzie, U.S. Central Command chief, says Islamic State remains "very worrisome" in Afghanistan RFE: *Top U.S. General Says IS Still 'Worrisome' In Afghanistan, But Unlikely To Mount U.S. Attacks * A senior U.S. general says the Islamic State (IS) extremist group remains a "very worrisome" presence in Afghanistan, but it is unlikely to mount an attack on the U.S. homeland because it is under strong military pressure. Marine General Frank McKenzie, who heads the U.S. Central Command, on June 12 told reporters the extremist group "in Afghanistan certainly has aspirati... more »
21 Health Benefits of Berberine
Check out the incredible health benefits of berberine, distilled from the barberry tree and other shrubs. There are thousands of studies on berberine and I have used it for years with great success. See below for dosing. Cardiovascular Lowers total cholesterol- who need statin drugs? (source) Lowers LDL (source) Raises HDL (source) Lowers triglycerides (source) … Continue reading "21 Health Benefits of Berberine" The post 21 Health Benefits of Berberine appeared first on TDW.
I Really Don't Blame Sarah For Leaving...
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Russian Air Force bombs jihadist high command meeting in Idlib
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:20 P.M.) – The Russian Air Force bombed a jihadist high command meeting in the Idlib Governorate this week, the Arabic language service of the Sputnik News Agency reported. According to the Sputnik report, the Russian Air Force, along with their Syrian partners, bombed Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham’s high command as they were meeting […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Erdogan vows to respond to Syrian Army attacks on Turkish troops in Idlib
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:00 P.M.) – During a press conference at Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul, Turkish President Recep Tayyip stated that his armed forces will retaliate if the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) continues its attacks on the Turkish observation posts in Idlib. “Turkey will not remain silent if the Syrian regime continues to attack observation […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian Special Fores deploy to northwestern Hama for next operation
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:30 P.M.) – The Syrian Special Forces have sent another division to the northwestern countryside of the Hama Governorate for the next operation. According to a military report from northwestern Syria, the Syrian Army’s 14th Special Forces Division deployed to the Hama Governorate earlier this week. The Special Forces will join several other […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Trump accuses Iran of oil tanker attack in Gulf of Oman
US President Donald Trump claimed in an interview with Fox News that Iran was responsible for explosions that damaged two oil tankers sailing through the Gulf of Oman on 13 June. Trump alleged that the video, previously released by CENTCOM, proves Tehran’s guilt. The US claims that the video shows an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps boat approaching […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Is This Video of a ‘Gyro Drop’ Amusement Park Ride Real?
The "Gyro Drop" is a real amusement park ride, but a popular video of it relies on some imagination.
Immortal: Quasiparticles Decay, But Identical Particle Entities Emerge From The Debris
The concept of quasiparticles was coined by Nobel laureate Lev Davidovich Landau, who used it to describe collective states of lots of particles or rather their interactions due to electrical or magnetic forces. Due to this interaction, several particles act like one single one. The assumption has been that quasiparticles in interacting quantum systems decay after a certain time but the opposite is the case, according to a recent paper: strong interactions can even stop decay entirely. Collective lattice vibrations in crystals, so-called phonons, are one example of such quasiparticl... more »
IER/ACCCE Report’s ‘Imposed Costs’ Make Levelized Costs of Wind and Solar Comparable to Dispatchable Resources
S&P Global reported last week that the IER and ACCCE study on the levelized costs of electricity from existing generation… The post IER/ACCCE Report’s ‘Imposed Costs’ Make Levelized Costs of Wind and Solar Comparable to Dispatchable Resources appeared first on IER.
China’s Economy Continues to Slow
[image: china-s-economy-continues-to-slow] The economic slowdown in China bodes well for a potential meeting between Trump and Xi in Osaka later this month to discuss China's trade manipulations.
Illegal-alien Dumping Continues; Drone Found at Border
[image: illegal-alien-dumping-continues-drone-found-at-border] Even as ICE arrests and deports criminal illegal aliens, DHS is releasing more than 1,000 illegals into the country per day. Meanwhile, the drug cartels are using drones to spy on border agents to help move dope, criminals, and illegals across the border.
Media Expert Challenging Conservatives, Christians to Unplug From Secular Media Giant AT&T
[image: media-expert-challenging-conservatives-christians-to-unplug-from-secular-media-giant-at-t] A Christian media expert is challenging conservatives to sever ties with AT&T over its disregard for conservative and faith-friendly values.
'No Quarter' Giveaway or: 'How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Give Some Quarter'
Hello, everyone! In celebration of the recent publication of *No Quarter: The Ravings of William Norman Grigg *(my father's final book), I've taken the liberty of establishing a giveaway. The first 10 people to use this giveaway link will receive a *free* copy of the Kindle Edition of *No Quarter.* Thank you for appreciating my father and his work. And *Dum Spiro, Pugno!* - William *'the Lesser'* Grigg
Untangling the Yemen Arms Sales Debate
President Trump and King Salman sign Joint Strategic Vision Statement, May 2017 (Source: Wikimedia/White House Photo Shealah Craighead) Over the past several weeks, a new front has opened up in the legal fight over U.S. support for the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen: the president’s authority to pursue arms sales. For months, congressional opponents of the Yemen conflict have blocked certain arms sales to Saudi Arabia and its coalition partners, citing human rights and other concerns. But on May 24, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the Trump administration w... more »
4 Insane Data Privacy Scandals, Just From This Month
By Simon Black, Sovereign Man For this Friday’s roll-up of bizarre and disturbing stories from around the world, we found ourselves zeroing-in on some ridiculous... more »
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/14/2019
Today's Water Cooler: Not totally open, more to come!
Police Officer Sees Homeless Man Trip On Shoes, Gives Him The Ones Off His Feet
By Amanda Froelich If you pay attention, you will notice that acts of kindness occur regularly all over the world. Sometimes, the good deeds go... more »
Record Heat In California
On June 17, 1859, Santa Barbara, California was so hot that no humans could be outside, and there was widespread destruction of animals and plants. Fruit burned on one side and fell to the ground. 13 Aug 1859, 2 – … Continue reading →
President Trump Fox and Friends Extensive Interview Today…
President Donald Trump calls in to Fox and Friends on his birthday for a wide-ranging interview on multiple subjects. The interview is 49 minutes long. President Trump discusses Iran being implicated in assaulting oil takers in the Gulf of Oman, … Continue reading →
Question Asked: Could the U.S. Navy Destroy North Korea In a War?
*James Holmes* *Security, * What is the answer? *Corbett observes that a navy can apply pressure on a foe’s “national life” from day one of a conflict. Over time, he writes, it could exhaust that foe gradually—laying him low. But again, naval forces can only perform their blocking function at sea. They have little way to obstruct overland transit across North Korea’s northern border unless Washington wants to risk tangling with Chinese or Russian forces, and escalating a local conflagration to great-power war. Few relish that prospect. It’s a safe bet, then, that any blockade w... more »
Are Academics Pursuing a Cult of the Irrelevant?
*Michael Lind* *Politics, Americas* [image: Reuters] Michael Desch offers an illuminating survey of the century-long relationship between practitioners of U.S. foreign policy and the professors who study it. *Michael C. Desch*, *Cult of the Irrelevant: The Waning Influence of Social Science on National Security* (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019), 351 pp., $35.00. IN APRIL 2008, Robert M. Gates, secretary of defense in the George W. Bush administration, asserted that the national security community “must once again embrace eggheads and ideas.” Why this hope, often exp... more »
Former Saudi Intelligence Chief: 'Difficult To Be Optimistic About Iran'
*France 24:* *'Difficult to be optimistic about Iran,' Saudi former intelligence chief tells FRANCE 24* The former head of Saudi intelligence, Prince Turki al-Faisal, told FRANCE 24 in The Hague that he was pessimistic about the prospects for a successful negotiation between the US and Iran, calling Iran "a disruptive force" in the region. He also accused Tehran of being behind this week's attack by Houthi rebels on a Saudi airport and said he saw no chance for a peaceful solution in Yemen in the near future. "I'm always hopeful that sensibility can be achieved in the minds of [t... more »
BP Energy Review 2018
By Paul Homewood https://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/energy-economics/statistical-review-of-world-energy.html You are no doubt aware that global emissions of carbon dioxide climbed again last year, up by 2% from the year before, according to the latest BP Energy Review. Since 2010, emissions have grown by 9%: Increases in emissions in the US, China, India and the […]
Afghanistan Is Officially The Most Dangerous Country In The World
File: Mohammad Ismail/Reuters *Business Insider:* *Afghanistan is officially the most dangerous country in the world — more proof the US war there has failed* * Afghanistan is officially the least peaceful country in the world and the site of the most violent conflict, according to the Institute for Economics and Peace's annual report. * Afghanistan replaced Syria as the least peaceful country, which Steve Killelea, the founder and executive chairman of IEP, attributed to the collapse of ISIS's territorial holdings in Iraq and Syria. * This news comes as the US marches toward the 19... more »
Parents of Baby Kidnapped after Forced Cesarean in Connecticut Hospital Call on Public to Attend Hearing to Remove Parental Rights
Suzy and her husband Peter Saad will face a judge next week who will reportedly terminate their parental rights to their newborn baby, Sofia. The parents reportedly have no criminal record, and have not been charged with child abuse or neglect. They stopped in a hospital in Connecticut while on a trip to Maine because Suzy was experiencing back pain, and the staff there allegedly accused her husband of being a "Muslim terrorist," even though he is a U.S. citizen of Egyptian heritage, and a Coptic Christian. Suzy reports that they drugged her against her will and performed a cesarea... more »
Do Not Restart the Cracked Hunterston B Nuclear Reactors in Scotland!
Cracks have been found on approximately 400 graphite bricks in the reactor core. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/embed/p072yj6y/47485321“>https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/chernobyl-20-fears-nuclear-expert-16479884 The following is a letter from…
"Economic Market Snapshot AM 6/14/19"
• Gregory Mannarino, "Crude @ $52. A False Flag Danger Zone" - https://www.traderschoice.net/ • MarketWatch Market Summary, Live Updates - https://www.marketwatch.com/tools/marketsummary • CNN Market Data: - http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/ CNN Fear And Greed Index: - http://money.cnn.com/data/fear-and-greed/
"Morgan Stanley's Business Conditions Index Just Suffered The Biggest One Month Decline In History"
*"Morgan Stanley's Business Conditions Index Just * *Suffered The Biggest One Month Decline In History"* by Michael Snyder "We continue to get more indications that U.S. economic conditions are going to deteriorate rapidly during the second half of this year. Yesterday, I reported on a brand new survey which found that 69 percent of U.S. CFOs believe that a recession is coming “by the end of 2020”, and today we learned that Morgan Stanley’s Business Conditions Index has fallen dramatically. In fact, according to CNBC the sudden drop in the index was “the largest one-month decline o... more »
Japanese Tanker Owner Denies Ship Hit By Mine, Says Crew Saw “Flying Objects” Before Attack, Not Hit by Mines — US is LYING!
Japanese Tanker Owner Denies Ship Hit By Mine, Says Crew Saw “Flying Objects” Before Attack, Not Hit by Mines — US is LYING! by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ For a moment on Thursday, it appeared that the US Navy had produced the ‘smoking gun’ to which Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had alluded during his statement from …
This Day In Iraqi History - Jun 14
1921 Churchill asked Colonial Office if King Faisal was Sunni or Shiite and who were the religious people in Karbala 1980 Mossad assassinated Egyptian nuclear scientist Yahya El Mashad in Paris who worked on Iraq’s nuclear program 1985 Iran Op Al Quds 1 north of Majnoon Islands Basra 1985 Iraq halted air raids for 2 wks on Iran calling on Iranians to push Khomeini towards peace 1988 Iraqi 1st Corps attacked Mawat Kurdistan (Musings On Iraq interview with author Anthony Tucker-Jones on Iran-Iraq War) (Musings On Iraq interview with author Tom Cooper on Iran-Iraq War) (Musings On I... more »
What A War With Iran Could Look Like
Iranian military personnel during an exercise on Sea of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz, December 28, 2011. Reuters *Todd South, Kyle Rempfer, Shawn Snow, Howard Altman, and David B. Larter, Business Insider/Military Times:* *Here's what a war with Iran could look like* * Amid heightened tensions between Iran and the US, the risk that one incident could escalate to a full-scale conflict is high. * While the US military and its partners are capable of handling Iran on the battlefield, a conflict seems unlikely to bring political change in Tehran. Late at night somewhere not far fr... more »
A marketing stroke of genius
I wasn't in the USA at the time that Softsoap was developed, so I didn't know its commercial and industrial background. A recent article was very informative. SoftSoap ... was essentially the first mass-produced liquid hand soap ever sold to the public, all packaged in a convenient bottle featuring a pump. Of course, a key problem with this idea is that, while it was revolutionary in some ways, no part of it was original enough to patent. From his previous experience having bigger companies copy his ideas not long after he made them successful and then taking over the market, Tayl... more »
American Govt., NGOS Fuel and Fund Hong Kong Anti-Extradition Protests
[image: undefined] Protesters in Hong Kong attempted to storm the parliament on Tuesday in opposition to an amendment to the autonomous territory’s extradition law with mainland China. The protest’s messaging and the groups associated with it, however, raise a number of questions about just how organic the movement is. Some of the groups involved receive significant funding from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a CIA soft-power cutout that has played a critical role in innumerable US regime-change operations. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi weighed in on the bill, which is be... more »
Seven Reasons To Be Highly Skeptical Of The Gulf Of Oman Incident
[image: undefined] In a move that surprised exactly zero people, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has wasted no time scrambling to blame Iran for damage done to two sea vessels in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday, citing exactly zero evidence. “This assessment is based on intelligence, the weapons used, the level of expertise needed to execute the operation, recent similar Iranian attacks on shipping, and the fact that no proxy group operating in the area has the resources and proficiency to act with such a high-degree of sophistication,” Pompeo told the press in a statement. “The United... more »
You Can Tell Which Animal By The Tracks They Leave Behind
Images – pixabay (PD), Wikipedia Commons (lic under CC 3.0). Graphic – Herbs-info.com Cue David Attenborough voice… “Here, on the beaches of planet Earth, we see telltale signs of the various inhabitants: Footprints left in the sand, indicating that they passed this way. Let’s take a look at the unmistakable tracks of these creatures.” “First, […] The post You Can Tell Which Animal By The Tracks They Leave Behind appeared first on Herbs Info.
Seth MacFarlane calls out anti-vaxxer parents: ‘You’re endangering their health and the health of the public’
Seth MacFarlane has decided to chime in once again with his strong opinions against parents who choose not to vaccinate their children, tweeting on Thursday: “Refusing to vaccinate your children cannot be justified by ‘personal belief. You’re endangering their health and the health of the public. Your right to your ‘belief’ ends where it harms […] The post Seth MacFarlane calls out anti-vaxxer parents: ‘You’re endangering their health and the health of the public’ appeared first on Health Nut News .
California doesn’t plan to raise marijuana excise tax in July
Although the California cannabis industry probably won’t see any state-level tax relief anytime soon, at least the excise tax won’t go up in July. The state Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) confirmed in an email to Marijuana Business Daily that the 60% markup rate that provides the basis for California’s 15% excise tax will […] California doesn’t plan to raise marijuana excise tax in July is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Is Iran Attacking Oil Tankers As Part Of A Greater Strategy?
The Front Altair was on fire in waters between Gulf Arab states and Iran after an explosion that a source blamed on a magnetic mine. The crew of the Norwegian vessel were picked up by a vessel in the area and passed to an Iranian rescue boat. ISNA/Handout via REUTERS Bobby Ghosh, Bloomberg: *The Method in Iran's Oil Tanker Madness* *Squint hard enough, and you can see the outlines of a strategy that ends in negotiations.* Suspicion is now hardening that Iran was behind the attack on the two tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday morning. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has fi... more »
Why Did Software Engineer Eric Cochran Blow The Whistle About Pinterest Censorship?
By Catherine J. Frompovich Applause, applause, applause! Give thanks for whistleblowers! Alexandra Bruce, publisher at Forbidden Knowledge TV, has done it again! She provides us... more »
Japanese Oil Tanker Owner Contradicts U.S. Officials Over The Type Of Explosives Used In The Gulf of Oman Attack
*Daily Mail: **'Torpedo attack. Explosion': Distress call reveals panic over blast on Gulf tanker 'hit by Iranian mine', as second ship's owner says crew saw a 'flying object' before blast on board* * Captain of a passing cargo ship voices fears of torpedo attack on MT Front Altair * The owner of the Kokuka Courageous said 'something came flying at the ship' * Washington believes mines were used, alleging that Iran went to retrieve one An audio recording has emerged of a distress call made at the scene of one of the Gulf of Oman explosions yesterday, as the owner of the other t... more »
Modern China
*Social Credit Scoring* It's already in place in much of China and based upon discussions that I've had with people in major cities in China, the coercion is in place and it depending on where you stand, it works. The system ranks everyone based on their social credit. If you marry somebody that is not Han Chinese, your ranking drops. If you criticize the local or national government, that all-important ranking drops. And so forth. As with private credit scores, a person's social score can move up and down depending on their behavior. The exact methodology is a secret. However play... more »
Commerce Minister reviews free trade pacts
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
14-Jun-2019 Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has reviewed India's free trade agreements (FTAs) with partner countries such as Japan, South Korea, Sri Lanka and the 10-member ASEAN to identify problem areas for the Indian industry and the opportunities they could offer.
Now In Effect: New Mexico Electronic Communications Privacy Act
By Michael Maharrey SANTA FE, N.M. (June 14, 2019) – Today, a New Mexico law goes into effect that limits the warrantless use of stingray... more »
World News Briefs -- June 14, 2019
*France 24:* *US releases video accusing Iran of tanker attack, Tehran blasts ‘Iranophobic campaign’* The US military on Friday released a video it said shows Iran's Revolutionary Guards removing an unexploded mine from one of the oil tankers targeted in the Gulf of Oman. Tehran denied involvement, accusing the US of waging an "Iranophobic campaign". "It is the assessment of the United States that the Islamic Republic of Iran is responsible for the attacks," US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told reporters. Appearing on Fox News television later on Friday, President Donald Trump... more »
Could Iran be Correct about "False Flag"?
This entire story is suspect in the sense that what is true is highly contested. What can be agreed upon is this: Japanese PM Abe visits Iran and during his visitation a Japanese tanker is attacked near the Strait of Hormuz. The Associated Press is reporting that the attack was achieved through projectiles, described by observers as "flying objects." (see here). Abe is taking the high road in urging de-escalation of confrontation. But the background drums of war are hard to ignore, especially given they are emanating most loudly from my (US) government. AXIS OF EVIL - Yes the axis... more »
Novus Makes New Smartphone for Kids Despite Warnings from American Academy of Pediatrics and Other Experts about Multiple Health Threats
By B.N. Frank Discouraging kids to have and use smartphones is really ramping up. PBS and other media sources have been increasing their coverage –... more »
Thai Vets Nurture Lost Baby Dugong
The young dugong named Marium has become an internet hit after images of marine biologists embracing and feeding it with milk and sea grass spread across social media.
Taylor Swift Calls Out Homophobes on New Song
Coinciding with the announcement of her seventh album, the pop star released a new tune called "You Need to Calm Down."
Is the Trump Administration Denying U.S. Citizenship to Children of Same-Sex Couples?
A U.S. State Department policy blocking birthright citizenship for some children born to U.S. citizens abroad via assisted reproductive technology was implemented by the Obama administration.
Emails: Trump Official Consulted Global Warming Rejecters
Last year President Trump rejected the warnings of a national climate change assessment by more than a dozen government agencies. "I don't believe it," he said.
Creating an Alternative to Alternative Media
Today’s release from Paul Joseph Watson looks at the state of censorship on alternative and social media platforms: –– Safespace —
JASON: Secret Group of Elite Scientists Who Advise Our Government
Every day I learn something new. Some days I learn good stuff, other days not so good. This is one of those “other days“. Seems there’s a sorta-secret group of top-rank scientists and engineering research folks who apply their knowledge and expertise to classified research in most every field of study you can imagine: From advanced weapons technology to green power, from biophysics to climate change, these folks have worked under contract to the US Government for about fifty (50) years, lurking behind the facade of the MITRE Corporation who handles their contractual arrangements and... more »
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 14, 2019
US escort ships in the Suez Canal were seen off the coast of Egypt earlier this year *Reuters:* *U.S. has 'no interest' in new conflict in Middle East: military* WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has no interest in engaging in a new conflict in the Middle East but will defend American interests including freedom of navigation, the U.S. military said on Thursday as it directed a destroyer to the scene of an attack in the Gulf of Oman. U.S. Central Command said in a statement the destroyer USS Mason was en route to the scene of the attacks that damaged two tankers in the Gulf ... more »
Parents of Baby Kidnapped after Forced Cesarean in Connecticut Hospital Call on Public to Attend Hearing to Remove Parental Rights
Suzy and her husband Peter Saad will face a judge next week who will reportedly terminate their parental rights to their newborn baby, Sofia. The parents reportedly have no criminal record, and have not been charged with child abuse or neglect. They stopped in a hospital in Connecticut while on a trip to Maine because Suzy was experiencing back pain, and the staff their allegedly accused her husband of being a "Muslim terrorist," even though he is a U.S. citizen of Egyptian heritage, and a Coptic Christian. Suzy reports that they drugged her against her will and performed a cesarea... more »
Nuclear Power Plants are a BAD Risk Decision
Japan's nuclear regulator has ordered that the nuclear operator in Kyushu halt operations at Sendai's unit 1 reactor until anti-terror upgrades are enacted: Onaya, Yasuyuki (2019, June 14).Sendai reactor to stop due to delay in anti-terror upgrade work. The Asahi Shimbun, http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201906140067.html Kyushu Electric Power Co. will halt operations of the No. 1 reactor at its Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture next March due to a delay in upgrades to protect it from terror attacks, sources said June 13. I cannot help but remember in 2016 whe... more »
Australian Daily Electrical Power Generation Data – Thursday 13th June 2019
TonyfromOz at Washington Post Admits, Mexico Reinforcing Border Due To Trump Tariff Threat – PA Pundits – International - 12 hours ago
By Anton Lang ~ This Post details the daily power consumption data for the AEMO coverage area in Australia. For the background information, refer to the Introductory Post at this link. Each image is shown here at a smaller size to fit on the page alongside the data for that day. If you click on […]
Flag Day And U.S. Army Birthday
TonyfromOz at Washington Post Admits, Mexico Reinforcing Border Due To Trump Tariff Threat – PA Pundits – International - 12 hours ago
Celebrating Liberty in more than one way — honor the flag and wish the Army a happy 244th! By Mark Alexander ~ Today is Flag Day, celebrating the anniversary of the adoption of our flag by the Second Continental Congress on June 14th, 1777. Our flag is a beacon of Liberty, a symbol of hope […]
Prisoners, Grassroots Activists Halt Construction Of Federal Prison On Former Coal Mine
Federal prisoners and grassroots activists defeated plans by the United States government to embark on the most expensive prison construction project in the country’s history. The plans for a federal prison and labor camp in Letcher County, Kentucky, would have cost at least $444 million and resulted in serious and The post Prisoners, Grassroots Activists Halt Construction Of Federal Prison On Former Coal Mine appeared first on Shadowproof.
Facing Serious Charges, Judge Sets ‘Long Timetable’ For Assange To Prepare Defense Against Extradition
A judge set timetable for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's extradition case. His defense said he'll have time to prepare against serious charges. The post Facing Serious Charges, Judge Sets ‘Long Timetable’ For Assange To Prepare Defense Against Extradition appeared first on Shadowproof.
Man Shot in Memphis Arranged Car Theft Through Facebook, Shot Victim Five Times
[image: man-shot-in-memphis-arranged-theft-through-facebook-shot-victim-five-times] The 20-year-old “student” whom U.S. Marshals shot and killed in Memphis, Tennessee, on Wednesday was a violent felon who arranged a car theft on Facebook, met the owner, then shot him five times.
New York Ends Religious Exemptions for Vaccines Amid Measles Panic
[image: new-york-ends-religious-exemptions-for-vaccines-amid-measles-panic] New York is the most recent state to impose a stricter compulsory immunization policy, eliminating religious exemptions to vaccinations for schoolchildren.
Iran has no interest in war
Iran has no incentive to start a war with the west. Like we've seen in Iraq, Libya, Syria and Venezuela in recent times it is standard operating procedure to fabricate pretext to start wars. The mainstream media is happy to go along to spread lies in order to build support for these regime change operations. So if Iran didn't attack these ships in the Gulf of Oman, who did? Several answers immediately come to mind. Thirty-five years of experience requires me to ask which nations have been pushing regime change in Iran. So my list of likely suspects begins with the CIA (remember ... more »
Trumpanzee: "The FBI Director Is Wrong"
Barbara Lee is ready for impeachment proceedings to begin.Thursday, she told her constituents that "The Trump administration’s corrupt behavior surrounding the Mueller report has been startling to say the least. Both Trump and his right-wing surrogates have pushed blatant lies, twisting the truth in a thinly-veiled cover-up. After a nearly two-year long investigation into the Trump campaign’s criminal behavior, Special Counsel Robert Mueller made it clear: 'If we had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, *we would have said so*.' This is a big deal. After ... more »
With "Regulatory Determinations Based On Risks" President Trump May Be The Pro-Biotech President We Need
With a new executive order, President Trump has done something that the science community has wished would have been done since the 1980s; he has ordered his administration to streamline the federal regulatory process for agricultural biotechnology so that every new product is not treated like a new invention. read more
Grenfell Tower Fire: A (Non-)Progress Report
*Plus ça change....*
Ice on Fire
I encourage people to watch the excellent HBO documentary called “Ice on Fire” on concerns over climate change and remedial actions underway that should and can be leveraged. The documentary is produced and narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, but the most … Continue reading →
"SEGREGATION" AND SCOLD: Stupid old Biden opposed it back then!
*FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2019No one supports it now:* Among the fifty allied states, what makes New York—that is to say, the *state* of New York—the most heinous state of them all? We'll admit that we still don't exactly know! In fairness, the authors in question seemed to offer and explanation at the start of their widely-cited 2014 report: KUCSERA AND ORFIELD (page vi): *New York [State] has the most segregated schools in the country:* in 2009, black and Latino students in the state had the highest concentration in intensely-segregated public schools (less than 10% white enrollment), ... more »
Pope Francis backs carbon price in appeal to climate deniers
Just In - 12 hours ago
Pope Francis says that carbon pricing is "essential" to stem global warming — his clearest statement yet in support of penalising polluters — and appeals to climate change deniers to listen to science.
'It's madness': Hong Kong police say they're 'trapped in the middle' amid unprecedented unrest
Just In - 12 hours ago
Senior Hong Kong police officers say "a significant number" of officers blame the city's chief executive Carrie Lam for violent clashes with Hongkongers protesting against contentious extradition laws.
This Assange Supporter Excoriating The Press Is The Best Thing You’ll Watch All Day
Julian Assange’s latest US extradition hearing was a brief affair which saw the WikiLeaks founder’s next hearing scheduled for sometime after the end of February, nearly at the end of his 50-week sentence for a bail conditions violation. According to Reuters Assange was lucid and spirited […]
Facebook to Search Users’ Data to Call Out ‘Hate Agents’ and Ban Them from the Platform
Facebook's “Hate Agent Policy Review” document reveals "signals" that include praising the wrong individual, appearing at events alongside them, possessing “hate paraphernalia," and certain tattoos. Facebook will categorize people as a hate agent for “statements made in private but later made public."
7 Reasons To Be Highly Skeptical Of The Gulf Of Oman Incident
By Caitlin Johnstone In a move that surprised exactly zero people, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has wasted no time scrambling to blame Iran for... more »
Morgan Stanley’s Business Conditions Index Just Suffered The Biggest One Month Decline In History
By Michael Snyder We continue to get more indications that U.S. economic conditions are going to deteriorate rapidly during the second half of this year. ... more »
Magical Money And School Choice
Pennsylvania's legislature is currently having Version 2,433,672,127 of the same argument that emerges every five minutes in the places where charter schools and public schools bump up against each other. The PA legislature just passed a suite of charter school bills addressing a variety of issues, but not the single issue that folks on all sides want to have addressed: *Absent from all four bills is any mention of the elephant-in-the-room issue when it comes to charter schools, namely how they are funded.* *School districts complain that the bills to educate resident students who c... more »
Possible Iran False Flag In Gulf Of Oman & Israel Attacks Syria Again
By TLAV Oil tankers were attacked in the Gulf of Oman. The US government rushes to blame Iran. Just like they blamed Iran for a... more »
U. S. Backing for Heated Tobacco Products Triggers Misrepresentation
Global Issues News Headlines - 13 hours ago
BANGKOK, Thailand, Jun 14 (IPS) - Wendell Balderas is Media & Communications Manager of the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA)The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) decision authorizing the sale of Philip Morris International (PMI)'s heated tobacco system, IQOS, in the United States inadvertently puts a foot in the door to increase sales of new tobacco products in the developing world. Read the full story, “U. S. Backing for Heated Tobacco Products Triggers Misrepresentation”, on globalissues.org →
Asia-Pacific Region Falters on UN Development Goals
Global Issues News Headlines - 13 hours ago
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 14 (IPS) - UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told a Chatham House meeting in London last week that the UN's Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), one of the legacies of the late Secretary-General Kofi Annan, "spawned tremendous progress" in the battle against poverty worldwide. Read the full story, “Asia-Pacific Region Falters on UN Development Goals”, on globalissues.org →
The F-15C Eagle vs. Russia's Su-57: Who Would Win This Fight?
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * A tough fight. *Close in at the merge, if the Su-57s survive the initial AMRAAM volley, the surviving F-15Cs would be at somewhat of disadvantage against the extraordinarily maneuverable Russian fighters. However, the F-15C community has a lot of practice flying against the extremely maneuverable F-22s, and while they are disadvantaged, Eagle pilots do win dogfights against the Raptor on some occasions. Moreover, with the addition of the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System and the Raytheon AIM-9X Sidewinder, the F-15C has excellent high off boresight... more »
Pompeo Presents Dire Assessment of Iran Situation
*Curt Mills* *Iran, Middle East* The Secretary of State categorically blamed Iran for a Gulf of Oman oil tanker attack; others remain circumspect. WASHINGTON— After weeks of pullback from an otherwise hawkish pose toward the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Trump administration seemingly reverted Thursday, instigated by two oil tanker attacks in the Gulf of Oman likely carried out by Iranian forces. Recent Iranian maneuvers represent a “clear threat to international security, a blatant assault on the freedom of navigation, and an unacceptable campaign of escalating tension by Iran,... more »
How Iran Could Really Hurt America (And the World): Close the Strait of Hormuz
*Edward Chang* *Security, Middle East* Imagine it. *Once again, however, blockading Hormuz proves an ineffective move if the United States is willing to counter Iran’s provocations. This means Iran is more likely to respond with low-intensity, deniable warfare by utilizing cyberwarfare its deep roster of militias and terrorist groups. Be it Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Gaza’s Hamas, or Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces, the Ayatollah is likely to call upon these players long before seriously considering closing the Strait of Hormuz. Hezbollah, in particular, is among the most well-con... more »
A U.S.-Iran War Would Be All Sorts of Awful
*WarIsBoring* *Security, * And I mean really awful. *War with Iran is no joke. Critics of a deal with Iran should not treat it like one. A breakdown in negotiations will have serious repercussions for the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy. That being the case, lawmakers should be more careful when threatening to use U.S. military force.* Iran hawks are playing with fire. We are close to a nuclear deal with Iran, but opponents continue to step up attacks aimed at torpedoing efforts to reach a settlement. They insist that we must walk away from the negotiating table, and that t... more »
College Student Went Undercover to Catch Pedophiles and Nabbed a Decorated Cop
[image: undercover]A college student-turned pedophile hunter, went undercover to catch child predators online and low and behold—he caught a cop.
WATCH: Judge Threatens Cop Who Pulled Him Over and Cop Lets Him Go
[image: judge]A PA Judge is under fire for using his position as a judge and elected official to threaten an officer into letting him go during a traffic stop.
Top Cop Arrested After He Snaps in a Restaurant, Begins Beating Men and Women Alike
[image: restaurant]A top Florida police officer was caught on video this week, blowing a fuse in a restaurant and attacking the innocent patrons for no reason.
Russian Sailors Making Fun Of Brainless American Climate Alarmists
Russian Northern Sea Route (NSR) dreams and fantasies are like Arctic ice, they just don’t melt away, however fruitless they come to be. Here’s latest: “Russia seeks to open its Arctic waters to world shipping” Ice-free Northern Sea Route, again. … Continue reading →
Bills signed into law the past three months
While looking at things to report on, I realized there were several bills that President Trump had quietly signed into law. The good, the bad, the ugly and others that have not been mentioned. Here are the eight signed into law between April and June that never made the headlines as far as I am aware. What a monumental waste of congressional time and taxpayer money these people of the 116th Congress have been. It should go down in history as the most USELESS, the most DIVISIVE, and the least PRODUCTIVE in history. That is saying a lot. This session … Continue reading →
Here Is A List Of F-35 Problems And Issues
A formation of F-35 Lightning IIs from the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings stationed at Hill Air Force Base perform aerial maneuvers during a combat power exercise over Utah Test and Training Range, Nov. 19, 2018. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Cory D. Payne *Zero Hedge*: *F-35 Program Is "F***ed Up", Puts American Pilots In Severe Dogfight Disadvantage* Two of the three versions of Lockheed's beleaguered F-35 fighter jet suffer from previously unreported problems that could put the Joint Strike Fighter at a serious disadvantage in a dogfight with an adversary, according to doc... more »
Secret Tripartite Summit In Jerusalem
A summit of the national security advisors from the USA, Israel and Russia has been announced in Jerusalem. The aim of this conference is to untangle the imbroglio around the Axis of Resistance, guarantee the security of all the States in the Middle East, and establish a shared suzerainty of the United States and Russia over all the actors, including Israel.
"Convenient 'Tanker Attacks' as US Seeks War with Iran"
*"Convenient 'Tanker Attacks' as US Seeks War with Iran"* by Tony Cartalucci “…it would be far more preferable if the United States could cite an Iranian provocation as justification for the airstrikes before launching them. Clearly, the more outrageous, the more deadly, and the more unprovoked the Iranian action, the better off the United States would be. Of course, it would be very difficult for the United States to goad Iran into such a provocation without the rest of the world recognizing this game, which would then undermine it.” – Brookings Institution, “Which Path to Persia... more »
US Says Video Shows Iran Removing Mine from Stricken Tanker
Iran denied any role in the apparent attacks, which have roiled the Persian Gulf amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington.
Chinese President Xi Is Facing Problems And Opposition On Multiple Fronts
Image: China's President Xi Jinping (C) attends the bilateral meeting with President of Botswana Mokgweetsi Masisi (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, 31 August 2018. Roman Pilipey/Pool via Reuters *Times of India/Bloomberg: **China's Xi fights fires on all fronts: Hong Kong, trade war & economy* For most of the last six years, Xi Jinping has been largely free to define the terms of his presidency. But with challenges piling up from the US trade war to mass protests in Hong Kong and to domestic challenges being faced by the economy, his tenure as Chi... more »
The Great Knaresborough Bed Race of 2019
The annual Great Knaresborough Bed Race was held a few weeks ago in England. As usual, a lot of fun was had by all. The event was born out of the enthusiasm of the newly-formed Knaresborough Round Table in 1966, an organisation looking for a major charity fund-raising push. They came up with the idea of a time-trial in which teams would follow a pre-determined course pushing beds around the town. It could have been a chariot race, a tug-o-war, a raft race on the river, a soap box derby or any of a hundred other ideas. But they plumped for a bed race, and somehow that unique combin... more »
China's Hong Kong Policy Is A Disaster
Police officers prepare to disperse a protest against the extradition bill in Hong Kong on June 12. As the China-US economic cold war escalates, and rising regulatory hurdles make it harder for Chinese companies to raise capital in the US, Hong Kong will become immensely valuable to China as an offshore financial centre. Photo: DPA *Minxin Pei, SCMP:* *The US could make Hong Kong – and China – pay an economic price for the extradition bill* * The US-Hong Kong Policy Act has teeth to deter China from violating its commitment to ‘one country, two systems’ in Hong Kong. Beijing needs ... more »
We’ll all be rich if we give Ben Cowan-Dewar an $18 million airport
News 1. SIRT is not equipped to investigate rape by cops The Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) is tasked with investigating police, but it has no written policies for preserving rape kit evidence and its investigators have no specialized training in dealing with victims of sexual assault. Reporter Maggie Rahr brings us the case of […]
The Archaeology of Loss
“We were in wonderful moose country now.” At least this is how Albert Bigelow Paine described the Nova Scotia landscape he and three others journeyed through in his 1908 book The Tent Dwellers. The book tells the true story of a June trout fishing trip led by two Mi’kmaq guides, Charlie Charlton and Del Thomas, […]
"Tilling the Soil in the Garden of Catastrophe"
*"Tilling the Soil in the Garden of Catastrophe"* By Bill Bonner YOUGHAL, IRELAND – "There comes good news this week: The inflation rate in Venezuela is going down. From Zerohedge: "Annual inflation in the country has dropped below one million percent in May for the first time since 2018, Reuters reports. And how did the country magically start to rope in inflation? The central bank restricted the domestic money supply – imagine that. Consumer prices for the 12 months ending May were up “only” 815,194%, according to the opposition-run congress. This compared to 1.3 million percent ... more »
THE NEXT GREEK GOVERNMENT WILL HAVE TO INVESTIGATE MY CASE DELTA 15 218 TOO, SAME PEOPLE IMPLICATED AS IN THE NOVARTIS SCANDAL, MY EVIDENCE IS UNAMBIGUOUS
*FORMER PROSECUTOR IMPLICATES GOVERNMENT OF ALEXIS TSIPRAS IN THE NOVARTIS SHOW TRIALS IN GROWING SCANDAL* *SUPREME COURT PROSECUTOR XENI DIMITRIOU ALSO IMPLICATED* *SAME PROSECUTOR PROVEN TO BE KEY FIXER IN MY CASE MY EMAILS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS* *https://stpaisiosproject.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/cea3cf84cebfceb9cf87ceb5ceafcebf-emails-areos-pagos-xenia-dimitriou-47-66.pdf* *NEXT GOVERNMENT HAS PLEDGED TO INVESTIGATE NOVARTIS SHOW TRIAL* *WILL HAVE TO INVESTIGATE MY CASE DELTA 15 218 TOO, HUGE CRIMES COMMITTED AGAINST ME* *MY WORDPRESS BIRDFLU666 BLOG STILL DOWN* *CHINA ... more »
Why the United States Could Lose the Next War
A fascinating recent study by Christopher Dougherty entitled "Why America Needs a New Way of War" at the Center for a New American Security or CNAS looks at a thought-provoking reality; what if the United States lost its next war. While its so-called wins since the end of the Second World War have been, at the very least, contestable (think Korea, Vietnam and both Afghanistan and Iraq that have been dragging on for nearly two decades), this study looks at the implications of an American loss in a large-scale war with a great power, a battle that will be far different than the relat... more »
China Tells The U.S. To 'Stop Interfering In Hong Kong Affairs Immediately'
A Hong Kong protest rally on June 9, 2019. Kelly Olsen, CNBC *SCMP:* *China summons US envoy in protest over Washington’s remarks on Hong Kong extradition bill* * Chinese vice foreign minister says Beijing will not accept meddling by foreign forces in Hong Kong’s affairs * It is in the interest of the United States that Hong Kong continue to be prosperous and stable, foreign ministry says China summoned a US envoy in Beijing on Friday to protest against remarks by Washington over Hong Kong’s controversial extradition bill. Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng urgently summoned Robert F... more »
When America had an open prison – the story of Kenyon Scudder and his 'prison without walls'
Dana Walters, Program and Communications Coordinator, Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School, Harvard University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 14 hours ago
Scudder's approach was grounded in trust and mutual respect. There would be no guards, no weapons, no walls and no uniforms.
Maryland has created a truth commission on lynchings – can it deliver?
Kelebogile Zvobgo, Provost's Fellow in the Social Sciences and Ph.D. Candidate, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 14 hours ago
The first truth commission to research lynchings has been established in Maryland. It has the potential to educate the public about and support racial reconciliation. But it also faces obstacles.
How an aid gusher helped and hurt Liberia
Stacey L. Connaughton, Associate Professor, Director of the Purdue Peace Project, Purdue University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 14 hours ago
Depending on foreign aid to pay the bills makes moving on when it’s gone harder.
Funny Friday
From Hershey: New Immigration Laws Be sure to read to the bottom or you will miss the message… There will be no special bilingual programs in the schools. All ballots will be in this nation’s language. All government business will be conducted in our language. Non-residents will NOT have the right to vote no matter how long they are here. Non-citizens will NEVER be able to hold political office. Foreigners will not be a burden to the taxpayers. No welfare, no food stamps, no health care, or any other government assistance programs. Any who are a burden will be deported. … Continue r... more »
New Round of Tests Finds Breakfast Cereals Still Full of Glyphosate, Says EWG
*Jordan Davidson* - The latest tests reveal the ongoing nature of this problem.
Two Russian warships, large transport aircraft head to Syria amid Idlib operation
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 P.M.) – Two large Russian warships are making their way to the Port of Tartous in western Syria, Turkish maritime observer Yoruk Isik reported this week. According to Isik, the Russian warships, Ropucha class LSTM Tsezar Kunikov and the Ropucha class landing ship Azov 151, transited the Bosphorus Strait en route to […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Iran says US, Mossad possibly behind oil tanker attack in Gulf of Oman
US security services and Israeli intelligence agency Mossad may be behind the recent destabilization in the Persian and Oman gulfs, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, a senior foreign policy adviser to the Iranian parliament speaker, said amid the oil tanker incident in these waters. “US security services&Mossad main suspects for insecuring #PersianGulf/#OmanSea oil export. KSA,UAE,Bahrain stupidity fan the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian Air Force begins striking northeastern Idlib
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:20 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) has begun striking the northeastern countryside of the Idlib Governorate this afternoon, a military source in the Aleppo Governorate reported. According to the source, the Syrian Air Force heavily targeted the militant positions along the Idlib-Aleppo Highway, with a large concentration of strikes near […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Video footage of the Syrian Army foiling the jihadist offensive in southwestern Idlib
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:30 P.M.) – The jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham recently launched an offensive to capture the town of Qasabiyah in southwestern Idlib. The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) was able to repel the jihadist offensive after a short battle this week. In a short video released on Friday, the Fars News Agency showed […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Turkey to retaliate if US imposes sanctions over S-400 deal
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday Ankara would take retaliatory moves against Washington should it introduce sanctions over the acquisition of Russian air defense systems S-400. “If the United States begins to take negative steps, we have retaliatory moves. America has made a number of decisions, but we are not going to stay […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Total elimination of terrorist centers in Idlib is Russian priority: Putin
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:20 P.M.) – Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the capital of Kyrgyzstan on Friday to attend the SCO Summit. In Putin’s speech at the summit, the Russian leader highlighted his country’s success in fighting terrorist inside of Syria. “We have achieved real results in the war against international terrorism in Syria, and the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian Army reinforces northwestern Hama after several failed jihadist attacks
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:45 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has recently sent more reinforcements to the front-lines in northwestern Hama following a string of jihadist attacks on the towns north of Kafr Naboudeh. According to a field source in the government stronghold of Mhardeh, the Syrian Army has heavily reinforced the front-lines around the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Libyan National Army resumes push to capture Tripoli: video
Renewed clashes were reported between forces loyal to Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) and forces loyal to Libyan National Army (LNA) commander Khalifa Haftar, on Tripoli’s southern district on Thursday. Misrata forces, who are loyal to the Government of National Accord (GNA), were filmed fighting south of the capital. The two parties reportedly clashed […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
China Accuses Washington Of Conducting Worldwide Cyber Espionage
A U.S. flag is seen during a welcoming ceremony in Beijing, China, November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Peter *Daily Mail:* *'The US is spying on everyone!' China accuses Washington of conducting worldwide cyber espionage to remain as a superpower after Trump claims Huawei monitors their users in secret for Beijing* * Beijing's mouthpiece People's Daily said the U.S. had been monitoring the world * Commentary claimed that Washington was afraid of losing its dominant status * Washington had accused Chinese tech company Huawei of spying for Beijing * Trump has blocked Huawei from its net... more »
Can I Be Fired For Taking Vacation? Short Answer: Yes
I'm on vacation, and so are many Americans. You shouldn’t have to worry about your job while you’re on vacation. Or should you? You’ve earned two weeks of vacation, and wow, did you work for it. You put in for your two weeks, got it approved, and planned your trip. You have non-refundable tickets to fly to your dream all-inclusive resort. A week before you leave, you mention that Bob will be covering for you while you’re gone. Your boss says, “Oh, you were serious about taking vacation?” You nod, meekly. You ask a coworker what she thinks he meant. You find out that the last five pe... more »
Brits form new alliance to stop Globalist PM Boris Johnson from crashing UK out of EU
*The British establishment has split in two with a faction forming to stop Globalist minion Boris Johnson, close friend of Nat Rothschild, from becoming the next PM and crashing the UK out of the EU without a deal, "cynics enabling a disaster" as Owen Jones put it.* https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/06/boris-johnson-trump-tory-mps *Meanwhile, Globalists Prince Andrew has started to channel his Greek German grandfather, (after whom Andrew was called), and who had to flee Greece to avoid being put on trial and executed for losing in wars for no reason.* https://e... more »
How Polarization Leads to Disjunction-- There Must Be Fifty Ways to Leave Your Party
For the symposium on Sanford Levinson and Jack M. Balkin, Democracy and Dysfunction (University of Chicago Press, 2019). In my last post I argued that regime change will occur with or without transformative leadership on the order of Jackson or Lincoln. In this post, I take up two important questions posed by Corey Robin. First, how can a new dominant party system emerge under conditions of high polarization? Robin argues that polarization "is antithetical to the idea of disjunction, to the scrambling of the electorate and defections of party politicians that we see under disjunctiv... more »
Sydney high-rise evacuated after residents spot cracks
Residents of a 10-storey building in Mascot are being evacuated "as a precaution" after movement and cracks were detected, Fire and Rescue NSW says.
Julian Assange's extradition hearing scheduled for February 2020
Just In - 15 hours ago
Julian Assange will learn if he is to be extradited to the US at a hearing that will start on February 25 next year, a British court rules.
Fire under control after engulfing top storey at south Brisbane school
Just In - 15 hours ago
A blaze at Upper Mt Gravatt State School, south of Brisbane, is under control after it "fully engulfed" the top floor of a two-storey school block.
Fantasia feels the pinch but Bombers beat Hawks at Docklands
Just In - 15 hours ago
The Bombers take care of the Hawks on Friday night football at Docklands to stay in touch with the top eight, but Hawthorn defender Ben Stratton's tactics come under question.
Heartbreak for the Cowboys in golden point as Warriors beat Tigers
Just In - 15 hours ago
The Cowboys' big comeback against the Tigers proves all in vain in a golden point loss in Townsville, after a Queensland Origin forward goes down for the Titans in a defeat by the Warriors on Friday night football.
The U.S. Military Emits More Greenhouse Gases Than Most Countries
US Marines install new solar panels at an outpost in Afghanistan's Helmand province, November 19, 2012. US Marine Corps/Lance Cpl. Alexander Quiles/Handout/File Photo via REUTERS *CNBC:* *The Pentagon emits more greenhouse gases than Portugal or Sweden, study says* * The Pentagon’s emissions were “in any one year… greater than many smaller countries total greenhouse gas emissions,” researchers of the study said. * The findings showed that if the Pentagon was listed as a country, its emissions would make it the world’s 55th largest contributor of greenhouse gases. * China is the wo... more »
Weekly space issues interview with Grossman & Gagnon
Listen to "Key Senate committee votes in favor of space militarization" on Spreaker. A regular Thursday segment deals with the ongoing militarization of space. As the US continues to withdraw from international arms treaties, will the weaponization and militarization of space bring the world closer to catastrophe? Brian Becker and John Kiriakou speak with Prof. Karl Grossman, a full professor of journalism at the State University of New York, College at Old Westbury and the host of a nationally aired television program focused on environmental, energy, and space issues, and with Br... more »
US army stands up to Globalist warmongers, slaps down claim by Mike Pompeo that Iran was behind an attack on two oil tankers
*US ARMY EXPLODES GLOBALIST WHITE HOUSE FALSE FLAG NARRATIVE TO PUSH FOR WAR IN IRAN* *ISSUES STATEMENT MAKING IT CLEAR IT DOES NOT WANT WAR WITH IRAN HOURS AFTER GLOBALIST MIKE POMPEO CLAIMED IRAN ATTACKED TWO OIL TANKERS* *US ARMY CALLS FOR UN INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT* *REPEAT OF THE DOUMA FALSE FLAG? UN CHEMICAL WATCHDOG CONCLUDED THE DOUMA CHEMICAL ATTACK WAS A FALSE FLAG* https://21stcenturywire.com/2019/05/17/opcw-leak-new-document-indicates-douma-chemical-attack-was-staged-false-flag/ *BBC PRODUCER SAYS CHEMICAL ATTACK FOOTAGE USED WAS STAGED* https://www.global... more »
The Mysterious F-52 Fighter: The Stealth Jet Iran or Russia Will Never Fight
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * Here is the breakdown. *A mystery?* President Donald Trump last year told reporters that the United States had delivered the F-52 to Norway. The statement was obviously a mistake; there is no such thing as an F-52 yet. The aircraft only exists in the context of a video game called “Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare”—however, there was once a real world concept that looks similar to the fiction jet. *(This first appeared last year.)* “In November we started delivering the first F-52s and F-35 fighter jets,” Trump said. “We have a total of 52 and they’v... more »
The Sort of Secret $34 Billion Deal That Gives the Air Force 450+ F-35 Fighters
*WarIsBoring* *Security, * We have a few of the details. A new lot of F-35s have been ordered for the Air Force and it’s thanks to a record $34 billion deal between Lockheed Martin and the Department of Defense. The multi-year contract covers multiple production lots, with the first set giving the Air Force 157 new jets. The layout of the deal will lower the cost of a conventional F-35A to around $80 million, a savings of $9.2 million per aircraft. “This is a historic milestone for the F-35 enterprise, and marks the largest procurement in the history of the department,” Unders... more »
You Won't Beat the Army In a War: A Retired General Told Us Why.
*Tom Spoehr* *Security, * Happy Birthday, U.S. Army! Friday, June 14 is the U.S. Army’s 244th birthday. Since it was born in 1775, even before the birth of the nation itself, the Army has always responded to fight our wars, provide disaster support, build dams and levees, enforce desegregation, and help partner nations develop their own armies. The history of the Army is the history of the nation. As one of the largest organizations in the world, the U.S. Army has provided millions of Americans the opportunity for advancement, individual development, and progress without rega... more »
Japan's Submarine Force Has a Secret Weapon That Can Win Wars
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Asia* [image: By Norio NAKAYAMA, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25619101] And it's so simple. *An LIB submarine’s underwater endurance may also not necessarily equal the multiple weeks an AIP-powered submarines is capable of. However, the greater battery life would give a submarine captain more flexibility on using more electricity for longer ultra-quiet stretches with the generators off, or for longer periods high-speed maneuvers. Overall, LIB alone may be more useful than AIP for submarines dispatched on short-range ... more »
Untitled
*From Arstechnica* *Infamous OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma used front organizations and sponsored research to deceive the World Health Organization and corrupt global public health policies with the goal of boosting international opioid sales and profits, according to a Congressional report(PDF) released Thursday, May 22.* *FURTHER READINGWith a 10-day supply of opioids, 1 in 5 become long-term usersThe investigation identified two WHO guidance documents that appear to parrot some of Purdue's misleading and outright false marketing claims about the safety and efficacy of their ... more »
MacIntyre's Comparison Between the Fall of Rome and Modern Civilization
Alasdair MacIntyre ends his book *After Virtue* with this paragraph: “It is always dangerous to draw too precise parallels between one historical period and another; and among the most misleading of such parallels are those which have been drawn between our own age in Europe and North America and the epoch in which the Roman empire declined into the Dark Ages. Nonetheless certain parallels there are. A crucial turning point in that earlier history occurred when men and women of good will turned aside from the task of shoring up the Roman imperium and ceased to identify the continua... more »
WHO's emergency panel meets in a new climate of personal accountability, each individual names on the list must know reckon with charges
*Below are the names of the members of WHO's emergency panel meeting as I write this post to decide whether to declare the Ebola outbreak an epidemic of international concern.* *WHO has been trafficking in dangerous misinformation to promote the swine flu and the Ebola epidemic vaccines just as they promoted the opioid epidemic according to a May Congressional report.* *https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/05/world-health-organization-parroted-purdues-deceptive-opioid-claims-report-says/* *This time around, all the people listed below as well as many hundreds more in WHO, GSK, Me... more »
WHO accused in May Congressional report of trafficking in dangerous misinformation to promote global opioid epidemic
*From Arstechnica* *Infamous OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma used front organizations and sponsored research to deceive the World Health Organization and corrupt global public health policies with the goal of boosting international opioid sales and profits, according to a Congressional report(PDF) released Thursday, May 22.* *FURTHER READINGWith a 10-day supply of opioids, 1 in 5 become long-term usersThe investigation identified two WHO guidance documents that appear to parrot some of Purdue's misleading and outright false marketing claims about the safety and efficacy of their ... more »
TRUMPISM IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE RULERS ENVY THE RULED
In a monologue on the radio yesterday, Rush Limbaugh hinted at a few aspects of the conservative psyche that I don't think he was intending to reveal. He was responding to a statement by George Will, who's a #NeverTrumper. Will said, in part: What Mr. Trump is doing that is damaging to the country is public and constant.... He is putting into our civic discourse a level of conversation and of name-calling and of abuse that will now seem perfectly normal in the future. I mean, our children, if they were 10 years old, we’d send them to their room without supper if they talked like tha... more »
Johnson and Johnson was kingpin of opioid crisis, did everything possible to get doctors to prescribe, ignored evidence of harm
*The opioid trial should be a warning to WHO, Merck, NGOs and every single doctor on the ground in the DR Congo and Uganda who has been administering risky Ebola vaccines on the basis of false and misleading claims.* *Excerpts from media on the ongoing opioid trial in Oklahoma.* *On Day 6 of the opioid trial against pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson—a trial that is expected to last two months—Oklahoma’s Attorney General Mike Hunter decided to give a press conference to recap some of the takeaways from the proceedings so far. Among his points: At the height of the opioid epi... more »
US doctor charged with 25 counts of murder for prescribing lethal doses of opioid. New era of personal accountability for all doctors?
*From the BMJ* *An intensive care physician in Columbus, Ohio, has been charged with 25 counts of murder, accused of prescribing lethal doses of fentanyl to critically ill patients in his care.* *William Husel, 43, turned himself in for arrest and was later released on a $1m bond. He faces 25 charges of second degree murder, each with a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.* *Husel was fired from his job at Mount Carmel Health System in December, after an internal inquiry found 35 cases in which he prescribed excessive doses, of which 29 were potentially fatal. Although most of his ... more »
Should Infowars and Zerohedge be prosecuted for false and misleading Ebola epidemic claims?
*Globalist alternative media supporting Donald Trump and the private banking cartel like Zerohedge and Infowars have started to push the fake narrative that the USA, and presumably, the UK are at threat of being engulfed by an Ebola epidemic as a pretext for introducing martial law, quarantines and forced vaccination.* *Is it time to prosecute media like this for promoting false and misleading claims alongside WHO, pharma companies like Merck and government officials as in the opioid crisis?* *Is it time to prosecute them for omitting all the facts and evidence showing the Ebola... more »
The Coming Of Bo Jo
Tony Burman writes that it is now virtually certain that British Conservatives will choose Boris Johnson as their country's Prime Minister. Think of that for a moment. The next British prime minister will be "Bo Jo the Clown:" Yes, during this next stage of Britain’s painful slow-motion national suicide, we can at least be consoled that the country’s blond-haired class clown will leave ’em laughing as Britain fades resolutely into obscurity. How about the time at the London Olympics when, as the city’s mayor, he ended up dangling on a zipwire waving two plastic flags in a silly he...more »
MJBizConNEXT in New Orleans, OR preps for future interstate MJ potentials, new NV cannabis board & more
The cannabis industry descends on New Orleans to explore emerging trends at MJBizConNEXT, Oregon lawmakers pass a bill that would empower it to make agreements with other states for the transfer of marijuana, Nevada creates a cannabis control board and says no to social use licensing for now – plus other important news from around the industry. […] MJBizConNEXT in New Orleans, OR preps for future interstate MJ potentials, new NV cannabis board & more is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
IF WHO DECLARES EBOLA AN INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY, WILL THOSE RESPONSIBLE END UP IN PRISON LIKE THE OPIOID PUSHERS
*WHO IS MEETING AGAIN TODAY TO DECIDE WHETHER TO DECLARE EBOLA A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY* *DECLARATION BRINGS MARTIAL LAW MEASURES, ALLOWS FOR FORCED MASS VACCINATION WITH RISKY EBOLA VACCINE* *EBOLA EPIDEMIC AND VACCINES PUSHED BY WHO ON GLOBAL PUBLIC USING FALSE AND MISLEADING CLAIMS* *SAME FALSE AND MISLEADING CLAIMS ARE NOW LEADING TO JAIL SENTENCES IN THE OPIOID SCANDAL* *DECOMPARTMENTALIZED PUBLIC, MILITARIES, INTELLIGENCE SERVICES ARE NOT GOING TO ACCEPT THE DEATHS OF MILLIONS DUE TO RISKY EBOLA VACCINES AND LIES OF WHO* *2019 IS NOT 2014* *JAIL TIME IS NOW THE REA... more »
Forensics Friday: Notice anything odd about this figure?
Ever wanted to hone your skills as a scientific sleuth? Now’s your chance. Thanks to the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), which is committed to educating authors on best practices in publishing, figure preparation, and reproducibility, we’re presenting the sixth in a series, Forensics Friday. Take a look at the image below, and then take our … Continue reading Forensics Friday: Notice anything odd about this figure?
Boris takes commanding lead in UK PM race, but can he deliver Brexit? (Video)
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 204. The post Boris takes commanding lead in UK PM race, but can he deliver Brexit? (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
Nevada Becomes First State to Ban Employers From Testing Workers for Weed
*Elias Marat* - The signed bill prohibits the denial of employment to cannabis consumers.
7 Reasons to be Highly Skeptical of the Gulf Of Oman Incident
*Caitlin Johnstone* - This has all the hallmarks of an imperial false flag.
5G Danger: 13 Reasons New Millimeter Wave Tech Will Be a Catastrophe for Humanity
*Makia Freeman* - The dangers of 5G cannot be overstated.
When A Frackenlooper Falls In A Forest, Does Anyone Hear?
There's another primary going on-- for who will dominate the conservative lane in the Democratic primary. In the end, there aren't going to be 24 candidates-- probably just 3: a progressive (Bernie, maybe Elizabeth Warren), an identity politics candidate (likely Kamala Harris) and a conservative/establishment/status quo candidate (likely Biden). But entitled multimillionaires John Delaney and John Frackenlooper aren't giving up. Each is waging a slightly under the radar battle to prove he is the furthest right of all the other Democrats, likely in the hope of grabbing the Biden sl... more »
Trivia : June 14th
These things happened on this date in history…. The Black and White Minstrel Show June 14, 1958 The British variety show The Black and White Minstrel Show (1958-78) premiers on BBC. It presented American minstrel and country songs, music hall numbers, adorned with lavish costumes. The show was controversial due to its use of blackface. Rising objections to the use of blackface as being offensive and racist caused it to be replaced by Music Music Music, in which the minstrels appeared without blackface. Due to the poor ratings of Music Music Music, the show was brought back. The show... more »
Summers are getting cooler in New York City
“New York City reached 100 degrees in 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 and 1957 – but haven’t been over 100 degrees in the past seven years. Summers are getting cooler in New York, but the New York Times understands that their … Continue reading →
May commits UK to Permanent Recession
When I heard that there was a daft party in Australia committed to the economic insanity of “really tackling climate change”, I laughed at them. Because whilst I didn’t really want them to suffer the huge economic costs of the … Continue reading →
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