Saturday, July 13, 2019

13 July - Blogs I'm Following - 3 of 4

10:04 pm MDT

The Disagreements Between Classical and Modernist Thought

Unknown at The Verma Report - 13 hours ago
Eric VoegelinIn his essay, "The Classical Studies,” Eric Voegelin notes that Plato and Aristotle have created philosophy as the science of the nature of man, but the Platonic-Aristotelian philosophy is in conflict with the contemporary climate of opinion. Voegelin lists nine points of disagreement between classical thought and modernist thought. Here are five of his principal points: 1. *Classic*: There is a nature of man, a definite structure of existence that puts limits on perfectibility. *Modern*: The nature of man can be changed, either through historical evolution or through... more »

UAE Military Spy Satellite Targeting Iran Fails During Launch

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*Forbes: **Military Spy Satellite Targeting Iran Crashes To Earth After Catastrophic Failure* A military spy satellite has come crashing down to earth after the failure of its launch rocket, sending the expensive payload into the Atlantic. The UAE-owned Falcon Eye 1 was intended for dual-use, meaning both military and civilian reconnaissance applications. And on the military side, one of the objectives of a UAE satellite—given the current situation in the region—would have been monitoring Iran. Tensions in the Middle East remain high, between the U.S. and regional allies on one s... more »

Prince Philip, Donald Trump and the Globalist fantasy world syndrome

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 13 hours ago
*The Brits should abolish the monarchy and the private central bank to get back on their feet politically and economically.* *Abolishing the Illuminati royals and private banksters will have a drawback, however.* *And that is a source of merriment and laughter will disappear, namely listening to Prince Philip.* *Think of how much fun Americans had listening to Trump telling them that troops captured airports in 1775 and 1776.* *https://www.cnet.com/news/trump-says-revolutionary-war-troops-took-over-airports-and-a-meme-takes-off/* *Prince Philip has played the same role of entertain... more »

This Is How Iran Would Battle The U.S. In A War

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
Reuters *Ted Galen Carpenter, National Interest:* *How Iran Would Battle the U.S. In a War (It Would Be Bloody)* *This is not something Washington should rush into.* Kenneth Adelman, a former assistant to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and a prominent figure in the U.S. foreign policy community, famously predicted in 2002 that a war to oust Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein would be a “cakewalk.” President Donald Trump apparently learned nothing from Adelman’s hubris and rosy optimism. Although he aborted a planned airstrike on Iran at the last minute, Trump later warned Iranian l... more »

U.S. Congress Passes $733B Defense Bill Setting Up A Fight With Senate Republicans And A Veto Threat From President Trump

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*Politico:* *House Democrats unite to pass $733B defense bill* House Democrats closed ranks to pass a massive $733 billion defense policy bill on Friday, teeing up a partisan clash with Senate Republicans over military funding and contentious foreign policy issues. The National Defense Authorization Act was approved 220 to 197, with all House Republicans opposing the bill — enough to sustain a promised veto from President Donald Trump. *Read more *.... *WNU Editor:* This budget in its current form will be vetoed by President Trump. It endorses a smaller military budget than Repub... more »

Remembering the Bombardment of Greytown

MWaxman at Lawfare - 13 hours ago
Bombardmen of San Juan del Norte, July 13, 1854 by USS Cyane. (French magazine L'Illustration, 1854) On this date in 1854, the U.S. Navy bombarded and torched the town of Greytown, in present-day Nicaragua. The event gave rise to a federal court opinion by Justice Samuel Nelson favored by modern-day lawyers who believe that the president wields vast unilateral power to use military force. The story behind the case reveals much more about how presidential naval powers, as well as congressional checks, operated in the mid-19th century. *Durand v. Hollins* The judicial case, *Durand... more »

Musical Interlude: The Moody Blues, "This Is The Moment"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
The Moody Blues, "This Is The Moment" ○ "Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand- and melting like a snowflake." - Francis Bacon Sr.

QUEEN EXPOSES HERSELF TO ARREST IF SHE JOINS IN ILLEGAL PLOT TO INSTALL MILITARY DICTATORSHIP IN THE UK

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 13 hours ago
*UK is a parliamentary democracy. Parliament is sovereign.* *https://www.parliament.uk/about/how/role/sovereignty/* *https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_Kingdom* *https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_sovereignty* *Referendums are not sovereign. The Brexit referendum result is not the supreme legal authority, higher than parliament.* *Any attempt to close parliament by the Boris Johnson, friend of Nat Rothschild, amounts to an unconstitutional, illegal attempt to install a dictatorship in the UK.* *If the Queen joins in the Johnson plot to close parliamen... more »

Coming Events

LL at Virtual Mirage - 13 hours ago
The Sunday Sermonette is coming tomorrow with helpful observations on taxes and healthcare, the best underwear and firearms confiscation. And remember in the coming census, that race and gender are merely constructs. So no matter how creative you are, you're 100% accurate.

UK MPS MOBILIZE TO STOP CLOSURE OF PARLIAMENT, INSTALLATION OF A DICTATORSHIP

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 13 hours ago
*The Sun* *REMAIN REVOLT MPs threaten Commons ‘sit in’ to block No Deal Brexit as Cabinet ministers pledge to stop Boris taking us out without dealMartin BeckfordHugo Gye12 Jul 2019, 15:11Updated: 12 Jul 2019, 15:11Play VideoREBEL Remainers will stage a "sit in" if Boris Johnson tries to shut down Parliament to force through a No Deal Brexit.* *The threat comes as Cabinet ministers vow to block the new PM's Brexit strategy.* * Philip Hammond could lead efforts to block No Deal3Philip Hammond could lead efforts to block No DealCredit: PA:Press AssociationPlotters led by Phili... more »

House of Lords joins big to stop a no deal Brexit, peers move new amemdment

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 13 hours ago
*From The Independent* *Peers in the House of Lords have launched a fresh bid to stop Boris Johnson suspending parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit.* *An amendment to Northern Ireland legislation put forward by a cross-party group of peers for debate next week would force Theresa May’s successor as prime minister to provide MPs with an opportunity to vote in the Commons in the days running up to the Brexit deadline of 31 October.* *Those votes could be used by MPs to try to stop Mr Johnson – or his rival for the Tory leadership Jeremy Hunt – from crashing the UK out of the EU ... more »

"So Long You Are Young..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
"Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind. It is a temper of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear and despair, these are the long, long years that bow the head and turn the growing spirit back to dust. Whether seventy or seventeen there is in every beings h... more »

"An Invisible Man..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
"I am an invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids - and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. Like the bodiless heads you see sometimes in circus sideshows, it is as though I have been surrounded by mirrors of hard, distorting glass. When they approach me they see only my surroundings, themselves, or figments of their imagination - indeed, everything and anything except... more »

Drug money helped the mega banks stay afloat in 2009, and JP Morgan may be bringing in billions of dollars of illegal drugs again

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 13 hours ago
*The money from drugs was used to keep banks afloat in the financial crisis in 2009 and the 20 tonnes of cocaine seized from a ship owned by JP Morgan Chase could be designed to help the mega bank stay afloat in the current crisis.* *https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ship-seized-in-1-3-billion-cocaine-bust-is-owned-by-jp-morgan-chase/* *https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-07-09/us-authorities-seize-jp-morgan-owned-container-ship-used-13-billion-cocaine-bust* *Under the private fractional reserve banking system, banks need no or very little capital to be able to draw on limitless liquid... more »

SCANDAL! MITSOTAKIS CAUGHT SECRETLY BACKING TSIPRAS KILLER JUDGES

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 14 hours ago
*Kathimerini reports that a new process to replace the Globalist killer judges illegally placed in the Supreme Court by Alexis Tsipras has not even started and there are no candidates even listed in another sign that Kyriakos Mitsotakis is a bankster puppet who has lied and tricked his way into office and has no intention of keeping his election promises.* *Greece has to be very grateful to the President Prokopis Pavlopoulos for his refusal to go along with the destruction of justice in the country and for insisting on new candidates appointed according to the proper process in spi... more »

"It Is Not Only..."; Paulo Coelho, "A Man, Lying On The Ground"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
"It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do." - Moliere "A Man, Lying On The Ground" by Paulo Coelho "On a July day there was a man aged about fifty lying on the promenade in Copacabana. I passed him with a glance and went on my way towards a stall where I always drink fresh coconut water. Being from Rio, I’ve passed hundreds (thousands?) of men, women and children lying on the ground. As someone who travels, I’ve seen the same scene in practically all the countries I’ve been to – from Sweden to Romania. I’ve seen people lying i... more »

Mitsotakis' support of the failed coup leader Guaido damages Greece's credibility and gives Tsipras an easy political win

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 14 hours ago
*Only five days in office and Illuminati banker Kyriakos Mitsotakis has handed his ousted Globalist ally Alexis Tsipras an easy political victory by recognizing Juan Guaido as president of Venezuela four months after his coup failed.* *His actions should be warning to his party, Nea Dimoktratia that they need to oust him and replace him by someone who is going to notch up successes and not failures to open the door to Tsipras to return to power in four years.* *Syriza was quick to issue a statement pointing out the sheer incompetence involved in recognizing Guaido, correctly notin... more »

"Duty, Honor, Courage"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
*"Duty, Honor, Courage"* by General Douglas MacArthur "I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!" - Barry Goldwater "Duty, Honor, Country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying points: to build courage when courage seems to fail; to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith; to create hope when hope becomes forlorn. Unhappily, I possess neither that eloquence of dicti... more »

How One Bird Caused over $2 Million Damage to an F-35

Dario Leone at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Dario Leone* *Security, Americas* [image: By U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King - This Image was released by the United States Navy with the ID 130814-F-OC707-008 (next).This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Li] Someone call Alfred Hitchcock. *The F-35B bird strike is USMC second Class A mishap in less than one week.* On May 7 a U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) F-35B with Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing operating out of Iwakuni, Japan had a bird strike. The F-35B was forced to abort... more »

How the Battle of Saipan Ended the Japanese Empire

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* [image: Image Credit: U.S. Military] The tide was turned. *“Saipan combined everything that the Americans had learned to hate about fighting the Japanese,” wrote historian Brian Blodgett in his paper “The Invasion of Saipan.” “The island was comprised of varied landmasses with swamps, sugarcane fields, jungle-covered mountains, and steep ravines.”* Peering through his binoculars, Vice Adm. Chuichi Nagumo was in awe of the nearly 800 ships from Vice Adm. Raymond A. Spruance’s 5th Fleet. Just three years before he had led the carrier force ... more »

This Was Sig Sauer's Plan to Crush Glock's Best Guns

Charlie Gao at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Technology, Americas* [image: https://www.google.com/search?q=p22x&rlz=1C1AVNE_enUS708US708&tbm=isch&source=lnt&tbs=sur:fc&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj72KKV96_jAhWEct8KHSkRA6YQpwUIIw&biw=1920&bih=937&dpr=1#imgrc=jKdXe2tGvS0MtM:] How did they do? As Sig Sauer GmbH in Germany and Sig Sauer, Inc in the United States cleaved themselves from the remnants of the Swiss Schweizer Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG) in the 1990s, both firms needed a new pistol to compete with Glock. Glock’s polymer frame offerings were beginning to dominate the pistol market, and their frames and striker-fir... more »

Nightmare: Iran's Takedown of an American Drone Is a Real Problem

David Axe at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, Middle East* [image: By Stacey Knott - This Image was released by the United States Air Force with the ID 061013-F-5048K-157 (next).This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.বাংলা | De] The Pentagon is fuming. *U.S. Central Command clarified that the drone was a Navy Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstrator, a prototype naval variant of the 737-size Global Hawk. BAMS-D carries cameras and a radar and is designed to swoop between high and low altitudes, alternate... more »

Could the Navy Really Protect U.S. Convoys During a War with Iran?

James Holmes at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*James Holmes* *Security, Middle East* [image: By U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Douglas G. Morrison - This Image was released by the United States Navy with the ID 060406-N-3390M-005 (next).This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag] America isn't ready. *The sea is an exceptionally large, featureless plain. It presents countless potential battlegrounds. Who could be the stronger contender on all of them?* Convoys are the worst of all strategies for protecting mercantile shipping against raiders. Except for all... more »

Sorry, Mr. President: Steam Catapults on Navy Aircraft Carriers Would Be a Mistake

James Holmes at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*James Holmes* *Technology, Americas* [image: By National Museum of the U.S. Navy - 170728-N-UZ648-161, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=70769347] Electric is where it is at. *It’s fascinating to see presidents and prime ministers dabble in matters far beyond their usual province.* *(This article was originally published earlier in June 2019.)* You have to hand it to President Trump; he bites certain topics in the nether regions and develops lockjaw. Certain naval technologies count among those topics. To wit: steam catapults in nuclear-powered airc... more »

Interstellar Probe, a mission concept for NASA, aims to travel 93 billion miles past the sun.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 14 hours ago
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/interstellar-probe-a-mission-concept-for-nasa-aims-to-travel-93-billion-miles-past-the-sun/2019/07/11/e9b92f5c-92a8-11e9-aadb-74e6b2b46f6a_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.8c3cf4d0a013 Advertisements

First image of Einstein’s ‘spooky’ particle entanglement

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 14 hours ago
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-48971538

87 Percent of Americans Unaware There’s Scientific Consensus on Climate Change.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 14 hours ago
https://weather.com/science/environment/news/americans-climate-change-scientific-consensus

Only 18 Months Left!

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 14 hours ago
Prince Charles: “Oh, God. I’ll just live inside your trousers or something. It would be much easier!” Camilla (laughing): “What are you going to turn into, a pair of knickers? (Both laugh). Oh, you’re going to come back as a … Continue reading →

Russian military convoy allegedly attacked in southern Syria

BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 P.M.) – Early reports have surfaced from southern Syria indicating that a Russian military convoy was targeted by a roadside bommb in the eastern part of the Dara’a Governorate. According to the report, the Russian military convoy was traveling down the Busra-Shahoah Road, when a roadside bomb was detonated. No casualties have […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Israel will be on ‘verge of vanishing’ in case of conflict with Hezbollah: Nasrallah

The secretary general of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has stated that all of Israel is within range of the group’s precision missiles, adding that in defiance of Western sanctions the movement is stronger than ever, reports PressTV. “Once we said that we could strike targets south of Haifa. Today, we can say […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Fukushima Update 7/13/19: 19,678.95 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
*"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”* - Shiva ◆ *Updated July 13, 2019: Fukushima Equals 19,678.95 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 July 13, 2019 - 3,051 days since the disaster began - this equals the detonation of *19,678.95 *Hiroshima atomic bombs and it is s... more »

The Muslim Brotherhood As Assassins

Thierry MEYSSAN at OrientalReview.org - 14 hours ago
We are continuing the publication of Thierry Meyssan’s new book, «Before Our Very Eyes, Fake Wars and Big Lies : From 9/11 to Donald Trump». In this episode, he describes the creation of an Egyptian secret society, the Muslim Brotherhood, and then its re-creation after the Second World War by the British secret services. Finally, the use of the group by MI6 to carry out political assassinations in this ex-Crown colony.

“It isn’t Nepotism,” Says Bolsonaro about Plan to Appoint his Son Ambassador to U.S.

Iolanda Fonseca at The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – President Jair Bolsonaro refuted on Friday, July 12th, criticism from the opposition who claimed that the choice of his son Eduardo Bolsonaro, a congressional Deputy from São Paulo, to head the Brazilian embassy in the United States would be nepotism. According to the president, if there were such a restriction, […] The post “It isn’t Nepotism,” Says Bolsonaro about Plan to Appoint his Son Ambassador to U.S. appeared first on The Rio Times.

Oliver Stone on the situation in Ukraine

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 15 hours ago
Plus a look at Russian TV reactions..... And the Kiev puppet regime shelling of the Donbass, with full support of US-NATO, continues each day.....

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 15 hours ago
*New Boston schools superintendent says her focus is on racial equity* *Boston Leftists are doing their best to destroy an historic school. Boston Latin school was established in 1635, making it both the oldest school in America and the first public school in the United States. It still has a reputation for academic excellence, partly because applicants have to show a high level of academic ability before they are admitted. The achievements of its past pupils make it very prestigious so many parents seek admission for their kids but few are chosen.That selectivity jars wit... more »

Australian Daily Electrical Power Generation Data – Friday 12th July 2019

TonyfromOz at PA Pundits – International - 15 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 […]

The Iceberg

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago
Andrew Scheer hopes -- desperately -- that Doug Ford will keep his mouth shut. But that's something Ford just can't do. Consider Ford's proclamations over the last week. Adam Radwanski writes: First, while in Calgary, the Ontario Premier accused the Prime Minister of not co-operating with the provinces, slammed federal carbon pricing policy, and punctuated it with a “God help us if Trudeau is re-elected.” Later, in Saskatoon, Mr. Ford proclaimed that a “powerhouse team” of premiers would fight American trade protectionism because the Prime Minister has failed to do so. In between,... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 15 hours ago
*If Everyone Tripped on Psychedelics, We’d Do More About Climate Change* *You have to be out of your brain to believe in global warming? Sounds right* Anyone who has tripped—especially outdoors—knows that psychedelics, like LSD, mushrooms, DMT, or mescaline, can provoke sensations of awe and wonder at the natural world. This has been replicated in more formal settings too—in January 2018, scientists from Imperial College London found that psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, led to a significant increase in feelings of connection to nature after just one dose. Se... more »

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Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 15 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin A Glacier the Size of Florida Is Becoming Unstable. It Has Dire Implications for Global Sea LevelsAPOLLO 11 MOON LANDING COULD HAVE INFECTED THE EARTH WITH LUNAR GERMS, SAY ASTRONAUTS Chinese real estate billionaire Wang Zhenhua arrested for alleged child molestation R. Kelly arrested in Chicago on federal charges of child pornography and obstruction of justice Jane Doe Vs. Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein 1. Drug companies have a 'target on their back and very few friends to protect them' after a shift from the Trump administration. 3 could be especially a... more »

The Root Cause Of The Pelosi-AOC Fight Is Simple-- And Never Mentioned By Corporate Media: CORRUPTION AS A Way Of LIFE IN CONGRESS

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
The Beltway media has no idea how to explain the rift inside the Democratic congressional caucus because the largely uneducated "reporters" don't understand even the most basic dynamics and classifications. For example, Heather Caygle, Sarah Ferris and John Bresnahan gave it a try-- and utterly failed-- yesterday at *Politico*: Pelosi and Ocasio-Cortez clash drags on, threatening Democratic unity. They don't seem to be able to connect the dots and see what the intra-party struggle is all about. Among the members cited in the report are Lacy Clay (D-MO) who is in Congress for the c... more »

Ever heard of "rabbit hopping" as a sport?

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 16 hours ago
I hadn't either, until I came across this article about competitive rabbit hopping in Australia. A cute companion, a pest and a free lawnmower — that is usually how a domestic rabbit is described. Now 'athlete' can be added to that list, because rabbit owners are training up their furry friends to hop competitively, like a miniature version of the equine sport, show-jumping. * . . .* President of the Rabbit Hopping Society of Australia (RHSA), which was formed in 2013, Neil Worley, said hopping rabbits in Australia were yet to achieve elite status but were on the right track. Eli... more »

New York’s climate change solution: Harm regular people for no noticeable benefit

Gregory Wrightstone at CFACT - 16 hours ago
This extremely small — and immeasurable — effect should be an important consideration in the discussions of whether or not to impose the significant burdens of future carbon taxing schemes by the leaders of any city, any state, or our nation. The post New York’s climate change solution: Harm regular people for no noticeable benefit appeared first on CFACT.

Dead Battleship: Russia's Su-57 Is a Deadly Warship Killer

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, Europe* [image: By Rulexip - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=42847709] Or so they claim. *The Su-57 is Russia’s equivalent of the U.S. F-22 and F-35 stealth fighters. * Russia is designing an anti-ship missile for its Su-57 stealth fighter. But is hunting ships the best mission for such an advanced aircraft? Deputy Defense Minister Alexey Krivoruchko made the announcement while visiting the Detal Design Bureau, which is developing a new anti-ship missile, according to Russian news agency TASS. *(This first appear... more »

Faster: Meet the Air Force's New Mach 5 SR-72 Spy Plane

Task and Purpose at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Task and Purpose* *Technology, Americas* [image: Image Credit: Lockheed Martin] Can't stop this. *“Hypersonics is like stealth. It is a disruptive technology and will enable various platforms to operate at two to three times the speed of the Blackbird,” Carvalho told Aviation Week. “Operational survivability and lethality is the ultimate deterrent. Security classification guidance will only allow us to say the speed is greater than Mach 5.”* The successor to Lockheed Martin’s SR-71 Blackbird, the Mach 3 long-range recon aircraft that once tore across the skies like a Cold-War er... more »

You Won't Pass This: The Army's New Fitness Exam Is No Joke

Task and Purpose at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Task and Purpose* *Security, Americas* [image: (Photo Credit: U.S. Army photo by Sean Kimmons)] Could you hack it? *Both Frost and Dailey have taken the test, and they found areas where they needed to improve. Frost said he needed to work most on the backwards 90-pound sled drag.* By October 2020, all soldiers will be required to take and pass the Army’s new gender- and age-neutral Combat Fitness Test, which has more events and less time for rest than the service’s current PT test, officials said on Monday. *(This article by Jeff Schogol originally appeared at Task & Purpose. ... more »

The F-35 Has a "Sidekick" That Lets It Carry Even More Missiles

Dario Leone at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Dario Leone* *Technology, Americas* [image: By Photo: Cpl Tim Laurence/MOD, OGL v1.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=71959858] It just keeps getting better. *The idea of equipping the F-35A and F-35C with a six-missile load-out in the weapons bay has been around for over a decade. Until Lockheed Martin Tony Wilson test pilot comments during a scheduled media briefing, the company hadn’t discussed the idea publicly in several years.* Lockheed hasn’t released details of the design of the Sidekick mechanism. It’s possible the Sidekick replaces the AIM-120 launch ... more »

Age of Autism Fund Raiser Against The Summer of Censorship

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 16 hours ago
Hello, friends. a dozen years ago, Dan Olmsted and Mark Blaxill had an idea for a site to expose the Age of Autism as the epidemic it had become. Kim Rossi (then Stagliano) joined their team and Age of Autism,... more »

'We are heartbroken': Presidential candidate, journalists among 26 killed in Somalia terror attack

Just In - 16 hours ago
Somalia's security forces have ended an overnight attack where the Al Shabaab Islamist militant group detonated a suicide bomb at a Kismayo hotel before storming the building.

Katharine Hayhoe – “Where Is Global Warming Now?”

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 16 hours ago
Katharine Hayhoe, who is too scared to debate me and blocks everyone who communicates with me on twitter, was troubled by all the cold and snow in Texas in 2015. In order to get the audience to listen to her … Continue reading →

Links 7/13/19

Yves Smith at naked capitalism - 17 hours ago

Is this Project Mayhem or Project Epstein?

Tom Luongo at The Duran - 18 hours ago
Epstein is most definitely an asset. The breadcrumbs are everywhere for you to find. The last thing Acosta did before resigning was letting it be known that he thought Epstein was connected to intelligence. The post Is this Project Mayhem or Project Epstein? appeared first on The Duran.

Trump’s Huawei Reprieve Is A National Security Debacle

The Duran at The Duran - 18 hours ago
Trump's move, announced after his meeting with Chinese ruler Xi Jinping at the conclusion of the Osaka G20 summit, was a strategic mistake. The post Trump’s Huawei Reprieve Is A National Security Debacle appeared first on The Duran.

Pentagon silent on Turkey’s S-400 delivery as Congress demands immediate sanctions

RT at The Duran - 18 hours ago
Washington is taking Ankara’s “betrayal” especially hard, since their anti-Soviet alliance predates even the founding of NATO. The post Pentagon silent on Turkey’s S-400 delivery as Congress demands immediate sanctions appeared first on The Duran.

Huawei Will Launch Android Alternative OS In August; Reports Surprise Revenue Increase

Zerohedge at The Duran - 18 hours ago
The Global Times reported that "it is possible for Huawei to build a sustainable smartphone ecosystem on the HongMeng OS and reshape the current market dominated by Android and Apple's iOS" The post Huawei Will Launch Android Alternative OS In August; Reports Surprise Revenue Increase appeared first on The Duran.

See How the Army's Would-Be Stealth Helicopter Borrowed from the F-35

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Americas* [image: Image credit: Pinterest] A high tech, one-hit wonder? *The Comanche, in theory, might have been an awesome-looking helicopter—but that did not make it any less of a poorly managed defense program.* Pop quiz: what prominent U.S. military aircraft has a stealthy radar cross section and advanced networked sensors but has gone billions over budget and has fallen years behind schedule? While the F-35 stealth fighter might come to mind today, in 2004 the most timely answer might have been the RAH-66 Comanche. The slick-looking stealth he... more »

How America's 30th Infantry Division Laid Waste to Nazi Panzers at Mortain

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: By Hutchinson (Sgt), No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit - http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//168/media-168437/large.jpgThis is photograph B 15145 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.ph] A great battle. *When American relief troops reached the area seven days later they discovered a panzer graveyard. * A Column of German Mark V Panther tanks advanced through a thick fog north of the French town of Mortain, blindly firing their machine guns. Suddenly, the lead... more »

Here's the AR-556: A Bizarre Mix of a Regular Gun and an AR-15

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Americas* [image: James Case from Philadelphia, Mississippi, U.S.A. [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)]] How does it work? *Ruger’s pistol is finished off with a standard A2 birdcage flash hider common to all basic AR-15s. * Ruger’s AR-556 pistol, a short-barreled AR-15 designed for one or two-handed operation, delivers rifle-level performance in a pistol-sized configuration. The AR-15 rifle, or ArmaLite Rifle-15, was developed by Eugene Stoner as a potential military firearm. The AR-15, first adopted by the U.S. Air Force and ... more »

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