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Nesting Penguins Can’t Resist Lure of Sushi Shop
The store's co-owner joked he had no idea that word of his tasty raw fish had reached as far as the subaquatic community.
City Hopes ‘Baby Shark’ Song Will Drive Homeless from Park
The loop of "Baby Shark" and "Raining Tacos" is a temporary fix.
The Muslim Brotherhood As An Auxiliary Force Of MI6 And The CIA
We are continuing the publication of Thierry Meyssan’s new book, « Right Before Our Eyes ». In this episode, he describes the way in which President Jimmy Carter and his national security advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski, used the terrorist capacities of the Muslim Brotherhood against the Soviets.
Meet the Navy's F-4G: The Drone Version of a Phantom II
*Dario Leone* *History, Americas* [image: By SSgt. David Nolan, USAF - U.S. DefenseImagery photo VIRIN: DF-ST-89-01722, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11818420] How did it work? *As explained by Peter E Davies in his book US Navy F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War 1964-68, the system also allowed for ‘hands-off’ automatic carrier landings using the vessel’s AN/SPN-10 radar, tracking the aircraft via a small, retractable radar reflector dish extending below its nose and an AN/USC-2 data-link.* On Feb. 19, 1964 Cdr Ken Stecker, CO of VF-96, and... more »
Watch This Amazing Video of the Final SR-71 Blackbird Flight of Mach 3.2!
*Dario Leone* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/727872/sr-71-ramp-with-flight-crew] Super fast. *The Habu then descended over Edwards for three flypasts before landing for the very last time in her history.* Taken on Saturday Oct. 9, 1999 at Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) the short movie in this post shows the last ever flight of an SR-71 Blackbird. This flight took place at the Edwards AFB Open House Airshow. 30 minutes after the take off the SR-71 had climbed to 80,100ft and was travelling at a speed of Mach 3.2 (which equates to 2,430 mph!). In order ... more »
Now We Know How the Houthi Rebels in Yemen Used Modified Air-To-Air Missiles to Attack Planes from the Ground
*Dario Leone* *Technology, Middle East* [image: Reuters] Lots of tinkering. *The first such improvisations were deployed in combat in February 2017, and by June the Houthi-dominated coalition claimed the downing of five fighter-bombers, one helicopter and one UAV. Whether any of the missiles actually scored a hit remains unclear. * Released by the Houthi-controlled media on Jan. 7, 2018 the video in this post shows one of their R-27T air-to-air missiles deployed as a surface-to-air missile (SAM) near missing a Royal Saudi Air Force F-15SA from No. 55 Squadron. Read full article
Australia Revokes Travel Ban on Vaxxed's Polly Tommey
Note: This is a news release from AVN.org. The AVN has just learned that Ms Polly Tommey, one of the producers of the documentary film, VaxXed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe and publisher of the Autism File magazine, has won her... more »
GAH! Another Anti-Shot Article! About Botox?
Note: Thank you to AofA reader Carolyn for this article that we share NOT because any of us is growing old enough to even consider such treatments as Botox, instead because if this article were about MMR or any other... more »
Seeing Israel and Palestine Up Close
I just came back from eight days in Israel and Palestine, as I participated in a program, Academic Exchange, that has already taken something like 600 scholars (mostly IR but also other political scientists, lawyers [including my brother-in-law], and some economists) to learn more about the place, the conflict and the politics. The experience was […]
World News Briefs -- July 17, 2019
*Daily Mail: **BREAKING NEWS: El Chapo is sentenced to life plus 30 years after complaining about being 'tortured' in NYC prison at speedy court hearing which was his final public appearance and the last time he will ever see his glamorous younger wife* * El Chapo - aka Joaquin Guzamn - was sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years * He has also been ordered to pay $12.6 billion in restitution to the US government * Guzman, 62, was convicted in February of a slew of drug trafficking charges * He denied them all, claiming he was being framed by the Mexican cartel * On Wednesday, ... more »
Food from thin air?
A new kind of food made from electricity, water, and air has been invented that could completely revolutionize how we understand food. The post Food from thin air? appeared first on CFACT.
Australian Daily Electrical Power Generation Data – Tuesday 16th July 2019
TonyfromOz at The Left’s Moderation of Conservative Media – PA Pundits – International - 13 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 […]
“Nuclear Radiation, Kierkegaard, and the Philosophy of Denial”
*“Nuclear Radiation, Kierkegaard, and the Philosophy of Denial”* by Chris Busby "It used to be, and indeed children are still taught in schools, that the advances that have been made in the last five hundred years (antibiotics, electricity, computers etc) resulted from the application of Science and its overthrow of dogmatic belief. All ideas are put to the question in the *auto da fe* of experiment: Galileo’s observations versus the Inquistion’s biblical earth-centric world view and so forth. But over the same period, the power of belief (in Jesus, Marxism, Allah, perhaps ‘Economic... more »
It’s Un-American To Be Anti-Free Speech: Protect the Right to Criticize the Government
By John W. Whitehead “Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who... more »
Chechen military completes combat mission in Syria
Military police personnel of Russia’s Southern Military District has returned to the North Caucasus Republic of Chechnya after their combat mission in Syria, the District’s press office reported on Wednesday. “A special ceremony was held on the territory of a motorized infantry unit stationed in the Chechen Republic to welcome back military police personnel from […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian Republican Guard deploys to Hama to partake in next offensive
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:25 P.M.) – The Syrian High Command has reached a decision to launch a new offensive in northwestern Syria after a relatively quiet few weeks that saw the army remain idle in Hama, Latakia, and Idlib. According to a military source in northwestern Syria, the Syrian Republican Guard has deployed to the northwestern […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Russian cargo planes arrive in Syria with new military equipment: photos
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:10 P.M.) – Two Russian cargo planes were tracked en route to the Syrian province of Latakia, where they will deliver new equipment to the Hmeimim Airbase. According to the website Flight Radar 24, one Russian IL-76 strategic airlifter and Tu-154M were en route to Syria from Russia this week. The arrival of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
New US Campaign Calls for Moratorium on Facial Recognition Surveillance
By Julia Conley “Imagine if we could go back in time and prevent governments around the world from ever building nuclear or biological weapons. That’s... more »
All Fish from Pacific Tested Positive for Fukushima.
https://envirowatchrangitikei.wordpress.com/2017/05/28/all-fish-from-pacific-tested-positive-for-fukushima/ Advertisements
New Hubble constant measurement adds to mystery of universe’s expansion rate
https://m.phys.org/news/2019-07-hubble-constant-mystery-universe-expansion.html
CNN steps in their own doo doo...
*hilarious.* *CNN:* Hey, let's get a bunch of Republican women together and see if they'll turn on Trump. Not happening. Randi Kaye, the CNN creature, hectored and badgered these Dallas women trying to get them to say Trump was a racist. She even insulted their intelligence by reading the dictionary definition of racism. What the hell ever happened to Martin Luther King wanting a color blind world? The only thing the mental midgets on the left talk about is color, color, color. Now the four horsewomen of the Apocalypse think Pelosi should acknowledge that they're "women of col... more »
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 17, 2019
*The Hill:* *Trump's pick to lead Pentagon glides through confirmation hearing* Army Secretary Mark Esper appears to be on a glide path to confirmation as Pentagon chief after Tuesday’s hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. The Defense secretary nominee briefly tangled with 2020 presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) over his previous job as a lobbyist for defense contractor Raytheon. But the debate marked the only fireworks at an otherwise uncontentious hearing. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman James Inhofe (R-Okla.) said after the hearing ... more »
The shameful and cowardly political non-response to the Assoun case
News 1. The shameful and cowardly political non-response to the Assoun case “No one in authority wants to talk about the wrongful murder conviction of Glen Assoun,” reports Blair Rhodes for the CBC: On Tuesday, Mark Furey, Nova Scotia’s attorney general and minister of justice, said he cannot comment on the Assoun case at this time. […]
Musical Interlude: Giorgio Moroder, "Midnight Express - The Chase"
Giorgio Moroder, "Midnight Express - The Chase"
"Trump 2020 Campaign To Simply Air Unedited Footage Of Democrats Talking"
*"Trump 2020 Campaign To Simply Air* * Unedited Footage Of Democrats Talking"* by The Babylon Bee WASHINGTON, D.C. - "The Trump campaign has unveiled its 2020 campaign strategy of airing unedited footage of speeches and press conferences by far-left Democrats like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and that other one. GOP commercials will air the footage around the clock. The speeches will not be edited in any way. Rather than pushing their own policy proposals, Republicans will just remind the nation of just who it is they’re running against. “We were pretty conc... more »
SCHOOLED ON CHARLOTTE: Charlotte's black kids fight "resegregation!"
*WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 2019Math gains through the roof:* What happened to achievement patterns in public schools after the Brown decision? That question encompasses a 65-year span. In Sunday's New York Times, Nikole Hannah-Jones constructed the Standard Pleasing Fable concerning what has occurred. Some of what Hannah-Jones wrote in her lengthy report was accurate. A good chunk of what she wrote pretty much was not. As always, the lives and the interests of the nation's black kids got thrown under [the story our team likes to tell concerning the use of] the bus. In yesterday's repor... more »
What Does ‘Collection’ Mean? Discretion and Confusion in the Intelligence Community
Central Intelligence Agency Headquarters (Source: U.S. Library of Congress/Wikimedia) Just before John Brennan ended his term as director of the CIA in 2017, his agency issued a new set of guidelines under Executive Order (EO) 12333, the general charter that governs the intelligence community. Entitled “Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence Activities: Procedures Approved by the Attorney General Pursuant to Executive Order 12333,” the guidelines received little attention. A year prior, in 2016, the Department of Defense had published a similar set of guidelines: “DoD Manual 524... more »
As Flood Risks Rise Across the US, It’s Time to Recognize the Limits of Levees
How levees become counterproductive as flood severity increases.
Reflections from Spain
I just got back from a five-week visit to Spain. The first four weeks, I was teaching labor economics at Universidad Francisco Marroquín while my sons took Spanish-language classes on Islamism, Self-Government, and the Philosophy of Hayek. Then we rented a van and saw Cordoba, Seville, Gibraltar, Fuengirola, Granada, and Cuenca. During my stay, I […] The post Reflections from Spain appeared first on Econlib.
WATCH: Cop Points Gun at Concerned Citizens for Begging Him to “Calm Down”
[image: calm]A shocking video shows an NYPD officer pointing his gun at multiple citizens who are just telling him to "calm down."
“if you hate our country, if you are not happy here…”
“As far as I’m concerned, if you hate our country, if you’re not happy here, you can leave,” Trump said this week at the White House. “… If you’re complaining all the time, very simply you can leave, you can … Continue reading →
"Insanity: Now Even Junk Bonds Have Negative Yields"
*"Insanity: Now Even Junk Bonds Have Negative Yields"* by Simon Black "75 years ago this month, a group of 744 delegates from around the world gathered at the very posh Mount Washington Hotel in New Hampshire to build a brand new global financial system. The year was 1944. World War II was still raging in Europe and the Pacific. But with the successful invasion of Normandy well underway, the Allies knew that Hitler’s days were numbered. And they needed to start preparing for a post-war world. Everyone knew the US would emerge from World War II as the the dominant superpower. So the... more »
The History of Peter Abelard’s Calamities
Peter AbelardPeter Abelard, born in Brittany in 1079, was a great poet, logician, and Aristotelian philosopher of the middle ages. He is known for his use of dialectics and for his solution to the problem of universals. Nominalism gets its name from his claim that only words (*nomen*) are universal. He was the first to formulate the central nominalist tenet: only particulars exist. Abelard arrived in Paris in 1100 and after wandering from school to school to get himself taught, he opened his own school and within a couple of years he was attracting a large number of students. By 11... more »
O Acordo União Europeia - MERCOSUL: Uma tragédia que ainda pode ser evitada
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
17-Jul-2019 Noticiada na semana passada, a assinatura do Acordo de Livre Comércio entre Mercosul e União Europeia representa para o Brasil e demais países do Mercosul mais um duro golpe na soberania nacional.
EU asserts ‘right to regulate' as part of energy charter treaty reform
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
17-Jul-2019 EU member states gave the European Commission a mandate to revise the Energy Charter Treaty, saying the legally-binding charter must reinstate Europe's “right to regulate” in areas like climate change and workers' rights.
Brazil's Bolsonaro to propose MERCOSUR trade agreement with US - report
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
17-Jul-2019 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro intends to propose a free trade agreement between South America's Mercosur and the United States, once he takes leadership of the bloc, presidential spokesman Otavio Rego Barros said.
South Korea stipulates exception of settlement goods in trade deal with Tel Aviv
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
17-Jul-2019 Israel media have revealed that the new South Korea-Israel Free Trade agreement will exclude goods produced in the occupied territories of Jerusalem and West Bank and the Golan Heights.
ICSID declares SC verdict in RPPs case ‘arbitrary'
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
17-Jul-2019 The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has declared that the Supreme Court of Pakistan's judgment in the rental power projects case is ‘arbitrary'.
IE-CEPA ratification expected to be completed in 2020: Deputy Minister
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
17-Jul-2019 After a seven-year negotiation, Indonesia and the four EFTA countries — Switzerland, Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein — signed the IE-CEPA last December.
Ceta, Tafta, Jefta, Mercosur, une même logique de libre-échange
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
17-Jul-2019 Le contenu de l'accord avec les pays latino-américains est ultralibéral : il favorisera le démantèlement des services publics et les introductions de produits agricoles, sans véritable contrôle des normes européennes.
Canadian legislators urge their French counterparts to reject CETA
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
17-Jul-2019 As the French National Assembly gets ready to vote Wednesday on ratifying a landmark free trade deal between Canada and the European Union, a group of Canadian opposition legislators is urging their French counterparts to reject the agreement.
La Roumanie dit non à un projet en or nocif
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
17-Jul-2019 L'État roumain en retirant son permis d'exploitation à une compagnie minière canadienne se voit aujourd'hui traîné devant les tribunaux internationaux.
CETA: ces 4 risques écologiques et sanitaires peuvent devenir réels
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
17-Jul-2019 Risques sanitaires, risques écologiques, risques climatiques...Ces zones d'ombre du traité commercial entre les deux continents étaient déjà l'objet d'une mobilisation parisienne.
Acuerdo entre la UE y el Mercosur, nunca llueve a gusto de todos
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
15-Jul-2019 La Unión Europea (UE) y el Mercosur, que agrupa a Argentina, Brasil, Uruguay y Paraguay, pactaron el 28 de junio, un acuerdo de libre comercio, que cubrirá un mercado de 780 millones de consumidores.
Wednesday Twofer – Trump is right: AND Louisiana Congressman says ‘I’ll Pay’
From the National Sentinel and Daily Sheeple: These two go together like bacon and eggs!!! 1ST – Dems who ‘hate America’ as founded should turn in their passports and get out Excerpts: It was classic Trump: Saying what needs to be said to these haters but which would never be said by an adoring media or a far-Left Democrat constituency because they’re darlings and darlings don’t get hit with truth bombs. I would say that at least 50-75 percent of Americans agree! Check out the tweets, if you haven’t already seen them. Along with yesterday’s post about Ilhan Omar and her war … Conti... more »
Wednesday’s Darwin Awards – Rivers Go In Circles, Right?
Confirmed True by Darwin (12 July 2016, Michigan) Stupidity doesn’t get worse than this. Three bikini-clad women were stranded on the banks of the Muskegon River with no food, no shelter, no clothing, when their first river tubing excursion became a “Naked and Afraid” predicament of their own making! A few hours before, while launching their new tubes at the Maple Island Bridge in Muskegon, they asked a passing stranger how to get back upstream. The stranger told them the river will make a big loop and circle around to take them back to the car. Using this joking advice … Continue r... more »
A Bankrupt System Demands Depopulation
[image: July 16, 2019, In a debate with MEPs, Ursula von der Leyen outlined her vision as Commission President. "CC-BY-4.0: © European Union 2019 – Source: EP"] On July 16, German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen was elected by a very narrow margin to be the new president of the European Commission. As part of the process of garnering the necessary votes among the totally fractious European Parliament, she delivered a hair- raising speech promoting the British Empire’s long-standing policy of Green fascism intended to massively depopulate the planet. Schiller Institute founder... more »
LaRouche: The Secret of the SDI and Space
Space Strategic Defense of Earth LaRouche: The Secret of the SDI and Space Video of LaRouche: The Secret of the SDI and Space Excerpt from September 2000 — LaRouche's original authorship of the Strategic Defense Initiative was premised on an Apollo-style economic crash program. As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of mankind's first landing on the Moon, we look back to LaRouche's insights into the importance of crash programs, as he discussed at this September 2, 2000 conference held by the Schiller Institute.
Russia To Arm Its Troops With Small Drones That Drop Bombs
Russia wants to arm small drones with bombs, a tactic that ISIS fighters used against Russian troops in Syria. Here, U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Michael Francica, with Combat Logistics Battalion 8, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, pilots an InstantEye quadcopter during an operations check for Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory. U.S. Marine Corps/Lance Cpl. Scott Jenkins *Business Insider:* *Russia wants to arm its troops with small drones that drop bombs because ISIS did it* * The Russian Ministry of Defense told news site Izvestia that it will supply troop... more »
Nuclear Commission Considers Fewer Inspections
Recommendations include reducing the time and scope of annual inspections at the nation's 90-plus nuclear power plants.
House Vote Condemning Trump’s Tweets Draws Some GOP Support
Four Republicans voted to condemn his remarks.
Russia Bars Opposition Candidates From Moscow City Ballot
First Channel of #Russia Twitter account right now: - Ukraine problems - Dutch judiciary problems - UN Ukraine problems - Ukraine problems - Russian swimmers - Airport smoking lounges - Ukrainian language You know what's NOT there? This https://t.co/Zfgx66Zrs1 — Bakhti Nishanov (@b_nishanov) July 16, 2019 *AFP: **Russia bars opposition candidates from Moscow city ballot* Moscow (AFP) - Russian officials on Tuesday refused to register nearly 30 candidates for elections to Moscow's local parliament, including prominent critics of President Vladimir Putin despite protests over the mo... more »
Criminologist posts 27-page article explaining why he asked for one of his papers to be retracted
On Sunday, May 5 of this year, Justin Pickett received an email from a “John Smith” with the subject line “Data irregularities and request for data.” “There seem to be irregularities in the data and findings in five articles that you published together with two surveys,” the anonymous correspondent wrote. “This document outlines those irregularities.” … Continue reading Criminologist posts 27-page article explaining why he asked for one of his papers to be retracted
This NASA F-106B Plane Was Struck By Lightning 714 Times
*Dario Leone* *Security, * An amazing story. The interesting photo in this post features F-106B 57-2516, known as NASA 816 Lightening Strike Burns. As JP Santiago explains in an interesting article appeared on his website Tails Through Time, after this F-106B flew as N616NA for NASA’s Lewis Research Center in Cleveland for several years in supersonic transport-related studies, it was transferred to Langley Research Center and renumbered N816NA for a role it would serve for nearly six years starting in January 1979. N816NA in fact joined NASA’s Storm Hazards Program to study the... more »
Will the Air Force Get a New B-52?
*David Axe* *Technology, Americas* [image: By The original uploader was Sf46 at English Wikipedia.Later version(s) were uploaded by Nobunaga24 at en.wikipedia.(Original text: U.S. Air Force) - USAF Museum Website, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3968397] And more powerful? *"If Air Force plans hold up, the B-52 will be approaching nearly a century of service by 2050," Tirpak wrote in that issue. "To keep the airplane flying, the service plans to equip each B-52 with new engines, which are expected to be so much more maintainer-friendly and efficient... more »
Bad News, F-35: Air Force Colonel Tells Us Why He Loves the F-15X Fighter
*Mark J. Arriola* *Security, * Don't pass up a new version of the F-15. As a young 26-year-old fighter pilot, I had the glorious honor of flying F-15C’s during Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. While stationed with the 58th Tactical Fighter Squadron (TFS), I was deployed to Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. During that conflict, I witnessed firsthand the powerful force multiplier that the F-15 Eagle provided to the battle plan. We flew High-Value Airborne Asset (HVAA), Pre-strike Sweep, Detached Escort, and Combat Air Patrol (CAP) missions. We were re-rolled while airborne to provid... more »
Big Guns: Army Prototypes Range-Doubling New Artillery Weapon to Outgun Russia
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * Big news. The Army is building prototypes of a new artillery cannon that can more than double the range of existing weapons and vastly alter the strategic and tactical landscape shaping land war into the future. The Army program, called Extended Range Cannon Artillery, has been developing for several years; it is now entering a new phase through an Army deal with BAE Systems to build “Increment 1” prototypes. “This prototype phase will address capability gaps in the Army’s indirect fire systems and improve the rate and range of fire with the developme... more »
America's New Aircraft Carrier Won't Get Any F-35s—Yet
*David Axe* *Security, Americas* [image: By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joshua J. Wahl - This Image was released by the United States Navy with the ID 131011-N-KK576-015 (next).This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright] Congress isn't happy. *The Navy decided to omit the gear for the F-35 in order to keep Kennedy under the $11-billion cost cap that Congress has imposed on the ship’s construction. The sailing branch plans to christen Kennedy in late 2019 and add F-35-compatibility at a later date.* The ... more »
California’s Sanctuary City Nightmare: 6 Reasons This Policy Is a Disaster
*Fred Lucas* *Politics, * And why it must end. Illegal immigrants released by local police in California after their arrests for minor offenses go on to be charged with more serious crimes such as murder, rape, and assault, according to a new government report. Those crimes could have been prevented if these sanctuary jurisdictions had turned over those accused to federal immigration officials for deportation, the report suggests. In one case, police in San Francisco arrested an illegal immigrant from Honduras again and again over nine months as he repeatedly was released and ... more »
The failure of all their dam plans
“Malcolm Turnbull’s Murray Darling Basin plan has failed and must be abolished. The post The failure of all their dam plans appeared first on CFACT.
Counting 11 million undocumented immigrants is easier than Trump thinks
Jennifer Van Hook, Roy C. Buck Professor of Sociology and Demography, Pennsylvania State University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 15 hours ago
Demographers have figured out a simple and effective way to estimate the number of unauthorized immigrants – even without information on citizenship.
How Did An Air-To-Air Missile That France Sold To Qatar End Up In Italy?
*Warzone/The Drive:* *Italian Cops Raid Neo-Fascists And Find Air-To-Air Missile That France Had Sold To Qatar* The operation targeted individuals over links to the conflict in Ukraine and also netted various guns and Nazi memorabilia. Italian police have seized a French-made Matra Super 530F air-to-air missile in the course of raids to arrest multiple individuals allegedly linked to far-right extremist groups who had provided aid to groups fighting Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine. Authorities also uncovered a large cache of automatic rifles, submachine guns, and other small... more »
Odebrecht Corruption: Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo Arrested in the US
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo was arrested in the United States on Tuesday morning, July 16th, according to Peru’s Prosecutor’s Office. The U.S. Department of Justice is complying with a request for Toledo to be extradited to his country of origin, where he was indicted for allegedly receiving a million-dollar […] The post Odebrecht Corruption: Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo Arrested in the US appeared first on The Rio Times.
New Leaks Cite Supreme Court Justice’s Dinner With Moro and Dallagnol
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On Tuesday, July 16th, journalist Reinaldo Azevedo released new conversations between former judge Sérgio Moro and prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol on his radio show BandNews. According to the disclosed content, Federal Supreme Court (STF) Justice Luís Roberto Barroso, had invited Moro and Dallagnol to a private dinner, which was held on […] The post New Leaks Cite Supreme Court Justice’s Dinner With Moro and Dallagnol appeared first on The Rio Times.
Brazil Government to Launch “Cheap Energy Shock” in Two Weeks
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On July 8th, Petrobras signed an agreement with the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (Cade) to entirely abandon the natural gas distribution and transportation market by 2021. The commitment paves the way for both the company and the government to achieve the goal of ending the state-owned company’s monopoly on the […] The post Brazil Government to Launch “Cheap Energy Shock” in Two Weeks appeared first on The Rio Times.
A Jaguar Attacked a Man in Mato Grosso do Sul State
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The victim eventually made it to the hospital eight hours later. He said he was on horseback when he spotted a dead pig in the woods. He dismounted, and the jaguar “jumped” on his back, causing four punctures. Diego Ruiz, the doctor in charge of attending to the 58-year-old man […] The post A Jaguar Attacked a Man in Mato Grosso do Sul State appeared first on The Rio Times.
Beware The Bigot
The House of Representatives has condemned Donald Trump. And, in one fell swoop, he has united the Democrats. But, Jonathan Freedland writes, Democrats should be wary of Trump -- because he *does *have a plan: Put simply, he wants to choose his opponent for 2020. He doesn’t want the face of the Democrats to be Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris or Pete Buttigieg. He wants it to be a composite of AOC, Omar, Tlaib and Pressley. That’s partly because he reckons the squad’s politics are out of step with the US mainstream – that he can easily cast them as radical socialists wit... more »
No love for Macron
Bastille Day celebrations didn't go as planned for French President Emmanuel Macron. He was met with boos and calls for him to resign. Numerous arrests also took place as the 35th consecutive Yellow Vest protests continued on Saturday in France. Former UK MP George Galloway weighs in on the chaos.
‘4 horsewomen of the apocalypse’: Trump renews attack on ‘Dem Squad’
Trump posted verbatim Louisiana Senator John Kennedy’s comments blasting the women as “whack jobs” who are “destroying the Democratic Party.” The post ‘4 horsewomen of the apocalypse’: Trump renews attack on ‘Dem Squad’ appeared first on The Duran.
The 2nd Zimbabwean Hyperinflation
Using the printing press without any regard to budgetary rules, without any clear goal in mind, will only make the situation worse. The post The 2nd Zimbabwean Hyperinflation appeared first on The Duran.
The Epstein Epiphany
To discover the connection, we must finally return to the sequence of events with which we began, namely the embassy deal, the JCPOA, the Golan giveaway, and tensions with Iran. The post The Epstein Epiphany appeared first on The Duran.
BREXIT battle in UK court: Has the UK already left the EU? (Video)
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 243. The post BREXIT battle in UK court: Has the UK already left the EU? (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
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*The kingdom and the campus* *Saudi Arabia has quietly directed tens of millions of dollars a year to American universities from MIT to Northern Kentucky. What are the nation's rulers getting out of it? This is an excerpt from a VERY long-winded article in the NYT* M.I.T. DOES NOT need Saudi Arabia's money. Chartered on the eve of the Civil War (two days before the first shots were fired), it is one of those ultrawealthy universities whose finances are sometimes compared to the economies of small or midsize nations. M.I.T. spent about $3.6 billion on its operations last year, and... more »
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. - Geoff Dembicki interviews Leah Gazan about the need to put people over corporate profits in our political system. - Dale Eisler writes about the need for our conversation around climate change to focus on an honest appraisal as to how we can rein in carbon emissions. But Jason Markusoff points out how petro-jingoism is drowning out any willingness to consider the massive costs of continued fossil fuel extraction. And Paul Willcocks highlights the glaring partisan divide which has seen conservative parties tamp down any interest in ... more »
Five Years Ago Today Flight MH17 Was Shot Down Over Eastern Ukraine Killing 298 People
An Emergencies Ministry member walks at a site of a Malaysia Airlines plane crash near the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 17, 2014. Reuters *Business Insider:* *It's been 5 years since MH17 was shot down, killing 298 people. Here's what happened, and why nobody has yet been held officially responsible* * Flight MH17 was shot out of the sky over Ukraine in July 17, 2014, five years ago Wednesday. The disaster killed 298 people. * World leaders were immediately suspicious of Russia, and investigators concluded in 2018 that the plane was downed by a Russian militar... more »
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*Leftists look to use climate emergency executive order to foist socialism on U.S.* Earlier this year, when President Donald Trump was in a face-off with Democrats over a partial government shutdown due to providing funding for a border wall, he warned that he would issue an executive order declaring a national “emergency” in order to collect the resources necessary to build the wall. Media pundits on both Right and Left warned that, should Trump go through with this emergency declaration, it would set a precedent for a future Democrat president to declare a national emergency ove... more »
The Changing Face Of Politics In America
*FOX News:* *Ocasio-Cortez gets new 2020 challenger: a Republican immigrant from Jamaica* EXCLUSIVE -- Scherie Murray, a New York businesswoman who immigrated from Jamaica as a child and is active in state Republican politics, is launching a campaign Wednesday for the congressional seat held by Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Fox News has learned. In a phone interview, Murray, 38, confirmed her intention to run for the New York congressional seat as a Republican. “There is a crisis in Queens, and it’s called AOC,” Murray told Fox News. “And instead of focusing on us, sh... more »
The G7 Rapid Response Mechanism - Protecting Democracy or the Anti-Russia Narrative?
With very little fanfare, the G7 nations (a reformatted version of the G8 thanks to Russia's alleged annexation of Crimea in 2014 and its subsequent removal from the group) have created an institution that will protect all of us who are incapable of discerning between Russian propaganda (obviously bad propaganda) from our propaganda (obviously good propaganda). Given the name of the institution, you might think that it somehow involves the G7 assisting nations in need during emergencies but you couldn't be more wrong. Here is the announcement about the created of the G7 Rapid Respon... more »
Poll: Republican Support For President Trump Rises
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 16, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo *Reuters:* *Republican support for Trump rises after racially charged tweets: Reuters/Ipsos poll* NEW YORK (Reuters) - Support for U.S. President Donald Trump increased slightly among Republicans after he lashed out on Twitter over the weekend in a racially charged attack on four minority Democratic congresswomen, a Reuters/Ipsos public opinion poll shows. The national survey, conducted on Monday and Tuesday after Trump told the lawmake... more »
CALI CLIMATE CHANGE : ‘Permanent Drought’ Update
“SO, even the rain that falls isn’t actually going to fill our dams and our river systems…” – Tim Flannery 2007 *** H/t @AndyOz2 ACCORDING to man-made global warming climate change protagonists, our climate and weather is stagnate, and that before ‘evil’ mankind bludgeoned the atmosphere with its “dirty” carbon dioxide gas, climate was stable and pure. […]
Is President Trump A Racist?
*WNU Editor:* He did loan his plane to Nelson Mandela 25 years ago, but they paid for the gas. *Hat tip* to Cynthia for emailing to me the above image.
Pelosi Still Didn't Condemn Trump, Just His Tweets-- What Will It Take?
*Auschwitz Revisited by Nancy Ohanian* Last night the House voted on this Resolution of Disapproval, condemning Trump's racist comments (though not condemning Señor Trumpanzee himself-- nor even referring to him as a racist-- since Pelosi is still absolutely determined to continue protecting him from any such thing): RESOLUTION Condemning President Trump’s racist comments directed at Members of Congress. Whereas the Founders conceived America as a haven of refuge for people fleeing from religious and political persecution, and Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madiso... more »
SOMEDAY WE MAY THANK THE SQUAD FOR DEFEATING TRUMP
President Trump thought he was being a clever boy when he went to Twitter to tell the four members of "the Squad" to go back where they came from. On the *New York Times* op-ed page, there's widespread agreement that Trump was, in fact, pursuing a smart strategy. Frank Bruni: With his attack on the congresswomen ... he had specific goals. They’re all about the 2020 presidential campaign, which has now begun in full.... He wants to reframe it, so that he’s running not against whomever the Democrats wind up nominating but against Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib an... more »
Gummer Stamps His Tiny Little Feet
By Paul Homewood While I was away last week, the Committee on Climate Change were stamping their tiny collective feet, complaining that nobody was listening to them. The UK has been dealt a "brutal reality check" on its climate change ambitions, environmentalists have said. The government’s official climate change advisers warn ministers are […]
Automatic, real-time censorship... the future of the Internet?
I might consider that headline alarmist, except that it's already happening in China, and it appears to be on the way in this country too - driven by ideologically motivated corporate executives *who are also politicians*. First, China. Technology Review reports (bold, underlined text in all quoted excerpts is my emphasis): WeChat is a window into the future of the internet in many different ways. Based in China and boasting over 1.1 billion global users, it’s one of the world’s most advanced and popular apps. What’s remarkable is the way it reaches into so many corners of a Chine... more »
Political Violence Is Destroying Our Country. Former Antifa Member Reveals How Young People Are Drawn to the Domestic Terror Group
CNN has been praising Antifa for several years and even made a documentary that promotes the organization. Gabriel Nadales joined Antifa ten years ago when he was 16. He says it has become increasingly more violent and that college professors are teaching Antifa's philosophy in the classroom.
Mexico and Guatemala Respond to President Trump’s ‘Safe Third-Country’ Policy
President Trump introduced the Safe Third-Country rule that requires migrants traveling to the US through another country to apply for asylum in that country first before being eligible for asylum in the US. Mexico and Guatemala are pushing back against this rule.
Tech Mogul, Peter Thiel, Says Google Is a Threat to National Security and May Have Committed Treason
Peter Thiel suggested that the Google has been working and sharing its artificial intelligence (AI) information with the Chinese military instead of US armed forces — and that top management has become a hotbed for Chinese spies.
Getting to know you better
The "gang of 4" claim to love America and stand for her values (which no one seems to agree on). If they were acquaintances you met through an on-line dating service, that's what they might have said in the promo/ad. You know--"looking for love, quiet walks and talks, sexy, smart and woke." Then when you had a face to face meeting, they began suggesting your clothing wasn't appropriate for the event, that there was a mustard stain on your outfit, and your hairstyle was sort of redneck. Well, OK, all that's superficial, so you try a second date, new venue more to their liking. No... more »
Sudan's military and protesters ink deal on path to democracy
Just In - 17 hours ago
After months of protests that prompted the ousting of autocratic ruler Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's ruling military and the pro-democracy movement sign a power-sharing deal meant to lead the nation to democracy.
LGBTQI people under-reporting mental illness due to 'distrust and fear', royal commission told
The chair of Victoria's mental health royal commission describes the suicide rate among sexually and gender diverse people as "totally unacceptable".
Mark Coyne stood down by Australian Rugby League Commission
Just In - 17 hours ago
The Australian Rugby League Commission announces Mark Coyne has stood down from the organisation following an incident in Singapore.
California government report finds regulators are unable to fully oversee the state’s marijuana market
A new audit by California’s Department of Finance found regulators have a long way to go before they have a solid handle on the state’s cannabis industry. The report concluded – despite having established a “structural foundation” for managing the legal marijuana industry – the California Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC)’s “current status and location […] California government report finds regulators are unable to fully oversee the state’s marijuana market is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Donald Trump vs. AOC and 'the Squad': Who Wins This Political Showdown?
*Kay Coles James* *Politics, * On thing is clear: not the average American. Many Americans probably have no idea of the long history of the “go back to your country” taunt and how it was used to denigrate ethnic minorities. If they did, they would better understand the visceral reaction to it. To understand what is unfolding, one must understand the history of this awful saying. One must also understand that we, as ethnic minorities, consider ourselves to be co-equal citizens in this fantastic country we call America. In other words, there is no place to go back to. This is my ... more »
Whoops: A Russian MiG-31 Shot down One of Its Buddies
*Dario Leone* *Security, Europe* [image: By Dmitriy Pichugin - http://www.airliners.net/photo/Russia---Air/Mikoyan-Gurevich-MiG-31/2040593/L/, GFDL 1.2, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18921158] But how? *In short, the MiG-31 mistakenly shot down its wingman.* It has now emerged that the twin-engine fighter was brought down by another MiG-31 which fired an R-33 air-to-air missile mistakenly. A report appeared on Baza claims that “… the accident of the MiG-31 aircraft was the result of omissions in the activities of officials in the organization of the LUT (flight... more »
CalPERS’ Long-Term Care Policy Train Wreck – Is Bankruptcy the End Game?
CalPERS' long-term care policy mess is even worse than industry norms, which is saying quite a lot.
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From Jenna Orkin House Passes Amendment Ordering Pentagon to Reveal Whether It Experimented With Weaponizing Ticks EPA Approves Bee-Killing Pesticide After U.S. Quits Tracking Vanishing HivesU.S. Beekeepers Suffered Higher than Average Colony Loss Last Year, with Winter Losses the Highest Recorded, According to UMD-Led Annual SurveyChina's growth has ground down to a 27-year low, and its economy probably can't go on like this ECB Hires ex-Goldman Banker And Vatican Auditor As Watchdog The Number Of Global Earthquakes Is 3 Times Above Normal The Air Force has heard about the plan for 1... more »
Thinking Fast and Slow: Why the West Cannot See the Rise of Russia and China
Western leaders are blind to the slow but steady and systematic achievements of Russia and China under Presidents Putin and Xi because those leaders are literally invisible to their Western counterparts. The post Thinking Fast and Slow: Why the West Cannot See the Rise of Russia and China appeared first on The Duran.
Large number of Syrian soldiers deployed to Al-Ghaab Plain, offensive to begin soon
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:30 P.M.) – A large number of Syrian Arab Army (SAA) soldiers have been deployed to the northwestern part of the Al-Ghaab Plain this afternoon, a military source told Al-Masdar. The source revealed that the reinforcements were deployed to the government stronghold of Joureen, which is located just east of the Latakia Governorate […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Iran claims navy rescued UAE oil tanker after distress call, Abu Dhabi denies
A foreign tanker which made a distress call after experiencing a technical malfunction in the Persian Gulf was towed by the Iranian navy to the country’s territorial waters, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Tuesday. “Iranian sailors acted in strict compliance with international rules,” Al-Mayadeen TV quoted the Iranian diplomat as saying. According […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
ISIS launches heavy attack on largest oil field and nearby airport in eastern Syria: report
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:30 A.M.) – The Islamic State’s (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) sleeper cells carried out their heaviest attack of the year on the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces’ (SDF) positions at the Al-Umar Oil Field. Citing local sources, the pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that intense clashes took place near the Al-Umar Oil Field and […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Breaking: Bus carrying several Syrian soldiers blown up in Daraa
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:10 A.M.) – A bus carrying several Syrian Army soldiers was targeted by a roadside bomb in the western part of Daraa city this morning, a source from the military told Al-Masdar. According to the military source, the roadside bomb targeted the bus as it was traveling through the Al-Dahiyah District of Daraa […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian and Iraqi armies carry out joint border operations against ISIS, new post setup
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:30 A.M.) – The armed forces of both Iraq and Syria are conducting joint military operations along the vast border separating the two historical nations. According to a new report from the Deir Ezzor Governorate, the Syrian and Iraqi armed forces conducted joint combing operations around the border cities of Al-Qa’im (Iraq) and […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Britain to send third warship to Persian Gulf amid ongoing turmoil with Iran
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:00 A.M.) – The British Navy is sending a third warship to the Persian Gulf amid increased tensions with Iran following the seizure of the latter’s Grace oil tanker off the coast of Gibraltar. In an exclusive report, The Times journalist Lucy Fisher revealed that Great Britain is sending a third warship and […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Jihadists destroy important bridge to prevent Syrian Army advance into western Idlib
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:30 A.M.) – The jihadist rebels have destroyed an important bridge in northwestern Syria to prevent a future Syrian Arab Army (SAA) advance into the Idlib Governorate. According to a report from the Hama Governorate, the jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham destroyed the Beit Al-Ras Bridge in the Al-Ghaab Plain. The Beit […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
British Hijack Iranian Ship: Another Day, Another Provocation
*July 17, 2019 *(Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - Had Iran openly hijacked a vessel of any nation, for any reason, plying through waters anywhere on Earth, the US and its allies would immediately cite it as a provocation toward war. In fact, even without evidence, suspiciously timed attacks carried out last month on tankers passing through the Persian Gulf were cited by Washington and London as a pretext for increased pressure on Tehran despite the attacks appearing staged by the West itself. Now in a display once again illustrating just who the actual menace is to global peace and stabili... more »
The Numbers Are In, and Trump’s Tax Cuts Are a Bust
Why Trump's tax "reforms" didn't deliver on growth, just on rentierism.
Brazilian Journalist Receives 2019 International Press Freedom Award
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Committee to Protect Journalists CPJ will honor four journalists with the 2019 International Press Freedom Awards amid the erosion of press freedom in democracies around the globe. CPJ says, that these journalists have faced online harassment, legal and physical threats, and imprisonment in their pursuit of the news. The […] The post Brazilian Journalist Receives 2019 International Press Freedom Award appeared first on The Rio Times.
F-35s for Switzerland? Why Not?
*David Axe* *Security, Europe* [image: By Defence Imagery - defenceimagery.mod.uk, OGL v1.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50237699] Neutrality might get stealthy. *Switzerland is testing five different aircraft. Besides the F-35 and Typhoon, the candidates include Boeing's F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, Dassault's Rafale and Saab's JAS-39E/F Gripen.* Four U.S. Air Force F-35A stealth fighters on May 31, 2019 *arrived* at Payerne air base in Switzerland. The F-35s are scheduled to remain at the base until June 14, 2019 in support of F-35-maker Lockheed Martin in its ... more »
How the Air Force Turned the Tables on Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: Image Credit: Robert Taylor/Brooks Aviation Art] It was quite a change. *Between the world wars, the development of American pursuit aircraft was hobbled by budgetary restrictions that for many years slowed or obviated altogether the creation of new technologies or even methodical experimentation with new tactics. The U.S. Marine Corps did advance the use of the single-engine pursuit as a nascent close-support weapon to bolster the infantry, but the interests of various intra-Army constituencies prevented similar advances in wh... more »
When Planets Attack
*When Planets Attack* *By Scott Corrales© 2019* Five years ago, astronomers in Hawaii made an impressive discovery - their scans of the firmament had located the existence of a planet wandering through space without the benefit of a star to orbit. A rogue planet, in other words. Only eighty light years from Earth - a stone's throw by astronomical distances - the wanderer received the unromantic designation PSO J318.5-22 and was determined to have been formed a little over eleven million years ago, making it a young orphan. Dr. Michael Liu, in charge of the Pan-STARRS-1 wide-fiel... more »
The ‘New Right’ Is Not a Reaction to Neoliberalism, but Its Offspring
Why the success of the far right shows that neoliberalism is very much alive and well.
Antarctic sea ice declining — cause unknown
Claire L. Parkinson. A 40-y record reveals gradual Antarctic sea ice increases followed by decreases at rates far exceeding the rates seen in the Arctic, Proc Natl Acad Sci, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1906556116 A newly completed 40-y record of satellite observations is used to … Continue reading →
Marijuana May Boost, Rather Than Dull, the Elderly Brain.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/marijuana-may-boost-rather-than-dull-the-elderly-brain/ Advertisements
Bee is declered the mist important species.
https://science-andinfo.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-bee-is-declared-most-important.html?m=1
French Marathon Where People Drink Wine And Eat Cheese
https://www.thinkinghumanity.com/2019/05/french-marathon-where-people-drink-wine-and-eat-cheese.html?m=1
7 things deeply intuitive people do differently
https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/7-things-deeply-intuitive-people-do-differently?utm_campaign=intl_keywee&utm_content=7-things-deeply-intuitive-people-do-diff&kwp_0=1297302&kwp_4=4085352&kwp_1=1702005
Apollo 11: Michael Collins returns to launch site on 50th anniversary
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-49008676
Infographic: Breaking into the Brain.
https://www.the-scientist.com/infographics/infographic-breaking-into-the-brain-30677?utm_content=96324792&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&hss_channel=fbp-212009668822281
How to choose between #IMAX, #3D, and #Dolby Cinema at the movie theater.
https://www.businessinsider.in/How-to-choose-between-IMAX-3D-and-Dolby-Cinema-at-the-movie-theater/articleshow/70236985.cms
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