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Poll: 70% of Americans ‘Angry’ at Political System for Only Serving Insiders With Money and Power
A recent poll shows Americans are continuing to wake up as 70 percent of them say they are angry at the establishment for serving only themselves.
Cop ‘Completely Fabricated’ Story of Sniper Shooting Him That Set Off Massive Manhunt
[image: manhunt]A massive militarized manhunt that resulted in a lock down of an entire area due to a sniper shooting a deputy turned out to be based entirely on one cop's lie.
"You may ungobsmack yourself"
'Dirty old river' no longer Yesterday's *The World This Weekend *was "a special climate edition". It featured a report from a BBC journalist embedded with Greenpeace (containing an interview with a Greenpeace campaigner) before moving onto interviewers with an Extinction Rebellion leader and former UN climate change head Christiana Figueres. If that was rather too many climate activists for you to stomach before Sunday lunch, then the programme ended with a good news story, about the cleaning up of the Thames, which I enjoyed. It led, however, to a complaint from ex-Lib Dem MEP ... more »
Anonymous U.S. Officials Confirm That Israel Attacked Iranian Target in Iraq
[image: anonymous-u-s-officials-confirm-that-israel-attacked-iranian-target-in-iraq] Anonymous U.S. officials are confirming that an attack against an Iranian munitions base in July was carried out by Israel.
We Are Being Warned That The Last Week Of August “Could Be Highly Volatile” For Global Financial Markets
By Michael Snyder Are things about to break loose in a major way? At the end of last week, the trade war between the United... more »
Women’s Equality Day Commemorates Adoption of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, Which Gave Women the Right to Vote
Suffragists on the picket line outside White House in 1917, three years before gaining the right to vote with the … Continue reading →
Trump Trade War Sowing Seeds of Doubt with US Farmers
Chances are that as China shifts from buying US soybeans to Brazilian, Russian, and Canadian soybeans, that they won’t return. … Continue reading →
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. - Peter Wade reports on new polling showing that American voters remain angry about a political system which benefits a privileged few at the expense of everybody else. Jake Johnson reports on Bernie Sanders' message that it's time for workers to win the class war that's been waged against them by the 1%. And Dave McKee discusses the importance of organizing new industries and business models to ensure employers can't evade effective collective action. - Suzanne Bearne writes about Gary Bloch's efforts to ensure patients have the income th... more »
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW: Stephens extends the search for the past!
*MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2019The 1519 Project:* Bret Stephens displayed a bit of cheek in Saturday's New York Times. His famous newspaper is now involved in a major search involving—among other things—the brutal American past. In Saturday's column, he decided to go his paper exactly a hundred years better: STEPHENS (8/24/19): *When Hernán Cortés and his men landed on the coast of Mexico, in 1519, they encountered a world of utter barbarity:* incessant warfare, endemic slavery, and human sacrifice on an immense scale. *They, in turn, inflicted their own barbarities:* massacres, epidemic... more »
How Yugoslavia Was Created: The 1917 Corfu Declaration (II)
Part I Why Serbia de facto recognized the Yugoslav Committee in summer 1917? The preparations for the 1917 Corfu Conference can be traced from the moment when the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Serbia Nikola Pašić (1845−1926) sent an invitation to the President of the Yugoslav Committee in London, […]
In 2017, Russian Sent Su-35 Fighters and Tu-95 Nuclear-Capable Bombers near Alaska
*Gabriele Barison* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] Sending a message? *Officials believe that this enhanced Russian flight activity could be a response to the Trump administration‘s strike conducted against Shayrat Airbase, Syria.* As reported by CBS News on May 3, 2017 Russia Tupolev Tu-95 long-range bombershave approached Alaska with Sukhoi Su-35 fighters acting as escorts for the first time. According to Fox News, a pair of U.S. Air Force (USAF) F-22 stealth fighter jetsflying a nearby mission intercepted the Russian planes. As we have recently explained Tu-95 Bear str... more »
Stealth Combined: The Marines' F-35Bs Are Headed to Alaska to Fight Alongside Air Force F-22s
*Dario Leone* *Security, Americas* [image: (U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Pena)] Watch out Russia. *The exercises provide tactical opportunities to integrate fourth and fifth generational aircraft and F-22s and F-35s flying together.* F-35Bs from VMFA-121 “Green Knights”are back in Alaska for the second time this year and this time, the stealth fighters from the U.S. Marine Corps are participating in Exercise Northern Edge 2017 which started on May 1 and will last until May 12. Noteworthy this is the first time the F-35B is deployed to this exercise. Air Force Lt. Gen. Ken W... more »
HARPA: Trump Seeking New Agency to Use A.I. to Screen Mental Health for Gun Ownership?
By Nicholas West Most people have heard of DARPA — the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency — that is informally known as the mad science...more »
Is Hydrogen A Solution?
By Paul Homewood There has been some useful discussions about the potential role of hydrogen in our energy mix. It is often regarded as a panacea, providing clean, carbon dioxide free energy for all our needs, power, transport and heating. Things, however, are not quite that simple! It is therefore worth looking at what […]
On the Rise and Fall of Atheism
The term “atheist” is derived from the Greek term “*atheistos*,” which refers to one who denies the traditional religion of the Athenian establishment. In Ancient Athens denying the existence of the gods was a punishable offense. The Athenians forced Socrates to commit suicide because they believed that he was an *atheistos*. However, Socrates was not an atheist in the modern sense—in the Platonic Dialogues, he does not deny the existence of supernatural entities. The 18th century Enlightenment *philosophes* can be seen as the first major propagandizers of modern atheism—disgusted b... more »
When Was This Written?
Freedom is diminished daily; the excesses of reaction and repression become larger and bolder; the unthinkable glows forth on our television screens each night, and the unspeakable flows glibly from the mouths of high government officials. Scores of… young black militants have been murdered, and hundreds more have been wounded and jailed. In Washington, the […] The post When Was This Written? appeared first on Econlib.
A New Global Fiat Fiat Currency
While Fed head Jerome Powell's speech at Jackson Hole received most of the media's attention, a speech by the head of another influential central bank is proposing a radical change to the world's financial system. In his speech given on August 23, 2019, Governor of the Bank of England and former Governor of the Bank of Canada, Mark Carney, gave a speech entitled "The Growing Challenges for Monetary Policy in the current International Monetary and Financial System". After a lengthy analysis of what faces the United Kingdom economy in light of the looming Brexit exit, Mr. Carney went ... more »
"engaging in partisan advocacy"
Ever wonder what tearful ex-BBC employee Chris Gunness is up to now that he's left the corrupt, discredited and completely superfluous UNRWA? Well, despite his single-minded anti-Israel activism, it seems he's still in the BBC's good books.
Time passages – tribute to Al Stewart
If you do not know the soothing voice and beautiful guitar playing of Alastair Ian Stewart, please check him out by his shorter name – Al Stewart. Hailing from Britain, Stewart’s most popular songs were overshadowed by more dance oriented … Continue reading →
A BBC report with a smile on its face
Porth Harlequins Ladies (Kelly, bottom left) The BBC News website features a report headlined: Transgender rugby player playing with 'a smile on my face' Though the BBC journalist behind it (Ceri Coleman-Phillips) strikes a celebratory tone throughout and is clearly wholly on trans rugby player Kelly Morgan's side (it begins* "**Kelly Morgan is a trailblazer"*), that enthusiasm is far from universally shared. Many are, in fact, horrified. Here's *The Conservative Woman*'s Laura Perrins for example: This piece notes this male rugby player, who is being permitted to play rugby ag... more »
"Twitter shows how the media sausage is made and it’s ugly"
A tweeting greenfinch For anyone familiar with the Twitter activities of many a BBC journalist (from Jon Sopel to Nick Bryant, John Simpson to Hugh Sykes, Katty Kay to Anthony Zurcher, etc), this Twitter chit-chat puts the issue in a fine nutshell: *Omri Ceren*: I am, continuously, absolutely blown away by the tone and tenor of what journalists will permit themselves on Twitter. *neontaster*: A central element to the decline of journalism is that its practitioners use their social media accounts both to spread their professional work and to build their own personal brands. Inevit... more »
Greenland Propaganda Meltdown
Seth Borenstein has taken Greenland propaganda to an impressive new level. Greenland’s glaciers are melting like never before, especially Helheim – Los Angeles Times This is where Earth’s refrigerator door is left open, where glaciers dwindle and seas begin to … Continue reading →
Of Language and Lod
Rina Shnerb BBC Watch takes apart a report about the murder of a 17 year old Israeli girl by Palestinian terrorists on Saturday's *Midnight News *on Radio 4, criticising several aspects of it: (1) The use of 'politically partisan language' - "militant", "settlement", "occupied West Bank" and "protests". *(I'm assuming BBC Watch would prefer "terrorist", "village", "Judea and Samaria" and "violent riots"). * (2) The 'downplaying' of the gravity of the attack which killed the girl while she was out hiking with her family. The BBC's Yolande Knell said, " Unusually, a homemade bomb ... more »
Report: The CIA Does Not Spy On The UAE
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates June 24, 2019. File photo. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo *Reuters:* *Why the CIA doesn't spy on the UAE* (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates finances the military leader trying to topple a United Nations-recognized government in Libya. It helps lead a coalition of nations imposing an economic blockade of Qatar, despite U.S. calls to resolve the dispute. It hired former staffers of the U.S. National Security Agency as elite hackers to spy in a... more »
Sobering Facts about Global Warming
A Short List Of Facts Global Warming Alarmists Don’t Want To Face by Issues and Insights Editorial Board. Excerpts in italics with my bolds. Democrats nearly had a brawl last week in California after the party’s Resolutions Committee rejected a proposed climate debate among Democratic presidential candidates. Global warming so fully occupies the thinking of […]
The U.S.-China Relationship
[image: President Donald J. Trump joins Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, at the start of their bilateral meeting Saturday, June 29, 2019, at the G20 Japan Summit in Osaka, Japan. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)] In the latest round of escalation of trade warfare between the U.S. and China, President Donald Trump issued a series of tweets on Aug. 23, including one that stated: “We don’t need China and, frankly, would be far better off without them.” The following day, that view received a prompt and explicit response from China, in an editor... more »
Putin and Erdogan to Hold Bilateral Talks At MAKS airshow- Featuring 5th Generation Su-57
*TASS* MOSCOW, August 26. /TASS/. T*he Presidents of Russia and Turkey - Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan - will attend the MAKS air show on August 27* and hold bilateral negotiations, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday. *"The [Russian] president will have a busy day tomorrow. Turkish President Erdogan will be in [the town of] Zhukovsky as part of his working visit. The two presidents will watch the exposition of [the MAKS air show] and hold bilateral talks,"* the Kremlin spokesman said. *The MAKS airshow will be featuring..5th-generation Su-57 fighter ... more »
Any ideas?
BBCWatch has deconstructed this BBC report on incidents in Syria and Lebanon, but I spotted this picture after trawling through the IDF Twitter timeline, Israel Launched Failed Overnight Drone Attack On Hezbollah In South Beirut and I did wonder why the BBC illustrated the same scene (a "Hezbollah media office") with the inclusion of a child. One Israeli drone crashed into a Beirut building that houses a Hezbollah media office Any ideas? *Update:* Drone that attacked Hezbollah in Beirut does not seem to be Israeli - but whose was it?
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*Educating Youth on the Dangers of Socialism* Socialism’s growing popularity among young people in this country should be a major concern for Liberty-loving Americans. President Donald Trump loudly promises that America will never be a socialist country. Many conservative politicians and media pundits are inclined to agree with him. But ridiculing socialist ideas and simply counting on America to always remain a federal republic just because it always has been one will not defeat socialism in the United States. Socialism is popular because the Left is adept at controlling the nar... more »
Syrian Army’s capture of Khan Sheikhoun does not violate any agreement: Russia
A military operation of Syrian troops in the town of Khan Sheikhoun does not violate any agreement, including agreements between Russia and Turkey on the formation of the de-escalation zone in Idlib, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday. “Speaking about the situation in the de-escalation zone in Idlib, particularly in Khan Sheikhoun and in the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Breaking: Ansarallah forces launch first attack of year on Saudi capital
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:30 P.M.) – For the first time this year, the Ansarallah forces launched an attack on the Saudi capital city of Riyadh. According to the official media wing of the Ansarallah forces, their rocket battalion targeted Riyadh with their Samad-3 attack drone. No further details have been released since. The Saudi Ministry of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian Army tank convoy heads to northeast Latakia to participate in Kabani battle: video
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:10 P.M.) – A large number of Syrian Arab Army (SAA) reinforcements were recently deployed to northeastern countryside of the Latakia Governorate, as they join the battle to capture Kabani. In a new video released by Ali Sarem, a number of tanks could be seen heading to the front-lines in Kabani, as the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Russian Weather Agency Says Radioactive Isotopes Found After Accident
From RFE/RL: https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-weather-agency-says-radioactive-isotopes-found-after-accident/30129439.html “Russian Weather Agency Says Radioactive Isotopes Found After Accident August 26, 2019 10:19 GMT, By RFE/RL Russia’s … Continue reading →
TRUMP ALLIES: CANCEL CULTURE IS FINE IF WE'RE THE ONES DOING THE CANCELING
Conservatives don't like cancel culture -- the process of drawing attention to objectionable words and deeds in order to shame the perpetrators and sometimes drive them from public life. Or I should say that conservatives don't like cancel culture unless they're the ones demanding the cancellations: A loose network of conservative operatives allied with the White House is pursuing what they say will be an aggressive operation to discredit news organizations deemed hostile to President Trump by publicizing damaging information about journalists.... Operatives have closely examined m... more »
The Enemy’s Gate is Down
How a shift in tactical orientation by activists opposing the border camps might make all the difference.
Multi-billion dollar fine on Pakistan puts the spotlight on a secret court
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26-Aug-2019 The Reko Diq mine case shows the overreach of a secretive arbitration system.
Too Far Left?
Justin Trudeau is brandishing -- rhetorically, at least -- his progressive credentials. His predecessors would not have lurched this far to the left. Chantal Hebert writes: None of Trudeau’s predecessors embraced LGBTQ and abortion rights in the way he does. None described themselves as proactive feminists. Chrétien and his immediate successor, Paul Martin, would have found doing so to be at odds with the task of leading a middle-of-the-road party. Conservative pundit John Ivison -- unsurprisingly -- predicts that Trudeau's gambit will fail because: “There is an absolute convic... more »
Democrat Senator Sheldon Whitehouse Hit with Bar Complaint For ‘Openly Threatening’ Supreme Court
Judicial Watch filed a bar complain against Democrat Senator Sheldon Whitehouse after he openly threatened the Supreme Court in an amicus brief that warned the Supreme Court to “heal” or face drastic restructuring by packing the court with more justices.
Idaho Governor Vows to Fight Court Ruling Requiring State to Provide Sex Change Surgery for a Genetic Male Inmate Who Is a Sex Offender
The surgery is estimated to cost taxpayers $20,000 to $30,000 and Edmo would be eligible to transfer to a women's prison after the surgery.
David Koch Died at 79, Leaving a Legacy of Shaping “Conservative” Politics that Benefited His Businesses
David Koch was liberal in his support for abortion rights, gay rights, drug legalization, and open borders for cheap labor. The Kochs support Van Jones' Cut50 project, which aims to halve the prison population over the next decade. The Kochs also support censorship.
The Myth of Consumer Security
Workers at the Idaho National Laboratory's Critical Infrastructure Test Range. (Flickr/Idaho National Laboratory, CC BY 2.0) The Department of Justice wants access to encrypted consumer devices, but promises not to infiltrate business products or affect critical infrastructure. Yet that's not possible, because there is no longer any difference between those categories of devices. Consumer devices are critical infrastructure. They affect national security. And it would be foolish to weaken them, even at the request of law enforcement. In his keynote address at the International Con... more »
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*Plastic Bans Are Symbolism Over Substance* Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau recently proposed a federal ban on certain single-use plastics, arguing, “We have a responsibility to work with our partners to reduce plastic pollution, protect the environment, and create jobs and grow our economy.” As with similar measures in California, Hawaii, and New York, the proposed Canadian ban on plastics will harm consumers while providing very little benefit, even on Trudeau’s own terms. The biggest problem for the plastic banners is that their measures (so far) apply to jurisdictions that ... more »
Seven Brazilian States Have now Requested Federal Aid to Fight Fires
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A decree issued by President Jair Bolsonaro and published in an extra edition of the Federal Gazette on Sunday, August 25th, authorized the deployment of the Armed Forces to fight forest fires in Acre, Mato Grosso, and Amazonas. As a result, seven states have requested federal aid in operations, since […] The post Seven Brazilian States Have now Requested Federal Aid to Fight Fires appeared first on The Rio Times.
International Marathon Brings Some 10,000 Runners to Florianopolis
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The International Marathon held in Florianópolis on Sunday morning, August 25th, gathered approximately 10,000 runners from all Brazilian states and thirteen other countries, according to the event's organization. The race started at 6 AM, on Avenida Beira-Mar Norte. In the Men's Elite category, over the 42.2 km course, Adilson Alves […] The post International Marathon Brings Some 10,000 Runners to Florianopolis appeared first on The Rio Times.
How Phylos Bioscience sent shockwaves through the cannabis industry with ‘Big Ag’ disclosure
Last December, East Fork Cultivars, an outdoor cannabis farm in the idyllic Illinois River Valley of Southern Oregon, partnered with Portland, Oregon-based agricultural genomics company Phylos Bioscience on a breeding program specifically targeting new varietal traits. How Phylos Bioscience sent shockwaves through the cannabis industry with ‘Big Ag’ disclosure is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
"I Don't Believe..."
"I don't believe in 'original sin.' I don't believe in 'guilt.' I don't believe in villains or heroes - only right or wrong ways that individuals have taken, not by choice but by necessity or by certain still-uncomprehended influences in themselves, their circumstances, and their antecedents. This is so simple I'm ashamed to say it, but I'm sure it's true. In fact, I would bet my life on it! And that's why I don't understand why our propaganda machines are always trying to teach us, to persuade us, to hate and fear other people on the same little world that we live in." - Tennessee... more »
“How to Learn to Love Disaster”
*“How to Learn to Love Disaster”* By Bill Bonner “I was in Paris when the end of the world came on December 21, 2012, at least according to the Mayan calendar. My company there, Les Belles Lettres, has been publishing the Greek and Latin classics there since 1919. We’ve translated about 900 of the 1,200 texts that still exist. It seemed a shame that the world would end before we completed our work. So, I went into the office, where, amid a thick blue fog, I found Caroline – the CEO – energetically working her way through a carton of Marlboros. She was determined to go out doing th... more »
"This Is Always The Hope..."
"What happens to people living in a society where everyone in power is lying, stealing, cheating and killing, and in our hearts we all know this, but the consequences of facing all these lies are so monstrous, we keep on hoping that maybe the corporate-government-administration and media are on the level with us this time. Americans remind me of survivors of domestic abuse. This is always the hope that this is the very, very, very last time one's ribs get re-broken again." - Inga Muscio It isn't, and will never be...
A Marine Watches an F-35: "It was like...watching a velociraptor—kills everything."
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * Wow. *As the aircraft matures, the Air Force, Navy and Marines will need larger and more capable training ranges to cope with the demands of preparing for a high-end “near-peer” fight.* The United States Marine Corps’ top aviation officer offered an upbeat assessment of the Lockheed Martin F-35B Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) to the House Armed Services Committee during his *testimony on July 6*. The stealthy new jump-jet is performing well during training exercises despite using an interim software configuration that affords the pricy aircraft only a ... more »
Why Nothing Can Beat the Navy's Virginia-Class Attack Submarines
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * Here is why. *The reason for the Virginia Payload Modules is clear; beginning in the 2020s, the Navy will start retiring four large Ohio-class guided-missile submarines able to fire up to 154 Tomahawk missiles each. This will result in the Navy losing a massive amount of undersea fire power capability, Navy officials explained.* The US Navy is arming a new fleet of attack submarines with stealthy “quieting” systems, new weapons, next-gen sonar and additional advanced undersea warfare technologies to enable its future boats to execute massive land-att... more »
Iran's Old F-14 Tomcats (Made in America) vs. F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighters: Who Wins?
*TNI Staff* *Security, * Iran could. *The Raptor holds all of the cards in terms of instantaneous and sustained turn rates—which in the F-22’s case is greater than 30 degrees per second—and energy addition. The Raptor’s incredible specific excess power and sheer maneuverability combined with its new AIM-9X missiles makes it so that the odds are grotesquely stacked in the F-22 pilot’s favor. * With the United States withdrawing from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear deal with Iran, a war with Tehran seems to be a distinct possibility. In the event of a military con... more »
The F-35s Dirty Little Secret Is Right in Front of Us All
*David Axe* *Security, * Guesses? *When the government awarded Lockheed the JSF contract back in 2001, it handed the Maryland-based plane-maker the keys to the main fighter recapitalization efforts for all three U.S. military branches that operate fast jets.* The U.S. Senate *just confirmed* what an Air Force general *hinted at* in February 2016 — and which should have been obvious for years to close observers of U.S. air power. *(This first appeared in 2016.)* The Joint Strike Fighter program is not developing one, common warplane for the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corp... more »
Drop a Nuclear Bomb on a Hurricane? One Person Thought About It (Other than Trump)
*Robert Beckhusen* *Security, * How did Reed propose to deliver the nukes to the storm? “Delivery should present no particular problem,” Reed wrote. “An air drop is obviously possible.” *“The physics of this scheme has never been seriously questioned,” he told the Albuquerque Journal. But it has been, by Landsea and countless other scientists, and it’s generally agreed that fighting Mother Nature with nuclear bombs is a bad idea.* There are few natural forces that kill so many and cost so much as the hurricane. *(This first appeared several years ago.)* Hurricane Katrina kille... more »
Israeli Defense Forces Are Openly Mocking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Commander Qasem Soleimani
TO: Iranian Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani, RE: Last Night "We will carry out a large-scale attack of killer drones on the 'Zionist entity' from Syria." It sounded good in your morning meeting, didn't it? — Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) August 25, 2019 *WNU Editor:* From The Jerusalem Post .... *IDF mocks IRGC Chief Soleimani on Twitter following airstrikes * *More News On Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Commander Qasem Soleimani * Insane operations Israeli regime’s last struggles: Gen. Soleimani -- MEHR News Agency Iran's Quds force chief Soleimani says 'insane operati... more »
Who's Going To Stick Up For Working Families? Not CEOs, Not Trump, Not The Establishment, Not Biden...
*Balls by Nancy Ohanian* Were you excited when the reactionary Business Roundtable announced last week that their members don’t just care about shareholders-- but they also care about customers, workers and society? That was the way, long long ago, we ran Warner Bros Records. Major decisions always went through a filter of how it would impact our artists, our employees, our customers, society and our shareholders. It felt good being part of the management team of a company with that kind of an outlook. According to *L.A. Times*' business columnist David Lazarus something smelled fi... more »
Israeli Intelligence Reveal Their Capabilities After Recent Airstrikes
The two Lebanese militants onboard a flight to Iran to train at the Quds base . (photo credit: IDF) *Jerusalem Post:** The power of Israeli intelligence in its recent attack on Iran - analysis* Stunningly, the IDF even published pictures of the two onboard a flight and near an airplane to Iran to take part in some of the training sessions. With Monday morning’s jaw-dropping sharing of a wealth of intelligence by the IDF about the Iranian drone crew it struck in Lebanon, the power of Israeli intelligence became ever clearer. The key to the IDF thwarting the planned attack by Iran... more »
Climate crisis canceled: Where did all the drought go?
California drought was to be the new normal. Then came record rain. Varying weather has always been normal. The post Climate crisis canceled: Where did all the drought go? appeared first on CFACT.
Hezbollah Leader Nasrallah Vows Retaliation After Israeli Airstrikes This Weekend
*CNN:* *Hezbollah vows retaliation after Israel claims responsibility for airstrikes near Damascus* Jerusalem (CNN)The leader of Hezbollah has vowed to shoot down any Israeli drones that enter into Lebanese airspace, after two drones reportedly crashed in Beirut, Sunday. Hassan Nasrallah, the head of the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group, said that two Israeli drones crashed in the Hezbollah-dominated southern suburbs of Beirut, with one exploding. Making reference to the same alleged incident, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri had earlier accused Israel of an attack on Le... more »
Israel Launches Air Strikes Against A Palestinian Group In Lebanon
The reported strike comes a day after one alleged Israeli drone crashed in a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Beirut, while another exploded and crashed nearby [Anwar Amro/AFP] *France 24*: *Israeli air strikes hit Lebanon a day after Beirut drone crash* Israeli air strikes hit a military position belonging to a Palestinian group in Lebanon, near the Syrian border, early on Monday, Lebanon's An-Nahar news said. The position belonged to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, the newspaper said. The strikes came a day after two drones, which the Lebanes... more »
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From Jenna Orkin Gabbard Victimized by DNC's Dubious Debate Criteria Leaked documents show Brazil’s Bolsonaro has grave plans for Amazon rainforest NASA Images Show Just How Much Carbon Monoxide Is Coming Off The Burning Amazon New Data Breach Has Exposed Millions Of Fingerprint And Facial Recognition Records: Report Flawed Algorithms Are Grading Millions of Students’ Essays Joe Walsh reportedly wants to troll Trump by recruiting George Conway, the husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, to work on his 2020 campaignRashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar don't want to talk about the ...more »
Animals and war - still needed after all these years
I was interested to read that Chinese soldiers in Tibet are using an ancient means of transport to patrol their area of responsibility. Chinese media has, since the 1960s, regularly featured stories of the harsh conditions soldiers face in Tibet and Xinjiang, the two western provinces that border the Himalayan and Pamir Mountains as well as the high-altitude borders with India, Pakistan and Tajikistan. In effect China has the longest high-altitude borders in the world and uses a variety of methods to effectively patrol them and control smugglers and other illegal border crossers (l... more »
New York Decision Weaponizes and Demonizes Healthy Children
"...unvaccinated children pose a threat to others who cannot get vaccinations. the court viewed this threat as very significant in her decision." Attorney Michael Sussman posted this follow up to the stay he had sought on his Facebook page in... more »
A Sample of a Real Vaccine Conversation
Note: In many areas of life, there are two realms, what the media wants you to think, and what is really happening at the ground level. Below is a recap of a conversation about vaccination safety and rights. Thanks to... more »
Border Patrol unveils 60 new miles of Donald Trump’s border wall in drone footage
and expects another 450 miles will be built by the end of 2020 From the Daily Fail: The UK’s biggest and best rag. Once in a while there is something worth reading….. Excerpts: U.S. Customs and Border Protection has unveiled a stretch of new wall on the southern border, saying it has completed at least 60 miles of new border wall in total. The new section of wall near San Luis, Arizona consists of an 18-foot steel bollard barrier. The agency says that it plans to build at least 450 miles of new border wall by the end of 2020, … Continue reading →
H-20 and JH-XX: China's Wants Two (Yes, Two) New Stealth Bombers
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * Here they come. *The United States and the Australian Air Force formerly operated supersonic F-111 Aardvark regional bombers that had a similar mission profile, though lacking in stealth characteristics. Furthermore, in the early 2000s, the Pentagon considered procuring bomber variants of the Raptor stealth fighter and the YF-23 before passing on that idea in favor of the B-21 Raider strategic stealth bomber. In fact, Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick at The Drive speculate that the JH-XX concept may have been informed in part by technical docu... more »
Wolf Richter: World Trade Skids for First Time Since Financial Crisis
Exports by China, Japan, and Eurozone under pressure — in part because of globally weak demand for new vehicles, which transcends the trade war.
Former NCI postdoc faked data from nearly 60 experiments
A former postdoc at the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) made up data for 59 experiments that never happened, according to new findings by the U.S. Office of Research Integrity. The ORI found that Rahul Agrawal “knowingly, intentionally, and/or recklessly falsified and/or fabricated:” qRT-PCR data in fifty-nine (59) Excel files by: — conceiving Cycle Threshold … Continue reading Former NCI postdoc faked data from nearly 60 experiments
Federal Police to Investigate Group Suspected of Having Set Fires in the Amazon
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Minister of Justice and Public Security, Sérgio Moro, said yesterday, August 25th, on Twitter that the Federal Police (PF) intend to investigate members of a group that may have planned to set fires in forest areas between the municipalities of Altamira and Novo . . . To read the […] The post Federal Police to Investigate Group Suspected of Having Set Fires in the Amazon appeared first on The Rio Times.
On Rio Beachfront, Singing Protesters March in Defense of the Amazon
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Thousands of protesters met singing today in Ipanema. The march was to protest the ongoing fires ravaging the Amazon rainforest. The protest, organized by the environmental conservation organization #342 Amazonia, marched along the city’s beachfront. The march started in Ipanema and moved along the iconic Avenida Vieira Souto to Leblon. […] The post On Rio Beachfront, Singing Protesters March in Defense of the Amazon appeared first on The Rio Times.
Home Affairs fails to back claim Medevac bill saw spike in self-harm cases
The Home Affairs department has been unable to provide evidence to back up its claim that self-harm cases had spiked in offshore processing following the passing of the Medevac bill.
Darwin man facing drug offences in Bali after boat rescue
Tony Haritos, 63, from a prominent Darwin family, is in hospital in Bali facing drugs charges after police allegedly found methamphetamines in his broken-down boat when he was rescued, having spent several days drifting at sea.
'Liberated by its people': Parisians celebrate French Resistance 75 years on
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The liberation of Paris was both joyous and chaotic. It was faster and easier for the Allies than their protracted battle through Normandy and its gun-filled hedgerows.
Prisoner too injured to front court after police dog helps in recapture
A prisoner recaptured after being on the run for nearly 12 hours on Sunday has been too injured to front court on the NSW mid-north coast.
After losing their stillborn son, AFL star Rory Sloane and wife Belinda open up on their pain
A year since losing their baby son, Rory and Belinda Sloane launch a new nationwide stillbirth research campaign with an emotional and heartfelt online video describing their ongoing pain.
'Green bloody unionists' and a CEO 'snake': Perth Lord Mayor's secret WhatsApp messages revealed
Former Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi described fellow councillors as "green bloody unionists" and called her former CEO a "snake" according to messages from a private WhatsApp group revealed in an inquiry into the City of Perth.
Captain-coach appeals sentence for on-field assault that broke victim's jaw
A rugby league player is handed a jail term for a "ferocious" on-field assault that left an opponent with major facial injuries, but immediately appeals against the severity of the sentence.
Musical Interlude: Alan Parsons Project, "Lucifer"
*Alan Parsons Project, "Lucifer"* "7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, 8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him." Revelation 12:7-17 King James Version (KJV) We don't discuss religion here to avoid the inevitable flame-war battles, but since all Hell itself is about to break loose anyway, ... more »
Maryland: Montgomery County Officials Refuse to Turn Illegal Alien Rapists Over to ICE, Including Two Immigrants Who Raped an 11-year Old Girl
Over the last month alone, four illegal aliens have been arrested on rape charges in Montgomery County. Marc Elrich, the county executive, claims that Trump and ICE are committing acts of "terrorism" by trying to enforce the law because it brings fear to the community.
Non-Citizens Make Up 7% of the US Population, But Accounted for 64% of Federal Arrests in 2018
Between the years of 1998 and 2018, the arrests of non-citizens at the federal level have spiked by 234%, while US citizen arrests have grown by only 10%.
Ex Overstock CEO Accuses FBI Of Espionage Against Top American Politicians
Overstock founder and CEO, Patrick Byrne, resigned last week amid ties to a government probe related to the 2016 election. He made the wild claim that he received "fishy" orders from former FBI official Peter Strzok to have a romantic relationship with a young Russian woman, Maria Butina.
"They Couldn't Have Known..."
"They couldn't have known that even this was a lie- that we never really choose, not entirely. We are always being pushed and squeezed down one road or another. We have no choice but to step forward, and then step forward again, and then step forward again; suddenly we find ourselves on a road we haven't chosen at all. But maybe happiness isn't in the choosing. Maybe it's in the fiction, in the pretending: that wherever we have ended up is where we intended to be all along." - Lauren Oliver
"The Sickness in the American Soul"
"The Sickness in the American Soul" by Daniel Johnson "As you read this, there are tens of millions of Americans who are sick at heart, in despair; overwhelmed by desolation, hopelessness and despondency. Some are suicidal; some are near suicidal. These are your friends and neighbors who have lost or are about to lose their homes, their jobs, their self-respect - and in every case their place in society. For tens of millions of people the American dream has become a nightmare. These are people who have come to rely on food banks, food stamps and private charity just to eat and feed... more »
Israel carries out rare attack on Palestinian forces near Syrian border: video
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:30 P.M.) – Last night, the Israeli military carried out a rare attack inside of eastern Lebanon, hitting a site belonging to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC). According to a military report: “At around 1.20 am last night an Israeli drone carried out three airstrikes in the Bekaa […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Massive convoy of Syrian military reinforcements head to Al-Ghaab for 2nd phase of offensive
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:00 P.M.) – A large number of reinforcements from the Syrian military were deployed to the Al-Ghaab Plain this week as they prepare to launch the second phase of their Idlib offensive. According to an army source in the Hama Governorate, the 4th Armored Division and Republican Guard sent several units of reinforcements […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Jihadists unwilling to concede strategic town in northeastern Latakia
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:00 A.M.) – The jihadist factions in the northeastern region of Latakia have refused to give up their last positions near the town of Kabani, despite facing nonstop attacks from the Syrian and Russian armed forces. Unlike the previous battles in southern Idlib and northern Hama, the town of Kabani is solely defended […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Monday Madness
*Democrat Dreams* They really hate President Trump. They hate him almost as much as the Neocon Republicans (the intelligencia, the old guard) hate him. And the roaring economy takes the wind out of their sails. So they've put their dreams into the present campaign of "the coming recession". The Russia hoax backfired, their great hope - Mueller and the Clinton Investigation Team - fizzled badly, the whole racism thing is falling flat, the Global Warming Hoax likewise is something that has come and gone (except on the Democrat stump) So why not predict economic disaster, the same wa... more »
"The Benefits of a Profoundly Shattering Recession"
*"The Benefits of a Profoundly Shattering Recession"* by Charles Hugh Smith "Does anyone really think The Everything Bubble can just keep inflating forever? What do I mean by a profoundly shattering recession? I mean, a systemic, crushing recession that can't be reversed with central bank magic, a recession that only deepens with time. The last real recession was roughly two generations ago in 1981; younger generations have no experience of a profound recession, and perhaps older folks have forgotten the shock, angst and bitterness. A profoundly shattering recession leaves tremendo... more »
"The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect"
*"The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect"* “Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray's case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the facts or the issues. Often, the article is so wrong it actually presents the story backward - reversing cause and effect. I call these the "wet streets cause rain" stories. Paper's full of them. In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story, and ... more »
Big Oil Can't Fight the 'Irresistible' Rise of Electric Vehicles — Report
It cannot be quick but it will likely be fast enough to be largely complete by 2030. The life span of a car is around seven years or so. Thus the capacity build out which has now begun be complete in three years and the majority of new buyers will soon opt for electrics. Ten more years of power plant improvements will makes it all irresistible. So yes, this will now end the use of gasoline. It is profoundly interesting that even the strained alternate energy industry can deeply discount the true cost of oil. This alone kills the oil industry which has long since been no barg... more »
Is HPV Covert Sterilization?
I do not think this is fake science. That is the first concern. It is also how a covert sterilization program would look. Throw in the known MEME pushed by our so called NWO of the need for a major population reduction and we have a willing source who controls the pharmaceutical industry to begin with and certainly has the resources to do this. Human fertility has been under assault for at least sixty years. It arguments in favor of this are nonsense but that never stopped these guys. HPV has attracted a lot of heat, but never specifically as a sterilization agent. . *HP... more »
It Took a Billionaire Pedophile to Die in Jail for Media to Finally Report On Elite Child Sex Trafficking
What is abundantly clear is that the media has outright ignored what is a continuing social problem forever. Now, only when that approaxch is impopssible do they show up. The problem is not a single individual but a natural conspiracy of many individuals who need to prey on children and work to protect each other. Epstein was king of this oversized cabal. It necessarily had to interface with the political establishment to access usable money and power. Thus compromising Prince Andrew comes with the territory. Innocent or not he was valuable to them. This is now all this wo... more »
Operation Hornswaggle
We learn, seventy years after the fact, that the defense industry has been unable to learn anything at all from the assailable remains of UFOs. We also learn that a witness who carefully inspected one of these crafts saw no sign of an identifiable power plant. The immediate take home is that none of this contributed much of anything to our own special craft programs. Thus my identification of gravity manipulation beginning back in 1955 at least may well be all we have and that was derivable from Tesla's work. We also have observed that alien witnesses tell us only what we alrea... more »
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