Saturday, September 28, 2019

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Ken Burns and the ultimate shape of impeachment!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 11 hours ago
*SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2019PBS examines the Others:* We were surprised by something we saw on the front page of this morning's Washington Post. The Post was reporting on certain voters' attitude toward the possible impeachment of Donald J. Trump. Right out there on page A1, the opening paragraph of the report said this: PORTNOY ET AL (12/28/19): They don’t ordinarily agree with each other. They watch different channels, hear different versions of the news and view neighbors across a gaping, painful political divide. But in swing districts across the country, the idea of impeachi... more »

This Week In Cartoons

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 11 hours ago
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Creamy Keto ‘Potato’ Salad Recipe

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 11 hours ago
Are you hankering for fresh potato salad but find it too painstaking to make? This Creamy Keto “Potato” Salad from (website) Ruled.me is the perfect dish to satisfy your cravings! This recipe swaps starchy potatoes for hearty cauliflower, drenching it in a creamy salad dressing made from wholesome ingredients. It’s absolutely quick and easy to […] The post Creamy Keto ‘Potato’ Salad Recipe appeared first on Health Nut News .

Back in 2016, the F-35 Could Not Find Any Enemy That Could Challenge It

David Axe at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, * Wargaming with the F-35 is hard for a few reasons. *Key point: *The Air Force lacks realistic simulators. It’s no secret that we are skeptics when it comes to the F-35 Lightning II. The new, radar-evading, “fifth-generation” warplane is years late, over-budget and — by virtue of its many, sometimes contradictory missions —* represents a design compromise*, meaning it’s okay at lots of tasks but excels at none of them. Still, the U.S. military plans to replace nearly all of its current tactical jets with as many as 2,400 F-35s at a total program cost, i... more »

2030 Armageddon: If America And China Went All Out, The World Would End?

Robert Farley at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, Asia* Let's hope that doesn't happen. *Key point: *Diplomacy is our best bet. *What would the War of 2030 between China and the United States look like?* The People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the United States appear ready to plunge off the precipice of a trade war. This war could have far-ranging effects on the economies of both countries, as well as the future of the global economic order. But as of yet, it does not seem likely to involve the flight of actual bombs and missiles. While the U.S. and China have a variety of minor conflicts, none rise... more »

Dan Bongino Lays It Out

GunnyG at 'Nox & Friends - 11 hours ago
Enjoy.

Hypocrisy, Thy Name Is Democrat POTUS Candidates

SafeSpace at 'Nox & Friends - 11 hours ago
Well, what have we here? Over ten thousand steaks grilled in the open air by seventeen Dem POTUS candidates at a Polk County, Iowa rally last Saturday. I wonder if Greta Thunberg was invited? Maybe she was on that chartered jet headed home to Sweden …. Just as a reminder, the Dems say they are the party of evil beef / cow flatulence / vegans / save the planet / climate change / air pollution scares / wealth redistribution. “Blue wave” in 2020, yeah sure. Maybe the blue wave of Tidy-Bowl, but not much else. How come the Dems cooked … Continue reading →

A rabbit hole of links on Impeachment

Luke Perez at Duck of Minerva - 11 hours ago
This post will be quick for me to write, but may suck up the rest of your morning. caveat lector. Rachel Navarre—my friend from grad school, who works at Bridgewater State—complied what was then an up to date collection of links on Impeachment. As she notes, keeping up with the latest developments is a full […]

Scott Morrison and the Liberal Party caught stacking the courts with cronies to cover-up government corruption

Shane Dowling at Kangaroo Court of Australia - 11 hours ago
Scott Morrison and the Liberal Party have been caught out stacking the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT), which is meant to keep the government accountable, with Liberal Party cronies. The AAT is a […]

Is climate alarmism tearing itself apart?

David Wojick at CFACT - 11 hours ago
Between the moderates in power and the new radicals, climate alarmism has split wide open. The post Is climate alarmism tearing itself apart? appeared first on CFACT.

Has Matt Drudge been taken over by a pod person?...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 12 hours ago
*it seems to be the question of the day.* *Is the new Drudge in there?*Matt Drudge (Drudge Report) is an aggregator. He links to articles that he considers important often giving them catchy little titles. That's about all he does. He shot to prominence when he more or less broke the Clinton/Monica Lewinski scandal. This linking business has made him a multi-multi-millionaire. Good for him. Lately his catchy little titles have developed a decidedly anti-Trump vibe and people are all upset. Why? In my opinion too much brouhaha is made over Drudge and his possible influence. Wh... more »

More Confirmation of an Epstein-Maxwell Blackmail Operation

Activist Post at Activist Post - 12 hours ago
By Kurt Nimmo One may wonder what happened to the Epstein story. Jeffrey Epstein “committed suicide” six weeks ago and since that time the story... more »

We Have A Traitor In The White House... And Then There's The NRA, A Russian Front Operation!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
In the interview above on CNN, you can watch Carl Bernstein explaining why Trump is "unravelling both factually and also temperamentally... [Trump] recognizes that there is, in this whistleblower's documents terrible evidence of the president's corruption, of his willingness to undermine the free electoral system in this country, to involve foreign powers in our election..." The *Washington Post* reported that over 300 former national security and foreign policy officials have signed a statement warning that President Trump’s actions regarding Ukraine are a profound national sec... more »

China's New Eye In The Sky Spy Drone Is Watching the U.S. Navy

David Axe at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, * A game-changer? *Key point: *China has a long way to go to catch America in drone technology. China reportedly activated one of its Soar Dragon large spy drones to keep tabs on a U.S. Navy cruiser that sailed through the Taiwan Strait in late July 2019. The *Ticonderoga*-class cruiser USS *Antietam *transited the Taiwan Strait on July 24, 2019 as a show of force. In addition to the Soar Eagle, Beijing sortied J-11 fighters 10 times during *Antietam*’s nine-hour transit, according to Taiwan’s Up Media. The Chinese pilots reportedly issued a radio warnin... more »

How Does the CZ P10 Stack up Against the Glock 19?

Gun News Daily at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Gun News Daily* *Security, Americas* [image: https://i.redd.it/ozuqq128ro801.jpg] Any better? *Key point:* CZ makes decent pistols but is following what Glock is doing. In 2017 CZ introduced their first striker fired pistol, the CZ P10C. *A mid-sized 9mm pistol with a 15-round magazine capacity* designed to compete with the Glock 19, Walther PPQ, and HK VP9, the P10C gained a solid reputation for reliability, impressive ergonomics, and a smooth and light trigger pull. Late last year, CZ introduced two new pistols in the P10 line up: the P10F and the P10S. In case, you didn’t f... more »

The Battle of Prokhorovka Was the Largest Tank Battle of All Time

Robert Beckhusen at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Robert Beckhusen* *History, Europe* [image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Belarus-Minsk-Museum_of_GPW_Exhibition-5.jpg] Nazi and Soviet armor went head-to-head. *Key point:* Nearly a thousand tanks fought during Germany's Citadel offensive. A thousand coffee table books and countless hours of popular history programs have described the Battle of Prokhorovka, part of the Third Reich’s 1943 Operation Citadel, as the largest tank battle in history. Near the city of Kursk on the Eastern Front, hundreds of Soviet tanks slammed into the 2nd SS Panzer Corps in a... more »

31 Pilots Told Us Why They Love the F-35 Stealth Fighter

John Venable at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*John Venable* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/2334785/checkered-flag-2015] Here's what they said. *Key point:* These pilots know first-hand just how powerful of an advanced plane the F-35 is. Air Force Gen. Herbert “Hawk” Carlisle, commander of Air Combat Command, this week declared the F-35A fighter jet ready for combat. While many pundits and politicians have questioned the worth of this jet, the only people who know the ground truth are the pilots themselves. A total of 174 U.S. pilots currently have been trained to fly Lockheed Martin’s F-35A Li... more »

The U.S. Navy's Largest Battleship Never Made It Out To Sea—Why?

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * Waste of time and money. *Key point: *Obsolete before they could hit the waves. The U.S. Navy’s most powerful battleships were never actually built. The five *Montana*-class battleships, leviathans designed to dwarf even the giant *Iowa*-class battleships, were authorized for construction but never built, victims of the ascendance of naval aviation. Nearly as large as a modern supercarrier the *Montana*-class, like all battleships, was made obsolete by the success of the aircraft carrier. In the late 1930s, the U.S. government, recognizing the deter... more »

Fact: Only 1 Vessel Has Been Sunk by a Nuclear Submarine

Robert Farley at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, * And it survived Pearl Harbor Only one ship has ever been sunk in anger by a nuclear submarine. Designed to fight the Japanese, USS *Phoenix* survived Pearl Harbor and fought in battles across the Pacific. Forty-one years after the Japanese attack, she would fall victim to HMS *Conqueror* off the Falklands Islands. The USS *Phoenix* was the fifth of the Brooklyn class—a group of light cruisers designed to comply with the restrictions imposed by the London Naval Treaty of 1930. The major navies of the world, prohibited from competing in battleships, ha... more »

The Essence of Lenin

David Henderson at Econlib - 12 hours ago
Lenin did more than anyone else to shape the last hundred years. He invented a form of government we have come to call totalitarian, which rejected in principle the idea of any private sphere outside of state control. To establish this power, he invented the one-party state, a term that would previously have seemed self-contradictory […] The post The Essence of Lenin appeared first on Econlib.

Prohibitions: Polygamy

John Alcorn at Econlib - 12 hours ago
Let’s start with definitions. Polygamy = Marriage to more than one spouse. Polygyny = Marriage of a husband and more than one wife. Polyandry = Marriage of a wife and more than one husband. Group marriage = Polygamous compositions other than polygyny and polyandry. Hypergamy = Marriage into a superior class (‘marrying up’). In […] The post Prohibitions: Polygamy appeared first on Econlib.

Cop Who Should’ve Been Fired Long Ago, Charged with Breaking Teen’s Leg, Nose With His Baton

Jack Burns at The Free Thought Project - 12 hours ago
[image: break]A Denver cop who is charged with breaking several of a teen’s bones for running away from officers is going to trial this week.

WATCH: City Commissioner Hijacks Cop’s Award Ceremony to Call Him Out for Being Corrupt

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 12 hours ago
[image: award]A city commissioner in Florida took over a 'rogue' deputy's award ceremony to expose his corruption and lies.

Numbers don't lie....

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 12 hours ago
Se the most recent study on this subject by Brown University in Rhode Island *here*.

Ecuador perdió arbitraje en contra de la petrolera Perenco y deberá indeminzarla con USD 471,8 millones

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
28-Sep-2019 El país deberá pagar a la compañía la suma de USD 471,8 millones y Perenco deberá pagar al Estado ecuatoriano la cantidad de USD 60,7 millones por daños ambientales de los bloques petroleros.

Latam Hydro y CH Mamacocha, arbitraje en CIADI contra Perú

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
28-Sep-2019 Junto a Latam Hydro, CH Mamacocha demanda a Perú ante CIADI en relación con la construcción de una central en un espacio protegido.

The 2018 Seegers Lecture: Emoluments and President Trump

John Mikhail at Balkinization - 12 hours ago
Emoluments are back in the news, as Donald Trump’s conversation with Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed what every foreign diplomat in Washington understands: relations with the United States must now confront the reality of a cash register presidency. The timing of this latest revelation coincides with the publication of my 2018 Seegers Lecture, which is now posted to SSRN. In addition to discussing the three lawsuits against President Trump still pending in federal courts, I used this opportunity to publish some of my Balkinization posts on emoluments over the past few years (see, e.g... more »

McCONNELL GENUINELY WANTS TO HOLD A TRIAL -- AND HE WANTS IT TO BE A FARCE

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 12 hours ago
Philip Bump of *The Washington Post* believes that Mitch McConnell might simply refuse to conduct a Senate trial if the House impeaches President Trump. There exist Senate rules of procedure that dictate how impeachment trials should be run. As Michael Dorf, Robert S. Stevens professor of law at Cornell Law School, put it in an email to The Post, the rules include a “a lot of ‘shall’ language” — language that gives McConnell and the Republican majority a lot of flexibility in how they conduct a trial. Or whether they conduct a trial at all.... “As a practical matter,” he continued ... more »

Musical Interlude: Crosby and Nash, "Wind On The Water"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
"As I rocked in the moonlight, And reefed the sail. It'll happen to you Also without fail, If it happens to me. Sang the world's last whale." - Pete Seeger ○ Crosby and Nash, "Wind On The Water"

The Poet: W.H. Auden , "September 1, 1939"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
*"September 1, 1939"* "Defenseless under the night Our world in stupor lies; Yet, dotted everywhere, Ironic points of light Flash out wherever the Just Exchange their messages: May I, composed like them Of Eros and of dust, Beleaguered by the same Negation and despair, Show an affirming flame." - W.H. Auden

URGENT – “Historic Winter Storm” Warning for Montana

Robert at Ice Age Now - 13 hours ago
Up to 3 ft (1 m) of snow in the valleys, 5 ft at higher elevations – Near blizzard conditions at times. Widespread power outages and downed trees. Agricultural damage from record cold temperatures. In September! ______________ URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE HISTORIC WINTER STORM National Weather Service Great Falls MT 257 AM MDT Sat ... Read moreURGENT – “Historic Winter Storm” Warning for Montana The post URGENT – “Historic Winter Storm” Warning for Montana appeared first on Ice Age Now.

Carlos Castaneda, "The Path"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
*"The Path"* by Carlos Castaneda "Anything is one of a million paths. Therefore you must always keep in mind that a path is only a path; if you feel you should not follow it, you must not stay with it under any conditions. To have such clarity you must lead a disciplined life. Only then will you know that any path is only a path, and there is not affront, to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you to do. But your decision to keep on the path or to leave it must be free of fear or ambition. I warn you. Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try... more »

South Africa Bans Bulk Collection. Will the U.S. Courts Follow Suit?

Activist Post at Activist Post - 13 hours ago
By Cindy Cohn The High Court in South Africa has issued a watershed ruling: holding that South African law currently does not authorize bulk surveillance.... more »

Cannabis companies seeking short-term help have plenty of options

Kevin Huhn at Marijuana Business Daily - 13 hours ago
The gig economy has permeated U.S. culture as companies such as Uber, Lyft and DoorDash offer people a way to make a living while offering services that customers are demanding. Cannabis companies seeking short-term help have plenty of options is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Waiting our turn in the queue at St Paisios cell...

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 13 hours ago
*As we sit on stumps in the peaceful, beautiful, sweet, bright garden of St Paisios' cell waiting for our turn, let's just take a moment to reflect on the truly incredible moment in history that is September 2019.* *Even Emmanuel Macron has admited the NWO Globalist plan has failed. * *https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/president-macrons-amazing-admission* *India's state bank and the ECB starting China style state bank money operations (and the Germans with a significant manufacturing base will insist on the ECB switching to debt free money) * *The NWO plan is a plan for tota... more »

Tar Baby Ukraine

Eric MARGOLIS at OrientalReview.org - 13 hours ago
A crime worthy of impeachment? Not really, just another unethical, improper, crass act by President Donald Trump. Many Democrats are cock-a-hoop over the idea of impeaching Trump. They would bed down with the Devil just to get rid of the boor in the White House. But unless really damning information […]

"Do You Believe...?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
"Do you believe,' said Candide, 'that men have always massacred each other as they do today, that they have always been liars, cheats, traitors, ingrates, brigands, idiots, thieves, scoundrels, gluttons, drunkards, misers, envious, ambitious, bloody-minded, calumniators, debauchees, fanatics, hypocrites, and fools?" "Do you believe," said Martin, "that hawks have always eaten pigeons when they have found them?" - Voltaire

Weekend reads: Jailed for publishing a paper; pushing back on vaping research; “sugar daddy science”

Ivan Oransky at Retraction Watch - 13 hours ago
Before we present this week’s Weekend Reads, a question: Do you enjoy our weekly roundup? If so, we could really use your help. Would you consider a tax-deductible donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work? Thanks in advance. The week at Retraction Watch featured lots of news involving Nature, including the retraction of a … Continue reading Weekend reads: Jailed for publishing a paper; pushing back on vaping research; “sugar daddy science”

New Amazon Alexa Spy Products Include Glasses, Rings And Earbuds; Bezos Wants To Write Facial Recognition Laws

Aaron at Activist Post - 13 hours ago
By Aaron Kesel Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos, whom this writer has previously referred to as emperor Palpatine from Star Wars, wants to write his own... more »

Greek politician implicates Alexis Tsipras and Mitsotakis' ally in Novartis bribery show trials

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 13 hours ago
*After a former prosecutor at the Greek supreme court testified that a former minister dictated fake criminal charges to her to set ten political rivals up for a show trial , politician Zoe Konstantopoulou has said that the orders came from Alexis Tsipras and the President from Nea Dimokratia* *http://www.ekathimerini.com/244811/article/ekathimerini/news/ex-prosecutor-says-former-minister-meddled-in-novartis-case* *https://tvkosmos.gr/vomves-konstantopoulou-me-entoles-tsipra-ke-pavlopoulou-drouse-o-papangelopoulos-na-dierevnithi-o-rolos-tou-ptd/* *https://www.newsbomb.gr/politikh/sto... more »

Syrian Air Force hammers jihadist bases in northeast Latakia

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:20 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Air Force unleashed a heavy set of airstrikes over the northeastern countryside of the Latakia Governorate on Saturday. Led by their attack choppers, the Syrian Air Force repeatedly bombed the jihadist rebels around the town of Kabani, inflicting heavy damage on the latter’s defense in the process. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Iraq agrees to open crucial border crossing with Syria

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abd Al-Mahdi authorized the major Al Qaim crossing at the Syrian border to be opened on Monday, a representative of the Iraqi border crossing authority said Saturday. “Prime Minister Adil Abd Al-Mahdi agreed to open Al Qaim checkpoint at the Syrian border on Monday, 30 September”, Alaeddin Qaisi said, quoted by […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian, Iranian forces come under attack by unknown warplanes near Iraqi border

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:00 P.M.) – The Syrian and Iranian forces posted near the Iraqi border crossing came under heavy attack last night when an unknown warplane bombed their positions. According to local sources, the Syrian and Iranian forces that were positioned northeast of Albukamal city were the targets of an airstrike along the Iraqi border; […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

The Daily Brief 2019-09-26

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
This is a summary of 13 AMN articles on the following subjects: Saudi, US, Palmyra, Syria, Idlib, Latakia, Turkey, Hmeimim, Russia, Iraq, PKK, ISIS, Hezbollah, Iran, Lebanon. Categories covered in this brief: Gulf, Middleeast, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon Let us know how you like this brief in the comments below. — The AMN Live […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

The mounting human cost of the Thomas Cook collapse By Richard Tyler

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 13 hours ago
The international scale of the crisis, with devastating economic and social implications, has rapidly become clear. The collapse means that the firm’s entire 22,000-strong global workforce have lost their jobs. Some 9,000 of these are employed in the UK, with 6,000 already laid off. The firm was headquartered in Manchester, with 3,000 previously employed in the region.

Spanish security firm spied on Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian embassy for US intelligence By Kevin Reed

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 13 hours ago
A Spanish defense and security contractor hired to protect the Ecuadorian Embassy in London spied on Julian Assange on behalf of US intelligence while the WikiLeaks’ founder and editor was living there.

Greta Thunberg and Big-Biz’ Climate Charade

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 13 hours ago
A 16 year old girl is obviously not behind a "global movement" demanding "climate action" from governments. The massive corporate Western media is. And anything the corporate media is behind certainly cannot be described as "grassroots."

Bojo/Brexit News Links 27-28 September 2019

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 13 hours ago
28 September 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back UK’s Johnson Plays Court Jester for Trump to Wreck Iran Deal https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/09/28/uks-johnson-plays-court-jester-for-trump-to-wreck-iran-deal/ Boris Johnson no-confidence vote ‘next week’, says SNP MP Stewart Hosie https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-49863544 Boris Johnson’s referral to watchdog ‘politically … Continue reading Bojo/Brexit News Links 27-28 September 2019

Iran News Links 28 September 2019

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 13 hours ago
28 September 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Playing hostage game like a pro: US demands release of prisoner before Iranian FM can visit cancer-stricken ambassador https://on.rt.com/a2ih New Wave Of Airstrikes Targets ‘Iranian Positions’ Near Syria’s Al-Bukamal – … Continue reading Iran News Links 28 September 2019

Venezuela has become ‘the best evil experiment’ against multilateralism by US – Maduro’s VP

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 13 hours ago
The US has slapped over 350 unilateral sanctions on Venezuela, including weaponizing the dollar and turning the country into a testing ground for its ongoing assault on the word order, Venezuela’s VP Delcy Rodriguez told the UN.

Masih Ur-Rahman Mubarez – Searching for justice one year on

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 13 hours ago
This week marks a year since Masih Ur-Rahman Mubarez’s entire family was killed. On September 23 2018, his house was hit by an airstrike. Inside were his wife, seven children and four other young relatives. No-one survived.

MACRON WAS RIGHT TO SAY THIS IS A MOMENTOUS TIME IN HISTORY, A FIRST

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 13 hours ago
*To paraphrase Emmanual Macron, the international order is being shaken in an unprecedented manner... by the great upheaval that is undoubtedly taking place for the first time in our history, in almost every field and with a profoundly historic magnitude, and especially in central banking.* *The importance of India and the ECB considering printing money in the same way as China's state central bank cannot be overstated. It is a tectonic shift with a dynamism of its own. Just to keep up with China, already far ahead, countries will need to have state central banks.* *The shift can b... more »

"The Time That Keynes Had A Point"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
*"The Time That Keynes Had A Point"* by John Mauldin "I work for a government I despise for ends I think criminal." - John Maynard Keynes "John Maynard Keynes once said: “Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler of a few years back.” While true, it doesn’t go far enough. The problem isn’t simply defunct economists or “scribblers of a few years back.” We are in the grip of economis... more »

A Rising Youth Movement Picks Up Where Governments Have Failed

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 27 (IPS) - When the Youth Climate Summit concluded last week, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres predicted that if governments still lack the political will to make peace with nature, "there is huge hope in what the youth is doing all over the world". Read the full story, “A Rising Youth Movement Picks Up Where Governments Have Failed”, on globalissues.org →

Tanzania denies WHO claims of Ebola outbreak

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 13 hours ago
*Globalist organizations WHO and the CDC are claiming with no evidence that there is a large scale Ebola outbreak in Tanzania, which Tanzania has denied.* *Tanzania is right not to send samples to the CDC since samples can easily be switched out to obtain an Ebola positive result and hype a false flag epidemic.* *Again, the response of Tanzania shows that African countries have wised up to the false flag epidemic vaccine plot and they are not going to go along with a plot to wipe themselves out using biological warfare.* *Ten years after the 2009 swine flu scandal and 5 years afte... more »

Globalist media set their sights on crashing Deutsche Bank in vain

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 13 hours ago
*Globalist media like Zerohedge are scaremongering about an imminent liquidity crisis among banks and a banking crash when in the decompartmentalized world of 2019, almost everyone knows that a central bank can give banks virtually limitless liquidity and also change the rules on financial instruments like derivatives.* *In short, a banking liquidity crisis or crash is only due to a central bank illegally cutting off liquidity.* *The notion that Deutsche Bank alone has derivative debts worth 50 trillion dollars or nearly 3 times the total GDP of the EU in 2018 of 18.8 trillion do... more »

Lavrov at UN General Assembly: China ‘alliance’ & call for US to rebuke neoliberalism (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 14 hours ago
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 319. The post Lavrov at UN General Assembly: China ‘alliance’ & call for US to rebuke neoliberalism (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

On Plato’s Apology

Unknown at The Verma Report - 14 hours ago
One who is aware of his own ignorance is a man of wisdom. We learn this from Socrates who, in Plato’s *Apology*, informs the Athenian jurors that the Oracle of Delphi has judged him to be the wisest because they realize that he knows that he doesn’t know. Being aware of one’s lack of knowledge is not the same as knowing nothing, because such awareness can only come when one knows what is there to know. The only thing that Socrates claims to have learned on the basis of his own experience is that an unexamined life is not worth living. Here’s an excerpt from the statement that Socrat... more »

Can China use 3D printing to raise up a robot army in the USA?

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 14 hours ago
*Hopefully, China is us**ing artificial intelligence (A.I.) to design military drones, robots, vehicles and weapons and convert the blueprints into instructions for 3D printers based in the USA to raise up an army inside the USA....* *They may even be able to build hypersonic missiles this way. At least, China has developed them and only needs the parts to be made and assembled. The USA has not developed them even.* *from Zerohedge* *Pix Moving, a Chinese automobile startup using artificial intelligence (A.I.) to design vehicles and convert the blueprints into instructions for ... more »

Putin offers Trump hypersonic missiles, yet US troops to be sent to Lithuania to counter Russian aggression

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 14 hours ago
*A US troops deployment to Lithuania is to be extended to deter so called Russian aggression even as Globalist Vladimir Putin has offered to sell Donald Trump hypersonic missiles to counter China, underscoring the absurdity of the narratives the Globalists are pushing.* *https://www.businessinsider.com/putin-offered-trump-chance-to-buy-russian-hypersonic-missiles-2019-9* *The Globalists want a WW3, but to keep the conflict conventional and to send millions of people they have impoverished through their private banking fraud to the front and conscription for men and women is a part ... more »

Renewable Portfolio Standard Scam (Part 1)

Mark Mathis at CFACT - 14 hours ago
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BORIS JOHNSON TO FACE VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE NEXT WEEK, SAYS SENIOR SNP

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 14 hours ago
*MUCH WILL DEPEND ON THE PROCEDURE FOR ELECTING A NEW LEADER* *BEST OPTION MAY BE TWO OR THREE ROUNDS OF VOTING TO ENSURE SOMEONE GETS ELECTED PM WHO WILL ENSURE BREXIT EXTENSION* *NOW ONLY 33 DAYS LEFT TO THE DEADLINE* *Boris Johnson could use a state of emergency to ram through a no-deal Brexit with just 33 days to go until October 31st deadline, Dominic Grieve has suggested.* *https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1183787/boris-johnson-brexit-news-uk-politics-no-deal-civil-unrest-national-emergency* *http://home.bt.com/news/countdown-to-brexit-33-days-until-britain-leaves-the... more »

Bad News: China Will Soon Have 4 Crazy Deadly Aircraft Carriers

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Asia* Sooner than you think. *Key point:* Beijing is making rapid progress to having a real carrier-centric navy. The People’s Liberation Army Navy—more commonly known outside of China as the Chinese Navy—is modernizing at a breakneck pace. Chinese shipbuilders have built more than one hundred warships in the past decade, a build rate outstripping the mighty U.S. Navy. Most importantly, China now has two aircraft carriers—Liaoning and a second ship under sea trials—and a third and possibly fourth ship under construction. With such a massive force unde... more »

5 Stories the Media Ignored While Dividing the Country With Greta Thunberg

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: thunberg]As the media and political circus tore the world in half with their coverage of Greta Thunberg, major revelations were passed over by mainstream media.

Man arrested after pregnant woman falls from car, dies after emergency caesarean birth

Just In - 14 hours ago
A baby fights for life in hospital, its mother is dead and a man is arrested after an incident in Melbourne's north-west on Saturday afternoon.

When They're Being Conned

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 14 hours ago
The Conservatives are pitching Andrew Scheer as a Canadian Everyman. Alan Freeman writes: The Globe and Mail’s fawning profile of Andrew Scheer starts with a bit of a fib. It contrasts the laid-back security approach at Stornoway, the official home of the opposition leader, to the “sprawling and regal” residence of the Prime Minister at 24 Sussex Drive. The anecdote is to convey the idea, much beloved of Conservative Party spin-masters, that Andrew Scheer is “everyman” compared to the Trudeau princeling who’s the current prime minister. But these days, Trudeau doesn't live at 24... more »

History Seems to Forgotten About This Navy's Insanely Tough Battleship Fleet

Robert Farley at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, Europe* Luckily that didn't happen. *Key Point*: Italy had the best navy you've never heard of. Italy’s Regia Marina was one of the busiest navies of the interwar period. Four old battleships were rebuilt so completely that they barely resembled their original configuration. This helped Italy achieve what was really, by the late 1930s, significant ship-to-ship superiority over the French Navy. The reconstruction of these ships helped generate ideas as to what their new battleships should look like. The new ships were to have enough speed to catch *Dunk... more »

Back in 2010, the U.S. Navy Surfaced 3 Elite Submarines to Warn China

David Axe at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, Asia* In 2010, China was given a glimpse of what could happen in a war. *Key point: *Signaling is important. Nuclear powers rarely go to war with each other, but that doesn’t mean they don’t *threaten* to do so. Indeed, military posturing is an integral part of what Forrest Morgan, an analyst for the RAND Corporation, called “crisis stability.” In other words, “building and posturing forces in ways that allow a state, if confronted, to avoid war without backing down.” Long-range heavy bombers are some of the best forces for crisis stability, Morgan wrote... more »

How Imperial Japan Tried To Build More Aircraft Carriers to Crush America

Warfare History Network, John W. Whitman at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Warfare History Network, John W. Whitman* *History, * No chance. *Key point: *Japanese industry was unbalanced. Japan lacked the industrial strength needed to wage a war against the United States. Yet, Japanese military planners seldom considered the limitations to their nation’s construction capabilities. One example is the Imperial Japanese Navy’s June 30, 1942, plan for aircraft carrier construction. The loss of one light and four fleet carriers sunk and one badly damaged at the Battles of the Coral Seaand Midway had shocked naval planners. Warship construction in June 1942 ... more »

Why China's L-15 Fighter Could Wage War Just About Anywhere

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Asia* [image: By Peng Chen - L15, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40830904] Africa and South America love that plane. *Key point:* Those looking for an affordable subsonic light fighter and trainer are turning to Beijing. Flying a high-performance jet fighter is a physically and mentally demanding skill that requires a lot of practice—but each hour flying a warplane can cost tens of thousands of dollars in fuel and maintenance expenses. That's why air forces employ lighter, easier-handling Lead-In Fighter Trainers (LIF... more »

Why the Army Wants the Sig Sauer P-320 X-Carry

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.saddlerockarmory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/F9C0816F-5954-4530-B276-A725D4413ECB.jpeg] A good gun for civilians too. *Key point:* The new P-320 is a solid gun that many would rightly consider purchasing. Sig Sauer’s new P-320 pistol is enjoying a considerable streak of publicity, in large part due to the U.S. Army’s adoption of the it as the service’s new handgun. One new variant of the rapidly growing P-320 line is the X-Carry, a compact handgun designed for concealed carriers and those that want smaller firearms wit... more »

Ruger SP101 Compact Revolver: The Best Gun to Defend Your Home?

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Technology, Americas* [image: https://ruger.com/productImages/15702/detail/1.jpg] How does it compare? *Key point: *A small revolver is useful to protect yourself. In 1988 Sturm Ruger firearms introduced what would become one of their most popular revolvers of all time: the SP101 compact revolver. The SP101 was a lightweight, small frame revolver that built upon the company’s reputation for robust, reliable firearms. Since its introduction, the SP101 has branched into a wide range of calibers, both rimfire and centerfire, capable a broad spectrum of roles. The ... more »

Surprise! A U.S. F-22 Stealth Raptor 'Flew Under' Iran's F-4 Fighter

Robert Beckhusen at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Robert Beckhusen* *Security, * Never had a chance. *Key point:* Iran's air force is far behind America's. Back in 2013, Pentagon press secretary George Little said that an Iranian air force F-4 Phantom combat plane attempted to intercept a U.S. MQ-1 Predator drone flying through international airspace near Iran. As we reported back then, one of the two F-4 Phantom jets — in service in Iran since the Shah — came to about 16 miles from the Predator, but broke off pursuit after two American planes escorting the drone broadcast a warning message. It was a close call. The March 20... more »

The Air Force's Crazy Plan to Protect the B-36 Bomber: Hide Escort Fighters Inside of It

David Axe at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, * Can't fight what you don't know is there. *Key point: *Not a great idea. Yes, the title stinks. But I love — love — Steve Pace’s *The Big Book of X-Bombers and X-Fighters*, out now from Zenith Press. “It takes a brave author to write a comprehensive review of every turbojet-powered Air Force fighter and bomber, produced or not,” Walter Boyne, himself a famous author and pilot, writes in the foreword of Pace’s thick, lavish tome. I couldn’t agree more. *X-Bombers and X-Fighters* is too exhaustive to review in the conventional way. So I’m not going to both... more »

Why China's Submarines Are Laser-Focused On America's Aircraft Carriers

David Axe at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, Asia* It would mean war. *Key point: *China's navy is getting strong. In 1995 and 1996, Taiwanese politicians signaled greater support for declaring their island country officially independent of China. Beijing’s response was swift, forceful … and ultimately an embarrassment to China. The Chinese fired several missiles toward small, Taiwanese-held islands. That’s when the United States intervened in a big way, sending two entire aircraft carrier battle groups into the waters around Taiwan — and even sailing one carrier through the Taiwan Strait. The Chine... more »

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 15 hours ago
*Did You Know? Repaying Student Loans Isn’t Onerous for Most Graduates* College students have taken on so much debt that many political leaders are declaring a “student debt crisis.” Certainly, many former students are facing a crisis as they struggle to pay back their loans several years after graduation. Even graduates from low-earning fields of study, however, see their salaries improve to the point where their debt-to-income ratio isn’t onerous. Though what field of study students choose can determine their post-graduation salaries, the important thing for students is to make ... more »

Australian Daily Electrical Power Generation Data – Friday 27th September 2019

TonyfromOz at PA Pundits – International - 15 hours ago
By Anton Lang ~ This Post details the daily power consumption data for the AEMO coverage area in Australia. For the background information, refer to the Introductory Post at this link. Each image is shown here at a smaller size to fit on the page alongside the data for that day. If you click on […]

Editor's Note

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
I have a lot of household chores to do today. Blogging will return this evening.

Japan shock Ireland in famous Rugby Union win that lights up the tournament

Lee Jay at Modern Tokyo Times - 15 hours ago
Japan shock Ireland in famous Rugby Union win that lights up the tournament Chika Mori and Kanako Itamae Modern Tokyo Times In the opening matches for Japan and Ireland respectively, it looked like history would repeat itself. After all, Ireland brushed aside Scotland with ease, while Japan had a labored victory against Russia. Hence, knowing […]

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 15 hours ago
*The actual problem with the Green New Deal* *It's not green* UK: Both here and in the US there’s this thing called the Green New Deal. A vast and transformative project to, well, actually, to move the world over to an entirely different economic structure. The claimed justification being the need to deal with climate change. Caroline Lucas is to launch the proposal for legislation. There’s a problem with it though: *It’s been more than 10 years in the making, and is the top demand of the youth strikers gathering on Friday for the UK’s largest ever climate protest – which is why F... more »

DJ Alok Delivers Speech on Love at Rock in Rio and Audience Attacks Bolsonaro

Xiu Ying at The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - DJ Alok was the first attraction on the World stage of Rock in Rio festival yesterday, September 27th, the opening day of the 2019 edition. When giving a speech on love and tolerance, the crowd reacted and started shouting out against President Jair Bolsonaro. "It . . . To read […] The post DJ Alok Delivers Speech on Love at Rock in Rio and Audience Attacks Bolsonaro appeared first on The Rio Times.

Three of Every Four Brazilians Support Medicinal Use of Marijuana

Xiu Ying at The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Authorization for the industry to produce medicines based on the marijuana plant is supported by 75 percent of the Brazilian population, according to a survey by DataSenado, obtained exclusively by the newspaper O Estado de S.Paulo. Another 20 percent of those interviewed said they were against it and five percent […] The post Three of Every Four Brazilians Support Medicinal Use of Marijuana appeared first on The Rio Times.

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