Sunday, October 13, 2019

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Mohawk Nation News: 'Two Row" Be Free. Stay in the Canoe'

Unknown at CENSORED NEWS - 6 hours ago
TWO ROW: BE FREE. STAY IN THE CANOE Posted on October 13, 2019 Mohawk Nation News Please post and distribute. MNN. OCT. 10, 2019. Canadians are voting to continue the illusion of freedom. The candidates all have the same script, “I can do it better. No, you can’t! Yes, I can!” The corporation’s citizens vote so they can keep getting their share of the stolen booty. The biggest

"Underestimating Them And Overestimating Us"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*"Underestimating Them And Overestimating Us"* by James Quinn “Do not underestimate the ‘power of underestimation’. They can’t stop you, if they don’t see you coming.” - Izey Victoria Odiase "During the summer of 2008 I was writing articles a few times per week predicting an economic catastrophe and a banking crisis. When the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression swept across the world, resulting in double digit unemployment, a 50% stock market crash in a matter of months, millions of home foreclosures, and the virtual insolvency of the criminal Wall Street banks, my ... more »

Gotham City Digest

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Gotham City - 6 hours ago
(All in all, they're just another three pricks on a wall.) ------------------------------ Shep Smith was never part of Fox's bitterly Nazi agenda. Frankly, I'm amazed it took this long to fire him. And just a couple of days after our so-called "Attorney General" spoke with Rupert Murdoch. Hm. ------------------------------ Trump warned that little tin pot dictator Erdogan not to fire on US troops. So when's he going to begin destroying Turkey's economy? My guess is the 12th of Never. Why? He has a building there that's heavily used by Turkish government officials. ------... more »

"The Real Difficulty..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
“I don't know if I continue, even today, always liking myself. But what I learned to do many years ago was to forgive myself. It is very important for every human being to forgive herself or himself because if you live, you will make mistakes - it is inevitable. But once you do and you see the mistake, then you forgive yourself and say, 'well, if I'd known better I'd have done better,' that's all. So you say to people who you think you may have injured, 'I'm sorry,' and then you say to yourself, 'I'm sorry.' If we all hold on to the mistake, we can't see our own glory in the mirror ... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
Bogotá, Distrito Especial, Colombia. Thanks for stopping by!

Russian President Putin Heads to Saudi Arabia

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 6 hours ago
© Sputnik / Alexei Nikolsky *VOA:* *Putin Heads to Saudi Arabia, Offers Himself as Peacemaker* MOSCOW - Russian leader Vladimir Putin travels to Saudi Arabia, a traditional U.S. ally, Monday, offering to act as a peacemaker between Riyadh and Tehran in a diplomatic offensive aimed at balancing Moscow’s relations across the Middle East. His second aim, say analysts, is to needle Washington. While courting Iran, Russia’s ally in Syria, the Kremlin has also been wooing Tehran’s top foes, Saudi Arabia and Israel, as well as other major powers in the region like Turkey, a member of the... more »

7 ways social justice warriors threaten freedom of speech

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 6 hours ago
So-called "social justice” says that "your liberty and mine are justified only if and to the extent that it serves or benefits the interests of others, especially poor others." Over the weekend, the Gladstone Club in London hosted the 'Speaking Truth to Social Justice' conference. In his talk ''How Social Justice Silences," speaker Peter Boghossian laid out seven ways in which so-called social justice threatens freedom of speech: *#1 Name-Calling:. "Social-justice advocates use name-calling to silence people". Peter tells us how "Nazi" is a popular goto#2 Claiming that spe... more »

Howard University Launches New Program to Diversify Hollywood

Sara Weissman at Diverse - 6 hours ago
Howard University is partnering with Amazon Studios to launch a new program aimed at diversifying Hollywood. The two-semester program, starting in January 2020, will bring 14 to 15 Howard University students to the epicenter of the industry.

Dr. Dwight McBride Named President of The New School

Janet Kline at Diverse - 6 hours ago
Dr. Dwight A. McBride, a prominent literary scholar who is currently the provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Emory University, has been named the ninth president of The New School. “We are extremely pleased to welcome Dwight to The New School,” said Joseph R. Gromek, chair of the Board of Trustees and […]

Russian President Putin: Russia Has Developed Offensive Weapons That Will Defeat Any ABM System

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 6 hours ago
*Sputnik: **Putin Says Russia to Develop Missile Strike Systems Able to Penetrate Any Missile Defense* MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that Russia will be working on missile strike systems that would be able to surpass any missile defence system in the world. "We will work on such missile strike systems that will certainly overcome any missile defence system. We will do it, now it is already obvious, because missile defence systems are aimed against ballistic missiles flying on a ballistic trajectory, while we have improved them many times and,... more »

Russian President Putin: Trump Not To Blame For Lack Of Improvement In Russia-U.S. Ties

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 7 hours ago
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an interview with Al Arabiya, Sky News Arabia and RT Arabic ahead of his visit to Saudi Arabia, in Sochi, Russia, in this undated picture released on October 13, 2019. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS *Reuters*: *Putin says Trump not to blame for lack of improvement in Russia-U.S. ties* MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow is not blaming U.S. President Donald Trump for failing to improve U.S.-Russian relations, a pledge he had made during his election campaign, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with Arab broadcasters... more »

Single Mom Faces Jail Time After Participating in Facebook Food Group

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 7 hours ago
WOW! We can’t believe they could put this single mother of six in prison for offering her signature dish in a Facebook food group! The post Single Mom Faces Jail Time After Participating in Facebook Food Group appeared first on Health Nut News.

HuffPost: California Becomes First State To Ban The Sale Of Fur Products

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 7 hours ago
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law Saturday, making the state the first to ban the sale of new fur products. Los Angeles and San Francisco have already put fur bans in place, and last month the governor signed a law banning commercial fur trapping. Newsom also signed another bill Saturday, banning most […] The post HuffPost: California Becomes First State To Ban The Sale Of Fur Products appeared first on Health Nut News.

Short story: The Everett Arbitrage

Ethical Technology - 7 hours ago
The place is an old-fashioned coworking space, poorly maintained. About two dozen men, most of them in their forties and wearing faded crypto t-shirts, wait as a presentation adjusts itself to their psychological and semiotic profiles.

ICYMI: Quiet Sunday Edition (10/13)

Peter Greene at CURMUDGUCATION - 7 hours ago
It's a quiet day in these parts, but there is still some reading to do from the previous week. Here are some pieces you might want to catch up on. Don't forget to share-- *The Walton Takeover of Public Education Continues* The Arkansas blog looks at what our favorite retail oligarchs are up to in their home state. *Five Signs Your Reform Has Become Another Education Fad * Rick Hess at EdWeek makes a useful point. *When Parents Shop For Schools, Students Can Suffer* Yeah, it turns out that the brave new world of education choice doesn't work as smoothly as Reformsters hoped. The B... more »

New Video : The Knockout Punch

tonyheller at Real Climate Science - 7 hours ago

Damascus & SDF Have a Deal? Doubtful. However, Negotiations Continue with Kurds That Renounce Terrorism.

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 7 hours ago
*Guess the originating source for this latest news? Of course, it's the SDF. Do I believe this claim??? Not at this time. It's too early to take this latest report at face value.* * My inclination leans towards the idea that if there was a REAL deal between Damascus and some group of Kurds. The deal would be announced by Russia, Damascus and the allied Kurds, all together. * *What I suspect is we are most probably entering yet another shift in propaganda.* *1- The claim is that Syrian Army is going to take control of the entire length of the Syrian Turkish border from the SDF/PK... more »

Big banks to face ACCC inquisition over interest rate cuts

Eliza Laschon at Just In - 7 hours ago
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg asks the competition watchdog to investigate the banking sector over its refusal to pass on interest rate cuts to customers in full.

How a big heart and a spinal defect led these twins to sporting success

Just In - 7 hours ago
The Tait twins, Sara and Kristen, had a tough start. One was born with spina bifida, the other with two large holes in her heart. But that hasn't stopped either of them from becoming high achievers.

Live: NSW Now: Another fish kill near Menindee, farmers fear bushfire looting

Just In - 7 hours ago
*MORNING BRIEFING: *A number of fish have died at a lake near Menindee as the Federal Government announces emergency funds to protect fish, while volunteers work to deliver supplies to farmers who are unwilling to leave their fire-ravaged properties.

Stained-glass window blends Aboriginal and Catholic beliefs

Samantha Jonscher at Just In - 7 hours ago
An Aboriginal artist is commissioned to design a new sanctuary window for a Central Australian Catholic church in celebration of reconciliation.

Independent calls for 'cohesive, dramatic' national climate strategy

Erin Somerville And Ashlee Aldridge at Just In - 7 hours ago
An independent MP is leading a crossbench call pushing the Government to do more to help farmers and rural communities face climate change challenges into the future.

Abusive men using spyware to coerce, control and harass ex-partners, say experts

Lexy Hamilton-Smith at Just In - 7 hours ago
Mobile phones are frequently being used by abusive men to track the movements and location of their estranged partners, something a researcher says is now all too easy with modern digital technology.

Second teen charged with Maaka Hakiwai's murder

Just In - 7 hours ago
A 17-year-old is due to appear in a children's court today after he was charged with the murder of Maaka Hakiwai in Melbourne's west on AFL grand final day.

Warning of 'dire consequences' if water trade restricted

Christopher Testa at Just In - 7 hours ago
As farming groups lobby the Federal Government to take action on soaring water prices, water brokers warn some irrigators will be worse off if the Government intervenes in the trade.

'Immediately raises red flags': Australian universities' ties with Beijing revealed

Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop And Mario Christodoulou at Just In - 7 hours ago
Australia's top universities could be aiding the Chinese Communist Party's mission to develop mass surveillance and military technologies, amid rising concerns from Australian intelligence agencies that they are putting national security at risk.

How WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann was stopped in his trillionaire tracks

Ian Verrender at Just In - 7 hours ago
A fortnight ago, WeWork's float was pulled and Adam Neumann — once treated as a demi-god in a corporation that operated remarkably like a cult — was flicked. If the company fails, the global office rental market will be thrown into chaos, writes Ian Verrender.

A four-hour commute blows Harris's working day out to 14 hours

Nick McLaren at Just In - 7 hours ago
The train Harris Cheung catches to work in Sydney each day takes an hour-and-a-half — the same time it took to travel the route on a steam train in the 1930s.

Australia urged to follow US in banning shipments of rubber gloves over forced labour concerns

Nassim Khadem at Just In - 7 hours ago
Australia is being urged to Australia to block shipments of rubber gloves sold by gloves manufacturer Ansell, following concerns one of its suppliers, WRP, engages in forced labour.

'Crushed bodies and shattered bones': Xi Jinping issues threat as dissenters shift tactics

Just In - 7 hours ago
Tearing a page out of ancient Chinese military philosophy, black-clad protesters in Hong Kong change tactics and wreak havoc by popping up in small groups in multiple locations across Hong Kong.

Jumpin’ Ju-Ju Bones – CNBC Finally Gets It – A Stunned Jim Cramer: “Trump’s Trade Strategy Is Working”…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 7 hours ago
Hat Tip OverTheMoonbat for making sure we didn’t miss this segment from last week. This video also explains why Larry Kudlow, Secretary Mnuchin, Secretary Ross and Peter Navarro have tended to spend more time discussing economic policy with CNBC analysts … Continue reading →

Sunday Talks: Defense Secretary Mark Esper -vs- Chris Wallace Debate Turkey, Syria, Kurds and Ultimately The Ottoman Empire and TheMuslim Brotherhood…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 7 hours ago
Defense Secretary Mark Esper discusses and defends President Trump’s smart decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Northern Syria in advance of Turkish forces launching an assault into Syria against Kurdish forces and the SDF. The background here goes back to … Continue reading →

The Truth About Extinction Rebellion

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 7 hours ago
By Paul Homewood h/t Dave Ward An excellent and entertaining video on XR:

A lesson for AOC et al on Green Energy Utopia via liberal California

Uriel at 'Nox & Friends - 7 hours ago
Gas Prices Soar as Californians Find Their Green Energy Is Useless in a Blackout . . Western Journal Jared Harris October 12, 2019 Solar panels are cherished by homesteaders and others seeking to become independent energy producers, immune to becoming victims of chaos on a traditional electric grid. Unfortunately, many Californians are discovering that their own solar panels, usually connected directly to the state’s grid, are useless in a blackout. The uncomfortable reality became apparent Wednesday as California power giant PG&E began powering down its grid in the face of extremely... more »

Pray for Sonja and Phil

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 7 hours ago
Sonja is battling breast cancer; our son Phil is fighting a malignant brain tumor. These "kids" grew up together, attended the same church, UALC, and Upper Arlington High School in the 80s and they are friends on Facebook, encouraging each other. Let's keep the prayers coming.

Uber’s business model is so crooked, their insurance carrier may collapse

The Buffalo Chronicle at The Buffalo Chronicle - 7 hours ago
Critics of Uber Technologies — the tiny San Francisco company with the mammoth equity valuation that is threatening America’s local taxi companies — are calling the firm’s business model so ‘crooked’ and ‘off-tilt’ that it’s financially crushing its business partners.

Gerald Butts phoned Rosemary Barton repeatedly prior to CBC lawsuit against Conservatives

The Buffalo Chronicle at The Buffalo Chronicle - 7 hours ago
In recent days, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and it’s principle anchor, Rosemary Barton, have been lambasted on social media and in the national political discourse for bringing a lawsuit against the Conservative Party of Canada, based on the party’s use

Forget North Korea: South Korea's Biggest Problem is a Demographics Disaster

Anthony Fensom at The National Interest - 7 hours ago
*Anthony Fensom* *Security, Asia* A major population problem. *Key point:* Not an easy problem to fix? Threats to South Korea’s survival are not only from the North. Even as Seoul seeks detente with its communist neighbor while engaging in an increasingly bitter row with Japan, the nation’s demographic decline could see its economy facing a similar structural slowdown that puts a permanent brake on growth. The challenge facing Korean policymakers was highlighted by a recent government report, which showed that its falling fertility rate could see its population start declining... more »

How Do You Throw Away A Dead Wind Turbine?

Hifast at Climate Collections - 7 hours ago
Originally posted on PA Pundits - International: By Duggan Flanakin ~ Contrary to popular opinion, the life cycle of a modern wind turbine is no more than 20 to 25 years. Since turbine blades cannot be burned and are not recyclable, the recommended option is landfill disposal. But not every landfill can even accept these massive…

Spring ozone hole may be one of the smallest for decades

Hifast at Climate Collections - 7 hours ago
Originally posted on Tallbloke's Talkshop: Image credit: theozonehole.com Southern hemisphere spring, that is. European weather scientists believe the ozone hole over the Antarctic this spring may be one of the smallest since the mid-1980s, says stuff(NZ). Experts at the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) have observed strange behaviours of the annual ozone hole this…

AGU Statement on Climate Change

Hifast at Climate Collections - 7 hours ago
Originally posted on Climate Etc.: by Judith Curry Human induced climate change requires urgent action. – AGU The AGU has just published its new Statement on Climate Change (via a tweet from Gavin Schmidt), with a press release. The press release describes the process and their policy on such statements. “AGU has a responsibility…

Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau Wears Bulletproof Vest At Campaign Event

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 7 hours ago
Liberal leader and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a rally during an election campaign visit to Mississauga, Ontario, Canada October 12, 2019. STEPHANE MAHE / REUTERS *CBC: **Trudeau vows campaign won't change course after threat forced him to wear bulletproof vest* Liberal leader's appearance at Mississauga, Ont., event Saturday was delayed 90 minutes Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau vowed he won't change how he campaigns despite being the target of an undefined threat that forced him to wear a bulletproof vest and beef up protective measures during a rally in Missi... more »

Blue Dog Max Rose-- More Crazy Or More Brave?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 8 hours ago
*If you vote for the lesser of two evils... you're voting for evil* I spent a lot of time in Afghanistan-- and without an army. I was there twice. First time was in 1969 and I don't mean to toot my own horn, but you had to be either brave or crazy. I was just coming down off a 4-year psychedelic haze (and worse), that some people refer to as "college." The Afghanistan I saw was wilder the what the U.S. Army saw, even though no one was shooting at me per se. I wound up being arrested and thrown in a hole they called a jail but I had a business partner who was part of the royal family... more »

Parliamentary Elections In Poland Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 8 hours ago
*DW:* *Poland's ruling PiS party wins most votes, according to exit polls* Poland's ruling Law and Justice party is set to be victorious in the parliamentary elections, exit polls say. The main opposition parties were still hoping to gain enough support to form a coalition government together. Exit polls are indicating that Poland's conservative ruling party Law and Justice party (PiS) will win the most votes in the country's parliamentary elections. An exit poll projected PiS would win Sunday's parliamentary election with 43.6% of the vote. The opposition Civic Coalition, compr... more »

Study: China's Military Domination over Asia is Not Guaranteed

Zachary Keck at The National Interest - 8 hours ago
*Zachary Keck* *Security, Asia* A study published several years ago by Michael Beckley, an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Tufts University, was published in the academic journal International Security. In the article, Beckley argues that China’s neighbors could thwart Chinese military aggression through anti-access/area denial strategies with only minimal U.S. assistance. *Key point:* America and the Taiwanese people have been practicing for just this scenario. With President Xi Jinping having consolidated his power at the 19th Party Congress, and the United States ... more »

PG&E Blackout Round-Up, Mini-Grids, and Thoughts on The Jackpot

Lambert Strether at naked capitalism - 8 hours ago
PG&E's bankruptcy woes, possibilities for a more resilient grid, and "androgenic, systemic, multiplex, seriously bad sh*t" (The Jackpot).

"It's As Though..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
"It seems to have had an order, to have been composed by someone, and those events that were merely accidental when they happened turn out to be the main elements in a consistent plot. Who composed this plot? Just as your dreams are composed, so your whole life has been composed by the will within you. Just as the people who you met by chance became effective agents in the structuring of your life, so you have been the agent in the structuring of other lives. And the whole thing gears together like one big symphony, everything influencing and structuring everything else. It's as th... more »

"As Afraid As The Next Man..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
“I was as afraid as the next man in my time and maybe more so. But with the years, fear had come to be regarded as a form of stupidity to be classed with overdrafts, acquiring a venereal disease or eating candies. Fear is a child's vice and while I loved to feel it approach, as one does with any vice, it was not for grown men and the only thing to be afraid of was the presence of true and imminent danger in a form that you should be aware of and not be a fool if you were responsible for others.” - Ernest Hemingway, “True at First Light”

Tunisians Go To The Polls Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 8 hours ago
*Al Jazeera:* *Tunisia: Voting ends in presidential runoff* The vote is Tunisia's second presidential election since the 2011 revolution. Tunis, Tunisia - Polls have closed in Tunisia's runoff presidential contest which saw media magnate Nabil Karoui take on conservative lawyer Kais Saied. The two self-styled "outsider" candidates delivered a shock to the Tunisian political establishment when they came in a the top two of 26 candidates during the first round of the election held on September 15. A first exit poll is expected to be published at 8pm local time (19:00 GMT) on Sund... more »

Trump Stands With Rudy as Former NYC Mayor Reportedly Investigated

Luis Miguel at rss - 8 hours ago
[image: trump-stands-with-rudy-as-former-nyc-mayor-reportedly-investigated] President Trump confirmed that Giuliani remains his personal attorney after previously casting doubt on their professional relationship.

“Those Who Pretend to Sleep”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
*“Those Who Pretend to Sleep”* By John R. Hall “Lately I find that my frustration with the level of idiocy on the part of this planet I call home is so great that writing has become nearly impossible. An article by Andrew Vltchek titled “In the USA-I Cannot Write” gave me comfort. I’m not alone. Here in the belly of the beast, among the zombie-fascist, Antifa, gun-totin’, flag-wavin’ hordes of fellow Americans I spend my days in fearless loathing. Fearless because after living for two-thirds of a century I have little to fear other than a long painful death, being shot full of lea... more »

School to Prison Pipeline Exposed as 30,000 Kids Under Age 10 Arrested Since 2013

Activist Post at Activist Post - 9 hours ago
By Jack Burns Arrests of children have skyrocketed over the last decade according to the latest statistics published by the FBI. Gone are the days... more »

Pregnant? Mercury from Dental Amalgam Fillings + Exposure to WiFi and Other EMFs = “Possible Mechanism” for Autism

Activist Post at Activist Post - 9 hours ago
By B.N. Frank Those of us of a certain age grew up when it was common for our dental cavities to be filled with mercury. ... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago

The Poet: Wendell Berry, “Leavings”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
*“Leavings”* “In time a man disappears from his lifelong fields, from the streams he has walked beside, from the woods where he sat and waited. Thinking of this, he seems to miss himself in those places as if always he has been there. But first he must disappear, and this he foresees with hope, with thanks. Let others come.” - Wendell Berry

U.S. Readying Sanctions Against Turkey

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 9 hours ago
Dealing with @LindseyGrahamSC and many members of Congress, including Democrats, about imposing powerful Sanctions on Turkey. Treasury is ready to go, additional legislation may be sought. There is great consensus on this. Turkey has asked that it not be done. Stay tuned! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 13, 2019 *The Hill:* *Trump: Treasury 'ready to go' on sanctions against Turkey: 'Stay tuned'* President Trump tweeted Sunday that the Treasury Department is "ready to go" with sanctions against Turkey over its military operation in northern Syria, which has sparked... more »

Connect 4

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 9 hours ago
Ah now, this is what you've all been wating for. Me, banging on about Mark Mardell again. So enjoy!... With my bias-focused glasses on, and in a pseudo-professorial mood, I listened to today's *The World This Weekend *and found Mark Mardell's report from St. Albans - a Remain-voting constituency with a pro-Brexit MP, Anne Main - to be pleasingly fair in the wide range of voices it provided. But the programme's introduction was not fair. It chose to feature two voices from that report, both of whom were anti-Mrs Main. (Mrs Main might want to put in a complaint.) As the programme's... more »

Mass Escape Of ISIS Supporters From Syrian Camps Are Being Reported

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 9 hours ago
Images shared by the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights appear to picture people running away from the Ain Issa *The Guardian*:* At least 750 Isis affiliates escape Syria camp after Turkish shelling* Kurdish-led administration in north Syria says riot broke out in camp holding women and children At least 750 people with suspected links to Islamic State have reportedly fled a displacement camp in north-east Syria, local officials have said, raising fears that the Turkish offensive against Kurdish forces in the area could lead Isis to regain strength amid the chaos. ... more »

America's Aircraft Carriers Are Steadily Heading Towards A Disaster

Robert Farley at The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, * A whole host of new weapons are leaving carriers very vulnerable. *Key Point: *Aircraft carriers are instruments of geopolitical influence--for the moment. As long as they serve usefully in that role, nations will seek means to neutralize them. The aircraft-carrier form has proven remarkably flexibly, serving in one way or another for nearly a hundred years. From the USS *Forrestal* on, the U.S. Navy supercarrier has existed in basically the same form since the 1950s, and is expected to continue operating into the latter half of the twenty-first cen... more »

MISTAKE: Japan Tried to Take a Big Battleship and Transform it Into an Aircraft Carrier

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 9 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, Asia* And it didn't work out very well. *Key point: *She was not very seaworthy before her fateful encounter. If weight alone could determine victory, then the Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier *Shinano* might still be afloat. At 69,000 tons when launched in 1944, the *Shinano* would have remained the world's largest aircraft until the 1960s. But that was not to be. Instead the *Shinano* earned a distinction of a different kind: the title of largest warship ever sunk by a submarine. And the submarine that accomplished—the 1,500-ton USS *Archerfis... more »

Gold fever is coming to Halifax

Joan Baxter at Halifax Examiner - 9 hours ago
Cover photo: Touquoy open pit gold mine at Moose River. Photo courtesy Raymond Plourde On October 18 and 19, mining industry representatives and between five and 10 government officials will gather at the Alt Hotel at the Halifax Airport for the province’s first-ever “gold show.” The gold show is being organized by the Mining Association […]

"Lorraine Hansberry on Depression and Its Most Reliable Antidote"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
*"Lorraine Hansberry on Depression and Its Most Reliable Antidote"* by Maria Popova "While I stand with Elizabeth Barrett Browning in her exquisite admonition against the dangerous myth of the suffering artist, it has always seemed to me - both from a deep immersion in the personal histories of long-gone artists and from direct experience in contemporary creative communities - that artists are more porous to the world than other people and therefore more vulnerable to suffering. To be an artist is to be a human being who feels everything more deeply, the beautiful as well as the ter... more »

"A Maze Or Labyrinth..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
"The difficulty in dealing with a maze or labyrinth lies not so much in navigating the convolutions to find the exit but in *not entering* the damn thing in the first place. Or, at least not yet again. As a creature of free will, do not be tempted into futility." - Vera Nazarian

"The Problem With Proverbs"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
*"The Problem With Proverbs"* by Patrick Cockburn "My father, Claud Cockburn, invented a game in which participants made up national sayings that had to be completely meaningless but sound appropriate to their purported country of origin. An example could be the traditional Norwegian saying, “the tree is taller than the highest wave” or, as they say in India, “all is not nothingness, nor the nothingness all”. The idea for the game came to him on the top of a bus in London which was crawling along in a traffic jam. He overheard a passenger in the seat in front of him complain to a f... more »

"A Great Kindness..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
"So don't ask yourself what people want. Ask instead, What is true? What really inspires me, excites me? What will really help people and take away their confusion and suffering? It's sort of a funny, crazy way to go, but I think it's the only way to bring water to the wasteland Joseph Campbell described. When I read something truthful, something real, I breathe a deep sigh and say, "Fantastic - I wasn't mad or alone in thinking that, after all!" So often we are left to our own devices, struggling in the dark with this external and internal propaganda system. At that point, for some... more »

The Knockout Punch

tonyheller at Real Climate Science - 9 hours ago
“There are lies., damned lies, and statistics” – Mark Twain “It will be remembered as the greatest mass delusion in the history of the world – that CO2, the life of plants, was considered for a time to be a … Continue reading →

Kurds strike deal to get Syrian help fighting Turkey, amid Islamic State prison break

Just In - 10 hours ago
More than 700 foreigners affiliated with the Islamic State group — mostly women and children — escape from a camp in northern Syria when the Kurdish-held town in which it is located comes under attack from Turkish forces.

Astroturfing Impeachment

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 10 hours ago
**** Fall Fundraiser. Please show your support for Sardonicky via the PayPal tip jar to your right, making either a one-time or recurring donation. If you don't like PayPal, you can email me at kmgarcia2000@yahoo.com for instructions on where to send a check. Without generous readers, I can't keep writing. So thank you in advance!**** *+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++* With slightly more than half of those polled now favoring the impeachment of Donald Trump, it behooves the liberal ruling establishment to corral them and carefully set the boundaries for protesting this preside... more »

A New Run of the CLOUD Experiment Examines the Direct Effect of Cosmic Rays on Clouds

Russ Steele at The Next Grand Minimum - 10 hours ago
“Direct effects of cosmic-ray ionisation on the formation of fair-weather clouds are highly speculative and almost completely unexplored experimentally,” says Kirkby. “So this run could be the most boring we’ve ever done—or the most exciting! We won’t know until we… Continue reading →

Reciting Consensus isn’t “Speaking Truth to Power;” Mohammad Ali Never Let his Paycheck or Syncophants Dictate his Activism

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 10 hours ago
Woke Civil Rights Activists choose Profits from Racist Totalitarian EthnoState China over America. Simply follow the Money, Nike profits from elevating Kneelers and Undermining America. This is what real courage looks like: Protesters erect ‘Lady Liberty’ statue on Hong Kong mountain top Nike” And Nike Is Using NBA To Go After Trump’s Policies Why Obama’s … Continue reading "Reciting Consensus isn’t “Speaking Truth to Power;” Mohammad Ali Never Let his Paycheck or Syncophants Dictate his Activism"

Musings On Iraq In The News

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 10 hours ago
Musings On Iraq was mentioned in "In Iraq and Syria, a new phase of the war against Islamic State begins" by Nabih Bulos and Melissa Etehad for the Los Angeles Times. Musings On Iraq was also cited in "Irak Zwei Jahre nach dem Sieg uber den "Islamischen Staat,"" by von Joachim Guilliard in Ausdruck. Link to all of Musings On Iraq citations

Hunter Biden to Step Down from Chinese Board

AP News at Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
Hunter Biden announced that he will step down from the board of directors of a Chinese-backed private equity firm at the end of the month.

Ambassador to Testify ‘No Quid Pro Quo’ Assurance Was Trump’s, Not His

AP News at Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
A U.S. ambassador is expected to tell Congress that his text message reassuring another envoy there was no quid pro quo in their interactions with Ukraine was based solely on what he was told by President Donald Trump.

Governor of North France demands a war budget against the political Islam

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 10 hours ago
In my country and elsewhere, it's taken for granted that countries like France have already been lost and their drift towards becoming Islamic republics is unstoppable and irreversible. Well, I am an optimist who happens to think it's far from clear. Le Point published some explosive pronouncements by Xavier Bertrand, a former Republican and the governor of Hauts-de-France, the Northernmost province of France with 6 million people. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Czech outlets have informed us about these statements but it seems that the Anglophone media remained ... more »

An Anti-fundamentalist Believer in the Church of the American Constitution

JB at Balkinization - 10 hours ago
For the Symposium on Mary Anne Franks, The Cult of the Constitution (Stanford University Press, 2019). In her new book, *The Cult of the Constitution*, Mary Anne Franks argues that the Constitution is a document of white male supremacy. More precisely, she argues that "the Constitution has indeed functioned to protect white male supremacy since the day it was written." (p. 6) Hence, "those who adhere to the ideology of white male supremacy may tolerate the expansion of rights to women and nonwhite men, but only to the extent that these rights do not conflict with or undermine the ri... more »

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