Tuesday, October 22, 2019

22 October - Blogs I'm Following - 2 of 5

10 pm MDT

Musical Interlude: Deuter, “Enchanted Summer Night”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
Deuter, “Enchanted Summer Night”

Making Canada Great for the first time

Scott Sumner at Econlib - 6 hours ago
Canada has always been a rather successful country by global standards, with relatively high living standards, good human rights, lots of green space, not much civic strife, and other nice features. Canada is nice. Now for the first time, Canada has a chance to become great: Behind the robust health are data showing Canada transitioning […] The post Making Canada Great for the first time appeared first on Econlib.

The Public Choice Problems with Carbon Taxes

David Henderson at Econlib - 6 hours ago
Adrian College political science professor James Hanley, responding to this editorial in the Washington Post, wrote the following on Facebook and gave me permission to use it as a post. Here’s James. (What’s in the box is what James is quoting from the Washington Post editorial.) Advocating a carbon tax of $75, the author […] The post The Public Choice Problems with Carbon Taxes appeared first on Econlib.

Durham Looking At Brennan – A Reminder of “The Crown Material” Conflict…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 6 hours ago
The Christopher Steele dossier was called “Crown Material” by FBI agents within the small group during their 2016 political surveillance operation. The “Crown” description reflects the unofficial British intelligence aspect to the dossier as provided by Steele. In May 2019 … Continue reading →

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
“The dark Horsehead Nebula and the glowing Orion Nebula are contrasting cosmic vistas. Adrift 1,500 light-years away in one of the night sky's most recognizable constellations, they appear in opposite corners of the above stunning mosaic. The familiar Horsehead nebula appears as a dark cloud, a small silhouette notched against the long red glow at the lower left. Alnitak is the easternmost star in Orion's belt and is seen as the brightest star to the left of the Horsehead. * Click image for larger size.* Below Alnitak is the Flame Nebula, with clouds of bright emission and dramatic ... more »

"It Doesn't Have To Be..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
"It doesn't have to be the last good time. But sooner or later the last good time would come around. It does for all of us." - Stephen King Remember now... *remember.* 2002, “Remember Now”

Chet Raymo, “Diving”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*“Diving”* by Chet Raymo “For my own part, I am pleased enough with surfaces - in fact they alone seem to me to be of much importance. Such things for example as the grasp of a child's hand in your own, the flavor of an apple, the embrace of friend or lover, the silk of a girl's thigh, the sunlight on rock and leaves, the feel of music, the bark of a tree, the abrasion of granite and sand, the plunge of clear water into a pool, the face of the wind - What else is there? What else do we need?” I quote Edward Abbey, that cranky secular saint of the American West, from Desert Solitai... more »

The Poet: Maya Angelou, "When Great Trees Fall"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*"When Great Trees Fall"* "When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber after safety. When great trees fall in forests, small things recoil into silence, their senses eroded beyond fear. When great souls die, the air around us becomes light, rare, sterile. We breathe, briefly. Our eyes, briefly, see with a hurtful clarity. Our memory, suddenly sharpened, examines, gnaws on kind words unsaid, promised walks never taken. Great souls die and our reality, bound to them, takes leave of us. Our souls, dependent upon their... more »

Mission Impossible? Creating a Dialogue between Research, Policy and Practice Communities

Steve Saideman at Duck of Minerva - 6 hours ago
A guest post by Julia Palik, Peace Research Institute Oslo; Govinda Clayton, Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich; Simon J. A. Mason, Head of Mediation Support Team, Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich; and Siri Aas Rustad, Peace Research Institute Oslo On the surface, it should be easy. Practitioners and policy makers always require better […]

Can Trump Survive Ending Project Syria?

Tom Luongo at 6 hours ago
[image: undefined] From the moment that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Davos) announced reluctantly that impeachment proceedings would begin against President Trump I knew this was about his shift in Middle East policy. It happened on Terrible Tuesday where both Trump and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson were handed smackdowns by their respective Deep States over their plans to unwind multiple decades of aggressive foreign policy on the one hand and subjugation to the growing European Union on the other. Now that Trump has fully embraced ending some of the US’s involvement in Syria the kni... more »

Canadian Prime Minister Wins The Federal Election, But With A Minority Government

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 6 hours ago
*CBC: **The voting is over, now the hard part begins for a minority government* Many staff have never worked in a minority government The ballots have been cast and counted, but Ottawa will have to deal with uncertainty as Canada's new minority Liberal government finds its feet in the next few days and weeks. Briefing books for incoming ministers were done weeks ago, but possible political scenarios were still being spun late last week within the halls of government as federal civil servants and party operatives braced for a minority Parliament and the inevitable political specta... more »

Syria/Russia Forces to Deploy Outside of Turkey's Operational Zone- Revitalizng Adana- Assad Supports the Deal

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 6 hours ago
*One would have been blind, deaf, dumb or disnfo not to have seen this deal coming. Oh wait there is lots like that out there :))* Putin calls Assad, who voices support for deal *10:35 p.m.* *Russian President Vladimir Putin has called Syrian President Bashar Assad to inform him about the provisions of a deal he struck with Turkey.* *The Kremlin said Putin emphasized in Tuesday's call that the agreement should help restore Syria's territorial integrity.* *Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Assad voiced support for the agreement and said that Syrian border guards were ready to d... more »

Prominent Zoologist Sacked for Truth-telling About Polar Bears?

James Murphy at rss - 6 hours ago
[image: prominent-zoologist-sacked-for-truth-telling-about-polar-bears] A prominent Canadian zoologist who ran afoul of the climate hysteric movement by proving that polar bears are not endangered but thriving has lost her professorship. Is her job loss connected to her conclusions about polar bears?

Woman Who Verbally Assaulted Rand Paul Is ... a Washed-up Actress?

Luis Miguel at rss - 6 hours ago
[image: woman-who-verbally-assaulted-rand-paul-is-a-washed-up-actress] LB Zimmerman, who was filmed harassing Senator Rand Paul at a California restaurant, is the star of little-known features such as *Medicare Mermaids* .

California 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary to Include Independents

Steve Byas at rss - 6 hours ago
[image: california-2020-democratic-presidential-primary-to-include-independents] California Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced Monday that the state’s Democratic Party is going to allow registered independents — 28 percent of the electorate in the Golden State — to cast votes in the Democratic 2020 presidential primary.

Musical Interlude: Fairport Convention, “Tam Lin”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
Fairport Convention, “Tam Lin”

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Thanks for stopping by!

The Poet: Fernando Pessoa, "Follow Your Destiny"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*"Follow Your Destiny"* "Follow your destiny, Water your plants, Love your roses. The rest is shadow Of unknown trees. Reality is always More or less Than what we want. Only we are always Equal to ourselves. It’s good to live alone, And noble and great Always to live simply. Leave pain on the altar As an offering to the gods. See life from a distance. Never question it. There’s nothing it can Tell you. The answer Lies beyond the Gods. But quietly imitate Olympus in your heart. The gods are gods Because they don’t think About what they are." - Fernando Pessoa

"Don't Give Up!"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
"Don't give up! I believe in you all. A person's a person, no matter how small! And you very small persons will not have to die If you make yourselves heard! So come on, now, and TRY!" - Theodor Seuss Geisel, “Dr. Seuss”

"I Am Free..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago

"Economic Market Snapshot PM 10/22/19"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
• Gregory Mannarino, “In Less Than One Hour WE THE PEOPLE Could Take Down The Financial System" - https://www.traderschoice.net/ • MarketWatch Market Summary, Live Updates - https://www.marketwatch.com/tools/marketsummary CNN Market Data: - http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/ CNN Fear And Greed Index: - http://money.cnn.com/data/fear-and-greed/ • Visit ZeroHedge for the very latest factual news and information: - https://www.zerohedge.com/ • *Economy related:* "Half The World's Banks Won't Survive The Next Crisis, McKinsey Finds" "Dollar Liquidity Turmoil Returns With First Oversubscri... more »

Violent Protests Erupt In Bolivia Over Disputed Vote Count

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 7 hours ago
*BBC*: *Bolivia election: Anger mounts over result confusion* Violent protests have erupted in at least nine cities in Bolivia amid ongoing confusion about the result of Sunday's presidential election. Suspicion arose among opponents of the incumbent, Evo Morales, after the quick count was surprisingly halted. His main rival, Carlos Mesa, said the quick count's results were fraudulent. Counting is still under way with Mr Morales in first place but currently with not enough of a lead to stave off a second round. *Read more* .... *WNU Editor:* OAS officials are suspicious of the vo... more »

B-21 To Fly In December 2021

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 7 hours ago
The B-21 Raider is expected to make its first flight in December 2021. Staff illustration by Mike Tsukamoto. *Air Force Magazine:* *B-21 to Fly in December 2021; More B-52s to Come Out of Boneyard* The new B-21 Raider stealth bomber is making good progress and should fly in December 2021, USAF Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen “Seve” Wilson said July 24. Wilson, speaking at an AFA Mitchell Institute event in Washington, D.C., said the service continues to analyze its capacity for long-range strike. The Air Force still believes it is short, and is reviewing alternative force mixes.... more »

Rep. Ilhan Omar Condemns GOP State Lawmaker’s Facebook Post

AP News at Snopes.com - 7 hours ago
In comments accompanying his Facebook post, North Dakota State Senator Oley Larsen called Rep. Omar an "elected terrorist."

Russia, Turkey Seal Power in Northeast Syria with Accord

AP News at Snopes.com - 7 hours ago
Russia and Turkey have announced an agreement to jointly patrol almost the entire northeastern Syrian border after the withdrawal of Kurdish fighters.

Sacramento Bee Insinuates That CalPERS and Its Vendor Diligent Boards Have Grossly Deficient Security in Forthcoming Hit Piece Against Board Member Margaret Brown

Yves Smith at naked capitalism - 7 hours ago
CalPERS' latest effort in its vendetta against pro-transarency board member Margaret Brown is a misfire, with Sacramento Bee reporter Wes Venteicher's reputation as potential collateral damage.

"Fed’s Balance Sheet Spikes by $253 Billion, Now Topping $4 Trillion"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*"Fed’s Balance Sheet Spikes by $253 Billion, * *Now Topping $4 Trillion"* By Pam Martens and Russ Martens, October 18, 2019 "Shhh! Don’t tell Congress that the Federal Reserve is back to electronically creating money out of thin air to throw at a liquidity problem (of an, as yet, undetermined origin) on Wall Street. And be sure not to mention that the Fed’s balance sheet has shot up in a period of just 42 days by $253 billion. And, of course, don’t remind Congress that before the last Wall Street crisis was over the Fed had secretly, with no oversight from Congress, piled up *a $2... more »

Mandatory Vaccination Laws Without Exemptions Violate Human and Civil Rights

AdminM at Health Impact News - 7 hours ago
Right now, there are only two laws that require American citizens to risk their lives. The first is a federal law, the military draft, which requires all healthy male adults to risk their lives in a war declared by the government to protect national security. The federal government allows adults conscripted for military service, who object to killing other people for reasons of conscience or religious beliefs, to obtain a conscientious objection exemption and perform alternative civil service. The second law is a state law requiring all healthy children to risk their lives in a war ... more »

CIA Circles Wagons – Dispatches Media Narrative Engineers to Defend Interests…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 7 hours ago
After the DOJ/FBI advanced their defensive efforts last weekend via the New York Times and NBC, now the CIA/ODNI faction step forth with the same intents and purposes. CIA defending journalist Natasha Bertrand has been participating in the multi-year PR … Continue reading →

Mitch McConnell Warns President Trump Not to Remove Troops from Syria, Or Else….

sundance at The Last Refuge - 7 hours ago
The back-story here is likely worse than the obvious. In a tweet today Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announces his resolution warning President Trump not to remove troops from Syria or Afghanistan. [Not coincidentally the two countries visited by Speaker … Continue reading →

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago

"Prying Open the Overton Window"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*"Prying Open the Overton Window"* by Charles Hugh Smith "If you're truly interested in finding solutions to humanity's pressing problems, then start helping us pry open the Overton Window. The Overton Window describes the spectrum of concepts, policies and approaches that can be publicly discussed without being ridiculed or marginalized as "too radical," "unworkable," "crazy," etc. The narrower the Overton Window, the greater the impoverishment of public dialog and the fewer the solutions available. Those holding power in a socio-economic-political system that's unraveling devote... more »

"This naïve faith in majoritarian democracy is mistaken because there is, in fact, no will of the people. No method of collective decision-making, not even the most ideal form of democracy, reveals the People’s will. That which is unreal cannot be revealed." #QotD

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 7 hours ago
*"A third Big Myth is that government carries out the will of the people as long as its top officials are chosen by majority rule. At root, this naïve faith in majoritarian democracy is mistaken because there is, in fact, no will of the people. 'The people' is not a sentient creature with a mind and preferences and fears and hopes....“'The People is not a being with a mind or a will. It follows that no method of collective decision-making, not even the most ideal form of democracy, reveals the People’s will. That which is unreal cannot be revealed."* ~ Don Boudreaux, from his art... more »

"I Am Free..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago

"We Can Believe What We Choose..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
"We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe." - John Henry Newman "Being in a position to know and nevertheless shunning knowledge creates direct responsibility for the consequences.” - Albert Speer

Who Needs The Grand Canyon? Trump Ready To Fill It In-- Turn It Into A Mining Site... Build Condos, Hotels And A Golf Course Or Two

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 8 hours ago
It looks like next week there's going to be a vote in Congress on whether or not our children and grandchildren will still have the Grand Canyon. A couple of months ago the House Natural Resources Committee approved bills by its chairman, Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) to protect the country's most iconic natural wonder from Trump and his uranium mining special interests. H.R.1373-- the Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act has 122 co-sponsors, although none of them are Republicans. Grijalva's vice-chair on the committee, Deb Haaland (D-NM) explained her support for the bill: "After the ... more »

Informe de CIADI: los 5 arbitrajes registrados por España le convierten en el Estado más demandado

bilaterals.org - 8 hours ago
22-Oct-2019 El Centro Internacional de Arreglo de Diferencias relativas a Inversiones (CIADI) ha publicado su Informe Anual 2019, que presenta un análisis en profundidad de sus actividades durante el último año fiscal (1 de julio de 2018 – 30 de junio de 2019)

Don't sign free-trade agreement, Swadeshi Jagran Manch tells Centre

bilaterals.org - 8 hours ago
22-Oct-2019 Activists of the Swadeshi Jagran Manch on Friday urged the the central government not to take the proposed free-trade agreement, the RCEP forward.

Banana tariffs a sticking point in South Korea free trade deal

bilaterals.org - 8 hours ago
22-Oct-2019 Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with South Korea are currently stalled because Seoul has not budged on key items sought by the Philippine side, particularly on opening up the market for bananas.

Possible Suspect in Shooting Near California School Caught

AP News at Snopes.com - 8 hours ago
Witnesses told police that the shooter fired three to four rounds near Ridgway High School in Santa Rosa before running away, police Sgt. Summer Gloeckner said.

Diversifying the Academy the Right Way

Andrew Martinez at Diverse - 8 hours ago
NYU Steinhardt’s Faculty First-Look Program is a program that brings together graduate students from across the nation to learn from faculty, post-docs, and administrators at NYU about how to secure a tenure-track position and set yourself up for success once you begin your career as a professor. From the moment I received notification of acceptance, I felt welcomed and wanted.

Florida Tech to Build New Health Sciences Research Center

Sarah Wood at Diverse - 8 hours ago
An $18 million Health Sciences Research Center will be built on Florida Institute of Technology’s (Florida Tech) campus in order to help fill the number of high demand jobs within the biomedical and premedical science fields. The facility will double the size of the undergraduate biomedical engineering program, increase the undergraduate premedical program, provide over […]

Princeton Theological Seminary to Finance Reparations

Sarah Wood at Diverse - 8 hours ago
After a historical audit analyzed the Princeton Theological Seminary’s role in American slavery back in 2016, the institution has agreed to pay reparations. This decision comes after student activists started a public petition that received over 650 signatures and urged the trustees to take action. Virginia Theological Seminary is the only other theological institution to […]

TMCF Raised $5.8M for HBCU Student Scholarships and Programs

Sarah Wood at Diverse - 8 hours ago
Over $5.8 million was raised at the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s (TMCF) Anniversary Awards Gala over the weekend. Terrence Jenkins, an TMCF National Ambassador and actor, hosted the gala and launched the new fundraising initiative, the Forever Fund. Additionally, Ally Financial Inc. presented Dr. Harry L. Williams, TMCF president and CEO, with a $1.5 million […]

How Acting Changes The Brain

News Staff at Science 2.0 blogs - 8 hours ago
At our English boarding school in the 1990s, my friends and I would spend hours immersed in roleplaying games. Our favourite was *Vampire: The Masquerade*, and I can well remember experiencing a kind of psychological hangover after spending an afternoon in the character of a ruthless undead villain. It took a while to shake off the fantasy persona, during which time I had to make a conscious effort to keep my manners and morals in check, so as not to get myself into some real world trouble. read more

Oprah Winfrey, Karl Lagerfeld, And More Celebrities With 10,000X More Carbon Emissions Just From Flying Than The Average Person

The Conversation at Science 2.0 blogs - 8 hours ago
The jet-setting habits of Bill Gates and Paris Hilton mean that they produce an astonishing 10,000 times more carbon emissions from flying than the average person. This was the conclusion of my research mining their social media accounts (tweets, Instagram and Facebook posts) as well as those of a number of other celebrities for clues as to where they were in the world over the course of 2017 and how they got there. As such, this estimate is conservative – they may well have taken more flights and not volunteered the information to their millions of followers. read more

Sunlight Breaks Down Styrofoam 30X Faster Than Microbes

News Staff at Science 2.0 blogs - 8 hours ago
Polystyrene, one of the world's most common plastics (one popular product is Styrofoam), degrades in decades when exposed to sunlight, rather than thousands of years as previously claimed. Polystyrene has been routinely detected in the world's oceans since the 1970s., though at nowhere near levels it should be. In fact, only 1 percent of the plastic that should be found is detectable. Chemistry may be why. read more

Tuvalu's former PM would 'never accept communist China' in Pacific

Liam Fox at Just In - 8 hours ago
One of the Pacific's most vocal leaders, Enele Sopoaga, says China's growing presence in the region is "disturbing", and Australia's attempt to strengthen ties with the Pacific will depend on how it addresses climate change.

America laughed at the idea, but China's censored internet is growing in popularity

Alan Weedon And Samuel Yang at Just In - 8 hours ago
China is racing to surpass the West's historical dominance of the tech sector, and this year's World Internet Conference shows just how much Beijing has caught up.

Why Baby Shark has taken over baseball's World Series

Simon Smale at Just In - 8 hours ago
In a hitting slump? Season getting away from your team? Here's what you should do do do do do do …

Blowing the whistle on alleged wrongdoing should not destroy your life

Nassim Khadem at Just In - 8 hours ago
A single whistleblowing law and authority to protect those who disclose wrongdoing could boost protections and be a cleaner solution than the current situation, where it can be unclear what protections a private or public sector whistleblower is entitled to.

Insurance red zones are spreading through our biggest cities

Inga Ting, Nathanael Scott, Alex Palmer And Michael Slezak at Just In - 8 hours ago
Insurance premiums for thousands of Australians are likely to double or even triple within decades. New data reveals the suburbs facing the biggest jumps.

Drought-hit farmers want the Government to pay them to walk off the land

Kath Sullivan at Just In - 8 hours ago
Exit packages are one of six measures the National Farmers' Federation has requested of the Federal Government in a bid to help those affected by what it says is unprecedented drought.

'Almost exclusively' poor conditions: Racehorse knackery's dark history

Kathleen Calderwood at Just In - 8 hours ago
Burns Pet Food at Riverstone pleaded guilty to aggravated animal cruelty relating to dozens of cattle and an injured sheep only a month before the ABC's 7.30 report into the slaughter of horses.

When Jamal opened a cricket club the reaction was swift: 'Not our girls'

Iskhandar Razak And Ben Knight at Just In - 8 hours ago
Jamal Mohammed says cricket could be the key to keeping young Muslim Australians — like his daughter — engaged in the community and away from radicalisation. But the creation of an all-girls team was not without pushback from parents worried about breaking from tradition.

Justin Trudeau now has this in common with Donald Trump

James Glenday at Just In - 8 hours ago
The Canadian Prime Minister may have won office, but his party lost the popular vote. That's likely to make for a tough second term, writes James Glenday

'Witnessing a lynching': Trump complains as impeachment probe hears from diplomat

Just In - 8 hours ago
The US President likened the impeachment investigation into his dealings with Ukraine to a "lynching" — and inflammatory reference to decades of killings of thousands of black Americans.

As three strongmen struggle for power, there's likely to be one eventual winner in Syria

Just In - 8 hours ago
Despite the shaky ceasefire, the risk of economic sanctions from the US and worldwide condemnation, Turkey is likely to stay in Syria for a long time — no matter the cost to both countries, writes Mehmet Ozalp.

"This Year’s Winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics Didn’t Deserve It"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
*"This Year’s Winners of the Nobel Prize * *in Economics Didn’t Deserve It"* by Bill Bonner “If I had been consulted whether to establish a Nobel Prize in economics, I should have decidedly advised against it. One reason was that I feared that such a prize would tend to accentuate the swings of scientific fashion. […] My second cause of apprehension is that the Nobel Prize confers on an individual an authority which in economics no man ought to possess.” – Friedrich Hayek, upon receiving a Nobel Prize in economics. YOUGHAL, IRELAND – "Last week, the Nobel Committee announced its winn... more »

Free Download: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, "Letters and Papers From Prison"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
“The fact that these foolish people are often stubborn must not blind us to the fact that they are not independent. In conversation with them, one virtually feels that one is dealing not at all with them as a person, but with slogans, catchwords, and the like that have taken possession of them. They are under a spell, blinded, misused, and abused in their very being. Having thus become a mindless tool, the foolish person will also be capable of any evil and at the same time incapable of seeing that it is evil. This is where the danger of diabolical misuse lurks, for it is this that ... more »

A Repeat of the Dalton Solar Minimum?

Russ Steele at The Next Grand Minimum - 8 hours ago
It is well known that cold and warm periods of the climate are correlated with intensive solar activity (e.g., the Medieval Warm Period), while decreases in temperature occur during periods of low solar activity (e.g., the Little Ice Age; Lean and… Continue reading →

Baghdad Says U.S. Troops From Syria Can't Stay In Iraq

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 8 hours ago
*Business Insider:* *Trump's plans for pulling out of Syria were embarrassingly disrupted by Iraq, which said the US isn't allowed to redeploy on its soil* * US troops leaving Syria for Iraq hit a hurdle Tuesday after Iraq said it hadn't given permission for them to regroup there. * US defense secretary Mark Esper said Monday troops would be re-stationed along the Iraq-Syria border, with a mission to secure oil fields and monitor ISIS activity. * But the Iraqi government poured cold water on Esper's plan, saying the US had not secured the necessary permission to puts its troops o... more »

Is Putin the New King of the Middle East?

Patrick J. Buchanan at rss - 8 hours ago
[image: is-putin-the-new-king-of-the-middle-east] Consider what Putin has inherited and what his capabilities are for playing power broker of the Middle East.

UN Globalism to Replace Americanism?

Alex Newman at rss - 8 hours ago
[image: un-globalism-to-replace-americanism] As the United States cedes more and more power to global entities, the UN’s vision for tomorrow is increasingly likely to be foisted on Americans — and it won’t be pretty.””

UN to America: We’re the Boss

Alex Newman at rss - 8 hours ago
[image: un-to-america-we-re-the-boss] The UN is working hard to subvert U.S. policy in the areas of abortion, immigration, healthcare, and constitutionally protected rights, trying to gain authority over us.

Jury Rules Against Father Battling to Save Son From “Gender Transition”

Dave Bohon at rss - 8 hours ago
[image: jury-rules-against-father-battling-to-save-son-from-gender-transition] A jury has ruled against a Texas father battling to stop his ex-wife from “gender transitioning” their son via chemical castration.

Problems With Boris Johnson’s “Brexit” Mirror Those of USMCA

Christian Gomez at rss - 8 hours ago
[image: problems-with-boris-johnson-s-brexit-mirror-those-of-usmca] Brexit leader Nigel Farage blasts Boris Johnson’s “Brexit” as nothing less than a “New EU Treaty,” as the United States considers a similarly bad USMCA.

Recent Comments Show That Hillary Clinton Refuses to Just Go Away

James Murphy at rss - 8 hours ago
[image: recent-comments-show-that-hillary-clinton-refuses-to-just-go-away] While at an event in Portland, Hillary Clinton mused that the Democrat nominee in 2020 should be someone who is properly vetted and ready for a fight. Such as herself?

Russian Helicopters Are Now Using Abandoned U.S. Bases In Syria

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 9 hours ago
*Moscow Times:* *Russian Helicopters Land in Abandoned U.S. Base in Syria* Three Russian military helicopters have landed in the Tabqa military airfield in Syria that the United States abandoned earlier this month, Russian state media reported Tuesday. Syrian government forces took control of the airfield last week when U.S.-led coalition forces left the base as part of the U.S. withdrawal of troops from northern Syria. The airfield had been captured in 2017 by U.S.-backed Kurdish forces from the Islamic State terrorist group. Two Russian Mi-8 military transport helicopters and ... more »

Erdogan Agrees To A Russian & Syrian Military Deployment To Northeastern Syria Outside Of Turkey Operation Zone

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 9 hours ago
© Reuters / Mustafa Kamaci *RT: **Russian & Syrian forces to deploy to northeastern Syria outside Turkey operation zone – Putin-Erdogan agreement * Russian military police and Syrian servicemen will be deployed to northeastern Syria, while Turkey’s operation ‘Peace Spring’ will continue in a limited area, presidents of the two countries have agreed after lengthy talks. Moscow understands the reasons behind the ongoing Turkish military incursion into Syria, Putin said, though he stressed it must not play into the hands of terrorists and that the territorial integrity of Syria must ... more »

AEP’s Energy Storage Delusions

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 9 hours ago
By Paul Homewood h/t AC Osborn/Patsy Lacey AEP gives yet another plug for Highview Power’s cryogenic energy storage system. (That’s the third time at least) Unfortunately, again he shows his ignorance of energy systems: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2019/10/21/cheap-energy-storage-renewables-sight-highview-power-launches/ The article is behind the Telegraph paywall, but AEP claims the technology could help plug the intermittency […]

Idaho – Early cold could lead to seed shortage

Robert at Ice Age Now - 9 hours ago
Just as I’ve been warning – Planting delayed in the spring, then harvesting hampered in the fall. _____________ The early wave of low temperatures last week froze crops throughout Idaho, threatening onion and potato crops along with sweet corn seed and dry beans. This is no small problem, because Treasure Valley produces over 60% of ... Read moreIdaho – Early cold could lead to seed shortage The post Idaho – Early cold could lead to seed shortage appeared first on Ice Age Now.

Credit Suisse Is Latest Bank to Charge Clients for Cash Deposits

Activist Post at Activist Post - 9 hours ago
By Avi Mizrahi In a normal world savers are expected to receive compensation for giving their money to the bank. Instead, due to negative interest... more »

Only Cowards And Sadists Support The Persecution Of Assange

Activist Post at Activist Post - 9 hours ago
By Caitlin Johnstone Former British ambassador Craig Murray has published a very disturbing account of Julian Assange’s court appearance yesterday which I recommend reading in... more »

Corporations Use “Money USA 20/20” Event To Expand Facial Recognition Worldwide

Activist Post at Activist Post - 9 hours ago
By MassPrivateI Forget the Bilderberg Group meetings and how the world’s power elite meet in secret to help shape governments. Because Rise Up’s Money 20/20 events puts... more »

EFF to Amazon and Shaq: Stop Pushing Police Partnerships with Ring Doorbell Camera Company

Activist Post at Activist Post - 9 hours ago
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is urging Amazon, along with basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal, to cancel an event promoting Ring home-surveillance cameras at a police... more »

Rejecting Challenge to No Fly List, Federal Appeals Court Leaves Men Charged With No Crime “In an Indefinite Kafkaesque Nightmare”

Activist Post at Activist Post - 9 hours ago
By Andrea Germanos A ruling by a federal court Monday drew the ire of the ACLU after siding with the U.S. government and rejecting a... more »

Scientific American on 5G: “No Reason to Believe 5G Is Safe” and “Space Junk Threatens Satellites and Earth.”

Activist Post at Activist Post - 9 hours ago
By B.N. Frank Approx. 20,000 5G Satellites Planned and Millions of Towers. There are countless examples of when “legal” doesn’t mean “safe.” 5G is one... more »

Yes, Gold “Just Sits There” and That’s Quite a Feat

Activist Post at Activist Post - 9 hours ago
By Clint Siegner The Wall Street Journal’s Jason Zweig famously referred to gold as a “Pet Rock” in 2015. He was blasted by people who... more »

Wages in Venezuela Are As Low As $3 a MONTH As Hyperinflation Continues

Activist Post at Activist Post - 9 hours ago
By J.G. Martinez D. Abnormal circumstances oblige people to be creative and innovative. The hyperinflation in Venezuela made wages a complete joke. We’re talking about... more »

The Pathocracy of the Deep State: Tyranny at the Hands of a Psychopathic Government

Activist Post at Activist Post - 9 hours ago
By John W. Whitehead “Politicians are more likely than people in the general population to be sociopaths. I think you would find no expert in... more »

The killing of Julian Assange

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 9 hours ago
*Assange Displayed Signs of Torture in Courtroom Farce* By Craig Murray I was deeply shaken while witnessing yesterday’s events in Westminster Magistrates Court [London]. Every decision was railroaded through over the scarcely heard arguments and objections of Assange’s legal team, by a magistrate who barely pretended to be listening. Before I get on to the blatant lack of fair process, the first thing I must note was Julian’s condition. I was badly shocked by just how much weight my friend has lost, by the speed his hair has receded and by the appearance of premature and vastl... more »

World News Briefs -- October 22, 2019

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 9 hours ago
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. © Alexei Druzhinin/Press Service of the Russian President/TASS *Daily Mail*: *The Kurds 'capitulate': Fighters say they have left border zone hours before ceasefire ends as Vladimir Putin gives Turkey the go-ahead to carve out its 'safe zone' - while Bashar al-Assad brands Turkish leader a 'thief' during visit to the front line* * Vladimir Putin met with President Erdogan in Sochi on Tuesday to talk Syria * Erdogan hailed their 'historic agreement' allowing his incursion to continue * Putin... more »

Zero Carbon, 5G Denial and Green-Fascism

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 9 hours ago
*Julian Rose* - Green is the color chosen for the final great deception.

Dollar Liquidity Turmoil Returns With First Oversubscribed Term Repo In A Month

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 9 hours ago
Dollar Liquidity Turmoil Returns With First Oversubscribed Term Repo In A Month by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ This was not supposed to happen. After the Fed rolled out the big artillery in response to the sharp, sudden mid-September funding squeeze (which we now know had virtually nothing to do with last month’s tax payments or other one-time …

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES STILL DOESN'T KNOW HOW THE INTERNET WORKS

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 9 hours ago
This is chilling. No, wait -- did I say "chilling"? I meant pathetic. The White House said Tuesday it will not be renewing subscriptions to The New York Times and The Washington Post, two papers the president frequently attacks as “fake” and which he suggested canceling the previous night in a TV appearance. Monday on Fox News’ “Hannity,” President Donald Trump called the Times “a fake newspaper” and said “we don’t even want it in the White House anymore.” “We’re going to probably terminate that and The Washington Post,” Trump said. “They’re fake.” Trump’s “terminate” remarks wer... more »

Facebook’s Death Count Grows

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 9 hours ago
Originally posted on Nwo Report: Source: Qronos 16 YouTube Channel Facebook, that friendly social media app that was supposed to bring us all closer together. But unfortunately, only made us feel more isolated as the American Journal of Preventive Medicine discovered, people who spend more than two hours a day on social media reported twice…

Stew Webb: Living In The Lockheed Martin Net

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 9 hours ago
Originally posted on Left Hook by Dean Henderson: http://www.stewwebb.com/stew-webb-radio-20191021.mp3 Dean is the author of six books: Big Oil & Their Bankers in the Persian Gulf: Four Horsemen, Eight Families & Their Global Intelligence, Narcotics & Terror Network, The Grateful Unrich: Revolution in 50 Countries, Stickin’ it to the Matrix, The Federal Reserve Cartel, Illuminati Agenda 21: The Luciferian Plan to Destroy…

Instagram to test suggesting accounts you may want to unfollow – GOVERNMENT SLAVES

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 9 hours ago
Originally posted on Defending Sanity in the Uppity Down World: https://governmentslaves.news/2019/10/21/instagram-to-test-suggesting-accounts-you-may-want-to-unfollow/

Dr. Andrew Wakefield Deals With Allegations | Vaxxed | Clip | CLS – YouTube

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 9 hours ago
Originally posted on Defending Sanity in the Uppity Down World: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mT0VzAvfnb4&list=PLI8jkre4HrGAcmjuTNWo7gHrdgxrJYqCR

Elections, incumbents, and democracy

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 9 hours ago
Looks like Congress is the opposite of "democratically elected" when you take this into account. How is 97 percent of Congress able to get re-elected each year even though only 17 percent of the American people believe our representatives are doing a good job? It’s called an incumbent protection system. Taxpayers have a right to know how it works. Recently, our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com mashed up the federal checkbook with the congressional campaign donor database (source: OpenSecrets.org). We found powerful members of Congress soliciting campaign donations from federal contra... more »

"The American people are pretty sharp!"

bob somerby at the daily howler - 9 hours ago
*TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2019No distraction left behind:* In this morning's column, Paul Krugman offers some basic words of caution about the politics of Medicare-for-all in an election year. That said, we'll admit that we were provisionally puzzled, as we often are, by something in Krugman's second paragraph. The column started like this: KRUGMAN (10/22/19): On Sunday, Elizabeth Warren said that she would soon release a plan explaining how she intends to pay for “Medicare for all.” Like many policy wonks, I’ll be waiting with bated breath; this could be a make or break moment for he... more »

Diplomat Provides House with ‘Disturbing’ Account on Ukraine

AP News at Snopes.com - 9 hours ago
Former U.S. Ambassador William Taylor's appearance is among the most watched because of a text message in which he called Trump's attempt to leverage military aid to Ukraine in return for a political investigation "crazy."

2:00PM Water Cooler 10/22/2019

Lambert Strether at naked capitalism - 9 hours ago
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Politics 2020 “But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?” –James Madison, Federalist 51 “They had one weapon left and both knew it: treachery.” –Frank Herbert, Dune * * * Alert reader dk (not to be confused with DK) is in the process of […]

The Roots of Inertia

Bryan Caplan at Econlib - 10 hours ago
Why don’t low-skilled workers try harder to better their condition? While this might seem a neoliberal question, it weighs on Barbara Ehrenreich’s mind: I was baffled, initially, by what seemed like a certain lack of get-up-and-go on the part of my fellow workers. Why didn’t they just leave for a better-paying job, as I did when […] The post The Roots of Inertia appeared first on Econlib.

Snoop Dogg to Promote Israeli Pot-Growing Machine

AP News at Snopes.com - 10 hours ago
The self-contained "grow box" regulates temperature, light, carbon dioxide and minerals and is monitored by an application.

Jeffrey Epstein Again Disappears From View, but What About Mossad?

contact@ifamericansknew.org at If Americans Knew Blog - 10 hours ago
Philip Giraldi examines the theory that Jeffrey Epstein was a Mossad agent, who built a library of sex tapes for blackmail against American influencers. The post Jeffrey Epstein Again Disappears From View, but What About Mossad? appeared first on If Americans Knew Blog.

THE MANY ADVANTAGES OF THYMULIN

Md Fermín Celma Simón at Healing Oracle - 10 hours ago
Thymulin is a naturally occurring peptide and has been proven to help with immunity impaired diseases like autism, dementia, Rheumatoid Arthritis and cancer to name a few. Thymulin is an essential component to our immune... The post THE MANY ADVANTAGES OF THYMULIN appeared first on Healing Oracle.

Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 294 – 2019

Hifast at Climate Collections - 10 hours ago
Originally posted on sunshine hours: South / North

Prime editing: DNA tool could correct 89% of genetic defects

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 10 hours ago
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50125843 Advertisements

BBC News: How space affects women and men differently

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 10 hours ago
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49744892

FDA Clears Dapagliflozin to Reduce Heart Failure.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 10 hours ago
https://www.dicardiology.com/article/fda-clears-dapagliflozin-reduce-heart-failure-hospitalizations

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 22, 2019

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 10 hours ago
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, southern Russia, on October 22, 2019. Sergei Chirikov/Reuters *Business Insider:* *After pulling out of Syria, the US is left watching the country's fate being decided in Russia* * Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in Russia to discuss a potential peace plan for northeastern Syria with President Vladimir Putin. * The discussions come amid Turkey's military incursion into the region, which was effectively given the green light by President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw 1,000 US troo... more »

Feeling the sting of first-past-the-post

Erica Butler at Halifax Examiner - 10 hours ago
News 1. Liberals win enough seats to form minority government With national voter turnout clocking in around 65.8% (it will adjust as those who registered on election day are counted) and Nova Scotia’s turnout slightly higher at 68.8%, Canadians re-elected 157 Liberal MPs, enough to form a minority government. In Nova Scotia, Liberals held on […]

'Truth Is Treason' - The Torture Of Julian Assange

Daniel McAdams at 10 hours ago
Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange appeared yesterday before a UK judge to request more time to prepare his case against the US extradition request. Acting more like a Soviet tribunal, the judge went on to deny his every request. He is not allowed to prepare to fight his extradition. Even though Assange has served his time for "jumping bail" the British court ruled that he must remain in prison. His shocking mental and physical condition after being held for months in UK's notorious Belmarsh prison only confirms the UN torture official's assessment that he is being tortured by the US... more »

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