Wednesday, October 30, 2019

30 October - Blogs I'm Following - 3 of 5

10 pm MDT

Support the impeachment process

Keith at musingsofanoldfart - 11 hours ago
The following is a variation of a letter I forwarded to my US legislators. Please feel free to adapt and use. ************** Seeing the parade of diplomats and senior staff members testifying under oath regarding their consistent concerns over the … Continue reading →

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi's Allies Move To Oust Him As Protests Continue

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 11 hours ago
*The National*: *Iraqi Prime Minister's main backers move to remove him amid protests* *At least 250 people have been killed since the unrest began on October 1* Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi's two main backers have agreed to work to remove him from office as protests against his government gained momentum in Baghdad and much of the Shiite south only to be met with violence. Populist Shiite cleric Moqtada Al Sadr, who leads parliament's largest bloc, had asked Mr Abdul Mahdi to call an early election. When the premier refused, he called on his main political rival Hadi Al... more »

Africa Watch: Morocco Tourism Gains Momentum

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 30 (IPS) - The crème de la crème of Hollywood was in Marrakech, Morocco, for the wedding of British movie star Idris Elba in April this year. Elba tied the knot with his Canadian model girlfriend, former Miss Vancouver Sabrina Dhowre, at the Ksar Char-Bagh hotel, an exquisite Alhambra-style hotel. Read the full story, “Africa Watch: Morocco Tourism Gains Momentum”, on globalissues.org →

California company recalls imported catfish because of illegal use of USDA mark of inspection

News Desk at Food Safety News - 11 hours ago
H&T Seafood Inc. is recalling an undetermined amount of Siluriformes products that were packed and distributed without the benefit of USDA inspection and used the mark of inspection without authorization, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). “The problem was discovered by FSIS personnel during surveillance at a retail store,” according... Continue Reading

Environmental Science has evolved into a religion

Robert at Ice Age Now - 11 hours ago
“It’s an inquisition revival!” – Chet Walker ________________ Environmental Science has evolved into a religion Chet Walker Science is NOW compulsory RELIGION. Religion used to be something people chose to believe; like GOD, Christ, Allah or whatever belief you hope to transcend to for being faithful about the way you lived your life while alive. ... Read moreEnvironmental Science has evolved into a religion The post Environmental Science has evolved into a religion appeared first on Ice Age Now.

New Beleave CEO VanderMarel eyes profitability, reverse stock split

Matt Lamers at Marijuana Business Daily - 11 hours ago
Cannabis industry veteran Jeannette VanderMarel has taken the reins of licensed producer Beleave and is looking to turn a profit at the Ontario company in the first half of 2020. One of her first acts on the job was approving a resolution for the company’s Dec. 2 annual general meeting to consider consolidating the number […] New Beleave CEO VanderMarel eyes profitability, reverse stock split is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

The Royal Navy Intercepted Russian Ships 31 Times in 2018

David Axe at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, Europe* [image: https://pictures.reuters.com/archive/EUROPE-NATO--RC1A244A2FF0.html] That's a lot. *Key point: *The number of times London has had to send warships to watch Russian naval activity has drastically increased. British warships last year sortied to intercept Russian vessels sailing near U.K. waters at a rate twice what it was in 2013, U.K. Defense Journal *reported*. Royal Navy ships on 31 occasions in 2018 intercepted Russian ships, up from 12 occasions in 2013. The period of heightened Russian naval activity roughly coincided with Russia’s ... more »

China Will Soon Have 3 Aircraft Carriers (With More to Come)

David Axe at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, Asia* [image: (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexander Cook)] This is how you become a superpower. *Key point:* Beijing is eager to tip the Pacific naval balance in its favor. The growing Chinese aircraft carrier fleet passed several important milestones in recent months. The People’s Liberation Army Navy operates or is building three flattops. Writing at The Diplomat, Rick Joe *provided an update* on each. CV-16 *Liaoning* is a former Ukrainian vessel that China rebuilt and commissioned in 2011. The 60,000-ton-displacement vessel launches its J-15... more »

It's Time To Get U.S. Nukes Out Of Turkey

Steven Pifer at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Steven Pifer* *Security, Middle East* [image: Reuters] The rationale for maintaining nuclear weapons at Incirlik becomes more dubious by the day. It is time for the U.S. Air Force to bring them home. U.S.-Turkish relations have plunged to a new nadir. In the past month, a senior Republican senator has suggested suspending Turkey’s membership in the NATO alliance, while the secretary of state implied a readiness to use military force against America’s wayward ally. In these circumstances, U.S. nuclear weapons have no business in Turkey. It is time to bring them home. The signs ... more »

U.S. Congress Votes Overwhelmingly For Sanctions On Turkey Over Syria

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 11 hours ago
Reuters: *U.S. House backs measure that would impose sanctions on Turkey over Syria* WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday for a resolution calling on President Donald Trump to impose sanctions and other restrictions on Turkey and Turkish officials over its offensive in northern Syria. House members voted 403-16 in favor of the legislation, part of an effort by both Democrats and many of Trump’s fellow Republicans in Congress to push Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government to end, and not resume, its offensive against... more »

US House Overwhelmingly Votes To Recognize The Armenian Genocide

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 11 hours ago
*BBC*: *US House says Armenian mass killing was genocide* The US House of Representatives has voted overwhelmingly in favour of recognising the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War One as a genocide. The issue is highly sensitive and comes amid deteriorating US-Turkey relations. Presidential hopeful Joe Biden said the vote honoured the memory of victims. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the "worthless" vote, which was held on Turkey's National Day, was the "biggest insult" to Turkish people. *Read more* .... *WNU Editor:* Armenia is praising t... more »

More jerks who pay less than a living wage

Suzanne Rent at Halifax Examiner - 11 hours ago
News 1. The Climate Emergency We’ve taken the first two parts of Linda Pannozzo’s four-part “The Climate Emergency” series out from behind the paywall. Here’s “Part 1: Why it’s time to ditch the language of economic growth.” And here’s Part 2: Why growth, even if it is green, is not enough.” 2. New traffic act delayed […]

Open Thread

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 11 hours ago
Hallowe'en Open Thread I do like Edward Gorey. My kinda weird.

AG Bill Barr Quietly Reveals Plan to Establish Federal Pre-Crime Unit

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. at rss - 11 hours ago
[image: ag-bill-barr-quietly-reveals-plan-to-establish-federal-pre-crime-unit] Attorney General William Barr issued a memo announcing his plans to establish a federal pre-crime unit, very reminiscent of the movie *Minority Report*.

Dave Chappelle: First Amendment Only Safe Because of the Second Amendment

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. at rss - 11 hours ago
[image: dave-chappelle-first-amendment-only-safe-because-of-the-second-amendment] Comedian Dave Chappelle told a Kennedy Center audience that the best protection of the First Amendment was the Second Amendment.

Half-hearted valedictory

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 11 hours ago
fretting Before I throw in the towel, (I haven’t quite made up my mind yet) I have to relieve myself of some of the things I’ve been fretting about. First of all, a number of worrying articles have popped up recently concerning potential Labour Party candidates, which reveal depressing indications that the Islamisation of this country is inevitable Although ‘racism’ is deemed a crime beyond the pale, and antisemitism (unfortunately for some) is universally accepted as racism in its purest form, I can’t understand how the BBC gets away with - not just turning blind eye to antisemit... more »

#34: Kenny Stein to Indiana’s 21st Century Energy Policy Development Task Force

IER at IER - 11 hours ago
Kenny Stein, IER’s Policy Director, provided testimony before Indiana’s 21st Century Energy Policy Development Task Force on 10/17/19 on the… The post #34: Kenny Stein to Indiana’s 21st Century Energy Policy Development Task Force appeared first on IER.

Five Scaffolds to Working with Your Minority or Female Boss

cmaadmin at Diverse - 11 hours ago
Bias against women and minority bosses threatens the progress of projects and curtails the collective vision for the organization.

Het Meisje Met Het Rode Haar-- The Girl With The Red Hair-- plus Newt Gingrich And Kyrsten Sinema

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
This morning when I woke up I found an email from my old friend Toon in Amsterdam. He had heard about the fires ravaging L.A. and he wanted to make sure I was ok. Then he started going on about how Trump and Boris Johnson are ruining the world. That led him in two directions-- were Bernie and Elizabeth too old to get the job done-- I assured him they weren't and that either could-- and then he started writing about how during World War II, "A lot of Dutchmen were completely indifferent about German occupation. A lot of Dutchmen were completely pro or opportunistic." There were no... more »

World News Briefs -- October 30, 2019

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
*ABC News Online:* *Iraqi Prime Minister's main backers agree to oust him amid violent protests * Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdel-Mahdi's two main backers have agreed to work to remove him from office as protests against his Government gain momentum in Baghdad. Populist Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who leads Parliament's largest bloc, asked Mr Abdel-Mahdi to call an early election. When Mr Abdel-Mahdi refused, Mr Sadr called on his main political rival Hadi al-Amiri to help oust him. Mr Amiri — who leads a parliamentary alliance of Iran-backed Shiite militia that holds the sec... more »

House Dems after meeting with Richard Trumka: No vote on Trump's NAFTA if worker concerns go unaddressed

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
30-Oct-2019 AFL-CIO President met with House Speaker and Ways and Means Chairman to hash out labor's concerns in ongoing discussions over President Donald Trump's renegotiated NAFTA deal.

Michel Barnier tells UK: ignore EU regulatory standards at your peril

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
30-Oct-2019 EU Brexit negotiator links free-trade deal with the UK to workers' rights and environmental protection.

Did Omar Offer Condolences to Loved Ones of ‘Austere Scholar’ al-Baghdadi?

Snopes Staff at Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
A routine review of content labeled satire.

Trick or poisoned treat? Why Halloween is the scariest night of the year for parents

Conor Duffy And Emily Olson at Just In - 12 hours ago
Criminologists say the last time a trick-or-treater died from poisoned Halloween sweets was in 1974. So why are American parents still inspecting every treat for syringe punctures, drugs and secret terrorist messages?

Russia's new nuclear submarine has fired a test missile halfway around the world

Just In - 12 hours ago
Russia's most advanced nuclear-powered submarine tests a Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for the first time and hits a target thousands of kilometres away, the Defence Ministry says.

New York City exports its homeless problem

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 12 hours ago
This doesn't surprise me, and it's hardly confined to New York City; but the sheer brazenness of the bureaucrats is mind-boggling. "Let's dump our problems on other cities, without bothering to tell them what's on the way!" New York City generously shares its homeless crisis with every corner of America. From the tropical shores of Honolulu and Puerto Rico, to the badlands of Utah and backwaters of Louisiana, the Big Apple has sent local homeless families to 373 cities across the country with a full year of rent in their pockets as part of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s “Special One-Time... more »

Southern California Wildfire Erupts Near Reagan Library

AP News at Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
A large new wildfire broke out in Southern California amid high winds, forcing the evacuation of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and nearby homes, as both ends of the state struggled with blazes, dangerously gusty weather and deliberate blackouts.

Actor Jared Padalecki Accused in Assault at his Austin Bar

AP News at Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
Court documents show that "Supernatural" star Jared Padalecki is accused of assaulting two employees at a downtown Austin bar he owns.

Massacre Of Karbala Protesters As Talk Begins Of PM Abdul Mahdi Resigning

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
Tahrir Square, Baghdad (Al Jazeera) During the night of October 28 an unknown group attacked the protest camp in Karbala. The result was hundreds of dead and wounded. This was the single deadliest assault upon the demonstrations since they started on October 1. That didn’t stop people coming out across eleven provinces. The pressure appears to be working as there were the first reports that Prime Minister Abdul Mahdi may be replaced. That may not satisfy the activists however as they are demanding new elections, not just the resignation of the current government. The massacre in K... more »

Democrats declare that disagreeing with the Swamp is a crime; Impeach Trump

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 12 hours ago
The last three big witnesses at Adam Schiff's secret witch-hunt hearings have one thing in common; they're saying that the fact that Trump disagrees with the Swamp dwellers on how to deal with Ukraine is somehow evil. Historically the State Department and the National Security Council were supposed to advise the President and then execute his policy decisions. Certainly if the State Department had critiqued Obama publicly over say his refusal to support the Arab Spring movement in Iran or had refused to implement his policies the same people who are howling for Trump's head on a pla... more »

This Day In Iraqi History - Oct 30

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
1918 British forces took Shirqat from Ottomans 1918 Armistice of Mudros signed between British and Ottomans 6th Army in Mesopotamia surrendered to UK Ended WWI in Iraq UK wasn’t able to seize Mosul province and its oil before end of war (Musings On Iraq interview with Princeton’s Sara Pursley on Sykes-Picot and creation of Iraq) (Musings On Iraq book review *The Creation of Iraq 1914-1921*) 1918 British officials in Baghdad told London to create central council of chiefs of Southern Kurdistan (Musings On Iraq book review *Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy and Hope*) 1936 Hikmat Sulaiman bec... more »

Russia Writes Off More than $20 Billion African Debt

GeoPolitics101 at Covert Geopolitics - 12 hours ago
Unlike its Western “partners”, which force their client states to perpetual capitulation via onerous debt, Russia released the African population from their debt obligation of more than $20 billion and further promised to double its economic cooperation with the continent in the foreseeable future. “It was not only an act of generosity, but also a … Continue reading Russia Writes Off More than $20 Billion African Debt →

Syrian Army unleashes largest attack on southern Idlib this month

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 12 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:30 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) launched their largest attack of the month on the southern countryside of the Idlib Governorate, a source from the military told Al-Masdar News near the battle-lines. According to the source, the Syrian Arab Army unleashed a major attack across southern Idlib in response to several […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Breaking: Syrian gov’t calls on SDF to join Syrian Army in the fight against Turkish aggression

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 12 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:45 P.M.) – The Syrian Ministry of Defense issued a statement on Wednesday calling on the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to join their fight against the Turkish aggression in northern Syria. According to the statement, the Ministry of Defense wants the SDF to join the Syrian Army in their fight against the Turkish-backed […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian Army establishes 84 border points as Turkish-backed forces attempt advance

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 12 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:15 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has greatly increased their border presence in northern Syria over the last two weeks, as they went from an initial 15 observation posts to 84 posts this week. According to a statement from the Russian Reconciliation Center, the Syrian military has installed 84 points between […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Two of Syria’s biggest tribes call on Syrian President to grant SDF troops amnesty

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 12 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) – Sheikh from two of Syria’s biggest clans in eastern Syria called on the Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to grant all personnel who served in the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) general amnesty. In a joint statement released on Wednesday, the sheikhs of the Shaytat and Akidat tribes asked President Assad to […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian Army seizes large weapons cache in Qalamoun Mountains region: video

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 12 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:45 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) captured a large cache of weapons in the Qalamoun Mountains region of western Syria this week after conducting raids across this vast area. According to the Syrian Ministry of Defense, their forces seized a large weapons cache on Tuesday, which included several ammo boxes, missiles, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Iraqi airborne forces conduct special operation to hunt down ISIS terrorists in west Iraq

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 12 hours ago
The Iraqi Ministry of Defense announced in a statement on Tuesday that the 7th Infantry Division, led by the commander Brigadier General Raad Mahmoud Abdel-Bashir, has begun a qualitative operation in the Wadi Ja’al, Sin al-Dhib, and Wadi Houran areas of western Al-Anbar. According to the Ministry of Defense, the airborne force came under the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russian and Turkish forces begin joint patrols in northern Syria

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 12 hours ago
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that Russia and Turkey will start joint patrols of a 7 km-wide area around a safe-zone in northern Syria on 1 November. He also added that the safe-zone, previously negotiated with the US, could be widened, if Kurdish attacks on Turkey continue. The Turkish president noted his country […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russian Air Force launches massive attack across Idlib

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 12 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:30 P.M.) – The Russian Air Force unleashed a massive attack over the Idlib countryside on Wednesday, as their warplanes targeted several sites belonging to the jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham. Led by their Sukhoi jets from the Hmeimim (var. Khmeimim Airbase), the Russian Air Force reportedly launched over 30 airstrikes in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian Army, jihadists deadlocked in important battle in northwest Syria

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 12 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:15 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and jihadist rebels have been deadlocked in a fierce battle for the key town of Kabani for the past four days. This back-and-forth battle in the northeastern countryside of Latakia has resulted in high casualties for all parties involved, despite little-to-no ground progress for the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Turkey summons US ambassador in response to Armenian Genocide vote

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 12 hours ago
The Turkish Foreign Ministry has summoned US Ambassador David Satterfield in the wake of American lawmakers recognising and condemning the Ottoman Empire’s genocide against Armenians that started in 1915, Anadolu reported on Wednesday. Commenting on the motion, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu called it a “shameful decision” claiming that legislators were “exploiting history in politics”. The […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

The Daily Brief 2019-10-28

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 12 hours ago
This is a summary of 22 AMN articles on the following subjects: Baghdadi, Syria, Douma, Euphrates, Aleppo, US, Latakia, Pompeo, Hasakah, Turkey, Iran, Israel, Netanyahu, Alberto Fernandez, Argentina, ISIS, Siria, Rusia, Turquía, Russia. Categories covered in this brief: Syria, Iran, Espanol, Latin-America, Siria Let us know how you like this brief in the comments below. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Again, NAEP Shows Failure of Testing Reforms

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 12 hours ago
The new NAEP scores are just out, and, per always, the hand-wringing has already begun. Compared to 2017, scores disappoint, especially for reading. Below are charts showing the trajectory of scores over time for 4th and 8th grade students in Math and Reading. Below the charts are a few observations. When we look at these NAEP scores over time, one thing that stands out is the general tendency for scores to improve, however gradually. When you look at the NAEP scores beginning in the early 70s to early 19990s through today, that trend is consistent--a gradual improvement o... more »

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 30, 2019

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
The US military is rumoured to be sending hundreds of troops to Syria's oilfields [Yunus Keles/Anadolu] *Al Jazeera:* *US military envisions broad defence of Syrian oilfields* *US mission includes denying any Russian or Syrian government forces access to Syria's oilfields, Pentagon chief says.* The United States will repel any attempt to take Syria's oilfields away with "overwhelming force" whether the challenger is Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) or forces backed by Russia or Syria, the Pentagon has warned. The US military announced last week it was reinforcin... more »

Did you hear about how we might be facing a new ice age?

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 12 hours ago
There is a small but growing group of scientists who say that we may be facing a new ice age rather than global warming. The fact that the earth isn't warming anywhere near as fast as the climate alarmists say it is is why they've changed from panicking about global warming to panicking about climate change. The most recent evidence that perhaps we should be worrying about the earth cooling rather than heating up is a study in Nature Geoscience which indicates that growing Antarctic ice could lead to circulation changes in the ocean which in turn would result in significant reductio... more »

Democrats Helped Cultivate the Barbarism of ISIS

Jonathan Cook at 12 hours ago
[image: undefined] There is something profoundly deceitful in the way the Democratic Party and the corporate media are framing Donald Trump’s decision to pull troops out of Syria. One does not need to defend Trump’s actions or ignore the dangers posed to the Kurds, at least in the short term, by the departure of US forces from northern Syria to understand that the coverage is being crafted in such a way as to entirely overlook the bigger picture. The problem is neatly illustrated in this line from a report by the Guardian newspaper of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s meeting this week ... more »

The USA’s History Of Controlling The OPCW To Promote Regime Change

Caitlin Johnstone at 12 hours ago
[image: undefined] You wouldn’t know it from today’s news headlines, but there’s a major scandal unfolding with potentially far-reaching consequences for the entire international community. The political/media class has been dead silent about the fact that there are now two whistleblowers whose revelations have cast serious doubts on a chemical weapons watchdog group that is widely regarded as authoritative, despite the fact that this same political/media class has been crowing all month about how important whistleblowers are and how they need to be protected ever since a CIA spook ... more »

The Strategic Underpinning—and the Limits—of the Republican ‘Due Process’ Defense of Donald Trump

bbauer at Lawfare - 12 hours ago
President Donald Trump Speaks with Members of the Press, Oct. 28, 2019 (Source: Flickr/Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead) Impeachment is both a political and a legal process. It is not unconstrained by precedent, nor is it controlled by it. In the course of impeachment, legislators may be guided by a sense of constitutional responsibility, but they also keep their eye on public opinion polls. They are sensitive to the constitutional history they are writing. Lawmakers also prefer reelection to defeat. Nothing they say in one moment about process or substance may hold... more »

BREAKING: Pathologist Report Claims Epstein’s Autopsy More Consistent with Homicide than Suicide

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: pathologist]Moments ago, a renowned pathologist hired by Epstein's family revealed that the autopsy results are more consistent with homicidal strangulation than suicide.

Democrats love Germany: Germany refuses to say that Iran threats to destroy Israel are antisemitic

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 13 hours ago
The left has always had a love affair with Europe unlike the vast majority of Americans whose ancestors fled the soft tyranny of Europe for freedom in America. The left ignores the huge amount of American blood and treasure that was spent saving Europeans from themselves. We can all agree that getting rid of Hitler was worth the cost but if France and England had taken care of their own security when Hitler was weak America wouldn't have had to sacrifice at all. The reality is that Europe is still a horrible place. The people are ruled over by distant bureaucrats in Brussels and th... more »

California is officially a Third World place; blackouts are no longer news

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 13 hours ago
We rarely hear about how large parts of the Third World lack basics like electricity and clean drinking water because it's the norm; it's what we expect. Similarly the fact that in California not having power is becoming a regular thing, an expected thing, so we don't hear the #FakeNews media condemning the Democrats who completely control California for their failure to provide basic services. The fact that 1.5 million Californians are without power isn't the fault of the Democrats that run the state according to the Democrats and their fanboys in the #FakeNews media; it's the fa... more »

Leader of the Castro Enterprise Involved in Armed Home Invasions that Targeted Victims of Asian-Indian & Other Asian Ancestry Sentenced to Prison

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 13 hours ago
The reason that they were targeted is clear: Asian-Indian households have the highest median income of all ethnic groups in … Continue reading →

Almost 20 Million People in California at Extreme or Critical Fire Weather Risk Today

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 13 hours ago
Almost 4.5 million people are at extreme fire weather risk in California today. Over 14.3 million are at critical risk. … Continue reading →

Open Borders for Conservatives

Bryan Caplan at Econlib - 13 hours ago
Some of your conservative friends don’t want to read Open Borders? Perhaps this page will pique their interest… The post Open Borders for Conservatives appeared first on Econlib.

THE AGE OF THE NOVEL: What does it mean to be blackout drunk?

bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2019The fate of the over-served:* Chanel Miller has routinely been praised on a perfectly sensible basis. To what standard assessment do we refer? Just last week, Lisa Bonos expressed this assessment quite directly in the Washington Post: BONOS (10/21/19): As #MeToo unfolded, the woman, Chanel Miller, felt emboldened to make her name public with a searing memoir that came out last month and quickly became a bestseller. *“Know My Name” is remarkable for how Miller, who had blacked out from drinking, refuses to blame herself for what Turner had done to her.* ... more »

Why the Trump Impeachment Case is Different

Paul R. Pillar at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Paul R. Pillar* *Security, * Amid the stream of impeachment-related developments in recent weeks is a largely overlooked contrast with the cases of the three previous presidents who have faced impeachment: U.S. foreign relations are at the center of the impeachment case against Donald Trump. Amid the stream of impeachment-related developments in recent weeks is a largely overlooked contrast with the cases of the three previous presidents who have faced impeachment: U.S. foreign relations are at the center of the impeachment case against Donald Trump. The impeachment of Andrew... more »

Unstoppable Stealth: 31 Pilots Told Us 9 Things They Love About the F-35 Fighter

John Venable at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*John Venable* *Security, * They all loved it. And here's why. *Key Point:* It seems the verdict is in. Air Force Gen. Herbert “Hawk” Carlisle, commander of Air Combat Command, back in 2016 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. Also back in 2016, a total of 174 U.S. pilots currently had been trained to fly Lockheed Martin’s F-35A Lightning II. The Heritage Foundation *interviewed 31 *of these former F-15C, F-15E, F-16C, and A... more »

Revealed: The Secret 2013 Operation Conducted By a Stealth U.S. Navy Submarine

Joseph Trevithick at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Joseph Trevithick* *Security, * A spying mission or something more? *Key point:* A mission that earned sailors a Presidential Unit Citation. On Jan. 20, 2013, the Seawolf-class attack submarine USS Jimmy Carter left her home port in Bangor, Washington. Less than two months later, the submarine appeared at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii for repairs. It was all quite mysterious. During her time at sea, we don’t know where Jimmy Carter was or what her crew of nearly 150 were precisely doing. The Seawolf class is one of the most secretive weapons in America’s arsenal, and information about... more »

They Might Not be Famous Like Glock, But Russian Guns Have 1 Amazing Feature

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Europe* They simply work. *Key point: *Russia is ready for tough wars. As the successor to the Soviet Army, the Russian Ground Forces inherited vast stocks of small arms to arm and equip a much smaller ground force. Stored in arsenals across eleven time zones were large number of sidearms for officers, vehicle crews and political commissars alike. These pistols, as well as new designs, arm today’s Russian army providing both a weapon for self-defense and a badge of authority for those wielding them. One of the earliest Soviet Army issue handguns was t... more »

How the U.S. Navy Can Better Train Its Sailors

Zachary George at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Zachary George* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/5852860/colors] Too many sailors are trained for land duty. *Key point: *The Navy needs sailors, not soldiers. Over the last 18 years, the Navy Reserve has served as the nation’s third land army, filling gapped Army billets in the War on Terror in the Middle East and Africa. Through its Expeditionary Combat Readiness Centers (ECRC) in Norfolk and San Diego, it has perfected the art of making Navy Sailors into soldiers. This includes stripping Sailors of their coveralls and giving them a sea bag’s worth ... more »

Wednesday Morning Links

Unknown at Accidental Deliberations - 13 hours ago
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. - Christopher Ingraham reports on the reality that extremely wealthy Americans are now paying lower systemic tax rates than workers. And Andrea Germanos writes that Michael Sayman is among the plutocrats calling for his own class to pay its fair share. - Heather Mallick comments that the UCP is setting Alberta up for failure, while Max Fawcett discusses how Jason Kenney's budget is based on little more than a stubborn refusal to acknowledge a future which includes a transition away from fossil fuels. And Noah Smith notes that the oi... more »

UK: Retired Scotland Yard Detective Explains that Children’s Care Homes Are Used for Pedophilia and Organized Child Sex Rings

Shaun Attwood at Need To Know - 13 hours ago
Child sex abuse is a political strategy that creates a means to control politicians and judges through blackmail. It has become a standard method of operation at the highest levels in almost all governments of the world, which is why it is so difficult to get governments to clean it up.

Indian Nuclear Power Plant Refutes Major Cyber Attack Rumors from Twitter, and Says Its Critical Systems Are Impossible to Hack

RT and India Today at Need To Know - 13 hours ago
The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant denied that it was the target of a cyber attack following speculation of a cyber attack on Twitter. Officials say that its network is a "stand alone" and is not connected to the outer internet.

Katie Hill Becomes the First Female Member of Congress to Quit Over a Sex Scandal

Washington Examiner at Need To Know - 13 hours ago
he announced that she would leave her office in the wake of a House Ethics Committee investigation into her alleged participation in sexual relationships with her male legislative director and her female campaign staffer.

The Attorney for General Michael Flynn Says the FBI Hid Evidence That Proved He Was Innocent

Fox News and National Review at Need To Know - 13 hours ago
General Michael Flynn who pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI about conversations with the Russian ambassador. According to his attorney, he was unscrupulously maneuvered into a trap, and the FBI concealed evidence that proved Flynn was innocent.

PA: A Chance To Improve Teacher Evaluation

Peter Greene at CURMUDGUCATION - 13 hours ago
No sooner had I written about taking back teacher evaluation, then a note crossed my desk about SB 751 and HB 1607. Pennsylvania's teacher evaluation system is currently pretty lousy. There is nominal commitment to the Danielson model, a time-consuming pre- and post- observation process that involves a big bunch of online paperwork and Q & A answering, a cumbersome process involving Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) that-- well, it might be a stretch to say that nobody really understands SLOs, but I think it's fair to say that how SLOs play out for teachers depends an awful lot on ... more »

For This Blog, Another Mile Marker

Peter Greene at CURMUDGUCATION - 13 hours ago
Some time in the last couple of days, this blog hit the 8 million views mark. I mention this mostly to make one point-- if you wonder whether or not anybody else cares about this stuff, the answer is yes-- a whole bunch of people. It has been one of the most common reactions I've had here-- "I thought I was crazy, that I was the only person who could see what was happening." So, again, I say, you are not. This blog has connected me with a whole country full of people who care about public education and who are upset about the various assaults upon it, a whole world of people who th... more »

A BIPARTISAN EFFORT TO SAVE THE GOP SENATE?

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 13 hours ago
*The Washington Post* ran a peculiar op-ed yesterday. Lanny Davis, the longtime Clinton confidant and, more recently, attorney for Michael Cohen, joined forces with Trumper turned anti-Trumper Anthony Scaramucci to argue that the president should be impeached ... but probably shouldn't be tried in the Senate. ... President Trump must be impeached by the House and removed from office, either by the Senate or at the ballot box on Nov. 3, 2020. ...But we believe the Senate should proceed to a trial only if at least 20 Republican senators announce beforehand that they are open-minded ab... more »

Congressional Term Limits

A Political Junkie at Viable Opposition - 13 hours ago
Let's open this posting by looking at a rarely discussed American election metric. Here is a graphic from Open Secrets showing the re-election rates for the House going back to 1964: Over the five plus decades since 1964, the House re-election rate has never fallen below 85 percent, hitting that level most recently in the 2010 mid-term elections. Here is a graphic showing the re-election rates for the Senate going back to 1964: While Senate races clearly favour the incumbent, there are occasional years where the pendulum swings dramatically as we see in 1980 when the Reagan pre... more »

Northwestern Journalism School Announces Scholarship Program

Sarah Wood at Diverse - 14 hours ago
Alongside Reuters and the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Media and Integrated Marketing Communications announced a new $40,000 scholarship program. The scholarship recipient will receive the financial benefits, an opportunity to join the Reuter’s summer internship program and gain mentors, according to Northwestern. Candidates must be a member […]

Teen Eagles: Bringing Biblical Worldview Back to Politics

TNA Video at rss - 14 hours ago
[image: andrew-muller-teen-eagles-bringing-biblical-worldview-back-to-politics] VIDEO - In this interview with The New American magazine's Alex Newman from the Eagle Council in St. Louis, Teen Eagles President Andrew Muller explained how his organization is working to bring a biblical worldview back into politics. This homeschooled teen, a top young conservative leader, talks about his homeschooling experience and how home education can help save America. He also discusses the importance of the Bible and the Constitution, getting involved, and so much more. "We have got to do somet... more »

Effort to Strip Oklahoma Legislature From Congressional Redistricting Begun

Steve Byas at rss - 14 hours ago
[image: effort-to-strip-oklahoma-legislature-from-congressional-redistricting-begun] Supposedly independent redistricting commissions are really just another attack upon our republican form of government and federalism.

Russia Conducting Major Submarine Exercises In The North Atlantic

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
Russian Delta-IV submarine in the Barents Sea. Photo: Thomas Nilsen *Barents Observer: **Russian subs honing stealth skills in major North Atlantic drill, says Norwegian intel* *At least eight nuclear-powered submarines sailed out from their homeports on the Kola Peninsula last week, the Norwegian military intelligence says to NRK. * The aim of the massive operation is to get as far out to the North Atlantic as possible without being discovered by NATO, the intelligence service informs to NRK. Such maneuvers haven’t been seen from the Northern Fleet since the days of the Cold War.... more »

Brazil’s Electricity Cost Could Hit Record R$20.6 Billion in 2020

Richard Mann at The Rio Times - 14 hours ago
[image: Brazil, IPCAElectricity tariffs were among the items which increased the most in the inflation index in May,] RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian consumers may have to pay the record figure of R$20.64 billion (US$5.16 billion) in energy bills in 2020 to pay for shares and subsidies granted by the government to the electricity sector, such as incentives for the use of wind and solar energy. The figure was announced on Tuesday, […] The post Brazil’s Electricity Cost Could Hit Record R$20.6 Billion in 2020 appeared first on The Rio Times.

Disabled Users’ Accessibility to Websites in Brazil Is Less Than One Percent

Dorah Feliciano at The Rio Times - 14 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A survey conducted by the Movimento Web para Todos ("Web for All Movement"), in partnership with BigData Corp, showed that of the 14 million active websites in Brazil, less than one percent passed the accessibility tests for the handicapped. When it comes to websites of the . . . To […] The post Disabled Users’ Accessibility to Websites in Brazil Is Less Than One Percent appeared first on The Rio Times.

Brazil’s Defense Minister Reviews Operations in Amazon and Northeast Coast

Arkady Petrov at The Rio Times - 14 hours ago
[image: Brazil,Amazon forest burning] RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Minister of Defense, Fernando Azevedo e Silva, assessed yesterday, October 29th, the performance of the Armed Forces in the Amazon in an operation to guarantee law and order (GLO), which was named Verde Brasil ("Green Brazil"). According to the . . . To read the full NEWS and much […] The post Brazil’s Defense Minister Reviews Operations in Amazon and Northeast Coast appeared first on The Rio Times.

China Has Big Goals For Their Aircraft Carriers

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
Aircraft Carrier Liaoning (16) at Hong Kong Waters. Wikimedia *Michael Peck, National Interest:* *China's Mini Aircraft Carriers Mean Business* *And that Beijing won't always follow America's plans for military dominance. * *Key point: *Military capabilities are about more than size. Is China’s newest aircraft carrier half-full or half-empty? That depends on how you look at the vessel’s aircraft capacity. The ship, prosaically named the Type 001A for now, is China’s second carrier and the first built in China. The first carrier, the Liaoning, is a refurbished ex-Soviet vessel. T... more »

Woman Jailed for Complaining About Her Cop Ex-Husband on Facebook—Taxpayers Held Liable

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: facebook]A cop got upset about being called lazy on Facebook by his ex-wife, so he had her and her friend arrested and thrown in a cage. The taxpayers are now being held liable.

Dems Unveil Impeachment Procedures; GOP Calls Process Unfair

AP News at Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
House Democrats unveiled legislation authorizing the next phase of the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump as Democrats move to nullify complaints from Trump and his Republican allies that the impeachment process is illegitimate and unfair.

Russia's Aircraft Carrier Is In Bad Shape

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
Reuters *National Interest:* *Russia's Only Aircraft Carrier Is in Pretty Bad Shape* Time to scrap it? *Key point:* Moscow's carrier is limping along and it might be better for Russia if it was just replaced The Russian navy plans to dry-dock its only aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov in 2020 and conduct extensive repairs on the aging, unreliable vessel. The plan makes a perverse kind of sense from Moscow’s point of view. But it’s still a bad idea, two experts explained in Proceedings, the professional journal of the U.S. Naval Institute. “As Russia’s only aircraft carrier and ... more »

On The Limitations of Originalism

Unknown at The Verma Report - 14 hours ago
The traditional conservatives have faith in originalism because they are convinced that the constitution is adequate for defending people’s rights and freedoms, and preserving their way of life, but here they show a characteristic disregard for history which shows that the constitution always changes with the regime. They don’t seem to realize that for the liberals, the constitution is merely a tool for transforming society into a progressive utopia—when the liberals are in power they do their best to change the constitution by passing new laws and getting rid of the old constitutio... more »

‘We Are Walking Blindfolded through a Minefield’

adam at LaRouchePAC Feed - 14 hours ago
[image: President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump pose for a photo during the 2019 White House Halloween event Monday, Oct. 28, 2019, at the South Portico of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour)] “The world is spinning out of control,” Helga Zepp-LaRouche stated yesterday in a discussion with associates, “with a full-scale collapse of the trans-Atlantic financial system now upon us,” despite the desperate attempts of the Federal Reserve, the ECB and the central banks to put off the inevitable with one last hurrah of quantitative easing and other ... more »

Ford's Second Thoughts

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 14 hours ago
Doug Ford is having second thoughts: Tom Walkom writes: Ontario Premier Doug Ford is busy backtracking. He would be wise to backtrack more. The extent of the Progressive Conservative premier’s policy reversals is breathtaking. Ford has given up the idea of reforming Ontario’s regional government system. He has backed away from controversial changes to the way families with autistic children are funded. He has dropped plans to take over the Toronto subway system. He has come up with a sex education scheme for Ontario schools that is eerily similar to the Liberal one he once tras... more »

‘Friday’ Actor-Comedian John Witherspoon Dies at 77

AP News at Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
Actor-comedian John Witherspoon, who memorably played Ice Cube's father in the "Friday" films, has died.

WOW! Top Democrat Witness and Pompous Nutjob Col. Vindman Tried and Failed to Tamper with Rough Draft of President’s Call

Ragnar at 'Nox & Friends - 14 hours ago
From the GatewayPundit: Excerpts: Earlier today Colonel Alexander Vindman was the witness in Adam Schiff’s basement chamber of secrets. Vindman wore his full dress uniform to testify on his dislike of President Trump’s Ukrainian policy. During questioning on Tuesday Colonel Vindman admitted he shared the read-outs of President Trump’s call Ukrainian President Zelenzky with several other secret operatives. When Rep. Jim Jordan asked him who he shared the readouts with — Rep. Adam Schiff SHUT DOWN the questioning! FOX News investigative reporter Catherine Herridge reported that Colone... more »

Former Director of National Intelligence Throws Obama Under the Bus

Ragnar at 'Nox & Friends - 14 hours ago
From the BlackSphere: Excerpts: In what likely sent the biggest shockwave through DC in over a decade, the former Director of National Intelligence threw Barack Obama under the bus. Why is this such big, unreported news? Because no partisan Democrat dare challenge Barack Obama, much less point the finger at Baby Black Jesus. Yet, that’s exactly what James Clapper did. Clapper set the stage to use the “Hillary Defense” that he didn’t have any “intent” to do wrong. There is an embedded video were Clapper makes statements stating he was “just following orders” (CNN). Giving himself an ... more »

Michael Flynn case unravels. US-UK Deep State entrapment plan exposed (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 14 hours ago
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 354. More The post Michael Flynn case unravels. US-UK Deep State entrapment plan exposed (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

Google Creates History With Worlds Fastest Quantum Computer Heres What It Means

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 14 hours ago
https://m.mensxp.com/technology/news/57912-google-creates-history-with-world-s-fastest-quantum-computer-here-s-what-it-means.html Advertisements

Custom CRISPR therapies could be closer than you think

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 14 hours ago
https://cen.acs.org/content/cen/articles/97/web/2019/10/Custom-CRISPR-therapies-closer-be-closer-than-you-think.html

Placing another piece in the dark matter puzzle

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 14 hours ago
https://m.phys.org/news/2019-10-piece-dark-puzzle.html

Study confirms lifting weights reduces depression

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 14 hours ago
https://bigthink.com/21st-century-spirituality/study-confirms-lifting-weights-reduces-depression?utm_medium=Social&facebook=1&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1572431041

Facebook Owner Admits to Congress that They are Censoring Vaccine Safety Information

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 14 hours ago
https://vaccineimpact.com/2019/facebook-owner-admits-to-congress-that-they-are-censoring-vaccine-safety-information/

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Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 14 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Primitive Technology U.S. Winter-Wheat Acres Set to Drop to Lowest in 110 YearsGoogle Doing AI Research in China Quid pro quo' bombshell: Trump ally admits explosive bribe allegation PG&E equipment possibly involved in 400+ firesMeet Baghdadi's Alleged Terror SuccessorPro-Trump Facebook ads falsely told thousands of people they needed to register to vote in order to gather their information Russia-Africa "Shared Vision 2030": Alternative To Neo-Colonial PillageWe Now Have Mass Public Unrest In France, Spain, Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt, Hong Kong, Venezuela, Ch... more »

Will killing Al-Baghdadi give Trump a boost in the polls? Probably, but it won't last

John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 15 hours ago
After a foreign policy win, presidents usually enjoy a short-term poll boost. But that's often followed by a long-term decline.

Democrat or Republican, Americans are angry, frustrated and overwhelmed

Pablo J. Boczkowski, Professor of Communication Studies, Northwestern University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 15 hours ago
Whether due to Trump or unhappiness with the mainstream media, Americans say that they are avoiding the news more than before.

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 15 hours ago
*Why Are There So Many Marginally Employed PhDs in English?* The Chronicle of Higher Education ran two articles recently on growing unhappiness about a problem Ph.D. students in English at Columbia University face: most of them are not getting jobs, at least not the type they expected to get when starting graduate school. Not a single student finishing the degree in the 2018-19 year received a prompt offer for a tenure track collegiate teaching position. The school asserts that later one of the students got a tenure track position, and a few others got halfway decent opportunities... more »

The New Aircraft Carrier John F. Kennedy Gets Ready To Leave Dry Dock For The First Time

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*ABC News*:* John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier gets ready to leave dry dock for the first time* *Newport News Shipbuilding turned on the faucets at the dry dock where the John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier is under construction. * NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A major milestone has been reached for the nation's next nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Newport News Shipbuilding began to flood Dry Dock 12 on Tuesday morning, which is where the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) is being built. The Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier has been under construction at the shipyard since 2015. Wa... more »

How Facebook Can Use International Law in Content Moderation

hhurd at Lawfare - 15 hours ago
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook (Source: Flickr/(CC) Brian Solis, www.briansolis.com and bub.blicio.us.) Speaking at Georgetown University on Oct. 17, Mark Zuckerberg said what many did not want to hear: Facebook would not be doing more to restrict “bad” speech. In response to repeated calls that Facebook more actively police fake news and hate speech on the world’s largest social media platform, Zuckerberg resisted: “You can’t impose tolerance top-down.” Eulogizing the history of America’s free speech laws, Zuckerberg warned that America’s values would not necessarily endure as ... more »

Impossible Foods wants to sell its Impossible Burgers in Europe

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 15 hours ago
Impossible Foods Inc. has applied to start selling its plant-based GMO-containing burgers in the European Union as it looks to expand outside the US and Asia, according to a report for Bloomberg.

Media Silent as Nobel Prize Winning OPCW Found “Fixing” its Own Findings on Syria

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 15 hours ago
Judging by the minimal impact of the news, there will likely be few consequences for those who suppressed information and misled the world, nor for those who called for war on the basis of it, their assertions proving, once again, disastrously wrong.

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 15 hours ago
*How rising seas will sink COUNTRIES: Scientists calculate that current satellite-based predictions are wrong and three times as many people will be hit by rising shore lines by 2050* *If the previous model was wrong, how do we know this one is right?* New estimates from scientists suggest that three times as many people could be affected by rising seas than previously thought. According to a paper published in Nature Communications on Tuesday, new models show that 300 million are currently living on land that will flood at least once a year by 2050. This eclipses a former estima... more »

1979-2017 Warming Can Be Explained By Natural Forcing

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 15 hours ago
By Paul Homewood From No Tricks Zone: The last 40 years of global temperature changes can be radiatively explained by a natural reduction in cloud cover. From 1979 to 2011, satellite data provide documentation of a reduction in cloud cover and aerosol depth that allowed an additional 2.3 W/m² of positive shortwave energy to […]

All Six Of The US Navy’s Aircraft Carriers Assigned To The East Coast Are In Port For Repairs

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
© MC2 Ernest R. Scott *Sputnik:* *Every Single US East Coast Aircraft Carrier is Docked for Repairs* Amid a heap of repairs, refuelings and overhauls, all six of the US Navy’s aircraft carriers assigned to the East Coast are in port at the same time. The Navy is pulling itself increasingly thin in an effort to accomodate the Pentagon’s program for “great power competition” with Russia and China. As of this article’s publishing, not one of the US Navy’s carriers on the Atlantic coast is ready for deployment - all six are tied up dockside in Norfolk, Virginia. Earlier this year, sev... more »

NRL star Sam Burgess charged over alleged domestic dispute

Just In - 15 hours ago
Newly retired NRL star Sam Burgess will appear in court in December over an alleged incident at a residence near Bowral earlier this month.

Qantas to inspect Boeing 737s after cracks discovered in one plane

Jean Kennedy at Just In - 15 hours ago
Qantas will undertake an immediate inspection of more than 30 of its Boeing 737 aircraft after structural cracks are found in one plane during a scheduled maintenance check.

Stingrays attack 176 people in a day at Californian beach

Just In - 15 hours ago
A low tide sees beachgoers wade into an area where stingrays reside, resulting in almost 200 people being injured at Huntington Beach.

British principal of international school jailed for smoking meth in Singapore

Just In - 15 hours ago
In a case that has echoes of hit American TV show Breaking Bad, the former headmaster of Dulwich College Shanghai is jailed for 10 months after being discovered with methamphetamine and a glass pipe in a Singapore apartment.

Iraqi PM's main backers agree to oust him to 'save the nation'

Just In - 15 hours ago
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdel-Mahdi's two main backers agree to work to remove him from office amid violent anti-government protests in Baghdad.

Warner and Smith help Australia cruise to T20 victory against Sri Lanka

Just In - 15 hours ago
In their first partnership on home soil since late 2017, Steve Smith and David Warner combine to help Australia to a nine-wicket win over Sri Lanka at The Gabba.

Where Are We Going?

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 15 hours ago
Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? Gauguin inscribed the original French title in the upper left corner:. D'où Venons Nous / Que Sommes Nous / Où Allons Nous. The inscription the artist wrote on his canvas has no question mark, no dash, and all words are capitalized. In the upper right corner he signed and dated the painting: P. Gauguin / 1897. Admittedly, we’re not doe-eyed Tahitian ladies, but Craig and I have been asking ourselves similar questions. We sort of know where we come from (the facetious answer is “Biased-BBC circa 2009”) but “what are we and w... more »

Dogs Have Been In The Military Since 600 BC

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
We have declassified a picture of the wonderful dog (name not declassified) that did such a GREAT JOB in capturing and killing the Leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi! pic.twitter.com/PDMx9nZWvw — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 28, 2019 *CNN:* *Dogs have been in the military since 600 BC. And they do some serious work* (CNN)This week, President Donald Trump shared a declassified photo of a military working dog that was injured during the weekend raid that took down ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria. Although details about the K-9 aren't public -- the Pentago... more »

Charlie Gaskill, 67

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 15 hours ago
Last night we attended Charlie Gaskill's funeral at our Lytham Road campus of UALC. The sanctuary seats 750, and there were people standing in the narthex for the 90 minute service. Cars covered the neighborhood, and the parking lots were full. Charlie was a much loved and respected man who had battled chronic lymphocytic leukemia since 2006. What struck me was the many stories and metaphors about sports. In fact, the day Charlie got his diagnosis, we were told, he'd been on a 3 mile run. At 6'8" he played basketball at Capital University 1969-73, a Lutheran college in Bexley (Col... more »

Bristol Could be the First City to Ban Diesel Cars in the UK

Ceribalius at OYE Alternative News - 15 hours ago
According to reports, the City of Bristol could be the first in the UK to ban Diesel Cars. Thanks, Extinction Rebellion MSN reports: The move would see privately owned diesels barred from the city centre between 7am and 3pm to tackle air pollution. Commercial diesel vehicles such as buses and delivery trucks will be charged … The post Bristol Could be the First City to Ban Diesel Cars in the UK appeared first on OYE Alternative News.

New President of the European Central Bank has a Criminal Record.

Ceribalius at OYE Alternative News - 15 hours ago
Ms. Christine Lagarde, outgoing Managing Director of the IMF has been appointed to the position of president of the European Central Bank (ECB) effective November 1, 2019 France’s president Emmanuel Macron acting on behalf of powerful banking interests was instrumental in Ms. Lagarde’s nomination. Praised by the Western media, Lagarde was also endorsed by Wall Street and the … The post New President of the European Central Bank has a Criminal Record. appeared first on OYE Alternative News.

Shocker. The U.S. Navy Won’t Grow to 355 Ships, After All

David Axe at The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, * In a move that should surprise no one, the U.S. Navy has begun walking back its plan to expand its front-line fleet from today’s 290 vessels to 355 sometime in the 2030s. In a move that should surprise no one, the U.S. Navy has begun walking back its plan to expand its front-line fleet from today’s 290 vessels to 355 sometime in the 2030s. Experts long had anticipated the reversal in policy. Top Navy leaders cited in their decision the high cost of the bigger fleet as well as the accelerating plan to add robotic vessels to the fleet. Under current conve... more »

Mama Says Vaccines Cause Autism Halloween Costume by Carzylla

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 15 hours ago
By Kim Rossi Well, at least she broke the "I finally get to dress like a trashy, sexy woman" tradition for Halloween.... Instead, she dressed like a vicious bigot. Welcome to social media in 2019. Where grown women can make... more »

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