Tuesday, November 19, 2019

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Enslaving Humanity Under a Global Currency | Behind The Deep State

TNA Video at rss - 11 hours ago
[image: alex-newman-enslaving-humanity-under-a-global-currency-behind-the-deep-state] VIDEO - In this episode of Behind The Deep State, host Alex Newman explains that the globalist establishment is working to impose a global currency issued by a global central bank on humanity. This would enable the Deep State to fund its totalitarian global designs, including a global army, a global police force, and global courts.

Chick-fil-A Caves, Drops Funding to Christian Groups After LGBT Protests

Luis Miguel at rss - 11 hours ago
[image: chick-fil-a-caves-drops-funding-to-christian-groups-after-lgbt-protests] Chick-fil-A announced it will no longer be donating to two Christian organizations that support traditional marriage.

Farmers facing one of their most frustrating harvest seasons in years

Robert at Ice Age Now - 11 hours ago
Farmers running out of propane while struggling to dry high-moisture (wet) grain. Last week I posted an article entitled Emergencies declared in 5 states due to propane shortages. Now, surprise, surprise, members of Congress have written the chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) about the need for a continued supply of propane to ... Read moreFarmers facing one of their most frustrating harvest seasons in years The post Farmers facing one of their most frustrating harvest seasons in years appeared first on Ice Age Now.

Assange Rape Case DROPPED: Sweden Abandons Probe That Led to His Asylum in UK

The Free Thought Project at The Free Thought Project - 11 hours ago
[image: assange]Swedish authorities are ending their investigation into an allegation of rape against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, which led to his asylum.

Mom Catches Cop Molesting Her Daughter in Bathroom, Cop Threatens Mom if She Tells

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 11 hours ago
[image: bathroom]An Oklahoma cop was arrested after the mother of a 9-year-old girl says she walked into a bathroom and found him molesting her daughter.

Woman risks her life to save koala caught in Austalia bushfires

White Wolf at White Wolf - 11 hours ago
A woman rescued a badly burnt and wailing koala from an Australian bushfire on Tuesday (November 19). The marsupial was spotted crossing a road amongst the flames near Long Flat in New South Wales. A local woman, who told Australia's Nine News her name was Toni, rushed to the koala's aid, wrapping the animal in her shirt and a blanket and pouring water over it. She said she would transport the injured koala to the nearby Port Macquarie Koala Hospital. The country's koala populations have been a major victim of the flames, with more than 350 of the marsupials feared killed in a ... more »

Did Trump and Nixon Say They Attack Journalists to Destroy Their Credibility?

Dan Evon at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
It's definitely fair to say that U.S. Presidents Donald Trump and Richard Nixon were not fans of a free press.

Takeaways from Day 3 of House Impeachment Hearings So Far

AP News at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
Two witnesses in the morning session each listened to the July 25 phone call in which Trump prodded his Ukrainian counterpart to investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden.

Group Hopes to Prevent “Opossum Dropping” on New Year’s Eve

AP News at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
The practice involves suspending an opossum in a transparent box on New Year’s Eve and slowly lowering it the ground as people count down to midnight.

Chrystia Freeland as Canadian Deputy Prime Minister

greencrow at Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 11 hours ago
*Chrystia Freeland during Recent Election Campaign* Canadians are rightly concerned about Trudeau's upcoming *cabinet shuffle*. According to rumours in the mainZtream newZ, le Dauphin is going to switch Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland to a domestic portfolio and make her "Deputy Prime Minister". During Trudeau's first mandate there was no Deputy Prime Minister. Here is what *Xymphora* had to say the other day: ***************** Tweet (trapdinawrpool): "Freeland drives this government's foreign policy which has seen it not only offer support for right wing coups but at times b... more »

Who’s Who in Schiff impeachment – Tim Morrison

Uriel at 'Nox & Friends - 11 hours ago
Impeachment investigators released the testimony transcript of Tim Morrison. He is considered to be a crucial figure in the House Democratic investigation into whether Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to launch an investigation of a political rival. Taylor testified that Morrison told him that Gordon Sondland, Trump’s ambassador to the European Union, had informed a top Ukrainian official that U.S. military aid hinged on Zelenskiy’s committing to investigating the firm connected with Biden’s son. Morrison has been described as a hawk on arms control issues who... more »

End Rape—an Intolerable Cost to Society

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 19 (IPS) - Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka is Executive Director UN Women If I could have one wish granted, it might well be a total end to rape. That means a significant weapon of war gone from the arsenal of conflict, the absence of a daily risk assessment for girls and women in public and private spaces, the removal of a violent assertion of power, and a far-reaching shift for our societies. Read the full story, “End Rape—an Intolerable Cost to Society”, on globalissues.org →

Liberation, Not Liberalization, Responsible for China’s Economic Miracle

BERLIN and KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 19 (IPS) - Any balanced assessment of the so-called Chinese economic miracle will recognize that it was extremely successful, not only during the reform period from 1979, but also since Liberation in 1949 despite the setbacks of the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution. Read the full story, “Liberation, Not Liberalization, Responsible for China’s Economic Miracle”, on globalissues.org →

Climate Change and Loss of Species: Our Greatest Challenges

ROME, Nov 19 (IPS) - Farhana Haque Rahman is Senior Vice President of IPS Inter Press Service; a journalist and communications expert, she is a former senior official of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the International Fund for Agricultural Development.Mottled and reddish, the Lake Oku puddle frog has made its tragic debut on the Red List, a rapidly expanding roll call of threatened species. It was once abundant in the Kilum-Ijim rainforest of Cameroon but has not been seen since 2010 and is now listed as critically endangered and possibly extinct. Read ... more »

BREAKING: Fox: Jeffrey Epstein Prison Guards Charged with Falsifying Records

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 11 hours ago
Two prison guards who were on duty during the night in which Jeffrey Epstein killed himself have been arrested Tuesday on federal charges linked to their alleged failure to check on his well-being. The guards, identified as Tova Noel and Michael Thomas, have been charged with making false records and conspiring to make false records […] The post BREAKING: Fox: Jeffrey Epstein Prison Guards Charged with Falsifying Records appeared first on Health Nut News.

CDC Petitioned to Stop Lying About Pharma Funds

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 11 hours ago
Written by Joseph Mercola, D.O., Ph.D. Story at-a-glance – The fact that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention accepts millions of dollars from drug companies and vaccine makers may be at the heart of many harmful and nonsensical health recommendations The CDC has long fostered the perception of independence by stating it does […] The post CDC Petitioned to Stop Lying About Pharma Funds appeared first on Health Nut News.

AN AVOWED SILENCE? Part 2

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 11 hours ago
*A guest post by Arthur T...* Split Images of the Queen’s Window in Westminster Abbey In Craig’s recent posting ‘Mark Easton does it again’ and comments contained in the Open Thread, it is clear that the Westminster Abbey Institute of which BBC’s Home Editor Mark Easton is a member, is set up with its location within SW1 to be at the fulcrum of Monarchy, Church and Parliament. The BBC through Easton have the ear of this elite lobby group. Its function seems to be designed to put forward a range of opinions to MPs as they they go about their everyday business in the Palace of Westmin... more »

Scientists: Climate Records ‘Correlate Well’ With Solar Modulation…A Grand Solar Minimum Expected By 2030

Russ Steele at The Next Grand Minimum - 11 hours ago
International and NASA solar scientists find their Total Solar Irradiance reconstruction extending to 1700 can “correlate well” with Earth’s global temperature records, including a positive net TSI trend during 1986-2008. A new Grand Solar Minimum is expected to commence during… Continue reading →

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman Outs Himself as Source for CIA Whistleblower Complaint (Video)….

sundance at The Last Refuge - 11 hours ago
HPSCI Ranking Member Devin Nunes questioned NSC official Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman about whether he had shared the contents of the phone call between President Trump and Ukraine President Zelensky with anyone outside the White House. In responding Vindman stated … Continue reading →

DNC, Media Worry About Conservative Moderator for Next Democratic Debate: Report

Chris White at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*Chris White* *Politics, Americas* [image: Democratic presidential candidates Senator Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden listen to Senator Elizabeth Warren as they debate during the fourth U.S. Democratic presidential candidates 2020 election debate in Westerville, Ohio] They're worried about Politico correspondent Tim Alberta. The Democratic National Committee and journalists at PBS worry Politico’s choice to moderate December’s Democratic debate will be too conservative for the likes of the party, NBC reported Monday. Politico publisher Robert Allbritton wants ... more »

Italy Is Using Its F-35s to Patrol Against Russia

David Axe at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, Europe* [image: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/5907506/student-pilots-first-time-soaring-f-35-through-allied-f-35-b-course] A big deal. *Key point:* The F-35s on patrol will get to test their capabilities against Russian fighters trying to harass NATO airspace. Italy has become the first country to deploy F-35 stealth fighters for NATO’s air-policing missions. Italian F-35As belonging to the Italian air force’s 13° Gruppo, 32° Stormo are on track to take over the air-policing mission in Iceland, David Cenciotti reported at The Aviationist on Sept. 25, 201... more »

Why Is Brazil Selling Their Aircraft Carrier?

David Axe at The National Interest - 11 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, Americas* [image: https://live.staticflickr.com/4070/5119373632_d3f2af1fc4_b.jpg] Would you buy it? *Key point:* Brazil's accident-prone carrier is very old and it is unclear how Brazil intends to replace her. The Brazilian navy has begun auctioning off its only aircraft carrier. The attempted sale of *Sao Paulo *leaves the Brazilian fleet with just one aviation vessel, the helicopter carrier *Atlantico*. And it effectively strands the navy’s small fleet of carrier-compatible Skyhawk fighters. The 33,000-ton-displacement *Sao Paulo* has a storied past, as ... more »

“Hypocrisy Is A Fallacy”

tonyheller at Real Climate Science - 11 hours ago
Anyone who disapproves of climate alarmist’ misinformation is a “maggot” according to Dr. Dan Cady.

Mohawk Nation News 'Guess What! Canadians are Ga Na Jon'

Unknown at CENSORED NEWS - 12 hours ago
GUESS WHAT! CANADIANS ARE “GA NA JON” Posted on November 18, 2019 Mohawk Nation News Please post and distribute. MNN. OCT. 18, 2019. Have we got an international revelation for you about Canada! Finally the invaders will learn where the words “Canadian” and “Canadien” come from. Some historic background first. Each of our communities had three or more settlements. We would move to

Under The Bus! And Don't They All Deserve It!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
Trump is hardly the first corrupt politician who greased his way into the White House and then illegally sold position, particularly ambassadorships to countries that matter very little. But only Trump was stupid enough to leave a written trail for law enforcement. And, of course, Trump has done it more than any other White House occupant. Most presidents use some ambassadorial posts to reward supporters, the way Trump has with the latest wealthy skank Newt Gingrich married (Vatican City). But yesterday CBS News exposed a pay-to-play scheme that could land some people in prison an... more »

Spiralling Out of Control - Please Don't Harm Our (Humanity's) Children!

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 12 hours ago
Governments' TERRIBLE policy decisions are escalating the anthropocene. The New York Times reports that in Brazil Jair Bolsonaro has scaled back efforts to fight illegal logging, mining and farming, which have led to widespread destruction in the world’s largest rainforest In the US, Trump has pushed to keep toxic pesticides in use despite significant empirical research showing clear impacts on children's neurological health and insect viability. Trump has more generally sought to undo every environmental, health, and economic regulatory apparatus whose stated objective is to serve... more »

Is Peter telling porkies?

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 12 hours ago
Peter Oborne, writing an opinion column for the *Guardian *(and now running a new website called *The lies, falsehoods and misrepresentations of Boris Johnson and his government*)*, *has gone down a storm today (with the usual types) for saying *this*: I have talked to senior BBC executives, and they tell me they personally think it’s wrong to expose lies told by a British prime minister because it undermines trust in British politics. Really? It looks as if the BBC's Rob Burley might want to set up his own new website called *The lies, falsehoods and misrepresentations of Peter ... more »

Julian Assange appears in court via video link: Legal rights denied by judge

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 12 hours ago
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange attended a procedural hearing at Westminster Magistrates Court in London via video link on Monday. He is required to appear before the court every 28 days in the run-up to US extradition hearings in February.

"IQ. Do UQ? A Sojourn Among the True Believers"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
*"IQ. Do UQ? * *A Sojourn Among the True Believers"* by Fred Reed "Writing about intelligence is splendid fun if you like watching dogfights among towering vanities. (This assumes that vanities can tower, though I’m not sure how dogs come into it.) On one side you have the politically correct protectors of Appropriate Values. These secretly believe that blacks are less intelligent than whites and live in terror that genetics will shortly prove it. This is why they call genetics “pseudoscience.” Which it isn’t. On the other side you have the cultists of IQ. These are bright white gu... more »

NO SIGN OF ANY OUT OF COURT SETTLEMENT TODAY, NWO CONTINUE WITH PLAN TO MURDER ME AND CARRY OUT DEPOPULATION PLANS

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 12 hours ago
*What the NWO Globalists don't do gives a great deal of information about their plans.* *Today, November 19th, they have once more failed to make an emergency out of court settlement with me to protect my life in case Delta 15 218.* *Their wait and see and hope all turns out well and they can threaten the entire world with a new Ebola vaccine campaign exposes that they have no plans, just delusions. * *Perhaps the most spectacular example of that delusional approach is Prince Andrew s interview with Newsnight and the growing pressure on him to finally talk to the FBI.* *The FBI h... more »

Newt Gingrich: "None of this is real"...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 12 hours ago
*"Dems have a pathological need to destroy Trump"* Newt thinks this impeachment inquiry will go to trial. If he is right I fear the damage done to this country could be irreparable. It's not possible to speak for everyone, but I know that my own rage is simmering just under the surface of a civilized veneer. Am I alone? I don't think so. *Amazon Today* Save up to 30% on grocery fall favorites I purchased these pickle ornaments a few weeks ago and for the price they're very nice. These are not glass which in my mind is a plus. Don't need three pickles? Give two away as stocki... more »

Is This a Picture of ‘El Chapo’ and U.S. Democrats Plotting Open Borders?

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
The infamous drug lord seemingly traveled and dressed well while serving time behind bars in Mexico.

Google’s Do-Good Arm Tries to Make Up for Everything Else

AP News at Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
Google’s head of philanthropy says the company is having “a lot of conversations” internally amid worries about the tech giant’s bottomless appetite for consumer data and how it uses its algorithms.

Les accords de libre-échange alimentent et façonnent l'oppression et l'injustice envers les femmes

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
19-Nov-2019 Des femmes issues de mouvements populaires exhortent le nouveau gouvernement d'Indonésie de cesser de négocier des accords de libre-échange.

Entretien avec le Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG)

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
19-Nov-2019 Cet entretien évoque l'accord commercial PACER+, les pourparlers sur l'accord post-Cotonou avec l'UE et l'influence de l'initiative chinoise de la Ceinture et de la Route dans la région Pacifique.

Modernizing the Energy Charter Treaty: A make-or-break moment for sustainable, climate-friendly energy policy

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
19-Nov-2019 In investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS), ironies do occasionally occur. Sometimes they're bitter. Sometimes they're carbon-intensive. Sometimes they're radioactive.

Environmental injustice: How treaties undermine the right to a healthy environment

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
19-Nov-2019 Global investment governance needs to be redesigned for the 21st century, with people and the planet at the core.

US MILITARY, INTELLIGENCE MAY HAVE FINALLY TRIED TO ASSASSINATE TRUMP, RUSHED TO HOSPITAL ON SATURDAY OVER POISON, WILL GET HIM SOON HOPEFULLY

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 12 hours ago
*TRUMP RUSHED TO HOSPITAL ON SATURDAY WITH SIGNS OF POISONING* *GLOBALIST INSIDER ALEX JONES SAYS TRUMP WAS POISONED * *STAUFFENBERG STYLE BID TO RID THE USA OF MAN DICTATOR AND NWO EUGENCISIT TRUMP USED DELAYED POISON* *MAY HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERED ON FRIDAY AND STARTED WORKING ON SATURDAY* *HOPEFULLY TRUMP WILL HAVE MAJOR SIDE EFFECTS OR THE NEXT ATTEMPT WILL SUCCEED SOON* *GLOBALIST NWO ARE CARRYING OUT THEIR LATEST EBOLA FALSE FLAG EPIDEMIC VACCINES AND MEDICAL MARTIALLAW IN FRONT OF THE EYES OF A DECOMPARTMENTALIZED MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE SERVICES* *THE EVIDENCE OF THEIR AT... more »

BBC PANORAMA SUPPRESSES VIRGINIA GIUFFRE'S INTERVIEW EVEN AS US CONGRESS INVESTIGATES ABC'S EPSTEIN CENSORSHIP

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 12 hours ago
*Even as the US Congress is asking ABC to explain why it did not air ** ABC News anchor Amy Robach’s story that would have exposed allegations against Jeffrey Epstein three years ago since it was of public interest.* *Just as the MSM blackout of stories of huge public interest is becoming a scandal in itself, it has emerged that the BBC Panorama has suppressed an interview with Virginia Giuffre, which she recently gave and which has not been aired.* *https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7700167/Virginia-Giuffre-claims-sex-Prince-Andrew-filmed-BBC-interview.html* *From media*... more »

"Media..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
“Media. I think I have heard of her. Isn't she the one who killed her children?” - Neil Gaiman Actually, that’s This Medea… - https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Mortals/Medea/medea.html - https://www.greekmythology.com/

ASIC chair to intervene as AMP continues 'disappointing' charging of dead customers

Daniel Ziffer at Just In - 12 hours ago
Having already been caught 3,124 times charging the dead, AMP's continuation of the practice infuriates ASIC chair James Shipton to the point he has promised Parliament he will intervene in the case.

Australian scientists may have discovered a solution to our plastic problem

Nadia Daly at Just In - 12 hours ago
Local scientists develop a system they say can turn all plastic back into oil, but the first commercial recycling plant using the technology will not be built in Australia.

'Nine years of ceaseless psychological torture': Rape investigation against Assange dropped

Bridget Brennan at Just In - 12 hours ago
Swedish prosecutors have dropped their preliminary rape investigation into Australian WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

DID PRINCE ANDREW GET HIS MYSTERIOUS FORTUNE FROM JEFF EPSTEIN? TOP UK COP SAYS FBI SHOULD ASK HIM ABOUT MONEY

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 12 hours ago
*The FBI should ask Prince Andrew if he received money from Jeff Epstein, a former UK DCI has said.* *https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10374013/prince-andrew-fbi-questions-newsnight/* *Former Met DCI Mick Neville mentioned money among the 20 questions the FBI must ask Prince Andrew. * *Epstein funds could explain why Andrew has so much money which no one can account for. There are no reports of bank loans, extra income or earnings explaining how he can afford a 13 million chalet in Switzerland and a lavish lifstyle on his official royal income estimated to be just 250,000 pounds per ... more »

The Hugely Important OPCW Scandal Keeps Unfolding. Here’s Why No One’s Talking About It.

Caitlin Johnstone at 12 hours ago
[image: undefined] The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is now hemorrhaging evidence that the US and its allies deceived the world once again about yet another military intervention, which should be a front-page story all over the world. Yet if you looked at American news media headlines you’d think the only thing that matters right now is indulging the childish fantasy that Donald Trump might somehow magically be removed from office via supermajority consensus in a majority-Republican Senate. CounterPunch has published an actual bombshell of a report by journali... more »

Ron Paul, Hero

Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. at 12 hours ago
[image: undefined] *This talk was delivered on November 9, 2019, at the Mises Institute symposium in Lake, Jackson, Texas.* I had the rare honor of serving as Ron Paul’s congressional chief of staff, and observed him in many proud moments in those days, and in his presidential campaigns. People today sometimes compare Ron Paul with Bernie Sanders. The comparison of Bernie to Ron goes like this: both launched insurgent, anti-establishment presidential campaigns while in their 70s, shook up their respective party establishments, and attracted large youth followings. But Bernie is no ... more »

Scientists Get the Green Light to Create Human-Animal Hybrids in Japan

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 12 hours ago
https://themindunleashed.com/2019/07/human-animal-hybrids-japan.html

Eugenicist Globalist Prince Andrew accused of making rascist remarks. Surprise

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 12 hours ago
People who are as thick as a plank like Andrew seem to have a tendency to racism and now here come the witnesses... From the Evening Standard Prince Andrew today faced growing pressure over his “N-word” denial as it emerged his accuser confided in senior government colleagues at the time and a former home secretary claimed she heard him making offensive comments about Arabs. The latest claims about unacceptable use of language by the prince come the day after Rohan Silva, former top policy aide on technology to David Cameron, revealed more details of his encounter at Buckingham P... more »

Senate to Hold Surveillance Abuse Hearing in Three Weeks

Chuck Ross at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Chuck Ross* *Politics, Americas* [image: U.S. Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. September 18, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst] They want to know if the FBI abused its power to snoop on the Trump campaign. The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on Dec. 11 to examine the findings from a Justice Department inspector general’s investigation into the FBI’s alleged abuse of the foreign intelligence surveillance court during the Trump investigation, the ... more »

How the Desert Eagle Handgun Harnessed the Power of a Rifle

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Americas* [image: By DeepThunder - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12339963] Now that's real firepower. *Key point: *The Desert Eagle is a powerful weapon, but one that is used more in movies than in real life. In the mid-1980s, a powerful new handgun quickly achieved gun celebrity status. The Desert Eagle was an innovative design that ported over heavy revolver rounds to the semiautomatic pistol platform. The pistol was featured in dozens of action films, and although expensive and not widely adopted by militar... more »

Battleships Became Outdated for a Good Reason

David Axe at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*David Axe* *Technology, Americas* [image: Reuters] And they're not coming back. *Key Point:* Carriers and missile technology made the expensive, lumbering battlewagons unnecessary and too easily sunk. And then, very quickly, the battleship became practically obsolete. *Why* is a complex question — one that University of Kentucky professor Robert Farley,an occasional War Is Boring contributor, addresses in his new tome *The Battleship Book*.’ “The world reached ‘peak battleship’ in 1918,” Farley writes, “when 118 dreadnoughts served in 13 different navies.” Combat claimed eight ... more »

Iraq’s Defense Minister Tried To Deny Security Forces Behind Deaths Of Protesters

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
(Twitter) Iraq’s Defense Minister Najah al-Shammari recently gave an interview with France 24. That made headlines because he said that the tear gas canisters used against the protests in Iraq were not bought by the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF). That missed his main comment however, which was the police and army were not behind the shooting of demonstrators. This was the latest attempt by the government to deny responsibility for the 300 plus people that have been killed since the start of October when social unrest returned to the country. On November 16, Iraq’s Defense Minister N... more »

UK MPS DEMAND PRINCE ANDREW TALKS TO THE FBI AS SPONSORS DROP HIM

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 12 hours ago
*From media**Politicians turn on Andrew: John McDonnell and Chuka Umunna are among first MPs to demand the Prince give evidence in the States on paedophile Jeffrey Epstein* *Shadow Chancellor said Duke of York should cooperate with relevant authorities* *He said it was important the Duke helped in a bid to 'secure justice for victims' * *Liberal Democrat Chuka Umunna launched a scathing attack on Prince Andrew* *Told Good Morning Britain that he should 'do the right thing' by giving evidence * *Suggested the royal should retire from public life if he fails to help authorities * *Mr... more »

Day 3: President Trump Impeachment Hearings Live

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
*WNU Editor:* Another day of impeachment hearings. I have watched the first hour, and all that I am seeing and hearing are people who clearly have a great deal of animosity towards President Trump, disagree with his policies and how he implements them, and their opinions starting with their clear frustration that he is the President. I have said this before and I will say it again. If you are in government and you disagree with the policies that the people have voted for, you should resign and/or be asked to be reassigned. *Update:* Lt. Col. Vindman is not a good witness. His a... more »

This Day In Iraqi History - Nov 19

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
1914 British troops took Ottoman fort at Sahil in the city of Basra 1973 KDP and Communists began talks to end hostilities between two KDP had been attacking Communists for its alliance with Bakr govt (Musings On Iraq book review *Red Star Over Iraq, Iraqi Communism Before Saddam*) (Musings On Iraq Interviewwith Prof Johan Franzen on the history of the Iraqi Communist Party) 1991 UN report said Iraqi forces used torture and mass killings to put down Shiite uprising after Gulf War 1997 KDP recaptured lost territory from PUK (Musings On Iraq book review of *The Kurds, A Modern Histo... more »

Eric Swalwell’s Reply

GunnyG at 'Nox & Friends - 12 hours ago
was the most intelligent reply to come out of a Liberal in decades. https://youtu.be/i6TFwmOR5rs Maybe he should change his name to Eric Shartwell or Eric Smellwell. OR, quite possibly, he was just clearing his throat. In any event, what a sad sack of dog squeeze he and 90% of Congress are. As a matter of fact, THIS has gotten him more press than his disastrous run for POTUS!

"Political and Social Conflict Is Accelerating: Here's Why"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
*"Political and Social Conflict Is Accelerating: Here's Why"* by Charles Hugh Smith "That economic, social and political conflict is accelerating is self-evident. What's open to debate are the core drivers of conflict / disorder /unraveling. Here's the core self-reinforcing dynamic in my view: *1.* The status quo elites can no longer mask soaring costs of essentials nor soaring wealth/ income inequality between the top .01% (Oligarchs), the top 9.99% who enrich the Oligarchs with their discretionary spending and technocratic/managerial labor, and the bottom 90% who are rapidly losin... more »

New victim of Epstein comes forward, implicates Andrew, outed as a paedophile by Johnny Carson in 1984

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 12 hours ago
*Johnny Carson joked about Prince Andrew being a pedophile in 1984 as a new accuser has come forward with a harrowing account of being raped by Jeff Epstein at the age of 15 at his ranch in New Mexico and later invited to paedo island to meet Andrew.* *https://kfyi.iheart.com/content/2019-11-15-watch-johnny-carson-joke-about-prince-andrew-and-young-girls-in-1984/* *From Infowars* *The arrest of billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein earlier in 2019 sparked speculation that his numerous rich and powerful acquaintances, including former US President Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew, co... more »

Low Magnesium Linked to Diabetes and High Blood Pressure

WTStaff at Waking Times - 13 hours ago
*Dr. Mercola* - Recent research links low magnesium levels with diabetes and high blood pressure, both of which are risk factors for heart disease.

CHINA OPENS INVESTIGATION INTO ILLEGAL VACCINES WHICH CAUSED MASS DEATHS OF ITS PIGS. GLOBALIST PLOT?

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 13 hours ago
*From media* *China’s agriculture ministry is investigating the illegal production, sale and use of African swine fever (ASF) vaccines in the country.* *Online reports have circulated of pig farmers using unapproved vaccines in an attempt to stop the spread of ASF.* *The race to find a vaccine for ASF is not a new one – researchers have been trying to find a vaccine for decades. However, China’s devastating outbreak has fueled more research into vaccines for this deadly virus.* *In September, China’s ministry of agriculture said experimental, homemade or even smuggled vaccines cou... more »

Chinese media finally asks why China keeps investing its dwindling foreign reserves in US Treasuries instead of dumping them

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 13 hours ago
H*ow to explain these decision againt China's interests? * *If you assume NWO Globalists have been embedded inside its government, then that would be an explanation for why China continues to finance the US dollar, the financial weapon of the NWO.* F*rom Globaltimes* *China's foreign exchange reserves are still its largest official reserve asset, and large shares of China's foreign reserves are still being invested in US dollar-denominated assets, particularly the US Treasury. Despite this, de-dollarizing and working toward fewer US Treasury holdings could be a direction for China... more »

Trump Reverses U.S. Policy on Israeli Settlements in West Bank, Angers Globalists

James Murphy at rss - 13 hours ago
[image: trump-angers-globalists-reverses-u-s-policy-on-israeli-settlements-in-the-west-bank] Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the United States no longer views Israeli settlements in the West Bank as inherently illegal.

Corporate account was used to fund HK colour revolution closed by HSBC, HK police should investigate

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 13 hours ago
*Brazen! The Globalists used a corporate account at HSBC to fund the colour revolution in HK and HSBC has only now closed it. * *Another sign that they believed that Globalists in HK and China would hold a protective hand over them.* *From Bloomberg* *HSBC Holdings Plc pointed to routine regulatory requirements to ensure client money is used for stated purposes after a report Monday that the firm is shutting a corporate account that helped fund protest-related activities in Hong Kong -- a politically sensitive issue.* *The bank took action after finding the account was being used ... more »

BWorld 385, John Gokongwei and Q3 GDP

Bienvenido Oplas Jr at Government and Taxes - 13 hours ago
* This is my article in BusinessWorld on November 12, 2019. *“Choose to be an entrepreneur because then you create value. Choose to be an entrepreneur because the products, services, and jobs you create then become the lifeblood of our nation.”* — John Gokongwei, Jr. Another icon of Philippine capitalism has passed away. John Gokongwei, Jr., the founder of JG Summit with engagements in airline, telecoms, banking, food, power and real estate, had lived 93 years of a very productive entrepreneurial life. In the Forbes’ Billionaires list 2018 and 2019, he and his children are the ... more »

Republicans and even some Democrats are out to scare you about...

Robert Reich - 13 hours ago
Republicans and even some Democrats are out to scare you about Medicare for All. They say it’s going to dismantle health care as we know it and it will cost way too much. Rubbish. The typical American family now spends $6,000 on health insurance premiums each year. Add in the co-payments and deductibles that doctors, hospitals, and drug companies also charge you — plus typical out-of-pocket expenses for pharmaceuticals – and that typical family’s health bill is $6,800. But that’s not all, because some of the taxes you now pay are for health insurance, too — for Medicare and Medi... more »

Energy 131, Labor productivity by power sources

Bienvenido Oplas Jr at Government and Taxes - 13 hours ago
Good data here from a good article from WUWT, *What’sgreen, employs ten times as many people as the “fossil fuel industry” and fake? b*y David Middleton, November 18, 2019. He showed these beautiful charts and tables. Many people think that oil, gas and coal are evil? What? 1. Petrochemical products flow chart. Source: https://energi.media/news/petrochemical-products-in-everyday-life/ 2. Energy productivity in tons of oil equivalent (TOE) per job. 3. Energy productivity in tera-watt hours (TWH) per job. Sources: Employment -- 2019 U.S. Energy and Employment Report; MTOE, TWH -- BP ... more »

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 19, 2019

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*Terry Glavin, Macleans:* *The uprising in Iran: ‘These people have nothing to lose. They’re fearless now.’* Terry Glavin: The protests sweeping across Iran are different than those before it, says the human rights activist Masih Alinejad. This time, the government is scared. The protests began last Friday, and before the weekend was over, the Islamic Republic of Iran was in a state of insurrection. Major disturbances have been reported in more than 100 towns and cities across Iran, from Ardabil in the north, on the Caspian Sea, to Bandar Abbas in the south, on the Persian Gulf.... more »

New York Democrat Governor Cuomo says that people accused of promoting child porn shouldn't have to post bail

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 13 hours ago
In January a new set of bail rules will go into effect. They supposedly ensure that criminals accused of "non-violent" crimes don't have to wait in jail as they're being prosecuted; that is the can be released to prey on more people while awaiting trial. But among the list of "non-violent" crimes are some that most sane people would say should require the alleged criminals to have to apply for bail. For example: - Second-degree manslaughter - Aggravated vehicular assault - Third-degree assault - Promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child - Possessing an obsce... more »

China Warns US To Not 'Escalate Tensions' In The South China Sea

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*CNN:* *Beijing tells US to stop 'flexing muscles' in South China Sea as it sends new carrier* China's Defense Minister told his US counterpart that Washington must stop "flexing its muscles" in the South China Sea when the two met Monday, according to a spokesman for Beijing. At the same time, China announced that its new domestically produced aircraft carrier was headed to the South China Sea for training and research purposes. US Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe met Monday in Bangkok, where the two were attending a meeting of defense offici... more »

Any Poldark fans out there?

Keith at musingsofanoldfart - 13 hours ago
On PBS Sunday, the last episode of the excellent series “Poldark” aired. My wife and I have enjoyed the show for years which is based on the novels by Winston Graham. For those who have never watched, the series is … Continue reading →

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
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BREAKING: Sweden Drops ‘Rape’ Investigation for Julian Assange

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 13 hours ago
*21WIRE* | Once again, Sweden drops an investigation in alleged sex crimes dating back to 2010.

Cops Held Mentally Ill Man Down on Scorching Asphalt Until His Skin Literally Melted Off

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: skin]Police and city officials did not want you to hear about a lawsuit in which a man's skin was melted from his body as cops held him down on 170 degree pavement.

Dept Found with Over 1,700 Rape Kits They’ve Been Refusing to Investigate Since the 90s

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: kits]After claiming they only had 194 untested rape kits, it was discovered that a single department had over 1,700 rape kits they've been ignoring for decades.

A place with islands to give away

Erica Butler at Halifax Examiner - 13 hours ago
You can’t be everywhere at once. That’s why I’m thankful for the Halifax Examiner’s Jennifer Henderson. If I’m regretting not being able to go to this public meeting or that important announcement, Henderson has been, and can tell me all about it in the Examiner. Whether it’s the Nova Scotia Health Authority’s pursuit of P3 […]

Delingpole: Green Blob Bungs BBC Environment Reporter €100K ‘Prize’

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 13 hours ago
By Paul Homewood From Breitbart: Congratulations to BBC Environment Correspondent Matt McGrath who has just won a €100K prize from the BBVA Foundation for ‘his extraordinary capacity to communicate complex environmental issues and science’… …Or, as Ben Pile more cynically suggests, as a reward for lazily and uncritically regurgitating press releases favourable to […]

Impeachment Hearing: Lt. Col. Alex Vindman-Jennifer Williams Testimony Tues. November 19, 2019; Video Link; Documents

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 13 hours ago
Link: https://youtu.be/IWZyBDVRxNI “Lieutenant Colonel Vindman—an active duty military officer who was awarded the Purple Heart after being injured by a … Continue reading →

How Google is using algorithms to censor and lie to you

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 13 hours ago
The Wall Street Journal has a major expose about how Google is intentionally lying to you by distorting its search results. Among the problems that the WSJ found were: - Google changed the algorithms to favor big businesses over small businesses - Google made changes to help eBay contrary to Google's public statements that it never made changes for single companies - Google boosts major websites like Amazon and Facebook - Google is providing engineers with backdoors to influence search results which aren't constrained by the companies usual rules about what en... more »

Egypt Threatened By U.S. Sanctions Over Possible Russian Fighter Jet Purchase

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
Egypt is reportedly planning to buy more than 20 of the Russian-made Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets. Reuters *Middle East Eye:* *US threatens Egypt with sanctions over purchase of Russian fighter jets* *Official says Cairo has been made aware of the risks if it goes through with $2bn deal for more than 20 Su-35 planes.* Egypt's purchase of Russian fighter jets puts it at risk of US sanctions and endangers future acquisitions of United States-made equipment, a State Department official has said. Cairo is aware of those risks, US Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs R Clar... more »

Niagara Falls is poised for development, but will Empire State Development deliver

The Buffalo Chronicle at The Buffalo Chronicle - 13 hours ago
For years, Empire State Development blamed its lackluster performance in Niagara Falls — through its subsidiary investment vehicle USA Niagara Development — on its lack of landholdings in the tourism district. Without the land, economic development deals were difficult to

How To End Perpetual War: Stop the Impeachment Coup!

adam at LaRouchePAC Feed - 13 hours ago
[image: President Donald J. Trump walks with U.S. Air Force Col. Rebecca J. Sonkiss on his arrival to Joint Base Andrews, Md. Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019, to board Air Force One for his trip to Bossier City, La. (Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour)] With the focus on policy toward Ukraine in “Phase III” of the unending impeachment drive against President Donald Trump, the American people and their Congressional representatives are faced with a clear choice: perpetual war, or peace. Those elected representatives who reject war and superpower confrontation, are with few exceptions n... more »

Yes Virginia a Vice President, Joe Biden, engaging in open corruption is unusual

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 13 hours ago
The #FakeNews media is making much of testimony by various people that Trump bringing up Joe Biden's corruption in a call with Ukraine President Zelensky is unusual. Of course it is. Historically US Vice Presidents haven't been openly corrupt. But the idea that a US President who has clear evidence of corruption by a previous VP asking the country whose company bribed Joe Biden to look into the matter isn't unusual; rather it's mandatory. First contrary to what the #FakeNews media is saying it's obvious that Joe Biden is corrupt: - After Joe Biden was made US point man for Ukr... more »

Afghan Taliban Free US, Australian Hostages For 3 Top Taliban Commanders

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*The Guardian*: *Taliban free US and Australian hostages in prisoner swap* Timothy Weeks and Kevin King had spent more than three years in captivity The Taliban have released an American and an Australian held hostage since 2016 in exchange for three prominent members of the militant group who were set free by the Afghan government and flown to Qatar the previous day. Australian Timothy Weeks, 50, and Kevin King, 63, an American, were handed over to US forces in southern Zabul province and transported from the area by helicopter, putting an end to more than three years in captivity... more »

"Economic Market Snapshot AM 11/19/19"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
Updated frequently as available. ◆ AM 11/19/19: Gregory Mannerino, "MPORTANT UPDATES: Stocks, Gold, Silver, Crypto, Crude, MORE" - 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/ ◆ *Buffett Indicator: Where Are We with Market Valuations?* "As of 2019-11-19 (updates daily): The Stock Market is Significantly Overvalued. Based on historical ratio of total market cap over GDP (currentl... more »

CBS: Albany Med Nurses Suspended After Refusing Flu Shot

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 14 hours ago
Albany Medical Center in New York suspended nine nurses who refused to get their flu shots under a new hospital policy. The suspended nurses have seven days to get vaccinated or face potential termination. According to a hospital spokesperson, these nurses account for less than 1 percent of the more than 2,000 nurses who work […] The post CBS: Albany Med Nurses Suspended After Refusing Flu Shot appeared first on Health Nut News.

Is there hope for a Hong Kong revolution?

Paul Monod, Professor of History, Middlebury at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 14 hours ago
Revolutions are built not on deep misery but on rising expectations. History may not provide much hope of immediate change in Hong Kong – but protesters may have a longer view.

So you want to be an autocrat? Here's the 10-point checklist

Shelley Inglis, Executive Director, University of Dayton Human Rights Center, University of Dayton at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 14 hours ago
Today’s autocrats rarely use brute force to wrest control. A human rights and international law scholar details the modern authoritarian's latest methods to grab and hold power.

Relax, Devin Nunes – theater is essential to politics

Harvey Young, Dean of the College of Fine Arts, Boston University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 14 hours ago
Since its beginnings, theater has been where the public can see what was happening, a venue for transparency and a point of view on real-life scenarios. It defines the American political landscape.

New Report Finds Costs of Climate Change Impacts Often Underestimated

Yves Smith at naked capitalism - 14 hours ago
Why most economists considerably underestimate the cost of climate change.

Some things you need to know about Col. Vindman

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 14 hours ago
The #FakeNews media will be portraying Col. Vindman as being a military hero who is above reproach. Oddly the same media has declared for 3 years that General Flynn is an untrustworthy rapscallion; as with all things leftist respect, and truth, depends on one and only one thing, does the person help the left get more power. But we have a lot of facts about Vindman which reveal he's not that reliable of a person: 1) Vindman's boss Tim Morrison testified to Congress that Vindman lied about some of his proposed edits for the infamous transcript not being accepted. She said that all o... more »

These Are The 25 Largest Arms Manufacturers In The World

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
Lieutenant Colonel Jeannie Leavitt, 333rd Fighter Squadron commander, flies her F-15 fighter aircraft over the Grand Canyon en route to Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada in this February 7, 2008 U.S. Air Force handout photo. Reuters/U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Darin Moulton/Handout *Business Insider*: *From Lockheed Martin to Airbus: These are the 25 largest arms manufacturers in the world* * These companies are in the business of making weapons. Not just pistols and rifles, but also tanks, jets, and rockets. * As wars continue and more people are feeling insecure around the world, bus... more »

Is Russia Using Jailed Foreigners As A Form Of Hostage Diplomacy

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
Paul Whelan is seen at a Moscow court. © Sputnik / Ilya Pitalev *The Guardian:* *Russia accused of hostage diplomacy over jailed foreigners* *Brother of American detainee says Russia drawing out case ‘to see what they can get’* Relatives of foreign citizens in Russian prisons have accused Moscow of engaging in hostage diplomacy and say they are concerned about their family members being used as bargaining chips to exchange for Russians detained abroad. The brother of Paul Whelan, an American arrested on spying charges 11 months ago who returns to court on Tuesday, said he believed... more »

Trudeau's Opportunity

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 14 hours ago
Some commentators claim that Justin Trudeau is in a precarious position. Tom Walkom isn't among them. Trudeau, he writes, has an extraordinary opportunity: "In a strange way, the makeup of the Commons in this hung Parliament also gives the Liberals both an incentive and an opportunity to be unusually bold." There are precedents: In 1972, Pierre Trudeau’s cumbersome and overly bureaucratic Liberal government was reduced to minority status. But the elder Trudeau used this setback as an opportunity to recalibrate his government and seize the issue of the day, economic nationalism. ... more »

Six Conflicting Global Projects

Thierry MEYSSAN at OrientalReview.org - 14 hours ago
The six major world powers approach the reorganization of international relations according to their experiences and dreams. Prudently, they intend to defend their interests first before promoting their vision of the world. Thierry Meyssan describes their respective positions before the fight begins.

Argentina: UFO in Necochea?

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 14 hours ago
Source: Planeta UFO Date: 29 October 2019 Argentina: UFOs in Necochea? Guillermo Giménez writes: "Last night, October 29, at approximtely 23:45 hours, 3 or 4 yellow-hued objects flew over the Argentinean Sea along the coast of the Province of Buenos Aires at Necochea. From an 11th storey apartment on the shore drive known as Avenida 2, the witness photographed the strange lights several times. The beach can be seen; the lights of some ships waiting to enter the port are also evident. The objects came and went, as though playing with ech other. A red object is also visible in ano... more »

The True Center of the Deep State: The National Security Council

SafeSpace at 'Nox & Friends - 14 hours ago
ABOLISH THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL. This organization, responsible to nobody in government, coordinates and directs our foreign and military policies, frequently below the radar. It grew like darnel (look it up) during the regime of Barky The Great -are you surprised? It’s become a lifelong home for disgruntled career bureaucrats from the foreign policy community. You know the type: Educated at the best universities in the northeast and California, often the second- or third-generation family members with careers in the federal bureaucracy, and so much smarter than we mere citize... more »

ILLICIT ILHAN: Omar Funnels Another $150K

Ragnar at 'Nox & Friends - 14 hours ago
Into Alleged Lover’s Consulting Agency From the Big League Politics: My favorite Fantastic Four congresscritter is in action again. Excerpts: Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has reportedly funneled another $150,000 into her alleged lover’s consulting agency, showing that the migrant Congresswoman is not shy about mixing business with pleasure. Big League Politics has reported on Omar’s tawdry affair with Democratic political operative Tim Mynett. Tim Mynett, 38, has worked as a Democratic Party operative for far-left Muslim democrats like Omar and former Congressman Keith Ellison. He allegedl... more »

BREAKING: Senator Ron Johnson Just Exposed a Second Secret Sleeper Cell

Ragnar at 'Nox & Friends - 14 hours ago
Working in the Executive Branch Against this President From the Gateway Pundit: Excerpts: In January 2018 Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) broke the news that FBI sleeper cell was meeting offsite and plotting against President Trump. Senator Johnson said “there is an indication” that there was “a number of high level FBI officials holding offsite meetings” on how to bring down President Trump. In a stunning development Senator Johnson released a letter on Monday to Republican House leaders on Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman who is scheduled to testify at 9 AM ET on Tuesday morning. Johnson cle... more »

Argentina: UFO Reported in Rivadavia

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 14 hours ago
Source: Planeta UFO Date: 11.15.19 Argentina: UFO Reported in Rivadavia A 20-year-old woman contacted sanjuan8.com to relate her experience. "I've never seen anything like it." This supernatural experience took place in the Natania District of Rivadavia. Agustina Moreno, 20, claimed having seen a luminous object in the sky, very similar to a UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) that appeared at least for a minute, surrounded by bright stars, before disappearing. The startling image seen by her retina was captured by her cellphone at around 20:50 hours. In a state of shock, she decided... more »

Livestream: Nov. 19 Impeachment Hearings

jschulz at Lawfare - 14 hours ago
In the afternoon, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence will have another public hearing as part of the impeachment inquiry. The committee will hear testimony from Kurt Volker, the former U.S. special envoy to Ukraine, and Timothy Morrison, a special assistant to the president and senior director for Europe and Russia at the National Security Council. The livestream is available here and below. At 9 a.m., the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence will hold the third public hearing of the impeachment inquiry. The hearing will feature Jennifer Williams, a n... more »

Adam Schiff declares that it's a crime to investigate Joe Biden's corruption

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 14 hours ago
One of Democrat Adam Schiff's many rules for his kangaroo court hearings designed to convince the American people that up is down is that testimony related to whether or not the Bidens are a corrupt criminal enterprise is forbidden. According to Schiff it doesn't matter if Joe Biden was bribed through his son to ensure that the investigation into Burmisa's corruption by the Ukraine government was shut down. Assuming Schiff isn't doing that simply because it goes against his Big Lie that tells us that Schiff believes that it is wrong to investigate Democrat corruption. That even if ... more »

SLIDESHOW: The nominees for the MJBizDaily Awards Regional Game Changer are …

Kate Lavin at Marijuana Business Daily - 14 hours ago
SLIDESHOW: The nominees for the MJBizDaily Awards Regional Game Changer are … is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

On choice giveaways

Unknown at Accidental Deliberations - 14 hours ago
There's been plenty worth criticizing about Scott Moe's combination of laughable demands of the federal government and refusal to take responsibility for anything his government is doing at home. But let's take note of yet another example of the Saskatchewan Party's fanatical focus on freebies for resource exploiters with no regard for anybody else: The new document also includes at least one instance of the government walking back a decision made in the deeply unpopular 2017-18 budget — the choice to reinstate a $14-million provincial sales tax exemption for mining exploration and ... more »

Europe’s Far-Right-Wing Parties: Between Political Power Sharing and Ostracism

Richard Mann at The Rio Times - 14 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - With a huge leap in the November 10th elections in Spain, Vox became the third-largest party in Congress by doubling its bench to 52 seats from the 24 won six months earlier. By doing so, the ultra-right Spanish party has leveled itself with like-minded associations in other European countries. In […] The post Europe’s Far-Right-Wing Parties: Between Political Power Sharing and Ostracism appeared first on The Rio Times.

Investigation Report: 8-year-old Ágatha Was Killed by Rio State Police Officer

Arkady Petrov at The Rio Times - 14 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Two months ago, a gunshot was fired from a state police corporal's gun, killing 8-year-old student The post Investigation Report: 8-year-old Ágatha Was Killed by Rio State Police Officer appeared first on The Rio Times.

Russia's Space Program Rocked By Major Theft And Corruption

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
Vladimir Putin inspects the construction of the Vostochny Cosmodrome in 2015. © Sputnik / Aleksey Nikolskyi *BBC:* *Russia corruption: Putin's pet space project Vostochny tainted by massive theft* Russia's new Vostochny space centre has lost at least 11bn roubles (£133m; $172m) through theft and top officials have been jailed. So what went wrong with President Vladimir Putin's pet project? Russia's Federal Investigative Committee (SK) says it is handling 12 more criminal cases linked to theft in this mega-project, which Mr Putin sees as a strategic priority for Russia, because of... more »

Documentary | 9/11 Trillions: Follow The Money

OYE NEWS at OYE Alternative News - 14 hours ago
At its most basic level, the events of September 11 should be considered a heinous crime, and demanding of thorough investigation and just punishment. While the official investigative verdict has been reached and widely accepted through the 9/11 Commission Report, nagging questions continue to linger in the aftermath of this global tragedy. A growing movement of … The post Documentary | 9/11 Trillions: Follow The Money appeared first on OYE Alternative News.

On Isaiah Berlin’s Counter-Enlightenment

Unknown at The Verma Report - 15 hours ago
Isaiah Berlin popularized the term “Counter-Enlightenment” with his 1973 essay, “The Counter-Enlightenment.” By “Counter-Enlightenment,” he is referring to the German Romanticism (specifically to the thought of Herder, Fichte, and J. G. Hamann), which he holds was far more liberal (value pluralistic) than the Enlightenment thought. The Counter-Enlightenment originated in the middle of the 18th century and is coeval with the Enlightenment. Berlin was appalled by the absurdity of the Enlightenment agenda and he is sympathetic to the Counter-Enlightenment rebellion even though he finds... more »

Tuesday Morning Links

Unknown at Accidental Deliberations - 15 hours ago
This and that for your Tuesday reading. - The Globe and Mail's editorial board writes that Canada needs to do its part to avert as much of the impending climate breakdown as can be avoided. - Chris Kennedy rightly points out that Canada's responsibility includes the fossil fuels we're subsidizing for export - encouraging other countries to pollute our planet while shifting the damage off our own books. And Brennan Doherty offers a reminder that the tar sands' pollution levels are increasing. - Meanwhile, Kate Aronoff comments on the connection between climate policy and resource e... more »

PAY NO ATTENTION TO THAT RIDICULOUS IMPEACHMENT!

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 15 hours ago
There's a new NPR/*PBS NewsHour*/Marist poll on impeachment, and NPR's spin is that it's a big waste of time. *Poll: Americans Overwhelmingly Say Impeachment Hearings Won't Change Their Minds* The country is witnessing one of only a handful of times in its history that Congress has gone through with public hearings on whether to impeach a president. And yet, the overwhelming majority of Americans across parties say nothing they hear in the inquiry will change their minds on impeachment, according to a new NPR/*PBS NewsHour*/Marist poll. An "overwhelming majority" can't be swayed? Y... more »

Why the Glock 19 Is Truly a Revolutionary Gun

Charlie Gao at The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Security, * Simply put: It changed the industry. Here are three reasons why. The Glock 19 is one of the most popular guns on the planet. Police, militaries, and paramilitaries on almost every continent carry them daily. As a result, the Glock 19’s design has heavily influenced designers at competing firms. Here are some ways the Glock 19 has been influential on the firearms market. *1. Size:* While originally billed as a “compact” handgun, the Glock 19 managed to fit 15 rounds into a package that was lighter and smaller than most full-size duty handguns at the t... more »

America and South Korea Must Negotiate a Fair Extension of the SMA

Thomas Byrne, Walter L. Sharp at The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Thomas Byrne, Walter L. Sharp* *Security, Asia* "It is in the interest of the U.S. and South Korea to negotiate a fair extension of the SMA that does not raise accusations among the Korean population that the U.S. is a mercenary force in their country while also addressing concerns of the U.S. that its allies shoulder as much of their own defense burden as possible." Contentious talks to renew the U.S.-South Korea military cost-sharing agreement threatens to strain an over six-decade alliance, one that advances key American interests and serves as the cornerstone of peace and s... more »

China's H-20 Stealth Bomber: The Biggest Threat to the U.S. Military?

Mark Episkopos at The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Mark Episkopos* *Security, * A "first day of war weapon"? The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff reaffirmed the strategic importance of the Pacific late last week, calling it “the no. 1 regional priority for the United States military.” China People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), however, is forging ahead with a long-range strike bomber that threatens to hamstring U.S. military’s ability to project power in the region. Early reports that the PLAAF is planning to replace their aging H-6, a license-built version of the 1950’s Soviet Tu-16, emerged in 2015. In the follo... more »

Cory Bernardi announces he is quitting politics after 13 years

Just In - 15 hours ago
South Australian senator Cory Bernardi, who broke away from the Liberals to form his own, now-deregistered conservative party says he will quit politics at the end of the year.

Syrian SitRep- Israel Hits Damascus:Tishreen Dam Return: Israeli Settlments OK: Counterpunch, Still Servile.

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 15 hours ago
*9 diverse news article * *1- Israel Says Rockets From Golan, Resulting in “Retaliatory” Strikes on Damascus *Israel claims rockets were fired from Golan. So they attacked Damascus. You see the logic right? What? You don’t? Nor do I. *2- The US Says Israeli Settlements are A-OK* *"President Trump and Secretary of State Pompeo come through again."* Notice the heavy handed spin throughout the article? The manipulative emotional language. Ya just gotta have contempt for mind control! Counterpunch continues to demonstrate it’s servitude to the empire... more »

Analysis Of The South Yorkshire Floods

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 15 hours ago
By Paul Homewood You will recall that climate scientist Piers Forster was heavily featured in Matt McGrath’s “global warming causing floods” piece the other day. In particular, Forster had claimed: "As temperatures are warmer we get more intense rain, which by itself bring more floods, even if the number of storms hitting our shores […]

Washington state vape products ban

John Rebchook at Marijuana Business Daily - 15 hours ago
Washington state vape products ban is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Chart: Oklahoma medical marijuana sales far exceed expectations

Eli McVey at Marijuana Business Daily - 15 hours ago
In less than a year, Oklahoma’s medical marijuana industry went from nonexistent to one of the largest and most valuable cannabis markets in the nation. According to tax receipts released by the Oklahoma Tax Commission, sales of medical marijuana in the state stood at just over $258 million through the first 10 months of 2019 […] Chart: Oklahoma medical marijuana sales far exceed expectations is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

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