Thursday, November 07, 2019

7 November - Blogs I'm Following - 3 of 5

10 pm MST

The Wounded Mind

WTStaff at Waking Times - 11 hours ago
*Kingsley L. Dennis* - There’s something fundamentally wrong with how the world is right now.

The Hypnotic Symbols of Modern Medicine

WTStaff at Waking Times - 11 hours ago
*Jon Rappoport* - Each successive visit to the doctor confirms he can and does develop new sets of symptoms—and each set implies a new condition.

A New Kind of Tyranny: The Global State’s War on Those Who Speak Truth to Power

WTStaff at Waking Times - 11 hours ago
*John W. Whitehead* - The Deep State has embarked on a ruthless, take-no-prisoners, all-out assault on truth-tellers.

Dr. Phil Says Smoking Weed Makes You Violent and Lowers Your IQ

WTStaff at Waking Times - 11 hours ago
*Elias Marat* - The TV host and unlicensed psychologist claims that cannabis "rewires" young brains and leads to IQ drops.

DEATH BY NOVEL: We were told to take what we need!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 11 hours ago
*THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2019What we've been needing is fable:* It's a dangerous way to start a book. For that reason, we'll post it again: MILLER (page vii): INTRODUCTION The fact that I spelled *subpoena*, *subpeena* may suggest that I am not qualified to tell this story. But all court transcripts are at the world's disposal, all news articles online. This is not the ultimate truth, but it is mine, told to the best of my ability. If you want it through my eyes and ears, to know what it felt like inside my chest, what it's like to hide in the bathroom during trial, this is what I p... more »

Burkina Faso Massacre - Canada's geopolitical footprint leaves bloody tracks

greencrow at Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 11 hours ago
*Burkina Faso a Country in West Africa* *Description: Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa. It covers an area of around 274,200 square kilometres and is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north; Niger to the east; Benin to the southeast; Togo and Ghana to the south; and Ivory Coast to the southwest* https://www.google.com/maps/place/Burkin...F3oECA4QBA Like a lot of other Canadians, I had to give my head a shake when I read the newz headlines below. 37 employees of a Canadian Mining Company were massacred in a small landlocked country in Africa? Where is Burki... more »

Turkey detains 10 of Baghdadi’s relatives: Erdogan

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 11 hours ago
Turkish security forces have detained at least 10 relatives of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the recently killed leader of the Daesh* terrorist group, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Thursday. “Al-Baghdadi’s close circle is paying a lot of attention to our country. We recently captured his sister’s husband and their child in [Syria’s] Azaz, and sent […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russian, Syrian choppers pound jihadist stronghold in Latakia

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 11 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:45 P.M.) – The Russian and Syrian air forces continued their attacks on the jihadist stronghold of Kabani in northeastern Latakia today. Led by their attack choppers, both the Russian and Syrian air forces repeatedly struck the jihadist rebel positions around Kabani, causing a number of explosions that could be heard throughout the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Erdogan threatens to open Turkey’s border to let refugees into Europe if EU doesn’t provide support

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 11 hours ago
Turkey will have to open its borders to let asylum-seekers flow into Europe unless the European Union takes steps to assist Ankara with the burden, President Erdogan said on Thursday, during his visit to Budapest, Hungary. “Whether we receive support or not, we will continue to aid the guests we are hosting. But, if this […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russian military chopper seen patrolling Hmeimim Airbase: video

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 11 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:00 P.M.) – A rare video from the Hmeimim Airbase in southwestern Latakia was released this week showing a Russian military chopper patrolling around the Jableh countryside. Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

No, Celine Dion Didn’t Die in a Plane Crash

Dan Evon at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
The singer was killed (again) by a death hoax.

"Fear-Based Manipulation: How Politicians, Marketers and the Media Create Panic to Control the Masses"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
*"Fear-Based Manipulation: How Politicians, Marketers* * and the Media Create Panic to Control the Masses"* by Sofo Archon “Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear.” ~ Bertrand Russell "Fear. Without it we wouldn’t be able to survive. Why? Because it’s the emotion that warns us about potential threats to our survival and urges us to protect ourselves from them. Let me give you an example to illustrate what I mean. Imagine that you’re walking outside in the dark and suddenly you see a snake jumping... more »

Alt Media was Exposing Epstein Corruption as ABC was Covering it Up—Who’s the Real Fake News?

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 11 hours ago
[image: epstein]This Epstein information is NOT NEW, alternative media has been reporting it for years while the mainstream media has been suppressing it.

Pence Aide Appears for Impeachment Interview after Subpoena

AP News at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
She is one of several White House aides who were listening in on a July phone call between President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in which Trump asked the new leader to investigate Democrats.

Orangutan Granted Human Status Settles into New Florida Home

AP News at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
A 33-year-old orangutan granted legal personhood by a judge in Argentina is settling into her new surroundings at the Center for Great Apes in central Florida.

"The Average Man..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
"The average man never really thinks from end to end of his life. The mental activity of such people is only a mouthing of cliches. What they mistake for thought is simply a repetition of what they have heard. My guess is that well over 80 percent of the human race goes through life without having a single original thought." - H. L. Mencken

BWorld 381, Airports, tourism and traffic: KL, Singapore, Jakarta, and Manila

Bienvenido Oplas Jr at Government and Taxes - 11 hours ago
* My article in BusinessWorld on October 29, 2019. The UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) published its annual Tourism Highlights and the good news about the Philippines is that international arrivals have reached more than 7 million in 2018. The bad news is that this is still small compared to what many of our neighbors in the region get: less than one-half of Vietnam’s, less than one-third of Malaysia’s, less than one-fifth of Thailand’s, and Cambodia might even overtake us in a few years (See table). Over the last two weeks, I joined the team of the Property Rights Allian... more »

The UK will never get the US trade deal it wants

bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
07-Nov-2019 The United Kingdom is likely to be confronted by a phalanx of hard-nosed American trade officials who will attempt to pry open British markets to more American goods.

Kuwait wins int'l property ownership case

bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
07-Nov-2019 ICSID dismisses lawsuit filed by Egyptian company.

Le Traité Trans Pacifique ouvrira-t-il la porte à la culture d'OGM au Chili ?

bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
07-Nov-2019 Le TPP rendrait difficile pour le Chili le maintien de l'interdiction des cultures GM telles que le maïs, les fruits et les légumes destinés à la consommation intérieure.

RCEP: Does free trade reduce inequalities, ask Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo in their new book

bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
07-Nov-2019 Data shows that poverty reduction slows down in areas impacted the most strongly by trade liberalisation, says the book.

Africa offers a test to von der Leyen's ‘geopolitical Commission'

bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
07-Nov-2019 The African Union Commission's high representative on Cotonou has warned that keeping the ACP framework will make it harder for the EU to agree on a ‘continent-to-continent instrument'.

My good friends, Bart and Wads Wijnberg

Bienvenido Oplas Jr at Government and Taxes - 11 hours ago
Last week was a long holiday in the Philippines due to the All Saints Day then All Souls Day (Nov. 1 and 2). My father and mother have passed away, they were buried in our hometown, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental. Also my older brother and his wife, my sister in law. Among my friends who have passed away and I deeply grieve, are the couple Bart and Wads Wijnberg. They are very special to me even for short periods that I have met them. First in 1987, after I attended a Trotskyist school for 3 months in Amsterdam (I was a Marxist socialist in the 80s, from my UP student activism days ... more »

Government Is The Sugar Daddy Of Science, Not The Epsteins Of The World

Hank Campbell at Science 2.0 blogs - 11 hours ago
Writers are going to find a way to make their work topical. The most important article I ever wrote (in my estimation), in the *Wall Street Journal*, came out about five weeks after I wrote it, and with a different lede. The news cycle had kept pushing it back but then a new event occurred which made it compelling and the editor saw the hook and had me redoo it, but the rest was evergreen facts. read more

Oak Island, Episode 1 - Disappoints... Again

KRandle at A Different Perspective - 11 hours ago
I’m truly sorry but this show has jumped the shark more than once. Last night, as they were tearing up the swamp and finding rocks that were smooth, they keep talking about pirate ships or treasures that might have been purposefully sunk in the swamp. My question is, “Why does it have to be a treasure ship?” Everything they find leads them to the conclusion that the treasure is real. They make no room for the very distinct possibility that the landing of ships on the island has nothing to do with hiding a treasure there. They are looking for the Oak Island, obviously.remains of a ... more »

"Wall Street’s Liquidity Crisis: It’s Not Getting Better

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
*Deutsche Bank Headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany* *"Wall Street’s Liquidity Crisis: It’s Not Getting Better* By Pam Martens and Russ Martens "This morning, Wall Street’s money spigot arm of the Federal Reserve, the New York Fed, paid out $35 billion in 14-day term loans to Wall Street’s trading houses. The problem was, this morning the banks wanted $41.15 billion or $6.15 billion more than the Fed was offering. That’s a very clear sign that liquidity remains tight on Wall Street and we have yet to enter the pivotal year-end period when banks try to dress up their books by dumping o... more »

NATO is suffering from a 'brain death' — the EU is the cure, says Emmanuel Macron

Just In - 11 hours ago
French President Emmanuel Macron says Washington's antipathy to the NATO alliance is causing its "brain death", which should prompt the European Union (EU) to step up as a world power.

International Criminal Court hits Congolese warlord with longest-ever sentence

Just In - 11 hours ago
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has given its longest sentence of 30 years in prison to former Congolese military leader Bosco Ntaganda for atrocities including murder, rape and conscripting child soldiers.

'A gut punch and rally cry all at once': 63 women cartoonists share their #MeToo testimonies

Teresa Tan at Just In - 11 hours ago
From catcalling to sexual assault, survivors of gender-based violence find power, catharsis and solidarity in new comics anthology Drawing Power.

Women keep getting murdered, but this rideshare app's curfew 'solution' caused a revolt

Bill Birtles at Just In - 11 hours ago
China's largest ridesharing app closed down for a year after two female passengers were brutally murdered by their drivers. Now the service is relaunching, but women say new safety measures were designed to humiliate them.

Cambodia's political exiles have been held up in Malaysia and France — why?

Just In - 11 hours ago
The leader and deputy leader of Cambodia's main opposition party have been thwarted in their attempt to return home from exile, as Thailand and Malaysia appeared to acquiesce to Phnom Penh's demands.

A white nationalist changes his stripes

Keith at musingsofanoldfart - 11 hours ago
Derek Black was raised and groomed to be a white nationalist. His father had a provocative radio show and he has been pictured with David Duke. Why is he in the news? Because he renounced his white nationalist upbringing and … Continue reading →

Lashing Lafarge With a Wet Noodle

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 12 hours ago
*Lashing with a Wet Noodle* *Referring facetiously to a whipping mechanism that is impractical and has no injurious effects * * Lafarge's Wrist Slap:* *Lafarge charges of crime against humanity dropped on appeal but others remain* *A French court on Thursday quashed charges of “complicity in crimes against humanity” pressed against French cement company Lafarge, but says other charges will be considered over payments made to Syrian armed forces.* *The other charges that the Paris appeal court maintained against the company include financing a terrorist enterprise, violation of an... more »

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 7, 2019

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
*US News and World Report*: *North Korea Threatens to Upend Nuclear Talks Due to U.S. ‘Reckless Military Frenzy’* North Korea threatened Wednesday to walk away from upcoming talks with the U.S. if it doesn't further curtail planned military exercises with South Korea in December. In a statement published through its state news service, Kwon Jong Gun with North Korea's Foreign Ministry said upcoming air force exercises between the allies amounts "to a declaration of confrontation with the DPRK," using the country's preferred acronym for itself. The ambassador described the Pent... more »

Vegan Washing: How Israel Uses Veganism to Gloss Over Palestinian Oppression

Alan Macleod at MintPress News - 12 hours ago
In Israel, a country that cares about animals more than its indigenous human population, you can be vegan, but you can’t support Palestinian rights. The post Vegan Washing: How Israel Uses Veganism to Gloss Over Palestinian Oppression appeared first on MintPress News.

Former British Ambassador to Syria: UK complicit in Trump’s Syria Oil Grab

Peter Ford at MintPress News - 12 hours ago
With the UK Parliament already on alert, how long will it be before Congress wakes up to this scandal-in-the-making? The post Former British Ambassador to Syria: UK complicit in Trump’s Syria Oil Grab appeared first on MintPress News.

Left-Leaning Obama appointed Judge rules against DHS Rule on Conscience Rights

Uriel at 'Nox & Friends - 12 hours ago
In May 2019, under the Trump administration, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a final ruling on Protecting Statutory Conscience Rights in Health Care. The rule is designed to protect the religious rights of health care providers and religious institutions. It was to take effect on July 22, 2019. That ruling went through an entire list of steps throughout 2018 and 2019 to become final from public statements of concern to final statements of disagreement. At every step of the way, medical professionals, professional groups like AMA were allowed to suggest changes, fi... more »

Documenting the Train Wreck: Sea Level Rise by 2050

Gaius Publius at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
*New, more accurate topographic mapping shows that sea level rise could cause Southern Vietnam to disappear by 2050 (source)* *by Thomas Neuburger* Most people in power now acknowledge that global warming will drastically remake the planet if it's not addressed in time, if fossil fuels aren't eliminated in time, if preventive measures aren't put it place in time. "In time" in these constructions usually means "not now, but soon, trust us." Thus we get mainstream plans to reduce carbon emissions to zero (or "net zero," an even vaguer formulation) by 2050, leaving a full generation ... more »

Sale of indulgences dominates Madrid climate summit

David Wojick at CFACT - 12 hours ago
Emission trading means any country that does better than their target can sell the difference as indulgences, called carbon credits. The post Sale of indulgences dominates Madrid climate summit appeared first on CFACT.

UN Agency for Palestinians in Crisis as Chief Quits

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 07 (IPS) - The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees was in "crisis mode" on Wednesday after director Pierre Krahenbuhl resigned amid a misconduct probe over whether he fast-tracked his girlfriend into a top aid job, analysts said. Read the full story, “UN Agency for Palestinians in Crisis as Chief Quits”, on globalissues.org →

Four Ways the African Development Bank Can Support a More Secure Africa

ABUJA, Nov 07 (IPS) - Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor is a medical doctor, the CEO of EpiAFRIC, Director of Policy and Advocacy for Nigeria Health WatchFree movement of people and goods across Africa increases the risk of transmission of infectious diseases. The continent must realise that it is no longer a question of if disease outbreaks will occur, but instead, of when, and how fast. Read the full story, “Four Ways the African Development Bank Can Support a More Secure Africa”, on globalissues.org →

Urgent Need to Replace Competition with Cooperation in the Aral Sea Basin

NUR-SULTAN CITY, Kazakhstan, Nov 07 (IPS) - Stefanos Xenarios is a Professor at Nazarbaev University, Kazakhstan and co-editor-in-chief of the Central Asian Journal of Water Research; Iskandar Abdullaev is Deputy Director, CAREC Institute, China and Vladimir Smakhtin is Director, UN University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Canada and series editor of the Routledge publishers' Earthscan Series on Major River Basins of the World, in which the Aral Sea Basin Book is the latest addition.The water resources in Central Asia's Aral Sea Basin support the lives and livelihoo... more »

The RCEP Train has Left the Station, Inspite of India

GeoPolitics101 at Covert Geopolitics - 12 hours ago
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership is a proposed free trade agreement between the ten member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and its five FTA partners. In November 2019, India, the sixth FTA partner, decided to opt out of the pact due to domestic concerns against potential Chinese flooding of its agriculture sector. … Continue reading The RCEP Train has Left the Station, Inspite of India →

Is the Indian S-400 deal a security-risk?

InfoBrics at The Duran - 12 hours ago
The Russian experience of high-tech weapons-sales to foreign governments provides a few cautionary tales. More The post Is the Indian S-400 deal a security-risk? appeared first on The Duran.

Trump Miscalculates the Importance of ASEAN

InfoBrics at The Duran - 12 hours ago
US President Loses in Southeast Asia With His Snub of ASEAN as China Gains More The post Trump Miscalculates the Importance of ASEAN appeared first on The Duran.

Mayim Bialik Talks About Elimination Communication

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 12 hours ago
Maybe you’ve heard of it before, or maybe you even use it with your own kids, but if it sounds new and wacky, Mayim can give you the facts. Here she is sharing how and why going diaper-free with her kids was the right choice for her family. After the video, maybe you’ll consider it, […] The post Mayim Bialik Talks About Elimination Communication appeared first on Health Nut News.

NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill Resigns After City Introduces Criminal Justice Reform Policy that Outlaws Cash Bail

Fox News at Need To Know - 12 hours ago
New York City police commissioner James O’Neill resigned, after three years of service, following the city’s new rule eliminating bail and plans to release 900 inmates to New York City streets upon the closing of Riker's Island penitentiary in January.

“You Gonna Die, Bro”: High Schoolers Rob White Teen, Shove Guns in His Face, Share Video On Snapchat

Information Liberation at Need To Know - 12 hours ago
The suspects themselves shared the video on social media -- all four have been arrested and charged with aggravated robbery. Another robbery by the armed group was also reported on the same day. The mainstream media is ignoring this story.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Tweeted Support to Brooklyn Subway Protesters Who Advocate Punching Cops and Other Acts of Violence

Fox News and ABC-7 at Need To Know - 12 hours ago
The protests took place against the backdrop of an unpopular new campaign to enforce the payment of fares, using 500 new police to patrol the subways.

Biden Plagiarizes Both Obama and Trump

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 12 hours ago
Well, maybe plagiarism is too harsh a word to hurl at the old reprobate copycat, whose own stated goal is to keep serving the fat cats and defending their right to crush everybody else into oblivion. But his much-maligned Medium post, in which he accused Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren of "my way or the highway"elitism, absolutely was ripped right out of Barack Obama's anti-progressive playbook. It was only last week that Obama briefly emerged from his luxe retirement to once again chide the serfs who refuse to suffer the American system of neo-feudalism gladly, who call thei... more »

Netflix, Attenborough Caught Lying About Walruses Committing ‘Climate Suicide’

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 12 hours ago
*21WIRE* | The exposure of this highly misleading multi-million dollar documentary should also prompt people to ask: what other reports have been fabricated?

Women Keep Up Wins in Trump-Era Political Surge

AP News at Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
Two women are among the contenders for the powerful role of House speaker after Virginia Democrats continued their winning streak under President Donald Trump, seizing control of both the House and Senate from Republicans for the first time in more than two decades.

Iconic Pacific Bird Sanctuary Ravaged by Plastic and Death

AP News at Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
Midway Atoll is at the center of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a vast area of floating plastic collected by circulating oceanic currents.

GOP Senators Might Call Bidens To Testify in Impeachment

R. Cort Kirkwood at rss - 12 hours ago
[image: gop-senators-might-call-bidens-to-testify-in-impeachment] It appears that Senate Republicans might get testimony from leading Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, about the influence-peddling scheme in which they were involved in Ukraine.

Plans by Warren and Sanders Neglect Logic, Math, and Honesty

Veronique de Rugy at rss - 12 hours ago
[image: plans-by-warren-and-sanders-neglect-logic-math-and-honesty] The more I follow the Democratic presidential campaign, the more I see how little I understand some people.

Black Muslim Academic: Islamic Slavery Devastating — and Ignored

Selwyn Duke at rss - 12 hours ago
[image: black-muslim-academic-islamic-slavery-devastating-and-ignored] When Americans hear the word “slavery,” they generally think of the U.S. variety formally made illegal in 1865. But a type of slavery that has been practiced for 13 centuries straight — continuing to this day — is largely ignored, complains Senegalese academic Tidiane N’Diaye.

Battle Of The Bridges In Baghdad As Protests Expand To Economic Targets in South Iraq

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
Stand off in Baghdad (Reuters) Protests in Iraq took another twist on November 6. In Baghdad people expanded from the two bridges immediately by Tahrir Square to several more. In southern Iraq demonstrators went after more political and economic targets. A battle for control of bridges began in Baghdad. Originally, protesters constantly tried to cross the Jumhuriya Bridge that goes from Tahrir Square to the Green Zone. Later they expanded to Al-Senak Bridge that leads to the Iranian Embassy. Now Al-Ahrar, Al-Shuhada, and several other bridges across the Tigris River are all being ... more »

This Day In Iraqi Hisory - Nov 7

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
1914 British troops started march from the port of Fao to the city of Basra 1940 British cabinet decided to send emissary to Iraq to demand Regent remove PM Gaylani from power for his overtures to Axis (Musings On Iraq book review of *Persian Gulf Command, A History of the Second World War In Iran and Iraq*) (Musings On Iraq book review of *Rashid Ali al-Gailani, The National Movement in Iraq 1939-1941*) (Musings On Iraq book review *Iraq And Syria 1941, The Politics and Strategy of the Second World War*) (Musings On Iraq interview with Prof Boich World War II In Iraq and Syria) 196... more »

End the McCarthyite Witch Hunt Against China and President Trump

adam at LaRouchePAC Feed - 12 hours ago
[image: President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump pose for a photo with the 2019 World Series Champions, the Washington Nationals. Nov 4, 2019 (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks)] EIR Magazine will shortly be publishing a 24-page pamphlet with the headline: “End the McCarthyite Witch Hunt Against China and President Trump.” And none too soon. As Helga Zepp-LaRouche told associates in Europe on Nov. 4: “The overriding dynamic in the world is that the liberal model, the colonial-imperial model pushed by the British Empire is clearly going into its self-destructio... more »

Open Borders is a New York Times Bestseller!

Bryan Caplan at Econlib - 12 hours ago
This just in: Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration, has made the New York Times Bestseller List! The one line summary – “An economics professor argues that opening all borders could bolster the global economy” – is an bizarre understatement. Far better to say, “An economics professors argues that opening all borders would swiftly created […] The post Open Borders is a New York Times Bestseller! appeared first on Econlib.

RIP: The Story of the Legendary Aircraft Carrier USS Lexington

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* [image: By Unknown - U.S. Navy photo NH 82117, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1649697] One heck of a carrier. *Key point:* The "Lady Lex" served well until being lost in battle to Imperial Japan. Responding to a November 27, 1941, war warning message from Admiral Harold R. “Betty” Stark, chief of naval operations, America’s prized handful of aircraft carriers were fortuitously absent from Pearl Harbor when Japanese planes savaged the Pacific Fleet on Sunday, December 7. The USS *Saratoga* (CV-3) was refit... more »

The F-35 Might Not Be Able to Fly in the Desert

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 12 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/5848686/f-35-demo-team-performs-wings-over-houston-airshow] The most expensive weapons program in U.S. military history has yet another technical problem. *Key Point:* The F-35 continues to have a litany of problems. After eighteen years of troubled and controversial development, the Lockheed F-35 Lightning stealth fighter may soon enter mass production, many of its bugs having been expensively squashed after delivery of an initial four-hundred “low-rate-of-initial-production” aircraft. However, a Ju... more »

US congressional panel outlines next phase of dirty war on Syria: Occupy oil fields and block reconstruction

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 12 hours ago
A DC foreign-policy apparatchik who oversaw Congress’ Syria Study Group proclaimed that the US military “owned” one-third of Syrian territory, including its “economic powerhouse,” then outlined a sadistic strategy for preventing reconstruction of the “rubble.”

Even a Clown Is Fascinated by Ideas: The Forty-Fifth Newsletter (2019)

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 12 hours ago
In 2017, Issa Shivji delivered the Harold Wolpe Memorial Lecture at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. Issa, who taught at the University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) for decades, reflected on the idea of revolutionary intellectuals. He remembered a lecture given by Ali Mazrui fifty years previously, where Mazrui defined an intellectual as someone who is fascinated by ideas. ‘Even a clown is fascinated by ideas’, yelled out one of the students.

Escape Tunnel Underneath Berlin Wall Opens to Public

AP News at Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
An escape tunnel underneath the Berlin Wall opened to the public for the first time amid celebrations of the 30-year anniversary of the opening of communist East Germany's border.

We’ve upgraded your search box yet again

Stefan van Dierendonck at start.me - 13 hours ago
[image: Example new Search box options]A prominent feature of every startpage is our search box. It has been for many years. You could always use it to enhance your search options to include new search engines and to skip to your bookmarks quickly. Now you can use it to discover new start pages too. This is how. For years it’s… Read More Read More

#FakeNews media hypocrisy on whistleblower protection: CBS fires ABC whistleblower

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 13 hours ago
Thanks to a real whistleblower with first hand knowledge, and video, we know that ABC news had the dirt on Epstein and his connection to Bill Clinton three years ago and sat on it. If Trump were lying about the #FakeNews media and they weren't dishonest lying Democrat propagandists they'd have welcomed that revelation since it would help ensure that in the future such coverups wouldn't happen. Sure ABC said that the sources weren't good enough even though one of their Anchors, Amy Robach, said in the video that in fact she had a ton of evidence but a lack of good sources didn't stop... more »

WATCH: School Cop Arrested for Grabbing Girl by the Neck, Smashing Her Into the Ground

Jack Burns at The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: broward]A Broward County School cop was arrested and charged with felony child abuse after grabbing a girl by the neck and slamming her down to the ground.

WATCH: 3 Cops Enter Home With No Warrant Taser Father Holding his Baby

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: baby]A disturbing video was just released showing cops enter a innocent father's home without a warrant and simultaneously taser him as he held his baby.

A Generation Asleep? Narcolepsy in Teens and Young Adults

Joyce Ghen at Children's Health Defense - 13 hours ago
Narcolepsy, a severe sleep disorder that typically emerges in adolescence, appears to be on the rise in the U.S. and recent studies propose that it is an autoimmune disease. Among the environmental exposures capable of setting autoimmunity in motion, could influenza vaccines—or vaccines against other infections—be contributing to narcolepsy? The post A Generation Asleep? Narcolepsy in Teens and Young Adults appeared first on Children's Health Defense.

EXPLAINED: Why There Is No Kurdish Nation

John Broich at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*John Broich* *Security, Middle East* [image: Reuters] The Kurds are a group of around 40 million people who identify with a regional homeland and common historical background, but are now divided between four countries. Despite their many attempts, there’ve never won and kept a Kurdish nation. Since U.S. troops left their region, roughly 180,000 Kurds of northeastern Syria have been displaced, and over 200 have been killed. Those Kurds, soldiers who’d battled the Islamic State and families, had hoped to secure a future Kurdistan state in areas now targeted by Turkish warplanes ... more »

Trillion-Dollar Question: Will Donald Trump Really End the 'Endless Wars'?

Daniel R. DePetris at The National Interest - 13 hours ago
*Daniel R. DePetris* *Security, * The phrase “end the forever wars” is now vulnerable to becoming one more campaign slogan without much substance. For the majority of the American people desperately in search of a smarter, shrewder, more restrained foreign policy, that would be a shame. Like all presidential candidates, Donald Trump made a boatload of promises when he was running for the nation’s top job in 2016. He was the overly blunt, prickly, obnoxious non-politician who was going to turn the United States around with lower taxes, more jobs, a booming economy, fewer federal ... more »

Brazilian Economy Minister’s Package Fails to Protect the Most Deprived

Arkady Petrov at The Rio Times - 13 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Legislators are still digesting a set of ambitious changes to reduce public spending and assessing which has a chance of becoming a reality. Extinction of municipalities, for instance, will hardly be passed. Part of the National Congress has shown goodwill with respect to the economic package submitted by Jair Bolsonaro's […] The post Brazilian Economy Minister’s Package Fails to Protect the Most Deprived appeared first on The Rio Times.

Presidents of Chile and Bolivia Assert They Will Not Resign

Juan Martinez at The Rio Times - 13 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The presidents of both Chile, Sebastián Piñera, and Bolivia, Evo Morales, have been pressured to resign and are facing demonstrations in opposition to their governments. Although they are facing protests for different reasons, both agree that they do not intend to resign from . . . To read the full […] The post Presidents of Chile and Bolivia Assert They Will Not Resign appeared first on The Rio Times.

Deep State on the National Security Council: Colonel Vindman Is an ‘Expert’ With an Agenda

Philip Giraldi at 13 hours ago
[image: undefined] The current frenzy to impeach President Donald Trump sometimes in its haste reveals that which could easily be hidden about the operation of the Deep State inside the federal government. Congress is currently obtaining testimony from a parade of witnesses to or participants in what will inevitably be called UkraineGate, an investigation into whether Trump inappropriately sought a political quid pro quo from Ukrainian leaders in exchange for a military assistance package. The prepared opening statement by Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, described as the top ... more »

How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
Oh joy, oh bliss...

On The Purpose of Freedom

Unknown at The Verma Report - 13 hours ago
The purpose of freedom is not to make human beings rational, moral, knowledgeable, or civilized. Freedom has only one purpose—it is to enable human beings to live in society without meddling in each other’s lives. The inner freedom of the mind (that Socrates and Plato have talked about) could be more important than political freedom.

India’s Role in Global Cyber Policy Formulation

abasu at Lawfare - 13 hours ago
Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale signs Secretary Pompeo's guestbook (Source: Flickr/State Department photo by Michael Gross) The past year has seen vigorous activity on the domestic cyber policy front in India. On key issues—including intermediary liability, data localization and e-commerce—the government has rolled out a patchwork of regulatory policies, resulting in battle lines being drawn by governments, industry and civil society actors both in India and across the globe. The onslaught of recent developments demonstrates how India can shape cyber policy debates. Among e... more »

Democrats bow to foreign tyrants but attack Americans

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 13 hours ago
Netflix has censored a comedy episode because the tyrants who run Saudi Arabia didn't like it. Netflix threatened to boycott the state of Georgia if it decided that unborn babies with beating hearts shouldn't be killed. Talk about revealing. Netflix is eager to follow oppressive laws overseas but will use its power to punish American's who vote for laws Netflix doesn't like. We see this same behavior in Google whining about free speech while biasing its searches against conservatives and working on a censoring version of Google that would keep Chinese citizens from seeing truths th... more »

"Their Specialty..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
"Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty." - Thomas Sowell "The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots." - H. L. Mencken

Russia And The Cold War 2.0 (I)

Vladislav B. SOTIROVIĆ at OrientalReview.org - 13 hours ago
Russia’s security and foreign policy after the dissolution of the USSR is a part of a larger debate over Russia’s “national interest” and even over the Russian new identity. Since 1991, when her independence was formalized and internationally recognized, Russia has been searching for her national identity, state’s security and foreign policy.

#FakeNews defends Mexican cartels: Murdered babies come from a family with a long history of violence

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 14 hours ago
Three women and six children, all Americans, were murdered by drug cartels in Mexico. The LA Times headline was: "U.S. victims in Mexico massacre were tied to family with a long history of violence," One has to wonder if the editors at the LA Times got a discount on their cocaine purchases for running that. Here are the victims: Now it's not impossible that the three women who were slaughtered some how had a role in their deaths but the twin babies? Really? What sort of mind set could have let this headline go through? Probably the same mindset that let's Democrat Gavin Newsom, ... more »

Delingpole: ‘Climate Emergency Is Real’ Warns ‘Professor Micky Mouse’ and 11,000 Other ‘Scientists’

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 14 hours ago
By Paul Homewood Dellers on that letter from 11000 “scientists”: The world faces ‘untold suffering due to the climate crisis’, 11,000 scientists have warned in a statement published by the journal BioScience. “We declare clearly and unequivocally that planet Earth is facing a climate emergency” Unfortunately for the statement’s credibility, among the signatories […]

Book Claim: White House Aides Believed That Vice President Pence Would Support The 25th Amendment To Remove President Trump

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
*Photo:* Revelations: The cover of 'A Warning', a new book by the same anonymous Trump official who wrote last year's New York Times op-ed *Daily Mail: **Senior White House aides claim Mike Pence would support the 25th amendment to remove Donald Trump as president and take the job himself, anonymous new book alleges* * Anonymous official behind NYT op-ed has written a book called 'The Warning' * It claims White House aides made a 'tally' of possible plotters against Trump * They allegedly had 'no doubt' that Pence would sign off on using the procedure * Pence's camp immediately d... more »

The Stormy Birth of “Europe”

Yves Smith at naked capitalism - 14 hours ago
A review of major institutional and political developments that created modern Europe.

The "whistleblowers" lawyer called for a coup against Trump in 2017

trinko at Conversations about the obvious - 14 hours ago
#coup has started. First of many steps. #rebellion. #impeachment will follow ultimately. #lawyers https://t.co/FiNBQo6v0S — Mark S. Zaid (@MarkSZaidEsq) January 31, 2017 We know that the "whistleblower" had no first hand knowledge of anything he was complaining about. We know the "whistleblower" worked with Joe Biden and John Brennen. We know he's a registered Democrat. We know he was kicked out of the White House for deliberately leaking distorted information to hurt Trump. Now we know that his lawyer is a traitor who called for a coup against the President to nullify the 2016... more »

The Unreported War and Its High Cost to Civilians

A Political Junkie at Viable Opposition - 14 hours ago
The war that is pretty much ignored by the mainstream media, particularly in the United States, just passed a milestone although you'd be hard-pressed to learn anything about it. According to an analysis by the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project or ACLED, the war in Yemen has now resulted in the deaths of over 100,000 people and more than 40,000 conflict events have taken place since 2015. Here is a breakdown: 1.) approximately 20,000 fatalities have been reported so far in 2019 - this is the second most deadly year after 2018. 2.) approximately 8,000 fatalities have bee... more »

Argentina: Strange Object Photographed over Lake Nahuel Huapi

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 14 hours ago
Source: Planeta UFO and www.diarioandino.com.ar Date: 11/7/2019 Argentina: Strange Object Photographed over Lake Nahuel Huapi Following publication of a news item regarding a UFO sighting in the Brazo Huemul area, other local residents bore witness to having seen a similar phenomenon. "We saw exactly the same thing at the same location, coming in from Bariloche around 20:00 hours on Wednesday the 18th (October). The object's glow caught our attention - it unquestionably was not a heavenly body. It was far too shiny and was suspended. We followed it to Puerto Manzano. It made a su... more »

The Rise of Multipolarity through Greater Eurasia

GeoPolitics101 at Covert Geopolitics - 14 hours ago
The center of geopolitical and geoeconomic gravity is shifting systematically towards Eurasia through the leadership of Russia and China, and the cooperation of most countries in the continent, through the principle of multipolarity. Russia, China, and the European Peninsula By Godfree Roberts for The Saker Blog Eurasia has most of the world’s wealth, resources, and … Continue reading The Rise of Multipolarity through Greater Eurasia →

Tory – Brexit Party split Leave. Corbyn consolidates Remain. (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 14 hours ago
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 361. More The post Tory – Brexit Party split Leave. Corbyn consolidates Remain. (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

Russia Has Had Big Success Targeting NATO's Biggest Weakness

Mark Episkopos at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Mark Episkopos* *Security, * Russia is investing in electronic countermeasures. *Key point: *Russian military doctrine seeks to target NATO's weaknesses. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has accused Russia of jamming GPS signals during its recent military exercise in Norway. According to NATO spokesperson Oana Lungescu, “Norway has determined that Russia was responsible for jamming GPS signals in the Kola Peninsula during Exercise Trident Juncture. Finland has expressed concern over possible jamming in Lapland.” The Norwegian Government says that the jamming came f... more »

Russia's Borei-Class Nuclear Submarines Are Powerful, But Have One Huge Flaw

Mark Episkopos at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Mark Episkopos* *Security, Europe* And they may sink because of it. *Key point: *This wouldn't be the first time costs concerns have ended a Russian navy program. Russia’s fourth-generation Borei-class was conceived in the early 1980’s as a great leap forward in Russian submarine technology; a new, modern design over its aging Delta and Typhoon predecessors. Armed with nuclear-capable Bulava missiles, the Borei line was meant to guarantee the submarine component of Russia’s nuclear triad for decades to come. Approximately four decades after its inception, what has the Borei pro... more »

'Super' Aircraft Carrier: USS Franklin Roosevelt Made Some Serious History

Robert Farley at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, Americas* [image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Franklin_D._Roosevelt_(CV-42)#/media/File:USS_FD_Roosevelt_(CVA-42)_underway_c1958.jpg] The story of one supercarrier. *Key Point:* The USS Franklin D. Roosevelt sailed for over three decades. Last month, the Navy shocked observers by proposing to retire the nuclear supercarrier USS Harry S. Truman from service some twenty years before expected. Given the gravity of this proposal, it’s worth reflecting on previous decisions to retire aircraft carriers before the exploitation of their full lifespans. I... more »

New START & Open Skies Treaties On The Verge Of Collapsing

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
Sergei Kiselyov / Moskva News Agency Zero Hedge: *Nuclear Superpowers Unleashed: New START & Open Skies Pacts With Russia Fast Collapsing* It's not just the 'Open Skies' treaty with Russia that's on the chopping block, but more significantly the two Cold War rivals' last major arms control treaty, New START, which is the landmark nuclear arms reduction treaty signed by the two superpowers in 1991 and took effect in 1994. It is set to expire in February 2021. That would be a mere weeks after the next presidential inauguration. As NPR alarmingly put it this week: "The world's two nu... more »

"Elizabeth Warren’s Plan To Pay For Medicare For All: Spend So Much The National Debt Clock Rolls Over To Zero"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
*"Elizabeth Warren’s Plan To Pay For Medicare For All: * *Spend So Much The National Debt Clock Rolls Over To Zero"* by The Babylon Bee U.S. - "Many were startled by the cost of Elizabeth Warren’s Medicare for All plan, estimated to be a whopping $52 trillion. “Is this a joke?” was the first question at Warren’s press conference where she revealed the cost, with the second question being “No, seriously, is this a joke?” Warren has since explained, though, that that mind-boggling cost is actually a part of the plan to pay for it. “If anything, I want it to cost more,” Warren told th... more »

Syrian Army seizes large quantity weapons, including of US-made missiles: photos

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) seized a large amount of weapons over the last few days in the Daraa, Hama, and Damascus governorates. These weapons reportedly consisted of large quantities of ammunition, rockets, artillery and mortar shells, assault rifles, and missiles Of the missiles seized by the Syrian Army were […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

SDF counter-offensive proves successful as they retake town along Turkish border: video

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:10 P.M.) – The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) recently launched a counter-offensive against the Turkish-backed militants in northeastern Syria after spending a month on the defensive. According to reports from northern Syria on Thursday, the Syrian Democratic Forces managed to retake the town of Bir Issa after a back-and-forth battle with the Turkish-backed […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Erdogan to meet with Putin about Syria situation

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he plans to discuss the situation in Syria with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. “Last evening, I held talks with [US President Donald] Trump. After that, I will also have talks with Putin to evaluate the situation [in Syria],” he told reporters at a news conference in Ankara on […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Video footage from jihadist civil war in northern Idlib

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:25 P.M.) – Two militant groups clashed in northern Idlib on Thursday when one of the jihadist group’s stormed the other’s positions because they refused to handover some members accused of committing crimes. According to local reports, Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham attacked Faylaq Al-Sham’s positions in the town of Kafr Takharim in a bid […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Turkish-backed militants send reinforcements to northeast Syria for new attack

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) – The Turkish-backed militants from the so-called “Syrian National Army” reportedly sent reinforcements to the northwestern countryside of the Al-Hasakah Governorate this week. “Military reinforcements from the SNA traveled to the village of Bab al-Khair in the northern countryside of al-Hasakah; they have moved closer to the Syrian-Turkish border,” a source […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Breaking: Jihadists claim Syrian Army chopper shot down over northeast Latakia

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:10 P.M.) – The jihadist rebels announced this afternoon that their forces managed to shoot down a Syrian Arab Army (SAA) chopper in the northeastern countryside of the Latakia Governorate. According to their claims, Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham downed the Syrian Army chopper during the latter’s attack on the key town of Kabani in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Ansarallah forces carry out devastating attack on key port in western Yemen

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:45 P.M.) – The Ansarallah forces carried out a devastating attack on a key port-city in the western region of Yemen on Thursday, causing serious damage to an important base belonging to the Arab Coalition troops. According to reports from western Yemen, the Ansarallah forces launched a big attack using armed drones and […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

US armored vehicles pass through Syrian Army-controlled city in northeast Syria: video

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:20 P.M.) – A number of U.S. armored vehicles were filmed passing through the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli, near the border with Turkey, Ruptly reported and filmed on Monday. The armored vehicles, some carrying the US flag, were seen on the move eastwards amid ongoing US troop movements in north-eastern Syria. US […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

New report claims Iran has military advantage against US, Arab allies in regional war

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
As one of the most detailed assessments of Iran’s military strategy suggests, the Islamic Republic’s “third party capability” has becomes Tehran’s most prominent weapon of choice. The 16-month study by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) called Iran’s Networks of Influence claims that the networks, including Shia militias fighting in what it says is […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Turkey announces 151 allied militants have been killed in northern Syria

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:45 A.M.) – At least 151 Turkish-backed militants from the so-called “Syrian National Army” have been killed since the start of Operation Peace Spring, the state-owned Anadolu Agency announced on Thursday, citing SNA commanders. According to Anadolu Agency, in addition to the 151 killed, a total of 559 militants were also wounded in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

NSA Official Refuses to Reveal the Success — or Failure — of Phone Surveillance

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. at rss - 14 hours ago
[image: nsa-official-refuses-to-reveal-the-success-or-failure-of-phone-surveillance] Members of the Senate Judicial Committee from both major parties peppered an NSA official as to the success of that agency's dragnet of American phone records.

"Economic Market Snapshot AM 11/7/19"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
• 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/ • *Daily Job Cuts* - https://www.dailyjobcuts.com/ • Visit ZeroHedge for the very latest factual news and information: - https://www.zerohedge.com/ • "The Fed is Going to Push Stocks to Levels You Won’t Believe" "The Economic Crash So Far: A Look At The Real Numbers" "Dangerous Liaisons: New York Fed and JPMorgan’s Incestuous Relationship"

Delingpole: ‘Climate Emergency Is Real’ Warns ‘Professor Micky Mouse’ and 11,000 Other ‘Scientists’

Hifast at Climate Collections - 14 hours ago
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood Dellers on that letter from 11000 “scientists”: The world faces ‘untold suffering due to the climate crisis’, 11,000 scientists have warned in a statement published by the journal BioScience. “We declare clearly and unequivocally that planet Earth is facing a…

College Board Is Selling Student Data to Selective Colleges

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 14 hours ago
As a reward for his devotion to corporate power during the creation of Common Core, David Coleman was handed the plum job as CEO for the College Board, where his work to shape college applicants in the image desired by Bill Gates could continue, unimpeded. Now Coleman's greed has joined forces with the greed of America's richest universities and colleges to misuse student SAT data to enrich all participating parties. For just 47 cents each (payable to the College Board), colleges and universities can buy SAT records of Ivy League aspirants and invite them to apply, whether or not ... more »

U.S. Air Force Has A Plan To Beam Solar Power Down To Remote Military Bases

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
The Space Solar Power Incremental Demonstration and Research project will develop a network of satellites with enormous solar panels to harvest energy from the sun and beam it down to earth in the form of radio waves *Daily Mail*: *Air Force develops new system to harvest solar energy IN SPACE and then beam it down to military bases in remote parts of the world* * The new $100million project will develop a network of solar satellites into orbit * Energy from the sun will be collected by giant 10,000 square-meter solar panels * The solar energy will be converted to radio frequencies ... more »

CDC Petitioned to Admit They Accept Corporate Money

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 14 hours ago
According to a recent news release posted by the U.S. Right to Know, public health groups petitioned the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday in an effort to stop the agency from making claims that it does not accept corporate money. Specifically, the CDC has claimed that it “does not accept commercial support” […] The post CDC Petitioned to Admit They Accept Corporate Money appeared first on Health Nut News.

Nov. 07/19 and It's SNOWING

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 14 hours ago
*Yup, I'm watching it fall as I type.* *The flakes are getting larger and tonight's low will be in the minus territory * *It's accumulating on my porch roof and the roof of my car. So far.* * Hubby had called me from work earlier this morning and it was snowing in Hamilton, Ontario before it began here in South Niagara.* *Wonder if it's snowing in Toronto?* *Kingston?* * Also this snowfall is occurring** Two days earlier then last years early snowfall- which occurred Nov. 9/18* *Cold being the absence of warmth *

"SoftBank’s Fall Foreshadows More Business Collapses to Come"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
*"SoftBank’s Fall Foreshadows More Business Collapses to Come"* By Bill Bonner YOUGHAL, IRELAND – "We’re back in Ireland after a quick visit to France for the Toussaint (All Saints’) holiday. We went to church, caught up with neighbors, put flowers on a family grave… did a little business in Paris… and got on a plane. *Road to Hell: *“I don’t think it makes any difference who we elect,” said a friend over dinner. He was speaking of France. But it could be said of the U.S. too. “The problems don’t go away just because you elect a new guy.” But our friend was exaggerating. Problems c... more »

Drink lead, kid

Philip Moscovitch at Halifax Examiner - 15 hours ago
November subscription drive Stephen Kimber has been around the Examiner for so long, it’s easy to take his weekly columns for granted. Monday morning: Kimber’s got a new column. I got to know Kimber while doing my MFA at King’s over the last couple of years. He was the cohort leader for my class and […]

Social Media Manipulation Is Impacting Global Elections

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
The new #FreedomOnTheNet report launches TODAY and finds global internet freedom has declined for 9 straight years. https://t.co/4ZwvGk7RQn pic.twitter.com/FJXbMEFUqe — Freedom House (@freedomhouse) November 5, 2019 *UPI: **More nations using social media to spread propaganda, study finds* Nov. 5 (UPI) -- More governments than ever before are using social media to fight opposing viewpoints and spread their own propaganda, according to a new analysis by a Washington, D.C., group that tracks free speech on the Internet. Nonprofit Freedom House said in its "Freedom on the Net 2019"... more »

Illinois hands out three more adult-use cannabis licenses, two in Chicago

John Rebchook at Marijuana Business Daily - 15 hours ago
Illinois awarded three more medical marijuana retailers licenses to sell recreational cannabis, including two in Chicago. There are now 14 medical marijuana dispensaries in Illinois that can sell recreational cannabis when legal sales begin Jan. 1, the Chicago Tribune reported. Illinois hands out three more adult-use cannabis licenses, two in Chicago is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Unfree Media – State Stenography And Shameful Silence

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 15 hours ago
A recent viral clip of Jeremy Corbyn featured vital truths about the corporate media that ought to be at the forefront of public consciousness in the approach to the UK General Election on December 12.

Bolivia: Audios Linking Civic, Ex-Military And US In Coup Plans

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 15 hours ago
The Radio Education Network of Bolivia (Erbol) leaked 16 audios involving opposition leaders who are calling for a coup d’etat against the government of President Evo Morales, a political action which would have been coordinated from the U.S. embassy in the Andean country .

Ukraine News Links 6-7 November 2019

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 15 hours ago
7 November 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Kiev decries New York Times for indicating Crimea as Russian territory https://tass.com/world/1087432 Deep State on the National Security Council: Colonel Vindman Is an ‘Expert’ With an Agenda https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/11/07/deep-state-on-national-security-council-colonel-vindman-expert-with-agenda/ Politics … Continue reading Ukraine News Links 6-7 November 2019

Syria News Links 6-7 November 2019

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 15 hours ago
7 November 2019 • 15:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Today’s Links 7 November 2019 http://mikewhitneysgraspingatstraws.blogspot.com/2019/11/todays-links_7.html Former British Ambassador to Syria: UK complicit in Trump’s Syria Oil Grab https://www.mintpressnews.com/peter-ford-former-british-ambassador-syria-uk-complicit-trumps-syria-oil-grab/262693/ US Constructing Two New Bases In Syria’s … Continue reading Syria News Links 6-7 November 2019

REPORT: NHS privatisation – real expenditure 26 per cent, not 7 per cent

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 15 hours ago
Political parties are making all sorts of claims to save the NHS from its current financial strangulation and the privatisation drive, mainly because a general election is due and the NHS is inevitably used a political football. This report really is quite explosive, not least because the general public has been ‘hoodwinked’ into believing that only 7 per cent of the NHS budget is spent on private contractors. However, are claims of eradicating privatisation unachievable given its current scale and depth?

How the media, including the BBC is manipulated by government propaganda

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 15 hours ago
By Simon Wren-Lewis: While Dominic Cummings is no genius, he does have a good understanding of how the UK media works, and therefore how to manipulate it. There are many ways to do this, but one of the most obvious is to use privileged access in return for uncritical coverage. This is how it works.

Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg speaks for British ruling elite in his attack on Grenfell fire victims

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 15 hours ago
The derogatory comments of Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg about the 72 people who died in the Grenfell fire on June 14, 2017, have provoked widespread popular outrage.

Mainstream Media Pro-Johnson Propaganda Gets Into Full Swing

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 15 hours ago
Ian Austin left the Labour Party nine months ago. He was then appointed by the Tories as Prime Ministerial Trade Envoy to Israel. As of yesterday, he is neither a MP nor a candidate for election. He is a minor politician who achieved only the most junior ministerial rank, PUSS, and for only seven months. He is best known for heckling Jeremy Corbyn while Jeremy Corbyn was delivering the official Labour response to the Chilcot Report on the illegal invasion of Iraq, shouting “Sit down and shut up” and “You stupid disgrace” at Corbyn for criticising the war.

Democracy Can't Be Taken For Granted

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago
We are approaching the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The conventional wisdom then was that freedom was on the march. Max Boot writes: I was a student spending part of my junior year abroad at the London School of Economics, and I was profoundly affected by the collapse of this symbol of tyranny. “Like Westerners everywhere,” I wrote a few weeks later in the University of California at Berkeley student newspaper, the Daily Californian, “I was exhilarated by the West’s apparent victory in the Cold War, as well as by the opportunity to shape a Europe of free m... more »

Malaysia says it won't be base for Cambodian exiled political activists in midst of struggle with government

Just In - 15 hours ago
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says he is "trying to find any country" that can take in a Cambodian opposition politician who is trying to return home for her country's national independence day.

Police searching for group who threatened man with gun in Darwin suburb

Lauren Roberts at Just In - 15 hours ago
NT Police is still searching for a group of people in their 20s who allegedly pulled a firearm on a rival group in "retaliation for a previous incident" in Darwin's northern suburbs overnight.

WHAT IF 2020 IS 1972?

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 15 hours ago
*The Washington Examiner*'s Timothy Carney looks at Tuesday's election results (and the results of other elections since 2016) and draws some conclusions: Since Trump’s shocking upset win in November 2016, the story of politics in America has been pretty simple: Democrats win, Republicans lose. The explanation is pretty simple, too: Trump has made Trump voters, but not *Republicans*, out of working-class independents and Democrats, and he has made *Democratic* voters out of independents and Republicans. Trump has also motivated Democrats to unprecedented levels. ... Trump’s core su... more »

US Senator Markey Blasts NRC Decision to Exempt Holtec from Emergency Planning Requirements for Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 15 hours ago
Because Holtec is private, we don’t even know, for certain, who owns it. It is believed to be owned by … Continue reading →

Trump Wanted AG Barr to Exonerate Him on Ukraine in News Conference, Post Says; Impeachment Testimony Updates

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 15 hours ago
From VOA News: “Trump Wanted AG Barr to Exonerate Him on Ukraine in News Conference, Post Says By VOA News … Continue reading →

Mississippi Man Sentenced to 36 Months for Crossburning

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 15 hours ago
FBI cross burning date unknown It’s insane that this still happens. This is racism. Burning a cross in the front … Continue reading →

Apparently We Know Nothing About The New ISIS Leader?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
Mystery: Paul Cruickshank of the Combating Terrorism Center said very few people were likely to know the new ISIS leader's true identity *National*: *After Baghdadi: what we know about the new ISIS leader* Analysts say that the terror group’s tradition of altering names as leaders adopt new roles means it may be months before we learn the true identity of the new ISIS leader After an operation to locate and kill ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi ended with the so-called “caliph” blowing himself up in his heavily fortified safe house on October 26, the United States is faced with an... more »

U.S. Marines Train On The Russian - Norwegian Border

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*Reuters:* *On Norway's icy border with Russia, unease over military buildup* SETERMOEN/KIRKENES, Norway (Reuters) - Under a soft winter sun in northern Norway, U.S. Marines train in the ice and snow as they learn how to fight in the freezing cold. “Which country is to the northeast?” Staff Sergeant Daniel Croak bellows at a group of 20 soldiers in camouflaged combat jackets and white trousers in a pine forest near the town of Setermoen. “Russia!” they shout back. The troops are part of a contingent of 650 Marines staging a recent joint military exercise with 3,000 soldiers fr... more »

Uber Will Enable Audio Recording of Trips in Emergency Cases

Xiu Ying at The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Uber drivers and passengers will be able to record a trip on audio in case of an emergency. In addition, the company will monitor any unscheduled stops on a trip. The tools are part of a package of measures announced by the company on Thursday morning, November 6th, in São […] The post Uber Will Enable Audio Recording of Trips in Emergency Cases appeared first on The Rio Times.

Facebook Tests Facial Recognition to Stop Bot Profiles

Xiu Ying at The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Facebook is testing a method to prevent bots from using the social media platform and it uses a video selfie to prove that users are truly themselves. Facebook guarantees that the video will not be viewed by anyone and that the recording file will be deleted within 30 days of […] The post Facebook Tests Facial Recognition to Stop Bot Profiles appeared first on The Rio Times.

Brazilian Pre-salt Oil Auction Collects Only R$70 Billion; New Auction Today

Richard Mann at The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Regarded as the largest auction in the oil and gas sector in history, the Bidding Round of the Surplus Transfer of Rights was held yesterday, November 6th, in Rio de Janeiro by the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP). It was expected by the federal government and […] The post Brazilian Pre-salt Oil Auction Collects Only R$70 Billion; New Auction Today appeared first on The Rio Times.

Hanushek Offers Teachers A Grand Bargain

Peter Greene at CURMUDGUCATION - 15 hours ago
If there is anything we don't lack in the education sphere, it's economists who know all about how to make education work real betterer. Two faves are Raj Chetty and Eric Hanushek, who have both pushed some super-great ideas. You probably remember the one about how the right first grade teacher can mean you'll make umpty-zillion more dollars in your lifetime, a piece of foolery that might be called speculative economics, a house of cards based on so many tissue-thin assumptions, guesses and Hail Marys that it's hard to believe-- well, it boils down to sexy, memorable headline, so tha... more »

Green Frankenstein Attacks Its Creator

tonyheller at Real Climate Science - 15 hours ago
Michael Mann created a green monster with his fraud, lies and junk science – and that monster has turned on him.

This Is How the U.S. Military’s Massive Facial Recognition System Works

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
An American ISAF solider from team Apache of Task Force Geronimo, 4th Platoon Delaware of the United States Army, collects biometric information from an Afghan villager in the village of Mans Kalay in Sabari, Khost district. 2012 AFP *One Zero:* *EXCLUSIVE: This Is How the U.S. Military’s Massive Facial Recognition System Works* *Documents obtained by OneZero show how the military captures biometric data around the world.* Over the last 15 years, the United States military has developed a new addition to its arsenal. The weapon is deployed around the world, largely invisible, and... more »

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