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Midnight Meme Of The Day!
*by Noah* Still don't have a Christmas tree? It's not too late! I got one of these and put it in my front yard. In seconds, a huge, bigly, tremendous flock of pigeons came by, cooed their carols, stayed all day and finished decorating it. If I take my glasses off, it looks just like it snowed!
The Gender Gap in Self-Promotion
Another contributor to the gender pay gap: women undersell themselves.
W.O.O.D. – 24 December 2019 – The Christmas / Solstice WOOD
Weekly Occasional Open Discussion - W.O.O.D. for 24 December 2019 Continue reading →
Why The Military Is Doubling Down On Its 'Super SAW' Machine Guns
*Jared Keller* *Security, * It's here to stay. *Key point: *All of this is to say that SOCOM’s super SAW may have picked up some additional bite. U.S. Special Operations Command plans on continuing to equip operators with FN America’s Mk 46 spec-ops designed M249 Squad Automatic Weapon variant and the beefed-up Mk 48 “super SAW,” doubling down on the two lightweight machine guns adopted nearly 15 years ago amid a major overhaul of the military’s small arms arsenal. The Department of Defense recently awarded FN America, a South Carolina-based arms manufacturer, a $13.45 million ... more »
We checked it twice: The good, the bad and on the bubble
Commentary It’s Dec. 24, do you know where your name is? Here at Food Safety News we’ve been checking the year-end Naughty & Nice Lists and we’re ready to nominate some names. When it comes to candy or coal, one thing is as sure as Santa’s annual review — every year has its share of... Continue Reading
Study findings on Salmonella enterica Serotype Newport
A study published late this year in Food Pathogens and Disease found that efforts are underway to create legislation to reduce Salmonella enterica Serotype Newport Infections in the United States. Newport Salmonella is the third most common enteric serotype. It is estimated that 1.2 million salmonella infections every year in the United States. Researchers say that they... Continue Reading
Cornell researchers develop Listeria risk assessment tool
A new study funded by the Frozen Food Foundation and developed by Cornell researchers, including expert in microbial food safety Martin Wiedmann, has created a decision-making tool called the Frozen Food Listeria Lot Risk Assessment (The FFLLoRA). “The goal of the research was to develop a tool for companies to assess individual production lot risks... Continue Reading
"May You One Day Find..."
"May you one day find the place where your dreams and reality collide." - R.S. Novelle
"Thanks For Stopping By!"
Well, it's been some year, hasn't it? 2020 looks to be a very "interesting" time, not necessarily good though, but it's the time we have and I hope you all come along for the ride! Posting will continue more or less regularly through the holidays. I want to thank you all for stopping by! And a special thanks with my heart-felt gratitude for those who've donated to keep this blog "Running", your donations have made all the difference and I'm eternally grateful for your support. Have a wonderfully happy, safe and peaceful holiday season, folks, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! - CP
Josh Groban, "O Holy Night"
Josh Groban, "O Holy Night"
The Poet: Robert Frost, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
*“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”* “Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year. He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake. The only other sound’s the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake. The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep... more »
Israel Wants To Go Into Full-Scale War with Iran: Analyst
Israel Wants To Go Into Full-Scale War with Iran: Analyst by http://french.presstv.com/ Political commentator Barry Grossman says the aim of Israel’s continued attacks on Syria is to escalate the war there and to provoke Iran. end
‘Surveillance Valley’ Author Yasha Levine’s Twitter Frozen After Post Objecting to US Pushing for War with Russia in Ukraine
‘Surveillance Valley’ Author Yasha Levine’s Twitter Frozen After Post Objecting to US Pushing for War with Russia in Ukraine by https://www.rt.com/ Yasha Levine, a journalist who exposed the US government surveillance origins of the internet and its symbiotic relationship with Big Tech, was locked out of Twitter after criticizing Washington’s Ukraine policy with clear satire. …
David Morgan: US On Trajectory To System-Wide Collapse, Jobs & Retirement Dollars Will be Lost
David Morgan: US On Trajectory To System-Wide Collapse, Jobs & Retirement Dollars Will be Lost by https://www.silverdoctors.com/ The European Union’s pension schemes show big shortfalls, and millions risk big cuts to their pensions, but the US on the same trajectory. David explains… – by David Morgan of The Morgan Report Pension Schemes in EU Show Big Shortfalls …
Israel Denies Palestinian Family of Girl on Cancer Treatment in West Bank Permission to Visit Her in Hospital
RT Israel is denying the family of a girl undergoing cancer treatment in the West Bank, permission to leave Gaza to visit her in hospital. Israel says its land, air and sea blockade on Gaza is to prevent Hamas and other militant groups from launching attacks. “In 2001, Dr. Ariella Oppenheim, of Hebrew University, a …
Christmas Eve
Some lesser-known aspects of Christmas-time ■ curious bagpipers tune-up on the roof, just what any nursing mother would want (Bosch) ■ Joseph serves a fry-up in a pan (Multscher) ■ van Gogh cuts off part of his ear and gives it to prostitute, who faints (sadly, no image!) pic.twitter.com/t8dwjvXQf9 — Journal of Art in Society (@artinsociety) December 24, 2019
Sanctions, Security And The Nord Stream 2 Pipeline
The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, construction of which is intended to transport 55 billion cubic metres of Russian gas to Germany per year under the Baltic Sea, is a ragbag of options and promises. The fruit of a deal between Berlin and Moscow, it has troubled those within Russia, […]
André Rieu, "Jingle Bells"
André Rieu, "Jingle Bells"
John Lennon, "So This Is Christmas"
John Lennon, "So This Is Christmas"
"Yet The Whos Sang Merrily"
*"Yet The Whos Sang Merrily"* by Gracy Olmstead "Last Christmas Eve, I was in the ER. My husband was deployed, and I’d been fighting a nasty illness for weeks. Things took a turn for the worse on Christmas Eve, and so my dad drove me to the hospital around 11 o’clock that evening. “This isn’t how Christmas is supposed to be,” I remember thinking. The whole holiday season had been full of sickness and sleepless nights, eternal work and emails, family grief and trauma. Each day seemed submerged in a cloud that I couldn’t rise above. The happy moments - spent reading with my baby, bak... more »
Mannheim Steamroller, “Silent Night”
Mannheim Steamroller, “Silent Night”
“Christmas Dreams Inspired by Irving & Bing”
*“Christmas Dreams Inspired by Irving & Bing”* by Tom Purcell "I dream of “White Christmas” this year. I speak of the Irving Berlin classic made famous by Bing Crosby - a sweet, wistful song that holds more power over me with each passing year. According to CBS News, many speculate that Berlin was inspired to write the song in the late 1930s, while working on a movie in Beverly Hills and feeling homesick for his family in New York. The holiday season was especially challenging for him. His three-week-old son had died on Christmas 1928. Berlin visited his grave every Christmas, and ... more »
Trans-Siberian Orchestra, “Carol Of The Bells”
Trans-Siberian Orchestra, “Carol Of The Bells”
Fra Giovanni, "Written on Christmas Eve, 1513"
"Written on Christmas Eve, 1513" "I salute you. I am your friend, and my love for you goes deep. There is nothing I can give you which you have not. But there is much, very much, that, while I cannot give it, you can take. No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in it today. Take heaven! No peace lies in the future which is not hidden in this present little instant. Take peace! The gloom of the world is but a shadow. Behind it, yet within our reach, is joy. There is radiance and glory in darkness, could we but see. And to see, we have only to look. I beseech you to loo... more »
“Where Should I Move To Be Safe from Climate Change?’
No place on Earth is immune from the consequences of climate change, but some regions will fare better than others.
Could Nuclear Weapons Have Helped America Win The Korean War?
*Robert Farley* *Security, Asia* It would have been a bad idea. *Key point: *American military authorities feared that an escalation of the war would make the situation on the peninsula untenable. In 1950, as U.S. forces retreated from China’s onslaught across the Yalu River, General Douglas MacArthur called for strategic air attacks against China. Many believed that this would necessarily include the atomic bomb, America’s “asymmetric advantage” of the time. America’s large arsenal of atomic weapons, and the fleet of strategic bombers necessary to deliver those weapons, was the... more »
America Has No Response To Russia's 200 Knot 'Supercavitating' Torpedoes
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * Does it need one? *Key point: *Russian submarines are the only subs in the world equipped with supercavitating torpedoes Imagine the sudden revelation of a weapon that can suddenly go six times faster than its predecessors. The shock of such a breakthrough system would turn an entire field of warfare on its head, as potential adversaries scrambled to deploy countermeasures to a new weapon they are defenseless against. While a lull in great power competition delayed the impact of this new technology, the so-called “supercavitating torpedo” may be abou... more »
Forget Those Nukes: North Korea's Artillery Can Kill A Lot Of People
*David Axe* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] Here's how. *Key Point: *North Korea has thousands of artillery pieces. Pyongyang on May 9, 2019 launched a second “projectile,” South Korean officials said. The May tests of at least one apparently nuclear-capable short-range missile startled foreign observers and threatened to elevate tensions between the United States and its allies South Korea and Japan on one side and, on the other side, North Korea and its main patron China. But a less dramatic test of North Korea’s heavy artillery that occured at the same time as the May... more »
America's Skipjack-Class Submarines Terrorized Russia (It Was a Beast)
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * Skipjack’s motto was “Radix Nova Tridentis,” or “Root of a New Sea Power”—an accurate description of this unique class of submarines. *Key point: *The Skipjack-class was an example of how innovative new technologies can combine to produce a weapons system with vastly improved characteristics. The Skipjack-class submarines were arguably the first truly modern postwar submarines of the U.S. Navy. Combining two new innovations—a new high-speed hull design and nuclear power—the innovative, fish-shaped subs were the basis of all future American submarines... more »
Make sure your remote has a mute button!
From THE HILL: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said on Sunday that GOP Reps. Doug Collins (Ga.), John Ratcliffe (Texas) and Jim Jordan (Ohio) should represent President Trump in the upcoming Senate impeachment trial. Wait, what? Now shitheads paid by taxpayers are supposed to defend Twitler? There are no attorneys in … Continue reading →
MURSALSKI TEA, IS A NATURAL BOOST, THAT’S GOOD FOR PAIN AND AILMENTS, AS WELL AS ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
Everyone knows about the drug Viagra and its effects, but there is a lesser known herb called Mursalski, or Ironwort, that grows naturally in the Mediterranean mountains and when made into a tea, it can... The post MURSALSKI TEA, IS A NATURAL BOOST, THAT’S GOOD FOR PAIN AND AILMENTS, AS WELL AS ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION appeared first on Healing Oracle.
Move over Cardiff University!
The political editor of *The Sunday Times *is far from the only one astonished at a new, left-wing academic study of BBC bias: This is hilarious. Lefty academics bemoan the way the wicked media framed the election to determine that the winner was the party with the most seats, rather than the one that had heroically lost by 10 points https://t.co/FpIJpancua — Tim Shipman (@ShippersUnbound) December 23, 2019 Here are a couple of others: *Martin Wardle*: LSE stuff is normally a decent read but I really can’t get what they’re on about here. Apparently the BBC was biased in the way it... more »
The Poet: Charles Dickens, “Things That Never Die”
*“Things That Never Die” * "The pure, the bright, the beautiful that stirred our hearts in youth, The impulses to wordless prayer, The streams of love and truth, The longing after something lost, The spirit's longing cry, The striving after better hopes- These things can never die. The timid hand stretched forth to aid A brother in his need; A kindly word in grief's dark hour That proves a friend indeed; The plea for mercy softly breathed, When justice threatens high, The sorrow of a contrite heart- These things shall never die. Let nothing pass, for every hand Must fin... more »
"Charlie Brown Christmas Dance"
"Charlie Brown Christmas Dance"
"Christmas Story"
*"Christmas Story"* by Jim Kunstler "These are the long, dark hours when cis-hetero white patriarchs sit by the hearth chewing over their regrets for the fading year and expectations for the year waiting to be born. I confess, I like Christmas a lot, Hebrew that I am, perhaps the musical and sensual trappings more than the virgin birth business. Something in my mixed Teutonic blood stirs to the paganism of blazing Yule logs, fragrant fir trees, rousing carols, and snow on snow on snow. I hope we can keep these hearty ceremonies… that they are not banished to the same puritanical li... more »
December 24th – 2019 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #1069
In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and … Continue reading →
Tuesday December 24th – Open Thread
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those … Continue reading →
Is The United States Being Outmatched By Russia and China?
*Dan Goure, National Interest:* *Military Nightmare: Is the United States Being Outmatched by Russia and China?* *America may not be able to compete in future wars.* *Key Point:* It's been decades since the U.S. army has had to prepare to fight a peer competitor. The U.S. Army once was superior to every potential adversary in terms of combat power, what it called overmatch. This is no longer entirely true. In the future battlefields, the Army will face enemies that will be extremely lethal, more numerous, fighting on home turf and able to exploit the advantage of getting in the f... more »
China Releases The First Video Of A Jet Fighter Taking Off From Its New Aircraft Carrier The Shandong
*Sputnik:** Video Shows First Chinese Jet Takeoff From New Shandong Carrier* Both the J-15 fighter jets and the new carrier are based on Soviet weapon design, which is also used in the Russian Armed Forces. This is the first carrier China has completely built on its own. A new Chinese carrier, the Shandong, which entered service on 17 December this year, was shown in action in a report by Chinese CCTV7 channel. The report features Chinese J-15 4th-generation jets practicing takeoff and landing on the boat. Both the J-15 and the Shandong are heavily based on Soviet design, with the... more »
In this church, Philippine and Syrian families celebrate Christmas together
Hobart's Philippine community has flocked to Saint Paul's Catholic Church for years, but this festive season other cultures are joining them — nine nights in a row.
Public servant Paul Whyte, accused of $22m corruption, may be out of jail for Christmas
The public sector executive at the centre of one of WA's biggest corruption scandals could be out of prison in time for Christmas after a request to have his bail conditions eased is granted in court.
City destroyed on Christmas: trauma still raw for survivors of one of Australia worst disasters
As Australia heads into a holiday period marred by natural disasters, there are thousands of people who are still learning to live with the loss they endured 45 years ago.
'The path is not always smooth': Queen to admit to 'bumpy' year in Christmas message
The Queen will label 2019 "quite bumpy" in her annual Christmas message, after a year in which both the UK and the Royal family were forced to weather a series of controversies.
China denies forced labour accusations after prisoner's plea found in Christmas card
China dismisses accusations about forced labour inside a Shanghai prison, a day after media reports about note from a purported inmate being found in a Christmas card in England.
Three children at home as fatal injuries inflicted on Perth mother in Christmas Eve 'disturbance'
A woman dies from her injuries after being taken to hospital following a disturbance at a suburban house in Perth's outer northern suburbs, with a man taken into custody by police.
Challenge to Chinese-language election signs fails to oust Treasurer
Liberal MPs Josh Frydenberg and Gladys Liu will keep their seats after a court dismissed a challenge to their election wins — but a senior party official could still face further action for authorising misleading election signage in their seats.
PM announces paid leave for volunteer firefighters, asks big business to follow his lead
The announcement by Prime Minister Scott Morrison follows weeks of intense fires burning across the country, and escalating calls for additional support for volunteer firefighters.
Almost 1,000 NSW homes destroyed by bushfires, RFS says
After re-entering the charred remains of towns ravaged by flames in the past week, the RFS confirms an estimated 973 homes have been destroyed since the start of this year's bushfire season.
In-form Warner cleared to play in Boxing Day Test after injury scare
Australia coach Justin Langer says David Warner will be a certain starter against New Zealand on Boxing Day, after the in-form opener completed training with a strapped thumb.
Brexit: Before and After
The cogs of Brexit are turning again. It's been such a saga that you'd be forgiven for forgetting what the issue was in first place, so let's walk through the basics with this pocket explainer.
China Makes A Play For Micronesia
*SCMP:* *China’s ‘great friendship’ with Micronesia grows warmer, leaving US with strategic headache in Pacific* * As US financial support expires in 2023, Beijing could ‘loosen the screws’ on regional alliance with lucrative development deals * Independence vote in Micronesia’s Chuuk state in March could raise the stakes, potentially allowing China access to strategically vital waters In China earlier this month, David Panuelo, the president of the Federated States of Micronesia, climbed the Badaling section of the Great Wall. And, according to Huang Zheng, Beijing’s ambassador to... more »
The Pentagon Posts And Then Deletes Footage Of US-South Korea Mock Raid Of DPRK Facility
*Sputnik:* *Videos: Pentagon Posts, Deletes Footage of US-South Korea Mock Raid of DPRK Facility * As the deadline for Washington and Pyongyang’s denuclearization talks draws near, the US Department of Defense has released various images and since-deleted videos of South Korean and US special forces service members In an unprecedented move, the US Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) of the Pentagon released a collection of photos associated with an alleged routine training drill which took place last month at the Kunsan (Gunsan) Air Base in the South Korean tow... more »
Deck Lord Hall with Boughs of Holly
Merry Christmas to you all!
PULCHRITUDE, VIEWED
*Arthur T recalls a moment from his acquaintance with Larry Harris, former BBC reporter...* *Celebrity Green* I was an impressionable adolescent in austere post-war Britain. She was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen; even if the technology did project her in a garish radar green. Unflattered by an ex-War Department cathode ray tube her ball gown image was nevertheless sumptuous, sublime; she was the Joan Bakewell, the Angela Rippon, the Anna Ford, the Natasha Kaplinski, the Fiona Bruce of her time. Television sixty years ago was so very, very new we had to stand up and ... more »
In which Aslan sees off Polly Toynbee
A BBC taxi brings Polly to Broadcasting House Like the Pevensey children, I lived in Narnia for part of my childhood and felt the breath of Aslan on my face. So I tuned in with great interest to this week's *Beyond Belief *to hear three writers singing the praises of *The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe*. By the Lion's mane, alas, it appears that not everyone appreciates C.S. Lewis's children's classic, foremost among them Polly Toynbee. She calls it "manipulative" because she doesn't like its underlying Christian message. She was definitely the White Witch denying us Christmas in ... more »
Huge machine learning conference renamed by NPCs
Merry Christmas (or Chanukah), everybody! Last month, I missed this new tragicomic story about the NPCs' banning activity. Since 1987, there has been a huge conference of machine learning every December which was called NIPS and recently had over 2,000 participants. During the decades, the N in the name – which stands for "neural" – was becoming inappropriate because "Kernel", "Bayesian", and "Deep" seemed like better adjectives. A few years ago, some NPCs – NPCs who are more sensitive than nipples – have noticed that NIPS is somewhat close to "nipples". It has also been a slur for t... more »
An Advanced Russian 5th-Gen Su-57 Fighter Jet Has Crashed During Factory Trials
Image: Creative Commons. *RT:* *Russia’s 5th-gen Su-57 fighter jet crashes during factory trials, pilot survives – manufacturer * One of Russia’s cutting-edge Su-57 fighter jets crashed during routing factory test flights near the Komsomolsk-on-Amur aircraft plant. The pilot ejected safely and was picked up by a Mi-8 rescue helicopter. The crashed jet's backboxes are yet to be recovered. The aircraft involved in the incident belonged to the manufacturer and was undergoing a series of flight tests some 110 kilometers of Dzyomgi air base in Russia's Far Eastern Khabarovsk region. ... more »
Why Climate Advocates Need To Stop Hyping Extreme Weather
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? ? ? A useful recap from Roger Pielke Jr at Forbes, (and more shenanigans from the Lancet!) ? Data recently published in The Lancet tells an amazing story about weather-related disasters worldwide over the past three decades. As people around the…
CO2 Has Its Benefits
Originally posted on PA Pundits - International: By Dr. Jay Lehr ~ Most plants grow 1) much faster, 2) healthier, 3) stronger, 4) use water more efficiently, 5) grow much more efficiently in higher altitudes and drier locations, 6) handle heat better, 7) handle all types of stresses better, and 8) are often more pest…
3 degrees C?
Originally posted on Climate Etc.: by Judith Curry Is 3 C warming over the 21st century now the ‘best estimate’? A reframing of how we think about climate change over the 21st century, and my arguments for 1 C. There has been much discussion over on twitter of the new article by David Wallace-Wells: We’re…
Joe diGenova Discusses Possibilities from Former NSA Director Mike Rogers Working With U.S. Attorney John Durham…
Joe diGenova radio interview discussing his perspective on revelations that former NSA Director Admiral Mike Rogers has been working with U.S. Attorney John Durham: . BACKGROUND – With research files on the ’15, ’16 and ’17 political surveillance program; including … Continue reading →
71% Of Voters Want The Senate To Call Witnesses-- But Trump Has Ordered Moscow Mitch Not To-- Do You Wonder Why?
Friday morning, Señor Trumpanzee went bonkers when he was told that the night before, top evangelical magazine, *Christianity Today*, had called for his removal from office in a powerful editorial. Hours later, right-wing polemicist Ramesh Ponnuru, a senior editor of *National Review* did much the same in a lengthy OpEd, calling on the Senate to remove Trump from office. He wrote that "Advocates of a president’s removal from office by Congress should have to climb over four walls to reach their objective. First, they should have to show that the facts they allege are true. Second,... more »
18 Phrases You Should Never Say To A Veteran
*Tom Ricks* *Security, Americas* Just don't. *Key point*: Civilians aren't veterans, and shouldn't try to be. Here are Task & Purposes’ nominations in the category of “Military Phrases That Should Never Pass Civilian Lips”: “Did you kill anybody?” “Thank you for your service.” “Collateral damage” “Boot camp” “Long pole in the tent” “Frickin’ ” “Klicks” for kilometers “In the trenches” “Roger”—especially when they mean “Wilco” “Kill chain” “Check your six” “Saddle up” “Boots on the ground” “Took him off the battlefield” for kill. Just as bad is “neutralize.” ... more »
Hitler vs. Stalin: The War Between Nazi Germany and Russia Took Millions of Lives
*Robert Farley* *Security, Europe* [image: Wikimedia Commons] The eastern front of World War II was total hell on Earth. *Key Point:* The war within a war where millions lost their lives. The war between Germany and the Soviet Union officially began in late June 1941, although the threat of conflict had loomed since the early 1930s. Germany and the USSR launched a joint war against Poland in September of 1939, which the Soviets followed up with invasions of Finland, Romania, and the Baltic states across the following year. After Germany crushed France, and determined that it co... more »
See This Battleship? It Changed the Way We Think About Naval Warfare Forever.
*Robert Farley* *Security, Americas* [image: USS Wyoming] Meet the Dreadnought. *Key Point:* This was the very first battleships that inspired fear. State-of-the-art battleship armament in the late nineteenth century involved a mix of large- and small-caliber weapons. Naval architects believed that most engagements would take place within the range of the smaller guns, and that a variety of guns would combine penetrating power with volume. Indeed, some argued that large armored ships with small weapons (armored cruisers, which were roughly the same size as battleships) could de... more »
In 2015, A French Submarine Sunk America's Mightiest Warship (An Aircraft Carrier)
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * Well, in a simulation. *Key point: *The U.S. Navy’s anti-submarine warfare skills have deteriorated greatly since the end of the Cold War, and particularly since 9/11. In March 2015, one of the largest nuclear-powered warships in the world was “sunk” by one of the smallest. The *Saphir*, a French nuclear attack submarine, reportedly penetrated the defenses of the aircraft carrier USS *Theodore Roosevelt* and scored simulated torpedo hits on her. The *incident*, originally reported by the French Navy, was later suppressed. On March 4th, 2015 the Fre... more »
"Real High Crimes and Misdemeanors"
*"Real High Crimes and Misdemeanors"* by MN Gordon "Christmas is no time to be given the old heave-ho. This is a time of celebration, redemption, and excess libation. A time to shop ‘til you drop; the economy depends on it. Don’t get us wrong.There really is no best time to receive the dreaded pink slip. But Christmas is the absolute worst. Has this ever happened to you? The verdict: Orange man bad! Well, believe it or not, this is precisely what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her Democrat degenerates in the House did this week with their partisan impeachment of President Trump. No... more »
"You Have A Right To Be Here..."
"You are a child of the Universe, no less than the moon and the stars. You have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the Universe is unfolding as it should." - Max Ehrmann
"An Admirable Result..."
"The only thing that one really knows about human nature is that it changes. Change is the one quality we can predicate of it. The systems that fail are those that rely on the permanency of human nature, and not on its growth and development. The error of Louis XIV was that he thought human nature would always be the same. The result of his error was the French Revolution. It was an admirable result." - Oscar Wilde
Senator Kennedy on Impeachment: “Congress Doesn’t Suffer from Mental Illness, Most Seem to Enjoy It”…
Senator John Kennedy has many good quotes, his responses about constituent questions around impeachment are quite funny. The impeachment issues are serious, but the way Kennedy encapsulates the nuttery of it all is actually representative of how/why President Trump’s polling … Continue reading →
Weaponization of Space, Trump’s Holiday Gift for Humanity
Our planet has been under space quarantine since the US detonated the first nuclear bombs in Nagasaki and Hiroshima. The first budget allocation for the US Space Command is in violation of the Outer Space Treaty signed between Russia, US, UK and 106 other countries including China, as of June 2019. The Treaty entered into … Continue reading Weaponization of Space, Trump’s Holiday Gift for Humanity →
How Trump Has Betrayed the Working Class
For a century the GOP has been bankrolled by big business and Wall Street. Trump wants to keep the... more »
Boxing Day shoppers expected to spend record amount in 2019
One of Australia's leading retail groups is predicting Boxing Day sales will hit a record this year, following weaker-than-expected Christmas buying.
Australian Open prize money spikes to $71 million
The prize money for the Australian Open increases to $71 million, up $31 million in five years, with every player except the singles finalists set to pocket a double-digit percentage increase.
Police call off search for two missing New Zealand volcano victims
New Zealand police suspend the recovery mission for the remains of two people still missing after White Island eruption, including Sydney teenager Winona Langford.
Racist monkey gestures at English Premier League match spark call for government inquiry
The Professional Footballers' Association says "blatant racism" is "rife" in the UK and calls for a government inquiry into racism in the English game after the latest in a series of bigoted attacks at games.
Stand-off with 'armed' man in Maryborough ends as police storm house
A 12-hour siege on Queensland's Fraser Coast ends as police break into the house where a man allegedly began lighting fires.
Murder charge after 76-year-old man found injured at home in riverside Perth suburb dies in hospital
A 29-year-old man is charged with murdering a 76-year-old stranger, who was found seriously injured at a house in one of Perth's most exclusive suburbs on the weekend.
Can You Guess The 5 Bloodiest Wars In History?
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * These 5 have no equal. All wars are awful. Some wars are much, much more awful than others. This is by no means a comprehensive list, nor does it comprise anything but a fraction of the overall deaths in wars in human history. Still, the five wars on this list may have collectively killed up to a quarter of a billion people. These wars were big and upset the status quo. The Chinese Civil War turned more than half a billion people Red. World War II destroyed a totalitarian menace. Even the Mongol invasions echo in the present as an estimated 16 milli... more »
The U.S. Marines Cannot Get Enough Of The M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * Why? *Key point:* The M27 has become so well-liked in August 2017 the Marine Corps issued an intent notice to procure another 50,000 rifles Marksmanship, the ability to shoot accurately and service targets with the minimum expenditure of ammunition, has always been part of the U.S. Marine Corps ethos. The adoption of the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle over the older M249 Squad Automatic Weapon marks a return to that ethos across the service at the small unit level. More accurate and capable of accomplishing its mission with fewer expended rounds, the M... more »
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