Sunday, December 08, 2019

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Ten Saudis Detained Regarding the Terrorist Attack at US Naval Air Base Including Three Who Filmed the Attack; FBI Calls for Info; Hunt Underway for Several Missing Saudi Servicemen

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 21 hours ago
Updated: “The FBI have detained 10 Saudi students for questioning, but are still searching for ‘several’ others who have not been … Continue reading →

Pelosi’s Love is Everyone’s Tragedy

Tom Luongo at The Duran - 21 hours ago
That thin veneer of compassion masks a cold and cruel calculation and psychopathology which is abhorrent to anyone with any shred of a soul left. More The post Pelosi’s Love is Everyone’s Tragedy appeared first on The Duran.

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 21 hours ago
*by Noah* * Sunday Thoughts:* If kids got raped by clowns as often as kids get raped by preachers it would be against the law to take your kid to the circus. - Dan Savage Lots of people wonder why or how the Republican Jesus evangelist crowd can continue and continue to so fervently support Donald Trump and the overt evil of his presidency. I don't. Last Sunday, I wrote about a Rick Wiles, major televangelist and friend of Trump (he even has White House press credentials) who says that the impeachment hearings are part of a, in his words, "Jew coup." We all know Trump would lov... more »

Letter to the Editor: Please start helping Stop Foodborne Illness

Guest Contributor at Food Safety News - 21 hours ago
Opinion Editor’s note: We want to hear from our readers, and that’s you. Letters to the Editor can be submitted via the Contact Us link on our website. Dear Editor, From all of us at Stop Foodborne Illness, happy holidays! I am Mitzi Baum, CEO at Stop Foodborne Illness. After a 23-year career at a... Continue Reading

Sunday Morning Reading V: A BBC ECU ruling on Jo Brand

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 22 hours ago
Here's something you might also have missed. The BBC's Executive Complaints Unit has finally ruled on Jo Brand's battery acid 'joke'. It's taken five months! I can only imagine the hurdles the complainants had to leap over to get this far. Back and forth, then back and forth. Anyhow, the ECU has had its say. Finally. Heresy, Radio 4, 11 June 2019 28 November 2019 Complaint Reflecting on recent incidents involving the throwing of milkshakes as a form of political protest, Jo Brand said *“I’m kind of thinking why bother with a milkshake when you could get some battery acid...... more »

Sunday Morning Reading IV: Wear It In, Don't Wear It Out

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 22 hours ago
The *Mail on Sunday* reports that "BBC staff have been told to hide their work ID cards in public to avoid being confronted by angry members of the public. The broadcaster has been running a Wear It In, Don't Wear It Out campaign". The report mentions in passing something that passed me by: Earlier this week the BBC News at Ten presenter Huw Edwards was accused of bias after liking tweets supporting Labour policies and mocking the Conservatives. Don't most BBC presenters do that? 😉 *Update*: As for Huw, it turns out that he 'liked' a Labour Party-supporting video on Twitter and w... more »

Sunday Morning Reading III: The BBC's Christmas advert featuring turkeys wearing "I love vegans" jumpers

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 22 hours ago
Meanwhile, from *The Sunday Telegraph *comes news that the BBC has ruffled the feathers of the National Farmers Union: Farmers have accused the BBC of being in breach of its impartiality rules by promoting veganism with a Christmas advert featuring turkeys wearing "I love vegans" jumpers. The animated birds are seen wearing “I love vegans” jumpers in the recently released festive clip, and rejoicing at meat-free meals. Concerns have been raised over the impartiality of the “campaigning” broadcaster and the impact of its coverage on livestock producers, with the advert cited as a... more »

Sunday Morning Reading II: "Clearly the BBC, like the Booker prize and everything else on earth, was secretly dedicated to the “disappearance” of women of colour"

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 22 hours ago
Here's Douglas Murray in *The Sunday Times *on how identity politics is spooking our cultural institutions - and how the BBC fell foul of the woke-erati: This year’s Booker jury is said to have been deadlocked between those who wanted Margaret Atwood to win because of her “titanic career” and backers of Bernadine Evaristo, who has the advantage not only of having written a “polyphonic novel” told from the perspective of 12 black women but of being black herself. Even the “safe” compromise the Booker jury came to — awarding the prize to both women — failed to satiate the woke-erat... more »

Sunday Morning Reading I: "At approximately 9.45am last Sunday, something awful happened to the political interview."

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 22 hours ago
Here's Camilla Long in *The Sunday Times *on last Sunday's Boris Johnson/Andrew Marr debacle: At approximately 9.45am last Sunday, something awful happened to the political interview. It took place on the sofa of The Andrew Marr Show, after days of furious speculation about whether the prime minister would consent to being interviewed by Andrew Neil. By the time Boris had his one-to-one with Marr, we had somehow got to the frenzied point of believing it is the primary duty of prime ministers during an election to offer themselves to an interviewer of our choosing at a time of our... more »

Varying Expectations For IG Horowitz Report – The Convenient Application of “intent”……

sundance at The Last Refuge - 22 hours ago
If Senator Lindsey Graham is correct – tomorrow the DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz will release a much anticipated review, looking into how the FBI and DOJ used an application to the FISA court to investigate the Trump campaign. There … Continue reading →

This Claytons global warming

Richard Treadgold at CCG - 22 hours ago
The global warming you have when you have no global warming Like the sham whisky peddled in the 1970s and … Continue Reading →

Matt Jones holds his nerve to win second Australian Open

Just In - 22 hours ago
The Australian professional holds off a challenge from 2010 British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen to win by just one shot and lift the Stonehaven Cup for the second time in his career.

Grass fire burning on Kangaroo Island downgraded to watch and act

Just In - 22 hours ago
The South Australian Country Fire Service downgrades an emergency warning for a grass fire at Newland to a watch and act alert.

GHB linked to three fatal drug overdoses in Perth, prompting warning from police

Just In - 22 hours ago
Warnings are issued about the potentially deadly illicit drug GHB after linking to a spate of overdoses in Perth, with three people dad and several others needing hospital treatment.

Floods, fire, then a shipping container of fireworks explodes: 'Lucky' Ipswich neighbours forced to flee

Talissa Siganto at Just In - 22 hours ago
Residents forced to flee a dangerous grass fire in Bundamba thought "the whole town would go up" as the blaze ignited a shipping container full of fireworks and flames edged dangerously close to homes.

American Samoa declares measles outbreak

Just In - 22 hours ago
The Government of American Samoa declares a measles outbreak in the US territory, a move that will lead to the closure of public schools and a ban on gatherings in parks.

Area 'twice the size of ACT' to be conserved for south-east Qld's vulnerable koalas

Dominic Cansdale at Just In - 22 hours ago
More than half-a-million hectares is proposed for conservation after south-east Queensland's koala population declined by up to 80 per cent in 20 years.

Feds Sue California Farmer For Growing Wheat

Kevin Mooney at The National Interest - 22 hours ago
*Kevin Mooney* *Politics, Americas* [image: A farmer walks through a field bordering Highway 99 in Turlock, California April 22, 2015. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith] If the case is not resolved, it could move to a jury trial sometime in 2020. No one told Jack LaPant that he could be in violation of the Clean Water Act for farming his own land. That’s mostly because the federal law includes a clear exemption for “normal” farming activities. But it’s also because the government officials LaPant consulted didn’t view overturned dirt that has been tilled and plowed as pollution. In 2... more »

RSS AMSU: acceleration of global warming is mostly negative

LuboÅ¡ Motl at The Reference Frame - 22 hours ago
OK, the New York Times published a hysterical article about the alleged acceleration of global warming and Kip Hansen (quite a surname for a skeptic!) wrote a response at Anthony Watts' blog. To add a third hyperlink, Grant Foster didn't like it so he published a rant titled How Deniers Deny. Great. Whether the noisy weather data for the global mean temperature include a clear enough "linear trend" – the global warming itself – is already a bit uncertain. Especially the question whether this apparent increase is more than a fluke is uncertain. However whether the *quadratic coeffi... more »

Musical Interlude: 2002, "The Sea at Night"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago
2002, "The Sea at Night"

"A Look to the Heavens"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago
“An asterism is just a recognized pattern of stars that is not one the 88 official constellations. For example, one of the most famous (and largest) asterisms is the Big Dipper within the constellation Ursa Major. But this pretty chain of stars, visible with binoculars towards the long-necked constellation of Camelopardalis, is also a recognized asterism. *Click image for larger size.* Known as Kemble's Cascade, it contains about 20 stars nearly in a row, stretching over five times the width of a full moon. Tumbling from the upper right to lower left in the picture, Kemble's Cascade ... more »

"Four Noble Buddha Quotes"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago
"Four Noble Buddha Quotes" by Perry Garfinkel "Isn't it - I can't decide whether to say "ironic" or "appropriate" - that modern technology now brings us wisdom that would otherwise have been considered oh so 2,500 years ago? I refer here to sharing timeless tips from one Siddhartha Gautama, the prince who lived 500 years before the Common Era, a.k.a. the Buddha. But sage as he was, as relevant today as when he lived, quoting the Buddha is dangerous business. Nothing he said was written down until some 300 years after his death; it was all passed down orally. By the time it got to u... more »

"We've Forgotten Much..."

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago
"We've forgotten much. How to struggle, how to rise to dizzy heights and sink to unparalleled depths. We no longer aspire to anything. Even the finer shades of despair are lost to us. We've ceased to be runners. We plod from structure to conveyance to employment and back again. We live within the boundaries that science has determined for us. The measuring stick is short and sweet. The full gamut of life is a brief, shadowy continuum that runs from gray to more gray. The rainbow is bleached. We hardly know how to doubt anymore." - Richard Matheson, ("The Thing")"

The Daily "Near You?"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago
Roswell, Georgia, USA. Thanks for stopping by!

"Anyway..."

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago
"Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power." - P. J. O'Rourke

Quote of the Day

vonMesser at 'Nox & Friends - 23 hours ago

Find Out the 1 Reason Why the Glock 18 Is Illegal in America

Gun News Daily at The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*Gun News Daily* *Security, Americas* [image: https://pictures.reuters.com/archive/USA--GM1E97J0BLW01.html] Here's what we know. *Key Point:* The Glock 18 simply fires too many bullets, too quickly. You’ve heard of the Glock 17 and the Glock 19…but what about the Glock 18? The Glock 18 is a full-sized automatic pistol with a 9mm chambering… only it’s capable of firing up to 1200 rounds a minute. It’s a bit like the Glock 17, but has a switch to change between semi-auto and full-auto firing. This big difference is actually due to a very simple mechanic. A raised extra tab on the ... more »

The Second Sunday Of Advent

Menagerie at The Last Refuge - 23 hours ago
Gospel Mt 3:1-12 John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the desert of Judea and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” It was of him that the prophet Isaiah had spoken when he said: A voice of … Continue reading →

December 8th – 2019 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #1053

sundance at The Last Refuge - 23 hours ago
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 →

Sunday December 8th – Open Thread

sundance at The Last Refuge - 23 hours ago
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 →

Why America's Nuclear Attack Defense Must Evolve

Bill Gortney at The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*Bill Gortney* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] U.S. security is at stake. *Key point:* Washington needs to keep changing and improving its defenses against a nuclear attack. The world's nuclear arsenal is growing ever larger, and with real threats of attack from a rogue nation on our homeland, it's not the right time to let down our guard on missile defense capability. The current Administration has wisely and consistently requested increased budgets for Department of Defense spending to maintain the missile defense systems we currently have deployed as well as bolster new... more »

The Superiority of the M-1 Garand Rifle Is Not To Be Questioned

Paul Richard Huard at The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*Paul Richard Huard* *Security, * [image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_Garand#/media/File:En-JohnGarandLarge.jpeg] On the battlefield, it was unstoppable. *Key point:* The most important word for the M-1 Garand is "reliability." Gen. George Patton, the renowned World War II commander who possessed a sizable ego, called the M-1 Garand rifle “the greatest battle implement ever devised.” Some might be surprised that the self-promoting Patton did not consider *himself* the greatest battle implement ever devised. But Patton knew a thing or two about killing – and he knew that i... more »

How an Armed Conflict Between China and Taiwan Would Take Shape

J. Michael Cole at The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*J. Michael Cole* *Security, Asia* [image: Reuters] Not good. *Key point:* Beijing has many options to achieve its strategic objectives in Taiwan. A consensus seems to have developed among a large number of defense analysts in recent years arguing that despite the balance of power having shifted in China’s favor, Beijing has no intention to use its military to *invade Taiwan* and thus resolve the Taiwan “question” once and for all. Doing so would be too costly, some argue, while others contend that Beijing can accomplish unification by creating enough economic dependence and in... more »

The Army Is Changing, But There Is A Reason Why The M4 Carbine Is Staying

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * It's just that good. *Key point: *All things considered, the M4 is a very good compromise weapon. The U.S. Army is an armed force with a truly global reach. At any given time, America’s premier land power operates on several different continents simultaneously, from hot, dry deserts to humid jungles and sprawling cities. Its infantrymen carry a weapon whose lineage dates back to Vietnam but which has been constantly improved to become the weapon it is today. Rugged, simple and accurate, the M4 carbine is the standard infantry weapon of not just the A... more »

EFSA opens comment period on Ochratoxin A health risks

Joe Whitworth at Food Safety News - 1 day ago
The European Food Safety Authority is seeking feedback on work examining the public health risks of Ochratoxin A in food. Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a mycotoxin naturally produced by fungi such as the Penicillium and Aspergillus mold species. It is found in foods including grain products, preserved meats, fresh and dried fruits, and breast milk.... Continue Reading

Who Votes Against The Voting Rights Act? Racists And Only Racists

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
On Friday, the House passed another crucial piece of legislation, H.R.4-- the Voting Rights Advancement Act-- 4 that MoscowMitch intends to bury in his fetid Senate crypt. In the end, every Democrat (+ one Republican, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania) voted for it and every Republican but Fitzpatrick voted against it.) The bill is meant to restore and modernize the Voting Rights Act to guarantee local bigots can't prevent groups from exercising their right to vote, creating a new coverage formula that hinges on a finding of repeated voting rights violations in the preceding 25 ye... more »

Journalist: Newsweek Suppressed OPCW Scandal And Threatened Me With Legal Action

Caitlin Johnstone at Caitlin Johnstone - 1 day ago
A Newsweek journalist has resigned after the publication reportedly suppressed his story about the ever-growing OPCW scandal, the revelation of immensely significant plot holes in the establishment Syria narrative that you can update yourself on by watching this short seven-minute video or this more detailed video here. “Yesterday […]

we may clean the temple today, and tomorrow it may be filled again with dead men’s bones.

Bob Dinn at balance10 - 1 day ago
*The* Earth itself is similar to your own body temple, to your own four lower bodies. And the pollution of the Earth and the gathering of that substance misqualified by mankind--adding layer upon layer of substance to the Earth’s crust and all the way to the center--has resulted in the same condition which is now manifesting in the body temples of mankind: it is the clogging of the arteries, the veins and the channels of the flow of the fluid of the nervous system. And therefore we find that the necessary release of the sacred fire from the center of the Earth all the way back t... more »

Were Will and Jaden Smith Killed in a Car Crash?

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 1 day ago
Fake death notices are often spread for malicious purposes.

The Universe

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“You chose your dreams for the journeys they'd make possible, and you knew when you chose them there'd be obstacles, crises, and young souls who'd stand in your way. They exist by design. To tempt you, lure you, test you. So that you can come back, prevail, rise above, and rock on. And ultimately to convince you of your awesomeness. They're part of the plan. There've been no mistakes. All is supremely well. These are the days, mid-adventure, that will mean the most to you. And some of those young souls will forever remember the gift of your paths crossing.” “Enjoy the journey,” ... more »

"When We Have Time..."

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“How small a portion of our life it is that we really enjoy. In youth we are looking forward to things that are to come; in old age, we are looking backwards to things that are gone past; in manhood, although we appear indeed to be more occupied in things that are present, yet even that is too often absorbed in vague determinations to be vastly happy on some future day, when we have time...” - Charles Caleb Colton, “Lacon”

North Korea Says It Has Conducted A 'Very Important Test' At It's Sohae Satellite Launch Site

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
State media KCNA reported that a 'significant' test was carried out on Sunday, local time, at its Sohae satellite launch site, but did not specify what was tested at the site previously used to launch rockets into space. *Daily Mail:** North Korea carries out 'very significant' test at satellite launch site a day after it said denuclearization talks with the U.S. were off the negotiating table* * The test was carried out at North Korea's Sohae satellite launch site * State media KCNA did not specify what was tested, but said the results would 'be used for upgrading the country's... more »

Shady Implants: Corruption in the Medical Device Industry

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 1 day ago
Written by Joseph Mercola, D.O., Ph.D. Story at-a-glance – Europe’s medical device industry is so poorly regulated that U.S. regulators have compared it to a system where “patients are treated like guinea pigs” Faulty medical device implants, including artificial spine disks, breast implants, hip replacement devices, bone graft devices and insulin pumps have caused serious […] The post Shady Implants: Corruption in the Medical Device Industry appeared first on Health Nut News.

Chairman Nadler Announces House Presenters for Monday Impeachment Inquisition…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 1 day ago
Planning for impeachment right after the 2018 mid-term election, HPSCI Chairman Adam Schiff hired former SDNY U.S. Attorney Daniel Goldman (link). You probably saw Goldman doing the questioning for Schiff during the first public impeachment hearing. Around the same time … Continue reading →

"How It Really Is"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago

"The Ultimate Inversion..."

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force". - Ayn Rand

North Korea's U.N. Ambassador Says Denuclearization Is Off The Table In Talks With The U.S.

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*DW: **North Korea says denuclearization off the table in US talks* North Korea does not need "lengthy talks" with the US and denuclearization is "already gone out of the negotiating table," Pyongyang's UN envoy said. "We'll see," responded US President Donald Trump. The talks between Pyongyang and Washington are merely a "time-saving trick" for the US administration to advance its "domestic political agenda," the North Korean ambassador to the UN said on Friday, apparently referencing the 2020 election campaign. "We do not need to have lengthy talks with the US now and denucleari... more »

The NZ authorities that are fine with you drinking glyphosate, 1080 & chlorine have recently conducted raids on raw milk suppliers throughout the country

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 1 day ago
A number of raw milk suppliers NZ wide have just been raided by MPI. As a consumer of raw milk myself I’ve watched this with interest over more than a decade. The regulatory conditions have gradually tightened up over the years, so that suppliers I’ve spoken with have said it’s become more and more expensive … Continue reading The NZ authorities that are fine with you drinking glyphosate, 1080 & chlorine have recently conducted raids on raw milk suppliers throughout the country →

Probe into eight 1080 Waikato cattle deaths in 2018 points to DOC breach

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 1 day ago
From rnz.co.nz An investigation in an aerial drop of 1080 that killed eight cattle in the King Country in September 2018 has found that the Department of Conservation breached one of its operating procedures. The DOC pest control operation was conducted over the 1400ha Mapara Wildlife Reserve, 35km southeast of Te Kuiti. The livestock got … Continue reading Probe into eight 1080 Waikato cattle deaths in 2018 points to DOC breach →

“DOC’s underwhelming response and fanciful explanations” for the West Coast wildlife deaths are “simply not good enough” says a Veterinarian (Dr Trolove, Pres. NZFFA)

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 1 day ago
From coranz.org.nz West Coast Beach Dead Rats Killed by 1080? Dead rats found on beaches near the mouth of the Buller River near Westport were almost certainly 1080 killed rodents, despite Department of Conservation denials says a trout fishing advocacy the NZ Federation of Freshwater Anglers (NZFFA) NZFFA president Dr Peter Trolove, a retired veterinarian, … Continue reading “DOC’s underwhelming response and fanciful explanations” for the West Coast wildlife deaths are “simply not good enough” says a Veterinarian (Dr Trolove, Pres. NZFFA) →

At least 50 African children paralyzed after receiving Bill Gates backed meningitis vaccine (2013)

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 1 day ago
And still going on … Press For Truth 256K subscribers At least 50 children in the small village of Gouro in northern Chad have developed paralysis following vaccinations with “MenAfriVac,” a new meningitis vaccine developed specifically for Africa. At least 50 African children paralyzed after receiving Bill Gates-backed meningitis vaccine: http://www.naturalnews.com/038796_men… For more information visit … Continue reading At least 50 African children paralyzed after receiving Bill Gates backed meningitis vaccine (2013) →

Pensacola NAS Shooting Updates

Terry at 'Nox & Friends - 1 day ago
There is so much being written about the Saudi Arabian student pilot who opened fire on classmates at the Pensacola NAS yesterday that it would be hard to write a single post that covers it all. The below links include much of the details that have been released so far. I don’t think there is much doubt about “why” he did what he did. The bigger question is why he and the others were here in the first place. Naval Air Station Pensacola shooter was Saudi aviation student, investigators eye potential terror link 6 Saudi nationals detained for questioning after … Continue reading →

Words for work: Migrants learn English for jobs

Fiona Blackwood at Just In - 1 day ago
Sumaya Bushar from Sudan says her "big dream" is to get a job, and learning workplace-specific English is helping her and others win jobs.

Gulf of Carpentaria island family travel two days to learn team sports

Eric Barker at Just In - 1 day ago
Chris Smith's kids are perhaps more accustomed to catching a mud crab than a cricket ball so, once a year, he packs his family into their boat and heads to the mainland for the annual Sports for Bush Kids week in Mount Isa.

Indigenous 'frilled-neck lizard' dress to feature at Miss Universe pageant

Damien Larkins And Hilary Cassell at Just In - 1 day ago
This Indigenous-inspired 'frilled-neck lizard' dress is set to turn heads at the 2019 Miss Universe pageant in the US this week.

Florida naval base shooter showed mass killing videos at dinner party

Just In - 1 day ago
The Saudi shooter who killed three people at a Florida military base had days earlier hosted a dinner party where he showed videos of mass shootings, a US official says.

Man shot dead by police had fired at kids, ex-partner, locals with 'extremely high-powered rifle'

Nick Wiggins at Just In - 1 day ago
A man who police say fired a rifle at his children, ex-partner, and members of the public is dead after being shot by officers south of Maryborough this morning.

Shield match abandoned due to MCG pitch problems

Just In - 1 day ago
Officials apologise for the state of the MCG pitch, which causes the abandonment of a Sheffield Shield game, but they express confidence things will improve for the Boxing Day Test in 18 days.

'I haven't been onto the beach at all': Calls for more accessibility for disabled tourists

Melissa Mackay at Just In - 1 day ago
Calls for tourism hotspots to be made accessible to people of all abilities, as new strategy fails to address disability.

"Get Ready For An Economic Wake-Up Call This Holiday Season"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"Get Ready For An Economic Wake-Up Call This Holiday Season"* by Brandon Smith "If we are to measure the concept of “economic recovery” in real terms, then we would have to look at the fundamentals (not stock markets) and whether or not they’re improving. Unfortunately, not all economic data is presented to the public honestly. Very often it is mired and obscured in a fog of disinformation and false standards. I would point out, though, that there is relatively accurate information out there in certain areas of the global economy, and it tells us our economic structure is destabil... more »

Gregory Mannarino, "A Complete And Total Meltdown Is The End Game. But Until Then..."

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
By Gregory Mannarino "A Complete And Total Meltdown Is The End Game. But Until Then..."

Polls Predict A Comfortable Win For The UK Conservatives When Voters Go To the Polls This Thursday

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*Reuters*: *Poll predicts UK Conservatives to win majority of 38 in election: Sunday Times * LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party is on course to win a parliamentary majority of 38 seats in Thursday’s election, according to a new poll, the Sunday Times’ political editor reported. A Datapraxis poll, using the multilevel regression and post-stratification (MRP) model, predicted that the Conservatives would win 344 seats, with the opposition Labour Party taking 221, the Times’s Tim Shipman said on Twitter. *Read more* .... *WNU Editor:* I a... more »

U.S. And Iran Agree To a Prisoner Exchange

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
Xiyue Wang, left, was arrested in Iran while researching Persian history for his doctoral thesis [Princeton University via Reuters] *ABC News Online:* *Iran-US prisoner exchange sees release of US scholar for Iranian scientist* Iran and the US have conducted a prisoner exchange that saw a detained Princeton scholar released for an Iranian scientist held by America, marking a rare diplomatic breakthrough between Tehran and Washington after months of tensions. In a trade conducted in Zurich, Switzerland, Iranian officials handed over Chinese-American graduate student Xiyue Wang, det... more »

Pensacola Naval Base Shooting -- News Roundup December 7, 2019

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*Daily Mail:* *FBI hunt for missing Saudi servicemen as it's revealed Pensacola Naval base killer hosted dinner party to watch mass shooting videos and visited New York to see Rockefeller Christmas tree lights turned on just two days before* * Saudi military student Mohammed Saeed al-Shamrani, 21, killed three people and injured 12 when he opened fire at Navy Station Pensacola on Friday * Another Saudi student allegedly videotaped the attack, while two others watched from a nearby car * Authorities have now detained 10 Saudi students for questioning, a number revised up from six y... more »

How A Dangerous Court Ruling Could Give China The Lead In 5G Technology

Loren Thompson at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Loren Thompson* *Technology, Asia* And permanently impair U.S. security. Despite a chronic trade deficit in advanced technology products, the United States remains a global trendsetter for networking and telecommunications. U.S. companies are currently in a battle with Chinese state-influenced enterprises like Huawei that will determine whether American dominance continues into the era of 5G communications. 5G is the next big leap in mobile networking, a cluster of technologies that will deliver greatly increased speed, bandwidth and reliability to users. The U.S. Department o... more »

Why the Hand-Held DX-12 "Punisher" Shotgun Is a Bad Idea

Charlie Gao at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Charlie Gao* *Technology, Americas* [image: https://www.moth3r.com/projects/dx12/#Slide%2003] Very dangerous to the user. *Key point: *In its current iteration, the design for the DX-12 is actually a problem for the shooter. A render of a double-barrel shotgun by “HARDWAR3 INDUSTRIES” got some attention last year due to its futuristic design and boxy shape, which some say resembles the ubiquitous Glock pistols. But unlike the pistols it has been compared to, the “Punisher DX-12” has a ton of questionable design decisions and ergonomic quirks that would make it a danger to the s... more »

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