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Release The Kraken Genome!
Sailors have told tales of giant tentacled sea monsters for millennia. In ancient times, it was the Kraken. In more recent work, Jules Verne delighted and terrified the public while reading *20,000 Leagues Under The Sea*. The monstrous *Architeuthis dux*, the giant squid, must have been terrifying to ancient mariners. They were the size of modern school buses, never a good thing when you are in a wooden trireme, with eyes as big as dinner plates and tentacles that can snatch prey 10 yards away. During an evolutionary scale when most creatures got smaller, how did this squid get so ... more »
Braille Math And Science Textbooks Feel Good - Now They Can Be Far Less Expensive
Since math is a language, there is no reason blind people can't learn it, but math and science textbooks in Braille require an enormous effort to produce. That means much higher cost for a small market, which means it can only be done by nonprofits on one economic end of the scale, or wealthy book companies on the other end, who want to offset their guilt at charging college students $200 for a book that should be $20 on Amazon. read more
The Trump Regulatory Record
Before Thanksgiving, a business reporter contacted me for an article he was writing on discussion points for families that wanted to talk politics around the holiday table. He asked me specifically to write up some thoughts about the Trump administration’s regulatory policies, and I did. He ended up not using them, even though I thought […] The post The Trump Regulatory Record appeared first on Econlib.
AR rejects sale of medical cannabis licenses for unopened stores
Arkansas regulators nixed the sale of two medical marijuana dispensary licenses, displeased that the owners didn’t take significant efforts toward opening the operations. The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission unanimously voted to reject the sale of Pine Bluff Agriceuticals and Arkansas Patient Services, according to Arkansas Business. Commissioner Travis Story argued that allowing license holders to […] AR rejects sale of medical cannabis licenses for unopened stores is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Virgin Islands Lawsuit: Epstein’s Estate Targeted, Sex Crimes Continued Into 2018
[image: virgin-islands-lawsuit-epstein-s-estate-targeted-sex-crimes-continued-into-2018] The Virgin Islands’ attorney general wants to seize Epstein’s assets and estate there because it was headquarters for Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation, a new lawsuit alleges.
Report: DOJ Looking at Comey in Probe of Russian Document Leak
[image: report-doj-looking-at-comey-in-probe-of-russian-document-leak] The Department of Justice is again looking at former FBI Director James Comey’s role in a leak, this time in relation to a Russian document that influenced the Clinton e-mail investigation.
The Climate "Cult"
[image: alex-newman-the-climate-cult] VIDEO - In this video, Dr. Duke Pesta talks with TNA foreign correspondent Alex Newman about his experience at the COP25 Climate Summit in Spain this past December. Alex describes the atmosphere of the summit, including the use of children to promote the “climate crisis,” the verbal trashing of the U.S., and the general “cultish” feeling.
ACLU Sues to Stop Trump’s Migrant Relocation Pact With Guatemala
[image: aclu-sues-to-stop-trump-s-migrant-relocation-pact-with-guatemala] The ACLU filed a lawsuit against the administration’s “safe third county” asylum agreement in the latest challenge to Trump’s immigration policies.
Bolshevik Bern? Shockingly, Sanders Hasn’t Fired Bloodthirsty, Pro-gulag, Marxist Staffer
[image: bolshevik-bern-shockingly-sanders-hasn-t-fired-bloodthirsty-pro-gulag-marxist-staffer] Presidential contender Bernie Sanders has thus far failed to fire campaign organizer Kyle Jurek, who talked about putting political opponents in Stalinesque “gulags” and saying that the campaign is full of people of his mind.
Sorry America (And Tom Cruise): China's Top Gun Is Just Better Than Yours
*Michael Peck* *Security, Asia* I like the Chinese version of "Top Gun" better. *Key point:* The navy in this video appeared high-tech, professional, a real navy rather than a mere coastal defense force I will make an unpatriotic confession. I like the Chinese version of "Top Gun" better. Or more specifically, a short Chinese navy video that resembles the 1986 Hollywood hit, for which a sequel is underway. Well, almost resembles. No smirking Tom Cruise. No fake love story (and no Kelly McGillis) to distract what everyone really came to see, which was the cool F-14 Tomcats zoom... more »
Think Again on Ukraine
*John Herbst* *Security, Europe* In a recent National Interest article, George Beebe dismisses US policy on Ukraine as “steeped in illusions” and argues for a “sensible alternative.” It is a nice try, but what he comes up with does not pass muster. In a recent *National Interest *article, George Beebe dismisses US policy on Ukraine as “steeped in illusions” and argues for a “sensible alternative.” It is a nice try, but what he comes up with does not pass muster. Beebe disagrees with longstanding US policy to give Ukraine the opportunity to choose its own future, which includ... more »
America's P-51 Mustang Was A Legend During World War II
*Michael Peck* *Security, * [image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang#/media/File:375th_Fighter_Squadron_North_American_P-51D-5-NA_Mustang_44-13926.jpg] The Air Force almost brought it back. *Key point: *While a great performer for its era, the Mustang wasn't suitable to the more advanced Cold War. The North American P-51 Mustang was one of the greatest fighters of World War II. Had life worked out differently, the Mustang could also have fought in Vietnam and flown against a Soviet invasion of Western Europe. In fact, it might even have replaced the A-1... more »
Should Ukraine Join NATO?
*Mark Episkopos* *Security, Europe* Ukraine’s Prime Minister announced earlier this week that NATO and the Ukrainian Armed Forces will hold joint military exercises in the Black Sea region, the latest in Kiev’s ongoing effort to secure membership in the Transatlantic Alliance through a strategy of consistent participation in NATO projects. Ukraine’s Prime Minister announced earlier this week that NATO and the Ukrainian Armed Forces will hold joint military exercises in the Black Sea region, the latest in Kiev’s ongoing effort to secure membership in the Transatlantic Alliance th... more »
Russia's Incredible Shrinking Navy: Can Putin Grow It Back?
*David Axe* *Security, Eurasia* [image: Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen before the submerging on board C-Explorer 3.11 bathyscaphe to inspect the Sch-308 Semga submarine, which sank in 1942, near the isle of Gogland in the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea, Russia July 27, 2019.] Russia's president announced some new buys. But that's not the whole picture. *Key Point:* Is the Russian Navy sinking? The Russia fleet in 2019 will take delivery of 23 new surface vessels, two new submarines and three new aircraft, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced. The numbers on ... more »
North Korea Hasn't Forgotten How It Felt To Fight The U.S. Air Force
*Daniel R. DePetris* *Security, East Asia* Utter destruction. *Key point: *The history of the Korean War could help explain why disarming Pyongyang may, in the end, prove to be an impossible job. Can the United States and North Korea arrive at a deal—any deal—on denuclearization, normalization of relations, or at the very least a nuclear freeze? Given the holding pattern in nuclear diplomacy since the second summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un in Hanoi, the prospects don’t appear particularly bright. The hold-up in the talks, however, is not simply the product of persona... more »
Russia Isn't Afraid of America's Mighty F-35. Why?
*Michael Peck* *Security, Eurasia* [image: An Israeli F35 aircraft is seen on the runway during] Maybe they should be... *Key point: *Russia would have made the same argument in 1943, when hordes of uncomplicated T-34 tanks faced formidable but heavily engineered and expensive German Tiger and Panther tanks. Surprise! America's F-35 stealth fighter is too complicated and expensive, claims a Russian military expert interviewed by Russian media. Hard to believe, isn't it? Yet while the Sputnik News interview might be dismissed as tendentious at best and propaganda at worst, it per... more »
Why Donald Trump's Impeachment Troubles are Only Temporary
*W. James Antle III* *Politics, Americas* [image: Reuters] It would take a massive breakdown between Senate Republicans and the White House—and probably an even more dramatic shift in the underlying facts—to imperil Trump’s presidency. Chief Justice John Roberts was sworn in on Thursday to preside over the Senate trial of President Donald Trump as required by the Constitution. But what matters most is whether Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is in control of the proceedings. It’s the sign of the times that on the morning the Senate was to formally take up the matter of Tru... more »
While Some Battle to Save Australia’s Ecosystems, Others Blame Gov’t for Climate Change Denial
"This fire season has been a devastating wake-up call for many Australians. People who may have thought climate change was a vague, distant threat are now breathing bushfire smoke and reeling from the lives lost." The post While Some Battle to Save Australia’s Ecosystems, Others Blame Gov’t for Climate Change Denial appeared first on MintPress News.
How a Hidden Parliamentary Session Revealed Trump’s True Motives in Iraq
The U.S. is adamant that its assassination of Qassem Soleimani and refusal to leave Iraq is about protecting Americans, but a little known Iraqi parliamentary session reveals how China increasingly strong ties to Baghdad may be shaping America's new Mideast strategy. The post How a Hidden Parliamentary Session Revealed Trump’s True Motives in Iraq appeared first on MintPress News.
Las potenciales dimensiones del desastre de un TLC interimperialista
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
17-Jan-2020 Con el acuerdo comercial entre EE. UU. y China se podría acelerar la contaminación del planeta. Una perspectiva
A clause in the US–China trade deal presents a big opportunity for the oilsands
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
17-Jan-2020 China agreed to buy 'petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude' and that could include Canadian crude travelling through the US.
Brexit relationship: EU reveals clues ahead of talks with UK
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
17-Jan-2020 The EU negotiating team is gearing up for talks with the UK about the post-Brexit relationship by holding a series of seminars for diplomats from the 27 member states.
With passage of NAFTA 2.0, Congress boosts fossil fuel polluters, particularly in Mexico
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
17-Jan-2020 NAFTA 2.0 cleared another hurdle as the U.S. Senate approved the trade deal with bipartisan support.
Telenor hopes to settle GP audit claim without int'l arbitration
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
17-Jan-2020 Now that the February 23 deadline for the court directive to pay Tk2,000 crore audit dues to the telecom regulator looms, Telenor hopes that the ongoing audit dispute can be settled without resorting to international arbitration.
Tired of waiting for a university, a publisher commissions its own investigation — and retracts two papers
The journal Diabetes has retracted two 2006 papers by a group of researchers in Germany whose work has long been the subject of concerns about image duplication and manipulation. The first author of the articles is Kathrin Maedler, a prominent diabetes specialist at the University of Bremen, where she’d been a named professor but lost … Continue reading Tired of waiting for a university, a publisher commissions its own investigation — and retracts two papers
We Are Legion
Do you remember MP Ken Epp's private member's bill C-484, *Unborn Victims of Crime Act* from 2007? Joyce Arthur and I do. (We met for the first time in real life yesterday, appropriately, at Apiecalypse Now, the restaurant owned by pro-choice hero, Jen Bundock.) We talked about how lonely we felt at the time, as two of a very few voices shrieeeeking about the danger it posed to abortion rights. Hardly anyone took notice. Certainly not the MPs. The bill passed second reading, only to die on the order paper when the 2008 election was called. Thank the goddess. Now, things are very ... more »
Year Ahead 2020: A Consensus Reality Meltdown
*Kingsley L. Dennis* - The year ahead into 2020 will continue a process that has already begun and which we are seeing unfolding around us across the globe.
THE FOG OF WAR – GORILLA RADIO DISCUSSES THE RUSSIAN FOCUS
by John Helmer, Moscow @bears_with Political fog and the fog of war are different. The first is a way of believing first, seeing afterwards. The second is what happens when the weapons of camouflage and deception combine with confusion and fear to make seeing clearly impossible. Follow last week’s events as they happened in Damascus, […]
America Has Built a Global Dystopia | Noam Chomsky
In a remarkable two-part interview, Chomsky and Scheer meet to discuss topics ranging from the type of dystopian future we face to the unfortunate, brutal success of the U.S. empire. It is nearly impossible to live in today’s world without having come across mention of the legendary Noam Chomsky. His work as a linguist, historian, … Continue reading America Has Built a Global Dystopia | Noam Chomsky →
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From Jenna Orkin How China Is Practicing—and Perfecting—an Amphibious Invasion of TaiwanIran Military Suggests US Disruption Of Radar Caused Downing Of Airliner Despite New VideoLawsuit Claims Epstein Trafficked Girls in Caribbean Until 2018*The attorney general of the Virgin Islands says Mr. Epstein and his associates used a database to track victims as young as 11 years old.* DECLARATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCYDUE TO POTENTIAL CIVIL UNREST AT THE VIRGINIA STATE CAPITOL Naomi Klein: A fundamentally new economic system is the only way to save society and the planetWombats are the hero... more »
The Leading Authority on Vaccines Was In the Biowarfare Business?
*Jon Rappaport* - There are many, many reasons to reject everything the CDC claims about vaccines.
Opening the Envelope of Oman’s Succession
The following is a guest post by Andrew Leber, a PhD candidate in Government at Harvard University. The death of Sultan Qaboos bin Said, and the succession of Haitham bin Tariq as the country’s new ruler, was yet one more high-profile news item this year amid the back-and-forth attacks and tragic consequences of events further […]
Science Validates Collective Intention
*Jacob Devany* - Can thought, intention, and emotion influence the physical world?
The Resonances Between Indigenous Art and Images Captured by Microscopes
*Roger Wepf* - Rich visual parallels between Indigenous artworks and microscopic natural structures reveal unexpected and intriguing similarities.
Instead of Kidnapping and Caging Drug Addicts, Police are Getting Them Help—And It’s Working
*Matt Agorist* - When it comes to drug addiction, it turns out rehab is a much more efficient method of recovery than jail.
Mixing Up The Voters-- A Cover-Up Strategy
*Chuck Schumer by Nancy Ohanian* Writing for Bloomberg News yesterday, Jonathan Bernstein noted that Republican senators don’t even know what they’re covering up for, or at least what they would be covering up for if they follow the White House’s preference to rush through the Senate impeachment trial that starts next week and refuse to hear from relevant witnesses and collect relevant documents." He's right, although Moscow Mitch very much *does* know exactly what he's covering up. "Some of those senators, to be sure, just don’t care," continued Bernstein. "They’ve decided they ca... more »
Daily Military And Intelligence News -- January 17, 2020
*Daily Signal:* *Iranian Missile Attacks Offer Insights Into Tehran’s Intentions, Capabilities* Iran fired missiles at two U.S. bases in Iraq on Jan. 8, setting off a wave of speculation in the American media. Now that the dust has settled, analyzing the strikes can provide important insights into Iran’s intentions and capabilities—and how the United States should respond. In the immediate aftermath of the attacks, many commentators were quickly bogged down by the question of whether the Iranian strikes were meant to be precise. *Read more* .... *Daily Military And Intelligence ... more »
Iran's leader calls Trump 'a clown' as US reveals injuries to troops from missiles
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says the "cowardly" killing of General Soleimani showed Washington's "terrorist nature", as confirmation of US injuries from Iran's missile strike are revealed.
Examining the Shortcomings of the Senate Intelligence Committee's 'Torture Report'
CIA library at agency headquarters. (Flickr/Central Intelligence Agency) The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s (SSCI’s) groundbreaking study on the CIA’s use of enhanced interrogation techniques (EITs) has been receiving attention again due to the release of the movie “The Report.” “The Report” focuses on the efforts of SSCI investigator Daniel Jones to research and eventually publish the so-called “Torture Report” that was released by the SSCI in December 2014 (referred to here as the “study,” to distinguish it from the movie title). In a companion *Lawfare* piece, I docu... more »
Iran and Vicinity On the Ground in Southwest Asia
Interview with Hussein Askary on Southwest Asia Video of Interview with Hussein Askary on Southwest Asia What's Happening and Where Do We Go From Here? Hussein Askary, EIR's expert for Southwest Asia gives an update; both on the present dynamics and their history. He also presents a pathway of solutions which just might result in peace breaking out here, pulling the world back from a most dangerous precipice.
Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 16 – 2020
Originally posted on sunshine hours: South / North
Empowering Women in Poor Communities & Building Resilience Against Climate Pressure
Global Issues News Headlines - 12 hours ago
AHMEDABAD, India, Jan 17 (IPS) - Bijal Brahmbhatt is Director, Mahila Housing TrustAs global temperatures continue to rise, vulnerable populations around the world are facing increasingly complex climate risks – with ongoing droughts in Zimbabwe and floods devastating Indonesia's capital, Jakarta. Read the full story, “Empowering Women in Poor Communities & Building Resilience Against Climate Pressure”, on globalissues.org →
BIOGAS: Cow Dung Holds the Key to Nepal’s Green Economy
Global Issues News Headlines - 12 hours ago
KASKI, Nepal, Jan 17 (IPS) - Nepal's future may not be in hydropower, as most assume, but actually in the dung heap. A new industrial-scale biogas plant near Pokhara has proved that livestock and farm waste producing flammable methane gas can replace imported LPG and chemical fertiliser. Read the full story, “BIOGAS: Cow Dung Holds the Key to Nepal’s Green Economy”, on globalissues.org →
Women Activists Escalate Demand for “Bodily Autonomy” as 19 Nations Dissent
Global Issues News Headlines - 12 hours ago
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 17 (IPS) - The United States and 18 other UN member states have come under fire for denying a woman's legitimate right to "bodily autonomy"—the right to self-governance over one's own body without coercion or external pressure. Read the full story, “Women Activists Escalate Demand for “Bodily Autonomy” as 19 Nations Dissent”, on globalissues.org →
"There's more than one way to skin a cat" - illegal alien edition
The headline is an old saying from the 19th century that I still enjoy. It's still valid, in almost every walk of life. President Trump has just illustrated that in dealing with the invasion of this country by illegal aliens. Donald Trump's policies to deal with the crisis on our southern border are working as intended. Mark Morgan, acting U.S. Customs and Border Protection commissioner, says that daily apprehensions of illegal aliens have fallen from about 4,000 at the height of the crisis to around 1,300 now. What's more, the 21-day average is less than 1,000 -- a 78 percent dr... more »
Residents stranded by snow for days in Washington communities
Heavy snow in Oregon and Washington shuts down major highways, knocks out power and traps hundreds. “Supplies Reach Cutoff Washington Towns Hours Before Next Winter Storm,” reads the headline. Towns along U.S. Highway 2 between Gold Bar and Skykomish east of Seattle have been cut off since Sunday night after heavy snow knocked down trees ... Read more Residents stranded by snow for days in Washington communities The post Residents stranded by snow for days in Washington communities appeared first on Ice Age Now.
Pakistan – Record snowfall cuts off 700 villages
This revelation was mentioned almost offhandedly in a article innocuously entitled “Avalanche kills five soldiers as cold snap toll rises to 109.” I don’t know if this headline was an attempt to hide the extent of the disaster or not. ____ 16 Jan 2020 – At least 15 more people were killed by avalanches in ... Read more Pakistan – Record snowfall cuts off 700 villages The post Pakistan – Record snowfall cuts off 700 villages appeared first on Ice Age Now.
"Grave Tendings"
*Apologies to monkeys...* *"Grave Tendings"* by Jim Kunstler "So titanically self-unaware is the Democratic Resistance that it failed to grok it was actually signing the party’s death warrant Wednesday, complete with official Nancy Pelosi commemorative black-and-gold signature pens. And that their solemn, prayerful journey from one side of the Capitol building to the other was actually the conveyance of that death warrant in what amounted to the party’s funeral march. Remember this eternal paradox of the human condition: people get what they deserve, not what they expect. Could you... more »
"We Sit By..."
"The barbarian hopes, and that is the mark of him, that he can have his cake and eat it too. He will consume what civilization has slowly produced after generations of selection and effort, but he will not be at pains to replace such goods, nor indeed has he a comprehension of the virtue that has brought them into being. We sit by and watch the barbarian. We tolerate him in the long stretches of peace, we are not afraid. We are tickled by his irreverence; his comic inversion of our old certitudes; we laugh. But as we laugh we are watched by large and awful faces from beyond, and on ... more »
"Falling Through The Cracks"
*"Falling Through The Cracks"* by Adam Taggart "In the trailer for our recent (and excellent) webinar "WTF: What The Fed?!?", I ask: 'What’s it going to take for the pitchforks to come out? How much more does the common man need to be abused before he wakes up and says ‘I’m not going to take anymore!?' As discussed in detail in the webinar, our economic and political systems have been captured by monied interests. Industry, government, markets and the judicial system all work for their benefit, not ours. The result? An acceleration of wealth and opportunity away from the masses and... more »
Brazilian Secretary of Culture Fired by Bolsonaro after Copying Nazi Speech
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian Culture Secretary, Roberto Alvim, published a video on Thursday evening, January 16th, where he directly quoted from a speech by Joseph Goebbels, Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany, on the arts. The speech provoked angry responses on social media networks on Friday morning, January 17th, which led to Alvim's […] The post Brazilian Secretary of Culture Fired by Bolsonaro after Copying Nazi Speech appeared first on The Rio Times.
US and Iraq Disagree Over Restarting Anti-IS Operations
US and Iraqi soldiers (US Army National Guard) The New York Times reported that the U.S. military restarted working with the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) against the Islamic State on January 15. This collaboration had been suspended for ten days after Washington killed Iranian Revolutionary Guards Quds Force commander General Qasim Suleimani and deputy head of Hashd Commission Abu Muhandis. The Times said it didn’t know whether the Iraqi government had approved such operations. Retired Prime Minister Abdul Mahdi’s military spokesman General Abdul Karim Khalaf was quick to point out ... more »
Schumer calls on Feds to immediately treat Vets suffering from agent orange conditions
The VA Proposed Adding 4 Health Conditions To Agent Orange “Presumptive Conditions” Exposure Health Care Benefits List, But Administration Has Refused To Add Conditions & Blocked Vietnam-Era Vets From Getting The VA Coverage & Compensation They Deserve Standing at the
Gillibrand wants Chautauqua Lake’s toxic algal blooms prioritized by Army Corps Of Engineers
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, called on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to prioritize funding to protect the lake’s water quality from toxic algal blooms by
Gillibrand votes no on USMCA, slams Trump-negotiated trade deal
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today released the following statement on her vote against the USMCA: “I plan to vote against President Trump’s USMCA agreement. President Trump’s USMCA deal may be slightly better than NAFTA, but let’s be
De Blasio’s mandatory inclusionary housing program: what is wrong, and how it can be made right
Inclusionary zoning provides an incentive, or a mandate, to real-estate developers to include lower-rent units in new housing. One signature proposal of New York City mayor Bill de Blasio has been a mandatory inclusionary housing program, known as MIH, enacted
Charter schools in Newark: the effect on student test scores
BY MARCUS WINTERS This report estimates the effect of enrolling in a charter school on student standardized test scores in Newark, New Jersey. The results indicate that attending a Newark charter school that participated in the city’s common enrollment system
This Day In Iraqi History - Jan 17
1974 Bakr govt held talks with Mustafa Barzani and KDP (Musings On Iraq book review of *The Kurds, A Modern History*) (Musings On Iraq book review *Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy and Hope*) 1987 Iraq conducted missile and air strikes on Tehran and other major cities 3rd War of the Cities Iran-Iraq War 1987 Iran attacked Diyala but repulsed Lost 2 brigades (Musings On Iraq interview with author Anthony Tucker-Jones on Iran-Iraq War) (Musings On Iraq interview with author Tom Cooper on Iran-Iraq War) (Musings On Iraq book review *The Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988*) (Musings On Iraq book review *Ir... more »
Dershowitz, Starr Join Trump Impeachment Legal Team
Harvard University law professor Alan Dershowitz confirmed his role in a series of tweets saying he would “present oral arguments at the Senate trial to address the constitutional arguments against impeachment and removal.”
ISIS mufti arrested by Iraqi security forces in special operation: photos
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:45 P.M.) – The Iraqi security forces announced on Wednesday that their units carried out a special operation to arrest the Islamic State’s (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) mufti, Shifa’a Al-Ni’mah (AKA “Abu ‘Abdel-Bari”), in the Nineveh Governorate. فوج سوات التابع لقيادة شرطة نينوى وبناءً على معلومات دقيقة وبعد البحث والتحري والمتابعة المستمرة يتمكن من القاء القبض […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Abducted Syrian bishops killed in 2016 by former US-backed rebel group: report
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:20 P.M.) – A new investigative report released on January 15th by Agenzia Fides revealed that the two Syrian bishops kidnapped by the militants in Aleppo were killed, ending nearly seven years of speculation. According to the report, bishops Boulos Yazigi, Antiochian Orthodox Metropolitan of Aleppo and Alexandretta and brother of Orthodox Patriarch […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
New report claims 11 US servicemen wounded in Iranian missile response to Soleimani assassination
Captain Bill Urban, spokesman for US Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed earlier reports that 11 US servicemen were injured as a result of the attack that took place on 8 January. The servicemen were treated for concussion symptoms – 8 have been transported to Landstuhl Regional Medical Centre in Germany, and three more to Camp Arifjan in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Turkey allegedly blocked permanent NATO base in Black Sea: report
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:20 P.M.) – Turkey blocked a NATO warship from entering the Black Sea region, the Nordic Monitor reported, citing a confidential Turkish military document. “Ahead of the NATO Warsaw summit in 2016, Romania sought Turkey’s support for establishing a permanent NATO presence in the Black Sea region but was rejected by Ankara,” the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian Army captures several areas in Idlib after resuming offensive: video
The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) resumed its military operation against militant groups in Idlib’s southeastern countryside on Thursday. According to sources near the battlefield, the Syrian Arab Army managed to capture four towns from the jihadist rebels, including the town of Abu Jarif. In addition to capturing Abu Jarif, the Syrian Arab Army also seized […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Killing Soleimani broke international law: former Nuremburg war crimes prosecutor
US President Donald Trump’s order to “take out” head of the Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force Major General Qassem Soleimani on the territory of Iraq was immoral and constituted a violation of international law, American lawyer and former Nuremberg war crimes prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz wrote in a letter to The New York Times. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Bad blood: Erdogan slams Libya’s Haftar as distrustful amid peace talks
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:10 P.M.) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expressed his lack of confidence in the leader of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, calling him distrustful on Friday. In a statement from the Turkish President on Friday, reported by the Anatolia News Agency, Erdogan said that “Haftar is a […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Idlib witnesses fiercest clashes of the year as Syrian troops attempt to advance
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:00 P.M.) – On Wednesday evening, the Syrian Arab Army launched their first ground assault of the year to capture several sites in the eastern countryside of the Idlib Governorate. This attack would prove initially successful, as the Syrian Army’s 5th Corps were able to capture four towns, including Abu Jarif, from the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
US assassinated Qassem Soleimani to destabilize Middle East: Russia
The United States assassinated Iranian Commander Qasem Soleimani on purpose, in a bid to undermine security and destabilize the region, the Russian Foreign Ministry issued a response on its website following Acting Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s press conference on summing up the results of Russian diplomacy in 2019. The relevant question was not voiced at […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian Army launches big assault in southwestern Aleppo
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:30 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) launched a heavy assault along the southwestern Aleppo front-lines on Friday, as their troops continue their campaign against the jihadist rebels in the governorate. According to a military source in Aleppo, the Syrian Arab Army unleashed a heavy barrage of artillery and missiles towards Hay’at […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Iran’s Supreme Leader leads prayers for first time in 8 years: video
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:10 P.M.) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led worshipers at Friday prayers in Tehran, marking the first time in eight years that he has done so. In 2012, the Iranian Supreme Leader gave a sermon after U.S. President Barack Obama said all options were on the table because of the Iranian […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
New report claims 11 US servicemen wounded in Iranian missile response to Soleimani assassination
Captain Bill Urban, spokesman for US Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed earlier reports that 11 US servicemen were injured as a result of the attack that took place on 8 January. The servicemen were treated for concussion symptoms – 8 have been transported to Landstuhl Regional Medical Centre in Germany, and three more to Camp Arifjan in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
ISIS mufti arrested by Iraqi security forces in special operation: photos
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:45 P.M.) – The Iraqi security forces announced on Wednesday that their units carried out a special operation to arrest the Islamic State’s (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) mufti, Shifa’a Al-Ni’mah (AKA “Abu ‘Abdel-Bari”), in the Nineveh Governorate. فوج سوات التابع لقيادة شرطة نينوى وبناءً على معلومات دقيقة وبعد البحث والتحري والمتابعة المستمرة يتمكن من القاء القبض […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Abducted Syrian bishops killed in 2016 by former US-backed rebel group: report
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:20 P.M.) – A new investigative report released on January 15th by Agenzia Fides revealed that the two Syrian bishops kidnapped by the militants in Aleppo were killed, ending nearly seven years of speculation. According to the report, bishops Boulos Yazigi, Antiochian Orthodox Metropolitan of Aleppo and Alexandretta and brother of Orthodox Patriarch […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
The Demofrauds Strike Back
while taking over their impeachment hoax articles. Hint: They look like morons. Using the Alinsky Rules against the Leftists is a damn good tactic. Enjoy.https://youtu.be/Rg2V7jsvOKc
AFLC in Michigan pushes back against the PC Police
FOR TOO LONG SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO RUN ROUGHSHOD OVER CONSERVATIVES, LABELING ANY THEY DISAGREE WITH AS HATE GROUPS AND WITH THE BACKING OF THOSE WHO SHOULD KNOW BETTER — NOW THEY AND THE ONES WHO USE THEIR LIST ARE FINALLY BEING CHALLENGED AS THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALL ALONG. We would not have been able to fight this off if we did not have a president that is willing to take on the Democrat bullies and help guide and provide the courage for “we the people” to do the same. Had Clinton been elected, we would … Continue reading →
RATIONAL ANIMAL TALES: West Wing and the death of The West!
*FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2020The Autumn of '99:* Sometimes, you just have to chuckle. Wisely, that's the way we chose to react to the material shown below. This is the way David Sims started his peculiar interview piece in the Atlantic last month. Sims is describing Aaron Sorkin's adaptation of Harper Lee's famous novel, To Kill A Mockingbird: SIMS (12/17/19): ...*Sorkin’s dramatization of Harper Lee’s novel*, which opened on Broadway last December, *is an unexpectedly probing work that refuses to let an American classic go unchallenged.* Instead, it stages two trials: One is from ... more »
Grandpa and 12yo Granddaughter Cuffed, Detained—for Opening a Bank Account While Native American
[image: native]An Native American family was handcuffed, detained, and nearly kidnapped for attempting to open a second bank account at their own bank.
After Cops Refused to Help, 14yo Girl Installs Camera, Catches Abuser Trying to Kill Her and Her Dog
[image: hands]After being repeatedly ignored by cops, a Florida teen took matters into her own hands to catch and stop her abuser, and it worked.
Rhode Island governor proposes adult-use marijuana in budget
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondi is proposing to legalize recreational cannabis, despite opposition from legislative leaders. Her annual budget proposal would create an adult-use MJ program controlled by the state. The first marijuana stores would open in March 2021. Under the Democratic governor’s plan the state would: Determine the location of retail facilities. Control inventory […] Rhode Island governor proposes adult-use marijuana in budget is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Julian Assange News Links 12-17 January 2020
17 January 2020 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Julian Assange At The Westminster Magistrates Court https://orientalreview.org/2020/01/17/julian-assange-at-the-westminster-magistrates-court/ Now twenty years later, how did Putin do it? https://www.greanvillepost.com/2020/01/16/now-twenty-years-later-how-did-putin-do-it/ Short of Time: Julian Assange at the Westminster Magistrates Court https://williambowles.info/2020/01/16/short-of-time-julian-assange-at-the-westminster-magistrates-court... more »
Crisis & Critique: The Return of Guaido?
VA columnist Ociel Lopez looks at the future prospects of Juan Guaido’s US-backed opposition in the wake of the disputed January 5 parliamentary leadership elections
Review: Tim Anderson, Axis of Resistance: Towards an Independent Middle East
Anderson's Axis of Resistancetakes on the leftist position of 'a plague on all your houses'. Yassin Al-Haj Saleh, ‘the intellectual voice of the Syrian revolution’ (for westerners), presents a bleak portrait of “three monsters … treading on Syria’s corpse’: (1) the Assad regime and its allies, (2) DAESH/ISIS and the other jihadists, and (3) the West (the USA, UK, France, etc). This is the general view from outside the Syrian cauldron, but leads nowhere.
After US killing of Iran’s Soleimani, narrative control on social media is getting worse by Eva Bartlett
Twitter has been on a narrative-control rampage, removing or censoring legitimate accounts that are critical of US-led wars, propaganda and lies. Facebook and Instagram have increased their Big Brother policing, too.
Syria Chemical Attack Was False Flag, WikiLeaks Drop Suggests
[image: syria-chemical-attack-was-false-flag-wikileaks-drop-suggests] Another apparent false-flag attack used in an attempt to stampede Western populations into another war is unraveling. And yet, despite the emergence in recent weeks of even more leaked documents exposing the fraud surrounding the supposed chemical attack in Syria, the establishment media has remained almost completely silent about it. The implications are enormous.
Mexico's President Wants The Marines To Destroy The Cartels (Once And For All)
*Caleb Larson* *Security, Americas* Not America's. *Key point: *When based on land, will the Mexican Navy, and Naval Infantry be able to preserve their reputation as a disciplined, effective quick-reaction force? Compared to their counterparts in the United States, the United States Navy and Marine Corps, the Mexican Navy is small— around sixty-six thousand. The Mexican Naval Infantry, their Marine Corps, is even smaller— numbering only about eighteen thousand. In contrast to the United States Marine Corps and the United States Navy, the Mexican Navy’s main missions have typi... more »
Israel's MAGNI Drone Is The Latest Military Tech To Reshape The Middle East
*Seth J. Frantzman* *Security, Middle East* Israel's military has impressive capabilities. *Key point: *Redefining situational awareness. Elbit Systems in Israel unveiled its MAGNI, a micro unmanned aerial system, that weighs 2.5 kg and is a multi-rotor VTOL so it can be launched from a vehicle and give platoons or squads situational awareness. “We wanted to give infantry a tactical eye-in-the-sky,” says Erez Meir of Elbit’s Multi-Rotor business unit. It is a “revolution” for armed soldiers and their vehicles operating in convoys for instance, which will now have the ability to ... more »
UKC News: Impeachment Circus, EU Kills Iran Nuclear Deal, Silicon Valley Censorship Regime
*UKC News* | Co-hosts Patrick Henningsen and Mike Robinson break down the top stories from this week.
The Five Most Valuable U.S. Tech Companies Are Now Worth A Combined $5.2 Trillion
*CNBC:* *Big Tech is worth over $5 trillion now that Alphabet has joined the four comma club* * Alphabet became the fourth U.S. tech company to reach $1 trillion in market value, after Apple, Microsoft and Amazon, which has since dipped below that mark. * The five most valuable U.S. tech companies now account for over 17% of the S&P 500, up from 11% in 2015. * Even in the face of heightened regulatory pressure, the dominant companies continue to grow and attract investor dollars. Even as regulators bear down on the top technology companies and some lawmakers seek to break them up, ... more »
BWorld 402, Taal, Cadiz City and Tapaz, Capiz
* My column in BusinessWorld, January 14, 2019. Volcanic areas are among the most beautiful places to see in the country — Mayon, Pinatubo lake, Bulusan lake, Taal lake, etc. They are beautiful when the volcanoes are at rest, but when they rumble and erupt, they are among the worst places in the planet to be due to the many dangers they pose. Among the most active, most violent volcanoes in the Philippines and their explosions since 1600 are listed in Table 1. Residents and business locators around Taal volcano and lake in Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, and Quezon are suffering from ... more »
The Air Force Completes Another Round Of Testing A Hypersonic Rocket Booster
Shown is an X-60A air-launched rocket during a hot-fire test at Cecil Spaceport in Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 14, 2020. The X-60A, developed through an Air Force Research Laboratory Small Business Innovation Research contract, is an air-launched rocket designed for hypersonic flight research. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo) *Popular Mechanics:* *The Air Force Is Testing a Hypersonic Rocket Booster* The X-60A will propel vehicles at speeds in excess of Mach 6. * The X-60A is a test vehicle designed to aid hypersonic weapon research, reaching speeds of mach 8. * Hypersonic vehicles can... more »
Crews Round Up Over 1,700 Piglets After Semi Overturns
Iowa State Patrol troopers had to close the ramp at times as crews worked to capture and unload hundreds of pigs.
Rep. Ayanna Pressley Reveals She Has Gone Bald Due to Alopecia
The National Institutes of Health says nearly 2% of Americans have the autoimmune disease, which causes hair loss on the scalp, face and sometimes on other areas of the body.
‘Lord of the Rings’ Protector Christopher Tolkien Dies at 95
The son of writer J.R.R. Tolkien was closely associated with his father's work, including drawing the maps in the original trilogy.
China Has Its Own Version Of America's Nellis Air Force Base
PHOTO © 2020 Planet Labs Inc. *Warzone/The Drive*: *This Massive Desert Base Is China's Version Of America's Nellis Air Force Base* *As China's air combat capabilities rapidly evolve so do the bases used to support them. One in the Gobi Desert is uniquely critical to those efforts.* As China's military capabilities continue to rapidly expand and mature, so do the bases that support and test them. Case in point, the Dingxin Test and Training Base, a sprawling facility located Gansu Province, in the Gobi Desert, an area that has long been a military and weapons testing stronghold f... more »
U.S. Says 11 US Troops Wounded in Iranian Missile Attack Despite Earlier Denials
The United States military has said that 11 of its troops were wounded in an Iranian retaliatory missile attack last week despite Washington’s initial claim denying casualties. “While no US service members were killed in the January 8 Iranian attack on al-Asad Air base, several were treated for concussion symptoms from the blasts and are … Continue reading U.S. Says 11 US Troops Wounded in Iranian Missile Attack Despite Earlier Denials →
Most Millennials Believe There Will Be A Nuclear Attack Within The Next Decade
*Daily Mail: **Most millennials believe there will be a nuclear attack within the next decade and nearly half think World War Three will occur in their lifetime* * The poll of 16,000 young people aged 20 to 35 was carried out by the Red Cross * Respondents came from 16 countries, including UK and war zones like Syria * Only 54 per cent of those questioned had heard of the Geneva Convention * And 41 per cent said they would support torture in some circumstances More than half of millennials fear a nuclear attack somewhere in the world within the next decade, according to a survey by... more »
Shopping while Black: Santina Rao’s experience at Wal-Mart
News 1. Racial profiling “Santina Rao was at the Walmart at the Halifax Shopping Centre on Wednesday when she was accused of stealing by store staff, assaulted by the police, and arrested,” writes El Jones: Rao was shopping with her two young children, age 3 and 15 months. She paid for $90 worth of items […]
Province announces design competition for new waterfront art gallery but still makes no mention of rising sea levels
The McNeil government is taking the next step toward building a $100-million Art Gallery along the Halifax waterfront. The Department of Transportation Infrastructure and Renewal (TIR) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to design an “iconic” building to be built on the Salter lot across Lower Water Street from the Keith’s Brewery, where a […]
PR coup: Maritime Launch Services signs agreement with St. Francis Xavier University
Later today, St. Francis Xavier University will sign a memorandum of understanding with Maritime Launch Services. For a company with some disreputable partners, and which is still searching high and low for investors to bankroll its proposed spaceport in Canso, to be hooking up with a reputable Canadian university looks like quite a PR coup […]
Who Will Be Russian President Putin's Successor?
*Mark Galeotti, The Spectator:* *The hunt is on for Putin’s successor* Putin does like to spring a surprise. The first hour or so of his state of the nation address yesterday was the usual fare: Russia standing tall again, measures to address poverty, encouraging larger families. So far, so cut and paste. Then suddenly he dropped a series of constitutional bombshells: tougher presidential term limits, more powers for both parliament and the prime minister. Within three hours, prime minister Dmitry Medvedev was clearing his desk, and we had a sense of the shape of Russia after Puti... more »
The Impact of CEOs in the Public Sector: Evidence from the English NHS
The myth of magical CEOs seems to break down in the public sector.
BBC Plan New Climate Change Propaganda Blitz
By Paul Homewood h/t Robin Guenier The BBC long ago gave up any pretence of impartiality and objectivity when it comes to climate change. Now they have unashamedly become advocates for the most extreme forms of climate alarmism, preaching from on high about their new religion. This year we can look forward to […]
Cop Indicted After BB Gun Planted on Innocent Man to Justify Running Him Over with Cruiser
A top Baltimore detective was federally indicted this week for his role in planting a BB gun and drugs to frame an innocent man run over by cops.
Apple vs FBI: Pensacola Isn’t San Bernardino
Pensacola, Fla. from the air, 2007 (Source: Wikimedia/Kevin King) We’ve heard this story before: A terrorist takes a legally purchased gun and goes on a shooting spree. After the shooter’s demise, the FBI is left holding an encrypted iPhone belonging to the attacker, which it then tries to compel Apple to unlock. This happened in 2015-2016 after the terror attack in San Bernardino. And now it’s happening again following the attack by a Saudi military officer training in Pensacola, Florida. The officer died in a shootout after killing three service members and wounding eight, and f... more »
Tor Hidden Services Are a Failed Technology, Harming Children, Dissidents and Journalists
A recent series of New York Times articles reported on the deeply disturbing amount of child sexual exploitation material that is available on the Internet. The articles discuss personal accounts of children who have been targeted, how tech companies have provided platforms for perpetrators of what is commonly called child pornography and how law enforcement has gone underfunded for years. In October 2019, Alan Rozenshtein commented on *Lawfare* that law enforcement’s efforts to combat this issue will become increasingly complicated when Facebook and other platforms roll out end-t... more »
The Old Divisions
John Crosbie was laid to rest yesterday. And, Susan Delacourt writes, the old and ugly divisions in the Conservative Party were on full display at the funeral: While one former prime minister, Brian Mulroney, was eulogizing Crosbie this week with a funny, touching speech, another former PM, Stephen Harper, was suddenly popping up everywhere too — except at the funeral in St. John’s. Harper has appeared multiple times in the news this week: lecturing about Iran at a conservative conference in India; quitting his role on a Conservative financing board. Macleans’ columnist Paul Well... more »
Snake Eskulap
Acids from foods (fruits, juices, pickles, fermented veggies) allow gluten from grains (known also as chewing gum) to be absorbed and thus cause diabetes, hypertension, obesity, dementia, strokes, heart attacks etc by damaging tissues and organs with the gummy infiltrations. If you want to eat acidic foods you must eat rice like Chinese - not foods containing gluten (wheat, oats, barley and gummy meat fed with the grains - like salmon, chicken and turkey) ! The criminal snake is drawn on any pharmacy and hospital - this is the snake Eskulap which causes all diseases with its harmful... more »
Checking In
*Conventioneering* First of all, I am on record for not enjoying training conferences by in large. I'm also not a fan of Laughin, Nevada mainly because it's a run down city on the other side of the Colorado River from Arizona. However, I have bandwidth for the computer (quite a change from the status quo at the White Wolf Mine). Sometimes I wonder why I volunteer to do things like this. There are a lot of people at this conference whose identities are completely wrapped up with their service in rural fire districts. Lots of ego. Lots of fire logo stickers on four wheel drive pick... more »
More funds both private and government released to build border wall – Trump wins again
Appeals Court Releases $3.6 Billion for Border Wall KRGV Channel 5 Rio Grande Valley January 9, 2020 . . The Supreme Court had already ruled this past summer on a similar case. The conservative judges sided with the government on the issue and handed President Donald Trump a victory by ruling his administration could tap into billions of dollars of Pentagon funds to build sections of a controversial border wall with Mexico. The lawsuit involving the private fence was one brought by the government. The reason for the challenge was the suit specifically called into question a treaty w... more »
Fan 'saved life' of former yellow Wiggle Greg Page after heart attack
A nurse who has been a fan of the Wiggles since she was "five or six" performed CPR on founding member Greg Page and used a defibrillator after he suffered a heart attack during the group's bushfire relief concert.
Australians celebrate 'most welcome and beautiful sounds' of rain
Just In - 15 hours ago
People in Queensland and New South Wales enthusiastically celebrate the return of rainfall to their towns and cities, dancing and jumping as rain falls on regions hit by rainfall and bushfires.
NEW! IMPROVED!
This tweet from a *Los Angeles Times* reporter is getting a lot of attention: Hard to overstate how unpredictable talking to voters can be: Melissa from Algona, Iowa, caucused for Bernie in 2016, then voted for a Trump; she supports Medicare for All but supports Buttigieg, but will likely vote for Trump again if Buttigieg doesn’t win the Dem nomination. pic.twitter.com/ZgvQQ7NoW2 — Matt Pearce 🦅 (@mattdpearce) January 16, 2020 As I just said on Twitter, this doesn't surprise me. It's politics as lifehack. She's looking for One Weird Trick that will solve all of America's problem... more »
Read about the draconian media censorship applied under Ebola emergency rules, Liberia 2014 as just one example
*Overview of the media censorship applied by governments as part of an epidemic emergency declaration.* *The emergency declaration in the three West African countries affected by Ebola in 2014 entailed drastic curbs to freedom of speech and the media in a pattern which has continued in the current outbreak, and which is a foretaste of what is to come in the USA, UK, Europe and other parts of the world if the Ebola "epidemic emergency" acelerates.* *Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea targetted journalists and independent media who investigated or criticized the handling of the outbrea... more »
Profiles in Cowardice
The Vice President attended the law school at which I now teach. Unfortunately, his op-ed in today's *Wall Street Journal* demonstrates that he did not learn much there about President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial. (To be fair, though, why would he have?) In the op-ed, the Vice President repeats a set of false assertions about the trial popularized long ago by John F. Kennedy in his book *Profiles in Courage*. JFK's theme was that the handful of Republican Senators who voted for President Johnson's acquittal were courageous men of principle who stood up to partisan pressure. ... more »
Extreme Fuel Loads In Victoria
On October 30, 2019 Victoria was warned that extreme fuel loads but Victoria at risk. Link Scientist David Packham on what’s really causing the bushfires
Keiser Report: What Came First, the Chicken Or the Fed? (Ep 1489)
RT Check Keiser Report website for more: https://www.keiserreport.com/ In this episode of Keiser Report, Max and Stacy look at the increasing velocity and quantity of injections by the Fed into the repo markets. They also note that nobody is short the market as nobody dares ‘fight the Fed’. In the second half, Max talks to …
America’s Internet Is Being Closed Off In Preparation For A Total War Scenario
If you’ve paid attention to the unprecedented online censorship that Western governments and tech companies have been carrying out in recent years, you’ve noticed a pattern. Almost every time a notable account gets shut down or measures are put in place to sabotage the alternative media, these entities claim that they’re doing it for some sort of national security purpose. The first social media policies to filter out “fake news” were done in response to widespread establishment hysteria about Russian propaganda. This rationale of combating supposed foreign disinformation became a p... more »
The Age of Reason is a Myth
Reason may enable us to make advances in science, but the dawning of an “age of reason” is not good for a nation. In the area of philosophy and politics, reason tends to breed skeptical, critical, nihilistic, and purely individualistic thinking which foments alienation, decadence, and disorder. When people march under the banner of reason, they lose their sense of traditional values, and their society is ripped apart by unrest and civil war. A rational pursuit of liberty, equality, fraternity often leads to the rise of slavery, inequalities, class conflicts—and a new barbarism. A st... more »
History's 6 Most Powerful Armies
*Zachary Keck, Akhilesh Pillalamarri* *Security, * [image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_military_tactics_and_organization#/media/File:DiezAlbumsMountedArchers.jpg] Might makes right. *Key Point:* Armies are the most important factor in measuring the power of a country. In an anarchical system like international relations, military power is the ultimate form of currency. A state may have all the culture, art, philosophy, and glitter and glory in the world, but it’s all for naught if the country doesn’t have a powerful military to defend itself. Mao Zedong *put it* bluntl... more »
We May Have Found The Planet's Best Rifle For Close Quarters Combat
*Charlie Gao* *Security, * You pay for what you get. *Key point:* LMT prices the rifle at around 4,000 USD. While Sig Sauer, Inc. won the U.S. SOCOM’s Suppressed Upper Receiver Group (SURG) trials, we are starting to see some of the other weapons that competed against it. One of them is LMT’s Confined Space Weapon (CSW), a futuristic-looking rifle that utilizes unique design elements. But how does the CSW solve the SURG problems differently from Sig Sauer, Inc.’s submission? Could it go on to serve elsewhere? The standout feature on LMT’s CSW is the handguard. As with many other... more »
Where Did Solfeggio Frequencies Come From?
*Brendan D. Murphy* - Miracle healings. Exalted music. Suppression. Mystery. Intrigue.
Europe to assess whether US-China deal is WTO compatible
bilaterals.org - 15 hours ago
17-Jan-2020 The EU will assess whether a US-China deal to roll back some bilateral tariffs in exchange for increased US imports to China is compatible with World Trade Organisation rules.
L'accord de libre-échange nord-américain a été approuvé aux Etats-Unis
bilaterals.org - 15 hours ago
17-Jan-2020 Le nouvel accord de libre-échange liant Etats-Unis, Mexique et Canada a été définitivement approuvé par le Congrès américain, à 89 voix contre 10 au Sénat.
Senate passes new North American trade deal, sending it to Trump
bilaterals.org - 15 hours ago
17-Jan-2020 The chamber overwhelmingly voted to pass the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement after most Democrats got on board.
Biased Facebook “fact checkers” need to be fact-checked
“You may recall that I posted an article last month called “Green ideology, not climate change makes wildfires worse”. The post is here, but essentially it was sourced from an article last March by the Volunteer Firefighters Association of NSW, … Continue reading →
"Economic Market Snapshot AM 1/17/20"
*AM 1/17/20, Updated frequently as available.* ◆ Gregory Mannarino, AM 1/17/20: "*MUST WATCH: * *Possibly THE Most Important Video Blog I Have Ever Made**"* - https://www.traderschoice.net/ ◆ *MarketWatch Market Summary, Live Updates* - https://www.marketwatch.com/tools/marketsummary *CNN Market Data:* - http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/ *CNN Fear And Greed Index:* - http://money.cnn.com/data/fear-and-greed/ ◆ *Buffett Indicator: Where Are We with Market Valuations?* "*As of 1/17/20* (updates daily): The Stock Market is Significantly Overvalued. Based on historical ratio of total ma... more »
Association of American Physicians & Surgeons Sues Representative Adam Schiff for Censoring Vaccine Debate
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons – AAPS – is a non-partisan professional association of physicians in all types of practices and specialties across the country. Since 1943, AAPS has been dedicated to the highest ethical standards of the... more »
CDC Warn Flu Vaccine is a Bad Match And Largely Ineffective – Again!
This will come as little surprise to many, we seem to hear the same story year after year. But once again the CDC have warned that this years Flu Vaccine does not match the strain of the most common virus circulating. “It’s not a very good match for B/Victoria,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of … The post CDC Warn Flu Vaccine is a Bad Match And Largely Ineffective – Again! appeared first on OYE Alternative News.
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