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Coastal GasLink Ordered Back to Drawing Board - must cease construction on Wet'suwet'en lands
*Art created by indigenous youth at the Youth Art Camp,* * one of many events held in the Healing Centre* * on Unist’ot’en territory.* *NOTE: Reading the main headlines in this mornings MainZtream NewZ we see that they're all about portraying Le Dauphin as the strong leader poised to send in the police to take down the barriers. * *"Eyes on police after Trudeau orders blockades torn down, injunctions inforced" * *Nowhere is it headlined that he has also [indirectly] ordered Coastal GasLink to stop any construction on its pipeline through Wet'suwet'en territory.* But, buried in t... more »
MUST WATCH: Covid-19 Update 2/22/20: “Coronavirus Cases Doubling Overnight In Many Countries”
Chris Martenson, “Coronavirus Cases Doubling Overnight In Many Countries” - https://www.peakprosperity.com/ ○ *"The Time Is Right Now: Why The U.S. Must Act Decisively* and Overwhelmingly To Confront The Coronavirus" *Excerpt:* "The origins of the virus are no longer important. Playing the blame game at this point is too little, too late and, as the CDC noted late last week, the window for the U.S. to confront this virus is rapidly closing. Instead, focus should be turning to preparation – on a personal level, municipal level, state level and federal level. We have to confront this p... more »
"The Small Beacon..."
"One is responsible to life: It is the small beacon in that terrifying darkness from which we come and to which we shall return. One must negotiate this passage as nobly as possible, for the sake of those who are coming after us." - James Baldwin, "The Fire Next Time"
Open-Minded People Live In A Completely Different Reality – According To Psychologists
Melbourne University conducted a study which concludes that our personality does affect not only our outlook on life but also the way we perceive reality. As it turns out, having an open mind changes what we see in the world around us, by making us encounter individual visual observations. The study is called ‘Seeing it both ways: Openness to experience and binocular rivalry suppression,’ which surveyed about 123 participants and measured their character and views. Tests focused on 5 major categories of personalities. The 5 being types are agreeableness, neuroticism, extroversion,... more »
“There Is No Reality Anymore…”
*“There Is No Reality Anymore…”* by Thad Beversdorf "I 'd love to change the world, but I don't know what to do, so I'll leave it up to you..." - *Ten Years After, "I'd Love To Change The World" "What a great lyric that is from the late 60's, early 70's English band "10 Years After." I believe this describes that uneasy feeling of discontent that sits deep in the stomach, beneath the day to day exteriors, of so many people today. The world is like a black hole in that it seems to be getting smaller and smaller as the years go by but also heavier and heavier with each passing day. ... more »
"I Pity You, Too..."
"Said a philosopher to a street sweeper, “I pity you. Yours is a hard and dirty task.” And the street sweeper said, “Thank you, sir. But tell me, what is your task?” And the philosopher answered saying, “I study man's mind, his deeds and his desires.” Then the street sweeper went on with his sweeping and said with a smile, “I pity you, too.” - Kahlil Gibran
Your Tax Dollars At Work, Funding America’s Mengele
Judicial Watch, once again, discovers and reports on the immoral and possibly illegal harvesting of second-trimester human baby parts by the taxpayer-funded National Institutes of Health , for sale to “research labs”. Progressive atheists seem to believe the ends justify the means. That kind of thinking turned out real well for the Nazis, didn’t it. When one realize just how many tax dollars are spent against the will of the taxpayer – not just funding the abortion industry and its subsidiary “research” businesses, but also supporting the entire Deep State apparatus, paying John Ker... more »
Obama holdover at OIG Commerce Dept under investigation …
… Numerous whistleblower complaints have piled up in the office of the Inspector General at the Commerce Department over the years but since President Trump took office the number and severity have increased dramatically. This time though it hasn’t been Wilbur Ross under the gun (though that is still up for debate). Instead the complaints are coming out against the Inspector General’s Office for the Commerce Department itself. The person involved was appointed by Obama to that position. Is it simply a case of bad management, Republican biased partisan attack, poorly vetted employee ... more »
Video shows Halifax police violently arresting 15-year-old
Names are withheld in this article to protect the identity of the youth. A disturbing video taken outside Bedford Place Mall on Friday evening shows the police using force against a 15-year-old Black youth. The short clip of the confrontation begins with the youth asserting, “I can go outside if I want to.” One of […]
Sanders Condemns Russian Influence in Election
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said he was briefed by U.S. officials that Russia has been trying to help his campaign as part of Moscow's efforts to interfere in the 2020 presidential election.
Subcomandante Bloomberg
Break out the pussyhats and vuvuzelas, folks, because the neoliberal Resistance is back, and this time they’re not playing around. No more impeachments and investigations. It’s time to go mano-a-mano with Trump, and they’ve finally got just the bad hombre to do it. No, not Bernie Sanders, you commies. A battle-hardened Resistance fighter. El Caballo Pequeño! El Jefe Mínimo! Subcomandante Michael Bloomberg!
Jewish Chronicle to pay damages over anti-Semitism libel
The Jewish Chronicle on Thursday apologized to a Labour activist for libeling her over “anti-Semitism.” The UK newspaper admitted on its website it had published “allegations about Mrs Audrey White” which were “untrue.”
"25 Deep Questions About Life You Need to Ask Yourself"
*"25 Deep Questions About Life You Need to Ask Yourself"* By Kirstie Pursey "Often in our busy lives, we don’t stop to ask deep questions about life. However, making the time to ask these questions can transform our lives. If we keep plodding along in life without asking deep questions, we can miss out on opportunities for growth, enlightenment, and self-fulfillment. Taking the time to ask ourselves some important questions can reveal to us many insights into who we are and what we want from life. Often we don’t take the time to question why we do what we do or think what we think.... more »
"Curious..."
"Curious how often you humans manage to obtain that which you do not want." - Mr. Spock
The Importance Of Distinguishing Between Chronological Age And Physiological Age
About a month ago, we mentioned that Dan Levitin's new book, *Successful Aging* was about to be released. And now it is-- and #2 on the best seller list. This week he did an OpEd for the *Wall Street Journal*, A neuroscientist says these are the ideal ages for the optimal presidential ticket. "To a scientist or medical doctor," he told me today, "your chronological age is just a number that doesn’t reflect your health. There are 35 year olds with health problems that will vastly increase their risk of death before 40, and there are 80 year olds whose brains and bodies are perfec... more »
Welcome to Saturday (2.22.2020)!
*This is your Weekend Safety Briefing * Brought to you by Virtual Mirage Don't add to the population. Don't subtract from the population. Stay out of the hospital, the newspaper and the jail. If you do end up in jail don't bother calling me, but *establish dominance quickly*. *The New Toy* Jericho 941FS (baby Eagle) in .45 ACP because it's the weekend and it is important to spoil yourself. If you may (at some point) use it for defense against a Mohammedan, better that it's a handgun made in Israel. I'm told that the bullets hurt more. I think that I'll load with 10 rounds of JiHa... more »
“The Limits of Relying on Disagreement Between Moscow, Ankara”
* If you prefer irrationality, (the quality of being illogical or unreasonable) which is bizarre (strange or unusual), this is not the oped for you. So much of the information in the oped has been covered here for many years**. Including Turkey's cooperation with Syria and Russia to clear Aleppo city, back in 2016..*. *Yup, there are a number of reports covering that reality here at PFYT's. They will be relinked. * *Sane non sensational oped from aawsat @ Akram Bunni* *There has been a lot of talk about the dispute between Moscow and Ankara over influence in Syria.* This talk stems... more »
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. - Benjamin Israel, Jan Gorski, Nina Lothian, Chris Severson-Baker and Nikki Way highlight the reality that increased extraction from the tar sands is fundamentally incompatible with any attempt to meet reasonable greenhouse gas emission targets. And Jonathan Watts reports on new research from the UN Environmental Programme showing that the fossil fuel industry has caused far more carbon pollution than previously recognized. - Alex Verman calls out Canada's front of friendliness covering up a pattern of aggressive exploitation by the mining... more »
Bloomberg's got an odd idea of us flyover folk
Bloomberg paid good money to put up billboards in Phoenix and Las Vegas that "attacked" Trump. Here's one of them: Twitter/@Mike2020Only a totally out of touch coastal radical is going to think that real Americans give a darn how Trump likes his steaks. We care about important things like all the NDA's that the women who Bloomberg has sexually harassed have signed or about how he's trying to use his money to buy the White House. But it's not surprising that billionaire Bloomberg hires people who are as out of touch with we the people as he is.
Nunes is standing up to the #FakeNews media: He's suing the WaPo
The WaPo wrote a story saying that Nunes, who is hispanic, went to the White House and told the President "really bad things" and said that Trump should fire Maguire. The only problem is that Nunes did no such thing. So since the WaPo doesn't care about truth Nunes is doing the only thing he can do; he's suing the WaPo for lying about him. This isn't the first time that the #FakeNews media used this lie about Nunes. Three years ago Nunes was accused of "sneaking" into the White House. The truth is simple; the WaPo is nothing more than a big lying propaganda machine that will say an... more »
Tucker Carlson Is Worried Your iPhone Could Give You Cancer
*Mark Episkopos* *Technology, * So, should you worry about the smartphone in your pocket? Not so fast. Is your smartphone giving you cancer? The advent of 5G technology has revived old fears about the correlation between high exposure to radiofrequency radiation and cancerous tumors, but experts say that these concerns are overblown. Earlier this week, Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson ran a segment on the dangers of cell phone radiation. Carlson cited a study by the National Toxicology Program (NTP) that ran from 1999 to 2018, concluding that there is “clear evidence that male rat... more »
Was This the Moment Michael Bloomberg Tanked His Presidential Hopes?
*Lisa DeFrank-Cole, Jeffrey Waddoups* *Politics, Americas* Was the Nevada debate the end for Mike? *Editor’s note: Six Democratic candidates met on the debate stage in Las Vegas on Feb. 19, discussing health care, immigration, billionaires and economic equality – as well as the name of the president of Mexico. We asked two scholars to pick out what they viewed as the night’s biggest moments as Nevada Democrats get ready for their caucuses on Feb. 22.* *Both Lisa DeFrank-Cole, a professor of leadership studies at West Virginia University, and Jeffrey Waddoups, a professor of econ... more »
This Battleship Was Bombed by Its Own Air Force
*Robert Farley* *Security, Latin America* Oh, and it also served in multiple different navies and almost joined the U.S. Navy. In 1910, Chile bought a battleship. Fifty years later, Chester Nimitz ensured that parts of that ship would complete the restoration of the Japanese battleship Mikasa, Togo’s flagship at the Battle of Tsushima. Along the way, the Chilean battleship would serve in the British Grand Fleet, get bombed by its own air force during a mutiny, and almost get sold to the United States. Chile was the final entrant into the Southern Cone battleship race. Although ... more »
Russia’s Defense Against Hypersonic Weapons? MiGs with Multiple-Warhead Missiles
*Michael Peck* *Security, * Could this actually work? Russia is developing a new defense against hypersonic missiles: MiG fighters armed with long-range, multiple-warhead missiles. But how feasible is the concept remains to be seen. “The Ministry of Defense made a fundamental decision to develop for the MiG-31 fighter and the promising MiG-41 a multifunctional long-range interceptor missile system (MPKR DP) capable of hitting hypersonic munitions,” according to state-owned Russian newspaper *Izvestia*. “Theoretical studies have already been carried out on an ultra-long-range ai... more »
I Live in South Korea Where Coronavirus Cases are Rising. Not Much Has Changed
*Robert E. Kelly* *Health, * It is important to keep perspective. There are fifty-three million people in South Korea. Only four hundred thirty or so of them have corona, and only two have died. The sensationalism of disease outbreak coverage does not help. We have all seen too many movies, and overwrought invocations of Contagion or zombie apocalypse movies generate paranoia and unnecessary anxiety. South Korea is safe. South Korea now has the second-highest number of cases of the coronavirus in the world. *TNI *has asked me to comment on what daily life is like under this thre... more »
Why Donald Trump Should Fear Bernie Sanders
*Mitchell Blatt* *Politics, * Sanders and Trump have an authenticity that makes them likeable to millions of voters. President Trump needs to understand that. Up until this past week, there seemed to be a bipartisan consensus that most of the Democratic debates had been pretty boring. “It was like watching death,” Donald Trump said of one. That all went out the window Wednesday night, February 19. Elizabeth Warren called Mike Bloomberg, starring in his first debate, a sexist; Pete Buttigieg called Amy Klobuchar stupid; Pete’s old hero, Bernie Sanders, called Pete a liar. Many p... more »
An Airport in South Korea Was Bombed in 1986. North Korea Was the Culprit.
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Asia* [image: Reuters] The CIA considers the case unsolved. But we all know who did it--and why. Given the intense passions and rivalries that sports events are known to inspire, it should surprise no one that they so frequently become theatres on which domestic and international political conflicts are liable to play out—sometimes with explosive consequences. That was certainly the case on September 14, 1986, when a bomb placed in a trash can exploded in the entry to Gimpo International Airport as it was receiving athletes from around twenty-five c... more »
Coronavirus: The Next Killer Pandemic?
*Marc-Antoine De La Vega* *Public Health, World* Could a vaccine stop this deadly virus? With an increasing number of confirmed cases in China and 24 other countries, the COVID-19 epidemic caused by the novel coronavirus (now known as SARS-CoV-2) looks concerning to many. As of Feb. 19, the latest numbers listed 74,280 confirmed cases including 2,006 deaths. Four of these deaths have occurred outside of mainland China: one each in the Philippines, Japan, Hong Kong and France. The case in France is the first COVID-19 death outside of Asia. The World Health Organization (WHO) dec... more »
Coronavirus: Could It Takedown China's Communist Party?
*Rowan Callick* *Politics, East Asia* It's up to Xi himself. Brand “People’s Republic of China” is wobbling, as if the massive picture of Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square was swaying with an earthquake tremor. But it can only actually fall if pushed from inside. The handling of the coronavirus epidemic is undoubtedly sapping confidence in the Communist party and its formerly all-conquering general secretary, Xi Jinping. Any country or ruling party would struggle if faced with a similarly massive challenge – exacerbated by the great annual domestic migration for Lunar New Year. B... more »
Virus: Experts Explained to Us What It Is, What It Does and How It Kills
*Marilyn J. Roossinck* *Public Health, World* All viruses are ultimately parasites. They require a host for replication. They cannot generate their own energy like cells can. *Editor’s Note: You may sometimes have felt like you “have come down with a virus,” meaning that you became sick from being exposed to something that could have been a virus. In fact, you have a virus – actually, many – all the time. Some viruses cause the common cold, and some are crucial to human survival. New viruses can also emerge, and they typically create illness in humans when they have very recently... more »
Wanna Lose the 2020 Election Donald Trump or Bernie Sanders? Spend Big on TV.
*Liberty Vittert* *Politics, * Those ads don't work as well anymore. Here's why. Alright, you want to make this country a better place for yourself, your children and the many generations to come. So you make a donation to a political candidate you believe will fight for a better country. But, in reality, you are wasting your money. Here’s why. Television has long been the golden goose of political advertising. The conventional wisdom is that the candidate who can spend the most on it will most likely win. With the exception of Donald Trump, almost every person elected presiden... more »
FYI, Democrats: New Hampshire and Nevada Are Very Different
*Karlyn Bowman* *Politics, Americas* It's not 2016 anymore. Nevada’s up next, of course, on Saturday, February 22. The electorates in the nation’s first primary and second caucus differ in significant ways, particularly in terms of their demography. -Only nine percent of voters in New Hampshire last Tuesday were non-white. In 2016 in Nevada, 41 percent of caucusgoers were. In New Hampshire, Bernie Sanders did better among nonwhites than Joe Biden did, indicating that Sanders can perform well in primary contests with more diverse electorates. -In New Hampshire this year, two pe... more »
Don't Tell Trump This: Fox News Just Isn't That Powerful Afterall
*Michael J. Socolow* *Politics, Americas* Properly characterizing Fox News’ influence and its limited electoral power will ultimately prove far more damaging than the investigative journalism that continues to promote the channel’s own myths. The American press seems fixated on Fox News and its owners, the Murdoch family. Recently, The New York Times purported to explain “How Rupert Murdoch’s Empire of Influence Remade the World.” This followed The New Yorker’s investigation into the “making of the Fox News White House.” Both articles claim to reveal the true political impact of... more »
Why Do Donald Trump and Millions of Americans Think Climate Change is a Lie?
*Jérôme Viala-Gaudefroy* *Politics, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2016%3Anewsml_HT1ECAA069X9N&share=true] More than most other issues, our acceptance of the human impact on climate change is contingent on our trust in science and environmental scientists. Why? 2019 will not be remembered as the year when the world finally united to save the planet. Despite massive worldwide demonstrations and increasing global awareness and anxiety, the December 2019 UN Climate Change Conference (a.k.a., COP25) in Madrid failed spectacularly. The re... more »
The U.S. Air Force Can't Fight Anyone Without This One Thing
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Americas* The Air Force plans to retire 29 old tankers and buy 15 brand-new ones that don’t work yet. What happens now? The proposed 2021 defense budget submitted by the Air Force in February involves a startling but possibly inevitable compromise: the Air Force is plans to retire twenty-nine old but functional aerial refueling tankers, while spending $2.85 billion to pay for fifteen new but dysfunctional ones that aren’t expected to be capable of performing their primary mission for at least three more years. It also pitches in a further $106 mi... more »
This Russian Bullet Has 'Extreme Stopping Power'
*Charlie Gao* *Technology, * Russia’s 12.7x55mm caliber is one of the strangest calibers in active use. A thick but short case, the caliber is optimized for throwing heavy bullets at low velocities, which has made it useful for a variety of special purposes. Russia’s 12.7x55mm caliber is one of the strangest calibers in active use. A thick but short case, the caliber is optimized for throwing heavy bullets at low velocities, which has made it useful for a variety of special purposes. The first and original role the 12.7x55mm was designed for was being a more “beefy” version of ... more »
The Case of Katie Hill Shows Why Revenge Porn Is Pure Violence
*Kristen Zaleski* *Politics, Americas* It must be stopped. Now. U.S. Representative Katie Hill was the latest victim of a form of sexual abuse that’s become increasingly common: revenge porn. Intimate photos of her were leaked to the media and published, without her consent, for the world to see – a transgression Hill suspects her estranged husband was behind. The photos implicated Hill in a sexual relationship with a congressional staffer, an accusation that potentially put Hill in violation of House ethics rules. Hill, a 32-year-old freshman representative, ended up resigning... more »
Russian Collusion 2.0 collapses in a day
The big story yesterday morning was that according to leaks from the House, probably Adam Schiff, the Intelligence Community(IC) was saying that Russia was already interfering in the 2020 election for Trump. The anonymous leakers also said that Trump was trying to cover it up. As usual the NYT and WaPo stories didn't name their sources and we all no that in the past many stories based on anonymous sources "in the know" have turned out to be false. Allegedly Trump was upset about this being reported. Within hours we see that his concern was right. Despite the fact that the IC did n... more »
Week in Review: MO besieged by medical cannabis permit appeals, lawmakers push back against SAFE Banking, record CO marijuana sales & more
Rejected medical marijuana license applicants appeal Missouri regulators’ decisions, Republican legislators ask key U.S. senator to oppose MJ banking measure, Colorado cruises past $1.75 billion in cannabis sales in 2019 – and more of the week’s top marijuana business news. Missouri MMJ licensing tumult Medical marijuana license applicants in Missouri that failed to win permits have deluged […] Week in Review: MO besieged by medical cannabis permit appeals, lawmakers push back against SAFE Banking, record CO marijuana sales & more is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financia... more »
ALERT! Cayuga buildings leveled overnight in Seneca Falls, New York
(Above) by Greg Cotterill, FL News Radio Anne Tahamont said on Twitter: "Clint Halftown, NYSP tore down the Cayuga longhouse at Seneca Falls. This is a big deal happening within our confederacy." In the News: Claiming it was enforcing tribal law, the Cayuga Nation Council under the direction of Clint Halftown had its newly created police department raid properties in Seneca Falls
Shocking Study Shows Police Chases Over Minor Crimes Kill Thousands of Innocent Bystanders
[image: chase]A new study suggests police officers kill hundreds of people every year most of whom are entirely innocent or not the ones being pursued by cops.
EXCLUSIVE: Innocent Father Branded Domestic Terrorist for Supporting Constitution
[image: constitution]For asserting his constitutional rights, an innocent father has been railroaded by the system and declared an enemy of the state.
Earth’s magnetic excursion cycle is almost up again – Video
COSMIC DISASTER | Introduction Suspicious0bservers “Earth’s magnetic excursion cycle is almost up again. We’re due, the field is changing exactly how one would expect, and the sun waits to cap off the event with the micronova. What cycles on the sun are relevant? How is the solar system changing now? How did the CIA try ... Read more Earth’s magnetic excursion cycle is almost up again – Video The post Earth’s magnetic excursion cycle is almost up again – Video appeared first on Ice Age Now.
Fat Women Are Not A National Priority
Good work, Democrats! In the Las Vegas debate, you blasted every target but Donald Trump. Instead of quivering in his Gucci loafers, the man who would be king was left dancing on air. The man who should have been king, newcomer Mike Bloomberg, was left looking like a beaten-up cigar […]
"Not Over by a Long Shot: Coronavirus Slams Chinese Economy"
*"Not Over by a Long Shot:* *Coronavirus Slams Chinese Economy"* By Jim Rickards "Are you tired of hearing about the coronavirus? Well, you shouldn’t be because it’s a serious situation with global consequences. Markets have been following the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) closely for good reason. The Chinese economy, second largest in the world, is shutting down in stages. In affected areas, streets are empty, stores are closed, planes and trains are not running. Over 60 million people are “locked down,” which means they are confined to their homes and can only leave once ev... more »
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From Jenna Orkin Drought slashes Australian crop output to record lowCoronavirus Found In China Prisons, As Cases Spike In South Korea Antarctica Melts Under Its Hottest Days on Record With Half of China Locked Up, Car Sales Plunge 92%Europe’s anti-science plague descends on Africa*Is there a viable yet more benign alternative to the pesticides?* Gold prices today hit record high, silver rates surge No casket, no cost: Tennesseans go back to ‘natural’ burial Hippocampal-dependent appetitive control is impaired by experimental exposure to a Western-style dietPigeons with 'Make America G... more »
Trump SHOCKS China/Big Pharma Conspiracy With His Handling of The CoronaVirus Scam…
California’s Senator Richard Pan Is Probably Already In Diarrhea Mode… Trump Has No Intention Of Making Vaccines Mandatory… Opinion By “Deplorable” Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen If you are one of those people that have NOT figured out the relationship between Mainland Communist China, Big Pharma, The “Progressives” of the US Democratic Party (especially California), and … Continue reading Trump SHOCKS China/Big Pharma Conspiracy With His Handling of The CoronaVirus Scam…
"The Natural Inheritance..."
"Everyone who has reached even their intellectual teens begins to suspect that life is no farce; that it is not genteel comedy even; that it flowers and fructifies on the contrary out of the profoundest tragic depths of the essential dearth in which its subject's roots are plunged. The natural inheritance of everyone who is capable of spiritual life is an unsubdued forest where the wolf howls and the obscene bird of night chatters." - Henry James Sr.
Social and Emotional Learning Is Drawing Fire
I told you so. If you are of a Certain Age, you remember Outcome Based Education, the Next Big Education Thing of the 1990s. Its basic idea was to reduce education to observable behaviors-- all those lesson plans with "The Student Will Be Able To...," are artifacts of OBE. The architects were intent on reducing all learning to something cold, hard and observable instead of fuzzy objectives like "After we've covered this unit, the students will kn ow stuff." This was not necessarily a terrible thing. But the architects made one crucial mistake. They decided that they would include n... more »
Extinction Rebels Work on Wall Street
Raising alarms about the climate extincting humans is not only fun, but profitable. Just ask J.P. Morgan who recently put out a treatise pumping up the alarm. Tyler Durden writes at Zero Hedge “The Human Race Could Go Extinct”: JPMorgan Fearmongers Climate Change Impact In Leaked Report. Excerpts in italics with my bolds. A new […]
On The Wise Man Of Philosophy
Much of philosophy is a theology; however, its god is the wise man. The problem is that the wise man of philosophy is yet to be discovered—perhaps he is yet to arrive.
IF WE DON'T DEFEAT TRUMP, WE'LL NEVER SEE YOVANOVITCH'S BOOK, MUCH LESS BOLTON'S
Every news story about the vetting process for John Bolton's book implies that the vetting is being done by career professionals according to long-established standards. I don't believe it. I believe the career pros may be *trying* to uphold standards -- but is it even possible that they're not feeling intimidated? Is it conceivable that this president will allow them to exercise independent judgment, even if they conclude that the book is publishable before November? President Trump has directly weighed in on the White House review of a forthcoming book by his former national secur... more »
Fukushima Update 2/22/20: 21,143.1 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow"
*"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”* - Shiva ◆ *Updated 2/22/20: Fukushima Equals 21,143.1 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow; There is No Place On Earth to Escape the Rad: *The 3 melted-through cores of the destroyed reactors, now melted together into a single "corium" totaling over *600 tons*, at Fukushima *daily* release the radioactive equivalent of 6.45 Hiroshima bombs directly into the atmosphere and the Pacific Ocean. As of 2/22/20 - 3,278 days since the disaster began - this equals the detonation of *21,143.1 *Hiroshima atomic bombs and it is still going str... more »
A Crisis Of Legitimacy
The United States is a mess. And, Frank Bruni writes, it's getting worse: Something unsettling is going on in American politics — in America, period — and the chaotic Democratic race exemplifies it. The rules are all blurry. The processes are all suspect. Or at least they’re seen that way, so more and more judgments are up for debate and more and more defeats are prone to dispute. President Trump is a prime player in this, but it didn’t start with him and isn’t confined to him. He’s exploiting and accelerating a crisis of faith in traditions and institutions, not causing it. He’s ... more »
Le Royaume-Uni cherche à conclure un accord commercial avec la Communauté d'Afrique de l'Est
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
22-Feb-2020 Le Royaume-Uni cherchait à conclure avec la Communauté d'Afrique de l'Est, un accord commercial quelque peu similaire à l'accord de partenariat économique en négociation avec l'Union européenne.
Cameroun/Gouvernance : Hope Services réclame un milliard de dollars à l'Etat
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
22-Feb-2020 Une société de services financiers, basée aux États-Unis, a saisi le CIRDI au sujet d'un différend avec le Cameroun lié à une série de plateformes numériques.
A note to Kenya on its trade talks with the US: There is strength in numbers
bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
22-Feb-2020 The FTA initiative should be seen in the context of the Trump administration's determination to pursue bilateral deals to enhance reciprocity and American gains.
Absence makes the heart grow hostile
*“From Our Own Correspondent is a weekly BBC radio programme in which a number of BBC foreign correspondents deliver a sequence of short talks reflecting on current events and topical themes in the countries outside the UK in which they are based.[1] The programme offers the BBC's correspondents around the world a chance to give a personal account of events from the epoch-making to the inconsequential.”* *(Wikipedia.)* *"Insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents, journalists and writers from around the world.* *(FOOC website.)* *"Agenda-driven propaganda laced with ill-i... more »
Saturday Snippet: Between silk and cyanide
One of the most remarkable autobiographies to come out of World War II was that of Leo Marks, who became the code specialist for Special Operations Executive (SOE), the clandestine operations department set up by Winston Churchill with the directive to "set Europe ablaze". SOE supplied arms, money and operators to resistance movements all over occupied Europe and throughout the Far East. It made many mistakes and experienced many failures, but grew into a massive organization that made a measurable contribution to victory. Many years after the war, Marks wrote about his SOE exper... more »
UN Admits That The Paris Climate Deal Was A Fraud
Back in November 2017, a United Nations climate report warned that even if every country should abide by the grand promises they made in Paris to reduce greenhouse gases, the planet would still be “doomed.” The report said unless global greenhouse gas emissions peak before 2020, the CO2 levels would be way above the goal ... Read more UN Admits That The Paris Climate Deal Was A Fraud The post UN Admits That The Paris Climate Deal Was A Fraud appeared first on Ice Age Now.
Even CNN Is Skeptical On Recent Reports That Russia Is Planning To Help President Trump In the 2020 Election
A national security official I know and trust pushes back on the way the briefing/ODNI story is being told, and others with firsthand knowledge agree with his assessment. Thread/ — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 21, 2020 *Hot Air:* *CNN sources: Intel deputy overstated claim at briefing that Russia is planning to help Trump in the election* To understand this Jake Tapper thread you need to have read the WaPo and NYT stories I wrote about yesterday. WaPo claimed Trump decided to oust Joseph Maguire as acting DNI because he believed — mistakenly — that Maguire’s deputy gave A... more »
Death Defined by Ram Dass
*“Death doesn’t need to be treated as an enemy to delight in life…I encourage to make peace with death. To see it as a culminating adventure of this adventure of life. It is not an error, it is not a failure. It is taking off a tight shoe that you’ve worn well.”* Ram Dass
U.S. Military Rarely Visits Bomb Sites Or Talks To Survivors When Investigating Civilian Deaths
U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles, like the ones shown here, helped provide 176 consecutive hours of air support and drop more than 100 bombs in support of Operation Hammer Down II. (Tech. Sgt. Michael B. Keller/Air Force) *The Intercept:* *Report: U.S. Military Rarely Visits Bomb Sites or Talks to Survivors When Investigating Civilian Deaths* It was the midpoint of a 10-month battle to dislodge the Islamic State from the Iraqi city of Mosul. Two ISIS snipers were holed up in a “defensive fighting position built into the second story of the structure” in the al-Resala district o... more »
The Carbon Offsetting Wild West
By Paul Homewood The Telegraph has an investigative report into carbon offsets today, unfortunately paywalled. For those who can access it, it is here. The report claims that customers are at risk of being ripped off in a “Wild West” unregulated carbon market, and that in many cases the schemes may not be […]
Japan’s Ministry of Defense Has Revealed A Concept For A Next-Gen F-X ‘Godzilla’ Fighter
Concept Art of the Japanese Air Self Defense Force's future F-X Fighter. Japanese Ministry of Defense *Sputnik*: *Photo: Japan’s Ministry of Defense Reveals Concept for Next-Gen F-X ‘Godzilla’ Fighter* Japan’s Ministry of Defense has been quietly laying plans for a new stealth fighter to replace the F-2, one capable of outclassing the numerically superior Chinese air force. Nicknamed the “Godzilla” fighter by observers due to its size, the Mitsubishi F-X is expected to enter service in 2035. *‘Godzilla’* Tokyo has moved to advance the Future Fighter concept aircraft toward a more... more »
David Dimbleby wades in
David Dimbleby is making the news today. I'm assuming that his retirement means he's free to speak his mind these days without any inhibitions about BBC impartiality because he certainly* has* spoken his mind. Not that most people will ever see him as anything other than the embodiment of the BBC, and I suspect many will see him as also speaking the BBC's mind here. He certainly put a broad range of adjectives to use: The Government's plans to curb the licence fee are "pernicious", Boris's behaviour towards the BBC is "arrogant", "childish", "peevish" and "unpleasant", and Boris ... more »
On The Laws Of Morality
It’s in man’s nature to be skeptical on moral issues with respect to his temporal existence. The man who claims that he has always been moral in life is not only a liar but also lacking in moral standards. There is no chance of men being perfectly moral because the human mind is incapable of comprehending the origin and scope of the laws of morality. The moral theories of the world prove the impossibility of people writing them down at any point of time—moral theories explain every action of man except the actions that man may undertake to write the laws of morality.
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