New arms deal regulations in Canada... from "policy" driven to "profit" driven in a sweep of a pen!? Our CPP rides on arms deals.
11:35pm MDT
Day 2: Jeju Peace Walk Update
- Day two of the Jeju Island peace walk in South Korea was another hot one. We did 13 miles and everyone was very tired by the end. One man who specializes in fixing blisters was quite busy from morning until 8:00 pm helping the walking wounded. I developed just a tiny blister on the back of my heel from the rubbing of my sandals. Going to have to wear socks and shoes today which I have dreaded doing because of the heat. - In the photo above you can see the dish washing operation back at Gangjeong village. They make three meals a day and bring the food ... more »
Time to take the world seriously
we have neglected to do that as a collective for centuries and now its saying what the fuck motherfucke I will fuck you up
Crying wolf at another Olympics
There are two regular periods of hiatus in the media. One comes every year around Christmas-time when everyone pisses off to the beach, and if there is any news around there is no-one around the newsrooms to report it. Media mavens call this the Silly Season, because what does appear in what passes for news is evern sillier than what we normally see. Seriously. The other hiatus arrives once every four years when thousands of reporters are flown to the Olympics several weeks before they start, to find they have nothing yet about which to report until the Games actually commence... more »
Gaia Portal: Metrics for foundations of Light are employed
*Sorry, I'm late with this one. Things are very busy. -AK* *Metrics for foundations of Light are employed* by ÉirePort Metrics for foundations of Light are employed. Essentials are unveiled. Climatologists are exposed in the currents. Stasis Beings arise. ÉirePort | July 31, 2016 at 10:31 | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p2sFUY-zs
Microcephaly
I have micocephaly on my mind because of the CDC's warning for pregnant women to avoid an area in Florida contaminated with mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus. Here are the CDC's Facts about Microcephaly: http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/birthdefects/microcephaly.html Occurrence Microcephaly is not a common condition. State birth defects tracking systems have estimated that microcephaly ranges from 2 babies per 10,000 live births to about 12 babies per 10,000 live births in the Unites States.1 Causes and Risk Factors The causes of microcephaly in most babies are unknown. Some babies have... more »
Hypnotic reinforcement - The Ten Commandments - Doomed to Failure
You can't hypnotically impress a NEGATIVE onto a human consciousness. Take away all the *'Thou shalt not'*s from the tablets of doctrine and you simply have the DIRECT COMMANDS Kill Steal Commit adultery Covet they neighbour Bear false witness etc... it's like a rulebook for continued Tax Revenue via the promulgation of sin and all its Jurisdictional machinations... fact.
Radical Christians vs Radical Islam
The biggest differance is that the radical Christians influcence has been largely marginalized for more than four centruries.
Canada is the only sane G7 country right now. Maybe JT will ask me to go run Italy?
Sadly but true my observation is intellectually and kardashionaly correct.
August 2: This may be a short blog...
...I am starting it late due to a series of computer disasters. Fortunately, there's really nothing to say about today irving press. Zip-bang headline for the lead story of the day is that some people get injured driving recreational vehicles. Who woulda guessed? The editorial is about how we like maple syrup. And how we could use it to make more money. I notice the editorials are almost always about making money, and only rarely about human needs. Norbert writes about a problem we don't have - police officers shooting large numbers of innocent people. That's in the U.S. Norbert.... more »
Trump Is Unlikely To Recover From His Disgraceful Treatment Of The Khan Family-- And Now He's On The Warpath Against Paul Ryan And John McCain
Today started with a Republican congressman, Richard Hanna, announcing he's voting for Hillary Clinton. He said he found Trump to be "profoundly offensive and narcissistic but as much as anything, a world-class panderer, anything but a leader. Little more than a changing mirror of those he speaks to." And it's ending with far right extremist Tim Huelskamp losing his Kansas GOP primary *and* with Señor Trumpanzee refusing to endorse Paul Ryan, the Speaker of the House, who's in a primary showdown with a Trumpist next Tuesday. Trump claims that Ryan asked for his endorsement-- which ... more »
The Campaign Latest: Trump Worried That Election Will Be ‘Rigged,’ GOP Fundraiser Meg Whitman Endorses Clinton
[image: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at Omaha North High Magnet School in Omaha, Neb., Monday, Aug. 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)] WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign. (all times EDT): 11:15 p.m. Top Republican donor and fundraiser Meg Whitman is endorsing Democrat Hillary Clinton for president, saying she cannot support a candidate who has “exploited anger, grievance,... more »
Property-owners have a better plan
Auckland’s proposed Unitary Plan has been much talked about. No-one however (apart from this guy) has bothered to point out that planners’ plans only become a Plan if they restrict property owners from doing what they otherwise would. The planners’ plans always and everywhere restrict private plans. *Your* plans. If they didn’t, they wouldn’t need all their planning rules to tell you what not to do. *Now the fact that capitalism even has economic planning, let alone the only possible kind of rational economic planning, is almost completely unknown [**points out the sane and so... more »
Security Expert: Solar Panels are Extremely Easy to Hack
[image: Solar Energy, Solar Power, Solar Panels, Green Energy] A conference of cybersecurity experts is meeting in Las Vegas this Friday to discuss how rooftop solar panels make homes much easier to hack. The experts found that a malicious hacker can easily knock solar panels offline, cause them to intentionally overheat... more »
Musical Interlude: 2002, “Return to Freedom”
2002, “Return to Freedom” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYVHVHniU80
"A Look to the Heavens"
“In this crowded starfield spanning some 3 degrees within the high flying constellation Cygnus, the eye is drawn to the Cocoon Nebula. A compact star forming region, the cosmic Cocoon punctuates a long trail of obscuring interstellar dust clouds. Cataloged as IC 5146, the nebula is nearly 15 light-years wide, located some 4,000 light years away. * Click image for larger size.* Like other star forming regions, it stands out in red, glowing, hydrogen gas excited by the young, hot stars and blue, dust-reflected starlight at the edge of an otherwise invisible molecular cloud. In fact, th... more »
Chet Raymo, "Thank God, It's Doomsday"
*"Thank God, It's Doomsday" * by Chet Raymo “OK, folks. Here's what's awaiting you. The End Times. The Apocalypse. The Rapture. The Final Reckoning. Oh, I could pick any one of a thousand representations of the Last Days from centuries of Western art. This one is Luca Signorelli's "The Damned Cast Into Hell," in the Capella Nuova chapel of Orvieto Cathedral, painted around the year 1500 (click to enlarge). Why were these scenes of souls in extremis so common? Exhortations to be good? A reminder of what awaits us if we don't contribute to the Sunday collection? A local bishop trying... more »
"A Word..."
"There is a word meaning "All My Relations." We will live by this word. We are related to everything. We are still here! We shall live! *Mitakuye Oyasin!" * - Black Elk, a Lakota holy man.
The Universe
“Freedom from the past, or anything else for that matter, always comes in the very instant you stop thinking about it. And there's simply nothing that can keep you from the adventures you decide to think about today.” “Not that you needed to hear that...” The Universe “Thoughts become things... choose the good ones!” - www.tut.com
The Daily "Near You?"
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
The Poet: Fernando Pessoa, “Note”
*“Note”* “My soul shattered like an empty vase. It fell irretrievably down the stairs. If fell from the hands of the careless maid. It fell, breaking into more pieces than there was china in the vase. Nonsense? Impossible? I’m not so sure! I have more sensations than when I felt like myself. I’m a scattering of shards on a doormat that needs shaking. My fall made a noise like a shattering vase. All the gods there are lean over the stair rail And look at the shards their maid changed me into. They don’t get mad at her. They’re forgiving. What was I but an empty vase? They look at the a... more »
"Mystery..."
"The answer is never the answer. What's really interesting is the mystery. If you seek the mystery instead of the answer, you'll always be seeking. I've never seen anybody really find the answer. They think they have, so they stop thinking. But the job is to seek mystery, evoke mystery, plant a garden in which strange plants grow and mysteries bloom. The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer." - Ken Kesey
“Mommy and Daddy”
*“Mommy and Daddy”* by Robert Gore "Have you ever won or lost a political argument? Have you or an opponent ever said: “Your facts and logic are overpowering, I have to concede that you’re right.” It’s never happened, has it? It doesn’t happen because politics has little to do with facts and logic. It’s anchored in emotions that take root in infancy and are so deeply ingrained they are undoubtedly part of humanity’s evolutionary code. No bond is more enduring than that between parent and child, and none is more laden with psychological baggage. While political argument will always ... more »
"How It Really Is"
◆ "When you've eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "Sherlock Holmes" *Decide for yourself...* - http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/BODIES.php - http://www.govtslaves.info/comprehensive-clinton-body-count-list/ - http://www.thepoliticalinsider.com/ - https://www.truthorfiction.com/clintonfriends/ - http://freedom-articles.toolsforfreedom.com/
"If Voting Made Any Difference, They Wouldn’t Let Us Do It"
*"If Voting Made Any Difference, They Wouldn’t Let Us Do It"* By John W. Whitehead “The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.” - Joseph Stalin, dictator of the Soviet Union "No, America, you don’t have to vote.In fact, vote or don’t vote, the police state will continue to trample us underfoot. Devil or deliverer, the candidate who wins the White House has already made a Faustian bargain to keep the police state in power. It’s no longer a question of which party will usher in totalitarianism but when the final hammer will fall. Su... more »
"US Foreign Policy Flow Chart"
"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." - Ben Franklin
The Economy: “How And When Does This Mess End?”
*“How And When Does This Mess End?”* by Michael Shedlock “A concerned reader wants to know if there are any precedents for the monetary printing we see today, and also when and how this all ends: ‘Hello Mish, I wish to get your opinion as to how, or the possible sequence of end games to this bubble economy. The Fed, ECB, and BoJ all print trillions of $$ to keep bubble inflated. Are there any historical times that match we have seen here? Are there any measurements that would trigger an avalanche of storms in stock market and economy? I just cannot believe this bubble will keep go...more »
Capitalists have a better plan
*Our guest poster Robert Murphy reckons* *Capitalists Have a Better Plan* To the early 20th-century intellectuals [who invented central planning], capitalism looked like anarchy. Why, they wondered, would we trust deliberative, conscious guidance when building a house but not when building an economy? It was fashionable among these socialist intellectuals to espouse “planning” as a much more rational way to organise economic activity. (F.A. Hayek wrote a famous essay on the phenomenon.) But this emphasis on central planning was utterly confused both conceptually and empirica... more »
Seoul Says North Korea Has Fired a Ballistic Missile Into the Sea
[image: In this May 10, 2016 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves at parade participants at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea. South Korea's military says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016 into the sea.] SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea has fired another ballistic missile into the sea, South Korea’s military said Wednesday. The Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that the missile was launched toward the waters off the North’s east... more »
A Junior Olympics Win, and a Surprise, for Homeless NYC Kids
[image: Juennes Track Club athlete Rainn Sheppard, 10, left, of Brooklyn, N.Y., shares a hug with her mom, Tonia Handy, who suprised Rainn by showing up to watch her compete in the Girls 3000 Meter race at the 2016 AAU Junior Olympic Games at Turner Stadium in Humble, Texas, on Monday, Aug. 1, 2016. The biggest surprise Monday for Sheppard, competing at the Junior Olympics in Houston and far from the New York City homeless shelter she shares with her two sisters and mother, wasn't the gold medal she won in the 3,000 meters. It was the arrival of her mother.] NEW YORK (AP) -- The bigg... more »
With Jab at Ryan, Trump Ignites New Tensions in GOP
[image: In this Aug. 1, 2016, photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a town hall event in Columbus, Ohio.] COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (AP) -- As Republican loyalists continue to flee, Donald Trump ignited new party tensions Tuesday by refusing to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan or a pair of senators seeking re-election, a remarkable display of party division just... more »
Here’s Everything You Need to Know About the Air Force’s Rollout of the F-35 Fighter
[image: F-35A Lightning II-900] The U.S. Air Force announced Tuesday that the long-awaited F-35A Lightning II is officially combat ready, adding a decisive new weapon to the Air Force's arsenal at a crucial time for U.S. national security. Air Force Gen. Herbert "Hawk" Carlisle,...more »
Who Wins In A Match-up Between America's Zumwalt-Class Destroyer vs. Russia's Kirov-Class Battlecruiser
USS Zumwalt after floating out of drydock in 2013. Wikipedia YouTube Kyle Mizokami, National Interest: *America's Lethal Zumwalt-Class Destroyer vs. Russia's Battlecruiser: Who Wins?* A Russia-U.S. showdown at sea may once again be in the cards. The recent decline in relations between Russia and the West has put ship-vs.-ship warfare back on the table. After more than a decade of supporting land wars in the Middle East and Central Asia, the U.S. Navy is reinvesting in the core mission of sinking ships. The U.S. Navy is expanding this capability but at the same time introducing a n... more »
Secwepemc Resistance Gathering, Mount Polley Mine Site: Aug. 4, 2016
. SECWEPEMC PLAN RESISTANCE ANNIVERSARY GATHERING AT MOUNT POLLEY MINE SITE By Kanahus Freedom, kanahusmanuel@gmail.com Andy Stepanian, andy@sparrowmedia.net Censored News Secwepemc activists have launched a call to action against Imperial Metals Mount Polley mine on the two-year anniversary of the devastating tailings pond spill.Kanahus Freedom, a member of the Secwepemc Women's
Gwich’in Nation Calls for Urgent Arctic Refuge Protection and Climate Action
Gwich’in Nation Calls for Urgent Arctic Refuge Protection and Climate Action . By Bernadette Demientieff and Sarah James The Gwich’in Nation renewed their urgent call to Congress and the President to permanently protect the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as Wilderness for the caribou and the Gwich’in way of life. Read article at: https://medium.com/@WeAreTheArctic/
Black Guns Matter Aims to Lower Black on Black Crime
[image: Gun Control Laws, Guns, Firearms, Second Amendment] The founder of the group Black Guns Matter is teaching black communities how to use guns legally in an effort to bring down black on black crime and altercations with police. Founder Maj Toure said he wants to teach people... more »
West Virginia AG Files Lawsuit Against EPA’s ‘Unlawful’ Natural Gas Regs
[image: Fracking, Shale Oil, Natural Gas, Gasoline, Hydraulic Fracturing, Hydraulic Platform, Oil Industry, Natural Gas Industry] West Virginia's attorney general is leading a coalition of states filing a lawsuit against the "unlawful" Environmental Protection Agency's new regulations on oil and natural gas producers. The state's attorney general, Patrick Morrisey, and 14 other state agencies, petitioned Tuesday the U.S.... more »
First Impressions of TimeWatch
I Kickstarted the *TimeWatch* RPG in early 2014. It was supposed to be delivered in November 2014, so it was definitely late, having just arrived at my door today. For the most part, communications were pretty good, with a few quiet periods here and there. It was one of those projects were stretch goals definitely increased the scope of the project. I've had various PDF drafts of the project as time went on so I had a pretty good idea as to what I was getting but the finished product was definitely impressive. What I'll be doing here is giving a high level overview of *TimeWatch*,... more »
Convention Delegate John Laesch Tells Us What We May Have Missed At The Philly Convention
*John Laesch, a union carpenter from Illinois and a dedicated Bernie delegate to the Democratic Convention last week explained at the Progressive Fox how he and other Bernie delegates started to change the conversation on the Trans Pacific Partnership in Philadelphia and how the "No TPP" signs became a banner of resistance on the floor of the convention. John's guest post:* I will never forget the rush that swept through me on my first night at the Wells Fargo Center while looking into a sea of “NO TPP” signs that quickly became the banner of resistance to the oligarchy that surr... more »
Is Donald Trump The 'Peace Candidate'?
FOX News *Patrick J. Buchanan*: *Is Trump the Peace Candidate?* With Democrats howling that Vladimir Putin hacked into and leaked those 19,000 DNC emails to help Trump, the Donald had a brainstorm: Maybe the Russians can retrieve Hillary Clinton’s lost emails. Not funny, and close to “treasonous,” came the shocked cry. Trump then told the New York Times that a Russian incursion into Estonia need not trigger a U.S. military response. Even more shocking. By suggesting the U.S. might not honor its NATO commitment, under Article 5, to fight Russia for Estonia, our foreign-policy elit... more »
“Everybody was doing it, so I thought I was supposed to”
Social conformity, it’s a thing. Conform? Why would you. But you do, don’t you. You do. You bastards. . Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with attribution.
A ‘Little Ninja,’ Zika-Spreading Mosquito Surviving Government Efforts to Kill it
[image: An inspector with the Miami-Dade County mosquito control department looks for standing water as he inspects an empty lot, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016 in the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami. The CDC has advised pregnant women to avoid travel to this neighborhood where mosquitoes are apparently transmitting Zika directly to humans. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)] MIAMI (AP) -- The mosquitoes spreading Zika in Miami are proving harder to eradicate than expected, the nation’s top disease-fighter said Tuesday as authorities sprayed clouds of insecticide in the ground-zero neighborhood, emptied k... more »
So, in One Week...
Donald Trump repeatedly insulted a Muslim family that had lost a son in battle, took a Purple Heart that he'd always wanted then said the way he took it was "a lot simpler," kicked a baby out of one of his rallies, demanded that Russia hack Hillary Clinton's campaign, insulted the very fire department that had rescued him from a trapped elevator and claimed his daughter, that he'd felt up at the RNC convention, wouldn't have stood for sexual harassment. Then, as a *coup de grace*, refuses to support either McCain or Paul Ryan in their upcoming primaries. Why can't we now ... more »
US Backed Terrorists in Syria VOW To Intensify Aleppo Fight. Recall the All Go Syrian No Fly Zone?
*You read that correctly the US backed Terror Forces are going to intensify the fight by attacking civilians! While NATO media sheds crocodile tears for those same civilians* *Independent: Openly calling for NATO upping the ante to save terrorists* *Disaster can only be averted through international pressure. The UN, the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) and other states should be more vocal in calling for the Assad regime to lift the siege.* *Written by a NO GOOD Organization mouthpiece * *From their lips to your eyes!* *Raed Al Halabi, a fighter in the local Halab al-Shah... more »
Turkey Blames The U.S. For The Failed Coup Attempt
*New York Times:* *Turks Can Agree on One Thing: U.S. Was Behind Failed Coup* ISTANBUL — A Turkish newspaper reported that an American academic and former State Department official had helped orchestrate a violent conspiracy to topple the Turkish government from a fancy hotel on an island in the Sea of Marmara, near Istanbul. The same newspaper, in a front-page headline, flat-out said the United States had tried to assassinate President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the night of the failed coup. When another pro-government newspaper asked Turks in a recent poll conducted on Twitter whi...more »
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- August 2, 2016
*Olivier Guitta, Al Jazeera*: *US starts its long-awaited anti-ISIL campaign in Libya* After the disastrous intervention in 2011, the US has to be careful of the unintended consequences of a new campaign. On August 1, the United States began a new military air campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) in its stronghold of Sirte in Libya. This has come as an unsurprising move. The bombing was in response to the request of the Government of National Accord (GNA), whose Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj had previously said Libya did not need f... more »
Say What? After Trump Has Crying Infant Removed, Planned Parenthood Says Babies are Welcomed at His Rallies
[image: Donald Trump speaking at CPAC 2011 in Washington, D.C.] Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider in the United States, chastised Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for booting a wailing infant from a Virginia rally Tuesday. Trump, not one to suffer interruptions during his rallies, initially acknowledged the outburst with grace. "I... more »
ISIS: Here Are the Six Reasons We Hate YOU
[image: 1ISIS-nytn-videoSixteenByNine1050] Islamic State wants you to know the top six reasons why it hates Western civilization in the latest issue of its propaganda magazine Dabiq. The issue released Sunday is titled "Break the Cross," and is focused around what the organization... more »
The Syrian War To Free Itself From The Evil US/Israel/NATO Criminal Cabal: US False Flag Chemical Attack - Helicopter Drops Chlorine Gas On Syrian Town!
The evils of the US/Israel/NATO criminal cabal knows absolutely no bounds it seems.... With the cabal about to be defeated in Aleppo, and thus having their nice little war to have Syria destroyed come to an abrupt end, there were many out there in the real truth movement that have long suspected that these criminals would come up with something "up their sleeves" to try to vilify Russia and hopefully turn public opinion in favor of the evil cabal's actions... Well it did not take long for the cabal to once again come up with a new "false flag" attack in Syria to try to paint the Rus... more »
The Syrian War To Free Itself From The Evil US/Israel/NATO Criminal Cabal: US Secretary Of State John Kohn States That Russia And Syria Must Stop All "Offensive Operations" Against All "Rebels" (US Hired Mercenaries)
*I have been a busy man since my return from a much needed vacation last week.... I have finally cleared up most of my personal business, and for a change may actually be able to post a few articles here at this blog over the next few days! Yes, personal and family requirements do take precedence always, and that means that writings at this blog do suffer from time to time... I do want to thank everyone for their patience...* The war in Syria to free itself from the evil clutches of the criminal US/Israel/NATO cabal has now turned fully in favor of the good guys, the Syrian governm... more »
If People Only Knew
*Zen Gardner* - If people knew what their energetic contribution is... The post If People Only Knew appeared first on Waking Times.
If We Talk About Race Without Taking On Poverty, How Much Can Really Change?
*Stanton Peele* - The conversation about race and policing in America is mostly meaningless. The post If We Talk About Race Without Taking On Poverty, How Much Can Really Change? appeared first on Waking Times.
SSRI Antidepressants Put Patients at Clear Risk of Suicide
*Dr. Mercola* - It is now estimated that 1 in 8 Americans are on SSRI antidepressants. The post SSRI Antidepressants Put Patients at Clear Risk of Suicide appeared first on Waking Times.
Top Catholic Warns Politicians Who Back Abortion, Oppose Religious Liberty
[image: Stop Abortion, Pro-Life, Anti-Abortion, Planned Parenthood] Catholics cannot support politicians who support abortion, the head of the international Knights of Columbus told members and almost 100 Catholic bishops today. The group, known as “the Knights,” is the largest Catholic men’s service organization in the world, with... more »
Economic News , Data & Views ..... August 2 , 2016.. Quick Hits 1. Markets - US Stocks Suffer Another Down Day , Italian & German Banks Drag Europe Lower , Sovereign Bonds Hit As Well , Japan Futures Not Signaling Pleasant Night Ahead. 2. Germany & France In Terror Spotlights - Items Of Note Today. 3.Libya Items De Jour . 4. Spanish Political Stalemate Drags On , Catalonia Controversy Also Continues. 5. Turkey - Purge , EU-Turkey " Dead Deal Walking " & Gulen Related News De Jour. 6. Odds & Ends....
Markets...... *Holger Zschaepitz* @Schuldensuehner 2h 2 hours ago Global govt bonds sold-off as Bill Gross says record-low bond yields ‘aren’t worth the risk’ http://bloom.bg/2aPD42d *fred walton* @fredwalton216 1m 1 minute ago fred walton Retweeted FXStreet News Surprise will be if BOJ doesn't intervene if 99.98 ( July 8th low ) taken out. fred walton added, *FXStreet News* @FXstreetNews How with BoJ react if USD/JPY gets below 100? - FXStreet http:// goo.gl/57TeGL *fred walton* @fredwalton216 3h 3 hours ago fred walton Retweeted Ansa English News Gener... more »
Economics for Real People: The rhetoric of economics
[image: UoAGroup1] Sorry folks, I’ve been very tardy this year in advertising the great work the Auckland Uni Economics Group is doing in presenting Economics for Real People. This week however, another highlight: a decorated presenter is talking about the *rhetoric of economics*. What’s the “rhetoric of economics”? It’s the way for example that mainstream economists talk about human exchange, says presenter Claire Dale, “as a matter of competition and scarcity, and by most exchange theorists as a matter of reciprocity and equivalence. In such definitions, there is no excess i... more »
Trump, Goldman Sachs, stocks, and elections
*Democrats may help Hillary to be elected by buying lots of stocks up to the elections* Sorry for the silence, I had some other offline duties today. My computer had to work much harder – it took almost 3 hours in total to upgrade to Windows 10 Anniversary Edition. But it works great. The start menu is reorganized more effectively, colors are nicer, Edge may be getting superior but I don't plan to leave Chrome (it has extensions etc.), Windows Ink is fine and also offers Sticky Notes but I prefer my Long Notes Windows Gagdet so far. Windows now contains its own Bash (Linux shell) –... more »
200 Million Yahoo Accounts Show Up For Sale On Dark Web
On Tuesday a notorious hacker and cyber criminal put over 200 million Yahoo user accounts up for sale on the Dark Web marketplace in exchange for Bitcoins. In recent months over 1 billion user credentials from popular social networking sites, including LinkedIn, Tumblr, MySpace and VK.com have been exposed online. The Hacker News reports: Now, the same hacker who was responsible for selling data dumps for LinkedIn, MySpace, Tumblr and VK.com is now selling what is said to be the login information of 200 Million Yahoo! users on the Dark Web. 200 Million Yahoo! Logins for 3 BTC The h... more »
Facebook Reverses Ban on Muslim MMA Fighter Who Called ISIS Inbred, Urged Muslim Integration
[image: facebook] Facebook ruthlessly cracked down on a popular Muslim voice in Britain for calling the Islamic State "inbred," only to restore the man's profile within an hour of The Daily Caller News Foundation's inquiry. It started when Tam Khan, a famous MMA... more »
World News Briefs -- August 2, 2016 (Evening Edition)
*FOX News*: *Obama approves 30-day airstrike mission against ISIS in Libya* President Obama has authorized a 30-day mission for the U.S. military to conduct airstrikes against the Islamic State terror group in Libya as new strikes were unleashed Tuesday, Fox News has learned. Marine Corps Harrier jets launched from the Navy amphibious assault ship USS Wasp conducted at least two airstrikes against ISIS targets in the coastal city of Sirte Tuesday. USS Wasp is set to remain off the Libyan coast in the Mediterranean Sea for the next month along with an escort ship, the guided-missi... more »
Man Suffers Third Degree Burn After iPhone Explodes In Pocket
A cyclist in Australia sustained third-degree burns to his leg when a ‘minor fall’ from his bike caused his iPhone to ignite in his back pocket. 36-year-old Gareth Clear needed a skin graft after being taken to hospital. International Business Times reports: Clear was out riding in Sydney, Australia on Sunday 21 July when the accident occurred. He claims he looked down at his leg to see smoke coming from his back pocket before feeling “searing heat” as his iPhone 6 caught fire. “I just saw smoke coming out of my back pocket…and then all of a sudden I felt this surging pain,” he told ... more »
The Democratic Party Is Tom Steyer’s Now | The Daily Caller
The Democratic Party’s platform on energy and climate has shifted dramatically leftward, putting the party in sync with the climate policies advocated by its wealthiest donor, billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer. Steyer, who made the bulk of his money as a hedge fund manager at investment firm Farallon Capital, has spent this election year pouring millions […]
Nations Are Now Buying Cheap Spy Tech To 'Monitor Everyone'
*Frank Bajak And Jack Gillum, Phys.org:* *Snapping up cheap spy tools, nations 'monitoring everyone'* Governments known to stifle dissent with imprisonment and beatings or otherwise abuse their power are buying cheap, off-the-shelf surveillance software that can monitor the phone conversations and track the movements of thousands of their citizens, an Associated Press investigation has found. Such so-called "lawful intercept" software has been available for years to Western police and spy agencies and is now easily obtained by governments that routinely violate basic rights—outsid... more »
Today's Big News-- Utah And New York Are Pointing In The Same Direction
Which was the bigger deal today, the release of a new poll in Utah, showing Beehive State voters prefer Hillary to Trump 36-35% or the first Republican congressman admitting publicly that he's not only *not* voting for the Trumpanzee but that he *is* voting for Hillary? With Mitt Romney toying with the idea of endorsing Libertarian Gary Johnson for president, the new Hinckley Institute-*Salt Lake Tribune* poll showing Hillary even with Trump in one of America's reddest states, could be worrying for the Trump campaign. No one ever thought of Utah as a swing state. But no one ever t... more »
Untitled
*From* *Jenna Orkin* Paris strikes astonishing partnership with secret Isis sponsor tied to Hillary Clintonl Anthrax in Siberia A man was inspired to create these high-tech, tiny homes after living in a dumpster for a year Toxic legacy of US assault on Fallujah 'worse than Hiroshima' Whistleblower's Stunning Claim: "NSA Has All Of Hillary's Deleted Emails, It May Be The Leak" Here's where Americans are spending all the money they've saved on cheap gas 'We will come to Russia and will kill you at your homes' — ISIS calls on members to carry out jihad in Russia Here’s how Iran could... more »
Court Injunction Limits Pro-Lifer’s Freedom to Protest
[image: Alabama Abortion Law - 900] A pro-life advocate who is being sued by a Washington, D.C. school for protesting a Planned Parenthood clinic has agreed to curtail his activities near the school. According to The Washington Post, Robert Weiler reached the agreement with Two Rivers Charter... more »
Selective monitoring
According to a letter to the editor in today’s Times from an NUJ official, BBC Monitoring has been hit by successive cuts. I wasn’t sure what BBC Monitoring was, but it’s explained in the letter. “.................we need to be aware of how others, not just the Russians, project soft power. *This is the purpose of BBC Monitoring, to observe and report the sometimes distorted way in which other countries’ media present the world.* It was mostly funded by the government until 2010 when the BBC was forced into paying for it alone.” This struck me as distinctly eerie. The BBC is monito... more »
U.S. Plans To Upgrade B61 Airborne Nuclear Bomb
The U.S. has embarked on a multi-billion-dollar plan to maintain its nuclear deterrent by improving its nuclear bombs. The B61 airborne nuclear bomb with its intermediate-yield thermonuclear warhead has been given the go-ahead for an upgrade by the National Nuclear Security Administration. RT reports: The decision taken by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) authorized the program to enter a post-engineering phase, which comes after four years of work. This now means that the first upgraded bombs are set to roll out by 2020. The B61 has been the principal US airborne...more »
Trump vs. The Khans
[image: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Briar Woods High School, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016, in Ashburn, Va.] Donald Trump got sound advice the other day. At a rally at Davenport, Iowa, he told the crowd that a prominent supporter had called and urged him not to sweat all the attacks at the Democratic National Convention. “Don’t hit... more »
Huge Void Discovered In The Centre Of Milky Way
Astronomers have found a huge stellar void around the center of our Milky Way galaxy. There has been no star formation in a a region stretching 8,000 light-years near the core of our galaxy for over hundreds of millions of years, looking back through space and time. The bold patch puts in doubt our understanding of the creation and evolution of the Milky Way. Sky at Night Magazine reports: A study has found a region that is devoid of a type of young star called Cepheids. Cepheids are useful for astronomers as they enable the measurement of distances in the Universe. They are relative... more »
Why isn't the MSM vetting Khizr Khan?...
*because the truth is ugly and it doesn't support their narrative. * I've been fairly silent on this whole contretemps involving Trump and Khan. My first thoughts when this started was why did the RNC have a Muslim speak who lost a son in 2004? Couldn't they find a more recent Muslim hero? I also thought that it would have been wise for Trump to have maintained silence on the issue. Now I realize that if it was not for Trump, we would have no idea of how corrupt all these people really are. As always, follow the money, and there's nothing the Clintons don't like more than money... more »
Is Russian President Putin A Thug?
Russian President Vladimir Putin, shown here at the commemoration of a Russian chapel in Vrsic, Slovenia. REUTERS/SRDJAN ZIVULOVIC *Peter Van Buren, Reuters:* *The real reason Washington calls Putin a thug* There is a near-certainty in American political speech, going back to the 1980s: When a senior United States official labels you a thug, trouble follows. “Thug” is the safest go-to word in the lexicon of American Exceptionalism. So, it is with concern that folks are lining up at the mic to call Russian President Vladimir Putin just that. President Obama called him a “thug,” as ... more »
Israeli Border Police Confiscate 8 Yr Old Palestinian Girls Bike
The following video shows an 8-year-old Palestinian girl crying as her bike is confiscated by an armed Israeli border police officer in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. The footage was secretly filmed on July 25th by a volunteer for Israeli human rights group B’tselem. It shows Anwar Burqan playing on her bike as she is approached by two officers. She was riding it down the paved road, which is reserved for settlers. RT reports: The first armed officer is seen running up to the girl on Al-Ibrahimi Street, which leads to the Tomb of the Patriarchs and the Ibrahimi Mosque – both ... more »
WHo shold be the next US secretary of education?
The Network for Public Education is conducting a survey asking who should be the next US secretary of education: http://networkforpubliceducation.org/2016/07/who-do-you-think-should-be-the-next-secretary-of-education/ . We can nominate three people. I nominated Susan Ohanian, Aflie Kohn and Peggy Robertson.
Is the ATF Illegally Hoarding American Gun Owners’ Personal Information?
[image: Customers inspect firearms at a gun show in Houston, Texas.] A government report discovered the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) illegally stockpiles gun owners’ personal information. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), the go-to federal oversight agency, conducted an audit of ATF and found it does not remove... more »
Was The Russian Mi-8 Helicopter Shot Down Yesterday In Syria On A Humanitarian Or A Combat Mission?
The helicopter that crashed near Aleppo was a Russian Mi-8 (file picture) which had reportedly been on an aid mission to the city. Daily Mail *Michael Weiss and Piere Vaux, Daily Beast:* *Why Did Russia Send ‘The Terminator’ on a Humanitarian Mission in Syria?* Russia’s Defense Ministry says the aircraft was returning from a ‘humanitarian cargo’ mission. If so, it was a strange model to use. While we don’t yet know which rebel group shot down a Russian military helicopter in Syria today, killing all five on board, photographic and video evidence of the wreckage reveals that what Ru... more »
Former NATO General: War With Russia Is Looming
*Alexander Nazaryan, Newsweek:* *War With Russia Looms, Says Former NATO General In New Book* The first female president of the United States faces her first major international conflict: Seeking to consolidate the Slavic nations of Eastern Europe, Russia has seized the three Baltic states—Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia—all members of NATO. That requires a response beyond just a caustic tweet or sharply worded press release. For the first time since the Cuban missile crisis, there is serious talk of nuclear war. This is the basis of 2017 War with Russia, the unsettling new book by Gen... more »
Former Longtime Employee Of The FBI Uncovered As A Chinese Spy
*Observer*: *Chinese Mole Uncovered Inside the FBI* Yet another case of espionage by a Chinese immigrant demonstrates the seriousness of threat to our national security. Today the Department of Justice revealed that a longtime employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been charged with espionage on behalf of China, his homeland. Kun Shan Chun, who was employed by the FBI since 1997, was arrested back in March of this year and has already pleaded guilty to his betrayal. Chun, who went by “Joey,” worked for nearly two decades as an electronics technician with the FBI’s hu... more »
Nigeria To Resume Payments To Rebels In Oil Rich Niger Delta
*OilPrice.com*: *Nigeria Resumes Payments To Ex-Rebels Plotting Against Oil Industry* The Nigerian government has opted to resume making payments to the former militants as part of a plan to halt armed attacks against oil industry facilities in the Niger Delta region. Officials last February halted making payments to the ex-rebels who in 2009 pledged to stop their offensive against the oil infrastructure in exchange for benefits. The aid received by the former combatants included a US$203.44 monthly payment as well as job training, but the government cut it off after a recent spat... more »
Is Israel About To Pick A Side In The Syrian War?
An Israeli woman looks on as smoke rises near the Quneitra Crossing as seen from the Israeli Golan Heights August 27, 2014. (Flash90) *Neri Zilber, Daily Beast*: *How Israel Plays Syria’s Civil War* *After half a decade sitting out the conflagration across its border, is Israel about to pick a side?* GOLAN HEIGHTS — Signs of war are clearly evident when peering into Syria from the Israeli side of the Golan Heights: bombed-out villages, forests hastily chopped down for firewood, refugee encampments. But above all there is the desolation and quiet. One village sitting almost on the... more »
President Obama: Donald Trump Unfit To Be President
*Real Clear Politics*:* Obama: Trump "Unfit," "Woefully Unprepared" For Presidency, Has To Be A Point Where Republicans Say "Enough"* President Obama slams Republican nominee for president Donald Trump at a joint press conference with the prime minister of Singapore at the White House Tuesday morning. Obama said Trump does not have the judgment, temperament or understanding to occupy the Oval Office. Obama scolded Trump for his "attack on a Gold Star family." "He is woefully unprepared," Obama stated. The president implored Republicans to un-endorse him and asked what does it say... more »
World News Briefs -- August 2, 2016
*Al Jazeera*:* US fighter jets target ISIL in Libya for first time* *Washington says air raids aimed at backing Libyan forces seeking to retake city of Sirte from the group.* US fighter jets have carried out air raids on positions of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the Libyan city of Sirte for the first time, according to the country's unity government. "The first American air strikes on precise positions of the Daesh (ISIL) organisation were carried out today, causing heavy losses ... in Sirte," Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj said in a speech on television on M... more »
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 2, 2016
Netanyahu with Obama in the Oval Office, in 2014. Before the accord with Iran was signed, Netanyahu rejected Obama's offer to increase U.S. aid to $4 billion a year.Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg *Haaretz/Reuters*: *Israel, U.S. Narrow Differences Over New Military Aid Package* Israel has signaled it may accept the Obama administration's demand that US military funds, until now spent partly on Israeli arms, will eventually be spent entirely on American-made weapons, according to congressional sources. The United States and Israel have narrowed their differences over what could be decisiv... more »
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Calls Negotiations With US 'Lethal Poison'
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei addresses a meeting with thousands of Iranians from different provinces in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on August 1, 2016. © khamenei.ir *New York Times: **Iran’s Top Leader Distances Himself from Nuclear Pact, Which He Once Supported* Iran’s top leader distanced himself on Monday from the nuclear agreement reached with major powers a year ago, accusing the United States of failing to honor pledges in the accord and citing “the futility of negotiations with the Americans.” In blunt remarks prominently featured in Iran’... more »
U.S. Air Force Set To Declare F-35 Combat Ready
An F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter takes off on a training sortie at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida in this March 6, 2012 file photo. REUTERS/U.S. Air Force photo/Randy Gon/Handout *Wall Street Journal*: *U.S. Air Force Close to Declaring F-35 Jet Combat-Ready* *F-35 critics contend jet still lacks functionality.* Five years behind schedule, the U.S. Air Force is this week expected to declare that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet is finally ready for combat even as critics continue to rail against the most expensive military program in history. The plane’s builders and mi... more »
U.S. Air Force Hits It's First Drone In 'Kill Test'
An F-35A conducts testing with an AIM-9X over the skies of Calfornia. Source: F-35 Joint Program Office *DoD Buzz*:* Air Force F-35 Hits Drone with Sidewinder Missile in ‘Kill’ Test* The Air Force variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter passed another key test days ago, deploying an AIM-9X missile while in flight to hit a drone over a military test range, officials with the Pentagon’s F-35 Joint Program Office said. The test with the F-35A was conducted off the California coast July 28, Joint Program Office spokesman Joe DellaVedova said in a news release. The Raytheon-made AIM-... more »
Pentagon Spokesman: U.S. Bombing Campaign Against the Islamic State In Libya Has 'No End Point'
*Newsweek:** US Begins Sustained Air Campaign Against ISIS in Libya* U.S. planes bombed Islamic State militant group (ISIS) targets in Libya on Monday, responding to the U.N.-backed government's request to help push the militants from their former stronghold of Sirte in what U.S. officials described as the start of a sustained campaign against the extremist group in the city. "The first air strikes were carried out at specific locations in Sirte today causing severe losses to enemy ranks," Prime Minster Fayez Seraj said on state TV. Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said the strikes d... more »
The Battle For The Syrian City of Aleppo Continues
A man riding a bicycle past burning tires on Monday in Aleppo, Syria. PHOTO: ABDALRHMAN ISMAIL/REUTERS *Wall Street Journal*: *Aleppo Conditions Worsen Under Siege* Opposition officials and aid workers said Syria and Russia aim to force quick surrender The Syrian regime and its Russian allies are heavily bombarding hospitals, markets, utilities and aid warehouses in the besieged, rebel-controlled half of Aleppo, according to opposition officials and aid workers who said it was a concerted effort to force rebels and residents to surrender quickly. The regime succeeded last month i... more »
Is Corbynism a Social Movement?
Matt Bolton's The Terrifying Hubris of Corbynism has had a lot of traction as a Marxist critique of our Jeremy and the movement gathered behind him. True to the weird times in which we live, it has been shared and talked up by sundry MPs associated with the *ancien regime* in the Labour Party. If they're having to rely on materialist dialectics to make a case for them, you know they're in trouble. But I'm not here to make light of Matt's piece. It's a weighty analysis that deserves serious consideration and, unlike some who are now embracing Citizen Smith after spending a political ... more »
Candidate Clinton's strange statements to Wallace!
*TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2016Back to the missile gap:* In our view, Candidate Clinton responded strangely to some questions from Chris Wallace on this weekend's Fox News Sunday. Given two bites at the apple, Clinton seemed to say, then to suggest, that Director James B. Comey ("Comey the God") *didn't* say that she emailed classified material. Plainly, Comey *did* say that she did that. What explains Clinton's performance? We can't answer that question, of course. But our thoughts have drifted back to 1960 and the famous alleged "missile gap." Here's the way the story is frequently t... more »
Researcher whose PhD was revoked is no longer at Harvard lab
A research fellow at Harvard Medical School whose PhD was revoked last month is no longer working in his former lab, Retraction Watch has learned. An archived version of the lab site for Alfred Goldberg from December, 2015, lists Sudarsanareddy Lokireddy as a postdoctoral fellow; however, Goldberg’s current lab site doesn’t include Lokireddy as a lab member. We contacted Goldberg’s lab, and he was unavailable […] The post Researcher whose PhD was revoked is no longer at Harvard lab appeared first on Retraction Watch.
Pope: It’s ‘Terrible’ Children Taught They Can Choose Gender
[image: In this Saturday, July 30, 2016 file photo, Pope Francis delivers his message during a prayer vigil on the occasion of the World Youth Days, in Brzegi, near Krakow, Poland. Pope Francis has blasted gender identity initiatives, lamenting that children — as he put it — are being taught at school that gender can be a choice. Said Francis: “Today, in schools they are teaching this to children — to children!"] VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis has lamented that children are being taught at school that gender can be a choice, adding that his predecessor, Benedict XVI has labeled cu... more »
Political Battle For Control Of Iraq’s Anbar Province
Today, the Iraqi forces are in the process of freeing the remaining areas of Anbar from the Islamic State. As the province has been liberated however, a series of political battles have emerged over control of the government. The main dispute is between some tribal sheikhs and the Sunni Endowment versus the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) that has run the governorate since 2005. No one is coming out looking good in the process, and the fight is not helping Anbar that is facing a humanitarian crisis. The first battle over Anbar’s governance involved the Sunni Endowment and the Islamic P... more »
The One People: Headaches, Shadows and Rips in the Veil
*Edited 08/02 21:43 to add:Sorry my friends, I've had to remove the video of todays One People show. "Someone" reported our intro song under copyright infringement and the entire audio track was muted.... for the whole freakin' show!! Anyway I've edited the intro out of it and I will re-upload it tomorrow morning. I'm sorry folks. ..... this is fuckin' RIDICULOUS!* *d* It was a wild weekend. A Strange and Weird one. On Todays One People Show, Lisa and I Discussed the physical reactions to whatever it was that happened, and danced in and out of various Rabbit Holes, incl... more »
Smiley Face Volcano Erupts On Hawaii’s Big Island
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano spews fiery lava in the shape of a smiley face. Mick Kalber with tour company Paradise Helicopters shared a video he recorded from above Kilauea’s central vent, showing a fiery smile as the volcano continuously spews lava adding new mass to the island. The smiley face “announces a gorgeous new ocean entry of Kilauea volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii!” Kalber said in a post. International Business Times reports: “The Volcano Goddess Pele’s new flow covered the nearby road and moved quickly to the coast for the first time in three years…visitors flock to the... more »
Man Hospitalized After Waiting Days For Love At Chinese Airport
A Dutch man was hospitalized for exhaustion after unsuccessfully waiting 10 days at a Chinese airport to meet up with his new online girlfriend. Alexander Pieter Cirk refused to believe that the new woman he had met through an online app had not showed up at the airport to greet him. He waited for 10 days at China’s Changsha airport before the lovesick Dutch man was overcome with exhaustion and taken to a hospital. The Express Tribune reports: 41-year-old Alexander Pieter Cirk flew from Holland to Hunan province in hopes of meeting up a Chinese woman, 26-year-old Zhang. The two got ... more »
Millions Embezzled from DOE Agency Spent on Pimped-Out Trucks and High-End Knives
[image: Electrical linemen using a variety of tools.] Internal audits of a utility run by the U.S. Department of Energy revealed about $6.8 million in potentially fraudulent purchases on government credit cards, in part, by employees who went out during work hours to buy things like high-end knives,... more »
Time To Take On Bill C-51
David Christopher, over at *rabble.ca*, writes: After all, Bill C-51 represents one of the most dangerous assaults on Canadians' basic rights that this country has ever seen. It turns the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS) into what *The Globe and Mail *described as a "secret police force," with little oversight or accountability. It opens the door for violations of our Charter Rights, including, as Margaret Atwood and over 450 artists and creators have warned, our right to free speech and free expression. And it empowers spy agencies to conduct dragnet surveillan... more »
Pseudo-Democracy > Reparations > Actual Democracy
originally published on CounterPunch It is hardly a coincidence that the Declaration of Independence, Adam Smith's *Wealth of Nations*, and Johann Friedrich Blumenbach's *On the Natural Variety of Mankind* were all published within a year of one another, for each supports a necessary aspect of a larger, integrated project. Not only was the rationale for seizing political power (provided by the Declaration) supported by Smith's popular text (which justified rule by the wealthy business class). Because this wealth and power was contingent on slavery, and territories seized by conque... more »
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*Beware PFOS! A big, loud, extraverted, blonde publicity hound comes to Australia to warn about it* *Have you ever had your carpet or your uphostered chairs Scotchguarded? If so, you are probably pleased with the results. The stuff tended to make dirt and stains just slide off. What you did not know is that you probably were a user of the deadly PFOS!And Erin Brockovich is here to alarm you about it. The big scare by which she first made her name eventually proved to be without foundation so we must be suspicious of her latest pronouncements. She cost the company ... more »
The Latest: Trump Blasts Obama as Unfit
[image: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Briar Woods High School, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016, in Ashburn, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)] WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign. (all times EDT): 1:35 p.m. Donald Trump is reacting to comments by Barack Obama that he is unfit to lead the country, accusing the president of “failed leadership.” Trump issued... more »
Are Republicans Really Dumber Than Democrats?
Max Boot is a prominent and much-published right-wing military historian who was early and consistent in his loud denunciations of Trump and Trumpism. Over the weekend in a *NY Times* OpEd, How the 'Stupid Party' Created Donald Trump-- but without any reference to the ample evidence of the intellectual dwarfism demonstrated by Democratic leaders like Steve Israel, Rahm Emanuel, Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Nancy Pelosi-- he further ratcheted up the pressure from the right against Republican hacks like Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell and the now completely laughable Peince Priebus. He ... more »
Vote for Kaos
Only through Kaos can we escape the control. A Hillary win means at least another decade of plutocratic rule. We are sure to see a Chelsea Clinton vs Jemma Bush election.
Hillary Or Die
Is this show ever going to end? If my math is correct, today's the day that we can finally start singing *99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall* and apply it to the election. You take one media episode down, you pass it around, then 98 days till America Votes. The various plot twists and back stories and cliffhangers necessary to hold the viewing audience's attention are getting more convoluted and outlandish by the minute. And so they must, if Kardashian Nation is not to cut the cord and stay tuned long enough to vote for the Smarter of Two Evils come November 8th. And so the "horse-ra... more »
Pence to Critical Mom: ‘Trump Supports Our Soldiers and … Veterans Like No Other Leader in My Lifetime’
[image: In this July 14, 2016 file photo, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence speaks in Indianapolis. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says on Twitter that he has picked Pence as his running mate.] Republican vice presidential nominee and Indiana Governor Mike Pence defended GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump against a veteran’s mother who asked yesterday how Pence could “tolerate his disrespect” against service members. Trump has been under fire for challenging the parents of... more »
Fukushima Daiichi August 3, 2016
I don't know what the glowing phenomenon is, located on top of the common spent fuel storage building. The glowing disappeared after a few minutes: It could be some sort of light reflection, although I've never seen it before in many years watching the cams.
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*The Taxpayers' Tuition Burden* The estimated average annual cost for instate students at a public university is now over $19,000, and for students attending a private university the cost jumps to an average of $44,000. With the ever-rising cost of college, many students are taking on low-interest government loans. Currently 93% of all student loans are government owned, with total outstanding loan debt standing at over $1.2 trillion. It’s easy to get lost in the numbers, but what is clear is that students are taking on more debt than ever before to earn a bachelor’s degree. To m... more »
In Wake of Terror Patsies Fiasco...Le Dauphin gets Supreme Court Judge Appointment Marching Orders
*Trudeau gets Marching Orders on "Fixing"* *the process of appointments to Canada's Supreme Court * There's a saying that "there are no coincidences in politics"...or something like that. The saying comes to mind when reading today's headlines in the Vancouver Sun. Apparently Canada's perennial Wet Behind The Ears...wide-eyed le Dauphin Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, has announced that Canada needs a new format for appointing Supreme Court Justices. This announcement comes less than a week after the total embarrassment caused to Ottawa by the decision in the Canadian Terror Pats... more »
Romanian journal bans author following 4 retractions
A medical journal in Romania has issued a lifetime ban for a researcher after retracting four of his papers. Since April, the Romanian Journal of Internal Medicine (RJIM) retracted nine papers (eight for plagiarism, one for duplication); four of these were co-authored by Manole Cojocaru, a researcher at the Titu Maiorescu University (TMU) in Bucharest, Romania. Subsequently, […] The post Romanian journal bans author following 4 retractions appeared first on Retraction Watch.
Hillary Completed No Security Briefings or Courses at State Dept.
[image: Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton participates in a round table conversation on national security at the Virginia Air and Space Center June 15, 2016 in Hampton, Virginia.] Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton completed no security briefings or courses on the proper handling of classified materials and how to conduct secure communications while at the Department of State, according to new Obama administration legal filings before the U.S. District... more »
Chemical Attack Reported In Syria Near The Location Where A Russian Helicopter Was Shot Down Yesterday
A still image taken on August 2, 2016 from a video said to be taken on August 1, 2016 posted on social media shows two men standing over a man on a bed, making him sit up as he breathes through a mask in what is said to be in Saraqeb, Idlib province, Syria. Social Media/Handout via Reuters Tv *BBC*: *Syrian conflict: Saraqeb 'attacked with chlorine gas'* Barrels suspected to contain chlorine gas have been dropped on a town in Syria, a doctor and rescuers have said. It is not clear who was responsible. The attack took place in Saraqeb in Idlib province, near where a Russian militar... more »
Islamic State Explains Why They 'Hate Us'
*IBTimes*:* Isis explains their hatred of Western society in latest Dabiq propaganda magazine* One section of the magazine is reportedly dedicated to remarks made by the Pope. Islamic State (Isis) has published the 15th edition of its propaganda magazine Dabiq on 31 July. The journal reportedly comes full with fresh articles touting the extremist groups' radical views. Titled as "Break The Cross", the periodical even has a piece regarding the remarks made by Pope Francis, named as "In the Words of Our Enemies". The content of the latest edition of the propaganda magazine is aimed... more »
SAS Sniper Kills Suicide Bomber With One Shot 800m Away
Forces TV *Express:* *Hero SAS sniper saves hundreds of lives by killing ISIS suicide bomber with just one shot* *A SUICIDE bomber was foiled by an SAS sniper with a single shot, saving hundreds of people's lives.* The expert shooter took out the bomber moments after he put on a suicide vest packed with hundreds of steel ball-bearings ready for a deadly attack. In one precise shot from 800m away, the sniper fired through a window to put a bullet through the terrorist's vest causing an explosion. The bomber, his accomplice and two bomb makers were killed in the blast which spray... more »
Japan Releases Defense Paper Raising China And North Korean Concerns
*Reuters*: *Japan defence review expresses 'deep concern' at Chinese coercion* Japan's annual defence review on Tuesday expressed "deep concern" over what it sees as China's coercion, as a more assertive Beijing flouts international rules when dealing with other nations. Japan's Defence White Paper comes amid heightened tension in Asia less than a month after an arbitration court in the Hague invalidated China's sweeping claims in the disputed South China Sea, in a case brought by the Philippines. China has refused to recognise the ruling. Japan called on China to adhere to the ... more »
Tweet For Today
France lays to rest priest slain by jihadists https://t.co/TQdbWY6DMU pic.twitter.com/Tbm5xxhfeD — AFP news agency (@AFP) August 2, 2016
China Threatens To Prosecute Trespassers In The South China Sea
*CNN*: *South China Sea: Beijing vows to prosecute 'trespassers'* Hong Kong (CNN)China has sent a clear warning to foreigners who enter contested areas of the South China Sea -- stay away or you'll be prosecuted. The warning came in a detailed explanation of last month's Hague ruling, which found that China's territorial claims in region have "no legal basis" under the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea. China claims almost all of the South China Sea, including islands more than 800 miles (1,200 kilometers) from the Chinese mainland, despite objections from neighbors including ... more »
China Holds Massive Naval Drills In The East China Sea
*RT*: *China holds massive naval drills to prepare for ‘sudden, cruel & short’ modern war* The Chinese navy held a large-scale “live ammunition” drill in the East China Sea, which involved hundreds of ships and submarines from all three fleets of the People’s Liberation Army. The exercise involving China's East Sea, North Sea and South Sea fleets practiced both offensive and defensive capabilities of the Chinese naval power. The exercise mobilized some 300 ships, dozens of fighter planes, and involved troops that are responsible for coastal defense radars, communications, and ele...more »
Lawyer for Trump Attack Suspect Wants Him Returned to UK
[image: FILE - In this June 18, 2016, photo, police remove Michael Sandford as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the Treasure Island hotel and casino in Las Vegas. Sandford, a British man accused of trying to take a police officer's gun and kill presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during a weekend rally in Las Vegas, is due in a U.S. federal court Wednesday, July 6, 2016. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)] LONDON (AP) -- A lawyer for a British man accused of trying to grab a police officer’s gun to shoot Donald Trump says she hopes he will be se... more »
How to Marry Well and Stay Married : Female Liberation by Any Means Necessary
*For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?* Mark 8:36 *"That's our motto. * *We want freedom by any means necessary. * *We want justice by any means necessary. * *We want equality by any means necessary. * *We don't feel that in 1964, living in a country that is supposedly based upon freedom, and supposedly the leader of the free world, we don't think that we should have to sit around and wait for some segregationist congressmen and senators and a President from Texas in Washington, D. C., to make up their minds that our people... more »
SADLY, WHERE MATTERS STAND: Brooks denounces Creeping Trumpism!
*TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2016Part 2—Sadly, it's already here:* David Brooks was horrified by the Democratic Convention. He described his reactions in last Friday's column—a column which appeared *before* Donald J. Trump launched his current dispute with the parents of Captain Khan. At the end of his column, Brooks painted a possible nightmare vision concerning the state of our culture and its effect on our politics. As Trump keeps seeking ways to lose, this nightmare seems less likely to occur, at least in its most horrific form. But this nightmare vision *could* occur—and in many wa...more »
Venezuela’s Socialist President Nearing the End of the Line, Says Expert
[image: NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 29: Nicolas Maduro, President of Venezuela, addresses the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters on September 29, 2015 in New York City. World leaders gathered for the 70th annual UN General Assembly meeting. Maduro was holding a copy of the historic Jamaica Letter, written by revolutionary leader Simon Bolivar in 1815. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)] Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's power is coming to an end since his country cannot keep up with hyperinflation, according to a former top Bush administration Department of State off... more »
Trump’s Undisciplined Khan Fiasco — Or, Giving Aid and Comfort to the Left
[image: SCRANTON, PA - JULY 27: Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump jeers the media in front a crowd of supporters on July 27, 2016 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Trump spoke at the Lackawanna College Student Union Gymnasium.] In his recent responses to Muslim American Khizr Khan, Donald Trump failed to exercise even a shred of discipline, just as he has failed to do so at many other points in this presidential campaign. Trump could hardly be more helpful... more »
Norway to Drill for Oil to Fund Its Green Spending
[image: electric cars - 900] Norwegian government officials announced Monday they intend to fight global warming by spending money derived from oil and gas drilling on green projects. The country is pouring lucrative subsidies into the electric car market from its oil and gas-funded $890 billion... more »
A Bad Economy Could be Good for Trump
[image: Donald Trump Hillary Clinton - 900] With US economic predictions last Friday reporting sluggish and historically low growth, it could have some interesting implications for the ongoing presidential election. In a race featuring two drastically different economic platforms, the reported 1.2 percent growth rate in GDP... more »
Aetna Cancels Obamacare Expansion Plans for 2017
[image: Earns Aetna_perr__1470143968_71.164.139.145] Aetna is calling off its public insurance exchange expansion plans for next year, as it becomes the latest big insurer to cast doubt on the future of a key element of the Affordable Care Act. The nation’s third largest insurer... more »
High-profile Science paper on fish and plastics may earn notice of concern
Science is considering adding an expression of concern (EOC) to a June paper that caught the media’s attention for showing how human pollution may be harming fish, following allegations of research misconduct. A group of researchers allege the paper — which suggested fish larvae are eating small particles of plastic rather than their natural prey — contains missing data […] The post High-profile Science paper on fish and plastics may earn notice of concern appeared first on Retraction Watch.
Trix Treats
When my husband was a school teacher, most years we would be lucky to only spend a couple hundred dollars out of our own pocket for what he needed for his classroom. It was frustrating and as a one income family at the time, sacrifices had to be made for him to have those things. That experience is one of these reasons I think Box Tops for Education are so important. Most people don't have a ton of extra to help our their local school, but you can easily help by clipping and saving box tops. Saving Box Tops can make a big difference to a school and we always make sure we save eve... more »
Judge Considers Temporary Halt to Implementation of NC Bathroom Law
[image: A men's and women's bathroom sign in black on a cinder block wall] Kicking off what is expected to be a long legal battle, the U.S. Justice Department and the American Civil Liberties Union asked a federal judge to temporarily block parts of North Carolina's bathroom law from being enforced. If the judge... more »
The NBA’s Transgender Bathroom Advocacy Could Point to End of Women’s Sports
[image: OAKLAND, CA - JUNE 19: LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers dunks the ball against the Golden State Warriors in Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals at ORACLE Arena on June 19, 2016 in Oakland, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)] How far does the NBA want transgender "rights" to go? The NBA stepped into the culture war with its recent decision to move the 2017 All-Star Game out ... more »
How Badly Will Trump's Toxicity Poison Down-Ballot Races For Republican Candidates?
This morning, New York's Richard Hanna became the first Republican congressman to publicly announce he's actually voting for Hillary Clinton, telling his constituents that Trump is "unfit to serve our party and cannot lead this country." It's politically safe for him; he's retiring in January. Yesterday you read McCain's stern rebuke of Trump's disgusting attacks on the grieving parents of an American captain killed in Iraq protecting his men. Trump's "remarks do not represent the views of our Republican Party," said McCain, obviously sincere in his contempt for the pile of vomit... more »
China building 200 GW of coal-fired power
By Paul Homewood http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-power-coal-idUSKCN0ZT09B Greenpeace appear shocked that China is continuing to build new coal-fired power capacity. From Reuters: China is building another 200 gigawatts (GW) of coal-fired power capacity despite tough new measures designed to cut the use of fossil fuels and tackle overcapacity, environmental group Greenpeace said on Wednesday. China’s […]
UN Says 60,000 Have Fled South Sudan Since Latest Fighting
[image: 22503162131_714628ba82_h__1470140308_71.164.139.145] JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- About 60,000 people have fled South Sudan since fighting broke out between rival army factions almost four weeks ago, the United Nations refugee agency said Tuesday. About 52,000 people have gone to Uganda, 7,000 to Sudan and... more »
U.S. Indicts Former Venezuela Officials in Drug Trafficking, Bribery Schemes
[image: 1024px-Hugo_Chávez_and_Dilma_Rousseff_in_Brasília_2011_2_cropped] NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. prosecutors on Monday formally charged the former head of Venezuela’s National Guard and a former anti-drug official there with colluding with cocaine traffickers. An indictment unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn accuses Nestor Reverol and... more »
Jiyu Gakuen Girls School, Tokyo, by Frank Lloyd Wright
[image: Wright7] One of only two remaining Wright buildings in Tokyo (Japan housing the only buildings he designed outside North America), the Jiyu Gakuen Girls School (literally “the school-garden of liberty”) was completed in 1921 while Wright was in Japan completing the Imperial Hotel. The skyline clearly looked a little different then! [image: Wrihgt1930] Built inexpensively, Wright designed the layout and the main building, which included an Assembly Hall on the first floor and a Dining Hall on the second floor. [image: 312b01e2efd6997acc38c1c166e89c17] Two classrooms ... more »
Flooding In India Claims The Lives Of 96
The death toll from floods caused by heavy monsoon rains in India, has risen to 96 people according to officials. People have left their homes to take shelter in relief camps. State disaster management authorities said an estimated two million people had been affected, being displaced, stranded in their homes, or suffering damage to their crops, land or livelihood. Press TV reports: The fatalities have been recorded over the past week in the eastern State of Bihar, Assam State in the remote northeast as well as Himachal Pradesh State in the north, officials said Tuesday. The heavy r... more »
Russian Helicopter Shot down by US TOW- Chlorine attack retribution?
I would say, yes, the helicopter was shot down with US weapons. And possibly by NATO special operatives embedded with terrorists. As mentioned yesterday- I'll relink recent related posts at the bottom. *Reuters* *No group has claimed responsibility* for shooting down the helicopter.* Islamic State *fighters are *not active in the area*,* but* there are other Islamist rebel groups there, as well as *moderates backed by the United States and its allies*. *That raises the prospect -- which could cause a major diplomatic incident -- of the helicopter having been brought down by a U.S.-s... more »
Hillary Clinton Worked For Company That Did Business With ISIS
Hillary Clinton was directly involved with a French cement multinational that paid ISIS for oil. The Democrat presidential candidate allegedly provided legal services for Lafarge, before serving on its board of directors and accepting its generous donations according to a report by the Canary. TeleSUR reports: Clinton served on the company’s board of directors from 1990 to 1992. After Bill Clinton was elected president, Lafarge’s fine with the Environmental Protection Agency was reduced to a third of the original price. The Canary also cited the American Spectator, which reported th... more »
Satanists Petitioning Schools to Start After School Clubs
[image: After School Satan Club - 900] Contending that it is unfair for Christian Good News Clubs to operate in the public schools, The Satanic Temple is asking schools to open up their after school clubs for Satanist children. According to The Washington Post, the organization may be starting an “After... more »
Attorneys for Emanuel AME Church Shooter Want Death Penalty Declared Unconstitutional
[image: Charleston Shooting_perr__1470137329_71.164.139.145] CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Attorneys for the man charged with killing nine people at a Charleston church are challenging federal prosecutors’ intention to seek the death penalty against him. Lawyers for Dylann Roof argue in a motion filed Monday that... more »
Two Former Police Officers Charged in Brutal Fatal Beating
[image: 7993989979_5f91728523_k] PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Detectives say one of the two former Temple University police officers charged in the slaying of a woman in Philadelphia was the victim’s boyfriend. Police Capt. James Clark said Monday 47-year-old Aaron Wright was extremely controlling and... more »
The Contest for President: Worrisome
[image: This combination of file photos shows Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton(L)on June 15, 2016 and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on June 13, 2016. / AFP / dsk (Photo credit should read DSK/AFP/Getty Images)] The good news is that both political conventions are now behind us. The bad news is that the election is ahead of us. No one knows how this election will turn out but -- given the awful presidential candidates in both... more »
Did #NeverTrumpers Hear Hillary Clinton’s Frightening Speech?
[image: Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks during the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Thursday, July 28, 2016.] My #NeverTrump colleagues and friends make valid points about Donald Trump. I know -- I made them myself during the Republican primaries. But it is vital to understand what will happen if Hillary Clinton wins the presidency. This country will... more »
Badass Simcoe
*Wikipedia: * "The Assembly passed the first Act Against Slavery in the British Empire in 1793, and the English colonists of Upper Canada took pride in this distinction with respect to the French-Canadian populace of Lower Canada. The Upper Canadians valued their common law legal system, as opposed to the *code civil* of Quebec, which had chafed them ever since 1763. This was one of the primary reasons for the partition of 1791. Simcoe collaborated extensively with his Attorney-General John White on the file. The principles of the British Constitution do not admit of that slavery... more »
Judge Overturns North Dakota Voter ID Laws
[image: Voter ID North Dakota_perr__1470136782_71.164.139.145] BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- A federal judge on Monday blocked North Dakota’s voter identification law after a group of American Indians said it unfairly burdens them -- the latest court ruling against voting laws that critics say disproportionately affect minorities.... more »
Wildfires Burn in 7 Western States, Prompt Evacuations
[image: Firefighters keep a lookout from Sky Ranch off Cachagua Grade as smoke and flames from a back burn light up a ridge to the south in east Carmel Valley, Calif., Monday, Aug. 1, 2016. Higher humidity and lower temperatures on Monday helped firefighters battle the destructive wildfire near the scenic Big Sur coast. (David Royal/The Monterey County Herald via AP)] Wildfires are burning in seven Western U.S. states, from California’s famed Big Sur region to tribal towns and hamlets near Reno, Nevada. More than a dozen homes were destroyed in Montana, and evacuations were ordered i... more »
Zika Outbreak Prompts Travel Warning for Area of Miami
[image: Zika Florida_perr__1470134841_71.164.139.145] MIAMI (AP) -- In a highly unusual travel warning, health officials advised pregnant women to avoid a part of Miami where mosquitoes are apparently transmitting Zika directly to humans. Health officials last Friday announced that mosquitoes have apparently started spreading... more »
#RPGaDay 2016 Day 2 - Best game session since August 2015
I suppose it's a good sign that my favorite session over the past year is also the most recent - a Ghostbusters game. Like I mentioned in the writeup for that session, we've been having some hiccups with attendance of late - real life and all that. Icons has been a bit tough to keep going with variable turnout. I'd been thinking about perhaps Star Wars D6 in the autumn and the groups been talking about Ghostbusters what with the new movie... So we figured a one-shot might be in order. We thought we'd only have three players plus GM (our group is five plus GM) but as it turned out ... more »
PTSD: The Hidden Toll of Policing
Let us also add in prison guards as well and brutalized prisoners. Do not forget spousal abuse as well. My point is that this is a real problem that surely is derived from chronic adrenaline poisoning. We are only now coming to grips with it and beginning to measure it properly. What we really need is a simple test that determines the level of adrenaline poisoning to the body. I suspect this is possible and would do a long way toward establishing the level of treatment. It would also help to not wait for the victim to beat up his wife. The nature of the problem has shown tha... more »
Not Just Bees, All Insects are in Decline and Heading for Extinction
In a way this was expected. Bees are simply the most exposed to insecticides in the need to visit hundreds of flowers every day. Yet the build up in the environment has to impact all other insects. Lately we see populations collapse of monarch butterflys for much the same reason as bees as they too visit many flower heads. Actually the study reported here is insane. We have an 83% decline in the bio mass of all insects in the study area. over thirty years. this is awful. . *Not Just Bees, All Insects are in Decline and Heading for Extinction* *By WakingTimes July 23, 20... more »
Ma Bell Suppressed Innovation for Thirty Grueling Years
Sadly all managers feel threatened by innovation because it cannot be controlled, or at least that is how they feel. It takes lucre to change that mentality. The lucre usually comes in through the side door and destroys those hanging on to the past. Yet i do need to add something here. The necessary tools were really only invented during the seventies and that particularly means fiber optics. After that road block disappeared every engineer had a solution looking for a problem and that led quickly to massive pressure to end Ma Bells monopoly. Up until that moment in time Ma b... more »
The State is the Religion of the Hidden Corpse
A profound teaching. Our own teaching is ultimately in the rule of twelve, post state in its meaning and evolutionary import. Read this historical reconstruction and bring what you may to it. Then face the future. . *The State is the Religion of the Hidden Corpse* *David Gornoski * * Thursday, July 21, 2016* * https://fee.org/articles/the-state-is-the-religion-of-the-hidden-corpse/* *Have you ever attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony of a new local business? Perhaps you've seen the corny shovel groundbreaking ritual of a new building. These events are usually rather inn... more »
Current State of the Sea Ice Cover July 2016
Sea Ice is continuing to remain stable year to year since it fell to its 2012 low point. That also means that most multi year ice has broken up as well. There is a lot less ice out there. However significant further losses demand a major wind shift as brought about the down shifts in the first place. We are running out of time this year. This supply bottom has now lasted several years and may well last for decades as has occurred in the past. Reversal requires a sharp temperature drop as has also occured in the past. We are particularly aware that the sun is now unusually qui... more »
Abolish Long-Term Solitary Confinement: It's a Threat to the Public
[image: 2016.7.23.lead.main] And why do we not know this? Thousands of scientists can interview and ask the right questions and draw the correct conclusions to produce detailed analysis of what works and what does not. Think about this for a moment. We have had all the tools since the second war to actually get this right. Isolation is a sensory deprivation tool that modifies the victims mental condition. It clearly does not improve it. It makes it worse and actually much worse in far too many cases. Thus it is clearly stupid. Prisons as designed are actually a huge probl... more »
Noam Chomsky on Anarchism, Communism and Revolutions
An interesting discussion.Capitalism evolved to or present dispensation and it is natural that half the population will oppose its obvious interests. For the past century, the only plausible alternative has been some version of socialism. That it has consistently failed to match the economic and the social performance of capitalism is also true. This is not because either is right or wrong as a consistent body of thought that when applied rings all the right bells. That consistent body of thought just happens to be mostly wrong headed from top to bottom and what has propped al... more »
Ginsburg Was Right: Trump Is Faking It
[image: trumpcaricature] Trump had two downsides. The first and obvious one was that he lost and that in the beginning was the most likely outcome. Yet he could arrange his affairs in order to spend his own money as a tax fee reinvestment in promoting the hell out of his brand and his properties as well. This at least minimized the financial drain and may even have allowed this whole show to actually carry itself. He at least knows how to throw a party and also turn a profit. So far so good. As it turns out it worked far beyond anyone's imagination including that of t... more »
My 1990s Brush with Bernie Madoff Revealed A Deadly Secret
Ah yes. It turns out that our boy wonder sold a scheme that was so seductive that all the other peddlers grabbed the cool aid to assist their own sales. Thus we have an industry trying to achieve the impossible. As the writer, Madoff's offerings passed over my desk back in the day. I dismissed it immediately as a likely Ponzi. At the time i was not directly involved in the industry and also i had no idea of the scale of his activities. My point though that an experienced market operator knows that the claim is simply impossible and thus my or any other operator's dismissal... more »
Deathnauts: Strange Scientific Journeys Into the Afterlife
It is important to understand that the 'SOUL' is the pattern of your existence and that you live lives in order to enhance and improve that pattern. Your spirit can actually split to live several lives simultaneously for greater efficiency in gaining all the available experiences. Thus several aspects of yourself may now be alive on Earth. NDEs are remarkably consistent across specific cultures and are altered to conform to the expectations of other cultures which is quite reasonable as well. Add in the knowledge that spirit body is the processor for each cell, we now have co... more »
The Prime Directive
It turns out that they will not openly talk to us until we learn how to reach other stars. Thar sort of makes sense. In the meantime they are working clandestinely to help us along and we must be pretty close as traffic keeps going up. That suggests that the Prime Directive is pretty leaky. We also pick up the formative experiences used by Gene Roddenberry to create Star Trek. It is obvious now that he channeled aliens and came to understand what future technology actually looked like. This is important because enough is now apparent that I had come to be curious regarding ... more »
Top Psychiatrist Says Mental Illness is Demonic Possession
This is good news. He has produced the largest data base and is able to discern patterns. What we learn is that there is not a lot of these but there is some that are clearly just that. Our own work informs us that a spirit released early may well attach itself to a living person and then ride side saddle ( my term ) in order to experience life and continue to advance the soul as originally planned. Mostly this happens to be completely neutral. The problem arises when the spirit involved lacks maturity or inclined to serious mischief. This produces situations in which aberra... more »
Revolution in Digital Trust
Read this and you may begin to understand how huge this is. It needs to be applied directly to all securities trading. It has also long been my contention that complete transparency is necessary in that industry. Market making practices will always remain controversial if there is no such disclosure to clearly level the playing field. Issues remain but the one time theft corrected the bug and the chance of a repeat dropped by an order of magnitude. I think we can live with that considering what is been replaced is far more leaky. .. . *Blockchains: Focusing on Bitcoin Misse... more »
Misconceptions about Japan and Japanese culture
From this it is clear that Japan is in deep trouble. Worse than that it is not been addressed. Again the solution lies in the establishment of natural communities that take over husbandry of the land and naturally put a premium on children. Add in internal micro finance to allow wealth creation and it all becomes self sustaining. This also sucks up all the individuals who have given up and are marginalized. Japan's success was produced by a top down fiat currency expansion that was sustained by export income. That has ended when it both matured and the rest of the worl... more »
Donald Trump’s Deals Rely on Being Creative With the Truth
Oh really? Just what business do you think that he dominated? He promoted real estate deals. That is the one business in which almost everyone is an ill informed buyer or seller supported by a bank wanting to peddle a loan. It is also incredibly tough to make a buck in it. You survive by agreeing to everyone and then once they are committed, beating them up to ensure suitability of the project. If it still fails, you put it in bankruptcy and then see if it can be refinanced to pay. You remember to pay yourself while you do this. There are a million easier ways to make a bu... more »
How Trucks Can Make Delivery Drones a Reality
This makes so much sense. The truck suddenly becomes a mobile warehouse that heads to a convenient distribution point and sets up there to move the goods. Just doing the obvious in moving a truck load from the airport to the downtown is perfect. It does mean receivers setting up a landing station to properly optimize the service as the driver will not be at the door to figure anything out. Yet we are overdue for just that anyway and it is not that difficult. We can even envisage a landing box on the side of a building accessing a large customer and providing excellent securit... more »
I Can't Believe This NYT Article About Trump Is Not A Bigger Story/Scandal?
What the media cannot fathom is that our boy saves his egomaniac self for them and his deal making opponents. It apparently works like a hot damn even when you know better. Otherwise he delegates everything else period. That means retaining the best possible talent and treating them respectfully so long as they perform their jobs. How else do you think he managed a multi billion dollar hotel empire. Most certainly not by micro management. And yes, the first hire had to be someone able to do the executive part of the presidency. That also means that he can focus on the dea... more »
End of nations: Is There an Alternative to Countries?
Of course there is. The secret is to establish self governing City States that provide citizenship only to a specific 'nation'. That could be a tribe or some form of ethnicity and all that. There would obviously be many such city states whose ethnicity is Russian or American. Yet there would also be nations cities for all of our minority ethnic populations. Such city states can handle all the issues normal to such communities including title for living space easily handled in our world of condominiu ms. Much more critical all lands surrounding such States can b... more »
Organic, Conscious Café Reduces Food Waste and Feeds the Hungry
*[image: Seeds Cafe]* A combination of volunteer support and using food ordinarily going to waste seems to work. This operation would be worthwhile repeating everywhere to make a point. The bigger picture still involves a superior protocol that eliminates poverty generally and yes also eliminates food insecurity. Everyone needs a card that they top up by earning credits in the system that allows them to eat whenever. All good to see. . *Organic, Conscious Café Reduces Food Waste and Feeds the Hungry* * July 17, 2016* *Christina Sarich, Natural Society* * http://www.wakingtim... more »
Elongated Human Skulls of Peru
[image: Selection of Paracas Elongated Skulls] A bit of an update from Brian Foerster. What is clear is that the practice of head shaping has a world wide distribution coinciding with the Global Atlantean culture that operated from 2500 BC through 1159BC or three thousand years ago at least. Better yet this also coincides with the tribe of giants that was clearly allied with the Atlantean culture and resided mostly in North America, but may have been originally European. Shaping such a giant's skull could well generate the specimens and the tribe may well have had modi... more »
Channeling Stock Symbols - SPY
Our improving knowledge regarding communication with spirits generally has led us to understand that a given human soul will express itself as many as thirty times in one life span. I suspect that means conception takes place at pretty well the same time, but then birth itself is spread out over as many today as eight weeks. This obviously allows a soul to have thirty parallel life times with several key learning experiences for each. Rather puts the ego in its place! Yet it solves the obvious efficiency question when it comes to lower lifeforms. This inspired my daughter to... more »
CDC Executive Resigns After Being Caught Colluding With Coca-Cola to Salvage Soda Market
The negative effects of ample sugar in our diet is well established and actually sufficient to consider banning it use generally for commercial applications, while allowing a combination of some honey and Stevia to replace it so long as there is a caloric roof. I would allow the continuing sale to households though. Here we see the clear cause of regulatory silence on this whole issue when the science is as good as it can get. A blanket elimination of sugar as i just described would drive massive innovation to establish acceptable work arounds and that is way overdue. .. . *CD... more »
Proof That The Pineal Gland Is Literally A 3rd Eye
We learned recently that both Dark Matter and the ignition point formed by what may be first tier matter matter can be seen and clearly observed by the Mark One eyeball.. This would surely demand a smaller eyeball at the least and may include additional systems as well. Dark matter can be easily observed traveling away from the sun in a deep mine with no lighting, It is like snow flakes coming out of the wal and drifting to the other side. Possible first tier ignition is observed when a residence produced bubble is created in a glass of water. This looks like a black marbl... more »
Donald Trump’s Ghostwriter Tells All
Not too surprising we discover that Trump does not read books and that surely means he is far too impatient to read lengthy anything. Most of us who do read see this as a fault and it is not. It really depends on your focus. I can assure you he has read everything helpful in real estate promotion which he determined on quite young. He really went to Wharton to polish his resume for his future career in real estate. He could easily have been a classmate in mathematics or the sciences. What he mastered is the art of been a force of nature in terms of promotion which always beg... more »
Conrad Black: The Genius of Donald Trump
This item says it all and conforms to my own thinking. Both of us thought he might pull it off but just as surely had no way to clearly do it. What he did was pure genius and the whole campaign depended completely on the press doing his work for him and they did just that even when they attacked. His was the only answer to the Obama coronation we witnessed in the past two election were the press stonewalled serious concerns over suitability. How did anyone think that a socialist, Islam sympathizer with zero administrative talent would be able to respond properly to a crisis esc... more »
MediaFail: Where is Beijing's anger?
*Not enough kitsch in your life? Just drive here. * From the very widely-reproduced AFP article: The test of the U.S.-made Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) system will be launched at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, in early July, a defense ministry source told AFP, in *a move likely to irk Beijing* even though it was arranged before Tsai took the helm. Chinatopix: Reports said Taiwan would test-fire its Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC3) missile system for the first time in New Mexico in July, *which military experts said would surely infuriate China*. From The ... more »
Picture Of The Day
*'Vigilant' Training* A soldier reports his findings for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats during the Vigilant Guard 2016 at Camp Johnson, Vt., July 28, 2016. The response exercise enables Guard units to work with regional civilian, military and federal partners. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Chelsea Clark
Top U.S. General In Turkey To Smooth Tensions Between The Two Countries
*Washington Post*: *Pentagon’s top general seeks to cool anti-American sentiment in Turkey* ANKARA, Turkey — The Chairman of the Joint Chief’s of Staff visit with top Turkish officials here Monday was, for the most part, conciliatory, despite growing anti-American sentiment following last month’s coup attempt and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recent public scolding of U.S. Army Gen. Joseph Votel. The highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Turkey following the failed coup, Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford arrived at the joint U.S.-Turkish air base in Incirlik Sunday before... more »
Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange: Hacked Emails Include Info On Hillary Clinton's Support For Arming Jihadists In Syria
*WNU Editor*: His allegations can be read here ....* Assange: Why I Created WikiLeaks' Searchable Database of 30,000 Emails from Clinton's Private Server* (Democracy Now!). Hillary Clinton has denied under oath that did not know about weapons transfers to rebel groups in Syria. But if these emails are genuine .... perjury is a crime.
Military Photo of the Day: The F-35A Lightning II
[image: Fighter Jets] F-35A Lightning II aircraft receive fuel from a KC-10 Extender during a July flight from England to the U.S. Thanks to Staff Sgt. Madelyn Brown for capturing this remarkable image!
Smoking Gun: New Documents Prove Hillary Clinton Murder Cover Up
Recently discovered evidence suggesting Vince Foster did not commit suicide, but died of two gunshot wounds to the neck – not the one wound initially reported – has blown the twenty-three year old case wide open and left Hillary Clinton in the frame. In 1993, during the Clinton administration, Vince Foster, a personal friend of Hillary Clinton and Deputy White House Council, was found dead in his car. Foster’s “suicide” was deeply suspicious. Two investigators – Robert Fiske and Kenneth Starr – separately concluded that Foster shot himself and died. The scandal shocked the country, ... more »
President Tsai Ing-wen apologizes to the Aboriginal Peoples of Taiwan
*Tea near Shijhuo* Austin Ramzy reports in NYT reported on Tsai's history-making apology to the Aboriginal Peoples of Taiwan: Taiwan’s earliest known residents are believed to have come to the island 6,000 years ago or earlier from Southeast Asia and are part of the Austronesian peoples who range from Madagascar to Polynesia. When Han settlers from mainland China began arriving in the 17th century, indigenous peoples, particularly those on Taiwan’s western plains, faced assimilation, loss of land and outright violence. Today, indigenous groups face high levels of unemployment, low... more »
Deluge
As if dealing with the aftermath of the largest civil evacuation in Alberta history wasn't enough, parts of the city are now dealing with the aftermath of yesterday's deluge of rain. I suspected it was going to be an unusual day when I was woken up early yesterday morning by some pretty intense thunder and lightening. In a span of about 2 hours the city reportedly received something in the neighbourhood of 85mm of rain and I found myself nervously checking my basement for signs of water throughout the course of the day. My side yard resembled a small lake at one point as did o... more »
The Economy: “The Price Of Oil Is Crashing Again, And That Is Very, Very Bad News For The U.S. Economy”
*“The Price Of Oil Is Crashing Again, * *And That Is Very, Very Bad News For The U.S. Economy”* by Michael Snyder "This wasn’t supposed to happen. The price of oil was supposed to start going back up, and this would have brought much needed relief to economically-depressed areas of North America that are heavily dependent on the energy industry. Instead, the price of oil is crashing again, and that is really bad news for a U.S. economy that is already mired in the worst “recovery” since 1949. On Monday, U.S. oil was down almost four percent, and for a brief time it actually fell bel... more »
Musical Interlude: Tron Syversen, “The Beginning”
Tron Syversen, “The Beginning” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au4qOh73xfE
"A Look to the Heavens"
“What's behind Saturn? The first answer is the camera itself, perched on the Cassini spacecraft currently orbiting behind the planet with the most grand ring system in our Solar System. The unusual perspective places Cassini on the far side of Saturn from the Sun so that more than half of Saturn appears dark- a perspective that no Earth-based observer could achieve. Behind Saturn, in the context of the featured infrared image, is Saturn's moon Tethys, visible as the small speck above the unusual hexagonal cloud pattern that encompasses Saturn's North Pole. Tethys actually orbits Sat... more »
Chet Raymo, “Immortality”
*“Immortality”* by Chet Raymo “A second life? I can barely cope with this one. I'm referring to the increasingly popular virtual world Second Life, available to online gamers. One enters Second LIfe by creating a three-dimensional, animated avatar that is one's virtual self. Then one can do just about anything in the Second Life world that is possible to do in real life, including, one presumes, things one would not do in real life. By all accounts, the Second Life universe is booming, to the extent that real-world businesses are setting up virtual franchises in a place that exists... more »
"Energy 101:The Power Within"
*"Energy 101:The Power Within"* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM “Energy cannot be destroyed, but it be changed and transformed. There is an undercurrent of energy thrumming through the Universe. Like the wind or a whisper, we can sometimes hear it and often feel it. Most of the time, we sense this energy unconsciously without any tangible proof it is really there. Thoughts, emotions, and the life force in all living things are forms of this kind of energy. So are creativity, growth, and change. The impressions, images, and vague premonitions we get about people and situations are ot... more »
The Poet: A.A. Milne, “Spring Morning”
*“Spring Morning”* “Where am I going? I don't quite know. Down to the stream where the king-cups grow- Up on the hill where the pine-trees blow- Anywhere, anywhere. I don't know. Where am I going? The clouds sail by, Little ones, baby ones, over the sky. Where am I going? The shadows pass, Little ones, baby ones, over the grass. If you were a cloud, and sailed up there, You'd sail on water as blue as air, And you'd see me here in the fields and say: "Doesn't the sky look green today?" Where am I going? The high rooks call: "It's awful fun to be born at all." Where am I going? The ring-... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. Thanks for stopping by!
"The Big Scary Unknown..."
“People don’t want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messes cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown.” - Chuck Palahniuk “And [the Messiah] said unto them, "If a man told God that he wanted most of all to help the suffering world, no matter the price to himself, and God answered and told him what he must do, should the man do as he is told?" "Of course, Master!" cried the many. "It should be pleasure for him to suffer the tortures of hell itself, should God ask it!"... more »
Free Download: Richard Bach, “The Bridge Across Forever- One”
*“The Bridge Across Forever- One”* "It's like, at the end, there's this surprise quiz: Am I proud of me? I gave my *life* to become the person I am right now! Was it worth what I paid?" "What would it be like to meet oneself in the future, or to encounter oneself in the past before making a life-altering decision? What if there were not simply one reality, but many concurrent realities where each of the possible paths one could take were all played out? What might one learn from an encounter with these different selves? These are the questions Richard Bach asks in his novel “The B... more »
"A Deranged Imagination..."
"It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore, there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the Universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population of the whole Universe is also zero, and that any people you may meet from time to time are merely the products of a deranged imagination." - Douglas ... more »
"The Lonely, Thirsty, Final Days of the Doomed Alaskan Mammoths"
*"The Lonely, Thirsty, Final Days of the Doomed Alaskan Mammoths"* by Ed Yong "It’s 3,600 B.C. Humanity is ascendant. We’re a few centuries out from inventing writing and entering the Bronze Age, but we are already smelting copper and lead, fashioning silk, and making wheels. In the Middle East, the great civilizations of Egypt and Mesopotamia are poised to take off. Meanwhile, 10,000 kilometers away, the last, lonely woolly mammoth of Alaska’s Saint Paul Island is dying of thirst. Saint Paul lies halfway between Russia and the United States. It used to be part of a land bridge tha... more »
"How It Really Is"
For now...
"Hold On..."
"We are fast moving into something, we are fast flung into something like asteroids cast into space by the death of a planet, we the people of earth are cast into space like burning asteroids and if we wish not to disintegrate into nothingness we must begin to now hold onto only the things that matter while letting go of all that doesn't. For when all of our dust and ice deteriorates into the cosmos we will be left only with ourselves and nothing else. So if you want to be there in the end, today is the day to start holding onto your children, holding onto your loved ones; onto tho... more »
"The US Has Become a ‘Parasitocracy’"
*"The US Has Become a ‘Parasitocracy’"* by Bill Bonner "So, let’s return to the discussion you can’t have with your congressman, your mailman, or your barmaid. It’s the important one. It concerns what the Fed is really up to… *Dread and denial: *We have been connecting dots…bringing new readers into the conversation…and organizing our own thoughts. Already, you have met the zombies and the cronies…and you know that the government you learn about in school is not really the government you actually have. Instead, we are ruled by a group of insiders we call the ‘Deep State’, which pay...more »
"Whistleblower's Stunning Claim: 'NSA Has All Of Hillary's Deleted Emails, It May Be The Leak'"
*"Whistleblower's Stunning Claim: * *'NSA Has All Of Hillary's Deleted Emails, It May Be The Leak'"* by Tyler Durden "Over a year before Edward Snowden shocked the world in the summer of 2013 with revelations that have since changed everything from domestic to foreign US policy but most of all, provided everyone a glimpse into just what the NSA truly does on a daily basis, a former NSA staffer, and now famous whistleblower, William Binney, gave excruciating detail to Wired magazine about all that Snowden would substantiate the following summer. We covered it in a 2012 post titled “...more »
Musical Interlude: Justin Hayward, “Something To Believe In”; "The Way of the World
Justin Hayward, “Something To Believe In” - https://www.youtube.com/ Justin Hayward, "The Way of the World" - https://www.youtube.com/
“The Democratic Party No Longer Exists”
*“The Democratic Party No Longer Exists”* by Paul Craig Roberts "The Democratic Party that once was concerned with workers’ rights, the elderly, civil rights, and the constitutional protections of America liberty no longer exists. As the just completed Democratic presidential primaries and the Democratic presidential convention have clearly demonstrated, the United States now has two Republican parties in service to the One Percent. The organized Democrats–the Democratic National Committee–have shown themselves to be even more venal and corrupt than the Republicans. Leaked emails...more »
What is the Real Reason?
Last year the US spent 34% of the world total in military spending - Russia spent 4.8%......who is the real threat to global peace? The US has 1,000 foreign military bases - Russia at most has 4-5 bases outside their borders. Who is provoking global instability?
August 1: The greed that makes our world go round - and burst
I am desperate. I have two documents to e mail. But they are on paper, not in my computer. And my printer does not have a scanner, so I can't put them into my computer for mailing. Both are important. Does anyone know if anyone in the Moncton area offers such a service? (Staples doesn't.) ____________________________________________________________________ http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-khans-feud-1.3703044 Trump certainly deserves the pasting he's getting from the story above. But there's more to it.Mr. Khan is certainly an intelligent man - and a fluent speaker. But, again we'r... more »
David Bain, finally?
David Bain has been granted $925,000 by the government, not because they accept the court’s finding of not guilty and therefore agree he deserves compensation for being falsely locked up, but because they want his legal team to go away. Not good enough. David Bain is not important here. Respect for justice from the minister in charge of the system dispensing it should be. As I argued before… *The justice system is the best means humans have produced to determine the guilt or otherwise of someone accused of a crime – and it’s a whole lot better the a medieval ordeal by fire. ... more »
We Need a Clothespin Campaign for Hillary
- by Helen Klein In this monumental upcoming election, it would behoove Americans to take a lesson from the French and strongly encourage Republicans, Independents and Democrats – including progressives – to hold their noses and vote for Hillary. In a March 3, 2016 *New Yorker* article, Adam Gopnik describes how, in 2002, the French found themselves in a situation that was similar to our current presidential election. Jacques Chirac was running against Jean-Marie Le Pen. As with Bernie Sanders, the French progressive socialist candidate, Lionel Jospin, had lost in the primaries a... more »
Way Cool: Cache of Japanese Military Maps of Asia
*Yup: Yuanli's town slogan is "A vision of the future."* A friend passed this around Facebook: a trove of Japanese military maps made prior to WWII with incredible detail and information. A teaser... These maps were captured in the waning days of World War II as the U.S. Army took control of Japan. American soldiers confiscated thousands of secret Japanese military maps and the plates used to print them, then shipped them to the United States for safekeeping. .......... Not surprisingly, the Japanese surveyors weren’t always welcomed in other countries. In 1895, angry locals in Ko... more »
It Could Be Years Before The F-35 Is Ready For Combat
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brian West watches an Air Force F-35 Lightning II joist strike fighter aircraft approach for the first time July 14, 2011, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.) *David Axe, Daily Beast*:* It Could Be Years Before Billion-Dollar War Toy F-35 Is Ready for Combat* Don’t get too excited about the U.S. Air Force possibly declaring the long-delayed F-35 fighter jet ready for combat—if history is any guide, it won’t be sent into a fight for years. The U.S. Air Force could declare its new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter stealth jet comb... more »
Left-Leaning Military Families Group to Trump: Apologize for Comments to Khans
[image: In this Thursday, July 28, 2016 file photo, Khizr Khan, father of fallen US Army Capt. Humayun S. M. Khan and his wife Ghazala speak during the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump broke a major American political and societal taboo over the weekend when he engaged in an emotionally-charged feud with Khizr and Ghazala Khan, the bereaved parents of a decorated Muslim Army captain killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq. He further stoked outrage by implying Ghazala Khan did not speak while standing alongside ... more »
Yellow peril update
So, are New Zealand houses being snapped up in their droves and taken away to China, as so many of the commentariat have been chattering about? No, say the figures. For the second month running, figures show that the numbers of Chinese buyers in the market are … trivial. Just 1.5% of all buyers. Put another way” %98.5 of buyers are not Chinese, and 97% are New Zealanders (defn.: “those who are tax-resident in NZ”). Sorry if that bursts so many bubbles (but not yet this housing bubble), but there it is. NZ’s houses are not seriously unaffordable because of the yellow peril, too... more »
Kevin Roberts: suspended for honesty
NZer Kevin Roberts was “suspended” from his job as head of the Saatchi advertising empire for saying companies should be judged by how happy they make their female employees happy, not by how many with female parts occupy the boardroom. The feminazis rose up in droves. “People like Kevin Roberts no longer belong in ad agencies,” thundered the politest of the commentariat.We’re supposed to back his sacking say Twitterati, because this is apparently offensive to all right-thinking social-justice warriors. Get with their programme, Kev! But what did he say that was so wrong, wond... more »
Yale Forms Special Committee for Renaming Offensive Things
[image: The Calhoun College at Yale University.] Yale University has established a new committee dedicated to deciding when and how the school should rename buildings, monuments and other campus features it believes are too offensive for a modern university campus. The Committee to Establish Principles on Renaming is exactly... more »
More On The Drift Towards Partisan Realignment
At one point Trump was sending out feelings to see if Mark Cuban, an actual self-made billionaire, would run with him. Cuban laughed at the prospect and this weekend endorsed Hillary in Pittsburgh, his hometown, mentioning along the way that Trump has gone batshit crazy. Cuban is friendly with Trump-- they have many similarities-- and says he "told him directly, at some point you have to learn, at some point you have to read and that that job is all about uncertainty and if you don't do the work, that is not good for this country. And he just doesn't do the work." At the event he ... more »
1000+ Ukrainian Soldiers Have Died From 'Non-Combat Injuries'
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko *New Europe: **Drugs, negligence suicides in Ukraine army* Three Ukrainian soldiers have died in non-combat situations in the span of one day, according to the country’s military prosecutor Anatoly Matios on July 29. Speaking to the local 112 channel, he said: “Nobody brings up the everyday non-combat losses in Ukrainian army. The reasons are social problems among the conscripts, alcohol, narcotics to a lesser degree, military hazing, negligence while using weapons and so on”. As reported by Kyivpost online... more »
Flag-Burning Hillary Supporter Beats Up Old Man
[image: In this screengrab from video, Joshua Sturman is seen crouching over 67 year old Richard Dillon.] A Hillary Clinton supporter was arrested Saturday after attacking an elderly gentleman outside of a Clinton rally in Pittsburgh. According to CBS Pittsburgh, 23 year old Joshua Sturman approached a group of Donald Trump supporters outside of the Convention Center in Pittsburgh... more »
Blog stats, July, 2016
[image: NotPCJuly2016-Google] I started posted my blog stats here again last month because a few donors were asking. (And donors almost always get what they ask for, right.) So right up there is what Google says my stats are for last month, which does look wildy overblown. Statcounter has the more sober and probably more serious figures here: [image: NotPCJuly2016-Statcounter] If you’re wondering about the reach of NotPC, that’s probably the more accurate. (And if you’re thinking that’s pretty good and want to encourage it too, then why not head to the PayPal link on the l.... more »
Climate Exit - Clexit
Summary Statement by Viv Forbes, Founding Secretary of Clexit A new international organisation aims to prevent ratification of the costly and dangerous Paris global warming treaty which is being promoted by the EU and the present US administration. “CLEXIT” (Climate Exit) was inspired by the Brexit decision of the British people to withdraw from the increasingly dictatorial grasp of the EU bureaucracy. Without any publicity or serious recruiting, Clexit has attracted over 60 well-informed science, business and economic leaders from 16 countries. The secretary of Clexit, Mr Viv Forbes... more »
Did Former NATO Commander Breedlove's Office Help To Fuel The Ukraine War
Former NATO Supreme Allied Comander Europe Philip Breedlove at a press conference in 2015. AFP *Spiegel Online:* *Dangerous Propaganda: Network Close To NATO Military Leader Fueled Ukraine Conflict* Working with dubious sourcing, a group close to NATO's chief military commander Philip Breedlove sought to secure weapons deliveries for Ukraine, a trove of newly released emails revealed. The efforts served to intensify the conflict between the West and Russia. In private, the general likes to wear leather. Philip Mark Breedlove, 60, is a well-known Harley-Davidson fan, and up until a... more »
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- August 1, 2016
*Roy Gutman, Daily Beast:* *As Obama Dithers, Syrian Rebels in Aleppo Brace for Putin’s Onslaught* The Russians are pursuing a strategy lifted from their playbook in Grozny during the last Chechen war, and Aleppo could soon become the new “most destroyed city on earth.” ISTANBUL — When Russia dropped its bombshell announcement of a plan to bring “stabilization” and “assistance” to rebel-held Aleppo by emptying it of its inhabitants and its defenders, the U.S., the UN, and any number of countries working to end the war in Syria were taken aback. Gen. Sergei Shoigu, the Russian def...more »
World News Briefs -- August 1, 2016 (Evening Edition)
*Daily Mail*: *US launches new wave of deadly airstrikes on ISIS targets in Libya * * Pentagon announced military intervention against ISIS fighters in Libya * Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj said the airstrikes caused 'heavy losses' * It comes as growing ISIS presence in Libya causes concern in the West * Sirte considered one of ISIS' most important bases outside Iraq and Syria The US has launched air strikes on ISIS strongholds in Libya, causing 'heavy losses' among jihadists. The Pentagon announced the military intervention, which is the first co-ordinated with the Libyan governm... more »
How Would A President Clinton Handle Russia, China, International Trade, And Guantanamo Bay?
U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. (Reuters/Jim Young) / Reuters *USA Today/Global Post*: *How would a President Clinton handle Russia, China, Guantanamo Bay?* Her fans say she evolves, rejecting and embracing logical foreign policy initiatives based on the context at the time. Her critics say she shifts her positions based on political convenience. Regardless, First Lady Hillary Clinton is different from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and neither are the same as candidate Hillary Clinton. And a President Hillary Clinton? That remains to be seen. And so we'd thought... more »
Washington Post Gives Hillary 4 Pinocchios for Her Latest Round of Email Claims
[image: Hillary Laughing - 900] Donald Trump wasn’t the only one who made a mess of things during a Sunday morning talk show appearance this weekend. Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton made a statement about her emails and the FBI that was so demonstrably false that... more »
New FBI Docs Show IRS Tea Party Applications Were Sent to ‘Black Hole’
[image: IRS Building - 900] Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officials orchestrated a complex scheme to dump conservative and Tea Party non-profit applicants into a bureaucratic "black hole," according to FBI documents made public Monday by a government watchdog group. The documents describe how the IRS... more »
Hot Air Balloon Pilot was Able to Keep Flying Despite Drunken Driving Record
[image: Flowers and a New Testament lay near crime scene tape at the scene of Saturday's hot air balloon crash near Lockhart, Texas, Monday, Aug. 1, 2016. Sixteen people were killed in the crash.] LOCKHART, Texas (AP) -- The pilot of a hot air balloon that crashed in Texas, killing 16 people, was able to keep flying despite having at least four convictions for drunken driving in Missouri and twice spending time in prison.... more »
New blog: making housing affordable again
A new local blog focussed on making New Zealand housing affordable again: *Making New Zealand*. It’s mostly by the good guys. A shame about the byline, although I’m told it’s to help capture local searches about urban planning (you see what I did there?): [image: MakingNZ] So who are these good guys? They’re folk with a few smarts tackling New Zealand's biggest issues on housing and infrastructure: *The politically unaligned Making New Zealand blog was launched yesterday by an independent group of professionals who want to raise the level of public debate and understandi... more »
Trump Suggests General Election Could ‘Be Rigged’
[image: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump walks away after speaking to reporters before a town hall event, Monday, Aug. 1, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio . (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)] COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump suggested Monday that he fears that the general election “is going to be rigged.” Trump, speaking in Ohio, said he felt the Democrats had fixed their primary system so Hillary Clinton... more »
Donald Trump Honestly Thinks The Election Is Rigged
During a campaign event in Ohio on Monday Donald Trump suggested that the U.S. presidential election is rigged. At a town hall in Columbus, Ohio, Trump said “I’m afraid the election is going be rigged, I have to be honest” Yahoo News reports: The Republican nominee pointed to Bernie Sanders’ unsuccessful Democratic primary campaign as an example of elections being rigged. Trump has frequently claimed that Hillary Clinton only won the primary because national Democrats intervened on her behalf. At his Monday campaign rally, Trump added that the Republican Party could not stop him in ...more »
Eating More Plant Protein Reduces Risk Of Death
Research suggests that replacing a diet of animal protein with that of plant protein could increase life expectancy. Scotsman reports: A large study found that every 3 per cent increase in calories from plant protein reduced the risk of death from all causes by 10 per cent. It was also associated with a 12 per cent lower risk of death from heart disease. In contrast, raising the animal protein share of calories by 10 per cent led to a 2 per cent higher risk of all-causes of death and an 8 per cent greater chance of dying from a heart problem. Animal protein foods include all types o... more »
As Syria Transition Date Passes, WH Announces No Policy Change Despite Promise to Get Tough
[image: FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2012 file photo, smoke rises over Saif Al Dawla district, in Aleppo, Syria. The United States is outlining no change in its Syria policy as an August 1 target date for a political transition passes. In May, Secretary of State John Kerry issued an Aug. 1 ultimatum to Syrian President Bashar Assad's government and its main backer, Russia. "Either something happens," he said, "or they are asking for a very different track." But on Monday, Kerry said the U.S. would continue its effort to "get a cessation of hostilities in place that is meaningful." (AP Pho... more »
Cannabis Traded As Commodity Between East & West For Millennia
People have been dealing in cannabis for over 10,000 years. The weed may have been responsible for the opening up of ancient trade routes between east and west. Assyrian King Esarhaddon Belfast Telegraph reports: A new study, published in the journal of Vegetation History and Archeobotany, has linked the increased use of cannabis in East Asia with the rise of transcontinental trade between Europe and the East between 4,000 and 5,000 years ago, at the start of the Bronze Age. The researchers have presented a systematic review of archaeological and palaeoenvironmental records of canna... more »
Black Lives Matter-Affiliated Groups Demand Reparations for Slavery
[image: Protesters rallied in Philadelphia on July 26, 2016, during the Democratic National Convention. The demonstration was organized by the city's Black Lives Matter chapter.] With the second anniversary of the Ferguson shooting fast approaching, approximately 60 groups affiliated with Black Lives Matter released a list of 6 demands aimed at the "collective liberation" of black people. The "Movement for Black Lives," an organization that wants...more »
Nick Hurd MP – GOV.UK
Our new Minister of State for climate change (and in his spare time, industry), is the son of well known Tory wet, Douglas Hurd. He is also the fourth generation of Hurds to be elected to Parliament. He also went to Eton, so we need have no worries about him being one of the despised […]
Europe’s Prisons are Becoming ‘Jihad Factories’
[image: Prison - 900] European jihadists are using jail time to radicalize at-risk Muslim youth and forge connections with other terrorists, turning Europe's prison systems into Jihad factories, The Wall Street Journal reports. The only surviving member of the November 2015 Paris attacks was... more »
China's Military Is Pressuring The Leadership For A Stronger South China Sea Response
Soldiers of People's Liberation Army (PLA) take part in a search and rescue exercise near Qilian Yu subgroup in the Paracel Islands, which is known in China as Xisha Islands, South China Sea, July 14, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo *Reuters*:* 'Give them a bloody nose': Xi pressed for stronger South China Sea response* China's leadership is resisting pressure from elements within the military for a more forceful response to an international court ruling against Beijing's claims in the South China Sea, sources said, wary of provoking a clash with the United States. China refuse... more »
Hotel Bombing Is Latest To Rock Kabul
*Reuters*: *Taliban claim Kabul bomb attack on compound used by foreigners* A Taliban truck bomb exploded outside a protected hotel compound used by foreign service contractors in Kabul on Monday, ripping a deep crater in the ground and leaving a tangle of wreckage but causing few casualties. The loud blast was heard around Kabul at about 1.30 a.m. (2100 GMT on Sunday) and electricity was cut off in many areas, heightening uncertainty in a city on edge after a suicide attack a week earlier that killed at least 80 people. One attacker was killed after detonating his vehicle and two... more »
What Does Al-Nusra's 'Rebranding' And Break From Al Qaeda Mean
Screen grab of al-Nusra Front leader Abu Mohammad al-Golani from a video statement announcing his group's split from al Qaeda. AFP *The Hill*: *Pentagon will strike rebranded Nusra Front after split from al Qaeda* The Pentagon is planning to strike Islamist group formerly known as Jabhat al Nusra, or the Nusra Front, even though it has split from al Qaeda, its parent organization, a spokesman said Friday. “It remains a terrorist target as it has been for some time,” Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook told reporters during a briefing. The group, now called Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, ... more »
Has The White House Given Up On Defeating The Islamic State?
US Marines fire a Howitzer artillery gun during the Second Battle of Fallujah. / Photo by Lance Corporal Samantha L. Jones, USMC. *Kimberly Dozier, Daily Beast*:* Have U.S. Officials Given Up on ‘Defeating’ ISIS?* *You don’t hear national security leaders speak of ISIS like an enemy to be beaten. They talk about the terror group like a chronic illness in the global body politic.* ASPEN, Colorado — Officially, the Obama administration is still committed to defeating ISIS. But at the annual gathering of national security chiefs in Aspen, no one was talking about beating the terror a... more »
Where Did YOU First Hear About Debbie Wasserman Schultz?
I first met Democratic activist Bob Lord in 2008 when he ran for Congress in Arizona. He didn't win that race in a deep red district but he gave entrenched incumbent John Shadegg, a far right extremist, a hard enough time that Shadegg announced he wouldn't seek reelection. Bob and I stayed in contact-- he even wrote some guest posts for us-- and he's proven to be an astute observer of Arizona politics, primarily on the popular Blog for Arizona. Yesterday he had some comments on every progressive's least favorite nemesis, Debbie Wasserman Schultz: *On Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, Down... more »
Breaking: Russia Says Rebel Attack in Aleppo Repelled
* 7:00 pm Syrian time:* *BEIRUT (AP) -- The Latest on the developments in the war in Syria (all times local):* *7 p.m.* *The Russian military says the Syrian army, relying on Russian air cover, has fended off a massive rebel attack intended to break the siege of Aleppo, killing over 800 militants.* *Lt. Gen. Sergei Rudskoi of the Russian military's General Staff said about 5,000 militants launched an offensive late Sunday southwest of Aleppo in a bid to rupture the government's blockade of the rebel-held part of the city. Rudskoi told Monday's briefing that the rebels also lost... more »
Assange: Emails Prove Hillary Armed ISIS In Syria To Oust Assad
Julian Assange has said that Hillary Clinton approved of the US arming ISIS militants in Syria when she was Secretary of State, in an effort to oust Assad. Clinton knew that the US was sending arms from Libya to Syria in 2011, one year before the Benghazi consulate attacks. Thegatewaypundit.com reports: Hillary Clinton denied she knew about the weapons shipments during public testimony (under oath) in early 2013 after the Benghazi terrorist attack. Senator Rand Paul questioned Hillary Clinton about this gun running program back in January 2013 during her testimony on the Benghazi ter...more »
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