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What Do People In Other Countries Think About Hillary And Trump?
I don't know who watches Samantha Bee's show outside of the U.S., or if it's even available in other countries but I had to get in the segment she ran on Halloween night (half above and half below). Pollfish asked 3,500 people across six countries-- Canada, France, Germany, Russia, Mexico, and the UK-- as well as Latinos residing in the U.S., to weigh in on the U.S. presidential elections. Here are some of the key findings from the polls they ran. *• 60% of the world would vote for Hillary Over Trump* Across the eight countries, 24% of respondents voiced support for Trump, and ... more »
Call to Action from Indigo Girls -- Kelcy Warren NO! DAPL
A CALL TO ACTION FROM THE INDIGO GIRLS The Bluegrass Situation http://www.thebluegrasssituation.com/read/call-action-indigo-girls-nodapl-op-ed As many of you know, there is a critical battle being fought right now in Standing Rock, North Dakota, between Native Americans, their allies who want to protect sacred land and water, and a huge corporation that wants to build an oil pipeline that
"Plan B: The End Game Closes in on the Clintons”
*"Plan B: The End Game Closes in on the Clintons”* by Mike Adams "My fellow Americans, we are watching history unfold before us with such sound and fury that we are likely to never witness comparable events again in our lifetime. As of today, I am now convinced that the deep state has turned on Hillary Clinton and will unveil damning evidence in the next few days that will end the Clintons’ reign of terror over America and collapse her bid for the presidency. The mainstream media, of course, will never report this news for the simple reason that they are the propaganda arm of the c... more »
The Force Awakens C3PO Necklace
We are big Star Wars fan. Don't believe me? I am not sure if is sad or awesome that I have quite a few more pictures like that I could show you. I have loved introducing my kids to Star Wars, seeing their reaction when they realize that Darth Vader is Luke's Father and see Rey use The Force for the first time. When I came up with the idea of a C3PO necklace that pays tribute to his red arm, I couldn't help but make one for my younger daughter. She is the droid fan in the house. I partnered up with Fizzy Pops on this fun and geeky necklace. They have hands down the best materia... more »
Europe’s Largest Bookmaker Says Trump Will Win Presidency
You can ignore what oversampled Democrats are telling pollsters down their telephone – its money that actually talks and the money is saying Trump is on course for a massive win. As the Clinton campaign continues to implode, a staggering 91% of bets on the outcome of the election are being laid on Trump defeating Hillary. Trump is crushing Clinton in terms of both the number and volume of bets, according to figures revealed yesterday by Europe’s largest bookmaker, Paddy Power Betfair Plc. “This election’s been a serious betting anomaly,” said Féilim Mac An Iomaire, a spokesman for ... more »
Musical Interlude: Ludovico Einaudi, “Nuvole Bianche”
Ludovico Einaudi, “Nuvole Bianche” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ8zglIXZi8
"A Look to the Heavens"
"The first hint of what will become of our Sun was discovered inadvertently in 1764. At that time, Charles Messier was compiling a list of diffuse objects not to be confused with comets. The 27th object on Messier's list, now known as M27 or the Dumbbell Nebula, is a planetary nebula, the type of nebula our Sun will produce when nuclear fusion stops in its core. Click image for larger size. M27 is one of the brightest planetary nebulae on the sky, and can be seen toward the constellation of the Fox (Vulpecula) with binoculars. It takes light about 1000 years to reach us from M27, sho... more »
Cheyenne River Lakota Urge Dismissal of Army Corps Commander after Brutal Attack Nov. 2, 2016
The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe has issued an official statement calling for the immediate dismissal of Colonel Henderson, Commander of the Omaha District of the US Army Corps of Engineers, for 'deputizing' Morton County and accomplices to police Army Corps lands, leading to this morning's attacks with pepper spray and 'less lethal' rounds fired at point blank range.
Hallmark of excellence
Government funding of scientific research is said to be essential. The Marsden Fund is government’s conduit for this welfare these important research funds for scientists. The Marsden Fund, says the Marsden Fund, *benefits society as a whole by contributing to the development of researchers with knowledge, skills and ideas.. The Fund supports research excellence in science, engineering and maths, social sciences and the humanities. Competition for grants is intense. Marsden is regarded as the hallmark of excellence for research in New Zealand.* This is just some of what the “... more »
A Look At Brawls Between Lawmakers From Around The World (Video)
*Suyin Haynes, Time:* *What It Looks Like When the World’s Politicians Come to Blows* *Take a look at brawls between lawmakers from around the world.* The chaotic brawls in Hong Kong’s legislature on Wednesday followed three weeks of disagreement between two newly-elected pro-independence lawmakers and their opponents in the Legislative Council. Scuffles broke out as guards attempted to remove one of the legislators, Sixtus “Baggio” Leung, who was defended by fellow pro-democracy colleagues. *Read more* .... *WNU Editor:* The Time video is better than the above YouTube video.
VIDEO Water Protectors/ police conflict / Erin Schrode shot by police at Standing Rock Nov. 2
. Interviews as police assault water protectors, warm by fire, rubber bullet hits one water protector. Nov. 2, 2016 Erin Schrode shot Erin Schrode: I was just shot. Militarized police fired at me from point blank range with a rubber bullet on the front lines of Standing Rock. My body will be okay, but I am hurting, I am incensed, I am weeping, I am scared. Peaceful, prayerful
Quote of the Day: On the Dakota Access Pipeline
Today’s quote comes courtesy of Alex Epstein: *A brilliant but unwilling-to-be-named friend of mine had the following discussion with a Republican (!) opponent of the Dakota Access Pipeline. * *Opponent: * I’m against the Dakota Access Pipeline. * *Friend: *Why? * *Opponent: *Because I believe in respecting the sacred traditions of the area. * *Friend: *You realise that the sacred traditions you’re talking about include the belief that a certain dance move elicits rain...* *.* Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is gr... more »
McCully dances
[image: McCully-sheep-in-wolfs-clothing] Murray McCully is a forward-thinking Foreign Minister who always knows how to get things done. Actually, no, he’s not. As the Saudi sheep-to-sand deal has always suggested, he’s either incompetent or corrupt. And as the just-released 18-months-in-the-preparation AG report into the deal has just decided he is *definitely *not corrupt (can’t be; the AG says so!), that only leaves the other alternative. Hearing him yesterday declare Saudi Arabia to be “the gateway for the African continent” confirms that conclusion – also suggesting he i... more »
What Do North Koreans Think About Kim Jong Un?
Kim Jong-un will only visit places to close to Pyongyang that have been heavily vetted in advance of the leader's arrival *Washington Post*: *What do North Koreans think about Kim Jong Un? This survey tries to find out.* TOKYO — What do North Koreans think about their leaders? It’s an impossible question to answer, given that North Korea is a totalitarian state where professing anything other than wholehearted adulation for the Kim regime could land a person in a political prison camp — or worse. For years, researchers in Seoul have been trying to collect data on North Korean thou... more »
The Clockwork Moon Science ignores
[This is an article I originally wrote for Newsblaze.com back in June 2009, and I have since referenced it many times on the internet, most recently in my September 6th post here, "Undirected Evolution: The False Religious Dogma Strangling Science". I wrote it in an "entertaining" style, for Newsblaze's broad, lay audience.] *I don't know where you stand, dear reader, on the subject of whether or not our world shows deliberate design, but I can tell you something you may not know, because science absolutely refuses to admit it -- to the public and to itself: There is positive eviden... more »
Go Support Golden Age Champions
High Rock Press currently has a Kickstarter going for Darren Watts's Golden Age Champions. You should go support it. It needs about $5000 more over the next two weeks to reach its $20,000 goal. I'll offer my own reward... Assuming no hiccups in my regular gaming, I'll run a Golden Age Champions campaign and write about the experience. It should make for interesting reading as while I've read a number of Hero products and played in a few games in college, I've never run a Hero game. *Champion Complete* peels away many layers of complexity from the 5th and 6th edition Hero games -... more »
"Take Action- The Laboratory of Life"
*"Take Action- The Laboratory of Life"* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM "In order to make our dreams come true, we must take action rather than simply wishing for what we want. There is a popular misconception that we might be able to just wish our dreams into being. Maybe on some other level of consciousness this is the case, but here on earth what we need to do is take action in our lives. Vision is an important companion to our efforts, but it can't accomplish anything all by itself. When we focus on what we want and ask for what we want, we are initiating a conversation with the ... more »
Are Suburbanites About To Teach The GOP A Lesson About Nominating Crackpots And Fascists?
When Doug Applegate came for his Blue America interview, he brought his campaign manager, Robert Dempsey, the guy who ran Bernie's very successful Minnesota campaign-- where Bernie beat Hillary 118,135 (61.6%) to 73,510 (38.4%), winning every single congressional district in the state. Yesterday, after Trump tweeted out an explicit endorsement of Darrell Issa-- something most congressional campaigns have avoided, Dempsey told the media that "Issa Issa once again shows why he's unfit to represent this district in Congress. When he's not busy lining his own pockets, he's trying to ... more »
The Poet: T. S. Eliot, "The Four Quartets"
*"The Four Quartets"* "Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future And time future contained in time past. If all time is eternally present All time is unredeemable. What might have been is an abstraction Remaining a perpetual possibility Only in a world of speculation. What might have been and what has been Point to one end, which is always present. Footfalls echo in the memory Down the passage which we did not take Towards the door we never opened Into the rose-garden. My words echo Thus, in your mind,But to what purpose Disturbing the dust on a bowl of rose-leav...more »
F--- Anxiety
Imagine my surprise when I discovered that *F**k Anxiety* was actually a book title. I checked it out last week, it's actually rather well done, especially the audiobook version read by the author, Robert Duff. I've dealt with Generalized Anxiety Disorder for the past 12 or 13 years. I've not had a horrible case of it - even when it's at its worse I manage to still perform well at work, maintain hobbies, etc. Every once in a while it decides it wants to take another try at kicking my ass and over the past month or so it's decided to make another run at making my life miserable. W... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Thessaloníki, Thessaloniki, Greece. Thanks for stopping by.
"The Clintons- At the End of All Things"
*"The Clintons- At the End of All Things"* by Victor Davis Hanson "What was the Clinton telos? The end point, the aim of all their lying, cheating, criminality, dishonor, and degradation? Given the latest Weiner scandals coming on top of the latest WikiLeaks scandals, we wonder, what did the Clintons really wish to end up as- and why? Are they Goethe’s Faust or tortured souls crushed by the weight of their money bags in Dante’s Fourth Circle of Hell? For a few criminals, remorse comes with old age; but for the Clintons, near-70 was to be the capstone, the last chance to trump all t... more »
In praise of older women
If you’re going to have an affair, recommended Benjamin Franklin in a 1745 letter, then you’d best have it with an older woman. “… [you] demand my reasons. They are these: 1. Because they have more Knowledge of the world, and their Minds are better stored with Observations; their conversation is more improving, and more lastingly agreeable. 2. Because when Women cease to be handsome, they study to be good. To maintain their Influence over Man, they supply the Diminution of Beauty by an Augmentation of Utility. They learn to do a thousand Services, small and great, and are th...more »
Presidents Putin And Obama No Longer Trust Each Other
U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin (Reuters/RIA Novosti) *Baltimore Sun*: *Putin-Obama trust evaporates* How did the "growing trust" that Russian President Vladimir Putin once said marked his "working and personal relationship with President Obama" change into today's deep distrust and saber-rattling? Their relationship reached its zenith after Mr. Putin persuaded Syria to give up its chemical weapons for verified destruction, enabling Mr. Obama at the last minute to call off, with some grace, plans to attack Syria in late summer 2013. But at an inter... more »
Too Much Sleaze, Too Little Time
(By *American Zen*'s Mike Flannigan, on loan from Ari.) "It's important to have a very large hiring pool (such as Chicago or NYC) from which to choose enthusiastic, smart and low paid permanent employees." - Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, the 100th richest man on earth, to John Podesta *T*o paraphrase John Lennon, And so, it is almost Election Day. And what have we learned? It's virtually impossible to even imagine one single human mind that can retain and dispense all the countless instances of corruption, collusion and republican dirty tricks that have been exposed by the cont... more »
"Human Misery..."
"Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm; great good fortune comes to failure in the end. All is change; all yields its place and goes; to persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. The coward despairs." - Euripides
The Economy: “The Dam Is Breaking”, Introduction
*“The Dam Is Breaking”, Introduction* by Brian Maher “We got the bearish signal... The dam is breaking. You can feel it." The ursine signal, according to bond fund manager Jeffrey Gundlach: The S&P 500 slipped below 2,130 on Monday and the previous Friday. Then it closed at 2,111 yesterday. It’s down another thirteen points today, we add en passant. If Gundlach is right and the dam’s about to break, it could break hardest on Hillary. The S&P’s performance between July 31 and Oct. 31 has proven a reliable crystal ball on elections since WWII. "Going back to World War II,” notes Sam ... more »
A Catholic Press versus voluntary euthanasia [updated]
Reader *Mark Hubbard* has been trying to get letters in support of voluntary euthanasia past the gatekeeper at the Christchurch *Press*. The Cerberus on the letters-to-the editor desk however is a practicing Catholic. This (with its postscript) was Mark’s fourth unpublished submission in response to many letters opposing voluntary euthanasia: 1 November, 2016 Dear Sir I’m finding the letters against euthanasia sickening. All three letters of 1/11 state their opposition to euthanasia being because people can still commit suicide. That’s monstrous because it dooms the desperate... more »
The Importance of Arguing Honestly
There's an interesting article in the latest edition of *Progress* Magazine. Crowded Ground by Robert Philpot takes a brief survey of the political scene before identifying emerging territory vacated, he claims, by ourselves and our Conservative opponents. He makes some interesting points about May's flirtation with populism, another thing she borrowed from Ed Miliband. Yes, who knew? But it is an argument with some legs. As Ed was positioning Labour to mount his crusade against the predators of 21st century capitalism, it meant setting up a rhetorical structure in which the rip o... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Protectors in the Water'
PROTECTORS IN THE WATER Posted on November 2, 2016 Please post & distribute. MNN. Nov. 2, 2016. President Obama said of the tense situation at Standing Rock, “We’re going to let it play out for several more weeks and then determine whether or not this can be resolved in a way that I think is properly attentive to the traditions of the first Americans”. “Playing” with us, the coming
Economic News , Data & Views...... Quick Hits For November 2 , 2016....... 1) Markets In Focus : Economic & Market Data From Asia For Thursday ; BoJ Not Likely To Upset Markets , As Per Japanese Media ; FOMC Statement & Key Comments - Fed Points To December For Next Rate Hike ; US Stocks Run Losing Streak To Seventh Day ; Europe Stocks Have A Down Day ; Crude Down Again As Well ; Gold Has A strong Showing today ; Additional Items Of Note. 2) US Presidential Contest Updates - Another Wild & Woolly Day. 3) Around The Horn In Europe : May & Tories Remains Popular 110 Days After Brexit Vote ; Items From Italy - Referendum Floundering For Renzi ; Front Running - Overnight News From Europe & Asia ; Deutsche Bank Shares Tipping Over Again. 4) Libya In Focus - State Of Play - Political & Battle With ISIS At Sirte Updates.
Markets..... Asia Markets - Thursday..... *ForexLive* @ForexLive 19m 19 minutes ago ForexLive Asia FX news: USD/JPY falls hard *ForexLive* @ForexLive 1h 1 hour ago Early Asia 'wrap', USD weaker across the board *ForexLive* @ForexLive 2h 2 hours ago China Caixin October Composite PMI is at 52.9 (prior 51.4) *ForexLive* @ForexLive 2h 2 hours ago China - Caixin Services PMI (October): 52.4 (prior 52.0) *ForexLive* @ForexLive 3h 3 hours ago PBOC sets USD/CNY mid-point today at 6.7491 (vs. yesterday at 6.7562) *David Ingles* @DavidIngle... more »
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 2, 2016
*Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post*: *What a Syrian PR trip says about Bashar al-Assad’s thinking* After five years of war, Syria has become a byword for the sort of vicious assault on civilian life unseen in the 21st century. But in a rare press trip to the capital, Damascus, this week, visitors tasted a different reality. In town at the invitation of President Bashar al-Assad’s government, Western reporters, politicians and analysts — some temporarily struck from the government’s blacklist — found a city where guns had fallen silent and bars were abuzz. The centerpiece of their... more »
Turkey And Iraq On The Brink Of War
Turkey is preparing for a possible invasion of Iraq by deploying troops and military hardware to the southern border town of Silopi. Just hours after the deployment and less than a week after Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan said his forces might pursue Kurdish fighters across the border, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi warned the Turkish military not to enter its territory or it would “pay a heavy price”. Anti Media reports: “We do not want to fight Turkey. We do not want a confrontation with Turkey,” Abadi said while speaking to journalists in Baghdad on Tuesday. “God forbid... more »
Nestle After More Groundwater As Plant Expands In Michigan
Nestle is planning to dramatically increase the amount of groundwater it pumps from under the state of Michigan in conjunction with a $36 million dollar expansion of its Ice Mountain bottling plant. MLive reported that Nestle Waters North America had requested permission to increase pumping from 150 gallons to 400 gallons per minute at one of its production wells north of Evart. This is water that the corporate giant can pump at no cost Common Dreams reports: The state of Michigan has reportedly issued preliminary approval for bottled water behemoth Nestlé to nearly triple the amo... more »
99 Years of Lies: Balfour gave Palestine to the New World Order, not to the Jewish People
Today in 1917, the Jewish politician, Balfour, issued his infamous Declaration, giving the land of Palestine to his fellow Jews. Balfour was not a Palestinian, he did not live in Palestine, but all the same, he felt that as a person of Jewish heritage, working for the contemptible Imperial government of Britain, he had the right to interfere in the lives of people living many miles from the UK. The Balfour Declaration was issued to assure the Jews in the USA that the UK was an obedient little puppy dog, which would bend over backwards to advance the interests of the global Jewish... more »
Standards for Hardscrabble Kids
*Note:* Just coming from my weekly mentoring meeting with a fifth grade student, I think back to Jack, a student I've written about many times. Here's what I wrote for the Sunday edition of the city newspaper, March 13, 1994. I was a fully licensed city schoolteacher recently named the district's Teacher of the Year assigned to a new alternative school because after a two-week trial I refused to work on the team of the newly hired assistant superintendent in charge of curriculum who wanted me to keep the pencils sharpened for incessant standardized testing. Please note the date: *1... more »
World News Briefs -- November 2, 2016 (Evening Edition)
*Reuters:* *Iraqi forces advance on town where Islamic State accused of executions* U.S.-backed Iraqi forces moved closer on Wednesday to a town south of Mosul where aid groups and regional officials say Islamic State has executed dozens of prisoners. A military statement said security forces advanced to the edge of Hammam al-Alil, a thermal water resort, after an elite unit breached the eastern limits of Mosul, the ultra-hardline group's last major city stronghold in Iraq. The battle that started on Oct. 17 with air and ground support from a U.S.-led coalition is shaping up as ... more »
Noose In Workplace Doesn't Equal Discrimination, Says Court
People look at me like I'm crazy when I tell them that there are multiple cases saying a noose at work does not equal actionable race discrimination. Well, here's another one. This case was shocking even to me because coworkers testified that there had been multiple instances of nooses hung in this workplace. Plus, the employee claimed other instances of being treated differently than non-black employees. Yet, in this case the 7th Circuit found that the employer did enough by reporting the incident to the police and leaving the rest to them. Here's what the court said: Employers ar... more »
Obama Asks African Americans To Support Clinton
The African American turnout for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has been less than “solid” among early voters, US President Barack Obama said Obama said early voting is up among Hispanics, but not among black voters. During an appearance on the Tom Joyner Morning show on Wednesday, Obama said he was satisfied with the Hispanic vote but African American communities need to show more support for Clinton. “I’m going to be honest with you right now, because we track, we’ve got early voting, we’ve got all kinds of metrics to see what’s going on, and right now, the Lati...more »
Prepare yourself for what will be the most contentious election - ever...
*possible rioting, stock market collapse, currency devaluation, martial law, and Odumbo starting WWIII. * In my opinion, if Donald Trump wins this election, it will be because it's exactly what the elites want. Hillary was never meant to win. A Trump win means the globalists can move forward with their plans and pin the blame of the resulting chaos on Trump and his supporters. Does Trump know? Probably. I don't think anyone can accuse Trump, his staff, or his political confidants of being stupid. On the other hand, we're expected to believe that John Podesta, Peter Kadzik, Hu... more »
Nov. 2: a dreadful day for news.
"Huge python that killed boys was growling, aggressive, court told". That's the headline for today's irving press. And, in the trade, it's what is called cheap sensationalism. It has almost nothing to do with helping us to understand the world or the society we live in. It's in a class with "Dope-crazed preacher sexually attacks dead puppy". Inside, there's a big story about three people getting an award from one of our many halls of fame for being rich. (Last week there were two stories about the same people, same award.) Nor do matters improve on the opinion page where the edito... more »
Midday Musical Interlude: Alan Parsons Project, “Lucifer”
Alan Parsons Project, “Lucifer” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9e9tp3_PE8&list=RDE9e9tp3_PE8 "And there was war in Heaven..." Feels oddly appropriate right now here, too.
“Australia is not the attraction: they just wanted safety and certainty.”
They flee from their place of danger and uncertainty to set out on wild seas in a flimsy vessel. However dangerous the journey, it looks better to them than what they leave behind. Their voyage of hope however has ended in a concentration camp on Manus Island. *The spirits of everyone is very bad there is a lot of hopelessness there* *. I was talking to a friend of ours and asked him did he know anyone elsewhere that could sponsor him for a visa. He doesn’t have anyone anywhere else. He just looked at me and said “I am going to die here”. He is early 20s. They have n... more »
Iran Military Leader: Revolutionary Guard Fighters Will Be In The U.S. And Europe Very Soon
Iranian Revolutionary Guards. Reuters *Washington Free Beacon*: *Military Leader: Iran Sending Elite Fighters Into U.S., Europe* *IRGC commander: 'IRGC will be in the U.S. and Europe very soon'.* The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, the country’s elite military force, is sending assets to infiltrate the United States and Europe at the direction of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, according to recent Farsi-language comments from an Iranian military leader. The IRGC “will be in the U.S. and Europe very soon,” according to the Iranian military commander, who said that these for... more »
"What in hell does [Bloomberg right-hand man Dan Doctoroff] know about life in working class Queens?" (Mitch Waxman)
*If you find yourself in the neighborhood -- Sheepshead Bay, that is -- follow Mitch's recommendation of the roast beef "au jus" sandwich, and be sure to have them pile on the (free) onions and extra gravy.* *"Something happened during the Bloomberg era, however. 'Gubmint' jobs suddenly accrued a new status and the suits from corporate America began to talk about 'service.' They took the pay cut, accepted a position at this agency or that, and began applying the rules of business to government policy. . . . "Thing is, most of these 'Gubmint' people aren't from 'here,' and they s... more »
“Here's Why The FBI Has ALL Of Hillary’s Emails. Every. Single. One.”
*“Here's Why The FBI Has ALL Of Hillary’s Emails.* * Every. Single. One.”* by Karl Denninger "So you want to talk to Mark Cuban on the latest Hillary email thing eh? You ought to try someone with a bit of credibility. You see, Mark Cuban is not ignorant and his appearance this morning on CNBC did not contain "mistakes." He was lying. This "newly discovered" laptop is very likely to be literal nuclear waste for Hillary and everyone around her, including the Clinton Foundation and all of Hillary's "advisers" such as Podesta. Mark Cuban said that Huma used Outlook and IMAP (for Yahoo ... more »
NYPD: Hillary Clinton ‘Child Sex Scandal’ About To Break
New York Police Department (NYPD) detectives have uncovered evidence of a ‘child sex ring’ on Anthony Weiner’s laptop that they say could “put Hillary Clinton away for life“. According to NYPD sources, files found on Weiner’s newly found laptop which he shared with his wife Huma Abedin, show evidence of a political pedophile ring operating within Washington, involving members of Congress as well as numerous top Clinton aides and insiders. According to reports, a folder on Weiner’s laptop named “life insurance” contains explicit evidence that both Hillary Clinton and Huma Abedin he... more »
This can't be true because if it was then CNN and the BBC would have to report these links, wouldn't they?
https://youtu.be/yvHqDBxcCSY
Donna Brazile on two cable channels!
*WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2016What we the liberals were spared:* As you may have heard, Donna Brazile got canned by CNN a few weeks back. For today's report in the New York Times, you can just click here. It was another WikiLeaks-related job loss. Here's the way it went down: Back in March, it seems that Brazile supplied some questions to the Clinton campaign in advance of a few Democratic candidate forums. Or then again, did she actually do that? On October 17, Brazile appeared on the Maddow Show. Two nights later, she appeared on The Kelly File, on the Fox News Channel. On each of... more »
Report: Egyptian Soldiers Have Been Deployed To Syria
Soldiers in military vehicles proceed towards the al-Jura district in El-Arish city from Sheikh Zuwaid, around 350 km (217 miles) northeast of Cairo May 21, 2013. Egyptian army and police forces stepped up roadblocks in north Sinai in a hunt for militant Islamists who kidnapped seven security officers last week, a security source said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Stringer *AMN:** Egyptian soldiers arrive in Syria: reports* DAMASCUS, SYRIA (10:40 A.M.) - A group of officers from the Egyptian Army traveled to the Syrian port-city of Tartous on Tuesday to train with Russia's military advisors... more »
FBI: Cheryl Mills Illegally Deleted Hillary Emails After Scandal Broke
The FBI’s release of their Clinton email investigation files just days before the election shows that Cheryl Mills illegally deleted emails from Clinton’s email server after the scandal broke in the press. From the FBI.gov website: Hillary Rodham Clinton served as U.S. Secretary of State from January 21, 2009 to February 1, 2013. The FBI conducted an investigation into allegations that classified information was improperly stored or transmitted on a personal e-mail server she used during her tenure. The FBI released the documents in four sections, linked below: Part 1 FBI release... more »
US, NATO Deploy Troops Towards Russia
NATO and the US have deployed troops to the Western borders of Russia in an attempt to provoke the country into war. Russian Defense Minister, Sergey Shoigu, warned that the buildup NATO’s offensive capabilities on Russia’s borders will result in a decidive military response from Moscow. “Those actions undermine strategic stability and are forcing Russia to take reciprocal defensive measures, including some in the Western theatre,” the defense minister said. Rt.com reports: NATO “has not abandoned attempts to dictate its will to other countries through economic and political means... more »
India, Pakistan Withdraw Diplomats Amid Looming Nuclear War
India and Pakistan are withdrawing all of their diplomats from each other’s countries as the risk of nuclear war looms. According to Vikas Swarup, the spokesman of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi has withdrawn eight diplomats stationed in Islamabad due to the escalating tensions between the two countries. Presstv.com reports: The Indian official said the main reason for the withdrawal was their identification in the local media as suspected spies. “They have put in the public domain eight names and six of these people went today. We will eventually withdraw all... more »
WikiLeaks: DOJ’s Peter Kadzik Colluding With Clinton Campaign
Assistant Attorney General Peter Kadzik fed information to his friend John Podesta while helping the FBI in the congressional investigation of Hillary Clinton, according to newly leaked emails from WikiLeaks. With eight days to go before the U.S. presidential elections, WikiLeaks released batch number 26 of the #PodestaEmails. Sputnik reports: WikiLeaks is on number 26 of the Podesta files, a bunch of emails associated with Hillary Clinton’s chief adviser, John Podesta, revealing details of conversations with political journalists, lawyers, spin doctors and scaremongerers- and Pod...more »
Ray Reece : Remembering Tom Hayden and Jane Fonda
Tom was not only as a world-class leader in the movement but also a beloved brother in struggle. By Ray Reece | The Rag Blog | November 2, 2016 REMEMBERING TOM HAYDEN Peace activist and spiritual leader Rabbi Arthur Waskow … finish reading Ray Reece : Remembering Tom Hayden and Jane Fonda
Russia Extends Aleppo Cease-Fire On Friday And Tells Rebels To Leave
*NBC:* *Russia Tells Syria Rebels to Leave Aleppo by Friday Night* Russia on Wednesday told rebels holed up in Aleppo to leave by Friday night, signaling it would extend a moratorium on airstrikes against targets inside the Syria city. The Russian Defense Ministry, which is helping forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad try to retake full control of Aleppo, said rebels would be allowed to exit the city unharmed and with their weapons between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. local time on Nov. 4 via two special corridors. Civilians and the sick and wounded would be allowed to leave via six oth... more »
Leading diabetes researcher acted negligently, probe concludes
Several duplications in the work of a prominent diabetes researcher were the result of negligence, but there is not enough evidence to support charges of misconduct, according to an investigation at her university in Germany. Recently, we’ve reported on several notices for papers co-authored by Kathrin Maedler, a researcher at the University of Bremen. So […] The post Leading diabetes researcher acted negligently, probe concludes appeared first on Retraction Watch.
The BBC’s Outright Lies On Arctic Live
By Paul Homewood http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b081z4m4/arctic-live-episode-1 In Churchill, every year polar bears gather on the shores of Hudson Bay to wait for the big freeze, and every year they’re waiting longer. This was the exact statement at seven minutes into the BBC’s Arctic Live programme last night. This was immediately followed up […]
As The Battle for Mosul Unfolds, Iraq-Turkey Tensions Are Rising
*Al Jazeera*: *Iraq-Turkey tension rises amid battle for Mosul* Deployment of Turkish military near border elicits warning from Iraq's Abadi, who says "we do not want war with Turkey". Iraq's prime minister has warned Turkey against provoking a confrontation while saying he does not want war. Haider al-Abadi made the comments after Turkey deployed tanks and artillery near the Iraqi border and insisted that any Turkish involvement would be a violation of national sovereignty. Turkey wants a a role in the battle to retake Mosul from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) g... more »
Is Islamic State Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi In Mosul?
A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi makes his first public appearance at a mosque in the center of Iraq's second city, Mosul, according to a video recording posted on the Internet on July 5, 2014. Reuters *The Independent:* *Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ‘hiding in Mosul’ as Iraqi forces reach city* Exclusive: Senior Kurdish official says they have information the head of the terror group is within the city – and his killing would be a death blow to the so-called Islamic State The Iraqi Army has entered Mosul for the fi... more »
The Battle For The Iraqi City Of Mosul -- News Updates November 2, 2016
*BBC*:* IS conflict: Battle for Mosul on schedule, but not exactly to plan* On Day 16 of the offensive to retake Mosul from Islamic State (IS) militants, the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) reached the eastern edges of the city at two points. Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) special forces began to penetrate the industrial districts of Kukjali and Karama, home to mechanics workshops and working-class homes. Iraqi Army's ninth division forces closed on the outer edge of Mosul, about 3.5km (2 miles) further to the south, entering via Judaydat al-Mufti, one of the newer residential areas... more »
India - Pakistan Diplomatic Relations Continue To Deteriorate
*Reuters*: *Diplomatic spat between India and Pakistan worsens amid border tensions* Pakistan may expel five Indian diplomats for espionage and has revealed their names, local media said on Wednesday, a move sure to exacerbate a rift between the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbors that has been widening for months. Pakistan declined to comment on the matter ahead of a planned news conference on Thursday, while India said the identity of eight of its diplomats had been revealed by Pakistani media. Vikas Swarup, spokesman of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, declined to com... more »
Analysis: The Pentagon's Assessment On The War In Afghanistan Is Wrong
*(Click on Image to Enlarge)* *Bill Roggio, Long War Journal: **Analysis: US military assessment of Taliban control of Afghan districts is flawed* The US military says that the Taliban “influences” at least 25 of Afghanistan’s 407 districts and controls only 8 more. The numbers are at odds with an assessment by The Long War Journal of Taliban control in Afghanistan. The US military’s estimate does not explain how the Taliban is able to support multiple concurrent offensives across the country and threaten five provincial capitals. The US military’s estimate of Taliban control and ... more »
World News Briefs -- November 2, 2016
*The Guardian:** Iraqi special forces hold positions after entering Isis-held Mosul* No new advances planned for Wednesday after poor weather hampers visibility for aircraft and drone support Iraqi special forces are holding their positions in Mosul a day after entering the Islamic State-held city for the first time since 2014. Amid poor visibility for the US-led aircraft and drones that have backed Iraqi forces in their assault on the country’s second largest city, special forces general Haider Fadhil told Associated Press no new advances within Mosul were planned for Wednesday.... more »
TPP Has Picked Up a Powerful Enemy — Black Lives Matter
*The thirteen Democratic Senators who helped Obama break the filibuster on Fast Track. Some, for example, Ron Wyden and Patty Murray, run as progressives back home. One, still senator and current VP candidate Tim Kaine, says he's now opposed to TPP, which the Fast Track vote was meant to enable.* *by Gaius Publius* President Obama and all of his corporatist buddies, including some, but not all, in the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), are hell-bent on passing the TPP in the lame duck session of Congress just after the election but prior to Obama's leaving office. It's reasonable t... more »
Alfred's Odd Observation #22
Alfred's Odd Observation #22 by Alfred Lehmberg They'd started back in earnest after a long absence, just that week! Predictably, their astonishing activities aped, even less, the attributes of the *balloons,* *birds*, *bolides*, and the conjectured rocket *boosters* cheerily proposed by pompous pelicanists—and their smirking parent CSIcopians! Yea and verily alien viewers (and other dog sister/brothers lurking)! ...Rock your head back, truly, and look out (not up)! They *are* there! Again, verily! ...Objects of a type remaining unidentified as they fly... past, present, an... more »
A documentary on string-inspired cosmologies
*Are bouncing, cyclic, ekpyrotic, string gas and other cosmologies justified by any real evidence?* If you have 46 spare minutes, here's another video on string cosmology and things of this sort: It has the same female host as a documentary on inflation and both of them were brought to us by Peter F. Gabriele Veneziano – the founder of the first "stringy" formula in the history, the Veneziano amplitude (unless you attribute the breakthrough to Leonhard Euler because it's the Euler Beta function) – sketches some history and basics of string theory as well as his favorite (and much... more »
Standing Rock Water Protectors in River -- Police Assault with Tear Gas, Pepper Spray Nov. 2, 2016
From Standing Rock Rising Not exactly the scene John The Baptist would expect at a morning water ceremony. Today after morning water ceremony, peaceful protestors made their way over amakeshift bridge over to Turtle Mountain, a sacred burial hill located just NorthEast of camp to pray to their ancestors. They were met with more violence and assault by local law enforcement officers. The
Poison Pills
(Optional soundtrack) Much to my chagrin, not one trick-or-treater showed up at my door this Halloween. This was despite all my welcoming decorations and the strains of spooky holiday music wafting from my humble abode. I've therefore had no choice but to binge these past few days on a bowl full of "fun-size" Kit-Kats. Still, the jittery chocolate hangover I'm suffering is pure bliss compared to my election hangover. One antidote that's worked calming wonders for me so far is news that Donna Brazile will never again show her face on CNN for money. The media will never be the sam... more »
Morton County Dumps Eagle Feathers, Sacred Items, on Ground, of Treaty Camp
. BREAKING NEWS Water Protectors under attack by police now Wed. Nov. 2, 2016 Go to live feeds here: http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2016/11/standing-rock-prayers-at-water-live-now.html Morton County dumping eagle feathers and sacred items from Treaty Camp on the ground. "I wish I could keep the camera on it, but it hurts too much." "We are sitting here broken, but we didn't
BOMBSHELLS INC.: A good scandal story may need a straight-shooter!
*WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2016Part 3—James Comey and Straight Shooters Inc.:* This morning, the FBI's strange behavior was the nation's leading news topic. Unless you were watching Morning Joe, where, as best we can tell, the topic wasn't mentioned at all. If you were reading the Washington Post, the headline in the upper right-hand corner of the front page referenced the FBI's most recent weird behavior—yesterday's sudden release of old FBI files on the 2001 Marc Rich pardon. If you were reading the New York Times, you saw no mention of that behavior, unless you searched the topi... more »
"Marc Thiessen: Why Bill Clinton's Mark Rich pardon matters" If true then this stinks.
https://youtu.be/GB4uXga-t7c If this is true then this stinks to high heaven. I wonder why the BBC haven't shown a scintilla of interest in the Mark Rich story.
"Emails show link between Justice Official and Podesta" If true, then this stinks
https://youtu.be/5oj7sYOQaE0
Why no outcry?
Before The Conservative Woman site (TCW) published several articles by Karen Harradine I was never quite sure what TCW’s official policy was on - err, you know, Israel and the Jews, or, if you prefer, Zionism and antisemitism. As we all know, it is a commonly held belief that antisemitism emanates from the right - the Foreign Office; Rowan Laxton and so on. A recent TCW piece by Kathy Gyngell dispels all doubts and confirms my suspicion that they do indeed get it. "Why no outcry over the insidious and disgraceful rise of antisemitism" touches on Corbyn’s trip to Syria in the compan... more »
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 2, 2016
U.S. Army soldiers rest next to a canal while conducting a patrol during Operation Helmand Spider in Badula Qulp in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 15, 2010. Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez/Air Force *Military Times*: *Special ops troops say the next president needs to give them more people or less work* The next commander in chief needs to give special operations forces more resources or fewer missions to avoid burning out the skilled specialists, defense officials warn in a new report by a security think tank. The report from CNA, a Virginia-based research and analysis organization, ... more »
Author pulls Diabetes paper with duplicated Western blots
A researcher has retracted a paper from Diabetes after re-using some Western blots in one of the figures from other papers. According to the retraction notice, the first and corresponding author — Eric Berglund, formerly at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee — contacted the journal himself to report the error, for which he takes full responsibility. […] The post Author pulls Diabetes paper with duplicated Western blots appeared first on Retraction Watch.
Vladimir Putin – Straight From the Horse’s Mouth
*Makia Freeman* - For the time being, Russophobia has replaced Islamophobia as the driving force behind the lies. The post Vladimir Putin – Straight From the Horse’s Mouth appeared first on Waking Times.
Mohawk Nation News 'Serial Killers'
SERIAL KILLERS Posted on November 2, 2016 Please post & distribute. MNN. Nov. 2, 2016. Those who go to Syria to fight as mercenaries arrive from all parts of the world to release their inner beast for money and they are paid well by the bankers. The mercenaries are now at Standing Rock. This smiling goon doesn’t care. The corporate matrix created a man-made illusion to try to
Did Russia Copy A U.S. Navy Robot?
*Popular Mechanics*: *Did Russia Just Copy a U.S. Navy Robot?* America's wave-running submarine is a great for monitoring the seas and tracking any would-be submarine threats. Russia's version looks awfully familiar. In September the Russian newspaper Izvestia ran a story about a new robot being tested by the Russian navy. Just one thing: It bears a striking resemblance to one that already exists. That robot, called the Wave Glider, was built by Liquid Robotics in Hawaii, originally to monitor humpback whales. It is composed of two parts. First, there is a surface element, which ... more »
Ontario, Canada: Our Fatal Future! A Place to Live and Grow? Live Poor and Grow Broke.
*A peeve of mine! Likely a peeve of every resident of Ontario, Canada. Electricity Rates! Sky High!* *Was talking with GreenCrow about this last week. * [image: Blogger] Penny said...Whoooohooooo Justin booed- yeah! I get a sense of anger all over the place In Ontario were getting hammered with very high electricity rates- as in ridiculous and extreme- and the irony of it all--- when the electricity that is created here is not used- Ontario pays other parties to take the electricity. In 2013 it cost us a billion dollars https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2014/01/20/ontario_paid_1... more »
Electoral Predictions: Creeping into the Big War
- I'll be so glad when this 'election' circus is over next week. The eventual outcome is bad no matter who wins though I continue to believe that Hillary will be selected. The concerted effort of the western media to prop up the Clinton campaign will likely ensure she moves back into the White House. - The most concerning thing to me is how many so-called peaceniks, leftists, liberals, or progressives are taking the bait and voting for Hillary even though her record indicates that she is an agent of Wall Street, the insurance industry, the weapons... more »
5,198 Dead And Wounded In Iraq In Oct 2016
There were over 5,000 casualties reported in Iraq in October 2016. That was the second highest amount of the year. The large number of dead and wounded was largely due to a huge number of executions by the Islamic State as it lost ground during the Mosul campaign. There were 586 incidents recorded in October 2016. That was roughly in line with the 573 in September and 574 in August. There were likely more attacks in October because when the Mosul campaign opened in the third week of the month only one or two papers were carrying news about security in the rest of the country. B... more »
Mosul Campaign Day Sixteen, Nov 1, 2016
Iraqi forces finally attacked the eastern axis of Mosul. Gogjali on the outskirts of the city was attacked on October 31 and freed the next day by units of the Golden Division. The Iraqi army liberated Shallalat, Samah, the Dijlah Mall, Qudus, Karama, Intisar, and Judaydat al-Mufti and Dweikhlah were attacked. Outside the city the army and Hashd took 9 other towns to the east and west of Mosul. The Golden Division appearedto be the farthest into the city, but was largely pushing ahead by itself leaving its flanks and rear exposed. That’s due to the collapse of IS defenses on the e... more »
Interesting videos on Wikileaks releases.....
This excellent explanation of the Clinton Foundation corruption by *"The Young Turks". *Cenk Uygur is not exactly a Trump fan either! Witness this recent InfoWars ambush of Cenk.... And this one from a self-purported US Intel insider..... Steve Pieczenik... So much for Hillary's assertion that *"Russia is trying to change the election results!"* And finally, as a palate cleanser... these beautiful pictures of Antarctica, I bet you never saw this side of that land before!!!
Oh Canada?! : Law Enforcement Surveils Journalists in Canda
* A journalist who coincidentally has written unfavourable news items about law enforcment* *Where are the phony little SJW’s? The ones who are all outraged, for purposes of mass manipulation of course- The twitter revolutionaries? Hashtag whatever? Our freedom loving government has granted itself powers that are only associated with tyranny. Can we really go on believing we live in a free nation? And that we are free?* *This news concerns me for both the journalist and for the fact it makes quite clear Canada is not freedom loving and that it’s only an unrealistic indoctrination... more »
CHRIS HEDGES ENDORSES JILL STEIN
*The politics of fear is ruling this Presidential election and it's time for our conscience and self-respect to take over and erode fear in the process. There is no better reminder in this process than Chris Hedges whose activist voice to power echoes those of Amy Goodman and others, including myself, who know that this is our moment in 2016 and our conscience and self-respect, not our fears, must be our guide: Allen L Roland, PhD* “ *Just remember,' a Marine Corps lieutenant colonel told me as he strapped his pistol belt under his arm before we crossed into Kuwait, ... more »
Wikileaks nugget found by Denice..... Galactic Society....
*Denice found this curious tidbit in Wikileaks...* *"humans have a relatively non-hierarchical society with rather informal habits of speech, while most of galactic society is rather feudal and very particular about etiquette,"* https://wikileaks.org/syria-files/docs/2243341_mail-to-t-aljawabra-get-slashed-prices-all-day-region-during.html
U.N. Peacekeepers Failed In Their South Sudan Mission
*New York Times*: *As South Sudan Troops Killed and Raped, U.N. Forces Didn’t Stop Them* As South Sudanese troops entered the Terrain Hotel and began attacking the civilians — many of them Western aid workers — who had sought refuge inside, frantic pleas for help to United Nations peacekeepers stationed less than a mile away went unanswered. That was one of the sharply critical conclusions of a report, issued on Tuesday, into the performance of the peacekeeping mission in South Sudan, where in July government soldiers went on a killing, raping and looting spree in the capital, Ju... more »
Top U.S. Military And Intelligence Officials Have Their Own Special Phone For Top-Secret Communications
The Boeing "Black" phone *Patrick Tucker, Breaking Defense*: *The NSA Chief Has A Phone For Top-Secret Messaging. Here’s How It Works* The Boeing device is less a phone and more a locked-down portal to a faraway server. There’s no such thing as a perfectly secure phone, especially if it also connects to the internet. But leaving your phone on the plane every time you visit a hostile foreign country isn’t an option for everyone, and so a handful of top military commanders now have a device that can send and receive Secret and Top Secret messages. No surprise: it doesn’t work quite ... more »
Are Russian Spies Everywhere?
President Vladimir Putin, second right, and Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov, right, visit the Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate in Moscow, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2006. Vladimir Putin on Wednesday visited a newly-built Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate, known under its Russian acronym, GRU. (ITAR-TASS, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service) *Daniel Kochis, Real Clear World*: *Russia’s Spies Are Everywhere. Not Just Online* *Even as Russia’s cyber-attacks have received the bulk of recent attention, the Kremlin regime has ramped up other espionage activ... more »
The United Kingdom's First Aircraft Carrier In More Than 30 Years Is Months From Sea Trials
*Popular Mechanics*:* Britain's First New Aircraft Carrier in Decades Is Almost Ready* *The two flat tops of the Queen Elizabeth class will carry the Joint Strike Fighter.* The United Kingdom's first aircraft carrier in more than 30 years is just months from sea trials. HMS Queen Elizabeth will get the Royal Navy back into the naval aviation game after a brief absence. Queen Elizabeth is expected to be fully operational by 2020, with her sister ship Prince of Wales following in 2023. The two ships will give the United Kingdom a powerful capability to fight at sea and attack targe... more »
Medical journal retracts study over fake review, authorship concerns
A journal has retracted a 2015 study about lung cancer after learning the peer-review process had been compromised. The paper was published in March, 2015 — the same month publisher BioMed Central (BMC) pulled 43 papers for fake reviews. According to the retraction notice in the European Journal of Medical Research, the authors’ institution in China […] The post Medical journal retracts study over fake review, authorship concerns appeared first on Retraction Watch.
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*From Jenna Orkin *Wikileaks Reveals Google's "Strategic Plan" To Help Democrats Win The Election, Track Voters Sean Hannity promotes conspiracy theory Clinton was drunk at rally, then claims he didn't mean to do so More Children Are Being Poisoned By Prescription Opioids Multiple English hospitals cancelled hundreds of operations due to a 'major' computer virus Karl Rove: Donald Trump Can’t Win John Podesta's Best Friend At The DOJ Will Be In Charge Of The DOJ's Probe Into Huma Abedin Emails FBI Finds No Links Between Trump And Russia, Probing Manafort Instead "I Feel Like Pablo Es... more »
The Movers And Shakers Are Getting Shook
Our movers and shakers are in denial about the affects of globalization. Jim Stanford writes: The architects of globalization are worried, quite rightly, by both the rhetoric and the reality of recent trade developments. On the rhetorical front, the rise of nationalistic populism -- exemplified by Donald Trump, Brexit, and ascendant hard-right politicians everywhere -- is hammering more nails into the coffin of a trade liberalization agenda that was already moribund. In real economics, meanwhile, the dynamism of world trade was already fading fast, even before the populists came ... more »
The Pentagon Wants $6 Billion More To Fund Its Wars
The Pentagon, headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, taken from an airplane in January 2008. Wikipedia *Bloomberg*: *Pentagon Set to Ask Congress for $6 Billion in Additional Funds* * Funds included to counter Islamic State drones: comptroller * Fiscal 2017 budget amendment to be submitted after election The Pentagon will request about $6 billion more for the current fiscal year to pay for troop increases in Iraq, a slower draw-down of troops from Afghanistan and more intense air operations, according to Pentagon Comptroller Mike McCord. The “budget amendment” al... more »
The U.S. Navy Wants New Submarines
U.S. Navy *Kris Osborn, National Interest*: *The U.S. Navy's New Plan to Build a More Lethal Ballistic Missile Submarine* The Navy's new deal to produce the first 22 missile tubes for it new Columbia-class nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarines comes at time when the service is considering new build strategies for the submarines to address a massive funding shortfall for the top-priority program, Congressional and Navy officials explained. General Dynamics Electric Boat recently received a new $101.3 million contract to build the new U.S.-U.K. Common Missile Compartment for t... more »
Why Would Legislators Want to Know Less Rather than More About Military Stuff?
The joy of blogging is that one can come up with whatever title one wants. An agony of academic publishing is that one cannot do the same for articles published in academic journals. However, getting published is the thing, so I am mighty pleased that the first piece of the Phil/Dave/Steve project on legislatures and […]
The Future of The Democratic Party-- Mike Honda vs Ro Khanna
I don't know which e-mails leaked by Wikileaks are real and which are Russian propaganda, which are doctored or which are actual evidence of something-- like John Podesta's refreshingly healthy interest in extraterrestrial life. The leaked e-mail about the race in CA-17 is very unlikely to be Russian propaganda or in any way tampered with and I left it was just too important to let slip away unremarked on. A little background first, starting with the fact that Blue America has endorsed progressive workhorse Mike Honda and very much rejected slick, conservaDem Ro Khanna. As we've p... more »
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*Singapore teaching of maths IS better: Pupils taught using the technique shot ahead of their peers* Children make more progress in maths when teachers use Singapore-style methods, according to an Oxford study. Researchers found pupils shot ahead of their peers when taught the traditional Asian way, which focuses on mastering core principles as 'building blocks'. The 'mastery' method introduces core concepts, such as times tables, addition and subtraction, gradually until learners are confident. Ideas are broken down into small steps, which means using real life objects to illus... more »
Hillary Clinton - is this the smoking gun?
https://youtu.be/Ij8PH9nDT-o
The Syrian War To Free Itself From The Evil US/Israel/NATO Criminal Cabal: Some Great News - Criminal US Mercenaries Unable To Break Aleppo Siege - Operatives In Aleppo Now Doomed!
*I decided to take yesterday off for a bit of catching up on other projects... Again, I do my best to try to put up articles here daily, but my personal life does take precedence....* Over the last week, we all were aware of the "counter-offensive" launched by the US/Israel bought and paid for mercenaries and murderers called "Al Nusra" in an attempt to break the Syrian government's stranglehold on the last remaining "terrorists" and "rebels" still holed up in eastern Aleppo.... These criminals were armed with the latest US weapons and there indeed was some fear that this attack wou... more »
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*Sir David Attenborough: ‘Shoot’ Donald Trump and Leave Politics to the Experts* *Why not shoot David Attenborough? If he thinks murder is an appropriate solution to political disagreements he should perhaps be careful that someone does not apply that principle to him. Looking at his comments below, it's hard to decide whether Sir David is a Fascist or a CommunistUPDATE: A reader writes: "Such a pubic declaration in USA would land you in Jail and even now it could lead to a warrant for his arrest. A threat on a Presidential candidate is a serious crime" * Sir David Attenborou... more »
(Fine Gold!) Well or Just Rigged? (Catalogue of Clinton Foundation Catastrophes: Demonizing Putin) Police State Arrests Native Americans Blocking Pipeline (How We Know About the American Oligarchy) Sex Monster Trump Easy Target (Secret Role of CIA and U.S. Government in War Hysteria) Dissing the Dark Ages on the Horizon
Donald Trump Is No Outsider; He Mirrors Our Political CultureGeorge Monbiot, the Guardian: Donald Trump is a shallow, mendacious, boorish and extremely dangerous man. But those traits ensure that he is not an outsider, but the perfect representation of his caste - the caste that runs the global economy and governs our politics. He is our system, stripped of its pretenses. Read the Article
Palestinians Demand UK Apology For Balfour Declaration
Palestinians are demanding the UK issue a formal apology and take responsibility for its colonial legacy in Palestine. A campaign to hold the UK responsible for the suffering of Palestinians for almost a century is gaining momentum with the launch of a new parliamentary petition. The state of Israel was created after colonial Britain obliged a Jewish lobby demand for the existence of a Jewish state in the Middle East. The British reasoning might have had something to do with culture and religion or the politics of the time between Germans, British, Ottoman Turks and Arabs. Or it m... more »
What's really happening with public opinion in the USA? Are the opinion polls reflecting reality?
This Zero Hedge post from last week was fascinating and I apologise for not posting it until now. Earlier this morning we wrote about the obvious sampling bias in the latest ABC / Washington Post poll that showed a 12-point national advantage for Hillary. Like many of the recent polls from Reuters, ABC and The Washington Post, this latest poll included a 9-point sampling bias toward registered democrats. "METHODOLOGY – This ABC News poll was conducted by landline and cellular telephone Oct. 20-22, 2016, in English and Spanish, among a random national sample of 874 likely vote... more »
‘Killers having lunch’: The real life Wolves of Wall Street
A London solicitor has begun a legal battle with an online investment company that is accused of scamming people from all over the world. If successful the case could open the floodgates to thousands of claimants who say they have been ripped off by what is known as binary options - a scheme sold as an investment opportunity that in reality is a gamble or straight-up scam. The post ‘Killers having lunch’: The real life Wolves of Wall Street appeared first on The Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
Hillary Clinton and Peter Woit
Peter Woit, a notorious pseudointellectual warrior against modern theoretical physics, has joined several other leftists in the Academia (including Susskind, Tao, Aaronson) and ordered his readers to vote for Hillary Clinton and against Donald Trump. Woit seems less detached from reality than e.g. Terry Tao but the simple-mindedness, emptiness, and evil of his type of argumentation is still shocking. In the first paragraph, he says that we don't live in normal times and the U.S. democracy is in a "disturbing state". To sketch how we wants to fix the "disturbing state", he announce... more »
Reports Suggest Clinton Will Step Down This Week
According to reports, Hillary Clinton is about to drop out of the presidential race after Anonymous release her 33,000 deleted emails this week. According to a post on 4chan, a user-generated imageboard website, Hillary was warned by her superiors that she must now drop out of the race following the simultaneous threat of new leaks by Anonymous, Wikileaks, and Project Veritas. Newsninja2012.com reports: With the threat of a massive blockbuster by Wikileaks and Project Veritas coming this week, get your popcorn ready! Now, Hillary could change her mind, or this could be a hoax als... more »
"The Supreme Court Is Up for Grabs"
*"The Supreme Court Is Up for Grabs"* by Bill Bonner "Is the stock market dead? Nothing is happening there. It is the first of November. The countdown to the elections has begun; the nation seems to hold its breath. Driving up to the state of New York yesterday, we passed through gorgeous fall foliage, counting 11 dead deer beside the road, nine signs for Trump, and zero for Clinton. It was only once we reached Rhinebeck — a retreat for wealthy New Yorkers — that we saw our first Clinton sign. Based on what we saw, admittedly not scientific, we can guess the election’s outcome: The... more »
Insider: FBI Gave Emails To WikiLeaks To Prevent ‘Clinton Coup’
The emails released by WikiLeaks were leaked by brave members of the US intelligence community in an effort to expose Hillary Clinton’s corruption and stop her being elected, according to State Department insider Steve Pieczenik. The Clintons have initiated a “silent coup” in their bid for power, Pieczenik claims, explaining that the White House, judiciary, CIA, FBI, Loretta Lynch and James Comey have all been “co-opted” through political cronyism. But Piecezenik, a State Department veteran who has served in seven administrations, claims there is mutiny within the intelligence com... more »
The Shenandoah Valley Prehistory with Richard Thornton.
The Shenandoah valley should be a natural gold mine for archaeology. This item proves that conjecture. The valley itself is agriculturally rich while also easily defended by settled peoples. What i mean by all that is that access is channeled along the valley bottom and can be easily blocked in the face of invaders. Think Thermopylae.. Better yet, in the face of superior forces you retreat up hill into land you are familiar with and remain a constant threat just out of sight. Think Afghanistan. Thus a rich densely populated valley could evolve here early and it ... more »
Geoengineering – First Order Insanity
I do not care too much because i simply fail to see how they can actually do enough to actually matter. Volcanoes are quite another matter. They can convert a cubic mile of rock into airborne dust. That is ample to create a mess. That is well over ten billion tons. It represents a vast mining operation and not feasible. Thus we are likely dealing with much less and it is likely fly ash. That is still far too little to have any practical effect. It all sounds like pseudoscience hard at work supported by a government boondoggle aimed at keeping someone's air fleet working.... more »
Hollow Earth Comments
Any proposed hollow earth will be a shell that may be several hundred miles thick. The shell produces the gravity and that means that our gravity will match that on the inside of the shell. As well there will be plausibly an opening at the poles that will actually be plugged. It provides a prospective thin zone allowing access tunneling. Astonishingly, Hudson Bay solves several problems for me. The counter pole subsurface does not disprove this notion as well. If the reptilians actually exist, then it appears likely that they reside in an inner Earth rather than in habitats... more »
Flying Dragon Filmed in China?
Now that every eyeball has a camera to hand, we are picking up rare sightings as often as not. This is good news. I have posted a small number of what must be Pterosaur sightings as well as Thunder Bird sightings and a number of other quite different large flying large creatures.' Excellent close sightings all generally show us either a true pterosaur or some other type of flying reptile to which the dragon name could easily be attached. They are always traveling fast and this gives an observer no time to get a good photo. *atch: Flying Dragon Filmed in China?* *http://... more »
You can't believe the ridiculous stuff the Alarmists and the MSM push!!
Researchers at the University of Auckland studied aerial images (pictured) of the islands from 1945 up until 2010 and found that a new island has grown from decimated remains (lin k) Those (non) disappearing Pacific Islands: Björn Lomborg, writing for the Wall Street Journal - Once a year or so, journalists from major news outlets travel to the Marshall Islands, a remote chain of volcanic islands and coral atolls in the Pacific Ocean, to report in panicked tones that the island nation is vanishing because of climate change. Their dispatches are often filled with raw emotion and sugg... more »
Four injured after car mounts pavement in Leicester per BBC News
The BBC carefully report http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-37841829 on an incident in Leicester: 'Four people were injured when a car mounted a pavement and ploughed into a group of pedestrians. A woman was seriously injured in the hit and run in Humberstone Gate, Leicester, shortly before 17:00 GMT, police said. Eyewitnesses told the BBC they saw a car with a smashed windscreen being driven "erratically" after the crash. Others said the car appeared to have been deliberately driven at the group of pedestrians.' A car allegedly deliberately driven at pedestrian... more »
The Podesta Emails Released By Wikileaks Reveals How America Is Run
*Thomas Frank, The Guardian*:* Forget the FBI cache; the Podesta emails show how America is run* WikiLeaks’ dump of messages to and from Clinton’s campaign chief offer an unprecedented view into the workings of the elite, and how it looks after itself The emails currently roiling the US presidential campaign are part of some unknown digital collection amassed by the troublesome Anthony Weiner, but if your purpose is to understand the clique of people who dominate Washington today, the emails that really matter are the ones being slowly released by WikiLeaks from the hacked accoun... more »
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🎥: New video shows Admiral Kuznetsov naval group sailing the Mediterranean Sea. #Russia #Syria pic.twitter.com/ugYPow9sPt — Already Happened (@M3t4_tr0n) November 1, 2016
“Rats Flee For Their Lives From Sinking H.M.S. Clinton”
*“Rats Flee For Their Lives From Sinking H.M.S. Clinton”* by State of the Nation "As the H.M.S. Clinton slowly sinks into the sea, it has precipitated an historic sea change, particularly by the MSM heavyweights. Who could have ever foreseen such a reversal of fortune for Hillary Clinton?All the rats are leaving her political Titanic like their lives depend upon it. That’s because their livelihoods really do depend upon their hasty departure. And they better never look back, if they know what’s good for them. Here are the first two rats to jump ship: *"Democratic Strategist And Cli... more »
Picture Of The Day
*Positioning to Fire * Army pilots maneuver an AH-64D Apache helicopter into the first firing position during an aerial gunnery exercise at Fort Stewart, Ga., Oct. 21, 2016. The pilots are assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment. The exercise was incorporated into the unit’s Light Horse Focus training exercise, which allows aviators to maintain their qualifications while ground support personal expand their readiness. Army photo by Spc. Scott Lindblom
Russians Are Laughing At Western Fears Of A New Cold War
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (L) listens to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry during a news conference at the United Nations Headquarters in Manhattan, New York, December 18, 2015. REUTERS/EDUARDO MUNOZ *WNU Editor*: Yup .... this AP post is spot on .... *Ordinary Russians think Western fears of a new Cold War are 'laughable'* (Nataliya Vasilyeva, Associated Press). But for the Kremlin, the Russian military, and the Russian Foreign office .... they are taking the threat of a new Cold War very seriously.
Hillary Clinton Continues To Push The Story That Trump Has Ties To Putin
It's time for Trump to answer serious questions about his ties to Russia. https://t.co/D8oSmyVAR4 pic.twitter.com/07dRyEmPjX — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 31, 2016 *Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg:* *Clinton Plugs Another Weak Story About Trump’s Ties to Putin* With the polls tightening, and the unexpected announcement that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is still looking into her e-mails, it was perhaps inevitable that Hillary Clinton would strike out at Donald Trump by raising his alleged connection with President Vladimir Putin of Russia. But her latest attack h...more »
Obama Speaks on Dakota Access Pipeline and Says Nothing
While Obama does nothing, Dakota Access Pipeline is desecrating sacred sitesand preparing the drill pad for the final assault on the Missouri River.Drone photos by Myron Dewey, Nov. 2, 2016 Obama breaks his silence on Dakota Access Pipeline, while hearts are broken at Standing Rock By Brenda Norrell Censored News President Obama woke up from his coma on Standing Rock, but he's still
"FBI, NYPD Insiders Leak: Email Scandal About to Take a Sick and Twisted Turn"
"*FBI, NYPD Insiders Leak: * *Email Scandal About to Take a Sick and Twisted Turn"* by AbelDanger "All of the following information was given to us by our insiders who have specific first-hand knowledge of the Hillary Clinton email scandal. It seems that things are about to heat up. We are told that of the 662,871 emails lifted from Anthony Weiner's computer, 11,112 emails are Huma Abedin's-and pay to play– including Saudis and Israelis. Meaning Huma was the one Hillary used to communicate with foreign leaders via email for inside information and deals via Huma's computer. It has ... more »
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*From Jenna Orkin *Wikileaks Reveals Google's "Strategic Plan" To Help Democrats Win The Election, Track Voters Sean Hannity promotes conspiracy theory Clinton was drunk at rally, then claims he didn't mean to do so More Children Are Being Poisoned By Prescription Opioids Multiple English hospitals cancelled hundreds of operations due to a 'major' computer virus Karl Rove: Donald Trump Can’t Win John Podesta's Best Friend At The DOJ Will Be In Charge Of The DOJ's Probe Into Huma Abedin Emails FBI Finds No Links Between Trump And Russia, Probing Manafort Instead "I Feel Like Pablo Es... more »
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*From Jenna Orkin *Wikileaks Reveals Google's "Strategic Plan" To Help Democrats Win The Election, Track Voters Sean Hannity promotes conspiracy theory Clinton was drunk at rally, then claims he didn't mean to do so More Children Are Being Poisoned By Prescription Opioids Multiple English hospitals cancelled hundreds of operations due to a 'major' computer virus Karl Rove: Donald Trump Can’t Win John Podesta's Best Friend At The DOJ Will Be In Charge Of The DOJ's Probe Into Huma Abedin Emails FBI Finds No Links Between Trump And Russia, Probing Manafort Instead "I Feel Like Pablo Es... more »
US Coast Guard Seizes A Narco Sub Laden With $73 Million Worth Of Cocaine
*Business Insider*: *Watch the US Coast Guard seize a narco sub laden with more than 5,600 pounds of cocaine* Crew members of US Coast Guard Cutter Waesche intercepted and boarded a self-propelled semisubmersible, often called a narco submarine, carrying more than 5,600 pounds of cocaine in early September. The Waesche's crew, working with interagency task force patrol aircraft from the US Navy, spotted the narco sub in the Pacific Ocean off the Central American coast, according to a release from the Coast Guard. *Read more* .... *WNU Editor*: That is a lot of drugs being seized.
U.S. Navy Deployed The SBX-1 Radar Ship In September To Monitor North Korean Missile Launches
*Daily Mail*: *The golf war: US launches floating 'golf ball' secret weapon off the coast of North Korea which will direct rockets to shoot down Kim Jong-un's nuclear missiles* * Washington sent X-Band radar from Pearl Harbour to North Korea coast * $900m vessel has similar structure to oil rig but with a huge radar on top * The station is capable of directing rockets to intercept enemy missiles * Comes weeks after North Korea celebrated its fifth nuclear missile test The US has launched a secret weapon shaped like a floating 'golf ball' as part of moves to counter the nuclear threat... more »
Is Chinese President Xi Now The Country's 'Supreme Leader'
Chinese President Xi Jinping. Daily Mail *Kerry Brown, Foreign Policy*:* Is China One Step Closer to Having a Supreme Leader?* The coalescing of power around Xi Jinping is something we haven’t seen for over 30 years. In a Beijing hotel last week, a few hundred men — and a few women — met to debate the rules that govern the world’s most powerful political party. The Chinese Communist Party’s annual plenum, like everything else about the party’s leadership, is tightly sealed; all that’s revealed to outsiders is the announcements afterward, not the squabbles and intrigues during the ... more »
Musical Interlude: Afshin, “Prayer of Change”
Afshin, “Prayer of Change” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75SGQ65QhaU
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka, are the bright bluish stars from east to west (lower right to upper left) along the diagonal in this gorgeous cosmic vista. Otherwise known as the Belt of Orion, these three blue supergiant stars are hotter and much more massive than the Sun. They lie about 1,500 light-years away, born of Orion's well-studied interstellar clouds. *Click image for larger size.* In fact, clouds of gas and dust adrift in this region have intriguing and some surprisingly familiar shapes, including the dark Horsehead Nebula and Flame Nebula near Alnitak at the lower right. T... more »
The Poet: Kuroda Saburo"I Am Completely Different"
*"I Am Completely Different"* "I am completely different. Though I am wearing the same tie as yesterday, am as poor as yesterday, as good for nothing as yesterday, today I am completely different. Though I am wearing the same clothes, am as drunk as yesterday, living as clumsily as yesterday, nevertheless today I am completely different. Ah... I patiently close my eyes on all the grins and smirks, on all the twisted smiles and horse laughs- and glimpse then, inside me one beautiful white butterfly fluttering towards tomorrow." - Kuroda Saburo
Two Progressive Candidates We Need To Talk More About-- One In Ohio And One In North Dakota
Let's start with a guest post from Janet Garrett, a progressive retired school teacher taking on far right extremist Jim Jordan in Ohio's very gerrymandered deep red 4th district, carefully drawn to avoid "the contagion" of Cleveland, Dayton, Columbus and Toledo. Most of the voters live in Lorain (the most Democratic county in the district, where Janet is way ahead), Allen, Sandusky, Union, Shelby and Auglaize counties. I asked Janet to write a brief issue-oriented compare and contrast guest post that explains how replacing Jordan with her would impact that contentious battle over... more »
Ionizing Radiation and Our Neural System
I am frantically busy right now so I don't have time to integrate these articles into a coherent essay so I'll simply post excerpts: ARTICLE 1: Science Daily Reviews Research on Ionizing Radiation and Alzheimer's The first article is a discussion published in *Science Daily* discussing research findings linking exposure to ionizing radiation to Alzheimer's Syndrome (Hat Tip: Thank you John for this article): University of Southern Denmark. "Concern that radiation may contribute to development of Alzheimer's." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 27 October 2016. www.sciencedaily.com/relea...more »
Celebrate the Warrior Spirit: October 27, 2016 Photos by Rob Wilson
An Officer smiling as he sprays Warrior Women with OC Spray. Photo by Rob Wilson Photography . Riot Police moving into the North Camp - this one brandishing both a taser and OC spray. Photo byRob Wilson Photography Add caption . The Riot Police moving in on the Water Protectors on highway 1806. Photo by Rob Wilson Photography. Riot Police firing tasers, OC Spray, bean bags and
Chet Raymo, “November Bloomer”
* “November Bloomer”* by Chet Raymo “A spray of gold against a grey November sky! It's the witch hazel, that most untypical tree, bursting riotously into bloom when everything else is closing down, thumbing its nose at impending winter. None of my botanical handbooks explain why the witch hazel blooms in October and November, even as its leaves are falling to the ground. Where are the insects that will pollinate the blossoms? Donald Stokes, who has written a wonderful book on wild shrubs and vines, tells of watching witch hazel in bloom and seeing no visitors but ants. Thoreau rec... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
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"Biggest Election Fraud In History Discovered In The United States"
*"Biggest Election Fraud In History Discovered In The United States"* by Jon Rappoport "Okay. She finally did it. On Monday, Bev Harris (blackboxvoting.org), the great investigator of vote fraud, appeared on the Alex Jones show and laid it all out. The GEMS vote-fraud system, “fraction magic,” the way the vote is being stolen. Not just in theory, but in fact. Listen to the whole interview and get the word out. Bev’s findings are staggering. Below the video is the original piece I did on this earlier this month. A]mazingly, the vote-rigging system it describes has not gotten widespr... more »
Sphere Alliance Message #214 SSP Craft burns up over Japan
Terran to Denice: Can you ask Stan X about the fireball in Japan? Stan X: *DEAR ONE/TERRAN. THERE ARE A FEW MINOR INCIDENTS. ANOMALYS. AND MALFUNCTIONS OF THE DISUNITY EQUIPMENT. THIS APPEARS TO BE EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION. FORMER SSP HIDDEN TECHNOLOGY. DATA COLLECTORS. STAN.X. END.* Terran: Is the malfunction because of the changing earth frequencies? Stan X: *DEAR ONE/TERRAN. THE NEW FREQUENCIES APPEAR TO BE THE CAUSE. THE FREQUENCIES ARE CHANGING RAPIDLY. AND WITH EVERY VISIBLE "SCENE". THE FREQUENCIES APPEAR TO CHANGE EVEN FASTER. DATA COLLECTORS. STAN.X. END.* This image broug... more »
Tens Of Millions Of Dollars Are Gushing Into A Few Dozen Congressional Districts
Huge amounts of money is being spent between today and next Tuesday in hot congressional races, much of it on negative TV ads, negative TV ads that tend to cancel themselves out and have a net impact of zero. (It's a massive waste of money that serves only one purpose: making insider operatives incredibly wealthy.) Below are the dozen races where the DCCC and Pelosi's House Majority PAC on one end, and the NRCC and Ryan's House Leadership PAC on the other end, have been spending the most aggressively. This is what had been spent as of yesterday, not what will be spent going forwa... more »
"We Hope, More Than Anything..."
"We live our lives, do whatever we do, and then we sleep - it's as simple and ordinary as that. A few jump out of windows or drown themselves or take pills; more die by accident; and most of us, the vast majority, are slowly devoured by some disease or, if we're very fortunate, by time itself. There's just this for consolation: an hour here or there when our lives seem, against all odds and expectations, to burst open and give us everything we've ever imagined, though everyone but children (and perhaps even they) knows these hours will inevitably be followed by others, far darker a... more »
The Only Way to Save the World is to Save Yourself
*Gary ‘Z’ McGee* - Are you for freedom, life, cooperation, and love; or are you for statism, profit, divisiveness, and violence? The post The Only Way to Save the World is to Save Yourself appeared first on Waking Times.
Kenyan Doctor Feared UN Promoted Vaccine Was ‘A Mass Sterilization Exercise’
*Christina Sarich* - Causing infertility among desired populations has long been a tactic of eugenicists. The post Kenyan Doctor Feared UN Promoted Vaccine Was ‘A Mass Sterilization Exercise’ appeared first on Waking Times.
100 celebrities are wrong. Save the elephants ... by owning them
*100 “leading” conservationists, politicians, and celebrities just addressed an open letter to the UK government begging for a ban on ivory trade. If they wanted a better way to produce an Al Capone of the ivory trade, argues Bill Wirtz in this guest post, they couldn’t do better. [Your editor apologises in advance for the frequent use of the word ‘incentivise.’ – *Ed.*]* 100 leading conservationists, politicians, and celebrities addressed an open letter to Theresa May’s Government asking for a ban on ivory trade. They want the UK to become a “global leader” on the prohibition ... more »
Cunliffe: Neither good nor effective
The theme building around David Cunliffe’s departure is that he was a disaster as a leader, unpopular with caucus and colleagues, a fake and a phony – all true – but despite that, say the eulogists, he was still a brilliant man who did wonders for telecommunications*. Bullshit. His knowledge of history, economics and much else was bunk. (See here, here, here, and here for instances.) And it was always his set-piece speeches that bore the least connection to either reality or humility. (Here, here and here.) And what he did to telecommunications and property rights was disastro... more »
US Officials Believe North Korea Is Preparing A Missile Test
*Reuters*:* U.S. officials say North Korea preparing missile launch - report* North Korea is preparing to launch an intermediate-range ballistic missile in the next three days, Fox Business Network reported on Tuesday, citing two unidentified U.S. officials. The communist nation planned the launch for between 24 and 72 hours, the cable network reported. It would be the latest in a series of launches by the isolated country this year in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions, supported by China, that ban all ballistic missile-related activities by the North. North Korea, ... more »
The Lioness of Pleasantville, Patti Bacchus
*Written by Grant G* *Lemaire to Cournoyer back to Lapointe, he shoots, he scores and the crowd goes wild.......* Krinkling maple leaves glimmering in gold while other leaves penetrate our vision with a brilliant sockeye red, hockey season starts, schools are in session and the season of change, of renewal, Fall is upon us and nothing is more Canadian than that... Streets full of boys stickhandling through life, eraser hockey dominating school hallways at recess, children at play, the child's dream, boys wanting to play for the Stanley Cup and girls being groomed for marriag... more »
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 1, 2016
*Aaron David Miller and Richard Sokolsky, Politico:* *Memo to the Next President: Avoid the ‘Vision Thing’ in the Mideast* America has made too many promises there and must pare down its involvement to a minimum, say two long-time State Department Officials The U.S. Constitution talks about creating a more perfect Union, not a more perfect world. When, as a country, are we going to remember that? For decades now America has been trapped in a Middle East it cannot transform nor leave, and where bold ambitions and transformational visions more often than not go to die That calls for ... more »
Anonymous Exposes Huma & Hillary Link To 9/11
Anonymous has released a video that incriminates Hillary Clinton’s top aide Huma Abedin for having ties to terrorists who funded the 9/11 attacks. USA News Flash reports: The hacktivist group known as Anonymous presents evidence in the video below that incriminates Hillary Clinton’s top aide, Huma Abedin for having deep ties to the terrorists who funded the 9/11 tragedy. Hillary Clinton’s political career has been shrouded in lies,conspiracies and crimes that her and Bill have always managed to get out, unscathed. Well, no more! The terrorists who funded 9/11 also donated very gen... more »
Google’s Power To Control Elections Is A Threat To Democracy
An American psychologist says that Google‘s search algorithm has the power to influence elections and is therefore a “threat to democracy.” Professor Robert Epstein says people’s trust in “unbiased” internet search giant Google is so much that they allow it to influence their decision. Up to 10 million undecided voters could end up favouring Hillary Clinton for president after using the search engine. Following years of research, professor Epstein claims: “Google has power to control elections, can shift millions of votes to Clinton.” RT.com reports: Despite being a supporter of t... more »
Momentum's Double Vision
Hahaha, look at the Momentum Trot rabble. Jeremy Corbyn was re-elected five minutes ago, and they're fighting like ferrets in a sack. That sentiment, if not very similar words, have found themselves tweeted and shared over social media in recent days. As details emerged of division in Momentum over procedural matters, you might be forgiven for thinking hay-making detractors couldn't care less about such things. Like whether a sitting leader should be on a leadership ballot paper. Or fuss the appointment of an loyalist shadcab NEC member to the party's executive body so it more refl... more »
World News Briefs -- November 1, 2016
*The Guardian*: *Iraqi troops enter Mosul for first time since 2014* Battle for Isis’s last major urban stronghold will be toughest test yet, with coalition forces facing prospect of street fighting and heavily mined terrain Iraqi forces have entered Mosul for the first time since 2014, a milestone in the effort to reclaim the city that heralds a fierce urban battle in the weeks ahead. Baghdad said its elite troops had breached the eastern suburbs of Islamic State’s last major urban stronghold in Iraq, creating a toe-hold in the Jdeidet al-Mufti neighbourhood after two weeks of c... more »
Economic News , Data & Views ........ November 1 , 2016......Quick Hits For Tuesday 1) US Markets & Market Moving News : US Stocks Continue Their Slump , Oil Off Slightly , Gold Catches Strong Bid , Two Year Yield Falls To Low On October 24th ; Coming Data From Asia Overnight ; Europe Stocks In the Red On Moderate Risk Off Day , Asia Buoyant Monday. 2) Election Update : Trump Makes Headway Over Past Week Against HRC As Trump Campaign Has Out-Performed HRC Campaign Heading Into Stretch Run ; Updates Touching On FBI/DoJ Investigation Of Huma Abedin Emails ; State Of Play Today. 3) Around The Horn In Europe - Greece , Italy , Germany , EU Politics , UK , Refugee Items De Jour. 4) Odds & Ends From MENA - Libya , Saudi Arabia , Iraq
Markets & Market Moving News.... *ForexLive* @ForexLive 2h 2 hours ago Economic data due from Asia today *fred walton* @fredwalton216 2h 2 hours ago fred walton Retweeted zerohedge Stocks taking notice of state of play in Election 2016 ? fred walton added, *zerohedge* @zerohedge Stocks Slammed To Longest Losing Streak Since Aug 2015 Crash http://www. zerohedge.com/news/2016-11-0 1/stocks-slammed-longest-losing-streak-aug-2015-crash … **Walter Bloomberg* @DeItaOne 2h 2 hours ago DOW JONES UNOFFICIALLY CLOSES DOWN 105.12 POINTS, OR 0.58 PERCENT, AT 18,037.30 ...more »
Blog stats for October ‘16
You can tell it’s already November because they’re playing Christmas songs in the shops down in Dominion Rd below my office. So horrifying as that is, it reminds me it’s time to post my October blog stats before I spend too much time celebrating Slient T’s retirement. Here’s the broad overview: [image: Stats-Oct] I started posted my blog stats here again a few months ago because a few donors were asking. (How do you become a donor? A question that deserves an answer: So here’s your PayPal link.) Now just above is what Google says my stats are for last month, whose stats system... more »
Fumigating this blog from TrumClinton
Okay, I think I've had enough. I’ve had enough of reading or writing about the American election and the vermin who stand in it, and write about it. It was an important election. America is at a crossroads economically, morally, militarily, fiscally, politically – yet neither commentariat nor candidate cares, or can articulate a way to *actually *make America great again. It's been a long, long, long time since anyone wanted to talk about policy -- all they want to talk about is the candidates' character. And yet the only candidate who actually *has* good character is the only... more »
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