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The Pentagon Wants $500 Million More To Finish F-35 Development
Courtesy of Lockheed Martin *Bloomberg*: *The Lockheed F-35 Needs Another Half Billion Dollars* * Pentagon officials says funds to be requested in next budget * Testing director ‘very strongly’ urges restructuring program The Pentagon will need as much as $530 million extra to finish the development phase for Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35, the most expensive U.S. weapons system ever, defense officials said. The F-35 program office made the request for more money to complete development, which is supposed to be in its last stretch after 15 years, during a closed-door review last mont... more »
Picture Of The Day
Tribal fighters walk as fire and smoke rises from oil wells, set ablaze by Islamic State militants in the oil-producing region of Qayyara, Iraq. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani
Iran Threatens To Shelve The Nuclear Deal (Again)
Brigadier General Hossein Salami, the second-in-command of the Islamic Revolution Guards. Press TV *Foreign Desk*:* Iran threatens to shelve nuclear deal at “museum” if U.S. is non-compliant: Government official* A lieutenant commander within Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps is celebrating the 37th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran by threatening that if the United States does not keep its end of the nuclear deal, Iran will render the deal void, or “send the deal to (the) Museum,” according to Iranian media sources. "The Iranian nation is bound to its nuclear com... more »
Canadian Military Investigate Mysterious Humming Noise In Arctic
Canada are to deploy their military to the arctic to investigate a mysterious sound that appears to be coming from the sea floor. According to locals, a strange humming noise has been heard throughout the summer, scaring nearly all the animals away in Fury and Hecla Strait. Cbc.ca reports: “That’s one of the major hunting areas in the summer and winter because it’s a polynya,” an area of open water surrounded by ice that’s abundant with sea mammals, he said. “And this time around, this summer, there were hardly any. And this became a suspicious thing.” The noise is “emanating fro... more »
There's Even Good News For Hillary And The Democrats In A Red Hellhole Like Idaho
Idaho is one of the reddest-- and whitest-- states in the country. In 2008, Obama won just 36.09% of the votes there. Only Utah, Oklahoma and Wyoming gave him less support. In 2012 Obama's vote in Idaho fell to 32.62%, lower than Oklahoma's and beaten out in the race for the bottom just by Wyoming and Utah. The state's whole congressional delegation is Republican, as are all the statewide elected officials. Only 7 out of 35 state senators are Democrats and of the 70 members of the state House, only 14 are Democrats. In some of the more neo-Nazi counties, Obama had his lowest suppor... more »
"Coming Soon!"
*"Coming Soon!"* by Newsroom "The exposure of a PEDOPHILE RING operating inside the Democratic National Committee, The Hillary Clinton Campaign and, sadly, being utilized by hundreds of elected officials and their staff in the federal government. The image above lists the "code words" utilized and the actual meaning of such code words. More details will be made available at this same story link late on Friday, November 4. Check Back." - https://www.superstation95.com/index.php/world/2379
The Economy: "The Fed’s ‘Hothouse’ Is in Danger"
*"The Fed’s ‘Hothouse’ Is in Danger"* by Bill Bonner "It is a beautiful autumnal day here in upstate New York. The trees are red, brown, and yellow. Squirrels hop across the lawn, collecting their nuts. Unseasonably warm the last few days, rain showers are moving in from across the Hudson, driven by a chilly wind. But today, we talk about money. After all, that’s our beat here at the Diary. Money. Money. Money. *$8 trillion transfer: *We’ve seen how the feds created fake money after ditching the Bretton Woods gold-backed money system in 1971. And we’ve seen how this fake money perv... more »
Is This The Beginning Of A Peace Process Between The Philippine Government And Muslim Rebels?
Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) leader Nur Misuari (l.) shook hands with Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Jesus Dureza, after a court suspended a warrant for Misuari's arrest, at Jolo, in the southern Philippines, Thursday. Reuters *Reuters*: *Philippine president meets rebel leader after arrest warrant lifted* Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte held talks with a wanted Muslim rebel leader at the presidential palace on Thursday, immediately after a court suspended a warrant for his arrest, in an effort to bolster his nationwide peace process. Nur Misuari had been... more »
Shelby Knowles : METRO | Pulling the rug on the Rundberg promise
Funding has dried up for an ambitious community policing program that has been a huge success. By Shelby Knowles | The Rag Blog | November 4, 2016 AUSTIN — Austin cop Taber White enters a gas station on the corner … finish reading Shelby Knowles : *METRO* | Pulling the rug on the Rundberg promise
Iran Marks The 1979 Anniversary Of The US Embassy Takeover In Tehran
*L.A. Times*:* Iranians bask in anti-American feeling on anniversary of 1979 U.S. embassy takeover* In an annual rite of anti-Americanism in Iran, thousands gathered Thursday at the site of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran to mark the anniversary of its takeover by student activists in 1979. The demonstrators brought by buses to the former embassy complex included young and old, university students, military staff and employees of state-run companies who voiced opposition to the nuclear deal Iran signed with the United States and world powers. *Read more* .... *Update #1*: Iran...more »
Musical Interlude: Deuter, “Black Velvet Flirt”
Deuter, “Black Velvet Flirt” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qWFCocIfXI
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Shiny NGC 253 is one of the brightest spiral galaxies visible, and also one of the dustiest. Some call it the Silver Dollar Galaxy for its appearance in small telescopes, or just the Sculptor Galaxy for its location within the boundaries of the southern constellation Sculptor. First swept up in 1783 by mathematician and astronomer Caroline Herschel, the dusty island universe lies a mere 10 million light-years away. *Click image for larger size.* About 70 thousand light-years across, NGC 253 is the largest member of the Sculptor Group of Galaxies, the nearest to our own Local Group o... more »
"Two Roads..."
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I– I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." - Robert Frost
RPG Review: Golden Age Champions (1994)
The version of *Golden Age Champions *that I have dates back to 1994 and was published by Iron Crown Enterprises for the 4th edition of the *Champions *RPG. The first 30 pages deal with the campaign premise. It discusses possible campaign lenses such as a more *Dark Champions *campaign (with characters more like the Spider, the Phantom, etc.), super-patriotic games, and something in-between. It gives a brief history of the Golden Age of comic books, different types of package deals for characters of the period, a discussion of draft deferments for those characters who will not be ... more »
"What Is In Lak'ech Ala K'in?"
*"What Is In Lak'ech Ala K'in?"* by Aluna Joy Yaxkin "In Mayan tradition, there is a greeting that many people working with Mayan wisdom know of. It is the law of In Lak'ech Ala K'in, which means I am another yourself (A modern day interpretation). It also means I am you, and you are me (A traditional Mayan interpretation). We have come to understand that this Mayan greeting is an honoring for each other. It is a statement of unity and oneness. In Lak'ech Ala K'in mirrors the same sentiment of other beautiful greetings such as Namaste for East India, Wiracocha for the Inca, and Mit... more »
"The Fate of Psychopathic Eskimos"
*"The Fate of Psychopathic Eskimos"* by Duckman "An issue of the New Yorker Magazine featured a very interesting article about psychopathology. A psychopath (sometimes also called a sociopath) is a person without a conscience- one who lies, cheats, steals and in some cases rapes and murders without compunction. It is estimated that about 6% of the people are psychopaths, though degree of psychopathology is thought to vary among individuals. Being a psychopath is not a form of mental illness, since such people are in fact not delusional or cognitively impaired in the usual sense. Wh...more »
“Why Brainy Tail-wagging Dogs Can Teach Aloof Cats A Thing Or Two”
“*Why Brainy Tail-wagging Dogs Can Teach * *Aloof Cats A Thing Or Two”* by The Daily Mail “Looking down on the world- and especially those tail-wagging dimwits known as dogs- may seem like the natural order of things for cats. No longer. Scientists now say pet dogs are smarter than their feline counterparts. The reason, they claim, is that dogs evolved bigger brains because friendly, social mammals need more grey matter than solitary, aloof ones. The findings, which are bound to divide pet owners around the world, come from a study into the brain size of more than 500 species of liv... more »
Prayers Unanswered
Yes we prayed Down on our knees but god was far too busy with those petitioning for the Chicago Cubs to finally win a World Series. The good lord has priorities to keep. Ever see how many ballplayers point to the heavens before stepping into the batters box these days? So our deep concerns about the condition of democracy in Amerika, now drowned in corporate cash and Clintonian corruption, must wait for another day. God is just too busy. The lord sent down a message from on high saying, "You all deal with it. I thought you were the exceptional nation?" So we are left to the 'will of t... more »
Wikileaks Continues To Claim That The Russians Are Not The Source Of Their DNC/Podesta Email Leaks
*RT:** Assange: WikiLeaks did not receive Clinton emails from Russian govt * In a John Pilger Special, to be exclusively broadcast by RT on Saturday courtesy of Dartmouth Films, whistleblower Julian Assange categorically denied that the troves of US Democratic Party and Clinton work and staff emails released this year have come from the Russian government. “The Clinton camp has been able to project a neo-McCarthyist hysteria that Russia is responsible for everything. Hillary Clinton has stated multiple times, falsely, that 17 US intelligence agencies had assessed that Russia was t... more »
Toppling A Powerful GOP Chairman-- Not Part Of The DCCC Game Plan... But Thanks To Trump, It Could Happen
The DCCC never goes after powerful GOP chairmen and the DCCC never looks outside the box towards districts to expand the electoral map, unless, that is, its to promote a shill from the Republican wing of the Democratic Party (a New Dem or Blue Dog). But early in the cycle Blue America saw a shot for dedicated Berniecrat, Tom Wakely running against Lamar Smith in TX-21. Smith is a typical bozo science-denier but his position as the chairman of the House Science Committee makes that position dangerous for the whole country-- like when he told people in the Rio Grande Valley to keep ... more »
Terrorizing Charges Dropped Against NODAPL Water Protectors
Photo copyright by photographer By Camp of the Sacred Stone Censored News CANNON BALL, North Dakota -- Last month, spirit rider Mason Redwing was charged with felony reckless endangerment of law enforcement and a felony count of terrorizing law enforcement after he allegedly rode his horse towards a police line. On Tuesday, Judge Romanick found no probable cause and dismissed all
Sorry, have we met? Adventures in face blindness
Have we met? You look familiar The New Yorker ran a fascinating story about “super-recognizers,” focusing on a small Scotland Yard team whose skills let them identify suspects among hundreds of faces in the murkiest surveillance videos. And it included a link to the Cambridge Face Memory Test, one of the tools used to assess officers’ ability to recognize faces. The test is about 20 minutes. At the end, you get your result, and this message. “The average score on this test is around 80 per cent correct responses for adult participants. A score of 60 per cent or below may indicate f... more »
US Fighter Jet ‘Accidentally’ Drops Bombs On Michigan
A US military aircraft “accidentally” dropped a number of training bombs and a missile over the state of Michigan. According to 0fficials, a mechanical failure is believed to have caused the release of six training bombs and a training missile from a military plane over Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula. The website Military.com reported that the incident happened on October 25, when aircraft belonging to the Air National Guard, took off from Selfridge Base near Detroit and lost the bombs on its way to the Camp Grayling training center. Press TV reports: The munitions, including... more »
Max Ehrmann, "A Prayer"
"A Prayer" "Let me do my work each day; and if the darkened hours of despair overcome me, may I not forget the strength that comforted me in the desolation of other times. May I still remember the bright hours that found me walking over the silent hills of my childhood, or dreaming on the margin of a quiet river, when a light glowed within me, and I promised my early God to have courage amid the tempests of the changing years. Spare me from bitterness and from the sharp passions of unguarded moments. May I not forget that poverty and riches are of the spirit. Though the world knows me n...more »
FBI Believes That There Is A 99 Percent Chance That Up To Five Foreign Intel Agencies Breached Clinton`s Server
*FOX News:* *Sources: 99 percent chance foreign intel agencies breached Clinton server* Authorities now believe there is about a 99 percent chance that up to five foreign intelligence agencies may have accessed and taken emails from Hillary Clinton’s private server, two separate sources with intimate knowledge of the FBI investigations told Fox News. The revelation led House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul to describe Clinton’s handling of her email system during her tenure as secretary of state as “treason.” “She exposed [information] to our enemies,” McCaul ... more »
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The Universe
“Next time you feel fear, either right after a major decision or just before one, it usually means you're exactly where you need to be.” "Nice," The Universe “Thoughts become things... choose the good ones!” - www.tut.com
"Conscious Decisions: Going Against What Is Popular"
*"Conscious Decisions: Going Against What Is Popular"* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOm "Because an idea or way of doing things is popular doesn’t mean it’s right for everyone. Just because an idea or way of doing things is popular doesn’t mean it’s right for everyone. However, part of the way that something becomes popular is that many of us don’t take the time to determine what’s right for us; we simply do what most of the people we know are doing. In this way, our decisions about life are made by default, which means they aren’t what we call conscious decisions. There may be many o... more »
"We Deny..."
"We deny that we're tired, we deny that we're scared, we deny how badly we want to succeed. And most importantly, we deny that we're in denial. We only see what we want to see and believe what we want to believe, and it works. We lie to ourselves so much that after a while the lies start to seem like the truth. We deny so much that we can't recognize the truth right in front of our faces." - "Dr. Meredith Grey," "Grey's Anatomy"
Friday Morning Ramble, 4 Nov
[image: FreeMarket] “Auckland ratepayers will be the losers here.” *Good and bad news on the Parker fight* – Paul Walker, ANTI DISMAL Oh, FFS! *Gareth Morgan has announced he is starting a new political party* – RNZ “There are a lot of lessons there that New Zealand might have found useful in 2010 and in the aftermath of 2011.” *Disaster recovery is local* – Eric Crampton, OFFSETTING BEHAVIOUR For America, also read New Zealand. “Zoning laws are making homeownership unaffordable. The biggest barriers to reforming land-use regulation are the vested interests preventing such re... more »
Some questions for Efeso Collins
New councillor Efeso Collins has managed to hog the news for two days now with his story that an usher refusing his family admission to VIP seating at his swearing in must be, has to be, “racial discrimination.” He has “no doubt as to what happened to his Samoan relatives,” he says. *The fact that we don't look 'normal', and that's the problem - too many people offering the suggestion, which is essentially racially discriminatory, that brown people don't belong there … disgusted when he learned later of the episode … break down racial preconceptions … cultural competency pro... more »
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 3, 2016
Islamist Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra members pose on a tank in northern Idlib province(Reuters) *Colin Clarke, Cipher Brief:* *Al-Nusra: Stronger than Ever* Three months after its “split” from al Qaeda, which in reality is simply a feint, Jabhat Fateh al Sham (JFS), formerly known as Jabhat al Nusra, may pose a more significant long-term threat to the West than the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). While the West targets ISIS, JFS is quietly laying the groundwork for al Qaeda’s resurgence by “hunkering down,” rebuilding, and repositioning itself along several fronts. ... more »
The Clinton FBI Investigation Just Got Real
The FBI is now “actively and aggressively” probing into Clinton Foundation corruption. The Clinton campaign is going down. The FBI seems to be sick of the DoJ’s favoritism. Two separate sources have told Fox News about serious new breaks in the investigation. The fact that this is being reported on an MSM site is huge. Bigger than huge. E-freaking-normous. Watch this video and try to keep from jumping up and down with excitement. Did you catch that? The laptops that everyone THOUGHT the FBI destroyed were NOT, in fact, destroyed. Anyone who is caught lying has voided their immunity... more »
FBI: We’re Ready To Indict Hillary Clinton
The FBI have said there is a 90% chance that Hillary Clinton will be indicted within days, as evidence of a Washington pedophile ring involving the Clinton Foundation emerges. Multiple reports of FBI agents speaking to major media outlets over the last 24 hours since the child sex scandal broke say that the department is “actively and aggressively” pursuing the Clintons in five separate probes. A deep hatred of Hillary Clinton exists within the FBI, multiple bureau agents told the Guardian. Agents explained that Clinton is considered “the antichrist” within the department, and a ... more »
Lawsuits In 4 States Accuse Trump & GOP Of Voter Intimidation
According to four newly filed lawsuits in Arizona, Nevada, Ohio and Pennsylvania, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump and the Republican Party are conspiring to intimidate and suppress minority voters. The Daily Sheeple reports: Documents filed cite the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, which prohibit the intimidation and suppression of minority voters. The GOP, Trump and Roger Stone are accused of “conspiring to threaten, intimidate, and thereby prevent minority voters in urban neighborhoods from voting in the 2016 election.” Democrats are asking co... more »
Economic News , Data & Views........ Thursday November 3 , 2016 ....... Quick Hits 1) Markets & Market Moving News : Economic Data For Asia - Friday Morning ; US Stocks Losing Streak Continues For 8th Day ; Europe Indexes Off Once Again ; October Non Farm Payroll Report Preview. 2) Us President Contest Updates : National Polling ; News De Jour. 3) Around The horn For Europe - Greece , Italy Germany , Uk News & Data. 4) Odds & Ends
Markets....... *ForexLive* @ForexLive 33m 33 minutes ago Japan Nikkei PMI for October: Services 50.5 (prior 48.2), Composite 51.3 (48.9) *ForexLive* @ForexLive 40m 40 minutes ago Australia - Retail sales for September, +0.6% m/m (expected +0.4%) *ForexLive* @ForexLive 2h 2 hours ago Economic data due from Asia today - also BoE and BoC speakers *ForexLive* @ForexLive 2h 2 hours ago US major indices down for the 8th consecutive day **Walter Bloomberg* @DeItaOne 2h 2 hours ago DOW JONES UNOFFICIALLY CLOSES DOWN 26.98 POINTS, OR 0.15 PERCENT... more »
British High Court Puts The Brakes On Brexit
British Prime Minister Theresa May’s plans for triggering Brexit were plunged into chaos on Thursday by a sensational High Court judgment that says she cannot bypass Parliament. The UK government lost its case for making the sole call on triggering Article 50, which is the formal process to begin negotiations to leave the European Union. Three senior judges ruled that Theresa May does not have the power to use the royal prerogative and trigger Article 50 without prior authority of Parliament. A Government spokesman said the PM and her ministers were “disappointed” with the judgeme... more »
World News Briefs -- November 3, 2016 (Evening Edition)
FBI Director James Comey answers a question from a reporter during a recent press conference. Reuters/Brian Snyder *Reuters:** FBI fear of leaks drove decision on emails linked to Clinton: sources* FBI Director James Comey was driven in part by a fear of leaks from within his agency when he decided to tell Congress the FBI was investigating newly discovered emails related to Hillary Clinton, law enforcement sources said on Thursday. The examination of the email traffic is now being carried out under the tightest secrecy by a team at Federal Bureau of Investigations headquarters ... more »
Breaking Child Sex Scandal via Weiner’s Laptop the Smoking Gun That Will Bring down the Clintons
More details are surfacing by the hour implicating the Clinton’s connection to an international child sex ring based on what’s stored on Anthony Weiner’s now infamous laptop computer. It will be certain to bring down the Clinton crime syndicate crashing to the ground as the biggest political corruption and debauchery scandal in United States history, throwing the 2016 presidential election into a tailspin with Election Day just a few days away. If it fails to remove Hillary from next Tuesday’s ballot, it will be certain to cause her to lose the election by a popular vote landsli... more »
X-Zone Broadcast Network - Former Blue Book Officer, Carmon Marano
Carmon Marano This week I had the opportunity of interview former Air Force officer Carmon Marano who had been on the staff of Project Blue Book. How do I know? First, Ben Moss sent me a picture that showed the Blue Book Staff and he is the lieutenant standing, more or less, behind Hector Quintanilla. Second, in reviewing the UFO sightings from Minot Air Force Base in 1968 I found a number of memos for the record that he had written. Finally, of course, he said exactly that and unlike so many others who have said they were part of Blue Book, we can actually prove it with him. You ca... more »
“Civil War II- Fourth Turning Intensifying, Part I”
*“Civil War II- Fourth Turning Intensifying, Part I”* by James Quinn “History offers even more sobering warnings: Armed confrontation usually occurs around the climax of Crisis. If there is confrontation, it is likely to lead to war. This could be any kind of war– class war, sectional war, war against global anarchists or terrorists, or superpower war. If there is war, it is likely to culminate in total war, fought until the losing side has been rendered nil– its will broken, territory taken, and leaders captured.” – "The Fourth Turning" – Strauss & Howe, 1997 As we enter the final... more »
Former Top Israeli Intelligence Chief: Iran Commands A Force Of Around 25,000 Shi'ite Muslim Fighters In Syria
Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, seen in blue suit, is the commander of Iran’s elite Quds force ( the foreign division of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps ). Soleimani’s presence in Syria is an indicator of how serious Iran’s involvement in the civil war is. Ya Liban *Reuters:* *Iran commands 25,000 Shi'ite fighters in Syria: Israeli official* Iran now commands a force of around 25,000 Shi'ite Muslim militants in Syria, mostly made up of recruits from Afghanistan and Pakistan, the former head of Israel's domestic intelligence agency has told a visiting Swiss delegation. Avi D... more »
Richard Burr Strengthens The Case For Defeating Every Republican Up And Down The Ticket
Yesterday, speaking to a fringe right-wing radio show, John Cornyn, McConnell's #2 in the Senate said Republicans in Congress will continue "investigating" Clinton if she's elected. GOP dunce Ron Johnson is already talking about impeaching Hillary Clinton. In the last couple of days, North Carolina dim bulb Richard Burr joined Ted Cruz and John McCain saying they would block *any* Supreme Court nominees from a Democratic president. Yesterday *Politico* started the day with a report from Rachel Bade about how congressional Republicans are planning to tie government up in endless in... more »
Madeleine Albright Compares Russian Media To ISIS Propaganda
Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright seems to be clear that Russia is behind the sensitive leaks from the Democratic National Committee email accounts published by WikiLeaks and for that reason wants to censor the internet. In an article published Thursday, Albright proposed taking on what she said was “anti-democratic trolling” by Russian media such as TV broadcaster Russia Today and Sputnik news agency, the same way that Washington dealt with Islamist propaganda. News outlets like RT and Sputnik are spreading misinformation and lies, she said, and the United States mus... more »
Former UK Govt Science Chief Warned Of MMR Vaccine-Autism Link
The former chief scientific officer for Britain’s Department of Health says his former employer is guilty of “utterly inexplicable complacency” regarding the mumps, measles and rubella (MMR) vaccination. Dr. Peter Fletcher was the UK’s chief scientific officer in the late 1970s and medical assessor to the Committee on Safety of Medicines, meaning he was responsible for deciding if medicines and vaccines were safe for use among the general public According to the Daily Mail, Dr. Fletcher said if it has been ultimately proven that the MMR vaccine was linked to autism, “the refusal b... more »
The Path to Total Dictatorship: America’s Shadow Government and its Silent Coup
*John W. Whitehead* - No matter which candidate wins, the shadow government is here to stay. The post The Path to Total Dictatorship: America’s Shadow Government and its Silent Coup appeared first on Waking Times.
Pentagon's Announcement To Attack The ISIS Capuital Of Raqqa Was Premature
*Nancy Youssef and Kimberly Dozier, Daily Beast:* *Pentagon Walks Back Promise to Attack ISIS Capital ASAP* When the defense secretary promised an assault on ISIS’s capital in ‘weeks,’ the Pentagon reacted with a collective WTF. Defense officials say an attack is more like six months off. Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s claim last week that the assault on Raqqa, the capital of the so-called Islamic State, was “within weeks” was a surprise to the commanders planning the war, who believe local troops will not enter the city for months, three defense officials told The Daily Beast. O... more »
Harry Targ : SPORT | The Cubs, struggle, and social change
The Cub’s victory teaches us that if people try hard enough and long enough, they can win. By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | November 3, 2016 Chicago’s iconic journalist, columnist, pundit, and Cubs fan, Mike Royko, once ruminated … finish reading Harry Targ : *SPORT* | The Cubs, struggle, and social change
Dave Zirin : SPORT | The sweetest escape: The Chicago Cubs win the World Series
After more than a century, the Cubs gave so many of us cathartic joy, just when we needed it the most. By Dave Zirin | The Rag Blog | November 3, 2016 There are no words. If the greatest predictor … finish reading Dave Zirin : *SPORT* | The sweetest escape: The Chicago Cubs win the World Series
US, Turkey In Discussions On How To Retake Raqqa From The Islamic State
*Al Arabiya:* *US talks to Turkey about role to recapture Raqqa* US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said on Wednesday the plan to envelope Raqqa, ISIS’s main stronghold in Syria, would take place soon with the forces available and that talks continued with Turkey on the role it could play “further down the road.” “We intend to go there soon with the force that is capable of doing that and enveloping the city of Raqqa ... the final seizure of Raqqa, we continue to talk to Turkey about that and a possible role for Turkey in that further down the road,” Carter said at a press confere... more »
Free Trade 64, PH experience in manufacturing growth
Yesterday, I attended a pre-summit consultation meeting by the DTI on free trade agreements (FTAs). It was part of the preparation for the "Manufacturing Summit 2016" this coming November 28-29, 2016 at Shangrila Makati. Small group with representatives from selected sectors in the PH economy like the garments and textiles, pharma (represented by Unilab), other manufacturers and government agencies. I was lucky to be among the invitees. Thanks to DTI Asec Fita Aldaba for the invite. Former NEDA Secretary Ciel Habito gave the preliminary inputs based on their research at the USAID-fu... more »
Former Ambassador: Clinton Leaks ‘Comes From Within Washington’
A former British ambassador claims that the source behind the Wikileaks leak of hacked Podesta and DNC emails is not Russia but Washington. According to whistle-blower and former British ambassador to Uzbekistan, Craig Murray, the Podesta and Democratic National Committee emails were not leaked by Russian hackers but by a Washington insider. Sputnik reports: In an exclusive interview with Sputnik, Mr. Murray said: “The source of these emails and leaks has nothing to do with Russia at all. I discovered what the source was when I attended the Sam Adam’s whistleblower award in Washin... more »
NBC ‘Accidentally’ Post Election Results Showing A Win For Clinton
NBC affiliate WRCB TV in Chattanooga, Tennessee has already decided that the Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has won the election. A graphic posted during their live broadcast this week shows Hillary Clinton the winner with 41.7 million votes or 42% of the total withTrump receiving 40.1 million votes or 40%. The posted premature results were not exclusive to NBC nor to its Tennessee affiliate. The page was pulled directly from the content management platform, WorldNow.com, which is used by major networks including NBC, CBS, ABC, and Fox. The image below is a screen... more »
Bernie Sanders Says ‘Damn Right’ To Stopping Dakota Access Pipeline
Former Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders had ‘something’ to say about the escalating efforts by U.S. Native American tribes to stop a pipeline in North Dakota. Last Thursday the Hillary Clinton campaign finally put out a statement on DAPL managing to say a whole lot of ‘nothing’. During a Clinton campaign rally on Tuesday Sanders offered a distinctly more urgent response saying “Damn right” the DAPL project should be stopped immediately. His remarks follow those of President Barack Obama who waffled on the subject and played for time, saying his administration... more »
Sacred Stone Camp -- 'Riot Police Injure over 100 People Defending Standing Rock Burial Grounds' Nov. 2, 2016
By Camp of the Sacred Stones Censored News CANNON BALL, North Dakota -- On Wednesday, November 2, law enforcement desecrated the burial grounds of Alma Parkin and Matilda Galpin, the indigenous women who once owned the Cannonball Ranch. As water protectors held a water ceremony, snipers shot at them from armored vehicles parked around the tree marking the graves.
A Look At The Air War Against The Islamic State
Reuters *AFP*: *Fighting from above: the air war on IS* The Iraqi security forces' seemingly inexorable push toward Mosul saw fighting begin in the city itself this week, but it is work taking place in the skies above that has enabled such dramatic advances. A relentless air operation using planes and drones from a dozen or so members of a US-led coalition against the Islamic State group has over more than two years conducted some 16,000 air strikes against the jihadists in Iraq and Syria -- two-thirds of them in Iraq. Mostly, coalition planes conducted "deliberate" strikes, where... more »
Islamic State Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Rallies His Fighters In Mosul
*ABC News Online*: *Mosul: IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi audio orders militants to 'wreak havoc' against US-backed assault* With Iraqi troops battling inside the Islamic State (IS) stronghold of Mosul, the militants' leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has told his followers that there could be no retreat in the "total war" against the forces arrayed against them. Expressing confidence that his IS fighters would prevail against Western "crusaders" and the Shiite-Sunni "apostates", Baghdadi called on the jihadists to "wreak havoc". "This raging battle and total war [only increases our fi... more »
Ruckus Raising Time. Again.
Up here in smug Canada -- and getting smugger by the minute as the US election approaches -- it's not often that the US has us beaten on any aspect of abortion care. Well, they've got us all beat to hell on medical abortion. Although many limitations remain, innovative dispensing efforts in some states, restricted access to surgical abortions in others and greater awareness boosted medication abortions to 43 percent of pregnancy terminations at Planned Parenthood clinics, the nation's single largest provider, in 2014, up from 35 percent in 2010, according to previously unreported f... more »
Midday Musical Interlude: Walter Murphy, “A Fifth of Beethoven”
Walter Murphy, “A Fifth of Beethoven” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ouMaLRth-s
“Abedin and Weiner Flipped, Cooperating With FBI”
*“Abedin and Weiner Flipped, Cooperating With FBI”* NYPD Blows Whistle on New Hillary Emails by Steve Beckow "New York Police Department detectives and prosecutors working an alleged underage sexting case against former Congressman Anthony Weiner have turned over a newly-found laptop he shared with wife Huma Abedin to the FBI with enough evidence “to put Hillary (Clinton) and her crew away for life,” NYPD sources told True Pundit. NYPD sources said Clinton’s “crew” also included several unnamed yet implicated members of Congress in addition to her aides and insiders. The NYPD seize... more »
The Battle For The Iraqi City Of Mosul -- News Updates November 3, 2016
*VOA*:* Iraqi Troops Begin Risky Urban Operations in Mosul* GOGJALI, IRAQ — Iraqi troops were moving cautiously Thursday in a neighborhood just inside the city limits of Mosul, going from house-to-house to ensure the safety of civilians. The soldiers had to be wary of booby-trap bombs as well as ambushes and sniper fire from Islamic State militants, who are being urged by their leader to remain and resist losing the last major city they hold in Iraq. The breach into the city of Mosul, which IS seized more than two years ago, triggered the exodus of hundreds of families. They start... more »
When All is Said and Done...
The #PodestaEmails: All scum, no pond. #PodestaEmails27 — BasementDweller Zero (@jurassicpork59) November 3, 2016 That goes for the entire Clinton campaign, the DNC and the entire Democratic Party. Go to my main Twitter feed or just click on the link in the tweet below. I don't think there's a water heater in the world big enough to accommodate the shower I feel like taking every time I go into the latest Wikileaks release. The tsunami of scum now crests the mountains. The #PodestaEmails27 are out! Go wild, kiddies! #PodestaEmails https://t.co/o6oBKoSftB pic.twitter.com/aQNBY... more »
Brian Williams coins a term!
*THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2016A "weaponized" FBI boss:* Brian Williams has been hosting a show at 11 o'clock each night on The One True Liberal Channel. Last night, he coined a term while speaking to Jennifer Granholm: WILLIAMS (11/2/16): Governor, in plain English, is the game now Beat the Clock? You've got this added element of *a potentially weaponized FBI director.* And when we wake up tomorrow, it's five days to go. Remarkable. We may have a "weaponized FBI director." Or so Williams said. Williams and Granholm went on to have a short discussion of the essence of this campaign.... more »
Brrrrr!! It’s Wwwarm Up Hhhhere.
From Josh http://cartoonsbyjosh.co.uk/
NASA’s Fake Video
By Paul Homewood From the Telegraph: One significant change in the Arctic region in recent years has been the rapid decline in perennial sea ice. Perennial sea ice, also known as multi-year ice, is the portion of the sea ice that survives the summer melt season. Perennial ice may have a […]
U.S. Launches New Helicopter Strikes In Libya
Hundreds of airstrikes have been unleashed by the US on Islamic State jihadists in Libya but the only previously confirmed deployment of the Cobra gunships came at the end of August (AFP Photo/Odd Andersen) *AFP:* *US Marines in new helicopter strikes in Libya* Rome (AFP) - US Marines are using Super Cobra attack helicopters to mount close-range airstrikes against Islamic State militants in the Libyan city of Sirte, the US navy said Thursday. The gunship attacks, the first of their kind to be confirmed in over two months, were launched overnight from the USS San Antonio, an amphibi... more »
Hundreds Drown As Two Over Crowded Refugee Boats Sink Off Libya
*The Guardian:* *Hundreds dead as boats sink off Libya, survivors tell UN* At least 240 people killed as two boats sink in Mediterranean, survivors tell UN refugee agency on Italian island of Lampedusa At least 240 people are feared to have drowned in the southern Mediterranean, bringing the annual total to 4,220 – the highest in the Mediterranean on record. About 100 people drowned when an inflatable dinghy capsized shortly after leaving the Libyan coast on Wednesday, some of the 29 survivors told the UN refugee agency. A further 140 are thought to have drowned in a second incid... more »
World News Briefs -- November 3, 2016
Military vehicles of Iraqi army take part in an operation against Islamic State militants in Qaraqosh, near Mosul, Iraq, November 2, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani *Reuters*: *Islamic State leader says 'no retreat' from Mosul assault* Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi told his followers on Thursday there could be no retreat in a "total war" against the forces arrayed against them, as advancing soldiers battled the militants inside their northern Iraqi stronghold. Expressing confidence that his Islamic State fighters would prevail against Shi'ite Islam, Western "crusaders" a... more »
"How It Really Is"
*No?* *“Abedin and Weiner Flipped, Cooperating With FBI”* "Meanwhile, FBI sources said Abedin and Weiner were cooperating with federal agents, who have taken over the non-sexting portions the case from NYPD. The husband-and-wife Clinton insiders are both shopping for separate immunity deals, sources said. “If they don’t cooperate they are going to see long sentences,” a federal law enforcement source said." - http://goldenageofgaia.com/ “Often called Hillary Clinton’s second daughter, Huma Abedin is a deeply trusted aide who is rarely far apart from the Democratic presidential nomi...more »
A letter concerning Comey the God!
*THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2016Striking facts which have gone unreported:* We were surprised by a letter we read in yesterday's New York Times. The letter came from Evan Stark, professor emeritus of public affairs at Rutgers. It concerned the professional history of the man called Comey the God: LETTER TO THE NEW YORK TIMES (11/2/16): Hillary Clinton should be excused for associating James B. Comey’s letter to Congress with the Kenneth Starr investigation of her husband. Yes, *Mr. Starr doggedly pursued the Clintons over Whitewater. But it was Mr. Comey who, as deputy special counsel ... more »
CT Board of Education Bought by Corporate Miseducation Reform
With the help of corrupt politicians, ideological paternalists, and Departmental dumbasses, the phony teacher prep program, Relay, has just been approved in Connecticut. Here's some of the evidence presented, to no avail:
The O'Neill Cylinder
The O'Neill cylinder (also called an O'Neill colony) is a space settlement design proposed by American physicist Gerard K. O'Neill in his 1976 book The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space. O'Neill proposed the colonization of space for the 21st century, using materials extracted from the Moon and later from asteroids. An O'Neill cylinder would consist of two counter-rotating cylinders. The cylinders would rotate in opposite directions in order to cancel out any gyroscopic effects that would otherwise make it difficult to keep them aimed toward the Sun. Each would be 5 miles (8.... more »
Before Standing Rock – The Legacy of Resistance Against the Keystone Pipeline
*Alex Pietrowski* - Resistance to these pipelines has been building for years. The post Before Standing Rock – The Legacy of Resistance Against the Keystone Pipeline appeared first on Waking Times.
Authors retract third cancer paper for missing original data
Researchers have retracted their third paper due to missing original data, following an investigation at their former institution in New York. We’ve previously reported on two retractions of papers co-authored by Bhagavathi Narayanan and Narayanan K. Narayanan, previously based at the New York University (NYU) School of Medicine. The studies were pulled when the pair couldn’t […] The post Authors retract third cancer paper for missing original data appeared first on Retraction Watch.
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 3, 2016
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter speaks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, Oct. 28, 2016. Carter is continuing to talk with Turkey about a bid to take Raqqa, Syria, the Islamic State stronghold. *VOA*: *US's Carter Talking With Turkey About Seizure of Raqqa* FORT LEONARD WOOD, MISSOURI — The United States is continuing to talk with ally Turkey on the role it will play in the operation to seize the city of Raqqa, Islamic State's main stronghold in Syria, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said on Wednesday. Carter's comments, made during a news ... more »
Pro-Trump Militia Prepare For Armed Unrest If Clinton Wins
Members of a militia group in the US state of Georgia are preparing for civil unrest should Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton win next week’s election. As the presidential election nears its conclusion, pro-Trump militia members are preparing for the possibility of a rigged election on November 8th, an armed march to Washington and civil unrest in the days following a victory by Democrat Hillary Clinton. The Three Percent Security Force claims it will not fire the first shot. However, its members are not planning to leave their guns at home either. Press TV reports: ... more »
Warming Earth Thaws Diseases Dormant within Frozen Permafrost
*Spread of the Black Death in Europe (1346–1353). Population collapses this rapid are not unknown (source; click to enlarge).* *by Gaius Publius* Most people in this country think of "global warming" as a mainly linear event, an uphill ride at roughly the same pace to a cliff's edge far enough in the future to be not a present concern. Most people also don't have much of a picture of what the problems will be when we get nearer that cliff's edge. They do see sea level rise, of course, but a slow one, and a slow loss of farm land — or in the U.S. case, farm land that leaves this cou... more »
GAIA PORTAL: Softness of Inner Gaia inhabitants transmits to the surface
*Softness of Inner Gaia inhabitants transmits to the surface* by ÉirePort Softness of Inner Gaia inhabitants transmits to the surface. Hue-beings respond in the moment. hu-beings collapse the veil. Fraternities are acknowledged. Gaia is freed. ÉirePort | November 3, 2016 at 10:01 | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p2sFUY-AB
Sphere Alliance Message #215 Abandoned in space in 1967, a US satellite has started transmitting again
[11/3/16, 12:10:12 AM] Terran: https://m.thevintagenews.com/2016/10/31/abandoned-in-space-in-1967-a-us-satellite-has-started-transmitting-again/ (SEE BELOW) [11/3/16, 12:11:18 AM] Terran to Denice: Can you inquire of Stan what data they have on the nature of this satellite? [11/3/16, 12:11:47 AM] Terran: And why it would begin working again? [11/3/16, 10:58:07 AM] STAN X: *DEAR ONE/TERRAN. THE SATELITE IS A MILITARY GRADE RELIC DESIGNED TO BROADCAST SIGNALS TO UNDERGROUND BASES. THE RESURGENCE OF THE SATELLITE IS NOT AN ANOMALY. * *IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN DESIGNED FOR THIS F... more »
The US media is biased against Donald Trump? No shit Sherlock
https://youtu.be/S-qF9ZyFJ0A
As an addendum to what we just said!
*THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2016Read what Kevin Drum wrote:* Kevin Drum is suggesting today that the FBI is full of that version of The Crazy which is known as derangement. To read his post, click here. We think Drum's assessments are on point. We will only add this note: This has been an issue since roughly forever. It's much too late for our team to start noting these problems now. Meanwhile, Marshall is linking to the old New York Times report about the scary uranium deal. In real time, Hayes and Goldberg called it a "bombshell report!" Our own liberal team is utterly hapless. Thi... more »
BOMBSHELLS INC.: Still ignoring The Crazy after all these years!
*THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2016Part 4—Ignoring The Crazy within the FBI:* Let's revisit a recent oddity in upper-end news coverage. start by assuming that you subscribe to the Washington Post. Yesterday, when the paper clunked on your doorstep, it was led by a front-page report about the latest apparent weirdness within the FBI. The report appeared beneath a triple headline. Hard-copy headlines included, here's what Post readers saw: HELDERMAN, HAMBURGER AND HORWITZ (11/2/16): *FBI in thick of political frayFILES ON A PARDON BY BILL CLINTONLawmakes ask whether Comey is floutin... more »
The Fraud American Presidential Race: The Fix Is Definitely In - Television Stations Supplied With November 8th "Election" Results Over A Week BEFORE Vote!
I usually have been avoiding all the riff-raff with the American presidential race for the simple and logical reason that it is indeed a circus..... I am truly shocked that most Americans simply do not understand the reality that their republic is a fraud and that they absolutely have NO FREEDOMS no matter what the liars in their Jew spew media and their own crooked and criminal government tries to portray..... But I am of course constantly pouring over information over the internet and from emails and comments sent my way about what a joke this 2016 "campaign" has become.... I for ... more »
Elephant in Room, goes unchallenged, takes another life
*Molag Bal - Graphic from Video Game* 'They're not just statistics. Our little girls are dying': FSIN vice-chief6th girl has taken her own life in northern Saskatchewan in less than a month From the CBC The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations continues to face "a state of crisis" after *a sixth girl became the most recent suicide in northern Saskatchewan in less than a month.* "This is heartbreaking and shocking," said Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations vice-chief Kimberly Jonathan. "Our youth ought to be planning their future and celebrating their successes; instea... more »
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Strange Days
I don't even know what to think of these allegations: You can read his bio at Wikipedia. The guy says he specializes in "psychological warfare," which makes his allegations even stranger. You can also read Washington's Blog's post concerning these allegations here: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-11-02/us-insiders-%E2%80%93-not-russia-%E2%80%93-leaked-clinton-emails What I find difficult to believe is NOT that the Clintons are corrupt. What I find difficult to believe is that enough people in government would care to intervene.
Senior Iranian Military Commander: U.S. Is In Decline
Lieutenant Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Hossein Salami. Tasnim News Agency *AFP*: *Iran commander says US in 'strong decline* A senior Iranian military official welcomed Thursday what he said was the "strong decline" of the United States, during celebrations marking the start of the 1979 US embassy siege. "America is no longer number one and the first power of the world," deputy Revolutionary Guards commander Hossein Salami told thousands gathered outside the former US mission in Tehran. "America's political will can no longer manage po... more »
British High Court Blocks Brexit Plans
*Daily Mail*: *Judges trigger major constitutional crisis as they deliver 'slap in the face' to Theresa May by ruling MPs MUST be given a vote on Brexit but ministers vow to overturn controversial decision* * Lord Chief Justice delivers damning verdict on Government in High Court * Judges side with Remain campaigners who argued MPs must be given a vote before Article 50 is invoked * Theresa May says she will appeal and still plans to trigger Brexit by March * Stage now set for explosive showdown in the Supreme Court next month * Brexiteers warn of 'betrayal' of voters and vent fury... more »
Arrests for Cannabis Possession Outnumber Arrests for All Violent Crimes Combined
*Vic Bishop* - The arrests of non-violent cannabis users has outnumbered actual criminals. The post Arrests for Cannabis Possession Outnumber Arrests for All Violent Crimes Combined appeared first on Waking Times.
WikiLeaks Did Not Receive Clinton Emails From Russia -Assange
Julian Assange has categorically denied that the Russian government is the source of the troves of US Democratic Party and Clinton emails released this year by WikiLeaks In an interview to be broadcast Saturday on the RT network, the WikiLeaks editor in chief refutes the claim from Clinton’s campaign that Russia was the culprit behind the hack and also voices his doubts about Hillary’s physical fitness to take charge of the White House “The Clinton camp has been able to project a neo-McCarthyist hysteria that Russia is responsible for everything. Hillary Clinton has stated multiple... more »
MNN 'KAHNAWAKE PEOPLE’S FIRE TO BLOCK TRAINS'
KAHNAWAKE “PEOPLE’S FIRE” TO BLOCK TRAINS Posted on November 3, 2016 Mohawk Nation News Please post and distribute. MNN. Nov. 3, 2016. NOTICE FROM “PEOPLES FIRE”. wa’tkwanonweráh:ton [we give you greeting]; Today, the Kanien’ke:haka are blocking the CP train tracks at 9 PM at Adirondack Junction, to stand with our Lakota relatives at Standing Rock in North Dakota who continue to
Mosul Campaign Day Seventeen, Nov 2, 2016
The Iraqi army, Federal Police and Hashd were moving forward on November 2, while the Golden Division had a temporary pause for other forces to catch up with it. The Golden Division entered the outer eastern outskirts of Mosul, but then haltedas it was far ahead of other units. Being so far ahead opens up the forces to counterattacks from the flanks and rear by Islamic State fighters. Two of those eastern areas Gogjali and Karama were declared freed by the Golden Division, but fighting was still going on in the former and the latter was just entered. In the south the army and Fede... more »
Russian Military Contractors Are Dying In Syria
A grave of Russian contractor Maxim Kolganov, who was killed in combat in Syria, is pictured in his hometown of Togliatti, Russia, September 29, 2016. REUTERS/Maria Tsvetkova *Reuters*: *Ghost soldiers: the Russians secretly dying for the Kremlin in Syria* The start of this year proved deadly for one unit of about 100 Russian fighters supporting President Bashar al-Assad's troops in northern Syria. On Feb. 3, 38-year-old Maxim Kolganov was killed in a firefight with rebels near Aleppo when a bullet pierced his body armor and heart. Then, on March 9, the same unit came under shell-... more »
Two US Service Members And 30 Civilians Killed In Afghan Battle
*New York Times*: *2 U.S. Soldiers and 30 Afghans Killed in Kunduz Battle* KUNDUZ, Afghanistan — Two American soldiers and more than 30 Afghans were killed on Thursday in the midst of heavy fighting around the northern provincial capital of Kunduz, officials and local residents said. The soldiers who died brought the number of Americans killed in combat in Afghanistan this month to five, compared with only four known combat deaths for the previous nine months. Two American soldiers were also wounded in Thursday’s fighting, the military said. The governor of Kunduz, Asadullah Omark...more »
Hillary Clinton Supporters Like Trump's Tax Plan
https://youtu.be/CsxXty6vEBA At least the chap in the pink shirt had the decency to do the honourably thing.
FBI Indictments On The Clinton Foundation?
*Real Clear Politics:* *Bret Baier: FBI Sources Believe Clinton Foundation Case Moving Towards "Likely an Indictment"* Fox News Channel's Bret Baier reports the latest news about the Clinton Foundation investigation from two sources inside the FBI. He reveals five important new pieces of information in these two short clips: 1. The Clinton Foundation investigation is far more expansive than anybody has reported so far and has been going on for more than a year. 2. The laptops of Clinton aides Cherryl Mills and Heather Samuelson have not been destroyed, and agents are currently co... more »
Eye researcher loses fourth paper for misconduct following Georgia, VA investigation
A biologist at the University of Georgia has lost a paper after an investigation revealed she had tampered with three images. In 2014, Azza El-Remessy notched three retractions for a series of image errors. Now, a fourth retraction notice, and an expression of concern, explain there has been an investigation into her work. The investigation — conducted by two […] The post Eye researcher loses fourth paper for misconduct following Georgia, VA investigation appeared first on Retraction Watch.
Glencore: The Criminal Conspiracy Behind The Clinton Machine
Reddit has joined Anonymous, 4Chan and WikiLeaks to expose Hillary Clinton and the criminal Clinton machine. A Reddit contributor going by the name of Emperor Worf, has done some great research, “followed the money” and mapped out the long history of Clinton corruption dating back to the 1970’s, though it probably goes back even further. Glencore is the World’s 3rd largest family business, and the 10th largest company on the Fortune Global 500 list. It has headquarters in Switzerland, London, the Netherlands, and Jersey. Founded by Marc Rich, Glencore is a commodities trading giant... more »
Turkey: No US Cooperation on Safe Zone/Border Wall Construction Continues & Raqqa
*Unsurprisingly the 'kurds' are willing to die to annex Raqqa! * *First, what should have been obvious..* *The US and Turkey are NOT WORKING TOGETHER to create safe zones for refugees* *The United States is not working Turkey to create a "safe zone;’ for refugees along the Turkish-Syrian border for refugees fleeing the Syrian civil war, the Department of Defense spokesperson Adrian J.T. Rankine-Galloway told Sputnik.* *"At this time, we are not working with Turkey at this time to create a ‘safe zone’ along the border," Rankine-Galloway said on Wednesday. "We do not think a safe zo... more »
Spain: Alcorcón - Defense Department Declassifies 80 UFO Files, Parque Lisboa Case Among Them
*Source: Noticias Para Municipios (Spain) and Alberto SuárezDate: 11.02.2016Article by David G. Castillejo* Spain: Alcorcón - Defense Department Declassifies 80 UFO Files, Parque Lisboa Case Among Them ALCORCON/27 October 2016 The Ministry of Defense has declassified 80 reports concerning "Sightings of Strange Phenomena (UFO Files)" running from 1962 to 1995, including the one recorded on March 19, 1978 in Alcorcón. This file, catalogued under Number 780319 and to which *Noticias Para Municipios* has gained access, includes up to six photos of strange lights photographed by a c... more »
Xi-Hung Meeting = Big Nada
*Preparing for a neighborhood event...* Brian Hioe at New Bloom summed it up... *THE FACT THAT Hung Hsiu-Chu’s meeting with Xi Jinping in Beijing has largely been a non-event in Taiwan probably attests to its futility.* Given that Hung is already known for outlandishly extreme pro-unification views, Hung’s meeting with Xi probably does not really surprise the Taiwanese public, in the way that Eric Chu’s or Ma Ying-Jeou’s meetings with Xi Jinping in 2015 provoked stronger reactions. Hence the lack of any real public response. But does the Hung-Xi meeting indicate anything new? Bria... more »
Congratulations Chicago Cubs!!!!
Today's @chicagotribune front page. Cubs. pic.twitter.com/eDNHvGpXVm — Matt Bowen (@MattBowen41) November 3, 2016
Picture Of The Day
*Patrol Check * Air Force Senior Airman Michael Van Deusen gets out of a mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle to check buildings and a bunker during a flightline security patrol at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 27, 2016. Deusen is a quick reaction force member assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman
Tweet For Today
President Hollande in Paris not doing too well in terms of voter confidence. 11% looks like a new low. pic.twitter.com/vPVE9tWpK5 — Carl Bildt (@carlbildt) November 3, 2016
Doug Hagmann: NYPD/FBI Found Sex Blackmail Network On Weiner's Computer...
*and we're surprised - why?* Doug Hagmann *backs up my previous post* on the coming turmoil during this election season. Posting numerous videos is not my preferred way of communication, but lately it seems to be the best way to make sense of the currant political situation. Doug Hagmann adds to, and backs up, what we're hearing from other sources. Please watch and ponder your next steps. *More:* Bunkerville: *DOJ Kadzik involved in new 650,000 Email reviews, helped coverup IRS scandal* MOTUS: *Wanna Bet? * D.C. Clothesline: *Senator NUKES Clinton Foundation, Calls it “La... more »
Bring Back Subsidies
There has been an outcry lately about political party fundraising. I, for one, am getting tired of all the parties sending me emails asking for a donation. Susan Delacourt writes: We know that all political parties need money — millions of dollars a year, in fact. But what exactly are they selling to get it? So far, the Liberals’ answers on these questions have been less than adequate. We’ve heard the business-as-usual rationale: “All parties engage in fundraising,” Government House leader Bardish Chagger said in the Commons this week. “We all have to follow the same rules. Those ... more »
Once Again: The Democrats' Very Worst Senate Candidate-- Erin Patrick Murphy, AKA- Privileged Patrick
There are 5 Senate races that are really close and that will determine which party controls that body for the next two years-- but neither swingy Ohio nor Florida, where Chuck Schumer picked his own candidates, Ted Strickland and Patrick Murphy, and rammed them through the primary process-- are among them. Both Schumer's candidates were seen as duds before Schumer insisted on them and both have proven the point after they were given the Democratic nominations on silver platters. Way back in May, months before Obama put his finger (and toes and whole torso) on the scale for Murphy,... more »
Untitled
*Sesame Street Preaches Trans Politics to Parents* Watching television with your children is a great way to learn about their likes and dislikes and what resonates with them. For example, the other day my son wasn’t feeling so great, so I declared it a pajama day. After some rather unenthusiastic play, he grabbed his favorite Curious George stuffed animal and headed for the couch, his way of telling me he just wanted to zone out and cuddle. I complied and we tuned into Sesame Street. My son quickly went from relaxed to confused. His brow furrowed as a series of puppets including E... more »
I no longer understand the rules
Having missed PMQs yesterday I only heard about the extraordinary exchange between Charles Walker MP and the Prime Minister on Susan Hulme’s BBC radio 4 late night parliamentary round-up. Many others have commented on this surreal episode, but I’m still trying to digest Theresa May’s ambiguous and, if I may say so, obscurantist response. Here’s the dialogue, courtesy of the BBC: Mr Walker, the MP for Broxbourne, had asked Mrs May: "When people make fun of Christianity in this country, it rightly turns the other cheek. "When a young gymnast, Louis Smith, makes fun of another relig... more »
Untitled
*Papa Gore! DiCaprio on Gore’s influence: ‘He literally took me, you know, like a child….and explained what global warming was’* *And he's learnt nothing since* DiCaprio: “I actually got to meet Al Gore, who — I asked him what was the, you know, the most important environmental issue in the world, and he, without hesitation, said ‘global warming’ and literally took me, you know, like a child and wrote out a chart and explained what global warming was and how, um, basically because of, you know, carbon emissions in our atmosphere, we’re going to, you know, change our climate forever... more »
Gabriel says coal to remain relevant
By Paul Homewood http://www.powerengineeringint.com/articles/2016/11/gabriel-says-coal-to-remain-relevant.html From PEI: Germany’s economy minister says his country will not be phasing out brown coal before 2040, as the government looks to ways to ensure minimisation of job losses in coal regions. Sigmar Gabriel told a conference in Berlin, "It will on no account be switched off […]
Steven Segal to bitchslap Hillary
He is now a Russian citizen. Ichi Ban Tomodachi!
She's the Rory to my Lorelai - Gilmore Girls Shirts
The most wonderful day of the year is coming. No, I don't mean Christmas, I mean NEW GILMORE GIRLS episodes! I absolute can't wait to journey back to Stars Hollow and fill in the gaps that the last season of Gilmore Girls left. To celebrate the return of our favorite mother/daughter team to the screen, I had to make mother/daughter shirts. My daughter isn't quite old enough to enjoy Gilmore Girls, but I can't wait to start watching it with her in a few years! These shirts are so easy to make and can be pulled together in about 30 minutes! Make them for your Gilmore Girls: A Year ... more »
US War in Afghanistan Silently Slips into the Abyss
*November 3, 2016* (Ulson Gunnar - NEO) - Despite the United States being engaged in what it calls "reconstruction" in Afghanistan, quarterly reports on their progress doing so reveals expanding violence and deepening poverty. Washington Times in an article titled, "Afghanistan failures rising, progress eroding 15 years after U.S. intervention," reports that: *Opium production is up 43 percent in Afghanistan, the economy is struggling and the government has lost ground to insurgents over the last year, according to an inspector general’s report released Sunday that shows ongoing f... more »
This is what happens if you dare to point out that Hillary Clinton lied about what happened in Benghazi
https://youtu.be/nfQTTF9p8pk Free speech? Not in Clinton world.
FBI Says an Indictment in the Clinton Foundation Case is "Likely"! ...
*so who's going to get thrown under the bus?* *More detailed report:*
Problems with "massaging" the true data: True science goes out the window.
When the Alarmists fake.....er.....sorry.....massage the data, they should be sure that other reactions correspond. Take the 1940's blip. Those emails show that the Alarmists wanted to de-blip the 1940s blip. It was an *inconvenien*t *truth*. And why did they want to get rid of the blip? Because it was a warm period when they wanted to massage temperatures down to push the man- made global warming hoax. And so, they dramatically cooled the past. Let's examine the news. IN September 1910, almost all the world's glaciers were reported as retreating; by 1922, many glaciers reported ... more »
Barack and Michelle Obama on Hillary Clinton - lest we forget
https://youtu.be/jLPESWWPUJE
Untitled
*From Jenna Orkin * Russia May Not Be Behind the Email Leaks - Bamford Venezuela's Currency Disintegrates: Bolivar Plummets 20% In One Week Halloween’s Over, But Scary Record-Breaking Heat Continues Two Iowa Police Officers Killed In "Ambush-Style Attacks", Gunman On The Loose Former British Ambassador Claims Source Of Podesta Leaks "Comes From Within Washington" South Korea fired on Chinese boats illegally in its waters Russian authorities officially closed the Moscow office of Amnesty International overnight South Korea replaces well-regarded prime minister amid growing political sca... more »
Video: State Dept Insider Confirms Hillary “Child Sex Scandal”
Hillary Clinton is being investigated by the FBI for involvement in an elite Washington pedophile ring, according to veteran State Department official Steve Pieczenik. “Not only will she be charged with obstruction of justice, with lying to a prosecutor in the FBI, she will also be charged with pedophilia, and sex with minors,” claims Pieczenik, who has served in the State Department in four different administrations. “As a result of the excellent work by the New York Police Department in tracking pedophiliacs, they have a record of both Hillary and Bill and other people associated... more »
The one hundred and nineteenth weekly "No shit Sherlock" award - "BDS spurs anti-Semitism on campuses"
"Reports of anti-Semitic incidents on US college campuses have increased, much of it attributed to the rise of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, a new report has found." No shit Sherlock. More about this here and more anti-Semitism on university and college campuses across the UK, USA and beyond.
Presidential Pardons - a thought
As he left office, President Clinton pardoned Mark Rich. So is it beyond the realms of possibility that when he leaves office Barack Obama will be pardoning one or more Democrats for distributing documents marked classified?
The Economy: "President Obama’s Alternate Universe"
*"President Obama’s Alternate Universe"* by Bill Bonner "Poor Mr Obama. In an apologia in 'The Economist', the president reveals that he has learned nothing during his time in the White House. More importantly, he has forgotten nothing… *Making flimflam float: *Almost anyone who went to college in the 1960s or after is bound to have some dopey ideas. Typically, when you get out into the real world and keep your eyes open, you learn how things really work. But if you spend your whole life in academia or government after you graduate, the learning process comes to a halt. You are dum... more »
Matt Fisher: brains may use phosphorus nuclear spins to act as quantum computers
First, off-topic: On Sunday, during a floorball match, I was encouraged to stand on my left foot improperly. A bone [left, base] got really broken, X-rays showed today. (That's not the first broken bone: I broke a rib during the same sport in 2009.) This modern replacement for an orthopedic cast is thinner, more efficient, and also more resilient. So I can do something resembling walking without crutches. A disadvantage is the extra $30. Compassionate readers may help their handicapped humble correspondent via PayPal (thanks a lot to Umesh who did!). ------------------------------ ... more »
Is Huma Abedin Hillary Clinton’s Secret Weapon or Her Next Big Problem?
This item is dated but it comes as close as anything to provide us insight into who she is. What i find astonishing is that she never attracted a full security vetting. Her family background along with education in Saudi Arabia means zero indoctrination in the American culture along with the equivalent in Saudi Arabia which means been internally loyal to the US is almost impossible. Friendly yes but a patriot no. Any security clearance would likely have banned her from reading any classified material at all. Somehow that requirement for a security clearance was waved or ignore... more »
Abduction 1980 Black Program
This report is important. First of it coincides with other abductions in the 1980 to 1985 time period. This coincides, i suspect with the time frame in which a large body of men and women were recruited for the US space fleet in particular and also for specific talents that the military wished to work with. We also have clear evidence of a time management capability here. The victim laid down at 115 and awoke at 315 or two hours later. It is difficult to imagine any direct travel taking place at all. One can imagine shifting into a capture room close by li... more »
2 Egyptian Muslim girls Buried Alive by Ruthless Father. But when Jesus came in, This happened
Extraordinary tale. It is telling that it happened where it could produce the largest impact in the Islamic world. It is also impossible to refute. This child is motive free and finds herself telling a story she has no understanding off. The motive of Jesus is far clearer. It is to touch millions with his real presence. Beats millions of personal visitations which are dismissed by fearful individuals. That this is happening is a continuing stimulation to Christianity itself which is hardly moribund except among those who in their own comforts dismiss it as irrelevant while ... more »
Time Slip at Stonehenge?
Really interesting. They saw a page in time that their subconscious pulled up to inform them. This shows us that it may be rather easy to do. You do not change your time and place but you can see another time and place to which you may have an affinity. This is the real deal and shows us that it is possible. I assume proximity to Stonehenge may have importance not understood. What makes this interesting is that we can actually lock down the two ends of the story. The two observers could compare notes. and that is when the impossi8ble was identified. *Time Slip at Stonehenge... more »
CNN Wages War On Alt Media As Clinton Camp Implodes
CNN, the network so thoroughly exposed by WikiLeaks as a propaganda mouthpiece of the ruling party, have declared war on alternative media, warning their viewers that independent outlets are “biased” and “misleading.” An article by Brian Stelter headlined “The plague of fake news is getting worse — here’s how to protect yourself” lays out guidelines for CNN’s audience to follow while they navigate the big, bad world outside of CNN’s media empire. Stelter informs his audience that alternative news sites can be broken down into three categories: #1, Hoax sites with totally made-up n... more »
Bernie Sanders Deserts Hillary As Clinton Camp Implodes
As the Clinton campaign rattles from one scandal to another amid plunging poll numbers, Bernie Sanders has reverted to his old self – scolding Hillary Clinton as the pro-Wall Street, establishment candidate and promising to fight her at every turn in the Senate should she be elected. Sanders’ most recent tweets and op-eds have shifted from explaining why someone should vote for Clinton – an unpopular position among his support base – to what he and his supporters need to do the day after this dumpster fire of an election season is over. Hillary Clinton’s flaws are back in his sigh... more »
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?
This can't be true because if it was then CNN and the BBC would have to report these links, wouldn't they? Only joking... Remember for most of the mainstream media it's all about ignoring any facts that show any dodgy links between Hillary Clinton and radiacl Islam and spreading the message "VOTE HILLARY".
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 »
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