12:26am MDT June 4
HeliYum — A Helium-Infused Brand of Beer?
Tales about Samuel Adams producing HeliYum, a helium-infused brand of beer, are April Fool's jokes.
‘Sting’ Video Maker James O’Keefe Hit with $1 Million Federal Lawsuit
The lawsuit, filed by Democracy Partners, accuses Project Veritas of fraudulently gaining access to their property and illegally recording conversations.
Ted Lieu's Progressive Infrastructure Plan-- The One Without The Trumpist Toll Roads
As if he was't busy enough holding the Trump Regime accountable for Putin-Gate, Ted Lieu was tasked by the Congressional Progressive Caucus to come up with an modern day infrastructure plan that could garner widespread support across the political spectrum. Maybe he's living in an alternative universe with more hours in the day than the rest of us, but he's plan is being widely heralded as brilliant and ready-made for Trump if he really does want to put America first. The 21st Century New Deal For Jobs and the accompanying House Concurrent Resolution already has 33 co-sponsors, n... more »
Clexit Gloom and Doom
The above cartoon is from Josh who is always on target, and reminded me of this one: Robert Tracinski puts all of this into context in his June 2 Federalist article Paris Climate Withdrawal Re-Triggers Global Warming Doomsday Cult So what are the consequences of Donald Trump pulling America out of the Paris Agreement on global […]
Trump Just Promised $350 Billion to a Country That’s Beheading a Blind Man for Peacefully Protesting
[image: SAUDI]In an act of criminal negligence, Donald Trump is ignoring the overt human rights abuses and outright terror of the Saudi regime.
Sarah Palin sees everybody piling on Kathy Griffin, flings her mummified carcass on as well.
Courtesy of the bandwagon jumper's Facebook page: *Kathy Griffin has mercilessly attacked children for years. * *When this "celebrity" (who "celebrates" her, btw?) traveled all the way to Wasilla and actually knocked on my home's door to personally humiliate my kids again, I knew she was deranged.* (Ah yes, using the children as a shield, how Sarah Palin of her.) *The liberal "star" had attacked my teenage daughters for so long - first Bristol then, inexplicably, giddily announced she would "go directly after Willow Palin" despite Willow's young age and innocence in doing anythin... more »
Six-Year-Old Is Youngest-Ever to Compete in Nat'l Spelling Championship
[image: six-year-old-is-youngest-ever-to-compete-in-national-spelling-championship] Six-year-old Edith Fuller may not have won this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee, but as the youngest-ever contestant of the prestigious championship, she still managed to win the hearts of judges and observers.
How Social Media Is Raising Cash To Fund The Protests Against The Venezuelan Government
Demonstrators clash with riot police while ralling against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas. REUTERS/Christian Veron *Bloomberg:* *Cash From America Is Crucial to Venezuela’s Protesters* * Expats pony up small sums for gas masks and radios at home * Maduro government responds with crackdown on private couriers Helmets and goggles come via private couriers or tucked in carry-on bags. Portable radios and gas masks are smuggled across the border or sent on charter planes. The near-daily demonstrations that have rocked Venezuela for about two months are sust... more »
Trump/Paris Climate Treaty News Cumulus
*Tornado over Alberta Yesterday* Due to a social event this weekend I will not be posting as much as usual...I will, however, offer the following snippet from one of my favoUrite Blogs..."*Occurrences".* for my reader's edification. Please read the following and I will have more thoughts in comments to follow: ****************** turbulent hot air *There are eight articles on the Trump/Paris Climate Treaty news cumulus at * *https://t-room.us* * and further extensive coverage at * *http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/* * which has been ongoing there. [Ed.: I think the subject is a lo... more »
Lights on!
President Trump's decision to exit the Paris Agreement will bring renewed energy to America and the world.
Long Walk 5 Walks into Illinois -- Photos by Bad Bear
The Oglala Commemoration Committee met with Long Walkers and presented walkers with a flag in Illinois. (Photo Lisa Zahner Reinhold) Photos below by Bad Bear . Photos by Western Shoshone Long Walker Carl Bad Bear Sampson. Longest Walk 5 walked into Mount Vernon, Illinois, in its coast to coast walk across this land to carry the message of halting domestic
Being honest
You know what? I do hate people who keep punctuating their spiel with “You know what?” To be honest I have far more pressing things to worry about right now than BBC bias. I rarely use ‘to be honest’ as it implies one’s honesty is confined to the one exceptional statement (rather than one's norm.) One might be cynical and assume the callers who rang in to the extended Any Answers were all activists. I believe someone said or Tweeted as much. I really hope they were all activists, because if they are indeed representative of the public, you know what? We’re in for that unthinkable c... more »
New York Times: President Trump Will Not Invoke Executive Privilege To Block Former FBI Director Comey's Testimony Next Week
James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, is scheduled to testify Thursday. Credit T.J. Kirkpatrick for The New York Times *New York Times*: *Trump Appears Unlikely to Hinder Comey’s Testimony About Russia Inquiry* WASHINGTON — President Trump does not plan to invoke executive privilege to try to prevent James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, from providing potentially damaging testimony to Congress on statements the president made about an investigation into his former national security adviser, two senior administration officials said Friday. Mr. Trump could still move to... more »
The U.S. Army Wants A New Heavy Dump Truck
The U.S. Army has launched a competition that will result in the purchase of more than 600 new, armored dump trucks. Photo: U.S. Navy. *DoD Buzz*: *Army Launches Competition for New Heavy Dump Truck* The U.S Army is inviting industry to compete for chance to build the service’s new, armored dump trucks. The Army intends to award a Single-Source Award, Firm-Fixed Price, Seven-year Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity commercial contract for the M917A3 Heavy Dump Truck, according to the May 26 solicitation. The service plans to buy about 683 M917A3 armored dump trucks. “The Army... more »
Mosul Campaign Day 229 Jun 2 2017
The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) captured their first neighborhood in their new operation in Mosul. Saha 1 was taken by the Golden Division. The ISF was also said to be in control of 40%to 60% of Zinjali depending upon the source, and there was still fighting in Shifa. On May 28 the second day of the new offensive the ISF claimed they had 60% of Zinjali. That was likely an exaggeration. The Iraqis originally said they were going to liberate all three areas yesterday, but the fighting has been tough and official predictions are always over optimistic. The Hashd were making more pro... more »
Weekend reads: ‘Pile of dung’ republished; Diverging views on publishing negative results; Economists share regrets
The week at Retraction Watch featured an unusual warning from the New England Journal of Medicine, and the withdrawal of a paper over a fear of legal threats. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: A paper exposed as a “pile of dung” has been accepted for publication — for the second time. Tom Spears is at it […] The post Weekend reads: ‘Pile of dung’ republished; Diverging views on publishing negative results; Economists share regrets appeared first on Retraction Watch.
Isis fan said he would behead Jews per The Jewish Chronicle
'A Dutch national living in Ireland has been jailed after expressing support for Isis and saying he wants to behead Jews. Shmael Heirouche, 40, was sentenced to five years after pleading guilty to a charge of threatening to kill or cause serious harm, according to the Irish Independent. He was sentenced on Wednesday at Cork Circuit Criminal Court. Heirouche told his French housemates saying that Isis terror attacks in France gave him "great joy," and that those who carried out the attacks would "get a first class ticket" to paradise, according to the report. At the time of his ar... more »
“What Kind of People?”
*“What Kind of People?”* by Thomas Are "What kind of people would enjoy a sumptuous meal in front of a starving child and simply say, “Go away kid, you bother me.”? None that I know. What kind of people would deliberately withhold food and destroy the means of growing food in the context of abundance surrounded by children reaching out for crumbs from the table and simply say, “I don’t care.”? I don’t personally know anyone so calloused because I don’t personally know any Israeli Zionists. Next month, Israel will be celebrating its 50th anniversary of occupying Palestinian West ... more »
TRUMP RALLY: WRONG NAME, WRONG LOCALE, WRONG SPONSORS
President Trump is holding a rally right now to pat himself on the back for withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement: President Donald Trump’s campaign announced a “Pittsburgh, not Paris” rally across from the White House on Saturday to celebrate the United States’ withdrawal from a global climate agreement. The Fairfax County Republican Committee and the Republican Party of Virginia are sponsoring the rally in Lafayette Square, which is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, according to an announcement from the Trump campaign. How many ways is Trump getting this wrong? You p... more »
ISIS Sex Slave Survivor Exposes US Ally for Running Global Sex Trafficking Ring
[image: sex]An escaped sex slave, once held captive by ISIS, noted that the country Donald Trump just promised billions, is facilitating a massive sex trafficking ring.
Man Jailed For 180 Days For Refusing To Give Police His iPhone Password
[image: iphone]A dangerous precedent has been set in which people can be imprisoned for doing nothing more than practicing their 5th amendment right.
Penn State Officials Get Slap on the Wrist for Covering Up Rampant Child Rape
[image: child]Penn State school administrators were sentenced for their role in covering up Jerry Sandusky's child rape, their combined sentences are less than 1 year.
Senators Are Forcing the U.S. Navy to Buy Warships It Doesn’t Want
*Mandy Smithberger* *Security, * Restraint in Pentagon spending often buckles under the pressure of pork barrel politics. This year’s Pentagon budget originally included a small victory for taxpayers: it reduced its request for the troubled Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) to only one ship for $1.2 billion. “The Navy doesn’t want them,” Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney told Hugh Hewitt earlier this month. Yet, while sailors and Navy brass may not want any more LCSs, members of Congress do. The LCS program currently includes two variants, one built by Aus... more »
Why Boeing Expects to Sell More F/A-18E/F Super Hornets and F-15 Eagles
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * The company expects that it will see robust demand for its military aviation products including the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, the EA-18G Growler and the F-15 Eagle. Boeing expects to see the fortunes of its defense business improve over the next several years and much brighter prospects for its tactical fighter products. Nonetheless, the company faces uncertainty over how future U.S. defense spending will shape up. The company expects that it will see robust demand for its military aviation products including the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, the EA-18G Gro... more »
India Is Building Its Own Aircraft Carriers Now (And It's All Russia's Fault)
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Asia* New Delhi asked Moscow for an aircraft carrier—and that's where the problems began. The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 scattered its military hardware among twelve newly independent republics. One such piece of hardware was the relatively new aircraft carrier *Baku*. Built in Ukraine, named after an Azeri city and inherited by Russia, today *Baku* is known as the *Vikramaditya*, flagship of the Indian Navy. A modern flat-top equipped with MiG-29 fighters and the most powerful ship native to the Indian Ocean region, how *Vikramaditya* went f... more »
Red Storm Rising? Report Warns Russian Subs Threaten North Atlantic Gap
*Michael Peck* *Security, Europe* Has the Cold War returned to the Atlantic? Back in the 1980s, when Tom Clancy’s fictional North Atlantic boiled with Cold War naval action, the West really was worried about the Greenland-Iceland-UK, or GIUK, Gap. A glance at a map shows why. The GIUK Gap is one of the most crucial maritime choke points on the globe. It’s the gateway for ships in European waters to enter the Atlantic. During World War II, German U-boats passed through the gap on their way to attack Atlantic and North American shipping lanes. During the Cold War, Soviet subs wou... more »
Iraq Will Survive ISIS. Will It Survive Its Own Politicians?
*Daniel R. DePetris* *Security, Middle East* It’s only a matter of time before the Iraqi government’s writ is extended back to the city. But can it maintain control? Almost three years ago, in June 2014, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and his band of bearded jihadist followers shocked the world by capturing Iraq’s second largest city in a matter of days. Pictures flooded the international airwaves showing a humiliated, desperate, tired and demoralized Iraqi army stripping off their uniforms, leaving their weapons behind and fleeing for their lives, never to look back. Some were lucky enoug... more »
If Radiohead can play in Israel, Roger Waters should be allowed to play in Syria, Iran or North Korea
I oppose all sanctions everywhere, but I also oppose the hypocrisy of the globalist elite. The post If Radiohead can play in Israel, Roger Waters should be allowed to play in Syria, Iran or North Korea appeared first on The Duran.
Was the U.S. created by int'l community in 1783?
The American departure from the insane Paris climate treaty has made the behavior of many extreme leftists extraordinary. After Donald Trump was accused of being a servant of Russia – in the absence of a glimpse of evidence – our EU overlords kindly informed us that the U.S. is no longer a good friend and we the Europeans are obliged to befriend China, India, and Russia instead. Just imagine it, after a long time when Trump was demonized for the possibility that he could have met a Russian citizen in a coffee shop sometime in his life, the likes of Juncker instantly jump into bed a... more »
Is China's Banking System Backed My Mostly 'Ghost Collateral'?
A man looks at the Pudong financial district of Shanghai November 20, 2013. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo *Reuters*:* Special Report: 'Ghost collateral' haunts loans across China's banking system* The banker at the other end of the phone line was furious, recalled Shanghai lawyer Wang Chaoyu. A pile of steel pledged as collateral for a loan of almost $3 million from his bank, China CITIC, had vanished from a warehouse on the outskirts of the city. Just several months earlier, in mid-2013, Wang and the banker had visited the warehouse and verified that the steel was there. "The ... more »
Special Counsel's Russian probe has now expanded to include former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, and may soon include Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Courtesy of the AP: *The special counsel investigating possible ties between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia’s government has taken over a separate criminal probe involving former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, and may expand his inquiry to investigate the roles of the attorney general and deputy attorney general in the firing of FBI Director James Comey, The Associated Press has learned. * *The Justice Department’s criminal investigation into Manafort, who was forced to resign as Trump campaign chairman in August amid questions over his business dealings year... more »
Authors Stand Up for Free Speech and Canadian Forests Threatened by Resolute Forest Products and Trump Lawyer
The firm of one of Trump’s lawyers – Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP – is suing Greenpeace under RICO laws meant … Continue reading →
Syrian Army drops leaflets over Aleppo to warn jihadists about breaching ceasefire
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:25 A.M.) – Syrian Arab Army (SAA) helicopters dropped thousands of leaflets over the southwestern countryside of the Aleppo Governorate, Saturday, warning the militants in the area to not breach the ceasefire. The Syrian Arab Army’s High Command warned the militants that any breach of the ceasefire will result in a harsh retaliation […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Russian submarines to be equipped with Kalibr missiles by 2025
(TASS) Russia’s Defense Ministry plans to modernize four Antey-class nuclear submarines for the Pacific Fleet by 2025, installing the Kalibr (NATO reporting name: SS-N-27 Sizzler) missile systems on them, Deputy Minister Yuri Borisov said on Saturday during a visit to the Zvezda plant in the Far East. “We plan modernization of the multi-purpose nuclear submarines of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
ISIL calls on supporters to kill Christians in Europe for Ramadan
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:30 P.M.) – The Islamic State’s (ISIL) leadership has called on its supporters in Europe to carry out attacks against Christian civilians. ISIL referred to the Christian civilians as “crusaders” and told its supporters via its social media wing that killing these people will benefit them during the month of Ramadan. The terrorist […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Slike sa satelita razotkrile vojnu bazu amerikanaca kod južne sirijske granice
BEJRUT, LIBAN (14:30) – Najnovije satelitske slike uslikane sa jordansko-sirijske granice pokazale su američku bazu lociranu na 18 kilometara istočno od sirijskog graničnog prelaza Tanf koji južnije vodi do Iračkog Al-Anbara. Prošlog meseca, američko vazduhoplovstvo napalo je kolonu sa sirijskim ljudstvom u jugoistočnom delu Homs-a, međutim i dalje nije sigurno da li su korišćeni helikopteri sa […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Jaysh Al-Islam launches new offensive against former jihadist allies
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:05 P.M.) – Jaysh Al-Islam launched a new offensive in the East Ghouta region of Damascus, Saturday, targeting the Al-Asha’ri Farms that are controlled by their former allies from Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham and Faylaq Al-Rahman. According to pro-opposition media, Jaysh Al-Islam stormed the Al-Asha’ri Farms in a new bid to expel the jihadist […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Satellite imagery reveals US military base near Syria’s southern border
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:45 P.M.) – Satellite imagery that was captured recently from the Jordanian-Syrian border revealed a constructed U.S. military base located some 18 km east of Syria’s Tanf Crossing into Iraq’s Al-Anbar Governorate. As seen above from the satellite image, the U.S. has a fully functional base that possesses military hardware capable of deterring […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Odbijen veliki napad ISIL-a na položaje SAA u Deir ez-Zoru
DAMASK, SIRIJA (11:20) – Intenzivne borbe između Sirijske Arapske Armije (SAA) i ISIL-A u delovima Deir Ez-Zora u istočnoj Siriji koju kontroliše SAA. U Petak, SAA i NDF pokrenuli su veliku ofanzivu protiv ISIL-a u ravnicama Maskane, kao odgovor na napade dzihadisti su napali položaje SAA u jugozapadnom delu Deir ez-Zora. Borbe koje su trajale […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Breaking: Explosions disrupt funeral processions of Kabul protesters
BEIRUT, LEBANON 2:40 P.M.) – Several explosions were heard at the funeral processions of the slain Kabul protesters, today, the Tasnim News Agency reported this afternoon. At least 18 people were reported dead and another 20 were severely wounded by the explosions in Afghanistan’s capital city. More details to come… Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Iraqi forces advance along the Syrian border
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:30 P.M.) – The pro-government Popular Mobilization Units (Hashd Al-Sha’abi) resumed their field operations along the Syrian border, Saturday, targeting the Islamic State’s last positions near the key district of Ba’aj. Backed by the Iraqi Air Force, the Popular Mobilization Units managed to liberate teh Al-Risalah Compound after a short battle with the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Iraqi Kurdistan to expand relations with Russia: PM
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:05 P.M.) – Iraq’s Kurdistan Prime Minister Nechervan Idris Barzani expressed hope that his relationship with Russia will improve after talks during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on Friday. Barzani noted “now we have a good relation and we hope that it will be better.” According to the Kurdish PM, SPIEF […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Russian, Syrian jets hammer ISIL in eastern Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:50 P.M.) – The Syrian and Russian air forces carried out several airstrikes over the large stretch of desert terrain in eastern Syria, Saturday, targeting the Islamic State’s (ISIL) positions inside the Homs and Deir Ezzor governorates. Flying out of the Shayrat Airbase in eastern Homs, Russian and Syrian air squadrons began the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Russia urges OPCW to investigate Syrian gas attack site: FM
Conclusions regarding purported chemical attacks in Syria cannot be drawn solely on the basis of data obtained from social networks and bloggers, an OPCW team must conduct an on-site investigation, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman said. “The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has created a special mechanism to control chemical weapons in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian Army closes on ISIL’s last Aleppo stronghold
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:25 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) resumed their large-scale offensive in the southeastern countryside of Aleppo, today, targeting the Islamic State’s (ISIL) last positions near the key town of Maskanah. Led by the Tiger Forces, the Syrian Arab Army pushed further east into the Maskanah Plain, attacking the Islamic State’s defenses […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Kurdish forces advance on ISIL’s capital city in northern Syria: video
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:15 P.M.) – The US-supported Arab and Kurdish forces continued advancing on the embattled city of Raqqa, Friday, following the seize of strategic areas including Tabqah, Sufsafa Kabeera, Sufsafa Sagheera from self-proclaimed (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL). Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) leader Ayman Alghanem said that SDF forces will further advance towards the city of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
IŞİD, Deyrezzor’da büyük bir saldırı başlattı: Suriye ordusu direniyor
Deyrezzor’da yıllardır kuşatma altında bulunan Suriye ordusu ile terör örgütü IŞİD arasında şiddetli çatışmalar devam ediyor. Dün sabah saatlerinde Suriye ordusunun kontrolünde bulunan Panorama meydanına büyük bir saldırı başlatan IŞİD militanları, şuana kadar herhangi bir kazanım elde edemedi. Ulusal Savunma Kuvvetleri öncülüğünde savunma pozisyonunu koruyan ordu birlikleri ise bölgedeki çatışmalar sırasında IŞİD’e ait bir zırhlı aracı vurmayı […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Последний бастион ИГ на востоке провинции Алеппо на грани полного окружения
Правительственные войска Сирии продолжают теснить боевиков террористической группировки “Исламское государство” на востоке провинции Алеппо, пытаясь выдавить джихадистов из их последнего бастиона в регионе, города Мескена. После того, как сирийская армия овладела более чем десятью населёнными пунктами к юго-западу от Мескены, важнейшая дорога Мескена – Табка – Ракка, использовавшаяся ИГ в качестве маршрута снабжения, оказалась перерезана, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Irak ordusu: IŞİD, Musul’da askeri olarak bitmiştir
Irak ordusunun Ninova operasyonları komutanı Necm El-Ceburi, Sumeria Ajansı ile bir röportaj gerçekleştirdi. El-Ceburi, IŞİD’in Irak kuvvetleri ile savaşırken halkı insani kalkan olarak kullandığını ve kadın ve çocuklardan intihar operasyonlarında yararlanmak gibi çeşitli yöntemlerinin olduğunu aktardı. Komutan, röportajın devamında; IŞİD’in askeri olarak Musul’da işinin bittiğini söyledi ve Musul’un batı kıyılarında, IŞİD’in kontrolü altında bulunan bölgelerin toplamının yüzde altıyı […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Yemen | Hutíes dirigen incursiones exitosas contra fuerzas saudíes (FOTOS)
Las líneas de frente permanecen activas tanto en Yemen como en las regiones fronterizas vecinas de Arabia Saudí a medida que continúan los enfrentamientos violentos entre las fuerzas yemeníes y la Coalición Árabe liderada por Arabia Saudí. En la provincia de Taiz, en el sur de Yemen, los combatientes del movimiento Ansar Allah (hutíes) rechazaron […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Russia defends Syrian statehood rather than Syrian leader: Putin
(TASS) Russia is defending not so much Syria’s leader Bashar Assad as Syrian statehood, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday. “We’re defending there [in Syria] not so much President Assad as Syrian statehood,” the Russian president said at a panel discussion at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. “We don’t want a situation to […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
The U.S. Navy Is Looking At Extending the Life Of Their Ships To reach President trump's Goal Of A 355 Ship Navy
The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson transits the East China Sea on March 9 with warships of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. (US Navy Photo/Sean Castellano) *Tyler Rogoway, The Drive*: *The Navy Now Says It Can Get More Service Life Out Of Its Existing Fleet* *Now that shipbuilders' order books are filling up, the Navy claims it can get more service life out of the ships it already owns.* After pushing to retire and mothball existing ships so that it can field new ones, the Navy now says it can squeeze significantly more life out of the majority of the fleet it already has.... more »
Jordan analysis for Charter delay applications
R. v. Islam, 2017 ONCJ 335 is a useful case for POA prosecutions. Some take aways include: S11(b) Jordan analysis applies to POA matters. Time runs on Part 1 POA prosecutions from date of charge and not date defendant took some step - that seems obvious but was argued. Cases are not argued well and the parties should prepare properly and be concise - "43. The court also ventures to state that part of the issue with regard to delay in this case rests with the conduct of this case by the respondent and the often irreverent response and caustic and adversarial behavior of... more »
Parents Sue As Video Shows Cops Stomp, Taser, and Suffocate Their Son to Death
[image: death]Horrifying video shows police took turns kicking, tasering, insulting, and crushing the wind from a mentally ill man, until he died.
Standing Rock Water Protectors in Netherlands, Now Germany
Waste Win Young, Dakota Lakota from Standing Rock, Rachel Heaton, Muckleshoot, Rafael Gonzalez, Dakota, and Nataani Means, Dine' Lakota, in the Netherlands. By Brenda Norrell Censored News Standing Rock Water Protectors met with members of Parliament in the Netherlands, and visited four cities in five days. Now they are off to Germany on their 11 country tour, urging divestment in fossil
This Is How The U.S. Navy Destroys A 'Killer Tomato'
*WNU Editor:* From *Business Insider *.... Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship, the USS Bataan, conducted an exercise in which they fired upon a large inflatable target, nicknamed "killer tomato."
The U.S. Army Wants A New Rifle
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. William A. Tanner *Popular Mechanics*:* Three Rifles That Could Replace the Army's M4A1 Carbine* The Army is "taking a hard look" at new arms for soldiers. In new comments to the Senate Armed Services Committee, U.S. Army Chief of Staff Mark Milleyhas said the Army is "taking a hard look" at a new German assault rifle and other designs to replace its existing weapons. The M4A1 carbine is currently issued to U.S. Army combat troops worldwide. A descendant of the original M16 rifle, the M4A1 has a 14.5" barrel, is chambered for the 5.56-millimeter round, and ... more »
The U.S. Air Force's KC-46 Will Be The First Air Tanker That Can Refuel Planes In Complete Darkness
Boeing's KC-46 © Christopher Okula / Reuters *RT:* *Boeing’s stealthy Pegasus air tankers to refuel USAF jets in complete darkness (PHOTOS)* The first air tanker in world military history that can refuel planes in complete darkness is undergoing tests ahead of the expected US Air Force acquisition. A total of 179 of Boeing’s KC-46 'Pegasus' tankers will be delivered by the end of the 2017. The new fleet of ‘aerial gas stations’ are set to replace their predecessors, the KC-135 Stratotankers, which have been in service since the Eisenhower administration. In an emergency, the new K... more »
Rainageddon Links
[image: DSC05087] *Pretty sure we had weather like this once...* - Taiwan News has vids and pics of the massive flooding, and pics are all over Facebook and elsewhere. More than 600mms of rain fell in the north in a few hours yesterday. Trains stopped, flights stopped, it's crazy. My son spent all day at the airport yesterday waiting for a flight that was never permitted to land. Everything is closed, roads are knocked out, buildings flooded. Fortunately the death toll has been light. - 4 Taiwanese die in Phils casino attack - ICRT's latest podcast, with the a... more »
Virtually Nothing In The Trumpanzee Climate Speech Was True
The *NY Times*' Jonathan Martin tweeted after the Trumpanzee climate speech that he should have said he represents "Punxsutawney not Paris," rather than "Pittsburgh not Paris." Michael Grunwald, writing for *Politico* went one better, postulating that Señor Trumpanzee didn't pull out of the Paris Climate Accord because of the climate, or to help American business. He needed to troll the world-- and this was his best shot so far. And that's pure Bannon (which led to the *Morning Joe* video up top in which Republican Joe Scarborough said that "Bannon is the president of the United ... more »
“The Stuff of (Disturbing) Dreams”
*“The Stuff of (Disturbing) Dreams”* by Dr. Michael J. Breus “Dreams are one of the most fascinating - and least understood - aspects of sleep. Though science has offered possibilities, we don't yet understand the purpose of dreaming. Dreams can encompass a dramatic range of emotion, and subject matter. Some dreams seem plucked directly from our everyday lives. Most of us have had the experience of waking up shaking our heads at the odd and sometimes amusing circumstances that unfolded while dreaming. Dreams can contend with deep emotions, dealing with loss and reunion, anger, so... more »
"First Of All..."
"First of all, although men have a common destiny, each individual also has to work out his own personal salvation for himself in fear and trembling. We can help one another to find the meaning of life no doubt. But in the last analysis, the individual person is responsible for living his own life and for "finding himself." If he persists in shifting his responsibility to somebody else, he fails to find out the meaning of his own existence. You cannot tell me who I am and I cannot tell you who you are. If you do not know your own identity, who is going to identify you?" - Thomas Mer... more »
Fukushima Update: "Fukushima Equals 14,602.8 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow"
*"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”* - Shiva *Updated June 3, 2017: Fukushima Equals 14,602.8 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow; There is No Place On Earth to Escape the Rad: *The 3 melted-through cores of the destroyed reactors, totaling over *600 tons*, at Fukushima *daily* release the radioactive equivalent of 6.45 Hiroshima bombs directly into the atmosphere and the Pacific Ocean. As of June 3, 2017 - 2,264 days since the disaster began - this equals the detonation of 14,602.8 Hiroshima atomic bombs and it is still going strong, with no end in sight, consideri... more »
“Measuring Radiation”
*“Measuring Radiation”* By Russell D. Hoffman “What are Curies, Becquerels, Rems, Rads, Grays, Sieverts, Roentgens, Q, RBE etc.? Here are some answers (quotes are taken from my book, "The Code Killers." Free download link below.) Let's start with a Curie: "An amount of radioactivity defined as 3.7 *10^18 decays per second... about equal to the radioactivity of one gram of pure radium. Replaced by the Becquerel (Bq)." Becquerel: "Exactly one radioactive decay per second. Abbreviated Bq." So those are just different measurements for the same thing: Radioactive decays per unit of time... more »
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*Antisemitism at a Canadian university* We’ve written before about Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada in connection to BDS and virulently anti-Israel activism crossing over into flagrant antisemitism and creating a toxic environment for Jews Now, a new disturbing story has surfaced at Ryerson. But this time it involves anti-Israel, pro-BDS faculty there allegedly behaving badly toward a Jewish undergraduate student. At issue are a series of conversations, conducted primarily over email, between a Jewish undergraduate student majoring in the field of Social Work—Rebecca Katzma... more »
Operation Typhoon: Nazi Germany's Master Plan to Sack Moscow
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* Red Army forces mounted a gallant stand against the Germans. The war map gave Adolf Hitler every reason to be confident. Operation Barbarossa, Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union begun on June 22, 1941, had succeeded spectacularly on nearly every front. One Soviet army after another had been smashed as Germany’s Ostheer, its army in the East, plunged deep into the industrial heart of Josef Stalin’s vast Eurasian state. By September, Hitler’s legions were within sight of Leningrad, while to the south German and Romanian divisions had ... more »
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*Trump Pulls US Out of Global Climate Change Pact* *See below how "Live Science" reported Prez Trump's announcement. They show no interest at all in discussing the scientific issues in the matter but just trot through all the usual Warmist talking points, and make a big deal out of the fact that almost all other nations remain "in" the Paris accord. It's blatant propaganda that shows no interest in the science of the matter whatsoever. Science goes down the gurgler when Leftists are in charge of it* President Donald Trump is pulling the United States out of the Paris Agreement,... more »
America’s Mad Dog barks but refuses to bite North Korea
America has all but conceded China's regional dominance of East Asia, while China continues to inform America that it respects North Korea's sovereignty, though it is not happy with its behaviour. The post America’s Mad Dog barks but refuses to bite North Korea appeared first on The Duran.
Here’s the MOST IMPORTANT thing Vladimir Putin said in St. Petersburg
Discussions about America were an entertaining side-show. The real meat and potatoes of the St. Petersburg Forum was all about Russia's friendship with both India and China. The post Here’s the MOST IMPORTANT thing Vladimir Putin said in St. Petersburg appeared first on The Duran.
Highlights from St Petersburg International Economic Forum 2017
SPIEF 2017 sees Russian President Putin in confident mood, with highlights to his comments Russia's strengthening economy and forceful restatements of Russian policy positions on US elections and Syria. The post Highlights from St Petersburg International Economic Forum 2017 appeared first on The Duran.
With everybody focused on Trump pulling out of the Paris accords, we almost missed that his administration wants to start drilling more giant holes in Alaska.
Courtesy of Newsweek: *With all eyes on President Donald Trump’s announcement to withdrawal from the Paris climate accord, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has signed an order to “jump-start Alaskan energy”—meaning, in this case, to drill for more oil. * *The order pertains to two places: the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska (NPR-A), the largest block of federally managed land in the United States, and the coastal region of the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), the so-called “1002 area.” It calls for a “lawful review and development of a revised Integrated Activity Plan” aim... more »
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. - Meagan Gilmore examines how an increased minimum wage is good for business. - Hannah Aldridge offers some suggestions to keep a poverty reduction strategy on target. And Make Poverty History notes that Brian Pallister is offering a textbook example of how not to do it by ignoring his government's responsibility to update Manitoba's existing plan. - The CP reports that Canada's cities are trying to push Justin Trudeau's Libs to stop stalling on funding for social housing. But Jordan Press and Andy Blatchford note that instead of tacklin... more »
Un-Enlightened Trump
Joe Stiglitz knows who Donald Trump is. He's no Master Builder. To the contrary, he's a Malevolent Wrecking Ball. He wants to destroy more than American Health Care and the Paris Climate Accord. He seeks to destroy the legacy of the Enlightenment: For millennia before the middle of the 18th century, standards of living stagnated. It was the Enlightenment, with its embrace of reasoned discourse and scientific inquiry, that underpinned the enormous increases in standards of living in the subsequent two and a half centuries. With the Enlightenment also came a commitment to discover a... more »
The Sacred Plant Healing Secrets Exposed 7 Day Docuseries Begins June 7t...
*Published on May 31, 2017* The Sacred Plant: Healing Secrets Exposed is a FREE 7-part docu-series about what could be the most powerful healing plant on earth. The series will be available to you entirely FREE and ONLINE from June 7-13, 2017. To watch for FREE, please make sure you sign up at: http://bit.ly/TSPTrailer The Sacred Plant has been used for 5,000+ years to successfully prevent, treat and even beat Cancer, Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer, Parkinson, Rheumatoid Arthritis, PTSD, Epilepsy and 16+ other serious health conditions. Through the docu-series, we can't wait to... more »
Rupert Sheldrake's rather positive appraisal of The Electric Universe.
here's very well respected author and physicist Rupert Sheldrake talking about *“Breaking Scientific Taboos”* wherein he offers his opinion of The Electric Universe, as currently pioneered by Wal Thornhill and David Talbott and the Thunderbolts of the Gods team. *FURTHER (ELECTRIC BRAIN) STUDY:* in a later discussion, Sheldrake ponders the possiblity that the sun might be sentient. *"We are, after all, the physical rendition of electrical exchange,"* so why shouldn't this kind of theorising on the 'consciousness of the Electric Brain' be debated in this way? Electricital or p... more »
100 years later, the west has authored a new Balfour Declaration for the Balkans
In 1917, a British aristocrat promised Arab land to European Zionists. The results have been catastrophic. Today, western elites are promising Orthodox Christian lands in the Balkans to Albanians who all ready occupy part of Serbia thanks to NATO. The results will be equally disastrous. The post 100 years later, the west has authored a new Balfour Declaration for the Balkans appeared first on The Duran.
On Taxes and Deficits
Click here to read my column in Sunday's *New York Times*.
Harvard Public Health on Minnesota Measles Outbreak
NONSENSE: "This outbreak is notable not just because of its size, but because it was sparked by anti-vaccine groups, who targeted Somali-Americans. Hello and welcome to Harvard Chan: This Week in Health. It’s Thursday, June 1, 2017. I’m Noah Leavitt....
Seems accurate.
Trump finally signs his Energy Independence Executive Order https://t.co/LIM8n3sB1P — Gryphen 2009 (@Gryphen2009) June 2, 2017 My only question is how soon?
Yemen field report: Houthis conduct successful raids against Saudi forces (PHOTOS)
SANA’A, YEMEN (12:20 P.M.) – Frontlines remain active both in Yemen and in neighbouring border regions of Saudi Arabia as violent clashes between Yemeni forces and Saudi-led Arab coalition continue. In Taiz province, southern Yemen, fighters of the Ansar Allah (Houthi) movement repelled an attack by pro-Saudi forces on the Republican Palace area and thwarted […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
PKK claims responsibility for Turkish military helicopter crash
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (11:50 A.M.) – Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK, Kurdish for Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê) claimed responsibility for Turkish military helicopter crash that took place on Wednesday, May 31. According to PKK’s press release, the helicopter carrying high-ranking Turkish military officers came under fire of one of the PKK squads in Sirnak province near the Iraqi […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Powerful ISIS assault thwarted by Syrian Army in Deir Ezzor (VIDEO)
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (11:20 A.M.) – Intense clashes between Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and the so-called “Islamic State” (IS, formerly ISIL/ISIS) continue in the besieged government-held districts and outskirts of Deir Ezzor city in eastern Syria. On Friday, SAA and allied National Defense Forces (NDF) units engaged a violent firefight with IS jihadists who launched a […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Este de Alepo: ISIS se derrumba a medida que el Ejército sirio rodea la principal fortaleza yihadista
Las fuerzas del gobierno sirio siguen barriendo el Estado Islámico en el territorio oriental de Alepo, con el objetivo de expulsar al grupo de su último bastión de Maskanah. Con más de una docena de pueblos liberados, las tropas sirias han logrado cortar la ruta principal de suministro de ISIS, el camino de Maskanah – Raqqa, lo […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian, Russian airstrikes hammer ISIS in east Hama
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (9: 00) – The Syrian government forces, backed by Russian allies, resume its large-scale offensive against the Islamic State in the eastern countryside of Hama. The military operation, which began last Wednesday with the support of local fighters and Russian forces, aims at seizing the ISIS stronghold of Aqirbat; which serves as the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Roger Helmer On Trump
By Paul Homewood Roger Helmer, UKIP’s Energy Spokesman, is interviewed on yesterday’s World at One. Well worth a listen at about 13 mins in: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08rp39f
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From Jenna Orkin The CIA's Secrets About JFK, Che, and Castro Revealed in New Book By Former Operative Newsweek dons tin foil hat. One Official Tried To Warn Us About Attacks Like Portland. He Was Pushed Out. Bucking Trump, These Cities, States and Companies Commit to Paris Accord The Campus Mob Came for Me—and You, Professor, Could Be Next New Sponge Cleans Up Oil Spills for Recycling video. The Great Barrier Reef Can No Longer Be Saved by Current Efforts, Scientists Warn There's so much CO2 in the atmosphere that planting trees can no longer save us Staggering Number Of Homeles... more »
Lawrence Solomon: Canadians should be grateful to Trump for killing the Paris climate deal
Maybe we will now see a return to scientific sanity as the this may begin the actual move away from a carbon super tax which every scoundrel wanted a piece of. I personally suspect that the probability of an incremental increase in global temperature to now be very low if not completely unlikely. Not least because it has never happened naturally and what room upside that we do have is perhaps a half of a degree which would actually be welcome. Worse than all that the likelihood of a one degree decline sometime during the next three centuries is excellent simply b... more »
If We’re Gonna Impeach Trump, Let’s Make Sure We’re Clear on A Couple Points
What has gone on for the past six months is unprecedented. Essentially the losers and that includes it appears all parts of the so called establishment has refused to accept the decision of the American people. Lack of cooperation is the least of it. The cries for impeachment are ridiculous as well as the false claims of magical interference. In fact the whole false narrative has never even made sense at all but has served as a smokescreen to cover what is an atemmped coup. I do think that Trump will win. It is just not going down easily and it is because of a whole ra... more »
Agricultural Scientists confirms Results of Three Sister Experiments
This is seriously important. The three sister story is actually badly wrong. Corn growing took place in the bottom lands where you had annual flooding and muck soils. This crop produced two products. Corn of course but also dried stover that is easily used to create biochar kilns as i posted ten years ago. That bio char was then easily blended with the soil and carried in baskets to where growing need to be supported. This made the artificial terraces easy to build up and work. It also turns out that beans and vegetables grow best on those terraces. All this supported the ... more »
Kolbrin - Book of Scrolls - Chpt 6 - Sacred Registers Part 6 - Kohar
Some illumination on the nature of the Kohar. It has been alluded to a number of times but needed explanation. Add in my conjecture that we actuate in the form of perhaps thirty aspects who occupy a time window of around a century and we have a lot of data to preserve and to integrate. Then understand that we also progress through perhaps eight human life spans and we are talkng about eight centuries. Thus we surely demand a Kohar who handles all the data work of what could be the output of two hundred and fifty lifetimes over eight centuries. I have actually met one of my asp... more »
Putin talks NATO: “If you’re not intending to attack anybody, why increase your military spending?” (Video)
Putin discusses NATO with Megyn Kelly at the SPIEF. The post Putin talks NATO: “If you’re not intending to attack anybody, why increase your military spending?” (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
Macedonia denies meddling in US elections. Laughs at Hillary Clinton’s accusations (Video)
How do Macedonians feel about Hillary blaming Macedonia? The post Macedonia denies meddling in US elections. Laughs at Hillary Clinton’s accusations (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
"If You Live On This Land..."
"If you live on this land, and you have ancestors sleeping in this land, I believe that makes you a native to this land. It has nothing to do with the color of your skin. I was not raised to look at people racially. What I was taught is that we're flowers in the Great Spirit's garden. We share a common root, and the root is Mother Earth." - Oh Shinnah Fastwolf, Shishindi Nation (Apache)
The Poet: Robinson Jeffers, "Love That, Not Man Apart From That"
*"Love That, Not Man Apart From That"* "Then what is the answer? Not to be deluded by dreams. To know that great civilizations have broken down into violence, and their tyrants come, many times before. When open violence appears, to avoid it with honor or choose the least ugly faction; these evils are essential. To keep one’s own integrity, be merciful and uncorrupted and not wish for evil; and not be duped By dreams of universal justice or happiness. These dreams will not be fulfilled. To know this, and know that however ugly the parts appear the whole remains beautiful. A severed hand Is... more »
Proving Jeremy Corbyn lied about the rich getting richer under the conservatives
Last night Jeremy Corbyn lied, not a huge shock I know, about the rich getting richer, the poor poorer. The BBC didn't pick up on this, again not a huge surprise. Thankfully Fraser Nelson has... https://mobile.twitter.com/FraserNelson/status/870743404862459906/photo/1
Something FISHY Going On With BILDERBERG and CERN — Major “Move” Underway
It has to do with this verse IMO: – Revelation 17:8 New King James Version (NKJV) 8 The beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition. And those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are not written in the Book […]
Bilderberg Group is Level One of the Deep State – Lionel
Published on Jun 2, 2017 The infamous Bilderberg Group is meeting this week, this time in Chantille, Virginia. The secretive international group (which has included royalty, bankers and assorted global elites) has convened for arcane conversations and what protesters maintain is conspiratorial plotting on an annual basis since 1954. They use their own security and […]
Israeli Troops Shoot, Critically Injure Palestinian Girl in West Bank
Published on Jun 1, 2017 Israeli soldiers have shot and critically wounded a Palestinian girl over an alleged stabbing in the occupied West Bank. Modern Ashkenazi Khazars (90+% of modern Jewry) are NOT the Jews of the Bible! Ashkenaz is not from the tribe of Shem ie. not semitic! They cannot be the descendents of […]
Breaking: Global Warming Climate Model Completely Debunked
Published on Jun 1, 2017 Lord Monckton joins Alex Jones via Skype to discuss recent discoveries, made by him and his team, that completely debunk the myth of human accelerated change in global climate. end
Climate Agreement Is A Glorified Global Tax. Carbon ‘666’ Tax
Published on Jun 2, 2017 Alex Jones breaks down how the Paris Climate Accord was nothing more than a way for the globalists to establish a global tax to fund their global government. end
Here’s Why Bilderberg Is So Secretive
Published on Jun 2, 2017 If the world knew what Bilderberg was doing, the elites would be fleeing the country. end
No Russian Trace: MSM Suddenly Goes Quiet After No Evidence of Moscow Hacking Macron Found
Published on Jun 2, 2017 French investigators have found no traces of a Russian hacking group in the attack on President Emmanuel Macron’s election campaign, in which thousands of emails were leaked, the head of the French government’s cyber security agency told AP. Cleveland Cavaliers LOST Game 1 of NBA finals. It is Russia’s FAULT! […]
B-52 Bombers Deployed by US to Europe for NATO Drills Near Russian Borders
Published on Jun 2, 2017 The US has decided to send its B-52 bombers to Europe. They went to join the NATO drills, and to patrol the seas bordering Russia. RT’s Anastasia Churkina has more. end
People Not In Labor Force Soar By 608,000
People Not In Labor Force Soar By 608,000 by Tyler Durden, http://www.zerohedge.com While the payrolls report (and wage gains) was an unmitigated disaster for anyone seeking “evidence” of an economic rebound (i.e., the Federal Reserve), there was some good news in the Unemployment rate which declined from 4.4% to 4.3%, the lowest going back to […]
Deutsche Bank Trader Admits To Rigging Precious Metals Markets
Deutsche Bank Trader Admits To Rigging Precious Metals Markets by Tyler Durden, http://www.zerohedge.com After months of “smoking guns” and conspiracy theory dismissals, a Singapore-based Deutsche Bank trader (at the center of fraud allegations) finally confirmed (by admitting guilt) what many have suspected – the biggest banks in the world have conspired to rig precious metals […]
John (Fire) Lame Deer, "The Green Frog Skin"
"The Green Frog Skin" by John (Fire) Lame Deer "The Green Frog Skin – that’s what I call the dollar bill. In our attitude towards it lies the biggest difference between the Indians and the whites. My grandparents grew up in an Indian world without money. Just before the Custer battle the white soldiers had received their pay. Their pockets were full of green paper and they had no place to spend it. What were their last thoughts as an Indian bullet or arrow hit them? I guess they were thinking of all that money going to waste, of not having had a chance to enjoy it, of a bunch of du... more »
X22 Report, “The Deep State Plans Are In Jeopardy, In Desperation They Are Considering This”
X22 Report, “The Deep State Plans Are In Jeopardy, In Desperation They Are Considering This” -nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnT2ZuipAgQ ○ *Related followup report:* X22 Report, “Putin Warns The World, The Global Economy Is About To Change” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-oBwi4vv_c
"Veterans Complaint Hotline Live"; A Comment- Excellent!
*"Veterans Complaint Hotline Live"* by MOAA "June 2, 2017- On Thursday the White House unveiled its Veterans Complaint Hotine, delivering on a campaign promise to give veterans direct access to the Trump administration. Veterans can voice their concerns or individual complaints by calling *(855) 948-2311.* Let's say, for instance, you believe your VA medical center unfairly charged you for an emergency room visit. Or, you might wish to let the administration know of your concerns about its FY 2018 budget proposal or its plans to immediately halt payments to current and future vete... more »
Tweet For Today
Japan has not had an imperial abdication in two centuries and there was no law to deal with Emperor Akihito's surprise retirement request pic.twitter.com/DVjhGNO83R — AFP news agency (@AFP) June 2, 2017
East Aleppo Map Update: ISIS collapses as Syrian Army closer to encircle major jihadi stronghold
DAMASCUS SYRIA (8: 30 A.M.) – The Syrian government forces continue to sweep the Islamic State in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, aiming at expelling the group from its last bastion of Maskanah. With more than a dozen villages fell to the Syrian troops in the southwest of Maskanah, the imperative Maskanah-Raqqa road – which […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Four Great Rides For U.S. Special Operations Soldiers
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com *FOX News*: *4 amazing vehicles for Special Operations Forces* The U.S. military is home to some of the most elite teams in the world -- Navy SEALS, Delta, Special Forces, Rangers and Marine Force Recon to name a few. These highly trained soldiers some of the best equipment in the world in order to do their job, including vehicles to get around. Here are four vehicles made by familiar brands that have also been quietly making extraordinary special vehicles for the nation’s covert military units. *Read more* .... *WNU Editor:* I like the... more »
Picture Of The Day
Members of the Iraqi forces fire mortar shells during battles in western Mosul's Zanjili neighborhood, as government forces advance in the area during their ongoing battle against Daesh fighters on May 31. © AFP 2017/ KARIM SAHIB *WNU Editor:* This picture is from this photo gallery ....* This Week in Pictures *(Sputnik)
This Low Pass Of An Attack Helicopter Is Truly Nuts
What are SAAF pilots up to these days you say? pic.twitter.com/wvrlvYe87F — Jake (@Jakepor21) May 30, 2017 *Warzone/The Drive:* *This Low Pass By A South African Rooivalk Attack Chopper Is Totally Nuts* *It looks like SAAF pilots are having a ball with the world's relatively minuscule Rooivalk fleet.* The origin story of the South African designed and built Rooivalk (Red Kestrel) attack helicopter is a funky tale in itself. Huge sums of money were spent on developing the helicopter and its utility helicopter cousin, the Oryx, both of which are based on the Aérospatiale SA 3... more »
The U.S. Air Force Wants To Bring More C-5 Galaxy Planes Back Into Service
The Spirit of Global Reach, Team Dover's first C-5M Super Galaxy, was delivered Feb. 9, 2010 during a delivery ceremony at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jason Minto) *DoD Buzz: **Air Force Wants More C-5s on the Flightline* The Air Force plans to activate more C-5M Super Galaxies after removing a number of the cargo planes from active service due to budget constraints, officials said. A few years ago, the size of the fleet was more than 100 aircraft; today, it’s half of that, according to Gen. Carlton Everhart, the head of Air Mobility Command. Over the next fe... more »
The U.S. Presence In Okinawa Continues To Be Unresolved
*Grant Newsham, Asia Times:* *US Marines and Okinawa: Enough exasperation to go around* *Okinawa is host to more than half of the 47,000 US troops stationed in Japan and opposition to the military presence has grown among residents.* US Marine Corps Commandant, General Robert Neller’s recent comments about re-thinking the plan to move 9,000 Marines to Guam and Hawaii from Okinawa no doubt exasperated Japan’s government. However, there’s been plenty of exasperation to go around over the last 20 years when it comes to the US Marines and Okinawa. (Note: Okinawa is host to more than ... more »
Relatively Recent Roots Of Standing Up To Trumpism-- The Sixties
My old friend Danny Goldberg, a father of two kids who seem to adore him whenever I see them together, runs a very hands-on successful business. And he *still* manages to find the time to write thought-provoking, insightful books. His newest one, *In Search Of The Lost Chord-- 1967 And the Hippie Idea*, brought me back to the time when I-- as well as Danny-- was coming of age. 1967 was 50 years ago-- a lifetime... and part of my own formative years. That summer I hitch-hiked to Mexico City with my friend Bob and came back to New York via San Francisco where I had slept on a stair i... more »
Keiser Report: Germany vs USA in Era of De-Globalization (E1078)
Published on Jun 1, 2017 Check Keiser Report website for more: http://www.maxkeiser.com/ In this special double header episode of the Keiser Report, Max and Stacy discuss an era in which Germany once again is at the center of a major shift in global power in which a period of deglobalization accompanies one empire collapsing and […]
Trump Is The Number One Topic On The Agenda Of The Bilderberg Group This Year
Trump Is The Number One Topic On The Agenda Of The Bilderberg Group This Year by Michael Snyder, http://endoftheamericandream.com/ The Bilderberg Group conference is being held less than 30 miles from the White House, and the number one subject on the official agenda this year is Donald Trump. The three day summit began on Thursday, and the […]
China’s Yuan-for-Oil Deals Are a Direct Assault on the US Dollar
China’s Yuan-for-Oil Deals Are a Direct Assault on the US Dollar by Bryon King, http://russia-insider.com/en Editor’s note: Russia and China have already inked energy deals in yuan. The fact that the Saudis are inching closer to a similar agreement with Beijing should be front page news. – China is currently modifying the terms of its oil trade […]
Washington’s War on Food is Making Us Sick!
Washington’s War on Food is Making Us Sick! by daniel mcadams, http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/ You don’t have to drink raw milk or buy your meat directly from the farmer to agree that others should have this right. After all, the right to choose what we put in our bodies is fundamental, even if the government feels it has the […]
Top Trump Officials Attend Globalist Bilderberg Summit. Why?
Both McMaster and Mad Dog Mattis cannot be trusted. As demonstrated a few months back: Trump does not have control over the Pentagram MIC. Trump said US navy armadas were heading towards the Korean peninsula when in fact they were heading the other way to Australia for an exercise. Quite an embarassment for the Trump […]
Bilderberg Schemes to Overthrow Trump
Bilderberg Schemes to Overthrow Trump by Paul Joseph Watson | http://www.Infowars.com Elitists begin effort to reverse America-first revolution and Brexit Sources close to the elitist Bilderberg Group conference tell Infowars that globalists see their agenda as being in “deep trouble” and that Donald Trump poses a “dangerous” risk to the international order and must be brought […]
Musical Interlude: Pink Floyd, “Comfortably Numb”
Pink Floyd, “Comfortably Numb” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEmTMkx7SLE
"A Look to the Heavens"
“How many arches can you count in the below image? If you count both spans of the Double Arch in the Arches National Park in Utah, USA, then two. But since the above image was taken during a clear dark night, it caught a photogenic third arch far in the distance- that of the overreaching Milky Way Galaxy. Because we are situated in the midst of the spiral Milky Way Galaxy, the band of the central disk appears all around us. *Click image for larger size.* The sandstone arches of the Double Arch were formed from the erosion of falling water. The larger arch rises over 30 meters above th... more »
"One Summer Night..."
*Click image for larger size.* "One summer night, out on a flat headland, all but surrounded by the waters of the bay, the horizons were remote and distant rims on the edge of space. Millions of stars blazed in darkness, and on the far shore a few lights burned in cottages. Otherwise there was no reminder of human life. My companion and I were alone with the stars: the misty river of the Milky Way flowing across the sky, the patterns of the constellations standing out bright and clear, a blazing planet low on the horizon. It occurred to me that if this were a sight that could be se... more »
"Temporal Distortion"
*"Temporal Distortion" * Featuring an original score by Bear McCreary (Battlestar Galactica, The Walking Dead, Eureka, etc) - http://www.bearmccreary.com - http://dakotalapse.com/2012/02/temporal-distortion-extended-cut/
The Mirror and the Choice
*Zen Gardener* - Judgement is a very base form of unconscious energy. The post The Mirror and the Choice appeared first on Waking Times.
Is Our Sun Conscious?
*Robert M. Schoch, Ph.D* - Crossing the boundaries between science and science fiction, what do we really know about the sun? The post Is Our Sun Conscious? appeared first on Waking Times.
USA’s National Embarrassment: Mandatory Vaccinations
*Catherine J. Frompovich* - Saturday, June 3, 2017, is the International Vaccine Injury Awareness Day. The post USA’s National Embarrassment: Mandatory Vaccinations appeared first on Waking Times.
Top Trump Officials Attend Globalist Bilderberg Summit. Why?
[image: top-trump-officials-attend-globalist-bilderberg-summit-why] Several top officials in the Trump administration are attending this year's secrecy-obsessed Bilderberg meeting, an annual globalist gathering of the world's self-appointed elites and a select group of their “useful idiots.” The reason for their attendance was not immediately clear, nor was it clear whether President Trump had approved their visit. But the implications could be massive, and analysts say Trump should be on guard.
ONU: 532 fallecidos en un mes por el cólera en Yemen; Arabia Saudí mantiene su bloqueo
La enfermedad de el cólera ha acabado con la vida de 532 personas en el último mes. Según la ONU se espera en Yemen hasta 130.000 casos de cólera en las próximas semanas. De esa cifra, 109 de los fallecidos habrían sido menores. La Organización Mundial de la Salud afirmó que el número de posibles casos […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
In pictures: Two ISIS tanks destroyed as Kurdish troops storm junction town west of Raqqa
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (1:20 A.M.) – On Friday, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Manbij Military Council (MMC) – heavily backed by US airstrikes – immobilized two Islamic State tanks in the besieged town of Al-Mansurah, located on the M4-highway west of Raqqa city. After capturing over ten villages in the region this week, clashes have […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Gravity and Isostasy
Gravitational theory is firmly entrenched as dogma and is unchallengeable and punishable by excommunication and if the heresy great enough, by permanent expulsion from polite society. It is thus similar to religion in that as a basic premise it cannot be … Continue reading →
AUSTRALIANS SUFFER UNDER TREACHEROUS PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT
Press Release from *Senator Malcolm Roberts*. 2 JUNE 2017 One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts has called for an immediate abandonment of the Paris Climate Agreement after President Trump today withdrew the United States. President Trump reaffirmed his commitment to putting the American people first and stated that he is protecting American jobs and accuses the treaty of being designed to redistribute U.S. wealth to other countries. Australians are feeling the economic pain from climate policies in our cost-of-living and daily lives - unaffordable energy costs, high unemployment, a s... more »
How Israel's Air Force Won the Six-Day War in Six Hours
*Michael Peck* *Security, Middle East* Operation Moked changed the course of the 1967 war—and of history. At 7:10 a.m. Israeli time, sixteen Israeli Air Force Fouga Magister training jets took off and pretended to be what they were not. Flying routine flight paths and using routine radio frequencies, they looked to Arab radar operators like the normal morning Israeli combat air patrol. At 7:15 a.m., another 183 aircraft—almost the entire Israeli combat fleet—roared into the air. They headed west over the Mediterranean before diving low, which dropped them from Arab radar screens.... more »
The Big China Nuclear Threat No One Is Talking About
*Zachary Keck* *Security, Asia* As the world frets over North Korea's nukes, Beijing has something much more sinister in mind. One of the most consistent aspects of China’s military policy is likely to undergo a significant transformation. Since its first nuclear test in 1964, China has maintained a relatively small nuclear arsenal designed to hold adversaries’ population centers at risk. Even as it has modernized its conventional forces to “fight and win wars” against first-class militaries like that of the United States, China’s nuclear arsenal is estimated to contain just 264... more »
The 4 Largest Tanks Ever Built (and One That Will Haunt Our Dreams)
*Jared Keller, Task and Purpose* *Security, * These steel beasts are kings of the battlefield. Of all the harrowing, intimidating arms and artillery dreamed up by military engineers over the last few centuries, few induce the instinctive evacuation of enemy bowels like the sight of a heavily-armed battle tank rolling up on a fortified position and crushing everything in its path. There’s a reason the M1 Abrams and its various iterations have remained a staple of the U.S. military’s front-line deployments: They’re big, they’re effective, and they scream “game over, man, game over!... more »
Can Trump Come Up with a Comprehensive Strategy to Save Afghanistan?
*Arif Rafiq* *Security, Asia* [image: A coalition Special Operations Forces soldier gives a pen to a young child in Sanawghan village, Herat Province, Afghanistan. Flickr/Department of Defense] The last thing Trump should do is further escalate the level of violence in Afghanistan and fall into a long-term occupation of the country. The Trump administration is in the final stages of a review of its Afghanistan and Pakistan strategy. There appears to be a consensus in favor of a modest surge of U.S. and NATO forces, perhaps deployed at the brigade or even battalion level with Afg... more »
Greek Fire: The Byzantine Empire's Secret Weapon the Ancient World Feared
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* The Byzantine Empire unleashed its new secret war weapon upon the invading Saracen fleet in 678 AD. The year was AD 678, 46 years after the death of the prophet Mohammed. Now the Mohammedans, determined to bring the light of Islam to Arabia and beyond, were streaking across the whole of the Middle East like a comet. Their statecraft, as it turned out, was as basic and unyielding as their faith. Those who would not answer the call of the muezzin would be treated, instead, to the sword. For years, the Muslims had successfully managed to ... more »
U.S. And Japanese Naval Fores Conduct Exercises Off The Korean Peninsula
The Carl Vinson strike group, including USS Carl Vinson, operating with the Ronald Reagan strike group, including the USS Ronald Reagan, during navel drills with Japanese ships off the Korean peninsula. Photo: AFP *South China Morning Post/AFP*: *Two US carrier strike groups, Japanese destroyers in massive show of force off Korean peninsula* The US-Japan drill comes shortly after the Pentagon tested an interceptor system to strike down a dummy ballistic missile A pair of US aircraft carriers and Japanese naval vessels conducted a joint drill in waters off the Korean peninsula Thurs... more »
Another Anti-Choice "Progressive" Running For Congress-- This Time In Little Rock
*Paul Spencer, anti-Choice Democrat* Arkansas used to be a reliably blue state-- even after the rest of the South had gone over to the GOP-- but that's a long time ago and the state is now reliably red. George Wallace won Arkansas when he ran for president in 1968 as the KKK candidate. Since then, the only Democrats to win Arkansas' electoral votes were southerners Jimmy Carter in 1976 and Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996. Trump won the state 684,872 (60.5%) to just 380,494 (33.65%) for the state's former First Lady. The governor, Asa Hutchinson, is a far right Republican and all the s... more »
Trump to Europe: You're on your own
James Goldgeier, Dean of the School of International Service, American University School of International Service at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 1 day ago
Merkel consider her options after meeting with Trump on May 26, 2017, in Italy. AP Photo/Evan Vucci During his recent trip to Europe for meetings at NATO Headquarters in Brussels and with the Group of Seven in Italy, Donald Trump delivered on his campaign promise to disrupt business as usual. In the process, he is undoing U.S. policies undertaken since World War II to promote security and stability in Europe. After Trump’s visit, German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated, “We Europeans truly have to take fate into our own hands.” Europeans taking fate into their own hands is somethin... more »
French President Emmanuel Macron has a message for the United States.
To all scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, responsible citizens who were disappointed by the decision of the US: pic.twitter.com/qxjPX8MhKt — Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) June 1, 2017 Courtesy of Share Blue: *Tonight, I wish to tell the United States: France believes in you. The world believes in you. I know that you are a great nation. I know your history – our common history. * *To all scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, responsible citizens who were disappointed by the decision of the President of the United States, I want to say that they will find in France a secon... more »
RAND withdraws report on child welfare reform for further analysis
Last week, Emily Putnam-Hornstein, an associate professor at the University of Southern California, was reading what seemed like a noteworthy new report from the RAND Corporation on the child welfare system. But then she realized that some of the key estimates were off. When she sent the report to some colleagues, they agreed. Curious, Putnam-Hornstein and […] The post RAND withdraws report on child welfare reform for further analysis appeared first on Retraction Watch.
“Carl Jung's Five Key Elements to Happiness”
*“Carl Jung's Five Key Elements to Happiness”* by Gretchen Rubin "In 1960, journalist Gordon Young asked Jung, "What do you consider to be more or less basic factors making for happiness in the human mind?" Jung answered with five elements: *1.* Good physical and mental health. *2.* Good personal and intimate relationships, such as those of marriage, the family, and friendships. *3.* The faculty for perceiving beauty in art and nature. *4.* Reasonable standards of living and satisfactory work. *5.* A philosophic or religious point of view capable of coping successfully with the vicis... more »
"Justifying Evil"
*"Justifying Evil"* "Obviously the present crisis throughout the world is exceptional, without precedent. There have been crises of varying types at different periods throughout history - social, national, political. Crises come and go; economic recessions, depressions, come, get modified, and continue in a different form. We know that; we are familiar with that process. Surely the present crisis is different, is it not? It is different first because we are dealing not with money nor with tangible things but with ideas. The crisis is exceptional because it is in the field of ideati... more »
"If The Earth Were Only..."
"If the earth were only a few feet in diameter, floating a few feet above a field somewhere, people would come from everywhere to marvel at it. People would walk around it marveling at its big pools of water, its little pools, and the water flowing between the pools. People would marvel at the bumps on it, and the holes in it, and they would marvel at the very thin layer of gas surrounding it and the water suspended in the gas. The people would marvel at all the creatures walking around the surface of the ball and at the creatures in the water. The people would declare it sacred bec... more »
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"Let It Roll Off Our Back: Dodging and Deflecting"
*"Let It Roll Off Our Back: Dodging and Deflecting"* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM "When we are criticized or attacked it is important to not take it into our heart space. One of the most difficult challenges in life is learning not to take things to heart and hold on to it. Especially when we’re younger, or if we’re very sensitive, we take so much of what comes our way to heart. This can be overwhelming and unproductive if it throws us off balance on a regular basis. When we are feeling criticized or attacked from all directions, it becomes very difficult for us to recover ourselv... more »
Tonight's Movie Is 'Farewell To Arms'
From *Wikipedia*: A Farewell to Arms is a 1957 American DeLuxe Color CinemaScope drama film directed by Charles Vidor. The screenplay by Ben Hecht, based in part on a 1930 play by Laurence Stallings, was the second feature film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's 1929 semi-autobiographical novel of the same name. It was the last film produced by David O. Selznick. An earlier film version, A Farewell to Arms starred Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes. *Read more *.... more »
Is a Kentucky University Giving Black Students Free Tuition as an ‘Apology’ for Slavery?
A non-binding vote by student leaders on a largely symbolic resolution has been misrepresented as official university policy.
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- June 2, 2017
Image Credit: Flickr/ ResoluteSupportMedia *Ali Reza Sarwar, The Diplomat*: *Can a New US Surge Stabilize Afghanistan?* Trump is considering sending more troops to Afghanistan, but that won’t solve the underlying problems. President Donald Trump and his top policy advisers are worried about America’s longest war, in Afghanistan. The people of Afghanistan are worried as well. The question of whether the country’s fragile, corruption-ridden, and politically polarized National Unity Government (NUG) can survive its many foes –including an emboldened insurgency, crippling political di... more »
World News Briefs -- June 2, 2017 (Evening Edition)
The United Nations Security Council vote on a resolution to expand its North Korea blacklist after the Asian state's repeated missile tests, at the U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., June 2, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Segar *Reuters*: *U.N. expands North Korea blacklist in first U.S., China sanctions deal under Trump* The U.N. Security Council on Friday expanded targeted sanctions against North Korea after its repeated missile tests, adopting the first such resolution agreed by the United States and Pyongyang's only major ally China since President Donald Trump took office. The Trump ad... more »
Lunatics Take Over Asylum at Evergreen College
[image: lunatics-take-over-asylum-at-evergreen-college] The latest round of insanity on a tax-funded college campus in America reportedly began in late May, when Biology Professor Bret Weinstein objected to a “Day of Absence” scheme that was supposed to prohibit white students and faculty from attending the college.
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