New in Syria Comment
The SSNP’s Military: The Eagles of the Whirlwind & Their Emblem – By Jesse McDonald
The SSNP’s Military: The Eagles of the Whirlwind By Jesse McDonald For
Syria Comment – June 5, 2017 Nusur al-Zawba’a and Some Figures from
Syria Since 2016 The Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP), like many
political parties in the region, also possesses an armed wing. In this
case, the SSNP’s military wing is called Nusur al-Zawba’a which
translates to ‘Eagles of the Whirlwind.’ The Whirlwind
The End of the PKK in Sinjar? How the Hashd al-Sha’bi Can Help Resolve the Yazidi Genocide
This article was published May 30, 2017 by NRT, a media service in
Iraqi Kurdistan. The original article is available here . Photos and
Images have been added to this re-post that were not present in the
original. by Matthew Barber Sinjar is at a pivotal moment of transition
and the next phase of its future will likely be determined by what
happens over the next few weeks. This environment of cha
New in The Duck of Minerva
Writing Women Back In
This is a guest post from Anjali K. Dayal (Assistant Professor, Fordham
University), Madison V. Schramm (PhD Candidate, Georgetown University),
Alexandra M. Stark (PhD Candidate, Georgetown University) The gender
citation gap in international relations is an important part of today’s
disciplinary conversations about diversity : research indicates that
scholarship by women is less cited in academi
Duck Forum on Paris Withdrawal
With the news that the Trump Administration has signaled its intent to
withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement, I reached out to a
number of leading experts on global climate governance and U.S. climate
policy for advanced comment. Contributors include Jessica Green ,
Jennifer Hadden , Thomas Hale , Matthew Hoffmann , Angel Hsu , Joanna
Lewis , Johannes Urpelainen , and Stacy VanDevee
Emancipation through Song: What Can We Learn from Rock Music?
This is a guest post from Sean Kay , Robson Professor of Politics and
Government, and Director of International Studies, at Ohio Wesleyan
University. The interview quotes appear in his new book Rockin’ the Free
World! How the Rock & Roll Revolution Changed America and the World
(2017). There is power in rock and roll – an art form that has
modernized American values and helped them to ripple arou
Trolling Me Softly
While the Russia probe is expanding to include naïve 36-year old
Harvard graduates , pundits all over the world have been worried about
elections in other countries. The massive WikiLeaks dump (pun intended)
on Emmanuel Macron’s campaign in France did not work, so the next
troublesome case seems to be Germany (the UK is fine, they are already
leaving the EU). As Quattrociocchi et al. note , the s
Is the Liberal World Order Finished?
This is a guest post by Dillon Stone Tatum , Assistant Professor in the
Department of Political Science and Geography at Francis Marion
University. If the liberal world order isn’t dead, commentators have
killed it. The recent explosion in analysis focusing on what Donald
Trump, or broader populist movements, mean for the future of world order
have already written both the eulogy and the obituary
Ebola 2.0?
Ebola is back, but that doesn’t mean that the world should panic. A
little more than a year ago, the World Health Organization (WHO)
declared that the West African Ebola outbreak, which killed more than
11,000 people in the largest outbreak of the disease ever, was
officially over . On May 11 th , WHO announced that the Democratic
Republic of Congo had identified 9 suspected cases of Ebola over t
New in The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage
No Clear Thinking Among "Climate" Scientists
I have submitted the following comment to a post about the "global
warming pause" on Dr. Roy Spencer's site (the link may not work, if Dr.
Spencer did not allow it to appear): "...when the next big warm El Nino
occurs, the zero trend will end. And that’s exactly what happened, with
the 2015-16 El Nino. A trend is very sensitive to what happens at the
end of a time series, and a big (natural) warm
Who--or What--Is the "Fittest"?
I have submitted the following comment, on the American Thinker site,
in answer to another commenter who took me to task for my claim that the
idea of "survival of the fittest" is a dead-end, false dogma for
mankind: Every tyrant, so long as he is on top, can claim to be the
"fittest". It is also known as "might makes right". Except the tyrant,
even if he dies of old age, is NOT the fittest in th
New in The Ergosphere
Schooling an idiot
Some
wag once wrote to the effect of "Never argue with an idiot; people may
not be able to tell which is which." On the other hand, if nobody
bothers to school idiots publicly the public may begin to take their
nonsense seriously. And on that note.... Over at The Energy Collective a
clown calling himself Joe Deely says that the exercise of analyzing
California's daily load and generation
I just gave up on Energy For Humanity
I
went through their website. (I had it on my personal blog list for a
while.) When I came across things that bothered me, I dug for contact
information... and THERE ISN'T ANY. These people neither expect nor want
feedback. Not even on their site design (why the HELL wouldn't they put
timestamps on their main-page items, so you can see what's new and
what's not?). If they refuse to interact
New in The High-fat Hep C Diet
Gilbert's Syndrome - a user's guide
Last week I received some liver test results from my last follow-up
visit to Auckland Clinical Services after clearing HCV genotype 3 in the
Phase 3 Epclusa trial mentioned here . ALT and AST were gratifying low
at 12 and 15 U/L respectively, albumin healthy at 45 g/L, but total
bilirubin was high at 23 umol/L despite direct bilirubin being low at 3
umol/L. The normal reference range for total bi
Fruit and Diabetes - some evidence
It's a commonly discussed paradox of sorts - how can fruit have a
negative association with diabetes in epidemiology when it's full of
sugar? Two recent papers from China go some way towards clearing this up
in my opinion. One is a prospective study of Type 2 Diabetes risk, in
which a difference is seen between different classes of fruit; apples
are good, tropical fruits - pineapples, mangos, and
A Quick note on the ASCOT II "Nocebo" statin side-effects study
Here's a comment I put on Malcolm Kendrick's post about the "statin
side effects minimal" Lancet paper. For what it's worth, there's
evidence that lipid lowering is effective in secondary prevention of
CVD, but only in people with lipid markers associated with
hyperinsulinaemia. This is an easy syndrome to correct without drugs. In
people without hyperinsulinaemia (shown by high HDL level and low
New in thwap's schoolyard
Terrorism in the UK
So, apparently there was a terrorist attack on London Bridge carried
out with a van and knives. A suicide attack. Then there was the
Manchester concert bombing. Now, we know that the alleged perpetrator of
the Manchester bombing was the member of a family of anti-Qaddafi
Islamic extremists and that their war against the Libyan dictator was
aided and abetted by British intelligence. This was "blow
Oh Those Fucking "Conservatives"!
I'd never heard of Katie Hopkins before. Apparently she's a British
right-wing racist scribbler, known for her "outrageous" outbursts of
stupid bigotry. (A UK version of uber-hypocrite shit-stain Ann Coulter.)
But she took it too far when in the wake of the Manchester concert
bombing she tweeted a call for a "Final Solution" to the "problem" of
the existence of Muslim people. Supposedly she came
Operation Medusa
Recently, hysterical Liberal Party hack Montreal Simon had been
swooning about attacks against Liberal Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan.
Apparently Sajjan wilfully overstated his role in the planning of one of
the Canadian Forces' biggest operations; "Operation Medusa." Now, some
political columnists who I tend to respect (and you can check this blog
and find out that I do respect several of them)
Bob Cesca: Stupid Fucking Liberal
Bob Cesca thought he was going to make a clever point about the
"extremes" of the right and the left in the US of A. He talks about how
both serial sexual predator Bill O'Reilly, and generally decent liberal
sap John Oliver, both paint a harsh picture of Barack Obama : On one
hand, there was Bill O'Reilly who continued to push for a stronger
response to Islamic jihad. Not only should the presiden
Civilization is Doomed: Part III
Last time I talked about the weakness of Trump's opponents among the
Republicans. Today I'll talk about the weakness of his rival from the
Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton. Yes, yes. Hillary won the popular
vote. But that doesn't decide US presidential elections. Hillary knew
that. By the rules of the game she agreed to play, she lost. She lost to
a widely unpopular, appalling, narcissistic igno
New in Toward a Bioregional State
Geographic Nationalism Solves the Problems of Ethnic Nationalism, Globalism, and Degradation Combined
I want to address two points that have been making the rounds on the
web as of late. Both deal with the ideas or policy recommendations of
"sustainability nationalism," to coin a phase. Sustainability
nationalism is a recent ideology that has a false dichotomy at its core.
On the one hand of this dichotomy, people argue that "nationalism (read
as ethnic, religious, or linguistic homogeneity) is t
New in Vagabond Scholar
Memorial Day 2017
Memorial
Day is meant to remember those who died in military service. I watched
the Memorial Day Concert from the U.S. Capitol on PBS, as I often do.
I'm not a fan of schmaltzy stuff, and there's plenty of that, but I do
appreciate that for the past several years the concert has told some
not-rosy wartime stories and has covered subjects such as PTSD, suicide,
and recovering from severe injuries
New in Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!)
Embarrassed
Enough Yet? It Was a Good Plan (Calling Roger Stone!) Please, Drink the
Koolaid (Really. It's Not Soma) There Is No Such Thing As Cyber
Security
First
off, in self defense, seriously consider this: Truth Has Become
Un-American That peace with Russia and China would undermine the
justification of the $1,000 billion military/security budget, and that
the military/security complex is the American government, is too much
truth for most writers to state. Truth is the most rare element in the
Western world, and we will not be permitted to
(Intimidation
Watch?) Fibrillating in Fear and Bankrupting By False Security (How the
U.S. Electorate Has Been Denied Its True Voice for Over 40 Years) John
Dean Sees Trouble? (The Real New Climate) Self-Interest or Values
Voting? (Violence Our Most Important Product)
Bullshit
works. And I'm quoting Fareed Zakaria (believe it or not): They're
calling it "impeachment watch," but it seems more like bare-knuckled
intimidation. Trump Threatens Comey With Secretly Recorded “Tapes” of
Their Conversations Trump’s attempt to intimidate Comey appeared to be
in response to reports from the Wall Street Journal and NBC News that
the former director had let it
War
Against Taxpayers and Whistleblowers (Trump Picks All Part of the
Problem) Trump Threatens WikiLeaks "Nuclear Option" Against the First
Amendment (Why So Easily Manipulated) Global Neoliberalism Coming to All
Damn
it. "Billions" is over. Damn. It. Just catching up after the furor.
Wanker of the Day - Rep. Chris Collins of Upstate New York wins today's
all-pro wanking award. What kind of prize should he get? Discuss. Total
of 4.2Mln of French Voters Cast Empty Ballots - Millions of
New in What Is Sustainable
Hunting Strategies in Central Europe
Hunter-gatherer cultures differed widely in their dependence on
technology. The persistence hunters of the Kalahari used almost none,
while those inhabiting cold regions required huge survival toolboxes —
weatherproof shelters, warm hearths, fur clothing, canoes, specialized
weaponry, food storage. In the far north, hunting clans also required
dozens of large sled dogs, and feeding them required
Pleistocene Hunting in Europe
Humankind is confronted with an enormous and perplexing riddle. We’ve
developed a way of life that is ecologically super-idiotic (but look at
our awesome phones!), and pounding the vitality of the natural world
(and soon we’ll have self-driving cars!). The great riddle is how did we
get into this mess? Can we get out of it? Who are we? Where did we come
from? Many books reveal important clues. Bo
Hunters of the Recent Past
When I hear the word “hunter,” I immediately conjure an image of a man
with a gun. Other images follow — bows and arrows, mounted hunters,
cavemen with spears, and so on. Hunters of the Recent Past provided me
with much new information on how the ancestors lived, prior to horses,
guns, and other industrial gizmos. The book is a collection of 19
scholarly papers that describe modes of low-tech com
New in wmtc
"what kind of dog is that?"
At the beach! Diego's favourite place. What kind of dog is that? People
ask this all the time. All our dogs have been rescues, but most had
recognizable breed markers. We could answer "white Shepherd-Husky cross"
or "Lab-Shepherd mix" or "Jack Russell-Fox Terrier cross". Of course
those dogs probably had many other breeds in the mix. When you think
about it, unless a dog is actually the product o
authors i keep wanting to read but don't
My
book list is extremely long, so long that I don't call it a reading
list or a to-read list, because I will never read even half the books on
the List. It's more like books I would read. A list to narrow down the
universe of books to a smaller universe of books to choose from. Working
in a library has increased this likelihood that I won't read even a
majority of these books -- or decreased the
what i'm reading: the new jim crow by michelle alexander
When I first heard the incarceration of African Americans in the United
States referred to as a "new Jim Crow," I thought it must be hyperbole.
So did Michelle Alexander, a fact she discloses in the introduction to
her book. As Alexander researched the concept, the more she learned, the
more she changed her mind. She changed my mind, too. In The New Jim
Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colo
what i'm reading: leaving lucy pear
The year is 1917. A teenage girl from a wealthy family is pregnant, the
result of rape -- by a man who her mother pushed her to pursue for
marriage. Now the girl is being forced to surrender her baby to an
orphanage. She has met the person who runs the orphanage, and she cannot
bear the thought. The girl devices a plan, a way she can leave her
infant daughter to be found by a large family who wil
arun gupta's perfect takedown of cultural appropriation when applied to food
I read this on Facebook and absolutely love it. The author, Arun Gupta,
understands and acknowledges cultural appropriation as a fact and a
legitimate concern (as do I). But he also believes the "reactionary
left" spreading lists of ethnic restaurants run by white people
...essentializes the notion of culture as rooted in the very soil of a
place and not something that can travel or transcend bou
postscript: some clarifications and addenda to my recent post on cultural appropriation
Many
people have been discussing my recent post about cultural appropriation
on Facebook. I'm not surprised that many people disagree (that's why I
wrote it, to put my countering opinion out there), but I have been
surprised by how many progressive people do agree. From the negative
comments, I can see that I wasn't clear on a few important points. 1.
The entire post refers to white , first-world
New in WWF - Latest News
US Intent to Withdraw from Paris Agreement Triggers Renewed Call to Action
GLAND, Switzerland (1 June, 2017) – President Donald Trump today
announced his intent to withdraw the United States from the historic
Paris Agreement, the world's first global plan to address climate
change. This announcement is a call to action to national and local
governments, businesses and people worldwide to step up their
commitments to address climate change. The historic agreement, approv
World leaders forge ahead on Paris Agreement despite uncertain United States
TAORMINA, Italy (27 May, 2017 ) – Six of the world's largest economies
today reaffirmed their support for the Paris Agreement and its continued
implementation at a meeting of the G7 in Taormina, Sicily. The meeting
was attended by heads of all G7 member nations, and ends today. While
the leaders reached consensus on the need to harness economy
opportunities and job creation offered by the clean e
G7 must act with urgency to meet climate commitments – and then do more
ROME, Italy (25 May, 2017 ) – Leaders of the world's seven big
economies must show the way on climate action by fulfilling the
commitments they made in the Paris Agreement, and then doing more.
Commenting on the upcoming meeting of the Group of 7 (G7) in Sicily,
WWF's global Climate & Energy Practice leader Manuel Pulgar-Vidal ,
said it was incumbent on the G7 members to accelerate decarbonisatio
Harnessing Nature to Manage Rising Flood Risk
WASHINGTON, D.C. (24, May 2017 - 8:00am ET) – Worldwide, flood risk
will continue to rise as cities grow larger and rainstorms become more
intense, making conventional engineering insufficient as the sole
approach to flood management. " Natural and Nature-Based Flood
Management: A Green Guide " released today by WWF, introduces an
integrated framework for flood management, drawing on policy, gree
Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians at risk: A UNESCO World Heritage concern
Bratislava, 22 May 2017 – On International Biodiversity Day and days
after UNESCO expressed concern regarding the future of the Primeval
Beech Forests of the Carpathians in Slovakia, WWF urges the Slovak
government to take action to secure the country's world heritage. The
UNESCO World Heritage Committee's draft decision , published last
Friday, highlighted that the Slovak part of the transbounda
Bonn sets foundation for climate action ahead of COP23
Bonn (18 May 2017) – Climate negotiators have kept their focus on the
implementation of the Paris Agreement at the mid-year round of UN
climate talks in Bonn ending today, setting the course for a substantive
outcome at COP23. Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, leader of WWF's global Climate
& Energy Practice said it was encouraging to see that discussions in
Bonn were not around whether or not the Paris Agree
New in A Very Public Sociologist
Inside the Jihadi Mind
That numb, helpless anger you feel when a group of innocent people have
been murdered in another jihadi attack. This is quickly followed by
contempt for those who try and hijack the tragedy for their own ends, be
it for self-publicity or political grandstanding, whether at home or
overseas . Once this has passed, reflection sets in as folks try to
grasp what's going on, because understanding is t
Theresa May's Counter-Terrorism Shambles
It takes chutzpah to suspend national campaigning and then give a
political speech about Saturday night's terror attack . But this is
Theresa May and the modern Conservative Party has no qualms when it
comes to turning a crisis into an opportunity. Naturally, May and her
advisors are wily enough not to play the big P politics card but you
have the genesis of a simple, touch-sounding black and whi
Leaders' Question Time: Who Won?
The pundits muttered dismissively about YouGov's shock poll putting the
Tories just three points ahead of Labour, suggesting the election's
outcome is edging toward a hung parliament. Reportedly, Jim Messina, the
Conservatives' stat whizz on loan from the liberal heroes at Team Obama
threw his head back and laughed. Just like someone else we know . And
then today Ipsos Mori dropped their bomb : T
The Woman Who Would Destroy Britain
Brexit is calamitous and regressive. But do you know what would be even
worse? Ignoring a democratic vote and staying in the EU. That is why
Labour were absolutely right to ignore the siren calls of the hard
remainers, and why it will oversee Brexit if we're able to pull off the
biggest political upset since 1945. However, the polls are against us
still so I want to concentrate on the imminent da
On the BBC Election Debate
The very moment Jeremy Corbyn confirmed he would be attending this
evening's BBC Election Debate in Cambridge, Theresa May lost the night.
Whether the last day of May will, um, prove to be the end of May remains
to be seen. Yet to hide from a debate and sending a subordinate to do
it for you is a catastrophic mistake, especially as your pitch is all
about your super-duper leadership. I hope it wi
Five Most Popular Posts in May
Here's what did the business last month. 1. May vs Corbyn: The Verdict
2. Explaining Laura Kuenssberg's Bias 3. What is the Dementia Tax? 4.
Emmanuel Macron and Neoliberalism 5. A Note on the Labour Vote Goodness
me, what a month. Even with an election looming I wasn't expecting huge
numbers. Then again, given what's happened during the course of May, the
start of the month is a foreign country.
New in Adrienne's Corner
12 arrested in London after muslim terror attack?...
which tells us that these people were known to the authorities. So why
are they still living in the UK? British born? Revoke their citizenship
and deport them. And if you think muslims are our only enemies check out
the libtards on Huff and Puff defending the killers and blaming Trump,
Russia, Brexit, joblessness, and inequality for upsetting these poor
dindunothings. I was going to say that the
Newt Gingrich: “Look, this is a frenzied, almost a death behavior by the left...
because they’re in such trouble and Trump potentially represents the
end of their world." But first, since everyone else has something to say
about Kathy Griffen, I guess I'll throw in my opinion. Many years ago I
watched a video of an actual beheading carried out by muslim scum. I
thought long and hard before deciding that by refusing to watch it I was
deliberately avoiding the truth of a situat
About this Paris Accord thingy...
this comment over at the hallowed halls of MOTUS AD sums it up
brilliantly. From commenter B.A. "The globalist's intent was to squeeze
the very last golden egg out of the goose, then cook her up for a feast,
then after the feast make soup of her bones. After all the scraps and
bones had nothing left to give, boiled out so to speak, they intended to
leave nothing but a pile of what they deem hubri
Newt Gingrich: Next the liberals will blame the Martians and HuffPost goes completely crackers...
"You're dealing with desperation on the left." And nothing points more
to this desperation than this screed I stumbled upon at the Huffington
Post by Michelangelo Signorile, the editor-at-large of Queer Voices, To
Save America We Must Stop Being Polite And Immediately Start Raising
Hell. You could almost stop reading at that over wrought title because I
can't recall a gaggle of libtards ever bein
The sun is shining, the birds are singing, lilacs are in full bloom, and we must pray for Donald Trump...
although he'll probably be safer on his trip then putting up with the
MSM spewing biased hate filled fake news. Trump's Trip The venal lefty
press are soooooooo worried that Trump will make hash of his trip and do
something to embarrass the U.S. and himself. Are you kidding me? After
Odumbo jetting around the world, bowing to foreign leaders, and making a
complete jerk of himself, we're supposed
New in ArmsControlWonk
U.S. Leadership on the Rocks
Quote
of the week: “He was born with a roaring voice, and it had the trick of
inflaming half-wits. His whole career was devoted to raising these
half-wits against their betters, that he himself might shine… What
animated him from end to end of his grotesque career was simply ambition
– the ambition of a …
Disarmament Diplomacy and the Ban Treaty
Quote
of the week: “Our world will be a safer and healthier place when we can
admit that every time we make an atomic bomb we corrupt the morals of a
host of innocent neutrons below the age of consent.” —W.H. Auden The
drafting of a Ban (or Prohibition) Treaty, which resumes in June, is …
TELs and MELs and TEs! Oh my!
A
couple weeks back North Korea unveiled its Hwasong-12 missile. The big
hulking vehicle used for the test launch was not a
transporter-erector-launcher (TEL), but rather just a
Transporter-Erector (TE)! A TE (or T/E) is neither a TEL nor a MEL. And
since we’re big on the rectification of names here at Arms Control Wonk,
it seems like a good …
Brixey-Williams on the legal implications of the nuclear ban
This
is a guest post by BASIC Project Leader Sebastian Brixey-Williams. The
legal implications of the nuclear ban: separating fact from fiction The
nuclear ban treaty’s draft text is out, and the arms control community
is beavering away trying to understand what it all means. I observed the
first round of UN negotiations in March, …
North Korean WMD: A Guide to Online Resources
North
Korea’s nuclear and missile programs are the topic du jour in the WMD
world, but if you’re trying to get smart about the subject, where should
you turn? The amount of material never gets any smaller, and you’ve
nearly got to be an expert in your own right to judge what’s what. I
won’t try to catalogue and …
Daniel Salisbury: A Malaysian Shipyard with North Korean Connections?
This
is a guest post by CNS Postdoctoral Fellow Daniel Salisbury. The
assassination in February of Kim Jong Un’s half-brother Kim Jong Nam at
Kuala Lumpur airport has turned international attention to North Korea’s
other shady activities in Malaysia. A Reuters investigation has already
revealed that a North Korean company has been marketing military radios
…
New in Catharsis Ours
Economic
News , Data & Views....June 4 , 2017......Quick Hits For Sunday -1)
UK - London Attack Follow Up On What We Know so Far ; General Election
Campaign Postponed For Sunday , As Some Call For The General Election To
Be Postponed - Note Mayor Of London Says Election Should Proceed As
Scheduled ; State Of Investigation ; Statements From PM May , Jeremy
Corbyn & The Mayor Of London On The Attacks Last Night ; Met Police
Killed The Three Attackers In 8 Minutes - They Should be Applauded Not
Criticized Today For Their Swift Response ; Additional Information Of
Note. 2) US Political Round Up For Sunday : London Attack Prompts Tweets
From POTUS ; Georgia Election In Focus ; Laptop Ban Decision Has
Airlines "In The Air " ; "Swampland" News ; Obamacare Item ; Additional
News Of Note - As The Day Goes On. 3) MENA / War On Terror : How ISIS
& Its Supporters Operate ; Qatar In Focus For Supporting &
Financing Terror ; ISIS Continues To See Territory In Iraq & Syria
Crumble Away , Thus…
London Attack - The Day After.. fred walton @fredwalton216 39s 39
seconds ago fred walton Retweeted CNN The Mayor of London responds to
London's latest terror attack.... fred walton added, 2:22 CNN Verified
account @CNN London attack: London Mayor Sadiq Khan says "It's not
sustainable to carry on reducing the resources that our police receive"
fred walton @fredwalton216 1m 1 minute ago fred w
Economic
News , Data & Views.....June 3 , 2017.....Quick Hits For Saturday
-1) Greece : EU Mulls Secret "Plan B" For Greece - International
Monetary Fund To Be Sidelined , Debt Relief Curbed And Need For
Austerity After 2019 Also Allegedly To Be Curbed ; Interview of ESM
Chief Economist Rolf Strauch Pertaining To Greece ; Economic Data To
Consider. 2) UK - General Election Updates and Uk Politics For Saturday.
3) Germany - Polling Data For Fall Election. 4) US Politics. : Comey
Testimony Set For June 8th But Executive Privilege Question Still
Dangles ; Swampland News ; Paris Accord Withdrawal Items ; Additional
News Of Note. 5) Iraq Updates - State of Play In Long Running Battles To
Root Out ISIS In Iraq. 6) Libya Updates - LNA and Local Forces Capture
Jufrah Including Jufrah AB , Next Steps For LNA Could Be Bani Walid Or
Sirte. 7) Odds & Ends : Markets Overview ; Kabul : Kabul Suicide
Attack At A Funeral Of Protesters Over Kabul Violence And Security
Failures ; Philippines…
Greece... Eleni Varvitsiotis @Elbarbie 51m 51 minutes ago ESM
Verified account @ESM_Press 4h 4 hours ago #ESM Chief Economist Rolf
#Strauch in interview with To Vima (Greece) @tovimagr @r_strauch
https:// goo.gl/meCggL ESM Verified account @ESM_Press 4h 4 hours ago
#ESM #Strauch : ESM outlined options for medium-term measures for
Greece, decision lies with member states after program ends i
Economic
News , Data & Views....June 2 ,2017.....Quick Hits For Friday -1)
Markets : Coming Attractions For Week Of June 5-9 , 2017 ; US Stock
Indexes Hit Another Round Of New Record Highs ; Gold & Safer
Sovereign Debt Include US Treasuries Shine Today , While US Crude
Continues Wallowing In Its Relative Weakness ; NFP Disappoint For May
& Prior Two Months Have Negative Restatements ; Fed Still On For
June , But That's When Things Get Tricky ; Divergent Bitcoin News From
Australia & Russia Could Move Bitcoin Price Depending On What
Traders Focus Upon. 2) US Politics : US Withdrawal From Paris Accord
Items ; Comey Testimony MAY Be Blocked By POTUS Asserting Executive
Privilege ; North Korea Hit With Fresh US Sanctions Over Nuclear Program
; Russia Probe News ; Swampland Round Up. 3) Europe In Focus : France
Political Developments - Home & Abroad ; Markets & Economic Data
On Friday For Europe ; UK - Six Days Left To General Election 2017 ,
Political News For Friday ; Europe…
Markets..... fred walton @fredwalton216 5h 5 hours ago fred walton
Retweeted Anthony Barton Great overview for coming events for June 5th
through June 9th ! fred walton added, Anthony Barton @AntBarton89 Get
briefed on next week's key risk events with the @RANsquawk week in focus
#GE2017 #ECB #Comey #RBA http:// blog.ransquawk.com/market-news/we
ek-in-focus-something-for-everyone-politics-centr
Economic
News , Data & Views......June 1 , 2017......Quick Hits For Thursday
-1) Markets : Asia - Economic Calendar For Friday , Market Moving Data
& News As Available ; US - Dow / S&P / Nasdaq All Close At
Record Highs , US Crude Sees Green Today , Gold & US Treasuries Fall
Back A Bit ; Europe - Main Indexes Mainly Green For Europe Today. 2) UK
: Political Round Up Touching On Looming General Election . 3) US
Political Round Up : US Announces Full Withdraw From Paris Accord ;
Russia Probes Updates / Russia Related Items Of Note ; Trump Domestic
Political Items Of Note ; US Embassy In Israel Not Moving From Tel Aviv -
For Now ; UnMasking Probe Underway ; NAFTA News ; Additional Items Of
Note. 3) Europe In Focus - Key News Items To Consider From Broader
Europe Including France , Germany , Russia , Greece , Italy & More.
4) Philippines Under Terror Stress & Attacks Both From Embattled
Marawi City ISIS Linked Militants & Surprise Attack In Manila
Itself. 5) Libya In Focus -
Markets....... Asia.... ForexLive @ForexLive 1h 1 hour ago A quiet
day on economic calendar in Asia today - here's what's coming up US.....
ForexLive @ForexLive 1h 1 hour ago A hat trick on the major indices
today. S&P, Nasdaq and Dow close at record levels ForexLive
@ForexLive 2m 2 minutes ago Forexlive Americas FX news wrap: ADP
employment beats. Major stock indices at records. USD strong
Economic
News , Data & Views....May 31 , 2017.....Quick Hits For Wednesday
-1) Markets : Asia - Economic Calendar For Thursday , News & Data Of
Note - As Available ; US : Dow/ S&P And Nasdaq End In The Red , But
Off Lows Of The Day ; Gold Hits 5 Week High , US Crude Ends Regular
Session Down A Tad , US Treasuries See Yields Tread Water Today ; API
Data Shows Larger Than Expected Draw In Crude Stocks , Oil Price Pops A
Bit. 2) UK : General Election Items Including Recent Polling Data ; BBC
Debate Snippets / Closing Statements ; Additional Items Of Note. 3) US
Politics For Wednesday Including : Russia Congressional Probes Updates ;
NAFTA & Trade Updates ; Paris Accord Decision Near For POTUS ; HRC
Out Of The Woods To Whine. 3) Broader Europe : Greece - Creditor Talks
Updates , Economy & Business Related Items ; Local News From France ,
Italy & Germany. 4) Odds & Ends : Iraq - West Mosul & Iraq
ISIS Battle Updates ; Libya Round Up For Wednesday / Thursday ;
Additional Items To…
Markets....... Asia.... ForexLive @ForexLive 42m 42 minutes ago
Economic data due from Asia: Japan, Australia capex; BOJ, Fed; China -
big day coming US.... ForexLive @ForexLive 39m 39 minutes ago
Forexlive Americas FX news wrap ForexLive @ForexLive 2h 2 hours ago US
stocks end the day down, but could have been much worse... LiveSquawk
@LiveSquawk 3h 3 hours ago WTI Futures Settle At $48.
Economic
News , Data & Views....May 30 , 2017.....Quick Hits For Tuesday -1)
Markets : Asia-Calendar For Wednesday , Market Moving Data & News -
As Available ; US - Stocks Indexes Come Back Off Holiday With Losses
Across The Board Today , US Crude Down , US Treasuries Catch Bid Today ;
Additional Items Of Interest. 2) UK : Times/YouGov Poll Hits Pound ,
Projection Tories To Fall 16 Seats Short Of Absolute Majority ;
Manchester Terror Attack Updates ; Additional Political News Of The Day
From The UK. 3) US Political Round Up : White House Communication
Director Resigns As Other White House Staff Changes Apparently Mulled ;
Russian Probe Updates ; Trump Tweets De Jour ; Additional Domestic &
International Items To Consider Touching On US Politics. 3) Europe
Round Up ( Sans UK ) : News From Greece , Spain , Germany , France ,
Italy To Consider. 4) Libya - Key Political News , State Of Play On
Stability Matters. 5) Iraq/ Syria In Focus. 6) Odds & Ends !
Markets.... Asia... ForexLive @ForexLive 2h 2 hours ago Economic data
due from Asia today - RBNZ up soon, China PMIs later US.... ForexLive
@ForexLive 2h 2 hours ago US stock indices end the day in the red
ForexLive @ForexLive 1h 1 hour ago Forexlive Americas FX news wrap:
UK.... ForexLive @ForexLive 33m 33 minutes ago UK election - Times
front page says "Shock poll predicts Tory losses"
New in Centauri Dreams
Comments on Near-Term Interstellar Probes
If you have questions about beamed energy concepts, James Benford is
your man. A plasma physicist who is CEO of Microwave Sciences, Benford
has designed high-power microwave systems for the likes of NASA, JPL and
Lockheed. Now Chairman of the Sail Subcommittee for Breakthrough
Starshot, he is deep into the investigation of sail materials and
design, as he explains below. After reading Greg Matlof
Remembering Ben Finney (1933-2017)
Ben Finney, the editor (along with Eric Jones) of Interstellar
Migration and the Human Experience , has died at age 83. A professor
emeritus at the University of Hawaii, Finney died quietly at a nursing
home in Kaimuki, according to this obituary in the Honolulu
Star-Advertiser . There is much to be said about this visionary man, but
I begin for our purposes with his contribution to deep space st
Enceladus: Evidence for Asteroid Impact?
How to make sense of Enceladus? The moon’s famous jets of water vapor,
mixing with organic compounds, salts and silica, first revealed the
possibility of an ocean beneath the icy surface, and the Cassini orbiter
has treated Enceladus as a high priority target ever since. But why the
asymmetry here? After all, while the south polar region includes the
active ‘tiger stripe’ fractures associated wit
SSEARS: Background of a NIAC Study
I always keep an eye on what’s going on at the NASA Innovative Advanced
Concepts office, which is where I ran into Jeff Nosanov’s Phase I study
for a solar sail called Solar System Escape Architecture for
Revolutionary Science. At the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Jeff managed
flight mission proposals and supported the radio isotope power program.
He now lives in Washington DC, a technology entrepre
The Incentive Trap: When to Launch a Starship
Richard Trevithick’s name may not be widely known today, but he was an
important figure in the history of transportation. A mining engineer
from Cornwall, Trevithick (1771-1833) built the first high pressure
steam engine, and was able to put it to work on a railway known as the
Penydarren because it moved along the tramway of the Penydarren
Ironworks, in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, running 14 kilomete
Detecting Photosynthesis on Exoplanets
Although many of the nearby stars we will study for signs of life are
older than the Sun, we do not know how long it takes life to emerge or,
for that matter, how likely it is to emerge at all. As we saw yesterday,
that means plugging values into Drake-like equations to estimate the
possibility of detecting an alien civilization. We can’t rule out the
possibility that we are surrounded by planets
New in David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary
If failure to appear at Pride goeth before a fall, what will Jason Kenney do?
PHOTOS: Progressive Conservative Leader Jason Kenney, back in 2010 when
he was a Calgary MP, taking part in the Calgary Stampede Parade.
(Photo: Wikimedia Commons.) Will he show up for the Edmonton Pride
Parade next Saturday as well? Below: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley,
flanked by Education Minister David Eggen and Economic Development and
Trade Minister […] The post If failure to appear at Prid
Report questioning tidewater premium for Alberta petroleum undermines a powerful narrative … expect fireworks
PHOTOS: No Smoking … no kidding! An oil tanker sits in a Spanish port.
B.C. environmentalists don’t want to see scenes like this on their
coast. (Photo: Wikipedia Commons) A lot of Albertans believe they’re
going to have to. Below: Report Author David Hughes and Alberta Premier
Rachel Notley. Whether or not it is actually […] The post Report
questioning tidewater premium for Alberta petroleum und
Margaret Atwood favourites old and new top Audreys Books Edmonton Bestseller List this week
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in
Edmonton for the week ended May 28, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and
provided by the Books Publishers Association of Alberta. EDMONTON
FICTION BESTSELLERS 1. The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood 2.
Hag-Seed: The Tempest Retold – Margaret Atwood 3. One […] The post
Margaret Atwood favourites old and new top Audreys Books Edm
Genial and in control, Alberta premier fields questions about B.C. politics with aplomb at hospital announcement
PHOTOS: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and Health Minister and Deputy
Premier Sarah Hoffman announce a new hospital on Edmonton’s south side.
Alberta Health services CEO Verna Yiu is visible on the right. Below:
Infrastructure Minister Brian Mason, controversial B.C. environmentalist
Tzeporah Berman and some of the crowd at the hospital announcement. We
may have been […] The post Genial and in con
Re-stating the obvious: elections matter, and the Alberta NDP victory on May 5, 2015, proves it
PHOTOS: Rachel Notley celebrates her victory on the night of May 5,
2015. Below: Ms. Notley again, the same night, still celebrating;
defeated Progressive Conservative Premier Jim Prentice as seen via TV at
NDP headquarters conceding to the NDP; a small corner of the crowd at
NDP election headquarters in Edmonton. Today marks the second […] The
post Re-stating the obvious: elections matter, and t
Message to the media and conservatives about Alberta’s NDP: Read their lips, no early election!
PHOTOS: Opposition Wildrose Leader Brian Jean and Progressive
Conservative Leader Jason Kenney. Below: A clear-eyed Premier Rachel
Notley, former British Columbia NDP premier Dave Barrett and the late
Jim Prentice, former premier of Alberta. TORONTO “Two years after
Alberta NDP win, critics see signs of early election call,” a headline
on the CBC website said […] The post Message to the media and
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Electric Universe - Hertzan Chimera Unit 2017 - reappraisal and reassessment
Back in 1985, I had a single dream about a waterfall... Seriously, this
is how my pseudo-physics entity, the Hertzan Chimera Unit , came about.
I was nineteen years old, and knew no better. The HC Unit was about the
size of a hydrogen atom, and chains of HC Units ninety degrees out of
cyclic phase formed all the atoms. Four HC Units form the no-net charge
Helium atom. Twenty form Neon. Vertices s
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.
Free Planet - Brexit Elections - Borders to your Creativity, Passion and Kinship
world with no borders... The first big talking point at the moment, of
course, is Brexit, "How do we extricate our country from the roving
European behemoth without totally screwing our economy?" The second big
question is, "Who will lead us through the tough negotiation period
ahead, Labour or Conservative?" Really? That's where we are as a global
race of EIGHT BILLION intelligent individuals? C
Mike Philbin - art - Twin Towers 1, 2 and 7
This most-recent tryptich has a title of "Twin Towers 1, 2 and 7" , an
obvious and unsubtle allusion to a) the twin towers or pillars of
freemasonic egyptologicae and b) 911's impossibly disintegrating
steel-framed sky scrapers. Twin Towers 1, 2 and 7 explores that
self-inflicted financial-wound masquerading as a live media-event that
we've all (conveniently) forgotten about in the last decade or
Saturn Jupiter - the Hidden God(s) - bread corn from a truly alien sky
David
Talbott and Wal Thornhill i.e. the Electric Universe people, go on
about Saturn being our ancient bountiful sun, that today's Sun relegated
to a mere gas giant upon interstellar incursion... was there a time
when BOTH Saturn and Jupiter were dual stellar-prominences in our skies?
Solar twins i.e. the real Romulus and Remus of ancient Latin lore? The
vengeful and skittish stars (or Gods) that
Alien Covenant - Ferrari in Seattle - Ben Ben Sundisc Weyland-Yutani
is this guy onto something... after this, check out what he discovered about Alien Covenant's cast...
New in From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog
From Jenna Orkin Massive crack in Antarctica ice shelf grows 11 miles in only 6 days Neat trick to chop wood: video . R...
From Jenna Orkin Massive crack in Antarctica ice shelf grows 11 miles
in only 6 days Neat trick to chop wood: video . Russia successfully
tests hypersonic missile ‘which makes Western defences obsolete’
Creators of the Faked Planned Parenthood Videos Charged With 15
Felonies, Sentenced to Prison Human-Animal Chimaeras video . There's an
Algae Bloom The Size of Mexico in The Arabian Sea Right Now,
From Jenna Orkin The CIA's Secrets About JFK, Che, and Castro Revealed in New Book By Former Operative Newsweek dons ti...
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 . Th
From Jenna Orkin Trump's health secretary pushed big pharma's agenda in Australia after loading up on drug company stoc...
From Jenna Orkin Trump's health secretary pushed big pharma's agenda in
Australia after loading up on drug company stocks While You Obsessed
Over Trump’s Scandals, He’s Fundamentally Changed The Country Israel's
finance minister held a rare West Bank meeting with the Palestinian
prime minister The House Intelligence Committee just issued its first
subpoenas in the Trump-Russia investigation Venez
From Jenna Orkin In Watershed Event, Europe Unveils Plan To Securitize Sovereign Debt U.S. Starts Shipping Weapons To S...
From Jenna Orkin In Watershed Event, Europe Unveils Plan To Securitize
Sovereign Debt U.S. Starts Shipping Weapons To Syrian Kurds Anchorman
Scott Pelley is abruptly leaving 'CBS Evening News' All Dutch Trains Now
Run on 100% Wind Power "An Incredible Accomplishment": Pentagon
Successfully Shoots Down Simulated ICBM Attack The police are looking
for more detectives in London — no experience neces
From Jenna Orkin Google DeepMind shifting its focus from board games to scientific breakthroughs Norway's 'CIA' Pushes ...
From Jenna Orkin Google DeepMind shifting its focus from board games to
scientific breakthroughs Norway's 'CIA' Pushes Plan To Unleash
"Facebook Police" Three Leakers Of Classified White House Information
Said To Be Identified, Expected To Be Fired Economists Puzzled By
Unexpected Plunge In Saudi Foreign Reserves Insert head-scratching
emoji. Leaked Documents Reveal Counterterrorism Tactics Used
From Jenna Orkin White House communications director Michael Dubke is out — and it could just be the start of a bigger ...
From Jenna Orkin White House communications director Michael Dubke is
out — and it could just be the start of a bigger shake-up Manchester
Bomber May Have Been Groomed By UK Intelligence Three Leakers Of
Classified White House Information Said To Be Identified, Expected To Be
Fired The Green Party believes it is within 2,837 votes of electing its
second-ever MP in Britain Tesla has the greatest s
New in GlobaLove Think Tank
Trump Daily Diary Humans have no part of Human extinction day
Trump pulled the plug on the swap that is humanity today not that the
Paris accords were going to save the day but they held the hope of '
delay that could be mitigated successfully now we are going to see great
geo engineering projects that will have unforeseen consequences that
will make nuclear energy look like a LED light. We always have time we
are humans but filtering down the options is no
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