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Catalans expected to observe general strike to condemn police violence at banned weekend referendum on independence https://t.co/962Y6qvLAk pic.twitter.com/YS6eHpci3X — AFP news agency (@AFP) October 3, 2017 AFP map and bar chart showing worst shooting sprees in the United States https://t.co/RrBmunmKem pic.twitter.com/JS1LkSxz6r — AFP news agency (@AFP) October 3, 2017 Eiffel Tower goes dark to honor Las Vegas and Marseille victims. https://t.co/GTQMTTqMdu pic.twitter.com/jBIxkMJRjJ — ABC News (@ABC) October 2, 2017 Full statement: pic.twitter.com/FGCVI5yIaa — Tom Petty (@tompe... more »
Spanish Government Uses Brutality to Quash Secession Bid
[image: spanish-government-uses-brutality-to-quash-secession-bid] Spanish authorities have been using violence and intimidation to quash a powerful secession movement and what they call an illegal referendum in the Catalonia region of Spain. Video footage of Spain's national police force beating firefighters and even elderly voters, while trying to sabotage the election by seizing ballots, has gone viral worldwide. But despite the global outcry, and despite estimates suggesting that nine out of 10 votes supported secession, the Spanish government has made clear that it has no intent... more »
Musical Interlude: Kevin Kern, “Another Realm”
Kevin Kern, “Another Realm” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a2JtNQublQ
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Sprawling across almost 200 light-years, emission nebula IC 1805 is a mix of glowing interstellar gas and dark dust clouds. Derived from its Valentine's-Day-approved shape, its nickname is the Heart Nebula. *Click image for larger size.* About 7,500 light-years away in the Perseus spiral arm of our galaxy, stars were born in IC 1805. In fact, near the cosmic heart's center are the massive hot stars of a newborn star cluster also known as Melotte 15, about 1.5 million years young. A little ironically, the Heart Nebula is located in the constellation Cassiopeia. From Greek mythology, ... more »
Victims Of The Islamic State Are Taking Revenge
A member from the Iraqi security forces beats an Islamic State insurgent, who was captured in Tikrit, April 1, 2015. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani *Newsweek:* *End of ISIS: Victims of the Islamic State Group Are Taking Revenge However They Can* Days after the Islamic State group fled Mosul, Saeed Quraishi was in a judge’s office in Iraq’s Nineveh province when two women arrived. They were handing over suspects with links to ISIS. But these weren't hardened fighters or even sympathizers. They were their children, all under the age of 3. “We don’t want them,” the women said. “Their fathers... more »
"Apathy, And Evil..."
"Apathy and evil. The two work hand in hand. They are the same, really... Evil wills it. Apathy allows it. Evil hates the innocent and the defenseless most of all. Apathy doesn't care as long as it's not personally inconvenienced." - Jake Thoene, "Shaiton's Fire"
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Catalonia Independence Referendum: 893 Required Medical Care Due To Police Violence; 4 Remained Hospitalized; 2 in Serious Condition; UN Human Rights Experts Want to Visit Spain
miningawareness at Catalonia Independence Referendum: 893 Required Medical Care Due To Police Violence; 4 Remained Hospitalized; 2 in Serious Condition; UN Human Rights Experts Want to Visit Spain – Mining Awareness + - 53 minutes ago
According to the Catalan Dept. of Health update on 2 October 10.59 am, in relation to injuries sustained during the referendum due to Spanish police (violent) charges, as of 10 am there had been 893 injured badly enough to require medical care, four were still hospitalized, of which two remained in serious condition: http://premsa.gencat.cat/pres_fsvp/AppJava/salut/notapremsavw/303473/ca/actualitzacio-del-departament-de-salut-en-relacio-les-persones-que-han-rebut-assistencia-sanitaria-durant-el-referendum-2-doctubre-10-hores.do If … Continue reading Catalonia Independence Referendum: ... more »
Picture Of The Day
President Donald Trump stands with first lady Melania Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen (R) during a moment of silence at the White House. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque *WNU Editor:* The above picture is from this photo-gallery ... *Mourning for Las Vegas* (Reuters).
Yemen's Houthi Rebels Have Shot Down A U.S. MQ-9 Surveillance Drone (Video)
*Reuters:* *Yemen Houthis say have shot down U.S. surveillance drone - state news agency* DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen’s Houthi forces shot down a U.S. surveillance drone in the capital Sanaa on Sunday, the Houthi-controlled state news agency SABA reported. The Houthi movement and its ally former president Ali Abdullah Saleh control much of northern Yemen, including Sanaa, and are battling a Saudi-led coalition that is trying to restore the internationally recognized government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. The United States backs the Saudi-led coalition by providing it with ... more »
Tom Petty-- Perhaps Still Alive!!
Your first gold record is always the best. And mine wasn't even gold. It's wood. But it will always be one of the most meaningful to me. For one thing, I worked hard and deserved it. For another, it was given to me personally by Tom Petty. It was for his first album, *Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers*, which was released by Shelter Records at the very end of 1976. Commercially it was a dud except in San Francisco where 4 or 5 of my fellow djs at the city's top rock station, KSAN, were absolutely nuts over the album-- Beverly Wilshire, Richard Gossett, Norman Davis, Chris Knab, Bonn... more »
‘Emperor’ Macron Exploiting Merkel’s Election Shock to Become Next EU Leader
‘Emperor’ Macron Exploiting Merkel’s Election Shock to Become Next EU Leader by CHARLOTTE DAVIS, http://www.express.co.uk/ FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron has abused Angela Merkel’s underwhelming election result by pushing for France to lead a European Empire, a Paris-based journalist has claimed. – Speaking to France 24, journalist Chris Dickey said that Mr Macron is the new EU leader as […]
Mainstream Media Tries To Silence Conservative News In Wake Of Las Vegas Attack
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Oct 2, 2017 The mainstream media is once more using this tragedy to try and silence all conservative viewpoints. end
Israel Has Arrested 14,000 Palestinians in 2 Years Including 3500 Minors And Women. Many Are Jailed Indefinitely Without Any Charge Or Trial
PressTV News Videos Published on Oct 2, 2017 A report by the Palestinian Center for Prisoners’ Studies and Human Rights says Israel has arrested some 14-thousand Palestinians over the past two years. According to the report, the prisoners included over 35-hundred minors and women. The Palestinian N-G-O says Israeli forces have detained 16 Palestinian lawmakers over […]
Upon The Next Crisis, The Rules Will Suddenly Change
Upon The Next Crisis, The Rules Will Suddenly Change by Charles Hugh Smith, https://www.peakprosperity.com/ We can add a third certainty to the two standard ones (death and taxes): The rules will suddenly change when a financial crisis strikes. – Why is this a certainty? The answer is complex, as it draws on human nature, politics and the structure […]
Middle East and Asia Geopolitics: Shift in Military Alliances?
Middle East and Asia Geopolitics: Shift in Military Alliances? by Prof Michel Chossudovsky, https://www.globalresearch.ca/ A profound shift in geopolitical alliances is occurring which tends to undermine US hegemony in the broader Middle East Central Asian region as well as in South Asia. Several of America’s staunchest allies have “changed sides”. Both NATO and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are […]
Don’t Look Now But Arctic Sea Ice Mass Has Grown Almost 40% Since 2012
Don’t Look Now But Arctic Sea Ice Mass Has Grown Almost 40% Since 2012 by Tracey Watson, https://www.naturalnews.com/ (Natural News) One of the most popular pieces of “evidence” that climate alarmists just love to bring up to prove the global warming narrative is the “all the ice is melting in the Arctic and the polar bears are […]
IMF Head Foresees the End of Banking and the Triumph of Cryptocurrency
Will central banksters allow Crypto-currencies to threaten their financial system? Obviously not. The One World Currency will be a Crypto-currency backed by gold controlled by a Global Supra-National entity. – IMF Head Foresees the End of Banking and the Triumph of Cryptocurrency by Jeffrey A. Tucker, https://fee.org/ Bitcoin “puts a question mark on the fractional banking model […]
The IMF Says The Block Chain Could Displace The Fractional Banking Model
X22Report Published on Oct 2, 2017 Get economic collapse news throughout the day visit http://x22report.com Report date: 01.02.2017 ISM survey reports that manufacturing is doing better than ever. But we have seen this before after a major hurricane. This is the worst year from construction spending. The market might crash this October. The IMF reports that […]
The Globalists Are Systematically Destroying America’s Middle Class
The Globalists Are Systematically Destroying America’s Middle Class by Michael Snyder, http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/ When people are dependent on the government they are much easier to control. We are often told that we are not “compassionate” when we object to the endless expansion of government social programs, but that is not how the debate should be framed. In America […]
Are 871 Convicted Felons Currently Playing for the NFL?
A meme circulating in an effort to discredit professional athletes who are protesting racism contains false information.
Is North Korea's 'CIA' A Threat To North America?
Reuters *Dave Mujumdar, National Interest*: *Should America Fear North Korea's 'CIA'? * North Korean intelligence apparatus is one of Pyongyang’s strong suites. Indeed, Pyongyang’s security services have demonstrated their ability to strike far from home as was shown during the assassination of Kim Jong-Nam—elder half-brother to the North Korean despot—in Malaysia. The Kim regime’s intelligence apparatus is ruthless and effective and could be used to good effect during any conflict on the Korean peninsula. North Korea maintains an extensive intelligence collection and security ap... more »
Putin Gives Himself Early Birthday Present: Russian Presidential Challenger, Alexei Navalny, Sent to Jail Again (for 20 Days)
miningawareness at Catalonia Independence Referendum: 893 Required Medical Care Due To Police Violence; 4 Remained Hospitalized; 2 in Serious Condition; UN Human Rights Experts Want to Visit Spain – Mining Awareness + - 3 hours ago
It is important to keep Navalny’s name out there as much as possible lest he meet the same fate as … Continue reading →
White House: Now Is Not The Time To Talk To North Korea
*Reuters:* *White House again rejects talks with North Korea on nuclear issue* WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Monday ruled out talks with North Korea except to discuss the fate of Americans held there, again appearing to rebuke Secretary of State Rex Tillerson who said Washington was directly communicating with Pyongyang on its nuclear and missile programs. “We’ve been clear that now is not the time to talk,” White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told reporters, reiterating a tweet from President Donald Trump at the weekend that was seen as undercutting Tillerson. “Th... more »
Putting the Las Vegas Massacre & Catalonian Pro-Secession Vote In Context
Things are happening fast and furious now, just as I anticipated they would. I mentioned in earlier blog posts my tiny visions of the dates, September 4th and February 3rd. I now understand that September 4th represented a sort of watershed date, around which time the pace of major world events seemed to dramatically accelerate -- terribly destructive hurricanes in the Caribbean and the USSA, major earthquakes in Mexico, horrific flooding in Asia, threats of nuclear warfare between North Korea and the USSA, and more. Given all that has happened over the last month or so, God only k... more »
More Study Abroad Opportunities Needed for Students of Color
According to NAFSA, the Association of International Educators, students of color made up only 27 percent of study abroad students in 2015.
Serrata’s Rise to Presidency a Positive Change in Plans
He would have been content pursuing his vocation as a student affairs and enrollment manager indefinitely, but fate had other plans for Dr. William Serrata, president of the El Paso County Community College District.
Georgia State Backed Up Analytics With Support System
Georgia State University’s academic achievement success story can be traced to the university’s decision to hire 42 academic advisors to act on the information gleaned from its use of predictive analytics.
China Readies For Cyber War
A computer network cable above a Chinese flag in this July 12, 2017 illustration. Photo: Reuters/Thomas White/Illustration *Asia Times:* *China’s plan for massive cyber-warrior expansion* Beijing views cybersecurity and national security as equals, and a war between China and the US, if it ever occurs, will witness many cyberspace duels. Chinese mastery in cyber-warfare was without a doubt on General Joseph Dunford’s mind when as chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff he named China as the greatest future threat to US security at a congressional hearing last week. Serious cases... more »
The Mercers Would Like To Create A Fascist U.S. And They've Hired Bannon To Help Them-- Could Work
*Bannon Unleashed by Nancy Ohanian* Alabama isn't the U.S. In fact, Alabama is barely part of the U.S. A month after the election of one of America's greatest presidents, Alabama had embarked on the road to secession. In December 1860, Stephen Hale, Alabama's commissioner to Kentucky, wrote to the Kentucky governor bitching about blacks. "[I]n the South, where in many places the African race largely predominates, and, as a consequence, the two races would be continually pressing together, amalgamation, or the extermination of the one or the other, would be inevitable. Can Southern m... more »
Is This Viral List of U.S. Government Emergency Aid Sent to Puerto Rico Accurate?
Some social media posts defending the Trump administration's relief efforts in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria strayed into fictional territory.
ISIS-Inspired Suspect Injures 5 in Vehicle & Knife Attack in Edmonton, Canada
RT America Published on Oct 2, 2017 WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO A lone assailant who was reportedly motivated by Islamic State attempted to kill a police officer and a group of pedestrians using two vehicles and a knife in Edmonton, Canada over the weekend. RT America’s Alex Mihailovich reports on the attack, which injured five people, including […]
Catalonia’s Independence: 90% Vote ‘Yes’ to Break Away from Spain
RT Published on Oct 1, 2017 The overwhelming majority of Catalans who participated in the banned referendum have voted in favor of independence from Spain, the Catalan government has announced. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/8oqf end
“Police Scanner Full Audio During Las Vegas “Mandalay Bay Massacre’”
*“Police Scanner Full Audio During Las Vegas “Mandalay Bay Massacre’”* by sundance "Full police scanner audio of the radio traffic during the response to the Las Vegas shooting. The first radio call start time is approximately 10:08pm (local). Interestingly, only 42 seconds after first radio contact an unknown police officer reports the shooter is located in the Mandalay Bay hotel and gives approximate location of visible gunfire. It is very likely that officer’s quick identification of shooter location saved many lives. *Warning:* It can be disturbing to listen to the emotion durin... more »
Week 4: A Team-By-Team Guide To NFL Players Who Continued Anthem Protests
The fourth week of the National Football League season saw a steep drop off in the number of players engaging in protest. However, that drop off was no credit to President Donald Trump, whose comments slurring players who stand against racism and police brutality produced a backlash. Much of the The post Week 4: A Team-By-Team Guide To NFL Players Who Continued Anthem Protests appeared first on Shadowproof.
Donald Trump tells his aides to portray him as a "crazy guy" in negotiations with South Korea. Well there's a stretch.
Courtesy of Axios: *In an Oval Office meeting earlier this month, President Trump gave his top trade negotiator, Robert Lighthizer, an Art of the Deal-style coaching session on how to negotiate with the South Koreans.* *A number of senior officials and cabinet secretaries were present for the conversation, including Defense Secretary Mattis, Agriculture Secretary Perdue, and Secretary of State Tillerson. At issue was whether the U.S. would withdraw from the Korean trade deal — an action Trump threatened but still hasn't done. * *"You've got 30 days, and if you don't get concessi... more »
Las Vegas Massacre -- News Updates October 2, 2017 (Evening)
*Daily Mail: **Killed in the Las Vegas massacre: The first of 59 dead and 527 injured are identified including a mechanic, 23, a 20-year-old student, a wife who died in her husband's arms and a heroic male nurse, 29, who saved his surgeon wife* * WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT * At least 59 people were killed and 527 injured after shooting at Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada * Sonny Melton, a 29-year-old nurse, was fatally shot in the back as he and wife Heather tried to flee * Jordan McIldoon, 23, a mechanic's apprentice, was at the festival with his girlfriend when he wa... more »
Silencers
From ROMPER: As the nation awakens to the deadliest mass shooting in its history, calls for gun law reform have clamored in the wake of at least 50 dead and another 400 people injured [59 dead, 527 hurt as of … Continue reading →
Why North Korea Might Do the Unthinkable: Test a Nuclear Weapon in the Pacific Ocean
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, Asia* Yes, it could happen. The Trump Administration may inadvertently be provoking North Korea into conducting a live-fire test of a nuclear-tipped ballistic missile. While it is clear that North Korea has both ballistic missile technology and a working hydrogen bomb, the U.S. State Department recently suggested in a tweet that Pyongyang does not have such capabilities. While many prominent international relations experts and former U.S. government officials immediately derided the State Department’s tweet, similar statements in previous decades prom... more »
2019 Could Be a Very Bad Year for Ukraine
*Nikolas K. Gvosdev* *Security, Europe* [image: A general view shows the Slavneft-YaNOS refinery owned by Russian oil and gas company Slavneft, in the city of Yaroslavl, Russia] If Russia stops using Ukraine as a transit country for energy exports a major hole will open in the Ukrainian economy which Europe and the United States do not appear prepared to fill. Yes, 2019 matters ... For several years, Russia has been warning—consistently and clearly—that it tends to stop using Ukraine as a transit country for sending its energy to Western markets. If this happens, a major hole wi... more »
4 Ways out of the Korean Crisis
*Lyle J. Goldstein* *Security, Asia* [image: A soldier salutes from atop vehicle carrying a missile past a stand with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during the parade celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, in Pyongyang] Washington cannot neglect deterrence, of course, but the balance of effort must rest with creative diplomacy at this late date. Ken Burns’ exceptional documentary on the Vietnam War reminds us once again that the conduct of U.S. strategy in the Asia-Pacific region has been less than flawless. The millions of victim... more »
In Defense of Rex Tillerson
*Daniel R. DePetris* *Politics, North America* [image: Cohn and Tillerson depart Rajoy-Trump joint news conference in Rose Garden at the White House in Washington] To criticize Tillerson for everything that is going wrong in U.S. foreign policy today rings hollow for several reasons, many of which critics conveniently ignore or refuse to acknowledge. Never in the last twenty-five years has the U.S. State Department had a secretary of state subjected to such vitriol as Rex Tillerson in the first nine months of the job. Tillerson is getting hit from all sides. Democrats view him a... more »
Political Power Is Dividing a Germany That Was Once Unified
*E. Wayne Merry* *Politics, Europe* [image: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) makes her keynote speech during the CDU party congress in Karlsruhe, Germany] Merkel will lead a four-party government, something never attempted in Germany since Weimar. All politics may be local, but the German national election reflected major trends in the political culture of a country at the center of both the European Project and the Transatlantic relationship. These trends need to be understood by Americans who casually assume that Angela Merkel w... more »
How America and North Korea Could Start a Nuclear War
*Doug Bandow* *Security, Asia* Donald Trump’s decision to match Kim Jong-un insult for insult and threat for threat creates a serious risk of misjudgment and mistake. The Cold War was marked by hysteria over the potential for nuclear conflict. School kids practiced getting under their desks and families built bomb shelters in case the missiles fell. Although there were moments of acute danger, most notably the Cuban Missile Crisis, the world seemed to enter a new age when the Soviet Union collapsed. Small wars continued, but the famed nuclear doomsday clock finally moved backward... more »
Could North Korea Use Its Russian MiG-29 Fighters to Take Down a U.S. Bomber?
*TNI Staff* *Security, * Could Kim take out a B-1? With war on the Korean peninsula looking more imminent every day as leaders on both sides up the ante, the question arises if Pyongyang will make good on its threat to try to shoot down American bombers operating in the vicinity of North Korea. If Pyongyang does make such an attempt, its best options are probably long-range surface-to-air missile systems such as the KN-06, but another possibility is that Kim regime might try to make use of its Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum fleet. The MiG-29 is North Korea’s most formidable and modern ... more »
Trump Derangement Syndrome on display after the Las Vegas shootings
I was expecting the usual suspects to make hay out of the tragedy in Las Vegas, and I was right. Earlier today, this was reproduced on Gab. It's since been deleted from its original (Twitter) account, which I've checked, and confirmed that the poster is an inveterate anti-Trumper. Then, a CBS vice-president put her foot right in it. CBS has parted ways with one of the company’s top lawyers after she said she is “not even sympathetic” to victims of the Las Vegas shooting because “country music fans often are Republican,” when discussing the tragic mass shooting that occurred in... more »
Conspiracy Theories
stock photo of mass murderer and girlfriend He snapped': Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock 's brother says that the family is 'dumbfounded', and has no idea of motive. *Let's throw some spaghetti against the wall and speculate.* Paddock is a multi-millionaire who made his money as a land developer in Nevada. ATF apparently approved his purchase of around a dozen fully automatic weapons. YET the federal government disavowed knowing anything about him. Really? Was Stephen Paddock an anti-Trump protester? *Maybe* InfoWars says the FBI found Antifa and ISIS literature in Paddock's hot... more »
Small Right Hand (With apologies to Nick Cave)
Take a little stroll to the 19th Hole Go and ask the flacks Where the spokesmen spin Like a bowling pin As they shift, backtrack. Where Russian bots buzz like a turd with flies, And Fox repeats the lies CNN, you know You’ll never get the facts At the bar, at the carts, At the rough, at the traps. From the shit storm comes A tall orange man And grabbing all the pussies with A small right hand. Putin pulls him with his arm, And tells him he’s a good boy. He'll rekindle all your dreams It takes him a second to destroy. He'll promise you a wall Where beaners foot the bill But the border’s s... more »
Islamic State’s Claim of Responsibility for Las Vegas Shooting Confounds Experts
The claim, originating from what is effectively a propaganda arm of the Islamic State, lacks credible evidence and has confounded some analysts.
Merkel Squeaks By: What Does It Portend for Germany, the U.S., the EU, and Globalism?
[image: merkel-squeaks-by-what-does-it-portend-for-germany-the-us-the-eu-and-globalism] Thanks to overwhelming support from the establishment media and violent Antifa demonstrations aimed at suppressing opposition voters, Angela Merkel won a fourth term, but huge wins by the conservative AfD in the Bundestag mean she may not be ruling for long.
CBS Exec Fired for Facebook Post Following Las Vegas Strip Shooting
[image: cbs-exec-fired-for-facebook-post-following-law-vegas-strip-shooting] A fired CBS vice president, who callously commented on the carnage of the the Las Vegas shooting, provided a brief but telling look inside the corrupt culture of CBS.
San Juan Radical Leftist Mayor Takes Aim at Trump
[image: san-juan-radical-leftist-mayor-takes-aim-at-trump] Over the weekend the mainstream media and left-wing politicians in the United States threw a fit over President Trump’s tough words to San Juan, Puerto Rico Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz after her slanderous criticism of Trump’s response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria.
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- October 2, 2017
*Esmé E Deprez, Bloomberg*: *Guns in America* Each new mass shooting in the U.S. reignites debate over the country’s treatment of gun rights as virtually sacrosanct. Americans own more guns than anybody else on earth, even adjusted for population. (Yemenis are second.) Firearms are involved in the deaths of more than 33,000 people in the U.S. annually, about two-thirds of which are suicides. Guns are also integral to the story of the nation’s founding. The National Rifle Association, the dominant pro-gun group, has been on a decades-long winning streak, convincing courts and lawma... more »
Fishermen rescue two drowning wild brown bear cubs from a Russian lake
*The cubs were literally sinking and would have perished without the quick-thinking intervention of the Russian tourists.* Fishermen rescued two drowning wild brown bear cubs in a Russian lake with video footage showing the remarkable affinity between beast and man. The heart-warming film and pictures highlight how the frightened bears placed their total faith in the tourists in a boat on Lake Vygozero in the Karelia region of northern Russia. In the footage, thought to have been taken last month, the wild animals had lost their mother crossing the lake after she overestimated the... more »
Questions Swirl In The Las Vegas Mass Shooting
By Jon Rappoport Sunday night Las Vegas shooting at country music concert. Shooter in a high room at the Mandalay Bay Resort Hotel, a long... more »
New Ghost Gun Update Allows 3D Printing of Untraceable Handgun
By Derrick Broze The controversial organization Defense Distributed just made it easier to 3D print untraceable handguns. On October 1, Cody Wilson and Defense Distributed... more »
Smart Devices are Listening to (and Saving) Everything You Say, Here’s How to Stop It
By Rachel Blevins The idea that the smart devices in your home and on your phone are listening to you—and recording what you are saying—is... more »
Freedom Exists Under Natural Law
By Rosanne Lindsay To know freedom is to know Nature. Living in harmony with Nature leads to peace, prosperity, knowledge, truth, action, and freedom. Nature... more »
Blackburn College Offers Free Tuition for Low-income Students
CARLINVILLE, Ill. — A liberal arts college in southern Illinois is offering free tuition to area families earning less than $60,000 a year. WUIS Radio reports that Blackburn College in Carlinville is making the offer to lower income students from Macoupin County. Students will have to meet the regular admission requirements and apply for financial […]
University of Jamestown Names First Female President
JAMESTOWN, N.D. — The University of Jamestown has named a new president, and its first female leader. School Executive Vice Preident Polly Peterson will succeed current President Robert Badal when he retires next February. Peterson currently oversees the university’s offices of Institutional Advancement and Business Affairs. She also has led the school’s $60 million capital campaign […]
Grateful Lawyer Bequeaths $140 million to 3 N.C. Universities
RALEIGH, N.C. — Three private North Carolina universities will share $140 million bequeathed by a Charlotte attorney and business investor, the schools said Monday. The money left by Porter Byrum are for scholarships for students to attend Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, Queens University of Charlotte and Wingate University. With this final gift, the Wake […]
Ivy Tech Community College President Receives $1M Retirement Payout
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The former president of an Indiana community college has received a more than $1 million retirement payout despite the university’s struggle with budget cuts. The South Bend Tribune reports that Tom Snyder retired as president of Ivy Tech Community College in June 2016. College officials say the payout includes salary for […]
McCaskill Asks to Speak With Trump About Campus Sexual Assault
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill wants to speak with President Donald Trump about campus sexual assault policy. In a Monday letter, McCaskill both criticized his administration’s handling of the issue so far and asked to talk with him about working together on new policy. McCaskill said Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ decision to […]
I'M NOT GOING TO CRITICIZE CALEB KEETER
One of the musicians at the Las Vegas massacre has had a change of heart on guns: “Enough is enough,” guitarist Caleb Keeter wrote on Twitter the day after a gunman opened fire at the Las Vegas festival where he’d performed hours earlier with the Josh Abbott Band. Although Keeter had been a lifelong proponent of gun rights, witnessing Sunday’s horrific act of gun violence changed his mind.... Keeter wrote: I’ve been a proponent of the 2nd amendment my entire life. Until the events of last night. I cannot express how wrong I was. We actually have members of our crew with CHL [Conc... more »
World News Briefs -- October 2, 2017
*Daily Mail:* *PICTURED: The lone Las Vegas gunman, 64, who murdered 58 and injured 515 concert-goers with an automatic rifle from his suite on 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay in America's deadliest mass shooting - before committing suicide* * WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT * Some 58 people were killed and 515 injured in a shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada * The shooter has been identified as multimillionaire gambling addict Stephen Paddock, 64 * He opened fire from a 32nd floor room of the Mandalay Bay Resort casino and hotel after 10pm Sunday night * Police... more »
PEW Research: Only 5 Percent Of Media Coverage Of President Trump Is Positive
*NBC*: *Trump’s Right: His Media Coverage Is Mostly Negative* President Donald Trump frequently complains about media coverage of his administration, and a study released Monday confirms his suspicion: Most of it has been negative. The Pew Research Center, in a content analysis of the early days of the Trump presidency, found that 62 percent of the coverage was negative and only 5 percent was positive. In contrast, President Barack Obama's coverage in early 2009 was 42 percent positive and 20 percent negative, the study said. *Read more* .... *WNU Editor*: Only 5% .... I call ... more »
AP Report: Attacks On US Embassy Personnel In Cuba Began Shortly After Trump’s Election Win
*The Hill:* *Attacks on US spies in Cuba began shortly after Trump’s election win: report* The mysterious health attacks that U.S. diplomats in Cuba have suffered reportedly began shortly after President Trump won the election last November. According to The Associated Press, the attacks began “within days” of Trump’s victory and hit spies working at the United States embassy in Havana. The State Department last week announced that it ordered approximately 60 percent of its staff and family members to leave the U.S. embassy in the country’s capital following the attacks. An offi... more »
Head of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, uses Yom Kippur to beg for forgiveness.
Courtesy of, where else, Facebook: *Tonight concludes Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year for Jews when we reflect on the past year and ask forgiveness for our mistakes. For those I hurt this year, I ask forgiveness and I will try to be better. For the ways my work was used to divide people rather than bring us together, I ask forgiveness and I will work to do better. May we all be better in the year ahead, and may you all be inscribed in the book of life.* I'm sorry, there is an insane person in the White House, that your social media platform helped get elected, spending his ... more »
Iran Deploys Tanks To The Iraqi-Kurd Border
*The Warzone/The Drive*:* Iranian Tanks Roll Up to The Iraqi Border As Embargo of Kurds Expands* Iraqi Kurdistan's neighbors have rushed to block the independence push, while the US and others downplay the situation. Iran has moved tanks and artillery up to the border with Iraqi Kurdistan, close enough to the boundary that they are visible from the other side. The move is the latest in a string of increasingly threatening responses to the semi-autonomous region’s decision to vote in favor of independence, which has drawn widespread condemnation from national governments in the reg... more »
5 Critical Facts You Need to Know About Stephen Paddock
[image: Paddock]As conspiracy theories and disinformation begin flowing, here are five major facts about the man police say killed at least 58 people in Las Vegas.
A Libertarian Perspective on Separatist Movements
[image: undefined] With separatist movements in the northern Iraq region of the Kurds, and in Catalonia, grabbing headlines, it is an appropriate time to think about such movements. Murray Rothbard once wrote: There runs through For a New Liberty (and most of the rest of my work as well) a deep and pervasive hatred of the State and all of its works, based on the conviction that the State is the enemy of mankind. This is an understandable position for anyone who is an advocate of a Private Property Society. It is sound and noble. Noble, because although sound, it goes against the... more »
A Libertarian Perspective on Separatist Movements
[image: undefined] With separatist movements in the northern Iraq region of the Kurds, and in Catalonia, grabbing headlines, it is an appropriate time to think about such movements. Murray Rothbard once wrote: There runs through For a New Liberty (and most of the rest of my work as well) a deep and pervasive hatred of the State and all of its works, based on the conviction that the State is the enemy of mankind. This is an understandable position for anyone who is an advocate of a Private Property Society. It is sound and noble. Noble, because although sound, it goes against the... more »
A Libertarian Perspective on Separatist Movements
[image: undefined] With separatist movements in the northern Iraq region of the Kurds, and in Catalonia, grabbing headlines, it is an appropriate time to think about such movements. Murray Rothbard once wrote: There runs through For a New Liberty (and most of the rest of my work as well) a deep and pervasive hatred of the State and all of its works, based on the conviction that the State is the enemy of mankind. This is an understandable position for anyone who is an advocate of a Private Property Society. It is sound and noble. Noble, because although sound, it goes against the... more »
A Libertarian Perspective on Separatist Movements
[image: undefined] With separatist movements in the northern Iraq region of the Kurds, and in Catalonia, grabbing headlines, it is an appropriate time to think about such movements. Murray Rothbard once wrote: There runs through For a New Liberty (and most of the rest of my work as well) a deep and pervasive hatred of the State and all of its works, based on the conviction that the State is the enemy of mankind. This is an understandable position for anyone who is an advocate of a Private Property Society. It is sound and noble. Noble, because although sound, it goes against the... more »
Despite The DCCC, 2018 Is Looking Better And Better For The Democrats
Over the weekend we ran an analysis-- How High theWave? How High theWave? How Many Republicans Will Drown In It? that predicts the GOP will lose 1,000 state legislative seats by the first Wednesday of November 2016. Brian Stryker and Zac McCrary looked carefully at the results from the 29 state level contested special elections that took place since Trump was declared the winner and came to the conclusion that if the margins continue as they have-- they could also get even better for Democrats as Trump stumbles through his job-- "it will be enough to flip almost a thousand state l... more »
Another Mass Shooting, Another Grab For Guns: 6 Gun Facts
*October 3, 2017* (Tony Cartalucci - LD) - Nothing is more deplorable than hijacking human tragedy to push an unrelated political agenda. A mass murderer taking the lives of some 60 people in Las Vegas this week has nothing to do with the majority of lawful firearms owners in the United States who aren't and have no intention of ever killing another human being. Yet the knee-jerk reaction of many emotionally-driven people in the face of an overwhelming tragedy is to shift public debate back to gun control and even banning guns altogether. Emotional and irrational responses in the ... more »
America: The Dictatress of the World
[image: undefined] On July 21, 1821, John Quincy Adams, who would go on to become the sixth president of the United States, warned that if America were ever to abandon its founding principle of non-interventionism in foreign affairs, she might well become the dictatress of the world. Adams issued his warning in a speech he delivered to Congress, a speech that has gone down in history with the title “In Search of Monsters to Destroy.” Adams was referring to the fact that the United States was founded as a constitutional republic, one whose military forces did not go around the worl... more »
Trump Vs. Tillerson: War Or Diplomacy?
After Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told the media that the US does have channels of communication with North Korea, President Trump Tweeted from the golf course that Tillerson was wasting his time with diplomacy. Why would the president undermine his own cabinet for doing their jobs? Tune in to today's Liberty Report...
Did the Army Football Team Kneel in Protest During the National Anthem?
A photograph purportedly showing the Army Black Knights team kneeling in protest actually shows the Navy football team kneeling in prayer.
Rock Legend Tom Petty Dead at 66
His collapse came a week after he and his group the Heartbreakers concluded their 40th anniversary tour.
Las Vegas shooting has eerie parallels to a recent attack that the media won’t tell you about
The recent deadly attack in Las Vegas is shockingly similar to one that happened in Manila exactly four months ago. More The post Las Vegas shooting has eerie parallels to a recent attack that the media won’t tell you about appeared first on The Duran.
Both the left and right are destroying free speech
"If you think President Trump is really opposing the Left on political correctness and free speech, you are MISTAKEN," argues Gregory Salmieri. *I think you’re totally misoriented if you see him as a response in the opposite direction of political correctness; it’s the same direction, it’s just on behalf of a certain group — of marginalised white people who are offended by certain things as opposed to other people who are offended by certain things.* *But both sides are seeing certain views as beyond the pale and therefore not to be discussed, and [both sides] are thinking of way... more »
Who was Stephen Paddock?
The worst mass shooting in US history, breaking a grisly record set just over a year ago. With depressing regularity some murderous arsehole turns his guns - and it is almost always men - on defenceless people and makes a pathetic name for themselves. Today Stephen Paddock, an otherwise unprepossessing Nevada native from a retirement village outside of Las Vegas has that infamy, though typical of all mass murdering gunmen he took his life before the police reached him. We don't know a great deal about Paddock or his motivations. We don't know why he chose to kit o... more »
Catalonia Urges Mediation With Spain in Secession Dispute
The call comes after a referendum for independence turned violent when Spanish police tried to block the vote, leaving hundreds injured.
Instant Pot Deal of the Day at Amazon...
Instant Pot DUO60 6 Qt 7-in-1 Multi-Use Programmable Pressure Cooker, Slow Cooker, Rice Cooker, Steamer, Sauté, Yogurt Maker and Warmer *On Sale for $69.99* *Save $29.96* *I made my second turkey breast last night. It is the best turkey I've ever eaten - evah!* *Five pound turkey breast - thirty minutes at pressure. Total time about 45 minutes to table!* *I also made a Paleo no bread dressing and will post the recipe later. It was also excellent. Who needs bread when life gives you celery, onions, cauliflower, sweet potato, and sausage?* *Now if they'd just put the 8qt on s...more »
Giant hole in ice reappears in Antarctica after 40 years
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: Antarctica: Return of the Weddell polynya supports Kiel climate model After 40 years, a large ice-free area appears again in the Southern Ocean in mid-winter Currently, winter has still a firm grip on Antarctica. At this time of the year, the Weddell Sea usually is covered with a…
Climate Model Upgraded: INMCM5 Under the Hood
Originally posted on Science Matters: A previous analysis Temperatures According to Climate Models showed that only one of 42 CMIP5 models was close to hindcasting past temperature fluctuations. That model was INMCM4, which also projected an unalarming 1.4C warming to the end of the century, in contrast to the other models programmed for future warming…
A Taoist Master Explains the Source of Problems in the World Today
*Dylan Charles* - There is an invaluable source of wisdom for understanding our world today. The post A Taoist Master Explains the Source of Problems in the World Today appeared first on Waking Times.
This One Russian Jet Made NATO Go Crazy (But Might Just Be a Paper Tiger)
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * The MiG-29. *MiG-29s are being actively used in combat in Ukraine—there were eighty before hostilities in 2014, but two have been shot down by rebel surface-to-air missiles—and Syria. Syria is believed to have fifteen to twenty operational MiG-29SMs upgraded by Russia with launch rails for deadly R-77 air-to-air missiles. Yemen’s nineteen or so MiG-29s were used in its counterinsurgency campaign, but have fallen into the hands of Houthi rebels and don’t appear to have flown since. Sudan’s twelve MiG-29s have been involved in raids against rebels ... more »
Top CBS Exec: No Sympathy for Vegas Victims as ‘Country Music Fans Often are Republican Gun Toters’
[image: political]A CBS legal executive, Hillary Clinton, and others wasted no time in trying to exploit the Las Vegas mass shooting for political gain.
ISIS Claims Responsibility for Knife Attack in Marseille
[image: isis-claims-responsibility-for-knife-attack-in-marseille] A knife-wielding terrorist stabbed two women to death on October 1 in the main train station in Marseille, on France’s Mediterranean coast.
Las Vegas Massacre: Gun-control Agenda Already Being Pushed
[image: las-vegas-massacre-gun-control-agenda-already-being-pushed] Anti-gun media and senators are already promoting "public policy responses" to the Las Vegas shooting, none of which would have prevented it.
Federal trial may define the Benghazi facts!
*MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2017But first, such bullsh*t as this:* At first, the analysts cheered. It's too late to make any difference, of course. But according to today's New York Times, a federal trial which is starting today may define what actually happened in September 2012 in the Benghazi attack. Charlie Savage and Adam Goldman handled this morning's news report. At first, they had us cheering. Upbeat headline included: SAVAGE AND GOLDMAN (10/2/17): *At Trial, a Focus on the Facts, Not the Politics, of Benghazi* Almost from the moment that Islamist militants overran the American ... more »
Drax Boss Gives Jillian A Lesson In Power Generating
Dopey Jillian Ambrose discovers grid balancing! From the Telegraph: By Jillian Ambrose 30 September 2017 • 5:05pm Beneath the distinctive grey curve of a coal plant cooling tower, the yellow of two JCB diggers is stark against a plane of black. For almost fifty years workers at the Drax mega-site in North Yorkshire have shovelled […]
Indigenous Women's Delegation Arrives in Norway on NODAPL Divestment Tour
. Photo by Charlotte Synnøve Garmann-Johnsen. Charlotte said, "My indigenous friends are back in Norway to tell the Norwegian Oilfund to stop their investments in dirty oil pipes that are polluting their drinking water. We are a lot of people standing with you!" Below in the news: Mer oljetrobbel for DNB https://www.nrk.no/sapmi/
Facing America's Demons
The terrible news from Las Vegas, Nevada this morning about the domestic terrorist who gunned down hundreds of people at a concert was staggering to anyone with a conscience. As I write this the reports are that at least 58 have died and up to 500 were injured as one man, armed with as many as 17 weapons, stood at the window in a hotel and shot the people on the ground. These kinds of events just keep happening and the politicians keeping saying that we must pray for the victims and that we all must stand together and that the national flag will be lowered to half-mast. But noth... more »
Here’s Why Allowing Saudi Women To Drive Is Very Dangerous
Any forthcoming anti-government protests led by the Wahhabi clergy would be a red flag indicating that the US has finally commenced a regime change operation against its long-time allies in Riyadh. The post Here’s Why Allowing Saudi Women To Drive Is Very Dangerous appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
Bernalillo (Albuquerque) Sighitng of June 17, 2015
Rob Swiatek, a member of the Board of Directors of MUFON, told me about a sighting that is interesting but not necessarily something of an extraterrestrial nature. As he reported, it seems that the objects, or lights, were on the ground. Neither the witness nor the investigator was able to identify a source for the lights. According to the information supplied: The principal witness obtained them about 12 noon at 34K feet over Bernalillo (Albuquerque), New Mexico, as the aircraft flew by on June 17, 2015. The lights were said to be so bright as to be painful to the eye. In his ac... more »
CBS Fires Lawyer Over Facebook Comments About Las Vegas Mass Shooting
The comments, which have since been deleted, express a lack of sympathy for shooting victims in Las Vegas because they may have been Republicans.
Is CNN Lying About Relief Efforts Reaching Puerto Rico?
A vague yet viral Facebook post accused the network of spreading misinformation.
Stephen Paddock could have been a Muslim convert
Last night, Las Vegas witnessed the worst mass shooting in the U.S. history. At a concert, 58 people were shot dead and 515+ additional ones were injured. Stephen Paddock, a 64-year-old local white man, was identified as the killer. His father was once at the FBI's "most wanted" list. Paddock himself looked ordinary, his criminal record was flawless, he liked gambling, music, and had no known political or religious affiliations or psychiatric illnesses. So why did he do it? There's an obvious answer and a source immediately gives some support to it: Paddock was a Muslim convert. A... more »
Dakota Meyer attacks somebody at the Las Vegas mass shooting for running away instead of getting killed.
This is why children shouldn't classify heroes by their followers or their photos. @danbilzerian this is what kills me about people like you. Always playing "operator dress up" and so so tough when the cameras are on. A woman just got shot in the head and you are running away filming that's not what operators do. Please stop trying to be someone your not. People are dying, you're running away not helping them and pretending it's worthy of a video is disgusting. A post shared by Dakota Meyer (@dakotameyer0317) on Oct 2, 2017 at 5:12am PDT So here is the actual video that this Dan B... more »
FC Barcelona to join tomorrow’s general strike in Catalonia
One of the world's most famous football clubs is standing with fellow Catalans. More The post FC Barcelona to join tomorrow’s general strike in Catalonia appeared first on The Duran.
DISGUSTING: Hillary Clinton tries to score political points from Las Vegas tragedy (Video)
Hillary Clinton's response to Las Vegas shooting is pathetic. More The post DISGUSTING: Hillary Clinton tries to score political points from Las Vegas tragedy (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
Did Puerto Rico’s Teamsters Union Go on Strike During Hurricane Maria Relief Efforts?
Reports that truck drivers are on strike in Puerto Rico are false -- Teamsters have asked mainland truckers to distribute supplies in the U.S. territory.
Forget the F-22 or F-35: America's 6th Generation Fighter Could Be Revolutionary
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * The Pentagon's 6th Generation Fighter may be stealthy and will likely have next-generation computers, electronic warfare technology, speed, weapons and sensors. *Maximum connectivity would mean massively increased communications and sensor technology such as having an ability to achieve real-time connectivity with satellites, other aircraft and anything that could provide relevant battlefield information.The new aircraft might also seek to develop the ability to fire hypersonic weapons, however such a development would hinge upon successful progress wi... more »
Countdown to Trump China Trip: Don't Let US-China Alliance be Sabotaged!
Video of 6CAfKGNS4_o A nefarious operation is underway to drag President Trump into starting an economic war against China, an operation in which we are seeing establishment neocons on one hand and so-called populists like Steve Bannon on the other, joining forces. As Helga Zepp-LaRouche said, "we absolutely have to counter that because the knowledge or the perception about what China is actually doing in the West is absolutely wrong." Rather, she issued a call to action for Americans to use the next month as a countdown to Trump's first official state visit to China, and to launc... more »
Bannon Escalates Drive for Economic War on China
In a cover story on Steve Bannon in Bloomberg *Businessweek* on Sept. 28, Bannon has escalated his stated intention of driving President Trump into an economic war with China, assuring that the U.S. does not save itself by joining the New Silk Road. The article is titled “Bannon's Back and Targeting China,” with the kicker: “From Birmingham to Beijing, the former Trump strategist is leading a movement of his own, now warning of the forced technology transfer of American innovation to China—and working with Henry Kissinger.” They report that Bannon has been consulting with Henry Ki... more »
The Economist Appeals for U.S. Economic Warfare against China
The City of London's *The Economist* this week escalated their campaign to get both Europe and the U.S. to launch full-scale economic warfare against China. The cover of the Sept. 23-29 issue pictures a mean-faced panda bear playing cards, with a card up his sleeve, under the title: "Does China Play Fair?" The editorial, in classic British style, writes: "Depictions of corporate China as just an undemocratic, state-run monster, thieving and cheating to get ahead, are crude and out of date." We must be far more sophisticated in our war on China, they go on to explain. China, they s... more »
The Megalomania of Modern America
*Julian Rose* - We are witnessing a broad expansion of war and violence. The post The Megalomania of Modern America appeared first on Waking Times.
30 days at sea, in 10 minutes
YouTube user JeffHK is a navigation officer aboard a container vessel. He's posted a very-high-resolution 4K video of a 30-day voyage from the Red Sea to Hong Kong, via Sri Lanka and Singapore. He used time-lapse photography to condense everything into a mere 10 minutes. That's a pretty amazing record of a voyage like that. More, please! Peter
HHS Secretary Tom Price Resigns Over Brewing Travel Scandal
[image: hhs-secretary-tom-price-resigns-over-brewing-travel-scandal] Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigned September 29 over charges that he misused taxpayer monies by taking flights on private charters and military jets instead of cheaper commercial airlines.
Is San Juan’s Mayor Sabotaging Puerto Rican Relief Efforts to Make President Donald Trump Look Bad?
A woman claiming to be a police officer in Puerto Rico suggested that federal relief was not being distributed after Hurricane Maria in order to politically damage Republicans.
Giving kids an old-fashioned childhood is not abuse
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CawRANT Events #54
*CawRANT Events #54* *Good Morning Everybody! *It is a beautiful, cloudless morning in the Pacific Northwest. There is a definite Fall chill in the air and the leaves have already begun to cascade onto the lawns of our peaceful suburban neighbourhood. Fall always brings with it the expectation and tensions that are associated with change. All around us, nature...with its flora and fauna...are preparing for tough times ahead. I put out peanuts on a daily basis for the several crows that live nearby. The other day there was a stunningly beautiful Stellars Jay sharing the pean...more »
How the U.S. Navy Plans to Win the Wars of the Future
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * And it could be very simple. *The Navy does not have enough submarines to meet the demand for undersea assets with the 52 boats currently in the fleet, which is more than the stated requirement for 48 attack subs (SSN). However, even if the Navy increases the requirement for the number of submarines, the service is physically incapable of increasing the number of boats in the fleet significantly by the late 2020s. However, the service is trying to mitigate the gap by extending the lives of older Los Angeles-class SSNs so that they can deploy one mor... more »
Should America Fear North Korea's 'CIA'?
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, Asia* North Korean intelligence apparatus is one of Pyongyang’s strong suites. *North Korean intelligence apparatus is one of Pyongyang’s strong suites. Indeed, Pyongyang’s security services have demonstrated their ability to strike far from home as was shown during the assassination of Kim Jong-Nam—elder half-brother to the North Korean despot—in Malaysia. The Kim regime’s intelligence apparatus is ruthless and effective and could be used to good effect during any conflict on the Korean peninsula.* North Korea maintains an extensive intelligence collec... more »
Editor's Note
I am stuck at an airport (Toronto). Blogging will return in 3 or 4 hours.
Corrupt climate science discredits NASA
CFACT policy advisor Larry Bell hails the nomination of U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK) for the job of NASA Administrator, and encourages the dismantlement of the heavily politicized Goddard Institute for Space Studies, which under the leadership of Gavin Schmidt has continued its role as climate alarmist propaganda machine.
Funding the arts – or hurricane recovery
CFACT Senior Policy Advisor Paul Driessen writes about spending priorities in times of crisis -- juxtaposing the lament over funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (which he notes could be funded via private contributions, especially from politically motivated billionaires) against the need to underwrite recovery from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria - and maybe more to come as the year unfolds. His argument is that the entitlement mentality that is pervasive in Washington needs to be replaced with the older, surer work mentality.
Capitalism, Infinite Growth, Climate Change & Manufactured Hopelessness
*by Gaius Publius* The video above comes in two parts — the first four minutes or so deals with the title problem, and the last two minutes offers a solution. Note those two sections and the points they make as you watch. I'll address each point separately below. *Capitalism, Infinite Growth and Climate Change* We seem to have turned the corner on American belief that climate change will result in a bad end for us unless we stop it or alter its trajectory. Most Americans, however secretly, have come at last to that conclusion, even if (or perhaps because) they think the "us" in t... more »
US drone shot down over Yemen
US military investigating loss of unmanned plane
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