Thursday, November 02, 2017

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Darwin's Aliens: Extraterrestrials Could Be More Like Us Than We Think

News Staff at Science 2.0 blogs - 13 hours ago
When we search the cosmos for evidence we are not the first advanced life form, we look for things that we could share in common. This anthropomorphism is common in culture, in everything from science studies to science-fiction. And it may not be wrong. Assuming we have any extra-terrestrial neighbors, far less popular is the idea that we will be the advanced civilization new ones are terrified about being invaded by, they will likely have undergone natural selection just like we did. In the video game Spore, almost everyone evolved creatures that were purple and had huge eyes, de... more »

Morning sickness linked to ‘greedy little embryos’ taking iodine, new research says. 

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 13 hours ago
Morning sickness linked to ‘greedy little embryos’ taking iodine, new research says – Manitoba – CBC News http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/manitoba/morning-sickness-linked-to-greedy-little-embryos-taking-iodine-new-research-says-1.3895504 Advertisements

Antibiotics found to leave bacterial toxins in your gut, which explains why you need probiotics after antibiotics. 

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 13 hours ago
Antibiotics found to leave bacterial toxins in your gut, which explains why you need probiotics after antibiotics – NaturalNews.com https://www.naturalnews.com/2017-11-01-antibiotics-found-to-leave-bacterial-toxins-in-your-gut-which-explains-why-you-need-probiotics-after-antibiotics.html

 Solving of a decade long mystery could help in fight against tuberculosis

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 13 hours ago
Medical Xpress: Solving of a decade long mystery could help in fight against tuberculosis https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2017-11-decade-mystery-tuberculosis.html

Gut microbiome may make chemo drug toxic to patients

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 13 hours ago
Medical Xpress: Gut microbiome may make chemo drug toxic to patients https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2017-11-gut-microbiome-chemo-drug-toxic.html

Why this anesthesiologist says “no” to fentanyl

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 13 hours ago
Why this anesthesiologist says “no” to fentanyl http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2017/10/anesthesiologist-says-no-fentanyl.html?utm_content=bufferb1c65&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Plasma Mobile: Inside KDE’s Plan To Create A Full-featured Linux Smartphone Software

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 13 hours ago
Plasma Mobile: Inside KDE’s Plan To Create A Full-featured Linux Smartphone Software https://fossbytes.com/plasma-mobile-kde-linux-smartphone-roadmap/

Stephen Hawking wants to ‘Colonize the moon’

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 13 hours ago
Stephen Hawking wants to ‘Colonize the moon’ http://ewao.com/2017/11/01/stephen-hawking-wants-to-colonize-the-moon/

Plasma Mobile: Inside KDE’s Plan To Create A Full-featured Linux Smartphone Software

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 13 hours ago
Plasma Mobile: Inside KDE’s Plan To Create A Full-featured Linux Smartphone Software https://fossbytes.com/plasma-mobile-kde-linux-smartphone-roadmap/

Acetaminophen in Pregnancy Tied to ADHD Risk

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 13 hours ago
Acetaminophen in Pregnancy Tied to ADHD Risk https://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/childhood-adhd/news/20171030/acetaminophen-in-pregnancy-tied-to-adhd-risk?ecd=soc_fb_171101_cons_news_acetaminophenpregnancyadhd&linkId=100000001401746

 Promise seen in possible treatment for autism spectrum disorder

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 13 hours ago
Medical Xpress: Promise seen in possible treatment for autism spectrum disorder https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2017-11-treatment-autism-spectrum-disorder.html

Astroturfing and Media Manipulation Compromise Truthful Information

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 13 hours ago
*Dr. Mercola* - Ninety percent of news media, be it television, radio, print or online, are controlled by six corporations. The post Astroturfing and Media Manipulation Compromise Truthful Information appeared first on Waking Times.

TRUMP’S TROJAN HORSE TAX CUTThe goal of Trump and the Republican...

Robert Reich - 13 hours ago
*TRUMP’S TROJAN HORSE TAX CUT* The goal of Trump and the Republican leaders is to pull off a giant redistribution of over $1 trillion from the middle-class, working-class, and poor to the rich, who are already richer than ever. They’re selling this to the public with a false claim that the middle-class will benefit from their tax cut plan. It’s a gigantic Trojan horse. For most Americans, the proposed tax cuts are tiny and temporary. That’s right – temporary. They will shrink in just a few years. And some middle class Americans will actually get a tax increase. Meanwhile, the ...more »

Navajo Councilman says Escalade developer 'flipped him off' as Navajo Council voted project down

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 13 hours ago
Video below: Sharing from Save the Confluence, "Video from when the Escalade was voted down, We were not allowed to film inside the chambers, but Delegate Brown was able to record and you can catch him calling out Lamar for flipping him off near the end." Save the Confluence fought hard to halt the Escalade Monster Tourism Project on Dineh Sacred Land at Grand Canyon.

Turkish Parliament Report: US Has 150 Nuclear Weapons In Five NATO Countries

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
A B61 nuclear bomb is on display at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona. (Flickr user Dave Bezaire) *Hurriyet Daily News*: *US has 150 nuclear weapons in five NATO countries: Turkish Parliament report * The United States has a total of 150 nuclear weapons in five NATO member countries, including Turkey, according to a report on worldwide nuclear arms prepared by the Turkish Parliament. The report, titled “Data on Nuclear Weapons,” said there were around 15,000 nuclear weapons at 107 sites in 14 countries as of July this year, daily Milliyet reported on Oct. 31. “Nearly... more »

So Much For White House Denials That President Trump Wanted To Meet Iranian President Rouhani

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
Reuters/Kevin Lamarque *Washington Examiner:* *State Department: Iran declined second Trump administration meeting at UN* The State Department confirmed Tuesday that Iran declined a special high-level meeting with the Trump administration during the United Nations General Assembly. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert resisted reporters’ efforts to identify the specific Trump administration official who would have participated in the meeting. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had his own meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and other diplomats involved... more »

BWorld 161, The sin of smuggling and corruption in the Sin tax law

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 13 hours ago
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last October 23, 2017. The intent or purpose of higher taxation is to further penalize an act, work, or consumption, hoping to discourage them by making their prices higher while giving government and lobbyists more freebies and more money. The unintended result of higher taxation is to encourage illicit trade, production of cheaper but lower quality goods and services while giving the corrupt and extortionists in government more money. Such may be the experience of the Sin Tax law of 2012 or RA 10351. It has raised lots of money for government... more »

Robert Mueller has already questioned top White House aide who supervised cooperating witness  George Papadopoulos.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 13 hours ago
Courtesy of NBC News: *Sam Clovis, the former top Trump campaign official who supervised a man now cooperating with the FBI's Russia investigation, was questioned last week by special counsel Robert Mueller's team and testified before the investigating grand jury, a person with first-hand knowledge of the matter told NBC News. * *Clovis, who is President Donald Trump's pick to be the Department of Agriculture's chief scientist, could not be reached for comment. His lawyer, Victoria Toensing, would neither confirm nor deny his interactions with the Mueller team.* *The court docum... more »

Robert Mueller now has his sights set on Trump's newest communications director Hope Hicks.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 13 hours ago
Courtesy of Politico: *President Donald Trump’s longtime aide and current communications director, Hope Hicks, is scheduled to speak with special counsel Robert Mueller’s team in mid-November, following the president’s trip to Asia, multiple people familiar with the schedule told POLITICO. * *Mueller’s team is also expected to interview three or four other current White House officials as early as this week, according to an administration official. * *Mueller’s team already has interviewed former aides, including Trump’s first chief of staff Reince Priebus and former press secret... more »

RED TEAM- BLUE TEAM DEBATE —

Hifast at Climate Collections - 13 hours ago
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: By Dr. S. Fred Singer An essay in the current issue [Oct 2017] of Eos [house-organ & newsletter of the American Geophysical Union (AGU)] is titled “Red, Blue – and Peer-Review PR].” The essay asserts that p-r is superior to a debate between a [red] team of climate…

New Paper Finds No Acceleration In Sea Level Rise

Hifast at Climate Collections - 13 hours ago
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? h/t NotricksZone ? I have long highlighted the fact sea level rise during the first part of the 20thC was just as high as now. In between, sea level rise slowed down considerably. These sort of oscillations make it imperative that…

Caught Our Notice: 4th retraction for peer reviewer who stole manuscript

Alison Abritis at Retraction Watch - 13 hours ago
Title: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, diet and gut microbiota What Caught Our Attention: The paper was co-authored by Carmine Finelli, who in the past took responsibility for a dramatic transgression: Stealing material from an unpublished manuscript by one of its reviewers. After the paper that stole from the manuscript was retracted in 2016, Finelli earned a second retraction […] The post Caught Our Notice: 4th retraction for peer reviewer who stole manuscript appeared first on Retraction Watch.

Russian President Putin Arrives In Iran For Talks On Trade, Nuclear Deal, And Syria

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
President #Putin to discuss US administration's attempts to increase sanctions pressure both on #Russia and #Iran during his visit to Tehran pic.twitter.com/yIfbYxEE4K — Russia in RSA (@EmbassyofRussia) November 1, 2017 *DW:* *Russia's Vladimir Putin heads to Iran to talk Syria, US 'sanctions pressure'* With the fight against 'IS' winding down, Russia and Iran have sought to clear a way for a political solution in Syria. US efforts to undermine Iran are set to be a topic of discussion, according to diplomatic missions. Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Tehran on We... more »

Qatari Government’s Support of Terrorism

Hani Fakhouri at Middle East Today - 13 hours ago
On May 21, 2017, an Arab Islamic American Summit was held in Saudi Arabia. Among the discussed topics was about the Qatari government role supporting, with money and arms, terrorist organizations such as ISIS, and Al Nusra among others. President Trump stated during that Summit meeting, that was the beginning of the end of a Qatar’s role in supporting terrorists On July 27, 2017, four Arab states, Egypt-Saudi Arabia-Bahrain, the Emirates, broke diplomatic relationship with the Qatari government and began a policy of boycotting Qatar. President Trump ignored his public statement ... more »

HUMAN, NONE TOO HUMAN: It's a shame Mark Twain can't be here!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2017Part 3—The 29-year-old intern, the procuring professor, the con men of cable and Us:* It's truly a shame that Mark Twain can't be here. Or who knows? Maybe he is! We say that because this morning's Washington Post reads like Huck Finn, The Sequel. In his most famous novel, Twain gave us the Duke and the Dauphin, two con men rolling through Arkansas and (mostly) transfixing the rubes. In this morning's Washington Post, we read about the resume enhancements of the 29-year-old (former) intern, along with apparent bluster of the professor from the London... more »

College Student Arrested for Vandalizing Roommate’s Property With ‘Bodily Fluids’

Dan MacGuill at Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
Police say University of Hartford freshman Briana Rae Brochu admitted posting about her unpleasant activities on Instagram.

Leonard Peltier -- An appeal for compassion and freedom from Florida

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 13 hours ago
Leonard Peltier -- An appeal for compassion and freedom from Florida Report from Tampa, Oct. 31, 2017 By Paulette Co-director, International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee in Florida Censored News Greetings Friends, Supporters and Family. Hard to start my report to you all without remembering our good friend and supporter Dennis J. Banks. He and Leonard

Protest Platforms: Music Streaming Cooperative Restores Agency To Artists

Liz Pelly at Shadowproof - 13 hours ago
In the first of a three-part series, Liz Pelly explores how platforms can shape music and enable protest. She highlights streaming cooperative, Resonate. The post Protest Platforms: Music Streaming Cooperative Restores Agency To Artists appeared first on Shadowproof.

3 Ways The NYC Terrorist Attack Proves The ‘War on Terror’ is a Failure and Simply Propaganda

Rachel Blevins at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: terrorist attack]The NYC Terrorist Attack serves as a reminder that the War on Terror has taken away Americans' freedoms, and failed to keep them "safe."

Cops Accuse Entire Family of Robbing their Own Home, Hold 4 Children at Gunpoint

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: gunpoint]A mother, father, and four children were swarmed by cops, held at gunpoint and handcuffed after being accused of breaking into their own home.

The White House Proclaims November 2017 as National Native American Heritage Month

White Wolf at White Wolf - 14 hours ago
American Indians and Alaska Natives are inextricably linked with the history of the United States. Beginning with the Pilgrims' arrival at Plymouth Colony and continuing until the present day, Native American's contributions are woven deeply into our Nation's rich tapestry. During National Native American Heritage Month, we honor and celebrate the first Americans and recognize their contributions and sacrifices. Native Americans have influenced every stage of America's development. They helped early European settlers survive and thrive in a new land. They contributed democratic idea... more »

World News Briefs -- November 1, 2017

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
*Reuters:* *Ousted Catalan leader will not return to Spain to testify: lawyer* MADRID (Reuters) - A lawyer for dismissed Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, due to appear in a Spanish court this week to answer charges relating to Catalonia’s push for independence, said he would not return to testify but could answer questions from Belgium. If Puigdemont fails to appear before the court, an arrest warrant could be issued that would in turn prevent him from standing in the snap regional election called by the Spanish government for Dec. 21. There was currently no arrest warrant out ... more »

How To Sell Credit - Barclaycard's Waiting Room

cefrith@hotmail.com at Charles Frith - 14 hours ago
John Titor says that in the future people don't much like us. They look down on us for our superficial and self centered ways. If the only thing standing between you and your dreams is a credit card... Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced

Putin questions America’s creepy collection of Russian DNA for possible bio-weapons program

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 14 hours ago
The US Air Force is trying collect samples of ethnic Russian DNA. If history is a guide, the purposes of this new US program are highly nefarious. More The post Putin questions America’s creepy collection of Russian DNA for possible bio-weapons program appeared first on The Duran.

Israel fires lethal blow to George Soros, with new bill to prevent “hostile funding” from leftist organizations

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 14 hours ago
The bill, named for George Soros, won the approval of Prime Minister Netanyahu. More The post Israel fires lethal blow to George Soros, with new bill to prevent “hostile funding” from leftist organizations appeared first on The Duran.

Russia rejects US demands for changes to Iran nuclear deal

Alexander Mercouris at The Duran - 14 hours ago
Proposals to amend deal called 'unrealistic' More The post Russia rejects US demands for changes to Iran nuclear deal appeared first on The Duran.

What's Going On in Catalonia?

Charles Scaliger at rss - 14 hours ago
[image: whats-going-on-in-catalonia] What's behind the Catalan bid for independence from Spain?

Social Justice Warriors Regulate Halloween Costume Rules for White Children

Raven Clabough at rss - 14 hours ago
[image: social-justice-warriors-regulate-halloween-costume-rules-for-white-children] Another Halloween has come and gone, and if the social justice warriors (SJWs) had their way, it had better have been a politically correct one. But if white children dressed as anything but animals or inanimate objects, the SJWs would count this one as a fail.

No, LA Times, That's Not What Nuclear 'Breakout Time' Means

Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 14 hours ago
Writing in The Los Angeles Times on Sunday about Donald Trump's threat to effectively pull the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal, veteran reporter Doyle McManus noted, "No matter what the president thinks, the facts will get in the way." McManus was referring to the sheer petulance of Trump's pathetically telegraphed plan "to declare Iran in violation of the 2015 agreement to limit its

Kayakers See Potato Bag Floating In River And Hear Whimpering Puppies Inside

White Wolf at White Wolf - 14 hours ago
If the kayakers had not heard their cries for help, the six puppies would most certainly be drowned. Two kayakers were paddling on the Blackstone River in Massachusetts when they heard a whimpering sound coming from an old potato sack bobbing in the water. They went to investigate, and to their alarm, found 6 puppies inside. The puppies were only one-week-old had had been tossed in the river to die. “It’s unconscionable, you can’t imagine what’s going through my head as a police officer for 29 years, someone would do that, someone would take six fairly newborn puppies and discard th... more »

Security In Iraq Oct 22-28, 2017

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 14 hours ago
Violence remained at very low levels during the fourth week of October 2017 in Iraq. There were still high reports of casualties largely due to mass graves and fighting between the federal forces and Kurds. There were only 65 incidents reported from October 22-28 in Iraq. There have been around 60 incidents 3 of the last four weeks. Baghdad led the country with 23 incidents, followed by 18 in Ninewa, 10 in Kirkuk, 5 in Anbar, 3 each in Diyala and Salahaddin, and 1 each in Babil, Basra and Karbala. *Security Incidents In Iraq By Province Oct 22-28, 2017* Babil 1 Basra 1 Karbala 1... more »

This Day In Iraqi History – Nov 1

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 14 hours ago
1963 Wandawi head of Baathist National Guard dismissed in fallout between nationalist & Baathist coup members 1978 Iraq hosted anti-Sadat conference to oppose Egypt-Israel peace treaty 1983 Sec of State Schultz told Iraq using chemical weapons almost every day in Iran-Iraq War 1990 Bush authorized offensive planning and preparations for Gulf War 1998 Iraq suspended cooperation with inspectors 2000 UK intel report said Saddam had no reason to work with UN because felt US would never end sanctions as long as he was in power 2002 UnderSec State Bolton told con... more »

Foxes guarding the henhouse all over the financial and biothreat landscape of the USA…

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 15 hours ago
A George Soros operative who helped orchestrate Black Wednesday went on to serve as Chief Economist of the US Senate Banking Committee in another example of foxes guarding the henhouse. Foxes seem to be guarding the US biothreat detection henhouse or the Black Death plague threat would not be possible on this scale. It was a CDC […]

Daily Mail reports on threat of Black Death to Africa and the world

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 15 hours ago
Africa braced for epidemic of deadly airborne PLAGUE after it infects 1,300 people in Madagascar and map reveals the nine countries officials fear it will spread to next Some 1,300 cases of plague spreading across Africa have now been reported Two thirds of those cases are suspected to be pneumonic, the WHO believes This lethal […]

Plague patient escapes Madagascar hospital, risks infecting others

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 15 hours ago
A plague patient who escaped from a hospital in Madagascar could spread the Black Death to others, the government has warned. http://www.lexpressmada.com/blog/actualites/epidemie-un-pestifere-en-cavale-dans-la-nature/ The patient escaped after being given the first injection in what was allegedly a course of antibiotic treatment. Authorities say the patient could infect others, risking a surge of new plague cases. Of interest, […]

Madagascar lacks funds to fight plague…

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 15 hours ago
Donald Trump will spend 3 million dollars redecorating the White House and 120 million dollars on protecting his family. But the Trump administration will not give 6 million dollars in emergency aide to Madagascar to stop the Black Death plague from spreading, eventually to Africa, and the USA, and potentially wiping out hundreds of millions of […]

DHS AND PENTAGON CRIPPLED FROM WITHIN IN FACE OF BLACK DEATH PLAGUE THREAT. DELIBERATE SABOTAGE TEN MONTHS INTO TRUMP PRESIDENCY OR SHEER INCOMPETENCE OF KELLY AND MATTIS?

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 15 hours ago
The release of the Black Death underlines that there is something radically wrong with The Generals and Donald Trump. They were supported by the US intelligence community and military precisely to stop a threat like the Ebola false flag from 2014 from repeating itself. That is a low bar, and yet John Kelly and James […]

Maine: Almost half the state loses power after latest storm

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 15 hours ago
We had a big storm here three days ago with winds topping out at over about 65 miles per hour in the Portland area. Just after the storm 484,000 homes in Maine were without electricity and it will be Saturday before the remaining 250,000 get their power turned back on. (Maine has a population of only 1.3 million.) We were lucky at our house here in Bath - we never lost power while most homes in the city did. Over the years we rarely lose power and we've heard folks say that our house is on the same electrical grid as Bath Iron Works because we live so close to the shipyard. Sou... more »

A coat made of salmon skin?

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 15 hours ago
I wouldn't have believed it possible to make a coat out of something so fragile as fish skin, but it seems it was routine in times past in Siberia. Along the lower reaches of the Amur River, where the water empties into the Pacific Ocean, the climate—unlike most of Siberia—is wet. To keep dry, the indigenous Nivkhi shrugged on fish skin coats like the one pictured here. These ingeniously constructed coats are a testament to the people’s holistic approach to natural resources; they also tell the story of a worldly culture and a wild place. Fish skin is light, flexible, strong, and... more »

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 1, 2017

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a performance held for participants of the ruling party's party meeting, December 2016. KCNA/via Reuters *Stratfor:* *Preparing for What Comes Next in North Korea* * By moving carrier strike groups and stealth fighter jets into the region, the United States will enhance its force posture in and around North Korea. * The preparations do not necessarily suggest that the United States is getting ready to launch a war — though they will elevate the risk in the region. * Tracking U.S. military movements around the Korean Peninsula will offer insigh... more »

Modernizing America's Nuclear Arsenal May Not Be as Expensive as You Think

Matthew R. Costlow at The National Interest - 15 hours ago
*Matthew R. Costlow* *Security, North America* A new Congressional Budget Office report sheds light on the issue. *A recent CBO report takes on the commonly-heard myths of nuclear modernization in the United States.* The Congressional Budget Office gave nuclear modernization supporters a Halloween “treat” by releasing their much-anticipated report on the 30-year costs of the U.S. nuclear arsenal yesterday. The report is the first of its kind by the government which documents the anticipated costs of the entire nuclear arsenal – delivery systems, command and control, warheads, etc... more »

The Washington Post asks "Just how early did Trump know that Russia claimed to have dirt on Hillary Clinton?"

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 15 hours ago
George Papadopoulos has one degree of separation from Jeff Seasons and three from Trump.Courtesy of WaPo: *Drilling down on Papadopoulos’s plea, we see a Trump campaign operative engaged in a prolonged effort to obtain Clinton dirt from the Russians. Moreover, we know he kept a “senior policy advisor,” a “supervisory campaign official” and a “high-ranking official of the campaign” in the loop. That’s no less than three other Trump associates who were aware of and/or countenancing the effort to work with Russian officials to find “dirt” on Clinton. * *The Lawfare Blog notes that Pa... more »

The F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighter Celebrates 20 Years Of Service

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
F-22 *Dave Majumdar, National Interest:* *20 Years of the Mighty F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighter* *The United States Air Force held a ceremony earlier this month to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor’s first flight.* The ceremony was held at Edwards Air Force Base in California on October 19. However, the actual 20th anniversary of the Raptor’s was on September 7. The Raptor first flew on September 7, 1997, when Lockheed Martin chief test pilot Paul Metz took to the air in tail AF 91-4001—the first of nine Engineering Manufacturing Development F-22 th... more »

"Iceland’s Biggest Volcano Is ‘Ready To Erupt’ As Europe Faces A Disaster"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
*"Iceland’s Biggest Volcano Is ‘Ready To Erupt’ * *As Europe Faces A Disaster"* by Mac Slavo "Iceland’s biggest volcano has been rocked by the strongest earthquake since it last erupted in 2014. With swarms of earthquakes occurring in the French Alps too, Europe is facing what could be one of the largest natural disasters in history. Last week, the 6,591-foot tall Bardarbunga, a “powerful and versatile” volcano, was rattled by the four largest earthquakes since it last erupted in 2014. The earthquakes, measuring in magnitudes of 3.9, 3.2, 4.7, and 4.7 on the Richter scale, stru... more »

Wealthier Minorities Face More Discrimination And It's Being Blamed For Worse Health

News Staff at Science 2.0 blogs - 15 hours ago
Rich people are more likely to shop at Whole Foods, buy supplements, vote for a particular political party and...racially discriminate against minorities? That last part is according to a new sociology paper which will force some inconvenient questions about race and money in America. Though it is commonly believed that wealth leads to better health and less discrimination, wealthier African- and Latino-Americans report more racial discrimination than poor ones, according to survey results. Meanwhile, as whites became more wealthy they report improved health. read more

Allahu Akbar does not mean "God is Great"...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 15 hours ago
it means *Allah is greatest.* I shouldn't need to explain the difference to anyone. *And, no, Christians and muslims do not worship the same God. Not at all.* So when Jake Tapper declares it "beautiful", he's a lying dope of the first order. As news broke that the driver was shouting "Allahu Akbar" as he attacked these people, Jake Tapper wanted to remind his audience that "the Arabic chant 'Allahu Akbar,' *God is great..*. sometimes said under the most beautiful of circumstances, and too often we hear it being said in moments like this." * source* But, gosh - may Allah bless tho... more »

Russia Invites "Syrian Kurds" to Talks: Official

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 16 hours ago
* Link* Russia has invited the Kurdish-led authorities in northern Syria to its proposed congress of Syria’s rival parties, a senior Kurdish official said on Tuesday. The congress would focus on looking for “compromise solutions towards the political settlement” more than six years into Syria’s conflict, a Russian negotiator has said. “We are studying the issue and our stance has been positive so far,” said Badran Jia Kurd, an adviser to the administration that governs Kurdish-led autonomous regions of northern Syria. They received the invitation at meetings with Russian officials... more »

Breaking: Russian long-range bombers strike ISIS in Deir Ezzor

BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:20 P.M.) – Minutes ago, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that their long-range bombers carried out a powerful attack against the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria. The Russian Aerospace Forces reportedly struck the Islamic State terror organization inside the Deir Ezzor Governorate, but the exact location was not specified by the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Video footage of the Syrian Army liberating three districts in Deir Ezzor

BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:05 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) scored another big advance in the Deir Ezzor Governorate, Tuesday, liberating several districts inside the provincial capital. Led by their elite Tiger Forces and 4th Mechanized Division, the Syrian Arab Army launched a big assault at the southern corridor the Islamic State’s (ISIS) pocket in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Iraqi forces liberate new areas near Syrian border – map

BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:40 P.M.) – The Iraqi Armed Forces resumed their offensive to liberate the Syrian border, today, liberating new areas inside the Al-Anbar Governorate. Led by army and Hashd Al-Sha’abi’s 46th Brigade (Popular Mobilization Units), the Iraqi Armed Forces managed to liberate several villages, including Al-‘Ubeidi, near the Islamic State (ISIS) stronghold of Al-Qa’im. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Saudi minister calls for ‘toppling Hezbollah’

BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:00 P.M.) – The Saudi Minister of Gulf Affairs, Thamer Al-Sabhan, told MTV on Monday that Hezbollah should be toppled, while also promising that Lebanon will see ‘astonishing’ developments soon. “Those who believe that my tweets are a personal stance are delusional and they will see what will happen in the coming days,” […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

VIDEO: Saudi forces suffer their worst week in Yemen at the hands of Houthi rebels

BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:20 P.M.) – The Houthi forces have destroyed at least three Saudi Army vehicles near the Yemeni border this week, the pro-Ansarallah media reported on Tuesday. Video footage of the Houthi forces destroying these three Saudi Army vehicles was released by the Yemeni group’s official media wing, Tuesday – please see below: e3 […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Breaking: HTS attempts to assassinate rival jihadist commander in southern Aleppo

BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:15 P.M.) – Earlier today, a high ranking emir of Harkat Ahrar Al-Sham was the target of an assassination attempt by the Al-Qaeda linked Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham rebel group in southern Aleppo. Abu Saleh Tahan of Harakat Ahrar Al-Sham was traveling to the front-lines in southern Aleppo, today, when his vehicle was fired […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

MAP: Syrian Army snatches vast areas of northeast Hama as Nusra militants begin headlong retreat

BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:40 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) is on the verge of seizing the entire northeastern region of the Hama Governorate after more than a week of being on the offensive near the Ithirya-Khanasser Highway. Backed by Russian choppers, the Syrian Arab Army’s Republican Guard and Qalamoun Shield forces of the 3rd […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Libya: Coast guard rescues nearly 300 migrants off Tripoli coast

BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:35 A.M.) – Libyan coastguards rescued 299 migrants from varying sub-Saharan African countries on two rubber boats east of Tripoli on Tuesday. The migrants – among them 40 women and 19 children – were picked up near the town of Zliten and brought to Tripoli port. After receiving humanitarian assistance, they were transferred […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Navajo Council Kills Escalade Monster, Tourism on Colorado Rivers Confluence

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 16 hours ago
Photo copyright Earl Tulley, Censored News . Photo copyright Earl Tulley Censored News Navajo Council kills Escalade, Tourism Monster on Dineh Sacred Land, at Colorado Rivers Confluence, in Grand Canyon By Save the Confluence Censored News Oct. 31, 2017 WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. -- The Navajo Nation Council, tonight, put an end to a years-long battle to kill a controversial proposal to

China's Push To Have A 'World-Class Army' Is Making Its Asian Neighbours Nervous

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning *AFP: **As China aims for 'world-class army', Asia starts to worry* Beijing (AFP) - Chinese President Xi Jinping's pledge to build a "world-class army" by 2050 is making his neighbours nervous, but analysts say Beijing's military ambitions do not constitute a strategic threat -- for now. With purchases and construction of fighter jets, ships and hi-tech weaponry, China's military budget has grown steadily for 30 years, but remains three times smaller than that of the United States. Now, Beijing wants to catch up. "We should strive to fully transf... more »

South Korean Lawmaker: North Korean Hackers Stole Submarine Secrets

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un tours a submarine. KCNA/Reuters *Wall Street Journal:* *North Korean Hackers Stole Submarine Secrets From Daewoo, Lawmaker Says* *Revelation comes weeks after news of a similar attack on South Korea’s defense ministry.* SEOUL—North Korean hackers are suspected to have broken into a South Korean shipyard and stolen military secrets, in a breach made public less than a month after news of a similar attack in which hackers stole joint U.S.-South Korea war plans. The attack, revealed by a Seoul lawmaker and corroborated by defense-industry sources, ta... more »

China Foils North Korean Assassination Plot To Murder Kim Jong-un's Nephew

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
Kim Han-Sol appears in a YouTube video shortly after the murder of his father Kim Jong-Nam in March 2017. Source: YouTube *Asian Correspondent*: *Chinese authorities foil North Korean assassination attempt on leader’s nephew* CHINESE authorities have reportedly arrested two men in an alleged plot to assassinate the eldest son of Kim Jong-Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean supreme leader who was killed in a cloak-and-dagger style murder in Malaysia earlier this year. Sources who spoke with South Korea’s JoongAng Ilbo said the two men were allegedly North Korean operati... more »

Let’s Help Our Media Friends

Walter E. Williams at rss - 16 hours ago
[image: let-s-help-our-media-friends] Certain people have come up with a name for the ongoing liberal response to Clinton's defeat. They call it Trump derangement syndrome.

Russia begins building Iran nuclear power station

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 16 hours ago
Russian engineers have commenced work on Iran's second nuclear power station as Vladimir Putin arrives in Tehran for meetings with Iran's leaders. More The post Russia begins building Iran nuclear power station appeared first on The Duran.

Trump warns America after NYC terror attack: “Being politically correct is fine, but not for this!”

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 16 hours ago
Trump orders DHS to strengthen extreme vetting following Manhattan terror attack. More The post Trump warns America after NYC terror attack: “Being politically correct is fine, but not for this!” appeared first on The Duran.

Tampa Man Identified As Suspect in NYC Terror Attack

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 16 hours ago
*Link* TAMPA, Fla. - A 29-year-old Tampa man has been identified as the driver of a truck that slammed into pedestrians along a Manhattan bike path, killing eight and injuring at least a dozen others in what authorities described as an act of terror. Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipovm, of Granada Boulevard, was shot by New York City police following the incident. Saipovm is believed to be the man who drove a Home Depot rental truck onto a bike path at Chambers and West streets, near the World Trade Center. JUST IN: Photo of Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, 29, of Tampa, Florida, suspect... more »

Bernie Would Have Won-- And Will In 2020

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
We know, we know... but now even Trump's main campaign pollster, Tony Fabrizio, is saying that Bernie would have beaten Trump. Imagine if Obama had never appointed Wasserman Schultz DNC chair, his second worst appointment-- or maybe tied for first-- after making Rahm his chief-of-staff... Anyway, did you see that polling data about all the U.S. senators yesterday? Vey interesting stuff. The pollsters questioned 255,120 registered voters in every state about their state's senators. I was shocked to see how many people have never heard of their U.S. Senator. Imbeciles in the media... more »

He Does Not Understand

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 16 hours ago
Before anyone starts to agree with former prime minister Stephen Harper's conclusion that the Liberals have been "napping on NAFTA," Tim Harper suggests that they take a look at Stephen Harper's record of dealing with Washington: While in opposition, Harper aligned himself with George W. Bush’s “coalition of the willing,’’ for his failed invasion of Iraq, something Harper agreed, five years later, was a mistake. There were early disputes with Bush over Arctic sovereignty, although Harper did win a softwood lumber truce. Things chilled with the election of Barack Obama, starting w... more »

DONALD TRUMP, FUTURE RINO?

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 17 hours ago
Politico reports that the president is leaving Robert Mueller alone: Firing special counsel Robert Mueller? That might open up the president to an obstruction of justice charge. Defunding the Russia investigation? Influential Republicans are warning the White House to avoid such a direct attack. ... on Tuesday, several of the president’s top aides did their best to signal that Trump would be staying out of Mueller’s way. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders gave reporters a flat “no” during her daily briefing when asked whether the president would take aim at Mueller’... more »

Coup-Plotters Frantic To Sabotage Trump's Asia Trip

adam at LaRouchePAC Feed - 17 hours ago
PDF: [image: PDF icon] 20171101-coup-plotters.pdf As President Trump prepares to leave for Asia this week, for crucial meetings with Xi Jinping, Shinzo Abe, Rodrigo Duterte, Moon Jae-in, and perhaps also Vladimir Putin — meetings which could bring the United States directly into sync with the new paradigm for mankind emerging from China's New Silk Road process — the British Empire's flunkies in the U.S. are frantically trying to discredit or even indict the President, to sabotage his intention to form friendly and constructive relations with China and Russia. Legal assassin Rober... more »

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 17 hours ago
*Philosophy Professor Tells Bisexual Student Who Criticized Islam 'We're Not Going to Let You Damage the Program'* *"We have not designed our program to tolerate these behaviors."* A bisexual male student at the University of Texas–San Antonio said during an informal conversation outside class that he was uncomfortable with Islam because people still receive the death penalty for being gay in 10 Muslim-majority countries. For expressing this thought, the student—Alfred MacDonald, who no longer attends the school—was instructed to meet with the chair of the philosophy department, E... more »

MIT created “smart materials” that can literally transform themselves

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 17 hours ago
MIT created “smart materials” that can literally transform themselves https://futurism.com/videos/mit-created-smart-materials-that-can-transform-themselves/ Advertisements

Carl Sagan’s Eerily Accurate Prediction About the Demise of America

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 17 hours ago
Carl Sagan’s Eerily Accurate Prediction About the Demise of America http://www.wakingtimes.com/2017/08/10/carl-sagans-eerily-accurate-prediction-demise-america/

Reviving old drugs could help to stem the rise of drug-resistant gonorrhoea

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 17 hours ago
Reviving old drugs could help to stem the rise of drug-resistant gonorrhoea https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-11-reviving-drugs-stem-drug-resistant-gonorrhoea.amp

5 Easy-to-miss signs of vitamin D deficiency: Are YOU getting enough? 

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 17 hours ago
5 Easy-to-miss signs of vitamin D deficiency: Are YOU getting enough? – NaturalNews.com https://www.naturalnews.com/2017-10-30-six-easy-to-miss-signs-of-vitamin-d-deficiency-are-you-getting-enough.html

Promise seen in possible treatment for autism spectrum disorder

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 17 hours ago
Promise seen in possible treatment for autism spectrum disorder https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-11-treatment-autism-spectrum-disorder.amp

Carbon Dioxide Levels on Earth Haven’t Been This High in Three Million Years

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 17 hours ago
Carbon Dioxide Levels on Earth Haven’t Been This High in Three Million Years https://futurism.com/carbon-dioxide-levels-on-earth-havent-been-this-high-in-three-million-years/amp/

Marine scientists discover kleptopredation—a new way of catching prey

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 17 hours ago
Marine scientists discover kleptopredation—a new way of catching prey https://m.phys.org/news/2017-11-marine-scientists-kleptopredationa-prey.html

How Big Pharma gets away with selling crystal meth to children: By renaming it ‘Adderall’ 

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 17 hours ago
How Big Pharma gets away with selling crystal meth to children: By renaming it ‘Adderall’ – NaturalNews.com https://www.naturalnews.com/052954_Big_Pharma_amphetamine_drugs_Adderall.html

Baby born ‘pregnant’ with half-formed twin brother behind his stomach

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 17 hours ago
Baby born ‘pregnant’ with half-formed twin brother behind his stomach http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/baby-boy-pregant-twin-brother-india-doctors-stomach-mumbra-a7870256.html

Global Warming is taking a toll on people’s health. 

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 17 hours ago
Global Warming is taking a toll on people’s health: doctors http://www.deccanchronicle.com/science/science/011117/global-warming-is-taking-a-toll-on-peoples-health-doctors.html

President Trump Will Visit A Military Base Over The DMZ When He Is In South Korea

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 17 hours ago
President Barack Obama is briefed by Lt. Col. Ed Taylor as he views the DMZ from Observation Post Ouellette at Camp Bonifas, Republic of Korea, March 25, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy) *Newsweek*: *Trump Won't Visit DMZ On Asia Trip Because It's Becoming "Cliche"* President Donald Trump will reportedly be skipping the infamous demilitarized zone between North and South Korea during his Asia tour next month — because it's "cliche." A White House official confirmed Tuesday that Trump won't make the DMZ part of his 11-day tour, flouting a visit that has been a tr... more »

South Korean President: We Will Not Develop Or Possess Nuclear Weapons Nor Will We Recognize North Korea As A Nuclear State

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 17 hours ago
South Korean President Moon Jae-in delivers his speech on the 2018 budget bill during a plenary session at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, November 1, 2017. Yonhap via REUTERS *Washington Post*: *South Korea will not develop or possess nuclear weapons, president says* President Moon Jae-in told lawmakers Wednesday that South Korea would not seek to have nuclear weapons and said that Seoul would never accept its neighbor North Korea as a nuclear-armed state. “According to the joint agreement by the two Koreas on denuclearization, North Korea’s nuclear state cannot be ... more »

The Underlying Problem of Our Time (and of All Known History)

Harry Dale Huffman at The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage - 17 hours ago
I have responded to a comment to an article on the American Thinker site. The comment referred to Nietszche and Hegel, recognized as modern philosophers, and the more ancient Plato, and the following is my response: *Philosophy has not advanced since its "beginnings" in Plato; Aristotle was known in Plato's Academy as a master of Rhetoric (compelling argumentation, or debating points), not Philosophy, and his later fame held back the development of physics (and mathematics) for 2,000 years. Darwin also won the day in his time only on the quantity and determination of his rhetoric, h... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 17 hours ago
*Q: What nation on Earth has reduced its carbon emissions more than any other?* Inconvenient Answer: According to climatologist Dr. Patrick Michaels, it’s “the good old USA, and that’s because we’ve been substituting natural gas for coal for power generation”. CO2 emissions from electric power generation in the US last year were the lowest in 28 years, going all the way back to 1988. How often is that reported in the media? Dr. Patrick Michaels explains how the free market is allowing natural gas to be substituted for coal worldwide at a rate that will achieve a lower level of g... more »

To catch a fraudster: Publisher’s image screening cuts down errata, “repeat offenders”

Alison McCook at Retraction Watch - 17 hours ago
When a publisher rolls out image screening on its journals over an eight-year-period, some surprising things happen. For one, researchers whose papers were flagged are less likely to make the same mistake again. That’s according to new findings presented by the American Physiological Society (APS), which began increasingly checking images in accepted papers for splicing and other […] The post To catch a fraudster: Publisher’s image screening cuts down errata, “repeat offenders” appeared first on Retraction Watch.

Award-winning actor Adam Beach delivers a talk titled "Rewriting the Hollywood Indian"

White Wolf at White Wolf - 17 hours ago
Adam Beach believes it’s time Indigenous people in Hollywood redefine the way they are represented onscreen. Speaking on campus for the Gail Appel Lectureship in Literature and Fine Arts on Oct. 2, the actor known for Flags of Our Fathers, Smoke Signals and Suicide Squad told an audience at Convocation Hall that he plans to become more active in the coming years at “pushing the envelope (and) calling out people for misinterpreting us.” Beach spent the day speaking with students at a series of events hosted by the College of Arts & Science before delivering his keynote talk, a lectu... more »

L’affaire Wakefield: Shades of Dreyfus & BMJ’s Descent into Tabloid Science

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 17 hours ago
Age of Autism links to Alliance for Human Resesearch Protection for Vera Sharav's damning indictment of the British Medical Journal's intervention in the Wakefield affair. She traces its history from the beginning but focuses on the journal's allegations of fraud...

The Department of Defense and Saving Taxpayers' Money

A Political Junkie at Viable Opposition - 18 hours ago
We all know that the United States has a significant military presence around the world, however, a recent estimate by the current Secretary of Defense, Jim Mattis, suggests that there may be ways of reducing taxpayers' exposure to maintaining the military's global inventory. Unfortunately for American taxpayers, little of that saving will end up reducing the Pentagon's overall spending patterns. Let's look at some background first. According to the most recent version of the Base Structure Report - Fiscal Year 2015 issued by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Techno... more »

Sheriff's car meets deer - at 114 mph!

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 18 hours ago
The result is spectacular. I won't put a detailed photograph on public display, because it will undoubtedly upset sensitive viewers, but if you'd like to see it, click here. Here's a video clip of the collision. It's not as graphic as the still image linked above, but it's still pretty raw. Again, sensitive viewers should not watch it. Yikes! Hitting a deer at any speed is bad enough, but at 114 mph . . . ! Peter

New Paper Finds No Acceleration In Sea Level Rise

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 18 hours ago
By Paul Homewood h/t NotricksZone I have long highlighted the fact sea level rise during the first part of the 20thC was just as high as now. In between, sea level rise slowed down considerably. These sort of oscillations make it imperative that sea level trends are measured over much longer periods. Leading […]

Britain's Promise to the Holy Land

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 18 hours ago
Given the climate of low expectations in which Israel-related programmes poise precariously in BBC world, Stephen Pollard’s positive review of Jane Corbin’s Balfour programme was par for the course. If that’s too convoluted, to put it another way, anything less that the default Israel-bashing to which we’ve become accustomed is a small mercy for which we should be truly grateful. Still a bit obscure? (Last attempt) It makes a change to see a smidgeon of balance on an Israel-related programme on the BBC and, arguably, that absolves Stephen Pollard from some of the harsh criticism h... more »

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Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 19 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin NSA wanted to use the Espionage Act to prosecute a journalist for using FOIA Researchers Find Missing Link Between the Brain and Immune System Richard Branson leads effort to create 'Caribbean Marshall Plan' Catalonia Ex-president Puigdemont: I'm not in Belgium to seek asylum Rigged: How Voter Suppression Threw Wisconsin to Trump World carbon emissions already set to blow Paris deal levels by 30% With all eyes on North Korea, Beijing looks ready to deploy fighter jets in the South China Sea Here's everything you need to know about Jerome Powell, Trump's likely pi... more »

Imagining the 'California Dream'

William Deverell, Professor of History, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 19 hours ago
Millions of people have imagined California, but only one man was its historian.

November Begins

LL at Virtual Mirage - 19 hours ago
*Halloween Corner* GHOST SEX... A professor at the University was giving a lecture on Paranormal Studies. To get a feel for his audience, he asks, 'How many people here believe in ghosts?' About 90 students raise their hands. Well, that's a good start. Out of those who believe in ghosts, do any of you think you have seen a ghost?' About 40 students raise their hands. That's really good. I'm really glad you take this seriously. Has anyone here ever talked to a ghost?' About 15 students raise their hand. Has anyone here ever touched a ghost?' Three students raise their hands. That's f... more »

At least eight dead and multiple people injured as Home Depot rental van speeds down New York City bike path.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 19 hours ago
BREAKING VIDEO: Shooting/car ramming incident Manhattan, multiple injured. Warning Graphic content pic.twitter.com/s6sELaTU2P — News_Executive (@News_Executive) October 31, 2017 Courtesy of ABC News: *At least seven people *(now eight.) *are dead and others injured after a truck driver made a "purposeful turn" onto a jogging and biking path in lower Manhattan in New York City, police said. * *The sprawling crime scene runs about 10 blocks along the West Side Highway, a few blocks away from One World Trade Center.The suspect is in custody, police said. * *The incident is being in... more »

CME futures should stop, drive Bitcoin price towards zero

LuboÅ¡ Motl at The Reference Frame - 19 hours ago
The Bitcoin price has set new records above $6,500 and nothing seems capable of stopping it on its way towards the infinity. As you know, I think that the only justifiable price of it is zero and everyone who doesn't see it is a moron. The whole capitalization of over $100 billion is a measure of the people's irrationality, a herd instinct worshiping a virtual ill-defined brand. But as Keynes said, The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent. So I am unlikely to bet and short the cryptocurrencies although I am very tempted. Between November 13th and November 2... more »

Syrian Army, Hezbollah score big advance towards Iraqi border in bid to reach Albukamal

BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:00 A.M.) – Minutes ago, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and their allies scored another big advance in the western countryside of the Deir Ezzor Governorate. Backed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Hezbollah, the Syrian Arab Army continued their advance along the Deir Ezzor-Albukamal Road, liberating at least 11km of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Breaking: Over 25 civilians massacred by Saudi Coalition strike in Yemen

BEIRUT, LEBANON – Over 25 civilians were massacred in northern Yemen, today, when a Saudi Coalition warplane bombed a local market inside the Sa’ada Governorate. According to local activists, at least 26 civilians were killed and another 9 were wounded inside the Sa’ada Governorate town of Sahar. The Saudi Coalition specifically bombed a motel and […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Lebanon names new Ambassador to Syria

BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:50 A.M.) – Lebanon has named a new Ambassador to Syria, despite objections from the March 14th political bloc. Lebanese President Michel ‘Aoun and Prime Minister Sa’ad Hariri recently signed a decree to appoint Sa’ad Zakhiya as the new Ambassador to Syria. Zakhiya begins his diplomatic duties, today, after Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Complete update of eastern Syria battle – map

BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:30 A.M.) – The Islamic State (ISIS) had a difficult start to the year and it appears things are not looking any better for 2018, as the terrorist group is being wedged from all sides in eastern Syria and western Iraq. With the start of the Iraqi offensive to clear southwest Al-Anbar, the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Revolutionary Guard chief warns US sanctions will increase Iranian missiles – video

BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:30 A.M.) – The chief commander of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) called the US “the biggest supporter of terrorism in the world” during a conference in Tehran on Tuesday. Addressing ‘A World Free of Terror’ conference, Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said of Donald Trump`s Countering America’s Adversaries through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Iraqi government sets date for parliamentary election

Iraqi government said that voting must be electronic, and parties participating in the election must not have armed wings. Parliamentary elections in Iraq will be held on May 15, 2018, the Iraqi federal government said on Tuesday. “Members of the government voted for the election date on May 15, 2018. The federal government must ensure […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

New de-escalation zone established in southern Damascus

A new deconfliction zone will be established in Syria’s southern Damascus, as the agreement has been reached with militants there, a source at the ongoing talks on Syria in Astana told Sputnik. Another source has explained that previously there had been a request to Russia from the military groups in southern Damascus to include the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Iran begins construction of 2nd unit of Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant – video

BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:00 A.M.) – The construction work of the second power unit of the Iranian Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, known as the ‘Bushehr-2’ project, kicked off on Tuesday. A two unit nuclear power plant with a total capacity of 2100 Megawatts will be constructed near the existing power unit No.1 under the 2014 Russia-Iran […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

No news is bad news: Political engagement slumps where local coverage does

Geoff Heath-Taylor at Blog Posts – Page Array – UnHerd - 20 hours ago
The post No news is bad news: Political engagement slumps where local coverage does appeared first on UnHerd.

UnHerd Shorts: Baroness Harding on how the Fourth Industrial Revolution will affect jobs

Geoff Heath-Taylor at Blog Posts – Page Array – UnHerd - 20 hours ago
The post UnHerd Shorts: Baroness Harding on how the Fourth Industrial Revolution will affect jobs appeared first on UnHerd.

Five Most Popular Posts in October

Phil at All That Is Solid ... - 20 hours ago
The five most read posts last month were, 1. Guido Fawkes: Troll and Hypocrite 2. Corbynism and the White Heat of Technology 3. Neoliberalism and the Battle of Ideas 4. Oxbridge and the Reproduction of the Ruling Class 5. After the Worst Speech Ever Readers might recall last month's moan about the triple whammy of Google and Facebook changes, plus a ban from the latter for sharing stuff (why have a share function?). As we stand at November's commencement, I'm happy to report last month did better than I'd dared hope. Overall, some 150,000 page views were clicked over,... more »

Catalan President in Exile: President Puigdemont in Brussels

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 20 hours ago
CBC news Canada, 3 minute clip in English and subtitled of Catalan President Puigdemont’s speech in Brussels: http://youtu.be/WErD2vLTm8E The new … Continue reading →

Intro to the Uzbekistan Born “King of Diamonds” – A Major Putin-Trump Connection

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 20 hours ago
“After the Revolutions of 1989, Leviev expanded his business endeavors into Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. He received … Continue reading →

Saudi Plan to “Accept Israel as a Brotherly State”

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 20 hours ago
By Middle East Monitor: “Saudi plan to ‘accept Israel as a brotherly state’ September 18, 2017 at 12:26 pm | … Continue reading →

Jeff Kutzler - Protocols of Zion - this is not MY Free Planet

Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's free planet blog - 20 hours ago
Personally, I don't remember being told that ALL THE COMMUNIST LEADERS were Jewish. We were told they were anti-Capitalist, not anti-Christists. Listen to the content held in the Jewish Encyclopaedia about child-sex and wonder-not why Hollywood and Parliaments are rife with this atrocity. Let me make this clear, "This is *OUR* Free Planet," and* nobody owns nothing*... ..not even a bunch of self-aggrandizing Zionist Godma-ised game-theorists who will fund 'any global action they deem suitable' for their (amoral i.e. anti-Goyim) global domination cause.

The Underwear Bomber & Vegas Mass Shooter

cefrith@hotmail.com at Charles Frith - 21 hours ago
People often forget that the 'underwear bomber' changed flight travel. Now we have to strip down to our underwear or walk through carcinogenic scanners that can also interfere with DNA... Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced

New York truck attack - BBC News have to report what they feebly tried to obscure last night

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 21 hours ago
Poor BBC, they tried so hard yesterday not to report that the New York truck attack perpetrator shouted "Allahu Akbar" , see my previous post. Thus morning even they have to report http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41827435 'Eight people were killed and 11 injured when the driver of the truck hit people on a cycle path in Lower Manhattan.A 29-year-old man, reported to be an Uzbek immigrant, was shot and injured by police as he left the vehicle. US President Donald Trump has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to "step up" vetting measures in the wake of the attack... more »

NEW YORK TRUCK ATTACK FALSE FLAG

Anon at Aangirfan - 21 hours ago
After the 31 October 2017 truck attack in New York, "*Sayfullo Saipov* was shot by the police. "After being shot in the abdomen by a police officer, the suspect is currently at a hospital, where *he did not answer questions*, according to NBC News." Suspect in New York terrorist attack "The man under investigation for Tuesday's terrorist attack in New York City *remains in critical condition *after being shot in the abdomen, police said on Wednesday." NYC Attacker Sayfullo Saipov Is Being Treated for Critical Wounds What about inventing some evidence? In hospital, the NYC ISIS ... more »

Ginenthal – Darwin and Velikovsky – 2017 Latest book.

Louis Hissink at Louis Hissink's Crazy World - 21 hours ago
I’m presently reading the late Charlie Ginenthal’s book refuting Darwinism. One point made is the inability of the Darwinists to take on board the various criticisms of Darwin’s theory – itself based on the other Charlie’s Principles of (Empire) Geology. … Continue reading →

Czech public shocked by gender programs at schools

LuboÅ¡ Motl at The Reference Frame - 21 hours ago
*OK, yes, I edited the time so that this text was posted on 1/11 at 11:11. ;-)* Three weeks ago, I discussed the politically correct indoctrination at schools. The number of subjects without any real beef – which just downgrade the pupils to stupid and obedient politically correct sheep – is growing every day. But lots of people keep on reporting that it's "not bad" at actual schools. Children and other witnesses don't report everything we may want to know. It would be interesting to see a whole week at contemporary schools. Yesterday, readers of center-right iDNES.cz were shocked ... more »

Psychology: A simple trick to improve your memory

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
Simple enough and reminds us why songs are well remembered. This needs to be well taught as even lists can be made to work. I would actually put them into a personal order that encourages as well. The take home is to always memorize the whole as a single unit internally connected and avoid the obvious shortcut of dropping the known or easily remembered.b all good. *Psychology: A simple trick to improve your memory* *Want to enhance your memory for facts? Tom Stafford explains a counterintuitive method for retaining information.* *By Tom Stafford * *2 December 201... more »

Pepper oil

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
Not that convincing, but certainly deserves been in our food supply. Dealing with it as an essential oil may turn out to be attractive. It seems all our spices are been promoted to be something they may not be. After all no one is going to cook up a dish of peppercorns any time soon. all good. . *The Oil that removes uric acid from the blood , cures anxiety and stops alcohol and cigarette cravings* *http://besthealthyguide.com/oil-removes-uric-acid/* *In the days of Christopher Columbus, men were pretty much obsessed with spice. They yearned for it and basically traveled ... more »

Decoding The Past The Templar Code Full Documentary

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
We have out there these narratives involving the Templars, Catholicism and Radical Islam. I am posting them here as a reference and all that, but lack the patience to actually spend several hours listening to their claims. Textual material is all over the place and far to much speculation has been folded into this complex narrative. Folding them together simply piles it onto a larger dung heap of speculative history. I do think that the Templar remained intact, but somewhat reduced into the post contact era and were integral with medieval Norsedom in particular. Thus it is als... more »

Cloud Cosmology.

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
This is another stab at making my theoretical conceptualization available to a larger audience. Thanks for tackling it. * First I will share a rigorous description of Cloud cosmology.* *My Cloud Cosmology is informed by my rigorous understanding of the n particle metric, foundational to the n body problem and the thought experiment that describes rigorously the Space Time Pendulum which imposes time in a 3D space or rigorously a 3D manifold. This space or cosmology is additionally ordered by a six operator logic induced mathematics.* *I am glad you followed that and welcome. ... more »

THE NEW PROFUMO AFFAIR

Anon at Aangirfan - 22 hours ago
*Sir Michael Fallon* On 1 November 2017,* Sir Michael Fallon resigned* as the UK's Defence Secretary. On 5 June 1963, John Profumo resigned as the UK's Secretary of State for War, over a sex scandal. Mike Freer is one of Sir Michael Fallon's friends in the UK Conservative party. Britain has gayest parliament in the world Amber Rudd is the UK government minister in charge of the security service MI5. More Tory MPs are named in the 'dirty dossier' . *Above we see Peter Rachman's 'double'. The real Peter Rachman, 'a Mossad agent', was 'born Perec Rachman, son of a Jewish dentis... more »

It’s not left-vs-right, stupid. It is symbolism.

Ethical Technology - 22 hours ago
After a formal and erudite posting, let’s relax and let our hairy opinions down to talk about lots of things… starting with symbolism.

Politicized sustainability threatens planet and people by Paul Driessen

Charles R. Anderson, Ph.D. at An Objectivist Individualist - 22 hours ago
*It drives anti-fossil fuel agendas and threatens wildlife, jobs, and human health and welfare* Sustainability (sustainable development) is one of the hottest trends on college campuses, in the news media, in corporate boardrooms and with regulators. There are three different versions. *Real Sustainability* involves thoughtful, caring, responsible, economical stewardship and conservation of land, water, energy, metallic, forest, wildlife and other natural resources. Responsible businesses, families and communities practice this kind of sustainability every day: polluting less, recycl... more »

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 22 hours ago
*-by Noah* They always say that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. As we've already seen, in the case of the Trump clan, the apples stay on the tree and fill up with maggots. Clearly, the Trump tree needs the cleansing action of an F5 tornado. The Trumps are really a modern-day mobster family. I'd love to see a future PBS Masterpiece Theater series called "Trump Tower." It would be the flipside of *Downton Abbey*, the hugely successful English soap opera that was based in the English countryside during the early part of the last century. The series centered on the trials a... more »

Putin Hosts CIS And Eurasian Economic Union Summits In Sochi (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan are CIS member-states)

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 22 hours ago
Weird coincidence that an apparent terrorist attack by someone from Uzbekistan occurs right after the first Russia investigation indictments? Even … Continue reading →

Greg Hunter, "Gerald Celente, '2018 Predictions – Trump, Clintons, Economy, Gold, World'"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
*"Gerald Celente, '2018 Predictions – * *Trump, Clintons, Economy, Gold, World'"* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com "Top trends researcher Gerald Celente says he sees strong trends shaping up for 2018. First up, the embattled President Trump. Celente says, “There’s not been one shred of evidence, period, paragraph, that Russia had anything to do with tapping into or hacking the DNC information and going into their computers. It has nothing to do with Trump, but what it does is it’s taking the people’s minds off the major issues. It’s also building that military industrial complex eve... more »

U.S. And North Korean Dilomats Are Engaged In Direct Talks

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy Joseph Yun (R) answers questions from reporters following meeting with Japan and South Korea chief nuclear negotiators to talk about North Korean issues at the Iikura guest house in Tokyo, Japan April 25, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Yamanaka/Pool/File Photo *Reuters:** Exclusive: U.S. pursues direct diplomacy with North Korea despite Trump rejection* WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is quietly pursuing direct diplomacy with North Korea, a senior State Department official said on Tuesday, despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s public ... more »

Tweets For Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
Trump’s coming visit to Asia is the longest that any U.S. president has taken to the region in more than two decadeshttps://t.co/0uGgA29bLy — Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) November 1, 2017 @AFP graphic on number of migrants dead or missing around the world so far in 2017, according to International Organization for Migration pic.twitter.com/30zceAgcA9 — AFP news agency (@AFP) November 1, 2017 Near invisible: #China tests tiny spy #drones to dominate 'death zone' of Earth's atmosphere https://t.co/wzvnImwLZu — RT (@RT_com) November 1, 2017 Russian helicopter taking an a jet back to ... more »

Lavrov: No Limit to Fantasy of Blaming Russia

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Ruptly TV Published on Oct 31, 2017 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told European business leaders in Moscow on Tuesday that there is no limit to the fantasy of blaming the world’s problems on Russia’s evil will, and he ruled out asking the US to lift sanctions. The top diplomat stressed to members of the Association […]

Forget the ‘Slippery Slope’ — Israel Already is an Apartheid State

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Forget the ‘Slippery Slope’ — Israel Already is an Apartheid State by Neil Macdonald, CBC News, via https://israelpalestinenews.org/ The time has come to call the duck a duck. It’s time to agree with a long list of Israeli political leaders, academics and public figures on both the political left and right, including three former prime ministers, a winner of the Israel […]

Russia & China to Extend Currency Swap Agreement to Lessen Dollar Dependence

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Russia & China to Extend Currency Swap Agreement to Lessen Dollar Dependence by https://www.rt.com/ Economic cooperation between Russia and China has been actively developing according to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Prikhodko. He says the sides are working to prolong the bilateral currency swap agreement. – “At present, financial regulators of the two countries are working […]

Thank God We’re Leaving! Juncker’s Superstate Dreams Will COME TRUE Once UK is Out

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Thank God We’re Leaving! Juncker’s Superstate Dreams Will COME TRUE Once UK is Out by AURORA BOSOTTI, http://www.express.co.uk/ EU Commissioner Jean-Claude Juncker’s plans to federalise the European Union will become easier to achieve once Brexit Britain officially leaves the EU, European affairs expert Charles Grant claimed. – Mr Grant said Brussels will take the chance to change […]

At Least 6 Dead and 12 Injured in Manhattan Terrorist Attack

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
RT Published on Oct 31, 2017 At least 6 people have been reported killed and at least 12 injured in a vehicle attack near the World Trade Center memorial in lower Manhattan, New York City. Police have the driver in custody and are investigating the attack as terrorism. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/8r3z end

Alex Jones Full Show: Must See! Global Elite Panics As Hollywood Pedophile Nest Exposed

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Oct 30, 2017 Kevin Spacey comes out — as a pedophile! Former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort is indicted in the DoJ’s Trump-Russia probe concerning alleged crimes that took place in 2006. And the media helps actor Kevin Spacey downplay his molestation of a 14-year-old boy as the actor deflects […]

Secrets Of Kevin Spacey’s Devil Worshipping Father LEAKED?

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Oct 31, 2017 Alex Jones reveals the secrets behind Kevin Spacey’s childhood as new details emerge revolving around the Hollywood actor’s father who was, supposedly, a pedophile-Nazi, devil worshiper. end

Bombshell Analysis: Elites Killing US Dollar to Blame Trump

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Bombshell Analysis: Elites Killing US Dollar to Blame Trump by Kit Daniels | http://www.Infowars.com China, global markets blocking demand for dollar, which will trigger US recession – The globalists are planning to dump the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency, which would trigger an economic catastrophe they can then blame on President Trump. – For the […]

Sex Pest Scandal: Conservatives Call in ‘Support Team’ After 36 Tory MPs Accused of Sleazy Behavior

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Conservatives Call in ‘Support Team’ After 36 Tory MPs Accused of Sleazy Behavior by https://www.rt.com/ The Tories have asked for a “support team” to help deal with sexual harassment allegations at Westminster, Leader of the Commons Andrea Leadsom has said. Thirty-six Tory MPs stand accused of misconduct including ‘sexting’ a 19-year-old, asking a staff member to […]

Hunting Hitler: What The JFK Papers Revealed

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Oct 30, 2017 Tim Kenndy, host of Hunting Hitler on the History Channel, joins Alex Jones live in studio to break down some of the JFK files that reveal Hitler was alive and living in Argentina after World War II. end

‘National Sovereignty is Dead!’ Europhile French MP’s SHOCK Salute to Plans for Federal EU: United States of Europe

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
‘National Sovereignty is Dead!’ Europhile French MP’s SHOCK Salute to Plans for Federal EU: United States of Europe by AURORA BOSOTTI, http://www.express.co.uk/ EU MEMBER states need to accept that their freedom will in future stem from Brussels because of proposed plans for a federal superstate, Macron-ally Delphine O said. – The En March MP said the era […]

Unlimited War: Tillerson, Mattis Ask for Global Fight Against Terrorism

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
RT Published on Oct 31, 2017 The U.S. Senate has been debating post 9/11 laws, which allow the president to order military action overseas, anytime, anywhere, in order to fight terrorists. But senators have grown concerned it allows the commander in chief to deploy troops without the knowledge of Congress. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/8r0n end

Corey Feldman Vows To Release Names Of 6 Powerful Hollywood Pedophiles

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Corey Feldman Vows To Release Names Of 6 Powerful Hollywood Pedophiles by Tyler Durden, http://www.zerohedge.com/ For years, actor and former child star Corey Feldman has been warning anybody who would listen that Hollywood is a place where adults have more inappropriate contact with children than probably anywhere else in the world. – So it’s unsurprising given […]

US Navy F/A-18 fighter Jets Escort Two Russian TU-95 Bombers Away From The Aircraft Carrier USS Ronald Reagan

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
© Photo: Russian Defense Ministry *CNN:* *Russian bombers escorted away from US aircraft carrier* Washington (CNN)US Navy F/A-18 fighter jets were dispatched from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan and escorted two Russian TU-95 bombers that were approaching the ship on Sunday, according to two US defense officials. The interaction -- which occurred as the Russian bombers flew about 80 miles from the US carrier -- was deemed safe and professional, the officials said, and the Russian aircraft proceeded without incident. The USS Ronald Reagan was operating in the Sea of Japan/ E... more »

No joint administration of borders with Iraqi Kurdistan: Abadi

BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:00 A.M.) – The Iraqi government will not seek a joint administration of the country’s borders with the KRG and Kurdish Peshmerga forces, Prime Minister Haidar Al-‘Abadi stated on Tuesday. “There will be no joint administration of border-crossings; these will be controlled by the federal government,” ‘Abadi stated. ‘Abadi continued that dialogue with […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Syrian Marines redirected to northeast Hama to aid in upcoming southern Aleppo offensive

BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:35 A.M.) – The Syrian Marines have been redirected from the Badiya Al-Sham region of southern Syria to the northeastern countryside of the Hama Governorate, a source told Al-Masdar News on Tuesday night. According to the military source, the Syrian Marines have been deployed to the Ithriya-Khanasser axis in order to help the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Watch Russian cruise missiles hammer ISIS positions in Deir Ezzor

BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:30 A.M.) – Russian submarine ‘Veliky Novgorod’ launched three Kalibr missiles from the Mediterranean Sea targeting strategic positions of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS; formerly ISIS/ISIL) near Deir ez-Zor, Tuesday. According to the Russian Defence Ministry, IS targets were destroyed, including arms warehouses, a fortified area housing militants and armoured vehicles in the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Russia hopes Syria will be liberated from terrorists in one or two months

Moscow hopes that Syria will be completely liberated from Islamic State (a terrorist organization outlawed in Russia) terrorists in a couple of months, Russian president’s special envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentyev said on Tuesday. “The situation on the ground is developing rather swiftly. The fight against Islamic State is at the final stage. We all […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Deir Ezzor update: Syrian Army liberates half of Al-Hamidiyah District – map

BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:50 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) is steadily advancing inside the provincial capital of Deir Ezzor, liberating neighborhood after neighborhood in effort to defeat the remaining Islamic State (ISIS) forces inside the city. Led by their elite Tiger Forces and 4th Mechanized Division, the Syrian Arab Army stormed the southern part […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Residents return to liberated Quraytayn after ISIL’s defeat: video

BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:00 A.M.) – Residents of Quraytayn have returned following the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) victory over the remaining Islamic State (ISIL) terrorists occupying the city. Footage of the liberated city was released on Monday by Hezbollah’s official media wing – the video shows several civilians returning to Quraytayn following the Islamic State’s defeat: […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Maxine Waters Gets Glamour Mags ‘Lifetime Achievement’ Award. Yeah, Everyone is Asking the Same Question.

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 1 day ago
Glamour Magazine's *2017 Women of the Year Award* winners include such notable lefties as some talk show host named Samantha Bee(?) a singer who admirers the Black Panthers and the entire group of the Women’s Hate Trump March organizers. But the magazine’s “Lifetime Achievement” award ironically went to California Rep. Auntie Maxine Waters. Ironically because, well, other than being the Grande Dame and the most annoying voice of the Congressional Caucus of Black Folks, who is continually shouting “Impeach 45!” to anyone who will listen, and managing to continue getting elected in... more »

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago

Uzbekistan and Russia-China Oil and Gas

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 1 day ago
Map Showing Uzbekistan in regional context, cropped from CIA gov map From the EIA (US Energy Information Administration: “Last Updated: … Continue reading →

Musical Interlude: 2002, “Even Now”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
2002, “Even Now” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEbPyHLzBGQ

Here’s why anti-ageing is a myth and ageing impossible to beat. 

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 1 day ago
Here’s why anti-ageing is a myth and ageing impossible to beat | fitness | Hindustan Times http://m.hindustantimes.com/fitness/here-s-why-anti-ageing-is-a-myth-and-ageing-impossible-to-beat/story-0ZF8DFXQayeol5Us0nkBVI.html Advertisements

Scientists Suggest: We Can Regenerate ANY Part of Human Body with Stem Cells & Sound Frequency (Even teeth)

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 1 day ago
Scientists Suggest: We Can Regenerate ANY Part of Human Body with Stem Cells & Sound Frequency (Even teeth) http://ewao.com/2017/10/30/scientists-suggest-we-can-regenerate-any-part-of-human-body-with-stem-cells-sound-frequency-even-teeth/

Time Travel: We Can’t Alter The Flow of Time, But We Can Literally Bend It

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 1 day ago
Time Travel: We Can’t Alter The Flow of Time, But We Can Literally Bend It https://futurism.com/time-travel-bend-time/amp/

Facebook, Google And Twitter Officials Grilled By Washington Lawmakers Over Russian Election Interference

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*The Hill:* *Tech companies grilled over Russian election interference* Facebook, Google and Twitter officials were grilled on Tuesday by lawmakers from both parties on the Senate Judiciary Committee, who expressed frustration with the companies’ response so far to the use of their platforms by Russia in last year’s election. Lawmakers pushed the companies for more answers on how their platforms were used by both Russia and terrorist groups, and stressed that it was in the national security interests of the U.S. to find solutions. “The bottom line is that these platforms are being... more »

If Elected, Could Ken Stolle Handle The Job?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*Is Ken Stolle hallucinating? Or just lying?* *-by Aleurophile* In a recent DownWithTyranny post, I gave a rundown on the Stolle political machine in Virginia Beach, with Ken Stolle, Sheriff and former State Senator at its head. Stolle is up for re-election on November 7 and is being opposed by John Bell, a former Virginia Beach Deputy Chief of Police. Ken Stolle has been the Virginia Beach Sheriff since 2009, but serious questions need to be raised about whether he has the health and stamina to perform the job and fill out the term. Stolle was diagnosed with Parkinson’s 11 years a... more »

Taliban Commander Boasts That 150,000 U.S. Troops Will Not Be Able To Win In Afghanistan

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
A captured Taliban insurgent is presented to the media after he was arrested with car explosive devices in Kabul earlier this month. A report released Tuesday by a U.S. watchdog says Taliban influence in the war-torn country has increased in recent months. (Omar Sobhani/Reuters) The Guardian: *'150,000 Americans couldn’t beat us': Taliban fighters defiant in Afghanistan* *Rare interviews with militants shine light on resilient movement that resisted both Obama’s surge and now Trump’s ‘killing terrorists’ strategy* Squatting on the floor, a brown shawl draped over his shoulders, th... more »

Did Jared Kushner Go to Saudi Arabia Because it Doesn’t Have an Extradition Treaty With the US?

Bethania Palma at Snopes.com - 1 day ago
Kushner departed for a surprise trip to Saudi Arabia as Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team was about to release indictments causing unfounded speculation.

Plausible Deniability: How we'll be attacked, unable to retaliate

David Brin at CONTRARY BRIN - 1 day ago
*== Using a tantrum toddler to do your dirty work ==* Okay, bear with me, because there are a couple of vital matters of international security that may be ill-considered. Let's start with the elephant in the room -- the clear fact that is likely to lead to major war: The brutal North Korean regime is subsidized and propped up by its neighbors to the north and west. But consider... (1) Vladimir Putin’s carefully crafted anti-western alliance now stretches from Ankara to Manilla, combining Islamist regimes with mafia-oligarchies, with Orthodox-church/czarist-nostalgists, with a few c... more »

On Halloween, Shitbags Are Stepped On

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Gotham City - 1 day ago
I finally got you, Douchebag Dave. I knew even as I was limiting comments only to those with Google accounts that you'd be dumb enough to finally stick up that hazel snout of yours like the maggot you are and use the SRD account. Because you cannot envision or tolerate a world in which Robert Crawford doesn't pay you attention. So, as long as I have you and *your* attention, let's get you caught up to speed (the ill-informed right wing evolutionary dropout you are) regarding what I've found out about you just today alone: You seem to think that you're as important as ... more »

Pro Athletes Have a Unique Platform and They’re Using It

James B. Ewers Jr. at Diverse - 1 day ago
Certainly, before Colin Kaepernick’s gesture, you didn’t see cameras scanning the crowd to see who was standing and who was sitting.

3 Dartmouth Professors investigated for Sexual Misconduct

Joseph Hong at Diverse - 1 day ago
The New Hampshire Department of Justice on Tuesday announced an investigation of alleged sexual misconduct by three Dartmouth College professors.

Study: Career and Tech Ed Provides Slight Boost for High School Achievement

Jamaal Abdul-Alim at Diverse - 1 day ago
Students who take career and technical education courses during their junior or senior year in high school are 1.5 percent more likely to graduate on time and 1.6 percent less likely to drop out of high school for each CTE course taken, a new study has found.

Virginia Tech Talent Acquisition Exec Employs Range of Strategies

Catherine Morris at Diverse - 1 day ago
The job search can be a stressful proposition for a candidate, but for those making a hiring decision the process can be just as fraught. At colleges and universities, hiring is a crucial part of creating the desired campus culture.

Students from Puerto Rico Can Get Free Semester at Cornell

cmaadmin at Diverse - 1 day ago
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University is offering a free semester of study for up to 58 students from Puerto Rico’s main public university system. The University of Puerto Rico is operating at partial strength as the island recovers from Hurricane Maria. Cornell President Martha Pollack says the offer of free tuition, room and board this […]

Police Arrest Man Sought in Shooting Death of University of Utah Student

cmaadmin at Diverse - 1 day ago
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – A man sought in a carjacking that took the life of a University of Utah student and the death of a Colorado man was arrested Tuesday after he turned himself in at a Salt Lake City library, police said. Austin Boutain, 24, dodged a manhunt in the rugged foothills near […]

Notre Dame Ends Free Contraceptive Coverage for Employees

cmaadmin at Diverse - 1 day ago
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The University of Notre Dame is ending no-cost contraceptive coverage for employees and students. The South Bend Tribune reports that an email set by the Catholic university on Friday to faculty and staff shows that coverage will end for employees on Jan. 1. Students under the school’s insurance plan will be […]

University of Hawaii Closing State’s Only Public Hyperbaric Treatment Center

cmaadmin at Diverse - 1 day ago
KAIULA-KONA, Hawaii — Hawaii’s only means of treatment for divers with decompression sickness is remaining closed through November. The University of Hawaii at Manoa announced Oct. 20 that its public hyperbaric treatment center is closed due to “unforeseen circumstances,” West Hawaii Today reported. Decompression sickness, also known as the bends, is the result of gases […]