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The Rothschilds sell historic estate in Austria. Decamping before NWO suffers final defeat? Trump turns the Globalist tide around the globe
A huge victory against the Globalist NWO seems to be impending in Austria. The Rothschild dynasty has sold a hunting estate close to Vienna which they have owned since 1875 in what has been billed as a historical transactions. Hats off to the Rothschilds. They are still able to absorb information from the real world even if they do not […]
"Students Hate Trump's SOTU Quotes...except they're Obama quotes
https://youtu.be/W7C6kH-LbpI It's fascinating how some people's prejudices make them so sure that President Donald Trump is just wrong, wrong, wrong.
Back in 2013 Carter Page was bragging that he was an adviser to the Kremlin.
Oh you found that letter did you? Damn!Courtesy of Time: *Former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page bragged that he was an adviser to the Kremlin in a letter obtained by TIME that raises new questions about the extent of Page’s contacts with the Russian government over the years. * *The letter, dated Aug. 25, 2013, was sent by Page to an academic press during a dispute over edits to an unpublished manuscript he had submitted for publication, according to an editor who worked with Page. * *“Over the past half year, I have had the privilege to serve as an informal advisor to the sta... more »
Cop Arrested for Robbing a Disabled Man of His Opioid Prescriptions, While On Duty
A police sergeant was caught stealing opioid prescriptions from a disabled man, attempting to sell the drugs, and then begging the man he stole from not to report him. The post Cop Arrested for Robbing a Disabled Man of His Opioid Prescriptions, While On Duty appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
Study Shows Kids are Born Creative Geniuses But the Education System Destroys Imagination
[image: education] A landmark study shows how most people are born brilliant and lose their abilities to think like a genius over time in the educational system. The post Study Shows Kids are Born Creative Geniuses But the Education System Destroys Imagination appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
State Now Assumes All Homeschoolers Are Child Abusers, Reveals Plans for Involuntary Home Visits
[image: homeschool] State lawmakers are arguing that parents who choose to homeschool their children are more likely to become child abusers and should be subjected to involuntary home visits to prove to the government that they are acceptable parents. The post State Now Assumes All Homeschoolers Are Child Abusers, Reveals Plans for Involuntary Home Visits appeared first on The Free Thought Project .
This Day In Iraqi History - Feb 4
1917 British defeated Ottoman forces at Hai River 1925 League of Nations Mosul commission final report said Mosul should go to British Iraq Mandate with Kurds getting concessions 1963 Gen Qasim arrested 1 opponent as Communists warned of an impending coup 1979 Ayatollah Baqir al-Sadr began Islam Guides to Life series that outlined his ideas on an Islamic political system 1981 Iraq received around 100 tanks from Eastern Europe 1998 UK intel report said UN inspectors had destroyed majority of Iraq’s WMD programs 1998 Blair govt talked about how dangerous Sad... more »
China Accuses U.S. Of Having A 'Cold War Mentality' With Its New Nuclear Policy
*BBC:* *China accuses US of 'Cold War mentality' over nuclear policy* China has urged the US to drop its "Cold War mentality" after Washington said it planned to diversify its nuclear armoury with smaller bombs. "The country that owns the world's largest nuclear arsenal, should take the initiative to follow the trend instead of going against it," China's defence ministry said on Sunday. The US military believes its nukes are seen as too big to be used and wants to develop low-yield bombs. Russia has already condemned the plan. Iran's foreign minister claimed it brought the world ... more »
HOW MUCH DO ORDINARY AMERICANS CARE ABOUT THE RULE OF LAW?
Was the release of the Nunes memo a success for Republicans? Some people think so. Nobody was impressed by the substance of Nunes’s work, but Operation Muddy The Waters worked like a charm on mainstream news sites. pic.twitter.com/mVl7likoKd — Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) February 3, 2018 Judging strictly by the print coverage of The Memo, I'd say it was very possibly a doubt-sowing success for Trump and Nunes. Very little of the coverage evaluates the strength of the memo; treats it as a "Republicans say/Democrats say." pic.twitter.com/ASjrMpIIsq — Daniel Dale (@ddale8) Febr...more »
Asheville-- Great Town In A miserable Political Situation
By December 31, the end of the last FEC reporting period, Patrick McHenry already had just over $2 million in his Wall Street-funded campaign war chest. He had spent over a million dollars already and raised another $1.7 million. He had 2 Democratic rivals, Kenneth Queen, who raised $8,130 and David Brown, who raised $6,229. And his two primary rivals, Seth Blankenship and Ira Roberts raised $4,961 and $1,325 respectively. Last cycle Democrat Andy Millard raised $295,850 to McHenry's $3,192,579. McHenry beat Millard 220,825 (63.1%) to 128,919 (36.9%), slightly better for McHenry t... more »
Can the principle of freedom of expression be used in propaganda that supports censorship?
Stephen Pollard By Denis Rancourt, PhD Yes it can. Here is a good example. In this article, "[a]s editor of the country’s leading Jewish newspaper, The Jewish Chronicle," Stephen Pollard, pays lip service to freedom of expression by being critical of “snowflakes”. Snowflakes are not the state. Snowflakes do not use lethal violence to silence dissidents and political participation in the
Pentagon Takes Down Nuclear Posture Review Report After Mistakenly Labeling Taiwan As Part Of China
*(Click on Image to Enlarge) * A page from the U.S. Department of Defense's new Nuclear Posture Review report mistakenly depicting Taiwan as part of mainland China is seen in this screenshot. *Newsweek*: *Pentagon Takes Down Nuclear Report After Labeling Taiwan as Part of China* The Defense Department was forced to issue a correction of its Nuclear Posture Review after mistakenly labeling Taiwan as part of mainland China in the report. When asked by The Japan Times on Saturday why the islands of Taiwan were colored in with the Chinese flag in some pages of the Nuclear Posture Rev... more »
Turkey-led forces roll back Kurdish frontier near border in Syria’s Afrin – Map update
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:30 P.M.) – The Turkish Army and allied Free Syrian Army militias are inching forward against Kurdish forces in Afrin amid a renewed wave of assaults from two directions on Sunday. Along the Turkish-Syrian border, pro-Ankara forces have made a number of modest gains, capturing since Sunday morning the town of Kharouz, the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Top Islamist commander torn apart by gunfire as unknown assassins conduct another hit in Idlib
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:55 P.M.) – In an event not at all uncommon in rebel-held northwest Syria, another top Islamist commander as been killed by mysterious assassins who will most likely never be identified. On Saturday, Abu Muawiyah al-Hamwi (seen above), a battlefield leader for the Ahrar al-Sham Islamist group was ambushed whilst driving along the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
VIDEO: Syrian Army’s Republican Guard unleashes huge assault in south Aleppo
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:25 P.M.) – Beginning around two weeks ago, the Syrian Arab Army and allied paramilitary groups kicked-off a powerful two-stage offensive against armed rebel groups west of the Ithriyah-Khanasser highway in the southern countryside of Aleppo province. The first phase of the assault saw Syrian pro-government forces secure the Al-Hass plateau region in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Breaking: Syrian Army snatches 2 more towns in northeast Hama as troops prepare to strike at key ISIS stronghold
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:41 P.M.) – Sunday has witnessed the Syrian Arab Army’s offensive against ISIS in northeast Hama hit top-gear after weeks of being a mere secondary operation among bigger priorities by pro-government forces in Idlib and Aleppo. Recently, military-affiliated scores confirmed that Syrian troops have chased Islamic State militants from the villages of Umm […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Breaking: Syrian Army’s Tiger Forces launch huge offensive against ISIS in Hama, assault from 3 axes across northwest Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:04 P.M.) – The most battle-proven formation of the Syrian Arab Army has launched an offensive against Islamic State militants across territory held by the terrorist group in the country’s northwest. Sudden news of the operation comes after days of reports (not confirmed until now) that the elite unit was preparing for such […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Russian, Syrian warplanes unleash all-out attack on ISIS in northeast Hama as army prepares to eliminate pocket
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:45 P.M.) – Russian and Syrian airpower has stepped up its attacks against Islamic State militants across territory held by the terrorist group in the country’s northwest – namely in the province of Hama. The Russian Aerospace Forces and Syrian Arab Air Force are now shifting their focus away from attacking armed rebel […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
On news stands in MidCoast Maine now!
This monthly arts and cultural magazine out of Portland hit the news stands yesterday in Bath. Be sure to get a copy. The online version will appear on Tuesday. This cover story is an example of exceptional journalism and we congratulate author Chris Busby.
Well, isn't that Special?
Cody Shearer, former Hillary Clinton employee, occasional journalist and fabricator generates another dossier.The Fusion GPS dossier wasn't going to be enough to continue to puff up false FISA Electronic Surveillance Warrants forever so the Clintons paid for a second one. We'll call that the Cody Shearer dossier - Ooops. We know that CNN (cartoon network) will spin like the Devil's own handmaidens to try and keep that one from seeing daylight. Too late. Shearer's dossier, also based on false and salacious information has footprints to the Clintons, and at some point in time, somebod... more »
China Is Building An Unmanned Naval Fleet
Huster-68 *SCMP:* *China carries out first run of unmanned vessel as it seeks to boost maritime security* *Huster-68’s main functions are to search for, investigate and block targets at sea and it could be used for law enforcement* China has conducted the first run of an unmanned surface vehicle in its latest move to build up a blue-water navy that can support its maritime security. Military mouthpiece the People’s Liberation Army Daily reported on Friday that the Huster-68 had successfully conducted the run last month in Dongguan, Guangdong province. The 6.8-metre vessel develo... more »
China Has A Number Of Non-Military Options To Take Taiwan
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Taiwanese counterpart Tsai Ing-wen. Photo: VOA *Frank Chen, Asia Times:* *How Xi aims to take Taiwan without pulling a trigger* *Will Taiwan be reduced from a self-ruling democracy to a special administrative region of Beijing even without going through a fight? * Rumors have swirled on both sides of the Taiwan Strait since the beginning of last year that Chinese President Xi Jinping was mulling taking back the wayward, self-ruling island of Taiwan in one fell swoop amid growing militancy among the Chinese masses. Some have gone so far as to s... more »
A Guide For Generals Coming To The Pentagon
The Pentagon, headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, taken from an airplane in January 2008. Wikipedia *Nina Wagner, War On The Rocks:* *A Guide for Generals Coming to the Pentagon: Getting to Know Civilian Colleagues* *“I believe it’s a moral obligation for leaders to lay out clearly to the subordinates in the Department of Defense what it is we expect of them.”* -Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis As a child who followed her parents in the military to life and schools in three countries, and as an Air Force member whose life was affected by serving overseas, my af... more »
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. - Victor Cyr discusses the problems with a public policy focus on capitalism without any concern for human well-being. And Ann Pettifor highlights the concentrated wealth and power arising out of corporate monopolies, while noting that political decisions are behind those realities. - Alan Freeman points out that Canada is facilitating tax evasion due to a gross lack of corporate transparency. And Marco Chown Oved reports that the federal government is more interested in pointing fingers at the provinces than working toward solving that probl... more »
Missing Neutrons May Lead a Secret Life as Dark Matter
This may be the reason experiments can’t agree on the neutron lifetime, according to a new idea. Neutrons, the mundane-seeming inhabitants of atoms, could be hiding a secret connection to dark matter, according to a new proposal. Neutrons shouldn’t be … Continue reading →
Big Pharma Has the Flu
Flu vaccines make pharma companies $3 billion a year and aren’t very effective. Without a Manhattan Project-style initiative to modernize immunizations, things aren’t going to get any better. A week ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed what … Continue reading →
The Next 25 Years of WIRED Start Today
In the first issue of WIRED, published 25 years ago this year, founding editor Louis Rossetto declared that “in the age of information overload, THE ULTIMATE LUXURY IS MEANING AND CONTEXT.” (Caps his.) If anything, that simple observation rings even … Continue reading →
Snake alarm call makes birds scan for approaching predators
The Japanese tit scans the ground for any approaching snakes When we hear a sound associated with a particular object, we are primed to see that object too. The ability to visualise something in this way was once thought to be … Continue reading →
Moths to a flame
It seems like only a decade ago that we were reading Craig’s piece about Claire Kober’s upcoming spot on the Marr Show. Oh, hang on - it was yesterday. Anyway, I think there was something about antisemitism in there? Oh, here it is, look. Well, Andrew Marr wasn’t interested in any of that. When Kober touched on it briefly, Andrew ushered her away quick. Remember? Something about a demonstration against defining antisemitism? “There’s nothing wrong with demonstrations” said Andrew, or words to that effect, before swiftly moving the conversation back to the matter in hand. So, here... more »
No Time To Sleep
Robin Sears writes that social media have pioneered four new techniques -- disappearing ads, fake senders, massive targeted volumes and anonymous sponsors. Each represents a clear and present danger to democracies. He illustrates how they work and what their implications are: You ride the streetcar home one spring morning next year, flipping through missed messages after a frantic work day. A tweet pops up with an embedded video that immediately plays a nasty attack on Justin Trudeau, making claims about corruption. It is sent by someone you have never heard of, on behalf of an ... more »
Palestinian official Saeb Erekat tells UN Ambassador Nikki Haley to “shut up”
Erekat says the US is pushing a Palestinian "coup". More The post Palestinian official Saeb Erekat tells UN Ambassador Nikki Haley to “shut up” appeared first on The Duran.
Trump lashes out at Deep State, “The FBI became tool of anti-Trump political actors”
Trump: "The FBI failed to inform the FISA court that the Clinton campaign had funded the dossier." More The post Trump lashes out at Deep State, “The FBI became tool of anti-Trump political actors” appeared first on The Duran.
Former CIA official threatens US President Trump live on CNN (Video)
Former CIA counterterrorism official Phil Mudd threatens Trump after the release of the House Intelligence FISA memo. More The post Former CIA official threatens US President Trump live on CNN (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
Tea Party group puts out ad encouraging Donald Trump to fire Rod Rosenstein.
Courtesy of Raw Story: *Tea Party Patriots Action has released an ad that seems aimed at encouraging President Donald Trump to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. * *While Rosenstein might be a Republican appointed by former GOP President George W. Bush and kept on by Trump, that isn’t enough for the fundamentalist wing of the GOP. The fact that former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton aren’t in handcuffs seems to be the nail in the coffin for his career. * *The ad alleges that instead of following the rule of law, Rosenstein is working... more »
Mark Mardell is back
You know that thing where I keeping on saying that *every time* Mark Mardell does a Brexit-focused *The World This Weekend *it's always turns out to be heavily biased against Brexit? Well, today's edition was no exception. This was today's introduction - as typically negative about Brexit in its framing as ever: Welcome to *The World this Weekend*. This is Mark Mardell. The Home Secretary says she has a surprise for Brexiteers: the Cabinet is more united than *they* think. But if they can agree and get a deal, what then? We talk to Chukka Umumna who is heading a campaign arguing ... more »
Manhattan Town Meeting with Dennis Speed
World Land-Bridge New International Economic Order Video of kFmI5trSYFk Join us for our weekly Town Hall Meeting in Manhattan featuring Dennis Speed.
Video Shows Cops ‘Dumping’ Severely Distrubed Mentally Ill Man on the Side of the Road
[image: dumping] Los Angeles Sheriff's deputies were seen dumping a mentally ill man on the side of the road who was in the midst of a severe mental breakdown. The post Video Shows Cops ‘Dumping’ Severely Distrubed Mentally Ill Man on the Side of the Road appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
Proving they Read Nothing: Lawmakers Passed Bill Honoring Serial Killer for Population Control
[image: bill] To illustrate how government never reads the bills they vote on, a Texas lawmaker introduced a bill to declare a holiday to honor a serial killer for his contribution to "population control" and it passed. The post Proving they Read Nothing: Lawmakers Passed Bill Honoring Serial Killer for Population Control appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
The RW Week In Review: Anti-gay bias, an authorship lawsuit; misconduct in industry vs. academia
We’ve been having some technical issues with the site, which may have kept some readers from accessing our content this week. We think we’ve figured out what was wrong, and fixed it, but in the meantime here’s what we were up to this week, in case you missed it: Here’s a new one: Three papers […]
The Brexit Dream Team Delusion
*The Times* is probably the most famous newspaper in the world and is regarded by the establishment as their paper of record. How sad it is then to see this pillar of the press become the politics equivalent of *Hello* magazine. Today's front page, "Brexiteers plot to installs 'dream team' at No 10", is gossipy copy typical of Tim Shipman. Theresa May is facing a coup "Tory MPs claim". A cabinet Brexiteer has "told MPs" Liam Fox will resign if a customs union with the EU is signed (might that cabinet member be the disgraced serving minister himself?) Also, "MPs called for" someone ... more »
There Are No Good Options Left In Afghanistan
*(Click on Image to Enlarge)* *Bennett Seftel, The Cipher Brief*:* Afghanistan quagmire leaves U.S. with no good options* Bottom Line: Afghanistan’s government and security forces are mired in a grueling struggle for survival, despite the relative lull the winter is supposed to provide ahead of the Taliban’s traditional spring offensive. The warmer months will likely only add to the violence as the Afghan state fights an open-ended battle against several deadly enemies, including the Taliban and ISIS, who are rapidly conquering more and more territory – and attacking civilians and... more »
German Intelligence Chief: North Korea’s Berlin Embassy Used To Acquire Nuclear And Weapons Tech
Outside the compound of the North Korean Embassy in Berlin late last year. (Reuters) *DW:* *North Korea used Berlin embassy to acquire nuclear tech: German spy chief* The head of Germany's domestic intelligence agency has said North Korea used its Berlin embassy to acquire high-tech equipment. The agency believes the tech was used for Pyongyang's missile and nuclear programs. North Korea procured equipment and technology for its ballistics missiles program using its embassy in Berlin, the head of Germany's domestic intelligence agency has said. "We determined that procurement ac... more »
This Russian Radar Station Outside Of Moscow Detects Incoming Ballistic Missiles (Video)
*RT:* *Breathtaking scale of Moscow radar station revealed in drone footage (VIDEO) * A drone has captured breathtaking footage of a snow-covered early warning radar station situated near the Russian city of Pushkino. A futuristic structure reminiscent of the pyramid-shaped skyscrapers featured in the science fiction classic Blade Runner, the Don-2N radar station in Sofrino, around 50 kilometers north of Moscow, is part of an early warning system that detects incoming ballistic missiles. Indeed the radar itself is so sensitive that it can detect any object larger than five centim... more »
A Look At How NATO, Russian Planes Chase Each Other
*RT:* *(Un)safe & (un)professional: How NATO, Russian planes chase each other (VIDEOS) * Regular air patrols and the overall confrontational reality lead to dozens of incidents in which NATO and Russian planes shadow each other. Western military leaders often accuse Russian pilots of acting unprofessionally. In fact the current dominant narrative says NATO pilots always act in a safe and professional way while the bad Russkies are risk-takers and show-offs. The Russian defense ministry seems to be quite irritated with the accusations, going as far as questioning whether NATO aviat... more »
The U.S. Air Force's Red Flag 2018 Exercises Continue
Eielson Air Force Base *Popular Mechanics:* *The Air Force Turned Off GPS To Rehearse a War Without It* *Red Flag 2018 is a dry run for a war without satellite navigation.* The U.S. military is worryingly dependent on GPS. Our global positioning satellites tell planes where they are, provide targeting info for smart weapons, and support communication and navigation systems. But in a war with a tech-advanced adversary—think China, Russia, or Iran—GPS could become a big liability because it could be jammed, spoofed, or outright destroyed. So how does the U.S. Air Force train for s... more »
Stopping A Drone 'Swarm' Attack May Not Be As Hard As Some Think
Creative Commons *Dave Majumdar, National Interest:* *Could This Be the U.S. Military's Secret Weapon to Stop a 'Swarm' Strike?* Last week’s massed attempted drone strike against Russian forces in Syria is a harbinger of things to come. Indeed, it is almost inevitable that American forces could come under similar attack. However, countering drones with surface-to-air missiles or interceptor aircraft is expensive, thus an airplane such as Embraer and Sierra Nevada’s A-29 Super Tucano might be a more cost effective option. “The A-29 does have an air-to-air kill against drug runners ... more »
Letters To The Telegraph
By Paul Homewood Three letters (including mine!) in the Telegraph today, responding to Bruce Denness’ one last week: SIR – Dr Bruce Denness (Letters, January 28) claims that global temperatures have risen by 0.25C since 2011. What he does not mention is that temperatures were depressed in 2011, because of La Niña at […]
The Army’s Biggest and Baddest Troop Carrier Might Get Even Bigger
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Europe* The Bradley fighting vehicle just keeps getting better. The M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle is nominally used to carry infantry into battle, but is frequently misidentified by journalists as a tank. This is understandable, as the tracked vehicle currently tips the scales at thirty-three tons from all the add-on armor it has received, and bristles with both a twenty-five-millimeter Bushmaster automatic cannon and a TOW antitank missile launcher. Oddly, critics of the vehicle have sometimes complained that the Bradley’s sheer firepower o... more »
Hitler's Last Gamble: How the Battle of Kursk Sealed Nazi Germany's Fate
*Daniel L. Davis* *Security, Europe* Had the Germans succeeded in grounding down the Russians while retaining their fighting strength, they still wouldn’t have won the war, but they might have succeeded in creating a stalemate. In 1939, and again in 1940, Adolf Hitler ignored the advice of his cautious generals and decisively ordered bold, creative plans to invade Poland and France, respectively. Hitler felt vindicated, as the German Army conquered both nations in mere weeks. By the spring of 1943, however, stung by the crushing loss to the Soviet Army at Stalingrad, Hitler’s ind... more »
Is the FAA Endangering America's Stealth Fighters?
*Michael Peck* *Security, North America* And what can be done to stop it? Even as the skies are becoming more crowded with airplanes and drones, the creaky U.S. air traffic control system is struggling to keep up. Hence the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has come up with a plan that requires aircraft to broadcast their positions to avoid mid-air collisions. It seems like a sensible and long overdue approach to boosting air safety. But what if aircraft have good reason not to disclose their location? Or more specifically, what if they are military planes—and particularly ... more »
How Mussolini Took Power (And Destroyed Italy)
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* A worried King Victor Emmanuel questioned the trustworthiness of Benito Mussolini on the eve of the Fascist March on Rome. On March 23, 1919, but four months after the armistice that ended the Great War—100 young toughs, ex-Italian Army war veterans, former socialist politicians, and newspapermen met in Milan’s Piazza San Sepolchro in industrial northern Italy to form a new political party. By the fall of 1922, the Fascists numbered over 300,000 members. Dissatisfied with the territorial gains gleaned from Liberal Italy’s participation... more »
Electronic Warfare: The Russian Threat No One Is Paying Attention to (Until Now)
*Michael Peck* *Security, Europe* And the U.S. Army is quite worried. Are the U.S. Army’s tactical radios in danger of being jammed? The Army is so concerned about threats to its SINCGARS (Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System) radios that it held a technical conference in December to identify threats and find solutions. The Army’s Product Manager Waveforms, or PdM WF, “has identified potential near/mid/far term threats that may require software waveform changes,” according to the conference announcement. “PdM WF is interested in soliciting feedback on possible wavefo... more »
A Look Back At The U.S. Combat Advisers In Vietnam Who Knew Long Before Anyone Else That The War Was Lost
Alexia Rutkowski IB History *James A. Warren, Daily Beast:* *U.S. Combat Advisers in Vietnam Knew the Score and Got Ignored* *American officers advising the South Vietnamese Army repeatedly warned Washington that the war was misguided. This, they quickly learned, was the fast track to career suicide.* While attending the Armed Forces Staff College in late 1964, just as the U.S. Army was gearing up to deploy its own combat forces to Vietnam, Col. Volney F. Warner attended a speech by the Marine commandant, Gen. Wallace Greene. Before he began his talk, Gen. Greene asked his audienc... more »
My mirror selfie for the week as Mattis warns Syria about the use of chemical weapons. Will Mattis warn Kim Jong Un too not to use them against US troops? His flawed plans leave them without enough protection
My mirror selfie proving I am still alive, hung on long enough to finger Joseph Dunford and James Mattis as Globalist tools, setting the US army up for chemical and biological evisceration in a rerun of the 2014 Ebola 2.0 operation after details began to emerge of their North Korea tunnel warfare plans. Delighted to have […]
James Comey, the King Lear of twitter?
James Comey debuted as Hamlet on twitter. In the light of his latest twitter rant, it may be mad King Lear is the reference character in the Shakespearean universe for the Former FBI Director. In October Comey surprised us all and honoured us all by sharing photographs of himself silhouetted in a cornfield facing a sunset. Especially reminiscent of […]
Paul Craig Roberts: “The world will not survive the American neoconservatives’ doctrine of US world hegemony”
The Nuclear Posture Review. More The post Paul Craig Roberts: “The world will not survive the American neoconservatives’ doctrine of US world hegemony” appeared first on The Duran .
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Jenna Orkin Post Carbon Sustainability Town Hall - Corvallis Registration is now open for the 2018 Sustainability Town Hall, to be held on Monday, March 12, from 7 to 9 pm at the CH2MHill Alumni Center on the OSU campus. *Save your place by registering HERE.* Peaked Energy and Climate Chao Peak Money: a permanent change Peak Electricity was 2007 in the USA What the Frack? Scraping the bottom of the barrel is not good to the last drop Smuggling Guns Into the World Trade Center Nunes: FISA Memo Just "Phase One," Now Targeting State Department In "Phase Two" Amazon Patents Ultraso... more »
White supremacist groups dramatically increase their college campus recruitment.
Courtesy of Think Progress: *White supremacist groups have stepped up their recruiting on college campuses over the past two years with a sharp increase in their presence and activism in the past year, a period that perfectly overlaps with the political presence and prominence of President Donald Trump, according to a new study released this week by the Anti-Defamation League. * *Calling the spike in hate group behavior “alarming,” the ADL tallied a three-fold increase in propaganda efforts by a variety of hate groups and white nationalist organizations on hundreds of campuses na... more »
Trump And His GOP Are Undermining Our Institutions
I saw a joke from Andy Borowitz the other day about how hippies feel they're being forced to embrace the FBI after decades of hating it. "Former hippies across the United States have been put in the unbearable position of rooting for the F.B.I., hippies have confirmed. From Vermont to California, erstwhile hippies bemoaned a nightmare scenario that has forced them to side with a law-enforcement agency they have despised since the Summer of Love...'Donald Trump has wrecked America’s standing around the world, spread misogyny and bigotry, ravaged the environment, and endorsed a chil... more »
Douglas Murray on the BBC's handling of the grooming gangs issue
There's a good post from Douglas Murray at *The Spectator *headlined 'Will the BBC go back to ignoring grooming gangs?' He fears it will following the revelation about the BBC's *Three Girls *being the trigger for Darren Osborne's radicalisation. After nearly a decade of ignoring the issue ("They didn’t know any of the victims, didn’t know the towns and somewhere along the way (subliminally or otherwise) made the decision that all this was just too horrible and delicate a story to wade into"), the BBC finally commissioned a drama about it that was "far from sensationalist, far fro... more »
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*College Defends Art Professor Who Desecrated American Flag* When Marine veteran Jess Karcher first saw the desecrated American flag at Broward College, he was confused. Then, he became angry. “It was extremely disrespectful to our flag and to every American,” Karcher told the “Todd Starnes Radio Show.” Karcher is a student at Broward College and on Jan. 26 he came across an American flag that had been desecrated as part of a faculty art exhibit at the campus art gallery. Lisa Rockford, an assistant professor of art, covered Old Glory in white paint, cut the flag in half and ... more »
In contrast
The interview that followed Edward Stourton's interview with Mona Siddiqui could hardly have been more different. It was a Martin Bashir interview with a Trump-supporting evangelist, Franklin Graham (son of Billy Graham). Edward Stourton's introduction had a mocking tone and then came the c-word - "controversy". The "controversy" arises because of his beliefs and because various campaigners in the UK want to stop his visit to Blackpool later this year. Martin Bashir interrogated Mr. Graham in the manner of a prosecution barrister, constantly invoking the "offence" Mr. Graham's wor... more »
The FISA Memo: “Worse Than Watergate”
[image: the-fisa-memo-worse-than-watergate] Is the abuse of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) by senior Obama administration officials “worse than Watergate,” as one prominent congressman put it? If some observers are correct, it's far worse.
“Why Albert Einstein Thought We Were All Insane”
*“Why Albert Einstein Thought We Were All Insane”* by Simon Black "In the early summer of 1914, Albert Einstein was about to start a prestigious new job as Director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics. The position was a big deal for the 35-year old Einstein– confirmation that he was one of the leading scientific minds in the world. And he was excited about what he would be able to achieve there. But within weeks of Einstein’s arrival, the German government canceled plans for the Institute; World War I had broken out, and all of Europe was gearing up for one of the bloodies... more »
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*Global Temperatures Drop Back To Pre-El Nino Levels* *According to the satellite data* The onset of La Niña in the tropical Pacific Ocean has caused temperatures drop to levels not seen in six years, according to satellite temperature data. “Note that La Niña cooling in the tropics has finally penetrated the troposphere, with a -0.12 deg. C departure from average,” wrote atmospheric scientists John Christy and Roy Spencer, who compile satellite data at the University of Alabama, Huntsville. Satellite data, which measures Earth’s bulk atmosphere, show temperature anomalies dro... more »
Sunday morning music
Let's have a change of pace. Baroque composer Johann Joachim Quantz wrote hundreds of works for the flute, including the Concerto for flute in G major, n. 161. The soloist in this performance is Benedek Csalog. Lovely! Peter
Democracy in Crisis
Freedom House, the U.S.-based institute which surveys the progress of democracy, civil society, freedom of speech and the media round the world has produced a report headlined* “Democracy in Crisis”* – a grim reportage showing that democracy’s “basic tenets – including guarantees of free and fair elections, the rights of minorities, freedom of the press, and the rule of law – came under attack around the world.” A few extract from that very extensive report that studies the condition of democracy, and the lack thereof, across the world follows......... *Today, it is democracy that f... more »
Breaking: Syrian Army takes key crossroad town from ISIS in northeast Hama amid escalating offensive
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:51 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army and allied paramilitary groups have seized a key crossroad town from Islamic State militants in Hama province’s northeastern countryside amid what is now a clearly escalating government offensive against the terrorist group throughout the region. In the last hour, military-affiliated sources confirmed that pro-government forces seized […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Graphic: ISIS stronghold in east Syria totally flattened by US airstrikes, artillery shelling – civilians burnt to a crisp
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:20 P.M.) – Amid an ongoing operation by US-backed forces for control of a key Islamist State stronghold in eastern Syria, strikes from American airpower and artillery assets have reportedly killed dozens of civilian over the course of a single day. The ISIS-held fortress village of Al-Bahra has now witnessed an entire month […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Rebels consider new Idlib offensive as Syrian Army shifts focus to ISIS-held northeast Hama
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:25 P.M.) – Syrian rebel groups appear to be contemplating a new offensive operation against the Syrian Arab Army and allied paramilitaries in the province of Idlib following confirmed reports that key military formations are now departing the region for another front. On Thursday it was confirmed that the elite Tiger Forces Division […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Turkish border guards shoot, block fleeing Syrian asylum seekers – watchdog
Turkey’s border guards are indiscriminately shooting and forcibly returning Syrian asylum seekers, who are trying to cross into Turkey, the Human Rights Watch said. According to the watchdog, Syrians are trying, in particular, to escape violence in Idlib and Afrin and find asylum in Turkey, however, the border remains closed to all but critical medical […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
"Rosenstein Threatened Nuns..."
https://youtu.be/wg9aIQVgxAA The FISA warrant story is developing at a rate. Obviously you can't rely on the President Donald Trump hating BBC, so Bill Still might be worth following.
Tree Poaching and the Sanyi Wood Carving Industry
*A carver at work in Sanyi.* Nick Aspinwall turned in a very interesting piece at the News Lens on tree poaching in Taiwan and its relationship to the wood carving industry in Sanyi in Miaoli. The piece is excellent, read it. An excerpt: Lee’s father, who asked not to be named, joined many others in working only with legal imported wood after the Forestry Bureau instituted a nationwide logging ban in 1991. However, domestic wood products – such as essential oils drawn from felled trees, elaborate life-sized sculptures, and irregular pieces of wood known as burl coveted for their un... more »
Megalithomania - Howard Crowhurst - Nebra Sky Disc and location data
Nebra Sky Disc *I'm surprised I haven't blog'd about this before, since I did read about it a long while ago.* Anyway, in this video Howard Crowhurst reveals his numerical/astronomical investigation into the 1,600 BC i.e. 3,600 years old, Nebra Sky Disc artefact. He highlights the functions of the 39 holes punched out around the disc's perimeter which hold the key to what might have been a 20-day month in ancient times. When he starts to tie it all into The Maya and their calendar, be warned, it gets weird, weirder... *FURTHER VIEWING:* additional discovery-locality-based resea... more »
Sharia Law in the UK
This morning's *Sunday *on Radio 4 began by discussing the place of Sharia councils in the UK. Many people think they should have no role whatsoever. As you may recall, the government's official commission looking at the issue was headed by Mona Siddiqui and featured two imams on its advisory board - things that provoked claims of a 'whitewash' and a letter of protest from human rights groups saying its focus was misplaced on seeking out “best practice” among sharia councils rather than questioning their very existence. Well, this week the commission published its findings and, ... more »
Colorado middle school teacher on paid leave after being accused of assaulting a student for sitting during the Pledge of Allegiance.
Courtesy of the Times-Call: *A Lafayette middle school teacher is on paid leave pending the outcome of a police investigation into allegations that she assaulted a student who refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance on Thursday. * *Boulder Valley School District spokesman Randy Barber said that Angevine Middle School physical education teacher Karen Smith, who he called a 20-year veteran of the school district, is on paid administrative leave.* Beating students into showing respect for their country, gee that's a good idea. Having grown up in the 60's and 70's I know that a... more »
All His Life
By Cathy Jameson I don’t usually take him with me, but Ronan accompanied me to my doctor’s appointment last week. Since he had been to this facility previously, I wasn’t worried that he’d have any problems going again. The only...
David Cameron assured us that a second referendum was not on the ballot paper and that there would no second referendum on EU membership
https://youtu.be/0CALFna4rUA David Cameron assured us that a second referendum was not on the ballot paper and that there would no second referendum on EU membership. Theresa May was sitting next to David Cameron when he made that statement, does she remember that? Oddly the institutionally pro EU BBC don't seem to want to remind the British people of this promise by our then Prime Minister, witnessed by our now Prime Minister.
"Against All Odds..."
"There's a little animal in all of us and maybe that's something to celebrate. Our animal instinct is what makes us seek comfort, warmth, a pack to run with. We may feel caged, we may feel trapped, but still as humans we can find ways to feel free. We are each other's keepers, we are the guardians of our own humanity and even though there's a beast inside all of us, what sets us apart from the animals is that we can think, feel, dream and love. And against all odds, against all instinct, we evolve." - "Grey's Anatomy"
Gerry Adams endorses Jeremy Corbyn for Prime Minister
In a sane world an endorsement by Jeremy Corbyn would be the kiss of death for a British politican. Unfortunately the world has gone mad and Jeremy '"friends"' with Hamas and Hezbollah' Corbyn will receive the endorsement of the vile Gerry Adams and not be tarnished by it. Imagine the fuss if a Conservative leader was endorsed by the former leader of a right-wing, racist party which was linked to a terrorist group. Now experience the lack of fuss by the BBC over Gerry Adams' endorsement of Jeremy Corbyn. Might this be because the BBC is institutionally pro the Labour Party? Might... more »
Awaiting all the trolls
I was intrigued to learn from Rob's earlier tweet... ...that his team talked to residents groups in Haringey and to Momentum before interviewing Claire Kober. That certainly enabled Andrew Marr to conduct a tough interview with Ms. Kober. Ah, I see that Nipper's back: *Nipper Dodds*: You were much more fair than I thought you’d be. Still think someone from the other side of the argument should be on. It’s quite a shock to discover you’re an “extremist” & “far-left” because you want the NHS, Education etc. to be funded properly. When did this become wrong? *Rob Burley*: We sai... more »
Man-made climate change is dogma, not science
“Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) is settled science, proclaim the predictors of weather doomsday. Settled Science? Science evolves continuously and can never be settled, unless, of course, the ‘settled’ subject is dogma, not science. Is it just a ‘my way or the … Continue reading →
Sunday Sermonette (more from CH)
*An e-mail from CH *(by way of advice) As you know, for years now I have worked long and hard to find the formula for the perfect martini. Goodness only knows what the ultimate result of my research will be. Omnipotence? Eternal youth? Whatever comes will be a major step in the Ascent of Man. I have found a new and tasty gin. It is Opihr, a London dry gin with a slight Oriental flavor. It is not cheap but it certainly beats all the other Oriental gins like Rangpur. Even so, I still believe Old Raj to be the best gin. It is awfully expensive (over $70 a bottle), extremely potent (11... more »
Light relief
Well, I'm glad it's not just my tablet that keeps doing this... *Andrew Marr*: OK, let's go to your tablet Janine because you've chosen another story about Facebook and the future of British elections and so one. *Janine Gibson*: Right, so...That's gone upside-down. *Andrew Marr*: It's upside-down. Your tablet's no better than my tablet! *Janine Gibson*: It is actually your tablet, Andrew. *Andrew Marr*: Is my tablet. There you go! *Janine Gibson*: It's your fault. *Andrew Marr*: There you go! 😃
Turkey Establishing Long-Sought US "Safe Haven" in Northern Syria
*February 4, 2018* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - Turkey's recent incursion into northern Syria is poised to finally establish the long-sought after "buffer zone" or "safe haven" called for by US policymakers since as early as 2012. While the US and Turkey are currently feigning a diplomatic row over the incursion - with Turkey's targeting and displacement of Kurds allegedly backed by the United States - it is clear that recent claims by the US regarding its expanding support of Kurdish militias it has been arming and backing in Syria was done as an intentional pretext for Turkey to just... more »
Exceptional Tracy Beanz
This is an exceptional listen. I'm privileged to have stumbled across the best of the best. Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced
TRUMP, THE ECONOMY, THE DEEP STATE
*One of Trump's professors at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School reportedly said that Trump was 'the dumbest gdamn student I ever had.'* Dumb people love Trump? *1. *Trump does not talk about the steady stream of job losses in the retail sector. *2.* Trump was going to revive the coal industry. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there has been no coal revival. That Carrier plant in Indiana has laid off 600 people. A former union leader calls Trump a 'Con Man' and 'Liar' as Carrier Lays Off 215 More Workers. *That Trump economic boom? It's mostly hype*. *... more »
Birds of a feather...
More... *Rob Burley*: Also on #marr the Leader of Haringey Council Claire Kober - on why she's resigning after ten years in the job. Tomorrow at 9am BBC1. *Nipper Dodds*: Hi Rob, Will there be anyone on from the #SaveOurNHS demo or did that not officially happen according to the BBC? *Rob Burley*: Haven't seen the coverage today. Demos are rarely in and of themselves news. So not invited someone from a Saturday demo onto Marr no. But in recent weeks we've had Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell, Emily Thornberry and Shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth. All talked about NHS. *Nippe... more »
Midnight Meme Of The Day!
*-by Noah* Hands above the table, boys!
Paul Mason complains about someone he doesn't like being interviewed on the BBC
Oh yes, the far-Left are really flocking and furiously flapping their bright red wings this morning - and there's still an hour to go until *The Andrew Marr Show *begins. They really don't want Claire Kober - who resigned as Labour leader of Haringey Council accusing such people of bullying - to be 'platformed' by the show. Or at least 'platformed' without a balancing bully being present. One of them, however, (a former economics editor at the BBC no less, who's never off the BBC) flew straight into a window... *Rob Burley*: Also on #marr the Leader of Haringey Council Claire Kob... more »
Where is the Treasure of Old Europe?
If God is not needed and there is no prayer, if you are nothing more than a tourist when you enter a temple, then hell eagerly assumes its rights and makes its presence known, not with the smell of sulfur, but with a sense of depression and meaninglessness. The post Where is the Treasure of Old Europe? appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
Iran: US Reliance on nuclear weapons moves humanity closer to annihilation
The Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) of the United States shows the country’s increasing reliance on nuclear weapons, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said, stressing that such an approach would bring humanity closer to destruction. “The US Nuclear Posture Review reflects greater reliance on nukes in violation of the NPT [Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Kurdish YPG destroy Turkish tank in northern Afrin (photos)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:15 A.M.) – The Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units (YPG) destroyed a Turkish Army tank in the Afrin region of northern Aleppo on Saturday. According to the official media wing of the YPG, their forces scored a direct hit on the Turkish tank with an anti-tank missile (ATGM) in northwestern Afrin. As a result […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
High quality footage of Islamist missile hitting Russian jet
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:50 A.M.) – The Islamist rebels of Jaysh Al-Nasr released high quality footage of their anti-aircraft missile (MANPAD) striking the Russian Su-25M jet in rural Idlib on Saturday. As seen below, the MANPAD scored a direct hit on the Russian aircraft, forcing the pilot to eject before the jet went down near the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Russian plane shot down over US-backed rebel area of Syria; Russia retaliates
Al-Nusra known to be one of the forces controlling Idlib province; Russians retaliate with precision strike, killing an estimated 30 militants More The post Russian plane shot down over US-backed rebel area of Syria; Russia retaliates appeared first on The Duran.
Donald Trump is trying to refute my new book before it’s even come out.
The past week has not been a good one for global health. What gives? I can only come up with one explanation: the Trump Administration is doing its darnedest to disprove the argument in my new book. In Global Health Governance and International Society (out on the 8th! Perfect for Valentine’s Day!), I argue that […]
Holistic MD/PhD/vaccine skeptic awarded millions from regulators who humiliated him
Mark Geier MD PhD, is a world renowned expert who spoke out against the dangers of mercury in vaccines and helped get thimerosal out of the shots like the DPT (now the DTaP). He built a medical practice in Rockville that was very successful. The Maryland Board of Physicians suspended his license seven years ago
Experiments may only measure gauge-invariant, coordinate-independent quantities
I have finally found the time needed to see every page among the 12+7+16 pages of the Japanese papers on the Earth's contribution to muon's \(g-2\) and it's clear that if I had opened all the papers before I wrote my first fast blog post about it, the post wouldn't have been written because the papers are childish and ludicrously wrong. Let me start with superficial observations about their style and background. First, the authors are clearly not professional particle physicists. You won't find any Feynman diagrams – or the words "loop", "Feynman", "diagram", for that matter – in ... more »
Nadler Rebuttal To Nunes Memo: We Shouldn’t Lose Sight That The FISA Court Found Probable Cause To Believe That Carter Page Was An Agent Of The Russian Government; House Republicans Complicit In Obstruction Of Special Counsel Investigation
NBC News reports that it obtained a written rebuttal to the Nunes memo from US Congressman Nadler [1] (who replaced … Continue reading →
Tweets For Today
Eight Turkish soldiers were killed on Saturday in separate terrorist attacks in Syria's Afrin and the Turkish border town of Kilis in deadliest day for Turkey since the operation started on January 20 pic.twitter.com/GBMGO7eeF1 — TRT World Now (@TRTWorldNow) February 3, 2018 Billion dollar flock of Ospreys: pic.twitter.com/d9bOvoPktP — Tyler Rogoway (@Aviation_Intel) February 3, 2018 #Russian military’s ‘Terminators’ to make appearance on Red Square: https://t.co/6KpuQ7LM1z — Russia Beyond (@russiabeyond) February 3, 2018 Making new friends in the Russian navy. pic.twitter.com/Z... more »
A North Korean View Of The U.S.
"Feast of the Ground Hog" is barbaric United States ritual, in which rodents are sacrificed on bloody altars to appease brutal American gods of winter. pic.twitter.com/gB7Fzq445x — DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) February 1, 2018 *WNU Editor: *I have seen worse.
Sometimes, White House Staff Have a Legal Duty to Disobey the President
Last June, Donald Trump ordered White House Counsel Don McGahn to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller, according to the New York Times. McGahn threatened to resign rather than fire Mueller, so Trump backed down. Trump had given McGahn an illegal order. The president was asking the White House Counsel to conspire with him to obstruct justice.... Read more »
Picture Of The Day
A Turkish army artillery unit is pictured on the Turkish-Syrian border in Kilis, Turkey January 28, 2018. Ismail Coskun/Ihlas News Agency (IHA) via REUTERS *WNU Editor*: The above picture is from the following photo-gallery .... *Turkish forces push into Syria* (Reuters).
"In the Shadow of Indifference”
*"In the Shadow of Indifference”* by Julian Walsh "Today I wish to return to your awareness an aspect of the Human condition that can transition the mind from vibrancy into a banal state of cognitive dissonance. Here we find the shadow of indifference and the trappings of complicity. But what is the path of the slow to awaken, and why should we care? Their faculties are intact. They certainly seem normal to the casual observer. They may indeed be intelligent and engaging, but something is clearly missing. It’s troubling in a way. Rather frustrating as well. Most of all it is disap... more »
Venezuela's Health Care System Has Collapsed
*NPR:* *Venezuela's Health Care System Ready To Collapse Amid Economic Crisis* The death of a former major league baseball player in his native Venezuela this week is renewing concerns over the Latin American country's growing health crisis amid ongoing economic and political turmoil. Marcos Carvajal, a 34-year-old former pitcher for the Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins, died of pneumonia on Tuesday. He fell sick in December, but the antibiotics needed to treat the illness were hard to find. Drugs for Carvajal eventually were sent from abroad but he relapsed, returned to the... more »
#MeToo Finally Meets The Music Business
I've been wondering why the fast and loose music business hasn't been sucked into the #MeToo movement. There's a whole horror show of abuse, from musicians inviting fans backstage to executives preying on artists and abusing staffers. Yesterday when I was reading about a right-wing state Rep. in Arizona being expelled from the legislature for serially harassing women, a music business newsletter showed up about something a little closer to home. First the Arizona Republican. There was a vote and it wasn't close. First the Speaker removed his handgun and rifle and then the House vo... more »
British Lawyer Emmerson Takes Case Of Catalan Political Prisoners to UN
By http://www.vilaweb.cat: “British lawyer Emmerson takes case of Catalan political prisoners to UN Lawyers from Barcelona, Paris and London have … Continue reading →
The Story of How America's World War II Battleships and Aircraft Carriers Battled Typhoons
*Warfare History Network* *History, Asia* A powerful typhoon wreaked havoc with the U.S. Navy’s task force 38 in December 1944. It would be followed shortly after by a second. After two grueling months of action in the Pacific, Vice Admiral John S. “Slew” McCain’s powerful Task Force 38 retired in late November 1944 to the big Caroline Islands base of Ulithi Atoll for a 10-day breather. No one needed a break more than Admiral William F. “Bull” Halsey, the feisty, hard-drinking commander of the U.S. Third Fleet, who had come under fire for leaving San Bernardino Strait unguarded d... more »
India's New Attack Submarine Comes with Some Serious Firepower
*Zachary Keck* *Security, Asia* Courtesy of France. After long years of neglect, India’s submarine fleet is quickly growing. On January 31, India launched INS* Karanj *at a naval dock in Mumbai. India’s Navy chief, Adm. Sunil Lanba, was on hand to watch the event. INS* Karanj* is the third of six Scorpène submarines that India is purchasing form France. Delhi and Paris first inked the agreement for the submarines in 2005, with the first one expected to be delivered in 2012. Instead, delivery was delayed until 2015 and didn’t get commissioned into India’s Navy until December of ... more »
Russia's AK-130 Naval 'Cannon' Could Kill a Navy Destroyer or a 'Swarm'
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Europe* This is one powerful weapon. The AK-130 naval gun is one of the most formidable artillery pieces afloat today. However, it had a long and troubled development period, mostly due to the stagnation of Soviet shipboard artillery research and its massive weight. However, once fielded it proved itself to be an extremely rapid weapon, attaining rates of fire of upwards of sixty rounds per minute of 130-millimeter shells. But why did Soviet naval doctrine call for such a monster of a gun? Is it still relevant today? The Soviet desire for an automatic l... more »
How Many Different AK-47s Are There?
*Charlie Gao* *Security, North America* There are many different variants. Here are a few. The AK is one of the most widely copied weapons in the world. Due to liberal granting of licenses to manufacture, many countries in the Warsaw Pact and around the world produced their own versions of the AK. While most of these were simple derivations of the original design with few notable features of their own, some stand head and shoulders above the rest. But which foreign AK variants are at the top of the heap? *The East German Wieger Sturmgewehr (StG)* In the late 1980s, the German De... more »
The U.S. Military Has a New 'Bullet' That Attacks At Mach Six (with 100 Mile Range)
*Task and Purpose, Jared Keller* *Security, North America* And it's almost ready for war. The Department of Defense is preparing to test-fire a next-generation hypervelocity projectile (HVP) — a supersonic shell that can hit targets up to 100 nautical miles away at speeds approaching Mach 6 — in the next year, defense officials announced on Jan. 25, a development that could significantly augment that Pentagon’s existing missile defense systems. The Navy’s Office of Naval Research started developing the HVP more than a decade ago as ammunition for its vaunted electromagnetic railg... more »
How Bangladesh Can Improve Indian Ocean Security
*James Jay Carafano, Jeff Smith* *Security, Asia* [image: Naval frigates, (from R to L) Malaysia's KD Kasturi, Bangladesh's BNS Abu Bakar and Singapore's RSS Formidable, participate in multi-country maritime joint exercises off the coast in Qingdao, Shandong province April 23, 2014. The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy organized its first multilateral maritime exercises, dubbed] The Trump administration should consider increasing the number of port calls and high-level defense exchanges with Bangladesh as well as bilateral and trilateral military exercises. With U.S. ... more »
Remembering the Holocaust in Ukraine
*Josh Cohen* *History, Europe* [image: (L-R) German President Joachim Gauck, Hungarian President Janos Ader, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko with his wife Maryna, European Council President Donald Tusk, Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman attend a ceremony commemorating the victims of Babyn Yar (Babi Yar), one of the biggest single massacres of Jews during the Nazi Holocaust, in Kiev, Ukraine, September 29, 2016. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko] Some countries in Eastern Europe, like Ukraine, remain reluctant to fully confront the darker aspects of their nation's World War ... more »
Is The FBI In Open Revolt Against President Trump?
Former CIA counterterrorism official Phil Mudd: The FBI people "are ticked" and they'll be saying of Trump, “You’ve been around for 13 months. We've been around since 1908. I know how this game is going to be played. We're going to win" https://t.co/5x39x20g3e pic.twitter.com/fByOLNrh0I — CNN (@CNN) February 2, 2018 *WNU Editor:* If what former CIA counterterrorism official Phil Mudd is saying in the above is true .... there is a very very serious problem in the FBI. If they are in open revolt against elected officials .... then anything is possible.
"A Strange Honey..."
"Bad things will happen and good things too. Your life will be full of surprises. Miracles happen only where there has been suffering. So taste your grief to the fullest. Don't try and press it down. Don't hide from it. Don't escape. It is life too. It is truth. But it will pass and time will put a strange honey in the bitterness. That's the way life goes." - Ben Okri
Musical Interlude: Procol Harum, “A Salty Dog”
Procol Harum, “A Salty Dog” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOj3kJKy-_U
Palestinian teen shot in the head by Israeli snipers in Jenin
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3:13 A.M)- A Palestinian teen was shot dead by Israeli snipers in Jenin as troops stormed multiple villages throughout the day, the teen was shot in the head. (Feb, 3rd) Nineteen year old, Ahmed Samir Abu Obaid, from Kafrkoud (Jenin, West Bank), was executed during clashes between Palestinian youths throwing stones at invading […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian Army captures several areas after intense battle with ISIS in northeast Hama
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:30 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) scored a new advance in the Hama countryside this week, liberating several areas that were under the control of the so-called Islamic State (ISIS). Led by the Republican Guard and 5th Legion, the Syrian Arab Army managed to capture the towns of Abiyan and Abu […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
FSA arrests Daraa commander for participating in Sochi peace talks
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:20 A.M.) – The Free Syrian Army (FSA) arrested the commander of one of their brigades in the Dara’a Governorate, Saturday, after he reportedly participated in the Sochi peace talks this week. According to pro-opposition activists in Dara’a, the Free Syrian Army arrested the commander of the Khaled Al-Shara’a group inside the town […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Fist fights break out during protest against Turkish operation in Afrin (video)
Around 2,000 protesters gathered on the Schouwburgplein, in Rotterdam, on Saturday, to demonstrate against the Turkish military operation taking place in the Syrian region of Afrin. The demonstrators marched through the streets of Rotterdam chanting “Erdogan, terrorist” and “Free Afrin.” During the march, demonstrators exchanged words with a pedestrian. The police took the pedestrian into […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
US denies giving Islamist rebels anti-aircraft missiles
Pentagon spokesman Eric Pahon told Sputnik on Saturday, hours after a Russian Su-25 attack aircraft was downed by militants in Syria, that the United States did not equip partner forces in Syria with surface-to-air weapons. “Alongside by, with, and through our partners in Syria, the United States remains focused on the fight against ISIS [Daesh]. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Rebels form new group to defend key city in Idlib
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:05 A.M.) – The rebel forces have formed a new group in the Idlib Governorate that will focus on defending the strategic city of Saraqib near the Aleppo axis. According to a statement released the rebel forces, their primary objective will be to defend Saraqib from the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) troops that […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Outrage at mutilation of Kurdish female fighter’s dody by Turkish-backed forces
Global condemnation has erupted after videos posted online revealed the mutilation of a body belonging to a female member of the Kurdish Women’s Protection Units at the hands of Turkish-backed militants in Syria. Turkish-backed Syrian militants are accused of recording the horrific abuse of the corpse of a female member of the Kurdish Women’s Protection […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Is There A Split In The Trump Administration Over North Korea?
Secretary of Defense James Mattis, middle, and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, far right, on Capitol Hill in Washington, August 2, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein *Business Insider*: *Trump's advisers are reportedly split over how to answer Trump's call for 'maximum pressure' on North Korea* * White House officials are reportedly split over how to address North Korea's provocations. * Secretary of State Rex Tillerson reportedly expressed concern that proposed US military options were too aggressive, according to sources cited by The New York Times. * National Security Adviser H... more »
Atlantis ?
Amazing what the South American jungles hide: Laser Scans Reveal 60,000 Previously Unknown Maya Structures Hidden in the Central American Jungle! Pyramids and complex structures that I will interpret, sitting on a very long limb, to be the remnants of Atlantis … Continue reading →
More Details Emerge On Boeing's SR-71 Replacement Concept
*Popular Mechanics:* *We Know a Bit More About Boeing's SR-71 Replacement Concept* *Possibly called "Valkyrie II," the hypersonic aircraft concept could serve as a strike or reconaissance plane.* At the beginning of the year, Boeing revealed a concept design at an aerospace forum for a strike and reconaissance aircraft that could fly five times the speed of sound—a spiritual successor to the famed Mach 3 SR-71 Blackbird reconaissance plane. A model and artist's rendering show a twin-tail, highly swept delta-wing jet in a so-called "waverider" configuration, meaning the hypersoni... more »
The U.S. Air Force Selection Of A Light Attack Aircraft Is Now Down To Two
A Sierra Nevada/Embraer A-29 Super Tucano over White Sands Missile Range during initial phase of the US Air Force's Light Attack Experiment (OA-X), August 1, 2017. US Air Force Photo by Ethan D. Wagner *Business Insider/Military.com*: *The Air Force is rolling out the 2nd phase of its 'light attack experiment' — and there are 2 contenders left* The Air Force has selected two aircraft in its "light attack experiment" to undergo more demonstration fly-offs, among other exercises, at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. The service intends to test the Textron Aviation AT-6 Wolverin... more »
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