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U.S. Views On China Is Shifting As Chinese President Xi Moves To Stay In Power Indefinitely
The People's Republic of China flag and the U.S. Stars and Stripes fly along Pennsylvania Avenue near the U.S. Capitol in Washington during Chinese President Hu Jintao's state visit, January 18, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Hyungwon Kang *New York Times:* *As Xi Tightens His Grip on China, U.S. Sees Conflict Ahead* WASHINGTON — A few weeks after Stephen K. Bannon left the White House in August, he was invited to a dinner at the Council on Foreign Relations to discuss American policy toward China. With his unbridled China bashing and dark talk of a looming conflict in the Pacific, Mr. Ban...more »
HuffPost Rely On Twitter Trolls For News Now!
By Paul Homewood HuffPost have been making even bigger fools of themselves: Nigel Farage has lamented the apparent lack of gritters in central London whilst suggesting the ‘Beast from the East’ weather system currently dumping snow across the UK is proof global warming isn’t real. The former Ukip-leader’s tweet posted on […]
New Medicare Card Telephone Scam
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid are not calling senior citizens and asking for personal information ahead of the launch of a new Medicare card.
“Crooked” Hillary calls on Trump to “protect” America against 13 Russian bots
Those 13 Russian bots are coming after America in the 2018 midterms. More The post “Crooked” Hillary calls on Trump to “protect” America against 13 Russian bots appeared first on The Duran.
Argentina: Pilot Calls ET Existence into Question
*Source: PLANETA UFO and La Prensa Austral (Argentina)Date: 02.23.2018* *Argentina: Pilot Calls ET Existence into Question* Rodrigo Bravo is an aviation platoon commander in the Chilean Army and has been researching UFO cases in his country since the year 200. Among the studies he has conducted include reports and audio on aircraft furnished to him by the Comité de Estudios de Fenómenos Aéreos Anómalos (CEFAA), of which he is a collaborator. The self-educated writer crafted the first volume of the book titled *“Los extraterrestres han muerto. El mito Ovni-ET, contactísmo y abducc...more »
The Navy's Nightmare: Russia's (Almost) Super Aircraft Carrier
*Paul Richard Huard* *Security, * It would have been a Cold War Monster. *Builders laid the keel for the Ulyanovsk in 1988, just as the Soviet empire began to break apart. The ship was such a large project that builders wouldn’t have finished her until the mid ’90s. Construction took place at the Black Sea Shipyard in Ukraine—often called Nikolayev South Shipyard 444. It’s an old facility, dating back to the 18th century when Prince Grigory Potemkin signed orders in 1789 authorizing new docks to repair Russian naval vessels damaged during the Russo-Turkish War. The famous Russi... more »
Russia Has a 2,000 Strong 'Delta Force' That Is Ready for War
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * Incorporating lessons from Western special operations forces (SOF), the Kremlin had established its own equivalent of the U.S. Army’s elite 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta. *Nonetheless, the 2000-man strong KSSO—which perhaps bears more than a passing resemblance to Delta’s parent command JSOC—is still a work in progress and Russia continues to build up its capabilities. The unit is part of a much larger community of special designation forces in Russia, known as Spetsnaz, and special operations outfits that belong to intelligence age... more »
Off-Duty Cop Kills Baby After Smashing into Car Going 94mph—Mom Charged with Homicide
[image: car] A cop has been on paid vacation while a grieving mother is arrested and charged with homicide in an accident that the officer caused by driving at 94mph while off duty. The post Off-Duty Cop Kills Baby After Smashing into Car Going 94mph—Mom Charged with Homicide appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
This Is China's and Chinese President Xi Jinping's New Spy Master
Wang Xiaohong, head of Department of Public Security of Henan province, is pictured in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China January 17, 2014. Picture taken January 17, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer *Reuters:* *Exclusive: Xi confidant set to become China's new spy master - sources* BEIJING (Reuters) - A vice minister of public security, a close confidant of President Xi Jinping, is tipped to take over as China’s spy master, five sources said, as the country looks to clean up its security apparatus and plug intelligence gaps. China has poured billions of yuan into domestic security, but the ... more »
A bitter, grumpy "Heh!"
Courtesy of Ninety Miles from Tyranny: Given the Uranium One scandal, that's all too accurate. Peter
Do You Only Learn History On The History Channel?
*Cola* Most campaign emails are absolutely worthless spam, even from otherwise good candidates. But some candidates put some effort into making them great. This cycle, for example, Austin Frerick (Iowa) and Derrick Crowe (Texas) are doing really good ones. What do I mean by "good ones?" If I'm going to take a moment to even *open* campaign emails that always turn out to be just recycled spam, I want to be sure I'm going to have a positive experienced-- like be entertained or, better yet, *learn something*. So you know who has the best list to be on? Alan Grayson. I love his e-mails.... more »
Pentagon Admits They Can’t Even Tell if Syrian Chemical Attack Happened—Blames Russia Anyway
[image: evidence] The Pentagon cannot even confirm if a chemical attack took place at all in Syria, however, they are still pinning the alleged attack on Russia, despite having zero evidence. The post Pentagon Admits They Can’t Even Tell if Syrian Chemical Attack Happened—Blames Russia Anyway appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
Parkland Shooting First Responder Comes Forward, Says He Was Told to “Stand Down”
[image: responder] A first responder to the tragic shooting in Parkland, Florida has come forward claiming that he could've saved lives but that police issued the order to stand down as children died inside the school. The post Parkland Shooting First Responder Comes Forward, Says He Was Told to “Stand Down” appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
In 2017, The US Government “Lost” $2.2 Million—Every Single Minute
By Matt Agorist Illustrating the gluttonous nature and disturbing spending habits of the empire that is the United States, the US Treasury released its financial... more »
FDA’s Lies, Fraud And Corruption
By Catherine J. Frompovich “’Gee, they relied on a fraud for this application; we should deny it;’ but the FDA Commissioner granted it and put... more »
Gun Rights And Mental Health Restrictions: A Slippery Slope
By Brandon Smith In the wake of the Parkland shooting, as in the wake of any mass shooting, there has been a scramble by various... more »
Lack Of Police Accountability Shows The “Social Contract” Isn’t Working
By Ryan McMaken In the wake of the Florida school shooting earlier this month, Broward County police deputies are being accused of hiding outside the... more »
Another Study Warns About Catastrophic Consequences of Implementing Geoengineering
By Derrick Broze A new study has reaffirmed the potential risks to planetary biodiversity if solar geoengineering programs are implemented and suddenly stopped. In a... more »
Emergency Medical Teams Ordered to Stand Down While Kids Bled Out After Florida Shooting
By Mac Slavo If you think like most, not much about the Parkland, Florida school shooting has added up so far. Now there are reports... more »
The Russia Collusion Suspect Nobody’s Talking About: CrowdStrike’s Dmitri Alperovitch
[image: the-russia-collusion-suspect-nobodys-talking-about-crowdstrikes-dmitri-alperovitch] Is CrowdStrike cofounder Dmitri Alperovitch, in reality, one of Putin's best deep-cover agents?
V.P. Mike Pence: Legal Abortion Will End in America
[image: v-p-mike-pence-legal-abortion-will-end-in-america] States can take action — now — to implement Mike Pence's dream of ending legal abortion.
Jared Kushner's security clearance downgraded as foreign countries discuss how easily he can be manipulated.
Courtesy of the New York Times: *Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, has been stripped of his top-secret security clearance after months of delays in completing his background check, and will now be limited in his ability to view highly classified information, a White House official and another person familiar with Mr. Kushner’s situation said on Tuesday. * *Mr. Kushner’s clearance was reduced to the level of secret and his official portfolio inside the West Wing, especially with regard to his globe-trotting foreign affairs work on behalf of President Tr... more »
35 Universities Adopt 'The Chicago Statement' On Free Speech--1,590 To Go
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O'odham Ofelia Rivas at Ward Valley -- 'Border Tower Construction Threatens Burial Place'
Ofelia Rivas and Earl Tulley at Ward Valley on Saturday. Photo courtesy Ofelia Rivas. O'odham Ofelia Rivas at Ward Valley -- 'Border Tower Construction Threatens Burial Place' Article by Brenda Norrell Audio recording by Earl Tulley, Dineh Censored News WARD VALLEY -- Ofelia Rivas, O'odham, spoke at the Spiritual Gathering celebrating the Victory at Ward Valley, describing how the
2018 Oceans Remain Cool
The best context for understanding decadal temperature changes comes from the world’s sea surface temperatures (SST), for several reasons: The ocean covers 71% of the globe and drives average temperatures; SSTs have a constant water content, (unlike air temperatures), so give a better reading of heat content variations; A major El Nino was the dominant […]
London - A City in Flight
*A guest post by Loondon Calling....* Science Fiction writers and Futurists have long conjured with the possibilities surrounding *Cities in Flight*. An early version of the theme, later to be taken up by science-fiction writers, dates back to 1928, the year of Stalin’s first 5-year plan. Georgii Kruticov, a Russian student of architecture envisaged a city-sized nuclear powered apparatus such as his illustration: The idea was seized upon by the generation of mid-century Futurist Dreamers including writer James Blish, who explored the theme during the 1970s in his *Cities in Fl... more »
U.S. Will Spend $500M On Syrian Kurds This Year
*(Click On Image to Enlarge)* *Robert Ford, Defense One/The Atlantic:* *The US Will Spend $500M on Syrian Kurds This Year. For What?* *The Trump administration is embarking on a state-building project with no clear strategy, benchmarks, or goals.* As the world watches the Syrian government’s relentless bombing of Ghouta, 300 miles to the east, the United States remains focused on eradicating the last vestiges of the Islamic State. On February 11, Secretary of Defense James Mattis stressed that, following the group’s defeat, there is no plan for a deeper U.S. commitment in Syria. S... more »
About as watertight as the BBC's oversight gets
A post at Biased BBC this morning speculated about how the BBC would - or wouldn't - cover the Max Mosley story. It was noted that the BBC website hadn't covered it yet. Checking at 5 pm this evening, it turns out that BBC News website published a report about it at 12:05 today, but by 5 pm it wasn't on the Home page or the UK page and was the-last-but-one news story on the Politics page. Coincidentally, also at 5 pm. I spotted on my Twitter feed that the *Daily Mail *had now passed their "dossier of evidence" to the CPS and the Metropolitan Police, so it looks as if the BBC New... more »
BROKEN: Can you understand what you read in the Times?
*WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2018Nate Cohn strikes again:* Another day, another hours-long struggle with a Nate Cohn "Upshot" piece! To review yesterday's struggle, click here. Seriously, can anyone paraphrase Cohn's heavily jargonized prose? We were able to glean one clear (and surprising) factual claim from this morning's report. Here it is, in our own words, as we understand it: *According to Cohn, 45 percent of the voters in the November 2016 election were "whites without a college degree." But the official exit poll, conducted by Edison, mistakenly reported the figure as 34 perc... more »
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From Jenna Orkin New Guinea: Strongest Earthquake Ever Canada's Supercluster plan includes plant-based protein farmersBroward County Officials Opened 66 Investigations Of Misconduct Under Sheriff Israel Just Put The Avocado-Toast Down! - Millennials "Will Be The Fattest Generation On Record" Silicon Valley Joins War On Cash: Tim Cook Seeks "Elimination Of Money CDC Official Who Handled Zika, Ebola Outbreaks Mysteriously Disappears Without A Trace "Nope. Daddy's Dead" - At Age Of 5, Florida Shooter Watched His Father Die We’ve thrown away enough plastic to blanket Argentina: George Take... more »
After 40 days under Turkish attack, Kurds in Syria’s Afrin still refuse to give up
On January 20, Turkey announced the beginning of Operation Olive Branch against the Kurdish forces in Syria’s northwestern Afrin district. Ankara considers the Democratic Union Party (PYD), a Kurdish political party in northern Syria, and Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia affiliates of the Turkish Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), listed as a terrorist organization by […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian Army destroys rebel mortar site after attack on Damascus (video)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:25 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) artillery destroyed a rebel mortar site in the East Ghouta, today, a military source told Al-Masdar News. According to the source, the Syrian Army’ identified and destroyed the Jaysh Al-Islam mortar site after the latter fired several rockets and artillery shells into Damascus city this […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Breaking: Rebel attacks on Russian embassy ‘won’t be tolerated forever’ – Putin
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:30 P.M.) – Russian President Vladimir slammed the recent rebel shelling of the Russian embassy in Damascus, adding that these attacks “will not be tolerated.” “Moscow is not going to keep tolerating the daily shelling of Damascus by eastern Ghouta militants that recently hit the Russian embassy in Syria,” President Vladimir Putin said […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Jihadists collapse in Qaeda-held Harasta as Syrian Army secures new areas
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (5:00 P.M.) – Heavy battles ripped through the jihadi-controlled Harasta suburb as the Syrian Army’s ground forces controlled new areas in the Eastern Ghouta region. Led by the SAA’s elite 4th Armored Division, the government troops scored, today, a substantial gain in al-Ajami neighborhood in Harasta, securing two mosques used y militants as […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian Army releases first photos from captured East Ghouta town
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:20 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) scored a big advance inside the eastern sector of the East Ghouta region last night, taking control of several areas, including the town of Hawsh Dawahra. Led by their elite Tiger Forces, the Syrian Arab Army was able to take advantage of Jaysh Al-Islam’s poor […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
HTS military convoy heads to northern Idlib for big battle with Jabhat Tahrir Souriya (video)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:15 P.M.) – Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham sent a large convoy of militants recently from Idlib city to the northern countryside of the province. The HTS convoy is heading to the northern Idlib in order to aid their forces that already fighting their former allies from Jabhat Tahrir Souriya. In the video below, the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
.Barbra Streisand reveals she cloned her dog twice
Barbra Streisand has revealed she successfully made two clones of her pet dog after it died last year. The singer and actor told the Hollywood trade publication Variety that cells were taken from the mouth and stomach of her 14-year-old Coton de Tulear dog, Samantha. “They have different personalities,” Streisand said of the puppies, called Miss Scarlett and Miss Violet. “I’m waiting for them to get older so I can see if they have her brown eyes and her seriousness.” In the interview, Streisand said when the cloned dogs arrived, she dressed them in red and lavender to tell them ap... more »
Why Single-Payer Advocates Shouldn’t Obsess Over How To Pay For Universal Health Care
Single-payer advocates from center to left are obsessed with figuring out how to fully pay for universal health care. Here's why that's bad politics and bad policy. The post Why Single-Payer Advocates Shouldn’t Obsess Over How To Pay For Universal Health Care appeared first on Shadowproof.
Protest Song Of Week: ‘Cloud Of Hate’ by Superchunk
“I hope you die scared of all the kids that know the truth.” That line from the recently released Superchunk song “Cloud of Hate” sounds like it was written specifically to soundtrack the past two weeks in national headlines. Indeed, the song could have been written about the emerging youth The post Protest Song Of Week: ‘Cloud Of Hate’ by Superchunk appeared first on Shadowproof.
Nothing Has Changed In Afghanistan
Image: A U.S. Marine with a Marine special operations team assists with security during a construction project for an Afghan Local Police (ALP) checkpoint in Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 30, 2013. Flickr / U.S. Department of Defense *Daniel DePetris, RCD*: *Things Are No Better in Afghanistan* On November 28, 2017, U.S. Commander Gen. John Nicholson delivered a remarkable briefing to the Pentagon press corps on the Trump administration’s new Afghanistan policy. The general was so upbeat about the progress that he witnessed on the battlefield that you could be forgiven for ... more »
Endgame Russia: NATO Sprawl Invades Eastern Europe, No More Illusions
[image: undefined] In the past, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) justified its militarization of large swaths of Eastern Europe by pointing to the omnipresent threat of terrorism, or some 'rogue' foreign state, inherently understood to be Iran. Today the mask has slipped and it is no longer denied that NATO's primary target is Russia. But first, a trip down nightmare lane. The road to ruin - at least as far as US-Russia relations were concerned - began immediately following the 9/11 terror attacks. Three months after that fateful day, in December 2001, George W. Bush i... more »
Citations Needed, Episode 28: The Asymptotic 'Two-State Solution' (Part I)
The idea that there exists an ongoing effort to achieve a “two-state solution” in Israel and Palestine - often referred to as The Middle East Peace Process™ - is uniformly taken for granted by American media. This "two-state solution" is always at different stages of viability, yet never quite works out. Presidents fail to achieve it; Palestinian violence makes it "more difficult"; Israeli
Eat 4 Earth 9-day seminar- sign up for free!
I’m so pleased to let all my Health Nuts know that beginning March 10th, I’ll be part of the Eat 4 Earth 9-day seminar and you can all sign up for FREE! You will not want to miss this seminar as 35+ Visionary Experts Reveal the Exciting TRUTH that Empowers You to Heal Your Body, and the Planet … Trust
Associate editors, editorial board resign from architecture journal in protest
The editorial board of an architecture journal has resigned en masse after the publisher announced it plans to terminate the editor’s contract at the end of this year. In an open letter to publisher Taylor and Francis, the editorial board of Building Research and Information says the publisher’s decision is: deeply shocking and we … Continue reading Associate editors, editorial board resign from architecture journal in protest
TigerSwan's Propaganda for Dollars at Standing Rock, Part II
Militarized police attacked water protectors as a result of TigerSwan's propaganda, which is revealed in new articles. TigerSwan's Propaganda for Dollars at Standing Rock, Part II Article by Brenda Norrell Censored News TigerSwan's propaganda campaign for dollars -- including the so-called Billionaires Club and Rules for Radicals -- has been exposed in Part II of investigative reports by
FACT: America Purchased 21 Lethal Russian Mig-29 Fighters
*Paul Iddon* *Security, * Why? *Israeli pilots who tested out the aircraft were quite impressed. While different from the standard American-made jets they were accustomed to, they reported that the MiG-29 was easy to fly. Its computers for enabling landing if the pilot experienced difficulty were quite noteworthy. This is due to the fact that this system “stabilizes the jet in case the pilot is affected by vertigo disease, and loses his orientation in space,” IAF Magazine noted. “Such systems do not exist in western aircraft, counting on the pilot to handle such situations inde... more »
How the U.S. Assassinated the Japanese Admiral Who Planned the Pearl Harbor Attack
*Michael Peck* *Security, * Some sixty-eight years before U.S. special forces killed Osama bin Laden, America conducted an assassination of another kind. *But what’s really interesting is that compared with the controversy over today’s targeted assassinations, there was remarkably little fuss made over the decision to kill Yamamoto. The U.S. military treated it as a purely military matter that didn’t need civilian approval. Admiral Nimitz authorized the interception, and the orders were passed down the military chain of command. There was no presidential decision nor Justice Depa... more »
America Lost the Vietnam War for a Very Simple Reason. And Its Japan's Fault.
*Michael Peck* *Security, * In March of 1945, and just five months before surrendering to the Allies, Japan did something with profound consequences: it conquered Vietnam—and ultimately embroiled the United States in its first lost war. *Yet the question remains: what would have happened if Japan had never occupied French Indochina in 1940? The best answer is that Japan only accelerated a process that was probably inevitable. By 1939, European colonialism was already fraying, as independence movements like the Viet Minh and Gandhi in India sprang up. The two bigger questions are:... more »
The U.S. Military Needs GPS to Fight. That Needs to Change.
*Matt Sivacek* *Security, North America* Time to get back to the basics. Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), specifically satellite-based position, navigation and timing (PNT) constellations have been available for decades. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) started fielding the first GNSS, Global Positioning System (GPS), in 1973 to facilitate precision guidance for targeting and delivery of munitions. GPS has since moved well beyond military use, becoming a ubiquitous part of the global environment. Governments, people, economies, and infrastructures are all fully in... more »
The Navy's Super Hornet Is Getting Better at Killing Its Enemies
*Kris Osborn* *Security, North America* The Navy is integrating new targeting technologies for its latest Block III F/A-18 Super Hornet. The Navy is now integrating technologies for its latest Block III Super Hornet designed to bring a new generation of sensors, targeting systems, computer processing and electronic warfare weapons to the F/A-18 fighter jet. Given the rapid advance in sensors and long-range weapons now being matured by major US rivals such as Russia and China, Navy F/A-18 developers are planning a new Super Hornet variant equipped with advanced air-to-air and ai... more »
Iraq Might Purchase Russia's Most Powerful Air Defense System Ever
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, Middle East* The S-400 could be heading to Iraq. Iraq is considering the purchase of Russia’s potent S-400 air and missile defense system. However, there has been to firm decision in Baghdad to proceed with a purchase just yet. "There is no delegation in Moscow now to purchase S-400," Iraqi Ambassador to Russia Haidar Mansour Hadi told reporters according to the Russian TASS news agency. "When the Iraqi government decides to buy S-400, of course, this will be announced, and the issue will be discussed by the two countries.” However, Iraq is apparentl... more »
Sugar Recommendations are Based on ’60 Years of Industry Manipulation of Science’
*Anna Hunt* - This sugar industry-funded study shaped the overall discussion around heart disease.
Afghan President Ghani Offers Peace Talks With Taliban "Without Condition"
*BBC:* *Taliban offer: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani seeks talks* Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has offered peace talks "without preconditions" to the Taliban after 16 years of war. Speaking at a peace conference in Kabul, he proposed measures including a ceasefire and prisoner swaps. In return the Taliban would need to recognise the Afghan government and respect the rule of law. Previous peace talks offers have not stopped attacks by the Taliban, who have yet to respond to the offer. A Taliban spokesman told the BBC Afghan service they were waiting for reaction from their leade... more »
High Strangeness: A Phantom Hitchhiker in Argentina
*Source: PLANETA UFO and CronicaDate: 02.28.2018* *High Strangeness: A Phantom Hitchhiker in San José de la Esquina (Santa Fe, Argentina)* He drove a ghost to the cemetery in his pickup - this occurred in the locality of San José de la Esquina, Santa Fe. A local resident gave a young man a lift in the middle of the road, but the fellow vanished, leaving strange burn marks on the carpet. Pedro Peirone is a local resident who boards his vehicle every day to go to work. Driving along Route 92, he sometimes comes across students or workers who hitch a ride to reach their destination... more »
This Day In Iraqi History - Feb 28
1941 Mufti of Jerusalem Golden Square officers Rashid al-Gaylani had secret meeting Decided to remove PM Hashemi if he insisted on ending relations with Italy 1941 Golden Square officers decided to replace PM Hashemi with Gaylani if he would not change policy on Italy 1963 Mulla Mustafa Barzani said Kurds would go back to fighting government if didn’t commit to Kurdish autonomy 1972 Iraq Petroleum Company came to terms with Baghdad over nationalization including compensation 1981 Iran told Islamic Conference Org that it wanted Iraq found aggressor... more »
World News Briefs -- February 28, 2018
*Reuters:* *Syrian government ground forces attack Ghouta despite Russian truce plan* BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) - Syrian government forces launched a ground assault on the edge of the rebel-held eastern Ghouta enclave on Wednesday, seeking to gain territory despite a Russian plan for five-hour daily ceasefires, a war monitor and sources on both sides said. Hundreds of people have died in 11 days of bombing of the eastern Ghouta, a swathe of towns and farms outside Damascus that is the last major rebel-held area near the capital. The onslaught has been one of the fiercest of the civ... more »
Unit 2's Evil Halo
Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2, visible on the TEPCO 1 Cam, always has a cap of visible heat emanating from a particular location on the roof. The screenshots don't capture the streaming motion of the cap but you can see the blue-purple and green heat signature: In early February, TEPCO reported very high radiation levels around the external foundation of unit 2: Lethal radiation amounts still detected at crippled Fukushima plant 7yrs after disaster feb 3 2018 https://www.miragenews.com/lethal-radiation-amounts-still-detected-at-crippled-fukushima-plant-7yrs-after-disaster/ A remote-... more »
WATCH: Cops Taser Innocent Woman in a Wheelchair for Filming and None of Them Were Fired
[image: wheelchair] For filming the police an innocent disabled woman in a wheelchair was tasered, thrown to the ground, handcuffed, tasered again, and then wrongly arrested. The post WATCH: Cops Taser Innocent Woman in a Wheelchair for Filming and None of Them Were Fired appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
In 2017, The US Government “Lost” $2.2 Million—Every Single Minute
[image: trillion] In spite of taking in a record-breaking amount of taxes in 2017, the US government managed to lose a whopping $1.2 TRILLION dollars, or $2.2 million—every single minute of 2017. The post In 2017, The US Government “Lost” $2.2 Million—Every Single Minute appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
Military Enlists First Transgender Recruit While White House Ponders Policy
[image: military-enlists-first-transgender-recruit-while-white-house-ponders-policy] Last year, the White House announced it would reinstate the ban against transgender individuals serving in the military, but on Monday, the Pentagon confirmed that the first transgender recruit has signed up for military service.
Georgia Republicans Fight Back Against #BoycottNRA by Halting Airline Tax-cut Bill
[image: georgia-republicans-fight-back-against-boycottnra-by-halting-airline-tax-cut-bill] The mainstream media and the Left are unfairly blaming the National Rifle Association (NRA) for the February 14 Parkland, Florida shooting, and corporations are kowtowing to demands that they cut ties with the gun lobby group. Delta Airlines and United Airlines are two of those companies, both which just ended their NRA discount policies, and now Georgia Republicans are retaliating by pledging to kill the airline tax-cut bill.
Lesbians Sue Catholic Group for Foster-parent Snub
[image: lesbians-sue-catholic-group-for-foster-parent-snub] Two Texas lesbians are suing America’s Catholic bishops after they were denied as foster parents.
"The Reality Of Life..."
"Despite my firm convictions, I have been always a man who tries to face facts, and to accept the reality of life as new experience and new knowledge unfolds it. I have always kept an open mind, which is necessary to the flexibility that must go hand in hand with every form of intelligent search for truth." - Malcolm X
"Cognitive Dissonance And the Human Mind"
"Cognitive Dissonance And the Human Mind" by Dan Eden "When “Robbie” the robot was told to shoot a weapon at a man in the movie Forbidden Planet, his electronic brain sparked and short-circuited. His creator had programmed him to never harm a human and so the conflicting ideas paralyzed him. Human beings often are presented with opposing thoughts also, but our brains have developed a way of resolving these conflicts through a process call cognitive dissonance. We are taught, like “Robbie,” that killing is prohibited — but what about war? And many anti-abortionists support the deat... more »
"Why?"
"Is there an answer to the question of why bad things happen to good people? The response would be… to forgive the world for not being perfect, to forgive God for not making a better world, to reach out to the people around us, and to go on living despite it all, no longer asking why something happened, but asking how we will respond, what we intend to do now that it has happened." - Harold S. Kushner
HIDE BEHIND THE CHILDREN WELL: A second Yale graduate types the tale!
*WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2018Part 3—What Loesch actually said:* As several people have said, we live in an increasingly polarized, partisan time. With the rise of talk radio, "cable news" and the Internet, partisan polarization became a very big business. The dimwitted claims upon which it's based are shoved at us every minute. We liberals are very skilled at spotting the dumbness Over There—and yes, it exists in abundance. We're much less skilled at spotting the dumbness among our own. For one recent example, consider what Henry Grabar said. Grabar is five years out of college (... more »
Whether we call them refugees or migrants, they're coming - and they won't stop
Two recent articles have highlighted the reality of modern so-called " refugees" - in reality, most of them are economic migrants - who are flooding into the First World any way they can. Having lived and/or worked in some of the worst affected areas from which the migrants are coming, I think I can provide an informed perspective on them. First, New Republic focuses on the migrant flow through South America, and tells the story of several individuals. Here's a brief excerpt from a lengthy article. Today, more than 65 million people around the world have been forced from their ho... more »
Woman Tells Police Casino Mogul Steve Wynn Raped Her in ’70s
A woman told police she had a child with Wynn after he raped her, and another said she was forced to resign after she refused to have sex with him.
Florida Students Return to ‘Picture of Education in Fear’
Heavily armed police presence, designed to make the community feel secure, is also disturbing in itself, some students said.
Dick’s Cuts Off Sales of Assault-Style Rifles in Stores
Dick's Sporting Goods will immediately end sales of assault-style rifles at all of its stores and ban the sale of all guns to anyone under 21 years old.
Hope Hicks finally testifies before the House Intelligence Committee. Decides to pull a "Bannon."
Courtesy of WaPo: *Hope Hicks, one of President Trump’s closest aides and advisers, met Tuesday with House investigators probing Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. But she refused to answer any questions about events and conversations that occurred since Trump took office, according to a Republican lawmaker who was there during the proceedings. * *Emerging from the meeting with Hicks, panel member Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) said that “there are some questions that she’s not going to answer,” adding that Hicks was not willing to detail anything from the inauguration forwa... more »
IPCC Groupthink trumped science
“In 1988, thanks to their efforts, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) held its inaugural meeting. It was sold to the world as an impartial body of scientists but it was never any such thing. Right from the start … Continue reading →
Weird Winged Wonders: The Twilight World of Cryptid Creatures
*"Weird Winged Wonders: The Twilight World of Cryptid Creatures"* now available from *Global Communications*. Order your copy now at 1-732-602-3407 or visit *www.conspiracyjournal.com.* Excellent contributions from Timothy Green Beckley, Sean Casteel, Tim Swartz, Brad Steiger (The Master!), Allen Greenfield, Lon Strickler, Albert Rosales and Steve Ward. Oh, and yours truly. Inexplicata Podcasts covering items from UFO / paranormal history in Spain, Latin America and the Caribbean
To Defeat the Culture of Death, There Has To Be A Renaissance Movement
PDF: [image: PDF icon] 20180228-defeat-culture-death.pdf Helga Zepp-LaRouche today addressed the global strategic situation, and the national debate which the recent Florida school shooting has unleashed in the United States, in the following terms: "There are two developments which are making the oligarchy unhappy. One is that Chinese President Xi Jinping is going to stay beyond 2020, to make sure that the Belt and Road transformation of the world, and the development goals for China and the world in 2020, 2035 and 2050, move forward in the best possible way. And the second one i... more »
Different Thoughts
*Amazon-dot-com* I find it interesting that some of the books I've looked at on-line with the intent-to-buy are now less expensive in hard copy than they are on Kindle (buying electrons). How long before the pulp medium is dead completely? *Chinese Ambitions* This is a follow on to my comments about Chinese Kool-Aid from last Monday. China has a plan and it's a big plan. To suck the wealth through trade from Asia, Europe and Africa back to China. This vision of the Belt Road, backed by military expansion to protect their interests is viewed by the communist leadership in Beijing a... more »
Self-Inflicted Shamanism – Choosing the Path Least Traveled
*Gary ‘Z’ McGee* - You don’t choose the shamanic path; the shamanic path chooses you.
Arctic Alarmists Hit New Records Of Hysteria
By Paul Homewood The climate morons have hit new levels of hysteria about a day’s weather in the Arctic: From the Guardian: An alarming heatwave in the sunless winter Arctic is causing blizzards in Europe and forcing scientists to reconsider even their most pessimistic forecasts of climate change. Although it could yet prove […]
How British Media Publish Hoaxes on Syria
The Guardian has probably tried to cover a new provocative initiative concocted by the Syrian opposition and the White Helmets backed by the U.S. special services and their allies who seek to discredit the Assad government, Syria’s and Russia’s Air Forces. The post How British Media Publish Hoaxes on Syria appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- February 28, 2018
(Click on Image to Enlarge) *Haaretz:* *Israeli Satellite Images Reveal: Iran Builds Military Base Near Damascus* Fox News published the images showing a military base northeast of Syria's capital. According to the report, Iran's Al Quds force is operating the post. Iran has established a military base outside Syria's capital city of Damascus. Fox News published the Israeli satellite photos showing the base eight miles northwest of Damascus on Wednesday. The images reportedly show two warehouses storing missiles capable of hitting all of Israel. According to the report, members ... more »
Syrian Army’s official special forces division deploys to East Ghouta
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army’s official special forces division has deployed to the East Ghouta region of Damascus, a military source told Al-Masdar News today. According to the source, the Syrian Army’s 14th Division redeployed from the Sweida Governorate to the eastern axis of the East Ghouta. The 14th Division specializes […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Turkey slams US for distorting UN resolution on Syria
The US State Department’s recent statement accusing Turkey of violating the UNSC resolution on the Syrian truce by continuing its operation in Afrin undermines the essence of this resolution, the Turkish Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Hami Aksoy said on Wednesday. Reacting to Tuesday’s statement of US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert, who advised Ankara to “go back and […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Breaking: Syrian Army enters new town in East Ghouta
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:45 P.M.) – Minutes ago, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) entered the town of Al-Shifouniyah after a fierce battle with Jaysh Al-Islam in the eastern corridor of the East Ghouta region. Led by the Tiger Forces, the Syrian Arab Army was able to infiltrate Jaysh Al-Islam’s defenses this afternoon, following the resumption of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syria accuses US Coalition of massacring another 30 civilians in Deir Ezzor
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:30 P.M.) – At least 30 civilians were killed by the U.S. Coalition in the eastern countryside of the Deir Ezzor Governorate, today, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported. According to the SANA report, the U.S. Coalition massacred at least 30 civilians while bombing the Islamic State (ISIS) held town of Sha’fah […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
VIDEO: New Syrian faction declares resistance against USA occupation in Raqqa
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3:45: P.M.) – A newly-formed, pro-government faction in the Syrian northern city of Raqqa has just issued a statement declaring resistance against the American troops in the afflicted city. “We officially declare the formation of the popular resistance in Raqqa to prevent the American aggression from taking over any part of our beloved […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
HTS launches massive counter-offensive in northern Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:15 P.M.) – The jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham launched a massive counter-offensive in northern Syria, today, targeting several areas under the control of Jabhat Tahrir Souriya. Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham began their offensive by striking Jabhat Tahrir Souriya’s positions inside the northern countryside of the Idlib Governorate. According to pro-HTS media, their […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
YPG destroys FSA armored vehicle in northern Afrin: video
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:05 P.M.) – The Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units (YPG) destroyed an armored vehicle belonging to the Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the northern countryside of the Afrin region recently. According to the YPG’s official media wing, their forces targeted the FSA vehicle with an anti-tank missile as it was traveling through the Bulbul […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
North Korea shipped supplies to Syria to produce chemical weapons: UN
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:50 P.M.) North Korea shipped supplies to produce chemical weapons to the Syrian government on a number of occasions in the past year, the United Nations (U.N.) claimed, as reported by the New York Times. According to the UN report, North Korea sent acid-resistant tiles, valves, thermometers, and missile technicians to Syria. The […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Hariri meets with Saudi King in Riyadh for first time since resignation
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:30 P.M.) – Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri met with the King Salman of Saudi Arabia, today, marking his first visit in Riyadh since his short-lived resignation. According to Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA), King Salman and Hariri met at the former’s residency inside the the Al-Yamama Palace in Riyadh. The two leaders […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Breaking: Syrian envoy to UN says they have no chemical weapons
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) – The Syrian Envoy to the United Nations stated on Wednesday that their military forces could not have used chemical weapons, as they do not possess them. Syrian Ambassador to the U.N., Dr. Bashar Al-Ja’afari, slammed reports about the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government, adding that these […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
ISIS claims 13 Kurdish fighters killed in Deir Ezzor
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:45 P.M.) – The so-called Islamic State (ISIS) claimed their fighters carried out a successful counter-attack against the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the eastern countryside of the Deir Ezzor Governorate this week. According to the terrorist group’s official media wing, their forces killed 13 SDF fighters inside the town of Al-Sha’afah […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Russia doing its best to maintain humanitarian pauses in Eastern Ghouta – Kremlin
Russia does its most for the sake of maintaining humanitarian pauses in Eastern Ghouta in line with the UN Security Council’s resolution, but terrorist provocations continue, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the media on Wednesday. “In order to enforce the adopted UN Security Council resolution Russia has been doing its utmost to maintain humanitarian […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Turkish military sends reinforcements to Afrin for 2nd phase of Operation Olive Branch (photos)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:25 P.M.) – The Turkish military sent more reinforcements to the Afrin region in northwest Aleppo this week amid reports of their forces beginning the second phase of Operation Olive Branch. The reinforcements sent by the Turkish military consisted of armored vehicles, including tanks and ACPs that will be used in close quarter […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Balmy Weather At The Pole
Europe is experiencing a cold winter this year. But where we used to take cold weather for granted -- the North Pole -- something wierd is going on. Jonathan Watts reports that: The North Pole gets no sunlight until March, but an influx of warm air has pushed temperatures in Siberia up by as much as 35C above historical averages this month. Greenland has already experienced 61 hours above freezing in 2018—more than three times as any previous year. Seasoned observers have described what is happening as “crazy,” “weird,” and “simply shocking”. At the world’s most northerly land we... more »
Leadership 2018: The Non-Prediction
In previous NDP leadership campaigns at both the provincial and federal levels, I've compiled regular rankings and/or predictions among the candidates. Needless to say, I haven't done that for the ongoing Saskatchewan NDP leadership campaign - in part because a two-candidate race has left no need to consider down-ballot implications, but also in part due to the difficulty determining exactly where the race stands. And I'll take this opportunity to explain why I'll also hold off on any predictions about Saturday's result. In general, the issue isn't so much a race that's necessarily... more »
Journal investigating earlier work by author of discredited fish-microplastics paper
A biology journal is investigating concerns about a 2014 paper by a marine biologist who was found guilty of misconduct last year. In December, Uppsala University concluded that Oona Lönnstedt had “fabricated the results” of a controversial 2016 Science paper (now retracted), which examined the harms of human pollution on fish. (Lönnstedt’s supervisor Peter Eklöv … Continue reading Journal investigating earlier work by author of discredited fish-microplastics paper
ON GUNS, FOX GIVES UP
It would have been reasonable to expect Fox News to be leading the pro-NRA fight right now, but I'm looking at the news channel's websites and it appears that Fox has retreated to its happy place. Here's the front page at FoxNews.com right now: And here's the front page at Fox News Insider: Earlier this morning, it was this: The gun thing isn't working. The right is trying its usual mental health distraction, and many on the right are trying to build a new Benghazi out of law enforcement failures and missteps. ("Parkland Stand Down?" is the title of a video posted by the righ... more »
Why the Left Opposes Arming Teachers
*by Dennis Prager for TownHall* Why does the left oppose allowing a small number of highly trained teachers and other adults who work at schools to arm themselves? When asked, their response is consistent: “It’s a crazy idea.” And “We need fewer guns, not more guns.” A *New York Times* editorial offered the following argument against having any armed teachers: “Nationwide statistics on police shooting accuracy are not to be found. But if New York is typical, analyses show that its officers hit their targets only one-third of the time. And during gunfights, when the adrenaline is re... more »
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. - The Council of Canadians sets out the key numbers in the Libs' all-talk, no-action federal budget, while David Macdonald highlights its ultimate lack of ambition even when there's plenty of fiscal room to work with. David Reevely focuses on the grand total of zero dollars allocated to the headline issue of pharmacase. Angella MacEwen questions the framing of the budget as a meaningful step toward gender parity when it utterly ignores child care and other necessary steps toward equity. Jeremy Nuttall writes that the Libs are doing l... more »
WATCH: Cops Force Mentally Ill Woman to Strip Naked, Violently Attack and Pepper Spray Her
[image: mentally] Body Cam footage has been released that shows a police officer slamming a mentally ill naked woman to the ground, covering her face in pepper spray, and then ordering guards to delay medical relief in exchange for information. The post WATCH: Cops Force Mentally Ill Woman to Strip Naked, Violently Attack and Pepper Spray Her appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
Jared Kushner has had his security clearance withdrawn, say media
From The Guardian Jared Kushner has had his security clearance downgraded, according to reports on Tuesday, leaving the senior adviser and son-in-law to Donald Trump without direct access to top secret intelligence and sensitive documents that include the president’s daily brief. Kushner was notified of the downgrade in a memo on Friday, along with other […]
The US Census Bureau keeps confusing race and ethnicity
Nancy López, Director, Institute for the Study of "Race" & Social Justice, University of New Mexico (UNM); Associate Professor, Sociology, UNM, University of New Mexico at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 20 hours ago
The upcoming census, like many before it, will boil complex information on race, ethnicity and ancestry into just two questions. That leaves a lot of important information out of the data.
Nebraskans who support and oppose 'religious freedom' laws actually share many of the same values
Kelsy Burke, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 20 hours ago
More than 1,000 Nebraskans were asked about laws that protect business owners who refuse to serve gays or lesbians. People on either side of the issue made appeals to rights, freedom and capitalism.
International adoptions have dropped 72 percent since 2005 – here’s why
Irene Powell, Professor of Economics, Grinnell College at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 20 hours ago
In 2005, almost 46,000 children were adopted across borders. Ten years later, just 12,000 were. The foreign adoption system is imploding, potentially putting children's lives in danger.
Another Liberal-Created Failure
[image: another-liberal-created-failure] A liberal-created failure that goes entirely ignored is the left's harmful agenda for society's most vulnerable people — the mentally ill.
That's a big plane . . .
Stratolaunch, the hybrid aircraft made up of two new fuselages and wings, plus six engines from old Boeing 747's, is conducting taxi tests prior to its first flight later this year. It's enormous, designed to hang a satellite launch rocket from beneath its center wing, and lift it to 30-40,000 feet before dropping it, to get it through the thickest layers of atmosphere and give it a "head start" to orbit. The six-engine, 385-foot-wide aircraft, nicknamed Roc, is the world’s largest airplane as measured by wingspan. It’s designed to carry up rockets for high-altitude launches in mi... more »
NSA Chief says that Donald Trump STILL has not directed them to protect the country from the Russian cyber threat.
WATCH: NSA Director Rogers on Russian cyberattacks: "I believe that President Putin has clearly come to the conclusion there's little price to pay here, and that therefore I can continue this activity." pic.twitter.com/3c5gGLvrAS — NBC News (@NBCNews) February 27, 2018 Courtesy of CNN: *US Cyber Command chief Adm. Mike Rogers told lawmakers on Tuesday that he has not been granted the authority by President Donald Trump to disrupt Russian election hacking operations where they originate. * *Asked by Democratic Sen. Jack Reed if he has been directed by the President, through the d... more »
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