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Midnight Meme Of The Day!
*by Noah* A few days ago, Trump The Treason Puppet tweeted out the above photoshopped picture of himself awarding a Medal Of Honor to the military canine who helped our soldiers chase down the newly deceased leader of ISIS. Unlike, Trump, the dog reported for duty, having made no false claims about having bone spurs. The hero dog was wounded while performing his job but is reportedly recovering. I suppose that means that FOX "News" and the rest of the Republican Party will soon be calling the dog a spy. Below, we at *DWT* are proud to present an unaltered photo of a recent secret... more »
"Things Are Only Going To Get Weirder"
*"Things Are Only Going To Get Weirder"* by Caitlin Johnstone "Things are getting stranger and stranger. If you would have told someone ten years ago that Dennis Rodman would one day be helping to negotiate peace between North Korea and President Donald Trump, they would have assumed you were describing some weird movie cooked up in the mind of Mike Judge or the South Park guys. But in this timeline it’s an actual news story. Everything about the last few years has been weird. The mass media’s behavior has been weird, Russiagate was weird, Ukrainegate is weird, a former presidenti... more »
Max Keiser: China Secretly Hoarding Gold and Will Unleash Crypto Backed by Metal and Destroy USD
Kitco NEWS China’s big move for the 21st century is to pull a “trap door” on the U.S. by launching a gold-backed crypto currency that will devalue the U.S. dollar to “zero,” this according to Max Keiser, host of the Keiser Report. “[China] is rolling out a cryptocurrency, a lot of the details have not …
Trump-Ukraine Whistleblower Suddenly Won’t Testify; Lawyers Break Off Negotiations Amid New Revelations
Trump-Ukraine Whistleblower Suddenly Won’t Testify; Lawyers Break Off Negotiations Amid New Revelations by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ A CIA officer who filed a second-hand whistleblower complaint against President Trump has gotten cold feet about testifying after revelations emerged that he worked with Joe Biden, former CIA Director John Brennan, and a DNC operative who sought dirt …
US Smuggles Crude Worth $30mn per Month from Occupied Syrian Oil Fields, Violating Its Own Sanctions – Russian Foreign Ministry
US Smuggles Crude Worth $30mn per Month from Occupied Syrian Oil Fields, Violating Its Own Sanctions – Russian Foreign Ministry by https://www.rt.com/ A supposed champion of the rule of law, the US is violating its own anti-Syrian sanctions by smuggling crude from oil fields it seized from Damascus, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has …
Hitler's Car: The Volkswagen Beetle's Crazy Role In World War II
*Warfare History Network, Albert Mroz* *Economics, Europe* [image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Beetle#/media/File:Porsche_typ12.jpg] Adolf Hitler was a primary designer of the Volkswagen. *Key Point:* The Volkswagen played a small but suprisingly crucial role in the German war effort. The Volkswagen, or “People’s Car,” that so many millions have known for more than half a century had its genesis in Nazi Germany. Dr. Ferdinand Porsche, who designed the Volkswagen, had to share the concept with none other than Adolf Hitler. And though the Volkswagen may have first bee... more »
Can U.S. Submarines Beat Russian or Chinese Subs? This 1 Thing Could Help.
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Asia* [image: https://pictures.reuters.com/archive/USA-TRUMP-SCIENCE-RC1287D3BC20.html] Undersea GPS technology could give American subs a cutting edge over their foreign competitors. *Key Point:* Just as the United States has increased its use of drones in the air, new undersea GPS technology will allow the Navy to use unmanned submarine drones to expand capabilities. The Pentagon’s research entity and BAE Systems are working together to develop a next-generation undersea drone communications technology to help identify mines, find enemy submarines an... more »
What Would Happen If the Navy SEALs Fought Iran's Special Forces?
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Middle East* [image: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/5774551/military-dive-operations] We have some idea of who would win. *Key point: *Iran's best would still put up a fight. On July 21, 1987, a gigantic 414,000-ton supertanker entered the Persian Gulf with an unusually prominent escort—a U.S. Navy missile cruiser and three frigates. The narrow straits of the Persian Gulf had become a shooting gallery due to the Iran-Iraq War, still raging seven years after Iraq’s surprise invasion of Iran in 1980. As Iran counterattacked into Iraqi territory, Bagh... more »
The train from Moscow to the Donbass & back
*Global Network Board of Advisers member Leonid Ilderkin escorted me from Moscow on the 24-hour night train to the Russian border with the Donbass and back. Here are a few of my observations from the ride.* - Each sleeper compartment has four beds – two on the bottom and two on top. A small table sits between the beds by the window. - Each coach on the train has 1-2 staff who provide sheets, pillows, blankets, and towels. They keep the toilets cleaned and vacuum the hallway and the compartments along the journey. - The staff provides tea cups and spoons at ... more »
Tweets For Today
#UPDATE Fifty-three soldiers are killed in a "terrorist attack" on a Mali military post in the northeast of the country, one of the deadliest strikes against Mali's military in recent Islamist militant violence https://t.co/I8ul72tVcM — AFP news agency (@AFP) November 2, 2019 Demonstrators converged on Algiers in the thousands for a massive anti-government rally called to coincide with official celebrations of the anniversary of the war that won Algeria's independence from France https://t.co/MShjaoF4Ko — AFP news agency (@AFP) November 1, 2019 WATCH: The moment the Iron Dome ... more »
Quiet sun sets new record for spotless days – Evidence of SC-25
Reblogged from Watts Up With That Anthony Watts / 5 hours ago November 1, 2019 As of November 1st, the current stretch of days without any observable sunspots in solar cycle 24 has reached a total of 228 spotless days in… Continue reading →
Islamist Militants Attack Mali Military Post Killing 53 Soldiers
Mali's army has been struggling in the face of a jihadist revolt that has spread from the arid north to its centre, an ethnically mixed and volatile region (AFP Photo/Souleymane Ag Anara) *AFP:* *Attack on Mali military post kills 53 soldiers* Bamako (AFP) - Fifty-three soldiers were killed Friday in a "terrorist attack" on a Mali military post in the northeast of the country, the government said. The assault is one of the deadliest strikes against Mali's military in recent Islamist militant violence. A civilian was also killed at the outpost in Indelimane, in the Menaka region, ... more »
YOUR SATURDAY CARTOONS:BAGHDADI BONUS:NOV 2, 2019
Boston, 1860 Better than meat they say? The ancestors of today's dragonflies. The size of life forms at the time was due to the quality of air on the planet at the time. Totally contradicting the carbon imprint dialectic. But what do I know? Truly a disturbing family photograph. Pedophilia anyone? Roast beef Sundae. I have always used glass unless, once plastic was in use, th... more »
Musical Interlude: Sonny Black, "Heart and Soul - Blues Walkin' By My Side"
Sonny Black, "Heart and Soul - Blues Walkin' By My Side"
Australian Daily Wind Power Generation Data – Friday 1st November 2019
By Anton Lang ~ This Post details the daily wind power generation data for the AEMO coverage area in Australia. For the background information, refer to the Introductory Post at this link. Each image is shown here at a smaller size to fit on the page alongside the data for that day. If you click […]
New Zealand Police Move from the Carrot to the Stick
SB is the Editor of The BFD a New Zealand based, Brash, Focused and Dedicated site for news, views and social commentary on issues locally and around the world, that matter to you. Excuse me one minute while I adjust my tinfoil hat but I don’t like one little bit where the whole “Gun-Buyback” is taking us. Which […]
Left Fears Twitter’s Ad Ban Will Remove ‘Climate Change’ Ads
By Corinne Weaver ~ The left only wants free speech for their side, but no one else. In a piece published on Medium, former Slate technology writer Will Oremus warned that Twitter’s decision to ban ads will hurt liberal causes. He wrote, “banning political ads is not as straightforward, nor as obviously correct, as those […]
Schumer Force-Feeding Electric Cars
From the team at CFACT ~ Electric vehicles are the wave of the future, we’re told. Now, the U.S. Senate Minority Leader, Chuck Schumer, is the latest prominent politician to propose a new boatload of taxpayer money to make sure, and move up the future by several decades. Make that an Aircraft-Carrier-load of taxpayer money. […]
Nation’s Report Card Shows Why We Should Get Washington Out Of Education
By Lindsey Burke ~ Across the country, math and reading scores have continued a yearslong stagnation, with students largely showing no progress in academic achievement. That’s one major takeaway from the 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress, released earlier this week by the National Assessment Governing Board. Often referred to as the Nation’s Report Card, […]
Salmonella sickens almost 200 in Poland
Mostly children are part of a Salmonella outbreak in Poland that has affected almost 200 people. The total number ill is 192, including 158 children and 34 nursery school employees. Ten children are still in The hospital out of 22 people who had to be admitted. The nursey school, identified as Kindergarten Number 3, has... Continue Reading
November 2nd – 2019 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #1017
In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and … Continue reading →
Saturday November 2nd – Open Thread
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those … Continue reading →
Picture Of The Day
A demonstrator runs away from a water cannon during a protest against Chile's government in Santiago, Chile October 30, 2019. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza *WNU Editor:* The above picture came from this photo-gallery .... *Raging street protests grip Chile* (Reuters).
Why Massachusetts Cannot Ban Assault Rifles
*Ilya Shapiro, James Knight* *Politics, Americas* [image: https://image.sportsmansguide.com/adimgs/l/7/706621m2_ts.jpg] Meet the U.S. Constitution. *Key point:* Boston’s efforts to stop the ownership of certain weapons will likely be headed to the Supreme Court. Massachusetts law currently prohibits ownership of “assault weapons,” the statutory definition of which includes the most popular semi-automatic rifles in the country, as well as “copies or duplicates” of any such weapons. As for what that means, your guess is as good as ours. A group of plaintiffs, including two firearm... more »
Low-Yield Nuclear Weapons Won’t End the World
*Adam Lowther, Peter Huessy* *Security, * A recent video by Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security, Plan A, suggests that the use of one low-yield non-strategic nuclear weapon, in a NATO-Russia conflict, would lead to the large scale use of strategic nuclear weapons and the death of more than 90 million people. While the video’s makers deserve credit for its production quality and very ominous background music, the scenario they offer, while always possible, is highly unlikely. A recent video by Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Securit... more »
China Thinks a Nuclear Submarine Can Sink Half of An Aircraft Carrier Battle Group
*Lyle J. Goldstein* *Security, Asia* [image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_carrier#/media/File:Fleet_5_nations.jpg] Beijing is trying to find out how to sink U.S. aircraft carriers. France might know how to stop them. *Key Point:* Nuclear submarines could be a real threat for the U.S. Pacific fleet. Early in 2015, a curious and disturbing report surfaced briefly and then disappeared—almost without a trace. The report, apparently published and then quickly retracted, had been posted by the French Ministry of Defense and concerned the successful operations of the French ... more »
Oil has been washing up along 2,100 kilometres of Brazilian coastline for months. We finally know why
Just In - 23 hours ago
Authorities are describing the spill as one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters, in the wake of oil washing ashore on some 2,100 kilometres of the country's coastline for two months without explanation.
Hotham Handicap win gives Downdraft last spot in the Melbourne Cup
Just In - 23 hours ago
Another international raider grabs the last automatic spot in the Melbourne Cup, with the Joseph O'Brien-trained Downdraft earning his spot with a win in the Hotham Handicap on Derby Day.
Britain bans fracking due to earthquake fears
Just In - 23 hours ago
The British Government is imposing an immediate moratorium on fracking, saying the industry risks causing too much disruption to local communities after a magnitude-2.9 tremor shook houses near a mining operation in August.
Man shot dead by police after allegedly threatening them with an axe
Just In - 23 hours ago
NSW Police officers were called to a house in Erina last night in response to a domestic dispute between neighbours and said they found flames coming from the window.
Musical Interlude: Pink Floyd, "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"
Pink Floyd, "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" A fantastic journey through Scotland...
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Far beyond the local group of galaxies lies NGC 3621, some 22 million light-years away. Found in the multi-headed southern constellation Hydra, the winding spiral arms of this gorgeous island universe are loaded with luminous young star clusters and dark dust lanes. *Click image for larger size.* Still, for earthbound astronomers NGC 3621 is not just another pretty face-on spiral galaxy. Some of its brighter stars have been used as standard candles to establish important estimates of extragalactic distances and the scale of the Universe. This beautiful image of NGC 3621 traces the ... more »
"Night..."
“Night, the beloved. Night, when words fade and things come alive. When the destructive analysis of day is done, and all that is truly important becomes whole and sound again. When man reassembles his fragmentary self and grows with the calm of a tree.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Thomas Centolella, "Splendor"
*"Splendor"* "One day it's the clouds, one day the mountains. One day the latest bloom of roses- the pure monochromes, the dazzling hybrids- inspiration for the cathedral's round windows. Every now and then there's the splendor of thought: the singular idea and its brilliant retinue- words, cadence, point of view, little gold arrows flitting between the lines. And too the splendor of no thought at all: hands lying calmly in the lap, or swinging a six iron with effortless tempo. More often than not splendor is the star we orbit without a second thought, especially as it arrives and d... more »
Eurozone Blames The Current Trade War For Slowing Its Economy
*The Guardian*: *US trade war with China takes its toll on eurozone economy* *Annual growth rate for 19-nation bloc continues steady slowdown* Fresh evidence of the impact of global trade wars on the eurozone has emerged with official figures revealing growth in the 19-nation single currency bloc was 0.2% in the three months to September. Data from the EU’s statistical agency, Eurostat, showed activity expanded by 0.2% in the latest quarter – unchanged on the three months to June. Eurozone growth was slightly stronger than financial markets had been expecting, suggesting Germany, E... more »
Navigating The Media Maelstrom-- How Our Hyper-Connected Age Is Destroying Attention Spans, Eroding Critical-Thinking & Tearing Us Apart
*-by David DeGraw* The multi-tabbed, multi-screen, multi-channeled, multi-media prism through which we currently experience the world is already wreaking havoc with our ability to think clearly. The constant competition between signals clawing for attention erodes our ‘working memory’-- the neural architecture associated with our capacity for controlled attention and complex reasoning. Increasingly we interact with information through stimulus-driven attention; the unthinking animal response. Any mashup of dubious stats, images, half-truths and hyperbole can be arranged in a way... more »
U.S. Opens National Security Investigation Into Chinese-Owned App TikTok
Last month I asked @USTreasury to conduct a CFIUS review of @tiktok_us. Because any platform owned by a company in #China which collects massive amounts of data on Americans is a potential serious threat to our country. https://t.co/iCvizN8Vhf — Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 1, 2019 *CNBC/Reuters*:* US opens national security investigation into TikTok* * The U.S. government will investigate Beijing-based TikTok owner ByteDance’s acquisition of social media app Musical.ly. * TikTok has been growing more popular among U.S. teenagers at a time of growing tensions between the U.... more »
Google data centers at Taiwan, Singapore; world news
The exterior of Google’s first data center in Taiwan, one of the largest of its kind in Asia. Photo: Handout 11-1-19 * Google* will plow NT$26 billion (US$850.5 million) into the island’s bourgeoning data center sector after deciding to build a second storage hub there. The move will ramp up its business on the island and boost services for Hong Kong and mainland China….Google is also running two data centers in Singapore under the auspices of the city-state, where its Asia-Pacific headquarters are also located. https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/11/article/google-to-build-2nd-dat... more »
Israeli Soldier Handed One Month Community Service for Killing of Gaza Teenager
Israeli Soldier Handed One Month Community Service for Killing of Gaza Teenager by Bel Trew Jerusalem, https://www.independent.co.uk/ Unnamed soldier is first to be sentenced in Israeli military probe into Gaza killings – An Israeli soldier who shot dead a Palestinian minor in Gaza has been sentenced to a month of military community service and demoted …
US Ignited Unrest in Iraq to Wrest Control of Country: Commentator
Press TV Political commentator Seyyed Mohsin Abbas says the US and its allies have sparked unrest in Iraq to wrest control of the country. end
Israel Hits Positions in Northern Gaza Strip
Press TV Israeli forces have launched attacks against several targets in the northern Gaza Strip. Israel said it targeted positions belonging to Hamas in response to an earlier attack from the Palestinian resistance group. Our correspondent Ashraf Shannon tells us more about the incident. end
Iraq & Lebanon Blowing Up — Why?
RT America Deadly mass protests in Lebanon and Iraq have led to the resignation of their prime ministers. Protesters were decrying austerity measures and new taxes on already-expensive goods and services. Are we in the midst of a new Arab Spring? RT America’s Michele Greenstein joins Rick Sanchez with the details. She points out the …
Trump Impeachment is Elite’s ‘Soft Coup’ – Ed Martin
RT America Several polls show more people are in favor of than against a public impeachment inquiry into US President Donald Trump’s alleged Russia connections. The US House of Representatives approved the probe by a margin of 232 to 196. Eagle Forum President Ed Martin discusses. end
CIA-Backed ‘Death Squads’ in Afghanistan ‘Commit Atrocities’ – HRW
RT With aid and training from the CIA, Afghan paramilitary forces have carried out a spree of war crimes and other “grave” abuses against civilians – including torture and executions – an investigation by Human Rights Watch found. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/a4gn end
Debunking Some of the Ukraine Scandal Myths about Biden and Election Interference
Debunking Some of the Ukraine Scandal Myths about Biden and Election Interference by John Solomon, https://johnsolomonreports.com/ There is a long way to go in the impeachment process, and there are some very important issues still to be resolved. But as the process marches on, a growing number of myths and falsehoods are being spread by …
Victims of China’s Electromagnetic Mind Control Technology Provide Testimonies, Seek Help
Victims of China’s Electromagnetic Mind Control Technology Provide Testimonies, Seek Help by OLIVIA LI, EPOCH TIMES, https://www.theepochtimes.com/ Thousands of Chinese citizens claim that they are victims of electromagnetic (EM) mind control technology, a high-tech attack which uses EM waves to penetrate the brain in order to alter and influence a person’s mind, thoughts, emotions, and …
‘Americans Will RESPAWN Al-Baghdadi’: Assad Casts Doubt on ISIS Leader’s Death, Draws Parallels with Bin Laden’s Killing
‘Americans Will RESPAWN Al-Baghdadi’: Assad Casts Doubt on ISIS Leader’s Death, Draws Parallels with Bin Laden’s Killing by https://www.rt.com/ Take any words from US politicians with a grain of salt, Syria’s Bashar Assad has urged, as he cast doubt on the story of the Islamic State leader being killed in US a raid, and compared …
CIA-Backed Afghan Militias Kill with Impunity, Rights Group Says
CIA-Backed Afghan Militias Kill with Impunity, Rights Group Says by AFP/ec, via https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news KABUL: CIA-backed Afghan paramilitary groups operating with impunity are summarily executing civilians during botched nighttime raids and are responsible for the disappearances of suspects, a rights group said on Thursday (Oct 31). – The secretive militias, whose support from America’s Central Intelligence …
Michael Flynn Case Unravels. US-UK Deep State Entrapment Plan Exposed
The Duran The Duran Quick Take: Episode 354. The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss how the FBI entrapped Michael Flynn with manipulated evidence and edited FBI 302 forms, as revealed in court documents submitted by Flynn’s attorney Sidney Powell. SEE: Sidney Powell Drops Bombshell Showing How The FBI Trapped Michael Flynn https://thefederalist.com/2019/10/25/… …
ALERT: Deutsche Bank Misses Again as Bank Bailouts Continue to Climb!! (Bix Weir)
RoadtoRoota Nothing has slowed down in the world of bank failures and bank bailouts! They have only gotten worse so here’s the latest… end
A Potential War Scenario Map In Eastern Europe
*Jacek Bartosiak, RCD/Geopolitical Futures*:* The Potential War Map of Eastern Europe* Last week, I gave a birds-eye view of how Russian military policy and NATO’s Eastern European military policy shape each other. This week, I’d like to home in on the areas in which those policies would converge, starting with the Suwalki Gap. *The Suwalki Gap* The frequently cited Suwalki Gap is the only communication route connecting Poland – the operational base of NATO and the U.S. – to the Baltic states, which abut Russia and thus are vulnerable to Moscow’s military advances. This narrow ... more »
Britain's GCHQ Celebrate 100 Years
*Daily Mail:* *A century of protecting Britain: How GCHQ has evolved from a naval intelligence office in Whitehall to a world-beating surveillance operation* * GCHQ was founded on November 1, 1919 when the government combined two rival intelligence bodies * The Admiralty's Room 40 and the War Office's MI1(b) were merged in the Government Code & Cypher School * The Queen has been receiving GCHQ intelligence briefings for longer than anyone else in the world * The organisation was not publicly acknowledged until 1983 when the government admitted its existence Rapid changes in tec... more »
Awaken
Can you sink below the burbling headnoise and feel your flesh singing the sacred syllable? Can you look inward with your original mind and coo to the nest of angel eggs in your chest? Can you turn your back on the neck-craning gossipers, on the […]
Scientific American: Human Ancestors Were Nearly All Vegetarians
There are many experts in the fields of anthropology, biology and all other sciences who have been creating awareness about the fact that ancient humans were not big meat eaters as they’ve been portrayed to be by mainstream education. This begs the question, where did this idea come from? Sure, sharp stone tools and canines […] The post Scientific American: Human Ancestors Were Nearly All Vegetarians appeared first on Health Nut News.
Interstellar comet #Borisov may be carrying water from outside our solar system.
https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614656/interstellar-comet-borisov-may-be-carrying-water-from-outside-our-solar-system/ Advertisements
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