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Midnight Meme Of The Day!
*by Noah* Nothing beats enjoying your work! Mike Pence has always shown that he'll do just about anything to please his boss, not just out of adulation but also in hopes of one day succeeding him. Tough shit, Mike. Trump plans that position for his daughter and blood is thicker than water.
Qanon has Surfaced.
Rig for Red. Just to let all know that the Q feed has now lit up. These are Mil Intell drops usually cryptic. It was off for 93 days also presaged as well. So likely planned.
“How To Trick Your Brain Into Falling Asleep”
*“How To Trick Your Brain Into Falling Asleep”* by Jim Donovan, TEDxYoungstown "Jim Donovan M.Ed. is a professional musician, Assistant Professor at Saint Francis University and TEDx speaker. His mission is to share the healing power of music through education and performance. He specializes in placing music and wellness programs in organizations who focus on people with disabilities and people recovering from addiction. Donovan performs with his band Sun King Warriors and was a founding member of the 3-time platinum band Rusted Root. There he co-wrote the song “Send Me on My Way”... more »
Chile Is Burning, Yet No One Knows How to Put Out the Fires
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Social unrest in Chile exploded on October 18th, a date that will be remembered in the country's history. It first broke out in the form of student protests against an increase in Santiago's subway fares, with crowds jumping the turnstiles without paying. Second, violence erupted: in only a few hours, […] The post Chile Is Burning, Yet No One Knows How to Put Out the Fires appeared first on The Rio Times.
A Look At How AI And The Militarization Of Tech Has Evolved Since The First Terminator Movie
Gabriel Luna as the Rev 9: Ectoskeleton and Endoskeleton star in "TERMINATOR: DARK FATE."Paramount Pictures *NBC:** 'Terminator' at 35: How AI and the militarization of tech has evolved* *Scientists scoff at the idea that AI poses an existential threat, but military applications of the technology pose concern.* "Terminator: Dark Fate," the sixth installment in the long-running science-fiction franchise, opens Friday and posits a world in which a self-aware computer builds an army of killer robots it then uses in an attempt to wipe humanity off the face of the Earth. It's the same... more »
EU says Salmonella issues in poultry from Thailand unresolved
The problem of Salmonella contaminated poultry meat from Thailand detected at the European border is likely to continue, according to a report. DG Sante, the European Commission’s unit for policy on food safety and health, visited Thailand to assess the control system for poultry products intended for export to Europe. Thailand and Brazil are the... Continue Reading
USDA issues warning about misbranded pork sausages
A routine inspection uncovered improper labeling on sausages, spurring the USDA to issue a public warning. The warning from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said a recall was not initiated for the 77 pounds of sausage “because it is believed that (the) products are no longer available for consumers... Continue Reading
Import actions include seafood, herbal tea, vegetable protein
The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed. Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below. Click on the links to view the full alerts. Import Alert Desc Text... Continue Reading
Russia Has Big Plans to Expand Its Influence in Africa
*Stratfor Worldview* *Security, Africa* [image: https://pictures.reuters.com/archive/RUSSIA-NAVY-PARADE-RC170918BB00.html] What is Moscow up to? *Key point: *Moscow wants to grow its trade and military ties to Africa as Beijing does the same. Editor's Note: Leaders from across Africa have gathered in Sochi, Russia, for the initial Russia-Africa Summit, in which Moscow seeks to expand its security and economic ties with a range of countries on the continent. Russia sees Africa as a key part of its effort to diversify its global diplomatic and security relations as Western pressu... more »
Russia's Military Has Not Addressed Its Ammunition Problem
*Charlie Gao* *Security, * How much of a hazard? *Key point: *Ammo quality greatly affects weapon performance and lethality. Russian infantry weapons have a reputation for reliability. The AK and PKM are renowned for enduring through adverse conditions, powered by their powerful long-stroke piston actions. However, a recent report by warhead.su suggests that when these weapons do fail in Russian service, the problem is often not in their design, but rather in the Russian ammunition they fire. This is not a new phenomenon. Russian imported ammunition to the United States has alwa... more »
Can't Afford that Shiny F-35? Maybe Pakistan's JF-17 Can Do the Job.
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * A cheaper, but capable, alternative. *Key point*: Stealth is key in modern warfare. In the 2019 Paris Air Show, Pakistan its lightweight JF-17 Thunder jet fighter it began building a decade ago in conjunction with China. You can see the seven-ton fighter performing maneuvers in this video. Just a few months earlier, Pakistan dispatched what it claimed to be twenty-five JF-17s to launch a lightning strike across the Line of Control on targets in Kashmir, in retaliation for an Indian air raid on a JeM terrorist training camp. The PAF claimed its JF... more »
Why Did Isaac Newton Lose His Shirt in Financial Speculation? Author Alex Pollock Explains.
Trying to predict the financial future is a fool’s errand, even for a genius.
Climate change will cost much less than we think
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? From CFACT: ? A pair of notorious and discredited climate alarmists published an editorial last week in the New York Times titled, “Climate Change Will Cost Us Much More Than We Think.” (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/23/opinion/climate-change-costs.html) The article by Naomi Oreskes and Nicholas Stern…
Tweets For Today
Pakistan's embassy in Kabul said Sunday it was indefinitely closing its consular office in the Afghan capital due to security reasons, amid mounting tensions between the neighbouring countries https://t.co/9z4PvhADrh — AFP news agency (@AFP) November 4, 2019 #IraqProtests: Protesters set Iranian consulate in Karbala, Iraq on fire as countrywide unrest continues. #IraqiProtests #IraqRevolution @TheWarMonitor @sfrantzman @HeshmatAlavi @Mansourtalk pic.twitter.com/pmEkAtUT0e — intelfeedia (@intelfeedia) November 4, 2019 Our photographer @LamYikFei grew up in Hong Kong and has docum... more »
Public Pension Funds Criticized for Profiting From Private Equity’s “Surprise Billing” Abuse
Surprise billing is such a widespread abuse that it is managing to bring private equity chicanery and public pension funds' tacit support of it to long-overdue public attention.
Wise words against outrage culture: Obama's!?
A few days ago, Barack Obama was giving a talk at the Obama Foundation Summit and listen for a minute what he had to say: This idea of purity and you’re never compromised and you’re always politically ‘woke’ and all that stuff. You should get over that quickly. The world is messy. There are ambiguities. People who do really good stuff have flaws. People who you are fighting may love their kids. And share certain things with you. And one danger that I see, especially on the college campus (we talked about this, someone goes to school with my daughter – Obama's rhetorical organs were ... more »
Why Is Washington Ignoring The US Navy's Acknowledgement Of UFOs?
An unidentified flying object, as seen in a recently declassified Department of Defense video. (DoD screenshot) *Christopher Mellon, The Hill:* *The Navy acknowledges UFOs — so why aren't they on Washington's radar?* In what could be a precursor to further stunning developments, the U.S. Navy has publicly acknowledged that the advanced aircraft depicted in several recently declassified gun-camera videos are UFOs, or what the Navy prefers to call “Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon” (UAPs). “The Navy designates the objects contained in these videos as unidentified aerial phenomena,” ac... more »
Is the Arizona Human Trafficking Council Preventing Child Trafficking, or Facilitating it?
Episode 5 of The Medical Kidnap Show aired on KFNX Talk Radio 1100 out of Phoenix on Sunday night, November 3, 2019. Our guest for this show was Lori Ford, the head of the DCS Oversight Group, which is a group of volunteers who attend meetings regarding Department of Children Services issues in Arizona. The group also has "court watchers" who attend Dependency Court hearings as parent advocates and to observe how these parents are being treated in Dependency Court. When asked why the members of the group provided their services to families and others free of charge, she replied: "T... more »
Federal lab known for security failures loses enough opioids to kill 1,750 people
A government-owned nuclear laboratory long plagued by scandals and security breaches is in trouble again for recklessly managing controlled substances, including enough opioids to kill more than 1,700 people. Other illicit narcotics mishandled by the taxpayer-funded compound’s staff include morphine,
Obama official was in contact with Russian Embassy a month prior to Trump inauguration
Documents also reveal State Department officials continued use of unsecure BlackBerrys to transmit classified material long after Clinton email scandal revelations Judicial Watch released eight pages of State Department documents this week revealing that on December 23, 2016, 28 days before the
Nikki Haley honored by AEI with the 2019 Irving Kristol Award
Former Governor of South Carolina and United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley was honored by the American Enterprise Institute last week, naming her the recipient of the 2019 Irving Kristol Award. She delivered charming and, at times,
ESTELLE: With or without Baghdadi, Salafi-jihadis are winning the governance game
BY EMILY ESTELLE The Islamic State just named the successor to its late leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi — Abu Ibrahim al Hashimi al Qurayshi. The US military and intelligence community is doubtlessly already working to find and eliminate this latest terror
BARFIELD: Watch Germany on Huawei and 5G
BY CLAUDE BARFIELD Europe is at the center of a worldwide debate and conflict over the role of Chinese telecom giant Huawei in the emergence of 5G technology. Within Europe, Germany occupies the most significant decision-making focal point. Germany has
Australian Daily Wind Power Generation Data – Sunday 3rd November 2019 – Plus Weekly Update
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 […]
NY Times’ 10-Page Attack On Trump Twitter’s Racist, Conspiratorial, Anti Media-Madness
By Clay Waters ~ President Trump’s dangerous Twitter. That was the paper’s overriding obsession in Sunday’s edition. The enormous story launched on the top half of the front page and jumped to a special 10-page section, “The Twitter Presidency.” The timing is apt, considering the paper is pressuring Twitter to be better than Facebook and […]
Oil Shocks Are History
By Dr. Jay Lehr ~ On September 14, 2019 explosive drones took out one of Saudi Arabia’s major oil refineries which accounted for nearly 6% of the world’s oil supplies (5.7 million barrels a day). Standard media hysteria and public concern arose with the belief that Americans would soon see $4.00 a gallon gasoline all […]
Trump’s EPA Rolling Back Obama-Era Anti-Coal Regulation
By Fred Lucas ~ The Environmental Protection Agency will propose easing rules on disposal of coal ash, the residue from burning coal, to make it less likely the federal government would shutter a coal-fired utility plant, in an announcement set for Monday. The move is part of what has been a larger deregulation push by […]
Witness tells disability royal commission her child was humiliated by primary school teachers
Witness AAA tells the disability royal commission her daughter was "screamed at" by teachers in Year 1, not given access to the curriculum and did not receive permission forms for excursions and other activities.
Alleged murderer of home invader 'annoyed, but not a killer', court told
The New South Wales Supreme Court has heard a man accused of killing a knife-wielding intruder was annoyed but had no intention of killing the man after a chase and struggle.
This Adelaide lawyer wrote the handbook for trust accounts — and then stole from deceased estates
An Adelaide lawyer who authored the South Australian Law Society's trust account handbook "abused" his knowledge to steal $850,000 from two deceased estates and fabricate documents to cover his tracks, a court has heard.
Tennis Australia board stopped from seeing better offers for Australian Open broadcast rights, court hears
A court hears Harold Mitchell was "pushing" for Tennis Australia to sign a contract for the broadcast rights of the Australian Open with Channel 7 when he was the sports body's director in 2013.
Ride-share driver accused of running down passengers after argument has bail refused
A judge denies bail to an 18-year-old ride-share driver accused of getting into an argument with a group of passengers before ramming his car into two of them.
Police officer fronts court with black eye after allegedly starting fight, forcing himself on woman
The Australian Federal Police is assessing whether to suspend officer Ivan Kovacic after he allegedly committed an act of indecency on a woman he had invited to his apartment with her two friends to try some craft beer.
Three-year-old girl dies in hospital after suffering burns in house fire
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A toddler has died in an Adelaide hospital after suffering horrific burns in a house fire in Port Augusta in South Australia's Mid-North last week.
Public will demand end to whips because 'you can see it visibly on the television', Racing Victoria head says
Whips will likely be banned from horseracing in the next 10 to 15 years, the CEO of Racing Victoria says, as rain and animal activists dampen the annual Melbourne Cup parade.
Police backtrack over commissioner who rorted $540,000 and took MPs to Japanese 'soapland'
WA Police forced to apologise after saying Craig Peacock, who double-dipped on his taxpayer-funded allowance to enrich himself and benefit friends including two MPs, would not face criminal charges.
Rush's team accused of 'astonishing omission' during defamation trial
A $2.9 million payout is being challenged in court today after it was found Nationwide News defamed actor Geoffrey Rush in a high-profile case earlier this year.
'It's been beautiful': Drought-stricken western NSW receives biggest rainfall in years
It is far from drought-breaking, but it is heartwarming, as weekend rain bringing the biggest falls in years for inland NSW.
Suicide prevention plan for WA aims to reduce the state's top killer
Suicide is the leading cause of death for Western Australians aged 14 to 44, but the State Government hopes its new plan will save lives.
Ash Barty is on top of the tennis world, so what now?
Ash Barty's 2019 season has been one to remember, but now that she has reached the summit of world tennis, she'll have to battle to stay there.
November 4th – 2019 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #1019
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 →
Monday November 4th – 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 →
American oil arrogance: Illlegal & immoral
Olga Skabeeva, journalist: "What the American presidents have been doing over the last, excuse me, two decades, under the cover of the necessity to urgently liberate this or that nation from a dictator and to implant democracy there, is now being done by Trump in an open manner: he said, "The oil in Syria is ours, and we will shoot anyone who disagrees." US forces began patrols at oilfields on Mount Qarachokh near Derik in northeastern Syria on Friday. Kurdistan24 TV
Picture Of The Day
US President and First Lady Melania Trump arrive to hand out candy for children at a Halloween celebration at the White House in Washington, DC, on October 28, 2019. © AFP 2019 / Nicholas Kamm *WNU Editor:* The above picture came form this photo-gallery .... *This Week in Pictures: 26 October - 1 November* (Sputnik).
A Revealing “Washington Post” Headline
[image: a-revealing-washington-post-headline] While reports about the death of the ISIS leader dominated all elements of our nation’s media, the influential Washington Post displayed its intent to hide important truth about the man and his crimes.
The Incredible Shrinking Overton Window
“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum — even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that there’s free thinking going […]
Is the Arizona Human Trafficking Council Preventing Child Trafficking, or Facilitating it?
Episode 5 of The Medical Kidnap Show aired on KFNX Talk Radio 1100 out of Phoenix on Sunday night, November 3, 2019. Our guest for this show was Lori Ford, the head of the DCS Oversight Group, which is a group of volunteers who attend meetings regarding Department of Children Services issues in Arizona. The group also has "court watchers" who attend Dependency Court hearings as parent advocates and to observe how these parents are being treated in Dependency Court. When asked why the members of the group provided their services to families and others free of charge, she replied: "T... more »
There Are Three Common Factors Behind The Mass Social Unrest The World Is Seeing Right Now
*Zero Hedge/DataTrek Research*:* The 3 Things Behind Mass Social Unrest In Bolivia, Hong Kong, France, Spain, Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt, And Elsewhere* Social unrest seems to be cropping up all over the world, from Hong Kong to Bolivia and Lebanon; we offer up a 3 variable model to help explain why. The inputs: urbanization, income inequality, and average age. Every country currently seeing mass protests has some combination of high levels of the first two and lower readings for the last. This admitted crude measure also explains why many developed countries’ political environments also... more »
How Badly Is Trump Treating Rural America?
It surprised me to see Trump's coalition in the Midwest falling apart. In the most recent Morning Consult state-by-state Trump tracker, it doesn't look like rural America will be coming to his rescue in 2020. His net approval in state after state he won in 2016 in underwater: *•* Iowa- minus 14 *•* Wisconsin- minus 11 *•* Michigan- minus 10 *•* Ohio- minus 5 *•* Nebraska- minus 2 And even in the states he's still ahead in, his numbers have collapsed. Indiana is just +2. North Dakota and South Dakota, states Trump took in landslides in 2016, are each +1. Kansas is +4 and Missouri i... more »
Iraqi Protesters Attack Iran's Consulate In Karbala
DEVELOPING: Iranian embassy in Iraq set ablaze, reports of protesters being fired upon pic.twitter.com/FyPbquRJUN — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) November 3, 2019 *Al Jazeera:* *Iraqi protesters attack Iran consulate in Karbala* Protesters scale barriers ringing the consulate, bringing down an Iranian flag and replacing it with Iraqi flag. Dozens of protesters in Iraq attacked the Iranian consulate in the Shia holy city of Karbala on Sunday night, scaling the concrete barriers ringing the building, bringing down an Iranian flag and replacing it with the Iraqi flag, eyewitnesses sa... more »
The Bogus 97% “Consensus” Argument on Climate Change
The Bogus 97% “Consensus” Argument on Climate Change by Robert P. Murphy, https://mises.org/ One of the popular rhetorical moves in the climate change debate is for advocates of aggressive government intervention to claim that “97% of scientists” agree with their position, and so therefore any critics must be unscientific “deniers.” – Now these claims have been …
ICYMI: Truth Bomb – US President Publicly Admits He Only Wants Syria’s Oil. Now What? (VIDEO)
ICYMI: Truth Bomb – US President Publicly Admits He Only Wants Syria’s Oil. Now What? (VIDEO) by https://www.rt.com/ Donald Trump has dropped a truth bomb, and admitted he’s planning to keep troops in Syria because he wants the country’s oil. This kind of honesty threatens the usual world order where everyone accuses the US of …
Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians
Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians by Hasan Abu Nimah, https://www.jordantimes.com/ Late last June, as part of its continuing ethnic cleansing scheme of Palestine, Israel carried out another outrage in the Palestinian village of Sur Baher, near Jerusalem. At dawn on June 22, hundreds of Israeli soldiers moved with bulldozers to the Sur Baher neighbourhood of …
Why John Brennan, Peter Strzok and DOJ Needed Julian Assange Arrested – And Why UK Officials Obliged…
According to recent reports U.S. Attorney John Durham and U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr are spending time on a narrowed focus looking carefully at CIA activity in the 2016 presidential election. One recent quote from a media-voice increasingly sympathetic to … Continue reading →
Portland, Oregon: 24-Year Old Antifa Member Was Sentenced to Nearly 6 Years in Prison for Hitting Man in Head with a Baton
Video shows Gage Halupowski hitting Adam Kelly, a right-wing protester, over the head with a baton and attacking him with pepper spray after Kelly appeared to come to the aid of another man under attack.
This Is How Russia Commits "Lawfare" Around The World
*Dan Goure* *Security, * The case of Interpol provides an example. Over the past two decades, the world has been subjected to an unprecedented peacetime assault. Unlike past major conflicts, this one is taking place largely below the level of overt hostilities. It involves the use of non-military or, at the most, paramilitary means to attack an adversary’s critical national assets – the economy, military and security services, infrastructure, political system, and media. As explained by Frank Hoffman, perhaps the best scholar on the subject: “The most distinctive change in the c... more »
Weaponization of wildfires reaches fever pitch
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? Joe Bastardi writes at CFACT: There are a myriad of reasons for why some wildfire seasons are worse than others. The last 3? springs I have made predictions for big wildfire seasons based on one of the factors,? winter and spring…
Cost Of Disasters Is Falling–Roger Pielke Jr
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood Roger Pielke Jr writes in Forbes: ? One of the aims of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) put forward by the United Nations is to reduce “exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters” among…
Is Global Warming All Due To Super El Niño’s?
Originally posted on PA Pundits - International: By David Wojick, Ph.D. ~ In a recent CFACT article, climate expert Joe Bastardi says super El Niños have caused all the atmospheric warming since satellite measurements began in 1978. I suggested this two years ago in a CFACT article titled “No CO2 warming for the last 40…
If There Were A UK General Election Tomorrow
*Statista: **UK voting intention * At the fourth attempt, prime minister Johnson's wish for a general election was finally granted by Parliament this week. So what do the most recent voting intention polls say? When looking at the four selected for this chart, the Conservatives are well ahead, with an average lead of 14 points over Labour. Calling the election before Brexit has been resolved though, brings the unpredictability of a Nigel Farage-led Brexit Party into the mix. Currently, they are polling at an average of 11 percent, but that figure could increase significantly over ... more »
A U.S.-North Korea Nuclear War Would Mean Millions Dead
*Daniel R. DePetris* *Security, Asia* And one website can help you see what would happen. *Key point:* Any nuclear attack anywhere in the world would expose the hollow progress of human civilization, that despite all of the technology and medical advancements made over centuries, humans in the twenty-first century are as primitive as cavemen. North Korea is the most difficult of targets for the U.S. intelligence community to unearth. Intelligence collection and analysis is an incredibly time-consuming and dangerous business, where it often takes months and maybe even years of p... more »
McDonald's fires CEO over consensual relationship with employee
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Fast food giant McDonald's fires chief executive officer Steve Easterbrook after violating company policy by engaging in a consensual relationship with an employee.
Former AFL and SANFL player handed four-year ban by ASADA for taking anabolic steroids
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Joshua Glenn is banned from competitive football for four years by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority after testing positive to a prohibited substance.
Foreign workers underpaid by pizza franchise, told to deliver further distances than Australians
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The operators of a fast-food pizza shop in Hobart are fined $104,000 after a court finds they "deliberately" adopted a different payment system for foreign employees that saw the workers earn significantly less than their Australian counterparts.
Second person denied entry to Australia after failing to declare pork products
A Vietnamese man carrying four kilograms of pork-filled mooncakes has been turned away from Sydney Airport after failing to declare he was carrying food.
The bold and controversial plan to save the mountain pygmy possum from extinction
Scientists are hoping to stop mountain pygmy possums from hibernating, acclimatise them to warmer environments, then relocate new populations to lowland forests.
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