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A.G. Schneiderman Issues Consumer Alert On Charitable Giving In Response To Hurricane Harvey
“A.G. Schneiderman Issues Consumer Alert On Charitable Giving In Response To Hurricane Harvey NEW YORK – Attorney General Eric T. … Continue reading →
Russia: Navalny Punches Even Higher With New Video Alleging Secret Island Dacha Used By Putin
From RFERL: https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-navalny-putin-island-dacha/28705917.html “RUSSIA – Navalny Punches Even Higher With New Video Alleging Secret Island Dacha Used By Putin August … Continue reading →
Picture Of The Day
*Aiming Techniques* A soldier demonstrates proper aiming techniques using a AT-4 rocket launcher during weapons familiarization at the 7th Army Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Aug. 25, 2017. Army photo by Markus Rauchenberger *WNU Editor:* The above picture is from the following photo-gallery ....* Soldiers Hone Rocket Launcher Skills *(Department of Defense).
Kurdish, Assyrian forces clash in Qamishli City
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:50 A.M.) – A series of intense clashes broke-out between the Asayish (Kurdish police) and Sootooro (pro-government Assyrian paramilitary) forces in the central district of Al-Qamishli on Thursday night. The clashes would last for a short period of time and engulf much of Al-Qamishli’s central district before both sides halted the hostilities and […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Jihadist rebels launch surprise assault in west Aleppo
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:50 A.M.) – The jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham launched a surprise overnight assault in the western sector of Aleppo, targeting the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) held areas in the Al-Layramoun and Al-Zahra quarters, along with an attack in the New Aleppo District. Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham began the assault by launching a […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Video: ISIS praises its crippled militants for fighting on in Raqqa city
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (5:00 A.M.) – Facing overwhelming odds in terms of manpower and weaponry in the provincial capital of Raqqa, the Islamic State has turned to its crippled members to lead the battle against the predominately Kurdish ‘Syrian Democratic Forces’ (SDF). In a brand new propaganda video released on Thursday, a handful of ISIS combattants […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
High ranking ISIL commander arrested near Syrian border
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:15 A.M.) One of the Islamic State’s (ISIL) highest ranking commanders in the Levant, Bassel Mohammad ‘Abdel-Qader (AKA ‘Abu Anas Al-Sahli’), has been arrested by the Lebanese security forces near the Syrian border. The Lebanese Army Command – Orientation Directorate – issued on Thursday the following statement: “In the context of the preemptive […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
ISIL mass retreating to Deir Ezzor for epic battle
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:45 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has been advancing through several kilometers of desert terrain recently, placing them in prime position to reach the provincial capital of Deir Ezzor by the end of September. As a result of this massive advance by the government forces, the Islamic State has been forced […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Iran provides Qatar with more food supplies as Gulf crisis continues
Iran takes all necessary steps to assist Qatar in handling international pressure, which Tehran perceives as “unfair” and conflict-inducing, the Iranian president said Thursday in a phone conversation with Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. “The Islamic Republic of Iran considers [the pressure] imposed on Qatar to be unfair, as well as inducing aggravation […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Hurricane Harvey In Perspective
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood Thankfully it’s stopped raining in Houston, so time for a round up on Storm Harvey. Total rainfall from the storm peaked at 51.88 in at Cedar Bayou, just outside Houston. http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/nfdscc1.html This beat the previous record rainfall from a single…
He’s leaving to spend more time with his phony medals
From the Minneapolis StarTribune: MILWAUKEE — The tough-talking sheriff of Milwaukee County, David Clarke, resigned without explanation Thursday, capping a tumultuous year for the divisive, provocative lawman whose unabashed support for President Donald Trump and in-your-face personality earned him a … Continue reading →
Thousands Flee Myanmar As A New Rohingya Muslim Insurgence Emerges And The Military Cracks Down
*Time: **‘The Villages are Burning Down.’ Fear and Fire Send Rohingya Fleeing to Bangladesh* Attacks by insurgents. A brutal military crackdown. Thousands of villagers running for their lives. History is repeating itself in Myanmar less than a year after the emergence of a new Rohingya Muslim insurgency first threatened fragile efforts to bring peace to the country’s volatile western Rakhine state. “In the west of my direction I am seeing smoke,” a Rohingya man in his twenties, who asked not to be named for his safety, told TIME by phone Wednesday from Maungdaw town near the bord... more »
Time For The DC Parties To Dump Ryan And Pelosi For Their Own Good
About a year ago, Pew released a survey about party affiliation in the U.S. One conclusion you would have drawn is that registered voters who identify as independent might soon outnumber both Republicans and Democrats-- *combined*. More recently-- like last week-- a Harvard-Harris Poll showed net favorability for some of the country's most prominent political leaders. The only leaders from either party with statistically more positive support than negativity are Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. People-- as in registered voters-- absolutely *hate* both Trump and Hillary, Senate ... more »
Yet another renewable energy boondoggle
Paul Driessen explains the true cost of solar installations, adding that such installations in hurricane-prone areas could lead to massive shards of glass being blown into homes, livestock, and people. Proponents of solar (and wind) typically fail to include the costs - both material and environmental -- of constructing and maintaining these facilities, nor do they admit that the installations cannot as of yet provide constant, reliable power.
Video: Death of a Climate Icon, the polar bear’s demise as a useful poster child
Originally posted on polarbearscience: Last week I asked: “What’s causing the death of the polar bear as a climate change icon?” I was echoing the conclusion of a commentator at the Arctic Institute (22 August 2017) who lamented: “The polar bear is dead, long live the polar bear” and climate scientist Michael Mann, who told…
X22 Report, “Armstrong's Cycle Analysis Predicts A Major Event This Fall”
X22 Report, “Armstrong's Cycle Analysis Predicts A Major Event This Fall” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu7iS-ZAdCs *Related followup report:* X22 Report, “Economic Indicators Plunge And Banks Move To The Block Chain” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpw42L-i_xg
"Can-Kicking Time in the Imperial City"
*“More Catastrophic Than Lehman”* by Brian Maher "The spirit of doom has stolen over us today, and our usual placid features are creased with worry… For evil seeds are in the wind. Congress has until Sept. 29 to raise the debt ceiling. Should it fail, the dreaded “X date” follows shortly thereafter. The “X date” - when the national collection box starts running dry - and the United States Treasury can no longer meet all its expenses. "On a day-to-day basis,” warns the Congressional Budget Office, “handling all payments for important and popular programs (e.g., Social Security, Med... more »
Australia Offers Military Assistance To Philippines In Their Battle Against The Islamic State
Australian troops would be advising in Marawi City, where Islamic State terrorists have been most active. (Reuters: Romeo Ranoco) *ABC News Online:* *Australian special forces closer to helping Duterte's troops in battle against Islamic State* Defence Minister Marise Payne will visit the Philippines next week for more talks about sending special forces troops to the Philippines. Earlier today Foreign Minister Julie Bishop's office confirmed that the Philippines had accepted Australia's offer of help, but Ms Bishop has since clarified that it has not yet been formally agreed. Senat... more »
New Mexico State Regents Vote to Replace Chancellor
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — The New Mexico State University Board of Regents voted to move forward with the search to replace Chancellor Garrey Carruthers despite widespread support from university faculty, staff, students and state lawmakers. The board voted Wednesday to replace Carruthers after his contract ends in mid-2018. Public pressure had built for the regents […]
Former Louisville Foundation Execs Led Nation in Pay
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Four former executives at the embattled University of Louisville Foundation led the nation in pay to public university foundation employees in 2014, leaving them potentially liable for IRS penalties. A Courier-Journal review of nearly 1,600 officers and employees of 1,146 foundations in 2014, the most recent year for which figures are available, […]
Penn State Professors Get Grant for ‘Fake News’ Detector
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Two Penn State professors have received $300,000 from the National Science Foundation to develop technology that will enable digital devices to weed out “fake news.” The university says Dongwon Lee, a professor of information sciences and technology, and S. Shyam Sundar, a communications professor, are working on the project. Lee says, […]
New Hampshire University to Take in Students After Harvey
CONCORD, N.H. — A New Hampshire university is offering a free semester to college students displaced by Hurricane Harvey, 12 years after it helped a similar group after Hurricane Katrina. Franklin Pierce University will provide free tuition, room and board to up to 20 students for the fall semester. The university made a similar offer […]
Judge Nearing Decision on Trial Over Penn State Frat Death
BELLEFONTE, Pa. — A district judge may decide by the weekend whether prosecutors have presented enough evidence to hold a trial for former members of a now-closed Penn State fraternity charged in connection with a pledge’s death. Before a preliminary hearing resumed for a seventh day on Thursday, District Judge Allen Sinclair told reporters he […]
Arizona State Unveils Tillman Statue at Sun Devil Stadium
TEMPE, Ariz. — The walls around Sun Devil Stadium and the new football complex are lined with photos of Pat Tillman. Images of the former player and Army Ranger can be found across the campus and around town, too. Now there’s a bronze likeness of perhaps the greatest Sun Devil in school history. Arizona State […]
Gold Reset To $10,000/oz Coming “By January 1, 2018” – Rickards
Gold Reset To $10,000/oz Coming “By January 1, 2018” – Rickards by janskoyles, http://www.goldcore.com/us/ – Trump could be planning a radical “reboot” of the U.S. dollar – Currency reboot will see leading nations devalue their currencies against gold – New gold price would be nearly 8 times higher at $10,000/oz – Price based on mass exit of foreign […]
Jim Willie: All American Finance Is Fraud
Jim Willie: All American Finance Is Fraud by https://ochelli.com/, http://goldenjackass.com/ Oil and the Petro-dollar , as Houston is pounded by Hurricane Harvey. What’s the reality of the trail of Gold Bars that are allegedly in Fort Knox? Jim Willie helps us follow the money as White Dragons make deals , Rothschild Family divides and the Chinese continue […]
China Says It Will Never Allow War or Chaos on its Doorstep as Tensions Escalate on Korean Peninsula
China Says It Will Never Allow War or Chaos on its Doorstep as Tensions Escalate on Korean Peninsula by https://www.rt.com/ Beijing has said it will not allow war or chaos on the Korean Peninsula, as two US B-1B bombers conducted a new flight in the area, joined by South Korean and Japanese fighter jets in a […]
Trump’s Show of Force: US Supersonic Bombers and Stealth Jets Drop Bombs Near North Korea Border in Warning to Kim Jong-Un
Trump’s Show of Force: US Supersonic Bombers and Stealth Jets Drop Bombs Near North Korea Border in Warning to Kim Jong-Un by SOPHIE EVANS, JACK KIM, KAORI KANEKO, http://www.mirror.co.uk/, 31 Aug 2017 The US president flew the highly advanced warplanes to the country to take part in bombing drills above the Korean peninsula, the South said today. – The […]
WOW! #FakeNews Media Refuses to Show MASSIVE CROWD OF SCREAMING SUPPORTERS Greeting Trumps in Texas
WOW! #FakeNews Media Refuses to Show MASSIVE CROWD OF SCREAMING SUPPORTERS Greeting Trumps in Texas by Jim Hoft, http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/ THOUSANDS OF TEXANS LINED THE STREET TODAY IN CORPUS CHRISTI TO GREET PRESIDENT TRUMP AND FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP – The protesters started screaming, “USA! USA!…” when the president and First Lady arrived. – THIS VIDEO IS […]
Have Generals Fully Taken Over the White House?
Have Generals Fully Taken Over the White House? by Garland Nixon, Lee Stranahan, https://sputniknews.com/, 26 Aug 2017 Generals have taken over the Trump White House; Free speech under attack; Weekly Wrap-Up. – With Bannon out of the White House and Democrat advisor Gary Cohn under attack, Lee and Garland ask whether the Generals like Kelly and McMaster are about to achieve a […]
The Fake News Media of Sweden
The Fake News Media of Sweden by Nima Gholam Ali Pour, https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/ * In most democratic countries, the media should be critical of those who hold power. In Sweden, however, the media criticize those who criticize the authorities. Criticism is not aimed at the people who hold power, but against private citizens who, according to the journalists, […]
Rep. Rohrabacher After Meeting Assange: 99% Certain Russian Collusion Story Is a Lie
Rep. Rohrabacher After Meeting Assange: 99% Certain Russian Collusion Story Is a Lie by http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/ Sean Hannity interviewed Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) on Wednesday night. The California Republican recently went to London to interview Wikileaks founder Julian Assange about the Hillary Clinton emails that were published by Wikileaks during the 2016 presidential campaign. – Rohrabacher told […]
WeatherWar101 Posts New Analysis Video of Hurricane Harvey, Appearing to Show Artificial Augmentation of the Storm’s Intensity and Movements
WeatherWar101 Posts New Analysis Video of Hurricane Harvey, Appearing to Show Artificial Augmentation of the Storm’s Intensity and Movements by Mike Adams, http://www.naturalnews.com/ (Natural News) Earlier this week, we posted one of the most intriguing articles the internet has seen all week. Entitled “Weather wars” theorists claim Hurricane Harvey was engineered, “steered” toward Houston as a “weather terrorism” […]
Huge Wave Burst Anomaly Caught On MIMIC Over Pacific Ocean
DAHBOO77 Published on Aug 30, 2017 Another huge anomaly caught on MIMIC Map. This time over the Pacific Ocean. You can find more info at the link below. Learn More: http://tropic.ssec.wisc.edu/real-time… end
The Government’s Manufactured Hate Crisis CONFIRMED & EXPOSED
WeAreChange Published on Aug 30, 2017 In this video, Luke Rudkowski of WeAreChange gives you the latest breaking news on the divide and conquer were seeing in this country from Boston to Berkeley. We go over important media criticisms on Salon, CNN and many others as we focus on previously declassified documents that are important […]
Sheriffs Along the U.S. Border Helping Build Biometric Police State
By Derrick Broze The American Civil Liberties Union has filed open records requests with all the sheriffs along the U.S.-Mexico border in search of information... more »
Leaked Documents Purport To Show How The U.S., Gulf Countries Ship Weapons To Terrorists Using Diplomatic Flight Cover
By Brandon Turbeville A recent report by Bulgarian journalist Dilyana Gaytandzhieva entitled, “350 Diplomatic Flights Carry Weapons For Terrorists,” may very well have blown the... more »
Massive ‘Spambot’ Obtains 711 Million E-Mail Addresses Worldwide
Security experts said that the "onliner spambot" was an attempt to spread Ursnif malware, which can steal information.
Only 60 of 1,566 Churches in Houston Opened to Help Hurricane Harvey Victims?
A meme claiming that only 4 percent of churches in Houston opened their doors to Hurricane Harvey victims appears to have originated on a satirical Facebook page and was not based on any legitimate statistics.
U.S. And South Korean Defense Chiefs Talk Of Redeploying U.S. Nuclear Weapons To South Korea
*Korea Times*: *Allies discuss redeployment of nuclear weapons* Defense chiefs of South Korea and the United States discussed the possible redeployment of U.S. tactical nuclear weapons in the South to counter North Korea's nuclear capability, government sources said Thursday. Defense Minister Song Young-moo raised this topic during a meeting with U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Wednesday. These weapons were removed from South Korea in 1991 by the George Bush administration after the two Koreas signed a joint declaration on the denucleariza... more »
Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Believes Private Contractors Will Save Afghanistan
Erik Prince testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on security contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan on Capitol Hill in Washington October 2, 2007. Larry Downing, Reuters *Erik Prince, New York Times*: *Contractors, Not Troops, Will Save Afghanistan* In 1941, shortly after Pearl Harbor pulled the United States into World War II, a group of volunteer American aviators led by Gen. Claire Chennault known as the Flying Tigers fought Japanese aggression in China. They were so successful that many people believe they were decisive in holding back Japan, event... more »
When Big Money Buys Off Criticism of Big Money
Robert Reich - 3 hours ago
Since its founding in 1999, the New America Foundation – an important voice in policy debates on the... more »
Top U.S. Commander Believes Islamic State Leader Al-Baghdadi Is Alive
*US News and World Report:** U.S. General Thinks Baghdadi Is Alive* *The elusive leader should probably be killed rather than captured, the outgoing commander for the war against the Islamic State group says.* The outgoing U.S. commander for the wars in Iraq and Syria discounts recent reports that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed, saying he thinks the elusive leader of the Islamic State group is alive and likely in the middle Euphrates River Valley area spanning the border of the two war-torn countries. Townsend says his appraisal of Baghdadi's whereabouts "is just an educated... more »
What Afghan ‘Stalemate’ is All About
[image: undefined] The Associated Press has carried an exclusive report regarding the intensive, on-going political dialogue between the Afghan government and the Taliban behind the scene, the appearance of a "stalemate" notwithstanding. That such contacts have been going on was a widely known secret, but the AP report is specific regarding their high frequency and it discloses that these contacts are handled at a very high level. There is no reason to doubt the AP claim citing authoritative sources. Thus, there are two aspects here – the timing of the "leak" and contents of the le... more »
The U.S. Military Just Showed North Korea the Planes That Would Strike It in a War
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * Think In response to North Korea’s recent intermediate range ballistic missile test that overflew Japan on August 28, Washington, Tokyo and Seoul have embarked on a show of force to deter Pyongyang. As part of that show of force, the U.S. Marine Corps flew four of its stealthy new Lockheed Martin F-35B Joint Strike Fighters alongside a pair of U.S. Air Force Rockwell International B-1B Lancer strategic bombers. The American warplanes were joined at various points in their mission by four Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) F-15K Slam Eagles strike f... more »
The U.S. Air Force Is Flexing Its Muscles (Think F-15s) Over the Baltics
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * Note to Russia. The United States Air Force has deployed seven Boeing F-15C Eagle air superiority fighters from the 493rd Fighter Squadron to Lithuania as the service assumes control of NATO’s Baltic air policing mission. The U.S. Air Force is taking over the duty from the Polish air force for the next 120 days as part of a regular NATO rotation to patrol the skies over Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia—all of which were once constituent republics of the Soviet Union before its 1991 collapse. "I'm excited as a NATO air chief and I'm excited as a U.S. ci... more »
Will Trump Suffer Nixon's Fate?
*Len Colodny, Ray Locker* *Politics, * [image: U.S. President Donald Trump departs Washington aboard Air Force One to fly to Missouri] The similarities are striking—but so are the differences. Each day since President Donald Trump took office comes another apparent similarity between him and the ill-starred administration of President Richard Nixon. For a Nixon scholar, it is an embarrassment of riches and a daily sign of Nixon's continued relevance. So much of the Trump administration's problems and the dimensions of the various investigations into the activities of him and his... more »
I Just Toured the Front Lines between Russia and Ukraine (and It's Not Frozen)
*Seth J. Frantzman* *Security, Europe* [image: Ukrainian servicemen servicemen take part in a rehearsal for Independence Day military parade in Kiev] Up to two dozen are killed a month in the conflict. Near the Ukrainian town of Avdiivka nine large industrial chimneys stretch into the distance. They belong to the Avdiivka Coke and Chemical plant, one of the largest Coke producers in Europe. Since the war in eastern Ukraine between government forces and pro-Russian separatists began in the spring of 2014, this factory has been on the front line. Yet it has kept operating througho... more »
Putin Saved Assad, Will He Save Maduro?
*Bill Bray, Miyako Yerick, James Gregg* *Security, South America* [image: A demonstrator looks on while clashing with riot security forces during a rally against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas] Putin understands the patronage game very well, and it should surprise no one that Moscow is carefully calculating its bet on Maduro. In the summer of 2012, Russia began using its navy to ship arms and materiel to Syria, evading Western efforts to block such lethal support using the international commercial shipping industry. Syria had been a client of Russia’... more »
Aid and Advice Won’t Be Enough for Afghanistan
*Walter C. Ladwig III* *Security, Middle East* [image: U.S. soldier Nicholas Dickhut from 5-20 infantry Regiment attached to 82nd Airborne points his rifle at a doorway after coming under fire by the Taliban while on patrol in Zharay district in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan] The American experience in Iraq demonstrates the limits of friendly persuasion via conditional aid. Donald Trump’s long-awaited speech on Afghanistan has been rightly criticized for its failure to define a clear objective for sustained U.S. commitment to the country and its recitation of the same i... more »
South Korea's Greatest Fear (and It Isn't a North Korean Invasion)
*Sandy Pho* *Security, Asia* [image: A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched] I went to South Korea to understand the North Korean crisis. What I learned shocked me. Earlier this summer, in the midst of Kim Jung-un’s latest series of nuclear provocations, I embarked on my first trip to Seoul, which is only thirty-five miles from the North Korean border. The trip was part of an exchange program for ten young foreign policy professionals organized by the National Bureau of Asian Research and the Korea Foundation. We participated in private discussions... more »
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- August 31, 2017
The U.S. has been talking to North Korea, and paying them extortion money, for 25 years. Talking is not the answer! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2017 *Eli Lake, Bloomberg:* *Trump Is Right. Nuclear Talks With North Korea Are Pointless.* *But that doesn't mean war is the only option.* Here's a shocker. On Wednesday morning Donald Trump tweeted something that was mostly true: "The U.S. has been talking to North Korea, and paying them extortion money, for 25 years. Talking is not the answer!" Technically the U.S. government stopped providing North Korea food aid a... more »
World News Briefs -- August 31, 2017
*Reuters:* *Mattis signs orders to send additional troops to Afghanistan* WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Thursday he had signed orders to send additional troops to Afghanistan, the most concrete step yet by President Donald Trump’s administration in tackling America’s longest war. Mattis did not specify the size of the force, which will help combat Taliban insurgents and other armed Islamists. “Yes, I have signed orders but it is not complete. In other words I have signed some of the (orders for) troops that will go and we are identifying the spe... more »
Art In Action, Against Trump
*-by Noah* America's artists aren't taking the evil that is Donald Trump lying down. They have a message for him and all of his Republican allies. On Monday, two local New York artists paid a visit to the gift shop at Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue and left some merchandise on display. The items looked like they belonged in more ways than one. They fit in so well with what one might expect to see at a Trump gift shop that they weren't even noticed until the next day. Only when some reporters, aka "horrible people," "nasty people," "liars," "the worst people," "dishonest people" had ... more »
The Coming Techno Apocalypse
*David Thrussell* - The Final War – the ragtag remnants of man-kind against man-machine. The post The Coming Techno Apocalypse appeared first on Waking Times.
Musical Interlude: 2002, “Children in Time”
2002, “Children in Time” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBHM1mf33M8
"A Look to the Heavens"
“What powers the Heart Nebula? The large emission nebula dubbed IC 1805 looks, in whole, like a heart. The nebula's glow - as well as the shape of the gas and dust clouds - is powered by by stellar winds and radiation from massive hot stars in the nebula's newborn star cluster Melotte 15. *Click image for larger size.* This deep telescopic image maps the pervasive light of narrow emission lines from atoms of hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur in the nebula. The field of view spans just over two degrees on the sky, so that it appears larger than four times the diameter of a full moon. The c... more »
Robert Mueller teams up with IRS investigators. Time to see those tax returns!
Courtesy of the Daily Beast: *Special counsel Bob Mueller has teamed up with the IRS. According to sources familiar with his investigation into alleged Russian election interference, his probe has enlisted the help of agents from the IRS’ Criminal Investigations unit. * *This unit—known as CI—is one of the federal government’s most tight-knit, specialized, and secretive investigative entities. Its 2,500 agents focus exclusively on financial crime, including tax evasion and money laundering. * *A former colleague of Mueller’s said he always liked working with IRS’ special agents... more »
Harvey Disaster Relief Donation Rumors
In the wake of a massive hurricane, rumors abounded about who donated to victims. In the wake of a massive hurricane, rumors abounded about public figures who have donated to victims.
US-backed rebels sold weapons to ISIS: former security head of base in Syria
Former security head of the Syrian sector of the base said that militants trained at the US base of At Tanf near the border between Syria and Iraq sell US munitions to the Daesh terrorist group. Militants trained at the US base of At Tanf near the border between Syria and Iraq sell US munitions […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian military recovers body of fallen IRGC soldier in southeast Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:30 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) recovered the body of the executed Iranian soldier, Mohsen Hojaji, after a deal was reached with the Islamic State (ISIL) terror organization on Thursday. According to a Syrian government report, the army reached a deal with the Islamic State to exchange the corpses of their […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
ISIL leader unlikely dead, hiding in Euphrates Valley: Pentagon
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the infamous leader of the terrorist group Daesh (banned in Russia), who has long been deemed dead, is likely alive and is hiding in the Middle Euphrates River Valley between Iraq and Syria, the Pentagon said Thursday. Combined Joint Task Force chief Gen. Stephen Townsend told reporters from Baghdad that the Daesh […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Iraq plans to restore air service to Russia in September
The Iraqi Airways company plans to launch regular flights between Baghdad and Moscow in September 2017, restoring air service after a 13-year break, Russia’s aviation watchdog Rosaviatsia said in a press release following talks between Rosaviatsia head Alexander Neradko and Iraqi Ambassador to Russia Haidar Mansour Hadi. The talks also involved representatives of the Iraqi […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Kurdish troops slaughtered in latest ISIS video on Hasakah (18+ graphic)
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (0:00 A.M.) – ISIS has released its third consecutive propaganda video over the past 72 hours, this time showing the devastation and collateral damaged inflicted by US coalition airstrikes on a string of jihadist-held villages and towns anchored on the Khabur River in southern Hasakah. In addition, ISIS released supposedly leaked footage of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Over 30 Syrian soldiers released by the FSA tonight in southeast Damascus
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:20 P.M.) – At least 30 more Syrian soldiers have been released by the Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the southeastern countryside of Damascus, tonight, following a deal between the latter and the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) to exchange prisoners. According to Al-Masdar field correspondent, Ibrahim Joudeh, the 30 military personnel released in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 31, 2017
PHOTO: South Korea and Japan join US strategic bombers as they conduct a show of force in response to North Korea. (Twitter: US Pacific Command) *ABC News Online: **North Korea: US bombers, allies conduct drills over Korean peninsula after latest missile launch* South Korean and Japanese jets have joined exercises with two supersonic US B-1B bombers over the Korean peninsula, two days after North Korea fired a missile over Japan, sharply raising tensions. The drills, involving four US stealth F-35B jets as well as South Korean and Japanese fighter jets, came at the end of annual jo... more »
On This Day 129 Years Ago...
...Jack the Ripper killed his first victim, Polly Nichols. Read how Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, Sitting Bull and Arthur Conan Doyle got him in TATTERDEMALION. The paperback version can be found here.
Court blocks Trump’s bid to dump Obama-era energy rules
The U.S. District Court of Northern California blocked the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) postponement of an Obama-era rule regulating royalties paid by energy companies on federal and tribal lands.
How to make climate skepticism official federal policy
The politicized federal "Climate Science Special Report" presents a perfect opportunity for red team blue team fact and science checking.
Debate? Bring back the bell.
Was that really a debate last night? It would have been more instructive if it were. A televised election debate is a unique opportunity to size up two or more opposing candidates: to watch them lay out their own views and challenge their opponents’. *How* they present (and what) are as important as how (and what) they choose to oppose in their opponent. Their skill and judgement both in what and how they choose to make their case is as important as what and how they choose to engage and challenge their opponent – as is how they mount their defences. What do they challenge? What... more »
Safety Nets
Today, a few billion humans live in affluence. Their unsustainable societies have social safety nets made possible by nonrenewable energy. When they are disrupted by hurricanes, earthquakes, or famine, food relief is usually shipped in from other regions, preventing mass starvation. For most of the human saga, each clan or community was on its own, far less likely to be rescued by outsiders. The San people have the oldest DNA of any living culture. Their DNA is the genetic foundation of nearly all modern humans. Until recent decades, they had a sustainable safety net, but h... more »
Ron Paul Institute Conference 2017 Is Sold Out!
[image: undefined] Americans want peace, but their government will not allow it. Not only does polling reflect this desire of American citizens, but so does the ballot box. One president after another is elected promising peace, only to disappoint like his predecessor. With each passing day, more and more Americans are coming to realize that the U.S. military empire is draining the lifeblood out of this country and our economy. It's not financially and economically possible to police the world for very long. Severe financial crisis and total bankruptcy is always the endgame for ... more »
Ron Paul Institute Conference 2017 Is Sold Out!
[image: undefined] Americans want peace, but their government will not allow it. Not only does polling reflect this desire of American citizens, but so does the ballot box. One president after another is elected promising peace, only to disappoint like his predecessor. With each passing day, more and more Americans are coming to realize that the U.S. military empire is draining the lifeblood out of this country and our economy. It's not financially and economically possible to police the world for very long. Severe financial crisis and total bankruptcy is always the endgame for ... more »
Ron Paul Institute Conference 2017 Is Sold Out!
[image: undefined] Americans want peace, but their government will not allow it. Not only does polling reflect this desire of American citizens, but so does the ballot box. One president after another is elected promising peace, only to disappoint like his predecessor. With each passing day, more and more Americans are coming to realize that the U.S. military empire is draining the lifeblood out of this country and our economy. It's not financially and economically possible to police the world for very long. Severe financial crisis and total bankruptcy is always the endgame for ... more »
Ron Paul Institute Conference 2017 Is Sold Out!
[image: undefined] Americans want peace, but their government will not allow it. Not only does polling reflect this desire of American citizens, but so does the ballot box. One president after another is elected promising peace, only to disappoint like his predecessor. With each passing day, more and more Americans are coming to realize that the U.S. military empire is draining the lifeblood out of this country and our economy. It's not financially and economically possible to police the world for very long. Severe financial crisis and total bankruptcy is always the endgame for ... more »
Houston: Inadequate Reservoirs, Bad Planning Exacerbated by Hurricane Harvey
*Possibly not the storm of the century or whatever sensationalist spin the media is applying* *Decent article via Wired- * An aerial photograph of Lake Houston's spillway in on August 29, 2017 *Addicks and Barker Reservoirs are swaths of placid Texas prairie, wetland, and forest straddling I-10 where it hits Highway 6, about 20 miles west of downtown Houston. But that’s not how nature sees them. To nature, those two open spaces are the top of a hydrological basin that drains through the city and into the Houston Ship Channel.* * Most of the time the reservoirs don’t reserve any wate... more »
Our Heroes Betrayed - Part I of IV
Our Heroes Betrayed The Other Side Of The Flatwoods Monster The 65th Anniversary of the Flatwoods Monster Incident by Alfred Lehmberg with Frank C. Feschino, Jr. PART I of IV It's September 12th, 1952, and you're a flight officer in the nascent Air Forces of the United States. You've been assigned to an airbase on the azure, green, and frothy white coast of panhandle Florida. You are trained and educated to be part of the pool from which would later be drawn moon-walking astronauts. You're not arrogant, only appropriately confident; see, with few contenders of this Earth? You and... more »
BREAKING: Memos Reveal Comey Cleared Clinton BEFORE Interviewing Her & 17 Other Key Witnesses
[image: comey]Former FBI director James Comey's own memos reveal he exonerated Hillary Clinton of criminal wrongdoing BEFORE ever interviewing her and 17 other key witnesses.
PKK Seek to Annex Khanasor & Join It To Rojova
[image: PKK seeking to annex Khanasor to Rojava cantons: Official] *Following up on today's earlier post * Iraq and Syria conflicts threatens to reshape regional map *With news from a few months back* * From June of this year:* (BasNews/ Syria News) *Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) forces in the Yezidi majority region of Sinjar are intending to link Khanasor district in the region to Rojava’s (Syrian Kurdistan) self-ruling cantons.* *Waisi Naif, Chair of Sinjar Mayoral Council, told BasNews *“*PKK is trying to annex Khanasor administration to Rojava, thus it has begun committing... more »
Donald Trump realizes that we can see him openly trying to influence these Russia investigations right?
Just had ph call from Pres Trump + he assured me he's pro ethanol +I'm free 2 the ppl of Iowa he's standing by his campaign PROMISE — ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) August 30, 2017 (I think that "the" was supposed to be a "tell.") Tlkd 2 @realDonaldTrump about ethanol +he knows that ethanol is good good good — ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) August 30, 2017 (Actually Ethanol's days are numbered, as we are rapidly moving toward electric automobiles all around the world.) Courtesy of WaPo: *President Trump called the head of the Senate Judiciary Committee to talk about one of his... more »
ISIS' Terrorist Revolution: Sophisticated Drone Operations Pose Grave Threat to American Forces
*Dan Goure* *Security, * The mission to counter unmanned aerial systems (CUAS) has taken on a new urgency. One reason it has proven so difficult to defeat terrorist organizations such as ISIS, al Qaeda and the Taliban is that they are free of the burden imposed by a stultifying acquisition bureaucracy. Terrorist organizations don’t have military academies, national laboratories, large aerospace and defense companies or massive treasuries. The absence of formal institutions and traditional ways of thinking may actually give these groups an advantage. In the U.S. military, a servi... more »
'Fair and balanced'
Sky has decided to stop broadcasting Fox News in the UK. Impartial BBC reporters have, naturally, tweeted about it... ...including the BBC's World Affairs Editor John Simpson. He, characteristically, kept his own views very firmly to himself. Reading his tweets I for one would never know if he approved or disapproved of the decision, so impartial is he (Nurse! Nurse!):
Chet Raymo, “Asperges Me, Domine”
*“Asperges Me, Domine” ** by Chet Raymo “Greystone Books publishes a series of "Literary Companions" to natural environments- mountains, rivers and lakes, deserts, gardens, and the sea, so far. Now they come to my environment- night- and have been kind enough to include a chapter from “The Soul of the Night”, the chapter called "The Shape of Night." I am in lovely company, admired companions of several generations- Diane Ackerman, Timothy Ferris, Annie Dillard, Henry Beston, Loren Eiseley, Louise Erdrich, Pico Iyer, and Gretel Ehrlich, to name but a few- all connoisseurs of darknes... more »
"The Moment Of Most Profound Doubt..."
"Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil that nourishes human hope; perhaps one could never find sense in life without first experiencing its absurdity." - Vaclav Havel
The Poet: Rachel Sherwood, “The World in the Evening”
*“The World in the Evening”* "As this suburban summer wanders toward dark cats watch from their driveways — they are bored and await miracles. The houses show, through windows flashes of knife and fork, the blue light of televisions, inconsequential fights between wife and husband in the guest bathroom, voices sound like echoes in these streets, the chattering of awful boys as they plot behind the juniper and ivy, miniature guerillas that mimic the ancient news of the world and shout threats, piped high across mock fences to girls riding by in the last pieces of light, the color of the sk... more »
“Now That We Are Nazis”
Chad Prather, “Now That We Are Nazis” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=129&v=AolHkjtuyKE ○ Stolen Borrowed from http://theferalirishman.blogspot.com/ Hat tip, Irish!
Texas House Saved from 2016 Flood by ‘Inflatable Dam?’
A Texas homeowner did protect his house from flooding using a dam, but it was filled with water, not air.
Red Cross Served ‘Unacceptable’ Meals to Louisiana Flood Victims?
Viral photographs showed meager, unappetizing meals served to flood victims in Louisiana by the American Red Cross in 2016. They weren't the only images of Red Cross rations out there, however.
Editor's Note
Running behind. Blogging will return in the next hour or two.
Leadership 2017 Platform Analysis - Jagmeet Singh
Having once expressed my concern that Jagmeet Singh would use his front-runner status as a means to avoid releasing much policy, I'll again note that he's instead offered up a detailed and thoughtful policy agenda. And while much of what he's presented is relatively similar to the contents of Ashton's platform (and in some cases Caron's), a few elements do stand out: - using the tax system to fight climate change both through taxes on high-emission vehicles, and incentives and rebates toward positive investments; - providing for the collection of LGBTQI2S+-specific health data to ens... more »
Leadership 2017 Platform Analysis - Guy Caron
If Niki Ashton stands out in having received relatively little attention for her policy development, Guy Caron looks to be on the opposite end of the spectrum. Having justifiably portrayed himself as the policy wonk candidate and built his campaign largely around a basic income proposal which continues to provoke important discussion, Caron hasn't faced much attention in other policy areas. And so he's been able to avoid answering for what's otherwise been a fairly thin policy agenda. Aside from the basic income, other points distinct to Caron include: - specific refugee protections... more »
Leadership 2017 Platform Analysis - Niki Ashton
As I've noted previously, Niki Ashton's debate strategy doesn't often seem to involve discussing policy at length. And that's a shame, because she's done more than any other candidate to raise (and propose solutions to) a broad range of issues. While Ashton has primarily emphasized her proposals for free tuition and social ownership, other parts of her platform which deserve further attention include: - an immediate path to citizenship for migrant workers and temporary foreign workers, coupled with a plan to ensure that anybody who comes to Canada to live is similarly able to become... more »
Leadership 2017 Platform Analysis - Charlie Angus
While most discussion around the NDP's leadership campaign has revolved around the ebb and flow of news cycles, it's always worth a closer look as to what the candidates see as worth highlighting. So I'll be taking a look at the policies on offer from the candidates, starting with Charlie Angus. While Angus has been vague on some points in the leadership debates, he's offered interesting and distinctive proposals in a few others, including: - the devolution of Indigenous program delivery to the community level, accompanied by a plan to dismantle the INAC structure which currently ove... more »
Leadership 2017 Links
The latest from the federal NDP's leadership campaign. - Althia Raj reports on the final membership numbers for the leadership campaign announced this week, showing a similar number of eligible voters to the 2012 campaign (at just over 120,000). And Eric Grenier chats with Aaron Wherry about the significance of the membership totals, while Kyle Duggan discusses Jagmeet Singh's reported contribution to the membership. - UFCW has announced its endorsement of Singh, while Cory Collins concludes his series of interviews with the candidates with a discussion with Singh. Alex Balingall r... more »
Open Thread
One of these is long overdue. Thank you for your support and your comments. And here's yet another *ITBB* picture of Morecambe's magnificent Eric Morecambe statue (with some random bloke next to it posing for the cameras) - a statue that surely puts Michelangelo and Rodin to shame.
Can Progressives Win House Seats Where Bernie Showed More Support Than Trump, But Where Trump Beat Hillary? Meet Neill Mohammad (IL-16)
Illinois' 16th congressional district-- which includes Dixon, Reagan's birthplace-- starts up at the Wisconsin border just below Beloit and goes into the eastern part of Rockford, swings south and east into the Chicago exurbs below Joliet and then east to the Indiana border and then south towards Bloomington and Peoria. It's a red district but it celebrated the hometown boy good will to give Obama a narrow win in 2008. Romney beat him in 2012 though, 53-45%, and last year it was Trump country. He beat Hillary 55.5% to 38.3%. She was the wrong candidate for the district. In the pri... more »
Hurricane Harvey Triggers Price-gouging Law — in Oklahoma
[image: houston-disaster-triggers-price-gouging-law-in-oklahoma] Even many conservatives believe free enterprise should be cast aside during a natural disaster, trusting instead the benevolent hand of government to cure this supposed "imperfection" in liberty.
SPLC Releases Map Showing Schools With Confederate-linked Names That They Say Must Come Down
[image: splc-releases-map-showing-schools-with-confederate-linked-names-that-they-say-must-come-down] It is chilling that the Southern Poverty Law Center has released a map of Confederate monuments, cities, counties, and even elementary schools, noting that their continued existence could lead to more violence.
Federal Judge Refuses Chicago’s Request to Dismiss Long-running Gun Shop Suit Against it
[image: federal-judge-refuses-chicago-s-request-to-dismiss-long-running-gun-shop-suit-against-it] Anti-gun Chicago mayors hoped to wear down opponents who aimed to open a gun shop in the city, but the strategy isn't working, thanks to the SAF.
Christian Leaders Issue Statement Reaffirming Biblical View of Sexuality
[image: christian-leaders-issue-statement-reaffirming-biblical-view-of-sexuality] A coalition of Evangelical Christian leaders have issued a statement on what they believe the Bible clearly communicates about sexuality.
Is There a Link Between Major Hurricanes and 29 August?
A viral meme falsely states that four hurricanes hit the United States on 29 August in various years, prompting spurious claims about this "pattern."
Donald Trump Donated Play-Doh, Other Items to Louisiana Flood Victims?
Presidential candidate Donald Trump was criticized for donating Play-Doh to flood victims in need of food and water, but that wasn't the only item among his donations.
Thoughts from Below the Rio Bravo: A Preliminary to Going into Hiding
To understand of many Mexican attitudes toward the United States and immigration, you have to go back to the Mexican-American War of 1846-48, of which most Americans have never heard. The United States attacked Mexico in a war of territorial … Continue reading →
U.S. Deployment Of Additional Soldiers To Afghanistan Has Begun
*New York Times:* *Mattis Orders First Group of Reinforcements to Afghanistan* WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Thursday that he had signed deployment orders for some of the American reinforcements that are to be sent to Afghanistan. It is the first tangible step that the Pentagon has taken to carry out the new strategy that President Trump announced last week to step up the fight in Afghanistan and try to take back the initiative from the Taliban. “I have signed orders, but it is not complete,” Mr. Mattis said. “In other words, I have signed some of the troops t... more »
U.S. Orders The Closure Of The Russian Consulate In San Francisco And Two Other Diplomatic Offices
*Politico*: *U.S. retaliates against Russia by forcing diplomatic closures* *State Dept. calls the Kremlin's prior ouster of diplomatic staff 'unwarranted and detrimental.'* The State Department is forcing the Russian government to vacate three diplomatic compounds in the U.S. by this Saturday — retribution for the Kremlin’s order that the U.S. reduce its staff in Russia by more than 750 people. In a sharply worded statement, spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the State Department had complied with Russia’s demands and had made its own “in the spirit of parity invoked by the Russian... more »
WATCH: Cop Fired for Attacking Innocent Elderly Vet Gets Termination Reversed & Back Pay
[image: elderly]An innocent elderly man was assaulted, kidnapped, and falsely charged. The cop who did the abusing was just paid $50/hour for two years of not working.
Who to believe again?
Well, the Tower Hamlets story has got a whole lot more complicated and the question 'Who to believe?' has become even murkier. Andrew Norfolk, the *Times *journalist who bravely exposed the Rotherham grooming scandal and who first broke the Tower Hamlets story on Monday morning, is coming under severe fire and facing accusations of 'sensationalism' and 'misreporting' from various quarters, especially the left-leaning media and Muslim organisations. His latest update does suggest that the story is a good deal less simple than it first appeared. The 'white Christian girl' comes fr... more »
Breaking: Captured Syrian pilot freed by FSA in southeast Damascus
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:40 P.M.) – The Syrian pilot, ‘Ali Al-Helo, who was shot down by the Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the southeastern countryside of Damascus two weeks ago has now been released, according to a report from the Syrian military. Helo was freed as part of a prisoner exchange deal that required the Syrian […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
ISIL’s occupation of Iraq’s historical Nineveh Governorate comes to an end
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:55 P.M.) – Nearly 38 months ago, the so-called Islamic State (ISIL) took Iraq by storm, capturing several important areas while wrecking havoc on the historical Fertile Crescent. Well, the Islamic State’s reign of terror in the Nineveh Governorate is now over, as the Iraqi Armed Forces liberated the last areas under the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian Army within striking distance of ISIL’s last central Syria stronghold
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:00 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has been rapidly advancing in the Hama Governorate’s eastern countryside, liberating a large portion of territory that was previously occupied by the so-called Islamic State (ISIL/ISIS/). Backed by Russian airstrikes, the Syrian Arab Army has liberated several sites in the southeastern part of the Al-Salamiyah […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Breaking: Hezbollah leader visited Syrian President in Damascus
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:05 P.M.) – The Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, stated on Thursday that he personally traveled to Damascus to meet with Syrian President, Bashar Al-Assad, in order to discuss the situation in the Qalamoun Mountains. While no date was specified, the Hezbollah leader did indicate it was before the transfer of the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Reducing CO2 Emissions Is Not a Useful Substitute for Effective Stormwater Management
Hurricane Harvey has undoubtedly caused great damage to Houston and surrounding areas on the Texas Coast. The climate alarmists have immediately tried to blame carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted by humans, of course. My comment is that if the US had devoted the resources wasted on CO2-oriented climate research and building “renewable” sources of energy on […]
This is Why You Serve When The President Asks You To
BREAKING: Why doesn't Mattis quit? Why did he serve? I just asked him. Here's what he said to us minutes ago, on record at the Pentagon: pic.twitter.com/IH7kMol5Qv — Kevin Baron (@DefenseBaron) August 31, 2017 *WNU editor:* I could not have said it any better.
Fireside Chat with Diane Sare, August 31, 2017
Classical Renaissance New International Economic Order American Credit System Video of ostH76Cq-5E Join us tonight at 9pm EDT with Diane Sare of the LaRouchePAC Policy Committee to discuss the man-made disaster in Houston and the immediate necessity to implement LaRouche's Four Laws to save the US economy now.
Are black and Hispanic kids losing ground?
*THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 2017A bogus statistical framework:* When the New York Times covers public schools, you can always expect major errors. So it was last week, when the famous but bungle-prone paper published a front-page report about the enrollment of black and Hispanic students in the nation's most competitive colleges. As we noted on Tuesday, blacks and Hispanics are "under-represented" in the student bodies of the 100 colleges the New York Times chose to study. More specifically: In 2015, 22 percent of the nation's college-age population was Hispanic. But only 13 percent of... more »
Arkansas School Starts Offering Yoga and Meditation Instead of Detention
*Anna Hunt* - This is becoming a trend because it works. The post Arkansas School Starts Offering Yoga and Meditation Instead of Detention appeared first on Waking Times.
Melania Trump Wore Heels to Visit Texas After a Hurricane?
Melania Trump wore high heels while boarding Air Force One, but the First Lady wore sneakers while meeting with officials in Texas.
Protests Seek to #EndFathersDay?
A photograph that shows two women protesting the observance of Father's Day is a digitally manipulated image.
Quote of the Day: “When the govt makes loans or subsidies…”
[image: Hazlitt] *“When the government makes loans or subsidies to business, what it does is to tax successful private business in order to support unsuccessful private business.”* ~ Henry Hazlitt Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with link and attribution.
The Daily "Near You?"
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"Thoughts from Below the Rio Bravo: A Preliminary to Going into Hiding"
*"Thoughts from Below the Rio Bravo:* * A Preliminary to Going into Hiding"* by Fred Reed "To understand many Mexican attitudes toward the United States and immigration, you have to go back to the Mexican-American War of 1846-48, of which most Americans have never heard. The United States attacked Mexico in a war of territorial acquisition, occupied Texas, California, New Mexico, and Arizona, and drove south to conquer Mexico City. It did it because it could. The attitude of Americans who have heard of the war is usually, “Get over it.” Mexicans have not gotten over it. People get o... more »
X22 Report, “When The Market Corrects, Bubbles Will Pop & It Will Be Epic”
X22 Report, “When The Market Corrects, Bubbles Will Pop & It Will Be Epic” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VVhCFgELbo&t=91s
“Your Government Shutdown Survival Guide”
*“Your Government Shutdown Survival Guide”* by PatriotRising "On or around October 2, the US federal government will shut down – again. The actual date could be a bit earlier or later, depending on how the government’s cash flows. Technically, the government should have shut down on March 15, 2017. That was the date that a congressionally approved temporary extension of the debt ceiling expired. So on that date, the amount of debt on the books ($19.808 trillion) became the new debt ceiling. Since then, the Treasury hasn’t been able to issue any more federal debt. Instead of shuttin... more »
Kremlin confirms that Trump lawyer tried to orchestrate a business deal during 2016 campaign.
Michael CohenCourtesy of WaPo: *The Kremlin on Wednesday confirmed that President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer reached out to them during the 2016 presidential campaign, seeking help for a business project in Russia. * *In a statement to the House Intelligence Committee investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen said Monday the president’s company pursued a project in Moscow during the Republican primary. He said the plan was abandoned for various r... more »
Do You Have A Right To Decide What Goes in Your Body?
By Vin Armani In this video, Vin Armani interviews Christina Hildebrand about protecting your sovereign body against medical mandates and environmental toxins. Christina is the... more »
SPOOKY MANCHESTER BROTHELS; SAVILE, PROFUMO ...
*Vivien Ella Walden* *Vivien Ella Walden* managed brothels in Manchester, in the UK, for almost 40 years. Aged 22, she married she West Ham footballer Billy Walden. While she was underaged, she mixed with *Jimmy Savile*, who allegedly worked for the security services. She mixed with Jack Profumo. *dailymail*. Profumo was linked to the fall of *John F Kennedy* and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. *Eddy Shah.* Vivien Ella Walden was said to acquainted with newspaper owner *Eddy Shah*, who was acquainted with Margaret Thatcher, who has been linked to child abuse rings. In 2012,... more »
Americans Now Spend More on Taxes Than Food and Clothing—Combined
[image: taxes]In the land of the free, Americans now spend more money on taxes than they do on food and clothing—combined.
Untitled
*Calculating Harvey’s Aftermath ~Leah Binkovitz, Urban Edge* ~The disaster is shaping up to be one of the costliest yet, after hitting the fourth largest city with the second busiest port in the country. It also hit the Coastal Bend area particularly hard, including Port Aransas, caused flooding in Beaumont and Port Arthur and made landfall again in Louisiana. *Read more.* *Louisiana shelters hundreds of Harvey evacuees from Texas, prepares for more ~Eliazbeth Crisp, The Advocate* *
Almost unbelievable hubris
Then there’s the OTHER massacres, genocide, the only nation in the world to have successfully used Nuclear, Chemical and Biological warfare, deliberately, (as opposed to the Spanish and Portuguese introduction of Measles, Bubonic plague, Chicken Pox and Smallpox, accidentally and because Europe at the time was filthy.) But we’re supposed to believe that God has […]
Hurricane Harvey And The Risk To Criminal Evidence
The story that won't be told in the wake of Harvey's wrath is the incredible risk to the thousands upon thousands of items of physical evidence being stored in police departments and crime laboratories throughout Texas - especially in Houston. Any damage to this evidence may derail the state's pursuit of justice. read more
IAU Planet Definition "Use Before Date" - Let's Call Pluto, Ceres & Our Moon Planets Right Now!
The IAU famously decided that Pluto was not a planet any more, but said it would still call it a "dwarf planet" along with Ceres. However, I think this definition is a result of a historical accident of our solar system and the objects we have discovered in it so far, and so has a "use before" date. We just don't know when that date is, but probably some time in the next two or three decades and it may well be sooner than that. So why not change right away? read more
T.E.J.A.S. Bryan Parras on Democracy Now! Chemical Plants Spew Toxins, Explode in Aftermath of Hurricane
Updates: Chemical plant explodes in Crosby, Texas http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/31/547504624/explosions-reported-at-flooded-arkema-chemical-plant-in-crosby-texas?utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=news&utm_source=dlvr.it Rescues continue in Port Arthur and Beaumont, Texas. Teams go door to door in Houston searching for survivors of Hurricane Harvey, today Thursday, August 31.
Don't Let This Story Die
One of the best anti-war documentaries of all time! I had a call today from a newspaper reporter in San Diego, California where Veterans For Peace is now organizing a protest against an upcoming airshow. The reporter wanted to find out why and when we began organizing air show protests here in Maine. MB and I moved to Brunswick, Maine in 2003 and we began organizing protests at the Navy air station in the town soon after arriving. A couple of times we held a Friday-Sunday 24-hour vigil and fast at the front gate of the former Navy base when the Blue Angels were coming to do an ... more »
TOWN INVESTIGATED BY OBAMA JUSTICE DEPARTMENT BRINGS "WALKING WHILE BLACK" CHARGES
*The Washington Post*'s Fredrick Kunkle reports: Imagine being run over by a car and then being charged with a crime for being the victim. Earlier this month, three African-American young men were walking along a street at night in the small Louisiana town of La Ville Platte (pop. 7,270) when a Chevrolet pickup truck hit them, inflicting minor injuries. The driver of the truck — who said he was blinded by the headlights of an oncoming vehicle — wasn’t charged, police said. But the three pedestrians were. Police charged them with unlawfully obstructing traffic and failure to have r... more »
Government: Hurricane Harvey’s Accomplice
[image: government-hurricane-harvey-s-accomplice] Hurricane Harvey may have hammered Houston, but government policies turned the downpour into a disaster.
Ukraine Is the US’ Most Valuable Post-ISIS Bargaining Chip Against Russia
The US actually can't leave Ukraine because it needs some form of outpost in order to participate in future energy, trade, and currency wars. The post Ukraine Is the US’ Most Valuable Post-ISIS Bargaining Chip Against Russia appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
Infrastructure is worth more than you think!
Video of TRMrK6IiG0M Jason Ross addresses an Aug 26 Manhattan LaRouchePAC conference on the theme of bringing about a rapid improvement in US productivity through investment in long-term infrastructure and science projects. An immediate change in economic thought is required, Jason argues, to shift the US economy from Wall Street to infrastructure and nuclear fusion-led science and technology improvements. Watch the full conference here.
No More Houstons: Lyndon LaRouche Says What Must Happen “Right Now”
PDF: [image: PDF icon] 20170831-no-more-houstons.pdf The catastrophe in Texas is a man-made disaster accomplished by the criminal negligence of this nation’s elected officials, who have continued to support Wall Street’s speculative economy and imperial ambitions while arguing that the nation cannot afford to rebuild and replace its ancient and broken-down economic infrastructure. For the third time since 2005, major American cities have been flooded and their people devastated, because the plans for new infrastructure to protect the people, requiring tens of billions in investmen... more »
Russia announces Syrian terrorists plan chemical false flag on day UN slams US for killing Syrian civilians
Maria Zakharova delivered the announce. She correctly predicted such a false flag attack in June of this year. More The post Russia announces Syrian terrorists plan chemical false flag on day UN slams US for killing Syrian civilians appeared first on The Duran.
BREAKING: US shuts down Russian Consulate in San Francisco
The move will strategically inconvenience both US and Russian citizens. More The post BREAKING: US shuts down Russian Consulate in San Francisco appeared first on The Duran.
Reporters Without Borders thinks ISIS in Africa and al-Qaeda in Syria are less dangerous to free speech than Putin and Xi
The integrity of Reporters Without Borders has been called into question by the editor-in-chief of RT Margarita Simonyan. More The post Reporters Without Borders thinks ISIS in Africa and al-Qaeda in Syria are less dangerous to free speech than Putin and Xi appeared first on The Duran.
The U.N.'s Nuclear Watchdog Will Not inspect Iran's Military Sites
*Reuters:* *U.S. pressure or not, U.N. nuclear watchdog sees no need to check Iran military sites* VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States is pushing U.N. nuclear inspectors to check military sites in Iran to verify it is not breaching its nuclear deal with world powers. But for this to happen, inspectors must believe such checks are necessary and so far they do not, officials say. Last week, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley visited the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which is scrutinizing compliance with the 2015 agreement, as part of a review of the pact... more »
Did Paul Ryan just get played by the Dems?...
*it would appear so.* This is what happens when you draw your public conclusions by sticking your wet finger in the air. Nancy Pelosi and the mayor of Berkeley, Jesse Arreguin, have denounced Antifa: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., says the "violent" members of Antifa — those members of the anti-fascist group who allegedly attacked conservative demonstrators over the weekend in Berkeley, Calif. — should be arrested and prosecuted. "Our democracy has no room for inciting violence or endangering the public, no matter the ideology of those who commit such acts," Pelosi... more »
Explosions Rock Arkema Chemical Plant Near Houston, Multiple Injuries Reported
[image: arkema]Arkema chemical plant in Crosby, Texas has confirmed that two explosions have occurred at the site.
“We Only Kill Black People”: Video Catches Cop Reassure White Woman She Won’t Be Shot
[image: black]Stunning dash-cam footage, taken during a traffic stop in Georgia, shows an officer telling a woman, "We only kill black people."
Arctic Refuses To Melt As Predicted
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? ? http://beta.dmi.dk/en/groenland/maalinger/greenland-ice-sheet-surface-mass-budget/ ? ? Greenland’s melt season ended a month ago, and since last September the ice sheet has grown at close to record rates. Much was made of the anomalously warm year in 2012, which was quickly linked to climate…
Climate Communism? The Russians aren’t buying
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: ? Ø Christopher Monckton of Brenchley reports from the first Russian Cities’ Climate Forum in Moscow The Al Gore Effect wasn’t working. Instead of the snow and frost that usually accompanies global warming conferences, the sun was shining brightly and the temperature was north of 100 °F. Inside…
Hurricane Harvey In Perspective
By Paul Homewood Thankfully it’s stopped raining in Houston, so time for a round up on Storm Harvey. Total rainfall from the storm peaked at 51.88 in at Cedar Bayou, just outside Houston. http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/nfdscc1.html This beat the previous record rainfall from a single storm over the contiguous US. The previous record was 48 […]
Sam Jammal: "Thousands Of Lobbyists Are Lining Up With Their Own 'Fixes' To Our Tax System"
In his *Washington Post* column yesterday, just before Señor Trumpanzee's closed-to-the-public speech in Springfield, Missouri, Greg Sargent predicted that we'd hear the death rattle of whatever pretensions to genuine economic populism Trump has ever harbored, if any. "Trump," he continued, "will make it official that this rhetoric is merely a disguise for the same old trickle-down economics we have heard for decades-- confirming that his economic agenda is in sync with the very same GOP economic orthodoxy that he so effectively used as a foil to get elected... [T]he most recent v... more »
Fall of Giants
Footage of toppled Confederate statues all over cities in the US reminded me of the events my homeland went through a couple of decades ago and might go through again in some years. Some experts already compared the toppling of Confederate statues with “Leninopad” – razing of Lenin statues in Ukraine, but renaming streets and […]
Are The Deep State Hiding Hillary Clinton Emails From The Public?
https://youtu.be/y_cohH25zA8 What are the Deep State hiding? Jason Chaffetz wants to find out and HA Goodman will continue to bang that gong.
Ivy League profs: Some thoughts and advice for our students and all students
Sixteen college professors signed a letter urging students to respect everyone's rights to think and speak for themselves.
Donald Trump is promising billions to help Texas rebuild even as Republicans vote to take a billion out of disaster relief money to pay for his border wall.
Courtesy of TPM: *President Donald Trump is promising billions to help Texas rebuild from Harvey-caused epic flooding, but his Republican allies in the House are looking at cutting almost $1 billion from disaster accounts to help finance the president’s border wall. * *The pending reduction to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster relief account is part of a massive spending bill that the House is scheduled to consider next week when lawmakers return from their August recess. The $876 million cut, which is included in the 1,305-page measure’s homeland security secti... more »
Sebastian Gorka: former Donald Trump adviser on Charlottesville and Krishnan Guru-Murphy's wet dreams
https://youtu.be/dLZfkM8Da8M Sebastian Gorka: former Donald Trump adviser on Charlottesville and Krishnan Guru-Murphy's wet dreams. Lovely... The words of Sebastian Gorka not KGM's wet dreams.
Journal flags four papers by researcher in Spain over figure issues noted on PubPeer
A journal has issued expression of concerns (EOCs) for four papers after a concerned reader notified the editors of issues in several figures. According to the EOCs, the Journal of Cell Science (JCS) discussed the concerns with the corresponding author, José Ignacio Rodriguez-Crespo, and subsequently notified his institution, Complutense University of Madrid. Last year, all […] The post Journal flags four papers by researcher in Spain over figure issues noted on PubPeer appeared first on Retraction Watch.
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