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Picture Of The Day
*Hornet Launching* An F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Persian Gulf, March 19, 2018. The pilots are assigned to Strike Fighter Attack Squadron 22. Theodore Roosevelt and its carrier strike group are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations to reassure allies and partners and preserve the freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce in the region. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Langholf *WNU Editor:* The above picture is from this ... more »
Alice Embree : METRO | ‘The Rag’ in Paris
By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | April 1, 2018 “The Rag in Paris,” was the subject line of an e-mail from Chilean doctoral student Manuel Suzarte. He is pictured at a table. Projected on a screen behind him … finish reading Alice Embree : *METRO* | ‘The Rag’ in Paris
Alice Embree : METRO EVENT | DSA to screen ‘She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry’ at the Alamo Mueller
By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | March 31, 2018 Event: Screening of ‘She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry’ When: Tuesday, April 17, 2018, 7 p.m. Where: Alamo Drafthouse Mueller Address: 1911 Aldrich Street, Austin, TX 78723 Sponsor: Feminist Action … finish reading Alice Embree : *METRO EVENT* | DSA to screen ‘She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry’ at the Alamo Mueller
Japan's Foreign Minister Is Claiming That North Korea Is Preparing Another Nuclear Test
Photo Credit: Damir Sagolj/Reuters via rtp.pt *Nikkei Asian Review:* *Japan's Kono hints at North Korea nuclear activity amid easing tensions* TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Foreign Minister Taro Kono suggested Saturday there are signs North Korea is preparing to again test a nuclear weapon, even as tensions on the Korean Peninsula are easing ahead of summit talks between the leaders of the two Koreas. North Korea appears to be "working hard to get ready for the next nuclear test," Kono said in a lecture in Kochi city, referring to soil removal from the tunnel at the nuclear test site where pas... more »
Trump Will Never Tweet That He Has Decided To Institute Fascism Per Se
The regime is moving at break-neck speed to set its neo-fascist agenda in cement and change the country fundamentally. “Billboards. TV campaigns. Radio programs. The anti-immigrant government… uses different levers to influence public opinion… Even school textbooks… [T]he far-right leader’s message is now woven into the school curriculum.” The country’s Constitution has been re-written and the judiciary reshaped. The leader’s appointees or supporters dominate many artistic institutions and universities. A growing number of plays and exhibitions have had nationalist undertones. Rel... more »
“The Future Ain't What It Used To Be”
*“The Future Ain't What It Used To Be”* by Chris Martenson "This marks our our 10th year of doing this. And by “this”, we mean using data, logic and reason to support the very basic conclusion that infinite growth on a finite planet is impossible. Surprisingly, this simple, rational idea - despite its huge and fast-growing pile of corroborating evidence - still encounters tremendous pushback from society. Why? Because it runs afoul of most people's deep-seated belief systems. Our decade of experience delivering this message has hammered home what behavioral scientists have been tel... more »
Russia Tells The U.K. To Cut Its Diplomatic Staff By 50
*The National/AFP*: *Russia demands UK cut over 50 diplomats in new tit-for-tat move* The call is seen as Moscow's retaliation to the mass coordinated expulsion of Russian diplomatic staff by the UK's allies following a nerve agent attack in Salisbury, England. Russia demanded on Saturday that Britain further slash its diplomatic presence as a crisis in ties between Moscow and the West escalated over a nerve agent attack on a former spy. The call came after 23 British diplomats were kicked out of Russia earlier this month and is seen as Moscow's retaliation to the mass coordinate... more »
Giant Deluges
There is presently a move afoot for another radical compression of ancient history among a group I am associated. Somewhat unrelated is figuring out what to make of the mention of giants in ancient history from various sources such as this one at the Velikovsky Archive. I would assign these historic giants to the Jurassic period … Continue reading "Giant Deluges"
Israel Loses A Drone In Lebanon, The Fourth This Year
A photo on local media claims to show the crash site of an Israeli drone that went down in Lebanon, March 31, 2018 (screenshot) *Times of Israel:* *Israeli drone crashes in Lebanon due to malfunction* Army says no sensitive info lost in incident; according to Al-Manar, spy plane was destroyed by second aircraft after going down in country's south An Israeli drone on Saturday crashed in Lebanese territory due to a technical malfunction, the Israeli army said. The IDF said the incident was being investigated, and added that no sensitive information had been lost due to the crash. H... more »
Russia Plans to Completely Overhaul Its Deadly Tupolev Tu-160 Bomber Fleet by 2030
*Zachary Keck* *Security, Europe* Will it have the cash to do it? Russia plans to completely overhaul its Tupolev Tu-160 bomber fleet by 2030, Moscow announced this week. “We are going to purchase the entire fleet of our strategic Tu-160 bombers in their new version and carry out heavy upgrade of operational aircraft where only the fuselage will remain while all the onboard radio-electronic equipment and engines will be replaced,” Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said on March 28, according to Russian media outlets. “That is why, we will get the renewed fleet of strategic a... more »
These 5 Wonder Weapons Were Hitler's Plan to Save Nazi Germany. They Failed.
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* But they may have changed history. During Germany’s early string of victories between 1939 and 1941, Hitler informed the members of the nation’s aerospace industry that he had decided to impose new restrictions on aircraft research and development. However, by 1942 the Führer and his Air Force High Command (Oberkommando der Luftwaffe) had recognized their mistake. With the increasing weakness in the fighter arm, Hitler saw that his old faithful aircraft like the Messerschmitt Me-109 were losing ground to the new Allied long-range fight... more »
Here's Why Taiwan Wants America's F-35
*Zachary Keck* *Security, Asia* How would China respond? Two U.S. senators are pushing the Trump administration to sell F-35 Joint Strike Fighters to Taiwan. In a letter addressed to Trump on March 26, Sens. John Cornyn and James Inhofe urged the president to sell Taiwan the F-35B fighter jets. If that could not be arranged, Cornyn and Inhofe said Washington should sell Taipei the F-16V. “The survivability of the F35B and modern long-range sensors could help Taiwan intercept Chinese missiles, promoting deterrence well into the next decade. The F-35B would not only provide a mo... more »
Why Russia's Armata Tank Could Take on NATO's Best (and Not Even Need a Crew to Fight)
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Europe* Yes, it could come in "robot" format. The T-14 Armata, Russia’s next-generation tank, is finally nearing readiness. However, information on recent development has been scarce. A recent interview in February 2018 with Vyacheslav Khalitov, the deputy director of Uralvagonzavod (UVZ), has shed some light on what progress the Armata has made since its last public display. It also gave some information on the Koalitsiya-SV self-propelled howitzer (SPH) project, and the Armata’s derivative T-15 Heavy Infantry Fighting Vehicle (HIFV) project. The prima... more »
The Army's 'Military Review' Just Declared that America Was Defeated in Syria
*Task and Purpose* *Security, Middle East* Could this be true? I was interested to see in an article in the new issue of “Military Review,” a publication of the U.S. Army, conclude that, “Russia appears to have won at least a partial victory in Syria, and done so with impressive efficiency, flexibility, and coordination between military and political action.” Looking at Putin, the article states that “the Russian campaign might be judged a qualified success from the standpoint of the Kremlin’s own objective.” As for the United States, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, the authors (who ... more »
This Is How Trump Can Successfully Navigate the China Trade Trap
*Peter Harrell* *Economics, Asia* Trump cannot let his administration be bought off by Beijing’s initial concessions if he wants to reverse years of American failure in pressing China to change its economic practices. Foreign-policy experts and America’s allies have roundly criticized President Trump’s new tariffs and investment restrictions as a potential opening salvo in a global trade war. But at least rhetorically, the Trump administration argues that its goal is not simply to protect American industries from foreign competition. Rather, the Trump administration argues that ... more »
Why the U.S. Government Is No Longer Capable of Ensuring National Security
*Russell W. Glenn, Ian M. Sullivan* *Security, North America* [image: U.S. President Donald Trump addresses members of U.S. military services and Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) at U.S. Air Force Yokota Air Base in Fussa, on the outskirts of Tokyo, Japan] Does America's system of government prevent it from winning the wars of the future? *The U.S. government as currently structured and regulated is unable to guarantee the security of its country. This is true both in terms of wars involving combat with a peer or near-peer competitor and what we will here call “conditional-peer” t... more »
Break and Remake the U.S. Navy Surface Fleet
*James Holmes* *Security, North America* [image: The USS Wasp joins other U.S. Navy vessels in maneuvering around Hurricane Maria before eventually returning to assist the U.S. Virgin Islands, in the Caribbean Sea] Why did it take a series of shipboard disasters to jolt the U.S. Navy into reforming the training regimen? So Adm. Phil Davidson, the commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command, has come out in favor of longer, more rigorous training before aspiring surface warfare officers step aboard their first ships. Good, and not a moment too soon. But let’s ask why it took a series o... more »
Say hello to the Petroyuan
As the dollar has been consistently dropping in value, it really didn't need any help from China More The post Say hello to the Petroyuan appeared first on The Duran.
Syrian Army’s announces official control over East Ghouta towns (video)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:40 A.M.) – Chief of the General Staff of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) Ali Mayhoub announced that his troops established full control over “all Eastern Ghouta cities and villages in Damascus country,” during a televised address on Saturday. “It obliterated hundreds of terrorists and destroyed their headquarters, gatherings, fortifications, weapons and machines, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Breaking: Jaysh Al-Islam announces preliminary agreement with Russia in Douma
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:50 A.M) – Jaysh Al-Islam announced tonight that they have reached a preliminary agreement with the Russian Reconciliation Center that would allow for the latter to transport their critical wounded fighters to northern Syria. Based on the details of the agreement, Jaysh Al-Islam will allow Russia to transport their wounded fighters to Idlib […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian Army to officially launch southern Syria offensive
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:30 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) will be officially launching their southern Syria offensive in the coming weeks, a military source told Al-Masdar News this evening. According to the military source, most of the Syrian Army units that participated in the East Ghouta offensive will now partake in the operations in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
That's a good question
Seen on Gab, in reference to the DREAM Act debate: That's a pretty good question, if you ask me! What about it, Mr. Iger? Peter
Power and Contemporary Politics: A Martian Perspective
"The humans have a bifurcated social structure that divides them into two major groups. The first group, the majority of the population, appears to do most of the productive work in their economy. With respect to the second, much smaller group, a tiny fraction owns almost all of the wealth and occupies most positions of economic and political authority at the highest, directorial levels; the rest occupy bureaucratic positions in the lower operational levels of their State, or positions in the judiciary and above all, the apparatuses of public education and communication." "A strik... more »
Another Violent Day On The Gaza - Israel Border
*Daily Mail*: *Palestinians prepare for fresh protests as funerals begin for 16 people killed by Israeli forces in Gaza's bloodiest day for four years - as Israel threatens to target 'terror organisations'* * Protesters are preparing for further demonstrations near the Israel-Palestine border following violent clashes * Thousands of Palestinians have gathered in tent encampments set up across five sites for the six-week protest * Israel has defended its soldiers who opened fire on demonstrators, killing 16 and injuring more than 1,400 Palestinians are preparing for further protests... more »
The U.S. Army Wants A Better Protection For Its Tanks
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ason Forsyth *WNU Editor*: Two articles that outlines how the U.S. Army wants to better protect its tanks .... *The Army Wants This Modular, Universal System To Shield Its Armor From Rockets And Missiles* -- *The Warzone/The Drive* The Modular Active Protection System will be able to run multiple types of protection systems and could pave the way for networked defenses. The U.S. Army has hired Lockheed Martin to continue development of a universal control system that will be able to run current and future active protection systems to defend a variety of veh... more »
I finally know what in the hell Roseanne Barr is tweeting about. And I wish I didn't.
President Trump has freed so many children held in bondage to pimps all over this world. Hundreds each month. He has broken up trafficking rings in high places everywhere. notice that. I disagree on some things, but give him benefit of doubt-4 now. — Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) March 31, 2018 Okay so that tweet has been sent to me a number of times since yesterday, but I had no fucking idea what she was referring to so I did not know what to post about it. Well now I know. Courtesy of Newsweek: *The tweet seems to allude to a conspiracy theory known as The Storm, which eme... more »
It's Hard To Imagine Duncan Hunter, Jr. Going Back To Congress In 2019
CA-50 is one of the last conservative Republican districts in California. Obama lost it both times-- badly-- and Trump beat Hillary 54.6% to 39.6%. The PVI is R+11. Duncan Hunter, Sr and Duncan Hunter, Jr-- two very crooked, self-entitled Republican assholes have held the district for 38 conservative years. Political education is very low and many people don't realize that Hunter I has been replaced by Hunter II. The district is what's left over in San Diego County after all the beautiful and desirable parts were divided up among other districts. Aside from Temecula and Escondido ... more »
The U.S. Military Has 3,822 Nuclear Weapons
*Michael Peck, National Interest:* *The U.S. Military Has 3,822 Nuclear Weapons. (Enough Firepower to Kill Billions)* In a more peaceful universe, the fact that the United States possesses almost 4,000 weapons that can destroy entire cities would be horrifying. But in our universe, it is actually an encouraging sign of how much America's nuclear arsenal has declined since the Cold War. As of 2017, the U.S. had 3,822 nuclear weapons, according to data just declassified by the Department of Energy. That's down from 4,018 in 2016. That number does not include weapons that have been r... more »
For The Past Five Months China Had Completely Cut-Off North Korea From Petrol Products And Other Vital Supplies
China's President Xi Jinping (R) shaking hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Beijing on March 27. Data suggests China might have used its economic clout to ensure it remained at the heart of international negotiations involving North Korea Credit: AFP *The Telegraph:* *China turns the screw on North Korea by cutting its petrol supply, report says* China has turned off the tap on crucial goods for North Korea in a bid to pile on economic pressure as South and North Korean leaders prepare for an unprecedented diplomatic summit this April, and hopes for May talks between t... more »
X22 Report, “Liquidity Crisis Headed Our Way,The Economic Warning Signs Are Everywhere”
X22 Report, “Liquidity Crisis Headed Our Way, The Economic Warning Signs Are Everywhere” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUFtQTtIHRM
Musical Interlude: Neil H., “Candlelight Dreams”
Neil H., “Candlelight Dreams” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ysoh_adCr8
Musical Interlude, 1968: Mason Williams, “Classical Gas”; Paul Mauriat, "Love Is Blue"
Mason Williams, “Classical Gas” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhMuCiAe6vA Paul Mauriat, "Love Is Blue" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6cPXvTqasg
"A Look to the Heavens"
"A gorgeous spiral galaxy some 100 million light-years distant, NGC 1309 lies on the banks of the constellation of the River (Eridanus). NGC 1309 spans about 30,000 light-years, making it about one third the size of our larger Milky Way galaxy. Bluish clusters of young stars and dust lanes are seen to trace out NGC 1309's spiral arms as they wind around an older yellowish star population at its core. *Click image for larger size.* Not just another pretty face-on spiral galaxy, observations of NGC 1309's recent supernova and Cepheid variable stars contribute to the calibration of the... more »
I went down to buy a beer today ...
... and of course I was stopped by a group of religious trolls who'd caught the ear of a bully with a clipboard, working when no-one else is allowed to. Fortunately, you can still get a cold one down at the Pop Up Globe. Despite the best efforts of the grey ones. [Cartoon by Nick Kim, courtesy of *The Free Radical*] . Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with link and attribution.
Spy Case: Russia, United States Envoys Leave Washington, St. Petersburg
The moves were the latest in a spy poisoning case that has escalated East-West tensions, with both sides expelling more than 150 of each other’s diplomats from two dozen countries.
What the actual expletive deleted???
Courtesy of Vox Day, we learn of this message: Click the image for a larger view. Here's the critical sentence: *MPD received a permit application several months prior to the actual event, and there was several months of planning for this large event.* *WTF????* Permits for the March For Our Lives demonstration were applied for *several months before the Parkland shooting - which was allegedly the event giving rise to the march - had even happened?* Two possibilities come to mind: 1. The permit application was for use with a different demonstration, but was rapidly "re... more »
7 decades later, a Native American Marine's remains come home from Korea
A lifetime of mourning for a 74-year-old member of the Gila River Indian Community has come to an end. Laverne McAfee was finally able to welcome her father home. It was a day Laverne McAfee never expected. Her father, Sgt. Johnson McAfee Jr., who was killed in one of the Korean War's most brutal battles, received full military honors at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona on March 23. “We celebrate you today, sir,” said Bishop Rick Garrett, Sr. “We celebrate your life and we celebrate your accomplishments.” As six Marines carried a flag-draped coffin holding Sgt. McAfee’s ... more »
Indiana Wants to Euthanize Raccoons, Opossums, and Coyotes
A new rule being proposed by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources would sign the death warrant for thousands of raccoons, opossums and coyotes across the state. The agency is considering changes to a current administrative rule that would require animal control workers to euthanize any of the three animals that they catch, rather than being allowed to catch and release them. That decision is currently left to the professional, with various regulations and limitations governing a release. The DNR and some animal control businesses say this change can help prevent nuisance pr... more »
Chet Raymo, "Lessons"
"Lessons" by Chet Raymo "There is a four-line poem by Yeats, called "Gratitude to the Unknown Instructors": "What they undertook to do They brought to pass; All things hang like a drop of dew Upon a blade of grass." Like so many of the short poems of Yeats, it is hard to know what the poet had in mind, who exactly were the unknown instructors, and if unknown how could they instruct. But as I opened my volume of The Poems this morning, at random, as in the old days people opened the Bible and pointed a finger at a random passage seeking advice or instruction, this is the poem that pr... more »
"For The Most Part..."
"Human beings never think for themselves, they find it too uncomfortable. For the most part, members of our species simply repeat what they are told- and become upset if they are exposed to any different view. The characteristic human trait is not awareness but conformity, and the characteristic result is religious warfare. Other animals fight for territory or food; but, uniquely in the animal kingdom, human beings fight for their 'beliefs.' The reason is that beliefs guide behavior, which has evolutionary importance among human beings. But at a time when our behavior may well lead ... more »
Rally Seeks Justice for Black Man Shot by Police in Backyard
The family of Stephon Clark joined hundreds at a rally Saturday to call for Sacramento to not let his memory or calls for justice or calls for police reform fade away.
"Real Church Sign"
"Oh yeah, we're doing fine. Thanks for asking..."
China Will No Longer Financially Support Venezuela
China's President Xi Jinping (L) and Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro shake hands during a signing ceremony in Caracas July 21, 2014. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File Photo *Nick Cunningham, OilPrice.com:* *Did Venezuela Just Lose A Key Ally?* Venezuela’s debt crisis is only expected to grow worse this year, and the government could be without one of its most important benefactors, raising the odds of yet another default. China has sent around $50 billion to Venezuela over the years, loans that were repaid in oil shipments. China needed oil and Venezuela needed cash, and the...more »
Hell, what? No Hell ???
It seems the present incumbent of the chair of St. Peter was not accurately quoted in a published extract of a conversation between the Pope with an atheistic newspaper publisher, according to at least one commentary. The controversy is over … Continue reading →
Russia's New Patrol Boat Is Extremely Deadly
*The Warzone/The Drive*: *Russia's New Little Missile Packing Patrol Ship Is A Pretty Genius Design* The ships can carry containerized missile systems and can be outfitted with vertical launch surface-to-air missiles, but are half the size of an LCS. Russia is constructing half a dozen Project 22160 patrol boats that leverage an innovative and compact design that provides a lot of capability and potentially a huge amount of combat punch in a relatively small seaframe. The concept is innovative enough that it should be studied by western navies as a source of inspiration for their... more »
"Emotion Processing in Brain is Influenced by Color of Ambient Light"
*"Emotion Processing in Brain is Influenced * *by Color of Ambient Light"* by ScienceDaily "We are all aware that a bright day may lift our mood. However the brain mechanisms involved in such effects of light are largely unknown. Researchers at the Cyclotron Research Centre (University of Liege), Geneva Center for Neuroscience and Swiss Center for Affective Sciences (University of Geneva), and Surrey Sleep Research Centre (University of Surrey) investigated the immediate effect of light, and of its color composition, on emotion brain processing using functional magnetic resonance im... more »
"The Best Of Brain Pickings 2017"
Please do visit this extraordinarily wonderful site! - https://www.brainpickings.org/2017/12/28/best-of-brain-pickings-2017/
THE SILENCING OF PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN SILENCED
Bret Stephens, victim of a fairly recent lynching in which he wasn't actually lynched, writes in defense of Kevin Williamson from his still-comfy perch at *The New York Times*: Dear Kevin, You *had* the right to remain silent. Now every word you’ve ever uttered, and every one you ever will, can and will be held against you. Do you know when Williamson gave up his right to remain silent? *When he starting publishing tendentious opinion pieces in an influential national journal of opinion as a full-time job.* He gave up his right to remain silent by not being silent *for a living.* T... more »
DARPA Wants A Program That Can Predict An Opponent's Strategy And Then Recommend Strategies To A Commander
*Michael Peck, National Interest:* *DARPA's Mad Scientists Have a Sneaky Plan to Win the next Big War* The art of generalship is to get inside the enemy's head. From Caesar to Napoleon to Rommel, the best commanders have a knack for deducing the enemy's plans and then moving to exploit that insight. At the same time, a staple of science fiction is the omniscient computer. DARPA wants to merge these two phenomenon into software that will determine an opponent's strategy and then recommend strategies to a commander. Collection and Monitoring via Planning for Active Situational Scenar... more »
Gerry Adams blasts Israel: Ireland called upon to expel Israeli ambassador
DAMSCUS, SYRIA (12:00 P.M)- Ireland’s Gerry Adams, has called for immediate action to be taken against Israel, as a result of its execution of 16 peaceful Gazan protestors this Friday. The UN, EU were urged by Mr. Gerry Adams to take action, he also stressed that the current Israeli Ambassador to Ireland be expelled from […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Breaking: Syrian Army in full control of several towns in East Ghouta
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:30 P.M.) – For the first time since the start of the war, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) is in full control of several towns in the western part of the East Ghouta region. Following the departure of the last batch of militants and their families, today, the Syrian Army entered the towns […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Ted Nugent claims that Parkland students have "no soul."
Courtesy of Mediaite: *Appearing on Newsmax’s The Joe Pags Show, the guitarist/conservative commentator let host Joe Pagliarulo know what he thought about the Parkland shooting survivors who have become outspoken gun reform activists. And, umm, yeah. * *Describing them as “poor mushy brained children who have been fed lies” and that they’re “committing spiritual suicide” by recommending gun control, Nugent went so far as to label David Hogg and others as lacking a soul. * *After Pagliarulo played some clips of Hogg and Emma Gonzalez speaking out against the NRA on CNN, Nugent r... more »
Delingpole: Finally ‘Climate Change’ Gets Its Scopes Monkey Trial–and the Bad Guys Are Gonna Lose
Judge William Alsup has laughed off suggestions that he’s currently presiding over the “global warming” equivalent of the Scopes Monkey Trial. But like it or not this is essentially what is being played out right now in a U.S. federal court in San Francisco. The climate alarmists have finally got their day in court against … Continue reading "Delingpole: Finally ‘Climate Change’ Gets Its Scopes Monkey Trial–and the Bad Guys Are Gonna Lose"
The U.S. Marines Are Gettings A New And Improved M72 Light Anti-Tank Weapon (LAW)
The latest M-72 rocket launcher on display at the Urban ANTX-18 exercise held March 22 aboard Camp Pendleton, California. (Shawn Snow/Staff) *Task & Purpose*: *This Iconic Vietnam-Era Rocket Launcher Just Got A Major Upgrade, And Marines Say It’s A ‘Game Changer’ * First adopted by the Army and Marine Corps at the height of the Vietnam War, the M72 Light Anti-Tank Weapon (LAW) has remained a staple of infantry arsenals and action movies for over a half-century. Lightweight and reliable, the 66mm rocket system has a reputation for fantastic results. When Dirty Harry and Rambo are in... more »
Snapping of a little kid out the polling station [Flickr]
Kodak Agfa posted a photo: [image: Snapping of a little kid out the polling station] People snap a photo of an Egyptian toddler carrying an Egyptian flag outside a polling station in Egypt's Presidential elections 2018
A local DJ outside a polling station in Egypt's Presidential elections [Flickr]
Kodak Agfa posted a photo: [image: A local DJ outside a polling station in Egypt's Presidential elections] A DJ playing dancing patriotic songs at the exist of a of a polling station whereas Pro-Sisi volunteers dance in Egypt's Presidential elections 2018
Scientist Says RFID Won’t Be Optional & May Change The Essence Of What It Means To Be Human.
http://www.collective-evolution.com/2018/03/30/scientist-says-rfid-wont-be-optional-may-change-the-essence-of-what-it-means-to-be-human/ Advertisements
NASA Confession: American Citizens Are Being Dosed With Lithium And Other Chemicals By Air.
NASA Confession: American Citizens Are Being Dosed With Lithium And Other Chemicals By Air | Disclose.tv https://www.disclose.tv/nasa-confession-american-citizens-are-being-dosed-with-lithium-and-other-chemicals-by-air-329447
Why cancer strikes more women than men in India
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-43539369
Newfound ‘organ’ had been missed by standard method for visualizing anatomy
Medical Xpress: Newfound ‘organ’ had been missed by standard method for visualizing anatomy https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2018-03-newfound-standard-method-visualizing-anatomy.html
Physicists Say Consciousness Should Be Considered A State of Matter: The “Non Physical” Is Real.
Physicists Say Consciousness Should Be Considered A State of Matter: The “Non Physical” Is Real – Collective Evolution http://www.collective-evolution.com/2016/10/28/physicists-say-consciousness-should-be-considered-a-state-of-matter-the-non-physical-is-real/
Big Pharma suffers another major blow as study debunks high cholesterol myths, admitting statins are totally worthless.
Big Pharma suffers another major blow as study debunks high cholesterol myths, admitting statins are totally worthless – NaturalNews.com https://www.naturalnews.com/054388_statin_drugs_medical_myths_Big_Pharma.html
The world’s most nutritious foods
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180126-the-100-most-nutritious-foods?ocid=fbfut
Voting girl 2018 : Egypt's Presidential Elections summary 2018
Another dispatch from Cairo, the land of pharaohs and elections. Earlier Friday, Egypt’s National Elections Authority “NEA” announced that no one has presented any appeal or objection against the elections. Thus on 2 April, the NEA will announce Current president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi as the winner of the 2018 presidential race in the non-surprising news. According to the unofficial preliminary results leaked from the NEA and Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s official campaign, the current president *comes in the first place by 92% *of the votes, the spoilt votes *in the second place by 5%* and M... more »
Last Lenten vigil at BIW - up next more work on conversion
There were 30 of us at Bath Iron Works (BIW) today for the final Lenten season vigil. Several commented in our closing circle that it will be sad not to have the vigil in the coming weeks because this Lenten series of vigils have been extraordinarily special - likely because of the extra people that turned out due to our GD corporate welfare campaign. Our next BIW protest will probably be during the 'christening' of another destroyer at the shipyard though at this time we don't know when that will happen. So stay tuned. This morning's Bangor Daily News brought two signifi... more »
Russia ‘Novichok’ Hysteria Proves Politicians and Media Haven’t Learned The Lessons of Iraq
[image: undefined] If there’s one thing to be gleaned from the current atmosphere of anti Russian hysteria in the West, it’s that the US-led sustained propaganda campaign is starting to pay dividends. It’s not only the hopeless political classes and media miscreants who believe that Russia is hacking, meddling, and poisoning our progressive democratic utopia – with many pinning their political careers to this by now that’s it’s too late for them to turn back. As it was with Iraq in 2003, these dubious public figures require a degree of public support for their policies, and unfortun... more »
Dollars for Decency
Robert Reich - 8 hours ago
Last Wednesday morning, Laura Ingraham, Fox News’s queen of snark, tweeted that David Hogg – a... more »
New Poll Shows Republicans Losing Voter-Base
It now seems clear that Republican voters aren’t moving away from Trump; they’re instead moving away from the Republican Party. More The post New Poll Shows Republicans Losing Voter-Base appeared first on The Duran.
Jeremy and Shami can’t both be right – one of them must go per The Conservative Woman
'The two positions are irreconcilable. If Chakrabarti is right then there is no anti-Semitism in Labour, and Corbyn is simply being manipulated by public pressure. If Corbyn's latest admissions are to be believed then he was at best mistaken, and at worst lied, when he defended Chakrabarti against allegations of a whitewash report – which it now clearly appears to be. So who is right? And who is to step down? The whitewashing Shami? Or the new 'militant opponent of anti-Semitism', as he claims he now is on his Twitter feed?' More here https:// www.conservativewoman.co.uk/jeremy-and... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
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"Thought..."
"Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth – more than ruin – more even than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man." - Bertrand Russell
After getting walloped by the Parkland students Laura Ingraham decides to take a vacation. Might as well, it's not like she has any advertisers left.
David Hogg Rejected By Four Colleges To Which He Applied and whines about it. (Dinged by UCLA with a 4.1 GPA...totally predictable given acceptance rates.) https://t.co/wflA4hWHXY — Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) March 28, 2018 Courtesy of Variety: *Laura Ingraham is taking avacation next week. Now the question is whether a controversy swirling around the host will go on hiatus as well. * *The popular Fox News Channel host – her “Ingraham Angle” was the fourth most-watched cable-news program in February – told viewers Friday night she would not appear on air next week as she t... more »
Inside The U.S. War In Yemen
*-by Reese Erlich* One of the most important US Senate votes in decades took place recently, and few people know it happened. On March 20, Senators voted on whether to stop US support for Saudi Arabia’s vicious war in Yemen by invoking the War Powers Act. More than 5,000 Yemenis have died and tens of thousands have been injured since the war began three years ago. The Saudis launched a horrific bombing campaign aimed at civilian infrastructure, schools and hospitals. Saudi Arabia established an air, sea and land blockade, which has cut off supplies of food and medicine. As a dire... more »
"What Keeps You Going..."
"What keeps you going isn't some fine destination but just the road you're on, and the fact that you know how to drive. You keep your eyes open, you see this damned-to-hell world you got born into, and you ask yourself, 'What life can I live that will let me breathe in and out and love somebody or something and not run off screaming into the woods?'" - Barbara Kingsolver “For this is what we do. Put one foot forward and then the other. Lift our eyes to the snarl and smile of the world once more. Think. Act. Feel. Add our little consequence to the tides of good and evil that flood a... more »
Anti-Semitism row official Christine Shawcroft quits Labour NEC per BBC News
One interesting line in this BBC report http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-43605840 into Eddie Izzard replacing Christine Shawcroft on the Labour Party NEC. 'He had previously said he wanted to stand for the executive to "break down barriers" and make the party more welcoming to groups who feel "isolated or excluded".' Groups who feel "isolated or excluded", like Jews in the Labour Party?
What I've Been Reading Recently
I do love a good book, don't you? And to prove it here's the traditional tri-monthly list of all the books to have passed before my eyes since we last did one of these. *We* by Yevgeny Zamyatin *Walking Dead Vol 27: The Whisperer War* by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard *Walking Dead Vol 28: A Certain Doom* by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard *The Postmodern Political Condition* by Agnes Heller and Ferenc Feher *The Tin Drum* by Günter Grass *The Leopard* by Giuseppe Tomasi De Lampedusa *The Return of the Political* by Chantal Mouffe *Here's Nagan* by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlar...more »
Trump Finds Fellow Bully in Bolton
Nothing Donald Trump has done since his inauguration 14 months ago is more dangerous – to the United States, and indeed, to the world – than his selection of John Bolton for National Security Adviser. It is not surprising the president would feel most comfortable receiving advice from a fellow bully. Trump bullies people on... Read more »
14 questions for London on ‘fabricated’ Skripal case
Moscow is demanding answers to the following questions regarding the details of the investigation into the nerve-agent poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia Skprial. More The post 14 questions for London on ‘fabricated’ Skripal case appeared first on The Duran.
This Island Has Been Key To Launching China's Claim And Presence In The South China Sea
*CNBC:* *China has been quietly perfecting a key military outpost in the disputed waters of the South China Sea. Here's a look at how it developed* * Beijing has quietly been building up a rugged power projection platform on Woody Island in the South China Sea. * China first took possession of Woody Island in 1955 and has since equipped it with airstrips, hangars, ports and surface-to-air missile systems. * Here's a look at how China developed this key strategic military outpost. The numerous overlapping sovereign claims on islands, reefs, and rocks — many of which disappear under... more »
A B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Patch Appeared On eBay
(*Click on Image to Enlarge*) eBay/deannaandgordon *Business Insider/The Aviationist*:* A curious looking B-21 Raider Stealth bomber patch just appeared on eBay* * Shortly after the Air Force announced that the B-21 would soon be tested, a B-21 Combined Test Force patch popped up on Ebay. * Members of the Combined Test Force formulate the test program, develop the criteria for flight test missions, execute flight test missions, analyze data from the test flights, and report on the results. *The Ebay seller said that he purchased the patch from Edwards AFB personnel who are standin... more »
"I understand the importance the resurrection story holds in your particular religion."
From a reply to a School Chaplain Christian Volunteer: *I understand the importance the resurrection story holds in your particular religion. If I too knew some guy that had been killed and placed inside a cave with a rock in front of it and I visited the cave to find the rock moved and his body gone, the only logical assumption would be that he had risen from the dead and is the son of God. Once, my friend Simon was rushed to hospital to have his appendix removed and I visited him the next day to find his bed empty. I immediately sacrificed a goat and burnt a witch in his name but... more »
#MeToo For Executioners
Thank goodness for the crusading *New York Times. *Unfortunately, though, the Gray Lady sometimes gets her priorities mixed up and buries the lede. Hypocrite that I am, I'll be burying the lede myself, but only to show you how the Paper of Record buries the lede. But here's a hint: it's a class thing, and an identity politics thing. The *Times* places the interests of the professional class above the rights of the downtrodden. Please bear with me for a minute and read on.... As a result of the newspaper's latest *#MeToo* investigation, the lawyer in charge of the Justice Departmen... more »
Quarter One 2018 Local By-Election Results
Overall, 110,609 votes were cast over 70 local authority (tier one and tier two) contests. All percentages are rounded to the nearest single decimal place. For comparison you can view Quarter Four 2017's results here. Party Number of Candidates Total Vote % +/- Q4 +/- Q1 2017 Average +/- Seats Conservative 65 42,388 38.3% +5.9% +10.3% 652 -4 Labour 63 33,051 29.9% -4.8% +4.5% 525 0 LibDem 49 17,122 15.5% -2.7% -6.2% 349 +6 UKIP 16 1,491 1.3% -1.3% -8.4% 93 -2 Green 39 3,983 ... more »
Russian Spies In Seattle
*Seattle Times:* *Russian spies in Seattle: Black ops, Soviet subs and counter intel in the Pacific Northwest * Russian intelligence gathering in Washington state stretches back for decades — long before the 1992 opening of the Seattle consulate. Wanted — FBI recruits for a career in surveillance. Must be comfortable tailing subjects by foot, vehicle or on public transportation, use electronic equipment, and work nights and weekends as necessary. The online job post at fbijobs.gov gives a glimpse into the shadowy world of espionage that continues to unfold between the United States... more »
A Look At Nine Media Pictures And Events Of Russian President Putin That Are Not Impressive When You Look Very Close
*Business Insider:* *9 over-the-top, macho Putin stunts that were nowhere near as impressive as they seemed* Vladimir Putin is keen to portray himself as a patriotic strongman who will lead Russia to greatness on the world stage. To achieve this, he's taken part in various over-the-top, macho photo ops, many of which are reportedly his idea. Putin hopes these images, cultivated since he became president in 1999, will "create connections" with his constituents in Russia, said Fiona Hill, who wrote a biography of the Russian president. However, many of them don't really stand up to... more »
DASH Cryptocurrency is Shattering the Paradigm of Establishment Control Over Money AND Media
[image: dash] The power DASH cryptocurrency is not only taking the control of money back from the establishment and giving it to the people but it is also doing the same thing with information. The post DASH Cryptocurrency is Shattering the Paradigm of Establishment Control Over Money AND Media appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
Opinion - Jeremy Corbyn, Accidental Anti-Semite per The New York Times
The BBC are happily pushing the Jeremy Corbyn line that he definitely not antisemitic. This New York Times article https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/opinion/jeremy-corbyn-anti-semite.html reveals some inconvenient facts that the BBC and Jeremy Corbyn would rather keep under wraps. 'Corbyn also met in 2009 with Dyab Abou Jahjah, a Belgian-Lebanese activist whose Arab European League had previously published a cartoon denying the Holocaust. Corbyn initially denied ever meeting the activist, then was "reminded" by a photograph of the two of them together. "We had, I think two times,... more »
Why are Incidents of Whooping Cough Rising?
Yesterday I saw an article posted at Yahoo regarding Whooping Cough: Maggie Parker (2018, March 29). Whooping cough is making a comeback — here’s what you need to know. Yahoo Lifestyle. https://uk.style.yahoo.com/whooping-cough-making-comeback-heres-need-know-195336764.html Apparently whooping cough incidents have increased substantially, especially over 2017 and into 2018, calling into question the whooping cough vaccine's efficacy. Here is a chart from the CDC, which only includes data up to 2016, well before the huge spikes in 2017 and 2018 of formally diagnosed incidents: ... more »
The A-10 Is Going To Be Around For At Least The Next Decade
A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot flies over Afghanistan after completing aerial refueling operations with a KC-135 Stratotanker on March 12, 2018. DVIDS *DoD Buzz/Military.com*:* New Wings for A-10 May Keep it Flying Past 2030: Air Force Secretary* Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson said Friday that new wings for the workhorse A-10 Thunderbolt will keep the close-air support aircraft in the inventory for another dozen years or more. Last week, Wilson told the House Armed Services Committee that funding for the re-winging of the A-10s in the fiscal year 2018 budget would... more »
Climate-change Claptrap
[image: climate-change-claptrap] Marc Morano explains in his new book how media and scientists on a mission have dented logic, banged around facts, crashed careers, and disappeared disagreements.
What Would Happen If A Sino-Russian War Broke Out Because Of North Korea?
*John T. Kuehn, Task & Purpose*: *No One Saw It Coming: How Russia Went to War Against China in 2020 * August 30, 2020 From: U.S. Ambassador, Tokyo To: Secretary of State Pompeo Mr. Secretary, I am writing this to you, after the fact obviously, to review the last several months of operations in the war none of us foresaw just two years ago. *Background and Discussion:* As you recall, we were in some disarray after the departure of your predecessor, Mr. Tillerson, and you asked all of us for our own take on the situation in Korea, especially with the appointment of Mr. Bolton co... more »
Boyle-Finn-Turok anti-universe paper is plain moronic
*I usually capitalize the universe but in this whole blog post, I chose to be compatible with them* Neil Turok has been among the men who have spent years by hyping theories about "cyclic universes" and related laymen's ideas that have never explained anything in physics and that are really not capable of explaining anything, for very good reasons. So this enterprise became a religious activity of a sort – he needs to publish new papers just to create the illusion that the previous papers weren't a stupid waste of time. The latest, 5-pages-long paper by Boyle, Finn, and Turok is cal... more »
This CIA-Linked Spy Plane Is Looking For Ships That Are Busting North Korean Sanctions
横田基地に怪しいヤツ着陸！ やっと撮れた！！！ 来た時より大分変わりましたね！ Bombardier Dash8-300 N599XQ pic.twitter.com/xXXOdAhvKC — みずき46 (@mizuki8898) 25 March 2018 *Warzone/The Drive:* *Shadowy CIA-Linked Spy Plane May Be Scouring The Sea For North Korean Sanction Busting* Since February 2018, the essentially unmarked surveillance aircraft has been flying orbits over the East China Sea between North Korea and China. For weeks now, plane spotters on the ground and those using online flight tracking software have watched the curious activities of a highly modified and effectively unmarked de Havilland Canada Dash... more »
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. - Lee Drutman points out that Donald Trump's presidency represents an entirely foreseeable result of a two-party, first-past-the-post electoral system: (C)ontrary to claims that American political parties have to appeal broadly to win, they only need to win a quarter of the voting-age population to gain unified control of government in Washington, and their presidential nominee needs to win far less than that. Lest you think I’m picking on Republicans, the same was true (roughly) of Democrats in 2008. Part of this is because unlike in Germ... more »
Musical Interlude: Two Steps From Hell, “Evergreen Extended”
Two Steps From Hell, “Evergreen Extended” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGYsq7cbVZA
Free Download: R.D. Laing, “The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness”
*"The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness"* by R.D. Laing "Ronald David Laing (7 October 1927 – 23 August 1989), usually cited as R. D. Laing, was a Scottish psychiatrist who wrote extensively on mental illness – in particular, the experience of psychosis. Laing's views on the causes and treatment of serious mental dysfunction, greatly influenced by existential philosophy, ran counter to the psychiatric orthodoxy of the day by taking the expressed feelings of the individual patient or client as valid descriptions of lived experience rather than simply as symptom... more »
Happy Full Sap Moon 2018: What You Need to Know About Easter's Full Moon
A full Blue Moon rises into the evening sky tonight (March 31). This will be the second and final Blue Moon of 2018, so don't miss it! Despite the name, the "Blue Moon" won't actually be blue. In fact, it will look the same as any other full moon. According to the current definition, the term refers to the second full moon in a given calendar month. The traditional definition of a Blue Moon was reserved for the third full moon in a season that has four full moons, which happens in years that have 13 full moons instead of the usual 12. The next seasonal Blue Moon will happen on May ... more »
Steve Russell : Your money and your life: The politics of VA Medical Care
Paleoconservatives have a long-range plan to destroy Medicare and Medicaid without attacking them directly. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | March 31, 2018 In the revolving door that is the Trump administration, you can no longer keep track … finish reading Steve Russell : Your money and your life: The politics of VA Medical Care
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