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*VOA/Reuters:* *FARC Threatens to End Its Truce in Colombia *
*HAVANA - Colombia's Marxist-led FARC guerrillas threatened Thursday to end
a unilateral truce that has been in place since December unless the
government of President Juan Manuel Santos called off military attacks on
rebel positions.The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia called its truce
at Christmastime, and Santos responded March 10 by announcing Colombia's
armed forces would halt aerial bombing raids for one month, saying the
reprieve could be extended if the FARC continued its cease-fire.*
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slogan in the Fukushima evacuation zone means Nuclear Energy for a Bright Future. It isn't!
rc at GlobaLove Think Tank - 47 minutes ago
ごん @kaijyuumamagon tweets:
#Futaba #Fukushima
slogan in the Fukushima evacuation zone means
Nuclear Energy for a Bright Future. It isn't!
pic.twitter.com/ZuLu7vqcXW”
14 Mar 2015
Greece Is Facing The Financial Abyss
War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 hour ago
*Zero Hedge*:* Germany Gives Greece One Final Ultimatum After Friday's
"Optimistic" Talks Devolve Into Disagreement And Confusion*
*On Friday, the main catalyst that launched the early ramp in the EURUSD,
subsequently sending both the Dax over 12,000, and the US stock market
soaring, was speculation and hope that the latest round of Greek talks on
late Thursday night ahead of tomorrow key meeting between Tsipras and
Merkel in Berlin, had gone well, and there was a reason to be optimistic
about the near-term for a Greece which increasingly more see as on the
verge of expulsion from... more »
Lucretia Seales’s life is not Bob McCoskrie’s to meddle with
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 2 hours ago
So, how in any way is it Bob McCoskrie’s business whether or by what means
a woman with terminal cancer chooses to end her own life at the time and in
the manner of her choosing?
Lecretia Seales is a very brave woman, a lawyer with an inoperable brain
tumour, who says it's a "fundamental human right" to choose to end her life
with medical assistance, and she is going to court to assert that right so
that a doctor may be legally able to euthanase her without prosecution if
she chooses it.
That legal right would allow her to choose the time and manner of her
passing, to be able to ... more »
Opting For A Gay Lifestyle-- Pick One
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 2 hours ago
Recently, Ben Carson apologized for his comments-- widely attacked in the
media and by politicians from Barney Frank to Joe Biden-- that
homosexuality is a choice. It's a debate that's been raging between
conservatives and non-conservatives for a long time. Gay equality activist
Dan Savage suggested Carson show how that choice can be made:
"If being gay is a choice, prove it. Choose it. Choose to be gay yourself.
Show America how that’s done, Ben; show us how a man can choose to be gay.
Suck my dick."
Is that what gay is?
I think for many people there does come a time when a ch... more »
Is 'Free Speech' Coming To Cuba?
War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 2 hours ago
Connected: an internet cafe in Havana
*Marc Frank, Financial Times:* *Cuba flirts with free speech*
*Cuba is using the internet to experiment with toning down its political
censorship in a sign that a glimmer of glasnost has arrived on the
Communist-run Caribbean island.*
*Havana’s decision to open up on the once-taboo subjects of the electoral
system and civil society — by allowing Cubans to question policy in two
online forums — is reminiscent of the early days of free speech in what was
the Soviet Union in the 1980s.*
*For a number of years there has been public discussion ov... more »
Paul Craig Roberts composed this introduction: "Professor Stephen Cohen, America’s top Russian expert, says that he and other authorities have no input into US policy toward Russia. He says that there is no discourse, no debate, and that this is unprecedented in American foreign policy. He says that the 'ongoing extraordinary irrational and nonfactual demonization of Putin' is an indication of 'the possibility of premeditated war with Russia.'"
David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 2 hours ago
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Top Russia Scholar Stephen Cohen: War between NATO and Russia a Real
Possibility
- *Round Table on "Defining a new security architecture for Europe that
brings Russia in from the cold" was held in Brussels on March 2.*
- *The organizer of the event was the American committee for East West
Accord.*
- *Three key presenters were American scholars Professor John
Mearsheimer and Professor Steve Cohen, and publisher-editor of The Nation,
Katrina Vanden Heuvel.*
- *Q&A session was conducted by VIP guest panel which included five
... more »
Co-founder of Greenpeace is a climate sceptic
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 3 hours ago
The co-founder of Greenpeace writes to explain why he’s a “climate sceptic.”
Patrick Moore was co-founder and leader of Greenpeace for 15 years. He says
“the IPCC’s followers have given us a vision of a world dying because of
carbon-dioxide emissions. I say the Earth would be a lot deader with no
carbon dioxide, and more of it will be a very positive factor in feeding
the world.”
At 400 parts per million, all our food crops, forests, and natural
ecosystems are still on a starvation diet for carbon dioxide. The optimum
level of carbon dioxide for plant growth, given enough water ... more »
Corporate Congress Turns Blind Eye to High Tech Predators in Schools
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 3 hours ago
The do nothing bill is called the Student Digital Privacy and Parental
Rights Act.
Clip from NYTimes:
. . . some privacy experts said the draft bill had major loopholes that
would allow school services to use student information in ways students and
parents might not expect or find acceptable.
For example, it allows school services to make unilateral changes to their
contracts and privacy policies. It permits them to disclose student
information for purposes like preparing for “employment opportunities.” And
it would not prohibit sites like ConnectEDU from selling student records a... more »
Racism in the U.S. Army
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 3 hours ago
Army officials are investigating disturbing allegations of a platoon
stationed in Alaska given a free pass to use racial slurs against other
officers and soldiers free of consequence, unofficially dubbing it ‘Racial
Thursday.’ RT’s Manila Chan has more on the charges, and the possible
punishments, if the platoon is found guilty.
Discord In The Iraq - Iran Alliance To Fight Against The Islamic State?
War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 3 hours ago
A top Shiite militia leader has criticized "weaklings" in the Iraqi army
for calling for U.S. support in the fight to regain Tikrit from ISIS.
Shiite fighters are pictured here gathering on their way to Tikrit, March
20, 2015. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani
*IBTimes*: *ISIS Tikrit Battle: Shiite Militia Leader Criticizes Iraq Army
'Weaklings' Calling For US Support*
*The commander of the powerful Badr Shiite militia has criticized
“weaklings” in the Iraqi military who have called for U.S. airstrikes to
support an ongoing campaign against the ISIS stronghold of Tikrit. The
remarks by Had... more »
CND in UK Speaks on Ukraine
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 3 hours ago
NATO's expansion has been the main factor in provoking the crisis in
Ukraine - the General Secretary of Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Kate
Hudson, stated at the Stop the War Coalition meeting in the Bloomsbury
Central Baptist Church in London, Thursday.
Islamic State War News Updates -- March 22, 2015
War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 4 hours ago
*IBTimes*: *ISIS Battle: Islamic State No Longer 'On The March' In Iraq and
Syria, CIA Director Says*
*The Islamic State group is no longer “on the march,” said CIA Director
John Brennan, who argued Sunday the militant organization’s momentum in
Iraq and Syria had been blunted by U.S. and Iraqi efforts at fighting the
jihadist advance.*
*"Clearly ISIS's momentum inside of Iraq and Syria has been blunted, and it
has been stopped. So they are not on the march as they were several months
ago," Brennan said in an interview on "Fox News Sunday." "Our working with
the Iraqis, and now t... more »
Is Living In Moscow Really That Bad?
War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 5 hours ago
Russian soldiers marching on Red Square in Moscow. Reuters
*Julia Smirnova, Ozy:* *In Moscow, Absurdity Is Routine*
*Julia Smirnova is a correspondent for Germany’s Die Welt newspaper.*
*In the greenish light, the doors open and dark human lava pours into the
metro. The faces are earnest and sleep-deprived — of people who have been
getting up for years on dark mornings to commute to Moscow to earn a piece
of prosperity for their families, and for whom it wasn’t the first time in
their lives that they had become poorer overnight.*
*A cheerful voice floats over the gloomy crowd from ... more »
Dick J. Reavis : Former civil rights activist and political street vendor Charlie Saulsberry is dead at 70
Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 5 hours ago
Charlie, who was well-known around the UT campus in late-’60s Austin, ‘was
a lefty, but always a heretic.’ By Dick J. Reavis | The Rag Blog | March
22, 2015 Charlie Saulsberry, 70, a familiar figure on the UT-Austin
campus … finish reading Dick J. Reavis :
Former civil rights activist and political street vendor Charlie Saulsberry
is dead at 70
Lenten Vigil in Bath to End War
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 6 hours ago
National Day of Mobilization from Regis Tremblay on Vimeo.
Here is the video from March 20 BIW Lenten protest in Maine organized by
the Smilin’Trees Disarmament Farm and CodePink Maine. Our two guests were
Hee Eun Park and Paco Michelson from the Save Jeju Now international
team representing Gangjeong village.
Video made by Regis Tremblay and Peter Woodruff
Untitled
jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 6 hours ago
*The Devil and the Dongle*
*The Adria Richards story below is a true story. See here. It's the story
of an attention-seeker who ended up getting more attention than she
bargained for*
The question every tempter and junior devil in Hell asks himself as he is
toasting on the flame, wailing and gnashing his teeth in the darkness, and
hoping to snare one or more sons of Adam to share his misery, is this: How
do you make a happy man volunteer to be miserable?
How do you turn a wise, brave, intelligent and compassionate man into a
blind and willing slave of the Darkness? How do you t... more »
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 22, 2015
War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 6 hours ago
President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel hold
a joint press availability in the Oval Office July 6, 2010. (Official White
House Photo by Pete Souza)
*Calev Ben-David, Bloomberg*:* U.S. Doubts Over Netanyahu May Spur ‘Other
Steps’ on Peace*
*(Bloomberg) -- The U.S. is weighing a new approach to Middle East peace
that may be less supportive of Israel, after Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu raised doubts that he would ever accept a Palestinian state.*
*U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro said on Israeli radio Sunday that if
it’s impossible to reach a... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 6 hours ago
*Old 7th Ward church and sausage factory to become apartments and cafe
~Jeff Adelson, N.O. Advocate *
*Losing inventory tax may shift burden from businesses to homeowners
~Advocate *
It's Not the Cold That Gets You
Catelli at Not Quite Unhinged - 6 hours ago
It's
the wind!
March 22,2015. Minus two degrees Celsius and sunny. Feeling pent up and
decided to take the dog for a walk. Head out the front door, and it's
not too bad. But when I turned the corner and started heading north...
Holy fuck, why does it feel like a Frost Giant is flaying my face with
an ice whip? Within steps the bridge of my nose froze and my eyes
started watering like I
Crime Watch: Dunkin' Donuts robbery foiled by bat-wielding Bangladeshi MBA
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 6 hours ago
*East Harlem Dunkin' Donuts employee Imtiaj Ahmed Belal, who has an MBA
from Metropolitan University in Bangladesh, brandishes the famous bat with
which he drove off the would-be robber. (Do they play much baseball in
Bangladesh?)*
*by Ken*
We can add this tale to the fairly specific genre of Annals of Crime in
Dunkin' Donuts, which is headed by the story that so tickled the late Tommy
Magliozzi of *Car Talk* fame: the DD robbery that was foiled when most of
the people in the place turned out to be cops, thereby vindicating Tommy's
frequently voiced characterization of cops as dou... more »
LNG In British Columbia Just Got Kicked In The Nuts By Our Asian Friends
Grant G at The Straight Goods - 6 hours ago
*More devastating news more Christy Clark and the BC Liberal`s LNG
superpower aspirations..*
BC LNG proponents going bankrupt, our natural gas hundreds of miles from
our coast, the world price of LNG in free-fall, China and Russia signing
$trillion dollar deals for cheaper piped natural gas, gas piped from
Russian lands directly into China, thus no expensive liquefaction plants
required, no need for regasification facilities to warm the gas up...Not to
mention all the much cheaper to build American LNG export plants...need
more bad LNG news Christy Clark...?
Japan is inching ver... more »
EDL - Establishment's Degenerate Lackeys - Fighting FOR Islam
Rufus News From Atlantis at News From Atlantis. - 6 hours ago
THE UK is surely one of the most corrupt and screwed up countries on the
planet. We have elections in which the allegedly opposing parties promise
whatever the opinion pollsters declare to be the will of the people -
carefully ensuring that they don't ever ask people if they would like to
have their country back and their enemies dealt with, of course. We have
the profoundly capitalist globalist UKIP lying to us about their desire to
make our country a sovereign state, whilst cosying up to the global
economic system! We have Labour declaring itself the Party of the Workers,
whils... more »
R.I.P. Lee Kuan Yew
Steve at Thinking Aboot - 7 hours ago
Painting by Mai Huy Dung
Singapore has lost its father and guiding light. No doubt he was the
greatest mayor of a large city. His place in the world of nations is also
towering. He was a the best benevolent dictator in human history.
Technically he was democraticly elected, and it would be hard to argue that
was not true.
If the world wants to see what can be done by employing best practices,
Singapore has the best airline and the best Airport in the world. I urge
all of the idelogicaly power mad harpies in the world to change their and
learn.
Quote of the morning: What’s a man worth?
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 7 hours ago
[Hat tip Objective Standard]
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Satire: “Disturbed Man Tries To Get Into White House”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*“Disturbed Man Tries To Get Into White House”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – “A disturbed Canadian man wants to try
to get into the White House, according to reports. The man, who was born in
Calgary before drifting to Texas, has been spotted in Washington, D.C. in
recent years exhibiting erratic behavior, sources said.
In 2013, he gained entry to the United States Senate and was heard quoting
incoherently from a children’s book before he was finally subdued. More
recently, he was heard ranting about a plan to dismantle large components
of the federal governm... more »
World News Briefs -- March 22, 2015
War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 7 hours ago
Singapore's former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew speaks during his book
launch at the Istana in Singapore August 6, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Edgar Su
*Reuters*:* Modern Singapore's founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, dies at 91:
official*
*(Reuters) - Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's first prime minister and architect
of the tiny Southeast Asian city-state's rapid rise from British tropical
outpost to global trade and financial center, died early on Monday, aged
91, the Prime Minister's Office said.*
*"Mr Lee passed away peacefully at the Singapore General Hospital today at
3.18 A.M," a statement... more »
Another day in a factory school near you
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 7 hours ago
[Hat tip Facebook Maria Montessori page]
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You Are What You Read......
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 8 hours ago
Video from Hancock drone base 'book protest' near Syracuse, New York this
past week.....
"Rest..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a
summer's day,
listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across
the sky,
is by no means a waste of time."
- Sir John Lubbock
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 22, 2015
War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 9 hours ago
*CNN: State Department:* *U.S. pulls remaining forces out of Yemen*
*Sanaa, Yemen (CNN)The U.S. military has pulled its remaining personnel out
of Yemen due to the deteriorating security situation, the U.S. State
Department said.*
*The evacuation involved about 100 Special Operations forces members from
the Al Anad airbase, sources in the region familiar with the situation told
CNN. The State Department called it a temporary relocation.*
*Those evacuated, which include Navy SEALs and members of the Army's Delta
Force, were the last American forces stationed in the Arab nation, w... more »
Is Iran Planning A Nuclear EMP Attack Against The United States?
War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 9 hours ago
*Washington Examiner*: *Iran endorses nuclear EMP attack on United States*
*Suspected for years of plotting to dismantle the U.S. electric grid,
American officials have confirmed that Iranian military brass have endorsed
a nuclear electromagnetic pulse explosion that would attack the country's
power system.*
*American defense experts made the discovery while translating a secret
Iranian military handbook, raising new concerns about Tehran's recent
nuclear talks with the administration.*
*The issue of a nuclear EMP attack was raised in the final hours of this
week's elections in... more »
Spain: A Monster in Málaga (CE-3, 1966)
Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 9 hours ago
*Spain: A Monster in Málaga*
*By Manuel Ramírez, Red Nacional de CorresponsalesFrom the Collection of
Ignacio Darnaude*
A news item caught the attention of several newspapers on May 28, 1965. One
news flash read succinctly: "A spherical metal object has been floating in
space this morning over the town of Martos in Jaén. It is apparently
motionless."
Subsequently, on July 24th of that same year, two glowing objects were seen
by numerous people around midnight on a street of that community. When they
were strolling past the place known as Casa de Dean, many people of
acknowledged... more »
Farce of the day
sue at Is the BBC biased? - 9 hours ago
The latest scandal to hit ‘electioneering’ is even more like something from
“The Thick of It” than the Ukip debacle. (I mean everyone is tempted to
inflate an invoice or two... if the EU is picking up the tab..... are they
not?) No? Maybe not.
I mean, did Afzal Amin really dream up that farcical plot? (Brian Rix eat
your heart out. )
Did he, as he now claims, do all this for the ultimate betterment of
mankind?
Who made the recording? Some say it was the EDL; Mark Mardell said the
Daily Mail.
The *Celebrity Restaurant?* You couldn’t make it up. Well, you could, but
no-one would be... more »
Ukraine Crisis News Updates -- March 22, 2015
War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 9 hours ago
*Bloomberg:* *Ukraine Blames Rebels for Shelling Troops as Truce in Place*
*(Bloomberg) -- Ukraine blamed pro-Russian rebels for complicating the
situation in the east as skirmishes killed two government soldiers and left
seven wounded less than two months into a cease-fire.*
*Separatists fired on Ukraine troops 30 times during the day Saturday, the
Defense Ministry said on Facebook. They were also redeploying and procuring
more weapons and military vehicles from Russia, Andriy Lysenko, a Ukrainian
military spokesman, said earlier in Kiev. *
*Ukraine Crisis News Updates -- March 2... more »
Top NATO General: West Should Send Arms To Ukraine
War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 9 hours ago
*VOA:* *NATO General: West Should Consider Arming Ukraine*
*NATO's military commander says the West needs to consider sending
defensive weapons to Ukraine to help it counter Russia's continued
involvement supporting pro-Moscow separatists fighting Kyiv's forces.*
*U.S. Air Force General Philip Breedlove told a Brussels conference that
he does not think "any tool of (the) United States or any other nation's
power should necessarily be off the table."*
*But Breedlove acknowledged that sending weapons to Kyiv could destabilize
the country amid concerns about the implementation of ... more »
U.S. President Obama Will Announce On Tuesday Changes In US Troop Withdraw Plans From Afghanistan
War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 9 hours ago
*Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst*:* Why U.S. troops need to
stay in Afghanistan beyond 2016*
*(CNN)The first state visit to the United States of Afghan President Ashraf
Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah, which begins this
week, was supposed to take place in early March. But the visit was delayed
because Republican leaders had invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu to address Congress during the same time period.*
*According to two Afghan government officials involved in the planning for
the visit, the Afghan government believed American med... more »
Artificial limbs, cyborgs, and humans with improved DNA
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 9 hours ago
Recently, there have been lots of stories in the newspapers about genetic
improvements of the humans, about mind control, and artificial organs that
directly communicate with the brain etc. We have probably entered the era
in which all these things have in principle been mastered and the gradual
improvements of people's ability to "help" humans in similar ways have
become an unavoidable scenario for the future.
For example, this video shows an artificial arm that has been trained to
behave almost as good as the real one (it has earned 70% of the "score" of
Nature's prototype) afte... more »
Palestinian scientist wins top job at Israeli ministry - The apartheid state of Israel again
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 9 hours ago
'A scientist from East Jerusalem was appointed to a senior position at
Israel's science and technology bureau Sunday, becomng the highest-ranking
Palestinian without Israeli citizenship in an official government post.
Tarek Abu-Hamed of Sur Baher, who specializes in the field of chemical
engineering, was named as deputy chief scientist of Israel's Ministry of
Science, Technology and Space, the state body responsible for setting
national policy on issues such as international scientific collaborations
and research and development funding.'
More here
http://www.timesofisrael.com/pa... more »
As I am subtle, false and treacherous as the BBC...
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 9 hours ago
Richard III, acting the part of Laurence Olivier
The BBC News Channel is devoting a lot of time this afternoon to the
slightly-belated funeral procession of Yorkist king Richard III.
It's all a little bit surreal.
As a Lancastrian, I'm appalled.
The bias is astonishing. That comely wench Martine Croxall is actually
wearing a Yorkist white rose in a truly outrageous display of BBC bias.
She's also quoting the Richard III Society - as if they're as worthy of the
BBC's respect as, say, CAGE or the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Never mind the BBC being the broadcast wing of the *Guar... more »
Sunday Classics snapshots: Rosina I and Rosina II
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 10 hours ago
*Victoria de los Angeles as Rosina II at the Met in 1952*
*Rosina I*
I'm docile, I'm respectful;
I'm obedient, gentle, loving;
I let myself be ruled and guided. But --
but if you touch on my weakness,
I shall be a viper, I shall,
and a hundred tricks
I'll play before I'll yield.
And a hundred tricks, *etc.*
I'm docile, I'm respectful;
I let myself be ruled and guided, *etc.*
*Victoria de los Angeles (s), Rosina; Orchestra of the Teatro Colón (Buenos
Aires), Carlo Felice Cillario, cond. Live performance, June 1962*
*Rosina II*
Grant, love, that relief
to my sorrow, to my sighing.
Giv... more »
Afghanistan's President Begins His Visit To The U.S.
War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 10 hours ago
*The Diplomat:* *Afghan President Begins US Visit*
*Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah began
a five-day U.S. visit on Sunday.*
*Afghan President Ashraf Ghani began a state visit to the United States
today amid widespread reports that the scheduled withdrawal of a majority
of remaining U.S. forces in Afghanistan may be delayed given concerns about
Afghan forces’ capabilities.*
*The issue of the U.S. troop withdrawal schedule will be the most
scrutinized issue during Ghani’s visit, but the Afghan president’s tour of
Washington D.C. and New York is... more »
NYT Grants Anonymity to Basher of "Crazy Left"
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 10 hours ago
Since becoming a national referendum on Wall Street Democrats, Chicago's
contest between neoliberal incumbent Mayor Rahm Emanual and local county
commissioner Jesus "Chuy" Garcia has been heavily featured this week on the
Paper of Record's homepage.
The coverage has been heavy on the rehabbing of Rahm's well-deserved
corrupt image and equally heavy on dissing Garcia's alleged "vagueness."
(shades of Occupy-dissing.) "In his first one-on-one debate with Mr.
Emanuel," the Gray Lady sniffed, "Garcia appeared shaky when pressed for
his plans to fix the city’s finances. His first campaig... more »
Road to nowhere?
Jarrod Hayes at Duck of Minerva - 11 hours ago
Roads. Who can be against them, right? They allow us to get from A-to-B.
And as anyone who has been to a place where there were no roads can attest,
their absence is a real impediment to the modern political economy. The
construction of roads is thus a central feature of the international
development agenda. […]
Pakistan Will Not Join Saudi Arabia's Anti-Iran Alliance
War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 11 hours ago
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who recently visited Saudi Arabia,
appears to be thinking hard as he holds his glasses at the closing session
of the 18th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit in
Katmandu, Nepal, Nov. 27, 2014. (photo by REUTERS/Niranjan Shrestha)
*Bruce Riedel, Al-Monitor:* *Pakistan declines to join Saudi Arabia's
anti-Iran alliance*
*Saudi Arabia's campaign to build a broad Sunni alliance to contain Iran
has apparently suffered at least a setback from Pakistan. Islamabad has
opted, at least for now, to avoid becoming entangled in the se... more »
Crow Caw RANT #2
greencrow at Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 11 hours ago
*Crow Caw RANT #2*
This is the second of my series of *RANTS.*..a new feature on my blog. *RANTS
*aren't my forte. I like to calmly build and then present an argument on an
issue. But I enjoy READING rants so therefore, agree they're a good format
for a post.
The first topic is the frequent attacks on *"feminism"* that are made on
some blogs. Invariably, these are *male* bloggers who are ranting against
feminism...*doesn't that tell them something? *Along with most other women,
I don't really know what is meant by "feminism". It must mean something
different to men than it does ... more »
An Incomplete List of Jeffrey Epstein's Close Friends
Spike EP at News Spike - 11 hours ago
*“I’m not a sexual predator, I’m an ‘offender’... It’s the difference
between a murderer and a person who steals a bagel.”*
*- Epstein *
*Ghislaine Maxwell*
*Treasured daughter to Israeli Super-spy Robert Maxwell *
*Presumably well-connected with the Israeli Mossad*
Jeffrey Epsteins Little Black Book Redacted
" A list of people who have associated with Jeffrey Epstein over the years
would take in the world of celebrity, science, politics - and royalty.
Over the years, the casually-dressed, globe-trotting financier, who was
said to log more than 600 flying hours a year, has been l... more »
5 Tips to Help You Get Started With Aquaponics
WakingTimes at Waking Times - 12 hours ago
*Brian Berletic* - While it seems simple in concept, when people finally
try their hand at it, they may confront several common problems. This guide
hopes to shed some light on a few of them.
The post 5 Tips to Help You Get Started With Aquaponics appeared first on Waking
Times.
AEC 5: Aviation, Telecom, Mobile Money and Retail in the ASEAN
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 12 hours ago
Last week, March 17, South East Asia Network for Development (SEANET) and
the ASEAN People's Forum (APF) co-sponsored a forum about the ASEAN
Economic Community (AEC) in Kuala Lumpur. One of the two presentations that
day was a paper,
*IS MALAYSIA READY FOR THE AEC? IMPACT OF THE AEC ON SMES*
by Tan Sri Dr Mohd Munir Majid, Chairman of the ASEAN Business Advisory
Council, and also IDEAS Council Member.
It is a technical paper, lots of important data and reflections by an
industry player. I am copy-pasting his presentation below.
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LOW COST CARRIERS (LCCS) BOOM IN ASEAN CREA... more »
CIA Director John Brennan: Iran Knows It Would Face Consequences If It Should Pursue Its Nuclear Program
War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
*CNN:* *CIA head: U.S. intel has 'robust' knowledge of Iran nuclear
capabilities*
*Washington (CNN)Iran would build a nuclear bomb "at their own peril" if
nuclear talks with the United States and other leading countries falter,
Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan said Sunday."I think they
realize that there's going to be tremendous costs and consequences and
implications if they were to decide to go for a 'breakout,'" Brennan said
on "Fox News Sunday," referring to Iran amassing enough of the materials
necessary to build a nuclear bomb rather than use those mater... more »
"Rightwing Nuthouse: 7 Demented Right-Wing Moments This Week"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
*“7 Demented Right-Wing Moments This Week: *
*Fox Gives New Meaning to March Madness;*
*Ayn Randian on Fox News: "It's racist to talk about race."*
By Janet Allon
*“1.* *Disgraced former cop Mark Fuhrman is okay with women being
threatened on-line because it's a mad mad month.* Most famous for being a
racist, lying LAPD detective, Mark Fuhrman wants you to know that he can be
a complete asswipe on other topics as well. Having parlayed his infamy
into a Fox News contributor gig, Fuhrman chatted about March Madness with
Andrea Tantaros this week. March Madness, in Fuhrman’s view, mean... more »
Marcus Brigstocke, are you interested?
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 12 hours ago
Here are some entirely-on-topic jokes for a sunny, Spring-time, English
Sunday afternoon (slightly adapted from a certain website which always
makes me laugh):
Following the BBC's advice, Jeremy Bowen tried using a colander to view the
eclipse. He thinks he may have strained his eyes.
I saw Jon Donnison looking directly at the solar eclipse.
"Didn't you read any of the warnings?" I said, "You could go blind looking
at the sun like that!"
"I'm not that stupid," he replied, squinting. "I'm looking at the moon."
A terrorist attack has blown away two local houses - one made of straw a... more »
Statswatch
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 13 hours ago
Ah, happy memories! Ullswater.
Just as an aside..
Here are are some statistics I saw on Mark Easton's Twitter feed which I
thought I'd pass on simply because I found them interesting. They come
courtesy of the Office for National Statistics:
The value of the UK’s lakes, reservoirs, marshes, bogs, canals & rivers UP
26% in 5 yrs to £37bn says first ever @ONS analysis.
In Iceland 1/3 of over-65s are working. In UK it's 1/10. In Spain it's 1/59.
In 2012 Brits took 36.2m overseas holidays. In 2013 it was 37.6m. Last
year 39m+
To add to those, here are some more:
UK residents made 3... more »
Can Iran be Trusted With A Nuclear Deal?
War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*New York Times:* *Unstated Factor in Iran Talks: Threat of Nuclear
Tampering*
*WASHINGTON — In late 2012, just as President Obama and his aides began
secretly sketching out a diplomatic opening to Iran, American intelligence
agencies were busy with a parallel initiative: The latest spy-vs.-spy move
in the decade-long effort to sabotage Tehran’s nuclear infrastructure.*
*Investigators uncovered an Iranian businessman’s scheme to buy specialty
aluminum tubing, a type the United States bans for export to Iran because
it can be used in centrifuges that enrich uranium, the exact machi... more »
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, March 22nd, 2015
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 13 hours ago
[image: rant-jpeg-b]
Yes, it is indeed Sunday again... And here I go with my usual rant...
I have been getting burned out at work these last few weeks and yes, it has
taken its toll on me both physically and mentally..... I will not name the
corporation that I work for, but suffice to say that they are in the
process of reducing their staffing levels in all departments and mine has
been running with a skeleton crew for a very long time...The net result has
been extremely stressful days with outrageous work loads... Yes, it does
seem to be the same in all corporations these days wh... more »
March 22: Just a short one today....
Graeme Decarie at The Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad - 13 hours ago
..and scattered in topics.
I forgot to mention the Faith Page sermonette in Saturday's paper. It was
the usual holy wimp stuff, this time assuring us that St. Patrick was a
nice man.
When Jesus spoke, he looked at problems around him in the world of his
time. He looked at cruelty, at indifference to human suffering, at
greed.... And those were much of what he talked about. We live in a world
driven by cruelty, greed, self-interest, indifference to the suffering of
others, mass murder.....
And it's not just happening on the "other side". It's happening here and
all over the world, ... more »
The Power of Solitude
WakingTimes at Waking Times - 14 hours ago
*Frank M. Wanderer* - Why do people so desperately run away from
loneliness, from being alone?
The post The Power of Solitude appeared first on Waking Times.
Spain: From Linares to Mulhacén - a '50s UFO Sighting
Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 14 hours ago
*Spain: From Linares to Mulhacén - a '50s UFO Sighting*
*By Manuel Ramírez, Red Nacional de CorresponsalesFrom the collection of
Ignacio Darnaude*
The time was exactly ten minutes to five on the afternoon of February 2,
1953 when an object soared noiselessly over the skies of Linares (Province
of Jaén) from north to southeast. The object flew at high speed and left
black smoke in its wake at an altitude of three thousand meters. The speed
- according to the CIFRA agency - was such that the object's shape could
not be seen and the dense contrail of smoke lasted a few minutes. The ... more »
What Life Is Like At The White House
War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
*Business Insider*: *13 fascinating moments that reveal what life is like
at the White House*
*The 223-year-old White House, has 6 levels, 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, 412
doors, 28 fireplaces, and is home to the world's most powerful person. The
most public of private residences is also a command center for nearly
17,000 employees.*
*Here are some of our favorite facts and stories of what life is like
inside the White House:*
*WNU Editor:* I have never had the chance to take a tour of the White House
.... one more thing to put on my bucket list. The above video narrated by
Morgan F... more »
The Cashew Girls of Guasaule
Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 14 hours ago
I crossed back into Nicaragua from Honduras yesterday at dusty, dry
Guasaule, on my way back home to Leon after a work trip.
Crossing a Central American border by bus is often a mysterious,
confusing process that involves everyone getting out of the bus in a big
herd and wandering to and from various unmarked buildings. So it was kind
of nice to see the familiar face of Carmen the Cashew Girl as I descended
the Tica Bus stairs yesterday.
She was wearing the brilliantly coloured eye shadow and matching shirt
that the Cashew Girls clearly favour as a strategy for g... more »
The DCCC Is Working To Re-Recruit Defeated Incumbents-- But Only Conservative Ones: Problem In New Hampshire?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 14 hours ago
As usual-- and as expected-- the DCCC is re-recruiting all kinds of loser
candidates to run in 2016 with promises that it will be a good year for
Democrats. First and foremost Denny Heck's right-of-center Recruitment
Committee is looking for New Dems and Blue Dogs, the worst garbage the
Democratic Party has to offer. They specialize in trying to lure back the
dreck that lost in the last cycle, usually lost because of an inability to
motivate Democratic voters to both to go vote-- due to wishy-washy stances,
grotesque inauthenticity and fealty to rich campaign donors rather than
ba... more »
Foreign Ministers From China, Japan and South Korea Meet In Seoul To Discuss Improving Ties And Reducing Tensions
War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
*BBC:* *China, Japan and South Korea hold renewed talks*
*The foreign ministers of China, Japan and South Korea have met for their
first talks in three years.The meeting in Seoul is thought to have focused
on ways to ease tensions over territorial and diplomatic disputes.The
ministers agreed to organise a "trilateral summit" for their leaders "at
the earliest convenient time".The three states have strong economic ties
but relations still suffer from unresolved issues dating back to Japan's
actions in World War Two.South Korea's Yun Byung-se welcomed Fumio Kishida
from Japa... more »
SCHIZOPHRENIA
Spike EP at News Spike - 15 hours ago
*schizophrenia*
ˌskɪtsə(ʊ)ˈfriːnɪə/
*noun*
1. *a long-term mental disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the
relation between thought, emotion, and behaviour, leading to faulty
perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and
personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental
fragmentation.*
- (in general use) *a mentality or approach characterized by
inconsistent or contradictory elements.*
"Gibraltar's schizophrenia continues to be fed by colonial pride"
*" **The 9/11 myth is rather a c... more »
Where Is The Public Outcry On The Attack On Our Childrens' Immune Defense?
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 15 hours ago
*Source:*
*Living With Common Sense*
Libyan Peace Talks On The Verge Of Collapse
War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*Al Jazeera*: *Libya peace talks appear on verge of collapse*
*UN's Bernardino Leon says that an agreement between rival governments will
be difficult as battle for Tripoli continues.*
*Peace talks between rival Libyan political factions appeared to be on the
verge of collapse as fighting for control of the capital raged on for a
second day.*
*Libya's UN-recognised government in Tobruk conducted air strikes on
Saturday against airports and a military camp in the capital Tripoli,
controlled by a rival government, and killed a senior commander loyal to
that government, officials sa... more »
"I don't think they were aware of what they were doing"
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 15 hours ago
Oh my! Fergal Keane was 'fergal keaning' splendidly on this morning's *Broadcasting
House. *
Reporting from Tunisia, he clearly felt the hand of history on his shoulder:
If you ever wanted an example of how the past can lay claim to the present,
it's here and now.
Sad voice. "The problems of unemployment, of lingering police repression,
continue to cause alienation among many young men". There are "people
looking purposeless" in poor districts - the kind of people drawn to the
call of jihad.
Of course, it's easy to be cynical. Fergal also found some interesting
responses: He spo... more »
Protection - Charlie, Reggie & Ron
Spike EP at News Spike - 15 hours ago
*Charlie, Reggie and Ron*
*as captureded by Bailey, circa 1966*
*"Zwillinge....?" *
*"Twins.....?"*
*- Dr. Josef Mengele,*
*Daily Selektion Aktion *
*Auschwitz-Birkinau *
*1943 - 1945*
*Subject/Control*
*"Mengele's great passion was his research on twins. They were weighed,
measured, and compared in every way. Some he would kill for pathological
examinations, dissecting a few and keeping parts preserved. Others he might
operate on without anesthesia, removing limbs or sexual organs. If one twin
died during these experiments, the other was no longer of use, so he or she
was simply... more »
Untitled
JR at GREENIE WATCH - 16 hours ago
*Climate change not so global*
*This pesky story for Greenies is from last year. It may have been
contradicted by now. Limited sampling gives unstable results in glaciology*
Scientists are calling for a better understanding of regional climates,
after research into New Zealand's glaciers has revealed climate change in
the Northern Hemisphere does not directly affect the climate in the
Southern Hemisphere.
The University of Queensland study showed that future climate changes may
impact differently in the two hemispheres, meaning a generalised global
approach isn't the solution t... more »
Tunisian President: 3rd Person Took Part In The Museum Massacre And Is On The Run
War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
*CNN:* *Tunisia museum attack: President says 3rd person took part, on the
run*
*Tunis (CNN)Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi confirmed that a third
person took part in last week's Bardo museum terror attack in an interview
Sunday with French TV Station iTele.*
*"There were for certain three terrorists," Essebsi said. "There is one on
the run. He will not get far."*
*Previously two suspects had been identified -- Yassine Labidi and Saber
Khachnaou -- though it wasn't immediately clear if they were the pair
killed at the museum by Tunisian security forces.*
*He said Yassine... more »
Afzal Amin and the Politics of Cynicism
Phil at All That Is Solid ... - 16 hours ago
As Tory scandals go, it's a bit of a corker. Forget Grant Shapps and his
name-changing hijinks, the furore that has erupted over Afzal Amin's
attempted dealings with the EDL is the real deal.If you don't know what I'm
talking about and asking "Afzal who?", then where have you been? Here is an
incriminating extract from one recording made between Amin, the Tory PPC
for Dudley North (where they're trailing Labour and UKIP in the polls), and
representatives of the EDL:
This is my fantasy. My idea is this – I’ve discussed it with Tommy and lots
of other people – if I could demonstrate ... more »
Houti Rebels Seize Yemen's 3rd Largest City. Country At the Brink Of Civil War
War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
*Reuters:* *Houthis take parts of Yemeni city, Hadi sees 'coup'*
*(Reuters) - Houthi fighters opposed to Yemen's president seized parts of
the country's third largest city of Taiz amid growing concern about a
conflict diplomats say risks drawing in neighboring oil giant Saudi Arabia
and its main regional rival Iran.*
*The U.N. Security Council was set to meet to discuss Yemen after President
Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, a U.S. ally, accused the Iranian-allied Houthi
militia of staging a coup against him and appealed to the United Nations
for “urgent intervention”.*
*U.S. officials sai... more »
Untitled
thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 16 hours ago
Saudi Arabia spends $67 billion annually on its military, making it the
4th-biggest military spender in the world. Canada spends $22.6 billion on
the military, placing us as the 14th largest spender world-wide.
So what is Saudi Arabia's contribution to the fight with ISIS?
It is conducting air-strikes against targets in Syria and training
anti-Assad rebels. Which could mean just a continuation of the same
policies that helped produce ISIS in the first place.
Experiencing a more Islamic culture
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 16 hours ago
Here we go again, it seems:
*Fears UK medics crossed into Syria*
Nine British medical students and doctors are feared to have travelled to
Syria to work in areas controlled by Islamic State militants.
Go down to the penultimate (14th) paragraph in the BBC website article and
you'll see the following:
The medics are said to have been born in England but were sent to Sudan to
study and experience "a more Islamic culture".
Sky News, however, is more explicit about exactly who "sent" them to Sudan
to experience "a more Islamic culture", telling us as early as their 4th
paragraph:
T... more »
Harper History, Part 4 - Con Minority, Prorogued x2
Rural at Democracy Under Fire - 16 hours ago
*Oct 2008 – Dec 2009, *
With conservatives reelected with an increased minority we begin to see
their true colours with increased self promotion on taxpayers money using
10%ers, the start of those iniquitous Economic Action Plan TV ads and clear
disdain for parliamentary procedure. It becomes increasing difficult to
obtain information from them be it by the press whose questions are
carefully screened or by parliamentarians be it in the House or in
committee. Any semblance of listening to alternative ideas and considering
amendments to legislation is rapidly falling by the wayside.... more »
Russian Crimea: One Year Later
Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 17 hours ago
NATO calls Crimea "invaded" and "occupied." NATO has taught the world well
what invasion and occupation really looks like, and Crimea isn't it.
*March 22, 2015* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - In 2001, NATO invaded and began
the occupation of the South-Central Asian country of Afghanistan. The
invasion and occupation has left tens of thousands dead, many more
displaced, and has resulted in continued chaos and violence up until and
including present day. Throughout the conflict, revelations of abuses, mass
murder, and other atrocities including systematic torture have been
exposed, perpet... more »
You Can Trust Him -- Until You Become Inconvenient
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 17 hours ago
http://www.zazzle.ca/gifts
If you wonder why Canada's international reputation is in tatters, consider
a recent incident. Jeffrey Simpson writes:
A Conservative senator of Vietnamese heritage has pushed through a private
member’s bill recognizing the flight of Vietnamese people to Canada after
the fall of Saigon and the arrival of Vietnam’s Communist government.
The government is rushing the bill through the Commons, to the delight of
those who favour it. The good senator ha... more »
Mexico: The Ticul "Sierrita" - Ideal for UFO Watching
Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 18 hours ago
*Source: SIPSEDate: 03.19.2015*
*Mexico: The Ticul "Sierrita" - Ideal for UFO Watching*
*By Jorge Moreno, SIPSE*
An unidentified flying object was seen over several nights from the summit
of the Perla del Sur in July 2004.
MERIDA, Yucatan - During the second Alerta OVNI (UFO Skywatch) held last
month, a recurring question was what would be the best place for seeing
spaceships (sic) and above all, which would be the most famous place, or
the one where most cases of this sort have been reported. The unequivocal
response would be the municipality of Ticul, since given its geography ... more »
Groundhog Day
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 18 hours ago
It's almost a year to the day since I wrote this about Radio 4's *Sunday*:
It's rare that you get a Conservative MP on *Sunday* - it's usually Labour
or Liberal Democrat MPs who appear on the programme - but Conor Burns MP
was invited on today to criticise his own Catholic bishop for
excommunicating him over his vote for gay marriage. (This is a classic *Sunday
*story.)
I may not be a Catholic but I've become slightly more clued-up on Catholic
matters over the past couple of years or so, and if there's one English
'bogey-Bishop' for the likes of Edward Stourton and his fellow lib... more »
Army Europe air defense unit deploys to Poland for exercise
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 18 hours ago
[image: A column of military vehicles carrying a Patriot missile system]A
Patriot missile battery from U.S. Army Europe's 10th Army Air and Missile
Defense Command, or AAMDC, began arriving here, March 18, after a
1,200-kilometer tactical road movement, as part of a combined air and
missile defense exercise with its Polish allies.
Delta Battery, 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment is
participating in the weeklong exercise - a series of activities within the
framework of Operation Atlantic Resolve, which aims to reassure allies,
demonstrate freedom of movement and dete... more »
North Korean Ambassador: We Have Nuclear Missiles
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 18 hours ago
[image: Hyun Hak Bong]North Korean Ambassador to Britain Hyun Hak Bong says
his country has “nuclear missiles” and they will use them against the U.S.
should the U.S. ever attack North Korea.
According to the National Post, Hyun made these comments during an
interview “with British broadcaster Sky News.” In the interview, Hyun was
asked if his country presently has the ability to launch the missiles and
he responded, “Any time, any time, yes. If the United States strike us we
should strike back.”
But Hyun stressed that North Korea would never fire the missiles for
aggressive or off... more »
Congress settles on 15 more Growlers
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 18 hours ago
[image: E/A-18G Growler]After much wrangling, legislation signed into law
by President Barack Obama funds an additional 15 Boeing EA-18G Growlers in
the 2015 fiscal year budget.
This “indicates the planes’ importance to our national defense strategy in
this age of new technology,” said Congressman Rick Larsen in an emailed
statement.
However, the bill does not mean Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, which
houses most of the Navy’s Growlers, will “automatically house 15 more
active Growlers,” Larsen said.
Read more
MoD questions to answer on capability gap
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 19 hours ago
[image: Nimrod MR2]Commenting on today’s reports that an alleged Russian
submarine was possibly operating in UK territorial waters off the Western
Isles, SNP Westminster Leader and Defence Spokesperson Angus Robertson said:
“These worrying reports highlight once again the embarrassing capability
gap which successive UK Governments have allowed to develop – despite its
status as a maritime nation, the UK doesn't possess a single Maritime
Patrol Aircraft which is the exact thing you need in this situation. They
can’t confirm or deny the presence of Submarines because they simply do not... more »
Argentina: An Unusual Photo from Cerrito Sur
Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 19 hours ago
*Source: Planeta UFODate: 03.22.2015*
*Argentina: An Unusual Photo from Cerrito Sur*
*By Pablo Miladinoff with material from Rubén Latuf Irsiger*
(Courtesy Guillermo Giménez, Planeta UFO)
March 19, 2015 approximately 12:30 hrs. I finished lunch after a morning at
work and sat down for a few minutes to take photos along Ruta Cerrito Sur,
which is clearly visible from my back yard. I must've taken some 150 photos
and went about reviewing them. Look what I found...doesn't it look like a
flying submarine?
This is craft has no classification. It is of considerable size and was
flying ... more »
Iraqi Commander: Tapped Communications Confirms US Aids to ISIL
D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 19 hours ago
Well, it seems that I am having some technical issues with RTS here on
Blogger. I swear I posted this article out on Wednesday.... and yet, no
one was able to find it. Strange.
Better late than never though, so I have reposted it again today.
Here is yet another important piece of what has been going on in Iraq.
Yes, this is from an Iranian based News agency, but I have confirmed the
story through several Iraqi, and Arab speaking news sites using google
translate.
More fingers are pointing at the US, implicitly tying them- or at least
factions within the US- directly to ISIS/I... more »
US can’t succeed without Pak Navy’s help: Vice Admiral Miller
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 19 hours ago
[image: Vice Admiral John W. Miller]The commander of US Naval Forces
Central Command has acknowledged the contribution of Pakistan Navy to
ensuring maritime peace in the region, saying the United States cannot
succeed without the support of Pak Navy.
“We cannot be successful in this region, without the contribution of the
Pakistan Navy,” Vice Admiral John W Miller, commander, US Naval Forces
Central Command, US 5th Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), told a
group of Pakistani media during a visit to its headquarters here in
Bahrain’s capital.
Vice Admiral Miller who has spent... more »
As Gerald R. Ford nears delivery, two big hurdles remain
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 19 hours ago
[image: USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)]The Navy's newest carrier is on track
for its March 31, 2015, delivery. But significant hurdles remain with the
ship's catapults and its arresting gear, which will receive intensive
scrutiny and testing for the remainder of the year.
Construction of the first-of-class Gerald R. Ford is 89 percent complete,
Rear Adm. Thomas Moore, program executive officer carriers, told reporters
March 19.
Most of what remains is finish work. However, the test program is only 37.5
percent complete and, though on schedule, this will be the focus in the
coming yea... more »
Russia delivers nuclear threat to Denmark
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 19 hours ago
[image: Iver Huitfeldt class FFG]Tensions between Denmark and Russia were
ratcheted up a notch on Saturday.
Russia’s ambassador to Denmark, Mikhail Vanin, wrote in an opinion piece
published by Jyllands-Posten that Denmark has made itself a target of a
potential nuclear attack by joining Nato’s missile defence system.
“I don’t think the Danes fully understand the consequences of what will
happen if Denmark joins the American-controlled missile defence. If it
happens, Danish war ships will become targets for Russian atomic missiles,”
Vanin wrote.
Read more
Fears Russian spy submarine threatened fishing vessell off Western Isles
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 19 hours ago
[image: Kilo class SSK]An investigation was launched last night amid fears
a Russian submarine snagged a fishing boat’s gear and dragged the vessel
across the sea.
Skipper Angus Macleod said he and his four crew were “extremely lucky” in
the incident after his net was repeatedly pulled in front of his 62ft
trawler.
The 46-year-old father-of-two has now lodged incident reports with both the
Maritime and Coastguard Agency and the Marine Accident Investigation Branch.
Read more
Is Obama The Worst President Ever?
War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 19 hours ago
*WNU Editor:* He is getting there .... but he is not there yet .... he is
just continuing a long line of bad Presidents who have a knack of
disappointing all of us at the end.
EU commission guess: Greek default on April 9th
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 20 hours ago
Last night, I was reading the Sunday edition of Frankfurter Allgemeine
Zeitung where the first seemingly trustworthy estimate of the day when
Greece runs out of cash has appeared. See Deutsche Welle for a new story in
English.
*A statue of the Greek government*
The European Commission – a body that is supposed to be the government of
the European Union – has some folks in Athens and they should know
something about the amount of cash in the Greek government coffers and
about the daily inflows and outflows.
The last day when Tsipras' boys will boast liquidity should be April 8th. ... more »
'The BBC understands...'
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 20 hours ago
The BBC, Sky and ITV websites are all leading with the same story this
morning: the *Mail on Sunday'*s dramatic scoop concerning the Conservative
candidate Afzal Amin, who - the paper claims - conspired with the EDL [
*Update: *"far-right extremists", according to Paddy O'Connell and the
newsreader on *Broadcasting House*] to take credit for stopping a protest
against a mega-mosque.
It's an astonishing story, especially given Mr Amin's past record of
military service and his outspokenness against Muslim extremism. No wonder
it's leading the headlines.
Sky's account is, typically, ... more »
Lamar W. Hankins : FILM | Oscar-winning ‘Citizenfour’ documents one citizen’s sacrifice for our liberty
Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 22 hours ago
Laura Pointras tells Snowden’s story in an engaging account that is both
enlightening and unsettling. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | March 22,
2015 Citizen Four is the name used by 29-year-old Edward Joseph Snowden
when he … finish reading Lamar W. Hankins :
*FILM* | Oscar-winning ‘Citizenfour’ documents one citizen’s sacrifice for
our liberty
The Military Operation To Retake Tikrit Has Resulted In 1,000 Iraqi MIlitiamen Their Lives
War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
*The State/McClatchy News:* *Operation to retake Tikrit stalled by heavy
casualties, discord*
*ISTANBUL — The much ballyhooed Iraqi government operation to capture the
central city of Tikrit from the Islamic State has stalled three weeks after
it began, amid widespread reports that Shiite Muslim militias and the
government are badly divided over tactics and roiled by claims that the
militias have engaged in war crimes against the local Sunni Muslim
population.*
*A two-day pause supposedly intended to give the Iraqi government time to
bring up reinforcements has stretched into a w... more »
Three Solutions to the Death Problem
WTStaff at Waking Times - 1 day ago
*Video - *Discussion of Ernest Becker’s three main solutions to the death
problem: the religious solution, the romantic solution, and the acceptance
that death is inevitable.
The post Three Solutions to the Death Problem appeared first on Waking Times
.
Ukrainian Oligarchs Have Been The Biggest Donors To The Clinton's Foundation
War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*Zero Hedge:* *Clinton Foundation’s Deep Financial Ties to Ukrainian
Oligarch Revealed*
*Clinton Foundation’s Deep Financial Ties to Ukrainian Oligarch Who Pushed
for Closer Ties to EU Revealed*
*Between 2009 and 2013, including when Mrs. Clinton was secretary of state,
the Clinton Foundation received at least $8.6 million from the Victor
Pinchuk Foundation, according to that foundation, which is based in Kiev,
Ukraine. It was created by Mr. Pinchuk, whose fortune stems from a
pipe-making company. He served two terms as an elected member of the
Ukrainian Parliament and is a propo... more »
FARC Threatens To End Its Ceasefire In Colombia
War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
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