Picture Of The Day
*Cavalry Camouflage* Army Cpl. Andrew Hernandez provides security for his team during a live-fire exercise at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Feb. 24, 2016. Hernandez is a cavalry scout assigned to the 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment. Army photo by Sgt. William A. Tanner
Ali G Loves Romans... And Brunch; Caitlin Jenner Really Hates Hillary; And Marcy Kaptur Endorses Bernie
No matter how horrid a monster, Ted Cruz acknowledges all his fanatic racist and bigoted endorsers. He's always "proud" to be endorsed by someone advocating stoning gay people to death or firebombing women's health clinics. But Caitlin Jenner was a step too far. When the reality show celebrity endorsed him he ignored the vote of confidence. And when she offered to be his "trans ambassador," he refused to comment. Undaunted, she's been pretty vicious towards Hillary Clinton, even using her Kardashian spin-off show-- one of the most universally panned TV shows in the history of the... more »
U.S. Defense Officials: North Korean Sub Is Missing
Source: North Korea State Media *FOX News*: *North Korea lost a submarine, defense officials say* North Korea has a missing submarine, two defense officials told Fox News Friday. One official told Fox the submarine is a 70-foot Yono class "midget" submarine that is diesel powered and has a crew of two, with room for a squad of saboteurs. It was unclear who may have been onboard. North Korea does not operate large ballistic missile submarines, such as the U.S. Navy’s Ohio-class fleet. Fox News has learned North Korea has not asked the United States to assist in search and rescue e... more »
Developing a Superhero Campaign: Finalized Rules Decision
After a number of iterations. I've settled on a game engine for a superhero campaign. In the end I'll be using Steven Kenson's Icons. For those unfamiliar with Icons, it is a bit of a hybrid of Fate and TSR's Marvel Superheroes RPGs. Let's take a look at a sample character in Icons, an adversary taken from the main rulebook. Fate uses Fate (or Fudge) dice, 4dF. The Fate dice are six sided dice, with 2 sides marked with a plus, 2 with a minus, and 2 blank. A 4dF roll gives a range of -4 to 4. Icons uses a similar mechanic - essentially it involves rolling d6-d6 to generate a range... more »
Free Download: Olaf Stapledon, "Star Maker"
*"The Sharp Tang and Savor of Existence"* "The thought of the disaster which almost certainly lay in wait for the Other Men threw me into a horror of doubt about the universe in which such a thing could happen. That a whole world of intelligent beings could be destroyed was not an unfamiliar idea to me; but there is a great difference between an abstract possibility and a concrete and inescapable danger. On my native planet, whenever I had been dismayed by the suffering and the futility of individuals, I had taken comfort in the thought that at least the massed effect of all our bl... more »
Musical Interlude: Karl Jenkins, "Benedictus";
Karl Jenkins, "Benedictus" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibwxzxER_pY
FBI Bugged Binders To Penetrate A Russian Spy Ring In New York City
*Daily Mail*: *Voice recorders in binders and secret meetings with undercover agents: How FBI penetrated Cold War-style Russian spy ring in New York City * * Evgeny Buryakov, 39, is one of three Russians accused of operating in New York to gain 'economic intelligence' and recruit sources * Undercover FBI agent posing as analyst at energy firm slipped one of Buryakov's associates binders containing voice recorders * Devices eavesdropped on private conversations between accused spies dating back to 2013 * Russian attache Victor Podobnyy and trade representative Igor Sporyshev avoide...more »
Declassified Docs Reveal Full Horror Of CIA Mind Control Program
Recently declassified CIA documents reveal the horrific depths to which a U.S. government-sponsored mind control program (MK Ultra) sank to in the 1950’s and 60’s. Project MKUltra was designed to create assassins and “super spies” out of ordinary U.S. citizens – who underwent traumatic experimentation by the CIA without consent or knowledge of what was taking place. Cultureofawareness.com reports: I’ve decided to copy the declassified CIA documents directly from WantToKnow.info instead of paraphrasing them so they sink in. Here’s some information from Want to Know about these docum... more »
"A Look From The Heavens"
“This snapshot from deep space captures planet Earth on March 9. The shadow of its large moon is falling on the planet's sunlit hemisphere. Tracking toward the east (left to right) across the ocean-covered world the moon shadow moved quickly in the direction of the planet's rotation. *Click image for larger size.* Of course, denizens of Earth located close to the shadow track centerline saw this lunar shadow transit as a brief, total eclipse of the Sun. From a spacebased perspective between Earth and Sun, the view of this shadow transit was provided by the Deep Space Climate Observato... more »
Chet Raymo, “Into The Night”
*“Into The Night”* by Chet Raymo “I first became intimate with the night sky on the sleeping porch of my grandmother's house on Ninth Street in Chattanooga, Tennessee, during the early 1940s. A screened sleeping porch might be found attached to any southern home of a certain vintage and substance, usually on the second story at the back. On sultry summer nights you could move a cot or daybed onto the porch and take advantage of whatever breezes stirred the air. I slept there when I visited because it was the only place to find a spare bed. I was usually alone in that big spooky spa...more »
“Chronic Stress: The Hidden Health Risks”
*“Chronic Stress: The Hidden Health Risks” * By Meryl Davids Landau “According to a recent American Psychological Association poll, nearly a quarter of Americans confessed to currently feeling under "extreme stress." Respondents especially blamed money, work, and the economy—a feeling 50-year-old Sue Wasserman knows all too well. In February, the public relations manager left Atlanta after her job was eliminated by a corporate restructuring and took a new post in Asheville, N.C. When that proved a bad fit, she struck out on her own as a freelance writer and publicist. Though Wasser...more »
Scholars Say ‘Lost City Of Giants’ Biggest Discovery In Recent History
The discovery of the “Lost City of Giants” in Ecuador has been hailed as one of the most important discoveries of the 21st century by researchers in Ecuador. The mainstream media have been completely silent on the findings of megalithic structures that experts claim were home to giant race of beings years ago. Ewao.com reports: A Legend that turned into reality. Even before discovering the ancient megalithic city, many local legends spoke of a time when incredible GIANT beings inhabited the remote region of Ecuador. These giants created megalithic sites, and this ancient city is ju... more »
Guantanamo Bay Marine Reveals UFO Secrets
A former U.S. marine has come forward claiming that the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay is a hotbed of UFO activity, but people working at the facility have been sworn to secrecy. In a report to MUFON – an American-based non-profit organization that investigates cases of alleged UFO sightings – the anonymous insider says that during his time as an officer in the late 1960’s he witnessed numerous UFOs at the facility. The former marine says that UFOs are almost a nightly occurrence at the facility, and that their appearance became so frequent that he was given the task of observing ...more »
Donald Trump’s New World Order Connections Revealed
Is Donald Trump a New World Order stooge designed to fulfil the agenda of the Rothschilds? Presidential candidate and GOP front-runner Donald Trump has connections to some of the most wealthy and elite families in the world, including families commonly referred to as “illuminati” who have been accused of trying to bring about a new world order via their control of world finances, politics and media. Freedom-articles.toolsforfreedom.com reports: Many of the GOP line of nominees have ties to the Rothschilds, the key family of international banking and the NWO, and the owners of Israel...more »
13ft Sea Monster Washes Ashore In Mexico
A mysterious 13 foot long (4 metre) sea monster has washed ashore on a tourist beach in Mexico, leaving beach-goers and experts baffled as to what it could be. The creature was discovered on Bonfil Beach in the city of Acapulco, Mexico, stunning witnesses who immediately began taking photo’s and posting them on social media. Yahoo News reports: The creature’s body was washed on the shore by strong currents that have been affecting parts of the Mexican coast. Rosa Comacho, the coordinator of the Civil Guard and Fire Brigade believes the animal had not been dead for a long time – but ...more »
Robots Sent Into Explore Fukushima Have Died
Robots sent into detect radioactive fuel at Fukushima’s nuclear reactors have “died” – as the Japanese robots failed to survive the harsh climate around the reactors. Authorities sent in the robots in order to figure out how to build a subterranean “ice wall” around the plant in order to stop groundwater from being contaminated by the radiation leak. Newsweek.com reports: Five years ago, one of the worst earthquakes in history triggered a 10-meter high tsunami that crashed into the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station causing multiple meltdowns. Nearly 19,000 people were killed ...more »
Erdogan Threatens To Shut Down Constitutional Court
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has threatened the most senior constitutional court in Turkey with being permanently shut down after the court released two detained newspaper editors who had spoken out against Erdogan’s tyrannical regime. The constitutional court defied Erdogan’s orders last month by ruling that the detention of two senior journalists was “unlawful” and had violated their freedom of speech. Reuters.com reports: The two, who had been arrested in November on charges of intentionally aiding an armed terrorist organisation and publishing material in violation of state... more »
US To Release GM Mosquitoes In America Despite Zika Concerns
The United States government have announced plans to introduce GM mosquitoes in Florida in an attempt to thwart the spread of the dengue and chikungunya virus. Some experts have slammed the plans, calling them “irresponsible”, amid mounting evidence that a similar batch of mosquitoes released in Brazil in 2015 caused the outbreak of the deadly Zika virus. Statnews.com reports: The US Food and Drug Administration issued a “preliminary finding” that the genetically modified insects, produced by Oxitec at its labs in Oxford, England, and shipped as eggs to Florida, would have essentia...more »
Is U.S. Air Supremacy About To End
Air Force F-35s fly in formation over Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. Photo: Air Force *Peter Layton, National Interest*: *America’s Air Supremacy Is Fading Fast* American air supremacy is in a bear market of long-term decline with no end in sight. The RAND Corporation recently determined: “continuous improvements to Chinese air capabilities make it increasingly difficult for the United States to achieve air superiority within a politically and operationally effective time frame. . . .” These improvements are part of the reason the Center for Strategic and International Studies co... more »
ISIS’ Crimes Against Christians Detailed in New Report
[image: ISIS’ Crimes Against Christians Detailed in New Report] "'How is the life there in Iraq?'" That's what people ask, said Father Douglas al-Bazi, a priest at the Mar Elia refugee camp in Erbil, Iraq. "Actually, the easy answer is, there are no life in Iraq." Al-Bazi, a former... more »
North Korean Submarine Missing, US Officials Confirm
Three senior U.S. military officials have confirmed that North Korea have lost contact with one of its submarines this week. According to U.S. spy satellites, ships and aircraft have monitored the situation over the past week, and observed that the North Korean navy have been struggling to find the missing sub. Usni.org reports: “About week ago it went missing and the speculation is that it sank,” the official told USNI News. “The North Koreans have not made an attempt to indicate there is something wrong or that they require help or some type of assistance.” The official was reluc... more »
The Poet: David Wagoner, "Getting There"
*"Getting There"* "You take a final step and, look, suddenly You're there. You've arrived At the one place all your drudgery was aimed for: This common ground Where you stretch out, pressing your cheek to sandstone. What did you want to be? You'll remember soon. You feel like tinder under a burning glass, A luminous point of change. The sky is pulsing against the cracked horizon, Holding it firm till the arrival of stars In time with your heartbeats. Like wind etching rock, you've made a lasting impression On the self you were, By having come all this way through all this welter Under... more »
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“If You Value The Truth...”
*“If You Value The Truth...”* by Paul Craig Roberts “Truth is the enemy of the state, and always has been. But today the Western populations live in a world of total lies. Try to think of anything that the government has told you the truth about. "Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction" ... "Assad's use of chemical weapons" ... "Russian invasion of Ukraine" are not the only lies. Everything the government says is a lie. The unemployment rate. The GDP growth rate. The inflation rate. Payroll jobs. 9/11. Tonkin Gulf. Boston Marathon Bombing. Paris attacks. Consider the taxation... more »
"A Point Of No Return..."
"There is a point of no return, unremarked at the time, in most lives." - Graham Greene ○ "And it was pointless... to think how those years could have been put to better use, for he could hardly have put them to worse. There was no recovering them now. You could grieve endlessly for the loss of time and for the damage done therein. For the dead, and for your own lost self. But what the wisdom of the ages says is that we do well not to grieve on and on. And those old ones knew a thing or two and had some truth to tell... for you can grieve your heart out and in the end you are still ... more »
Important Video: ALL America's Wars Begin With False Flags (And World War III Will Too)
Being a true student of history, I do find it remarkable that in the last 239 years of America's history, there has only been at most 30+ years where the American republic was not in an actual shooting war, or involved in a war by proxy or through "false flag" operations, across the planet.... It is hard to explain to most Americans that their nation is absolutely not a "peaceful" nation as they have always been taught in the brainwashing of the failed American education system, but has been involved in so many wars, and has actually started or been the direct cause of so many of the... more »
Donald Trump Calls Off Chicago Rally Following Violent Clashes
Donald Trump has called off a rally in Chicago on the grounds of safety after widespread protests led to violent clashes. The billionaire tycoon was forced to cancel the event due to security concerns, raising important questions about his ability to dampen an increasingly hate filled atmosphere, of his own making Anti-Trump protest getting even bigger #TrumpRallyChi // via ABC sky cam pic.twitter.com/SJ2ANET1yO — dope, it’s tom (@DOPEITSTOM) March 12, 2016 A similar rally earlier in St. Louis, Missouri lead to protests and violence. A statement from the republican front-runners ca...more »
Free Education Is A Good Investment For Any Society That Wants To Stay Vibrant
I was a little disappointed yesterday. One of the guys from the Progressive Caucus called and we went over the new progressive budget proposal. They have a good idea built into their budget... but it only goes halfway to where we need it to go. If Republicans and conservative Democrats don't team up to kill the proposal-- which they do every two years like clockwork-- it would reduce the cost of current loans while creating a system for debt-free higher education for college students. The piece that was missing-- the Bernie piece-- is free public universities and community colleg... more »
Does Anyone Still Feign Surprise When A Blue Dog Finally Comes Out As A Republican? Joe Baca's Running Again-- As A GOPer
Joe Baca was one of the worst members of Congress when he was in Congress-- a corrupt, conservative Blue Dog and NRA shill. Although he voted with the Republicans against core progressive values and principles virtually all the time, there is such an utter lack of party discipline that he was able to cross the aisle with complete impunity. No one really doubted that his political *raison d'être* was maintaining his position as a member of the Houses two biggest founts of bribery-- the Agriculture Committee and the Financial Services Committee. He was using congressional funds to en... more »
The F-35 Is Still A Mess
Capt. Brad Matherne inside an F-35A Lightning II before a training mission in Nevada in April 2013. Photograph by Brett Clashman — U.S. Air Force *Clay Dillow, Fortune:* *Pentagon Report: The F-35 Is Still a Mess* The Air Force wants to declare the problem-prone fighter ready for combat later this year. The U.S. Air Force plans to declare its first batch of Lockheed Martin-built F-35 Lightning II fighter jets ready for initial combat duties as early as August of this year. But a scathing new report from the Pentagon office in charge of testing and evaluating U.S. military weapons ... more »
Albert Woodfox and Robert H King interviewed by CNN's Christine Amanpour
*RELATED:* *Treating Humans Like Humans* *II* *Toward an Intellectual History of the Angola 3* *II* *The Big Issue* On March 2, Albert Woodfox and Robert King of the Angola 3, were interviewed by CNN. *Watch the video interview here, or embedded above.*
Back To Sandy Hook: The Sandy Hook Fraud Shooting - Paul Craig Roberts Article: Sandy Hook Puzzles
Many across the United States still believe that on December 14th, 2012, the biggest "mass shooting" of children at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Connecticut was a real event.... It is so startling that with all the evidence that shows proof positive that this was a staged event, and that absolutely NO children died in that operation, that now over 3 years later few are willing to cope with the reality that they have been played as suckers by their own government.... Someone sent me an email last week asking me to take a look at an article that was released by Paul Craig R... more »
Trump Forced to Cancel Chicago Rally Due to Security Concerns
[image: A protester holds up a ripped campaign sign for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump before a rally on the campus of the University of Illinois-Chicago, Friday, March 11, 2016, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)] CHICAGO (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump canceled one of his signature rallies on Friday, calling off the event in Chicago due to safety concerns after protesters packed into the arena where it was to take place. The announcement... more »
Obama Pushes TPP Which Will Transform The US Into A 3rd World Country - Episode 916a
*If NAFTA created Trump and Sanders, what will the TPP create? * *Title: Obama Pushes TPP Which Will Transform The US Into A 3rd World Country - Episode 916a. Source: X22Report. Date Published: March 11, 2016. Description: * More layoffs hit the US. Food stamp beneficiaries exceed 45 million for 56 months. Government brings in record tax revenue but still not enough. There are many warning signs showing the economy is about to implode. Bulk rates will most likely flatten out next week, the rally is over. Saudi Arabia is quickly collapsing. Obama pushing the TPP regardless of what t... more »
Hung for Chair of The Rational Party
*Was in Miaoli scootering on Tuesday and came to the famous Longteng Broken Railroad Viaduct. The previous Miaoli tourism planner once explained to me that he set up the system so that vendors were kept away from the historical and tourist sites. That is one reason Miaoli was so enjoyable. Now that he is gone, vendors are swarming into public spaces where they were not allowed before...* Deep Blue reactionary Hung Hsiu-chu, the former presidential candidate, now running for Party Chairman, this week implied that the KMT helped the government financially.... However, Hung also said... more »
Trump Scared Of Hateful Muslims, Promotes Scarier Biblical Values
As Republican presidential front runner Donald Trump labels “most” of the billion and a half Muslims in the world as hateful and dangerous, he goes on to promote Christian values, oblivious of the dangers hidden in the Bible as in many other holy books. Since the dawn of time man has not known peace and has looked up at the sky in bewilderment looking for answers to his fleeting existence. Religious wars have been the cruelest in history and all the three major monotheistic religions are presently expecting their respective saviors to start or stop the prophesied Armageddon. Donald ... more »
Presidential Hopeful Donald Trump Encourages Violence At His Events
Republican presidential front runner Donald Trump is encouraging violent behavior at his rallies. A black Ferguson activist was sucker-punched and bloodied at a Trump rally in St. Louis on Friday. Trump used tough words to incite the crowd while trying to remain within legal boundaries. “Part of the problem….is, nobody wants to hurt each other anymore.” “Our country has to toughen up!” “The audience hit back, and that’s what we need a little bit more of.” Sputnik reports: The protester, Anthony Cage, became an activist after unarmed black teenager Michael Brown was gunned down by wh... more »
"Conservative" site REDSTATE is encouraging protesters to take guns to Trump rallies...
*have they gone completely bat guano nuts?* In my opinion, people who go to a rally in order to protest, are not wrapped real tight to begin with, and now* RedState is suggesting they take guns? *(screenshot below) I quit reading RedState quite awhile ago, but happened upon this story at *Gateway Pundit*. I headed over to RedState to check this out. Surely this couldn't be true. It is, and I'm appalled! We can only hope that the lunatic fringe who think screaming and shouting at an opponent's rally is normal behavior, don't read RedState. *Posted by Neil Stevens at RedState wh... more »
The game in Syria is only just starting
*Interesting oped* *The Syria war has set many countries against each other. If that wasn’t bad enough, it has now also started to set allies and friends at odds.About three weeks ago it became evident that something was simmering. First, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad vowed to fight until he retook the whole country and won a victory. Upon this statement he was castigated by one of his main supporters, Russia. Russian Ambassador to the U.N. Vitaly Churkin publicly warned al-Assad for the first time. He said the Syrian president had to follow Moscow’s leadership “if he wan... more »
PM "no combat" Trudeau- Shoot em first. Let God sort them out "Hostile Intent"
The new, hip, trendy, peace Prime Minister Trudeau has made some changes for the Canadian troops in Iraq. Changes that are contrary to his promises... I know, your shocked, right?! *If you detect "hostile intent"- Just shoot!* *How is hostile intent defined?* If someone looks at a Canadian soldier in a questionable way is that h*ostile intent*? Might a pregnant woman be shot as a "suicide bomber" if a soldier interpreted her pregnant figure as carrying an explosive device. Hence* "hostile intent"* What if a young male child expresses anger at a Canadian soldier might that be* host... more »
ISIS Lovers Arrested at Mississippi Airport on Way to Join Jihad
[image: ISIS - 900] A Mississippi man pleaded guilty of conspiring to help the Islamic State after he and his girlfriend were arrested at an airport just before they boarded a flight to join ISIS, according to the Department of Justice. Muhammad Oda Dakhlalla,... more »
The Great Reagan Romance: Read the President’s Christmas Letter to His Wife Nancy
[image: President Ronald Reagan kisses his wife Nancy after being sworn in as 40th president of the United States, Jan. 20, 1981. Sen. Mark Hatfield (R-Ore.) is seen at right. (AP Photo)] President Ronald Reagan’s letter to wife Nancy on Dec. 25, 1981, their first Christmas in the White House. Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney read it at Friday’s funeral service for Mrs. Reagan. Dear Mrs. R, I still don’t feel... more »
Teacher May Lose Job For Offending Black Lives Matter Activists
[image: Black Lives Matter protests] A teacher in St. Paul, Minn. has been placed on leave and may lose his job after a Facebook post complaining about subpar discipline in his school offended Black Lives Matter activists. Meanwhile, the same day he was suspended, another... more »
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 11, 2016
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (C) reacts as he watches a long-range rocket launch in North Korea, February 7, 2016. REUTERS/Kyodo *Andrei Lankov, Al Jazeera:* *Now North Korea has nothing to lose* *New UN resolution doesn't make the Korean Peninsula more secure and does not remove the nuclear threat.* Last Monday the North Korean government told the world that we should ready ourselves for a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula. According to the official statement, North Korean armed forces "have a military operation plan of our style to liberate south Korea and strike the US main... more »
US Army Now Conducting Rocket Attacks on ISIS Out of Jordan
[image: Army rocket - 900] U.S. Army forces have conducted strikes on Islamic State forces from Jordan, utilizing rocket systems for the first time, confirmed Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman Col. Steve Warren Friday. The utilization of the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) against ISIS... more »
Untitled
*Marching to the Ides of March ~Douglas Handshoe, Slabbed*
Friends, Family Say Final Farewells to Nancy Reagan
[image: Nancy Reagan's funeral - 900] SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) -- Mourners from the top ranks of Washington and Hollywood paid final tribute to Nancy Reagan on Friday, recalling at her funeral how the former first lady and her husband made up “two halves of a... more »
US Used Intel From Captured ISIS Terrorist to Strike Two Chemical Weapons Facilities
[image: Iraq - 900] The Islamic State's captured chemical weapons chief provided intelligence to U.S. military officials that allowed Operation Inherent Resolve forces to conduct air strikes against two ISIS chemical weapons factories, the Pentagon revealed in a press conference Friday. Sleiman Daoud al-Afari, the... more »
World News Briefs -- March 11, 2016 (Evening Edition)
*BBC:* *Brazil President Rousseff refuses to resign* The Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff, has insisted she will not resign over her alleged mishandling of the economy after moves to impeach her. She accused her opponents of causing a political crisis which she said had damaged the economy. Ms Rousseff also defended her predecessor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, over money-laundering allegations. She said a prosecutors' request for his detention had no legal basis. The ongoing crisis has deepened the worst recession in decades in Brazil - Latin America's biggest economy. Ms Rous... more »
Auschwitz Survivor Is The World’s Oldest Man
The world’s oldest man is a Jewish survivor of the notorious Auschwitz Nazi concentration and extermination camps in southern Poland. Mr Israel Kristal survived back-breaking slave labour at Auschwitz and other Nazi concentration camps. He was born in Poland and was awarded the title of the world’s oldest man on March 11, aged 112 years and 178 days, by Guinness World Records. The Express reports: Receiving his certificate at his home in Haifa, Israel, Mr Kristal said he did not know “the secret for long life”. He said: “I believe that everything is determined from above and we shal... more »
NOAA’s Misleading Tornado Graph
By Paul Homewood http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/tornadoes/201513 Time for my annual moan! The graph above comes from NOAA’s Annual Tornado Report for 2015. (They also have monthly reports which show similar charts). Looking at the report, you would understandably believe that tornadoes have been getting steadily more common over the years, […]
(MI Clues?) Lowly Educated Really Loves Them Some Donald (Thieves on Wall Street Not Punished, Still Flourish) Ellsberg Exposes Nixon Break-in To Silence Whistleblower (BIS Warns of Coming Economic Storm)
(If you can throw a few coins at this site's maintenance budget, it will be hugely appreciated. See the sign below for further enlightenment.) The New York Times Endorses Hillary Clinton with a Banner Ad from Citigroup This One Photo Captures Why Americans Can’t Win Against Wall Street U.S. Senate Holds a Critical Hearing on the Stock Market on March 3, 2016 and 73 Percent of the Senators on
Walter Haut - Lost in the Roswell Minutae
Over the years Walter Haut made many recorded statements about what he had done and seen in Roswell in July, 1947. For decades, all he had done, according to those statements, including many to me, was write the press release. He had taken that release to the various media outlets in Roswell… or he had called them and read the release to them over the telephone. He signed an affidavit to that effect and told the story to dozens of UFO researchers, reporters and documentary producers. Walter Haut on the set of "Roswell." Photo copyright Kevin D. Randle On April 20, 1989, I talked to H... more »
Have Cruz, Rubio and Kasich Settled on a Plan to Stop Trump?
[image: Republican presidential candidates, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., from left, Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, stand together during the signing of the National Anthem, before the start of the Republican presidential debate sponsored by CNN, Salem Media Group and the Washington Times at the University of Miami, Thursday, March 10, 2016, in Coral Gables, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)] In Thursday night’s GOP debate on CNN, Marco Rubio, John Kasich and Ted Cruz treated front-runner Donald Trump like he was the fourth player in a friendly round at one o... more »
Cosmic Fire & the Destruction of Earth’s Ionosphere
*V. Susan Ferguson* - Plasma physics is the new priestcraft of our era and these men are its priests. The post Cosmic Fire & the Destruction of Earth’s Ionosphere appeared first on Waking Times.
Hillary Clinton's Email Investigation Continues
Reuters *FOX News:* *Source: Clinton IT specialist revealing server details to FBI, 'devastating witness'* Former Hillary Clinton IT specialist Bryan Pagliano, a key witness in the email probe who struck an immunity deal with the Justice Department, has told the FBI a range of details about how her personal email system was set up, according to an intelligence source close to the case who called him a “devastating witness.” The source said Pagliano told the FBI who had access to the former secretary of state’s system – as well as when – and what devices were used, amounting to a ... more »
Study links Splenda (Sucralose) To Leukemia
An Italian study has linked the artificial sweetener Sucralose, sold as Splenda, to higher risks for leukemia. Researchers say that people should not be using the artificial sweetener, warning of an increased risk for leukemia, as well as an overall risk for cancer. UPI reports: Scientists found Splenda significantly increased the risk for leukemia, as well as other cancers, research that is in line with other studies in recent years. Splenda, or sucralose, was introduced in 1999 as an alternative to other artificial sweeteners shown to cause health issues, as well as to sugar, whic... more »
Heavy Deployment Of Israeli Troops Near Lebanese Border
According to a media report from Beirut, the Israeli army has heavily deployed troops and equipment along the Lebanese border and stepped up its military activities there. The latest report comes after the Beirut-based al-Akhbar newspaper said on Saturday that Israel was seeking to launch a new war on Lebanon. Press TV reports: For the second day on Wednesday, Israeli troops fired tear gas canisters at Lebanese herders and farmers working near the border with the occupied Palestinian territories, The Daily Star reported. “We were proceeding with our lives normally and everyone was w...more »
Plastic Eating Bacteria Found By Japanese Scientists
Scientists in Japan have discovered a new species of bacteria that can digest and breakdown the common plastic known as PET or polyethylene terephthalate. PET is considered to be a major environmental hazard because it is highly resistant to breakdown CBS News reports: An estimated 342 million tons of plastic are produced annually worldwide, and currently, only about 14 percent is collected for recycling, according to the World Economic Forum. Most plastic degrades extraordinarily slowly, but PET — short for polyethylene terephthalate — is especially durable, and about 61 million to...more »
March 11: a change of pace today.
This may be a short blog. I'm have computer grief, and am now starting over after having lost two hours of writing. __________________________________________________________________________ Luckily, the Irving press won't take much time. Section A is lots of non-news - like the story that somebody most of us have never heard of is running for city council. And he promises to do good things. On the front page is a story about the city council and the future role of Moncton High as a cultural centre and library. And the story is that nobody knows what's happening. Then there's a half pa... more »
That Was Now, This Is Then
Corporate education reform thirty years ago: Corporate education reform today:
Murder Suspect Invades Home, Takes Family Hostage. Dad Shoots Him in the Head
[image: Rafael McCloud - 900] An escaped murder suspect finally met his end when he tied up the family of a father with a gun. Authorities say Rafael McCloud, a 34-year-old murder suspect, escaped from a Mississippi jail March 2 after using a shank and stealing the jailer's... more »
Attorney General Lynch Looks Into Prosecuting ‘Climate Change Deniers’
[image: Loretta Lynch - 900] In news that should shock and anger Americans, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that not only has she discussed internally the possibility of pursuing civil actions against so-called "climate change deniers," but she... more »
Arab League Declares Hezbollah A 'Terrorist' Organization
A youth watches Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaking on television inside an electronics shop in the port city of Sidon, southern Lebanon December 21, 2015. REUTERS/ALI HASHISHO *Middle East Eye:* *Arab League declares Hezbollah a 'terrorist' organisation * Decision comes after GCC sanctioned Shia group and Saudi Arabia pulled billions in military funding for Lebanese state Arab League foreign ministers have declared Lebanon's Shia movement Hezbollah a "terrorist" group, after Sunni-dominated Gulf monarchies adopted the same stance. Nearly all members of th... more »
People ‘Blissfully Unaware’ Of Looming Nuclear Catastrophe, Warns Expert
Former US defense secretary William Perry warns that there is a greater risk of a nuclear catastrophe threatening the entire planet now than at any point during the Cold War. Perry says that rogue states and unpredictable leaders coupled with regional conflicts and terrorism is leaving the world vulnerable to an accidental nuclear Armageddon. During a a lecture at Stanford University he said: “Today the danger of some sort of nuclear catastrophe is greater than it was during the Cold War and most people are blissfully unaware of this danger.” Daily Express reports: He said there wa... more »
SOA Watch: Demand Justice in Assassination of Berta Caceras
Take action to demand justice in the Assassination of Berta Caceres When Berta Caceres Flores, the General Coordinator of the Indigenous Lenca organization COPINH and a national social movement leader in Honduras, was assassinated on March 2, she was in the midst of an intense struggle in defense of the Gualcarque River. She and the Lenca people of Rio Blanco had already blocked the
Damages
I recently read an American case where a sportscaster received a judgment for over $50,000,000 for the harm cause when a peeping tom took some nude pictures of her in a hotel. The hotel was at fault and had been careless in protecting the sportscaster's privacy. I thought more about the case. The sportscaster had not lost a job or any material assets; indeed she had thrived professionally since the incident. She was not physically injured. Her losses, and they were real, were from the hurt and humiliation suffered. Certainly that loss is worth something but is it really worth over ... more »
Trump University Students Say They Were Pressured to Give Rave Reviews
[image: Donald Trump - 900] Some students at Trump University were pressured into giving the rave reviews the Republican presidential candidate is now using to fend off a class-action lawsuit against the defunct school. "It's absolutely a con," former Trump University student Robert Guillo told The... more »
Republican Presidential Candidates Want Ground War Against ISIS
During their latest debate, the four remaining Republican presidential candidates revealed the one thing they all had in common..all four of them would put more boots on the ground to fight ISIS. During their 12th presidential debate on Thursday evening GOP candidates Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and John Kasich each declared just how draconian they would be in dealing with ISIS in the Middle East Syria. The Republican contenders also scoffed at military efforts the Obama administration and vowed to send waves of US troops “to wipe ISIS out,” as Kasich put it. Think Progres... more »
Washington Rules
In a recent article, historian and retired Army Colonel Andrew Bacevich raises questions that have been ignored in the 2016 presidential race. (His son was killed during Bush's Iraq attack and occupation.) Bacevich joins Democracy Now from Boston to talk about the race and these missing questions. His new book, "America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History," will be published next month. He is professor emeritus of international relations and history at Boston University. Mostly I agree with Bacevich's analysis but not when he calls Russia's President Putin a "thu... more »
Mia Bloom: Understanding the Appeal of ISIS
*"Islam hates us." - Donald J. Trump The Magnificent. * *Title: Mia Bloom: Understanding the Appeal of ISIS. Source: DU Center for Middle East Studies. Date Published: February 10, 2016. Description: * The keynote talk of the "Extremism and Islamophobia in Perspective" forum held at the University of Denver January 21-22, 2016. Mia Bloom is Professor of Communication and Middle East Studies at Georgia State University and the author of Dying to Kill: The Allure of Suicide Terror and Bombshell: Women and Terrorism.
Caroline Glick makes a great speech
This speech should be required viewing at the institutionally anti Israel BBC, but they all know better... More here http://www.israelvideonetwork.com/caroline-glick-shut-down-the-debate-with-this-bombshell-speech/
Politics: “Will Donald Trump End Up Like JFK?”
*“Will Donald Trump End Up Like JFK?”* by Bill Bonner “The inability of democratic assemblies to carry out what seems to be a clear mandate of the people will inevitably cause dissatisfaction with democratic institutions. Parliaments come to be regarded as ineffective “talking shops,” unable or incompetent to carry out the tasks for which they have been chosen. The conviction grows that if efficient planning is to be done, the direction must be “taken out of politics” and placed in the hands of experts – permanent officials or independent autonomous bodies.” - Friedrich Hayek AIKEN... more »
Campaign watch: The anatomy of a broken discourse!
*FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2016Broken all the way down:* Our national discourse is thoroughly broken—broken all the way down. It's been this way for a very long time. The destruction has largely been the work of the "mainstream press corps," with a giant assist from decades of silence from our own "liberal" world. In what way is our discourse broken? Consider three examples from the past eighteen hours: *Dana Bash on Social Security:* Unlike many other cable players, CNN's Dana Bash is thoroughly competent. Despite this fact, here's something she said during last night's Republican deb... more »
Angola’s President To Step Down After 36 Years In Power
*Euronews:* *Angola’s veteran President Dos Santos to step down in 2018* Africa’s second-longest ruling leader, the President of Angola, has said he will step down in 2018. Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has been in power since 1979, gave no reason for his decision to leave politics altogether. “I took the decision to leave active political activity in 2018,” Dos Santos said in a speech to members of his ruling MPLA party’s key decision-making body. The former Portuguese colony is due to hold parliamentary elections in 2017; the leader of the winning party will then become presiden... more »
Pointing the Finger - Control by Manipulation of the Truth
- I made it home late last night after a challenging flight from San Francisco to Detroit before heading on to Portland, Maine. My flight into Detroit arrived 30 minutes late and I only had 20 minutes to get onto the Portland plane. I ran non-stop with two bags past 48 gates in the Delta terminal and made it in just the nick of time. Walking up the big tough hill near our house in Bath most days after going downtown has increased my stamina. - At noon today four of us from our local PeaceWorks group and Veterans For Peace member Dud Hendrick from... more »
Draconian One-Child Policy Has Left China With Massive Sex Ratio Imbalance
[image: Chinese babies - 900] With all the talk surrounding International Women's Day this week, it is important to remember the many women of China. Innumerable Chinese women have been denied the right to have children, and many others have been denied the most fundamental... more »
Video: Bertha Caceres Denounces Hillary's Role in Honduras Coup
*"We came, we saw, she died." - The Wicked Witch of Washington referring to the Martyr of Mother Earth.* *Title: Bertha Caceres Denounces Hillary's Role in Honduras Coup . Source: teleSUR English. Date Published: March 9, 2016. Description:* In an interview conducted in 2014, indigenous leader Bertha Caceres denounced Hillary Clinton's role in the 2009 coup d'etat in Honduras. Caceres, who was murdered recently, opposed the coup since its beginning.
Another Doctor Found Dead After A ‘Fall’ While Jogging
Doctor Donald Stephens, a 65-year-old from Stratford, Prince Edward Island was found dead following an extensive two day search. He was a marathon runner, previously fit and healthy who frequently ran the trails in the Bonshaw Hills According to CBC news: The cause and time of Stephens’ death are unknown and will be have to be determined by autopsy. Though the police say they are not treating the death as suspicious, with so many mysterious doctor deaths of late, its hard not to be suspicious. Health Nut News reports: Just weeks ago a super fit 49 year old, 4th generation Marine MD ... more »
SPHERE ALLIANCE MESSAGE #135 THE VATICAN IS A CONSORTIUM OF SECRET SOCIETIES
*Sorry no date stamps on this one, I was on the road and had to do this from the iphone Skype which does not supply date stamps. * *The Vatican operates as kind of a United Nations of secret societies. The Off-word connections via the Draco are the Kroton and Jesuits, the off-world connection to the Pleiades is via the Roseline. * *The four below are listed as part the Vatican Holy Alliance Treaty, there may be more than these 4 involved with the Vatican under other treaties/agreements. The Pythagoras connection to the Kroton Draco is a new one, quite separate from the Draco K... more »
Are Plants More Intelligent Than People?
*Christina Sarich* - Plants are part of a larger intelligence that at we only just beginning to fathom. The post Are Plants More Intelligent Than People? appeared first on Waking Times.
Syrian Peace Talks To Resume This Monday (Updated)
Protesters carry Al-Qaeda flags during an anti-government protest after Friday prayers in the town of Marat Numan in Idlib province, Syria, March 11, 2016. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi *Reuters*:* Syria opposition to go to peace talks, says Assad escalating war* Syria's main opposition group said it would attend peace talks on Monday but accused the government of President Bashar al-Assad of preparing to escalate the war. The U.N.-brokered talks, which coincide with the fifth anniversary of the conflict, will take place in Geneva two weeks after the start of a ceasefire agreement which ... more »
P.G. Sittenfeld or Ted Strickland: Climate or Coal?
*Climate champion P.G. Sittenfeld is the one choice for the U.S. Senate from Ohio* *by Gaius Publius* I've been watching the Ohio Senate primary contest between former governor Ted Strickland and progressive P.G. Sittenfeld with interest. I keep having to remind myself that Strickland is actually a Democrat and that the race is still in the primary phase. The first is a lie (Strickland is a "Democrat" only, not a real one), and the second is an opportunity (we can replace him on the Democratic ticket). For those keeping count, pretend-anti-TPP Sen. Rob Portman is the incumbent S... more »
Dubai Official Warns of ‘Clash of Civilizations’ Over Trump
[image: Trump - 900] DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- A top security official in Dubai warned Friday of a “clash of civilizations” if U.S. Republican candidate Donald Trump becomes president, the latest sign of disquiet across the Middle East over the businessman’s comments... more »
Ceasefire Broken In Nagorno-Karabakh
*(Click on Image to Enlarge)* *Reuters*: *Heavy shelling rocks fragile ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh* Azerbaijan and its rebel Nagorno-Karabakh region accused each other on Friday of violating a ceasefire with intense shelling, a sign that the two-decade-old conflict which has left some 30,000 people dead is far from a peaceful resolution. Nagorno-Karabakh, which lies inside Azerbaijan but is controlled by ethnic Armenians, has run its own affairs with heavy military and financial backing from Armenia since a separatist war ended in 1994. Its Armenian-backed forces control Nagorno... more »
Penguin Swims 5,000 Miles Each Year To Visit Man Who Saved His Life
Every year a penguin swims 5,000 miles to be reunited with his dear friend, the man who saved his life five years ago. The South American Magellanic penguin swims the journey annually to meet with a retired bricklayer and part-time fisherman, Joao Pereira de Souza, who lives on an island outside Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Back in 2011 Joao found the penguin covered in oil and near death on his local beach. He cleaned the oil off the penguin’s feathers and fed him a daily diet of fish and called his new friend Dindim Metro.co.uk reports: After a week, he tried to release the penguin back... more »
What Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Catherine?
By Paul Homewood Professor Catherine Mitchell As I mentioned earlier, Catherine Mitchell’s letter to the Telegraph stated that fossil fuels are subsidised. As the article she was referring to was specifically about the UK, we can only assume that her reply also referred to the UK. (If it does not, she is guilty […]
Swedish Police Tell Women Not to Go Out Alone Due to Migrant Violence
[image: Sweden - protest - 900] Police in a Swedish city have sparked an uproar after warning women to avoid going outside alone in the wake of a string of assaults allegedly committed by migrants. Ostersund is a small city of about 40,000 located in northern Sweden that... more »
The Pentagon Buried This Massive Troop Survey on Women in Combat
[image: Marines in Formation, Veterans, Armed Forces, Servicemen, USA, U.S. Army, U.S. Military] An enormous survey of almost 54,000 Marines found that two-thirds of male Marines opposed the idea of opening up all combat roles to women, but the DOD buried the study and refused to release it along with other documents. A third... more »
RAF Tornado Badly Damaged After Collision With Stray Dog
An RAF Tornado jet was badly damaged after it collided with a stray dog while landing at a British airbase in Cyprus. The £9.4 million Tornado GR4 was returning to its base after reportedly fighting ISIS targets in Syria on Tuesday when the incident occurred. RT reports: The 14 ton jet needed “hundreds of thousands” of pounds worth of repairs, a source told the Sun, and was taken out of action. The plane was approaching the coastal base at around 200mph when a stray dog ran across the airstrip. Due to the high velocity of the craft and proximity to the ground, the pilot could not ab... more »
Zapatistas 'The Arts, the Sciences, the Originary Peoples and the Basements of the World'
The Arts, the Sciences, the Originary Peoples and the Basements of the World The Arts, the Sciences, the Originary Peoples and the Basements of the World ZAPATISTA ARMY FOR NATIONAL LIBERATION MEXICO. February 2016 For: Juan Villoro Ruiz: Brother: I’m happy to hear that the rest of your family bajo protesta[i] are well, and I appreciate your serving as messenger to send them our
Top U.S. Intelligence Chief: China Will Soon Have A Substantial Military Position In The South China Sea
*VICE/Reuters:* *US Says Beijing Will Soon Have 'Substantial Military Power' in the South China Sea* China will be able to project "substantial offensive military power" from artificial islands it has built in the South China Sea's disputed Spratly Islands within months, the director of US national intelligence has claimed. In a February 23 letter to John McCain, chair of the US Senate Armed Services Committee, James Clapper said Chinese land reclamation and construction work in the Spratlys had established infrastructure needed "to project military capabilities in the South China... more »
Gerry Downing from 'Socialist Fight' exposed by Andrew Neil
https://youtu.be/1eArkijRxao Wow!
On Fukushima's Anniversary
Last night I told my husband that George Orwell was right. We are living in a world resembling Orwell's 1984. Newspeak, in particular, is everywhere one looks. Everyday I look at the headlines and read selected stories from the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, the Mainichi and select other Japanese newspapers (Asahi Shimbun free this month!) Deliberate propaganda infuses reporting, especially in the arenas of economic "recovery" after the 2007-2008 financial crisis and the public health and ecological consequences of industrial catastrophes ranging f... more »
The Latest: Rubio Campaign Urges People to Vote for Kasich in Ohio, Suggests Kasich Followers Return the Favor in Florida
[image: Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., points to the audience during campaign event, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016 in Kentwood, Mich.] WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on campaign 2016 (all times Eastern Standard Time): Marco Rubio’s campaign is urging people in Ohio to vote for his rival, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, to stop rival Donald Trump from clinching the prized contest.... more »
Obama’s Radicalism Should Have United the GOP
[image: President Barack Obama talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a phone call from the Oval Office, Monday, June 8, 2009.] It’s a tradition in American politics, almost a law, that politics stops "at the water’s edge." That means that our politicians don’t speak ill of their fellow Americans while visiting foreign countries, or dealing with foreign leaders. The reason for... more »
Saudi Crown Prince Requested Prestigious French Honor Himself
A French magazine has revealed that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef himself requested to be honored with France’s most prestigious award, the Legion d’Honneur. Earlier this month French president Francois Hollande ‘discreetly’ awarded the country’s top honor to the heir to the Saudi throne “for his efforts in the region and around the world to combat extremism and terrorism.” Nayef allegedly said he had asked for the honor to help to boost his international reputation. Press TV reports: Causette published this week a series of email exchanges between French officials showing ... more »
War Crimes In South Sudan Are Widespread
Mail & Guardian/AFP: *Steady descent from hope: South Sudan is dying, and nobody is counting anymore* *Men, women, children have been shot, speared, burned, castrated, hung, drowned, run over, suffocated, starved and blown up- the dead could be 300,000.* THE many ways people have died during South Sudan’s two-year civil war are well-documented, but the number killed is unknown. Men, women and children have been shot, speared, burned, castrated, hung, drowned, run over, suffocated, starved and blown up, their corpses abandoned where they fell, bulldozed into mass graves or, in at... more »
The Teacher - Volume 1 - The Dawning Epoch - A Series of Lectures by Beinsa Douno
*Peter Deunov (1864–1944) was a spiritual teacher in Bulgaria best known for giving the Paneurhythmy, a communal dance set to music to promote social harmony, spiritual development and physical health. The Iron Curtain obscured his teaching for forty-five years, and it was not until the end of the Cold War that his voice began to emerge even in his homeland. Peter Deunov, who had the spiritual name Beinsa Douno, said that a new, spiritual epoch has begun in which human beings will come to live in love and freedom. His mission was to prepare us for this new life. He taught profoun... more »
Rainbow Skittles Cups
These fun Skittle cups are a cute and delicious way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. I love wrapping them in cellophane and giving them as favors. You will need: - clear cups - cellophane bags and ties - Skittles - gold chocolate coins - willing help in sorting I had my girls separate all of the Skittles by colors in different cups for me. You need quite a bit of Skittles to get full cups. An entire bag of the snack size made two full cups of Skittles. I started with red, then orange, then yellow, green and purple. If you wanted to buy other varieties of Skittles ... more »
Untitled
*From* *Jenna Orkin* Rigged Democracy – Nearly 10% Of Democratic Party Superdelegates Are Lobbyists The Incredible Story Of How Hackers Stole $100 Million From The New York Fed Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant Leaking Tritium Into Biscayne Bay Chinese Exports Plunge 25% in February U.S. in Talks to Base Long-Range Bombers in Australia Bezos Plans Off World Colonies The Crime You Have Not Yet Committed Navy Secretly Conducting Electromagnetic Warfare Training on Washington Roads U.S. Military Spending Millions on Cyborg Implant MIT’s New 5-Atom Quantum Computer Could Make Today’... more »
Energy 60, PH solar companies, PagIBIG loan for solar
There are many solar companies in the Philippines now. Pasting some of these as reported in interaksyon.com, reports from late 2014 to early 2016 only. Many of these companies were set up or started serious solar construction only when the handsome feed in tariff (FIT) rates were announced by the DOE. First Gen/EDC's renewables are largely in the wind power business, also in geothermal. Ayala Corp. (AC) Energy is also into wind power business + hydro. Below is one report from interaksyon, Ayala posts P17.7B 9-month earnings, up 26% year-on-year By: InterAksyon.com November 12, 201... more »
Algorithm paper retracted for “significant overlap” with another
A paper on a hybrid algorithm turned out to be a hybrid itself — some original data, plus some from a paper that the authors had published earlier. According to the retraction note, the overlap was significant enough to pull it from the scientific record. The retracted paper describes an algorithm that is the combination of a “genetic […] The post Algorithm paper retracted for “significant overlap” with another appeared first on Retraction Watch.
UN Report: Islamic State Expanding In Libya
*IBTimes*:* ISIS ‘Significantly Expanded’ Its Hold In Libya Amid Political And Security Vacuum: UN Report* Experts in the United Nations said in a report that the presence of the Islamic State group, or ISIS, had been “significantly expanded” in Libya and that the group is making use of the political and security vacuum in the region to grow its network, according to media reports. The experts monitoring the U.N. sanctions against Libya said that ISIS has successfully recruited marginalized communities in the city of Sirte in central Libya. The group has also reportedly increased ... more »
Trump Faces Questions About Rally Violence at GOP Debate
[image: Trump Rally protester - 900] CHICAGO (AP) -- As Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump attempts to unify a fractured GOP around his candidacy, images of his supporters attacking protesters and allegations that he’s inciting violence are casting new attention on the divisive nature of his... more »
AUTHORITARIAN WATCH: Taub knows where the wild things are!
*FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2016A humble, four-question test:* Do we the liberals know how to talk about politics without instantly dropping our bombs? We've been asking that question for several months. Our fiery leaders keep giving an answer: Actually, no, they seem to say. Actually, no. We do not! The latest confession appears in today's New York Times. We refer to the op-ed column in which a fiery writer named Lindy West explains who all those Trump voters are. According to the leading authority, West is "an American writer, feminist and fat acceptance movement activist." In our view,... more »
Obama Blasts Britain And France Over Libya ‘Mess’
US President Barack Obama has blasted the UK and France over their Libya policy in the aftermath of the 2011 overthrow of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Blaming them for the current chaos in Libya, he referred to the situation as a “mess”and in private called it a “s**t show.” In an interview interview with the Atlantic, Obama said he was wrong to believe the allies would be “invested in the follow-up” to Gaddafi’s ouster. “When I go back and I ask myself what went wrong, there’s room for criticism, because I had more faith in the Europeans, given Libya’s proximity, being invested i... more »
Europe Prepares Sanctions Against Libya
The sanctions could target figures such as Khalifa al-Ghweil (centre) of the Tripoli-based general national congress, a rival to the internationally recognised Tobruk administration. Photograph: Stringer/AFP/Getty Images *Reuters*: *Europe moves closer to imposing Libya sanctions: diplomats* European Union foreign ministers are considering sanctions on three Libyans they see as blocking efforts by the United Nations to form a government of national unity and may go ahead even if a government is agreed, diplomats said. Strongly backed by France, the travel bans and asset freezes wil... more »
The Billy Mays of the GOP
[image: Billy Mays3 - 900] The presidency has been occupied by lawyers, ex-generals, a former actor and even a peanut farmer, but never before by a pitchman. Donald Trump seeks to become the first. He is the Billy Mays of the GOP, doing what the... more »
A Warning From Scotland: Gardasil Put Our Lives on Hold by Vivian Kidd
*Calli* Gardasil Put Our Lives on Hold By Vivian Kidd from Dundee, Scotland Sane Vax, Inc. 8 March 2015 At 8 years of age, my daughter Calli was diagnosed with ADHD. She was full of energy, constantly on the go, enjoyed singing, acting and music, loved meeting up with friends. Fast forward to the 11th of December 2013. That’s the day Calli received the second dose of the HPV vaccine Gardasil. The 12th of December Calli went to bed at 10pm and at 10.45pm screamed ‘mum!’ I rushed upstairs to find her in a state of acute confusion, unable to see and very frightened. At first... more »
Greg Hunter, "Weekly News Wrap-Up 3/11/2016"
*"Weekly News Wrap-Up 3/11/2016"* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com "Iran is back in the news for testing ballistic missiles with the words “Israel should be wiped off the Earth.” It is widely reported that Iran has test fired two ballistic missiles. Iran says it was a show of “deterrent power,” and that it is “defensive.” Iran says this does not violate the recent nuclear deal. Might I continue to point out that nobody signed any “deal.” Others say it totally violates a U.N. resolution that says Iran should not be carrying out ballistic missile tests, but there is no real ban on m... more »
How The U.S. Missed An Opportunity To Kill Zarqawi In 2002 Before the Iraq Invasion
After 9/11 the Bush administration said that it needed to pre-emptively deal with the threat of international terrorism. Around the same time in the Zagros Mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan Ansar al-Islam had set up a camp. The group was at war with the ruling Kurdish parties and welcomed foreign fighters to join them. They received money form Al Qaeda, Saudi Arabia, and Iran. After the 2001 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan some al Qaeda fighters and other Islamsts fled Kurdistan to join Ansar. One such group was Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s Jund al-Sham, which had been driven out of Afghanistan.... more »
President Obama Blames British Prime Minister Cameron For The Chaos In Libya
*The Independent*: *Barack Obama says David Cameron allowed Libya to become a 's*** show'* Unprecedented attack by serving US President claims UK was 'distracted'. Barack Obama has sharply criticised David Cameron for the UK’s role in allowing Libya to become a “shit show” after the fall of the dictator Muammar Gaddafi, in an unprecedented attack on a British leader by a serving US President. Mr Obama said that following a successful military intervention to aid rebels during the 2011 Arab Spring revolt, Libya was left to spiral out of control – due largely to the inaction of Am... more »
Detroit Is Literally Out Of Money to Pay Teachers, Seeks $700 Million Bailout
[image: In this October 21, 2015 photo, Steven Rhodes, Detroit Public Schools' emergency manager, speaks with other guests at the Ford School of Public Policy.] Detroit's public schools are bleeding money so fast that within a month they simply won't have the cash needed to meet payroll, the district's emergency manager warned lawmakers Wednesday. To save itself, the district is begging Michigan lawmakers to bail... more »
Carson Buries ‘the Hatchet,’ Endorses Trump for President
[image: Republican presidential hopefuls, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson (L) smiles as real estate magnate Donald Trump speaks after they arrived on stage for the Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California on September 16, 2015. Republican presidential candidates collectively turned their sights on frontrunner Donald Trump at the party's second debate, taking aim at his lack of political experience and his sometimes abrasive style.] PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) -- Former Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says he and Don... more »
Senators Want ISIS Detainees in Gitmo, Not Passed to Iraqi Authorities
[image: GITMO - 900] The Obama administration is committed to only detaining high-level Islamic State officials in the short-term, but a group of senators wants them placed in Guantanamo Bay, the facility the White House thinks should be closed down. GOP Sen. Steve Daines... more »
Testing All The Time?
--> --> McDermott, M., Robertson. P., and Krashen, S. 2016. Language Magazine, January 16. http://languagemagazine.com/?page_id=125014 Posted at: http://skrashen.blogspot.com/2016/03/testing-all-time.html The new education law, the "Every Student Succeeds Act," appears to us to be part of movement that may increase testing far more than ever and drastically narrow the curriculum: this will come in the form of Competency-Based Education (CBE). As described in a recent paper from the National Governor's Assocation, CBE is course-work based on the common core, provided by and design... more »
Gaia Portal: Collectives of Light gather
https://gaiaportal.wordpress.com/2016/03/11/collectives-of-light-gather/ *Collectives of Light gather * 11 March 2016 Collectives of Light gather. Required Sentients are called. Seasons of change combine to one. Life forms entreat the Cosmic Light.
Privately educated elite continues to take top jobs
SOURCE GUARDIAN: Privately schooled people still dominate law, politics, medicine and journalism despite signs of progress The Sutton Trust educational charity has been carrying out similar surveys for more than a decade, and though it reports “small signs” of progress, this year’s results confirm what has long been known – that if you have a private education, you are considerably more
Journal retracts bioelectronics paper for lack of credit to collaborators
The list of co-authors on a paper about a “bioelectronic composite” was apparently too sparse. According to its retraction note — posted at the request of the editor-in-chief and the corresponding author — the paper failed to include some of the collaborators. The Biosensors & Bioelectronics paper looks at a protein complex that could function as part of […] The post Journal retracts bioelectronics paper for lack of credit to collaborators appeared first on Retraction Watch.
An Atheist’s Reasonable Journey to Faith: An Interview With Alister McGrath
[image: Outer Space, Stars, Planets, Night Sky, Galaxy, Astronomy, Nature, Design] Alister McGrath is Professor of Science and Religion at Oxford University. After academic work in science, he turned to the study of theology and Christianity. McGrath is the author of many books, including The Dawkins Delusion, in which he analyses... more »
Atheists Give Up Case, Christians Can Continue to Help Ex-Convicts
[image: Many of the employees of Prisoners of Christ used to be prisoners struggling to break the cycle of recidivism. That background helps them to understand the unique problems faced by those coming to their ministry.] A judge ruled last month that two Christian organizations in Florida can continue helping newly released prisoners reintegrate into society. The Christian organizations had been brought to court by a New York-based atheist organization called the Center for Inquiry that sued... more »
Oregon Bans Coal-Fired Power, Effectively Hiking Electricity Prices
[image: Coal plant] Oregon passed legislation this week requiring the state to shut down coal power plants and use fewer hydroelectric dams, a move critics of the bill say effectively bans cheap electricity. Gov. Kate Brown signed the bill into law Tuesday, which... more »
Wonder Why Voters Hate Politicians?
Elizabeth Warren's speech on the Senate floor Wednesday-- connecting GOP establishment meltdown because of a Trumpf/Cruz takeover with the party establishment's own deranged extremism in regard to the Obama presidency-- is worth listening to. The systematic attempt to delegitimize President Obama-- something concocted by "moderates" like Paul Ryan on the night of his inauguration hasn't worked but has led to a degree of gridlock that has made Congress the most despised institution in America. "(E)xtremists might not like it," she reminded them, "but Barack Obama won the Presidency... more »
World News Briefs -- March 11, 2016
*DW:* *Fifth year of Syria's war the worst yet, aid groups say* *Thirty aid agencies believe UN Security Council members have undermined their own commitments on Syria. They say the past 12 months has seen a "horrendous escalation in violence" and civilian displacement.* In a new report entitled "Fueling the Fire," which was released on Friday, a group of non-government organizations (NGOs) described the fifth year of Syria's civil war as the worst yet, with at least 50,000 deaths and almost a million civilians forced to flee their homes. The report by charities including CARE Int... more »
Baltimore Sun Editorializes Against Democracy
The power brokers who run Baltimore fear the introduction of elections for school board members in the city. The editorial board of the Baltimore Sun agrees that democracy is dangerous where there are too many poor people, even though the editorial board admits that the rest of Maryland can count on democracy in their leafy hometowns: . . . most school boards nationwide and in Maryland are elected. But what seems good in theory has worked badly in practice. According to University of Memphis researcher Thomas E. Glass, elected urban school boards by and large "are not accountable t...more »
Big Businesses Side With LGBT Activists Against Georgia’s Religious Liberty Bill
[image: In this photo taken June 29, 2014, tech giant Salesforce has participated in the San Francisco Pride event.] Major corporations, including Google and Twitter, are coalescing in opposition to legislation in Georgia that would protect the right of individuals and institutions to practice their religion. Part of the state legislation prevents clergy from being required to perform same-sex... more »
Biotech Firm Releases Genetically Modified Mosquitos to Fight Zika Virus
[image: In this Jan. 18, 2016 file photo, a researcher holds a container with female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes at the Biomedical Sciences Institute in the Sao Paulo's University in Sao Paulo, Brazil.] MIAMI (AP) -- The spread of the Zika virus in Latin America is giving a boost to a British biotech firm’s proposal to deploy a genetically modified mosquito to try to stop transmission of the disease. Oxitec has genetically modified... more »
Indonesia Rights Body Urges Obama to Open Secret US Files
[image: In this Feb. 15, 2016, file photo, President Barack Obama, right, stands with Indonesian President Joko Widodo at a meeting of ASEAN, the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations, at the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage, Calif.] WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Indonesia that Barack Obama lived in as a child bore fresh scars from the darkest period in country’s modern history. Shortly before Obama’s arrival in 1967, hundreds of thousands of people had been killed in a... more »
Seoul: Number of North Korean Cyberattacks Doubled in Month
[image: South Korean army soldiers ride a K-1 tank during the annual exercise with their U.S. counterparts in Paju, near the border with North Korea, Thursday, March 10, 2016.] SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers Friday that the number of North Korean cyberattacks on the South has doubled over the past month. The National Intelligence Service told a parliamentary committee meeting that the North... more »
The Latest from Merle Hazard
FYI: Both Merle and Alison Brown (the banjo player) are former Ec 10 students.
Live Stream: Trump Press Conference w/ Ben Carson?...
*we shall see.* Friday, March 11, 2016: GOP Presidential front-runner Donald Trump will hold a press conference at the Mar-A-Lago Club in Palm Beach, FL. It is believed that he will be joined by retired neurosurgeon and former Presidential candidate Ben Carson. The event is scheduled to begin at 9:00 AM EST.
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 11, 2016
*Reuters*:* Two U.S. soldiers in South America contracted, recovered from Zika: commander* Two U.S. soldiers serving in South America contracted Zika but have fully recovered and returned to duty, while a third, pregnant service member left the region early for fear of contracting the virus, a top U.S. commander said on Thursday. Zika infections have been linked to thousands of birth defects as the mosquito-borne virus spreads rapidly in Brazil and other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Two U.S. servicemembers stationed in Brazil and Colombia, both men, were confirme... more »
A Former U.S. Nuclear Negotiator On North Korea Shares His Thoughts
*Keegan Hamilton, VICE News:* *North Korea Is 'One Pandemic Away From Collapse' Says Former US Nuclear Negotiator* North Korea launched a pair of short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Thursday, defying UN Security Council resolutions and threatening South Korea for hosting joint military drills with the United States, which Pyongyang believes are a dress rehearsal for an invasion. The latest launch follows North Korea's fourth nuclear test in January, a long-range rocket launch in February, and the recent publication of photos that purportedly showed young leader Kim Jong... more »
Tears, Prayers as Japan Marks 5th Anniversary of Tsunami
[image: People observe a moment of silence at 2:46 p.m. for the victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in front of the skeletal remains of the former disaster prevention center in Minamisanriku, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan Friday, March 11, 2016.] RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan (AP) -- Japanese gathered in Tokyo and along the country’s ravaged northeast coast to observe a moment of silence at 2:46 p.m. Friday, exactly five years after a magnitude-9.0 earthquake struck offshore, triggering a devastating tsunami that killed... more »
Newe Cultural Days 2016
Newe (Western Shoshone) Cultural Days March 19 -- 20, 2016
“The Bank for International Settlements Warns a Catastrophe Is Coming”
*“The Bank for International Settlements Warns a Catastrophe Is Coming”* By Harry Dent “The Bank for International Settlements is nothing if not obscure. As the central bankers’ bank, it seems little-more than a back-door, private club for monetary elites to rub shoulders. And it’s located in Switzerland which has always carried a reputation for financial secrecy. Then it has this going for it – John Keynes of “Keynesian economic theory” opposed its dissolution back in the 1940s. His was the kind of thinking that has largely influenced central banks to hijack our economies with mani... more »
“Real Quotes From The Real Hillary”
*“Real Quotes From The Real Hillary”* by Frosty Wooldridge "Eight quotes from 8 different books: Her actual words.” (None of which I dare post here... - CP) See for yourself: - http://rense.com/
Under The Dome - The Ultimate Conspiracy - 1956 nuking the sky to break it open?
Hahahahahahahahaha! I love insanely creative and disturbing crazy shit like this, maybe I'm just a natural story-listener... While this blogger'd be the first to shriek and rant and rave and scream with total conviction that, *"I am not a Flat Earther, I am not a Flat Earther, I am not a Flat Earther,"* I realise that such a squared-circle construct would make Ice Ages (pressure changes) and Noah Floods (turning on the tap) much easier to achieve with no celestial intervention from either rocks or UFOs. And the dinosaurs could have still existed, the underfloor lava-heating would... more »
Telegraph Publish Professor Mitchell’s Lies
By Paul Homewood http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/12189350/Letters-The-best-of-both-worlds-for-Britain-in-the-outer-circle-of-a-two-tier-EU.html In yesterday’s Letters Column in the Telegraph, Prof Catherine Mitchell was allowed to get away with this astonishing piece of grossly misleading propaganda. I immediately fired off a reply correcting her second assertion, but as the Telegraph has chosen not to print it, it is time to make a […]
Will Florida’s Winner-Take-All Primary Kill Rubio’s Chances?
[image: Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., poses for photographs during a campaign rally in Hialeah, Fla., Wednesday, March 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)] TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Florida’s winner-take-all Republican presidential primary was supposed to help former Gov. Jeb Bush or Sen. Marco Rubio. That was the thinking when the GOP-dominated Legislature changed the state’s primary date to the third Tuesday in March... more »
Defending Boys in a ‘Girl Power’ Age
[image: Girls Drone Engineering Project - 900] A few weeks ago, I took my three young children to a stage show called "Wild Kratts Live." If you're not already immersed in the bizarre world of children's television, I understand if this sounds odd, but bear with me....more »
US Judge Acquits Saudi Arabia, Rules Against Iran In 9/11 Case
The New York judge who dismissed claims against Saudi Arabia by families of victims of the 9/11 attacks has ruled against Iran…. despite over a dozen Saudis citizens not Iranians being involved on September 11 Iran was hit with a judgment after failing to defend court claims and have been ordered to pay more than $10.5 billion in damages to families of people killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and to a group of insurers. Press TV reports: New York district judge George Daniels issued the default judgment on Wednesday, claiming Iran failed to defend itself against allegat... more »
The Holocaust and the Jewish Identity
[image: Hanukkah, Menorah, Jewish, Jews, Judaism, Father and Son, Father and Boy, Jewish Identity] WASHINGTON -- Bernie Sanders is the most successful Jewish candidate for the presidency ever. It’s a rare sign of the health of our republic that no one seems to much care or even notice. Least of all, Sanders himself. Which... more »
Evangelical Climate Change Alarmists Urge Cruz to Follow Them. Not So Fast.
[image: Global Warming, Climate Change, Environmentalists] Recently some evangelical "creation care" advocates urged Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz to "listen more closely to those evangelicals who supported him," and in particular to those evangelicals convinced that manmade global warming is a dire problem. They offer Dr.... more »
The Ghosts At The Press Conference
http://www.pbs.org/ Rick Salutin writes this morning that there were two ghosts at the joint press conference which Justin Trudeau and Barack Obama held yesterday. And both ghosts are alive and well. The first was Stephen Harper. Obama's joking about things Canadian --"It's about time, eh? -- underscored the differences between Harper and Trudeau: There was something obstinate and principled in Harper’s refusal to embrace what’s widely viewed as Canadian: the niceness, peacemaking, public programs, good will toward Syrian refuge...more »
Rule of law 26, RIP Sen. Jovito Salonga
Yesterday, a great statesman, former Senator Jovito Salonga died. I am reposting two comments from two friends, Ted Te, Supreme Court Spokesman, and Adora Navarro, an economist. Posting with their permission. The third paper is a portion the late Senator's lecture in UP some 52 years ago. He spoke like those classical liberal thinkers several centuries ago, consistent with his being a Liberal Party leader. His focus was on having rule of law in the country, not welfarism, unlike current breed of politicians and legislators. Rest in peace, Sen. Jovy. ------------- *(1) Salonga: Th... more »
Anti-Trump Conservatives Might Need to Swallow Pride, Support Cruz
[image: Ted Cruz pauses while speaking at the 2013 Values Voter Summit.] The so-called Republican establishment is coming to the painful realization that Texas Sen. Ted Cruz may be its only hope to block Donald Trump from winning the nomination and Hillary Clinton from winning the White House. It’s not assured, of... more »
Without H-1B visas, America will be losing its STEM hegemony
*Donald Trump's protectionist tendencies are mostly myopic* By now, most people must have learned that it's totally plausible that Donald Trump will become the next president. The probability is almost certainly higher than 20 percent. I agree with many attitudes and views of Trump's. However, in the latest GOP debate, Trump vowed to abolish the H-1B visas. They're non-immigration visas for skilled foreign workers. At every moment, at most 85,000 people may be present in the U.S. 98% of this cap is depleted at almost all times. About 50% of these foreigners on visas work in some ki... more »
In Summary
Too many times I've seen assertions in Op-Eds and comments that "there is no evidence for a biological origin for transsexuality". Sometimes it's "no evidence whatsover", sometimes "no convincing evidence", "no peer-reviewed evidence". The impression is given that there's only one or two papers written by pay-for-comment idealogues in vanity press publications, if anything, and probably not even that. The truth is rather different. Evidence Supporting the Biologic Nature of Gender Identity Saraswat et al, *Endocrine Practice*: February 2015, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 199-204. *Objectiv...more »
Tron Legacy - reboot that shit - using the same footage
RE-EDIT that lovely stuff... what? Yeah, there was nothing wrong with *Tron Legacy*... visually. It had some LOVELY SET PIECES like this... But then THE STORY GOT IN THE WAY and what do I mean by this? Gods of Egypt. What's that got to do with ANYTHING? Videogames, most reviews have stated to-a-man that, "Gods of Egypt looks like a videogame," and it made me wonder why is that a bad thing. But then 'films aren't videogames' in the same way that 'books aren't films' i.e. it's a totally different medium. But Tron *is a videogame*, and the fantastic, rendered, kinetic excitemen... more »
U.S. Justice Department Tells Apple To Assist The FBI
*USA Today:* *Justice Department: Apple obligated to assist FBI* WASHINGTON — The Justice Department asserted Thursday that Apple Inc., has sought to advance "false'' arguments that threaten privacy breaches on a massive scale in the tech giant's opposition to a court order requiring the company to help the FBI gain access to the iPhone used by San Bernardino terrorist Syed Farook. "The court's order is modest,'' Justice lawyers argued in the government's latest defense of a California federal magistrate decision. "It applies to a single iPhone, and it allows Apple to decide the l... more »
We Cannot Allow Ourselves To Be Influenced By.....A Quotation from Christina Conti
Source: *Songstress Syren G+*
Bernard Cornwell - Stonehenge - book review via absurdist religiose godmatic expressionism
no, not Cornwell's book... Stonehenge isn't (necessarily) about absurdist religiose godmatic expressionism... Cornwell's book is about Shaman-ISM i.e. the ritualistic exhaltation of the cripple, the half-breed, the outsider. It could be termed, "An Architectural Prequel," it being the (fictional) story of how a 'place' was built. Notice I didn't say monument or temple or church, because I'm not totally convinced that *Stonehenge* had anything (at all) to do with 'religion' or 'spirit' or 'the collective soul of the stonehenge architects'. I specifically enjoyed the four-stages of ... more »
Measurement isn't a violation of unitarity
In the mid 1920s, thanks to the conservative yet revolutionary work by giants such as Heisenberg, the foundations of physics have switched from the old framework of classical physics to the postulates of quantum mechanics. The new general rules have been completely understood. Since that time, only the search for the "right Hamiltonians" and "their implications" was open. The new philosophical underpinnings were shown to be consistent, complete, nothing has changed about them since 1925 (or we might put the threshold to 1927 so that the papers clarifying the uncertainty principle e...more »
Cern Scientists Discover Particle That Doesn’t Follow Laws Of Physics
Cern scientists working at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have said that they may have discovered a new particle that appears to defy the laws of physics. Scientists say they may have found a fifth fundamental force in nature that is six times heavier than the Higgs boson particle. Ancient-code.com reports: According to researchers, further testing is required which is why more ‘collisions’ will commence next month in order to obtain new data. Scientists believe they will have either the ultimate confirmation or refutation of its existence by summer of 2016. Scientists believe thi... more »
Court Rules Martin Luther King Assassination A “Government Conspiracy”
A U.S. court case from 1999 that received virtually zero media attention ruled that there was a “conspiracy to kill Martin Luther King” using “agents of the government of the United States”, exonerating James Earl Ray in his assassination. The civil trial King v. Jowers lasted for 30 days – and after 59 minutes of deliberation the jury found the original official narrative involving Martin Luther King’s death to be factually incorrect, and ruled that government agents were responsible for his death. Anonhq.com reports: The court case never received much media attention. In 1993, the... more »
Oversight Of The Internet Will Soon Pass From The U.S. To An International Body
*Financial Times*: *Plan to strip US of internet oversight* The US has been handed a proposal that would end the last vestiges of its control over the internet, touching off a potentially contentious political debate in Washington over the future of cyber space. The proposal was put forward on Thursday by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), the international body that oversees the internet’s addressing system. It would lead to the US handing over its role as the ultimate authority for internet naming, in return for an overhaul of Icann’s governance arra... more »
The Militarization Of Drones Were Predicted By The CIA During The Reagan Years
*Adam Rawnsley, Daily Beast*: *How the Reagan-Era CIA Predicted Our Drone Dystopia* As far back as 1986, the agency saw a future of proliferating drones that would be used for ‘attack missions’ by armies and terrorists alike, according to a now-declassified report. The drone craze has set off a wave of pundit hand-wringing about the global spread of unmanned technology and its consequences. But a declassified report from the CIA’s analytical arm shows that the agency was predicting a wave of drone proliferation as far back as the mid-1980s, at a time when the iconic Predator drone ... more »
Turkish Cops Fire Tear Gas On Protestors Amid Government Newspaper Takeover
Turkish police fired tear gas and used water cannons on protestors who protested the government’s take over of the Zaman daily newspaper on Friday. Police in riot gear fired tear gas into crowds of people who opposed Erdogan’s mass takeover of independent media companies critical of the Turkish government. Todayszaman.com reports: Officers then forcibly broke down a gate and rushed into the building. The footage showed them scuffling with Zaman staff inside the offices. Zaman employees waiting near the entrance said police immediately tear-gassed hundreds of readers who had gathere... more »
Erdogan Vows To Help Ukraine Fight Russia And Return Crimea
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to support Ukraine’s fight against Russia by helping Ukraine to take steps in removing Russian occupation. “Turkey did not recognize the illegal annexation of Crimea and is not going to do either,” Erdogan said in a joint press conference with Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko in Ankara. Fort-russ.com reports: According to him, Russia violated international law in this matter. “Mr President (of Turkey) supported the joint steps aimed at the de-occupation of Crimea. For this plan we will work together in the framework of interna... more »
Computers' dominance in Go was inevitable
*Which activities will preserve the "advantage humans"?* This topic has hijacked a a thread on quantum gravity so let me dedicate a special blog post to that issue. A computer (Google's AlphaGo) has repeatedly beaten Lee Sedol, the world's best human Go player of the last decade, denied him his $1 million bounty, and some people can't believe their eyes. Well, I congratulate to the programmer(s). But I feel vindicated, too. I have always considered the idea that "Go is so spectacularly human and complex that computers wouldn't become the champions for centuries, if ever" to be an i... more »
Swedish Bus Driver Suspended After Sharing Anti-Mass Migration Articles Online
This Breitbart article http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/03/09/bus-driver-suspended-for-sharing-immigration-critical-news-articles-on-social-media/ is quite staggering. Do read it all... ' A Swedish bus driver has found himself out of work and the subject of an investigation after he was discovered to have shared news articles from right-leaning news sites. Expressing concern about the equal treatment of passengers, the transport authority of Dalarna, Sweden suspended one of their bus drivers on Monday after they were alerted to his on-line activities the same day. Although t... more »
GOP Debate Focuses on Policy, Not Insults
[image: Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks as Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump listens, during the Republican presidential debate sponsored by CNN, Salem Media Group and the Washington Times at the University of Miami, Thursday, March 10, 2016, in Coral Gables, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)] Thursday night's GOP debate in Miami, Fla., put the tight race ahead for Marco Rubio against Donald Trump into focus, as the candidates delivered substantive policy messages on issues ranging from international trade and Social Security ref... more »
The Russian Defense Ministry Wants Dolphins For Its Navy
*TASS*:* Russian Defense Ministry wants to buy 5 dolphins* *The document posted on the website of state purchases doesn’t say, however, for which purposes the dolphins will be caught* MOSCOW, March 9. /TASS/. Russia’s Defense Ministry is planning to buy five bottlenose dolphins for 1.75 million rubles ($24,475), according to a document posted on the website of state purchases on Wednesday. The tender documentation specifies that the Russian Defense Ministry needs two female and three male dolphins between 3 and 5 years of age. The ministry wants to buy the species with the body le...more »
Tweet For Today
BREAKING: Air Force unveils plan to integrate women into last male-only combat jobs. https://t.co/1WuIQiNMW4 pic.twitter.com/5IbhQOntvz — Stephen Losey (@StephenLosey) March 10, 2016
Ex-Putin Aide Mikhail Lesin Found Dead At D.C. Hotel Was Murdered
*Bloomberg:* *Ex-Putin Aide Who Died in D.C. Hotel Said Killed by Blunt Force* * Mikhail Lesin died from blows to head, says medical examiner * Onetime information minister founded Russia Today news channel Mikhail Lesin, a former aide and minister under Russian President Vladimir Putin who was found dead in his hotel room in Washington last year, was killed by blunt force injuries to the head, the Washington chief medical examiner’s office said Thursday. Lesin, who served as information minister under Putin and advised the president on media policies, until December 2014 ran one ... more »
Picture Of The Day
Soldiers run from their vehicle after successfully attaching cargo onto a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during slingload training at Coyle drop zone on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Feb. 29, 2016. New Jersey Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht
Steve Russell : The Donald Virus: ‘Who’s Gonna Build Your Wall?’
This shoe was not cobbled to order for Mr. Trump. It just happens to fit his foot. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | March 11, 2016 I think it’s viral when several people who don’t know each other … finish reading Steve Russell : The Donald Virus: ‘Who’s Gonna Build Your Wall?’
A U.S. Army Program That The Pentagon Claimed Was 'Killed' Is Actually Growing
© Erik De Castro / Reuters *Daily Mail:* *The Army lied about ending controversial $725m program that embedded social scientists with troops fighting overseas* * The Human Terrain System sought to improve understanding of local cultures in overseas battlefields * Critics say the program was marred by fraud and put civilians at risk * A new study says the program is alive and well under another name The Army lied about ending a controversial program that embedded social scientists with troops fighting overseas, according to a USA Today investigation. The Human Terrain System, whi... more »
How To Fight Corruption In South Jersey And South Florida
The DC establishment has long ago decided that the way they want campaigns to unfold is for people to pick a team-- red vs blue or conservative vs progressive, say-- and then vote based on "identity politics." Most voters prefer campaigns that are based on issues that concern them. Tuesday night the Clinton Machine sputtered in Michigan when voters decided to cast their ballots on the clear, simple issues Bernie had been talking about-- particularly job-killing trade pacts the Clintons and their allies have been shoving down Americans' throats for decades. Remember, George H.W. Bu... more »
Sterling Allen's Arrest and the crack in the dam
This is a very interesting news report that has very L O N G ramifications that span not just countries, but continents, and seems to be leading down a very dark alley that could very well end up taking down a vast network of seemingly unassociated people, groups and networks, even to the highest levels. Many many months ago- probably around spring time of 2015, a discussion broke in my RTS skype room. One that involved a good friend of mine bringing forward information about the owner of the Peswiki "free energy" website, Sterling Allen, and claims by Mehran Keshe, that there wa... more »
Why North Korea's Possible Nuclear Warhead Design Is Concerning
#NorthKorea #nuclear warhead design indicates intended use on intial KN-08 (Hwasong-13) road mobile ICBM design pic.twitter.com/BONaKSe2yG — Joseph Dempsey (@JosephHDempsey) March 9, 2016 *Adam Taylor, Washington Post*: *North Korea’s possible nuclear warhead looks silly — but it’s still concerning* North Korea can seem a surreal, even silly place. So perhaps it's fitting that the object it claims is a miniature nuclear warhead looks more than a little comical. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appeared standing by the purported warhead in images published by North Korean state med...more »
Competency-based education: No hard evidence
Sent to the Sunshine State News, March 11. Re:"Senate Green Lights Competency-Based Education Program" Missing from the discussion of the Florida Senate bill supporting competency-based education (CBE) is the fact that there is no hard evidence supporting it. The following statement about CBE is from a National Governor's Association report, a document that aggressively promotes CBE: "Although an emerging research base suggests that CBE is a promising model, it includes only a few rigorous evaluations and analyses of current and ongoing CBE pilots and similar programs" (p. 6). ...more »
Former CIA Chief: If Not Handled Properly, Relations With China Could Turn Into A Catastrophe
Former NSA/CIA Director Michael Hayden (Reuters / Larry Downing) / Reuters *The Guardian*: *America’s former CIA chief: ‘If we don’t handle China well, it will be catastrophic’* *General Michael Hayden oversaw the NSA’s bulk surveillance programme and helped turn the CIA into a militarised force carrying out drone attacks. Why does he now think the obsession with counter-terrorism obscures more serious threats?* General Michael Hayden – the former chief of the US’s two most powerful and controversial intelligence agencies – is fearful of his legacy. The only person to head both th... more »
Is Now The Time To Declare War Against North Korea?
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un meets his nation's nuclear scientists in an undated photo released Wednesday by the official North Korean news agency. *Mark Thompson, Time:* *Is It Time to Attack North Korea?* Pyongyang’s claim that it has shrunk a nuclear warhead brings it one step closer to striking the U.S. North Korea has been saying for years that it is striving to build a nuclear-tipped missile capable of attacking the U.S. It took a giant step toward that prize Wednesday when its official news agency asserted the nation’s scientists had miniaturized an atomic warhead capable... more »
McDonald’s Fights Feds for the Soul of Its Business Model
[image: McDonalds - 900] McDonald's is expected to defend itself against federal labor officials Thursday in a case that could upend the franchise model by redefining decades of employment law. McDonald's is among a handful of companies wrapped in a legal battle to redefine... more »
Musical Interlude: Adiemus, “In Caelum Fero”
Adiemus, “In Caelum Fero” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dc-tRfKjuQ
"A Look to the Heavens"
“A dark Sun hangs in the clearing sky over a volcanic planet in this morning sea and skycape. It was taken during this week's total solar eclipse, a dramatic snapshot from along the narrow path of totality in the dark shadow of a New Moon. Earth's Indonesian isle of Ternate, North Maluku lies in the foreground. *Click image for larger size.* The sky is still bright near the eastern horizon though, beyond the region's flattened volcanic peaks and outside the Moon's umbral shadow. In fact, near the equator the dark lunar umbra is rushing eastward across Earth's surface at about 1,700 ... more »
Chet Raymo, “Supernatural and Metanatural”
*“Supernatural and Metanatural”* by Chet Raymo "I first wrote about Jan Vermeer's "The Milkmaid" back in the late-summer of 2009, when the painting was the star of a show at New York's Met. I was so enchanted with the painting that I made it the desktop on one of my laptops, where it has remained ever since. (Click image to enlarge.) What I like about the painting is the way it celebrates the commonplace, especially the way it illuminates simple material things - bread, milk, wicker, brass, cloth, ceramic, wood, plaster, skin. We see these things as they are, but also - though the ... more »
Shocker: Russian RT founder/media oligarch was murdered
*Mikhail Lesin - Founder of Russia Today* *discovered bludgeoned to death* *in a Washington DC hotel Room* After initially saying that Russian news network RT founder Mikhail Lesin's death in a hotel room in Washington, DC last November 5, 2015, was due to an apparent heart attack. Now forensic evidence has been released by Washington's chief medical examiner that indicates Lesin died as a result of blunt weapon injuries to the head. He also suffered injuries to other parts of his body. This really makes you wonder about the US justice system. How could they have hidden this infor... more »
North Korea's Leader Orders More Nuclear Tests
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets scientists and technicians in the field of researches into nuclear weapons in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang March 9, 2016. REUTERS/KCNA *Reuters*: *North Korean leader Kim orders more nuclear tests: KCNA* North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watched a ballistic missile launch test and ordered the country to improve nuclear attack capability by continuing to conduct more tests, the official KCNA news agency reported on Friday. The report did not say when the test took place but it was like... more »
The Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke, "Do You Remember?"
*"Do You Remember?"* "Do you remember still the falling stars that like swift horses through the heavens raced and suddenly leaped across the hurdles of our wishes - do you recall? And we did make so many! For there were countless numbers of stars: each time we looked above we were astounded by the swiftness of their daring play, while in our hearts we felt safe and secure watching these brilliant bodies disintegrate, knowing somehow we had survived their fall." - Rainer Maria Rilke
Obama Mocks GOP ‘Crack-Up’ and ‘Circus’ During News Conference With Canadian PM
[image: President Barack Obama speaks during a joint news conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the Rose Garden of White House in Washington, Thursday, March 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)] President Obama used the occasion of a news conference with new Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Thursday to mock the GOP primary “circus,” the party’s “crack-up” and blame them for the rise of Donald Trump. He dismissed the argument that the anger within the GOP has... more »
Chart: EPA’s Own Data Blows Away Claims That Natural Gas Causes Global Warming
[image: Natural Gas Pipe, Fracking, Hydraulic Fracturing] Green claims that America's natural gas boom is contributing to global warming just got blown away by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data. The Sierra Club and other enviromental groups have long claimed that the environmental advantages of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking,... more »
Obama to Clamp Down on Fracking to Reduce Global Warming 0.004 Degrees Celsius
[image: Trudeau and Obama - 900] President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will clamp down even more on methane emissions from oil and natural gas wells as part of a broader effort to tackle global warming. Obama's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will now... more »
Enduring Marriages Mean Less Child Poverty
[image: Child Poverty, Poor, Homelessness] The News Story -- U-turn By Government Over Changes to Measurements of Child Poverty "The government has been forced into retreat after agreeing that it should continue to report lack of money as a measure of child poverty," snipped the... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Willow Springs, Missouri, USA. Thanks for stopping by!
“Life's Crossroads: How To Thrive in Times of Change”
*“Life's Crossroads: * *How To Thrive in Times of Change”* by Linda Durnell “Life's crossroads create opportunity for us to choose between different options, and when we see someone embracing the moment when choices are decided upon, it can be awe-inspiring. A crossroads is about change. Choices must be made - not just when things are not working out as we had planned, but also during positive moments when we must choose to continue the course or veer off into something new. When we experience an ending in a marriage, a change in careers, political upheavals, the end of childrearin... more »
“5 Choices You'll Regret Forever”
*“5 Choices You'll Regret Forever”* by Dr. Travis Bradberry “Our days are filled with a constant stream of decisions. Most are mundane, but some are so important that they can haunt you for the rest of your life. A recent study from Columbia University found that we're bogged down by more than 70 decisions a day. The sheer number of decisions we have to make each day leads to a phenomenon called decision fatigue, whereby your brain actually tires like a muscle. A new study from the University of Texas shows that even when our brains aren't tired, they can make it very difficult for... more »
Did You Know Herr Trumpf Owns A Modeling Agency?
Herr Trumpf, the Republican Party front-runner, is very hands on with his modeling agency, which imports foreign models and uses them as slaves. He founded the firm, Trump Model Management, in 1999. Paris Hilton and Isabella Rossellini were two of their models. So was Melania, now Herr's wife and a potential First Lady. He uses the H-1B visa program to import them, which has proven very profitable. You may recall that Herr Trumpf has been an outspoken critic of the program and beat up on Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and, at a debate, on Little Marco, knowing full-well it was part ... more »
Will Iran Send Forces to Yemen?
*Abdulrahman Al-Rashed, Asharq Al-Awsat*: *Will Iran Send Forces to Yemen?* When the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces was asked if his country will send military advisers to Yemen as it had to Syria, his answer came far from negative. He said that Tehran acknowledges its responsibility in both countries. Iran has been present in Yemen before the coup against President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi’s government last year, and its expanded presence is a major reason why Saudi Arabia built a military alliance and launched a war there, especially when Saudi Arabia confirmed ... more »
HELP...End Corruption.
*Please SHARE...Discuss...Think About.* In TRUTH, "EVIL" simply means; "Live Backwards", both in presentation and definition. The rich like to accuse the poor of being lazy, but keep denying how they REFUSE to let them do anything, other than being a SLAVE.Without TRUTH, there is no JUSTICE.Without JUSTICE, there is no FREEDOM. *PLEASE, *Sign my Petition, to be sent to the Prime Minster of Canada. *FAQ:* ancient,I read your reply and understand the principles,but still have a question.If Country Grocer is a private business on private propertydoes he not have t... more »
Eagles of Death Metal Singer: Paris Attacks Were An Inside Job
The singer of the Eagles of Death Metal band issued a bombshell statement on Thursday, claiming that the Paris attacks were an inside job. The singer says he saw security guards at the Bataclan club show signs of having foreknowledge the attacks were going to take place before the audience arrived. Jesse Hughes said he felt uneasy whilst the band were setting up for their November 13 show, when he realised one of the backstage guards refused to make eye contact with the band. “I didn’t like him at all. And so I immediately went to the promoter and said, ‘Who’s that guy? I want to pu... more »
Charlie Sheen and Whoopi Goldberg To Star In 9/11 Truth Film
9/11 activist Charlie Sheen and actress Whoopi Goldberg have announced their plans to star in a film about the September 11 attacks, which starts filming on Monday. “Nine Eleven,” Written and Directed by Martin Guigui and co-written by Steven Golebiowski, will depict five people trapped in the elevator in one of the World Trade Center buildings, following their struggle to survive. It hasn’t been made clear whether the film will question the government’s official narrative of the 9/11 attacks – but with Charlie Sheen being such a vocal 9/11 activist, it is likely that the film will... more »
Apple: FBI Could Force Us To Activate iPhone Cameras, Microphones Remotely
Apple have warned users that if the FBI wins its lawsuit and forces them to unlock the iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino killer’s – it won’t be long before the U.S. government can also force them into enabling the cameras and microphones remotely on users iPhone’s. Apple’s head of services, Eddy Cue, said that the FBI’s demands will create a “dangerous precedent” in offering backdoors into users’ smartphones. The Guardian reports: Cue said to Univision: “Someday they will want [Apple] to turn on [a user’s] camera or microphone. We can’t do that now, but what if we’re fo...more »
US Judge Admits Existence Of NSA PRISM Program
A U.S. federal judge has confirmed that the NSA’s infamous PRISM program does exist – allowing the agency to collect user data directly from major technology companies such as Yahoo, Google, Apple and Microsoft without the users’ knowledge and without a court order. The stunning admission by the judge means that the PRISM program, originally leaked by Edward Snowden, has given the American government the ability to physically access the servers of numerous internet companies since 2007 in order to snoop on U.S. citizens. Vocativ.com reports: Since the program’s disclosure, most gov... more »
"Only One..."
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - P. J. O'Rourke
"How It Really Is"
"Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power." - P. J. O'Rourke
One People Rountable Discussion: March 1 & 8
Well my friends, better late than never, lol! Here are the archive videos of the past two weeks of the One People Roundtable Discussion: March 1 and March 8th. You may have noticed that there are two weeks of shows missing from the archives. We haven't released those videos yet... but we're working on it. The last few shows our live audience has flooded over the current limit of 50 people, and a lot of people were unfortunately able to join us live. This is something we are working on, but we have to upgrade our current Zoom account to allow for a much expanded live audience... more »
German Scientists Develop Teleportation
German scientists have announced that they have successfully developed a form of teleportation over short distances. The German physicists from the Friedrich Schiller University say they have used a series of laser beams to transmit information instantaneously without any loss of time. Pravdareport.com reports: The German scientists said that teleportation was possible in Newtonian physics, although its mechanism differs from physics of elementary particles. “Elementary particles such as electrons and light particles exist per se in a spatially delocalized state,” Alexander Szameit... more »
Fired Nurse Who Refused To Feed Patients Vaccine Propaganda Goes To Court
In April 2015 nursing student Nichole Rolfe was fired from her job after she refused to lie to patients and push pro-vaccine propaganda to them, as directed by her teachers. Nichole fought back against the college with a lawsuit. Baker College recently requested that the case be dismissed, but the judge presiding over the case denied the motion meaning that Nichole will finally be allowed to argue her case in front of a jury this summer. Olcplc.com reports: The Genesee County Circuit Court has denied the request of Baker College to dismiss or otherwise highly restrict the lawsuit b... more »
Ron Paul: Coming American Empire Collapse Will Spur Revolution
Former Congressman Ron Paul has said that he believes the U.S. empire is on the verge of collapse, but that the imminent collapse will be the best thing that has happened to the country in recent history. Dr. Paul told attendees at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Texas that America is showing signs of collapsing, just like every other empire before it did. “I believe… what our contention has to be right now is what is happening to our country from within,” he said. “And actually it’s very encouraging. They’re disintegrating… We don’t have to go to war with them.” Ron Paul told th... more »
China Angry Over US Deployment Of Long-range Bombers To Australia
China have expressed concern over plans by the U.S. military to deploy long-range B-1 heavy bombers to Australia, according to China’s foreign ministry. Commander of US Pacific Air Forces, General Lori Robinson, has confirmed that high-level discussions are underway to have American B-1 bombers and aerial tankers stationed in the Northern Territory. “We’re in the process of talking about rotational forces, bombers and tankers out of Australia (Tindal and Darwin) and it gives us the opportunity to train with Australia“, she told reporters. Farsnews.com reports: Gen. Robinson added t... more »
Economic News , Data & Views ( March 10 , 2016 ) Overview ( 1. ECB & Draghi Launch QE Bazooka and Interest Rate Move , Also ECB Staff Issues New Growth & Inflation Forecasts. 2. USD Index In Context. 3. US Treasuries VS German Bund - Divergence Over Yield Curve. 4. FX Watch. ) Europe In Focus (1. Finnish Parliament To Debate Eurozone Exit. 2. Ukraine Prime Minister throws Down Gauntlet To Ukraine President - "Back Me Or Sack Me." 3. France Hit Hard By Protests - Labor Law & Transport Workers. 4.Bulgaria Makes Voting Mandatory . 5. Refugee Crisis / Border Security. ) Odds & Ends ( 1. Libya Unity Gov't Quest Fruitlessly Ambles Along. 2. Puerto Rico Developments Of Note - Water Utility Restructure Law Approved , GOP Considering Board To Run Puerto Rico Gov't - But that's All ? 3. Greece Opens Door To Pension Reductions , Tax Revenues Miss 4. ISIS - Syria Battlefield Updates. 5. Oil Non News On Non Production Cuts. China Items Of Note To Consider . )
Overview ......... ECB Decisions - Lots here , more at the T.L *fred walton* @fredwalton216 10h10 hours ago fred walton Retweeted Nick Kounis As per Nick Kounis , here are the ECB's policy decisions made today... fred walton added, *Nick Kounis* @nickkounis Full list of #ECB policy decisions *fred walton* @fredwalton216 10h 10 hours ago fred walton Retweeted zerohedge Meat of today's decisions -points 3 through 6. fred walton added, *zerohedge* @zerohedge Draghi Whips Out Bazooka: ECB Announces Surprise Refi, Marginal Lending Rate Cuts, Boosts QE, Adds IG Bond... more »
President Obama: 'Saudi Arabia And Iran Must Find A Way To Make Some Kind Of Peace'
U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks about health insurance marketplace enrollments and the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin March 3, 2016. REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST *Reuters*: *Saudi Arabia, Iran must shape 'cold peace,' Obama says* Wars and chaos in the Middle East will not end until Saudi Arabia and Iran can find a way to "share the neighborhood" and make some kind of peace, U.S. President Barack Obama said in a magazine interview released on Thursday. "The competition between the Saudis and the Iranians, which has helped to feed pr... more »
Labour Councillor Simon Parkes and the aliens
Simon Parkes Interview
Trump Campaign Manager Accused of Assaulting Female Reporter Now Goes After Her on Twitter
[image: Donald Trump - 900] Donald Trump’s campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, is refusing to apologize for reportedly roughing up a female reporter from Breitbart.com, and is now attacking her on Twitter as an “attention seeker.” The Trump campaign is attacking her as well. Politico first reported the... more »
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 10, 2016
*Adam Taylor, Washington Post*: *A huge leaked list of Islamic State fighters sounds too good to be true. Is it?* It almost sounds too good to be true: a huge list of Islamic State fighters, leaked from inside the organization's own internal security division, potentially representing a treasure trove of detailed information on the group to be picked apart by intelligence agencies. On Wednesday, Sky News revealed that it had acquired this list, reportedly registration documents for Islamic State fighters from 2013. There were tens of thousands of names on the list from at least 51... more »
People Want Banks To Serve The Public & Not Giant Corporations
People Demand ‘Banks for the Common Good’ to Overthrow Multinational Behemoths A Common Dreams report: A coalition of social justice groups in Scotland looks at the economic and ecological dangers of corporate mega banks and mounts an argument for democratic reform In a new report (pdf) focused on Scotland but with global implications, a coalition of social justice groups in the U.K. outlines the risks inherent to an economic system built to serve mega banks, and advocates for the radical reform of replacing these multinational conglomerates with small, local, and not-for-profit “p...more »
Key Powers Mulling Possibility of Federal Division of Syria
*As mentioned in this post:* March 01/2016- V*ladimir Putin, Godfather of Kurdistan? Not a Parent of Kurdistan?* *Flashback:* *"Brief but necessary ramblings:* Russia has sold Syria’s sovereignty down the river. As the US long did. Both the US and Russia claim Syrian sovereignty is non negotiable. Both are lying. *Would everyone feel better if I said- misleading? **Russia jumped into the Syrian fracas to block a split, a complete split, or a balkanization. Pushing for some type of federated Syria instead of the US fracture. *Speaking for myself, I wanted Syria to remain the nation ... more »
Women Remember Berta Caceres
*An excerpt from, "No Bern Notice: The Imperial Myopia of Candidate Sanders" By Chris Floyd, March 10, 2016: * Meanwhile, the horror in Honduras goes on. As so often over the years, John Perry of the London Review of Books provides excellent background on the situation there. He notes that the Cáceres murder is part of an American-backed ethos that puts "business" before any and all other concerns -- community, environment, individual human lives. In this case, even the decidedly unsentimental Chinese investors -- and the equally bottom-line World Bank as well -- concluded that th... more »
Senator Mike Lee Endorses Ted Cruz for President, Urges Rubio to Get Behind Cruz
[image: Mike Lee2 - 900] Calling Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz a "friend to the American people," U.S. Senator Mike Lee endorsed the Texas senator in a press conference Thursday in Coral Gables, Florida. Lee is the first U.S. senator to endorse Cruz, saying that Cruz... more »
Expelling Gerry Downing
I don't recall the last time a micro-sect guru appeared on the BBC's lunch time politics programme to have his views in a seldom-read publication picked over, but it has finally happened. Of course, this does not signal Andrew Neil's conversion to lefty trainspotting, but rather the fact that Gerry Downing has some "forthright views" that were *deemed acceptable* to allow his admittance to Labour Party membership, before media pressure - and an attack by Dave in the House at yesterday's PMQs - saw his expulsion. As Trotskyism goes, there is a spectrum that runs from an uncompromisi... more
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