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“The Failing Pursuit of the Truth…”
*“The Failing Pursuit of the Truth…”* by Cullen Roche "A little over 8 years ago I started writing this blog about the financial crisis. The website became surprisingly popular and within a few months was generating millions of page views per month. It was a scary time and I noticed an obvious trend in my writing– writing about scary things attracted a lot more attention than anything else. But as the years unfolded the world became less scary to me. By 2010 I was fully in the “recovery” camp and trying to explain why the world might not be as bad off as some thought. It was not a ... more »
"The 12 Rules of Survival"
*"The 12 Rules of Survival"* *Who Lives, Who Dies and Why*by Laurence Gonzales "As a journalist, I've been writing about accidents for more than thirty years. In the last 15 or so years, I've concentrated on accidents in outdoor recreation, in an effort to understand who lives, who dies, and why. To my surprise, I found an eerie uniformity in the way people survive seemingly impossible circumstances. Decades and sometimes centuries apart, separated by culture, geography, race, language, and tradition, the most successful survivors–those who practice what I call “deep survival”– go ... more »
Missing Cold War Nuclear Bomb Found Off The Coast Of British Colombia, Canada?
A Mark IV "Fat Man" bomb went missing after a plane crash over northwest B.C. in 1950. (Wikimedia Commons) *CBC*: *UFO? Lost Cold War nuclear weapon? Canada's navy to investigate object found off B.C. coast* Army records indicate diver may have found bomb lost by the U.S. Air Force in 1950 The Royal Canadian Navy is sending a ship to determine if a diver has discovered "the lost nuke" — a Mark IV bomb that went missing after a U.S. bomber crashed off B.C.'s North Coast in the early days of the Cold War. Sean Smyrichinsky found the mystery object during a recent diving trip near B... more »
Elevated CO2 concentration effects on reproductive phenology and seed yield among soybean cultivars
From the peer review Journal *Crop Science*: (link) *Citation:* Bunce, J.A. 2015. Elevated CO2 concentration effects on reproductive phenology and seed yield among soybean cultivars. Crop Science. 55:339-343. *Interpretive Summary:* The increase in seed yield caused by growth at elevated carbon dioxide concentrations varies greatly among varieties of soybean. Reasons for this variation are not known. This study found that the extension of the duration of vegetative growth caused by elevated carbon dioxide concentration was strongly linked to the increase in seed yield. This work ... more »
Picture Of The Day
Iraqi Christian soldiers attend the first Sunday mass at the Grand Immaculate Church since it was recaptured from Daesh in Qaraqosh, near Mosul in Iraq. October 30. © REUTERS/ AHMED JADALLAH
The Islamic State Has Launched Over 100 Suicide Bombers To Defend Mosul Against Advancing Iraqi Forces
*The Telegraph:* *Islamic State launches 'unprecedented' wave of suicide bombers to try to defend Mosul* The Islamic State (Isil) has launched an “unprecedented” wave of suicide bombers, some of whom are children, against advancing Iraqi forces as the jihadist group struggles to hold on to its city stronghold of Mosul. More than a hundred suicide bombers have hurled themselves at Iraqi troops since the Mosul offensive began on October 17, a rate of self-annihilation never before seen even by the extreme standards of Isil. “The amount of people killing themselves is unprecedented... more »
What The Hell Is Wrong With Chris Matthews? Guest Post From WMX
Our art director hasn't written for us before; he just makes all the best art at *DWT*-- like the piece above. But this week he was moved by something MSNBC's most reprehensible anchor, Chris Matthews, said. WMX: What the hell is wrong with Chris Matthews? Does he not realize that he is soulless political weathervane… This guy has no core belief other than to insure that his fat ass stays on TV. His little concluding show soliloquy is nothing more than love poetry to a racist and demented militia mob. He is actually defending white natationalist and their insane candidate. All of ... more »
Blossom Goodchild - November 5, 2016 "HOLD ONTO YOUR HATS!"
Terran note:* As I said a couple of weeks ago, its a rocket sled ride from here on! :)* http://www.galacticchannelings.com/english/blossom05-11-16.html *Blossom Goodchild - November 5, 2016* Hello my friends from elsewhere. Firstly I would like to thank you for the last message which included the coded Light Language and the explanation of it. What a response it had! Wow! Very, very exciting. *Welcome to you, Dearest Lady and to all who happily receive our messages of Light that we are so very excited to bring through … always. We knew, in gentle humility that there would be ... more »
Bulletproof BMW Used As A Rescue Vehicle To Save Scores Of Victims During An ISIS Attack In Kirkuk
Bulletproof BMW Used to Rescue Dozens During ISIS Attack. The Drive *Yahoo/Drive:** Bulletproof BMW Used to Rescue Dozens During ISIS Attack* In the ongoing war against ISIS in the Middle East, one Kurdish Peshmerga fighter put his life—and his BMW—on the line to protect a city against a terrorist attack. Using an early-'90s armored BMW he purchased four months prior to the October 21 attack, a Peshmerga soldier named Ako Rahman rescued dozens of citizens wounded or trapped by snipers in Kirkuk—a city in the Kurdish controlled region of Iraq. "After we arrived at the scene, we saw... more »
Are The U.S. Presidential Polls Right?
Donald Trump shakes hands with Hillary Clinton at the start of their first presidential debate. REUTERS/Mike Segar *The Hill:* *Dems fret over tightening polls* *Are the polls skewed?* More and more Democrats appear to be worried that they are. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is within the margin of error of Democrat Hillary Clinton in the preponderance of battleground states, and Republicans are suddenly rallying behind him, filling Democrats with anxiety that the vote count could deviate from the polls and produce a Trump victory. Asked if she bought into the theor... more »
Psychic Kim Russo on Election, Get Ready for Plot Twist
Terran note: *All will be made known. All the way back to the beginning.... * Seen first at: http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=61278 http://inteldinarchronicles.blogspot.com/2016/11/psychic-kim-russo-on-election-get-ready.html ===== Saturday, November 5, 2016 *Psychic Kim Russo on Election, Get Ready for Plot Twist * Psychic Medium Kim Russo "The Happy Medium" As a Medium I am often asked who will win this upcoming election. Okay so I have dropped some hints here and there on Twitter, as I do not wish to start a political debate and I do not wish for anyone t... more »
Psychic Kim Russo on Election, Get Ready for Plot Twist
Terran note: *All will be made known. All the way back to the beginning.... * Seen first at: http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=61278 http://inteldinarchronicles.blogspot.com/2016/11/psychic-kim-russo-on-election-get-ready.html ===== Saturday, November 5, 2016 *Psychic Kim Russo on Election, Get Ready for Plot Twist * Psychic Medium Kim Russo "The Happy Medium" As a Medium I am often asked who will win this upcoming election. Okay so I have dropped some hints here and there on Twitter, as I do not wish to start a political debate and I do not wish for anyone t... more »
Lightship Releases Orbs Over Lombardy Italy Nov 2, 2016 [video]
Terran to Denice: Can you ask Stan X is that's *[see article below] *is a real ship? Stan X: *DEAR ONE/TERRAN. IT APPEARS TO BE AN ACCURATE IMAGE OF A SIRIAN/ARCTURIAN TRANSPORT VESSEL. DATA COLLECTORS. STAN.X. END.* *TERRAN NOTE: **THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO A SHIP THAT BEGAN APPEARING IN KANSAS EARLIER THIS WEEK. * *THE ARCTURIAN SHIP I SAW IN AUSTIN A FEW WEEKS BACK WAS EVEN MORE DISTINCT AS IT WAS FULLY SEEN AND NOT ETHERIC LOOKING IN ANY WAY. MORE AND MORE SHIPS AND SPHERES WILL BE SEEN SHORTLY.* POSTED AT: http://www.starshipearththebigpicture.com/2016/11/05/lightship-rel... more »
SOLIDARITY STANDING ROCK -- Clergy and Catholic Workers Chose Jail, Refuse Bond as Civil Disobedience
Water Protectors and Spiritual Leaders of different faiths sat in at the State Capitol in Bismarck, then visited the Governor's Mansion. Law Enforcement responded with Riot Police and made arrests. This is the day after more than 100 Water Protectors were injured by police while trying to protect burial grounds. Photo copyright Rob Wilson. Riot Police detaining Religious/Spiritual Leaders
Donald Trump Rushed Offstage By Secret Service At Reno Rally
*Daily Mail:* *BREAKING NEWS - Donald Trump is rushed off stage by Secret Service while speaking during Reno rally after protester 'with a gun' is tackled to the ground in the crowd * Secret Service agents rushed Donald trump offstage on Saturday evening during a rally in Reno, Nevada after they determined a protester in the audience with a gun posed a threat to the Republican presidential candidate. 'Go! Go!' agents shouted as they whisked him away and a combination of local police and private security wrestled the suspect to the ground. Thousands of people scattered like a sea o... more »
Musical Interlude: Josh Groban, “Remember When It Rained”
Josh Groban, “Remember When It Rained” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BixbjCDfH4
Musical Interlude: 2CELLOS, "Celloverse"
2CELLOS, "Celloverse" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPeo_X7hVe8
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Look through the cosmic cloud cataloged as NGC 281 and you might miss the stars of open cluster IC 1590. Still, formed within the nebula that cluster's young, massive stars ultimately power the pervasive nebular glow. The eye-catching shapes looming in this portrait of NGC 281 are sculpted columns and dense dust globules seen in silhouette, eroded by intense, energetic winds and radiation from the hot cluster stars. If they survive long enough, the dusty structures could also be sites of future star formation. *Click image for larger size.* Playfully called the Pacman Nebula becaus... more »
Chet Raymo, “Hatching”
*“Hatching”* by Chet Raymo "I was given a link to a "Scientific American" article on the death of mathematician William Thurston. In a sidebar was a link to a video of the hatching of the Lord Howe Island stick insect. Please watch the video, as this sizable insect struggles to emerge from a tiny egg case. Lord Howe Island Stick Insect hatching from Zoos Victoria on Vimeo. I can't quite tell you why, but this clip affected me deeply. It's not that I haven't watched birthings before, butterflies from chrysalises, for example, or the birth of my own son. Once I was commandeered to hel... more »
Free Download: Viktor Frankl, "Man's Search For Meaning"
*"**Man's Search For Meaning", Excerpt* by Viktor Frankl “In attempting this psychological presentation and a psychopathological explanation of the typical characteristics of a concentration camp inmate, I may give the impression that the human being is completely and unavoidably influenced by his surroundings. (In this case the surroundings being the unique structure of camp life, which forced the prisoner to conform his conduct to a certain set pattern.) But what about human liberty? Is there no spiritual freedom in regard to behavior and reaction to any given surroundings? Is t... more »
The Poet: Mary Oliver, "Evidence"
*"Evidence"* "Where do I live? If I had no address, as many people do not, I could nevertheless say that I lived in the same town as the lilies of the field, and the still waters. Spring, and all through the neighborhood now there are strong men tending flowers. Beauty without purpose is beauty without virtue. But all beautiful things, inherently, have this function - to excite the viewers toward sublime thought. Glory to the world, that good teacher. Among the swans there is none called the least, or the greatest. I believe in kindness. Also in mischief. Also in singing, espe... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Nelson, New Zealand. Thanks for stopping by.
Free Download: Eckhart Tolle, "The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment"
"The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment" by Eckhart Tolle "A beggar had been sitting by the side of a road for over thirty years. One day a stranger walked by. "Spare some change?" mumbled the beggar, mechanically holding out his old baseball cap. "I have nothing to give you," said the stranger. Then he asked: "What's that you are sitting on?" "Nothing," replied the beggar. "Just an old box. I have been sitting on it for as long as I can remember." "Ever looked inside?" asked the stranger. "No," said the beggar. "What's the point? There's nothing in there." "Have a l... more »
"The Truth Will Not Set You Free"
*"The Truth Will Not Set You Free"* by William Berry “We do not see the world as it is. We see the world as we are.” This quote has been attributed to both the Talmud and Anaïs Nin (although an actual citation for neither quote can be found). This quote summarizes the idea that truth, the truth that one perceives, is subjective and can be wrong. We have long been taught that the truth will set us free, and that seeking the truth is a worthy goal. What if there is no absolute truth? What if there are just degrees of truth (or lies) that we tell ourselves? What if, as some insightful... more »
Musical Interlude: Alan Parson Project, "Time"
The Alan Parsons Project, "Time" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhRzORqNa0E ○ "Time. Either you are for it or against it. So be here now. Not later. Do what you want to do, and with the people you love. Learn to appreciate time and make doing so a habit. And if you want to do nothing, then enjoy doing it well. Why do anything by half? Why live a life diluted? What's the use?" - Carew Papritz
The Next Generation of Comics Readers
"It's not a comic, it's a graphic novel." - Jasmine (my 11-year old daughter) Today Jasmine and I went on a comic hunting expedition. While my daughters have accompanied me on comic books in the past, this was rather neat in that she was the one who wanted to go on it. Over the past several months she's begun reading comic books. I have to confess to being rather proud. My late uncle told me used to be a comic reader in the late 1950s, being a big fan of the Flash. It's nice to see a third generation enter the hobby. Jasmine is quite the fan of Harley Quinn and has begun branchin... more »
TWO POLITICAL CLOWNS RING DOWN THE CURTAIN
*The political circus of 2016 is winding down and the clowns are doing their best to make it all seem relevant as they engage in mock battle trading insults and innuendoes while many of the spectators, including myself, sense the Republic is in its final death throes. Our great 240 year experiment in Democracy is coming to a close as the plutocracy asserts itself through Citizens United and only the corporate media and clowns perform as the circus tent comes down: Allen L Roland, PhD * *Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage**: H.L... more »
Rubber Bullets -- Palestine, Ferguson and Standing Rock
At Standing Rock, militarized police advancing on water protectors on Hwy 1806. Photo copyright by Rob Wilson. By Paul Duffy Censored News A brief history of rubber bullets. (11/4/16) British soldiers in Northern Ireland were the first to use rubber bullets. During the 1970s and 80s they killed seventeen people, eight of these fatalities were children. Most of the killings
The Ludicrous US Presidential "Race": Further Proof The Fix Is In - Newsweek Already Has Their Next Week's Issue Ready With "President Killary" On The Cover
Lets face the facts here... America is so screwed.... Yes, I have been under constant fire over the last week by my stating logically that the American people have NO choice left now but to vote for Donald Drumpf and cross their fingers and hope for the best... This is due to the logical and very truthful need to make sure that the mass murdering psychopathic mentally unbalanced JEWESS known as Hillary "Killary" Rodham Clinton does not attain the US Presidency and turn the American republic into hell on earth.... With NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE ANYWHERE left for the American people, t... more »
Bombshell: FBI Investigate Clinton’s Ties To Muslim Brotherhood
FBI insiders say that the new Hillary Clinton investigation will be looking at her close ties to the Muslim Brotherhood terrorist organization. Following the FBI’s discovery of 650,000 new emails on former Congressman Anthony Weiner’s laptop, the agency have said that they are now looking into Huma Abedin’s ties to terrorist regime and what role Hillary plays in all of this. Abedin, Hillary’s chief of staff, is a US citizen who was raised in Saudi Arabia. Her father is the director of an academic publication that regularly promotes the comments from the Muslim Brotherhood. Her mo... more »
Google Predicts Trump Winning Election
Donald Trump is set to win the presidential race according to computer scientist who released Tuesday’s election results via an advanced computer simulation. The prediction matches another made by a separate artificial intelligence system, MogIA, that predicted the Republican nominee would win using similar data. This same company has accurately predicted the last three Presidents. According to a scientist posting on 4chan, a heuristic modelling program based on the Facebook, Twitter, and Google algorithms, shows The Donald winning 40 points over Clinton. I’m a computer science st... more »
The Senate Races: What’s Really Happening-- A Guest Post From Alan Grayson
Here is your own personal briefing on what’s really going on in the Democrats’ attempt to win back the U.S. Senate. Regarding the individual races, a lot of this is information that you won’t find elsewhere. The Democrats hold 46 of the 100 seats in the Senate. They need to pick up 4 Republican seats if Clinton wins the White House (because VP Kaine will then cast the deciding vote when the Senate ties 50-50), and they need to pick up 5 Republican seats if the Apocalypse arrives. (I’m looking at you, Trump.) Team Blue expects to win GOP Senate seats in Illinois and Wisconsin. That... more »
ABC News Caught Staging Fake Crime Scene
ABC News has been caught staging a fake “crime scene” for reporter Linsey Davis to report from in a segment broadcast on Good Morning America. Viewers were presented with the sight of Davis standing in front of yellow police tape with the words “SHERIFF’S LINE DO NOT CROSS” and ABC News, reporting from the site for hours, claimed Davis was in the middle of an active crime scene. But she wasn’t. The ABC News report had more in common with a Hollywood production than a breaking news report. Linsey Davis was actually standing in a field in Woodruffe, South Carolina – not at the crime...more »
Bernie Supporter Physically Removed from Hillary Rally
A scheduled speaker at a Hillary Clinton rally went off-script and began listing reasons why the audience shouldn’t vote for her – until he was physically removed from the stage! Speaking in front of a typically small, lackluster Hillary rally, the brave college sophomore told the crowd of Democrats that they shouldn’t trust their nominee for president. “The only people that can trust Hillary are Goldman Sachs, Citigroup can trust Hillary, and the military-industrial complex can trust Hillary, her good friend Henry Kissinger can trust Hillary.” I guess Democrat stooges can’t handl... more »
Butch Witkowski UFO related Human Mutilation
UFOs and NATO The Human Mutilation Cover Up
Woodfibre LNG, The Great Deception Begins, 2017 BC Election Ploy Unraveled
*(*Premier Christy Clark announces a new LNG export facility to be built near Prince Rupert on Nov. 12, 2013, with Nexen CEO Kevin Reinhart, middle, and Rich Coleman) *Written by Grant G* "What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive" There is no better quote than the one above to describe the BC Liberal Government... Did Woodfibre LNG really give a legitimate FID or was it a staged photo-op designed to deceive the voting public...? On June 11/2015 Petronas gave a conditional FID to the BC Liberal Government, there were two conditions attached, the firs... more »
Russia Loses A Helicopter Gunship To ISIS Near Palmyra
ISIS released video footage of an attack on the Russian air force in Syria. The video shows the crew of a Russian helicopter gunship escaping moments before it was hit by a missile. Russia Insider reports: What you can see on the video is two helicopters on the ground along with two armored cars. The helicopters are a Mi-35 gunship whose engines are off and a Mi-8 transport whose rotor blades are moving from the beginning of the video. Almost simulatenously the Mi-8 transport lifts off and the idle Mi-35 explodes, probably hit by a guided anti-tank missile. The two Russian armored ... more »
Germania
Everyone everywhere has tribal ancestors. Folks with European roots know little about their kin who lived in the countless centuries of wild freedom. Tacitus gives us a glimpse at their world, as it was over 1,900 years ago. He was a Roman historian, born in A.D. 56, and died in 117. He wrote *Germania*in 98. It provided a brief overview of several dozen Germanic tribes of the era, as viewed from a civilized perspective. For example, the Batavi, Chatti, Usipii, Tencteri, Chauci, Fosi, Cimbri, Anglii, and Varini. (MAP) In the days of Tacitus, Germania was a vast wild front... more »
How Likely is a General Election?
If you were feeling nostalgic for this summer's Brexit chaos, the last couple of days should have provided you a fix. The High Court judgement that - rightly - stipulated the requirement for Article 50 to come to the Commons before its trigger threw the government into a panic. It also reminded us of the utter stupidity of senior Conservative politicians . Not having read the judgement, let alone understood it, morons like David Davies and IDS have paraded into the studios to decry this "assault" on the referendum result. This greenlit the unhinged editorial suites of the rightwing... more »
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DAYTIME FIREWORKS!!!
10,000 fly in for doomed climate talks
By Paul Homewood http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/10-000-fly-in-for-doomed-climate-talks-5ks370pmf From The Times: More than 10,000 people are flying to Marrakesh for a UN climate change conference despite officials admitting that they will make little or no progress on key issues. The two-week meeting, which begins in the Moroccan city on Monday, was declared as the “conference of […]
Russia’s Dead Submarine Sits At Bottom Of Ocean Armed With Nukes
Russia has a dead nuclear-powered attack submarine sitting at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean with two nuclear warheads on board. The submarine Komsomolets is currently resting one mile deep on the floor of the Barents Sea. The fast and deep-diving K-278 Komsomolets was introduced to the Soviet Navy in 1984. The submarine sank in 1989 after fire broke out in the aft engineering compartment on the boat’s first operational patrol leading to the loss of 42 crewmembers. During subsequent Russian rescue efforts to secure the nuclear reactor evidence was uncovered of “unauthorized visits ... more »
Introspective post
Sue and I began this blog in a genuine spirit of open-mindedness towards the BBC. We wanted to start again, fresh, from scratch, and to try and be as fair as possible to the BBC. The BBC would be given the benefit of the doubt whenever there were doubts about bias. (You can read all our early posts if you don't believe us.) And that spirit persisted for some time. (You can read all our slightly later posts if you still don't believe us.) It also began to fray over time, and this year has frayed to the point of snapping (at least for me). Why? Because the BBC has regressed, and i... more »
U.S. Spy Planes Are On the Hunt For Islamic State Fighters
An RC-135V/W Rivet Joint prepares to take off and eventually departs Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar on Oct. 21, 2016. U.S. Air Force photos *War Is Boring:* *The U.S. Air Force’s Biggest Spy Planes Are Hunting Islamic State Fighters* *RC-135 Rivet Joints spot terrorist radios, phones and scoop up chatter* New photographs confirm the U.S. Air Force’s biggest spy planes are helping hunt Islamic State fighters. The missions come as Iraqi and Kurdish troops work to evict the terrorists from the city of Mosul. On Oct. 21, 2016, at least one RC-135V/W Rivet Joint took off from Al Udeid Air ... more »
Trump Hires All The Best People. When Will Jersey Pig-Man Be Indicted?
Yesterday was a bad day for the Trumpist governor of New Jersey. He and his bozo buddies can screech "Lock Her Up" all they want but the chances of America getting to see the rotund Christie in an orange jump suit behind bars is now a lot closer. And this isn't even about the complaint filed against him yesterday with the Department of Justice by the Democratic Coalition Against Trump. They're asking the government to prosecutor Christie for violating the Voting RIghts Act. Recall that this past August Christie vetoed a bill that would have automated the voter registration system ... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Let's Stand Together'
LET’S STAND TOGETHER Posted on November 5, 2016 Please post & distribute. MNN. Nov. 5, 2016. For all of you who have been waiting for the right time to do something, now is that time. Lasagna shows up at Standing Rock! Like Ben E. King says, :”Stand with us for Standing Rock”: “When the njght has come and the land is dark and the moon is the only light you’ll see. No, I won’t be
Turkey Protecting Border from US Middle East Remake.Turkey, Russia, Syria To Cooperate on Raqqa?
*Some interesting talk in this Sputnik article-* *Alarmed by US plans to redraw the borders of the Middle East, Turkey's activities in Iraq, and willingness to align forces with Russia and the Syria government, are an effort to prevent Washington from realizing its ambitions, former Turkish air force commander Erdogan Karakus told Sputnik Turkiye.* * "The US is trying to implement its project in the Middle East, called 'Greater Middle East,' and it's trying to use the Iraqi government to carry out this aim. However, Turkey's actions in Iraq are interfering with the US attempt to es... more »
WikiLeaks: Podesta Camp Openly Support Imprisoned Pedophile
New emails from Clinton campaign chair John Podesta released by WikiLeaks on Saturday show that Podesta openly declared support for a convicted and imprisoned pedophile. In an email to Mr. Masahiko Horie, Ambassador for Global Environmental Affairs of Japan, Tony Podesta boasted that he was still good friends with former House speaker Dennis Hastert, who was imprisoned for raping underage boys. Dennis Hastert was sentenced this year to 15 months in prison for bank fraud in an effort to cover up his sexual abuse of young boys of a wrestling team he coached 30 years ago. In the hea... more »
Treason: Homeland Security Chairman Calls For Hillary’s Arrest
Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul has called for Hillary Clinton to be arrested for what he says are acts of treason against America. McCaul, who Chairs the House Home Security Committee, told Fox News that Clinton has deliberately put the lives of millions of American citizens at risk. "It's treason." @RepMcCaul on Hillary Clinton exposing classified information to U.S. adversaries pic.twitter.com/WltQ8dKQhu — FOX & Friends (@foxandfriends) November 3, 2016 Ijr.com reports: McCaul said he initially learned of the concern from FBI Director James Comey. “Now we find out, and... more »
Election Analysts: Bernie Sanders Will Win Via Twelfth Amendment
Election analysts claim that Bernie Sanders may end up winning the presidential election next week, if enough people write him on their ballots. As the Clinton camp looks set to implode amid a child sex scandal directly involving the Clinton’s and others connected to her campaign, Senator Sanders has quietly distanced himself from her campaign and suggested that voters write him in when they cast their votes on Tuesday. Inquisitr.com reports: In fact, when a member of the Green Party Radio Network interviewed Bernie on-the-spot in St. Albans, Vermont about the write-in campaign, ... more »
There Are 45,000 Militant Fighters Operating In Afghanistan
Taliban militants who were arrested by Afghan police stand during a presentation of seized weapons and equipment in Jalalabad on March 2. Radio Free Europe *Khaama Press*: *45,000 opposition fighters operating in Afghanistan, UN experts say* At least 45,000 opposition forces are operating in Afghanistan with foreign insurgents comprising around 20 to 25 percent of the forces, the United Nations experts have said. The experts informed regarding the estimated number of the insurgents as they presented a report to the United Nations Security Council on Friday. According to the repor... more »
Standing at the house door, revelling in Autumn
A beautiful photo of Crummock Water, newly taken by Paul Bullen This is proving a particularly beautiful English Autumn. I've been avidly watching the leaves wiltering, and dropping, and forming a splendour of trash on the ground. The pull of hibernation is blowing briskly through the strained mesh of Autumn's trees and I'm busy reading a ridiculously expensive but reassuringly huge 'complete works' of the late Geoffrey Hill which I bought last winter and from which I stolen all the poetic stuff earlier (from a single poem in his collection *Expostulations on the Volcano*). And if... more »
Nov.5: Ask not for whom the bell tolls...
The problem is not Trump. And it's not Clinton. The problem is much worse because it's a permanent one. The problem is the final crash of American society and morality. And the crash has allowed Trump and Clinton to float to the top. Even in a healthy society, people like them might float into prominence. But two of them? Rising to the top of the only significant parties? No. This is a complete collapse of all values. And a major cause of that collapse is news media which have stirred panic, racial and national hatreds to justify endless killing and, most recently, have made a farce... more »
Is Hillary Clinton a Satanist? A Final Pre-Election Message for Catholics and Christians...
*choose wisely.* Many people are reporting on the possibility of Hillary Clinton being a Satanist. None of what we're reading is of any consequence since a person who supports a platform based on *unrestricted access to abortion, embryonic stem cell research, **euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide,* and human cloning has already sold their soul to the Prince of Darkness. *The Five Non-Negotiable Issues* The Catholic Church has *five non-negotiable issues*. I also contend that any person who calls themselves a Christian should also stand by these issues as non-negotiable. ... more »
Have I Got Nigel Farage Jokes For You
This week's *Have I Got News For You*, hosted by Victoria Coren (above, as if you didn't already know), pursued most of the usual BBC satiric targets - pro-Brexit politicians, Tories, Nigel Farage, Trump, Putin, Michael Gove, David Cameron (briefly), the Royal Family and Nigel Farage again. Oh, and Simon Cowell. Still, it wasn't all right-wingers for once. There was one Corbyn joke (about him being a cyclist who doesn't take performance-enhancing drugs) and an entire (though not very long) section on Keith Vaz that saw the Tory patsy, Tim Loughton, actually get a proper laugh fro... more »
Polish TV Airs Clinton Cash Documentary
Poland’s largest TV network TVP1 has aired the Clinton Cash documentary, which shows the rags to riches story of the Clintons and the financial “ambiguities” surrounding their foundation and campaign. Hillary Clinton’s tenure as US Secretary of State served her well financially later on in life. Breibart reports: The Polish state broadcaster, and equivalent of the BBC, TVP1 aired the Clinton Cash documentary just before midnight on the 3rd of November as part of its documentary series “The Document Before Midnight,” reports WPROST. The broadcast, mere days before the U.S. presiden... more »
Top U.S. General in Afghanistan Pledges To Investigation An Air Strike That Killed 30 Civilians
Incoming Commander of Resolute Support forces and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, U.S. Army General John Nicholson speaks during a change of command ceremony in Resolute Support headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 2, 2016. REUTERS/Rahmat Gul/Pool *Reuters*: *U.S. general pledges investigation on Afghan air strike casualties* The top American general in Afghanistan promised on Saturday an investigation into civilian casualties caused by an air strike in support of Afghan special forces and their U.S. advisors near the northern city of Kunduz this week. More than 30 civilians, ha... more »
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Clinton White House Files ‘Stolen’ From National Archives
According to a newly released email from the State Department, Hillary Clinton was informed in 2009 of a massive theft of data related to Bill Clinton’s White House records. The email was one of 357 released on Thursday as part of an investigation into Clinton’s storing classified materials on a private, unsecured email server. While Hillary Clinton was serving as secretary of state, the White House informed her that a two-terabyte hard drive full of records from her husband’s presidency were missing from the National Archives. Officials had presumed the drive “was stolen,” accord...more »
Boo!
True story. Sue let me know that *The Conservative Woman*'s Laura Perrins (above) was on this week's *Any Questions*. I have a low opinion of Radio 4's *Any Questions,* associating it with the kind of loaded activist-filled, anti-conservative audiences that would make even BBC One's *Question Time *blush, so I quipped, "Was she booed?" Well, the joke's on me because, yes, she *was *booed (for defending grammar schools and condemning standards in schools). How very typical of an *AQ *audience! Still, at least one well-known BBC reporter was impressed by Laura:
U.S. Drone Strike Kills Senior Al Qaeda Leader In Afghanistan
*Long War Journal*: *Pentagon confirms death of senior al Qaeda leader in Afghanistan* Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook confirmed in a statement today that Faruq al Qatani, a senior al Qaeda leader who was plotting against the US, was killed in an airstrike last month. Cook’s full statement reads: *We can now confirm that the precision strike conducted by the U.S. military on Oct. 23 in Kunar, Afghanistan, resulted in the death of senior al-Qaeda leader Faruq al-Qatani. Al-Qatani was al-Qaeda’s emir for eastern Afghanistan and one of the terrorist group’s senior plotters of atta... more »
Uranium: The Genotoxic Ring of Power
Uranium has often been treated akin to Tolkien’s ultimate ring of power found in The Lord of the Rings chronology because its energies, and the technologies developed to harness them, represent the penultimate promise of control over global society and nature. Tolkein described the rings of power as “better left unused” because of their corrupting influences.[i] It is indeed unfortunate that uranium and its by products are chemically toxic and emit genetically hazardous ionizing radiation through radioactive decay processes. Uranium supply and utilization chains are extractive and ... more »
North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un Inspects His Special Assassination Squad
Kim Jong Un watches North Korean soldiers of Korean People's Army Unit 525 train during a recent visit. Photo by KCTV *Yonhap News Agency:* *N.K. leader tours military unit aimed at eliminating S. Korea's key figures* North Korean leader Kim Jong-un toured a special operations military unit that was set up to eliminate key South Korean government and military figures, Pyongyang's state media said Friday. Kim visited the battalion under the Korean People's Army (KPA) Unit 525, praising the troops for displaying their readiness for action during drills, according to the Korean Centr... more »
Economic News & Views...... November 5 , 2016 ...... Quick Hits For Saturday - 1) Europe In Focus : Greece Items - Debt Relief To be Pushed By Clinton , Greek Gov't Reshuffle , Second Review - IMF To Join Eurogroup Meeting ; Italy - Earthquake item , Another Huge Refugee Tragedy On The Mediterranean ; Germany - Kurds Protest Erdogan In Bonn , Bavarian CSU Swings Right , Juncker Gives Oettinger A Pass For Bigoted Remark ; France - ETA Item , France Plan To Collect Personal Data Is Controversial , Ukraine In Focus - IMF Setting Tough Demands For Future Tranche Payments , Oligarch Wealth On Display , Goverment Meddling In The Media Decried. 2) US Presidential Contest - Updates For Saturday. 3) MENA Updates - Iraq , Turkey , Syria , Morocco & Libya In Focus.
Europe..... *Tomas Thoren* @TomasThoren 25m 25 minutes ago Tomas Thoren Retweeted DW TÜRKÇE Germany-Turkey tensions to worsen? Turkey's foreign minister made german counterpart wait for telephone meeting but didn't appear, twice. Tomas Thoren added, *DW TÜRKÇE* @dw_turkce Dışişleri Bakanı Çavuşoğlu Alman mevkidaşı Steinmeier'i iki kez telefonda bekletti sonra da görüşmedi http://dw.com/p/2SBjc *Reuters Top News* @Reuters 3m 3 minutes ago EU's Juncker says will be Turkey's fault if migrant deal fails http:// reut.rs/2ebrSBk Greece..... *Greek Reporte... more »
KIPP Driver Refuses to Release Students
Published on Nov 4, 2016 HOUSTON - There's a fight going on at a school bus stop, but it's not between two students. A Houston family said their children won't be allowed to ride the bus anymore after an incident Friday when a driver allegedly didn't let their kids off. The children attend KIPP Zenith Academy in Sunnyside, the family said. Demetrius Baxter said he and other parents were waiting at their children's bus stop and were confused when the kids didn't get off. The father explained, "No window gets opened, no bus door gets opened. No explanation is given," the father sa... more »
Prince Charles Dances Around With Sword During Royal Gulf Tour
Prince Charles has kicked off an official tour of the Middle East by taking part in a sword dance during a royal visit to Oman with wife Camilla Duchess of Cornwall. The Prince of Wales amused himself and his host by taking part in a traditional ceremony on Saturday, brandishing a sword and dancing with a group of performers. The Daily Progress reports: The Prince of Wales landed in the Omani capital of Muscat on Friday night, greeted at the airport by Omani Heritage and Culture Minister Sayyid Haitham Bin Tariq Al Said. Camilla landed earlier in the day. Saturday morning, the coup... more »
Weinberg's new calls for an overhaul of quantum mechanics
Someone sent me a three-day-old video with almost 1 million views – Is This What Quantum Mechanics Looks Like? – which claims that some jumping silicone oil droplets on a wavy surface is what quantum mechanics fundamentally looks like. Over 99% of those who voted on this pseudoscientific video have upvoted it. Well, I surely didn't. It's despicable when this anti-science is sold as science. But I have largely surrendered. It makes no sense to write new explanations why oil droplets are nothing like quantum mechanics because a few thousand people read my texts, only a fraction unders... more »
Mosul Campaign Day Nineteen, Nov 4, 2016
On November 4 several new neighborhoods in southeast Mosul were entered. The towns and eastern Mosul neighborhoods of Tahrir, Zahara, Malaeen, Samah, Khazraa, Karakul, Quds, and Karama were all attacked. Forces had to withdrawfrom Karama after heavy resistance by the Islamic State. There was on going fighting in Intisar as well that was entered yesterday. The Golden Division later claimed that Aden, Samah, Karkukli, Khadra, Ikhaa, Quds, Malaeen and the town of Gogjali were freed, although a resident told Reuters that one of those was still contested. To the south the army continu...more »
Fukushima Update: "Your Radiation This Week: October 22 to November 5, 2016"
*Publishing Note: *Due to Bob Nichol's other commitments the city-specific radiation reporting will now be published every 2 weeks until further notice. The next such report will be on November 19, 2016. I will update the weekly Hiroshima bomb equivalents information. This is to keep you as aware and informed as possible, not alarm you, though you should be alarmed, and is scientific FACT, not sensationalistic nonsense. Everything here is active-linked for your own verification, or not; I encourage you to do so. The radiation's not going anywhere, folks, but we are... - CP *"**Your R... more »
Trump Broke The FBI-- Can It Be Repaired? Will It Survive? Should It?
This has been a really bad year for Renee Ellmers. The North Carolina Republican was the first woman in Congress to endorse the misogynistic Trump. And he appreciated it-- although the folks in the 2nd congressional district, most of whom had voted for Cruz in the primary, didn't like he jumping on the Trump bandwagon. She then got locked into a horrific three-way primary of her own, the first in which Trump endorsed a candidate; and he even recorded an ad for her. It backfired badly. The final results didn't just see her lose her seat, it saw her lose any hope for a future in el... more »
Bret Baier was "most irresponsible of all!"
*SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2016Except on a certain TV show:* Some very bad conduct has been occurring as Election Day has drawn near. Much of this bad behavior has involved the coup plotters inside the FBI—the FBI of the glorious "Comey the God." Various assertions and claims have emerged from their anonymous coup plotting. By most accounts, the behavior of the plotters themselves has been poor. But according to an editorial in this morning's Washington Post, Fox News anchor Bret Baier has been "most irresponsible of all:" WASHINGTON POST EDITORIAL (11/5/16): According to reports We... more »
November 8th, 2016
Please excuse (no apologies) this one overtly political expression here in AVG: ...With double digits in hours to go *before an occasion of some significance*... Have a short, rational and informed listen. It's reasonable, reasoning, and of reason. It's cited, historical, informed and intelligent ...Then it's scriptural, astonishing me as much as you. Send them money? *I* do. Me! Well met married persons with three children living in the real world. I say true. Not safe for work. https://www.buzzsprout.com/229/439448-ep-361-less-than-100-hours-to-go
(Not) Keeping Up with the Cardassians: The Regime's Failed Show Trial in Portland
*"A salutary experience": Residents of Cardassia give audience to a show trial. * Cardassia is a fictional planet in the Star Trek universe ruled by a totalitarian state with a court system quite similar to our own. Trials on Cardassia do not to examine the charges against the accused, since a guilty verdict is foreordained. The defendant is assigned an attorney called a “public conservator” whose role is not to represent the interests of his client, but rather to assure “the productive functioning of our courts.” “I’m here to help you concede the wisdom of the state, to prepare y... more »
Commander Of U.S. Forces In Korea: THAAD Anti-Missile Battery To Be Deployed In The Next 8-10 Months
*IBTimes*:* US THAAD In South Korea: USFK Chief Says Antimissile System To Be Deployed To Region In 8-10 Months* Amid escalating tensions between the United States and North Korea over the latter’s nuclear capabilities, the commander of U.S. forces in neighboring South Korea said Friday that a U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system battery will be deployed to the region in the next eight to ten months. “You’re gonna see the deployment of a THAAD battery. This is an alliance decision. It will come in the next eight to 10 months. That is an Army unit a... more »
"Literally unthinkable, isn't it?"
Spitting image (of Kevin Bishop pulling a face) Well, I gave *Nigel Farage Gets His Life Back *a go*. * I'd have preferred to be watching a BBC mockumentary called *Ed Miliband: The Bacon Sandwich-Eating Years *or a 'sharp satire' called *Libdemania! *but, this being the BBC, neither of those were ever likely to have been thought of let alone commissioned (unlike this!) I don't want to bash the main actor (Kevin Bishop) but I nearly gave up after 30 seconds when it struck me that he seemed to be (badly) impersonating Harry Enfield impersonating a politician (on *Harry and Paul*), ... more »
Red Owl Legal Collective: Red Fawn Fallis remains in custody
Red Fawn Fallis. ‘It doesn’t surprise me that they are targeting Red Fawn, because she’s definitely an asset to our community,’ said protester Eryn Wise. Photograph: Courtesy of Eryn Wise/The Guardian By Red Owl Legal Collective/National Lawyers Guild Censored NewsRed Owl Legal Collective would like to assure our water warriors and protectors that we are maintaining contact with Red Fawn
Thousands Protest In South Korea Calling For The President To Quit
*Reuters*:* Tens of thousands protest in South Korea, call for president to quit* Tens of thousands of South Koreans protested in central Seoul on Saturday in one the largest demonstrations in the country's capital for years, calling on embattled President Park Geun-hye to resign over a growing influence-peddling scandal. Roughly 43,000 people were at the candle-lit rally early on Saturday evening, according to police. Organizers said a growing crowd of 100,000 had assembled, making the protest one of the biggest since demonstrations in 2008 against U.S. beef imports. Park Geun-... more »
Briton Prepares To Swim Across Atlantic Ocean
A British man is attempting an impossible human endurance challenge by hoping to become the first person to swim across 2,000 miles of the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to South America. Ben Hooper’s bid to swim the Atlantic will rank alongside that of Edmund Hillary’s 1953 ascent of Mount Everest – if he succeeds swimming every single one of the 2,000 miles – according to legendary adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, the only man to have travelled around the earth’s circumpolar surface. Mirror reports: Ben Hooper’s 2,000-mile journey from Africa to Brazil should be likened to the conque... more »
U.S. Military Hackers Have Hacked Russia's Electric Grid, Telecommunications Networks And The Kremlin's Command Systems
*NBC*: *U.S. Govt. Hackers Ready to Hit Back If Russia Tries to Disrupt Election* U.S. military hackers have penetrated Russia's electric grid, telecommunications networks and the Kremlin's command systems, making them vulnerable to attack by secret American cyber weapons should the U.S. deem it necessary, according to a senior intelligence official and top-secret documents reviewed by NBC News. American officials have long said publicly that Russia, China and other nations have probed and left hidden malware on parts of U.S critical infrastructure, "preparing the battlefield," i... more »
Bad Bear's Photos 'Standing Rock Camp'
Western Shoshone Long Walker Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson was at Standing Rock Camp this week and shared his photos with Censored News. Bad Bear walked across America on Long Walks 2, 3 and 4 and and shared his photos. Bad Bear has also shared photos from Free Leonard Peltier events in Nevada. Thank you! . Western Shoshone long walker and photojournalist
Weekend reads: Frustrated scientists; most brutal rejection ever?; public shaming in science
The week at Retraction Watch featured 58 retractions in one fell swoop, and a look at what you should do if you find out a paper you’ve cited has been retracted. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: Scientists are frustrated by career issues: That’s the high-level conclusion of a Nature survey and The Scientist’s annual salary […] The post Weekend reads: Frustrated scientists; most brutal rejection ever?; public shaming in science appeared first on Retraction Watch.
What Is Russia's Strategy In The South China Sea?
*Anton Tsvetov, CSIS:* *Russia’s Tactics and Strategy in the South China Sea* Russia’s involvement in the South China Sea has historically been marginal. Since withdrawal from Cam Ranh Bay in Vietnam in the early 2000s, Russian military presence has been scarce, though the navy still makes port calls regularly. Russian leaders have not expressed much interest in the ongoing sovereignty disputes, mostly because Russian interest in regional affairs has been relatively weak and limited to maintaining bilateral relations with Northeast Asian states and Vietnam. Generally, Moscow has ... more »
Battle For Mosul Is Fierce Urban War
An Iraqi soldier aims his rifle during a battle with Islamic State fighters at the front line in the Intisar district of eastern Mosul, Iraq November 4, 2016. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra *Michael Georgy, Reuters*:* Blood, dirt and bombs: Battle for Mosul is fierce urban war* As Iraqi troops battled to gain ground a few streets away, soldiers in the Mosul district of Intisar wrapped a wounded and bloodied colleague in a blanket, lifted him off his Humvee, and sped him away from the frontlines for treatment. Heavy shooting and mortar fire shook the neighborhood, which the soldiers were ... more »
Understanding KIPP Model Charter Schools, Part 13: The Reach of the KIPP Model
With the help of the media and national marketing campaigns paid for by white philanthropists and their hedge fund managers, the "no excuses" KIPP Model has had a huge impact on others charter schools, as well as on public schools that serve the poor. Below is Chapter 13 from *Work Hard, Be Hard: Journeys through 'No Excuses' Teaching* (2016). Chapter 13 The Reach of the KIPP Model During the early years of charter schools, policymakers who were eager to see various types of charters expand emphasized the philosophy of “let a thousand flowers bloom,” which led to new charter s...more »
Morning Musical Interlude: Ludovico Einaudi, “Lady Labyrinth”
Ludovico Einaudi, “Lady Labyrinth” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq1hPXJPtto
"The Darkest Places In Hell..."
"The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis." - Dante Alighieri
"A New Day Will Come..."
*"Sam:* "I know. It's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here. But we are. It's like in the great stories Mr. Frodo, the ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were, and sometimes you didn't want to know the end because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end it's only a passing thing this shadow, even darkness must pass. A new day will come, and when the sun shines it'll shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you, that meant something even if you were... more »
James Quinn, "Civil War II- Fourth Turning Intensifying," Part 2
*"Civil War II- Fourth Turning Intensifying," Part 2* by James Quinn "In Part One of this article I laid out the case against the criminal establishment and how the regeneracy is being driven by the anti-establishment sentiment sweeping across the land. This atonement Fourth Turning will de-establish decade’s worth of delusional decisions. This election has destroyed the last vestiges of trust in this fraudulent system. This dysfunctional rigged presidential election reflects the tearing of the civic fabric at points of maximum susceptibility. As a country we have neglected, denied... more »
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*From Jenna Orkin*NASA is trying to keep part of its giant golden telescope a secret Egypt just massively devalued its currency — here's what happens next 20 devastating photos show what California's drought-stricken reservoirs look like now compared with a decade ago An inside look at the labs where doctors intentionally infect people with malaria The murder trial of a South Carolina police officer who shot an unarmed black man has 11 white jurors US Warns Of Possible Al-Qaeda Terrorist Attack On Monday Targeting NY, Texas And Virginia Americans throw out billions of pounds of food...more »
The Pentagon Pays People To Review Porn
*Business Insider*: *The Pentagon pays a group of people to review porn — here's what they banned from military bases* The Pentagon has a group of people who, quite literally, review pornography for the US military. It's not a review that gives a play-by-play of the action. Instead, a board of military and civilian officials has to review material and determine whether it's "sexually explicit," as it's against the law for hardcore porn to be sold or rented on military bases. Though the regulation has been in effect for quite some time and remains so, a source recently tipped us t... more »
Are China's New Military Jets For Real?
China's J-10 fighter jets perform during an air show. Reuters/Stringer *Tobin Harshaw, Bloomberg*:* China's New Jets Are Impressive. But Are They for Real?* There was a brief but impressive show of new U.S. aircraft technology this week. The problem is that the planes belong to the Chinese military. Aided in large part by espionage against the Pentagon and U.S. firms, the People's Liberation Army air force unveiled its new J-20 stealth fighter, which it says is a so-called fifth-generation fighter like the American F-22 and F-35. Two J-20s flew for just a few minutes at an airshow ... more »
Tweet For Today
The sudden transition from ruins to halfway normal. Entering government-held western Aleppo. #syria pic.twitter.com/8vFvSrYIKa — Anne Barnard (@ABarnardNYT) November 5, 2016
Picture Of The Day
*(Click on Image to Enlarge)* China unveils its J-20 stealth fighter during an air show in Zhuhai. Reuters/Stringer
A Different Version of Crimea Story
Regis Tremblay's interview from his recent Russia trip. He writes: Here is a wonderful conversation with Eugenia Konstantynova, a very bright and articulate resident of Yalta in Crimea. Eugenia is an English teacher. Here's the first of a few conversations I have had with people in Crimea about what really happened there after the coup in Kiev. You will see that the US/NATO narrative about Crimea returning to Russia is a categorical lie. Eugenia explains how life is now since Crimea's return to the Russian Federation, and how President Putin is loved and respected all over Crimea.... more »
Opinions
Watching *BBC Breakfast *this morning (as I really didn't fancy listening to *Today *today), I kept seeing how they reported the *'The government must condemn the Daily Mail on behalf of the judges'* clamour that has gripped the nation since Kirsty Wark first lifted her pitchfork against the *Mail* on Thursday night, and I was struck by just how openly BBC reporters are expressing their views on matters of controversy now. No 'some say this, and some say that' today. BBC political reporter Ben Wright repeatedly called the headlines in the *Mail, Telegraph, Express *and *Sun *"extr... more »
Files Revealing ‘SAS Role In Sikh Genocide’ Recalled By Foreign Office
Files about the 1984 Amritsar massacre, which was allegedly backed by the SAS, have been withdrawn from the National Archives by the British Foreign Office Files released by Whitehall this summer have been recalled amid fears they contain details of the UK’s military assistance to India at the Golden Temple at Amritsar in 1984 where hundreds of Sikhs died. The Sikh Federation has called for a second investigation into UK involvement RT reports: The tragedy occurred after the Indian Army stormed the holy site, which was being occupied by Sikh separatists. The files were taken back ... more »
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‘was the cause of the Venetian Republic.’ ‘How, how?’ cried Buckhurst. ‘I repeat it,’ said Coningsby. ‘The great object of the Whig leaders in England from the first movement under Hampden to the last most successful one in 1688, was to establish in England a high aristocratic republic on the model of the Venetian, then the study and admiration of all speculative politicians. Read Harrington; turn over Algernon Sydney; then you will see how the minds of the English leaders in the seventeenth century were saturated with the Venetian type. And they at length succeeded. William III. f... more »
Burning Down The Island
Andrew Coyne writes that probably Donald Trump will not be elected president. That does not mean, however, that the result will be salutary: The damage he has done just by running — to his party, to American politics, to the country’s sanity — is grievous enough. If the result Tuesday night is as close as now seems likely, he and his followers promise to remain a disruptive force in the Republican party for years to come. Just a few weeks ago, Hillary Clinton seemed headed for an easy win. Now, the race having closed to within two points, nothing is definite. To be sure, she has ... more »
Why Chuck Schumer Fought To Give Rob Portman Such A Weak Opponent
One of the great (so far) untold stories about the battle for the Senate involves Schumer's very explicit threat to Bernie Sanders to not interfere in primaries against his hand-picked candidates in 4 key states. The threat was loss of a good Senate committee chairmanship in 2017 if Bernie did anything to help progressives against Schumer's Wall Street-friendly picks in Pennsylvania, Florida and Ohio. I saw polling yesterday-- that apparently was also seen by a *Huff Po* writer last night-- showing that Joe Sestak would be beating Toomey by a higher margin right now if he were the ... more »
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*Jury finds Rolling Stone's debunked campus rape story defamed University of Virginia administrator* A US federal jury has found Rolling Stone magazine, its publisher and a reporter defamed a University of Virginia administrator who sued them for $US7.5 million ($9.77 million) over a discredited story about gang rape at a fraternity house. The 10-member jury in Charlottesville sided with administrator Nicole Eramo, who claimed the article portrayed her as a villain. Jurors found that journalist Sabrina Rubin Erdely was responsible for libel, with actual malice, and that Rolling S... more »
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*The Dakota pipeline as an example of government malfunction* Uncertainty. Perhaps the worst of words for private sector investors. The free market is filled to the brim with it. One rarely if ever knows how things will transpire. You measure twice – if not three, four or five times. And then you cut your deal. Then you cross your fingers – and hope for the best. And with all of that – eight out ten businesses fail. Ouch. But that’s the nature of the private sector. If you want a successful, vibrant economy – you have to acknowledge and accept this uncertainty as a part of the de... more »
Million Mask March: London Protest Faces Police Crackdown
London’s Metropolitan Police are planning a crackdown on this year’s Million Mask March, the Anonymous movement’s annual Guy Fawkes Night protest. A curfew and restrictions on assembly are to be imposed to stop “masked criminals seeking to run amok.” Demonstrators dressed in Guy Fawkes masks, will descend on the capital as part of an annual protest which will march on Westminster to protest austerity measures and unelected power. Almost 20,000 people said they were planning to attend this year’s event on Facebook. RT reports: However, the Metropolitan Police want to stop a repeat ... more »
Three US Trainers Shot Dead At Military Base In Jordan
Security forces in Jordan have killed three U.S. service members in a shootout at a military base on Friday. Three American military trainers were killed after their car failed to stop at the gates of an air base south of Amman. Arab Times reports: The incident occurred at the Prince Faisal air base in the south of Jordan, which is a close strategic ally of the United States. Two trainers died immediately and the third later in hospital. A Jordanian army guard was also shot and wounded. “There was an exchange of fire at the entrance to the base after an attempt by the trainers’ ve... more »
David Dimblebly is aghast
(h/t a kind reader!) David Dimbleby, throwing his hands up in despair at the British public There was a striking exchange on Thursday night's *The One Show* following the judges' ruling over Brexit: *Matt Baker*: We heard a lot of angry people there in our little film which we've just shown in our studio. A lot of people didn't realise that the actual referendum *was *advisory and not binding. I mean, did you see this chaos coming? *David Dimbleby*: That's what I don't understand. That the government itself said 5 years ago that referendums don't instruct parliament. And that's al... more »
US Plan "C" in Syria: Make Al Qaeda Central the New Capital
*November 5, 2016* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - In reality, since even before Syria's conflict began unfolding in 2011, the United States had been planning for the nation's division and destruction through the use of militant proxies allied to Al Qaeda since as early as 2007. Like Libya, Syria was meant to be swiftly overwhelmed by covert terrorism and military operations backed by the West and its regional allies, as well as a torrent of psychological, economic, and even cyber warfare. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh in a now prophetic 2007 article titled, "The Redire... more »
Former Police Chief Jailed For Child Sex Abuse
A former North Wales police superintendent has been jailed for 12 years for sexually abusing vulnerable boys in the 1980s Gordon Anglesea, 79 was convicted at Mold Crown Court on Friday for offences which took place between 1982 and 1987 at a Home Office attendance centre for young offenders and at a children’s home. He is the highest-profile offender brought to justice through the National Crime Agency’s (NCA) Operation Pallial, which has been investigating allegations of widespread child abuse in north Wales. Survivors who had spent almost four decades fighting for justice cheer... more »
Kirsty walks over her pro-Brexit guests
Kirsty Wark attempted a bit of 'BBC impartiality' on last night's *Newsnight*: What does the depiction of the three judges on the front of the *Daily Mail *today tell us about our divided nation? If you saw the description of the three senior judges as 'the enemy of the people' *[sic] *and thought, yes, those men should *[sic - she meant "shouldn't"] *be allowed to frustrate the referendum verdict then you are probably on one side of this debate. If you thought it was a slur against our independent judiciary then you're probably on the other. Given that she herself had twice harr... more »
“Hillary’s ‘Woman Card’ Won't Work Because She’s Too Scary”; Hey, Arianna!
*“Hillary’s ‘Woman Card’ Won't Work Because She’s Too Scary”* by Scott Adams "Once the contest became Trump versus Clinton, Trump had the early fear advantage because Clinton was talking about her policies and experiences while Trump was talking about rapists, terrorists, and ISIS drowning people in cages. If that matchup had stayed the same, Trump would have coasted to victory. We saw him briefly pull ahead earlier in the summer. Then Clinton went “full fear” in her messaging, cleverly framing Trump himself as the biggest risk to humanity. While Trump was scaring the public about ... more »
Open Thread
There's so much going on at the moment, bias-wise, so please add any other examples you wish to share below.
Headlines about headlines
The leading story on the BBC News website this morning is: Of its *32* paragraphs you'll find just *two* that feature someone (Stephen Glover of the *Daily Mail*) defending the newspapers. Nearly all of the rest of the report consists of criticism of the papers - and of the government for *not* criticising the papers (and nearly all of it comes from Remain supporters).
Linda Tripp: The Colossal Clinton Con
What i find most amazing is that it has been business as usual for so many decades without a real change in approach. What this also tells us is that a full smack down in this election is both very likely now but that it will unleash an army of actual witnesses to the FBI. Too many people knew things and were simply intimidated. All those unusual deaths certainly got the message across. Tripp is an excellent observer and witness and it has been her misfortune or fortune to have had a ringside seat at a critical time in this nations history and she reminds u... more »
Saudi Economic Woes Involve More Than Low Oil Price
To my complete surprise, this is the first item i have come across that notes that we are now suffering a dollar shortage in the global float. I knew that this had to be true simply because of the nature of the credit bubble that collapsed eight years ago. A huge credit contraction took place and this drew down available liquidity. Add in the other reality that the USA is likely now to a surplus nation rather soon and we have a real problem developing globally that can only be resolved partially by fiscal action by the US Fed. There is actually no better time to introduce inn... more »
More Humanoid Encounters
The first report is no cat as cats retract claws. Itb sounds like a female giant sloth and that includes a long tale. We actually posted a picture here that i also identified as a likely female sloth. This description confirms the likely association. The second is an obvious reptillian and the third is an alien intervention with an unusually useful medical process and a scar. The Aliens are not common either. The last report appears to be our friend the Chupacabra or more properly the Gargoyle. In this case the wings are folded into the back and are not seen at all. Qui... more »
Fukushima Forests Full of Mutated Life Forms
THe problem is not going away and this informs that the damage is great. The only thing minimized so far has been the money spent on cleaning it up. It is much worse than first reported and using those villages is not a wise idea. A mere mouse will track material into the housing on an ongoing basis. and just who wants to live in a house near a radioactive reservoir? The forests need to be harvested and then burned out to allow the soil to be turned several times. If the ash can be collected, all the better. Then biochar can used to lock down the radioactives. Better still ... more »
WikiLeaks: Bernie Sanders’ Pact With The Devil
A new WikiLeaks email reveals that Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have a secret pact. In emails sent in May 2015, top Clinton campaign after Hillary’s primary opponent attacked the Clintons over their extreme wealth by suggesting that they “hustle money.” Top Clinton campaign staff emailed each other in May 2015, expressing outrage that Sanders had violated an “agreement” by mentioning Hillary’s massive wealth. Sanders, during an interview with CNBC, had suggested the Clinton’s “hustle money.” Clinton campaign manager Robbie Mook emailed John Podesta saying “This isn’t in keep... more »
Obama Signs Executive Order Preparing For Epidemic Before Election
President Obama signed an Executive Order on Friday preparing Americans for a “worldwide epidemic” just days before the U.S. election. The order, entitled “Advancing the Global Health Security Agenda to Achieve a World Safe and Secure from Infectious Disease Threats,” gives authorities extra powers to respond to “biological threats” as they emerge. Here is the summarized policy from the order: “As articulated in the National Strategy for Countering Biological Threats and implemented in Presidential Policy Directive 2 (PPD-2), promoting global health security is a core tenet of ou... more »
Stephen Hawking: Aliens Are Going To Kill Humanity
Stephen Hawking has urged scientists to stop trying to contact aliens from other planets, warning that if aliens make contact with Earth – they will probably kill all of us. According to Stephen Hawking, advanced civilisations pose a real threat to humanity and Earth, and humans have been naively broadcasting our location to the Universe for years. Sciencealert.com reports: Hawking’s warning comes in a new online film called Stephen Hawking’s Favourite Places, which shows the famed scientist in a CGI spacecraft called the SS Hawking exploring his favourite places in the Universe....more »
Congress Orders DOJ To Hand Over All New Clinton Emails
Congress has ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) to hand over all files pertaining to the FBI’s Hillary Clinton investigation. In an letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Jason Chaffetz demanded that all files related to the investigation be preserved. Judiciary.house.gov reports: November 3, 2016 The Honorable Loretta Lynch Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 Dear Madam Attorney General: We write to supplement our previous request that you preserve all documents referring or relating to Secretary Clinton’s use of... more »
Musical Interlude: Yanni, "The Storm"
Yanni, "The Storm" -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ez-E8sPbU4
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Look through the cosmic cloud cataloged as NGC 281 and you might miss the stars of open cluster IC 1590. Still, formed within the nebula that cluster's young, massive stars ultimately power the pervasive nebular glow. The eye-catching shapes looming in this portrait of NGC 281 are sculpted columns and dense dust globules seen in silhouette, eroded by intense, energetic winds and radiation from the hot cluster stars. If they survive long enough, the dusty structures could also be sites of future star formation. *Click image for larger size.* Playfully called the Pacman Nebula becaus... more »
"Vulcan Guiding Principles"
*"Vulcan Guiding Principles"* By Moon "◆ Ideally, do no harm. Harm speeds up the heat-death of the Universe, and indirectly, your own. More practically, do as little harm as possible. We are creations of a Universe in which entropy exists, and therefore see no way of escape, but we do not need to help it. ◆ Harm no one’s internal, invisible integrities. Leave others the privacies of their minds and lives. Intimacy remains precious only insofar as it is inviolate: invading it turns it to torment. Reach out to others courteously: accept their reaching in the same way, with careful hand... more »
The Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke, "Ninth Duino Elegy"
*"Ninth Duino Elegy"* "Praise the world to the angel: leave the unsayable aside. Your exalted feelings do not move him. In the universe, where he feels feelings, you are a beginner. Therefore show him what is ordinary, what has been shaped from generation to generation, shaped by hand and eye. Tell him of things. He will stand still in astonishment, the way you stood by the ropemaker in Rome or beside the potter on the Nile. Show him how happy a thing can be, how innocent and ours, how even a lament takes pure form, serves as a thing, dies as a thing, while the violin, blessing it, fades... more »
Thomas Zigal : ‘Celebrating The Rag’ is a marvelous compendium that captures the paper’s unique spirit
This book is a luving homage to quite possibly the best underground newspaper of its era. By Thomas Zigal | The Rag Blog | November 5, 2016 I came to UT-Austin in the fall of 1969 as a transfer student … finish reading Thomas Zigal : ‘Celebrating The Rag’ is a marvelous compendium that captures the paper’s unique spirit
Leaked Emails: UFOs, Crushing Bernie...
*No, not just worse choice, WORST CHOICE EVER* I've been trying to avoid the wikileaks e-mails, primarily evacuees I don't think there's any to know what's real, what's fake, what's doctored... The whole batch was released as a Russian propaganda effort to help elect Putin's candidate, Donald Trump. But I couldn't resist taking about the Mike Honda-Ro Khanna congressional race in terms of a leaked letter from Khanna's sleaze-bag campaign chairman, Steve Spinner, nor, earlier, about Blink 182 and John Podesta wanting to go for an interterrestial magic carpet ride. So the door's down.... more »
Captagon – The Drug of Choice for Western-Backed Islamic Rebels
*Makia Freeman* - Is some of the barbarism of ISIS due to drug-induced states? The post Captagon – The Drug of Choice for Western-Backed Islamic Rebels appeared first on Waking Times.
The Ridiculous US Presidential "Race": Answering The Big Question - WHY Haven't Bill And Hillary Clinton Been Imprisoned?
I have been pouring over so much data and articles these last few days concerning the new evidence that has surfaced showing definitive proof of Hillary "Killary' Clinton's massive treasonous actions against the American republic, and how that evidence has now become apparent thanks to her "callous" usage of laptop computers and unsecured email accounts.... I for one am truly astounded as to how in the hell this career criminal has NOT been already in jail already for her horrendous crimes against humanity and her murdering of thousands of innocent people through her actions as forme... more »
Spencer, Watts, Gosselin and Bastardi on Clinton vs. Trump, Elections 2016
I am non-partisan in the US elections, past and present. This election is the most divisive perhaps, so I check what some Americans that I highly respect say about the polls. Here are four American scientists and engineer who write on climate and energy issues, comments/ideas were all posted November 04, 2016. *(1) Dr. Roy Spencer*, world-famous climatologist, http://drroyspencer.com/. *Even some of my favorite conservative commentators don't yet understand that this election is not about Democrats versus Republicans...* *It’s about We The People versus the government that has sworn... more »
"All AND Nothing..."
"Pursuing happiness, and I did, and I still do, is not at all the same as being happy- which I think is fleeting, dependent on circumstances... If the sun is shining, stand in it- yes, yes, yes. Happy times are great, but happy times pass- they have to because time passes. The pursuit of happiness is more elusive; it is life-long, and it is not goal-centered. What you are pursuing is meaning- a meaningful life. There's the hap- the fate, the draw that is yours, and it isn't fixed, but changing the course of the stream, or dealing new cards, whatever metaphor you want to use, that's... more »
John Perkins, "Confessions of an Economic Hitman"
"Stop being so greedy, and so selfish. Realize that there is more to the world than your big houses and fancy stores. People are starving and you worry about oil for your cars. Babies are dying of thirst and you search the fashion pages for the latest styles. Nations like ours are drowing in poverty, but your people don't even hear our cries for help. You shut your ears to the voices of those who try to tell you these things. You label them radicals or Communists. You must open your hearts to the poor and downtrodden, instead of driving them further into poverty and servitude. There... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Manchester, New Hampshire, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
"A Deep Attentiveness..."
"When the pain of leaving behind what we know outweighs the pain of embracing it, or when the power we face is overwhelming and neither flight nor fight will save us, there may be salvation in sitting still. And if salvation is impossible, then at least before perishing we may gain a clearer vision of where we are. By sitting still I do not mean the paralysis of dread, like that of a rabbit frozen beneath the dive of a hawk. I mean something like reverence, a respectful waiting, a deep attentiveness to forces much greater than our own." - Scott Russell Sanders
"The 2012 National Defense Authorization Act: Martial Law by Executive Order"; A Comment
*"The 2012 National Defense Authorization Act:* *Martial Law by Executive Order"* by Jim Garrison "President Obama's National Defense Resources Preparedness Executive Order of March 16, 2013 does to the country as a whole what the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act did to the Constitution in particular- completely eviscerates any due process or judicial oversight for any action by the Government deemed in the interest of "national security." Like the NDAA, the new Executive Order puts the government completely above the law, which, in a democracy, is never supposed to happen. *...more »
“'This Quickly Escalates Into Open Warfare'– Why The Government Is Preparing For Post-Election Chaos"
*“'This Quickly Escalates Into Open Warfare'– * *Why The Government Is Preparing For Post-Election Chaos"* by Mac Slavo "There have been a wide array of reports suggesting that the U.S. government is preparing military and Homeland Security assets for widespread election fall out. Given the mainstream media’s inclination towards Hillary Clinton and recently presented evidence that Democrat operatives have been attempting to illegally influence the ballot box through falsifying votes and electronic tampering, it appears that concerns surrounding a rigged election are not necessarily ... more »
Interview: Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughn Talk New Battle of Okinawa Movie ‘Hacksaw Ridge’
*USNI News:* *USNI News Interview: Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughn Talk New Battle of Okinawa Movie ‘Hacksaw Ridge’* The Battle of Okinawa has been referred to as a “meat grinder” because of the carnage that took place during the three months of savage fighting between Japanese and U.S. led allied forces in 1945. As ground forces slugged it out in brutal combat on the tortuous terrain of the island, the supporting U.S. Navy suffered heavy losses as the Japanese launched wave after wave of kamikaze attacks that succeeding in sinking a dozen destroyers. Combined casualties for both sides s... more »
People Steeped In Primitive Superstition, Ignorance, Fear And Bigotry Back Trump... By A Lot
*No, they're not invited to Trump's "victory" party at the Hilton in NYC next week* In *The Atlantic* this week, best-selling urban studies author Richard Florida is best known for his concept of the creative class and its implications for urban regeneration, compared states where science and technology are leading economic development to states where science and technology are distrusted by a backward, brain-washed (conservative) population. Top of the food-chain: Massachusetts, Colorado, Maryland, California and Washington. Bottom of the barrel: Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, ... more »
Tonight's Movie Is Retreat, Hell! (War Drama) 1952
From *Wikipedia*: Retreat, Hell! is a 1952 American war film about the 1st Marine Division in the Korean War, directed by Joseph H. Lewis. It stars Frank Lovejoy as a career Marine battalion commander who is recalled from work at an American embassy, Richard Carlson as a veteran captain and communications specialist of World War II called up from the Marine Corps Reserves, Russ Tamblyn as a seventeen-year-old private who hides his true age to serve with the unit overseas and outdo his older brother, also a Marine, and Nedrick Young (credited as Ned Young). Also appearing in the fi... more »
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 4, 2016
A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has made what would be his first public appearance at a mosque in the centre of Iraq's second city, Mosul, according to a video recording posted on the Internet on July 5, 2014. REUTERS/Social Media Website via Reuters TV *Mohamad Bazzi, Reuters:* *Beyond the bluster, Baghdadi signals Islamic State’s next move* In the early hours of November 3, Islamic State’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, released his first statement in nearly a year – a defiant message that the group will not fade away ... more »
Economic News , Data & Views..... November 4 , 2016....... Quick hits For Friday - ! ) Markets & Market Moving News : US Stock Markets Slump For 9th Straight Day ; " Fang Stocks " Bite Investors For 1 BN Last Week ; Global Stocks Troubled By High Anxiety Including US Election ; Fed Hike For December Jawboning , Almost Like OPEC Production Freeze Jibber Jabber ; OIL News De Jour ; NFP Report & Employment Data ; Additional Market Moving News To Consider. 2) Around The Horn - Europe : Greece Reshuffle ; Commerzbank Results Released ; Turkish Purge Of HDP Roils Europe Especially Germany ; Italy News De Jour.; UK Items To Consider. 3) Us Election News De Jour - Polls And Information To Consider. 4) Odds & Ends - Libya , Morocco , Turkey , Jordan Iraq , Japan In Focus.
Markets...... *Holger Zschaepitz* @Schuldensuehner 3h 3 hours ago Good morning from Berlin. Global stock markets have lost $1trn in market cap this week as investors de-risk ahead of Tuesday’s US elections. *ForexLive* @ForexLive 2h 2 hours ago US stocks close lower once again. First nine day losing streak since 1980. *fred walton* @fredwalton216 3h 3 hours ago fred walton Retweeted zerohedge "FANG" stocks bite investors to the tune of 10bn this week... fred walton added, *zerohedge* @zerohedge FANG Stocks Lose Over $100 Billion In A Week http://www. zerohed... more »
Gerald Celente, “The Rush To World War 3”
Gerald Celente, “The Rush To World War 3” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-hxqj9318k
Canadian Military Investigate Mysterious Sounds Coming From Arctic
Mysterious ‘pinging sounds’ drew Canadian forces to a remote region of the Arctic to investigate disappearing wildlife and strange sightings. The Canadian military has sent a surveillance aircraft to a remote region of the Arctic to investigate a pinging sound coming from the ocean floor that locals claim is driving away the wildlife. There have been various reports of sightings of mysterious objects in Canada’s Arctic waters over the years. National Post reports: The government of Nunavut asked Ottawa to investigate the sounds, prompting the decision to send a CP-140 Aurora aircr... more »
US Intel Warns Of Possible Terrorist Attacks Before Election
American intelligence officials have warned that al- Qaeda could be planning terror attacks on the eve of the US presidential election. According to an FBI official who spoke with CBS news, counter-terrorism investigators are reviewing the information that the terror group is planning to strike in New York, Texas and Virginia, although there have been no specific locations mentioned. “The counter-terrorism and homeland security communities remain vigilant and well-postured to defend against attacks here in the United States,” the official told the news outlet. “The FBI, working wi... more »
Vladimir Putin Pays Homage To Vladimir The Great
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin unveiled a monument of Prince Vladimir the Great in Moscow on Friday’s National Unity Day. The huge statue of St Vladimir outside the Kremlin is bound to cause controversy and increase tensions between Russia and Ukraine. The 10th century holy prince was one of the rulers of the first eastern Slav proto-state, based in Kiev. The BBC reports: He is credited with the introduction of Orthodox Christianity. But the figure is claimed by both Russia and Ukraine as a founding father, and critics have accused Moscow of a provocative gesture. The 16m (52ft)... more »
World News Briefs -- November 4, 2016 (Evening edition)
*Reuters*: *Rebel-held zone of Syria's Aleppo braces for renewed bombardment* Syrian rebels and civilians showed no sign of leaving the besieged opposition-held sector of Aleppo on Friday, despite a Russian deadline to resume bombing Syria's largest city at nightfall after a 17-day pause. The rebels' own shelling of residential parts of government-held western Aleppo has meanwhile killed dozens in the past week as insurgent groups staged a counter-attack from outside the city aimed at breaking the siege on areas they control. The government sent ambulances and buses to bring peop... more »
I've been attacked by Russian hackers...
*okay - I exaggerate.* We've been offline and without a phone connection for about 8 hours. I'm still playing catch up. There is no doubt that more work gets done without an internet connection. I spent some time cleaning up the computer junk drawer. 653 files? Gone. Errands to run. See you all in a bit. *3 DAYS*
T99 - Anasthasia 2016
Can't be arsed tonight, so here's a rework of a classic rave tune from 1991.
What Is A 'Fair Price' For The F-35?
YouTube *Wall Street Journal:* *Lockheed, Pentagon Battle Over Price of F-35* *Situation could depress profits at defense contractor.* Lockheed Martin Corp. is embroiled in an unusual battle with the Pentagon over what the government is willing to pay for F-35 jet fighters, a situation that could depress profits at the world’s largest defense contractor. The Pentagon this week ended more than year of talks with Lockheed and said it was imposing a new $6.1 billion deal for the next batch of 57 planes that start delivering next year. It is by far the largest deal the Pentagon has s... more »
Nothing dumber than a smart election machine
Sure lets trust liberty to electronics and wizards who code and make dreams Guns for hire in charge of the counting machines like a Philip K Dick in the real life Momma don't let your voting machines grow up to be networked cause the result is never automatic Voting in the USA is like the cable bill deliberately complex remember the butterfly ballot in Florida shaping that battlefield took decades to plan Pat Buchanan says Mazoltov An election were the electrodes are proprietary and can not be verified with more than a spoken word is like an invitation to those with native cunning... more »
Oh no, does the KrispyKronies' Kwik Konviktion-on-All-Kounts mean NJ's Big Rat Bastard Gummer won't be President Trump's AG?
*Read all about the Kwik Konviktion-on-All-Kounts of KrispyKrony Konspirators Bridget Anne Kelly and Bill Baroni on WNYC's website.* *by Ken* Though the Big Rat Bastard Gummer of NJ has done his best to treat the Bridgegate scandal as an unwelcome inconvenience -- a made-up conspiracy of which he is the principal victim -- I think we can take it as demonstrated that it cost him his shot at the 2016 GOP presidential nomination. Of course We the People have notoriously short memories, and the BRBGNJ was so forceful and shameless in his thumping leap onto the Billion-Dollar Loser's ... more »
Video: Bill Clinton On Paedophile Island
Journalist Benn Swann exposes paedophilia in government circles. In the following video, billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, his relationship with Bill Clinton, Alan Dershowitz, Prince Andrew and other famous names and their connection to a high-level sex scandal is exposed by Conchita and Cristina Sarnoff. The video also looks at slavery and human sex trafficking in the modern world, and more. Lawyers for convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein touted his close relationship with Bill Clinton and also claimed in a 2007 letter to the Florida State Attorney’s office, that he helpe... more »
The U.S. Marine Corp Is Testing Their F-35B To Land On The Amphibious Assault Ship USS America
*Popular Mechanics*:* F-35s Practice Vertical Landings on a Marine Corps Assault Ship* Marine jets test and develop new techniques ahead of the jet's first overseas deployment. The U.S. Marine Corps has been landing F-35B Joint Strike Fighters on the amphibious assault ship USS America. The jets are undertaking a series of tests to prove their ability to operate in real-world deployment conditions, just months before their first real deployment abroad. According to the Navy, seven F-35Bs from the VMX-1, the Marine Corps' testing and evaluation squadron, have been sent to the Amer... more »
Egypt Devalues Its Currency By 48% To Obtain An IMF Loan
*BBC*: *Egypt allows its currency to float freely* Egypt has floated its currency in a move that has reduced its value by almost 50% against the dollar. One US dollar is buying around 14 Egyptian pounds, up from the nine Egyptian pounds the central bank was trying to keep it at. The country's central bank said the move was one of a list of reforms designed to strengthen confidence in the economy. Egypt's main stock index jumped by more than 8% on Thursday. The central bank has also increased interest rates by 3 percentage points to 14.75%. *Read more* .... *More News On Egypt D... more »
NYPD: CHILD-SEX RING in Hillary Clinton Campaign & DNC Involves Members of Congress, Fed. Judges; Evidence of Bribery, Money-Laundering, Depraved-Indifference, Murder"
"*NYPD: * *CHILD-SEX RING in Hillary Clinton Campaign & DNC Involves Members of Congress, * *Fed. Judges; Evidence of Bribery, Money-Laundering, Depraved-Indifference, Murder"* by Newsroom "New York Police Department detectives working an alleged underage sexting case against former Congressman Anthony Weiner turned over a laptop he shared with wife Huma Abedin to the FBI with enough evidence “to put Hillary (Clinton) and her crew away for life,” NYPD sources tells SuperStation95. Congressman Weiner's laptop contained 662,871 emails of which 11,112 belonged to his wife, Huma Abedin... more »
Tens of Thousands of Hardline Muslims Protest in Indonesia Protest Against The Capital's Christian Governor
*New York Times*: *Islamists March in Indonesian Capital, Demanding Christian Governor Be Jailed* JAKARTA, Indonesia — Tens of thousands of Indonesians marched in Jakarta on Friday, demanding that the city’s first Christian governor in decades be jailed for blasphemy. The rally was a show of strength by conservative Islamic groups, who were offended by his earlier remarks about the Quran and want to weaken him as he runs for re-election. The governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, known as Ahok, is an ethnic Chinese Indonesian and the first Christian in nearly 50 years to govern Jakarta...more »
Don’t blame Donald Trump! He’s a symptom, not a cause
OUR RELATED STORIES: Recovery? What recovery?! Bank of England director explains why broke Britain is still broken Brexit was about inequality in Britain, not immigration. Have our politicians realised this? See the Stats: Osborne's 2016 budget protected the wealthiest while the most vulnerable suffer Inequality: the UK has 9 of the 10 poorest regions in Northern Europe. But Inner
Bill Clinton & Barack Obama Pushed Austerity Deal In Greece
Bill Clinton and President Barack Obama sought to influence Greece to accept the EU’s harsh austerity terms in 2015, according to leaked emails from Hillary Clinton’s campaign chair John Podesta. Podesta emailed Clinton requesting that he put pressure on Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras into accepting the EU’s austerity-debt deal. RT reports: WikiLeaks released the correspondence dated 10 July 2015, in which Podesta wrote to Bill Clinton’s chief of staff Tina Flournoy, asking if the former president could talk to Greece PM Alexis Tsipras. “White House asked me whether WJC had en... more »
Al Baghdadi Says Target Turkey and Saudi Arabia.. "I Can See For Miles & Miles"
*Seriously**? Can it get any more obvious that Al Baghdadi is the spokesperson for the remake of the middle east?* *If you can’t grasp that by now.... you have to be either intentionally or willfully dumb. Or a misdirector*? *Can’t say which it is? * Al Baghdadi? Psychological Operation 101 replacement for OBL. Perhaps he'll come out on the side of the AGW *(banker/green money grabber crowd) *too? OBL was all concerned about human caused global warming too! Rolls eyes... *Let's get back to Al Baghdadi Imploring Followers to Target Turkey and Saudi Arabia* *G & M* In his speech*...more »
Nov. 4: The Last Empire
In Wednesday's editorial for the irving press, the writer praised the Canada Europe Trade Deal on the argument that free trade creates prosperity for all. That is pure rubbish. The very existence of Canada was made possible by a protective tariff. And Canada ran on a protective tariff for generations. Free trade always creates a loser. Often if makes losers of everyone but the very wealthy as it moves jobs to the cheapest possible countries as the wealthy bleed those countries financially and socially. That's what made a ghost town out of Detroit; and it creates poverty and misery ... more »
Where There's Disgust, There's Hope
With a new poll revealing that more than eight in ten voters are disgusted with politics, the big unanswered question is this: what in holy hell is up with that other 16-20 percent? Are they on drugs? More likely, they're in the same smug crowd as the top quintile of earners who've escaped the lasting depredations of the 2008 financial crisis. But that variable wasn't part of the polling agenda. You see, in corporate Thought Leader World, there's no such thing as the class war. The 1,300 people contacted by the New York Times/CBS pollsters were asked only to divulge their party... more »
Russian-Declared Cease-Fire In Aleppo Has Fallen Apart
*The Guardian*: *Aleppo braces for Russian assault as rebels vow to defy ultimatum* Moscow says evacuation corridors are in place ahead of expected bombardment of east of Syrian city but rebels plan to stay Syrian rebel groups in east Aleppo are planning to defy an ultimatum from Vladimir Putin to abandon the city by Friday night, insisting that promised safe passages out of besieged areas do not exist and that an imminent Russian blitz will not change the course of the war. As the Russian carrier group expected to take part in the attack moved into their final positions in the e... more »
That crazy book from Breitbart.com!
*FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016 The compliance of the lambs:* Last night, Rachel Maddow dropped the clowning and weird grinning long enough to roll her eyes at the FBI—and of course at Fox. Why did some FBI agents want to execute the Clintons for their vile deeds at the Clinton Foundation? It's being reported that they took their evidence from Peter Schweizer's widely-derided Breitbart-funded partisan tome, Clinton Cash. Rachel ran though some basic info, then offered this: MADDOW (11/4/16): This week, the New York Times and Wall Street Journal reported there's been I guess you'd call ... more »
Woodfibre LNG Plays Politics and Footsy With BC Liberal Government, Creates Fake Narrative and Leaves Exit Doors Ajar
*Written by Grant G* (updated November 4th/2016 at 6:57 pm) Desperate days for Christy Clark....Today's announcement(November 4th/2016..Friday trash dump) by Christy Clark at Woodfibre LNG's proposed site was a *made up political ploy, it's mere gobbily goop politics at its worst...* Before I break down this Woodfibre LNG stage-play....For Christy Clark and Rich Coleman to go to this length to suck in a gullible public...It means one thing.. *Petronas is out, Pacific Northwest LNG in Prince Rupert is 100% dead..caput, never going to be built, same thing goes for the Shell Cana... more »
A 62 Year Old US Special Forces Veteran On The Front Lines In the War Against The Islamic State
*FOX News*: *At 62, US special forces veteran battles against ISIS on lonely desert front* NORTHERN IRAQ – On the Western side of Mosul, far from the media’s attention, lies a forgotten front crucial to choking off ISIS' lifeline to Syria. Fox News recently made the eight hour trip west from Mosul to the front outside the devastated city of Sinjar and found a small outpost where a handful of men hold off near-daily attacks from ISIS fighters. One soldier manning the post was David Shumock, a 62-year-old Floridian and former U.S. Air Foreces pararescueman. The American fights side... more »
£11 bn Smart Meter rollout delayed again.
By Paul Homewood h/t Dave Ward http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/11/01/smart_meter_rollout_delayed_iagaini_and_none_of_that_11bn_is_refunded/ Report from the Register: The IT system that was to underpin Blighty’s smart meter rollout remains unfinished as another yet another deadline whooshes by. The last time it missed a smart meter deadline, the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) promised […]
Clinton & ISIS Funded By Saudi & Qatari Money: Assange
In an exclusive interview with journalist John Pilger, Julian Assange accuses Hillary Clinton of misleading Americans about the true scope of Islamic State’s support from Washington’s Middle East allies. Julian Assange says Hillary promoted the creation of ISIS and used the Clinton Foundation and her position as U.S. Secretary of State to advance questionable agendas on behalf of the establishment and their Gulf allies. “I think this is the most significant email in the whole collection.” The second excerpt from John Pilger’s interview with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be... more »
Who gets to run the FBI?
*FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016 Something else you may not have known:* Let's review. Benedict Comey *and* Vladimir Putin are trying to stage a small coup. Yesterday, we posted some surprising notes on Comey's professional history. Unless you count that letter from that Rutgers professor, the material has gone unreported and unexplored within the mainstream pundit corps and press. We didn't know that stuff about Comey's professional history. We think it's amazing that it wasn't reported and discussed after he (improperly) scolded Hillary Clinton back in early July. Today, you might be...more »
A Visual And Map Guide On The Battle For Mosul
*The Guardian*: *Battle for Mosul: how Isis is losing ground* More than two weeks after the start of the operation to take back Iraq’s second city from Islamic State, we map the progress of the coalition forces In June 2014, when Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared a global caliphate, he did it from Mosul, Iraq’s second city. Isis rapidly expanded its territory in Iraq and Syria throughout that year, but has since been gradually pushed back, partly due to US-led airstrikes. Losing Mosul now could spell the end of the jihadist group’s ability to control large swaths of Iraq. ... more »
The Battle For The Iraqi City Of Mosul -- News Updates November 4, 2016
*Reuters:* *Blood, dirt and bombs: Battle for Mosul is fierce urban war* As Iraqi troops battled to gain ground a few streets away, soldiers in the Mosul district of Intisar wrapped a wounded and bloodied colleague in a blanket, lifted him off his Humvee, and sped him away from the frontlines for treatment. Heavy shooting and mortar fire shook the neighborhood, which the soldiers were trying to recapture from Islamic State militants who have held Mosul for more than two years. Fighting their way into the city this week, soldiers have gained a foothold in the eastern districts. A ... more »
The HDL correlations in CANHEART probably don't mean what the druglords will want them to mean
The CANHEART study findings on HDL have made a big splash, supposedly debunking the idea that raising HDL is a good idea. Of course, raising HDL with drugs by sticking a spanner in the works at some point has never been an effective strategy, and there are genetic polymorphisms that give elevated HDL of little worth, but healthy diet and lifestyle changes that are reasonably expected to extend life always raise HDL a bit. Is this meaningless? In CANHEART very high HDL cholesterol was actually associated with higher non-cardiovascular mortality.[1] Especially levels over 90 mg/dl (2... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'BOOM'
BOOM Posted on November 4, 2016 Mohawk Nation News Please post and distribute. MNN. Nov. 4, 2016. Toxic pipelines are not needed. The bankers and oil barons want to show us they’re the bosses. We have every right to decide how and who shall pass on our land. The deadly Bakken crude and other poisons cannot traverse kaia’nere:kowa territory! Our friends and allies must now stand with
World News Briefs -- November 4, 2016
*BBC:* *Mosul battle: Iraqi army fights its way into new suburb* Iraqi government forces have battled their way into another suburb of Mosul, the northern city held for more two years by the Islamic State (IS) group. Troops broke through IS defences and reached the eastern district of al-Zahra, which they say is now 90% under their control. Special forces have been fighting the jihadists in the streets and alleys. Meanwhile, the UN says there is growing evidence of IS atrocities in and around Mosul. *Read more* .... *MIDDLE EAST* Iraqi forces push deeper* into eastern Mosul. * ... more »
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 4, 2016
Fighters of the Syria Democratic Forces held a watchful position near Raqqa, Syria, May 27, 2016. *VOA:* *Spokesman: US-backed Syrian Forces Capable of Taking Raqqa* PENTAGON — The United States is doubling-down on its Syrian allies, insisting they are capable of planning and launching an assault to dislodge the Islamic State terror group from its self-styled capital of Raqqa. For more than a week, officials have spoken of the urgent need to begin the assault on the IS stronghold despite concerns about the readiness of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the objectio... more »
Will There Be U.S. Election Day Cyber Mayhem On Tuesday?
*NBC News*: *Exclusive: White House Readies to Fight Election Day Cyber Mayhem* The U.S. government believes hackers from Russia or elsewhere may try to undermine next week's presidential election and is mounting an unprecedented effort to counter their cyber meddling, American officials told NBC News. The effort is being coordinated by the White House and the Department of Homeland Security, but reaches across the government to include the CIA, the National Security Agency and other elements of the Defense Department, current and former officials say. Russia has been warned tha... more »
RED OWL LEGAL: Standing Rock Cars Ransacked, Sacred Items Destroyed by Police
Photo by Rob Wilson Standing Rock Water Protectors Report Escalating Surveillance, Civil Rights and Privacy Violations Impounded cars ransacked, sacred items destroyed; one water protector arrested and held for conspiracy while transporting donated supplies to camp Contact: Angela Bibens Ground Coordinator, Red Owl Legal Collective Censored News CANNON BALL, North Dakota – Members of
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