حصري/الجيش السوري يستعيد القابون بكاملها والمسلحون يتسابقون إلى الباصات
استعادت
وحدات الجيش السوري العاملة على المحور الشرقي لدمشق منطقة القابون
بأكملها وبدأت عملية التمشيط فيها . وأفاد مصدر عسكري لمراسل المصدر نيوز
في دمشق وريفها بأن المسلحين رضخوا لشروط الجيش وسلموا نقاطهم وأسلحتهم
الثقيلة وآلياتهم بعد انهيارات كبيرة في صفوفهم . وقال المصدر إن الجيش
أخرج آخر المسلحين المتواجدين في المنطقة لتقلهم الحافلات الخضراء […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Şam’da büyük zafer: Suriye ordusu Kabun’u tamamen kontrol altına aldı
Yaklaşık
3 ay önce, Mahir Esad’ın komutanlığını yaptığı 4. Zırhlı Tümen
öncülüğünde; Şam’ın Barze ve Kabun bölgelerinde başlayan taarruz bugün
başarıya ulaştı. 4. Zırhlı Tümen’e yakın kaynaklar tarafından yapılan
açıklamada; teslim olmayan militanlarla yaşanan yoğun çatışmaların
ardından Kabun’un tamamen ordu kontrolüne geçtiği duyuruldu. Aylardır
devam eden yoğun çatışmaların ardından, Barze’de bulunan militanlar
geçtiğimiz hafta […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
"Fukushima Equals 14,467.35 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow"
*"Now
I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”* - Shiva *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 full report will be on May 20, 2017. 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 radi... more »
RED ALERT! TRUMP’S NEW FDA CHIEF PLAYED PIVOTAL ROLE IN BIRD FLU BIODEFENSE PLANNING, HAS WORKED FOR BAXTER
Donald
Trump’s new head of the FDA Scott Gottlieb was involved in the United
States defense planning for a bird flu epidemic while serving at the FDA
earlier in his career, raising questions about his role in the
formulating what seem to be very flawed epidemic and pandemic plans
indeed.
https://www.tctmd.com/news/scott-gottlieb-familiar-face-fda-could-return-commissioner
Gottlieb recused himself from […]
RED ALERT! UPDATE FROM WHO ON EBOLA OUBTREAK IN CONGO
On
9 May 2017, WHO was informed of a cluster of undiagnosed illness and
deaths including haemorrhagic symptoms in Likati Health Zone, Bas Uele
Province in the north of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),
bordering Central African Republic. Since 22 April, nine cases including
three deaths have been reported. Six cases are currently […]
RED ALERT! TRUMP’S NEW FDA CHIEF WANTS TO OPEN DOOR TO UNCONTROLLED AND DANGEROUS EXPERIMENTATION ON US POPULATION, ADVOCATE OF AMERICAN “SAATCHI BILL”, COULD APPROVE RISKY EBOLA VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTIC KITS?
The
Senate this week confirmed Scott Gottlieb, President Trump’s nominee to
lead the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) opening the door to the
approval of the risky Ebola Merck vaccine under new accelerated
procedures.
http://blog.ucsusa.org/genna-reed/what-does-scott-gottliebs-leadership-mean-for-scientific-integrity-at-the-fda
Gottlieb has financial ties to about 20 health companies, including
GlaxoSmithKline and Bristol-Myers Squibb, taking $400,000 from drug and
medical […]
YALE STUDY: NEARLY ONE THIRD OF DRUGS APPROVED BY REGULATORY BODIES HAVE SAFETY PROBLEMS. IMAGINE THE RISKS OF THOSE WITH NO APPROVAL!
Nearly
one out of every three drugs approved by the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) have a new safety issue detected in the years after
approval, says a Yale-led study. While most of the safety concerns are
not serious enough to require withdrawal of a drug from the market, the
finding highlights the need for […]
SCIENCEMAG: NO DATA FOR MERCK EBOLA VACCINE STRONG ENOUGH TO LEAD TO REGULATORY APPROVAL
Read
Jon Cohen’s piece in Sciencemag that underlines that there is no data
showing the safety or efficacy of Merck’s Ebola vaccine, which is why
regulatory bodies have not licensed it.
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/12/special-report-ebolas-thin-harvest
“The unusual trial design yielded data that were not deemed strong
enough to lead regulatory bodies to license the vaccine, but they went
[…]
RISKY MERCK VACCINE HAS FAILED TO GAIN REGULATORY APPROVAL IN THE USA SO FAR, PLANS FOR END 2017
Merck’s
($MRK) candidate is the furthest along in the quest for an Ebola
vaccine, having posted interim Phase III data showing 100% efficacy last
July. Now, the Big Pharma has won $5 million from Gavi, the global
vaccine alliance, to help see its candidate through late-stage trials,
licensure and prequalification by the WHO, and plans […]
RED ALERT! MASS EBOLA VACCINATION CAMPAIGN CONSIDERED BY WHO, RISKY MERCK VACCINE COULD GIVE PEOPLE EBOLA
An
outbreak of the Ebola virus has emerged in the Democratic Republic of
Congo (DRC), the World Health Organization (WHO) said on 12 May.
Congolese authorities have reported nine suspected cases of Ebola
infection in the past three weeks; the WHO has confirmed one, and tests
are pending on others. Now health officials are considering […]
RED ALERT! WHO DECLARES NEW EBOLA OUTBREAK IN CONGO
The
World Health Organization has confirmed an Ebola outbreak in a remote
forested part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the first in that
country since 2014. At least nine people are suspected of being
infected, and three have died. The outbreak has raised alarms about the
possibility of a new epidemic.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/05/12/new-ebola-outbreak-declared-in-democratic-republic-of-congo/?utm_term=.1c5523987ede
SEBASTAIN KURZ SET TO BE NEW LEADER OF OVP IN AUSTRIA, CALLS FOR SNAP ELECTIONS IN RADICAL SHIFT
Austria’s
Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz called yesterday for snap elections
after Vice Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner’s resignation from his
posts, including leader of the People’s Party (OVP). Kurz is expected to
be elected the new leader of the OVP tomorrow on a platform of radical
change in the economic and immigration policies.
https://www.nzz.ch/international/oesterreich-sebastian-kurz-spricht-sich-fuer-neuwahlen-aus-ld.1292789
With the retirement […]
Trump threatens James Comey on twitter
Former
FBI Director James Comey has reportedly said he hopes there are tapes
of his various conversations with Donald Trump. Hours after Mr Trump
issued a veiled threat on Twitter in which he said Mr Comey “better hope
that there are no ‘tapes’ of our conversations before he starts leaking
to the press”, a report […]
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted
content for your weekend reading. - Claire Provost writes about the
spread of the private security industry - which now exceeds the size of
public police forces in Canada among other countries - as a means of
privileging the protection of wealth over public interests. - Meanwhile,
Lana Payne comments on the importance of allowing civil servants to
focus on what's best for the public, rather than serving as political
tools for governing parties. - Jamie Condiffe points out that automation
is having less impact on employment relationships than is often
assumed, while Bill E... more »
An NSA Linked Malware Tool Is Shutting Down Thousands Of Computer Networks Worldwide -- News Updates May 13, 2017
*Washington
Post*: *Malware, described in leaked NSA documents, cripples computers
worldwide* Hackers unleashed an attack that disabled computers in dozens
of nations Friday using a software flaw that once was part of the
National Security Agency’s surveillance tool kit. The resulting wave of
online chaos affected tens of thousands of machines worldwide, snarling
operations at the Russian Interior Ministry, Spanish telecommunications
giant Telefónica and Britain’s National Health Service (NHS), where
hospitals were hobbled and medical procedures interrupted. Europe, Latin
Ameri... more »
The UK government’s comments on the NHS hack reveal a terrifying truth about Trident
Amber
Rudd has been talking about the NHS cyber attack. She claimed that
Windows XP was “not a good platform” for keeping data secure. But
there’s a massive problem with her argument that cuts to the heart of
Theresa May’s “strong and stable” leadership. Trident is run on a
variant of Windows XP. So Rudd’s […]
Weekend reads: Prison for sharing an article?; which country has most fake peer review retractions; counterfeit reagents
The
week at Retraction Watch featured a look at a school where everyone has
published in possibly predatory journals, and doubts about a study of
doing math unconsciously. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: Should
sharing a copyrighted article lead to a jail sentence? That’s what
researcher Diego Gomez is facing in Colombia. Our co-founders’ latest
for STAT. Can […] The post Weekend reads: Prison for sharing an
article?; which country has most fake peer review retractions;
counterfeit reagents appeared first on Retraction Watch.
Donald Trump uses former DNI James Clapper's statements as proof there is no collusion with Russia, Clapper refuses to let him get away with that.
Director
Clapper reiterated what everybody, including the fake media already
knows- there is "no evidence" of collusion w/ Russia and Trump. — Donald
J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 8, 2017 When James Clapper himself, and
virtually everyone else with knowledge of the witch hunt, says there is
no collusion, when does it end? — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
May 12, 2017 So the tweets up above are what Trump has been using to
convince the public that he is in the clear and there is no evidence of
wrongdoing on his part. However that is highly inaccurate as Vox points
out in their... more »
The Washington Post Is Not Happy That President Trump's Income From Russian Has No Documentation
A
letter from lawyers for President Trump, seen in the Oval Office on
Wednesday, asserts that his income from Russian sources in the past 10
years has been limited to real estate sales, a hosting stint in Moscow
for the Miss Universe pageant and rounds of golf. (Jabin Botsford/The
Washington Post) *Washington Post*: *Trump lawyers outline president’s
Russian income but provide no documents* The White House on Friday
released a letter from two tax attorneys for President Trump claiming
that his only income from Russian sources in the past 10 years came from
fees for hosting the Mis... more »
ROAR!!!
Talking
of *Newsnight *(as someone somewhere must have been), opinions appear
to be divided over last night's 'Where's Andrea Leadsom?' report from
John Sweeney - the one where he repeatedly bellows her name *very*
loudly on a Cornish beach. (I bet even Sue heard him from the other side
of the county). Some called it 'hilarious', 'excellent', 'a great piece
of reporting', and claimed that the Roaring One had showed up *both*
the stage-managed Tory campaign* and '*the Brexit Queen' Mrs Leadsom
herself. Others, however, called it 'unfunny', 'laboured', 'very
embarrassing' and 'sh*t... more »
Adverse Selection in Practice
This
article about genetic testing presents a great example of adverse
selection: Pat Reilly had good reason to worry about Alzheimer’s
disease: Her mother had it, and she saw firsthand the havoc it could
wreak on a family, much of it financial. So Ms. Reilly, 77, a retired
social worker in Ann Arbor, Mich., applied for a long-term care
insurance policy. Wary of enrolling people at risk for dementia, the
insurance company tested her memory three times before issuing the
policy. But Ms. Reilly knew something the insurer did not: She has
inherited the ApoE4 gene, which increases t... more »
FIFA throws Israel a free pass. But Palestinians play the perfect comeback
Disappointment
hit the 67th FIFA Congress on Thursday 11 May. International football’s
highest body delayed a fundamental vote for Palestinian football, which
some have said is the result of “corruption and nepotism” at the top
between FIFA and the Israeli President. But Palestinians are taking the
matter further and going to sport’s highest body instead. Illegal […]
US Finalizing $300bn Weapons Sale to Saudi Arabia
Published
on May 13, 2017 The US is reportedly finalizing arms deals worth over
100 billion dollars with Saudi Arabia. Media quoted unnamed White House
officials as saying that the deals cover sales of arms and ships as well
as maintenance services. The sources said the deals are part of a
300-billion-dollar package to boost […]
Austria on the Edge: Government Set to COLLAPSE – And It Could Cause an EU Nightmare
Austria
on the Edge: Government Set to COLLAPSE – And It Could Cause an EU
Nightmare by JOEY MILLAR, http://www.express.co.uk/ AUSTRIA’S government
is on the verge of collapse due to a shock resignation, opening the
door to the far-right Freedom Party. – And the crisis could a huge
headache for Brussels as the anti-EU Freedom Party is […]
A Frightening Fact the F-22 Raptor and F-35 Both Share (And Why Chinese Stealth Fighters Are in the Skies)
*Dave
Majumdar* *Security, * Examples of advanced Chinese weapons that
incorporate stolen American know-how include the Chengdu J-20 and
Shenyang J-31 stealth fighters and electromagnetic catapult launch
systems. Russia and China will likely use their cyber-warfare and
cyber-espionage capabilities to challenge the United States into the
foreseeable future. Both nations possess highly capable forces that can
steal information or attack American infrastructure. Indeed, in some
cases, highly classified data on some of the United States’ most
advanced military hardware—including th... more »
The P40: Italy's Killer World War II Tank You May Have Never Heard Of
*Robert
Beckhusen* *Security, Europe* The P40 was formidable and the
Germans—who were the primary users—liked the armor, which changed during
the design phase to resemble the Soviet T-34/76. The P40’s armor had
similar thickness to that famous Soviet tank. Italy was not renown in
World War II for its tanks, which tended to be light and poorly used on
the battlefield. But the Italian arms industry did produce interesting
designs, some quite formidable. The Carro Armato P26/40 was a rare
example of an Italian medium tank—the Italian army referred to it as a
heavy tank, as it was he... more »
Donald Trump Is His Own Worst Enemy
*W.
James Antle III* *Politics, * "The past week is a reminder that
President Trump has the same self-indulgent—and self-destructive—habits
Candidate Trump did, but with much higher stakes." Toward the end of
last year’s presidential campaign, Donald Trump tweaked his handlers’
advice as part of his stump speech. “Stay on point, Donald, stay on
point,” he would say. “No sidetracks, Donald, nice and easy.” After all,
Trump was a candidate who tended to veer off script, sometimes stepping
on his own momentum. The past week is a reminder that President Trump
has the same self-ind... more »
Why France’s Maginot Line Wasn’t a Stupid Idea
*Michael
Peck* *Security, Europe* The Maginot Line arose neither from French
cowardice nor from stupidity. “Fixed fortifications are monuments to
man’s stupidity,” George Patton said. “If mountain ranges and oceans can
be overcome, anything made by man can be overcome.” No doubt Patton was
thinking of the Maginot Line, which has gone down as a salutary lesson
in why expensive fortifications are a bad idea. But with all due respect
to Ol’ Blood and Guts (“our blood and his guts,” as Patton’s men used
to complain), that’s misreading history. The Maginot Line arose neither
from Fre... more »
Get Ready, Russia: Germany Is Expanding Its Tank Forces by 40 Percent
*Sebastien
Roblin* *Security, Europe* The new tanks represent a commitment to a
larger tank force rather than to a next-generation tank design. Germany
has begun the process of upgrading 103 out-of-service Leopard 2A4 and
2A6 tanks to the latest model, the Leopard 2A7V—an upgrade that will
cost the state the equivalent of 760 million euros ($833 million). The
big news is that by revamping and deploying these new vehicles, the
Bundeswehr is expanding its tank fleet by over 40 percent, from 225 to
320 main battle tanks. This increase in force size is going to take
time: the revamp... more »
How America's and Russia's Best Tanks Went to War in Korea (and Russia Lost)
*Warfare
History Network* *Security, Asia* The engagement at Obong-Ni ridge
dispelled any doubt of the Pershing tank’s effectiveness. The North
Korean People’s Army (NKPA) had almost everything going its way during
the earliest Korean War battles. The opposing South Korean and American
forces, weak and unprepared, were pushed into a shrinking perimeter
around the small port city of Pusan. That perimeter was steadily being
reinforced, with an eye toward an eventual breakout and
counteroffensive. One of the units sent into the Pusan perimeter was the
1st Marine Provisional Brigade... more »
5 Weapons Japan Desperately Needs to Fight North Korea
*Kyle
Mizokami* *Security, Asia* Tokyo's military wishlist. A country
oriented towards pacifism and having disavowed war as an instrument of
national policy, Japan is about as dissimilar from North Korea as one
can get. Unfortunately for Tokyo, the two are separated by as little as
336 miles of water, and Pyongyang frequently threatens to attack its
former colonial master. Now, as North Korea ruthlessly forges ahead with
nuclear weapons and ballistic-missile technology, the threat to Japan
has crystallized: the country once again faces the prospect of nuclear
attack. South Kore... more »
A Look At How An Isolated Marine Artillery Company Took On The Islamic State In Iraq
Courtesy
of David Palka *Task & Purpose:* *‘ISIS… They Were More Bold’:
Marines Shed Light On Violent Mystery Deployment * The day-to-day ground
truth for U.S. troops involved in the fight against the Islamic State
in Iraq has been shrouded in relative mystery. It’s been characterized
by politicians and reporters as an “advise and assist” mission, in which
American forces train and manage local troops, largely avoiding direct
combat. But new information obtained by Business Insider’s Paul Szoldra
shows that the men of one particularly cloistered Marine company were
under near-cons... more »
Russia Beefs Up Its Nuclear Forces In The Arctic
A
Delta-IV class submarine in the Barents Sea. Photo: Thomas Nilsen (The
Barents Observer) *FoxTrot Alpha:* *Russia Is Beefing Up Its Nuclear
Weapons In The Arctic At The Worst Possible Moment* Russia has deployed
215 more nuclear warheads than allowed by the New START treaty, setting
itself up to violate a provision that goes into effect next year. Surely
this will end well. New START allows 1,500 deployed warheads, with that
goal supposed to be reached in February 2018, and it’s designed to help
both the U.S. and Russia know what each country has as far as its
stockpiles. It als... more »
Basically Everything Trump Has Been Saying About Comey Is Meant To Mislead
In
an OpEd in Thursday's *NY Post*, Paul Sperry asserts that the real
reason Señor Trumpanzee canned Jim Comey was because the FBI wasn't
investigating something Trump is obsessed with: "Obama aides’ illegal
leaks of classified information-- leaks aimed at undermining the
incoming Trump administration." Trump sees the Flynn scandal through
this prism. No one else seems to have gone off on this tangent, which
some congressional Republicans are starting to cling to. Instead, most
everyone is reading Trump's own deranged quotes and threats and
following the evidence. Michael Schmidt... more »
Very Much Alive And Well
If
you think that Neo-liberalism is on life support in Canada, take a look
at the Trudeau government's proposed infrastructure bank. Linda McQuaig
writes: The bank is being presented to the public as a way to attract
billions of private sector dollars to help pay for our public
infrastructure. But the bank’s unusual design will also, for the first
time, give powerful private institutional investors — even foreign-owned
entities — the opportunity to actually own important pieces of Canadian
infrastructure, with the ability to charge us fees for using them.
That's a radical depar... more »
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*UK:
Malia Bouattia, who made controversial militantly pro-Palestinian
comments, loses National Union of Students reelection bid* British
university students have dumped a controversial leader of the National
Union of Students who three years ago spoke out passionately in support
of violent Palestinian “resistance,” insisted it should not be
considered terrorism, and criticized the notion that “Palestine” could
be freed by nonviolent action alone. Malia Bouattia — the union’s first
black female Muslim leader and an activist in the Boycott, Divest and
Sanctions (BDS) movement — ... more »
Watch a GP demolish the Tories over NHS cyber attacks in less than 60 seconds [VIDEO]
Home
Secretary Amber Rudd has essentially blamed the NHS for the cyber
attack on its systems. But there’s a fatal flaw in her argument. It is
her party that has massively cut funding for the NHS, including slashing
the budget for maintanence and repairs and abandoning Labour’s £11.4
billion IT programme. And it took a […]
Picture Of The Day
BTR-80 armored personnel carrier takes part in a Victory Day parade in Grozny. © Sputnik/ Said Tzarnaev
Tweet For Today
Security
Experts Scramble to Contain Fallout From Cyberattacks
https://t.co/gf92iGmHJo — The New York Times (@nytimes) May 13, 2017
Argentina: Navy Declassifies Case Involving UFO Over Necochea
*Source:
PLANETA UFO and 4 Vientos (Necochea,
Argentina)http://www.diario4v.com/necochea/2017/5/9/armada-desclasifico-caso-ovni-necochea-13744.htmlDate:
May 9, 2017* *Argentina: Navy Declassifies Case Involving UFO over
Necochea* The Argentinean Navy published a series of documents
pertaining to a UFO sighting in Necochea in 1962. The documents present
the eyewitness account of a truck driver pursued by a flying saucer in
the vicinity of La Dulce. CEFORA (*Commission for the Study of the UFO
Phenomenon in the Republic of Argentina*) recently published an
Argentinean Navy file di... more »
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*Making
a muckle out of a mickle* *My heading above is in Scots. It means
making something big out of something little. It's the expression that
leapt to mind when reading "More errors identified in contrarian climate
scientists' temperature estimates" from diehard Warmist, Prof. John
Abraham. He has been refuted many times so I see no point in reproducing
his effusion, let alone fisking it. His modus operandi is to present as
established fact Warmist beliefs, with no supporting references to
substantiate them. He has to do that. Most of them are at best
controversial if ... more »
Trump uses Russia linked law firm to issue denial he has income from Russian sources “with few exceptions.” Also, are Cyprus and other offshore sources laundering Russian money counted as Russian?
This
afternoon, in attempt to once again put accusations of collusion with
Russia to bed, Trump’s lawyer announced that after looking over the
property tycoon’s tax returns from the last decade, Mr Trump has “no
income of any type from Russian sources, with few exceptions”.
#WithFewExceptions
https://www.indy100.com/article/donald-trump-lawyer-few-exception-taxes-white-house-funny-7732911?utm_source=indy&utm_medium=top5&utm_campaign=i100
RANSOMEWARE TARGETS UK HOSPITAL COMPUTERS
The
ransomware that is wreaking havoc on NHS computers is believed to be
using an American cyber-weapon leaked to the public earlier this year.
Malware called Wanna Detector is preventing hospital staff from
accessing medical records. Hospitals in both England and Scotland are
known to be affected.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/nhs-cyber-attack-wikileaks-nsa-software-used-uk-hospitals-a7733461.html
Massive global ransonware attack used leaked NSA codes
Update
4: According to experts tracking and analyzing the worm and its spread,
this could be one of the worst-ever recorded attacks of its kind. The
security researcher who tweets and blogs as MalwareTech told The
Intercept “I’ve never seen anything like this with ransomware,” and “the
last worm of this degree I can remember … Continue reading Massive
global ransonware attack used leaked NSA codes
Thought For The Day
You
go for weeks without rain, then it never stops raining. It's a bit like
that with posts here sometimes. Perhaps as a result of this I always
pay particular attention to the encounters of Jesus with rain in the
Bible....
The Mormon Church is pulling out of the Boy Scouts.
Courtesy
of the New York Times: *The Mormon Church announced on Thursday that it
was partially ending its participation in the Boy Scouts in the United
States and Canada as it realigns its youth programs with its own
teachings. * *In a letter addressed to church authorities, the leaders
of the Utah-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said that
the decision to end its sponsorship would affect boys between 14 and 18
years old, starting on Jan. 1, 2018, for units in the Boy Scouts of
America and in Scouts Canada. Cub Scout and Boy Scout programs for boys 8
through 13 w... more »
Ecce Homo (though not on the BBC)
Here's
a curious tale, courtesy of one of our readers... For six weeks from
Easter 2017 until 22nd May, Mark Wallinger’s sculpture *Ecce Homo* has
found a new temporary home outside St Paul’s Cathedral. This work was
originally the first sculpture to be commissioned for the Fourth Plinth
in 1999. Mark Wallinger was the Turner Prize winner in 2007 for his work
*State Britain *- an installation of protest banners and placards.
Searching through the BBC website, I can’t find any mention whatsoever
of *Ecce Homo’s* re-siting at St Paul’s. Bias from the BBC is evident in
the way that e... more »
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From
Jenna Orkin Trump is contradicting the White House's original rationale
for James Comey's firing Trump Tweets "Russia Is Laughing As U.S. Tears
Itself Apart", Scraps FBI Visit "Apocalypse Now": The Horror Of The
Deep State's Plan Exposed - Part 3 A Russian Went Inside A Chinese
Click-Farm: This Is What He Found Researchers project solar power may
become cheaper than fossil fuels sooner than we think A 22-year-old is
moving ahead with a controversial plan to trap plastic floating in the
great Pacific garbage patch Harvard To Hold Blacks-Only Graduation
Ceremony As Progressi... more »
A bystander took a behind the scenes photo of Theresa May that reduces her campaign to a sham [IMAGE]
An
unexpected bystander took a behind the scenes snap of Theresa May that
reduces her campaign to a sham. Launching May’s ‘battlebus’, the
Conservatives set up a number of photos for the media: Conservative
leader Theresa May launch's the party's campaign bus in Northumberland
https://t.co/2qubyc3avQ 📸: @StefanRousseau #GE2017
pic.twitter.com/kI5QQAx3JQ — PA Images (@PAImages) May 12, […]
Doom and gloom
Meanwhile,
Naga Munchetty, still on her short break from *BBC Breakfast*, has now
produced three Brexit-related reports for *Newsnight. *(All are posted
on *Newsnight*'s YouTube page). The first, back in February, was a
negative piece (which we reviewed here). It argued, contrary to what
"prominent Leavers" claimed, that the UK outside the EU single market
and Customs Union could "face the very real prospect of moving down the
pecking order when it comes to Germany's favoured trading partners". The
second, back in March, looked at UK farming post-Brexit. It included
four farmers... more »
It's not just his eyebrow that's arching...
Jon Sopel, of course, is strictly impartial (if he says so himself)!:
Brexit Bang-a-Bang
The
burning question on the lips of *BBC Breakfast *presenters this morning
has been, "From horse heads to monkeys, it can only be Eurovision. But
will the UK feel the Brexit backlash?"... ...just as it was the question
on BBC One's *News at One *yesterday: "And it's the first Eurovision
Song Contest since the EU referendum tomorrow. Will Brexit scupper
Britain's chances?" Yesterday morning's *BBC Breakfast *also discussed
the "speculation that Brexit could affect the UK's chances of winning"
and asked, "Will Brexit mean that [the UK] meets its Waterloo?". And on
Thursday's BBC ... more »
Andrew Marr Monitoring Update
Sorry
for the lack of posts recently. If you were especially looking forward
to the latest instalment of *Is the BBC biased?*'s scintillating Andrew
Marr Show election coverage, then here (very belatedly) are the results
for last week's show, beginning with the usual transcriptions of Andy's
intros (which will all be compared and contrasted after the election).
Here's his main introduction: Good morning to you and, at last, some
real meat - some detailed policies in the election campaign - and not
just details, the biggest issues of all: how much tax you will be paying
and how ... more »
The Times They Are a-Changin'
How
far things have come since the early days of blogs about BBC bias! The
kind of criticisms of 'BBC left-wing bias' that blogs like this have
been making since the early years of the last decade have become more
mainstream. You especially see them in the comments sections of
right-leaning sites across the internet, including newspaper and
magazine websites. There's few things that animate the readers of such
sites than talk of BBC bias. Defenders of the BBC, of course, would say
that the comments across such sites are made by the same kind of people
(often literally the same peo... more »
The Complaints From Both Sides Fallacy
Backing
up a shrewd comment from a (much) earlier thread and taking *ITBB*'s
Tardis back to last Saturday.... Here's a classic illustration of the
Complaints From Both Sides Fallacy in action, courtesy of Twitter - a
Corbynista cries 'right-wing BBC bias!' and a right-wing guest on the
offending programme replies sarcastically: 'Aha! Complaints From Both
Sides!' cry BBC defenders. Well, no. Keeping track of all the guests on
*Dateline *over many years has proved that complaints from* one *side
(Peter's side) are wholly wrong, while complaints from the *other *side
(Alex's side) ... more »
Mapa actualizado de Siria expone el descalabro de ISIS en 2017
El
debilitamiento de los terroristas en Siria e Irak prosigue mientras el
Estado Islámico (ISIS) afronta otro mes consecutivo de importantes
derrotas. Tal vez la mayor pérdida del Estado Islámico este mes se haya
producido ante las Fuerzas Democráticas Sirias (FDS o SDF por sus siglas
en inglés) lideradas por los kurdos en el territorio occidental […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Two Belgian ISIS fighters killed by Russian airstrikes on Deir Ezzor
DAMASCUS,
SYRIA (0:50 P.M.) – According to a source close to Al-Masdar News, at
least ten ISIS insurgents were killed by Russian sorties on Deir Ezzor
city, two of whom were Belgian foreign fighters. Both militants were
said to have joined the Islamic State in 2014. They were killed by an
airstrike on an ISIS […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Vital militant tunnel captured by Syrian Army in east Damascus
BEIRUT,
LEBANON (11:40 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) captured an important
tunnel in the Al-Qaboun District of east Damascus this morning,
Al-Masdar’s Majd Fahd reported from the capital city. According to Fahd,
the Syrian Arab Army’s 105th Brigade of the Republican Guard continued
their field operations in Al-Qaboun, capturing several points inside
this […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Updated map of Syrian War shows ISIL’s collapse in 2017
BEIRUT,
LEBANON (10:50 A.M.) – The month of May has been cruel to the Islamic
State (ISIL) forces, as the terror organization has suffered several
defeats in both Iraq and Syria. Perhaps the Islamic State’s biggest loss
this month came at the hands of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic
Forces (SDF) in the western countryside of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar
News | المصدر نيوز
Comandantes de ISIS se unen a las filas rebeldes ante la derrota inminente en Deir Ezzor
Dos
destacados comandantes del Estado Islámico (ISIS) abandonaron sus filas
para unir sus fuerzas a los combatientes del Ejército Libre Sirio (ELS o
FSA por sus siglas en inglés) en la frontera provincial entre Homs y
Deir Ezzor, según informaciones publicadas por Aletihad Press. Después
de comunicarse con los mandos del Ejército Libre Sirio, Ghassan
al-Sankeh y Mahmoud al-Faraj […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر
نيوز
Video footage of SAA troops inflicting heavy damage on ISIL defenses in Homs
BEIRUT,
LEBANON (10:20 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) inflicted heavy
damage on the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS; formerly ISIS/ISIL),
reportedly killing at least 20 IS fighters and damaging several of their
vehicles, near Homs on Friday. The latest offensive of the SAA
reportedly resulted in major gains of IS-held positions in eastern
countryside […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Exclusiva AMN | Los detalles de la liberación de la base aérea de Jirah
El
Ejército Árabe Sirio (EAS o SAA por sus siglas en inglés) reanudó esta
semana su ofensiva en el territorio oriental de Alepo, apuntando a las
últimas aldeas bajo el control del Estado Islámico (ISIS) que estaban al
sudoeste de la estratégica base aérea de Jirah. A los cinco días de
renovar su ofensiva en el […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Over 40 ISIL terrorists killed as Iraqi Army troops seize new district in west Mosul
BEIRUT,
LEBANON (10:05 A.M.) – Iraqi Army troops liberated another district in
the western sector of Mosul, yesterday, forcing the remaining Islamic
State (ISIL) terrorists to withdraw to the small pocket they control in
the city. Led by their Special Forces, the Iraqi Army, alongside the
Federal Police, liberated the Al-Islah Al-Zara’i District in western […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
ISIL launches counter-attack to recapture lost airbase in east Aleppo
BEIRUT,
LEBANON (9:30 A.M.) – The Islamic State (ISIL) forces in the Maskanah
Plain of east Aleppo launched a counter-attack to recapture the
strategic Jirah Military Airport last night. ISIL began the
counter-attack at 10:00 P.M. (Damascus Time) last night, striking the
Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) unfortified positions at the southeastern
corridor of the Jirah […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Russian Orthodox clergyman speaks out against ‘regime change’
[image:
MH] Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev told Americans that the actions of
successive US governments have directly led to the persecution of
Christians. The post Russian Orthodox clergyman speaks out against
‘regime change’ appeared first on The Duran.
Pro Vax Manifesto
"I
have never fully understood how stupid and absurd the vaccine
industry's arguments defending the current vaccine program actually were
until Brett Wilcox put them all together on one page. I can't believe
how badly this country is being scammed....
So Trump is planning to hang his electoral map in the White House. Just in case anybody doubts he won the election.
Spotted:
A map to be hung somewhere in the West Wing pic.twitter.com/TpPPDyNFtE —
Trey Yingst (@TreyYingst) May 11, 2017 Perhaps he should think about
hanging this one next to it. @helchose @KGraceHill @AylahWren
@TreyYingst @StevenTDennis pic.twitter.com/pLWY7uJ1fN — ╮ (⌐■_■) ╭
EASY🇩™ (@UrBroYo) May 11, 2017 I swear this man is one giant sack of
insecurities.
The lessons the left should (and shouldn’t) take from the victory of Macron
In
2016 populism burst upon liberal democracies like a whirlwind. Yet,
since Trump’s election in November of last year the storm appears to
have passed. There was the defeat of the far right presidential
candidate Norbert Hofer in Austria (of all places) in December of last
year followed by the loss of the boldly pompadoured (which seems to be a
thing now on the right) Geert Wilders in parliamentary elections in the
Netherlands a few months back, followed by the seeming victory of the
Kutcher faction over the Bannon faction in the Trump administration, and
now, the loss of Le Pen ... more »
Call for help
A
friend passed this along... Hello Michael, We are helping out a friend
and neighbor Algis, a Belgian engineer who has been in Taiwan for 30
years. He worked on the first Taipei MRT lines but later tragically came
down with MS. Fighting the disease over the years as a foreigner in
Taipei has driven his family to bankruptcy. Recently Algis was accepted
into a stem cell therapy program in Beijing which promises to turn
around his MS and now his friends are getting together to raise the
money needed to get him into this program to change his life. Your
support will change his life. ... more »
TheThree Bethan
Since
we are diving deep into the kolbrin which informed the Celtic world and
that is clearly part of the corpus held in Egypt during the bronze age
as it includes material from Mesopotamia as well, we are running this
material around European Druidism which is linked. All the Kolbrin
material informed the writers of the Hebrew Bible as well around 700 BC
who would then have had access to this same work in Egypt. It is
apparent so far that the Hebrew bible is in fact an edited version of
Egyptian materials and errors or lack of understanding led to
significant omissions and del... more »
Magic Mushrooms Activate the ‘Waking Dream’ State
Good
information here. We discover that the DMT delivered does not need a
trigger like the Ayahuasca version. Useful and makes it pretty specific
to producing a consciously managed form of lucid dreaming without all
the adjusting efforts demanded from other protocols. We now know that
alcohol impairs while releasing the control center early. It is fair to
say that THC simply impairs. Opiods limit pain and change moods while
inducing addiction. If there is a take home it is that any such chemical
will affect the brain and have risks associated with them, thus
demanding a meas... more »
The Mysterious Connection Between the Dogon Culture of Africa and the Ancient Egyptians
The
Atlantean civilization frrom 2500 BC through 1159 BC scoured the earth
for trade opportunity and by default became the reservoir and
distributor of both older traditions and new discoveries. Knowing this
it is clear that all remaining traditions held by a local living
tradition needs to be carefully picked over as we are now doing with the
Kolbrin Bible which most certainly is the remains of a Bronze Age
library that predated the Hebrew Bible but part of the same tradition.
The studied ignorance of intellectuals can be safely ignored. In the
case at hand this repository h... more »
Kolbrin - The Book of gleanings - Chpt 5 - Birth of Humantar
We
are now entering material similar to post deluge material in Genesis.
The detail is actually better and since the Ark brought a substantial
colony which is only alluded to at best in Genesis, we quickly have a
large community. This surely anchors incoming survivors as well. We now
have the birth narration of the hero Hurmanetar. The background is
clearly emergent city states and small nations led by related families.
Metal work has emerged here but no understanding of how it became
possible. My own opinion on this is that it was imported. All this so
far conforms well eno... more »
"Barbara Kay: No consequences for women who “stealth” men
https://youtu.be/Tcng4ccVlVI Sex equality, not! Young men beware...
Journalists respond to the inflation wars
Two
days ago, I wrote about two open letters about the cosmic inflation
published in Scientific American. In February, critics ILS claimed that
it wasn't even a science. Days ago, GLKN (Guth, Linde...) along with 29
other heavyweights who just signed defended the inflationary cosmology.
There have been some reactions in the pop science media. First, Amy
Adams wrote a Stanford press release: Despite a popular media story,
rumors of inflationary theory’s demise is premature, Stanford
researchers say It was later copied to Phys.Org. You may see that Amy
Adams is working for Stanford w... more »
Laptop ban on flights: What about the parents? Per BBC News - In other words "will nobody think of the children"
This
breeder centric BBC report
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39341302 really does take the
piss and includes anti President Donald Trump sentiments front and
centre: 'When the laptop ban on some flights to the US and UK was
announced, there was an audible groan from business people across the
world who use those precious hours to keep on top of work. But there was
another group who took an even deeper intake of breath: parents.
"@realDonaldTrump this is absurd," wrote one panicked Twitter user. "My
toddlers can't go 2 miles w/o an ipad." "Making kids sit through a 1... more »
We Need “Tapes” & All Communications Between Trump & Former FBI Director Comey Write Ranking Members House Committee on the Judiciary & Oversight and Government Reform
Tape
recorder from President Nixon’s Oval Office, as seen in the Museum’s
display on the events called “Watergate”. Gerald R. … Continue reading →
NATO's Biggest Challenge -- Make 'Frightened' Europe Pay Up!
[image:
undefined] The Baltic countries, and some of their Scandinavian
neighbors, are mortally terrified of Russia. Or so they would have us
believe. They clamored to join NATO as soon as the Soviet Union
collapsed and are currently among the most shrill anti-Russian voices
outside of Hillary campaign hangers-on and their newfound neocon allies.
Just this week, the Lithuanian president begged Washington to
permanently station troops on its soil to "not only deter but to defend"
against the great Russian "threat" across their border. But, as Ted
Carpenter writes in the National In... more »
NATO's Biggest Challenge -- Make 'Frightened' Europe Pay Up!
[image:
undefined] The Baltic countries, and some of their Scandinavian
neighbors, are mortally terrified of Russia. Or so they would have us
believe. They clamored to join NATO as soon as the Soviet Union
collapsed and are currently among the most shrill anti-Russian voices
outside of Hillary campaign hangers-on and their newfound neocon allies.
Just this week, the Lithuanian president begged Washington to
permanently station troops on its soil to "not only deter but to defend"
against the great Russian "threat" across their border. But, as Ted
Carpenter writes in the National In... more »
NATO's Biggest Challenge -- Make 'Frightened' Europe Pay Up!
[image:
undefined] The Baltic countries, and some of their Scandinavian
neighbors, are mortally terrified of Russia. Or so they would have us
believe. They clamored to join NATO as soon as the Soviet Union
collapsed and are currently among the most shrill anti-Russian voices
outside of Hillary campaign hangers-on and their newfound neocon allies.
Just this week, the Lithuanian president begged Washington to
permanently station troops on its soil to "not only deter but to defend"
against the great Russian "threat" across their border. But, as Ted
Carpenter writes in the National In... more »
NATO's Biggest Challenge -- Make 'Frightened' Europe Pay Up!
[image:
undefined] The Baltic countries, and some of their Scandinavian
neighbors, are mortally terrified of Russia. Or so they would have us
believe. They clamored to join NATO as soon as the Soviet Union
collapsed and are currently among the most shrill anti-Russian voices
outside of Hillary campaign hangers-on and their newfound neocon allies.
Just this week, the Lithuanian president begged Washington to
permanently station troops on its soil to "not only deter but to defend"
against the great Russian "threat" across their border. But, as Ted
Carpenter writes in the National In... more »
Syrian Democratic Forces announce Tabaqa region ISIL-free: video
BEIRUT,
LEBANON (9:10 A.M.) – The US-backed Arab and Kurdish forces announced
in a press conference in al-Tabqah on Friday the next phase in securing
the city, one day following its recapture from the self-proclaimed
Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL). “After several days of uprooting
elements within the enemy lines, the result was a total […] Source: AMN
- Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Iraqi Kurdistan to hold referendum in Autumn 2017
(Sputnik)
Iraqi Kurdistan is going to hold an independence referendum in October
or November 2017. A referendum on the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan
may be held in October-November 2017, representative of the Kurdistan
Democratic Party (KDP) in Russia Hoshawi Babakr told Sputnik Friday. “It
will be held in fall. The exact date has not yet […] Source: AMN -
Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Hezbollah hands over Syrian border posts to Lebanese Army
BEIRUT,
LEBANON (7:40 A.M.) – Hezbollah made the decision to hand over most of
their Syrian border-posts to the Lebanese Army, the organization’s
official media wing reported on Friday. According to Hezbollah’s media
wing, their forces handed over their Syrian border-posts near the towns
Tufayl, Brital, Ham, amd Maaraboun in Lebanon’s Beqa’a Governorate. This
move […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Iraqi forces launch important operation near Syrian border: video
BEIRUT,
LEBANON (7:05 A.M.) – Fighters of the paramilitary ‘al-Hash al-Shaabi’,
also known as the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), launched an
operation to expel self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS; formerly
ISIS/ISIL) from the town al-Qairawan 100 kilometers (62 miles) from
Mosul, Friday. Iraqi military voiced its support to the PMF campaign and
provided it with air […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Al-Masdar exclusive: Details behind the Syrian Army’s capture of Jirah Airbase
BEIRUT,
LEBANON (6:00 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) resumed their
offensive in the eastern countryside of Aleppo this week, targeting the
last villages under Islamic State (ISIL) control that were located
southwest of the strategic Jirah Airbase. Within five days of renewing
their east Aleppo offensive, the Syrian Arab Army reached the outskirts
[…] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Russia, Egypt discuss Syrian political settlement
(TASS)
Joint steps to work towards political settlement in Syria were the
primary focus of a telephone conversation between Foreign Ministers
Sergey Lavrov of Russia and Sameh Shoukry of Egypt, the Russian foreign
ministry said on Friday. Lavrov and Shoukry “exchanged views on issues
related to the Syrian crisis, including in the light of the […] Source:
AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
ISIL in mass retreat as Syrian Army troops advance in northeast Homs: video
BEIRUT,
LEBANON (5:30 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) continued their
large-scale advance in the northeastern countryside of Homs on Friday,
liberating several sites from the Islamic State (ISIL) militants
occupying the area. Leading the way on Friday was the Syrian Arab Army’s
5th Legion; they would liberate the important quarries located directly
east […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
HOW YOUR AREA CAN BECOME RICH
French
geographer *Christophe Guilluy* refers to the rich parts of France and
the poor neglected parts of France. In the neglected French towns,
police stations, factories, shops, schools and post offices have been
closed. *Christophe Guilluy *refers to the neglected parts of France as
being "*Peripheral France*". He says that 60% of the population live in
"Peripheral France". "Peripheral France" includes the poor, neglected
parts of Paris. *Dumfries, a very large town in Scotland, has no town
council. It has suffered from the closure of rail links, factories,
shops etc.* Fra... more »
"We Are Left Alone..."
“We
work in the dark. We do what we can to battle the evil that would
otherwise destroy us. But if a man's character is his fate, it's not a
choice but a calling. Sometimes the weight of this burden causes us to
falter, breaching the fragile fortress of our mind, allowing the monster
without to turn within. We are left alone staring into the abyss, into
the laughing face of madness.” - “Fox Mulder”, "The X Files"
"Tell Me Yourself, I Challenge You..."
"Tell
me yourself, I challenge you - answer. Imagine that you are creating a
fabric of human destiny with the object of making men happy in the end,
giving them peace and rest at last, but that it was essential and
inevitable to torture to death only one tiny creature... and to found
that edifice on its unavenged tears: would you consent to be the
architect on those conditions? Tell me, and tell the truth.” -
Dostoevsky, "The Brothers Karamazov"
“Do Ends Justify The Means?”
*“Do
Ends Justify The Means?”* by Mike Krieger “I think the U.S. citizenry
is being afflicted by a sort of mass insanity at the moment. There are
no good outcomes if this continues. As a result, I feel compelled to
provide a voice for those of us lost in the political wilderness. We
must persevere and not be manipulated into the obvious and nefarious
divide and conquer tactics being aggressively unleashed across the
societal spectrum. If we lose our grounding and our fortitude, who will
be left to speak for those of us who simply don’t fit into any of the
currently ascendant polit... more »
Russia selling debt and dependence to its overseas nuclear customers
Originally
posted on nuclear-news: Is Rosatom selling debt and dependence to its
overseas customers?
http://bellona.org/news/nuclear-issues/2017-05-is-rosatom-selling-debt-and-dependence-to-its-overseas-customers
When a court in South Africa torpedoed…
It Appears That Iran Has Chosen Ballistic Missiles As Its Preferred Method To Deliver A Nuclear Warhead
A
ballistic missile is launched and tested at an undisclosed location in
Iran in this handout photograph released by the official website of
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps March 8, 2016. PHOTO:
REUTERS/SEPAHNEWS.COM/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS *Washington Free Beacon:*
*Intel Report: Iran Refining Nuke Delivery System in Flagrant Violation
of Ban* *Increased ICBM work offers pathway to long-range nuclear
weapon.* Iran continues to make critical technological strides in its
efforts to perfect an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of
delivering nuclear weapons over great distance... more »
'Ransomware' Attack Strikes Worldwide Targets
#WannaCry
#ransomware used in widespread attacks all over the world via
@Securelist https://t.co/zh012F9lCC pic.twitter.com/UzJVqUwbT6 —
Kaspersky Lab (@kaspersky) May 12, 2017 *DW:* *Major 'ransomware' attack
strikes worldwide targets* Nearly 100 countries have been hit by
malware exploiting a vulnerability in Microsoft systems. Russia's
interior ministry said roughly 1,000 of its computers have been
compromised in a cyberattack that spans the globe. The
"ransomware"cyberattack that disrupted several hospitals across the UK
on Friday was revealed to be part of a large-scale globa... more »
NATO's Biggest Challenge -- Make 'Frightened' Europe Pay Up!
[image:
undefined] The Baltic countries, and some of their Scandinavian
neighbors, are mortally terrified of Russia. Or so they would have us
believe. They clamored to join NATO as soon as the Soviet Union
collapsed and are currently among the most shrill anti-Russian voices
outside of Hillary campaign hangers-on and their newfound neocon allies.
Just this week, the Lithuanian president begged Washington to
permanently station troops on its soil to "not only deter but to defend"
against the great Russian "threat" across their border. But, as Ted
Carpenter writes in the National In... more »
NATO's Biggest Challenge -- Make 'Frightened' Europe Pay Up!
[image:
undefined] The Baltic countries, and some of their Scandinavian
neighbors, are mortally terrified of Russia. Or so they would have us
believe. They clamored to join NATO as soon as the Soviet Union
collapsed and are currently among the most shrill anti-Russian voices
outside of Hillary campaign hangers-on and their newfound neocon allies.
Just this week, the Lithuanian president begged Washington to
permanently station troops on its soil to "not only deter but to defend"
against the great Russian "threat" across their border. But, as Ted
Carpenter writes in the National In... more »
NATO's Biggest Challenge -- Make 'Frightened' Europe Pay Up!
[image:
undefined] The Baltic countries, and some of their Scandinavian
neighbors, are mortally terrified of Russia. Or so they would have us
believe. They clamored to join NATO as soon as the Soviet Union
collapsed and are currently among the most shrill anti-Russian voices
outside of Hillary campaign hangers-on and their newfound neocon allies.
Just this week, the Lithuanian president begged Washington to
permanently station troops on its soil to "not only deter but to defend"
against the great Russian "threat" across their border. But, as Ted
Carpenter writes in the National In... more »
NATO's Biggest Challenge -- Make 'Frightened' Europe Pay Up!
[image:
undefined] The Baltic countries, and some of their Scandinavian
neighbors, are mortally terrified of Russia. Or so they would have us
believe. They clamored to join NATO as soon as the Soviet Union
collapsed and are currently among the most shrill anti-Russian voices
outside of Hillary campaign hangers-on and their newfound neocon allies.
Just this week, the Lithuanian president begged Washington to
permanently station troops on its soil to "not only deter but to defend"
against the great Russian "threat" across their border. But, as Ted
Carpenter writes in the National In... more »
Eric Sprott Gives Exhaustion BUY ALERT For Silver: “I’ve Never Seen Anything Like This”
Eric
Sprott Gives Exhaustion BUY ALERT For Silver: “I’ve Never Seen Anything
Like This” by http://www.silverdoctors.com/ Can You Measure
Capitulation? Eric Sprott Believes We Are Experiencing An Exhaustion BUY
ALERT In Silver. end
Israeli Settlers Vandalize Property of Palestinians
Published
on May 11, 2017 Israeli settlers have entered the Shu’fat area in
Jerusalem Al-Quds and vandalized the property of Palestinians living in
the area. The suspects wrote racist and Islamophobic remarks on walls
and vehicles. Our correspondent Mohammad Hamayel reports. end
Even the U.S. Department of State Says It: “Palestinian Children Are Being Mistreated & Tortured by Israel”
Even
the U.S. Department of State Says It “Palestinian Children Are Being
Mistreated & Tortured by Israel” by
http://uprootedpalestinians.blogspot.com/ U.S. State Dept. reports grave
violations against Palestinian kids Ramallah, March 17, 2017—A U.S.
government human rights report released this month highlights grave
violations against Palestinian children living under Israeli military
occupation. – The annual country reports […]
Trump Starts Draining The Swamp: Who’s Next?
There
are 2 swamp creatures which Trump has to deal with eventually: Ivanka
and Jared Kushner. – Published on May 12, 2017 Infowars Reporter Millie
Weaver discusses Donald Trumps latest move toward draining the swamp by
firing FBI director James Comey. White house sources have hinted that
Sean Spicer could be next on the chopping […]
Keith Olbermann Commits High Treason: Calls For Foreign Gov’ts To Overthrow U.S.?
Published
on May 12, 2017 Keith Olbermann has apparently completely lost his
mind, now calling for foreign governments to overthrow the United States
government and our lawfully elected President Donald Trump. end
The Map the Media Doesn’t Want You to See: Nations With the Most Refugees Have the Most Terror Attacks
Why
are the western MSM hiding the truth? They are owned/controlled by
Illuminists. The agenda is the destabilizing of Europe to setup the
Clash of Civilizations (Samuel Huntington) for the Satanic WW3:
Christian West vs Muslim World as part of Albert Pike’s Satanic WW3. –
The Map the Media Doesn’t Want You to See: Nations […]
‘Spring Storm’: 6 NATO Ships Arrive in Tallinn Port, Estonia for Drills
The
west will ignite their Satanic WW3 when Russia and China publicly
abandon the US dollar. Ie. the end of the Anglo-American, western
Illuminati’s global hegemony. – Published on May 12, 2017 Six NATO
military vessels arrived at the port of Tallinn on Friday in order to
participate in drills and to refresh resources. The […]
Stephen Colbert Trump Joke Backfires – Then He Scolds Audience
Published
on May 12, 2017 Stephen Colbert lectures his audience after his first
joke of his monologue backfired when he thought he would be skewering
President Trump, but as you will see, thins didn’t quite go as planned!
end
Russian General Staff Has Concluded that Washington is Preparing a Nuclear First Strike on Russia
Russian
General Staff Has Concluded that Washington is Preparing a Nuclear
First Strike on Russia by Paul Craig Roberts,
http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/ Are You Ready to Die? “Fifty years ago,
the streets of Leningrad taught me one thing: If a fight is inevitable,
you must strike first.” Vladimir Putin – In George Orwell’s 1949
dystopian novel, 1984, information that […]
Trump’s RussiaGate: “There’s No Evidence, Stupid!”
Trump’s
RussiaGate: “There’s No Evidence, Stupid!” by Howard Kunstler via
Kunstler.com, via http://www.zerohedge.com/ … Forgive me for getting
caught up in the very nostalgia I castigate. And now here we are in the
mere early months of Trumptopia about to hit the replay button on a
televised inquisition. In my humble opinion, Donald Trump is a far more
[…]
“You Look Remarkably Calm For Someone Who Issues €2.5 Trillion Out Of Thin Air” – Dutch Politician To Draghi
“You
Look Remarkably Calm For Someone Who Issues €2.5 Trillion Out Of Thin
Air” – Dutch Politician To Draghi by Tyler Durden,
http://www.zerohedge.com Used to a fawning press corps and clueless
politicians, perhaps Mario Draghi was expecting a warm greeting, a
series of softball questions from Dutch lawmakers, and some late night
entertainment on Wednesday […]
ASTANA the Illuminati Capital of the World?
Published on May 11, 2017 http://astanatimes.com/2017/03/new-si… https://vigilantcitizen.com/sinisters… end
The Cyclic Model Vs Inflation, Steinhardt et. al. Vs Hawking et al Data Always Wins .
*S*cientific
consensus is not gospel dogma to be enforced, instead it should, and
MUST change in the face of contrary data. There are theories like
evolution, general relativity, and climate change which are truly
settled science. Inflation (and string theory) are not there yet.
Letters signed by 33 or 33,333 prestigious physicist won't make that so.
Only data can. read more
Trump's Kazakh Mafia Connection
*The
Donald and Felix* It's almost a year ago that I wound up in a former
piece of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan, a central Asia kleptocracy where
Donald and Ivanka Trump were in business with local mobsters laundering
money for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. But Azerbaijan was hardly the
only former part of the Soviet empire where Trump was trying to make a
buck. Tonight, David Cay Johnston's DCReport.org broke a story about
Trump and the Kazakh mobsters. Kazakhstan is a huge country with
something like 18 million people, rich in natural resources. The current
authoritarian presid... more »
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4 Graphs That Demonstrate Why The IPCC Climate Models Will NEVER Be Accurate
Y
= mX + b One of the most basic statistical techniques used in science
is the linear regression. The linear regression defines the relationship
between the independent variable (cause) and the dependent variable
(effect). The mathematical relationship is Y = mX + b, where Y is the
dependent variable, m is the slope of the … Continue reading "4 Graphs
That Demonstrate Why The IPCC Climate Models Will NEVER Be Accurate"
BWorld 130, Mobility of goods, capital, and people in Asia
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This is my article in BusinessWorld on May 09, 2017. One big issue that
failed to land on front pages during the ASEAN Prosperity Summit last
week is the creeping protectionism, not through rising tariffs but
rising non-tariff barriers (NTBs). Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak
pointed out during the Summit that NTBs and non-tariff measures (NTMs)
from 2000 to 2015 have surged by nearly four times to 5,975 from 1,634.
This despite the zero tariff regime for intra-regional trade and the
creation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) or the regional single
market. While ASEAN... more »
Seasteading means more rule of law, less government
There
is a good presentation by Joe Quirk of the Seasteading Institute at
Dubai Freeport Zone a few months ago, *Pitch: SustainableFloating Free
Zones in Dubai*. Below are some photos from his presentation showcasing
the power of free market, competition and innovation, and relative
freedom from intrusive politicians and the state. Hong Kong, Shenzhen,
and China overall. Dubai, French Polynesia, global ecozones, and the
very important role of the rule of law -- stability and certainty of
application of the law to all, absence or minimum arbitrariness. The
speaker and his book, th... more »
Institutional Decay in Washington
Col.
Lawrence Wilkerson and Paul Jay discuss the significance of the Comey
affair, the prospect of the rise of VP Mike Pence as the real power in
the White House, and the danger of war as a way out for a dysfunctional
administration.
Roman Mystery in Elsbach Lignite Pit or Hissink’s Heresy
Eva
Hagedorn, a german scientist, studied a section of the Garzweiler
Lignite mine stratigraphy and chemistry during the 1990’s and published a
summary online at her website. A captioned photograph of “Parts of the
Roman Water pipeline in Profile FR126 … Continue reading →
Two ISIS warlords defect to rebels ranks ahead of looming defeat in Deir Ezzor
DAMASCUS,
SYRIA (2:35 A.M.) – On Friday, two prominent ISIS commanders left
caliphate ranks to join forces with Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters on
the provincial border between Homs and Deir Ezzor. After communicating
with FSA contigents, Ghassan Al-Sankeh and Mahmoud Al-Faraj arrived in
Badia in central Syria, leaving behind ISIS fighters under their command
[…] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
+18 graphic video: ISIS hospital full on injured children following US airstrikes on Raqqa
DAMASCUS,
SYRIA (2:10 A.M.) – American airstrikes in northern Syria are taking a
heavy toll on ISIS, but have killed and injured dozens of civilians in
events mainstream media have not picked up on. Footage released by Amaq
Agency on Friday showed one hospital in rural Raqqa overloaded with
patients following US airstrikes and Kurdish […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar
News | المصدر نيوز
Эксклюзив: В осаждённый Дейр-эз-Зор начинают прибывать подкрепления
В
пятницу во второй половине дня Сирийская Арабская Армия начала
переброску подкреплений в Дейр-эз-Зор в преддверии готовящейся крупной
военной операции в этом осаждённом городе. В эксклюзивном интервью AMN
военный источник сообщил, что в Дейр-эз-Зор в рамках подготовки к
наступлению на позиции террористов “Исламского государства” будет
переброшено более 500 солдат Республиканской Гвардии и бойцов ополчения
из […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Сирийская армия освободила авиабазу Джира на востоке провинции Алеппо
Войска
Сирийской Арабской Армии полностью овладели авиабазой Джира на востоке
провинции Алеппо. Ведомые подразделениями дивизии “Тигр”,
правительственные войска на протяжении дня вели бои с террористами
“Исламского государства” за этот стратегически важный военный объект. Не
имея возможности далее удерживать оборону, боевики ИГ в конечном счёте
бросили свои позиции и отступили на юг, к равнине Мескена. Взяв […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Election Hacking: A False Russian Flag in France?
*George
Beebe* *Security, Europe* [image: Backlit keyboard. Wikimedia
Commons/Creative Commons/@Colin] It isn’t difficult to compile a list of
countries whose interests would be served by stoking tensions between
Russia and the West. In the murky world of cyber operations, where there
is smoke, there are often mirrors. And in the reports about alleged
Russian hacking in the recent French presidential elections, there seems
to be an abundance of both. Many have been quick to blame Moscow once
again for cyber meddling; some have raised caution flags about
attribution, pointing to a... more »
U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers: Simply Obsolete or Still King of the Oceans?
*Kris
Osborn* *Security, * What does the U.S. Navy think? *The Ford-class
ships are engineered with a redesigned island, slightly larger deck
space and new weapons elevators in order to achieve an increase in
sortie-generation rate. The new platforms are built to launch more
aircraft and more seamlessly support a high-op tempo.* *The new weapons
elevators allow for a much more efficient path to move and re-arm
weapons systems for aircraft. The elevators can take weapons directly
from their magazines to just below the flight deck, therefore greatly
improving the sortie-generatio... more »
BREAKING: Clinton Insiders Reveal ‘Blame Russia’ Plan Hatched ‘Within 24 Hours’ of Election Loss
[image:
Russian]Wikileaks' latest tweet has the potential to destroy the
Democrat Party's narrative the election of 2016 was corrupted by Russian
election meddling.
Bravo: Cop Non-Violently Stops Potential Mass Murder at School By Talking To Student
[image:
school]Union County, NC School Resource Officer AJ Wallace prevented a
school stabbing by talking to the young man, no violence necessary.
Ron Paul: Comey was a Good Start — Now Fire the Entire FBI
[image:
fbi]Now that Director James Comey has been fired, Dr. Ron Paul asserts
it's time to dismantle the entire organization and fire the FBI.
Condoleeza Rice: Bush Administration Lied, Iraq Invasion Was Never About Spreading Democracy
The
primary US objective during the 2003 invasion of Iraq was not bringing
democracy to the Middle Eastern country, but to oust Saddam Hussein
Cops Arrest Innocent, SOBER People for DUI, Based Only On A Hunch
[image:
dui]Police experts in drug recognition get awarded for arresting people
on DUI charges, even though they have no drugs in their system.
Former National Sheriff of the Year Sentenced to 3 Years For Massive Corruption
[image:
sheriff]The former Sheriff of LA, who received one of the highest
honors in the country, has just been handed down a three years sentence
in jail.
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