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Thomas Paine

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

24 May - Blogs I'm Following 2 of 2

11:42 pm MDT

"Isn't It Strange...?"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
*Calvin:* "Isn't it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humor? When you think about it, it's weird that we have a physiological response to absurdity. We laugh at nonsense. We like it. We think it's funny. Don't you think it's odd that we appreciate absurdity? Why would we develop that way? How does it benefit us?" *Hobbes*: "I suppose if we couldn't laugh at things that don't make sense, we couldn't react to a lot of life." *Calvin:* (after a long pause) "I can't tell if that's funny or really scary."

Think!

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago

Famous Baby Giraffe Passes Away Only a Month After Birth?

Dan Evon at Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
A Facebook post created using a "prank" web site fooled many into believing that internet star April the Giraffe's calf had died.

Did Trump Offer Asylum to ‘Lord Nazi Ruso’?

Arturo Garcia at Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
A Mexican news site posted a satirical story saying that the U.S. President had offered asylum to a Russian white supremacist living in Cancún.

Wednesday Morning Links

Greg Fingas at Accidental Deliberations - 13 hours ago
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. - Gary Younge examines how Jeremy Corbyn and an unabashedly progressive campaign platform are making massive gains in a UK general election cynically called to exploit Labour's perceived weakness: Seeing the response to Labour’s election manifesto last week was a clear illustration of just how powerful the amnesiac qualities of that system can be. For the past two decades, even as inequality grew to obscene levels, the notion that a government could tax the wealthy in order to fund public services had been all but banished from the p... more »

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- May 24, 2017

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
American forces instruct Iraqi soldiers on how to properly use an M2 machine gun during training at Besmaya Range Complex in 2015. (Cpl. Nelson Rodriguez/U.S. Army) *Newsweek*: *US Army Lost Track of $1 Billion Worth of Weapons and Equipment: Report* The U.S. Army failed to properly monitor more than $1 billion worth of arms transfers in Iraq and Kuwait, according to a declassified government audit obtained by Amnesty International released Wednesday. “This audit provides a worrying insight into the U.S. Army’s flawed—and potentially dangerous—system for controlling millions of do... more »

The poor French. Like the average American they can't believe their elections are rigged (see my preceding post). Macron, like Trump in the U.S, is using his high place in France to ship French workers jobs elsewere ...while personally pocketing some of the loot. Who needs "democracies" whose "gardians" are cleptocrats? Wake up France, and wake up America!

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 13 hours ago
------------------------------ Macron: An American Trojan horse in the Elysee Palace Wayne MADSEN | 17.05.2017 | WORLD ------------------------------ The new French president, Emmanuel Macron, who was thrust into the French presidential race as a pro-European Union counterweight to prevent the election of National Front leader Marine Le Pen, appears to have more than a casual relationship with the United States. While he worked within the Ministry of the Economy as both a special inspector and as minister, Macron oversaw the virtual theft of strategic French industries by American f... more »

Author retracts nanotechnology paper over doubts about key results

Victoria Stern at Retraction Watch - 13 hours ago
The corresponding author of a 2015 nanotechnology paper has penned a lengthy — and revealing — retraction notice, explaining why he is not certain about the findings. In the notice, Chang Ming Li from the Institute for Clean Energy & Advanced Materials (ICEAM) at Southwest University in China, states that there is “insufficient evidence to conclusively” identify […] The post Author retracts nanotechnology paper over doubts about key results appeared first on Retraction Watch.

C4 survey and documentary reveals What British Muslims Really Think - A fascinating figure

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 14 hours ago
There's a very interesting statistic hiding in the Channel 4 report http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/c4-survey-and-documentary-reveals-what-british-muslims-really-think that I have quoted from previously today: 'British Muslims are more likely than the rest of the population to feel that they can influence decisions affecting Britain (33% vs 21%)' Of course British Muslims feel that, they've got the power of the BBC to aid them in this, and the vast majority of British politicians too.

C4 survey and documentary reveals What British Muslims Really Think - part 2

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 14 hours ago
My last post made me recall some more stats from that Channel 4 programme http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/c4-survey-and-documentary-reveals-what-british-muslims-really-think about what British Muslims believe: '52% do not believe that homosexuality should be legal in Britain Q: To what extent you agree or disagree with each one: homosexuality should be legal in Britain? Net agree 18% (strongly agree 8%, tend to agree 10%) Net disagree: 52% (strongly disagree: 38%, tend to disagree: 14%)' Something for the Queers For Islam supporters to think about? Something for the pro h... more »

The Conceptual Penis as a Social Construct: A Sokal-Style Hoax on Gender Studies

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 14 hours ago
* There is a big problem in what passes for science these days That problem is no real, verifiable science and too much agenda. Scientism reigns supreme* - *excessive belief in the power of scientific knowledge and techniques. * *Hoaxing Gender Studies Journal* The scientism hoax will be posted at the very end for you to read entirely- I'll post some direct quotations from the scientific study also *That these individuals had this hoax published at all speaks to us of many problems with what passes as science these days.* *1-Pay for play: **Very, very c... more »

President Trump's U.S. Defense Budget Proposal -- News Roundup

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
*Reuters*: *U.S. defense budget proposal sees modest increase despite hawkish rhetoric* While U.S. President Donald Trump's budget proposal for national defense increases spending, it falls short of campaign promises to rebuild the Navy and a "historic" increase in military spending. The budget proposes a modest increase in military spending. Trump is seeking a $52 billion hike for the Pentagon as part of an overall defense spending increase of $54 billion. That is almost 10 percent higher than current budget caps, but only 3 percent more than what former President Barack Obama... more »

In 2017, every nine days a terror attack is attempted in Europe (Chart)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 14 hours ago
Terror attacks in Europe are now commonplace. The post In 2017, every nine days a terror attack is attempted in Europe (Chart) appeared first on The Duran.

Two people in Manchester have just shown the haters exactly what they’re up against [VIDEO]

Tracy Keeling at The Canary - 14 hours ago
An ITV reporter has circulated a video from Manchester, following the brutal bombing in the city on 22 May. And it shows all those who seek to divide us exactly what they’re up against. Because it illustrates the force much stronger than what these haters can muster. That force is love. Standing together ITV Political Correspondent […] The post Two people in Manchester have just shown the haters exactly what they’re up against [VIDEO] appeared first on The Canary.

WATCH: Cop Rips Out Window, Beats Driver, Arrests Family, for Asking Why He Was Stopped

Jack Burns at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: stop]An innocent Michigan family is kidnapped, caged and humiliated, after questioning the probable cause of a traffic stop by Taylor, MI police officers.

USMC Veteran Facing Life in Prison Over 1 Oz. of Cannabis to Treat His PTSD

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: ptsd]For treating his PTSD with cannabis, a decorated Marine combat veteran is going to trial next week and face the possibility of life in prison.

"Nigel Farage: "What is our government actually gonna do?"

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 14 hours ago
https://youtu.be/amktmYPJPb0 Nigel Farage: "What is our government actually gonna do?" I'll answer that Mr Farage - sod all, apart from arresting anyone who they see as spreading Islamophobia. We're too far down the rabbit hole for any action to work, the UK is doomed.

NATO alters statutes reacting to Turkey’s boycott of Austrian partnership

Henri Feyerabend at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
According to a report in the German newspaper Die Welt NATO has decided to alter it’s rules so that Turkey’s boycott on the prospect of cooperation with Austria can be circumvened. NATO statutes demand a collective resolution for all partnerships with non member states. Turkey’s Veto due to issues with Austria therefore blocked NATO’s entire […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

ISIS secuestra a 13 feligreses y un cura; quema una iglesia en Marawi, Filipinas

Hombres altamente armados y peligrosos del grupo terrorista ISIS asaltaron una ciudad en el sur de Filipinas, lo que ha involucró al Ejército de filipinas en combates para capturar la mayor parte de la ciudad predominantemente sunita de Marawi. Aproximadamente 500 insurgentes de ISIS, conocidos localmente como ‘Maute’ y ‘Abu Sayyaf’, han establecido puestos de […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Hunderte IS-Milizen stürmen Marawi in den Philippinen, räumen Gefängnis und nehmen mehrere Geiseln

Gestern kam es zu einem Angriff von ca. 500 IS Milizen, lokal bekannt auch als Maute oder Abu Sayyaf, bei dem es den Terroristen gelang die Stadt Marawi nach Gefechten mit den Sicherheitskräften weitesgehend einzunehmen. Marawi ist eine mehrheitlich sunnitische Stadt mit über 200.000 Einwohnern. Zusätzlich zur Einnahme des Amai Pakpak Krankenhauses, entließ die IS […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Şam ve Humus’taki intihar saldırıları IŞİD tarafından üstlenildi

Umut Õzil at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEYRUT, LÜBNAN(8:00) – Salı günü gerçekleşen Humus ve Şam’ı hedef alan saldırılar IŞİD’in medya kanalı tarafından geçtiğimiz gece üstlenildi. IŞİD teröristleri birçok insanın yaşadığı Humus’un Al Zahra Mahallesi ve Şam’ın Sayyida Zaynab Semtini hedef almış bu saldırılarda birçok kişi hayatını kaybetmişti. IŞİD yoğun nüfuslu bu bölgeleri azınlıkların ve savaş sebebiyle yerlerinden olanların yaşaması sebebiyle daha önce de […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

IŞİD, Filipinler’de büyüyor: İlk kez ülkedeki bir şehri ele geçirdiler (Fotoğraflar)

Umut Õzil at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
ŞAM, SURİYE(14:10) – Ağır silahlı IŞİD üyeleri güney Filipinler’de halkın çoğunluğu Sunni olan Maravi’de Filipin Ordusu’yla çatışmaya girerek şehrin önemli bir kısmını kontrolü altına aldı. Yerel halk tarafından adına ‘Mavte’ ve ‘Abu Sayyaf’ da denen 500’e yakın IŞİD’li; saldırı tüfekleriyle yollarda kontrol noktaları oluşturdu. Şehrin içinden IŞİD’lilerin görüntüleri: IŞİD Amai Pakpak Hastanesi’ni ele geçirmenin yanında, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

VIDEO: Syrian forces overrun ISIS northeast of Palmyra

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3: 45 P.M.) – Russian-trained forces fighting the Islamic State in the gas-rich Syrian Desert continue to recapture more territories from the terror group amid massive jihadist collapse. Today, the Syria Army’s elite forces, known as ISIS hunters, managed to impose full control over several hills overlooking Arak Gas Field, following severe clashes […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Ejército sirio continúa ofensiva para sitiar rebeldes en la Badiyah siria

DAMASCO, SIRIA – Apoyado por las fuerzas paramilitares aliadas como el partido del Tawhid árabe y las Brigadas iraquíes Imam Ali y el Movimiento Nujaba, el Ejército Árabe Sirio continuó su avance sin precedentes a gran escala en el corazón de la Badiyah levantina. A seis kilómetros al sur del recientemente capturado Batallón de Investigación […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Suriye ordusu IŞİD’i Halep’ten çıkarmaya çok yaklaştı (Video+Harita)

Umut Õzil at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
Doğu Halep kırsalında bulunan stratejik Cerah Havaalanı’nın ele geçirilmesinden sonra, Suriye Arap Ordusu’nun elit Kaplan Kuvvetleri IŞİD’in sözde vilayetinde onlarca kasaba ve tepeyi ele geçirdi. Geçtiğimiz birkaç saatte Kaplan Kuvvetleri “İkinci Çiftlik” , Mazran, Kinaviye, Rasm al-Hamam al-Garbi ve Al-Cemiye kasabalarından oluşan Al-Cuziyah çevresini ele geçirdi.En son ele geçirilen yerlerle birlikte Suriye Silahlı Kuvvetleri IŞİD’in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Syrian Army foils another ISIS attack on southeast Aleppo

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3: 05) – Fierce clashes broke out early morning near the strategic Ithriyah-Khanssir road when the Islamic State militants launched a surprise attack on government forces’ positions. According to a military source, the jihadists assaulted the area in an attempt to cut off the main supply route to the northern city of Aleppo. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

ISIS takes priest hostage and burns down church in major Philippine city

Chris Tomson at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (2:10 P.M.) – Heavily armed ISIS gunmen have stormed a city in the southern Philippines, engaging the Philippine Army in firefights and capturing most of the predominately Sunni city of Marawi. Approximately 500 ISIS insurgents, known locally as the ‘Maute’ and ‘Abu Sayyaf’, have set up checkpoints and roadblocks across the city, brandishing […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

UN “Education” Agency Staffers Seek Probe of Communist Chief

Alex Newman at rss - 14 hours ago
[image: un-education-agency-staffers-seek-probe-of-communist-chief] The director-general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), “former” Communist Party operative Irina Bokova, is facing what appears to be an internal rebellion among the controversial UN organ's own staff members. Among other concerns, more than 150 employees of UNESCO who spoke out portrayed Bokova as an out-of-control and deeply corrupt official who has been abusing the organization for her own personal benefit since she got there. And now, she is apparently working to i... more »

Slovakia: NATO Exit Idea Gains Momentum

Alex Gorka at - 14 hours ago
[image: undefined] Montenegro is to be officially admitted into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on June 5. The Montenegrin parliament has approved becoming NATO 29th member country amid a certain degree of popular rejection shared by most of the political opposition, who demanded a public referendum in order to ratify its membership of the military alliance. The organization has grown from twelve founding members in 1949 to 28 today. The most recent new members, Albania and Croatia, joined in 2009. There are three officially recognized aspiring members: Bosnia and Herzegovin... more »

The ‘War On Terrorism’ Isn’t Working

Justin Raimondo at - 14 hours ago
[image: undefined] If insanity is doing the same thing over and over in the expectation of a different result, then our foreign policy surely qualifies as madness. Since 2001, in response to the September 11 terrorist attacks, the United States has been in a state of constant warfare: the Afghan conflict has been ongoing since that time, the longest sustained combat in our history. From Iraq to Syria to Somalia and beyond, US forces and their proxies are engaged in a “war on terrorism” that shows no signs of slowing down, only expanding. And where has it gotten us? In Afghanistan,... more »

"Former Special Air Service serviceman says enough is enough"

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 14 hours ago
https://youtu.be/6Vjdnfot1eI Sky journalist meets reality.

Did Ariana Grande Defile the American Flag?

Kim LaCapria at Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
Following a 22 May 2017 tragedy in Manchester, a photoshopped image of Ariana Grande defiling an American flag circulated.

Why President Trump's Defense Budget Is Dead on Arrival

Mackenzie Eaglen at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Mackenzie Eaglen* *Security, * Trump seems unwilling to admit a bipartisan deal to modify the Budget Control Act is required to avoid the “do nothing” label for Congress this summer. President Trump’s first defense budget is a more muscular version of former president Obama’s plans. It is a budget that begins to repair—but does not rebuild—the U.S. military. Touted as a “readiness recovery” in Pentagon documents, the request comports with guidance earlier in the year from Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis to focus investments on readiness, people and facilities. But it does not ... more »

Duterte Tells Trump He Fears Kim Jong-un ‘Might Just Go Crazy’

Ryan Pickrell at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Ryan Pickrell* *Security, Asia* The real North Korea nightmare. President Donald Trump and President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte had an interesting discussion about the growing threat from North Korea in late April. “What’s your opinion of him, Rodrigo?” Trump asked, referring to North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, according to transcripts of the phone conversation, which was described as “very friendly.” “He is not stable,” Duterte said, noting that Kim smiles in a disturbing manner as he tests missiles and rockets. The Philippine president commented that Kim laughs wi... more »

China’s Imports Of North Korean Goods Drops To Near Three-Year Low

Ryan Pickrell at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Ryan Pickrell* *Security, Asia* While Chinese trade with North Korea has decreased in recent months, according to data which has been altered for political purposes in the past, trade was up significantly at the start of the year. China’s imports of North Korean goods dropped to the lowest point in nearly three years last month, potentially highlighting efforts by the Chinese to pressure their neighbor. China is North Korea’s largest trading partner, with 90 percent of the reclusive regime’s trade tied to their Chinese neighbors. China suspended imports of North Korean coal in ... more »

Could U.S. Nuclear Weapons Be Hacked?

Kris Osborn at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * Air Force engineers say protection of computer networks is well established in many ways, but that the service needs to widen its scope with greater focus on IT dimensions to its nuclear arsenal’s command and control apparatus. *Modernizing computer networks for the nuclear arsenal is part of the current Air Force plan to build as many as 400 new Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles, or ICBMs, to serve through the 2070s.* The Air Force is seeking more interactions with private sector firms to build better networks for securing nuclear weapons computer ... more »

Rabbit Dreams and Nuclearity

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 14 hours ago
Rabbit Dreams V Psychedelic Kaleidoscope Digital Art Rabbit Dreams artistically interprets our fascination with nuclearity (including both nuclear weapons and energy see Gabrielle Hecht Being Nuclear). It engages the fantasy of endless energy and bountiful human growth, interrogating the effects of this fantasy. Below see a clip from the larger image: See the full image at https://www.etsy.com/listing/527751611/rabbit-dreams-v-psychedelic-kaleidoscope?ref=shop_home_active_1

Mosul Campaign Day 219 May 23 2017

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 14 hours ago
The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) reached the Tigris River yesterday, and now are pushing south towards the last areas of the city held by the Islamic State. Depending upon the sourcethere are either 5 or 7 neighborhoods left under Islamic State control. The Army’s 9th Division and 16th Divisions, the Golden Division, and the Rapid Reaction Division all pushedinto the Shifa neighborhood, which the ISF claimed it freed back in March. There was also fighting in Hawi Kanisa, which has been declared cleared of insurgents twice before, and in the Old City. The army warned that taking the ... more »

MSNBC hits number one in cable news ratings while Fox News flirts with the number three spot.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 15 hours ago
Courtesy of Variety: *For the first time in its history, MSNBC ranked number one in both total viewers and the key adults 25-54 demographic during primetime for a full week among the big three cable news networks, according to Nielsen data. * *For the week of May 15, MSNBC averaged 2.44 million viewers with 611,000 in the key demo from 8 p.m.-11 p.m., beating out CNN and Fox News in both measures. In total day viewership for the week, CNN has ranked number one in cable news among adults 25-54 for six straight days (May 14-19), marking the network’s longest winning streak in that ... more »

FLYNN FACTS: Who the heck is Ekim Alptekin?

bob somerby at the daily howler - 15 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 2017Part 2—At times like these, nobody cares:* For the record, Michael Flynn strikes us as a bit of a nut. Last summer, he stood on stage at the Republican Convention, leading chants of "Lock her up." He retweeted a claim about the way Hillary Clinton was running a child sex ring out of the basement of a D.C. pizza joint. At the business he founded, he chose his even-crazier son to be his chief of staff. That said, Flynn had a distinguished military career—and he has geopolitical views. If we're willing to be honest just this once, most of us liberals aren't ... more »

FT REPORTS CONGO IS PLANNING TO USE MERCK VACCINE. SECOND LANCET STUDY CLAIMS MERCK VACCINE DOES NOT GIVE EBOLA, BUT IT IS BASED ON SKEWED SAMPLE AND STATISTICAL LIE. EBOLA INCUBATION PERIOD CAN BE AS SHORT AS 2 DAYS

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 15 hours ago
“Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo are preparing to use an experimental vaccine to help fight an outbreak of Ebola, in what could be an important step towards getting regulatory approval for the world’s first vaccine against the deadly virus,” reports the FT. First off, can the vaccine be used without regulatory approval? […]

President Trump Tells Philippine President Duterte That There Are Two U.S. Nuclear Subs In Korean Waters

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
FILE PHOTO: The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Michigan arrives for a regularly scheduled port visit while conducting routine patrols throughout the Western Pacific in Busan, South Korea, April 24, 2017. Jermaine Ralliford/Courtesy U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS *Reuters*:* Trump tells Duterte of two U.S. nuclear subs in Korean waters: NYT* U.S. President Donald Trump told his Philippine counterpart that Washington has sent two nuclear submarines to waters off the Korean peninsula, the New York Times said, comments likely to raise questions about his handling of sensitive ... more »

NATO Prepares To Meet President Trump

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*USA Today:* *Is NATO 'obsolete' or not? Trump and military alliance aim to work out differences* BRUSSELS – After months of tension, President Trump and leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization come face-to-face Thursday for meetings likely to revolve around two issues: Washington's commitment to the military alliance that has defined western political unity for nearly seven decades, and military contributions from the rest of its members. While Trump has retracted his often-repeated campaign claim that NATO is "obsolete" in the modern age of terrorism, the still-new pre... more »

Human Leg in a Fishing Boot Washes Up on Alaska Beach

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 16 hours ago
On 22 May 2017, a human leg with a fishing boot was uncovered amid debris in Juneau.

Missing Earring Halts Philadelphia TV Weather Forecast

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 16 hours ago
WPVI-TV meteorologist Cecily Tyson lost an earring during a live forecast.

UK School Confirms Student, 15, Killed in Manchester Blast

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 16 hours ago
Tottington High School student Olivia Campbell-Hardy was among those killed in a 22 May 2017 explosion at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester.

UK Deploys 1,000 Soldiers to Protect Key Sites After Bombing

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 16 hours ago
More than 20 people were killed and dozens injured in an explosion following an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester on 22 May 2017.

President Trump Meets Pope Francis At The Vatican

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
*VOA*: *Trump, Pope Hold 'Cordial' Talks at Vatican* VATICAN CITY — U.S. President Donald Trump and Pope Francis held a 30-minute meeting at the Vatican on Wednesday, underscoring the emphasis during the first presidential foreign trip on the three Abrahamic (monotheistic) faiths. The two men, meting for the first time, shook hands. The pope appeared somber. The president grinned. “It’s a very great honor,” Trump said to the leader of the Roman Catholic Church after they were seated in the pope’s private study. *Read more *.... *More News On President Trump Meeting Pope Francis ... more »

4 reasons ‘love and acceptance’ doesn’t win the war against terrorism

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 16 hours ago
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad understands what destroys terrorism, soft western liberals do not. The post 4 reasons ‘love and acceptance’ doesn’t win the war against terrorism appeared first on The Duran.

Terror Attack In Manchester -- News Updates May 24, 2017

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
*Washington Post:* *Britain says Manchester bomber ‘likely’ had accomplices as focus turns to Libya visits* MANCHESTER, England — Britain’s domestic security chief said Wednesday it was “likely” that the bomber who killed 22 people at a concert venue was not acting alone, underscoring the expanded security measures as the nation’s threat level was raised to its highest point. Home Secretary Amber Rudd did not provide details on possible associates of the Manchester suicide bomber, Salman Abedi. But she told the BBC that security services — which had been aware of Abedi “up to a po... more »

Is Russia Implementing A Partial Economic Embargo On Latvia?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
*Reuters*: *Exclusive: Russia refusing to send some rail freight to Latvia - sources* Russia's state-owned railway monopoly is refusing most requests to take cargo from Russia to ports in Latvia, industry executives said, a serious blow to the Baltic state which depends on the transit trade. The monopoly, Russian Railways (RZhD), has in many cases offered no explanation to customers for turning down the cargoes, mostly oil products, fertilizer, coal and metals which had previously been transported relatively easily by rail to Latvia, nine people familiar with the situation told Re... more »

Will Montana And Georgia Special Election Voters Help Stop Trump? Lookin' Good

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
A new poll of GA-06 voters is a dire warning to congressional Republicans. Paul Ryan's SuperPAC has put more money into the campaign on behalf of Karen Handel than any outside group has ever spent on any congressional race in history. And those millions and millions of dollars appear to have been wasted as Jon Ossoff has pulled ahead: *•* *Jon Ossoff-* 51% *•* *Karen Handel-* 44% At the same time, tomorrow's at-large race in Montana is looking so close that no one can call it-- again, after massive expenditure from Ryan and the GOP on behalf of billionaire self-funder Greg Gianf... more »

Free Downloads: The Works of Rumi

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
"You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were born with greatness. You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so don't. You have wings, Learn to use them, and fly." "What in your life is calling you, When all the noise is silenced, The meetings adjourned, The lists laid aside, And the Wild Iris blooms By itself in the dark forest... What still pulls on your soul?" - Rumi (1207 - 1273) ◆ "Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi was a 13th century Afghan poet and philosopher who heavily influenced both eastern and w... more »

Alan Hart with Jewish Historian Ilan Pappe: History of Palestine — Genocide & Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinian by Zionist Israel !

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 16 hours ago
“In 2001, Dr. Ariella Oppenheim, of Hebrew University, a biologist, published the first extensive study of DNA and the origin of the Jews. Her research found that virtually all the Jews came from Khazar blood. Not only that but Oppenheim discovered that the Palestinians—the very people whom the Jews had been persecuting and ejecting from […]

Gerald Celente Globalists Are Going To Collapse World Economy

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 16 hours ago
Gerald Celente Globalists Are Going To Collapse World Economy by Amber William, http://www.mydailyinformer.com/ It’s one thing to prep for the next hurricane or tornado or economic calamity. There are a lot of really basic skills and supplies that will get you through those situations, and pretty much anyone can acquire them. But the scenarios that are truly […]

The Republic Has Fallen: The Deep State’s Plot to Take Over America Has Succeeded

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 16 hours ago
The Republic Has Fallen: The Deep State’s Plot to Take Over America Has Succeeded by John W. Whitehead, https://www.rutherford.org/ No doubt about it. The coup d’etat has been successful. The Deep State—a.k.a. the police state a.k.a. the military industrial complex—has taken over. – The American system of representative government has been overthrown by a profit-driven, militaristic corporate […]

Rob Kirby: Rising Crypto Currencies Means Crash Near

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 16 hours ago
Rise of Crypto Currency Means Rejection of US Dollar: Rob Kirby by Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com Forensic macroeconomic analyst Rob Kirby thinks the U.S. dollar is in big trouble. He says the tip-off is skyrocketing crypto currencies such as Bitcoin. Kirby explains, “The rise of the crypto currency is an expression of the rejection of the U.S. […]

The Push Is On And The Deep State Will Not Hold Back This Summer

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 16 hours ago
Published on May 23, 2017 Trump is looking to sell the oil reserves and drill in the US. Kim Dot Com comes forward and give evidence that Seth Rich was passing the DNC emails to Wikileaks. Donna Brazile tried to shut the investigation down. The US changes direction and will not offer grants for military […]

‘Horrendous’: Manchester Arena Attendees Describe ‘Lax Security’ at Venue

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 16 hours ago
Published on May 23, 2017 A number of people who attended the concert have posted online to describe what they say was a lack of security at the arena. European countries such as France, UK and Germany are on high alert but they still remain vulnerable… RT talks to terrorism and security expert David Lowe. […]

Manchester Arena Attack: ISIS Claims Responsibility After 22 Killed, Almost 60 Injured

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 16 hours ago
Published on May 23, 2017 Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) claims it was behind the Manchester terrorist attack which killed at least 22 people and injured almost 60 others. The attack hit the Manchester Arena shortly after a concert by American singer Ariana Grande had ended on Monday night. The terrorist attacker detonated an explosive […]

Is Trump In Bed With The Globalist Elite?

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 16 hours ago
Published on May 23, 2017 Caller Chris from Georgia doesn’t see any difference between Trump and the previous presidents. He feels Trump has been in bed with the elites all along. end

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 16 hours ago
*British Primary school headmistress puts her job on the line and boycotts SATs exams for 11-year-olds because they are 'too stressful for pupils'* A headteacher has put her job on the line after boycotting annual SATs tests for 11-year-olds because they will be 'too stressful for pupils'. Jill Wood said she was willing to breach her contract to fight the controversial national curriculum tests for the sake of the children's emotional well-being. The head of Little London Primary School in Leeds, West Yorkshire, decided to take the 10 and 11-year-old pupils on educational visits i... more »

TOMORROW'S WHITE HOUSE KREMLINOLOGY TODAY

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 17 hours ago
If President Trump's overseas trip is less of a sustained pratfall than you expected, a Politico story by Annie Karni offers an explanation: For four straight days, President Donald Trump did not live-tweet the cable shows. He didn’t mention his unlikely electoral win. And in visits to two countries where he was greeted with great fanfare, he never once complained about being treated unfairly. Trump’s relatively successful swing through the Middle East was due to the fact that, for the most part, he didn’t get in his own way. It was also the result of months of careful planning. A d... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 17 hours ago
*Woof! Peer review in action* MOVE aside quokkas and black swans, Perth is now home to the world’s smartest dog, at least on paper. Local “academic” Dr Olivia Doll — also known as Staffordshire terrier Ollie — sits on the editorial boards of seven international medical journals and has just been asked to review a research paper on the management of tumours. Her impressive curriculum vitae lists her current role as senior lecturer at the Subiaco College of Veterinary Science and past associate of the Shenton Park Institute for Canine Refuge Studies — which is code for her earlie... more »

Why China's Slick Strategy to Dominate the South China Sea Is Working

Michael Vatikiotis at The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Michael Vatikiotis* *Security, Asia* And is unlikely to be challenged. A year ago, there were real fears that contested claims over tiny specks of coral in the South China Sea could spark a war in Southeast Asia involving China, the 10 ASEAN member states and the US. The risks greatly multiplied after a special tribunal convened in The Hague under the Law of the Sea ruled in July 2016 that China’s territorial claims in Philippine waters had no legal basis. What has transpired since then demonstrates the pragmatism of regional states, the limited extent of US influence in Asia, a... more »

How America and Japan are Pushing Back Against China in the South China Sea

Kris Osborn at The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Asia* In recent years, the Pentagon has sharply criticized Chinese moves to place weapons on dispute island areas of the South China Sea, a move which further complicated U.S.-China tensions in the highly-disputed region. *US & Japan show force together in South China Sea to Counter China; Pentagon officials say satellites have confirmed that the Chinese have placed surface-to-air missiles on island-like structures in the area.* US and Japanese ships have completed a joint show of force in the contested region of the South China Sea in an overt attempt to... more »

Water Structure: It's Different At Nanoscale Size And Different Temperature

News Staff at Science 2.0 blogs - 17 hours ago
The surface of water drops at 100 nm size changes with temperature. At room temperature, the surface water molecules of these droplets have much stronger interactions than a normal water surface. The structural difference corresponds to a difference in temperature of -50°C. Nanometric-sized water drops are everywhere, as droplets or aerosols in air, in our bodies as medication, and in rocks and oil fields. How they interact with their hydrophobic environment, at the curved droplet interface, a sub-nanometric region that surrounds the small pocket of water, could boost our understand... more »

Responses To Terrorism

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 17 hours ago
For a second time this week, I find myself turning to something Robin Sears has written. Ruminating about the Manchester attack two nights ago, Sears remembers when he and his wife lived in London: My wife left Harrod’s less than an hour before the IRA’s Christmas attack. The savage bombing of the Queen’s Horses and their trainers rattled my London office windows across the park. I watched a terrorist hit team spray women and children with blood and tissue, murdering one of Palestine’s saints, 10 feet in front of me in a crowded holiday hotel lobby. The Tokyo sarin attack took pla... more »

White House attempts to block disclosure of Trump Administration ethics waivers, gets rejected.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 17 hours ago
Uh oh.Courtesy of NPR: *The Office of Government Ethics has rejected a White House attempt to block the agency's compilation of federal ethics rules waivers granted to officials hired into the Trump administration from corporations and lobbying firms. * *The White House action, a letter to OGE Director Walter M. Shaub Jr. from Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, was first reported by The New York Times. The newspaper had earlier published a detailed account of lobbyists turned appointees who were granted waivers and now oversee regulations they previously had ... more »

Deep State Turned Trump Back Toward Establishment Foreign Policy

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 17 hours ago
President Donald Trump's first foreign visit to Saudi Arabia and Israel has focused on combating ISIS and extremism, which they claim is allegedly manufactured by Iran. Former US diplomat Jim Jatras says "to talk in Saudi Arabia about cooperation against terrorism would be like going to Berlin in 1942 to talk about cooperation against genocide." Jan Oberg in Sweden writes: Donald Trump is the antithesis of leadership. Walking into the cauldron of the Middle East and denouncing Iran when it had just – almost at the same moment – re-elected as president a man who presided over the ... more »

The Biggest Fallacies of Washington's Budgets

A Political Junkie at Viable Opposition - 17 hours ago
The release of the proposed fiscal 2018 federal budget from the Trump Administration revealed, once again, why Washington's annual budgets are barely worth the paper that they are written on. While the budget proclaims that it will help reduce the threat to American prosperity from the $20 trillion federal debt that was inherited from the Obama Administration, it makes broad economic assumptions that will be the undoing of this latest iteration of fiscal (mis)management from Washington. Let's start by looking at the assumptions made in the budget from Table S-9 Economic Assumptions... more »

Leaked transcript of Trump-Duterte phone call shows a friendly and agreeable relationship

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 18 hours ago
The Presidents of the US and Philippines agreed on drugs, North Korea, China and sleeping habits. The post Leaked transcript of Trump-Duterte phone call shows a friendly and agreeable relationship appeared first on The Duran.

Russian Defence Minister: White Helmets chemical attack footage ‘staged’

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 18 hours ago
Russia Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu has reached the conclusion that the footage was staged and therefor totally immaterial to any proper investigation. The post Russian Defence Minister: White Helmets chemical attack footage ‘staged’ appeared first on The Duran.

Albanian parties in Macedonia begin fighting among themselves

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 18 hours ago
After months of deadlock over whether the Social Democratic Union even had a Constitutional mandate to form a government, now, Albanian coalition members are at each others throats, causing a second wave of deadlock. The post Albanian parties in Macedonia begin fighting among themselves appeared first on The Duran.

Who is more corrupt: Trump, Clinton or Obama? (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 18 hours ago
The answer may surprise you. The post Who is more corrupt: Trump, Clinton or Obama? (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

UK Government’s Controlled Mainstream News Controls Your Emotions

OYE NEWS at OYE Alternative News - 18 hours ago
When people die, it's very sad. But what's even sadder, is when your government exploits your emotions to kill more people in wars of occupation under the guise of self defence and humanitarian intervention. What people tend to forget is, both sides are controlled by the same people. ISIS and the UK government are one and the same. So let's get our act together and get angry at this Satanism that's infested our planet. The post UK Government’s Controlled Mainstream News Controls Your Emotions appeared first on OYE Alternative News.

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Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 18 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Trump's budget calls for staggering cuts to Medicaid, food stamps, and many other domestic programs The world's largest wind turbines have started generating power in England Supreme Court finds racial bias in North Carolina's congressional maps Venezuela is importing oil despite having the world's largest oil reserves UN investigators looking into North Korean sanctions are hit by 'sustained' cyber attack This incredibly detailed map contains a treasure trove of neat details about the 2016 presidential vote China Imposes Sugar Import Tariffs As High As 95% Here'... more »

US Policymakers Openly Plot Against Venezuela

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 18 hours ago
*May 24, 2017 *(Tony Cartalucci - LD) - The US media has been paying increasing attention to the unfolding crisis in the South American nation of Venezuela. As the US media has done elsewhere, it is attempting to portray the unfolding crisis as a result of a corrupt dictatorship fighting against a "pro-democracy" opposition. In reality, it is simply a repeat of US-driven regime change aimed at toppling Venezuela's independent state institutions and replacing them with institutions created by and for US special interests. The "opposition" is comprised of US-backed political partie... more »

Manchester Suicide Bomber

LL at Virtual Mirage - 18 hours ago
British Prime Minister May confirmed that the explosion was the work of the Muslim, Salman Abedi, a lone suicide bomber. The Prime Minister’s confirmation of a lone wolf attack was crafted to reassure the public that the threat is under control. "remain calm" Bomb makers generally do not execute suicide attacks and detonate their knowledge and expertise with their bomb. The suicide bomb maker required support for the 20 separate functions that process information, material and energy to operate and manufacture bomb(s). Some source had to finance the operation, including the purcha... more »

Wind turbines are neither clean nor green and they provide zero global energy–Matt Ridley

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 18 hours ago
By Paul Homewood h/t HotScot & Coeur de Lion For those who have not seen it, here is Matt Ridley’s piece in the Spectator last week: The Global Wind Energy Council recently released its latest report, excitedly boasting that ‘the proliferation of wind energy into the global power market continues at a […]

In the run up to the election Hillary Clinton's emails dominated the perceptions of the American voters.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 19 hours ago
Courtesy of HuffPo: *During last year’s election, the polling firm Gallup regularly asked Americans if they’d read, heard, or seen anything about the presidential candidates in the last few days. Those who had ― usually two-thirds or more of the public in any given week ― were asked to elaborate. * *The researchers then pulled out the words used by the public to describe what they were hearing about both candidates, as part of an effort to figure out what information was reaching voters and staying with them. * *In a chart of the most common words used in relation to Clinton betwe... more »

Best of: Dan Olmsted on Ian "Check my Buttocks for Lesions" Lipkin

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 19 hours ago
Note: We miss Dan's voice every single day at AofA. Here is a post he wrote about Columbia Professor, autism/vaccine "debunker" and icky bottomed Ian Lipkin in April, 2016. By Dan Olmsted A while back -- on September 4, 2008,...

Vaxxed At Cannes

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 19 hours ago
MAY 22, 2017, UK TIMES: Anti-vaccine film Vaxxed will be given Cannes screening By Oliver Moody, Science Correspondent A documentary in which the disgraced former doctor Andrew Wakefield alleges that a link between vaccines and autism has been covered up...

People noticed something missing from the BBC yesterday. So we’re publishing it today [VIDEO]

Kerry-anne Mendoza at The Canary - 19 hours ago
When Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn gave his reaction to the Manchester concert bombing to BBC News, he might have expected most people to have seen it later on the BBC. Instead, most people have watched it on new media sites and social media – because the BBC seemed reluctant to air it. Corbyn on Manchester The […] The post People noticed something missing from the BBC yesterday. So we’re publishing it today [VIDEO] appeared first on The Canary.

Manchester set to become second city to ban The Sun after its appalling response to the concert bombing [TWEETS]

Kerry-anne Mendoza at The Canary - 19 hours ago
The city of Liverpool has boycotted The Sun newspaper since the Hillsborough disaster. The paper collaborated with local police to pin the blame for the 96 deaths on Liverpool fans, and it took 27 years and a public inquiry to set the record straight. In the wake of the 22 May Manchester bombing, The Sun […] The post Manchester set to become second city to ban The Sun after its appalling response to the concert bombing [TWEETS] appeared first on The Canary.

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago
And whom do you suppose will be the recipient of *that*?

"Banish Mediocrity From Your Life"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago
*"Banish Mediocrity From Your Life"* by Cheryl Wright "Are you satisfied with just getting by with the minimum of effort? But where is the deep-down heart-swelling satisfaction in that? Mediocrity is a life-stifling mindset that affects both the young and the old. We can only be successful if we rid ourselves of the tendency to perform at a mediocre level in all areas of our lives. It is only when we push ourselves and give our best can we appreciate our achievements and enjoy the benefits they bring. Success in life depends on the self-discipline that comes from approaching any p... more »

"Not a Good Place for a Heart Attack"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago
*"Not a Good Place for a Heart Attack"* by Bill Bonner "Have you ever wondered what you would do if you had a health emergency in a remote location? We never thought about it... until last week. Then we found out. *Place at the end: *Up at the ranch…five hours from the nearest emergency room…your editor began having symptoms of what seemed like a heart attack. Our heart was racing, pounding, and fluttering. We gasped for air. Hmmm… Drought…Indian attacks…and now this! This was not a good place to have a gimpy heart. Suddenly, we saw black crepe hanging from the ceiling beams and a... more »

sufism

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours ago
This is a useful discussion regarding Sufism which has clearly been able to coexist with Islam from the beginning. Yet it is also quite clear to myself that this is all part of the long developed Hindu lineage of spiritual gurus that rolls back through the deep Bronze Age. That they found a way to survive Islam is instructive. It appears to have been an uneasy association. Recall that spiritual enlightenment always involves spiritual practice usually in the form of meditation. such meditation is typically facilitated with the repetition of a mantra or as we understand it bes... more »

The Levitating Sufis of Senegal

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours ago
I had wondered where the tradition of a flying carpet had come from. I now understand that Hindu meditation combined with Islam is essentially the way of the Sufi. So it all comes back to meditation practice and what is called GOD realization. So far so good. We also know that exceptional physical performances can be generated through such practice. However i also know that meditation is all about learning to work successfully with our spirit body. Yet we have also come to understand that our spirit body is physically real and is formed from second tier matter which also ca... more »

Mt Shasta and my Astral Projection with trinity de guzman

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours ago
This is an astral experience from Trinity. He makes particular note of the key Earth Chakras at which it is possible for an advanced student of meditation to get a serious boost. I personally suspect that there are many such locales, except most of us are simply blind to them. The English work on Ley lines mostly said as much. They were tracked in the past ,but this knowledge has been driven out. Sensitive individuals need to get out there and ac tually map such locales properly by walking toward a center from several different directions, then finding a way to indicated th... more »

Kolbrin - The Book of Gleanings - Chpt 14 - Tribulations of Yosira

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours ago
What i find curious is that by the definitions herein, my own researches have slowly made me over into been a light bearer for the sake of developing a rigorous understanding of spirit itself, the architecture of the other side and role of spirit on earth. We have now an expanded clarity not apparent in any of the sources individually. And our principal mission in this Blog is to show the way to the completion of mankind's actual mission of terraforming the Earth. Again we learn how easily the GOD of gods is simply forgotten, and how easily preists stray themselves to lesser g... more »

Let the Masses Live In VR–A Socioeconomic Exploration

Ethical Technology - 20 hours ago
As technology continues its exponential gains and catapults us into the realms of augmented and virtual reality, a chasm is forming between those who are looking to live unplugged as they cultivate a life of digital detoxing and those who are anxiously awaiting the moment they can live a majority of their life exploring alternate realities from the comfort of their own home. https://ieet.org/images/uploads/virtual-reality-1898441_960_720.jpg

Turkish NBA star has his passport revoked by Erdogan for his political views

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 20 hours ago
Turkish NBA player has passport revoked by ‘the Hitler of our century’. The post Turkish NBA star has his passport revoked by Erdogan for his political views appeared first on The Duran.

90% of Brits are expecting more terror attacks to hit the UK (Poll)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 20 hours ago
75% of British citizens think that the terror threat is worsening. The post 90% of Brits are expecting more terror attacks to hit the UK (Poll) appeared first on The Duran.

Philippines and Russia agree on historic bilateral relations

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 20 hours ago
The leaders opened the door for deepening future relations. The post Philippines and Russia agree on historic bilateral relations appeared first on The Duran.

BBC tells MSNBC that Europe should ‘get used to terrorist attacks’, because “we have to” (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 20 hours ago
If the monster turns on the maker, then simply 'get used to it.' The post BBC tells MSNBC that Europe should ‘get used to terrorist attacks’, because “we have to” (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

C4 survey and documentary reveals What British Muslims Really Think

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 20 hours ago
It's only a small minority of Muslims... That will be the line about Islamists that the lefty types and apologists for Islamist terrorism will be spouting soon. So let's look at what Channel 4, hardly an Islamophobic news organisation, reported not too long ago http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/c4-survey-and-documentary-reveals-what-british-muslims-really-think '34% would inform the police if they thought somebody they knew was getting involved with people who support terrorism in Syria Q: If you thought that someone who is close to you was getting involved with people who... more »

Independent Journalists Reveal America's Sinister War in Syria

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 20 hours ago
*May 24, 2017 *(Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - Syria is not experiencing a "civil war." It is being targeted by both proxy and direct military force organized by the United States and its allies for the explicit purpose of dividing and destroying yet another Middle Eastern nation. Worse than that, the United States is employing tactics to transform Syria's heterogeneous multi-ethnic and religious communities into segregated ghettos, and using this as a means of dividing and conquering the nation and even the region. The US is also widely employing the abhorrent tactics of socioeconomic, ... more »

The Ongoing Saga 81: News, Updates, & More

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 20 hours ago
Last update Wednesday 24 May 2017, UTC Most recent updates are on top, after image-intro commentary, so that routine readers … Continue reading →

The BBC complaints process

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 21 hours ago
I rarely post items sent to me from third parties but this detailing of a complaint to the BBC piqued my interest. It seems that a reader of this blog saw my post about Hugh Sykes from 10 February and decided to make a complaint to the BBC. 'Complaint Summary: Factually inaccurate comment/quotation Full Complaint: In feedback from around 6:30 to 6:38 Hugh Sykes said that he's heard many Muslim leaders say that these (terrorists) aren't true Muslims. Hugh Sykes then said: 'If you kill an innocent person it's like killing the whole of humanity, which is roughly speaking a quote from... more »

The Universe

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
“Let's go back in time. Way back. Before there was even a you. Good. Now further back. Before there were mountains. Right. Now before there were oceans. Cool. Now before there were planets. Bravo. Now before there was time and space. Wow. What's left? Right, there was only me, Universal awareness. And what is awareness, but thought? Love it. So, if where there was only "thought," there are now suns and moons and planets. Mountains and rivers and oceans. People and places and pets. What must they all be made of? Right. And look who's thinking now... You? You are thinking now? Are y... more »

The Poet: Paul Laurence Dunbar, “We Wear The Mask”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
*“We Wear The Mask”* “We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,- This debt we pay to human guile; With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, And mouth with myriad subtleties. Why should the world be overwise, In counting all our tears and sighs? Nay, let them only see us, while We wear the mask. We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries To thee from tortured souls arise. We sing, but oh the clay is vile Beneath our feet, and long the mile; But let the world dream otherwise, We wear the mask!” - Paul Laurence Dunbar

UK Government Harbored Terrorists Linked to Manchester Blast for Decades

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 21 hours ago
UK Proscribed terrorist organization, Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), maintains large presence in Manchester area and is now being linked to recent blast. *May 24, 2017* (Tony Cartalucci - LD) - As suspected and as was the case in virtually all recent terror attacks carried out in Europe - including both in France and Belgium - the suspect involved in the recent Manchester blast which killed 22 and injured scores more was previously known to British security and intelligence agencies. The Telegraph in its article, "Salman Abedi named as the Manchester suicide bomber - what ... more »

"Unwitting Victims..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago
”As nightfall does not come all at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all must be most aware of change in the air - however slight – lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness.” - Justice William O. Douglas

Standing Rock Water Protectors Leave Paris for Brussels

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 22 hours ago
Standing Rock Water Protectors Rafael Gonzales, friend, Rachel Heaton, Waste Win Young and Nataani Means. Standing Rock Water Protectors led Paris for Brussels to join the 'Trump Not Welcome' Protest at NATO. Speaking out for Indigenous rights, divestment in pipelines, while performing in concerts and holding press conferences, the team is on an 11 city tour of Europe. Update: Water

Terrorist attacks in Homs, Damascus claimed by ISIL

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 23 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:00 A.M.) – The terrorist attacks that targeted the provincial capitals of Homs and Damascus, Tuesday, were carried out by the Islamic State (ISIL), the latter’s media wing announced last night. ISIL terrorists targeted the densely Al-Zahra Neighborhood of Homs and Sayyida Zaynab District of Damascus, causing several casualties in the process. ISIL […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Saudi regime forces continue siege of Shiite city amid international silence

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 23 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:30 A.M.) – The Saudi regime forces continued their two week long siege of Al-Awamiya, Tuesday, as intense shelling and gunfire rips through this densely populated Shiite city in the eastern part of the country. Saudi regime forces resumed their shelling campaign on the residential neighborhoods in the Musawarah District, forcing many civilians […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

ISIL attempts to cutoff Syrian government’s only supply line to Aleppo

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 23 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:00 A.M.) – The Islamic State (ISIL) launched a desperate offensive on Tuesday night that targeted the Syrian government’s only supply line to the Aleppo Governorate, a military source told Al-Masdar News. ISIL began the assault by storming the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) positions along the Ithriya Road near the Hama-Aleppo axis; this […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Russia concerned over recent surge of violence in Libya: FM

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 23 hours ago
(TASS) Russia is concerned by the outbreak of violence in Libya and views it as a deliberate provocation intended to disrupt the recent agreements between the government and the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA), the Russian Foreign Ministry said Thursday. “Moscow is very concerned about the recent outbreak of violence in Libya,” the ministry said. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

ISIL’s mass retreat continues as Syrian Army troops liberate 3 hills south of Palmyra

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 23 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:20 A.M.) – The Islamic State (ISIL) has conceded a large chunk of the Palmyra countryside to the Syrian government forces over the last ten days, leaving them on the brink of being expelled from the mountains in the Homs Governorate. On Tuesday, the situation did not get much better for the Islamic […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Tunisia: Tensions rise in southern regions over death of protester

BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:00 A.M.) – Citizens of the southern Tunisian town of Douz took to the streets to participate in a general strike on Tuesday, during which several vehicles were set alight. The people are striking in support of protesters who clashed with Tunisian security forces in Kamour, Tataouine region, on Monday. One person was […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Hep-ph arXiv conquered by GAMBIT

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 23 hours ago
Most of the new hep-ph papers on the arXiv were released by the same large collaboration called GAMBIT which stands for The Global And Modular BSM Inference Tool. Note that BSM stands for Beyond the Standard Model. Most but not all BSM models that people study or want to study are supersymmetric. *This stack of cards may actually be seen in the lower right corner of all graphs produced by GAMBIT. ;-)* Click at the hyperlink to learn about their project. I have always called for the creation of such systems and it's great that one of them seems to be born by now. Much of the work... more »

Manchester Bomber Was Product of West's Libya/Syria Intervention

Daniel McAdams at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 23 hours ago
[image: undefined] Here's what the media and politicians don't want you to know about the Manchester, UK, suicide attack: Salman Abedi, the 22 year old who killed nearly two dozen concert-goers in Manchester, UK, was the product of the US and UK overthrow of Gaddafi in Libya and "regime change" policy in Syria. He was a radicalized Libyan whose family fled Gaddafi's secular Libya, and later he trained to be an armed "rebel" in Syria, fighting for the US and UK "regime change" policy toward the secular Assad government. The suicide attacker was the direct product of US and UK interve... more »

Manchester Bomber Was Product of West's Libya/Syria Intervention

Daniel McAdams at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 23 hours ago
[image: undefined] Here's what the media and politicians don't want you to know about the Manchester, UK, suicide attack: Salman Abedi, the 22 year old who killed nearly two dozen concert-goers in Manchester, UK, was the product of the US and UK overthrow of Gaddafi in Libya and "regime change" policy in Syria. He was a radicalized Libyan whose family fled Gaddafi's secular Libya, and later he trained to be an armed "rebel" in Syria, fighting for the US and UK "regime change" policy toward the secular Assad government. The suicide attacker was the direct product of US and UK interve... more »

Manchester Bomber Was Product of West's Libya/Syria Intervention

Daniel McAdams at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 23 hours ago
[image: undefined] Here's what the media and politicians don't want you to know about the Manchester, UK, suicide attack: Salman Abedi, the 22 year old who killed nearly two dozen concert-goers in Manchester, UK, was the product of the US and UK overthrow of Gaddafi in Libya and "regime change" policy in Syria. He was a radicalized Libyan whose family fled Gaddafi's secular Libya, and later he trained to be an armed "rebel" in Syria, fighting for the US and UK "regime change" policy toward the secular Assad government. The suicide attacker was the direct product of US and UK interve... more »

Manchester Bomber Was Product of West's Libya/Syria Intervention

Daniel McAdams at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 23 hours ago
[image: undefined] Here's what the media and politicians don't want you to know about the Manchester, UK, suicide attack: Salman Abedi, the 22 year old who killed nearly two dozen concert-goers in Manchester, UK, was the product of the US and UK overthrow of Gaddafi in Libya and "regime change" policy in Syria. He was a radicalized Libyan whose family fled Gaddafi's secular Libya, and later he trained to be an armed "rebel" in Syria, fighting for the US and UK "regime change" policy toward the secular Assad government. The suicide attacker was the direct product of US and UK interve... more »

Tweet For Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
IMAGE: Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, after Manchester bombing. pic.twitter.com/qVCfb15IYp — The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) May 24, 2017

Wally Pipp’s Career-Ending ‘Headache’

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 1 day ago
Contrary to baseball folklore, Lou Gehrig's famous consecutive game streak did not begin when the Yankees' first baseman Wally Pipp sat out a game with a headache.

China Does Not Want This Exiled Chinese Businessman To Talk

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*Washington Free Beacon:* *China Intervenes to Block Businessman From Revealing Spying Secrets on VOA* Guo Wengui details PRC intel operations, a potential intelligence windfall for FBI, CIA An exiled Chinese businessman with close ties to the government has begun revealing secrets about Beijing's intelligence operations after China pressured the official Voice of America radio to curtail a lengthy interview with him. Four VOA employees were suspended last month after more than an hour of the radio's exclusive interview with billionaire businessman Guo Wengui exceeded a time lim... more »

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
Iraqi rapid response forces gather during a battle against Islamic State militants in Mosul. REUTERS/Ari Jalal *WNU Editor: *The above picture is from this photo gallery .... *Endgame in Mosul* (Reuters).

North Korean Defector Claims Norht Korea Has 300 To 400 Drones That Can Launch A Biological And Chemical Attack On Seoul

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
North Korean drones, according to South Korean intelligence estimates. © PHOTO: SPUTNIK, WIKIMEDIA COMMONS, PRC DEFENSE MINISTRY, ROK DEFENSE MINISTRY, YOUTUBE/MBCNEWS *Washington Times*: *North Korea attack drones carrying biological, chemical weapons can strike Seoul within 1 hour* North Korea’s military has 300 to 400 attack drones capable of carrying biological and chemical weapons that could reach the South Korean capital of Seoul within one hour, according to a high-level defector from the isolated regime ruling Pyongyang. The claim from a 42-year-old former third secretary ... more »

U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against North Carolina GOP Racists Who Control The State Legislature

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
The Republican-dominated North Carolina legislature has given Governor Roy Cooper every reason in the world for him to want to do them some harm. The House has 74 Republicans, 45 Democrats and an independent and the Senate has 35 Republicans and 16 Democrats. Yesterday, after the 5-3 U.S. Supreme Court decision affirming that the Republicans in the legislature are a pack of racist animals who should immediately lined up against a wall and shot-- not blindfolds and no cigarettes-- Cooper pointed out that "for the second time in two weeks, the Supreme Court ruled that Republican leg... more »

Embarrassed Enough Yet? It Was a Good Plan  (Calling Roger Stone!)  Please, Drink the Koolaid (Really. It's Not Soma)  There Is No Such Thing As Cyber Security  (Pig Poop Fills the Sinuses)

First off, in self defense, seriously consider this: Truth Has Become Un-American That peace with Russia and China would undermine the justification of the $1,000 billion military/security budget, and that the military/security complex is the American government, is too much truth for most writers to state. Truth is the most rare element in the Western world, and we will not be permitted to

EKG Evidence that Smart Meters Negatively Affect the Human Heart

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 1 day ago
*Nathaniel Mauka* - how would you imagine smart meters might be affecting your neuro-psycho-biology? The post EKG Evidence that Smart Meters Negatively Affect the Human Heart appeared first on Waking Times.

Bethune-Cookman and Notre Dame’s Common Denominator

James B. Ewers Jr. at Diverse - 1 day ago
In my opinion, both universities made the wrong choices in commencement speakers.

Diverse Conversations: Affordability Key to Higher Ed Access

cmaadmin at Diverse - 1 day ago
What does it actually take to make higher education accessible to a larger portion of the population? Affordability.

Tennessee Delivers on its Promise

cmaadmin at Diverse - 1 day ago
Tennessee may be known for its legendary singers and musicians. Today, however, the state has drawn national attention for a different kind of ‘hit.’ It’s drawing high praise for its ambitious state-wide initiative to boost college enrollment.

Inbound Recruitment Creates More Inclusive Workplaces

cmaadmin at Diverse - 1 day ago
Universities have something all companies want: future employees. Students are essentially the “product” that businesses demand so that they can stay competitive and grow.

Experts: Trump Budget a Crushing Blow to Low-income Students

cmaadmin at Diverse - 1 day ago
Higher education experts were reeling amid the release of President Donald Trump’s newly released budget titled, A New Foundation For American Greatness.

UMaine System Appoints President of Presque Isle Campus

cmaadmin at Diverse - 1 day ago
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — The University of Maine System Board of Trustees has unanimously approved Raymond Rice as the president of the University of Maine at Presque Isle. Rice joined the university’s faculty 20 years ago and began serving as interim president and provost last July. The university system says he will continue to serve […]

Lincoln University Plans to Cut 48 Jobs, Reduce Salaries

cmaadmin at Diverse - 1 day ago
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Lincoln University in Jefferson City plans to cut 48 jobs and reduce salaries as it tries to respond to a budget deficit. The school, which is facing a $3.8 million deficit in its fiscal 2018 budget, announced Monday that 32.5 staff and 15.5 faculty positions will be cut. KRCG reports a […]

U.S. Renews Call for Hungary to Engage with Besieged University

cmaadmin at Diverse - 1 day ago
BUDAPEST, Hungary — The Hungarian government should “engage directly” with a university founded by billionaire George Soros which may have to leave Budapest because of recent amendments to the law on higher education, the United States said Tuesday. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the U.S. government urges Hungary to suspend the implementation of the […]

MBA for Mom Who Went to All Classes with Quadriplegic Son

cmaadmin at Diverse - 1 day ago
ORANGE, Calif. — A Southern California university has awarded an honorary degree to the mother of a quadriplegic student after she attended every class with him and took his notes while he pursued his Master of Business Administration. Judy O’Connor, a retired elementary school teacher, pushed her son Marty in his wheelchair for him to […]

CU President to Review Ex-coach’s Domestic Assault Handling

cmaadmin at Diverse - 1 day ago
BOULDER, Colo. — University of Colorado President Bruce Benson will have the final say on how to handle university officials’ failure to report claims of domestic violence against a former assistant football coach. The Daily Camera reports the university’s Board of Regents had decided the president should make the decision on Monday after a seven-hour […]

Sudan Accuses Egypt Of Supplying Weapons To Rebel Forces In Darfur Who Are At War With Khartoum

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*Sudan Tribune:** Sudan’s Bashir accuses Egypt of supporting Darfur rebel attack* May 23, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir Tuesday has accused Egypt of supporting the armed movements that recently entered Darfur from Libya and South Sudan. On Friday, fierce clashes erupted in North and East Darfur between government forces and the Sudan Liberation Movement - Minni Minnawi (SLM-MM) and the SLM-Transitional Council, a splinter group from the SLM-Abdel Wahid. The government says the rebels entered into the region from Libya and South Sudan where Khartoum claim... more »

The Islamic State group has weaponized children

Mia Bloom, Professor of Communication, Georgia State University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 1 day ago
In claiming responsibility for the attack in Manchester at an Ariana Grande concert on May 22, the Islamic State group has sunk to a new low. We have seen terrorists target venues where young people congregate before – shopping malls, discos and schools. If IS was indeed involved, they have now deliberately targeted young children, tweens and teens and their parents in a horrific attack that has killed 22 as of this writing and wounded 59. The attacker used a nail bomb to maximize the carnage. Through my research I have gained access to the Islamic State’s encrypted online propaga... more »

How social ties make us resilient to trauma

Daniel P. Aldrich, Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Director, Security and Resilience Program, Northeastern University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 1 day ago
Manchester, England, May 23, 2017, the day after the suicide attack at an Ariana Grande concert that left 22 people dead. AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth The May 22 suicide bombing at a concert in Manchester, England has claimed at least 22 lives. Once again we find ourselves mourning the loss of innocents and wondering how our societies can find normalcy in a world of suicide attacks, car rammings and mass shootings. Many pundits have already called for the United Kingdom and other societies to increase their levels of security, add more police officers and install security personnel, ... more »

In pictures: Iraqi troops capture Islamic State stronghold in daring overnight raid

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3:00 A.M.) – Last night, the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) liberated the small city of Qayrawan in a swift overnight operation against the Islamic State. The sound military plan was masterminded by PMU commander-in-chief Hadi Al-Amari. Prior to its capture, Qayrawan was surrounded on three flanks but the PMU left open a small […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Syrian Army on verge of kicking ISIS out of Aleppo province: Map Update

Izat Charkatli at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3:17 A.M.) – Soon after the capture of the strategic Jirah Airbase in Aleppo’s eastern countryside, the Syrian Arab Army’s elite Tiger Forces would proceed to capture dozens of villages and hilltops from the wavering ISIS terrorists of the so-called Wilayat Halab. In the past few hours, the Tiger Forces captured the Al-Ajouziyah […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

US commandos capture 12 Al-Qaeda members alive in northeast Yemen

SANA’A, YEMEN (2:30 A.M.) – Russian news agency, Sputnik Arabic, has revealed details of the attack conducted by US Navy Seals in Marib province in northeastern Yemen. “The operation targeted 12 members of Al-Qaeda (AQ), most of them Saudis, who had just arrived hours ago on two vehicles to the area of ​​Khuthla, north of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Kurdish forces on the verge of capturing Baath dam amid new gains in rural Raqqa

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (2:00 A.M.) – On Tuesday evening, the predominately Kurdish ‘Syrian Democratic Forces’ (SDF) captured an important village in an isolated Islamic State pocket at northern bank of the Euphrates River. Advancing in the western Raqqa countryside once again, YPG units captured Yamamah village and established fire control over the Baath dam. A photo […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Suriye ordusunun Ürdün sınırındaki ilerleyişi sonrasında Suriye genelinde son durum (Harita)

Suriye ordusu, yaklaşık üç yılın ardından Suriye’nin güneyindeki kırsal bölgesinde büyük bir ilerleme kaydetti. 5. Kolordu öncülüğündeki Suriye ordusu, Suriye’nin güneyinde yer alan Suveyda eyaletinin batısındaki Zulfa barajı ve çevresinde kontrolü ele geçirerek Humus eyalet sınırında yaklaşık 100 kilometrekarelik bir alanı IŞİD’den kurtardı. Palmira antik kentinin güneyinde yer alan Abtar dağları çevresinde de bir dizi […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

US Senate Intel Committee To “Vigorously Pursue” Former Trump National Security Advisor Flynn Pertinent Materials and Testimony; Question Use of Fifth Related to Documents; Issue Subpoenas to Flynn Companies

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 1 day ago
See video here: https://www.c-span.org/video/?428980-1/senate-intel-chair-place-offer-general-flynn-immunity (Based on video interview) Summary of actions in response to Flynn lawyers – Question use of … Continue reading →

This Is Why the United States Is No Longer a Military "Hyperpower"

Dave Majumdar at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * Thanks, Russia and China. The United States is no longer the “hyperpower” it once was in the immediate aftermath of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Where once Washington held a position of complete dominance, the United States is now faced with competing powers—some of which can field peer-level capabilities. “The military environment has shifted away from the existence of the United States as the single ‘hyperpower’ to a situation in which foreign militaries are emerging with near-peer and, in some areas, peer capabilities,” U.S... more »

Why Do Russia, China, Iran and Cuba All Have in Common? Intelligence Services Gunning for America

Dave Majumdar at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * And new technology is helping their efforts. Foreign intelligence services such as Russia’s SVR and GRU are amongst the most dangerous threats facing the United States according to senior U.S. intelligence officials. While Russia and China are the two most dangerous and potent threats, even intelligence services from smaller nations like Cuba and Iran can pose a significant danger. “Foreign intelligence services present a grave threat to DoD’s [Department of Defense] ability to plan and execute strategic operations across the globe,” U.S. Marine Cor... more »

Russia Fears NATO (And These 5 Weapons Are a Big Reason Why)

Dave Majumdar at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, Europe* Weapons Moscow won't want to face in a showdown. *The Boeing AH-64A Apache helicopter gunship was first introduced in 1986 as a weapon to blunt an anticipated Soviet armored spearhead punching through the Fulda Gap in what is now central Germany. The Apache proved itself an able tank killer during the 1991 Gulf War, decimating Iraq’s beleaguered forces.* *Since then, the Apache has undergone many modernizations—adding ever improving sensors and weapons. But like its predecessors, the newest Apache models can carry sixteen Hellfire anti-attack ... more »

Is North Korea Using China's Satellites to Guide Its Missiles?

Peter J. Brown at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Peter J. Brown* *Security, Asia* Is this possible? As North Korea fires more missiles in its drive to build and test rockets to reach the US mainland, one issue largely overlooked is that satellites are among methods used to guide such weapons to their targets. Pyongyang doesn’t have a satellite navigation network, raising speculation that if it is using such a guidance system then is it tapping into China’s? While information on military programs in the North is difficult to verify, reports going back to 2014 show that North Korean engineers were in China for technology train... more »

China Isn't Rising—It's Merely Outlasting Other Nations

David C. Kang at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*David C. Kang* *Politics, Asia* [image: Soldier in Tiananmen Square. Flickr/Creative Commons/Richard Fisher] China has been a hegemon and source of civilization for at least twenty centuries; its rise is not new. Does China’s imperial past predict its future? Does Europe’s past predict Asia’s future? These are the wrong questions to be asking. Asia is much more than simply China, and Asia itself is much more than simply a reflection of Europe. The question is not whether there are any lessons to be drawn from Europe’s bloody past; nor is the question whether there is anything e... more »

Do Values or Interests Guide U.S. Policy? With China and North Korea, It's Hard to Tell.

Joseph A. Bosco at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Joseph A. Bosco* *Security, Asia* [image: Opening ceremony of the Russia-China Naval Interaction 2014 joint exercises. Kremlin.ru] Once, trade outweighed human rights. Now, it’s outweighing security too. When Hillary Clinton made her first visit to China as secretary of state in 2009, she stressed the need for economic cooperation. But then she startled human-rights advocates by declaring that “our pressing on those issues can’t interfere with the global economic crisis, the global climate change crisis, and the security crisis.” I joined in the criticism: “Trade trumps human r... more »

NATO Allies Should Not Be Judged on Defense Spending Alone

Rachel Rizzo, Jim Townsend at The National Interest - 1 day ago
*Rachel Rizzo, Jim Townsend* *Security, Europe* [image: Field training exercise at NATO’s exercise Saber Strike 2014. Flickr/U.S. Army Europe] It is not only how much a nation spends on defense that matters, but what that nation spends it on and its willingness to use it. Last week, President Donald Trump embarked on his first big wave of foreign travel since his January inauguration. For Europe-watchers, the most anticipated event during this trip will be Trump’s first meeting with NATO heads of state and government in Brussels on May 25. On the docket for the day will be a tou... more »

Trump’s budget eliminates funding for UN global warming programs

CFACT Ed at CFACT - 1 day ago
The Trump administration has proposed eliminating nearly $1.6 billion in international programs aimed at promoting green energy and fighting global warming.

Is A U.S. Attack On North Korea Imminent?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
Sailors aboard the US Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the western Pacific Ocean. Reuters/ U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sean M. Castellano/Handout *Business Insider/Mauldin Economics:* *GEORGE FRIEDMAN: A US attack on North Korea is imminent* The US is preparing to attack North Korea, according to Geopolitical Futures founder George Friedman — setting the stage for a difficult, messy war with potentially catastrophic consequences. Speaking Monday to a rapt audience at the 2017 Strategic Investment Conference in Orlando, Friedman said that ... more »

More Revelations On How The NSA Routinely Violated Privacy Protections During The Obama Administration

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*John Solomon and Sara Carter, Circa*: *Obama intel agency secretly conducted illegal searches on Americans for years* The National Security Agency under former President Barack Obama routinely violated American privacy protections while scouring through overseas intercepts and failed to disclose the extent of the problems until the final days before Donald Trump was elected president last fall, according to once top-secret documents that chronicle some of the most serious constitutional abuses to date by the U.S. intelligence community. More than 5 percent, or one out of every 20 ... more »

120 Years Of Climate Scares – 70s Ice age scare

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 1 day ago
1845 – The whole of Sir John Franklin’s expedition to find the NW Passage died and their ships were crushed by the ice near Baffin Island 1909-1910 – Amundsen sailed an ice free NW Passage 1922 – The Arctic is warming and fishermen are catching species that have never been seen there before. 1970 – … Continue reading "120 Years Of Climate Scares – 70s Ice age scare"

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