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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.

Monday, August 14, 2017

14 August - Blogs I'm Following 2 of 2

11:35 pm MDT



Man Burns to Death Rescuing Dog from Hot Springs

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
Burn deaths and injuries result from people trying to retrieve straying pets from boiling hot springs.

China Commits To U.N. Sanctions Against North Korea

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*VOA*: *China Banning Coal, Iron, Seafood Imports From North Korea* China announced Monday it is banning imports of coal, iron ore, seafood and other products from North Korea in line with new United Nations sanctions approved earlier this month. Chinese leaders had pledged to fully enforce the sanctions, which China and the other members of the U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted in response to North Korean ballistic missile tests. The sanctions could block as much as $1 billion in North Korean exports. China's Commerce Ministry said the new trade ban will be fully in place... more »

DDP: Quack Cures For What Doesn’t Ail Us, Part I

Hifast at Climate Collections - 13 hours ago
Original post on William M. Briggs: http://wmbriggs.com/post/22452/ =============================== Posted on August 14, 2017 by Briggs I’m at the Doctors for Disaster Preparedness meeting in No-History City, Louisiana. Here’s Part I of (an earlier draft of) the speech I gave Saturday. Consider donating $1 for every typo you discover. Watch the skies! Two years ago […]

Charlottesville: "Hate only engenders more hate!"

bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 2017The mother and the thought leader:* Susan Bro's daughter was killed this weekend. Her daughter's name was Heather Heyer. At the age of 32, she was killed in Charlottesville, apparently due to a lunatic act by James Fields, age 20. In this morning's Washington Post, two reporters describe an interview with Bro about her daughter's killing. At one point, Bro joins the forces of moral greatness when she discusses Fields: SILVERMAN AND LARIS (8/14/17): Every time Bro closed her eyes Saturday night, the tears would come. When she couldn't sleep, she tried busyin... more »

This Day In Iraqi History - Aug 14

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 13 hours ago
1985 Iraq started air campaign against Kharg Island Iran’s main oil terminal Iran- Iraq War 1985 Start of air strikes on Kharg Island dropped capacity by 1/3 Iran moved most of its shipping south as a result 1998 Iraq found violating UN sanctions by smuggling oil 2003 UN Resolution 1500 created UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) 2003 US intel officer wrote memo saying that “gloves are coming off” in interrogating Iraqi prisoners 2007 4 suicide bombers hit Kahtaniya, Sinjar district killing 796 Yazidis and wounding almost 1,500 2... more »

Post Mosul Liberation Day 34 Aug 13 2017

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 13 hours ago
The Islamic State is operating throughout Ninewa, but at a very low level. Three insurgents were arrestedattempting to lay IEDs along the road from Qayara in the southeast to Mosul. Every day there are a few such incidents. They do not present a real threat to security, but it shows the militants have access to nearly every part of the province. The Federal Police gave more contradictory reports about their work in Mosul. Yesterday, the chief of staff of the 5thFederal Police Division saidthat 80% of the west had been cleared. That was the same figure they gave last month. On Aug... more »

Govt and Media Have Fueled White Nationalism And Are Brainwashing America Into Civil War

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: white]Aggressive tactics by the government and corporate media have fostered white nationalism and have created an environment that could lead to civil war.

The Great War For Civilization: Flashpoint

Gulam ASGAR MITHA at OrientalReview.org - 13 hours ago
There are now ever increasing flashpoints, domestic as well as global, that could lead to the Great War - one of desperation which had led to WW2. The post The Great War For Civilization: Flashpoint appeared first on OrientalReview.org.

ISIL carries out heinous execution of man accused of ‘sorcery’ in Iraq

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:35 P.M.) – The Islamic State’s (ISIL) reign of terror is not quite over in Iraq, as their terrorists carried out another heinous execution in the Kirkuk Governorate. Earlier this month, the terrorist group executed man inside the town of Al-Huwaijah after accusing him of practicing ‘sorcery.’ ISIL’s official media, Al-‘Amaq, released images […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Syrian Army keeps rolling towards ISIL’s last stronghold in east Hama

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:25 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) is making a big push towards the Islamic State’s (ISIL) stronghold, ‘Uqayrbat, in the eastern countryside of the Hama Governorate. On Monday, the Syrian Arab Army’s Qalamoun Shield forces of the 3rd Division and 5th Legion attacked the Islamic State’s positions near the town of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Lebanese security forces crackdown on ISIL cell near Syrian border

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:15 P.M.) – The Lebanese Internal Security Forces arrested two Islamic State members in the eastern part of the country, Monday, after cracking down on a terror cell in the ‘Arsal Municipality. According to Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA), “the ISF intelligence branch arrested two people, one Lebanese and one Syrian, whose confessions […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Syrian Army scores huge advance against ISIL in east Hama

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:10 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA), alongside the National Defense Forces (NDF) and Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP), resumed their assault against the Islamic State (ISIL) forces in central Syria, Monday, striking the latter’s positions south of Ithriya. Led by their Republican Guard, the Syrian Arab Army and their allies stormed […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Gaza crisis reaches boiling point

Robert Inlakesh at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:00 P.M.) – The ongoing humanitarian crisis in the besieged Gaza Strip is quickly coming to a boiling point. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the 11th of August expressed their “deep concerns” for the intensifying conditions in the humanitarian crisis and when we look at […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Breaking: Syrian Army enters strategic area in central Syria

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:50 P.M.) – Minutes ago, Al-Masdar News was informed by a source from the Syrian Army that their forces entered the strategic Al-Kom area in central Syria. Led by the Tiger Forces, the Syrian Arab Army entered Al-Kom in the Homs Governorate, liberating more than half this area after overrunning the Islamic State’s […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis And U.S. State Department Secretary Rex Tillerson Have An OP-Ed In The Wall Street Journal On North Korea

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
*Jim Mattis and Rex Tillerson, Wall Street Journal:* *We’re Holding Pyongyang to Account* *The U.S., its allies and the world are united in our pursuit of a denuclearized Korean Peninsula.* In the past few months, multiple illegal North Korean ballistic-missile and ICBM tests—coupled with the most recent bellicose language from Pyongyang about striking the U.S., Guam, our allies and our interests in the Asia-Pacific region—have escalated tensions between North Korea and America to levels not experienced since the Korean War. In response, the Trump administration, with the support... more »

Did Barack Obama Order Harvard to Reverse His Daughter Malia’s Suspension?

Dan MacGuill at Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
A satirical web site publishes the latest in a series of entirely false stories about Malia Obama.

One-Fifth of Americans Find Workplace Hostile or Threatening

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
The American workplace is grueling, stressful and surprisingly hostile, finds an in-depth study of 3,066 U.S. workers.

Officer on Fatal Charlottesville Crash: ‘Hahahaha Love This’

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
Officer Conrad Lariviere wrote in response to the violence: 'Hahahaha love this, maybe people shouldn't block road ways.'

Thoughts on Charlottesville

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 14 hours ago
The only thing possibly more disgusting than the alt-right hate groups who caused so much mayhem, death and destruction in Charlottesville over the weekend is the liberal center's castigation of what they derisively call their "alt-left" counterparts. White supremacists shouting anti-black, anti-immigrant and anti-Semitic slogans had converged to protest the imminent removal of a statue of confederate General Robert E. Lee on the grounds of the Virginia university founded by slave owner Thomas Jefferson. There has to be a reason that police stood by and let the two groups battle it... more »

U.S. Vice President Pence Begins His One Week Trip To Latin America. Believes Peace Is Possible In Venezuela Says Pence

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
*VOA*: *Pence, Santos at Odds Over Trump's Threat to Use Military Action in Venezuela* U.S. Vice President Mike Pence encountered resistance from Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Sunday over President Donald Trump's threat to use military action in Venezuela. Speaking at a joint news conference with Santos in Cartagena, Pence did not rule out using military force, but he did not directly talk about it either. Pence, however, told the Colombian president that the US would much prefer what he called a "peaceable" solution for Venezuela. He said there are many options availabl... more »

The Terrifying Tale of How This U.S. Aircraft Carrier Sank (and It Was Not a Bomb or Torpedo)

James Holmes at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*James Holmes* *Security, Americas* [image: Photographed by PHC Albert Bullock from the cruiser USS Santa Fe (CL-60), which was alongside assisting with firefighting and rescue work. Wikimedia Commons] A ship is more than a hunk of steel. Bad leadership marred the USS Franklin’s human component. Seldom does your humble scribe come away incensed from reading history. The saga of the World War II aircraft carrier USS *Franklin* (CV-13) constitutes an exception. We normally think of *Franklin*’s history as a parable about the importance of shipboard firefighting and damage control. ... more »

The U.S. Navy Used Super Deep Diving Submarines to Tap Russia's Communications

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * A Cold War story like no other. *In 1970, Halibut was again modified to accommodate the Navy’s deep water saturation divers. The following year, it went to sea again to participate in Ivy Bells, a secret operation to install taps on the underwater communications cables connecting the Soviet ballistic missile submarine base at Petropavlovsk on the Kamchatka Peninsula with Moscow’s Pacific Fleet headquarters at Vladivostok.* *The taps, installed by divers and their ROVs, allowed Washington to listen in on message traffic to Soviet nuclear forces. Cond... more »

Trump Doesn’t Rule Out Use of Military Force in Venezuela

Bob Adelmann at rss - 15 hours ago
[image: trump-doesnt-rule-out-use-of-military-force-in-venezuela] Maduro is a Marxist thug and a tyrant and his people are dying thanks to the imposition of his socialism. But does that justify military intervention by the United States?

Five Minutes Five Issues: Invading Venezuela, Shona Banda, American Fear, Benghazi Emails, RPI Conference

Adam Dick at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 15 hours ago
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues is up. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud. Listen to the new episode here: Read a transcript of the new episode, including links to further information regarding the topics discussed, here: *The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity welcomes you to Five Minutes Five Issues. Starting in five four three two one.* Hello, I am Adam Dick, a Ron Paul Institute senior fellow. Let’s start. *Issue one. *Last month, United States... more »

Five Minutes Five Issues: Invading Venezuela, Shona Banda, American Fear, Benghazi Emails, RPI Conference

Adam Dick at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 15 hours ago
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues is up. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud. Listen to the new episode here: Read a transcript of the new episode, including links to further information regarding the topics discussed, here: *The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity welcomes you to Five Minutes Five Issues. Starting in five four three two one.* Hello, I am Adam Dick, a Ron Paul Institute senior fellow. Let’s start. *Issue one. *Last month, United States... more »

Five Minutes Five Issues: Invading Venezuela, Shona Banda, American Fear, Benghazi Emails, RPI Conference

Adam Dick at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 15 hours ago
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues is up. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud. Listen to the new episode here: Read a transcript of the new episode, including links to further information regarding the topics discussed, here: *The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity welcomes you to Five Minutes Five Issues. Starting in five four three two one.* Hello, I am Adam Dick, a Ron Paul Institute senior fellow. Let’s start. *Issue one. *Last month, United States... more »

Five Minutes Five Issues: Invading Venezuela, Shona Banda, American Fear, Benghazi Emails, RPI Conference

Adam Dick at Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity - 15 hours ago
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues is up. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud. Listen to the new episode here: Read a transcript of the new episode, including links to further information regarding the topics discussed, here: *The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity welcomes you to Five Minutes Five Issues. Starting in five four three two one.* Hello, I am Adam Dick, a Ron Paul Institute senior fellow. Let’s start. *Issue one. *Last month, United States... more »

The Donald Trump-Stephen Bannon bromance might be coming to an end. (Psst, Trump thinks Bannon is the leaker.)

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 15 hours ago
Courtesy of The Hill: *President Trump reportedly suspects that his chief strategist Stephen Bannon is behind some White House leaks about fellow staffers, according to a new report by Axios. * *Sources told Axios that West Wing staff believe Bannon was behind leaks about national security adviser H.R. McMaster and that Bannon's job could be in danger. * *According to the report, Trump has been "irritated" with Bannon following a series of Breitbart reports targeting McMaster. Bannon was formerly the executive chairman of Breitbart. * *There is no clear connection, however, linki... more »

India And Pakistan Mark 70 Years Of Independence

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*Reuters:* *As India marks 70 years of partition, memories fresh of border bloodshed* AMRITSAR, India (Reuters) - India's independence from British colonial rule coincided with the partition of the subcontinent into two separate countries, setting off unprecedented communal carnage on both sides of the hastily created border. A mass migration followed, marred by violence and bloodshed, as about 15 million Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs, fearing discrimination, swapped countries in an upheaval that cost more than a million lives. During the chaotic transition, train cars full of bodies... more »

Terrorist Attack In Burkina Faso Kills 20

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*BBC:* *Burkina Faso terror attack kills 20, government says* Twenty people have been killed and a number wounded in a terror attack in the centre of the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, the government says. Gunmen opened fire on customers seated outside a restaurant, witnesses said. Foreign nationals are among the dead, but details are still emerging. The attack is now over, authorities say, with the two assailants also killed by security forces. A jihadist attack on a nearby cafe killed 30 people in January last year. There are fears that the latest attack is the work of on... more »

London’s Big Ben to Fall Silent for Four Years for Repairs

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 15 hours ago
A four-year cleaning and repair project will begin on 21 August 2017.

Two Paradigms, One Choice

adam at LaRouchePAC Feed - 15 hours ago
The strategic significance of the Aug. 11 telephone conversation between President Trump and Xi Jinping, as emphasized at the time by Helga Zepp-LaRouche, was further evident in yesterday's publication in Xinhua of China's "readout" on that call. It emphasized the same essential points contained in the earlier White House readout—including the need for a peaceful, negotiated solution to the Korean crisis—but added in conclusion that, "on the Korean nuclear issue, Trump said the United States fully understands China's efforts in resolving it, and is willing to continue to keep clos... more »

WEAKER APART: Seeing the glass a tiny bit empty!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 15 hours ago
*MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 2017Part 1—These alleged millennials today:* "Stronger together," Candidate Clinton repeatedly said. In our view, it was a pretty good slogan. In some ways, it was a version of her husband's earlier campaign watchword: "We don't have a person to waste." One candidate won, one candidate lost. Each time, we agreed with the outlook. That said, to what extent are we the people "together" at this juncture? More specifically, to what extent do we tend to share views on the most sensitive "social issues," on matters of gender and race? Asking the question a gloom... more »

Journal corrects paper by researcher sanctioned for misconduct

Alison McCook at Retraction Watch - 15 hours ago
A biology journal has issued a correction to a 2014 paper by a researcher with 11 retractions, citing “inadvertent errors” that don’t affect the conclusions. The researcher, Rony Seger, was recently sanctioned by his institution (The Weizmann Institute in Israel) following a finding of “serious misconduct” involving data manipulation. Specifically, the institute barred him from […] The post Journal corrects paper by researcher sanctioned for misconduct appeared first on Retraction Watch.

CNN Is Reporting “The 1% Are Bugging Out” — Something Evil This Way Comes

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 15 hours ago
CNN Is Reporting “The 1% Are Bugging Out” — Something Evil This Way Comes by Dave Hodges, http://www.thecommonsenseshow.com/ A migration to underground hideouts began almost 5 years ago in earnest for members of the alphabet soup agency retirees. I knew one of these “refugees” personally and he pointed to 2015 as the time when he anticipated […]

Monday Morning Links

Greg Fingas at Accidental Deliberations - 15 hours ago
Miscellaneous material to start your week. - Angella MacEwen and Cole Eisen challenge Galen Weston's laughable claim that he and his multi-billion-dollar empire can't afford to pay something closer to a living wage. And Jared Bernstein and Ben Spielberg connect the U.S.' growing inequality to policy choices which have facilitated the accumulation of extreme wealth. - Meanwhile, the BBC reports on a study showing the close connection between childhood geography and university attendance in the UK. - Patrick Smith discusses the revolving door between prison and homelessness - inclu... more »

Ernest Hemingway And Stolen Valor

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*Photo*: A young Hemingway in Milan, Italy. Wikimedia Commons photo *Danny Leffler, Task & Purpose: **Ernest Hemingway’s Fiery Rant Against Stolen Valor Is Still Relevant Almost A Century Later* Long before Ernest Hemingway wrote, drank and fought his way into the ranks of America’s legendary wordsmiths, the beloved author cut his literary teeth on the beat of a Canadian newspaper. Fresh off a stint driving an ambulance for the Red Cross on the Italian front during World War I, the young Hemingway landed at The Toronto Star Weekly in early 1920, where he covered everything from mob... more »

Relink: Orthodox Jewish KKK Grand Dragon/ American Nazi Party Secretary Exposed

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 15 hours ago
*In light of the happenings at Charlottesville, Virginia. And all this tossing around of the KKK and Nazi labels. While considering the infiltration of all groups as mentioned in the previous post? *Charlottesville, Virginia: The Three Ring Circus Show with Grand Finale* *It seemed both necessary and timely to relink this post from April of 2013 * **McClandish Phillips, exposer of the NYS Judaic Grand Dragon Klansman dies* *" McCandlish Phillips, a former reporter for The New York Times who wrote one of the most famous articles in the newspaper’s history *— *exposing the Orthodox ... more »

Today’s Eco BS From The Telegraph

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 16 hours ago
By Paul Homewood Part II from the Telegraph’s woeful weekend! It is written by Maurice Tulloch, who is chief executive of international insurance at Aviva: The insurance industry exists to manage risk; as far as possible we aim to prevent or minimise the impact of losses before they happen. Burning fossil […]

Scientists find 91 volcanoes under Antarctic ice

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 16 hours ago
By Paul Homewood The largest volcanic region on Earth has been found thousands of meters below the surface of the ice sheet covering Antarctica. A survey of the region of the West Antarctic Rift System has revealed 91 new volcanoes hidden within the ice. The new volcanoes are on top of the 47 whose peaks […]

Jillian Ambrose’s Latest Howler

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 16 hours ago
By Paul Homewood There were two incredibly poor articles in the Telegraph yesterday, even by their recent low standards. The first was by the renewables shill, Jillian Ambrose. I’ll run the other later. Britain’s landlords could cost the energy system hundreds of millions of pounds by using loopholes in the Government’s housing standards to avoid […]

Liberals and neo-cons are vastly more dangerous than the US far-right

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 16 hours ago
Those who advocate for violent, illegal, immoral and gruesome war have no leg to stand on when criticising anyone else. The post Liberals and neo-cons are vastly more dangerous than the US far-right appeared first on The Duran.

Russia calls for dialogue between Baghdad and Iraqi Kurds–commits to further arms sales to Iraq

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 16 hours ago
This is Russia's strongest statement to date in opposition to Kurdish separatism. The post Russia calls for dialogue between Baghdad and Iraqi Kurds–commits to further arms sales to Iraq appeared first on The Duran.

China urges implementation of Sino-Russian peace plan for Korea

The Duran at The Duran - 16 hours ago
China refuses to stray from its initial peace plan involving de-escalation from all sides. The post China urges implementation of Sino-Russian peace plan for Korea appeared first on The Duran.

LIBYA: Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar says Moscow can play a role in Libya

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 16 hours ago
Libya's most serious military leader seeks Russian assistance to bring peace and stability back to the country. The post LIBYA: Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar says Moscow can play a role in Libya appeared first on The Duran.

It Isn't Just Putin, The Trump Regime Colludes With Nazis And Racists Too

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
Gabriel Sherman reported that when he asked a señor White House official why Trump didn't condemn the Charlottesville Nazis (and murderers), the response was "What about the leftist mob? Just as violent, if not more so." That's the essence of the Trump Regime's response to the domestic terrorism last week-- the threat the Trump Regime is making to America that if he's removed from office, this is what to expect. As we saw last night, not all Republicans are embracing this descent into civil strife. Attorney General Sessions, though, has apparently recused himself from condemning th... more »

Attack Venezuela? Trump Can't be Serious!

Ron Paul at - 16 hours ago
[image: undefined] There is something unsettling about how President Trump has surrounded himself with generals. From his defense secretary to his national security advisor to his White House chief of staff, Trump looks to senior military officers to fill key positions that have been customarily filled by civilians. He’s surrounded by generals and threatens war at the drop of a hat. President Trump began last week by threatening “fire and fury” on North Korea. He continued through the week claiming, falsely, that Iran is violating the terms of the nuclear deal. He finally ended the... more »

Untitled

jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 16 hours ago
*The Failure of Sex Ed Is Killing Our Daughters* Back in May, NPR picked up on the story of one New Jersey nurse, Lauren Bloomstein, who died after giving birth to her child. In a shocking case of medical malpractice, the woman died of preeclampsia. It’s a condition common enough to be used in the scripts of Downton Abbey, yet it remains un-researched in the American medical community. What’s worse, according to a follow-up story at NPR, far too many women are completely unaware of the symptoms of preeclampsia and other medical conditions that can arise during pregnancy and lab... more »

Tweets For Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
Dunford says U.S. military options only if sanctions fail: South Korea https://t.co/MPB6P5rGmz pic.twitter.com/VOZBpKdEF7 — Reuters Top News (@Reuters) August 14, 2017 Guam's leader, governor Eddie Calvo, backs 'punch on the nose' for Pyongyang https://t.co/8ebSoq1GLJ pic.twitter.com/jLUOE6WfzU — AFP news agency (@AFP) August 14, 2017 Hundreds of people may have died in a mudslide in Sierra Leone, the vice-president says https://t.co/wHxFX4DAR3 — BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) August 14, 2017 #Argentina ex-president #CristinaKirchner launches political comeback despite facing cor... more »

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
A Russian Army tank crew takes part in a semifinal relay race during the Tank Biathlon competitions of the 2017 International Army Games at the Alabino training center near Moscow on August 8, 2017. © SPUTNIK/ MIKHAIL VOSKRESENSKIY *WNU Editor: *The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... *This Week in Pictures* (Sputnik).

A Fake American

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 16 hours ago
Sarah Palin used to say that she spoke for "real Americans." Paul Krugman writes: She meant rural and small-town residents — white residents, it went without saying — who supposedly embodied the nation’s true essence. She was harshly condemned for those remarks, and rightly so — and not just because the real, real America is a multiracial, multicultural land of great metropolitan areas as well as small towns. More fundamentally, what makes America America is that it is built around an idea: the idea that all men are created equal, and are entitled to basic human rights. Take away... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 16 hours ago
*Scientists uncover Earth's largest volcanic region two kilometres below Antarctic ice sheet* *Well, well, well! For some years now Warmists have been agonizing about bits of melting in West Antarctica. And equally routinely, I have pointed out that there is evidence of vulcanism in West Antarctica so the melting was most probably the work of volcanoes rather than of Anthropogenic global warming. So I now stand amply vindicated. There are not only some volcanoes underneath the ice there, there are BIG ones there. It is actually Earth's largest volcanic regionTheir explanat... more »

CHARLOTTESVILLE: THE HIPPIE-BLAMING BEGINS

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 16 hours ago
The message in the first half of this *Wall Street Journal* editorial is: We are condemning the neo-Nazi right, and only the neo-Nazi right, for the violence in Charlottesville on Saturday: The particular pathology on display in Virginia was the white nationalist movement led today by the likes of Richard Spencer, David Duke and Brad Griffin. They alone are to blame for the violence that occurred when one of their own drove a car into peaceful protesters, killing a young woman and injuring 19 others.... Political conservatives even more than liberals need to renounce these racist i... more »

Write “Two Citations Per Hour” — Florida Cops Busted in Massive Quota Scheme

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 17 hours ago
[image: quota]A leaked email exposed a top Florida cop's email requiring that his officers maintain a quota of two citations every hour of every day.

Genetically Modified Humans are Here

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 17 hours ago
*Nathaniel Mauka* - Who will ultimately decide which genes to edit, and which to keep? The post Genetically Modified Humans are Here appeared first on Waking Times .

The Pervasiveness of Toxic Petrochemicals in Household Products and How to Avoid Them

Waking Times at Waking Times - 17 hours ago
*Anna Hunt* - We are inhaling, ingesting and absorbing these chemicals on a daily basis. The post The Pervasiveness of Toxic Petrochemicals in Household Products and How to Avoid Them appeared first on Waking Times.

Macro Musings

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 17 hours ago
You can hear me interviewed by David Beckworth here.

There is a new drone with a gun on it. Oh, that can't be good.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 17 hours ago
Courtesy of BBC: *A US technology firm has developed a drone that is able to aim and fire at enemies while flying in mid-air. * *The Tikad drone, developed by Duke Robotics, is armed with a machine-gun and a grenade launcher. * *The gun can be fired only by remote control, and is designed to reduce military casualties by cutting the number of ground troops required. * *But campaigners warn that in the wrong hands, it will make it easier to kill innocent people. * *The Tikad drone, available for private sale at an undisclosed price, has won a security innovation award from the US... more »

The Global Retirement Savings Gap

A Political Junkie at Viable Opposition - 17 hours ago
A recent publication "We'll Live to 100 - How Can We Afford It?" by the World Economic Forum examines the connection between increasing longevity, a decreasing dependency ratio (the ratio of those in the workforce and those who are retired) and the sustainability of the current retirement system. Healthy pension systems are necessary to ensure a prosperous economy in the future; if retirees see that their post-retirement lifestyle is not sustainable from the time of retirement until they "depart this orb", it will have a significant impact on their consumption habits. This would h... more »

Faylaq Al-Rahman detonates tunnel bomb under Syrian Army positions in east Damascus: video

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) – Faylaq Al-Rahman’s official media wing released footage, today, of their forces detonating a tunnel bomb under the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) positions in the eastern suburbs of Damascus. The footage was taken three days ago after Faylaq Al-Rahman attempted to recover the territory they lost to the Syrian Arab Army […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Breaking: ISIL nearly encircled in central Syria after SAA troops advance on Raqqa

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:20 P.M.) – The Islamic State (ISIL) is in serious trouble in central Syria, as the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and their allies advance north from the Homs Governorate to the southern countryside of Al-Raqqa. Led by their elite Tiger Forces, the Syrian Arab Army advanced from the recently liberated Al-Kadeer region towards […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Jaysh Al-Islam assassinates Al-Qaeda leader in retaliation for commander’s murder

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:50 P.M.) – Jaysh Al-Islam has carried out a retaliatory assassination against Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham in the East Ghouta region of Damascus this afternoon, following the murder of their commander in the Al-Asha’ri Farms. According to rebel activists in the East Ghouta, Jaysh Al-Islam assassinated the Shari’ah Emir of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham, Walid […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Iraqi Shiite cleric visits United Arab Emirates

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
Influential Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has visited the United Arab Emirates, its official news agency said Monday, his second trip in weeks to a Sunni-ruled Gulf country after Saudi Arabia. Late Sunday, Sadr met Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, who congratulated Iraq on its victory against the Islamic State group in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

ISIL launches massive assault in Deir Ezzor ahead of Syrian Army’s arrival

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:25 P.M.) – The Islamic State (ISIL) launched a large-scale attack in the Deir Ezzor Governorate last night, targeting the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) positions near the military airport. ISIL began the offensive last night by storming the Syrian Army’s defenses near the Al-Ta’meen Base that is located west of the Deir Ezzor […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Latest battle map of Syrian-Lebanese border

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:05 P.M.) – The Syrian-Lebanese border is almost terrorist-free after the latest departure of Al-Qaeda linked militants from the ‘Arsal Barrens of east Lebanon. On Monday, Hezbollah’s official media wing released a map of the Syrian-Lebanese border, showing the Islamic State’s (ISIL) remaining pocket in the Qalamoun Mountains. In the coming weeks, the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Washington expresses condolences for Syrian crypto-terrorists

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:10 P.M.) – Washington has officially expressed its sympathies to the families of seven recently deceased men who belonged to a terrorist-affiliated organization that disguises itself as a Syrian emergency service. Yesterday, US Department of State spokeswoman Heather Nauert released a statement offering condolences to the families of seven White Helmets members who […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Iraqi gov’t appreciates Iran’s effective role in recent victories over Daesh

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
Iraqi Interior Minister Qasim al-Araji said that the Islamic Republic of Iran had a great share in recent victories of the Iraqi government and that Iraq is indebted to Iran’s unsparing assistance in this respect. In a meeting with Police Commander Brigadier General Hossein Ashtari, he referred to Iran’s good will in its ties with […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Syrian Army clears the path to Deir Ezzor after Sukhnah’s liberation: video

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:25 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allied forces succeeded in fully recapturing Al-Sukhnah (70 km east of Palmyra, Homs Province), according to the Syrian military. Footage released on Sunday shows the town in ruins after the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS; formerly ISIS/ISIL) militants were targeted by the SAA. Al-Sukhnah was […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Syrian Army dominates new areas in strategic east Damascus suburb

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:15 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) launched a powerful assault in the strategic east Damascus suburb of Jobar, Monday, targeting Faylaq Al-Rahman’s last positions in this area. Led by the 42nd Brigade of the 4th Mechanized Division, the Syrian Arab Army pushed south of the Al-Manasher Roundabout this morning, inflicting heavy […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

VIDEO: Kurdish unit blasts ISIS strongpoint in Raqqa

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:32 A.M.) – The ANF media group has released footage showing Kurdish infantry heavily engaged against an ISIS strongpoint in the central suburbs of Raqqa city. The exact location of the engagement shown in the video below is unknown, however it is said to have taken place somewhere in or near the area […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Home - BBC News - "it's an act of terror"

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 18 hours ago
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news As soon as I read that BBC headline I knew that the linked article couldn't be about any recent Islamist terror attacks around the world. I was, of course, correct: ''It's an act of terror, it's a hate crime' A friend of Heather Heyer who was killed in the Charlottesville car attack has spoken to the BBC.'

TRUMP: N. Korea crisis giving Guam free publicity–tourism will boom (VIDEO)

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 18 hours ago
Trump told the governor of Guam that the crisis will make him "famous". The post TRUMP: N. Korea crisis giving Guam free publicity–tourism will boom (VIDEO) appeared first on The Duran.

Saudi Arabia begs Iraq to mediate in dispute with Iran

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 18 hours ago
Far from being a good will gesture, Saudi intents to drive a wedge between Iraq's Shi'a dominated government and the Islamic Republic. The post Saudi Arabia begs Iraq to mediate in dispute with Iran appeared first on The Duran.

Here’s what Chinese really think of North Korea (VIDEO)

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 18 hours ago
Chinese citizens have a very balanced view of the standoff between North Korea and the United States. The post Here’s what Chinese really think of North Korea (VIDEO) appeared first on The Duran.

CIA Director Pompeo’s latest conspiracy theory: Venezuela crisis because of RUSSIA!

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 18 hours ago
He also falsely accused Iran, Cuba and the Lebanese party Hezbollah of operating in Venezuela. The post CIA Director Pompeo’s latest conspiracy theory: Venezuela crisis because of RUSSIA! appeared first on The Duran.

Paul Joseph Watson Quits YouTube - "Don't have controversial opinions or you will be punished"

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 18 hours ago
https://youtu.be/BjwNFN37B-s A sad day, I don't always agree 100% with Paul Joseph Watson but he was never boring

Plato - Allegory of the Cave

Anoop Verma at The Verma Report - 18 hours ago
This is a good animated introduction to Plato's Allegory of the Cave:

Argentina: Remembering the 1968 UFO Fly-By over José Marmol

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 19 hours ago
*Source: CEFORA and PLANETA UFODate: 08.14.2017A news item by Juan José Alarcón y Figueroa* *Argentina: Remembering the 1968 UFO Fly-By Over José Mármol* *It was over fifty years ago that UFOs were seen in the airspace over the district of Alte. Brown.* The UFO phenomenon exists in our region and is well-documented. We ascertained that many of our fellow resideents had sightings. They do not speak of them, as these are matters considered private and the source of much derision. Silence is therefore the rule. An event ocurred in Almirante Brown well over forty years ago and it ... more »

"Conspiracy Or Chaos?"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago
*"Conspiracy Or Chaos?"* by James Quinn “The main thing that I learned about conspiracy theory is that conspiracy theorists believe in a conspiracy because that is more comforting. The truth of the world is that it is actually chaotic. The truth is that it is not The Iluminati, or The Jewish Banking Conspiracy, or the Gray Alien Theory. The truth is far more frightening – Nobody is in control. The world is rudderless.” – Alan Moore Our government doesn’t in any way resemble its original concept of a republic. It doesn’t even resemble a democracy at this point. Since FDR and specif... more »

Hope for The Future: Institute for InclusiveU Program at Syracuse University

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 19 hours ago
Note: Here's a terrific article about the InclusiveU program at Syracuse University. What a great concept and alternative to standard day programming for the developmentally disabled. So many of us are going to have to craft a life for our...

Pediatricians Debating if Skipping Vaccines is Financial - Oops, Medical - Neglect

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 19 hours ago
Note: Can you imagine a doctor, whom you are supposed to trust, turning you into Child Protective Services, because you delayed a flu shot? Or because you said "No" to an MMR vaccine? Educated parents who feed their children organic...

Totally not the same, except exactly.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 19 hours ago
If you ever wondered how Germany allowed the rise of the Nazis, well wonder no more.

Overcoming Melanin Deficiency

Willis Eschenbach at Skating Under The Ice - 19 hours ago
Me, I’m your average white guy. Well, OK, perhaps below average, but definitely that kind of pinkish color that for some reason we call “white”. I hear the preferred PC term these days is “melanin challenged”. Now, one oddity of our modern times is that average white guys are the one group that it’s still…

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Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 19 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Al-Qaeda's "Inspire" Magazine Targets US Commuter Trains With Homemade "Derailment Devices" Infected DNA successfully hacks computer in terrifying experiment Americans Spend More On Lottery Tickets Than On Movies, Video Games, Music, Sports Tix And Books Combined Home Prices In Hong Kong Climb To Record Highs Even As Chinese Buyers Pull Back Crash Landing Of U.S. F-18 Fighter Jet Closes Bahrain's International Airport Chinese Bank Suffers 'Rare' Bank Run, Police Arrest "Rumor-Spreaders" Google Censors Block Access to CounterPunch and Other Progressive Sites S... more »

North Korea learned its lesson from Gaddafi’s decision to disarm Libya (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 20 hours ago
Libyan war taught North Korea to never give up nukes. The post North Korea learned its lesson from Gaddafi’s decision to disarm Libya (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

NEW POLL: 62% of Americans say North Korea is a very serious threat

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 20 hours ago
Just how scared are Americans of North Korea? The post NEW POLL: 62% of Americans say North Korea is a very serious threat appeared first on The Duran.

CHARLOTTESVILLE; JAMES FIELDS; PATSY

Anon at Aangirfan - 21 hours ago
*A vehicle ploughed into a crowd of protesters after events around UniteTheRight.* A car ran into a crowd in Charlottesville, in the USA. A man was later arrested. The 'patsy' is James Fields. *'James Alex Fields (second from left) was with the Vanguard America folks in #Charlottesville.'* James Fields' mother is Samantha Bloom. In 2015, James Fields was on active duty status with the US Army. Samantha Bloom raised James Fields alone as a single mother after his father died. Samantha is a paraplegic. As a child, James was a quiet boy with few friends. James Alex Fields, Jr. ... more »

“Changing Batteries”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
“Changing Batteries” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_yVo3YOfqQ ○ "He who can no longer pause to wonder, and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead, his eyes are closed." - Albert Einstein

Musical Interlude: 2002, “Unopened Flower”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
2002, “Unopened Flower” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhNx862u1Ds

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
“Here in the Milky Way galaxy we have astronomical front row seats as M81 and M82 face-off, a mere 12 million light-years away. Locked in a gravitational struggle for the past billion years or so, the two bright galaxies are captured in this deep telescopic snapshot, constructed from 25 hours of image data. *Click image for larger size.* Their most recent close encounter likely resulted in the enhanced spiral arms of M81 (left) and violent star forming regions in M82 so energetic the galaxy glows in X-rays. After repeated passes, in a few billion years only one galaxy will remain. ... more »

Chet Raymo, “We Are Such Stuff...”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
*“We Are Such Stuff...”* by Chet Raymo “Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears, and sometimes voices, That, if I then had wak'd after long sleep, Will make me sleep again.” "Caliban is talking to Stephano and Trinculo in Shakespeare's “Tempest”, telling them not to be "afeard" of the mysterious place they find themselves, an island seemingly beset with magic, strangeness, ineffable presences. And you and I, and, yes, all of us, find ourselves inexplicably th... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
Hyrum, Utah, USA. Thanks for stopping by!

Free Download: Kahlil Gibran, "The Garden of the Prophet"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
*"The Garden of the Prophet" * by Kahlil Gibran "Oftentimes we call Life bitter names, but only when we ourselves are bitter and dark. And we deem her empty and unprofitable, but only when the soul goes wandering in desolate places, and the heart is drunken with over-mindfulness of self. Life is deep and high and distant; and though only your vast vision can reach even her feet, yet she is near; and though only the breath of your breath reaches her heart, the shadow of your shadow crosses her face, and the echo of your faintest cry becomes a spring and an autumn in her breast. And... more »

Kahlil Gibran, “The Prophet”, “The Farewell”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
* “The Prophet”, “The Farewell”* by Kahlil Gibran “And now it was evening. And Almitra the seeress said, "Blessed be this day and this place and your spirit that has spoken." And he answered, "Was it I who spoke? Was I not also a listener?" Then he descended the steps of the Temple and all the people followed him. And he reached his ship and stood upon the deck. And facing the people again, he raised his voice and said: "People of Orphalese, the wind bids me leave you. Less hasty am I than the wind, yet I must go. We wanderers, ever seeking the lonelier way, begin no day,... more »

Multipolar Sanctions On North Korea: Sell-Out Or Strategic?

Andrew KORYBKO at OrientalReview.org - 21 hours ago
Russia and China approved the UNSC sanctions against North Korea because it corresponds to their grand strategic interests, not under American pressure. The post Multipolar Sanctions On North Korea: Sell-Out Or Strategic? appeared first on OrientalReview.org.

New batch of militants leave east Lebanon for Syria

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 22 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:40 A.M.) – Another batch of militants and their families have departed from the Wadi Hmeid area of the ‘Arsal Barrens to the eastern slopes of the Qalamoun Mountains in Syria. According to Lebanese journalist Hosein Murtada, the militants of Saraya Ahl Sham and their families were loaded on the buses in Wadi […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Syrian military conducts awareness-raising campaign on East Ghouta reconciliation

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 22 hours ago
The Syrian Defense Ministry is conducting an awareness-raising campaign on returning civilian life among gunmen of the moderate and irreconcilable opposition in the capital city’s suburb of East Ghouta, where a de-escalation zone was set up nearly a month ago, Syrian General Fauz Mustafa told reporters. “We can see a teacher and children at school, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Syrian Army, allies isolate key ISIS stronghold in Deir Ezzor

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 22 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:35 A.M.) – Reports are coming in that pro-government forces led by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) have isolated a key stronghold of ISIS in southern Deir Ezzor Governorate. According to a number of pro-government sources, the SAA has advanced from its positions in far southeastern Homs Governorate, striking at parallel-running ISIS defenses […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Pictures: Syrian Army captures huge tunnel in east Damascus

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 22 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:47 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has scored another considerable tactical victory against Islamist militants in the east Damascus district of Ayn Tarma. According to sources, the SAA managed to wrest control of a huge tunnel system located to the east of the Sunbul fuel station from Faylaq al-Rahman militants. As […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Outcome of Deir Ezzor battle will mark ISIL’s end: Russian MoD

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 22 hours ago
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu gave an interview during the closing ceremony of the Army Games in Alabino range near Moscow, on Saturday evening, in which he discussed the current situation in Syria. Shoigu, asserted that while significant advances can be claimed, challenges such as Deir-ez-Zor remain, citing the main entry point of the Euphrates […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Heavy ISIS assault beaten back by pro-Syria forces in east Hama

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 22 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:00 A.M.) – Fighters of the pro-government Palestine Liberation Army (PLA) paramilitary group, with the help of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), have successfully repelled a large ISIS assault in eastern Hama Governorate. According to sources, ISIS militants launched a heavy attack against the positions of the PLA at Height 594 (east of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

North Korea’s trillion dollar mineral and gold industry exposed (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 22 hours ago
North Korea is sitting on a stockpile of minerals worth trillions of dollars. The post North Korea’s trillion dollar mineral and gold industry exposed (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

Black vs. White: IQ, Culture, and Civilization

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 22 hours ago
Perhaps it is time that we properly understood the meta statistics around our so called racial groupings. I have grown up with the accepted idea that equal nurture can produce equal outcomes with observed failure blamed on history or other external errors.This article tells us a very different story. It has also been well hidden as it has been seriously abused by those who are inclined toward attitudes supporting racism. The second surprise is that the actual Gap has not changed at all in thirty years during which blacks were progressively integrated into white schools. Real... more »

Physicists who created 'pure nothingness' say they detected something astonishing inside of it

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 22 hours ago
Again this is what we can detect. That space happens to be is stuffed with dark matter doing all that blinking and whatever. Reading through this we clarify something else. It may well be possible to use a powerful spiral probe to finely map void space.. This could allow us to 'see' protons, neutrons and electrons as well. That will go a long way to excise the ghost of Heisenberg. Of course they are reacting with so called dark matter at least.. *.Physicists who created 'pure nothingness' say they detected something astonishing inside of it* *Fiona MacDonald, ScienceAlert... more »

Fuente Magna, the Controversial Rosetta Stone of the Americas

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 22 hours ago
[image: Fuenta Magna] This is of course hard evidence that the the Atlantean Bronze Age Sea culture reached deep into South America. This culture ended abruptly in 1159 BC, although low level highly secret contact did continue. The contact period ran from at least 2500 BC through 1159 BC. This is around 1300 years and may even have been much earlier. However, the contact period was underwritten by the natural currency provided by copper ingots. Plenty of shipping and plenty of small colony groups who were part of the metal working tribe. Obviously we also had a tribe of seamen... more »

Hannity interviews man who infiltrated 'Muslim Mafia'

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 22 hours ago
[image: shariah_zone] It has been obvious for a long time that Islam's political ideology is promoted the exact same way that Nazism was promoted and must be countered the same way. Any attachment to the Koran is merely opportunistic as was any attachment to Christianity by the Nazis. Roll back can start with banning all such teachings and all such political activity. We did that with Communism and with Nazism and for less cause. Remember that this political movement talks and acts with violence in order to force all Islam itself to adhere or stay qui... more »

A Native American Proverb

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 22 hours ago

Everything You Need to Know: How China and America Went to War in Korea

Robert Farley at The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, Asia* Could it happen again? *The most interesting, useful lessons may involve botched war termination. The Korean War dragged on for nearly two years after the settlement of the key strategic issues became clear. Nevertheless, poor communication between Washington and Beijing, combined with reputational concerns on both sides, inflated minor issues—such as POW repatriation—and extended the war well beyond its productive limits. That the United States viewed its conflict with China as a proxy war complicated the problem, as American policy makers beca... more »

5 Russian Super Weapons That Never Made it to the Battlefield

Robert Farley at The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, * No single weapon could have saved the Soviet Union, but several might have shifted the contours of its collapse. *Designed to hit Mach 3, with a service ceiling of around 70,000’, the T-4 resembled the B-70 visually, and in capability. However, because the organization of airpower in the Soviet Union differed from that of the United States, T-4s were also considered for tactical missions, such as reconnaissance and the delivery of anti-ship missiles. The idea of a T-4 carrying Kh-22 anti-ship missiles is very scary indeed. * For nearly seven decades... more »

India’s Disappointing Marut Jet Fighter Proved Itself in Combat

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 23 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Americas* How did it happen? Fifty years ago, India brought into service its first domestically built jet fighter, the HF-24 Marut—indeed, the first operational jet fighter designed and produced by an Asian country besides Russia. Unfortunately, the HF-24 project was hampered by over ambitious goals, poor government oversight and underpowered jet engines, producing a disappointing subsonic light attack plane—foreshadowing some of the difficulties that would plague today’s Tejas fighter. And yet, the Marut went onto win a major victory for India duri... more »

Why didn't sanctions stop North Korea’s missile program?

Daniel Salisbury, Postdoctoral Fellow, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 23 hours ago
Images of Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are shown on a news program in Seoul, South Korea on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon North Korea’s long-range missile program has made significant technological advances in the past few months. For most of the past 20 years, the international community has struggled to stop this kind of progress. Kim Jong Un’s plan to target four test missiles approximately 20 miles off the coast of the U.S. territory of Guam shows just how destabilizing this rapidly advancing ballistic missile program can be. North Korea’s plan ... more »

"Your True Voice..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"I've heard fate talked of. It's not a word I use. I think we make our own choices. I think how we live our lives is our own doing, and we cannot fully hope on dreams and stars. But dreams and stars can guide us, perhaps. And the heart's voice is a strong one. Always is. Your heart's voice is your true voice. It is easy to ignore it, for sometimes it says what we'd rather it did not - and it is so hard to risk the things we have. But what life are we living, if we don't live by our hearts? Not a true one. And the person living it is not the true you." - Susan Fletcher

The Poet: John Gillespie Magee, Jr., "High Flight"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"High Flight"* "Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds, - and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there, I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air... Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace. Where never lark, or even eagle flew - And, while with silent lifting mind I have tr... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*Mark Twain's Thoughts On Congress... * "Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." "All Congresses and Parliaments have a kindly feeling for idiots, and a compassion for them, on account of personal experience and heredity." "...the smallest minds and the selfishest souls and the cowardliest hearts that God makes." "The lightning there is peculiar; it is so convincing, that when it strikes a thing it doesn't leave enough of that thing behind for you to tell whether- Well, you'd think it was something valuable, and a Congressman had be... more »

“Social Security Requires a Bailout That’s 60x Greater Than The 2008 Emergency Bank Bailout”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Social Security Requires a Bailout That’s 60x Greater * *Than The 2008 Emergency Bank Bailout”* by IWB “A few weeks ago the Board of Trustees of Social Security sent a formal letter to the United States Senate and House of Representatives to issue a dire warning: Social Security is running out of money. Given that tens of millions of Americans depend on this public pension program as their sole source of retirement income, you’d think this would have been front page news… and that every newspaper in the country would have reprinted this ominous projection out of a basic journalis... more »

“Civil War”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Civil War”* by Jolly Roger “The best way, and possibly the only way, to defeat an indigenous, armed population of three hundred million people, is to get them to fight against each other. If an attack came from within, government forces would be vanquished within days. From without, no invading army stands a chance, and in the case of economic attack, extreme poverty will only unite the people out of survival necessity, and force more of them to cast an angry eye toward their “government.” So how is this accomplished? How do you get a population who happens to be very angry with... more »

Signals and Noises

Louis Hissink at Louis Hissink's Crazy World - 1 day ago
A familiar graph in the geosciences is the Greenland ice-core isotope plot. A first pass ‘look’ at the plot would interpret the data as noise, the red line region, and signal, the blue line region. Remember the X-Axis is … Continue reading →

Did A Top Venezuelan Leader Put A Contract To Assassinate U.S. Senator Marco Rubio?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*Miami Herald:* Powerful Venezuelan lawmaker may have issued death order against Rubio One of Venezuela’s most powerful leaders may have put out an order to kill Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a fervent critic of the South American country’s government, according to intelligence obtained by the U.S. last month. Though federal authorities couldn’t be sure at the time if the uncorroborated threat was real, they took it seriously enough that Rubio has been guarded by a security detail for several weeks in both Washington and Miami. Believed to be behind the order: Diosdado Cabello, the i... more »

Trump Coddles His Fascist Followers, Claims Incorrectly Charlottesville Violence Was "On Many Sides"

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*In Trump's America, all of our America* There was already trouble Friday night when old-fashioned KKK racists and Nazis and new-fashioned alt-right Trump supporters descended on Charlottesville looking for trouble in response to a Trump nut named Jason Keller's call for a "pro-white" rally. This is something they've been promoting for weeks in the fever swamps of TrumpWorld. On Friday night they were screeching anti-Black and anti-Semitic chants, marching around waving cheap Walmart tiki torches. Although officially organized by several fascist groups, the League of the South, the... more »

KIC 8462852: Modeling D792 as a Ringed Planet With sim-transit-lc

Jose Solorzano at Science 2.0 - Physical Sciences - 1 day ago
This will be my informal introduction to sim-transit-lc, an open source toolset I've been working on. The toolset is meant to be a general purpose light curve analysis and optimization system, but today we'll only be looking at one built-in transit type: ringed planets. The D792 dip of Boyajian's star (or KIC 8462852) is one of the most peculiar ever recorded. It's not only considerably deeper than most exoplanetary dips, but it also doesn't have the usual V or U shape; plus it's asymmetric. read more

AHEAD: “BREAKDOWN IN FIAT CURRENCY SYSTEM” | Kenneth Ameduri

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Published on Aug 13, 2017 CrushTheStreet chief editor Kenneth Ameduri joins FinanceAndLiberty to discuss the global economy. He explains the US has experienced the worst productivity in 35 years, and money printing has gone into overdrive. Where are paper currencies headed? “The world is looking for a free market alternative to be able to put […]

Professor Shlomo Sand(Jew): Why I Cannot be a Zionist: an Open Letter to Emmanuel Macron

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Why I Cannot be a Zionist: an Open Letter to Emmanuel Macron by SHLOMO SAND, https://www.counterpunch.org/ As I began reading your speech on the commemoration of the Vel d’Hiv round-up, I felt grateful toward you. Indeed, in the light of the long tradition of political leaders, both Left and Right, past and present, who have denied […]

Egon von Greyerz: Big Money Going into Gold

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Egon von Greyerz: Big Money Going into Gold by Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com Financial expert Egon von Greyerz (EvG) says the central bankers did not fix the problem that caused the last global economic meltdown. EvG points out, “Did they save the system? For ten years they did, but they didn’t save it. They made the problem a […]

Newsweek Exclusive: North Korean Missile Claims Are ‘A Hoax’

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Newsweek Exclusive: North Korean Missile Claims Are ‘A Hoax’ by NINA BURLEIGH, http://www.newsweek.com/ As President Donald Trump escalates his war of words against North Korea and its leader, Kim Jong Un, a team of independent rocket experts has asserted that the two rockets the rogue regime launched in July and described as intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) are incapable […]

India’s Military Said to Increase Alert Along Tense China Border. Upto 50,000 Soldiers Have Been Put On Notice

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
India’s Military Said to Increase Alert Along Tense China Border by Nc Bipindra, http://www.bloomberg.com/, 12 Aug 2017 * Up to 50,000 soldiers have been put on notice, officials say * Move is latest in eight-week standoff at remote tri-junction – India has increased its military alert along its eastern border with China, placing around 50,000 soldiers […]

Former CIA Torturer Declares They Will Kill The President

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Published on Aug 11, 2017 A former employee of the CIA appeared on CNN last night to explain how President Trump’s agenda could lead to factions within the government trying to literally kill him. end

Seymour Hersh: Spy Chiefs Invented Russia-Collusion Story

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Seymour Hersh: Spy Chiefs Invented Russia-Collusion Story by GARTH KANT, http://www.wnd.com/ Famous journalist claims they lied to Obama and lied about Trump WASHINGTON – The entire Russia collusion story was a fiction made up by intelligence chiefs who lied about President Trump, and lied to President Obama and the media, according to a person on a […]

Hannity: Deep State’s Massive Effort to Destroy Trump

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Hannity: Deep State’s Massive Effort to Destroy Trump by http://www.foxnews.com/ , 17 June 2017 Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Friday night slammed news outlets like The New York Times and CNN as “willing accomplices” for the deep state that is intent on damaging President Trump’s presidency by leaking, in many cases, misinformation to the American public. […]

Trump Warns Venezuela of US ‘Military Option,’ Caracas Calls It ‘Crazy’

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
What is Donald Trump doing? Has he sold out to the Illuminist MIC war agenda? Did they put a ‘gun to his head’? Or is he trying to start a war as distraction from the coming petrodollar collapse? We will never know. – Trump Warns Venezuela of US ‘Military Option,’ Caracas Calls It ‘Crazy’ by https://www.rt.com/ […]

DNC Files Leaked from Inside, Not Hacked by Russians. Forensic Science Devastates Russian Hack Fake News

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Published on Aug 11, 2017 A report by former NSA and CIA employees suggests the 2016 DNC hack was an inside job. The files weren’t hacked by Russians – or anyone else, RT America’s Trinity Chavez explains. Former FBI agent and whistleblower Coleen Rowley joins Manila Chan to discuss. – A New Report Raises Big […]

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