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AMERIKUA Official Music Video by ALOKA
*Published on July 25, 2017*
AMERIKUA is a pre-columbian Mayan word for the unified north and south
continent of the Americas, "The place of the four winds". This word existed
long before Colombus and is calling to be re-seeded into collective
consciousness. This song & video is a prayer dedicated to the unification
of all tribes; to all who are working hard to protect the environment,
indigenous peoples, human rights, sacred sites and mend divisiveness.
There are 1,000 standing rocks in the Americas, and a global movement to
re-integrate indigenous wisdom into the world is underw... more »
Introducing A New Feature Of Down With Tyranny: The Midnight Meme Of The Day
*-by Noah*
We live in a short attention span era and memes of all kinds have become
increasingly more popular. Long before Twitter, those trying to make a
point came up with catchphrases and buzz-words. Now, with Social Media, we
have a new take or variation on the old saying, “a picture is worth a
thousand words.”
It’s not that people shouldn’t read something that may take a few minutes
of their valuable time; they should continue to do that by all means. But,
for that quick hit or that on the run, driveby statement, memes can
certainly pack a punch. It’s just advertising when y... more »
Are Russia And China Preparing To Go To War Against Each Other
© REUTERS/ Kim Kyung-Hoon
*Eugene K. Chow, National Interest*: *Are Russia and China Preparing for
War?*
The frozen tundra along Russia’s far-eastern border with China is becoming
a hot zone as both nations deploy nuclear-capable missiles to the area. Are
two of the world’s most advanced militaries preparing for war with one
another?
In June, Russia armed a fourth brigade in the far east with the deadly
Iskander-M short-range ballistic missile system. There are now twice as
many brigades equipped with these nuclear-capable missiles on the Chinese
border than any other Russian mil... more »
Kicked Out: Israeli Authorities Evict Palestinian Couple from Home They Lived in for 53yrs
Published on Aug 15, 2017 An elderly Palestinian couple who have lived in
the same house in East Jerusalem for more than 50 years are about to be
evicted by Israeli authorities. They moved into their house in 1964.
Israeli law stipulates that Jewish residents can claim the rights to a
property if they have […]
US President Orders Probe into China Trade Ties
Published on Aug 15, 2017 The US President has signed an executive order to
launch a probe into whether China’s actions are harming the intellectual
property of American companies. Donald Trump says the move is aimed at
fulfilling his campaign promise regarding the country’s trade with China.
Trump said Washington will combat QUOTE counterfeiting and […]
Donald Trump Is Right, Leftists Caught Staging Attacks On Jews. George Soros Engineered Race War Begins
Published on Aug 15, 2017 In absence of actual hate coming from
Conservatives, leftist scum again must manufacture their own outrage. end
Why We’ve Got To Shut Down The Federal Reserve To End The Boom And Bust Cycle
Published on Aug 15, 2017 Michael Snyder reiterates how important it is to
destroy the Federal Reserve in the fight to defeat the Globalist’s cycle of
economic slavery. end
Professor Rogoff’s War on Cash — Give Central Banks Total Control Over Our Lives
Professor Rogoff’s War on Cash — Give Central Banks Total Control Over Our
Lives by Raúl Ilargi Meijer, https://www.theautomaticearth.com/ Rogoff,
Orwell and Kafka Harvard professor and chess grandmaster Kenneth Rogoff
has said some pretty out there stuff before, in his role as self-appointed
crusader against cash, but apparently he’s not done yet. In fact, he might
just […]
China Won’t Allow Regime Change in North Korea – Former US Diplomat
Published on Aug 15, 2017 Now that the trash talk has cooled between North
Korea and the US, is Kim Jong-un backing down from his threat to deploy
“historic enveloping fire” on Guam, a US territory? Former US diplomat Jim
Jatras joins “News with Ed” to argue that “when all is said and done, Korea
[…]
Dick’s CEO: “The Retail Industry Is In Panic Mode”
Dick’s CEO: “The Retail Industry Is In Panic Mode” by Tyler Durden,
http://www.zerohedge.com With Dick’s stock crashing after reporting
dreadful results this morning, in which both comp sales and EPS missed as
the company slashed its full year guidance below even the lowest sellside
forecast (it now sees full year EPS of $2.80 to $3.00, […]
Read The Memo That Rocked Washington And Exposed The Deep State Plot Against President Trump – The MSM Goes Into Full Damage Control Mode
Read The Memo That Rocked Washington And Exposed The Deep State Plot
Against President Trump – The MSM Goes Into Full Damage Control Mode
by Susan Duclos – All News PipeLine While North Korea dominated much of the
news of late and the recent events in Charlottesville, VA have been the
talk of the internet over the […]
‘No Military Action Without Our Consent’ – South Korea Against War on Korean Peninsula
Published on Aug 15, 2017 South Korea’s president says only his country can
decide the fate of the Korean Peninsula – and whether there will be any
military action there. The statement came as thousands protested in Seoul
against the United States’ deployment of the THAAD missile defense system
in their country. The calls for […]
RAW: China Holds Massive Day-Night Live-Fire Artillery Drill
Published on Aug 15, 2017 The participants dealt with aerial
reconnaissance, harassing attacks and other potential problems in hot
weather which reached nearly 40C (104F) in east China’s Anhui Province. By
using a combination of multiple bombs, exploring, establishing and
occupying the launch sites quickly, and rapidly forming the artillery fire
group reacting to the […]
India and China Heighten War Readiness as Himalayan Standoff Continues
India and China Heighten War Readiness as Himalayan Standoff Continues by
K. Ratnayake, 14 August 2017, https://www.wsws.org/ Media reports indicate
that both India and China have increased military deployments along their
disputed border, increasing the danger that their eight-week-long standoff
on the Doklam Plateau—a ridge in the Himalayan foothills claimed by both
China and Bhutan—could cascade […]
Architect of NSA’s Surveillance Program William Binney: Russiagate is a Complete Lie!
Architect of NSA’s Surveillance Program William Binney: Russiagate is a
Complete Lie! by ALEX CHRISTOFOROU, http://theduran.com/ Ex-NSA official:
Spies don’t believe Russia collusion story. The former architect of the
NSA’s surveillance program William Binney tells Tucker Carlson why some
intel specialists like the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
(VIPS) do not find theories of Russian collusion in […]
X22 Report, “The Central Bankers Have Become Desperate, They Are Asking People To Do The Following”
X22 Report, “The Central Bankers Have Become Desperate,
They Are Asking People To Do The Following”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB42E8bScYU
*Related followup report:*
X22 Report,
“The Elite Push Their Latest Agenda, Divide And Conquer, But It's Failing”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovfZVT1p11g
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*Related:*
"Sleepwalking Into An Even Worse Version Of The 1930's Depression"
Musical Interlude: Neil H, “To the Gateway of Eternity”
Neil H, “To the Gateway of Eternity”
- https://www.youtube.com/
Beautiful playlist...
The Battle To Re-Take The ISIS Controlled Iraqi City Of Tal Afar Has Begun
*Reuters*: *Iraq bombing Islamic State-held Tal Afar ahead of assault:
Iraqi military spokesman*
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi forces are carrying out air strikes on Tal
Afar, a town held by Islamic State west of Mosul, in preparation for a
ground assault, an Iraqi military spokesman said on Tuesday.
Islamic State's self-proclaimed caliphate effectively collapsed last month,
when U.S.-backed Iraqi forces completed the recapture of Mosul, the
militants' capital in northern Iraq, after a nine-month campaign.
Parts of Iraq and Syria remain however under Islamic State control,
especi... more »
VIDEO: Houthi rebels blast Saudi military vehicle killing all
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:20 A.M.) – Houthi rebels have carried out a deadly
roadside bomb attack against Saudi regime forces on the border region
between Yemen and Saudi Arabia. According to reports, Houthi rebels
operating in the Jizan region of Saudi Arabia planted an improvised
explosive device (IED) along a section of road leading into and […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian Army shreds jihadist raiding forces in southeast Hama
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:30 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has thwarted a
potentially high-causality raid attempted by Al-Qaeda militants against its
forces in the countryside of southeastern Hama Governorate. According to
reports, jihadists of the Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) terrorist group – the
Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda – attempted to infiltrate army lines around […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
How a British royal's monumental errors made India's partition more painful
Adil Najam, Dean, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 3 hours ago
Lord Louis Mountbatten, viceroy of India, met with Indian leaders to
discuss partition. Max Desfors/AP
The midnight between August 14 and 15, 1947, was one of history’s truly
momentous moments: It marked the birth of Pakistan, an independent India
and the beginning of the end of an era of colonialism.
It was hardly a joyous moment: A botched process of partition saw the
slaughter of more than a million people; some 15 million were displaced.
Untold numbers were maimed, mutilated, dismembered and disfigured.
Countless lives were scarred.
Two hundred years of British rule in India en... more »
Disarming North Korea means making concessions
Jeffrey
Fields, Associate Professor of the Practice of International Relations,
University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts
and Sciences at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 3 hours ago
Dealing with North Korea’s ambitions for nuclear weapons has vexed the past
four U.S. presidents.
Since North Korea withdrew from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty in
2003, it has detonated nuclear explosive devices five times and made steady
progress on its ballistic missile program. In late July, Pyongyang tested
an intercontinental ballistic missile that many analysts say could reach
the West Coast of the United States and possibly beyond.
Since then, President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have
traded bellicose rhetoric, while Secretary of State Rex Tiller... more »
Time To Stock Up On Those Forever Postage Stamps?
The Postal Workers Union is gearing up for a battle with the Trump Regime.
The Trump/Ryan budget, if it passes, will be devastating for the U.S. Post
Office. It calls for a $47 billion cut (over 10 years) to retirement
benefits and mail delivery costs. The budget forces postal workers to pay
an additional billion dollars in contributions to their health and life
insurance plans. The budget would end Saturday delivery-- freeing up the
post office to work for UPS and FedEx on the weekends-- cut back on
delivery service, especially in rural areas (that voted overwhelmingly for
Trump)... more »
Woody Guthrie, “Old Man Trump” and a Real Estate Empire’s Racist Foundations
As originally published in “The Conversation“: Woody Guthrie, ‘Old Man
Trump’ and a real estate empire’s racist foundations Will Kaufman, …
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Trump’s “Justice Dept” Demands Records From Anti-Trump Protest Website In Violation of First and Fourth Amendments To The US Constitution – Hearing Friday
Starting to sound like Russia, already:
https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2017/04/02/russia-web-censor-crackdown-ahead-of-april-2nd-anti-corruption-protests/
From the VOA: “Justice Department Demands Records From Anti-Trump Protest
Website August 15, …
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Trump DOJ Attempting Digital Dragnet Of Visitors To Anti-Trump Web Site in Violation of First and Fourth Amendments To The US Constitution – Hearing on Friday
Starting to sound like Russia, already:
https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2017/04/02/russia-web-censor-crackdown-ahead-of-april-2nd-anti-corruption-protests/
From http://www.eff.org: “In J20 Investigation, DOJ Overreaches Again. And
Gets Taken to Court …
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The Afghan Taliban Send A Letter To President Trump
U.S. troops outside their base in Uruzgan Province in July
*BBC:* *Taliban open letter to Trump urges Afghan withdrawal*
As the White House mulls its next move in conflict-hit Afghanistan, the
Taliban offer their advice in an open letter to the US president.
Donald Trump is, as the world knows, happy to talk about all sorts of
things, but one area where he has maintained his silence is American policy
in Afghanistan.
His military advisers concede that America's longest-ever war has reached a
stalemate and have advised that he increase troop numbers to break it.
In the past, Mr Tru... more »
Quote of the Day: Australian politicians are losing it, says ‘Australian Financial Review’
*“Talk about losing it. The Barnaby vortex opened and consumed [Australian]
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop [and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull] in a
whirlpool of hysteria and conspiracy theories that would do Donald Trump
proud. “Bill Shorten, she said, had sought to use a foreign political
party to raise serious allegations in a foreign parliament designed to
undermine confidence in the Australian government… “The Prime Minister
told his party room that ‘Bill Shorten wants to steal government by
entering into a conspiracy with a foreign power.’ “It continued in this ... more »
Activists Criticize Alameda County Sheriffs For Sharing White Nationalist’s Tweet
Sgt. Ray Kelly blamed "a comedy of errors" for retweeting a livestream
aired by Richard Spencer.
Did the Attorney General of Alabama Once Tell the Ku Klux Klan to ‘Kiss My Ass’?
Bill Baxley wrote the famously succinct letter to a KKK Grand Dragon in
1976 in response to threats intended to intimidate him.
U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis: Very Close To Announcing The New U.S. Strategy For Afghanistan
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. (DOD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith)
*CNN*: *Mattis: Administration 'very, very close' to Afghanistan decision*
Washington (CNN)Defense Secretary James Mattis said Monday that the Trump
administration was "very, very close" to finalizing its new strategy in
Afghanistan, but warned it had not been settled yet.
"The strategic decisions have not been made," Mattis said.
During comments at the Pentagon press area, Mattis insisted "all options"
remained on the table for how to approach Afghanistan, and said those
options included a full withdrawal a... more »
U.S. Must Sign Peace Treaty with North Korea
Bruce Gagnon, coordinator for Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear
Power in Space, joins RT America’s Natasha Sweatte to discuss tensions
between the US and North Korea and the former’s culpability in the ongoing
mutual hostility.
Stand by your man
So, I am sure that all you kids saw the abomination of a press conference
today at Twitler Tower. There is plenty of consternation across the board
for the asshole-in-chief, but I have noticed that there is a severe lack … Continue
reading →
Lincoln Memorial Vandalized
Graffiti at the Lincoln Memorial, Tuesday. (National Park Service)
*Washington Post:* *Lincoln Memorial vandalized with red spray paint*
*The Lincoln Memorial was vandalized with red spray paint early Tuesday,
authorities said.*
At about 4:30 a.m., graffiti was found on a column at the memorial, the
National Park Service said in a statement. The graffiti was difficult to
read, but appeared to say “[expletive] law,” the statement said.
Additional graffiti that couldn’t be read was found in silver spray paint
on a Smithsonian wayfinding sign in the 1400 block of Constitution Avenue, ... more »
Should U.S. Secretary of Defense Mattis Use The Word P***y?
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis speaks with crew members from the U.S. Navy’s
Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Kentucky at Naval Base Kitsap,
in Bangor, Wash., Aug. 9, 2017. (DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt.
Jette Carr)
*Daily Mail*: *Mattis tells sailors they'll make a difference as military
men because 'you're not some p***y sitting on the sidelines'*
* Secretary of Defense James Mattis is known for salty language
* He told a submarine crew last week that they would never regret their
military service because it means 'you're not some p***y sitting on the
sidelines'
... more »
Soldiers From China And India Battle With Fists, Stones, And Iron Rods On Disputed Border
*Reuters:** India, China soldiers involved in border altercation: Indian
sources*
NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Indian and Chinese soldiers were
involved in an altercation in the western Himalayas on Tuesday, Indian
sources said, further raising tensions between the two countries which are
already locked in a two-month standoff in another part of the disputed
border.
A source in New Delhi, who had been briefed on the military situation on
the border, said soldiers foiled a bid by a group of Chinese troops to
enter Indian territory in Ladakh, near the Pangong lake.
Some of... more »
Iran Threatens To Restart its Nuclear Program Within Hours If The U.S. Passes New Sanctions
*L.A. Times:* *In direct challenge to Trump, Iran's president says it could
restart its nuclear program 'within hours'*
Iran’s president on Tuesday warned it could restart its nuclear program
“within hours or days” if the Trump administration continued its
confrontational policies toward the Islamic Republic.
President Hassan Rouhani’s remarks were a direct response to Trump’s
increasingly bellicose rhetoric toward Iran and his announcement of fresh
sanctions on individuals and businesses connected to Iran’s ballistic
missile program.
Trump has also pledged to undo the 2015 agree... more »
Has Iceland Eliminated Down Syndrome Through Abortion?
A report by CBS News highlights a nearly 100 percent termination rate in
the pregnancies of Icelandic women whose fetuses test positive for Down
syndrome in genetic screenings, but some have mischaracterized this report.
Is the Accused Charlottesville Killer an ‘Anti-Trump Leftist’ Supported by Clinton, Soros?
Various right-leaning sources immediately — and inaccurately — identified
the driver of the vehicle that plowed through a crowd of counter-protesters
in Charlottesville as a "radical leftist."
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Like delicate cosmic petals, these clouds of interstellar dust and gas
have blossomed 1,300 light-years away in the fertile star fields of the
constellation Cepheus. Sometimes called the Iris Nebula and dutifully
cataloged as NGC 7023 this is not the only nebula in the sky to evoke the
imagery of flowers. Still, this remarkable image shows off the Iris
Nebula's range of colors and symmetries in impressive detail. Within the
Iris, dusty nebular material surrounds a hot, young star.
* Click image for larger size.*
The dominant color of the brighter reflection nebula is blue,
characte... more »
"The Wonder Of Life..."
"We live in radical times surrounded by tasks that seem impossible. It has
become our collective fate to be alive in a time of great tragedies, to
live in a period of overwhelming disasters and to stand at the edge of
sweeping changes. The river of life is flooding before us, and a tide of
poisons affect the air we breathe and the waters we drink and even tarnish
the dreams of those who are young and as yet innocent. The snake-bitten
condition has already spread throughout the collective body.
However, it is in troubled times that it becomes most important to remember
that the wond... more »
Chet Raymo, “In Place of Belief”
*“In Place of Belief”*
by Chet Raymo
“A lightning storm the other night, slipping down from Florida. For an hour
we sat on the terrace and watched the northern sky blaze with pyrotechnics,
the best we'd ever seen, almost continuous rivers of electricity streaming
between the clouds, clouds heaped like mountains and lit from within. After
some particularly sky-filling explosions we could not resist applause. From
horizon to horizon, from Andros to San Salvador the streamers ran, trailing
their rumbles of far-off thunder. So much energy! Energy entirely beyond
the human capacity to c... more »
"One Big Road..."
“Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you're riding through the
ruts,
don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy.
Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake up and live!”
- Bob Marley
"History and Celestial Time"
"History and Celestial Time"
by Walter Cruttenden
"Discoveries like the ancient Greek Antikythera computer (1500 years before
the invention of precision geared devices) the Baghdad batteries (2000
years before Volta "invented" the battery) or dental and brain surgery
artifacts found in ancient Pakistan (8000 years out of historical sequence)
appear "anomalous" within our current paradigm of history. However, they
are not unexpected according to the ancient cyclical view.
Giorgio de Santillana, the former professor of the history of science at
MIT, tells us that most ancient cultures... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Longview, Texas, USA. Thanks for stopping by!
"Puzzling..."
"I've wondered why it took us so long to catch on. We saw it and yet we
didn't see it. Or rather we were trained not to see it. Conned, perhaps,
into thinking that the real action was metropolitan and all this was just
boring hinterland. It was a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door
and you say, "Go away, I'm looking for the truth,'' and so it goes away.
Puzzling..."
- Robert M. Pirsig
John Rubino, “Illinois Bankruptcy To Trigger Currency Collapse”
John Rubino, “Illinois Bankruptcy To Trigger Currency Collapse”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl5rT3wGCXI
X22 Report, “The Central Bankers Have Become Desperate, They Are Asking People To Do The Following”
X22 Report, “The Central Bankers Have Become Desperate,
They Are Asking People To Do The Following”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB42E8bScYU
Death Match: Russia's PAK-FA Stealth Fighter vs. America's Killer F-22 Raptor
*Sebastien Roblin*
*Security, *
Who would win?
*So why has the PAK-FA order been so radically downsized? It’s because it’s
proving extremely difficult to deliver on all the design specifications,
particularly the engines. The development costs keep on mounting, while the
Russian economy has been in a recession for the last few years, decreasing
the appetite for such an expensive offering.*
*This leads to another important caveat regarding the T-50: many of its
capabilities are planned-for rather than extant. The AESA radar is still
undergoing testing. The current crop of PAK FA... more »
The Path to U.S.-Russia Cooperation
*Zalmay Khalilzad*
*Security, Americas*
[image: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (R) waves to the media next
to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before their meeting at the State
Department in Washington, U.S., May 10, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas] For the
United States, managing Russian decline requires pursuing a
balance-of-power approach to minimize the risk of escalation.
*Note: this article is part of a **symposium on U.S.-Russia relations**
included in the September/October 2017 issue of the *National Interest*.*
Despite the array of twists and turns since the start... more »
Brexit Britain and Trump America: A New ‘Special Relationship’?
*Henrik Choy*
*Security, Europe*
[image: U.S. President Donald Trump greets British Prime Theresa Minister
May after her arrival at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 27,
2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria] Can common enemies and threats keep Britain
and the United States together for decades to come?
British prime minister Theresa May’s narrow victory in the 2017 general
election has earned her the reputation of a “dead woman walking,” given
that her failure to win a Conservative majority in the House of Commons has
drastically slimmed her chances of executing her party’s man... more »
Thucydides Trap or Tug-of-War?
*Parag Khanna*
*Security, Americas*
[image: The Nimitz-class U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson
transits the Philippine Sea while conducting a bilateral exercise with the
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force April 23, 2017. Picture taken April 23,
2017.] Today’s major powers are keenly aware that in tug-of-war, if the
rope snaps, both teams stumble and fall; nobody wins.
*AFTER STALIN*, Churchill and Truman ratified what amounted to a
spheres-of-influence deal at Potsdam in 1945, George Orwell was seized with
a sense of inevitability about perpetual war between the world’s r... more »
What China Can Teach America about the North Korea Threat
*Lawrence J. Korb*
*Security, Asia*
[image: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un claps with military officers at the
Command of the Strategic Force of the Korean People's Army (KPA) in an
unknown location in North Korea in this undated photo released by North
Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on August 15, 2017.] Sanctions
alone do not suffice the North Korean dilemma if those sanctions are
independent of a broader strategy.
North Korea successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile on
July 4. Less than a month later, it successfully tested a second ICBM, one
with ... more »
Winning 'Hearts and Minds' Won't Eliminate ISIS
*Mitchell Blatt, Sumantra Maitra*
*Security, Middle East*
[image: Smoke billows from the ruined Grand al-Nuri Mosque after it was
retaken by the Iraqi forces at the Old City in Mosul, Iraq June 29, 2017.
REUTERS/Erik De Castro] The liberation of Mosul is not something to be
proud of just yet.
Predictably, there have been incidents of alleged abuses in the aftermath
of Iraqi forces defeating ISIS in Mosul. Victorious troops were recorded
throwing ISIS fighters from rooftops and shooting at unarmed ISIS fighters
in targeted-killing sprees. After retaking the last strongholds of the... more »
If Ukraine's Economy Is to Reform, Then Its Inefficient Health System Has to Go
*Luke Coffey*
*Security, Eurasia*
And the stakes for reform are higher than in America.
The United States is not the only country caught up in an emotional debate
over health care. The Ukrainian Rada (parliament) has been struggling with
the issue for months. And like their counterparts in the U.S. Senate,
Ukrainian lawmakers scuttled plans to pass health-care reform just before
breaking for summer recess on July 19.
In Ukraine, however, the stakes for reform are higher. For starters, more
than 90 percent of Ukrainians have no medical insurance. But the problems
go far deeper th... more »
What part of anti-fascist didn't you understand?
Image via New York Times.
Not long after retweeting (and then untweetting) an image of the Trump
train evidently emulating the automobile of that murdering Nazi in
Charlottesville to mow down the CNN mascot, Emperor Trump
showed up at Trump Tower to inform the press of a new executive order:
“I’ve just signed a new executive order to reform the nation’s badly broken
infrastructure permitting process,” Trump announced, suggesting that his
directive would streamline the process of approving constructions on
highways.
But according to my source (the Mic Network), it was actually just ... more »
Losers At Life-- Trump's Most Ardent Supporters... The Bannon-Wing Of The Republican Party
All during the campaign we mentioned how Trump's most loyal followers hated
life, hated their families, their communities their own children,
themselves and, most of all, their lot in life. They're losers incoherently
crying for a fairer shot... which is what makes it hard for progressives to
condemn them wholesale. We feel their pain. Until something like
Charlottesville happens.
KKK grand dragon of whatever they call themselves David Duke, a former
Republican state senator from Louisiana, and Nazi fuehrer Richard Spencer
have put themselves out as leaders of the Unite the Right... more »
Libya Update: Russia Changes the Game
[image: undefined]
A totally unexpected strategy emerged on the Russian side after yesterday's
meeting with Field Marshall Haftar in Moscow. Russian Foreign Minister
Sergey Lavrov's announced shift in Russian policy, couched in appropriate
diplomatic language as shown in his Press Release below, changed Russia's
game plan at a stroke. It appears that the Russian government has totally
endorsed the United Nations track on Libya, saying it was was the right and
only way to go and that the dodgy Paris Accord of the 25 July was the basis
for peace.
The Russian diplomat expressed his d... more »
Libya Update: Russia Changes the Game
[image: undefined]
A totally unexpected strategy emerged on the Russian side after yesterday's
meeting with Field Marshall Haftar in Moscow. Russian Foreign Minister
Sergey Lavrov's announced shift in Russian policy, couched in appropriate
diplomatic language as shown in his Press Release below, changed Russia's
game plan at a stroke. It appears that the Russian government has totally
endorsed the United Nations track on Libya, saying it was was the right and
only way to go and that the dodgy Paris Accord of the 25 July was the basis
for peace.
The Russian diplomat expressed his d... more »
Libya Update: Russia Changes the Game
[image: undefined]
A totally unexpected strategy emerged on the Russian side after yesterday's
meeting with Field Marshall Haftar in Moscow. Russian Foreign Minister
Sergey Lavrov's announced shift in Russian policy, couched in appropriate
diplomatic language as shown in his Press Release below, changed Russia's
game plan at a stroke. It appears that the Russian government has totally
endorsed the United Nations track on Libya, saying it was was the right and
only way to go and that the dodgy Paris Accord of the 25 July was the basis
for peace.
The Russian diplomat expressed his d... more »
Libya Update: Russia Changes the Game
[image: undefined]
A totally unexpected strategy emerged on the Russian side after yesterday's
meeting with Field Marshall Haftar in Moscow. Russian Foreign Minister
Sergey Lavrov's announced shift in Russian policy, couched in appropriate
diplomatic language as shown in his Press Release below, changed Russia's
game plan at a stroke. It appears that the Russian government has totally
endorsed the United Nations track on Libya, saying it was was the right and
only way to go and that the dodgy Paris Accord of the 25 July was the basis
for peace.
The Russian diplomat expressed his d... more »
A-10 Pilot 'Belly Lands' His Plane After Major Malfunction
Capt. Brett DeVries, an A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot of the 107th Fighter
Squadron from Selfridge Air National Guard Base, poses next to the aircraft
he safely landed after a malfunction forced him to make an emergency
landing July 20 at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center. Photo
courtesy US Air National Guard
*Business Insider*: *A-10 pilot manages to 'belly land' his plane after gun
malfunctions, canopy blows off, and landing gear fails*
After a routine training run in Alpena County, Michigan in late July, US
Air National Guard Capt. Brett DeVries survived the perfect storm ... more »
Marine Corps Vets With Combat Experience Are Leaving The U.S. Military
A U.S. Marine fires an M777-A2 Howitzer in the early morning in Syria, June
3. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Matthew Callahan)
*Jeff Schogol , Military Times: **Where have all the combat vets gone?*
The Marine Corps is facing a troubling drain of combat experience as
thousands of battle-hardened Marines have left the Corps during the past
several years.
The number of Marines on active-duty who have been awarded Combat Action
Ribbons has dropped by more than half over the past five years — from a
high of more than 40,000 at the time of the surge in Afghanistan in 2011 to
fewer t... more »
Amateur Drone Operator Was Able To Land His Drone On Britain's Newest Aircraft Carrier
*Daily Mail:* *Big Lizzie outflanked by a £300 drone: Astonishing moment
pilot is able to fly his tiny aircraft over the Royal Navy's most advanced
warship before LANDING on the deck (and then taking off again!)*
* Costing £3.1billion and weighing 65,000 tonnes, she's Britain's biggest
and most advanced warship ever
* But HMS Queen Elizabeth has been outmanoevred by a £300 drone which
landed on the deck unchallenged
* The drone pilot, who wanted to remain anonymous, made the daring flight
while the carrier was docked
* The flight may now be discussed in Scotland's Parliament by M... more »
Tweets For Today
The moment a Confederate statue is pulled down in North Carolina
pic.twitter.com/NYXoIbxZ3H
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 15, 2017
In a dangerous time, the Pentagon prepares for a war game on the Korean
Peninsula. https://t.co/4esM1dqx4K
— Dan Lamothe (@DanLamothe) August 15, 2017
HMS Queen Elizabeth compared to her international sisters.
pic.twitter.com/KEJaWXmKv4
— UK Defence Journal (@UKDefJournal) August 15, 2017
Modern day footballers summed up in one video. pic.twitter.com/Xz5p3fWJwG
— Football Stuff (@FootbalIStuff) August 15, 2017
Picture Of The Day
U.S. Marine Corps' members launch a mortar during a joint exercise with
Japan's Ground Self Defense Force, named Northern Viper 17 at Hokudaien
exercise area in Eniwa, on the northern island of Hokkaido, Japan August
14, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
*WNU Editor*: The above picture is from this photo-gallery ....* U.S. and
Japan hold joint military drills* (Reuters).
Did a Hotel Owner in Switzerland Ask Jewish Guests to Shower Before Using the Pool?
News articles accurately describe real signs posted around a hotel in
Arosa, Switzerland that were widely condemned as anti-Semitic.
Did the Department of Justice Request Detailed Information About All Visitors to an Anti-Trump Website?
A web hosting company says they are being compelled to turn over all
information about an anti-Trump site that helped organize Inauguration Day
protests.
Britain’s newspaper industry won’t be apologising for 936 speculative but incorrect stories about Brexit strategy
The post Britain’s newspaper industry won’t be apologising for 936
speculative but incorrect stories about Brexit strategy appeared first on
UnHerd.
Protest Song Of The Week: ‘Nazi Scum’ by Oi Polloi
What unfolded in Charlottesville makes a whole history of anti-fascist punk
music as relevant as ever. Oi Polloi is an anarcho-punk band from
Edinburgh, Scotland, which formed in 1981. Their album, “In Defense Of Our
Earth” (1990) featured “Nazi Scum,” which urged resistance against Nazis,
especially those who come to
The post Protest Song Of The Week: ‘Nazi Scum’ by Oi Polloi appeared first
on Shadowproof.
Sex Robots – The Evolution of the Objectification of Women
*Christina Sarich* - This seems to be a new-fangled perversion which we are
supposed to accept as 'normal.'
The post Sex Robots – The Evolution of the Objectification of Women
appeared first on Waking Times.
Iran Threatens to Send Warships to Atlantic and Ramp Up Nuclear Activities if US Continues Sanctions
By Aaron Kesel Amid Americans’ concerns that North Korea threatened to
launch a missile at Guam, Iran is planning on building up a flotilla of... more »
Donald Trump defends White Nationalists and claims that the "Alt-Left" started the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
(The Nazi support starts around the 7:10 mark.)
Courtesy of the New York Times:
*President Trump angrily defended himself on Tuesday against criticism that
he did not specifically condemn Nazi and white supremacist groups following
the weekend’s deadly racial unrest in Virginia, and at one point questioned
whether the movement to pull down statues of Confederate leaders would
escalate to the desecration of George Washington. *
*In a long, combative exchange with reporters at Trump Tower in Manhattan,
the president repeatedly rejected a torrent of bipartisan criticism for
waiting ... more »
Microchips in the Hand to Conduct Commerce: An Invitation to Totalitarianism?
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A Wisconsin company has unveiled technology to conduct transactions with a
microchip imbedded under the skin in a person's hand.
Site of Epic Battle for Midway-More Than 3000 War Dead-Archaeology All Endangered By Trump: Comment Deadline Tonight 11.59 ET (NY-DC Time)
MIDWAY: “OUTNUMBERED AND OUTGUNNED, THEY WITHSTOOD SAVAGE BOMBARDMENT,
FOUGHT BACK, AND CARRIED THE FIGHT TO THE ENEMY. ” BUT WILL …
Continue reading →
America’s sectarian violence is a symptom of a lack of national confidence
Nations at peace with themselves tear down statues and fight over history
far less than nations suffering an internal or external crisis.
The post America’s sectarian violence is a symptom of a lack of national
confidence appeared first on The Duran.
Michigan to receive more than $1.3M for Native, State Wildlife Conservation Projects
“The work of Michigan Native American tribes and state wildlife agencies is
absolutely critical to wildlife conservation in the United States.”
U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt today announced
$196,321 in funding to Michigan Native tribes and more than $1.3 million to
Michigan state wildlife agencies through the Tribal Wildlife Grant (TWG)
program and the State Wildlife Grants (SWG) program. The funds, which are
provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, give support for a diverse
array of species and habitats across the country.
Through the TWG program, t... more »
Trump Administration Demands Information On Over A Million Visitors To Anti-Trump Website
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A web host called “DreamHost” has gone to court to challenge a demand from
the Trump Administration for information on more than 1 million visitors to
an anti-Trump website. The demand would covered 1.3 million IP addresses
and raises highly troubling free speech and associational concerns. At a
minimum, the demand appears wildly too broad and could easily chill
political speech for those who oppose this Administration.
DreamHost was hit by the demand after the Justice Department filed a motion in
late July in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Accor... more »
Trump Administration Demands Information On Over A Million Visitors To Anti-Trump Website
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A web host called “DreamHost” has gone to court to challenge a demand from
the Trump Administration for information on more than 1 million visitors to
an anti-Trump website. The demand would covered 1.3 million IP addresses
and raises highly troubling free speech and associational concerns. At a
minimum, the demand appears wildly too broad and could easily chill
political speech for those who oppose this Administration.
DreamHost was hit by the demand after the Justice Department filed a motion in
late July in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Accor... more »
Trump Administration Demands Information On Over A Million Visitors To Anti-Trump Website
[image: undefined]
A web host called “DreamHost” has gone to court to challenge a demand from
the Trump Administration for information on more than 1 million visitors to
an anti-Trump website. The demand would covered 1.3 million IP addresses
and raises highly troubling free speech and associational concerns. At a
minimum, the demand appears wildly too broad and could easily chill
political speech for those who oppose this Administration.
DreamHost was hit by the demand after the Justice Department filed a motion in
late July in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Accor... more »
Trump Administration Demands Information On Over A Million Visitors To Anti-Trump Website
[image: undefined]
A web host called “DreamHost” has gone to court to challenge a demand from
the Trump Administration for information on more than 1 million visitors to
an anti-Trump website. The demand would covered 1.3 million IP addresses
and raises highly troubling free speech and associational concerns. At a
minimum, the demand appears wildly too broad and could easily chill
political speech for those who oppose this Administration.
DreamHost was hit by the demand after the Justice Department filed a motion in
late July in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Accor... more »
The Poet: Czeslaw Milosz, "A Song On The End Of The World"
*"A Song On The End Of The World"*
“On the day the world ends
A bee circles a clover,
A fisherman mends a glimmering net.
Happy porpoises jump in the sea,
By the rainspout young sparrows are playing
And the snake is gold-skinned as it should always be.
On the day the world ends
Women walk through the fields under their umbrellas,
A drunkard grows sleepy at the edge of a lawn,
Vegetable peddlers shout in the street
And a yellow-sailed boat comes nearer the island,
The voice of a violin lasts in the air
And leads into a starry night.
And those who expected lightning and thunder
Are disappo... more »
“Foundation: The Fall Of The American Galactic Empire”
*“Foundation: The Fall Of The American Galactic Empire”*
by James Quinn
“The fall of Empire, gentlemen, is a massive thing, however, and not easily
fought. It is dictated by a rising bureaucracy, a receding initiative, a
freezing of caste, a damming of curiosity - a hundred other factors. It has
been going on, as I have said, for centuries, and it is too majestic and
massive a movement to stop.” – Isaac Asimov, "Foundation"
“Any fool can tell a crisis when it arrives. The real service to the state
is to detect it in embryo.” – Isaac Asimov, "Foundation"
I read Isaac Asimov’s renown... more »
Was a Crowd Hire Company Involved in Protests Against a White Supremacist Rally?
Internet speculation about a Craigslist advertisement does not appear to be
based on any concrete evidence.
DDP: Quack Cures For What Doesn’t Ail Us, Part II
Original post on William M. Briggs: http://wmbriggs.com/post/22456/ Posted
on August 15, 2017 by Briggs =============================== I’m at the
Doctors for Disaster Preparedness meeting in No-History City, Louisiana.
Here’s Part II of (an earlier draft of) the speech I gave Saturday.
Consider donating $1 for every typo you discover. Read Part I.
Theoretically speaking I often […]
How the Violent Hard-Left “Antifa” Movement Copies Communists in Weimar Republic Germany
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Police across the United States are being forced to deal with a new
hard-Left, communist-derived movement organized under the code word
“Antifa,” standing for “Anti-Fascist.”
Thimk, damn it! No no, thimk harder!
This painting, hanging in the lobby of a Trader Joe’s supermarket in
Manhattan,
purports to be a New York street scene. But look closely. How did those
cars get
up on that sidewalk bridge? Did they drive up the wall of the kiosk that’s
holding it up? Was the artist thinking? More likely he was only *thimking*.
Like Donald Trump.
Once upon a time, back in the early 1960s, there was a big, prosperous,
international company that specialized in making adding machines and
typewriters. Its name was IBM, an abbreviation for International Business
Machines.
Additionally, the company was... more »
Day after white supremacist runs down and kills female protester Donald Trump retweets cartoon of train running over CNN reporter.
Trump RT'd this pic showing a CNN journalist hit by a train days after a
white nationalist ran his car into activists, killed Heather Heyer.
pic.twitter.com/tWjdoE70AS
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 15, 2017
Courtesy of TPM:
*President Donald Trump retweeted a cartoon showing a metaphorical “Trump
Train” ramming a cartoon person topped with a CNN logo on Tuesday morning. *
*The cartoon was as an ill-timed jab at the news network just three days
after a woman was killed after a car barreled into counter-protesters at a
white supremacists rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.*... more »
The U.S. Air Force's Greatest Enemy Is Not Russia or China (but a Threat from Within)
*David Max Korzen*
*Security, North America*
An alarming manpower shortage is the culprit.
The United States Air Force is bleeding manpower at a rate so alarming Air
Force leaders have described it as a ‘quiet crisis.’ In an attempt to
mollify frustrated personnel, former Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee
James and Air Force Chief of Staff, General David Goldfein, published
directives last year ordering a reduction in additional duties. These
burdens were a source of many complaints and reducing them was seen as a
way to improve the work environment for airmen. Yet despite s... more »
The Neoliberal Record Of Kamala Harris: Reckon With It Instead Of Attacking Critics
Kamala Harris, a career prosecutor who served as California’s attorney
general and is now a United States senator, is seen by liberals as the
Democratic Party new “rising star”. Democrats are already touting the
possibility of a 2020 presidential run, and any inkling of criticism,
regardless of how genuine, faces
The post The Neoliberal Record Of Kamala Harris: Reckon With It Instead Of
Attacking Critics appeared first on Shadowproof.
Russian Foreign Ministry BASHES Ukraine for deportation of TV reporter
Originally appeared at RussiaFeed.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Moscow is outraged
by the deportation from Ukraine of the correspondent of the …
The post Russian Foreign Ministry BASHES Ukraine for deportation of TV
reporter appeared first on The Duran.
KREMLIN: Putin confirms Russia’s readiness to boost partnership with India
Originally appeared at RussiaFeed.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian President
Vladimir Putin congratulated India on the anniversary of its independence,
adding …
The post KREMLIN: Putin confirms Russia’s readiness to boost partnership
with India appeared first on The Duran.
Russia and China unite against war in Korea
Originally appeared at RussiaFeed.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian Foreign
Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi discussed in …
The post Russia and China unite against war in Korea appeared first on The
Duran.
PUTIN: People encouraging children to commit suicide via Internet similar to murderers
Originally appeared at RussiaFeed.com NOVO-OGARYOVO (Sputnik) – People
behind so-called death groups, which are closed-membership communities on
social media that …
The post PUTIN: People encouraging children to commit suicide via Internet
similar to murderers appeared first on The Duran.
Russia’s first super heavy-lift carrier flight tests set for 2027
Originally appeared at RussiaFeed.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – First flight tests
of Russia’s super heavy-lift launch vehicle should be scheduled for …
The post Russia’s first super heavy-lift carrier flight tests set for 2027
appeared first on The Duran.
State-owned Saudi television shows animation of Saudi fighters downing a Qatari passenger jet (VIDEO)
Many have called the video an unnecessary threat.
The post State-owned Saudi television shows animation of Saudi fighters
downing a Qatari passenger jet (VIDEO) appeared first on The Duran.
More Russiagate: The New Yorker, Julian Assange and Guccifer 2.0
Massive article in New Yorker asserting Guccifer 2.0 was a Russian
intelligence front and the source of the DNC and Podesta emails published
by Wikileaks is riddled with unwarranted claims and assumptions and fails
to convince.
The post More Russiagate: The New Yorker, Julian Assange and Guccifer 2.0
appeared first on The Duran.
Patients of the Week: Cackling Geese
This week we’re sharing a story of human accountability and compassion, all
to save three young Cackling Geese! Like a good number of migratory birds,
these goslings were born in the tundra on the North Slope of Alaska. They
managed to find their way into an enclosed pit on the oil fields there, but
were […]
Violence... Non-Violence... What About When It Comes To Nazis?
That's American Nazi leader Richard Spencer pretending to be Dave Gahan a
couple months ago in front of a crowd of drunken fascists who appear to
have left their tiki torches at home that night. As a longtime, devoted
Depeche Mode fan, that doesn't give me the right to kill him-- even if I'm
going to be haunted for weeks after I watching him mincing around the stage
like that. Even punching him in the face is... well, just something to
laugh about. I've been a non-violent kind of guy for my whole life (except
once).
The video's funny. I wish it went on longer. But I don't mean ... more »
Trump’s Denouncement Disappoints, Angers White Nationalists
President Donald Trump's condemnation of hate groups angered white
supremacists and neo-Nazis who supported and felt emboldened by his
campaign.
Plague Found in Fleas in Two Arizona Counties
Fleas in two Arizona counties tested positive for the presence of the
plague, but the risk to humans remains small.
“The paper is extremely flawed:” Journal retracts article linked to vaccines
A journal has retracted a 2016 paper after receiving criticism from outside
researchers who raised concerns about its methodology and data. The paper
shares multiple authors with another paper that linked the vaccine for
human papillomavirus (HPV) to behavioral problems in mice. Last year, a
journal removed the study; later that year, the authors published […]
The post “The paper is extremely flawed:” Journal retracts article linked
to vaccines appeared first on Retraction Watch.
The antidote to Al Gore
Unlike Gore's unscientific climate narrative, Climate Hustle is grounded in
solid facts that expose the global warming con game like no movie before or
since. Now available on iTunes, Vimeo, Amazon, Google Play, YouTube, Steam,
Christian Cinema and more!
N. Korea & Israel/Palestine—Intentional British Hotspots
New International Economic Order
Stop WWIII
Video of yTWwanhiHgM
EIR's Mike Billington discusses the histories of the Israel/Palestinian
conflict and North Korea in their proper context: from the start they were
designed to polarize the great powers of the planet (US, China, Russia,
Europe), creating conditions for perpetual animosity, instead of
collaboration.
Universities Lecture Engineers On The Unbearable Whiteness of Being In College
Content Multimedia - 11 hours ago
By Thomas Lindsay
TPPF Statement on Passage of Annexation Reform
Content Multimedia - 11 hours ago
By James Quintero
Earlier today, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law Senate Bill 6,
the Texas Annexation Right to Vote Act, which substantially reforms the
municipal annexation process. Most importantly, the new law requires large
cities to obtain consent from those being annexed before taking action.
Dear America: If You Want to Stop Racism, Tear Down the Drug War—Not Statues
[image: statue]We cannot change the future by trying to erase the past.
Tearing down a statue is not a solution to racism — ending the drug war is.
Communists, Socialists Pull Down Confederate Statue in North Carolina
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A mob of vandals from a rally organized by several communist, socialist,
and anarchist groups toppled a bronze statue of a Confederate soldier in
Durham, North Carolina.
California Sues DOJ Over Sanctuary City Policy
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California officials have announced that they will be suing the Department
of Justice to block the government from withholding certain law-enforcement
grants from sanctuary cities. The legal action is the latest evidence that
officials in California have prioritized illegal immigrants over its own
citizens.
Electric Cars: Child Slave Labor, Market Manipulation, and Environmental Pollution
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While promising to save both the environment and humanity, the push for
electric cars does neither. Not only does the electric car market survive
by manipulation of the free market, it is built on the backs of child slave
laborers.
Five Congressmen Demand the DOJ “Repudiate” Operation Choke Point
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Five Republican Congressmen fired off a letter, demanding the repudiation
of the Obama administration’s successful and continuing efforts to strangle
financially gun shops and other supposedly “high-risk” and “disreputable”
businesses — called Operation Choke Point.
Graphic video (18+): 5 civilians murdered, 15 injured by militant rocket fire in Aleppo
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:00 P.M.) – Five civilians have been killed and other 15
wounded – many of which are children – after militant forces shelled
government-held sections of Aleppo city today. Militants are said to have
carried out the attack from the Rashideen 4 and Zahraa suburbs on Aleppo
city’s westernmost periphery. The attack involved […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Iran threatens to pull out of nuclear deal if US implements more sanctions
The precedent of Libya looms large.
The post Iran threatens to pull out of nuclear deal if US implements more
sanctions appeared first on The Duran.
Quote of the Day: Mises on copying another man’s work
*“Freedom of the press does not mean that you have the right to copy what
another man has written and thus to acquire the success which this other
man has duly merited on account of his achievements. It means that you have
the right to write something different.”*
~ Ludwig Von Mises, from his *Economic Policy: Thoughts for Tomorrow and
Today*, Lecture 1, pp 1-15
.
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America and Russia Will Square off over New Sanctions
*Dave Majumdar*
*Security, Americas*
[image: People walk with flags at Red Square during a May Day rally in
Moscow, Russia, May 1, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev] There is little Russia
can do economically in retaliation to the U.S. sanctions, but Moscow can
act against American interests geopolitically.
The Kremlin will likely respond to new U.S. sanctions that were recently
imposed on Russia by asymmetric means.
From the Russian point of view, the new sanctions—which are codified by
law—are essentially permanent, thus Moscow has little incentive to comply
with American demands. In... more »
Are Russia and China Preparing for War?
*Eugene K. Chow*
*Security, Asia*
Could this happen?
The frozen tundra along Russia’s far-eastern border with China is becoming
a hot zone as both nations deploy nuclear-capable missiles to the area. Are
two of the world’s most advanced militaries preparing for war with one
another?
In June, Russia armed a fourth brigade in the far east with the deadly
Iskander-M short-range ballistic missile system. There are now twice as
many brigades equipped with these nuclear-capable missiles on the Chinese
border than any other Russian military district. The Iskander-M has a range
of 250–... more »
Here Is Why Trump Should Invite Kim Jong Un to Washington
*John Dale Grover*
*Politics, Asia*
It may help to prevent war.
Trump recently tweeted that North Korea would face “fire and fury” if it
did not stop with its threats. North Korean media has responded by claiming
their military is awaiting approval from Kim to launch Hwasong-14 rockets
to hit the waters around the U.S. territory of Guam. These threats to the
physical security of each other’s countries jolt the national sense of
self-preservation. Not surprisingly, the resulting cycle where both parties
up the ante in words is as predictable as it is unproductive.
Trump should do... more »
Donald Trump accuses CNN of spreading fake news, CNN reporter returns the favor.
Courtesy of The Hill:
*Trump made a statement earlier today said that “racism is evil” and
specifically criticized the KKK, Nazis and other groups that organized the
rally for the first time. But he did not take questions from reporters,
despite later calling it a "press conference." *
*At a second announcement later in the day, Trump said he is launching an
investigation into China’s trade practices. *
*As that announcement ended, Acosta asked Trump if reporters could ask him
questions about his remarks on Charlottesville. *
*“It doesn’t bother me at all, but I like real news, no... more »
Korea and Venezuela: Flip Sides of the Same Coin
Jacob G. Hornberger at - 12 hours ago
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By suggesting that he might order a US regime-change invasion of Venezuela,
President Trump has inadvertently shown why North Korea has been
desperately trying to develop nuclear weapons — to serve as a deterrent or
defense against one of the US national-security state storied regime-change
operations. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Venezuela and, for that
matter, other Third World countries who stand up to the US Empire, also
seeking to put their hands on nuclear weapons. What better way to deter a
US regime-change operation against them?
Think back to ... more »
Human Rights while at Jail
Human Rights are the basic rights and freedoms that all human beings are
entitled to. For example, the right to life and liberty, freedom of
speech, expression and thought, civil and political rights, the right to
food, etc. Naturally, going to jail or prison involves the curtailing of a
persons’ rights. That does not mean […]
End Of Iran Nuke Deal? What Comes Next...
President Trump was angry with his Secretary of State for recertifying
Iranian compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal. Even though Iran remains in
compliance with the deal. What will happen when the next recertification
comes due toward the end of summer? Will the US oppose its allies and the
United Nations by unilaterally refusing to accept that Iran is abiding by
the agreement? Already this morning the Iranian president has threatened to
pull out of the deal if the US keeps adding sanctions on Iran with no
justification. What next? Tune in to today's Liberty Report:
End Of Iran Nuke Deal? What Comes Next...
President Trump was angry with his Secretary of State for recertifying
Iranian compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal. Even though Iran remains in
compliance with the deal. What will happen when the next recertification
comes due toward the end of summer? Will the US oppose its allies and the
United Nations by unilaterally refusing to accept that Iran is abiding by
the agreement? Already this morning the Iranian president has threatened to
pull out of the deal if the US keeps adding sanctions on Iran with no
justification. What next? Tune in to today's Liberty Report:
End Of Iran Nuke Deal? What Comes Next...
President Trump was angry with his Secretary of State for recertifying
Iranian compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal. Even though Iran remains in
compliance with the deal. What will happen when the next recertification
comes due toward the end of summer? Will the US oppose its allies and the
United Nations by unilaterally refusing to accept that Iran is abiding by
the agreement? Already this morning the Iranian president has threatened to
pull out of the deal if the US keeps adding sanctions on Iran with no
justification. What next? Tune in to today's Liberty Report:
End Of Iran Nuke Deal? What Comes Next...
President Trump was angry with his Secretary of State for recertifying
Iranian compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal. Even though Iran remains in
compliance with the deal. What will happen when the next recertification
comes due toward the end of summer? Will the US oppose its allies and the
United Nations by unilaterally refusing to accept that Iran is abiding by
the agreement? Already this morning the Iranian president has threatened to
pull out of the deal if the US keeps adding sanctions on Iran with no
justification. What next? Tune in to today's Liberty Report:
Nationwide map of Syria – August 15, 2017
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:55 P.M.) – With the arrival of mid-August it is clear
that the year-long strategic trend of endless ISIS defeats on the
battlefield and rapid territorial retraction continues to remain in
full-effect. In eastern Syria, three massive Syrian Arab Army (SAA) fronts
– backed up by allied paramilitary groups – continue to close […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Iranian drone buzzes US naval ship in Persian Gulf
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:55 P.M.) – For the second time in less than seven days
an Iranian military drone buzzed a US Navy aircraft carrier in the Persian
Gulf, creating a “dangerous situation with the potential for collision”
with US jets, the US Navy said Monday. The Iranian “Sadegh” drone was
flying without navigational lights near […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
White Dispossession of America
Demographics show that in just a few years from now people of color will be
the majority population in the US. Many on the right fear that day and
much of their current insanity and white supremacy organizing is based on
this coming reality.
This video gives you a good glimpse of how one white man of privilege
thinks.
Protesters Swarm City Hall After Dashcam Shows Cops Pulverize Man Over Suspended License
[image: Euclid]Residents of Euclid, Ohio express outrage at the beating of
a motorist and the recent killing of a man in an officer-involved shooting.
Did Trump Retweet a Cartoon of a Train Hitting a CNN Reporter?
President Trump retweeted, then quickly deleted, a cartoon of a train
hitting a CNN reporter, leaving some to wonder if the posting was real.
Wayward Alligator Found in Swimming Pool at New Jersey Motel
A 'wayward alligator' was found in a swimming pool at Bayview Inn & Suites
in Atlantic City on 15 August 2017.
If You Vaccinate, Ask 8!
8/15/2017
*By Barbara Loe Fisher*
Vaccines are pharmaceutical products that come with risks that can be
greater for some people. 1 2 No vaccine is safe for everyone. 3 4
If you choose to vaccinate, ask 8 questions before you do: 5
1. Number One: Am I sick right now? *Getting vaccinated while sick could
increase risks for a vaccine reaction or lower vaccine effectiveness. *6
2. Number Two: Have I had a bad reaction to a vaccination before? *Getting
re-vaccinated after a previous vaccine reaction could cause a more serious
reaction, injury or death.* 7 8
3. Number Thre... more »
CONFIRMED: Ukraine will NOT SUE New York Times over alleged N. Korean deals
Ukraine is backing down.
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Korean deals appeared first on The Duran.
Iran backs dialogue between Baghdad, Iraqi Kurdistan Autonomous Region
Iran's position is the same as Russia's.
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Region appeared first on The Duran.
Leonard Peltier receives needed wheelchair in prison
. Greetings Friends, Family & Comrades Good news on the medical front,
Leonard got his wheelchair and now has more mobility in getting to various
progr Greetings Friends, Family and Comrades Good news on the medical
front, Leonard got his wheelchair and now has more mobility in getting to
various programs, like the computer class as well
The Irony of Port Hope
I strongly recommend looking at this summary of results from a study of
uranium contamination among people living in Port Hope, Ontario Canada:
Asaf Durakovic, Axel Gerdes, Isaac Zimmerman. (2017, August). The
Quantitative Analysis of Uranium Isotopes in the Population of Port Hope,
Ontario Canada. Uranium Medical Research Center - www.umrc.net 157 Carlton
Street, Suite 206, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5A 2K3 Institute for
Mineralogy, JW Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
http://umrc.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/The-Quantitative-Analysis-of-Uranium-Isotopes-in-the-Population-of-... more »
China-India Conflict Is Far More Dangerous Than US-North Korea One
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, Pakistan’s historically good
relations with Russia and its refusal to follow US ally Saudi Arabia into
an unnecessary conflict with Qatar and by extrapolation with Iran,
demonstrates a far-sighted geo-strategic maturity that will ultimately
benefit Pakistan greatly.
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appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
Exclusive: Elite Syrian Army units arrive in east Damascus to finish off jihadists
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:10 P.M.) – Soldiers from the Syrian Arab Army’s 39th and
40th brigades have deployed to the strategic suburb of Jobar to aid the
forces fighting the jihadist rebels in east Damascus, a source from the
42nd Brigade told Al-Masdar News today. According to the source, the Syrian
Arab Army is preparing a […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
4 jihadist regiments form new army, Al-Qaeda prepares offensive
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:00 P.M.) – Four regiments of militants from the jihadist
sub-factions of 3 major rebel groups which operate in northern Hama
Governorate have broken off from their mother organizations to form a new
independent army. According to rebel media sources, four regiments of
jihadist fighters with all of their heavy weapons have defected […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Russian forces honor iconic Syrian Army officer
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (6: 15 P.M.) – Russian forces stationed at Hmeimim Airbase
in the Syrian coast held a special ceremony to honor one of the most
renowned Syrian Army officers. Brigadier General Suheil al-Hassan is the
commander of the widely-feared Tiger Forces; one of the Syrian Army’s elite
formations that proved highly effective in several battles […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian pilot captured by FSA militants near Jordanian border
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:55 P.M.) – The Syrian pilot that was shot down over the
southeastern countryside of Al-Sweida has been captured by the Free Syrian
Army (FSA) militants in the area. Opposition media activists released the
picture of the captured pilot, confirming he survived the crash after he
bailed out near the Jordanian border. The […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Lebanese Army prepares to storm ISIL’s positions on Syrian border
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:15 P.M.) – The Lebanese Army has taken up positions
around the southern corridor of the Ras Ba’albak region this afternoon, a
military source told Al-Masdar News. To weaken the terrorist group’s
resolve, the Lebanese Army has been pounding the area around the Zamrani
Road, inflicting heavy damage on ISIL’s trenches. “The Lebanese […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
UN report: About 16 million Yemenis do not have clean water
A report by the United Nations said on Sunday that 15 million and 700,000
people do not have access to clean water, while 14 million and 800,000 do
not receive adequate health care. The United Nations Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that Yemen is
suffering from a severe deterioration in health […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Israeli minister warns of war with Lebanon if Hezbollah attacks
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:30 P.M.) – Israel’s Minister of Education, Naftali
Bennett, tweeted on Monday that any rocket fired into Israel by Hezbollah
will result in a declaration of war by the Tel Aviv regime. “Hezbollah
rockets fired into Israel is a declaration of war,” the Israeli minister
tweeted. Furthermore, the Israeli minister claimed that Hezbollah […]
Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
DOJ Demands 1.3 Million IP Addresses, Info, and Photos of People Who Visited Anti-Trump Website
By Rachel Blevins While the United States government has pushed for
increasing mass surveillance over the years, the latest requests from the
Department of Justice... more »
Holocaust Memorial Vandalized for Second Time This Summer
Police in Boston say a person is in custody for allegedly vandalizing the
Holocaust memorial, the second time it was damaged this summer.
Noah’s Ark Theme Park Destroyed in a Flood?
Reports that a Christian theme park featuring a Noah's Ark exhibit was
destroyed by a flood which meteorologists termed "an act of God" are fake
news.
Deadly Rally Accelerates Removal of Confederate Statues
A deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville is fueling further
re-evaluation of Confederate statues, accelerating their removal in many
cities.
Workers to Try to Pull Mysterious Circular Object from Beach
The circular object located about 10 feet (3 meters) off shore at low tide
has eight stainless steel legs and is capped with concrete.
Jury Sides With Taylor Swift in Groping Lawsuit
Jurors ruled that ex-radio host David Mueller had assaulted and battered
the singer at an event in 2013.
Driver Kills Girl, Injures Others in Car Attack at Pizzeria Near Paris
The local prosecutor said the attack in the town of Sept-Sorts was
deliberate, but not terrorism-related.
Does Trumpanzee Deserve All The Blame For Charlottesville? Or Just Part Of The Blame?
*Vanilla ISIS*
The *Washington Post*'s Jennifer Rubin predicted Trumapnzee's excuses for
the new realization among some who missed the first decades of Trump as
racist that Trump is a racist:
1. I was kidding
2. the fake news is at fault
3. I am the least racist person ever
Democratic pollster Matt Canter added the obvious "my grandchildren are
Jews."
On Sunday, the Regime sent some guy, Tom Bossert, some kind of homeland
security advisor, to defend Trump on Jake Tapper's CNN show, *State of the
Union*. "The president not only condemned the violence and stood up at a
time and a m... more »
Durham, NC: Let's pull down a statue commemorating 500K Americans...
*like a bunch of monkeys allowed out of their circus cages. *
*This is disgraceful and nauseating to watch. *
A crowd of protesters gathered outside the old Durham County courthouse on
Main Street Monday evening in opposition to a Confederate monument in front
of the government building.Around 7:10pm a woman climbed the statue using a
ladder and attached a rope around the statue.
Moments later, The crowd pulled on the rope and the statue fell.
In 1924, the Confederate statue was dedicated to Durham.Engraved on the
front of the monument is “The Confederate States of America.”
Ab... more »
The blame game
Originally posted on Climate Etc.:
by Judith Curry For the sake of argument, let’s accept the IPCC conclusions
regarding attribution of global warming, and their 21st century
projections. So, exactly who in the U.S. bears the blame for current and
future damages? This is not an academic question. There are two landmark
lawsuits that are…
So it turns out that another Trump campaign worker tried super hard to arrange another one of those pesky meetings with the Russians. This one included Vladimir Putin.
Remember, all Russia meetings have to go through me. Courtesy of the Washington
Post:
*Three days after Donald Trump named his campaign foreign policy team in
March 2016, the youngest of the new advisers sent an email to seven
campaign officials with the subject line: “Meeting with Russian Leadership
- Including Putin.” *
*The adviser, George Papadopoulos, offered to set up “a meeting between us
and the Russian leadership to discuss US-Russia ties under President
Trump,” telling them his Russian contacts welcomed the opportunity,
according to internal campaign emails read to The... more »
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