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Syria Calls on UN TO "Stop US Coalition Crimes" in Syria
* I would like to see everyone unite and condemn this- Come on you twits on twitter! Anti social maniacs. "Antifa" phonies- Instead you all serve the elites and foment their divide to conquer strategy. Useful idiots as tools to be manipulated.* *As my hubby's baba would have gestured in an expression of extreme disgust "I spit on you all"* * Sputnik* *Damascus called on the UN Security Council to "stop the US-led coalition's crimes against Syrian citizens," a statement issued by the Syrian Foreign Ministry said.* *"Syria calls again on the UN Security Council to fulfull its obligat... more »
John Ventre, Racism and the Mission to Civilize
(*Blogger’s Note*: Before anyone misinterprets this post, I am not defending John Ventre’s racist rant, only his right to make it. That is a real but sometimes overlooked distinction. If we begin to limit free speech by labeling it as “hate speech,” and deny a person the right to make a racist rant, how long will it be before someone else decides that he or she doesn’t think we should be talking about UFOs and a government cover up of the information because that is an attack on the government that could be helping our enemies ((whoever that might be and, BTW, an allegation slung by... more »
Investigators now have their first still living witness to the Russian hacking.
Courtesy of the New York Times: *It is the first known instance of a living witness emerging from the arid mass of technical detail that has so far shaped the investigation into the election hacking and the heated debate it has stirred. The Ukrainian police declined to divulge the man’s name or other details, other than that he is living in Ukraine and has not been arrested. * *There is no evidence that Profexer worked, at least knowingly, for Russia’s intelligence services, but his malware apparently did. * *That a hacking operation that Washington is convinced was orchestrated by... more »
Lynette Zang: They Want to Get Rid of Cash. Financial System Cannot be Trusted — Gold $9,300 & Silver $625
Lynette Zang: They Want to Get Rid of Cash. Financial System Cannot be Trusted — Gold $9,300, Silver $625 Now by Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com Market analyst Lynette Zang says get ready for a “money standard shift.” A reset in how we buy and sell things is being put into place. Zang contends, “Look at the crypto currency area because […]
Harlow, Ooguri: entanglement/AdS proof that there are no global symmetries in QG
Daniel Harlow wrote or co-wrote numerous interesting papers about quantum gravity, entanglement, locality, error code correction, weak gravity conjecture etc. within AdS/CFT. John Preskill has tweeted about an interesting, soon-to-be-published result by Harlow and Hiroši Ooguri: Ooguri and Harlow find that entanglement wedge reconstruction in AdS/CFT rules out global symmetry in the bulk gravity theory. #QIQG3 pic.twitter.com/RcVnMc7PJx — John Preskill (@preskill) August 16, 2017 They seem to make some lore rigorous. The lore says that there are no global symmetries in consiste... more »
Terrorist Van Attack Kills 13 People, Injures 50 in Barcelona
The incident took place in the city's historic Las Ramblas district.
What Truth Sounds Like - Abby Martin Describes the "Hell on Earth" that is Palestine
*Abby Martin on the Joe Rogan Podcast Program* *"...Worse than I could Ever Imagine"* Westerners haven't heard the truth spoken in the Main$tream (Legacy) Media for such a long time that they wouldn't recognize it if they heard it. The above, hard, searing interview is how the truth sounds. Imagine if Abby Martin went on one of those drivel talk shows on CNN or FAUX or NBC and talked about the things she's talking about in the video above. Imagine if she could describe the things she saw during her recent month long stay in Israel. Now *THAT*, my friends, would be freedom of the... more »
"Unite the Right" Organizer's Left-wing Roots Exposed by Leftist Publication
[image: unite-the-right-organizer-s-left-wing-roots-exposed-by-leftist-publication] According to a report from the left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Jason Kessler, the organizer behind the “Unite the Right” event in Charlottesville, Virginia, that turned violent was a member of the Occupy Wall Street movement and an Obama supporter.
Troubles Of The Tribal And Local Hashd In Anbar And Ninewa
As more Iraqi territory has been freed the government has run into a growing problem, how to secure it all. Most of the local police fled when the Islamic State conquered northern and western Iraq in 2014. Baghdad never rebuilt most of these forces due to a lack of planning and money. That led to ad hoc solutions, one of which was the tribal and local Hashd. These units are small and disparate, and usually linked to tribes, politicians and parties seeking political and economic power. In Anbar and Ninewa these forces have run into increasing problems, undermining security in the p... more »
This Day In Iraqi History - Aug 17
1937 PM Hikmat Sulaiman govt resigned over threat of military coup or civil War 1937 Jamil al-Midfai became premier for 3rd time 1987 Iraq told UN it wouldn’t accept any changes to Resolution 598 that proposed ceasefire in Iran-Iraq War 2000 Iraq reopened Saddam International Airport to get around UN sanctions 2001 US Energy Dep report said aluminum tubes Iraq tried to buy were probably for rockets not centrifuges 2003 CPA told White House if didn’t get additional $20.3 bil would be disaster for Bush’s plans for Iraq 2003 Water pipelin... more »
Barcelona: Van hits crowds in Ramblas tourist area per BBC News
'A van has ploughed into crowds in Barcelona's Ramblas tourist area.Spanish police say several people have been injured in a "massive crash", while emergency services are urging people to stay away from the area around Plaça Catalunya. Reports from the scene say people are taking cover in nearby shops and cafes. Reuters news agency reports that emergency services have requested the closure of local metro and train stations. Marc Esparcia, a 20-year-old student who lives in Barcelona, told the BBC: "There was a loud noise and everybody ran for cover. There were a lot people, lots... more »
Report: North Korea's Next Nuclear Test Will Be Critical If It Wants To Have Nuclear Armed ICBMs
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits 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. Reuters/KCNA *Reuters*: *What will Kim do next? Sixth nuclear test seen critical for North Korea* SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea says it has developed intercontinental missiles capable of targeting any place in the United States. Now comes the hard part of fulfilling the declared goal of its leader Kim Jong Un: perfecting a nuclear device small and lig... more »
Here Is The NDA That George Soros Forced Professional Anarchist To Sign
It was nearly six months ago that I came forward and revealed my role as a professional anarchist paid to protest President Donald Trump by George Soros. Upon revealing the truth, I immediately had to go into hiding and I sought out privacy tools that weren’t infiltrated by Soros and The post Here Is The NDA That George Soros Forced Professional Anarchist To Sign appeared first on Shadowproof.
Why won't President Donald Trump Disavow Racists?
https://youtu.be/hoXThCb8EZA Oh you mean he did disavow racists over and over again. Maybe the question should be - why won't the media report that President Donald Trump has been disavowing racists for at least 17 years?
And Now, the Rest of the Story
Since the election we've seen dozens of sympathetic pieces about the quintessential Trump voters--those beleaguered, disaffected rural white people, left behind by a post-industrial economy and a culture that no longer recognizes the inherent value of their whiteness. And every time another one is published...well, let's just say that there is rough language in my general vicinity. What exactly is it about these thumbsucking pieces, individually and (even more) en masse, that is so deeply infuriating? Good question. Let's ask Madyson Turner: Turner’s mom, who cleans houses in town ... more »
Donald Trump Criticizes ‘Foolish’ Removal of Confederate Monuments
The President also attacked Republican Senators who had been critical of his comments about white supremacists and neo-Nazis.
BUSTED: Parents Catch FBI in Plot to Force Mentally Ill Son to Be a Right Wing Terrorist
[image: FBI]The parents of a severely mentally disabled man are speaking out on how the FBI groomed him as a right wing terrorist, knowing he's paranoid schizophrenic.
Trump to anti-racism People: Fuck Off And Die
The Punk In Chief is considering pardoning Joe Arpaio. After a long investigation and proof, not just evidence, that he targeted darker skinned people for traffic stops and kangaroo court detentions, especially with his personal fetish for dressing male prisoners in pink panties, which would be a sex offense if a civilian did it. If […]
Declining US urgently seeks to maintain imperial grip
United States planners are becoming increasingly desperate in sustaining access to key oil and energy resources. The post Declining US urgently seeks to maintain imperial grip appeared first on The Duran.
Julian Assange meets Congressional Trump ally–remains tight lipped
The meeting comes as Trump flaunts his ability to invoke Presidential pardons. The post Julian Assange meets Congressional Trump ally–remains tight lipped appeared first on The Duran.
Ukraine erects a new fascist statue and America remains silent
The American elites are not concerned with fascism and Donald Trump is certainly not a fascist nor anything else but a new brand of American politician. While non-fascist statures in the US are being vandalised, actual fascist statues are being erected in Ukraine. The post Ukraine erects a new fascist statue and America remains silent appeared first on The Duran.
WEAKER APART: We pause our previously planned report!
*THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 2017Pause—With a few simple starter questions:* As announced yesterday, we've decided to pause the report we'd planned to pursue this week. Charlottesville has overtaken it, in several ways. That said, we thought we'd leave you with a few simple starter questions. Imagine that someone—a person you knew, or perhaps an academician—approached you with questions like these: *Question 1:* Do unauthorized immigrants commit fewer crimes, on average, than native-born Americans? Than native-born white Americans? Than native-born black Americans? *Question 2:* Would i... more »
Donald Trump appoints longtime sycophant Hope Hicks as his new communications director.
Courtesy of CNN Politics: *Longtime Trump loyalist Hope Hicks has been promoted to interim communications director in the White House, a reflection that as the walls continue to close in on this president he is shrinking his inner circle to only his most trusted allies. * *Hicks, who came into Trump's orbit via work she did for his daughter, Ivanka, has been with him since the first day of his presidential campaign. She, along with then-campaign-manager Corey Lewandowski and social media guru Dan Scavino -- as well as the Trump family -- have always been on the innermost branche... more »
The Mask of US Aggression Against China is Off
The US seems to be positioning itself as an adversary in a trade war with China, something as unwinnable as North Korea engaging in a nuclear war with the United States. The post The Mask of US Aggression Against China is Off appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
North Korean Propaganda Posters Show Missiles Obliterating Washington DC And The U.S.
Bold claims: This illustration is captioned, 'Entire region of the state is now within range of our missiles!', purporting that Pyongyang's bombs could reach the U.S. *Daily Mail*:* North Korea shows the Capitol Building being obliterated by red missiles in new series of anti-West propaganda posters* * Posters show North Korean missiles falling on Washington DC and the U.S. * Propaganda posters claim U.S. is 'within range' of Pyongyang's missiles * Illustrations proclaim that bombing the U.S. would be North Korea's 'answer' * This follows escalation in animosity between the two count... more »
Activist Malala Yousafzai Accepted to Study at the University of Oxford
The 20-year-old was shot by the Taliban at the age of 15 for agitating for the right to an education
Powerball Jackpot Climbs to $510 Million, 8th Largest
The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are one in 292.2 million.
New column day
Here, following up on my recent posts as to the state of the federal NDP's leadership race as of today's membership deadline. For much more material on the leadership campaign, I'll simply point again to the reference page here. And I'll encourage anybody interested in the NDP's place in Canadian politics to sign up and participate in the leadership votes to come.
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. - Owen Jones calls out the dogmatic centre for first laying the groundwork for the rise of the populist right, then trying to vilify anybody working on a progressive alternative. And Chris Dillow zeroes in on what's wrong with the neoliberal view of the world: - Insufficient scepticism about capitalism. Centrists have failed to appreciate sufficiently that actually-existing capitalism has led to inequality, rent-seeking and stagnation. New Labour’s deference to bosses fuelled their presumption that banks were in good hands and didn’t need to ... more »
South Korea Draws A Red Line On North Korea
U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and South Korean President Moon Jae-in deliver a joint statement from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 30, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria *Business Insider/Reuters:* *South Korea gave Kim Jong-un a 'red line'* SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea would be "crossing a red line" if it put a nuclear warhead on an intercontinental ballistic missile, South Korea's president said on Thursday, but the United States had promised to seek Seoul's approval before taking any military action. North Korea's rapid progress in developing nuclear we... more »
FBI Coup Plotters Escalate with the Race Card — Trump Being Set up for Riots and Assassination
The coup plotters and their FBI attack dogs have chosen to use the race card to escalate the drive to eliminate Donald Trump — either politically or physically. While the McCarthyite witchhunt against Trump's "collusion" with Russia proceeds under former FBI chief Robert Mueller (keep in mind that Mueller cut his teeth as head of the "Get LaRouche Task Force" in the 1980s), the FBI-controlled storm troopers on both the right and the left were deployed into the staged bloody confrontation in Charlottesville on August 12. Now the mainstream media is filled, 24 hours a day, with hyst... more »
A Look Inside The U.S. Base Responsible For Testing Defenses Against Biological And Chemical Weapons
Photo from the Military Home Store *Daily Mail:* *Spectacular new pictures offer rare peek inside top secret Army base which tests defenses against biological and chemical weapons deep in the Utah desert* * Fascinating images offer a peek inside the top secret US Army Dugway Proving Ground deep in Utah desert * The 800,000-acre base was built in 1942 and is used to create defenses against biological and chemical arms * It is infamous for accidentally sending anthrax spores around the US and being linked to death of 6,249 sheep These astonishing images reveal what it looks inside th... more »
Tweets For Today
“There will be no war.” South Korea says Trump will seek its consent before taking any action on North Korea. https://t.co/m6pCLRp4ze — The New York Times (@nytimes) August 17, 2017 pic.twitter.com/NPK14Twlni — AFP news agency (@AFP) August 17, 2017 "North Korea’s generals may come to understand that Kim’s survival is not indivisibly linked to their own." https://t.co/WbK2IZX39q — Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) August 17, 2017 Excellent photo of the new #RoyalNavy aircraft carrier @HMSQnlz while entering Portsmouth this morning, by https://t.co/hbxIL6Wbp5 pic.twitter.com/CJb84y... more »
The Laughter Will Be Universal
Donald Trump disbanded all of his business councils yesterday -- before every member of each council resigned. The message is pretty clear: Donald Trump, the businessman *par excellence,* is bad for business. Vichy Mochama writes: The time will come for all brands to dissociate from this administration. Based on the pictures of young men marching, it won’t be too long before polo shirt companies will disavow white nationalism. Somewhere, a public relations agency for Poly by Ralph Lauren and/or Lacoste is in the middle of a heated debate about if and when to change the name of thei... more »
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*It seems that the short summer melting season has already ended in Greenland* *Top: The total daily contribution to the surface mass balance from the entire ice sheet (blue line, Gt/day). Bottom: The accumulated surface mass balance from September 1st to now (blue line, Gt) and the season 2011-12 (red) which had very high summer melt in Greenland. For comparison, the mean curve from the period 1981-2010 is shown (dark grey). The same calendar day in each of the 30 years (in the period 1981-2010) will have its own value. These differences from year to year are illustrated by the ... more »
Musical Interlude: Logos, “Cheminement”
Logos, “Cheminement” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOuXP8aVWHU
"Americans Are Rapidly Descending Into Madness"
*"Americans Are Rapidly Descending Into Madness"* by Mike Krieger "I don’t live in an echo chamber, partly because there aren’t enough people out there who think like me, but also because I constantly and intentionally attempt to challenge my worldview by reading stuff from all over the political map. I ingest as much as I can from a wide variety of intelligent sources, picking and choosing what makes sense to me, and then synthesizing it the best I can. Though I’m certainly grounded in certain key principles, my perspective on specific issues remains malleable as I take in additi... more »
"A Harvard Psychologist Says People Judge You Based On 2 Criteria When They First Meet You"
*"A Harvard Psychologist Says People Judge You Based * *On 2 Criteria When They First Meet You"* by Jenna Goudreau "People size you up in seconds, but what exactly are they evaluating? Harvard Business School professor Amy Cuddy has been studying first impressions alongside fellow psychologists Susan Fiske and Peter Glick for more than 15 years, and has discovered patterns in these interactions. In her new book, "Presence," Cuddy says people quickly answer two questions when they first meet you: • Can I trust this person? • Can I respect this person? Psychologists refer to these d... more »
"Making Your Best Guess"
*"Making Your Best Guess"* by Arthur Silber “We are not gods, and we are not omniscient. We cannot foretell the future with certainty. Most often, cultural and political changes are terribly complex. It can be notoriously difficult to predict exactly where a trend will take us, and we can be mistaken. We do the best we can: if we wish to address certain issues seriously, we study history, and we read everything that might shed light on our concerns. We consult what the best thinkers of our time and of earlier times have said and written. We challenge everyone's assumptions, includi... more »
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From Jenna Orkin NC Governor: "Monuments Should Come Down"; Durham Antifa Leader Charged With Felony New Trump-Russia emails could be 'devastating' for Paul Manafort The 'March on Google' protest has been cancelled FDNY engineer dies at 43 amid battle against 9/11-linked brain tumor, one year after his firefighter dad’s death India Bans Gold Exports "Without A Valid Reason" Denmark Offers Homes, Education To Jihadists In "Hug A Terrorist" Rehab Program Philippine president praises police for killing 32 drug suspects and urges more killings every day Al Qaeda published an entir... more »
South Korea Will Try to Blow Up Kim Jong Un If He Launches Nukes
*Robert Beckhusen* *Security, Asia* One word: Yikes. If North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un orders a nuclear strike on South Korea, Seoul will attempt to kill him with missiles and devastate Pyongyang in the process. That’s according to a report last year from the Yonhap News Agency citing a military source. “Every Pyongyang district, particularly where the North Korean leadership is possibly hidden, will be completely destroyed by ballistic missiles and high-explosive shells as soon as the North shows any signs of using a nuclear weapon,” the source told the agency. North Korea... more »
Is the U.S. Navy Building the Ultimate 'Big Gun': A Rail Gun with a 100 Mile Range?
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * Coming soon to a war near you? *Propelled by an electrical current and traveling at speeds up to Mach 7.5, the US Navy's Hyper Velocity Projectile can shoot out of a rail gun to destroy enemy ships, vehicles and missiles at ranges up to 100 nautical miles. * The promise of this seemingly futuristic weapon system is no longer a thing of mystery, speculation or sci-fi movies but rather something nearing operational use in combat. The weapon brings such force, power and range that is the kind of thing which could hold enemies at risk from greater distan... more »
The Jesuits as the Vatican’s Order of Assassins
Prior to examining the next chapter addressing the pope and Vatican roles in their Roman Catholic hierarchical stake in Satan’s rule over the earth and the NWO’s worldwide operation pedophilia, much has been made of the Jesuit Order controlling both Pope Francis as the first Jesuit pope as well as the Jesuit black pope and his legions controlling the Knights of Malta, Opus Dei, Knights of Columbus and the dozens of other secret societies including the CIA, Freemasons, the Illuminati and their satanic family bloodlines. The devil’s earthly pecking order starts with Lucifer (transl... more »
Sins of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
The birth of the Order of St. John was in 1048. A community in Amalfi of merchants and Catholic monks from the Order established a church, convent and the Hospital of St. John in Jerusalem in 1085 to care for the sick among the Christians visiting and living in the Holy Land. In 1099, the final year of the First Crusade, the Sovereign Military Order of St. John of Jerusalem or the Order of Hospitallers was formalized, officially recognized by the pope in 1113 and by 1126 the Knights of St. John expanded their services as the second secret military Christian order designated to defe... more »
Infighting renewed in Eastern Ghouta after aid convoys enter rebel stronghold (+ Photos)
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (4:00 P.M.) – Clashes re-erupted between the two major rebel groups in Eastern Ghouta after aid convoys made it to the insurgent bastion of Douma. Up to 48 trucks carrying food, medicine and basic supplies entered Douma this morning through Al-Wafideen Camp crossing point in order to later distributed in Douma, Shifuniyah and […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Breaking: Syrian Army makes a huge advance in central Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:45 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has once against made a massive advance in central Syria after launching a major attack inside the Hama Governorate this morning. Led by elements of 38th Brigade of the 4th Mechanized Division, the Syrian Arab Army stormed the southern countryside of Ithriya, striking the Islamic […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Supplies of toxic agents to Syria violate Chemical Weapons Convention – Russian UN envoy
Supplies of toxic substances to Syria from the United Kingdom and the United States, should they be proved, will be considered a violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said on Wednesday, commenting on Damascus’s statement that such weapons have been found at arms depots abandoned by […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian Army halts southeast Raqqa offensive, central Syria new focus
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:15 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has officially halted their field operations in the southeastern countryside of the Al-Raqqa Governorate after more than 7 weeks of being on the offensive against the Islamic State (ISIL). According to a military source, the Syrian Arab Army’s Tiger Forces have been ordered to halt […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Russian Navy fires cruise missiles towards ISIL-held central Syria: report
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:50 P.M.) – The Russian Navy fired several cruise missiles towards the Islamic State’s (ISIL) positions in central Syria last night, a military source told Al-Masdar News this morning. According to the military source, the Russian Navy targeted the Islamic State installations inside the terrorist group’s stronghold of ‘Uqayrbat, which is located in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Kurdish forces liberate 60 percent of Raqqa City: SDF spox
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have liberated more than half of Raqqa City after more than two months of being on the offensive against the Islamic State (ISIL), Ara News Agency reported. Quoting the SDF’s official spokesperson, Talal Silo, Ara News claimed Talal Silo, the SDF’s official spokesman, said that their forces have liberated […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Five Chechen children found in Iraq will return home: Kadyrov
Five children from Russia who have found themselves in a combat zone in Iraq will soon return home, Head of Russia’s North Caucasian republic of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, wrote on his Instagram account on Thursday. According to Kadyrov, he met with Ziyad Sabsabi, a deputy chairman of the international committee of Russia’s Federation Council upper […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
FDA Just Changed Their Minds, Declares CBD ‘Beneficial’—Asks for Your Input ASAP
[image: cbd]For the first time, the FDA has declared CBD beneficial and is asking for the public to weigh in on its effects to decide how to move forward.
Hillary knew, and she tried to warn us.
Transcript courtesy of International Business Times: *"From the start, Donald Trump has built his campaign on prejudice and paranoia. He is taking hate groups mainstream and helping a radical fringe take over the Republican party. His disregard for the values that make our country great is profoundly dangerous. * *"A man with a long history of racial discrimination, who traffics in dark conspiracy theories drawn from the pages of supermarket tabloids and the far, dark reaches of the internet, should never run our government or command our military. * *"When asked in a nationally ... more »
Jimmy Kimmel: "I Would Feel More Comfortable If Cercei Lannister Was Running This Country At This Point"
Tuesday night, reported Maggie Haberman, Señor Trumpanzee was in a very good mood after his press conference. Her White House sources told her he felt liberated after doing what he wanted. The next morning, Heather Heyer was buried. Neither Trump nor Pence bothered to attend. Not one of the "very fine people?" Haberman also reported that Gary Cohn is said to be deeply upset by the events of the last few days and Trump's responses, "per multiple sources," but that he's not leaving administration-- not happy but not leaving. One twitter wag came up with this: Jonathan Chait's acc... more »
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*Student who claimed she was raped on a Michigan college campus is charged with falsely reporting a felony after admitting she fabricated parking lot assault* *More "campus rape culture"* A woman has been charged after falsely claiming that she was raped on a college campus. Mary Zolkowski, 21, claimed that she was attacked and raped on February 22 while walking to her car outside Delta College in Bay City, Michigan. She then spoke with police but told them she saw only her attacker's hands and had 'kind of blacked out' during the incident. When police began to look into her c... more »
Picture Of The Day
Servicemen of the Presidential Regiment during the Horse Guard mounting ceremony as part of preparations for the Spasskaya Tower festival. Moscow, Russia. © SPUTNIK/ KIRILL KALLINIKOV *WNU Editor*: The above picture is from this photo gallery .... *Russian Presidential Regiment's Performance at Kremlin's Walls* (Sputnik)
Russian Orthodox Patriarch, Vatican Cardinal to discuss Ukrainian crisis
Many Orthodox Churches in Ukraine continue to be persecuted by the state The post Russian Orthodox Patriarch, Vatican Cardinal to discuss Ukrainian crisis appeared first on The Duran.
Vladimir Putin is more trusted globally than Donald Trump, survey shows
The results contain many surprises especially from South Korea, India and Turkey. The post Vladimir Putin is more trusted globally than Donald Trump, survey shows appeared first on The Duran.
Lost citation snuffs out Aussie fire paper
A journal has retracted a 2016 paper on wildfires in Australia because the authors neglected to cite earlier work — an unintentional lapse, they said. The article, “Projected changes in Australian fire regimes during the 21st century and consequences for Ecosystems,” appeared in the International Journal of Wildland Fire. The authors are Sandy Harrison and Douglas […] The post Lost citation snuffs out Aussie fire paper appeared first on Retraction Watch.
Follow Up To Air Pollution Scare Story
By Paul Homewood http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35629034 A few follow-ups on the air pollution story. Long Term Pollution Trends First, the official pollutant trends from DEFRA: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/emissions-of-air-pollutants We can see that emissions of most pollutants have fallen sharply since the 1990s and earlier, notably NOx and PMs. If 40,000 people really […]
2016 Record Warm Surface Temperatures: The Party’s Over!
By Paul Homewood Pat Michaels writes: As expected, and thanks to the big 2015-6 El Niño, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced that 2016 is the warmest year in their 150-year long global surface temperature record. They didn’t mention that there are signs that global average temperatures are […]
Fast, Dirty Natural Gas Plants Get Boost From Electric Cars
By Paul Homewood From Bloomberg: Britain’s goodbye to fossil-fuel cars by 2040 could boost the need for dirtier natural gas-powered stations. The government’s goal to replace gasoline and diesel cars with those powered by electricity could see the construction of so-called open-cycle gas stations, said Carsten Poppinga, senior vice president of […]
Hurricane Gert To Bring Weather To UK–But Met Office Don’t Know What!
By Paul Homewood From Sky News: The aftermath of Hurricane Gert is expected to hit the UK, splitting the North and South with very different weather. The storm, currently north of Bermuda, is expected to bring strong winds and rain in the North as it travels across the Atlantic and hits […]
John Kelly hangs his head during Trump’s off the cuff press conference…
Spare a thought for General John Kelly facing his toughest ever assignment after 40 years in the Marines now as Donald Trump’s White House Chief of Staff. After his outburst in New York, Trump returned to his golf vacation. He should make it permanent. Resign, Donald! http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/08/trump_returns_to_bedminister.html From The Independent As the new White House […]
'TEENS ABUSED BY MILITARY'; KIRKCUDBRIGHT
Six teenagers say that they were physically abused at a military camp at Dundrennan, next to Kirkudbright, in Dumfries and Galloway, in Scotland. According to legal documents, the 'abuse' of the 17-year-olds includes adult soldiers: 1. Pushing the teenagers' heads under water until they choked. 2. Forcing animal excrement into the mouths of the teenagers. 3. Repeatedly kicking and punching the teenagers. Mail on Sunday / The Telegraph / 17 army instructors charged with assaulting teenage recruits People in the Kircudbright area point to cancer and leukaemia clusters around the... more »
"How It Really Is"
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"Fear..."
"Fear's useless. Either something bad happens or it doesn't: If it doesn't, you've wasted time being afraid, and if it does, you've wasted time that you could have spent sharpening your weapons." - Sarah Rees Brennan ○ *“Litany Against Fear”* “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.” - Frank Herbert, “Bene Gesserit”, “Dune” ○... more »
“Functional Illiterates Trying To Erase History”
*“Functional Illiterates Trying To Erase History”* by James Quinn "True patriotism sometimes requires men to act exactly contrary, at one period, than it does another, and the motive which impels them- the desire to do right- is precisely the same." - Robert E. Lee "I consider myself a student of history. I’ve always been fascinated by the personalities who drove events throughout history. I probably would have been a history major in college if I didn’t feel the need to make enough money to support myself and my family. I chose a business major and decided studying history would ... more »
Veatch’s Survey of Popper’s Flawed Model of an Open Society
Karl PopperIn his essay, “*Plato, Popper and the open society: Reflections on who might have the last laugh*,” which was delivered at the Sixth Annual Libertarian Scholars Conference held in October 1978 at Princeton University, Henry Veatch has done a superb analysis of Karl Popper’s work on political philosophy, *The Open Society and its Enemies*. Veatch agrees with Popper that the political program laid out by Plato in the *Republic* will lead to a closed society. But, according to Veatch, the particular line of attack on Plato in *The Open Society and its Enemies* is neither we... more »
When racism met post racism.
Yeah I know, all that talk about electing a black man meaning racism was over was clearly inaccurate. But still it did show that America COULD be a better country. We just need to remember the pride we felt when President Obama led this country toward hope and change, and try to recapture that when next we visit the polls in 2018. This is not who we are, we are much, much better.
Kurdish government ‘happy’ about expanding energy partnership with Russia
The Kurdistan Regional Government has signed deals with several Russian oil and gas factories and is glad about the development of partnership with Russia, the government spokesman told Sputnik. The post Kurdish government ‘happy’ about expanding energy partnership with Russia appeared first on The Duran.
Perth electrical engineer’s discovery will change climate change debate
This man does have the credentials to properly peer review the underlying climate modeling and must be taken seriously. Of course, the whole narrative has now largely crashed as the world is setting up for real declines. He predicts .3 degrees over the next five years. That should be enough to lock up the north west passage again. Thus we are on track for the cooling hinted at in historic cycles as well.. *Miranda Devine: Perth electrical engineer’s discovery will change climate change debate* *October 5, 2015 1:34pm* *Dr David Evans has unpacked the architecture ...more »
Kazakhstan Valley Filled with Giant Balls Has Geologists and Fringe Scientists Butting Heads
*[image: Photo in the Valley of Balls, Torysh Valley, Kazakhstan.]* These are for real and they form naturally in a mineral rich horizon over a long time. Then the surrounding unmineralized sandstone is eroded away to leave these behind. All as natural as can be. Yet it leaves behind an unnatural landscape that begs the imagination. Well worth the visit if close by. all good. . *Kazakhstan Valley Filled with Giant Balls Has Geologists and Fringe Scientists Butting Heads* *28 July, 2017 - 18:58Caleb Strom* *http://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/kazakhstan-vall... more »
Director Pompeo Details How the CIA Is Changing Under President Trump
[image: CIA Director Mike Pompeo] Interesting insight into the CIA itself. actually good news here and that has been long coming. Please note the renewed thrust regarding counter intelligence. This has been visibly shoddy since the end of the soviet union and the Chinese threat was mostly ignored. after all you can be sure that every Chinese citizen is directly recruited before he leaves China. It may not amount to anything but he will have a phone number of his handler there or even here. It is an assumed thing and only a small percentage may do anything but that ...more »
Central Banks ARE The Crisis
Of course they are because they cannot print money without an approval and that might cause folks to wake up. They have hidden that fact forever. It is easy to understand that fiat lending on its own is a zero sum game in which the borrower actually repays the loan. The problem is in the interest. Just where did that all come from? The only source is to have government print money, spend it and tax less of it back. So that interest must come out of the economic activity produced by the government float. Inflation helps a lot but we are now in a world in which inflation ... more »
Islamist civil war rages as rival factions attack each other in East Ghouta
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:35 A.M.) – For the fourth day in a row, the Islamist infighting has plagued the East Ghouta region of east Damascus, as rival actions trade attacks in the Al-Asha’ri Farms. Militants from Faylaq Al-Rahman and Al-Qaeda linked Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham launched a powerful attack on Jaysh Al-Islam’s positions in the Al-Asha’ri Farms […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Lebanese Army advances against ISIL near Syrian border-crossing
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:20 A.M.) – The Lebanese Army has intensified their assault against the Islamic State (ISIL) forces near the Syrian border these past 48 hours, scoring a new advance north of the ‘Arsal Barrens. Backed by heavy artillery, the Lebanese Army killed scores of Islamic State militants while attacking the terrorist group’s posts near […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian Army foils jihadist infiltration in northern Hama
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:10 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA), with help from the National Defense Forces (NDF), foiled a jihadist assault in the northern Hama countryside, killing and wounding 5 militants. According to a field report from the Syrian Army’s 11th Division, a group of jihadists attempted to infiltrate their positions at the Al-Aliwi […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
US, UK chemical agents captured from terrorists by Syrian Army
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:10 A.M.) – Evidence has emerged to suggest that the United States and United Kingdom supplied weapons-grade chemical agents to terrorist forces in Syria. During a press conference in Damascus on Wednesday, Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad stated that chemical agents have been found at arms depots abandoned by militant forces in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian Army kills scores of jihadists near Aleppo
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (8: 40 A.M.) – At least 10 jihadi fighters have been killed in a rocket attack launched by the Syrian Army against their positions in the southeastern countryside of Aleppo. According to a military source, the government forces fired a barrage of surface-to-surface missiles targeting outposts for the Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham group; the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
"Johnny Reb Was No Terrorist"
*"Johnny Reb Was No Terrorist"* by Bill Bonner "St Augustine blamed the fall of Rome on the failure of its pagan gods. Historian Edward Gibbon took the opposite view: He thought the empire had been weakened by Augustine’s god. Here at the Diary, we take no position on what brought down Rome. But we have some ideas about which gods will bring down the US empire. *Side by side: *Readers will note that we’ve been using the term ‘god’ loosely. It is not the same as God, for whom we maintain a wary reverence. ‘Gods’, on the other hand, are easily mixed up with heroes and myths…and other... more »
Musical Interlude: Deuter, “Loving Touch”
Deuter, “Loving Touch” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0aDAdxt0ls
The Midnight Meme Of The Day!
*-by Noah* Last year, when NFL quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, then of the San Francisco 49ers franchise, famously took a knee during a pre-game playing of the National Anthem, he did it to call attention to racial and economic injustice. That caused Republicans, all too predictably, to go ballistic. How dare he protest injustice! Injustice is our creed! It’s why we live! In short order, the braying hounds of hypocrisy twisted Kaepernick’s dastardly deed into some sort of insult against police, the military, the banks, white America, the entire country, Miss America, deep dish appl... more »
Bitcoin at $100,000 is possible
*Bitcoin fans and owners will learn to bribe cryptocurrency critics* A theorist often lacks some genuine feelings associated with a certain real condition or activity. In particular, when you own a not quite negligible fraction of a Bitcoin, you may see how you actually want to behave and what many other owners of Bitcoins will do. If you can afford to lose the value but you see the genuine chance for many doublings of the Bitcoin's value in the future, you are inclined to keep it – and not convert it to the real world currencies. Bitcoin bouncing back fast from it technical correct... more »
Breaking: Charlottesville Confirmed Agitprop Staged Event
Published on Aug 16, 2017 The Charlottesville event was a planned act of “agi-prop”, or Agitation Propaganda, designed to stir up the populous and turn us against each other so the deep state can enter and take us all down. end
Until Gaza Is Free Israel Will Never Be Free. The Genocide & Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians (Real Jews) by Israel
Modern Ashkenazi Khazars (90+% of modern Jewry) are NOT the Jews of the Bible! Ashkenaz is not from the tribe of Shem ie. not semitic! They cannot be the descendents of Jacob/Israel who are from Shem! – Genesis 10:1-3 (New King James Version) Nations Descended from Noah 1 Now this is the genealogy of the […]
Strategic Crossroads: Seoul Calls US Logic on North Korea ‘Strategic Confusion’
Published on Aug 16, 2017 America has sent a – quote – ‘resolute’ and ‘balanced’ message over the crisis on the Korean Peninsula, according to South Korea’s vice foreign minister. But this seems to contradict earlier statements from Seoul that were critical of Washington’s response to the North Korean missile threat. RT’s Caleb Maupin explains. […]
UK Should be Ready for Potential US-North Korea Nuclear War – British Think Tank
Published on Aug 16, 2017 UK should prepare for nuclear war between North Korea and the US, a think tank warns, and it’s all because of Donald J. Trump’s “volatile and impulsive” nature. Is WW3 on the horizon? end
Earth Size Objects Near Sun Confirmed! Alarming Evidence From NASA
Published on Aug 15, 2017 Earth Size Objects Near Sun Confirmed! Debunkers are losing. They are running out of excuses and hypothesis. The very credible evidence and witnesses are always going to win an argument because quite simply, they are telling the truth. – Solar And Heliospherice Observatory – SOHO – Luke 21:25 New King […]
Korean War Part II: Why It’s Probably Going To Happen
Korean War Part II: Why It’s Probably Going To Happen by Brandon Smith, http://www.alt-market.com/ … I do believe in massive sea changes in societies and political dynamics. I believe in the fall of nations and empires. I believe in this because I have seen it perpetually through history. What I see constant evidence of is that many of […]
US, Japan Hold Joint Air Drills Over Korean Peninsula As China, North Korea Fume
US, Japan Hold Joint Air Drills Over Korean Peninsula As China, North Korea Fume by Tyler Durden, http://www.zerohedge.com/ Since unlike Donald Trump he does not have access to twitter, we can only assume that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is probably fuming this morning after US and Japanese fighter jets conducted joint “air maneuvers” southwest […]
Politicians Can't Get Enough Energy Cronyism
[image: politicians-can-t-get-enough-energy-cronyism] Despite the breadth of the current political divide, it appears that there is at least one thing that all politicians can agree upon: energy sector cronyism. The only real dispute is over the preferred beneficiaries.
How much longer will Maduro's grip on power last? Look to the military
David Pion-Berlin, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Riverside at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 1 day ago
If the Venezuelan military withdraws support for President Nicholás Maduro, his end may be near. A large middle class has been thrust into poverty in Venezuela. Food and medicine are in short supply, and malnourishment is widespread. Security forces have violently beaten back security forces and jailed leading opposition figures. Reigning over this disaster is Maduro, who was narrowly elected in March of 2013 following the death of leftist leader Hugo Chávez. Amid the stunning decline, many are asking, what will the military do? My research on civil-military relations in Latin... more »
Did ‘Antifa’ Stab a Vermont Man for Not Condemning a Nazi?
Sam Wormer contradicted a dubious account of an injury he posted on social media.
My Heart Faileth When I Behold Radioactive Rainbows In The Sky
A UK so-called planning firm “One Creative Environments” has proposed the most bizarrely stupid idea for “beautifying” the proposed Westinghouse-Toshiba … Continue reading →
"The Potemkin Society"
*"The Potemkin Society"* by The Zman A Potemkin village is a fake community built solely to deceive others into thinking that a situation is better than it really is. The term comes from stories that Grigory Potemkin erected phony portable settlements along the banks of the Dnieper River in order to fool Catherine II, the Russian Empress. After she passed, the village would be disassembled and then reassembled further down so she could pass another nice village. The story is probably exaggerated, but the concept is a useful one so the term has stuck with us. It’s a useful term tha... more »
“Lost But Won”
Younes Marxieu, “Lost But Won” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhzNSPiqO0M
How The U.S. Can Win A War Against China (Watch Star Trek And Battlestar Galactica)
Chinese artist’s conception of a PLA anti-ship ballistic missile attack on three USN CVNs. *James Holmes, National Interest*: *If the U.S. Navy Wants to Win a War Against China They Need to Watch Star Trek First* If you’re China and confront an antagonist that opts to do without redundancy, you can deploy a troublemaking strategy. You whittle away at the center of gravity manifest in minimal manning. The object of such a strategy? Tire and bewilder crews that may already be overworked. Fling a variety of challenges at them, along as many axes as you can, as simultaneously as you c... more »
Elvis Presley: January 8, 1935 - August 16, 1977...
*RIP Elvis* *40 Years Today* While I prefer some of his numbers from his Comeback Special in 1968, I found this to be more appropriate for the events unfolding now. When I moved to Texas in the early 60's and attended my first musical event the band played Dixie and everyone stood up. I was completely dumbfounded and had no inkling of why they stood up. I stood up after being prodded by my new friends. I was a recent transplant from St. Paul, MN and had little knowledge of the Civil War beyond what I what I had been taught in school - which was truthful, but uninspiring. My hus... more »
Has China Finished Its Island Building Campaign In The South China Sea?
*(Click on Image to Enlarge)* *The Maritime Executive:* *China May be Finished with Island-Building Campaign* On Tuesday, Philippines defense minister Delfin Lorenzana announced that Manila has reached an understanding with Beijing about Chinese expansion in the South China Sea, and that China has promised not to seize any additional land features in the region. "The Chinese will not occupy new features in the South China Sea nor they are going to build structures in Scarborough Shoal," he told a congressional hearing. China has built a string of seven artificial islands in the Sp... more »
Recent U.S. - NATO Exercises Hampered By Customs And Bureaucracy
*Bloomberg editorial:* *NATO Troops Can't Fight If They're Stuck at Customs* *A recent exercise showed that soldiers face all sorts of bureaucratic hassles.* The D-Day landings in 1944 were the most complex military operation in history, but at least the GIs didn’t need to get their passports stamped on Omaha Beach. It sounds absurd, but today U.S. and NATO forces have to contend with such formalities, and more besides, as they go about their business of defending Europe. Obviously, in the event of war, these bureaucratic impediments would be lifted. But so far as possible they sh... more »
Trumpanzee's Jews Aren't Anything Like Normal Jews
I wonder if all the vehement anti-Semitism on display from a newly empowered fascist movement-- they call it "alt-right" these days-- is making the modern day Bugsy Siegal-- Vegas mob boss Sheldon Adelson-- just a little nervous. If the Steve Bannon wing of the Republican power ever gains ultimate power, I'm sure there's a gas chamber that even someone as grossly rotund as Adelson can be stuffed into. Maybe that's why he's getting a little nervous about the fascist campaign to demonize H.R. McMaster. Normal people don't hear much about it, but the Bannon vs McMaster brawl is cente... more »
Turnout Troofing
Yesterday the Times Upshot ran a piece by Nate Cohn analyzing the 2016 presidential election in terms of what looks to me like another take in the Legendary White Working Class family of takes, identifying the crucial factor in Trump's victory as that particular set of white-no-college voters who voted for Obama in 2008 and/or 2012 but for Trump in 2016, and who are said to have made this remarkable switch mostly out of racial resentment (I actually don't think that's as bizarre as it sounds, but the obvious question it raises, of why a white person who voted for Obama one year woul... more »
Virginia Police Were Not Outgunned In Charlottesville, Documents Suggest
After the “Unite the Right” rally organized by white supremacists rocked Charlottesville, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe complained that the demonstrators “had better equipment” than the state’s police forces. However, documents released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) detail sophisticated, military-grade weapons Virginia police received from the Department of Defense The post Virginia Police Were Not Outgunned In Charlottesville, Documents Suggest appeared first on Shadowproof.
Director Comey Was Good For FBI Morale Show Surveys – Contradicting Trump’s Excuse For Firing Him
“Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump ”James Comey will be replaced by someone who will do a far better job, bringing back … Continue reading →
Medieval Warm Period was real, global, & warmer than the present.
Alarmists will tell you that the Medieval Warm Period was a) not as warm as the late 20th Century warming; and b) was only in Europe. This alarmist propaganda goes against the real data. Penn State Professor Michael Mann has made similar claims of modern temperatures being the warmest, but such “Hockey Stick” temperature claims have been demolished in the scientific literature. *Climate Depot's Medieval Warm Period Round Up of Studies. (*March 8, 2013) The latest research clearly reveals that the Medieval Warm Period (used to be referred to as the Medieval Climate Optimum) has... more »
University of Florida Denies White Nationalists’ Event Request
University of Florida President W. Kent Fuchs said that he weighed the First Amendment rights of White nationalists against the risk to the safety of his students in denying a request by the group to rent space on campus for an event.
Report: Student Borrowers Mired Deeper in Debt
More student loan borrowers are finding themselves deeper in debt and taking a longer time to pay off their student loans — and an increasing number of student loan borrowers are older than in the past, according to a report released Wednesday from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Unaccredited and Undeterred: Morris Brown Seeks Turnaround
Morris Brown College, a historically Black institution in Atlanta, Georgia, lost its accreditation in April of 2003 but has kept its doors and classrooms open in spite of a significant loss in funding and enrollment.
Bonus Quote of the Day: On monuments, and their purpose
*“Monuments are not historical lessons. They portray something that is to be admired and appreciated—that is the purpose of art."* -~ Keith O'Neil [Hat tip Stuart Hayashi] . Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with link and attribution.
“Brave Spirits: Remembering Who We Are”
*“Brave Spirits: Remembering Who We Are”* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM “As spiritual beings having human experiences we are on an important mission to learn and grow here on earth. Most of us are familiar with the idea that we are not human beings having spiritual experiences; instead, we are spiritual beings having human experiences. We hear this and even though we may experience a resounding yes in our bodies, we may not take the time to really acknowledge the truth of these statements. Integrating this idea into how we view ourselves can broaden our sense of who we are and help... more »
The Universe
"It's not that some people in your life are mean-spirited, shortsighted, and ignorant; it's that they're grand, brilliant, and magnificent. Fellow adventurers who, at the peak of their glory, in worlds before this one, asked to dance with you in time and space, however briefly, so that they might learn a bit faster than otherwise. And you know how you love healing. It's true. Although for some reason, many also thought that here, every day would be Friday. No idea where that came from." "In the presence of greatness," The Universe "Thoughts become things... choose the good one... more »
X22 Report, “Trade Negotiations Begin, The Elite Fire Back With Threats”
X22 Report, “Trade Negotiations Begin, The Elite Fire Back With Threats” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQsXRZoVTR8 *Related followup report:* X22 Report, "The World Is Changing And Nations Are Waking Up To What's Really Going On" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRxb_xqpqYo
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