12:02 am MDT 9 - 13
Why Would Anyone Expect A Political Careerist To Have A Worthwhile Campaign Message?
*Politico* was eager to remind its readers that "Democrats are just as divided as Republicans these days." When there's a lot of money at stake, isn't that always the case... not just "these days?" Some "big news" this weekend was that Hillary isn't going to run for office again. Oh. I guess there were some people who breathed a sigh of relief and some who wept a bitter tear after all that investment they put into her... but I suspect that most people just shrugged. Who ever imagined she would run again? There are plenty of corporate centrists ready to stand in for her-- from Kirs... more »
Heroic Senator Vows to Hold Defense Bill Hostage Unless Congress Ends Iraq & Afghan Wars
[image: paul]Washington, D.C. — (RT) Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky has vowed to delay a $700 billion defense bill until he is promised a vote on amending the use of military force in Afghanistan and Iraq, aiming to end the wars in the two countries. The Senate on Monday took up the National Defense Authorization […]
Sheriff’s Dept Posts Meme Glorifying the Murder of Protesters—Claims It Was an ‘Accident’
[image: post]A community is outraged after a Facebook page for the Sheriff's Office made a post glorifying people mowing down protesters—All lives splatter.
CMS Reports Evidence For Higgs Decays To B-Quark Pairs
Another chapter in the saga of the search for the elusive, but dominant, decay mode of the Higgs boson has been reported by the CMS collaboration last month. This is one of those specific sub-fields of research where a hard competition arises on the answer to a relatively minor scientific question. That the Higgs boson couples to b-quarks is indirectly already well demonstrated by a number of other measurements - its coupling to (third generation) quarks being demonstrated by its production rate, for example. Yet, being the first ones to "observe" the H->bb decay is a coveted goal. ... more »
Bone researcher is up to 17 retractions
A bone researcher has lost three more papers for scientific misconduct. The new retractions bring Yoshihiro Sato’s total to 17 and put him on our Leaderboard. According to the retraction notices, Sato asked the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry to retract three of his papers “due to scientific misconduct.” In the letter, Sato—who is corresponding […] The post Bone researcher is up to 17 retractions appeared first on Retraction Watch.
U.S. Air Force Will Not Reveal The Type Of Aircraft That Was Involved In A Fatal Crash In The Nevada Desert
*Popular Mechanics:* *Did the Military Crash a Mystery Plane in the Nevada Desert?* *The Air Force isn't revealing any details about a "classified" aircraft involved in fatal crash.* The U.S. Air Force has refused to reveal the aircraft involved in a crash last week that claimed the life of the pilot. The incident, which took place at a training facility in Nevada, has sparked speculation that some kind of previously unknown aircraft was involved. The incident took place on Tuesday, September 5. Unusually, the Air Force waited about three days to make the crash public. Consider t... more »
CIA Director: 'Osama Bin Laden Documents Will Be Released 'Soon'
*Weekly Standard:* *Pompeo Promises Bin Laden Documents Will Be Released 'Soon'* *The CIA director also discussed North Korea and Iran's relationship with al Qaeda.* The cache of al-Qaeda documents captured in the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin-Laden will soon be released to the public, CIA Director Mike Pompeo said Monday. The government has released several hundred of the files as they were declassified over the past few years, but more than a million, thousands of which contain information about the internal operations of the terrorist group, remained secret. Now, the entir... more »
Russian politician shames American intelligence community for missing it "when Russian intelligence stole the president of the United States."
#Russia's state TV mocks American intelligence services: MP Vyacheslav Nikonov says U.S. spies slept while Russia elected a U.S. President. pic.twitter.com/BmMNBTr41R — Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) September 11, 2017 Courtesy of The Hill: *On a Sunday panel show, a Russian politician said U.S. “intelligence missed it when Russian intelligence stole the president of the United States.” * *Vyacheslav Nikonov, a member of the Russian parliamentary body, the Duma, made the remarks on the panel show “Sunday Evening with Vladimir Solovyov.” * *The focus of the episode was the decline... more »
Irma Only A Top 25 US Storm
By Paul Homewood As Florida clears up after Hurricane Irma, how does it rank with other major US landfalling hurricanes? When Irma made landfall on the Keys, it was estimated to have had sustained wind speeds of 115 kt , about 132 mph. (It actually hit the Florida coast as a Cat 3, […]
driftglass: Today In Both Sides Do It: The Pseudo-Rabbinical Argle Bargle Of Mr. David Brooks
driftglass: Today In Both Sides Do It: The Pseudo-Rabbinical Argle Bargle Of Mr. David Brooks Jay, Joe, and Marathon! He really did exactly "that." Would I do that for "Brooksmoney"? How could I do that and not be the thing that I've learned over time about Brooks dudes? That they must be loathed and abhorred out of hand and off the mark. One thing about Brooksianistas? Irony is entirely beyond them... that and nuance... imagination, "a long view"... mind, vision, invention... intelligence... an appreciation of _novelty_ and one's own freakin' _business_... the rule of sensible... more »
The U.S. Navy Wants a New Tomahawk Missile for This Reason
*Kris Osborn* *Security, Asia* Fast-emerging near-peer threats are to blame. *"The weapon is designed to engage high-value moving targets such as enemy ships. Different countries are releasing more and more capable ships. We want to enable the US Navy to have freedom of the seas and have sea control" * The Pentagon and the Navy are accelerating a new maritime-specific Tomahawk missile designed to advance the weapon's ability to address fast-emerging near-peer threats and destroy enemy ships moving at sea. Unlike a typical Tomahawk missile which, over the years, has been used to ... more »
America Needs to Highlight North Korea's Gross Human Rights Violations
*Grant Newsham* *Security, Asia* Highlighting the Kim regime’s gross human rights violations should be a drum-beat refrain when officials talk about handling North Korea. *With some notable exceptions, overlooking the Kim family regime’s barbarity against its own citizens has been standard practice in the civilized world, and since long before North Korean nuclear weapons and ICBMs became a believable threat.* North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missiles get most of the attention, while the decades-long brutalization of the North Korean people at the hands of the Kim family is usu... more »
It Is Time for China to Prepare for the Worst in North Korea
*Jia Qingguo* *Security, Asia* As the situation on the Korean peninsula deteriorates, Beijing has no alternative but to get prepared. *Pyongyang has not only continued with missile tests, but also publicly vowed to destroy Guam with nuclear weapons if the United States uses force against it. The omens of war on the Korean peninsula loom larger by the day.* Recent missile and nuclear tests have returned the North Korean nuclear issue to the centre of international attention. According to analysts, these tests demonstrate that Pyongyang not only possesses nuclear weapons, but als... more »
North Korea May See America and China as Paper Tigers. Here Is Why This Is a Problem.
*Robert A. Manning* *Security, Asia* Kim Jong-un recklessly improves and tests his nuclear arsenal as Beijing, Moscow and America fail to agree on a plan. *Though Beijing shares the US opposition to North Korea’s nuclear weapons and repeated calls for denuclearization, its fear of instability on the border carries higher priority.* We are approaching a moment of truth in how to respond to North Korea, with war or peace hanging in the balance. “Enough is enough,” an exasperated Nikki Haley, US Representative to the United Nations, summed up accumulating US frustration over the un... more »
UN Passes Toothless Sanctions Against North Korea Because Russia and China Opposed Real Sanctions
“A tougher initial U.S. draft was weakened to win the support of China, Pyongyang’s main ally and trading partner, and … Continue reading →
Autumnal Climate Change 2017
Seeing a lot more of this lately, along with hearing the geese honking. And in the next month or so, we expect that trees around here will lose their leaves. It definitely is climate change of the seasonal variety. Interestingly, the science on this is settled: It is all due to reduction of solar […]
World News Briefs -- September 12, 2017
*Reuters:* *U.N. Security Council steps up sanctions on defiant North Korea* UNITED NATIONS/SEOUL (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council unanimously voted to step up sanctions on North Korea, with its profitable textile exports now banned and fuel supplies capped, prompting a traditionally defiant threat of retaliation against the United States. Monday’s decision, triggered by the North’s sixth and largest nuclear test this month, was the ninth such resolution unanimously adopted by the 15-member Security Council since 2006 over North Korea’s ballistic missile and nuclear programme... more »
The Latest: Florida Police Warn of Post-Irma Scams
Police in Florida are warning of scams post-Irma, and that two men posing as power company workers stole nearly $13,000 in jewelry from a 95-year-old woman.
Virginia Decertifies Paperless Electronic Voting Equipment
[image: virginia-decertifies-paperless-electronic-voting-equipment] The Virginia Department of Elections announced Friday that it has called for the immediate decertification of Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) voting equipment in Virginia. The phrase "direct recording" refers to electronic voting equipment where the voters’ choices are transferred directly from the display on the screen to the voting booth’s internal database without any intermediate paper ballot for the voter to verify.
BREAKING: Russia successfully test-fires new ICMB
The launch took place at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in north west Russia. More The post BREAKING: Russia successfully test-fires new ICMB appeared first on The Duran.
HELP COMES. AUSTRIAN FO MIN CONTACTS ME. THANK YOU ALL! LAST MIRROR SELFIE FOR A WEEK
Just so you know it really is me saying I have connected with the wider Austrian authorities about my case, now out of the hands of the NWO consul Christoph Reitinger sent over the summer by Sebastian Kurz. Since at least some of the Larisa police and prosecutors seem, in the meanwhile, to have realized […]
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- September 12, 2017
From left, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, First Lady Melania Trump and President Donald J. Trump face the flag during the 9/11 Observance Ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Sept. 11, 2017. During the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, 184 people were killed at the Pentagon. DoD photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brigitte N. Brantley *U.S. Department of Defense*: *The Nation Grieves With 9/11 Survivors, Trump Tells Pentagon Victims’ Families* WASHINGTON, Sept. 11, 2017 — When the United States came under attack on Sept... more »
Iraqi parliament votes against Kurdistan independence referendum – reports
The Iraqi Kurdistan independence referendum set to be held on September 25 has reportedly been rejected by the country’s parliament. The Iraqi parliament voted against the Iraqi Kurdistan independence referendum planned by local authorities later in the month, Sky News Arabia reported on Tuesday. Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim Jabouri said that the results of the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
VIDEO: Syrian Army blows up two ISIS VBIEDs outside Deir Ezzor Airbase
The defeated Islamic State launched a desperate attack on Deir Ezzor airfield using two VBIEDs in attempt to break through the Syrian Army’s defensives. ISIS Hunters; a pro-government fighters trained and equipped by the Russian military with the sole purpose of fighting ISIS, managed to prematurely blow up the two VBIEDs using ATGM missiles. After […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
VIDEO: Huge ISIS stronghold in south Deir Ezzor prepares to fight to death
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:00 P.M.) – ISIS forces tasked with the defense of the town of Al-Bukamal near the border with Iraq – one of the Islamic State’s last major strongholds in Deir Ezzor Governorate – have been prepared the strategic settlement for total war. Amateur footage captured by an anonymous source and released on social […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian national arrested in Lebanon for links to ISIS
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 P.M.) – The Lebanese General Security Forces arrested a Syrian national, Tuesday, for alleged links to the Islamic State (ISIS) terror organization. According to a communique from the General Security Directorate, their forces arrested a Syrian national that was identified by his initials as A.D. During interrogation, the detainee admitted his affiliation […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
VIDEO: Whole army of ISIS wiped out in breaking Deir Ezzor siege
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (4:00 P.M.) – Breaking ISIS siege on the eastern city of Deir Ezzor proved to be extremely costly for the terror group which had deployed hundreds of its fully-equipped militants with their equipment to curb the Syrian Army advance. However, the unparalleled fire power unleashed by the Syrian Armed forces – supported by […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
450 ISIS militants killed by Syrian, Russian forces in Deir Ezzor battle
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 P.M.) – The operation by Syrian, Syrian-led and Russian forces to lift the siege on the city of Deir Ezzor (accomplished on September 5) as well as its local military airbase (accomplished on September 9) resulted in the death of hundreds of ISIS militants as well as the destruction of many dozens […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Israeli Minister of Justice: “Independence of Kurdistan benefits West, Israel”
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3:30 PM) – Israeli Minister of Justice Ayelet Shaked has on Monday declared that the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan would be a beneficial step for both Israel and the West in general. During an anti-terrorism conference in Herzliya, the Israeli Minister expressed her desire to see the Kurdistan independence movement lead to a […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Breaking: Syrian Army enters important town near Deir Ezzor Airport
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:20 P.M.) – Minutes ago, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) entered the strategic town of Jafra in Deir Ezzor after advancing east from the military airport. Led by detachments from the Republican Guard, the Syrian Arab Army stormed the western perimeter of Jafra this afternoon, scoring an imperative advance to enter this town […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Mass defection amongst Al-Qaeda associated rebel group
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3:00 PM) – At least five Syrian rebel groups associated with the Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) organisation, a coalition of Syrian rebels closely linked to Al-Qaeda, have announced their defection, marking another episode in a recent string of defections affecting HTS. The announcement comes in the wake of the recent resignation of ‘Abdullah Al-Muhaysni […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian Army liberates 85 percent of terrorist occupied areas: Russian MoD
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:20 P.M.) The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has liberated approximately 85 percent of terrorist-occupied territories in Syria, the Chief of Staff of the Russian Armed Forces in Syria, Lt. Gen. Alexander Lapin, told reporters on Tuesday. “At present, 85 percent of the Syrian territory has been liberated from the militants of illegal armed […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Russian jets pummel ISIS in central Syria to support ground forces
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (2:15 P.M.,) – The Russian warplanes conducted more than 50 sorties against positions and outposts for the Islamic State near the group’s former stronghold of Aqirbat in the eastern countryside of Hama. “On Monday alone Russian planes flew more than 50 sorties near Akerbat to wipe out nearly 180 terrorist targets – terrorists’ […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian Army derails jihadist assault in southern Aleppo
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) – The jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham launched a surprise attack in the southern countryside of the Aleppo Governorate, Tuesday, targeting the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) positions in the Jourat Al-Jhash area. HTS began the attack by sending their forces from Kafr Aybash towards the Jourat Al-Jhash area, hoping to […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
POSTCARDS FROM THE LEDGE: Follow me, star pundit says!
*TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2017Part 2—Disordered upper-end thinking:* What makes Sammy run? It was once a major question. In 1941, it formed the title of a Budd Schulberg novel about Hollywood and the ambitions within it. In 1964, the novel became a long-running Broadway musical. Today, we have a different question: What made Sally kill? Unless Connie Schultz is delusional, and we're fairly sure she isn't, Quinn admits, in her brand-new memoir, that she and her mother may perhaps have killed five people through the ancient art of the hex. This revelation comes from someone who has s... more »
Suspect Pleads Guilty in 1975 Killing of Maryland Sisters
Lloyd Lee Welch Jr. was given two 48-year prison sentences for killing 12-year-old Sheila and 10-year-old Katherine Lyon in March 1975.
Der Spiegel Reporting On Abuse By Iraqi Forces During Mosul Battle Was True
In May 2017, there was a huge controversy in Iraq as photographer Ali Arkady released three articles documenting abuses by the Emergency Response Division (ERD) of Iraq’s Interior Ministry during the Mosul campaign. Arkady was roundly attacked by the ERD, the Iraqi forces, and on social media by the public for his stories. Three months later, it turned out Arkady was right, and the ERD unit he followed did do wrong. In August 2017, Prime Minister Haidar Abadi’s office acknowledged that an ERD unit did commit crimes during the Mosul campaign. An investigative committee looked into ... more »
This Day In Iraqi History – Sep 12
1915 British forces launched campaign to capture Baghdad starting in present day Wasit 1980 Iraq began seizing border posts from Iran Precursor to Iran-Iraq War 1997 UN Res 1129 allowed greater oil exports under Oil for Food Program 2001 Bush asked Richard Clarke to look into whether Iraq involved in 9/11 2001 Top officials within Bush White House talked about Iraq being behind 9/11 attack 2001 Pentagon meeting on 9/11 CIA said was sure Al Qaeda behind attack Wolfowitz questioned that and said Iraq must have been involved 2001 Rumsfeld said not enou...more »
CIA Director: 'Al Qaeda's Days Are Numbered'
*FOX News: **CIA Dir. to Al Qaeda on 9/11: 'If I Were Them I'd Count My Days' * CIA Director Mike Pompeo issued a warning to the Al Qaeda leadership 16 years after members of the terrorist group attacked the United States on 9/11. "If I were them, I'd count my days," Pompeo said. He said the CIA is "working diligently" to find the current supposed leaders of the organization, Usama bin Laden's son Hamza and former Usama confidant Ayman al-Zawahiri. Pompeo said Al Qaeda's senior leadership is weaker than it was in 2001, but that the heightened threat from radical Islam remains du... more »
A Look At South Korea's 'Frankenmissile'
*The Independent*: *'Frankenmissile': A look at South Korea's devastating answer to North Korea's nuclear threat* *The ballistic missile would have a warhead bigger than any previously built by South Korea and the range to destroy underground military and command complexes anywhere in North Korea* South Korea is thought to be planning to counter the nuclear threat of Kim Jong-un’s regime by developing a ‘frankenmissile’ so powerful it can destroy any of the communist north’s underground military installations and command centres. Swiftly dubbed ‘frankenmissile’ by the South Korea... more »
South Korea Sets Up A ' Decapitation Unit' Targeting North Korea's Leaders
South Korean marines during a military exercise on Baengnyeong Island, near the disputed sea border with North Korea, last week. Credit Choi Jae-gu/Yonhap, via Reuters *New York Times*: *South Korea Plans ‘Decapitation Unit’ to Try to Scare North’s Leaders* SEOUL, South Korea — The last time South Korea is known to have plotted to assassinate the North Korean leadership, nothing went as planned. In the late 1960s, after North Korean commandoes tried to ransack the presidential palace in Seoul, South Korea secretly trained misfits plucked from prison or off the streets to sneak in... more »
Music has Charms to Aggravate, Incite, Distress and Soothe the Savage Breast
The effect of music on your temporal balance. Or perhaps your temporal imbalance? I'm enjoying delving into the subject! A selection of information worth sharing. *Such as this ( reading through it)* *Musick has Charms to sooth a savage Breast,* *To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak.* *I've read, that things inanimate have mov'd,* *And, as with living Souls, have been inform'd,* *By Magick Numbers and persuasive Sound.* *What then am I? Am I more senseless grown* *Than Trees, or Flint? O force of constant Woe!* *'Tis not in Harmony to calm my Griefs.......* Jan at Gnostic Media has s... more »
GM Mustard and the Indian Government: The Game Is up, the Emperor Has no Clothes!
Global Research, RINF, CounterPunch, Countercurrents The next stage of the case involving the commercialisation of genetically modified (GM) mustard in India is to be heard on 15 September in the Supreme Court (SC). GM mustard could be India’s first commercially cultivated GM food crop, which could very well open the floodgates to the commercialisation of various other food crops that are in the pipeline. Lead petitioner Aruna Rodrigues is seeking a moratorium on the environmental release of any genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the absence of comprehensive, transparent and ri... more »
Photographers Respond to Trump’s Comments On Sweden
"Last night in Sweden" launched in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's controversial comments on the country's immigration policy.
Family: Biracial Boy Pushed Off Table with Rope Around Neck
Teenagers in New Hampshire taunted an 8-year-old with racial slurs and then pushed him off of a picnic table with a rope around his neck, his family said.
Brian Kilmeade of Fox and Friends suggests that 9-11 memorials are in danger of being removed like Confederate statues.
Fox & Friends seriously just compared a 9/11 memorial to Confederate statues, asking if we'll be tearing down 9/11 memorials in 100 years: pic.twitter.com/Y5Xg1dsB0d — Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) September 11, 2017 Courtesy of Raw Story: *During an interview with Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, Kilmeade asked if he had any concern about the future security of the Flight 93 National Monument, which he suggested could become a target for activists in the same way that statues of Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson have become targets. * *“Do you worry 100 yea... more »
Corrupt Charter Astroturf Group Pays Record Fine in MA
Last year white Alice Walton, New York hedge fund whales, and other Wall Street parasites poured $19 million into an effort in Massachusetts to increase the number of charter schools in the state by eliminating the state cap. With the help of paid actors and parents who don't know or don't care that their children are being brutalized daily in the charter cultural sterilization camps, large rallies were staged on Boston Common to make it appear that black and brown folks were demanding more charter schools. The voters of MA weren't fooled. Tired of having their public school funds... more »
Gruesome Body Cam Catches Sadistic Cop Punch Handcuffed Man in His Genitals
[image: genitals]An Evansville, Indiana police officer is recorded punching a suspect in his genitals after he's already peacefully surrendered and handcuffed.
Western powers don’t care if their citizens die from terrorist attacks
Governments in the West consider their own populations as entities that must be influenced and manipulated. More The post Western powers don’t care if their citizens die from terrorist attacks appeared first on The Duran.
Syria, Turkey and the Kurds: A Devil’s Triangle that only Russia can navigate
As ISIS crumbles in Syria, all eyes should be on America's inconsistent but growing relations with Syrian Kurds. More The post Syria, Turkey and the Kurds: A Devil’s Triangle that only Russia can navigate appeared first on The Duran.
WATCH: Police Turn Away Homeless People at Hurricane Shelters—Because They’re Homeless
[image: homeless]A disheartening video shows homeless people attempting to check into a hurricane shelter only to be turned away by police for being homeless.
Forgetting Our Great National Obsession
Man, do I ever feel faux-guilty. I was so busy watching and worrying over Hurricane Irma (when I wasn't shallowly and obsessively writing about Hillary and Ivanka, that is) that I completely, utterly forgot that yesterday was the anniversary of 9/11. I didn't realize the importance of the date until I switched on the local news last night. Usually they lead off with a gory highway pileup, or the latest grievous assault on (or theft of) a religious statue in the Bronx. But the minute I heard that solemn tolling bell soundtrack, I knew exactly what I had missed. It was like the recurr... more »
Trump Shows Leadership, Mobilizes Americans For Recovery and Infrastructure
PDF: [image: PDF icon] 20170912-trump-leadership.pdf On the 16th anniversary of the 9/11 attack on the United States, the US has been struck with devastation from two different hurricanes, with a third on the way. Unlike the response to 9/11 from George Bush's, who immediately set up police-state institutions within the US and began the process of "permanent warfare" — mostly against nations which had absolutely nothing to do with 9/11 — Trump is responding to the current disasters with true leadership. On Sunday, after receiving a comprehensive briefing on the devastation across ... more »
This Is The Moment
The news coming from North America over the last two weeks has been increasingly dark. Mother Nature is not happy. Bill McKibben writes: That one long screed of news from one continent in one week (which could be written about many other continents and many other weeks – just check out the recent flooding in south Asia for instance) is a precise, pixelated portrait of a heating world. Because we have burned so much oil and gas and coal, we have put huge clouds of CO2 and methane in the air; because the structure of those molecules traps heat the planet has warmed; because the plan... more »
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. - Penney Kome raises the question of who will be responsible for the damage wrought by climate change. And Trish Audette-Longo reports that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is set to start examining how human behaviour contributes to, and is affected by, a changing climate. - But Adam Klesfeld notes that the IMF looks to be enforcing about the least fair assignment of responsibility possible by squeezing Barbuda at a time when it faces the need to rebuild from Hurricane Irma. And Jonathan Ford discusses how privatized water infras... more »
FBI Investigating Russia's News Agency 'Sputnik' As A Propaganda Arm Of The Kremlin
*Yahoo News:* *Sputnik, the Russian news agency, is under investigation by the FBI* WASHINGTON — The FBI recently questioned a former White House correspondent for Sputnik, the Russian-government-funded news agency, as part of an investigation into whether it is acting as an undeclared propaganda arm of the Kremlin in violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). As part of the probe, Yahoo News has learned, the bureau has obtained a thumb drive containing thousands of internal Sputnik emails and documents — material that could potentially help prosecutors build a case ... more »
"See Yourself..."
"Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them." - Marcus Aurelius
"Folly Is Perennial..."
“Folly is perennial, yet the human race has survived.” - Bertrand Russell Graphic: "The Spectacle of Human Folly" by Auguste Barthelemy Glaize
“I Can’t Wait For the Day When Life Finally Makes Sense”
*“I Can’t Wait For the Day When Life Finally Makes Sense”* by Rania Naim “I can’t wait for the day when life finally makes sense, when we find the silver lining in every tragedy, when we learn the lesson from each mistake and when we understand why our hearts needed to get broken a few times to let love in. I can’t wait for the day that we understand why we met the right people at the wrong time or the wrong people at the right time and why our lives didn’t align to bring us together. I wonder if it’s because they’re the wrong ones for us or because we still have a lot of growing ... more »
"The Case For Not Knowing What Time It Is"
*"The Case For Not Knowing What Time It Is" * by David Cain "Since I started experimenting with short stretches of idleness throughout my otherwise very busy summer days, I’ve become convinced that we’d probably get more done, and enjoy our lives more, if we encountered fewer clocks. Even without clocks, we know what part of the day we’re in- early morning, late morning, mid-afternoon- and that’s usually enough to know what we ought to be doing right now. We can set alarms for appointments easily. So why do we need the time displayed on every electronic device, at all times? That m... more »
Bannon And Mercer Team Up To Destroy The GOP Establishment
Want to know some senators who are really not into the Trump agenda? Just check out the official Trumpanzee adhesion scale. These are the ones who really don't agree with almost anything he's attempting to do: *•* Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)- 8.2% *•* Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)- 10.2% *•* Jeff Merkley (D-OR)- 12.2% *•* Bernie (I-VT)- 14.3% *•* Cory Booker (D-NJ)- 14.3% *•* Ed Markey (D-MA)- 14.6% But leaving out an occasional, desultory crack about "Pocahontas," Trump rarely mentions any of them and has instead been reserving his most notable displays of animus for Republican senators ... more »
KID ROCK HAS LEARNED FROM DONALD TRUMP WHAT DONALD TRUMP LEARNED FROM PRO WRESTLING
In 2016, we all though Donald Trump was a self-sabotaging idiot because he kept going off on rampages against individuals he found offensive. We thought Trump was "stepping on his own message" as a political candidate when he attacked John McCain or Alicia Machado or Judge Gonzalo Curiel. Trump is president now. Beefs, especially when they're racist or sexist, apparently aren't counterproductive if you're running for office in America in the 21st century. They're seen as entertaining. They suggest that the angry candidate is a brawler (and thus would be a brawler on behalf of the vo... more »
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*Leftists rediscovering their segregationist roots* Irwin Holmes was in his living room, a laptop computer in front of him, a pile of reading materials stacked next to him, and his wife seated nearby when he heard the news. North Carolina State University might create segregated student housing for African American women. When he learned his alma mater already had exclusive student housing for Native Americans and African American males he was incredulous, and at no loss for words. “I want to make some contacts over at that school. I’m going to go over there and let them know wha... more »
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*Ecofascists below fantasise about changing the law to secure their political aims: locking up their political enemies* *They are hanging their hopes on attribution studies but such studies involve modelling. And when did any Greenie model get anything right? Still, it would be great to get Warmism into court. It would not survive judicial scrutiny for a moment. They'd actually be lucky to get anybody to testify for them -- for fear of getting a face-egging* For decades, proving the link between human greenhouse gas emissions and their impact on extreme weather events was tho... more »
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From Jenna Orkin ‘Uncontacted’ Amazon Tribe Members Are Reported Killed in BrazilElon Musk Magically Extends Battery Life Of Teslas Fleeing Irma Myanmar's Rohingya Crisis: George Soros, Oil, & Lessons For India"There Is No Seawall Whatsoever": Downtown Miami Flooded; Two Cranes Collapse Hurricane Irma Has Been Literally Pulling The Ocean Away From Its Shores Exclusive: North Korea 'secretly helped by Iran to gain nuclear weapons', British officials fear Desperation Mounts in Caribbean Islands: ‘All the Food Is Gone’ Researchers find secret, warm oasis beneath Antarctica's ice that... more »
SCOTLAND'S PARLIAMENT - SUCCESS OR FAILURE?
*Young people's art - Scotland.* How successful has been the parliament which Scotland was given in 1999? Scotland's parliament looks after health, education, farming, housing, policing and local government. Scotland's parliament is not allowed to deal with foreign policy, defence, central economic policy, broadcasting or immigration. Public trust in the Scottish government is high, with 65% backing it compared with 25% saying they trust the UK government. *Scotland 2017* However, "there's been a lack of big ideas," says Michael Keating, professor of politics at Aberdeen univers... more »
Canadian woman verbally attacks Sikh politician believing him to be a Muslim.
I don't know how many of you have already had the pleasure of watching this video of Canadian politician Jagmeet Singh demonstrating extreme patience and kindness when confronted with the kind of hatred that might have inspired Mahatma Gandhi to drop a bitch, but I thought it was just too good not to share here. Courtesy of Global News: *Singh was speaking to supporters at one of his “JagMeet and Greet” outreach events on Wednesday, when he was accosted by a heckler.* *“When is your Sharia going to end?” the woman shouted, referring to traditional Islamic law. “We know you’re in b... more »
Fertility docs said their study didn’t need ethics review. An investigation said they were wrong.
A journal is retracting a paper on the relative merits of one fertility procedure compared to another because the study never received ethical review or approval. In the paper, “Intracytoplasmic morphologically selected sperm injection versus conventional intracytoplasmic sperm injection: a randomized controlled trial,” originally published Aug. 27, 2015 in Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, the authors […] The post Fertility docs said their study didn’t need ethics review. An investigation said they were wrong. appeared first on Retraction Watch.
A Look At Russia's Infantry Fighting Vehicle Known As The 'Terminator' (Photo Gallery)
*Business Insider:* *13 photos of the 'Terminator,' the armored fighting vehicle Russia reportedly sent to Syria* A few countries have recently shown interest in purchasing Moscow's infantry fighting vehicle known as the "Terminator," according to Sputnik, a Russian state-owned media outlet. Israel and Syria are both interested in the BMPT-72, or Terminator 2, which was also spotted in Syria for supposed testing in late June, Sputnik reported last week. The FBI is currently investigating whether Sputnik is "an undeclared propaganda arm of the Kremlin," and so their reports sho... more »
Islamic State Fighters And Their Families Are Now Trying To Flee Syria and Iraq
Raqqa, Syria, one of Isis’s centres of power, is slipping further into the hands of US-backed Kurdish forces. Photograph: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters *The Guardian*: *Hundreds of Isis defectors mass on Syrian border hoping to flee* Several dozen former fighters have already crossed into southern Turkey in recent weeks as terror group loses territory Hundreds of defectors from Islamic State have massed in Syria’s Idlib province, with many planning to cross the nearby Turkish border and find ways back to the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. Several dozen former fighters have alread... more »
Hezbollah Is Declaring Victory In Syria
Hezbollah and Syrian flags flutter on a military vehicle in Western Qalamoun, Syria August 28, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki *Reuters:* *Hezbollah declares Syria victory: report* BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian government’s powerful Lebanese ally Hezbollah has declared victory in the Syrian war, dismissing remaining fighting as “scattered battles”, a pro-Hezbollah newspaper reported on Tuesday. The comments by Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah mark one of the most confident assessments yet by the government side as it regains swathes of territory in eastern Syria in a rapid adv... more »
India Wants a New Tank to Fight China in a Mountain War
*Robert Beckhusen* *Security, Asia* But will it happen? The Indian Army is in the early planning stages for a new light tank capable of traversing the rugged conditions of India’s mountainous northern borders. A directive from the Army setting requirements for the machine comes soon after China tested its own mountain tank in Tibet. India and China have long-running border disputes at Aksai Chin in India’s northwest and Arunachal Pradesh in the northeast. In June 2017, a standoff ensued at Doklam, near Bhutan, when Chinese troops with construction machinery moved into a dispute... more »
Tweets For Today
UN unanimously backs new sanctions on North Korea @AFP https://t.co/61lEqz7Szc — Sunghee Hwang (@sungheehwang) September 11, 2017 Russian military tells @AP in Syria gov't troops have freed about 85 percent of country's territory from militants. https://t.co/oj741xBWfp — The Associated Press (@AP) September 12, 2017 Apple set to unveil anniversary iPhone in major product launch https://t.co/DEaNpwY9yZ pic.twitter.com/40iIUSdkkt — Reuters Top News (@Reuters) September 12, 2017 Pilot has lucky escape after his plane clips a tree and crashes into a car park in Connecticut https://t... more »
Russian Defense Ministry: 85% of Syria is liberated – will not stop untill 100%
There are only 27,000 square kilometers of Syrian territory yet to be liberated. More The post Russian Defense Ministry: 85% of Syria is liberated – will not stop untill 100% appeared first on The Duran.
North Korea rejects UNSC resolution – vows to inflect “greatest pain” in history on the US
North Korea refuses to make any concessions to the United States. More The post North Korea rejects UNSC resolution – vows to inflect “greatest pain” in history on the US appeared first on The Duran.
Justin Trudeau and Bill Morneau - A Lesson In Using Private Corporations as a Tax Strategy
With Canadian private corporation owners about to experience a major change in how they are taxed, I wanted to take a look at how Mr. Trudeau and Mr. Morneau have availed themselves of the current tax landscape. Fortunately for us all, the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner has a website which contains a searchable database which lists the public declarations from all MPs, right up to the Prime Minister, the man in charge of the government that is about to make these changes. With that in mind, let's take a look at the declarations for the two gentlemen res... more »
Podcast - Why we should create artificial offspring
IEEt Affiliate Scholar John Danaher recently had the pleasure of being a guest on the RoboPsych podcast. He was interviewed by hosts Tom Guarriello and Julie Carpenter about my recent paper ‘Why we should create artificial offspring’. The paper is an extended thought experiment, arguing that creating artificial offspring might be good for humanity. The podcast explored many of the key ideas in the paper and some other issues too. You can listen below or follow this link to the RoboPsych website. While there, you should check out the other episodes. There have been a number of in... more »
Turkey, Russia have no disagreement over Syria — Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told the Hurriyet daily that Ankara does not have any disagreements with Moscow over Syria. “Currently, the process in Idlib is being run as we agreed with Russia. There are no disputes with Russia on it. No controversy was brought to the agenda during our meeting with Iran,” Erdogan […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Houthi forces storm military base overlooking key Saudi city: video
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:00 P.M.) – The Houthi forces stormed a large military base in the Najran Province of Saudi Arabia, Monday, inflicting heavy damage on the Saudi Army’s defenses. According to the official media wing for the Houthi forces, their fighters attacked the Al-Khashba Base that overlooks the strategic city of Najran in southern Saudi […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Revisiting the Swine Flu Fiasco of 2009
By John Stone AoA re-posts a sequence of articles by UK editor, John Stone, from 2009-10 highlighting an earlier shadowy attempt to hi-jack global health agenda by the vaccine industry. Republication coincides with his recent letter to the British Medical...
The problem with climate change denying in the wake of devastating hurricanes.
Courtesy of the Guardian: *As the US comes to terms with its second major weather disaster within a month, an important question is whether the devastation caused by hurricanes Harvey and Irma will convince Donald Trump and his administration of the reality of climate change. * *The president’s luxurious Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida may escape Irma’s wrath, but with the deaths of so many Americans, and billions of dollars in damage to homes and businesses, the costs of climate change denial are beginning to pile up at the door of the White House. * *Just days before Harvey formed... more »
CVS Threatens Great Family Loss Without a Flu Shot!
By Kim Stagliano This poster is in the window of our tiny CVS here in Connecticut. The store is less than an 1/8 of the size of a newer CVS. It took over a small, lovely independent drug store here...
Each Time A New Person Awakens - A Quotation from Justin Case
*Source:Daily Motivation*
UN passes new sanctions on North Korea – rejects Trump’s oil embargo
The resolution represents a compromise on America's initial proposals. More The post UN passes new sanctions on North Korea – rejects Trump’s oil embargo appeared first on The Duran.
A Primer on Spoiling Granddaughters
I've been known to spoil my grandchildren. To that I plea guilty as charged. I didn't spoil their mothers (I have four girls) as much as I spoil them, but I didn't have parents to hand my children off to once they'd been filled with sugar. Saturday was my four year-old granddaughter, Savannah's day with grandpa. Savannah lives in Arizona, but was visiting with her mother/my daughter and her two sisters - one older and one younger. By way of full disclosure, I have never been in this mall before. I usually avoid malls (temples of greed), but they can be entertaining to a four year o... more »
Spirit Giraffes: Elusive snowy white mother and baby giraffes filmed in the Wild
Thankfully, the giraffes are in a preserve that takes poaching very seriously and they should be pretty well protected. Incredibly rare with what appears to be only a handful sightings in the wild captured on film, white reticulated giraffes are pale in color thanks to a genetic condition called leucism. Unlike albinism, in leucism skin cells don’t produce pigmentation, but soft tissues, like dark eyes, do. The giraffes were in the region where Rainforest Trust and HCP are protecting vital habitat for the Hirola, the world’s most threatened antelope, explains RT. *Hirola Conserv... more »
How did Irma get so strong? Hint: Not global warming
“Irma reached Cat 3 status over temperatures in the Atlantic that weren’t all that warm.”
The Ingredient That's About to Change the Way You Bake
This could be valuable knowledge. The crude sugar substantially caramelized and this breaks up most of the sucrose which impacts the liver badly. Yet it is not wholly broken down producing a very different product. Easy enough to make as well. I presume a warm oven is around 200 to 250 degrees. It needs to be run for at least an hour and several is indicated. Obviously one takes a couple pounds to do it up and store against actual use. I do think that this is an excellent improvement on almost all baked goods. Cookies leap to mind. Sweetness is lowered and flavor enhance... more »
The Confederate General Who Was Erased
Ultimately southern white supremicists succeeded in getting their way through their jim Crow laws in particular. Yet before that truly took hold, men of good will did make serious strides to integrate the communities successfully. As this shows it lasted a generation. Sadly most whites are completely innocent and oblivious and simply kept that way. The truth is that we are all victims of such policy, the more now that we expect more from our citizens. Yet it still at some level, continues. worse we have allowed illegal immigrants in to sustain the underclass in terms of re...more »
The Spectacular Tombs of El Cano in Panama
[image: El Cano in Panama] I see an image of a gargoyle and of a sea serpent. Add in that this culture would also have been Atlantean derivative as well making it part of the global trading culture that dominated circa 2500 BC through 1159 BC and locally thereafter. I should add that neither the Gargoyle nor the Sea Serpent are on the balance of probabilities mythological but are living creatures extant today, but outside our ken. It is wonderful to know this society was extant on contact. Surely so too were much of the whole Mayan world though this is hotly disputed. Spanis... more »
FBI Suspects Members of Congress Leaked Grand Jury Indictment to the Awans; DOJ Officials Possibly Implicated Too
Rather obviously they knew that the roof was about to fall in. Likely they had relied on their political links to protect themselves and this was certainly collapsing around them. Just been told by key individuals that they could no longer be protected would have triggered an effort to escape. Obviously we have a clear case of guilty knowledge at work here. It may even had nothing to do with spying as well but about data and money corruption. We can be sure that they are guilty though of something. They have extracted the bulk of their coin which in the scheme of things appea... more »
Is the Pope Stupid?
Chris D'Angelo (Chris of the Angels?) writing for the HuffPo under the headline: Pope Francis On Climate Change Denial: 'Man Is Stupid' Climate change denials amid catastrophic hurricanes are a reminder that humans are not a particularly smart species, Pope Francis said Sunday while flying over areas in the Caribbean decimated by Hurricane Irma. Perhaps the Pope has not caught up with the IPCC. They declared that extreme weather events are not caused by the alleged Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW.) “Man is stupid,” Pope Francis said. That cannot be denied. Think of how many... more »
Midnight Meme Of The Day
*-by Noah* Sarah Huckabee Sanders gets a lot of shit from people. People talk about what a lying sociopath she is, how unbelievably pathetic she is, and all that. They wonder how anyone can have so much low self-esteem that they can go out behind a podium every day and lie, obfuscate, and show such contempt for America; all for, Trump. Some wonder what meds she must be abusing just to do what she does, how she can face herself, etc. Is it even worse; is she just a true believer? Did she ever have a soul? Does she deserve it all? Hell, yeah. In fact, she's gotten off so easy its r... more »
Ten rebel commanders defect to Syrian Army
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:25 A.M.) – Some ten field commanders from various rebel groups across Syria have defected to the side of Syrian government-led forces according to a statement released by the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) yesterday. The MoD statement said that the defections where arbitrated and ultimately guaranteed via the Russian Centre for the Reconciliation […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
ISIS launches car bombs, missiles at Kurdish forces in Deir Ezzor amid counteroffensive
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:00 A.M.) – ISIS has launched a counteroffensive against the US-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in eastern Deir Ezzor Governorate. The counteroffensive currently underway by ISIS was formally announced about twelve hours ago and came about 24 hours after Kurdish-led forces reached the imperative Deir Ezzor industrial zone – which some SDF […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Hezbollah, Iran are allowed to operate in Syria: Russian FM
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:20 A.M.) – Iranian and Hezbollah forces are legally operating inside of Syria, the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, stated on Monday. “Russia, as well as representatives of Iran, including the representatives of the Hezbollah movement, are working here upon a direct invitation of Syria’s legitimate authorities,” he said. “Since the very beginning, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Saudi Arabia claims their forces foiled a potential suicide bombing
Saudi Arabia has arrested two Yemeni nationals and two Saudi citizens under suspicions of planning a suicide bombing attack against the Riyadh headquarters of the Saudi Defense Ministry. The state-owned Saudi Press Agency reports that the Yemeni nationals were living under aliases in Riyadh, where they were planning a suicide bombing along with two locals. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Infamous Saudi cleric resigns from Al-Qaeda in Idlib
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:10 A.M.) – The leader of the Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham Shari’ah Courts, ‘Abdullah Al-Muhaysni, announced his resignation from the terrorist group after a tiff over alleged reforms. Muhaysni released a statement via his social media account, Monday, highlighting his problems with the Al-Qaeda affiliate in the Idlib Governorate. The Saudi cleric will likely […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Patient of the Week: Virginia Rail
You may have heard of a dance called the Virginia Reel, but have you ever hard of a bird called a Virginia Rail? Rails are a diverse family of mostly aquatic birds, not unlike swamp chickens. Most members of this group of birds are very adept at hiding and prefer to inhabit dense vegetation. They […]
The Republic of Texas and Other “Terrorist Organizations” (II)
Proclamation of a new state in Texas in 1836 was in no way different than what happened in Donetsk and Luhansk in 2014. The post The Republic of Texas and Other “Terrorist Organizations” (II) appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
The Two U.S. Navy Destroyers In Deadly Collisions This Summer Had Records Of Failure In Meeting Training Requirements
Photo credit: Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter Burghart(left) / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua Fulton (right) *CNN: **Exclusive: US Navy ships in deadly collisions had dismal training records* (CNN)The two US Navy destroyers involved in deadly collisions in the Pacific this summer both had lengthy records of failure to fulfill key training requirements, according to Government Accountability Office data provided to Congress and obtained by CNN. The USS Fitzgerald had expired training certification for 10 out of 10 key warfare mission areas in June, and... more »
Merkel: we must accept an infinite number of invaders
*Apple:* off-topic: to watch the Apple event showing iPhone 8 and iPhone X (a $1,000 beast that looks like this) etc. since 1 pm Boston time, open this page in Microsoft Edge on Windows, or in an Apple browser Gourmets may be convinced that e.g. Konrad Adenauer or Helmut Kohl were great leaders but the most famous German leader in the last 100 years was unquestionably Adolf Hitler. And because insanity seems to be what counts and what makes the tenure of the German leaders long-lived, Angela Merkel is quickly becoming the number two. We thought that we have already heard everyth... more »
D’ya think ANTIFA might be a trap?
By all means shout down the fascists. Shout down white supremicists. Bash the alt-right. Do it in black bloc, if you must (and you must). March on, against, and over, capitalism. Declare yourself anti-fascist. Express solidarity with ANTIFA protests and counterprotests across the country. I would rethink, however, opening an Antifa franchise without knowing who […]
Five former leaders of the free world say YOU should pay for disaster relief
THAT’S RIGHT. Five US ex-presidents, so-called most powerful men in the world, who each did their most to expropriate the public wealth for the super rich, who denied you healthcare, job security, infrastructure, a clean environment, even peace, every last POTUS son of a bitch, now think the rescue of America’s refinery capitol should be […]
Hurricane Irma Nuclear Power Mysteries: FPL Didn’t Shutdown Second Turkey Pt. Nuclear Reactor – It Shut Itself Down; St. Lucie Nuclear Power Station Unit Has Salt Buildup On Insulators In The Switchyard
Radar showing Hurricane Irma with its eye north of Cuba and south of the Florida Keys. Turkey Point Nuclear Power … Continue reading →
Picture Of The Day
People watch the Tribute in Light installation illuminated over lower Manhattan as seen from Brooklyn, marking the 16th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in New York City. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid *WNU Editor: *The above picture is from this photo gallery .... *Remembering 9/11: 16 years on* (Reuters).
ART - Hope-Henderson, Baluschek, Scholz, Levis, de Kooning ...
A de Kooning and an Enduring Mystery . Eleanor Hope-Henderson - Enjoying the Summer. [image: DSC05826] "This boy was born with Asperger syndrome. He is often bullied by older kids and even grown-ups. "We bought some biscuits for him but the older kids and grown-ups came to rob him. I protected him until he finished the biscuits. "That last day, when we were leaving, the boy saw me in the minibus and waved his hands excitedly. I was so happy he remembered me." kingdomany Eleanor Hope-Henderson - Figures by a Swimming Pool. "Iraqi boy Ayad Alim Brissam Karim shows one of his... more »
UN Security Council Imposes Tougher Sanctions On North Korea
*BBC:* *North Korea slapped with UN sanctions after nuclear test* The United Nations has imposed a fresh round of sanctions on North Korea after its sixth and largest nuclear test. The measures restrict oil imports and ban textile exports. The latter is aimed at starving the North of income for its weapons programmes. The US had originally proposed harsher sanctions including a total ban on oil imports. The vote was only passed unanimously after Pyongyang allies Russia and China agreed to the reduced measures. The sanctions, which were passed at a UN Security Council meeting on ... more »
A New U.S. Strategy To Confront Iran?
An Iranian vessel steers close to the U.S. Navy coastal patrol craft USS Thunderbolt (R) in the Gulf in a still image from video provided by the U.S. Navy July 25, 2017. U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS *Reuters: Exclusive*:* Trump to weigh more aggressive U.S. strategy on Iran - sources* WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is weighing a strategy that could allow more aggressive U.S. responses to Iran’s forces, its Shi‘ite Muslim proxies in Iraq and Syria, and its support for militant groups, according to six current and former U.S. officials. The proposal was prepared by D... more »
Our Heroes Betrayed - Part IV of IV
Our Heroes Betrayed The Other Side Of The Flatwoods Monster The 65th Anniversary of the Flatwoods Monster Incident by Alfred Lehmberg with Frank C. Feschino, Jr. PART IV of IV Before: Institutional infidelity, by the book obfuscation, and Fish in Denmark. ~~ Officiality would appear to stumble. Simple addition fails to add up. Intellectual cowardice seems manifest. Most interesting were the transcripts from the *two* official "*Aircraft Accident Investigating Board*" meetings held at Tyndall AFB. These were contained in the examined 65-page accident report Feschino received. F... more »
Monday Night Music-- What Do People Like Best In Different Places?
OK, so the best selling musical act from Kansas is the band Kansas. How hard would that have been to guess? Or Phish in Vermont? Or that it's Chicago in Illinois (remember them)? And native daughter Madonna in Michigan-- at least it wasn't Nugent or Kid Rock-- and, sadly, the Eagles in California and Prince in Minnesota and Michael Jackson in Indiana. And Mississippi? Well, Elvis of course. How cool is Hawaii, though? Bruno Mars! And Nevada? No, not Dean Martin or Frank Sinatra or even Celine Dionne-- The Killers! What about total squaresville? Maybe Florida is being punished beca... more »
Did Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Make A 'Secret Visit' To Israel?
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman gestures during a military parade. (photo credit:SAUDI PRESS AGENCY/REUTERS) *Jerusalem Post:* *Did the Saudi Crown Prince make a covert visit to Israel?* As expected, news of the visit was not warmly welcomed by the Arab public. Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman made a discreet visit to Israel despite the fact that the Jewish state and Saudi Arabia do not have official diplomatic ties, Israeli and Arab media speculated earlier in the week. Rumors about the momentous visit, which was not confirmed by Israel, started swirling... more »
Biggest Blowhard Since Twitler
Hiya, Raisinettes, from sunny Fort Lauderdale! Sorry for being away, but we’ve been kinda busy down here. Original DVD cover I just happen to live in the lucky spot this time around. Usually, when a dog spits, the power goes … Continue reading →
Abby Martin Exposes Zionism & Israel
Warning: Vulgar adult language! 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 […]
Former Govt Scientist: The Govt Could Have Stopped Harvey And Irma!
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Sep 10, 2017 Alex Jones talks with top scientist, Stan Deyo about who is really behind weather modification and what their end game is for humanity. https://www.standeyo.com/ end
President Trump Being Drugged Ahead Of Coup, Sources Claim
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Sep 11, 2017 Alex Jones tells how a source claimed President Trump is slowly being drugged by traitors within his administration with incremental doses slipped into his Coca-Cola, making him drowsy and slightly sedated. end
Why NATO Chief Maintains ‘There-Could-Be-Only-One’ Stance on Calls for EU Army
Why NATO Chief Maintains ‘There-Could-Be-Only-One’ Stance on Calls for EU Army by https://sputniknews.com/ NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has again cautioned against the creation of a European army, also admitting that Europe cannot do without NATO, the US and Britain. Why does he repeat this warning like a mantra time after time? – Speaking to Sputnik, Czech […]
Dear President Trump: America is in for a Rude Awakening in January
Dear President Trump: America is in for a Rude Awakening in January by JAMES RICKARDS, https://dailyreckoning.com/ Dear President Trump, – Over the last couple of years I’ve been all over TV… from Fox News to CNBC, CNN and Bloomberg. I’ve been telling our fellow Americans that the financial global elite was planning to issue their own globalist […]
Is Hollywood Preparing US for Nuclear War?
RT America Published on Sep 11, 2017 The Central Intelligence Agency has long used Hollywood and the entertainment industry to influence public opinion, and US attitudes toward North Korea has not escaped their manipulation. RT America’s Brigida Santos reveals how shadowy consultants such as Bruce Bennett work to manufacture consent for potential nuclear confrontation with North […]
New Trump Strategy Leads to More Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan – Analyst
RT Published on Sep 11, 2017 At least 28 civilians were reportedly killed and 16 injured in US air strikes in Afghanistan’s Herat and Logar provinces. According to the UN’s Assistance Mission, over 1,600 civilians were killed and nearly 3,600 injured in air raids. The report also shows that the number of civilian casualties due to […]
Welcome to 1984: Big Brother Google Now Watching Your Every Political Move
Google = NSA. Who is in charge of the Beast ‘666’ Network? No Such Agency!
WOW! Saudi Government Reportedly Funded A ‘Dry Run’ For 9/11 Attack
The Saudis are not the head of the snake. They are lower level minions ordered to supply the money for the operation and the patsies. 9/11 was an inside job planned by the western Illuminati and executed via the CIA and Mossad. – WOW! Saudi Government Reportedly Funded A ‘Dry Run’ For 9/11 Attack by Joshua […]
Panic in Tel Aviv: Is Netanyahu Losing It? (Part 2)
Panic in Tel Aviv: Is Netanyahu Losing It? (Part 2) by ABDEL BARI ATWAN, https://www.darkmoon.me/ Part 2 : The Ticking Time Bomb (Panic in Tel Aviv: Is Netanyahu losing it? (Part 1)) To understand the state of panic currently afflicting the ruling elite in Israel, which has gone to the extent of openly threatening to bomb the […]
Napolitano Welcomes Other Schools and Universities to Join DACA Lawsuit
As the head of the Department of Homeland Security in the Obama administration, UC President Janet Napolitano knows all about Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
20 Years Later, Scholar Says Racism Remains Relevant Discussion in Classroom
Two decades after the release of Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, the text continues to be used in classrooms across the nation.
Rutgers Offers Legal Help to Its Immigrant Students
Rutgers University Law School is introducing a program designed to provide free legal counseling to currently enrolled students on the Camden, New Brunswick and Newark campuses who may be facing immigration-related barriers to their success.
Another DeVos Commencement Invitation Meets Resistance
Days after University of Baltimore President Kurt L. Schmoke announced that U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos would serve as the school’s fall commencement speaker, thousands of students, several local representatives and UB alumni have expressed resistance and opposition.
Latest battle update from Deir Ezzor: map
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:40 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are involved in a heated race to capture the strategic border-city of Albukamal in eastern Deir Ezzor. With both forces making significant progress in the Deir Ezzor Governorate these past 48 hours, the Islamic State (ISIL) now finds themselves […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Lebanon set to lodge complaint with UN over Israeli jets’ sonic booms
Beirut will file a complaint with the United Nations Security Council following a recent intrusion of Israeli jets into Lebanese airspace. On Sunday, Israeli Air Force F-15 fighters zipped over Saida, the third-largest city in Lebanon, while breaking the sound barrier. The sonic boom created by the fast, low-flying Israeli warplanes caused the foundations of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Race to Albukamal: US-backed forces attempt to block Syrian Army’s path in Deir Ezzor
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:40 A.M.) – The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces continued their advance into Deir Ezzor City, Monday, capturing several areas from the so-called Islamic State (ISIL) at the northern part of the provincial capital. The Syrian Democratic Forces managed to capture the strategic 113th Brigade Base on Monday, following a series of intense clashes […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
The Intellectual Arms Race in Philosophy
Here's an excerpt from Nicholas Rescher's *The Strife of Systems: An Essay on the Grounds and Implications* (Page 205 - 206): *"The history of philosophy is akin to an intellectual arms race where all sides escalate the technical bases for their positions. As realists sophisticate their side of the argument, idealists sophisticate their counterarguments; as materialists become more subtle, so do phenomenalists, and so on. At the level of basics, the same old positions continue to contest the field -- albeit that ever more powerful weapons are used to defend increasingly sophistica... more »
The Real 9-11 Truth.....
And endless war ever since......who benefits? Who controls the media narrative? Who scripted the whole 9-11 charade? Who keeps the cover up in tact? Why do the people go along with the fantasy? Bruce
TRUMP’S OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICESteve Bannon recently called...
*TRUMP’S OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE* Steve Bannon recently called Trump’s firing of James Comey the biggest political mistake in modern political history. But it was more than that. It was outright obstruction of justice – another impeachable offense to add to the impeachable offenses Trump has already committed (violation of the Constitution’s “emolument’s clause,” failure to faithfully execute the laws, and abuse of power). Obstruction of justice was among the articles of impeachment drafted against both Presidents Nixon and Clinton. The parallel between Nixon and Trump is almost e... more »
The Republic of Texas and Other “Terrorist Organizations” (I)
Nikolay Starikov explains why the actions taken by the people of the Donbass in 2014 look more justified than the insurrection of the American colonists in late XVIII century. The post The Republic of Texas and Other “Terrorist Organizations” (I) appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
The U.S. Intel Community Needs Skilled Workers
*Sandra Erwin, RCD*: *U.S. Intelligence Agencies in a Race for Skilled Workers* A massive change happened in the U.S. intelligence community after the 9/11 attacks. Agencies were realigned and bureaucracies expanded. Congress created the Director of National Intelligence position and the National Counterterrorism Center amid growing fears that the nation was unprepared for the jihadist threat. There is now a brewing debate on whether the intelligence community — a collection of 17 agencies with an annual budget of about $54 billion — may have become too narrowly focused and slow ... more »
Russia Will Have 6,000 More Tanks in Its Army
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * The reason why is quite interesting. Russia is sharply curtailing the number of Soviet-era tanks that is planning to scrap. In previous years, Moscow had planned to send some 10,000 of its older model tanks to the junk yard for disposal, now that figure could be reduced to as few as 4,000. “Initially, when the program was drafted, it was planned that about 10,000 Soviet-made armored fighting vehicles (AFVs) stored in warehouses...will be scrapped," Lt. Gen. Alexander Shevchenko, chief of the main armored directorate of the Russian Defense Ministry, ... more »
Should the World Fear Russia's Robots?
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * The Uran-6 is a harbinger of the future. The Russians are developing far more advanced robotic systems including a formidable armored UGV that would fill several missions. The Russian military has deployed a special mine clearing until to Syria equipped with the Uran-6 unmanned ground vehicle (UGV). While the use of unmanned systems for clearing mines is nothing new for Western forces, it is an illustration of how the Russian military is rapidly catching up as it starts to adopt robotic systems across the board. “The Russian military is firmly integr... more »
Why War with North Korea Could Cost Trillions of Dollars
*Anthony Fensom* *Security, Asia* [image: North Korean military participate in the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea] Unleashing Trump's “fire and fury” on North Korea would rack up both human and financial costs. War with North Korea could result in the death of fifty thousand or more Americans and more than two million Korean casualties. However, the economic cost would be massive, too, running into potentially trillions of dollars for the United States, while damaging Asia’s biggest economies. The 1950–1953 Korean War ca... more »
The United Nations Needs to Treat Taiwan Fairly
*David Tawei Lee* *Politics, Asia* [image: The United Nations logo is pictured in front of the United Nations Headquarters building during the 71st United Nations General Assembly] Taiwanese passport holders enjoy visa-free or other forms of travel convenience to 165 countries and territories, yet are unable to step inside the Headquarters of the UN. “As we embark on this great collective journey, we pledge that no one will be left behind”—*Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development* New York is one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations. As wi... more »
Trump's September Budget Deal Could Move Tax Reform
*Romina Boccia* *Politics, North America* [image: Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with members of the Republican Congressional leadership] Republican leaders should seize the opporunity to work with Trump to enact pro-growth, fiscally responsible tax reform. This week’s budget deal is fiscally irresponsible. But it just may have cleared the legislative schedule for serious action on much-needed tax reform. The lamentable budget deal suspends the debt limit—and continues all discretionary spending at current (FY... more »
Test Putin’s Proposal for UN Peacekeepers
*Steven Pifer* *Security, Europe* [image: People hold lit candles during a rally organized by supporters of the self-proclaimed republics of Donbass and Luhansk to commemorate victims of the military conflict in the eastern regions of Ukraine] A UN peacekeeping force could make a serious contribution to ending the Ukraine-Russia conflict in Donbass—if it has a proper mandate. Russian president Vladimir Putin made headlines last week when he suggested a UN peacekeeping force for the Donbass region in eastern Ukraine. His proposal likely was not sincere, but Ukraine and its friends... more »
Did Hurricane Irma Create a ‘Cloud Face’?
A web site passed off a video shot in Canada in 2011 as "live footage" of a storm that lashed Florida six years later.
The Republicans Think The Time Is Right To Further Weaken Campaign Finance Reform
*"The party of Big Money wants to eliminate all restraints on Big Money. No surprise there."* -Alan Grayson If Republicans think there should be no limits to nor regulations on campaign funding, why do they sneak around in the dark trying to destroy the rules and regulations. Why not just admit it and have the debate? One or more Republicans recently sneaked some language into a must-pass spending bill and refuses to take "the credit" for his or her riders. Fox News reported that "the measures are tucked into a GOP package of spending bills currently being debated in the House. ... more »
Nuclear Power Plants and Hurricane Irma: Now Savannah River Site at Risk from Flooding
Finding information about nuclear reactors and nuclear sites at risk from Irma flooding and winds is challenging. I've been following the Turkey Point and St Lucie npps in Florida over the last few days (see blog posts). Today, Florida Power and Electric told Reuters that they were planning on bringing up the power on 1 reactor that had been powered down (but not "off," apparently) at St Lucie Nuclear Power Plant in Florida. Florida Power and Electric claims that they also plan on re-starting the reactors at Turkey Point, one of which was shut down in anticipation of the storm. Th... more »
Here’s What Really Happened on 9/11 — James Perloff
SGTreport Published on Sep 10, 2017 On the 16th anniversary of 9/11 author James Perloff joins me to explain what REALLY happened on 9/11/2001. “9/11 Was a False Flag to get into illegal wars” – Former FDNY Rudy Dent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOFrZ… end
Israeli Jets Rattle Lebanon And Raise Tensions With Syria
Israeli Jets Rattle Lebanon And Raise Tensions With Syria by Tyler Durden, http://www.zerohedge.com/ In what Lebanese media reported as a deeply provocative act, an Israeli jet did a high speed and low altitude flyover of the city of Saida in the country’s South on Sunday. Lebanese citizens and security sources also reported sonic booms which broke […]
Is China Passing Us?
*Daniel Kliman and Harry Krejsa, Politico*: *Is China leaping past us?* With little notice in Washington, Beijing has quietly become an innovation superpower. How should the U.S. respond? Sixty years ago this fall, the Soviet Union shocked the world by launching into orbit Earth’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1. The beach ball-sized spacecraft was an astounding scientific achievement, one previously thought beyond the reach of Moscow. As Sputnik circled the globe and emitted radio signals detectable by anyone with a short-wave receiver, the American public experienced a cr... more »
Naval Academy to Discuss 2 Buildings Named for Confederates
WASHINGTON — A panel on memorials at the U.S. Naval Academy will discuss whether two buildings on the campus grounds should remain named after two American naval officers who fought for the Confederacy, the academy’s superintendent said Monday. Vice Adm. Ted Carter, who briefed the academy’s Board of Visitors about the building names at a […]
Nevada University Selling Coveted Violin to Fund Arts Building
RENO, Nev. — A Nevada university will soon put a coveted, high-priced Stradivarius violin on the auction block in order to pay for their new arts building. The Reno Gazette-Journal reports that the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents gave approval last week for the University of Nevada in Reno to sell the […]
$50M Gift Prompts New Name for Iowa State Business College
AMES, Iowa — Officials say the Iowa State University College of Business will be renamed because of a $50 million commitment from two California benefactors. The university said in a news release Monday that the college will be renamed the Debbie and Jerry Ivy College of Business, pending approval by the Iowa Board of Regents. […]
Melissa McCarthy wins Emmy for her portrayal of former White House press secretary Sean Spicer. So well deserved.
Courtesy of The Hill: *Melissa McCarthy brought home an Emmy this weekend for her memorable impersonation of former White House press secretary Sean Spicer on "Saturday Night Live." * *The actress won an Emmy for best actress on a comedy series at the Emmy’s creative arts awards Sunday, according to The Associated Press. The awards are a precursor to the main show next weekend. * *McCarthy’s impersonation of Spicer, featuring her driving a podium through New York City, firing a water gun at reporters and repeatedly threatening to run them over with the podium, drew wide praise.* ... more »
Did Pizza Hut Pressure Workers Evacuating From Irma’s Path to Stay at Work?
The company said a franchise manager "elected to add a few things" to a set of company recommendations.
Is There a Children’s Toy Called ‘My First Vape’?
Despite controversy, the "toy" is no more than a hoax by an advertising executive and serial meme maker.
Did Barack Obama Attach an Ominous Message to a Letter He Wrote to Donald Trump?
There was no threat in an Inauguration Day letter from former President Barack Obama to his successor.
‘We Stand by You’
U.S. naval officer's letter describes a 'manning the rails' ceremony performed by a German destroyer.
Did Jennifer Lawrence Say Hurricanes Are ‘Nature’s Wrath’ Against Trump?
Right-wing web sites misrepresented Lawrence's assertion that climate change is caused by human activity.
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