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Russia's Proposal That Oil Contracts Be Traded Without Using The US Dollar Was The Bombshell At This Year's BRICS Summit
Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) delivers the speech ahead of the signing ceremony of BRICS Business Council at 2017 BRICS Summit in Xiamen, Fujian province, China September 4, 2017. REUTERS/Kenzaburo Fukuhara/Pool *Pepe Escobar, Asia Times:* *The real BRICS bombshell* *Putin reveals 'fair multipolar world' concept in which oil contracts could bypass the US dollar and be traded with oil, yuan and gold.* The annual BRICS summit in Xiamen – where President Xi Jinping was once mayor – could not intervene in a more incandescent geopolitical context. Once again, it’s essential to keep ... more »
"Neuroscience Says Listening to This Song Reduces Anxiety by Up to 65 Percent"
*"Neuroscience Says Listening to This Song Reduces Anxiety by Up to 65 Percent"* By Melanie Curtin "Everyone knows they need to manage their stress. When things get difficult at work, school, or in your personal life, you can use as many tips, tricks, and techniques as you can get to calm your nerves. So here's a science-backed one: make a playlist of the 10 songs found to be the most relaxing on earth. Sound therapies have long been popular as a way of relaxing and restoring one's health. For centuries, indigenous cultures have used music to enhance well-being and improve health c... more »
Picture Of The Day
General view of half-submerged vehicles, boats and debris in the flooded harbour as Hurricane Irma hits the French island territory of Saint Martin in this video grab made from footage taken from social media. Mandatory credit RCI GUADELOUPE/Handout via REUTERS *WNU Editor: *The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... *In the path of Hurricane Irma* (Reuters).
WNU Editor: My Cousin's Daughter Was Given This Notice A Few Hours Ago (She Lives In Miami)
*(Click on Image to Enlarge)* *(Click on Image to Enlarge)* *WNU Editor:* She has been living in Miami for two years, and this is her first hurricane. She has just told me that everyone's mood changed dramatically a few hours ago .... they are preparing for a lot of damage. Her condo is on the 17th floor on the beach .... and yes .... it faces the ocean. She and some of her friends are going to drive inland tomorrow morning and stay at another friend's home until this blows over. Her mother (my cousin) is naturally "freaking out" right now .... she is currently in Kiev.
Elon Tusk Raises Alarm Bells On Russian Research In Artificial Intelligence And Its Military Applications
China, Russia, soon all countries w strong computer science. Competition for AI superiority at national level most likely cause of WW3 imo. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 4, 2017 *Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg*: *Take Elon Musk Seriously on the Russian AI Threat* Putin sees power in the technology, which means he's investing in it. Elon Musk is worried about governments, specifically the Russian one, competing for artificial intelligence superiority and sparking World War III. That shocking statement was made all the more shocking by the low expectations the world seems to hav... more »
Did something happen in Taiwan? It must be about China....
*At Anping Fort, the cannons are silent, but the shooting goes on.* This week's appointment of William Lai to the post of premier was widely reported in the international media. This is indicative not of the importance of the appointment on the global stage (it has zero foreign policy ramifications), but of the laudable lack of news out of the classy, low key Tsai Administration. Once again the international media displayed a variegated collection of hit pieces and flatpetered news reports To get an idea of the ideal line on Lai from Beijing's point of view, one need only review th... more »
Trump-Branded Shit
*-by Dorothy Reik* Never one to bypass a branding opportunity, Donald Trump has decided to increase and extend his presence in the heroin production capital of the world, Afghanistan. Under the rubric "Make Afghanistan Great Again" Trump promises to create jobs, and provide quality Trump brand Afghan heroin at a lower price. Trump will identify his heroin, packaged in reusable bindles created by Ivanka Trump's own designers, with the golden "T" so that buyers can be sure to get the superior heroin produced under Trump family supervision. "Be sure to insist on Trump Brand Heroin wh... more »
School Board climate skepticism in New York State
The New York State School Boards Association (NYSSBA) has polled its members on the teaching of "climate change" and a bunch of the respondents seem pretty skeptical.
Bullshit Sessions & Sting Wray
From REUTERS: President Donald Trump’s oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., will testify privately to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday as it investigates allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election. Trump Jr. had been invited to testify in … Continue reading →
War Crimes: B’Tselem Warns Netanyahu over Demolition of Palestinian Villages
War Crimes: B’Tselem Warns Netanyahu over Demolition of Palestinian Villages by http://imemc.org/ Israeli rights group B’Tselem slammed the Israeli government’s plans to forcibly expel two Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, in a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying that such a move would constitute a “war crime.” – The letter, made public […]
North Korea Brags Of EMP Attack
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Sep 5, 2017 North Korea can now at the very least claim that they have a powerful hydrogen bomb that can be mounted on an inter continental ballistic missile that after tests in July gave the North Korean regime a range of 10,000 km. Which is advanced enough to reach […]
Meanwhile Two More Hurricanes Form: Jose Right Behind Irma, Katia In The Gulf
All these hurricanes are natural right? I don’t think so! Could this be payback for the, so far, 16 typhoons to have struck China? Typhoons: Hato, Pakhar, Haitang, Mawar, the 16th typhoon to hit China this year …. – Meanwhile Two More Hurricanes Form: Jose Right Behind Irma, Katia In The Gulf by Tyler Durden, http://www.zerohedge.com/ As previewed yesterday, […]
CNN’s Hurricane Insanity Goes Full Libtard!
Mark Dice Published on Sep 6, 2017 The clowns at CNN are reporting that naming hurricanes feminine or masculine names can have disastrous consequences, because one ‘gender’ of hurricane is more devastating, they say! end
South Korea Wants to Bring Back Tactical US Nuclear Weapons
RT Published on Sep 6, 2017 Washington will continue to send troops and weapons to the Korean peninsula. President Donald Trump considers using a nuclear weapon if needed, however, his approach towards it is ‘unconventional’. end
Israel to Simulate War With Hezbollah in Largest Military Exercise in Decades
Israel to Simulate War With Hezbollah in Largest Military Exercise in Decades by https://sputniknews.com/, 6 Sep 2017 The Israeli Defense Forces kicked off a 10-day exercise on Tuesday, during which they will “vanquish Hezbollah” in a number of simulations, Haaretz reports. – Israeli soldiers will respond to a mock invasion by enemy forces in northern Israel requiring immediate deployment […]
Macron to Deliver Vision for EU Democracy in Athens
A new European World leader appears. He goes by the name: Emmanuel (“god” with us) Macron. He wants to rule like Jupiter (Greek: Zeus) the Roman god. He wants to unite Europe into a Superstate: United States of Europe. Am I suspicious? YES! – Macron to Deliver Vision for EU Democracy in Athens by https://www.euractiv.com/ President […]
German Food Chain Faces Backlash After Airbrushing Crosses From Churches On Food Packaging
German Food Chain Faces Backlash After Airbrushing Crosses From Churches On Food Packaging by Tyler Durden, http://www.zerohedge.com/ Europe’s war on religion has reached an absurd milestone. According to the Telegraph, customers of budget supermarket Lidl have expressed outrage after the company airbrushed Christian symbols from packaging of its “Eridanous”-branded Greek-food line, which featured images of the Anastasis Church in […]
China ‘Shoots Down Incoming Missiles’ During Exercise Over Waters Close to North Korea
China ‘Shoots Down Incoming Missiles’ During Exercise Over Waters Close to North Korea by http://www.scmp.com/frontpage/international China shot down “incoming missiles” in the early hours of Tuesday morning during a military exercise held over the waters that separate it from the Korean peninsula. – The drill, which began at midnight and came just two days after Pyongyang […]
The Global Elites’ Secret Plan for Crypto-Currencies
The Global Elites’ Secret Plan for Crypto-Currencies by JAMES RICKARDS, https://dailyreckoning.com/ Interest in Bitcoin is red hot at the moment. It’s impossible to open a website, listen to a podcast, or watch a video in the financial space without hearing about the meteoric rise in the price of Bitcoin. – Maybe you know a “Bitcoin millionaire” who […]
China’s New World Order: Gold-Backed Oil Benchmark on the Way
corbettreport Published on Sep 5, 2017 SHOW NOTES: https://www.corbettreport.com/?p=23932 China has announced a “new world order” for world oil markets that could have profound effects on the global economy and the monetary order itself. But as The Shanghai International Energy Exchange gears up for operation, it’s important to note yet again that this is another engineered […]
Drinking Water Trouble, China’s Gold New World Order
WeAreChange Published on Sep 6, 2017 In this video, Luke Rudkowski of WeAreChange gives you the latest breaking news on Hurrican Irma threatening Florida and wild fires rage on the west coast we go over the very important news about u.s petrol dollar and world reserve currency new with China’s latest economic moves. We also go […]
VIDEO: Syrian Army, Hezbollah celebrate imminent victory at Deir Ezzor Airbase
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (5:00 A.M.) – Jubilant scenes are taking place in eastern Syria as we speak after the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) suddenly turned the tides in Deir Ezzor, breaking an ISIS-imposed siege on the city that was upheld for over three years. On Wednesday, the media department of Hezbollah (Lebanese paramilitary) released footage of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Russian Army rushes humanitarian aid to Deir Ezzor through narrow land route
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3:00 A.M.) – For the first time since 2014, tons of food and medicine is now entering Deir Ezzor city through lorries and not airdrops, thanks to a massive initiative by the Russian state. “The humanitarian aid convoy dispatched by the Russian reconciliation center is carrying water purification stations, mobile diesel generators, bottled […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
US Coalition airdrops troops to arrest high-ranking ISIL commander in Deir Ezzor
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:30 A.M.) – The U.S. Coalition allegedly airdropped troops over the Deir Ezzor countryside on Tuesday to arrest high-ranking Islamic State (ISIL) officials, Al-Dorar Al-Shamia reported. “The international coalition forces against the “Islamic State” organization (IS) on Tuesday carried out two airdrops on two sites in the eastern Deir al-Zour countryside, and arrested […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syria’s government troops unblock Deir ez-Zor — Russian Defense Ministry
The Syrian government forces have broken through the militants’ defense lines of the Islamic State (terror group, outlawed in Russia) to lift the blockade of the city of Deir ez-Zor, which had remained besieged for about three years, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. Earlier, Russia’s Aerospace Forces and cruise missiles launched from the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Hurricane Irma Advisory 32 At 11 PM AST (EDT) Sept. 6, 2017: Maximum Sustained Winds Near 185 mph (295 km/h) With Higher Gusts; Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club and Nuclear Power Stations Still in its Sights
miningawareness at Hurricane Irma Advisory 32 At 11 PM AST (EDT) Sept. 6, 2017: Maximum Sustained Winds Near 185 mph (295 km/h) With Higher Gusts; Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club and Nuclear Power Stations Still in its Sights – Mining Awareness + - 2 hours ago
“MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…185 MPH…295 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT…WNW OR 290 DEGREES AT 16 MPH…26 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…916 MB…27.05 INCHES” “Maximum sustained winds are near 185 mph (295 km/h) with higher gusts. Irma is a category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Some fluctuations in intensity are likely during the next day or two, … Continue reading Hurricane Irma Advisory 32 At 11 PM AST (EDT) Sept. 6, 2017: Maximum Sustained Winds Near 185 mph (295 km/h) With Higher Gusts; Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club and Nuclear Power Stations Still in its Sights
New Report Brings Facts to Light on Minority Serving Institutions
The Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions report, backed by a campaign that utilized 52 data points for 52 weeks, highlights the contributions that MSIs make to higher education.
China vs. America: Why the Korean War Was Total Hell (And It’s Not Over)
*Robert Farley* *Security, * A clash like no other. *The Korean War dragged on for nearly two years after the settlement of the key strategic issues became clear. Nevertheless, poor communication between Washington and Beijing, combined with reputational concerns on both sides, inflated minor issues—such as POW repatriation—and extended the war well beyond its productive limits. That the United States viewed its conflict with China as a proxy war complicated the problem, as American policy makers became obsessed with the message that every action sent to the Soviet Union. In an... more »
Is the City of Sacramento Paying Gang Members $1.5 Million Not to Kill?
California's capital city has contracted with a nonprofit organization for a pilot program aimed at ending gun violence.
Sweet Briar Preparing for Fresh Start
Sweet Briar College, an all-women’s school located in the Virginia foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, is poised to begin yet another chapter of its existence for the 2018-19 academic year.
Runstedtler Thrives at Intersection of Race, History and Sports
Dr. Theresa Runstedtler has led Critical Race, Gender and Culture Studies Collaborative at American University as chair since fall 2015.
The Physics of Sound: How and Why Sound Heals
*Jonathan & Andi Goldman* - Modern scientists, like our ancient mystics, tell us that everything is in a state of vibration. The post The Physics of Sound: How and Why Sound Heals appeared first on Waking Times.
Is This The U.S. Intelligence View On What Is Happening In Northeast Asia?
*WNU Editor*: An interesting observation from Michael Yon (*click here*). The discussion thread on Michael Yon's Facebook is also interesting.
FEMA Expected to Run Out of Money by Friday as Superstorm Irma Approaches Florida
By Carey Wedler The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has suffered from a shoddy reputation for quite some time, particularly after its failed response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005.... more »
Scientists Want to Genetically Modify Super Humans for Space Travel To Mars
By Aaron Kesel Human beings may need to be genetically modified for space travel. Humans could be prevented from going to Mars due to our... more »
How Economics and Voluntaryism Informed Roger Ver on Bitcoin
By Vin Armani In this video, Vin Armani interviews Roger Ver, CEO of Bitcoin.com, about how economics and libertarian philosophy informed his discovery of Bitcoin, and... more »
China Post Stamps commemorating what in 1987? Reform of the Bureaucracy: long way to go
A friend of mine passed me the information on this set of postage stamps just released by Chunghwa Post. The emailing said, the English was in the email, it's not mine. *+++++++++++* Sp.657 30th Anniversary of Cross-Strait Exchanges Postage Stamps First day of issue : September 20, 2017 Specifications： ◎ Stamp Cat Standard : Special Stamps ◎ Stamp Cat : Politicians,Politics,Economy,Countries ◎ First day of issue : September 20, 2017 ◎ Printer : China Color Printing Co., Ltd. ◎ Paper used : Phosphorescent stamp paper ◎ Dimension of stamps(mm.) : 50 × 30 (mm) ◎ Process : Offset ◎ Perfo... more »
The Rohingya Crisis: Conflict Scenarios And Reconciliation Proposals
The Rohingya Crisis has taken the world by storm, but should not come as a surprise for those who’ve been astutely following the Myanmar Civil War. The post The Rohingya Crisis: Conflict Scenarios And Reconciliation Proposals appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
Did Hurricane Harvey Reveal Barack Obama’s Secret Ammunition Stash?
A "satirical" web site fabricated a story linking the fatal storm to the former president and 2015 military exercise at the U.S.-Mexico border.
A New U.S. Spy Plane Is IN The Works
The SR-72 will travel at six times the speed of sound—the fastest military jet ever made—and fly as high as 80,000 feet. *Harold C. Hutchison, National Interest*: *A New SR-71 Blackbird Is in the Works (and It Will Be Even Faster Than Ever)* The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is rightly viewed as a legend. Best known as a recon plane that nobody could hit, it even was considered as the basis for a fighter and was the second-fastest manned plane in history. It served with the United States military from 1964-1998, and with NASA until 1999. The SR-71 had been developed from the A-12 OXCART... more »
Trump Cut Ryan's Pecker Off This Morning-- In Public
Ryan's a jellyfish and maybe he never had a pecker anyway, but if he did, Trump put it in a pecker guillotine earlier today-- while Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, Kevin McCarthy and Treasury Secretary Mnuchin looked on in stunned silence and Miss McConnell excused himself and went to the little boys' room for a few moments and some smelling salts. Ryan had just accused Schumer and Pelosi of "playing politics" with Harvey emergency relief when Trump insisted he take out his thing and put it in the smallish guillotine Bannon had made him for just these kinds of ocasions. Peter Baker di... more »
The One Thing That ‘Sunk’ America's Super Battleships (And It Wasn't Russia)
*Robert Farley* *Security, * Think cost. *Expense killed the Iowas. None of the more exotic conversion projects could create a cost-effective weapon system with sufficiently unique and critical capabilities to justify the cost. The early 1960s amphibious conversion probably would have come closest to creating a useful, self-contained combatant, but Navy had plenty of other options at hand. The Harrier Carrier proposal of the 1980s, which would have resulted in the housing of an entire air group with concomitant command and maintenance demands, seemed tailor-made to turn an incr... more »
Death Match: Could An Old Battleship Sink America's New Stealth Destroyer?
*Robert Farley* *Security, * Who would win? *No one has ever hit an Iowa class battleship with 150 6” shells over the course of 30 minutes. However, World War II offers some experience; the German battleship Bismarck underwent an even more vicious storm of fire and steel, and the Japanese battleship Hiei suffered something similar. Both ships survived the initial onslaught, but were disabled and later sank. Undoubtedly, Wisconsin’s armor would provide a great deal of protection from 6” shells armed with fragmentation (rather than armor piercing) warheads. The Wisconsin is armor... more »
A Nuclear North Korea Is Here to Stay
*Doug Bandow* *Security, Asia* There is no easy way to disarm Pyongyang. Washington must rethink its assumptions and policies, which have manifestly failed. North Korea staged its sixth nuclear test. It was probably a boosted atomic rather than hydrogen bomb, as claimed by Pyongyang, and there’s no evidence that the weapon has been miniaturized to fit on a missile. But the test was the North’s most powerful yet. And it follows steady North Korean progress in missile development. Despite matching Kim Jong-un bluster for bluster, President Donald Trump is doing no better than his ... more »
The Perfect Storm: When Super Hurricanes Meet Climate-Change Skeptics
*Danielle Baussan* *Security, Americas* [image: Hurricane Irma, a record Category 5 storm, is seen in this NOAA National Weather Service National Hurricane Center image from GOES-16 satellite taken on September 5, 2017. Courtesy NOAA National Weather Service National Hurricane Center/Handout via REUTERS] U.S. cities cannot ignore the need to build for the "new normal” that scientists have described for decades. The total human and economic toll of Hurricane Harvey is not yet complete, but the current loss and estimated damage is staggering. Dozens of people have died; others may... more »
ISIS is Using Low-Tech Means to Inflict Large-Scale Terror
*Daniel R. DePetris* *Security, Middle East* [image: Armed Mossos d'Esquadra police officers (Catalan regional police) man a check-point on the C-33 highway north of Barcelona, Spain, November 15, 2015, as security was heightened following a series of deadly attacks in Paris. REUTERS/Albert Gea] Simple firearms, knives, and automobiles can result in a horrific number of casualties. On Thursday, August 17, Spain became the latest country in the West to live through a crude but deadly terrorist attack perpetrated by a group of jihadist-inspired individuals. The modus operandi of u... more »
Trump Should Go to War with Venezuela's Coffers, Not Its Military
*Alvaro Vargas Llosa* *Security, Americas* [image: Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro talks to the media in front of an image of Venezuela's national hero Simon Bolivar, during a news conference at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela August 22, 2017. REUTERS/Marco Bello] Maduro’s financial position makes him vulnerable. President Trump says he has not ruled out military intervention in Venezuela. I imagine he is bluffing and trying to add to the pressure to step aside that is mounting on President Nicolás Maduro, the thug successor to Hugo Chávez who is ruining the country... more »
Why the Landing Craft Air Cushion is Crucial to the U.S. Marines’ Amphibious Operations
*Dan Goure* *Defense, * The LCAC and its successor, the SSC, will serve as the critical link between the amphibious warfare fleet at sea and the Marines on land. Most discussions of future U.S. amphibious warfare capabilities focus on ships, planes, helicopters and vehicles. The Navy is building modern amphibious warships such as the LPD-17 class and planning for the future LX(R). A dramatic improvement in Marine Corps aviation is occurring with the deployment of the first squadrons of the short-takeoff, vertical landing variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The F-35B is bein... more »
Trump Is Treating Pakistan Like a Scapegoat for America's Failures in Afghanistan
*Abdul Basit* *Security, Middle East* [image: Afghan Road Maintenance Team members learn proper weapon firing positions during a three-day combat skills class taught by International Security Assistance Force Special Operations Forces at Forward Operating Base Kutschbach, Afghanistan, Nov. 20, 2010. Flickr / U.S. Central Command] The Trump administration believes it can kill its way to victory by ramping up the war effort and keeping the Taliban out of power. Albert Einstein defined insanity as “doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.” This sums... more »
John McCain has flipped! He now supports the repeal and replacement of Obamacare.
No seriously, do you see that spot on it? That look like cancer to you?Courtesy of The Hill: *Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Wednesday that he supports a newer version of an ObamaCare repeal-and-replace bill, throwing some support behind the last-ditch effort. * *McCain said he backs a bill from Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) that would convert ObamaCare spending into block grants for states. * *Asked if he supported it, McCain told reporters, "Yes. You think I wouldn't be?" * *Graham is one of McCain's closest friends. * Fucker! This is why I was not... more »
Teacher Warns Students Not to Mention God in Class
[image: teacher-warns-students-not-to-mention-god-in-class] A first grade government-school teacher in Indiana sparked outrage after sending a note to children's parents demanding they stop talking about God, Jesus, and the devil, according to a report by FOX59.
Leadership 2017 Links
The latest from the federal NDP's leadership campaign. - NDP McGill has prepared handy summaries of the background and policy proposals of each of the leadership candidates. - Tim Harper writes that Charlie Angus is relying on the NDP's grassroots as the foundation for his campaign - particularly compared to the new members signed up by Jagmeet Singh. - Althia Raj takes an extended look at Guy Caron's political background and goals within the race. And John Ibbitson and Joel-Denis Bellavance each discuss Caron's place in the campaign - including the endorsement of Brian Topp, who... more »
Did 81-Year-Old Arthur Hickenlooper Compete on ‘American Ninja Warrior?’
A video purportedly showing an 81-year-old named Arthur Hickenlooper on the game show was met with a heavy dose of skepticism.
Report: Iran Is Threatening Global Media Outlets Like The BBC And VOA
*Washington Free Beacon:* *Iranian Spy Service Threatening, Blackmailing Global Media Outlets* *Iran regime threatening reporters, families to ensure positive coverage.* Iran's clandestine spy network has been threatening and blackmailing scores of journalists, even going so far as to detain and threaten the family members of these reporters, in order to ensure positive coverage in global media outlets, according to a new report that estimates at least 50 international journalists have been threatened in just the past year. Iran uses its network of spies and its hardline judiciar... more »
Coriolis Conundrums
Watching Dr. Don Scott’s presentation on Birkeland Currents in the 2017 EU conference, linked here, repeats the established fallacy that atmospheric rotational effects are caused by the Coriolis effect. Wrong. Scott is right that counter-rotation in a hurricane cannot be … Continue reading →
Trump Threatens WW3 “Reviewing Plans To Send Weapons To Ukraine”
By Aaron Kesel President Donald Trump is “actively reviewing” plans to send lethal weapons to Ukraine, according to the U.S Secretary of Defense as to... more »
Super hurricanes and solar storms and EMP… lessons about resilient tech (Part I)
We’ll get to the *solar storm alert*and its implications, in a minute. But first… the devastation wrought by Hurricane Harvey tears open our hearts in empathy for our fellow humans and citizens in Texas. (See a list of ways you can help.) It also forces us to think about bigger scales – like what will it take for civilization to endure and thrive, amid an onrushing future filled with shocks? Harvey is, after all, the third “500 year event” to strike Texas in the last three years, and the tenth in a decade. Confronted with this “coincidence,” the state’s director of emergency plannin... more »
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- September 6, 2017
*Julian Ryall, DW*: *South Korea to bring back US tactical nuclear missiles?* Opposition politicians and media outlets have called on South Korea's president to consider asking Washington to bring back battlefield nuclear capability amid the North Korean missile threat. Julian Ryall reports. Opposition parties and sections of South Korea's media are stepping up calls for the government to invite the United States to reintroduce tactical nuclear weapons to the country as Pyongyang is showing no signs of halting its development of nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic miss... more »
4,500 Illegal settler units to be built in Jerusalem
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (1:42 A.M.) – Israel have just approved 4,500 new settler units in Jerusalem as part of its ever expanding settlement project. The Israeli regime have just made the decision to expand their settlement project which currently accommodates over 600,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank (against international law). The new project will take up […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
In pictures: Saudi tank crew burns to death after direct hit by Houthi missile
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (0:00 A.M.) – Three of the Saudi Army’s military vehicles were knocked out by Yemeni insurgents on Wednesday after the warring parties battled it out at a military outpost in Najran governorate not far from the border with Yemen. A string of images released by the Sanaa-based Yemeni government showed Houthi combattants firing […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Graphic images: ISIS chops off hands after humiliating military defeats in Iraq
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (10:45 P.M.) – Unable to win on the battlefield, the Islamic State has turned to its harsh penal code to keep people in check for those still living in ISIS-held areas of Iraq. A handful of photos released by Amaq Agency on Wednesday showed jihadist henchmen enforcing ISIS’ religious laws for two alleged […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Native Americans Protest Trump in North Dakota During Trump's Refinery Promotion Visit
BREAKING NEWS FROM CENSORED NEWS Climate change is everyone's concern -- Resist without fear! was the message of Native Americans in North Dakota . Photo by Khannie Saengphachanh Tobacco . Photo by Sara Juanita Jumping Eagle Photo by Sara Juanita Jumping Eagle Photo by Sara Juanita Jumping Eagle Photos and videos by Linda Black Elk, Sara Juanita Jumping Eagle, Waste Win Young
Did Donald Trump Cut Funding for Obamacare Enrollment Publicity?
Facebook warnings accurately describe a 90 percent budget cut for publicizing the shortened 2018 enrollment period for Obamacare.
Is this a Doctor Mourning for a Mother Who Died During Childbirth?
A sketchy Facebook page claimed a photograph depicted "crying doctor" mourning for a patient who died in childbirth after struggling with fertility.
"Category 6", 9/06/2017, Evening
*Click image for larger size.* *"Category 6", 9/06/2017, Evening* There's a very interesting, and informative, Comments section below the main article. Refresh the page often for latest comments regarding Hurricane Irma. - https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/ ○ "Maximum Potential Intensity (MPI) is a theoretical measure of the maximum strength a hurricane can achieve, based on the existing ocean temperatures and the thermal profile of the atmosphere. Above is a plot of the MPI as computed from the GFS model run from 0Z Tuesday, September 5, 2017. Irma hit 185-mph winds in a region where... more »
X22 Report, “It Begins, Central Bank Shake-Up & The Control Of The Fed”
X22 Report, “It Begins, Central Bank Shake-Up & The Control Of The Fed” -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gskBp3pVN30 *Related followup report:* X22 Report, “Is It All Coming To An End, What Else Does The Cabal Have Up Their Sleeve?” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68C6NGDCg7w
Musical Interlude: George Winston, “Variations on Pachebel”
George Winston, “Variations on Pachebel” - https://www.youtube.com/
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Stars are sometimes born in the midst of chaos. About 3 million years ago in the nearby galaxy M33, a large cloud of gas spawned dense internal knots which gravitationally collapsed to form stars. NGC 604 was so large, however, it could form enough stars to make a globular cluster. *Click image for larger size.* Many young stars from this cloud are visible in the above image from the Hubble Space Telescope, along with what is left of the initial gas cloud. Some stars were so massive they have already evolved and exploded in a supernova. The brightest stars that are left emit light s... more »
Chet Raymo, “Les Matins Du Monde”
* “Les Matins Du Monde”* by Chet Raymo "Thirteen billion years ago it was morning in the universe." So began a story in the New York Times about new studies of the earliest galaxies. The Hubble Space Telescope and the giant Subaru and Keck Telescopes on Mauna Kea in Hawaii are turning back the curtain on the birthing room of the first stars- colossal spheres of primeval hydrogen and helium, hundreds of times as massive as the Sun, that lived and died in violence, forging heavy elements, seeding creation with the stuff of planets and life. Tous les matins du monde sont sans retour:... more »
"Hopeless..."
"That the situation appears hopeless should not prevent us from doing our best." - Aldo Leopold
Sun unleashes a SECOND Monster X class solar flare – strongest in a decade
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: On Sept. 6th at 1202 UT, sunspot AR2673 unleashed a major X9.3-class solar flare–the strongest solar flare in more than a decade. X-rays and UV radiation from the blast ionized the top of Earth’s atmosphere, causing a strong shortwave radio blackout over Europe, Africa and the Atlantic Ocean…
World News Briefs -- September 6, 2017 (Evening Edition)
*Reuters*: *Hurricane Irma lashes Caribbean, Florida braces for hit* SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - Potentially catastrophic Hurricane Irma clobbered Caribbean islands with pounding winds, rain and surging surf on Wednesday as officials in Florida called for evacuations ahead of the storm’s expected landfall there this weekend. Irma could become the second powerful storm to thrash the U.S. mainland in as many weeks, but its precise trajectory remained uncertain. Hurricane Harvey killed about 60 people and caused as much as $180 billion in damage after hitting Texas late last mo... more »
Polite ravens greet stunned tourists with a cheery 'hello'
This is the moment a pair of polite talking ravens greeted stunned tourists with a cheery 'hello' at a medieval castle. The birds can be heard asking 'what's the matter?' and 'what are you looking for' to surprised visitors at Knaresborough Castle where they have been kept since 1999. There are eight ravens at the North Yorkshire castle and most of them will talk to tourists at the ruined fortress which overlooks the River Nidd. Like other members of the crow family, ravens have been shown to possess surprising intelligence and linguistic ability. The hilarious video is going vi... more »
Cancer can be killed
Watch as Dr. Colleen Huber from the NatureWorksBest Cancer Clinic in Tempe, Arizona describes how their cancer therapy works and works better than traditional therapies. To watch the full documentary, you can go here or watch the film free on Amazon with your prime account, here. Disclaimer: This article is not intended to provide medical
Magnesium deficiency raises your risk of many chronic ailments and premature death
By Dr. Mercola Magnesium is important to the health of nearly every cell in your body, especially your heart, kidneys and muscles. Symptoms of a deficiency can include unexplained fatigue, abnormal heart rhythms, eye twitches and muscle spasms. As of 2011 data, 45 percent of American adults do not get the recommended dietary allowance amount (RDA)
Study: Alcohol is far worse for mental health than Psychedelics
Our country’s understanding of (and attitude towards) drugs is a funny one. While it’s often seen as fine to go out every weekend to the bars with your friends, the briefest mention of LSD, peyote, or ayahuasca is likely to change peoples’ opinions of you. Is this justified? Science seems to think that it’s probably
FDA labels Ecstasy a breakthrough treatment For PTSD
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has designated 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, known as ecstasy, a breakthrough therapy for the treatment post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Eight million people suffer from PTSD annually. Thanks to this designation, the drug could have a faster path to pharmaceutical approval. RELATED ARTICLE: DEA approves a study using Ecstasy to treat PTSD The Multidisciplinary Association
Parents of baby killed by hospital offered settlement
In July 2016, the Sydney family was celebrating the birth of their sweet newborn, John Ghanem. But it was short lived. After the New South Wales, Australia hospital staff accidentally gave the newborn nitrous oxide instead of oxygen, he passed away. We cannot imagine their grief. Now, more than a year later, the family is
Tetanus shots for Texas Hurricane Harvey flood victims?
U.S. Representative Pete Sessions, the Republican from Texas, used to be a Boy Scout. Because of his training, he is encouraging victims of Hurricane Harvey in Texas to get vaccinated against tetanus, especially if they have waded through dirty flood water. RELATED ARTICLE: Lawyers urge Texas homeowners to file Harvey claims before law change And so,
Pesticides linked to birth abnormalities in major new study
Researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara, compared 500,000 birth records for people born in the San Joaquin Valley between 1997 and 2011 and levels of pesticides used in the area. The average use of pesticides over that period was about 975kg for each 2.6sq km area per year. RELATED ARTICLE: How to remove pesticides
The harmful effects of Electromagnetic Fields explained
By Dr. Mercola I’ve often noted that electromagnetic fields (EMFs) are a pernicious, hidden health risk. But exactly how does this kind of microwave radiation damage your health? Martin Pall, Ph.D., has identified and published research describing the likely molecular mechanisms of how EMFs from cell phones and wireless technologies damage plants, animals and humans. Pall has a bachelor’s
Class and Race Profiling in the Vaccine Culture War
By Barbara Loe Fisher The Vaccine Culture War is heating up. Ground zero is America, Europe and other economically developed countries, where the pharmaceutical industrial complex is raising an iron fist to protect multibillion-dollar profits by disempowering the people. RELATED ARTICLE: How the mainstream media insults the public’s intelligence on vaccines In America, professors and doctors
Man VS Earth… What have we done?
I like a lot of things but I LOVE this. Please take 5 minutes to watch this video and share it with your friends. And make sure to watch until the very end. It is our responsibility to care for this earth. We cannot assume someone else is going to do it, especially since we
No End In Sight For Big Agriculture’s Push To Criminalize Activists And Whistleblowers
Agribusiness and their lobbyists continue to convince legislatures to pass bills criminalizing whistleblowers, who expose animal cruelty or malfeasance. The post No End In Sight For Big Agriculture’s Push To Criminalize Activists And Whistleblowers appeared first on Shadowproof.
'Racism and the Indigenous World' by Chili Yazzie, Dineh
Censored News Series on Racism in America RACISM AND THE INDIGENOUS WORLD By Duane 'Chili' Yazzie Censored News My supposition is that there was not just one creation but four, a black one, a yellow one, a brown/red one and a white one. Accordingly peoples across the planet have their own creation stories. We were all made by the same Creator and in his benevolence he gave us each a
Why You Should Care About the Meat Industry
*Wes Annac* - You don’t have to be a vegetarian or animal activist to be angry with what’s happening in the meat industry. The post Why You Should Care About the Meat Industry appeared first on Waking Times.
Planned Parenthood Wants Your Help Brainwashing Children
[image: alex-newman-planned-parenthood-wants-to-brainwash-your-kids]VIDEO - In the latest example of depravity and lunacy coming from Planned Parenthood, the tax-funded abortion behemoth offers guidelines for talking to Kindergarten-age children about homosexuality, transgenderism, sex, and more. The organization, which receives more than half of a billion dollars annually from the federal government, and more from states, has been pushing this sort of dangerous propaganda for years. The American College of Pediatricians, though, calls such indoctrination "child abuse." It is time f... more »
Former CIA Director Brennan Becomes Fellow at Fordham Law School
NEW YORK — The former director of the CIA has been named a fellow at the Fordham University School of Law’s Center on National Security. John Brennan, who led the agency from 2013 until January of this year, took the new position Tuesday. The New York Times reports he has been named a distinguished fellow […]
Independence Banners on Hong Kong Campus Renew Tensions
HONG KONG — Banners supporting independence for Chinese-controlled Hong Kong have appeared on a university campus at the start of classes, rekindling tensions over free speech in the semiautonomous city. The black banners declaring “Hong Kong Independence” in English and Chinese were put up around the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s campus on Monday. The […]
Corey Lewandowski Headed to Harvard as a Visiting Fellow
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is headed to Harvard University as a visiting fellow. Lewandowski is among a list of political figures coming to the Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics through a program that’s meant to spark discussion on campus. Lewandowski led Trump’s Republican primary campaign but left […]
Judge Dismisses Sex Assault Lawsuit Against Brown University
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought against Brown University by a student from another college, who said her rights were violated when she was allegedly raped by three Brown football players. The judge on Wednesday said the woman, who attended Providence College, cannot bring a Title IX sex discrimination […]
From Moggmentum to Nomentum
NB aspiring politicians, the breakfast sofa and cosy chat could spell curtains for your career. Believe me, their croissants and coffee aren't worth it. But spare a thought for the presenters, *even for Piers Morgan*. Well remunerated they are, think how much you'd demand if your every morning was spoiled by a parade of Very Interesting guests prattling banalities and hawking ghost written books. Imagine Twitter *sans* screen and the (merciful!) distance in space social media allows; such is the lot of the breakfast television host. Dragged into the *Good Morning B... more »
Devin Nunes, you may remember him as the guy who tried to derail the Russia investigation, is threatening the Attorney General with prison if he does not provide evidence about the pee pee tape.
Courtesy of CNN: *House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes lashed out at Attorney General Jeff Sessions last week in a letter where he threatened Sessions with a public grilling if he doesn't produce documents about the Russia dossier to the House intelligence committee. * *Nunes, who despite stepping aside from directing the House Russia investigation has been leading his own separate investigation, accused Sessions and the FBI of stonewalling him repeatedly in a September 1 letter obtained by CNN. In the letter, he threatened to drag Sessions and FBI Director Christopher Wray bef... more »
Post-DACA: How Congress can replace Obama's program and make it even better
Wayne Cornelius, Distinguished Professor of Political Science and U.S.-Mexican Relations, Emeritus, University of California, San Diegoat Politics + Society – The Conversation - 7 hours ago
Democrats call for Republicans to stand up to President Trump's DACA decision. AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana President Donald Trump has asked Congress to do what former President Barack Obama and his Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program could not: Provide permanent protection from deportation for more than one million undocumented immigrants brought to this country as young children by their parents. DACA, which Trump has ordered dismantled, is widely viewed as the Obama administration’s most successful immigration policy initiative. A year of field research among DACA... more »
"Finding Time for You: Your Most Vital Commitment"
*"Finding Time for You: Your Most Vital Commitment"* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM We can excel easier in our lives when our own spiritual, physical, and intellectual needs are fulfilled. Within each of there is a well of energy that must be regularly replenished. When we act as if this well is bottomless, scheduling a long list of activities that fit like puzzle pieces into every minute of every day, it becomes depleted and we feel exhausted, disconnected, and weak. Refilling this well is a matter of finding time to focus on, nurture, and care for ourselves, or "you time." Most o... more »
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“Damned Tears”
*“Damned Tears”* By Andy Alt I am just going to let this speak for itself. It is a beautiful, heart breaking piece written by Andy Alt, about his father, who died by his own hand when Andy was just eight years old...- CP “For every joke he tells, there is a sadness. Each sadness buried by one joke. Once he thought the joke transformed the sadness, but the joke merely blanketed the sadness to comfort it. It’s said that tears clean one’s eyes. If the the dam broke from all of the tears from his sadness - crying an ocean over the loss of his father, the loss of his child-hood, the lo... more »
"It's All Written..."
"Its five in the morning, I can see the first rays of sun trying to penetrate through this grey sky, trying to change its color to dark blue, and declare the dawn, but it's strange, dawn and dusk both have the same color, both have that same murky feel about them, but how different is their nature. One exemplifies the end, while the other symbolizes a new beginning... but is that end the end of hopes or end of sorrows... or is that beginning the beginning of a new life or new difficulties which lie ahead... we can't ever figure it out... it's all written and that's what destiny is. ... more »
"Why North Korea and the United States are Near War"
*"Why North Korea and the United States are Near War"* by Scott Adams "You might have heard that North Korea and the United States are not getting along. We mock their lack of electricity, they threaten to annihilate us with thermonuclear weapons, that sort of thing. But why are we enemies? I’ll sort it all out for you here. Obviously the largest source of friction is that the United States and North Korea want very different things. And those different things are mutually exclusive. For example, we want to avoid nuclear war and they… okay, they also want to avoid nuclear war. But ... more »
C.I.A. Deaths Rise in Secret Afghan War
The Memorial Wall is on the north wall of the Original Headquarters Building lobby. This wall of 103 stars stands as a silent, simple memorial to those CIA officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice. The Memorial Wall was commissioned by the CIA Fine Arts Commission in May 1973 and sculpted by Harold Vogel in July 1974. CIA Memorial Wall *New York Times*: *A Funeral of 2 Friends: C.I.A. Deaths Rise in Secret Afghan War* *The number of C.I.A. deaths in Afghanistan rivals those killed in the Southeast Asia conflicts of nearly a half-century ago.* WASHINGTON — On a sweltering day ... more »
There's A Pretty Amazing Candidate Running For Governor Of Maine-- Meet Diane Russell
If Newton's Third Law Of Physics is looking for some political validation-- that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction-- Diane Russell is sure to be the Democrat to follow crackpot Trumpist Paul LePage as governor of Maine. A Berniecrat and an organizer, as a member of the State House of Representatives she sponsored Maine's groundbreaking marijuana legalization bill. In 2011 *The Nation* Magazine named her "Most Valuable State Representative" in the whole country on its annual Progressive Honor Roll. "A good case can be made," they wrote, "that the most extreme... more »
Full Corn Moon: What You Need to Know About September's Full Moon 2017
The September full Moon is usually known as the Full Corn Moon because it traditionally corresponds with the time of harvesting corn. It is also called the Barley Moon because this is the time to harvest and thresh ripened barley. *Some other traditional September Full Moon names used by Native Americans include:* “Moon When the Plums Are Scarlet” by the Lakota Sioux Native Americans. “Moon When the Deer Paw the Earth” by the Omaha Native Americans. “Moon When the Calves Grow Hair” by the Sioux Native Americans *Not the Harvest Moon * Often, the September Moon is also called the H... more »
Where Was President Obama’s ‘Decency’ When He Was Deporting DREAMers?
After an official announcement from President Donald Trump’s administration regarding plans to shut down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy, in place since 2012, former President Barack Obama released a statement that stands firmly in the middle, an art the Democratic Party has mastered. It had the same The post Where Was President Obama’s ‘Decency’ When He Was Deporting DREAMers? appeared first on Shadowproof.
Electric Universe - electric comets - the evidence grows.
Author and mythologist David Talbott's impassioned follow-up to his *Symbols of an Alien Sky* (about why our sky no longer looks like it used to) and *Mars, the Lightning Scarred Planet*. I thought I'd already seen this one, as I believe I've seen all the relevant Electric Universe footage by now, but I clearly hadn't - and this one's great!
BRICS Leaders Are Expressing Their Concerns That Pakistan Is Supporting Militant Groups
*DW:* *China's 'betrayal' - BRICS leaders slam Pakistan-based jihadi groups* The BRICS nations have expressed concern about Pakistan-based militant groups like LeT and the Haqqani Network. It is a diplomatic defeat for Islamabad, which heavily depends on Beijing's support amid a global isolation. Pakistan's foreign policy in a nutshell: As long as China is backing us, we don't have to worry about the United States or the rest of the world. And that was exactly the official reaction after US President Donald Trump announced his Afghanistan policy last month, criticizing safe havens... more »
Trump Picks Supporter Commercial Space Flight — and Global-warming Realist — to Head NASA
[image: trump-picks-supporter-of-moon-travel-and-commercial-space-flight-to-head-nasa] President Trump announced that he had selected Representative Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.), who is known for being a supporter of commercial space flight — and a climate realist — as his pick for NASA administrator.
Rahm Emanuel Declares Chicago “Trump-free Zone”
[image: rahm-emanuel-declares-chicago-trump-free-zone] In response to President Trump declaring termination of DACA, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel told "undocumented" students that his city was a "Trump-free zone" regarding immigration enforcement.
“I Thought That Was A Freaking Gun”: Body Cam Released of Cop Shooting Reporter Holding Camera
[image: camera]Body camera footage was just released showing a cop fear for his life over a camera and open fire without warning on an innocent reporter.
Papers Please! FL Sheriff Warns of ID Checkpoints Hurricane Shelters—Twitter Destroys Him
[image: ID]The sheriff for Polk County Florida just warned that they will be checking everyone's IDs at evacuation shelters to arrest people who can't pay fines.
DACA, DACA, DACA, replaces Russia, Russia, Russia, which was replaced by Hurricane Harvey, soon to replaced by Hurricane Irma...
*notice a pattern?* When are we going to finally stop allowing the media to jack with us? I refuse to allow the over-paid over-hyped mental midgets of the MSM dictate how I will think or behave. And you should too. Even though we don't imbibe in MSM at home (haven't had cable for over 20 years), through the wonders of the internet this acid drip of misinformation keeps seeping into our daily lives corroding our brain cells and wreaking havoc on our health by keeping us in a daily orgy of anger. When we're not angry we're frantically looking for people who agree with us and to affi... more »
Citations Needed, Episode 08: The Human Rights Concern Troll Industrial Complex
Samantha Power The concept of human rights has served as the underlying moral foundation of the United States’s role in the world since the end of World War II. The conceit that the U.S. has been a dedicated and earnest promoter of “freedom”, “democracy,” and “human rights” throughout the world — even if, at times, a “flawed” one — is a defining narrative, largely taken for granted by major
Hispanics and blacks in the Golden State!
*WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2017Enrollment in the state's university system:* Are blacks and Hispanics "under-represented" within the nine campuses of the University of California? In its August 25 front-page report, the New York Times presented the data for all nine of the system's campuses. Here's the bulk of the brief report which accompanied the voluminous school-by-school data: ASHKENAS, PARK AND PEARCE: (8/25/17): The number of Hispanic and black freshmen on the University of California campuses declined immediately after California’s affirmative action ban took effect, especia... more »
China successfully tests defensive missile systems in simulated “surprise attack”
The tests send a clear message to anyone who seeks to start a war in East Asia. More The post China successfully tests defensive missile systems in simulated “surprise attack” appeared first on The Duran.
Musical Interlude: Runrig, “Running to the Light”
Runrig, “Running to the Light” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BRZ-SFFnMg
Powerful Hurricane Irma Has Trump Mar-a-Lago Club In Its Sights; East Coast of Florida Now Targeted; Advisory 30/A; Predictions; 1 pm; 2 pm EDT-AST updates
miningawareness at Hurricane Irma Advisory 32 At 11 PM AST (EDT) Sept. 6, 2017: Maximum Sustained Winds Near 185 mph (295 km/h) With Higher Gusts; Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club and Nuclear Power Stations Still in its Sights – Mining Awareness + - 9 hours ago
“MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…185 MPH…295 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT…WNW OR 285 DEGREES AT 16 MPH…26 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…920 MB…27.17 INCHES” Please … Continue reading →
Cop who illegally arrested Utah nurse loses at least one of his jobs.
(Just a video reminder for those who may have forgotten this incident.) Courtesy of KSL: *A Salt Lake police detective whose arrest of a University Hospital nurse sparked a worldwide outcry was fired Tuesday from his part-time position at Gold Cross Ambulance. * *Gold Cross officials said Jeff Payne's termination was effective immediately. * *"Although Jeff was not working for Gold Cross Ambulance at the time of the incident, we take his inappropriate remarks regarding patient transports seriously," the company said in a statement. "We acknowledge those concerned individuals who... more »
Florida Sheriff’s Office Will Not Escort Miami Dolphins Until They Stand For National Anthem?
An old rumor that a police department said that it would not protect NFL players until they stood for the National Anthem was rehashed in September 2017 by a disreputable web site.
After Decades of Pushing Bachelor’s Degrees, U.S. Needs More Tradespeople
FONTANA, Calif. — At a steel factory dwarfed by the adjacent Auto Club Speedway, Fernando Esparza is working toward his next promotion. Esparza is a 46-year-old mechanic for Evolution Fresh, a subsidiary of Starbucks that makes juices and smoothies. He’s taking a class in industrial computing taught by a community college at a local manufacturing […]
ERNEST MORRELL
*ERNEST MORRELL* has been appointed Coyle Professor in Literacy Education at the University of Notre Dame. He will also serve as director of the Center for Literacy Education at the university’s Institute for Educational Initiatives. Morrell earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.
DIANE W. SCHANZENBACH
*DIANE W. SCHANZENBACH* has been named director of the Institute for Policy Research (IPR) at Northwestern University. She is professor of human development and social policy at Northwestern, and was previously an IPR fellow and the director of the Hamilton Project. Schanzenbach earned a bachelor’s degree from Wellesley College and a Ph.D. from Princeton University.
SUMUN L. PENDAKUR
*SUMUN L. PENDAKUR* has been named chief learning officer of the Race and Equity Center at the University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education. She was previously associate dean for institutional diversity and co-chief diversity officer at Harvey Mudd College. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University, a master’s degree from the University of Michigan and an Ed.D. from USC Rossier.
T’MARS L. MCCALLUM
*T’MARS L. MCCALLUM* has been appointed associate dean for academic affairs at Horry Georgetown Technical College. He previously served as assistant chair and professor in the Information Technology department. McCallum earned a bachelor of business administration degree from Francis Marion University and a dual master’s degree from Webster University.
RANA JOHNSON
*RANA JOHNSON* has been named chief diversity and inclusion officer at Unity College. She was previously senior associate for diversity outreach and special programs at the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education. Johnson earned a bachelor’s degree from Spalding University, a master’s degree from Eastern New Mexico University and a Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky.
JIhadists violate ceasefire in northern Homs after launching fresh attack
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:15 P.M.) – The jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham violated the ceasefire agreement in the northern countryside of the Homs Governorate, Wednesday, after launching a fresh attack on the government-held areas. According to local journalists, the jihadist rebels fired more than ten missiles at the towns of Mremen, Qurmos, and Al-Qabou, killing […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Popular Syrian commander lands in Deir Ezzor after lifting of siege
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:40 P.M.) – The popular commander of the Tiger Forces, Major General Suheil Al-Hassan, landed in the Deir Ezzor Governorate, Wednesday, following the lifting of the siege on the provincial capital. Major General Hassan landed at the 137th Brigade Base this afternoon to inspect the liberated areas and congratulate his forces on their […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Graphic video: Al-Qaeda executes two rival militants in Idlib
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:45 P.M.) – The Al-Qaeda-linked Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham terrorist group (formerly known as Jabhat al-Nusra) has executed two rivial militants in Idlib, the specific reasons for which are still unclear at this time. Today, raw amateur footage (taken by a hidden cameraman) of the execution emerged on social media. According to opposition sources, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
UN claims Syrian forces responsible for Khan Sheikhoun chemical attack
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:25 P.M.) – The U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Syria stated on Wednesday that the Syrian government forces were responsible for the April 4th chemical weapons attack on the Idlib Governorate city of Khan Sheikhoun. “Government forces continued the pattern of using chemical weapons against civilians in opposition-held areas. In the gravest incident, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Russia helps create safe zone near Syria’s Tel Rifaat – MoD
A deconfliction zone has been established near the Syrian city of Tel Rifaat with the assistance of the Russian Defense Ministry’s center for Syrian reconciliation. Russian military police unit will be also deployed there. A deconfliction zone has been established near the Syrian city of Tel Rifaat. Russian Defense Ministry’s center for Syrian reconciliation is […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Israeli media begs US to prepare for a war with Syria, Russia, Iran
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:30 P.M.) – Israeli media has reached the new moral low of openly begging the United States to prepare for war in Syria even if it means coming into direct confrontation with major Syrian allies like Russia and Iran. In a recent article titled “Why Israel needs to Prepare America for the Upcoming […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Operation against ISIL, Nusra will continue until they are destroyed
The ongoing operation against Daesh and al-Nusra Front in Syria will continue until the terrorists are completely eliminated, the Russian General Staff said on Wednesday. “The operation to destroy Daesh and al-Nusra Front terrorists in Syria will continue as long as it takes to eliminate them completely,” Main Operational Directorate of the Russian General Staff […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian Army reaches outskirts of key town along Deir Ezzor Highway
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:45 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army has reached the western outskirts of Al-Shoulah, today, following a fierce battle with the so-called Islamic State (ISIL) forces in the western countryside of the Deir Ezzor Governorate. Backed by heavy airstrikes from the Russian Aerospace Forces, the Syrian Arab Army pushed their way down the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Hurricane wind force increases exponentially, not linearly — Watch out!
If Hurricane Irma impacts the United States at category 4 or 5 strength the effects will be devastating. As hurricane winds increase, the force of the wind does not increase linearly, but exponentially. A category 5 storm is not five times more destructive than a category 1 storm. It is 500 times more destructive! Check out the full Saffir-Simpson scale.
Brexit, Korea and Afghanistan – Conservatives at Sea part 2
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Caribbean Islands Are Getting Battered By Hurricane Irma Right Now -- Hurricane Irma News Updates
*(Click on Image to Enlarge) * Storm coming: The most powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane in recorded history made its first landfall in the islands of the northeast Caribbean early today, churning along a path pointing to Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba before possibly heading for Florida over the weekend 'President Donald J. Trump Approves Emergency Declarations' ➡️https://t.co/xSHSyNkvuP ➡️https://t.co/UbBSFOhMM7 ➡️https://t.co/xWOfp9Z9iR pic.twitter.com/qoJOM54Gy8 — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 6, 2017 *Daily Mail:* *Paradise lost: Brute force ... more »
Does Zello Work Without Internet?
The Zello app can be useful in an emergency situation, it still requires the internet to function.
More Confederate Monuments Going Up — On Private Land
[image: more-confederate-monuments-going-up-on-private-land] Faced with a Taliban-like frenzy to remove all memorials to Confederate dead, some have resorted to erecting new monuments on private land.
Virgin Islands Governor: Seize Firearms Ahead of Hurricane Irma
[image: virgin-islands-governor-seize-firearms-ahead-of-hurricane-irma] In anticipation of the arrival of Hurricane Irma, U.S. Virgin Islands Governor Kenneth Mapp on Tuesday ordered the Islands’ National Guard to “seize arms, ammunition, explosives, incendiary material."
Cleveland Police to Protest the National Anthem Protesters at Browns Game
[image: cleveland-police-to-protest-the-national-anthem-protesters-at-browns-game] Police officers in Cleveland are frustrated by the NFL anti-national anthem protests, which they regard as a show of disrespect against police and the United States as a whole, and have taken to launching their own anti-anti-national anthem campaign.
“The End of Bitcoin?”
*“The End of Bitcoin?”* by Bill Bonner “It was a slow Labor Day weekend. We spent the time visiting with neighbors and tying up loose ends on our renovation projects. Then, yesterday, a daughter arrived from California. She brought bad tidings from the film industry… *Depressed in LA:* ‘Everybody’s depressed in LA because the movies have been so bad. ‘Every once in a while, I guess the producers just miss the mark. Wrong kind of films. Wrong time. Or just bad flicks. This Labor Day weekend was the worst flop in 20 years.’ We turn to Bloomberg for more precision: ‘The credits have ... more »
"But Believe Me..."
"But believe me, just because the human mind can't imagine something happening...doesn't mean it won't." - Dan Brown
The Grapes Fall Off: Chablis Harvest Hurt By Cold
*Since I don't use the rebrand term "climate change" because it only really describes* *normal earth changes-** Yes, the climate changes. Always has. Always will.* *I do however, adhere to the term AGW or Anthropogenic Global Warming- aka the hard sell for carbon tax, trade and control...* *I'll tell you warming has been a non issue where I live... We had two nights last week that got dangerously into summer frost territory. * *You may recall me mentioning Hydro One had reduced profits due to milder weather?* - Hydro One Revenue/Profit fall as milder weather cuts peak-price dema... more »
Sept. 06: Hey! What's Yer Values...?
Values? They're a crock. Most of us humans don't have any values. We just have prejudices that we call values. Canadians have gone from murdering native peoples to holding slaves, to discriminating against Africans, Chinese, Jews, to hating whoever is the enemy of the moment. No. It's not nice. But that's what humans are like. And we, alas, are humans. So let's try to get past being humans as we look at the North Korea crisis. Isn't that Kim Jong-un just terrible? I mean he killed his brother to get power. And he has a really yucky hairdo. Got that? Now let's look at the U.S. I... more »
These Upgrades Will Keep U.S. Marine Ospreys Fighting for Decades
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * Ospreys will soon have a bigger ‘bite’ than before. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, has been exploring the use of forward firing rockets, missiles, fixed guns, a chin mounted gun, and also looked at the use of a 30MM gun along with gravity drop rockets and guided bombs deployed from the back of the V-22. In recent years, the Corps has been working on a study to help define the requirements and ultimately inform a Marine Corps decision with regards to armament of the MV-22B Osprey. Adding weapons to the Opsrey would naturally allow the aircr... more »
THIRD-PARTY VOTERS: STILL NOT GETTING IT
The Democracy Fund Voter Study Group, which has been surveying thousands of Americans since 2011, reinterviewed 5,000 of the survey's participants this past July in order to assess their reactions to the first half-year of the Trump presidency. The headline news is this: Nearly one-quarter of voters who backed both President Trump in 2016 and former President Obama in 2012 say they disapprove of Trump's job performance, according to a new poll released Wednesday. ... 22 percent of those who voted for both Obama and Trump disapprove of the current president. In comparison, just nine ... more »
Hurricane expert Maue: extrapolating scale, #Irma could be a “Category 6”
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: Dr. Ryan Maue said this morning: Hurricane #Irma is still intensifying. Now up to 155-knots (180 mph) Extrapolating Saffir-Simpson scale, 158-knots would be Category 6. NWS says: (bold mine) Hurricane Irma Discussion Number 26 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL112017 1100 AM AST Tue Sep 05 2017…
In Official Climate Science Normal is Abnormal, and Natural is Unnatural. Hurricane Harvey Another Classic Example.
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: Guest opinion: Dr. Tim Ball “The unnatural, that too is natural.” –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) Throughout the entire environmental movement and its subset anthropogenic global warming (AGW) the proponents and the media have presented normal events as if they are abnormal. They can do this because the…
Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 248 – 2017
Originally posted on sunshine hours: 7th Lowest Arctic for this day. Higher than 2012, 2016, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2008. South / North
The most fantastic eyewall video of a hurricane I’ve ever seen – #Irma
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: This was taken earlier today by the new GOES-16 weather satellite, which has been producing some fantastic hi-res imagery of Hurricane Irma, This video, from NASA’s Short-term Prediction Research and Transition Center (SPoRT) in Huntsville, AL, tops anything I’ve ever seen. Here is the same sequence, zoomed out…
What Would Be The U.S. Response If North Korea Used Tactical Nuclear Weapons?
In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, South Korea's Hyunmoo II Missile system, left, and U.S. Army Tactical Missile System, right, fire missiles during the combined military exercise between the two countries against North Korea at an undisclosed location in South Korea, Saturday, July 29, 2017. (South Korea Defense Ministry) *Dave Majumdar, National Interest:* *How Would the U.S. Military Respond if North Korea Attacked with Tactical Nuclear Weapons?* In the event of a war on the Korean peninsula, how would the United States respond to the use of a tactical nucle... more »
CNN Caught Creating Fake News Again: Adding Words To Syrian Witness’ Statement To Fit Western Narrative
By Brandon Turbeville Although the entirety of the Western corporate media machine is worthy of the name “Fake News,” CNN has become the standard bearer... more »
BREAKING: Hundreds of South Koreans protest deployment of THAAD missile systems (LIVE VIDEO)
South Koreans increasingly reject US militarism in their country. More The post BREAKING: Hundreds of South Koreans protest deployment of THAAD missile systems (LIVE VIDEO) appeared first on The Duran.
Syrian army delivers massive blow to ISIS in Deir-ez-Zor. Syrian football team delivers World Cup dream (Video)
Commentator breaks down in joy as Syria equalize Iran to advance to World Cup qualifying playoff. More The post Syrian army delivers massive blow to ISIS in Deir-ez-Zor. Syrian football team delivers World Cup dream (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
Eight wasted hours of the lawmakers but Babiš is available to police
Two months ago, police asked the Czech Parliament to strip the presumptive future prime minister (after the October 2017 elections), the Slovak-born billionaire and ex-communist snitch Andrej BabiÅ¡ (and his top deputy, both in the corporation Agrofert and the political movement ANO), of his (or their) immunity because of their apparent subsidy fraud. The fraud was explained by a Spanish employee of BabiÅ¡ above. ;-) A decade ago, BabiÅ¡ decided to build the best project of his life, the luxurious farm the Stork Nest with the dominant building resembling the Olympic Bird Nest in Beij... more »
"Category 6", 9/06/2017, Morning
*Sept. 6, 2017 09:45 UTC* *Click image for larger size.* *"Category 6", 9/06/2017, Morning* There's a very interesting, and informative, Comments section below the main article. Refresh the page often for latest comments regarding Hurricane Irma. - https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/ ○ "Maximum Potential Intensity (MPI) is a theoretical measure of the maximum strength a hurricane can achieve, based on the existing ocean temperatures and the thermal profile of the atmosphere. Above is a plot of the MPI as computed from the GFS model run from 0Z Tuesday, September 5, 2017. Irma hit 185-m... more »
Iran Blames The U.S. On Why North Korea Is Testing Nuclear Weapons
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani addresses a parliamentary session in Tehran on August 15, 2017. ATTA KENARE (AFP) AFP: *Iran says US threats against N.Korea are danger to world* Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday that threats by the United States had pushed North Korea to test nuclear weapons and were a "dangerous game for the entire world". "Why has North Korea chosen this path today which has worried people in East Asia? It is because of threats against North Korea's existence," Rouhani said in a speech to his cabinet shown on state television. "Can one joke around ... more »
US investigates civilian deaths in Afghanistan and Somalia
A monthly update on the covert US war on terror.
Did FEMA Deny Aid to Harvey Victims Unless They Received Vaccinations?
A false rumor that could discourage hurricane victims from seeking aid spread on social media.
Sept. Weather Forecast Arctic & NH
September 5, 2017 Dr. Judah Cohen of AER posted his monthly forecast for the Arctic and NH based on the Arctic Oscillation (AO) and North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). Excerpts below. The AO is currently slightly negative (Figure 1), reflective of mostly positive geopotential height anomalies across the Arctic and mixed geopotential height anomalies across the […]
Predatory journals: Not just a problem in developing world countries, says new Nature paper
“Common wisdom,” according to the authors of a new piece in Nature, “assumes that the hazard of predatory publishing is restricted mainly to the developing world.” But the authors of the new paper, led by David Moher of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, found that more than half — 57% — of the 2,000 articles […] The post Predatory journals: Not just a problem in developing world countries, says new Nature paper appeared first on Retraction Watch.
TPPF Opposes Debt Ceiling Increase Without Reform
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By Chip Roy Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation joined with nine national conservative groups in a letter to House leadership to oppose raising the debt ceiling without significant reforms.
Hillary Was The Worst Choice The Democrats Could Have Run-- And She's Not Done Yet
*by Nancy Ohanian* Dan Merica's CNN report yesterday-- New Clinton book blasts Sanders for 'lasting damage' in 2016 race, castng Bernie "as an unrealistic over-promiser." Merica wrote that in the book being released next week Clinton claims Bernie's "attacks against her during the primary caused 'lasting damage' and paved the way for '(Donald) Trump's Crooked Hillary campaign.' [Hillary claims that Bernie] 'had to resort to innuendo and impugning my character' because the two Democrats 'agreed on so much.'" Her and her corrupt corporate-Dem supporters are still living in a fantasy ... more »
My life and death struggle continues in Larisa…New Austrian consul sent by Sebastian Kurz turns out to be attache implicated in Kiev corruption scandal, acting to cover Alex Tsipras, George Soros and co in the event of my murder
Well, I have emailed the Austrian FoMin etc about the permanent danger I am in and the inaction of the Consul, Christoph Reitinger. Even a state prosecutor in Larisa offered me police protection because of the danger I am in. Of course, I declined. To be protected by the Greek police is a bit like […]
BPA Exposure In Canada - How Low Can You Go?
A recent analysis of published data on human exposure to bisphenol A (BPA read more
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