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"How It Really Is"
“Drug overdose deaths and opioid-involved deaths continue to increase in the United States. The majority of drug overdose deaths (more than six out of ten) involve an opioid. Since 1999, the number of overdose deaths involving opioids (including prescription opioids and heroin) quadrupled. From 2000 to 2015 more than half a million people died from drug overdoses. *91 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose.*” - https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/epidemic/index.html
Bowe Bergdahl and his fan-boy Obama...
*just in case you forgot.* Obama freed five Taliban leaders, most of whom have returned to trying to kill "infidels", for the traitor Bowe Bergdahl, who is awaiting sentencing for his crime of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. Need I remind you that American citizens died as a result of what Bergdahl did when he decided to take a stroll after dinner from his battalion and not return? After the Rose Garden ceremony to gloat about his release, wherein Odumbo praised Bergdahl as having "served with honor and distinction", he sauntered off with his arms around Bergdahl's par... more »
Kola Superdeep Borehole: The deepest man-made hole in the world
Kola Superdeep Borehole: The deepest man-made hole in the world https://m.thevintagenews.com/2017/10/24/kola-superdeep-borehole-the-deepest-man-made-hole-in-the-world/ Advertisements
A robot who once said she would ‘destroy humans’ just became the first robot citizen.
A robot who once said she would ‘destroy humans’ just became the first robot citizen | Business Insider India http://www.businessinsider.in/A-robot-who-once-said-she-would-destroy-humans-just-became-the-first-robot-citizen/articleshow/61248563.cms
Low-fat diets and exercise are pointless for losing weight, warns surgical expert
Low-fat diets and exercise are pointless for losing weight, warns surgical expert http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/06/09/low-fat-diets-and-exercise-are-pointless-for-losing-weight-warns/
Study links smoking pot to having more sex.
Study links smoking pot to having more sex | New York Post http://nypost.com/2017/10/27/study-links-smoking-pot-to-having-more-sex/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPFacebook&utm_medium=SocialFlow&sr_share=facebook
Science diet: Fasting may be more important than just eating less
Science diet: Fasting may be more important than just eating less https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/20/science-diet-fasting-may-be-more-important-than-just-eating-less.html?__source=Facebook
We live in a one-track world, but anyone can become a polymath.
We live in a one-track world, but anyone can become a polymath | Aeon Essays https://aeon.co/essays/we-live-in-a-one-track-world-but-anyone-can-become-a-polymath
Shocking Sea of Plastic and Styrofoam Captured in Pictures from Caribbean
Shocking Sea of Plastic and Styrofoam Captured in Pictures from Caribbean http://themindunleashed.com/2017/10/shocking-sea-of-plastic-and-styrofoam-captured-in-pictures-from-caribbean.html
Mysterious object seen speeding past sun could be ‘visitor from another star system.
Mysterious object seen speeding past sun could be ‘visitor from another star system’ | Science | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/oct/27/mysterious-object-detected-speeding-past-the-sun-could-be-from-another-solar-system-a2017-u1?CMP=fb_gu
High-intensity exercise may alter brain’s glucose metabolism.
High-intensity exercise may alter brain’s glucose metabolism – The Financial Express http://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/health/high-intensity-exercise-may-alter-brains-glucose-metabolism/910130/
Immune cells unexpectedly help the heart keep its beat.
Immune cells unexpectedly help the heart keep its beat | Science | AAAS http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/04/immune-cells-unexpectedly-help-heart-keep-its-beat?utm_source=sciencemagazine&utm_medium=facebook-text&utm_campaign=immuneheart-12606
The Russian lawyer who met with Junior in Trump Tower received her talking points from the Kremlin beforehand.
Courtesy of the New York Times: *Natalia V. Veselnitskaya arrived at a meeting at Trump Tower in June 2016 hoping to interest top Trump campaign officials in the contents of a memo she believed contained information damaging to the Democratic Party and, by extension, Hillary Clinton. The material was the fruit of her research as a private lawyer, she has repeatedly said, and any suggestion that she was acting at the Kremlin’s behest that day is anti-Russia “hysteria.” * *But interviews and records show that in the months before the meeting, Ms. Veselnitskaya had discussed the alleg... more »
Did John Wayne Say He Believed in White Supremacy?
The quote from iconic Western actor John Wayne came from a 1971 interview with "Playboy" magazine.
Donald Trump shows bunch of Trick or Treaters what scary really looks like.
WATCH: Pres. Trump talks with the children of reporters during a Halloween event in the Oval Office on Friday. https://t.co/3jaFD2cFLM — NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) October 27, 2017 Courtesy of HuffPo: *President Donald Trump briefly met with children of the White House press corps on Friday as part of a Halloween celebration, and things got weird pretty quickly. * *The costumed kids were invited to the Oval Office before trick-or-treating in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Trump, ever eager to criticize the press, seized the opportunity to make fun of their pare... more »
The "best and the brightest" revisited
In the spate of stories about the new material on the JFK assassination, I could not help but notice the following in a NYT account by Peter Baker: One document included in the July release outlined a proposal to cause food shortages in Cuba as part of Operation Mongoose, the Kennedy administration project to remove Castro from power. The plan called for introducing untraceable biological agents to destroy crops in Cuba, leading to widespread hunger that could set off a revolt against Castro. According to the memo, Kennedy’s national security adviser, McGeorge Bundy, “said that he ... more »
‘Poltergeist’ Curse
Superstitious legend holds that a number of strange deaths are connected to a 'curse' on the 'Poltergeist' film series.
All Cadets At West Point Must Learn to Take a Punch (Even The Women)
Cadets gather to participate in bouts at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. The coach said boxing allowed instructors to “take a person, put them in a fearful situation and try to see how they react.” Photo: Meredith Heuer for The Wall Street Journal *Wall Street Journal*: *At West Point, All Cadets Must Learn to Take a Punch* *Boxing is a tradition at the U.S. Military Academy. Last year, female cadets were required to get in the ring.* WEST POINT, N.Y.—On the grass fields at the U.S. Military Academy, cadets with rifles crawl across the turf while instructors bark or... more »
China Warns North Korea That Another Nuclear Explosion At Their Nuclear Test Site May Result In A Nuclear Fallout Catastrophe
*South China Morning Post:* *Chinese scientists warn North Korea about disaster threat at nuclear test site* Researchers brief Pyongyang delegation on Beijing’s concerns over facility close to their border. Chinese geologists have warned their North Korean counterparts of a potential catastrophic collapse of a North Korean underground nuclear test site on China’s doorstep. Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Geology and Geophysics briefed a North Korean delegation in Beijing late last month on the threat of an implosion at the mountainous Punggye-ri nuc... more »
Argentina: Tucumán, UFOs and the Story that Inspired Spielberg
*Source: Planeta UFO and La Gaceta (gaceta.com.ar)Date: 10.26.17* *Argentina: Tucumán, UFOs and the Story that Inspired Spielberg* One of the country's most notorious UFO sightings occurred in Tucumán. The incident took place at the ranch of the Moreno family only kilometers away from Trancas. According to their story, they witnessed the descent of flying objects from the night sky on October 21, 1963 over the General Belgrano Railroad Line located only a few meters from the family farm. The craft emitted lights until they rose into the air anew and vanished in the direction of t... more »
HAVE A NICE CRACK-UP, REPUBLICANS
Robert Mueller's first arrests are expected to happen Monday, but the pro-Trump right is focused on persuading America that Uranium One and the Fusion GPS dossier are the real Russia scandal. You'd think it would be harder for the Trumpers to argue that the dossier was the product of a vast left-wing conspiracy now that we've learned that the conservative Washington Free Beacon first hired Fusion GPS to do anti-Trump research, with funding from a billionaire GOP donor: The Washington Free Beacon, a conservative website funded by a major Republican donor, first hired the research fir... more »
Bill Payers Fund Ed Davey’s New Job
By Paul Homewood h/t Mark Rogers Drayton Manor Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire As I noted earlier, Ed Davey is part-time of Chairman of Mongoose Energy, for which he is paid £20,000 a year, equivalent to £1666/day. Mongoose own several solar farms, and have recently taken the Drayton Manor project, which has […]
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis : North Korea Nuclear Threat Accelerating
*ABC News Online*: *North Korea: US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis says threat posed by Kim Jong-un accelerating* US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis says North Korea is posing an increasing threat to Seoul and the world through its "illegal and unnecessary" missile program. Speaking in Seoul with South Korean Defence Minister Song Young-moo, General Mattis said the US's military and diplomatic cooperation with the South had taken on a new urgency. "North Korea has accelerated the threat that it poses to its neighbours and the world through its illegal and unnecessary missile and nucle... more »
New Korean War Scenario: 300,000 Will Be Killed Within A Week Even Without Nuclear Weapons Being Used
(Click on Image to Enlarge) *Bloomberg*: *Korea War Seen Killing Up to 300,000 Even Without Nukes* * Up to 25 million on both sides of border could be affected * Grim assessment offered by Congressional Research Service Renewed conflict on the Korean peninsula could kill hundreds of thousands of people in the first few days alone even if no nuclear weapons are involved, according to a new report by the Congressional Research Service. Given population densities on the peninsula, military conflict “could affect upwards of 25 million people on either side of the border, including at ... more »
Saudi’s burgeoning relations with Israel could kill the two state solution in more ways than one
Saudi's future is now tied in with that of Israel. This presents both new challenges, but also new opportunities for Palestine and its struggle against oppression. More The post Saudi’s burgeoning relations with Israel could kill the two state solution in more ways than one appeared first on The Duran.
Former Trump Adviser CRUSHES Clinton campaign staffer, who practically cries out of fear (Video)
Explosive reactions on 'The Story' to reports that the Washington Free Beacon funded Fusion GPS's research into GOP candidates. More The post Former Trump Adviser CRUSHES Clinton campaign staffer, who practically cries out of fear (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
Massive explosion reported near Presidential Palace in Somali capital
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (6:10 PM) – Social media users in the Somalian capital of Mogadishu report that a massive explosion has taken place near the Presidential Palace in the centre of the city. This is reported by Sputnik News. Mohamed Hussein, a local police officer, allegedly spoke to Reuters about a “huge blast” having taken place […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Russian warplanes eliminate hundreds of ISIS, Al-Qaeda targets in barely a week
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (5:45 A.M.) – Over the past week alone, the Russian Aerospace Forces have conducted a total of 360 sorties across Syria, taking out a total of 650 terrorist facilities according to the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD). The majority of airstrikes struck either the Islamic State in Deir Ezzor or Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
VIDEO: Syrian Army obliterates last ISIS-controlled suburbs in Deir Ezzor
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (4:50 P.M.) – Smoke could be seen rising all over Deir Ezzor on Friday and Saturday as government warplanes and artillery units took turns to bombard ISIS hideouts in the besieged eastern part of the city. Fresh footage released by the Hezbollah media branch shows the aftermath of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Combat footage: Al-Qaeda storms hill in northeast Hama, defeats ISIS garrison
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (4:15 P.M.) – On Friday, Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) retook one of the last ISIS points in the northeastern countryside of Hama after overrunning a strategic high point just north of the M42 Highway. The impressive drone footage, released by HTS (Syrian Al-Qaeda branch), shows its fighters overrunning Tall Sarha and engaging an […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
John Simpson reflects
This morning's anniversary special from *Today *saw the BBC's World Affairs Editor John Simpson looking backwards and forwards. His remit was to discuss the key global shifts that have taken place over the sixty years since *Today *began broadcasting in 1957. You might have expected the collapse of the Soviet Union and of communism in Eastern Europe to have featured, and the rise of Islam as a serious threat to world peace to get a mention, but neither of those appeared here. Still, he was as interesting as ever on China, told a neat anecdote, and his personal reflections on Bri... more »
Two Key Findings that Show Us CIA Redacted Potential Smoking Gun from JFK Files
[image: redacted]The latest release of the government's records on the assassination of President Kennedy give clues as to what may have been withheld from the public.
Police Respond to Domestic Violence Call, Shoot Victim in the Head—Attempt to Cover It Up
[image: domestic]When police responded to the scene where a man was attacking his girlfriend, they shot the victim in the head and then covered it up, according to a lawsuit.
Hollywood Sex Abuse is a Century Old, Charlie Chaplin Raped Kids and He’s Hailed As a Hero
[image: hollywood]Hollywood has no problem celebrating child rapists as heroes—even when their crimes were admitted, prosecuted, and well known.
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From Jenna Orkin Spain’s prime minister fires the Catalan government after it declares independence The Infinite Suburb Is an Academic Joke Facebook moving non-promoted posts out of news feed in trial Bad Rabbit Ransomware Spreads: "This Is A Targeted Attack.. On Critical Infrastructure" 1,000,000,000,000 - Japanese Foreign Assets Top One Quadrillion For First Time With 3 aircraft carriers nearby, Mattis lays down the law for North Korea Trump Blocks Full Release Of JFK Assassination Records After Last Minute CIA Push Thousands of JFK files were just released — here's where t... more »
Doofus Of The Day #982
Today's award goes to a wannabe holdup artist in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. . . . two employees noticed something familiar about the robber’s voice and facial features “visible through the holes” in his ski mask. “Cleveland, is that you?” one of the employees asked, according to East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's police records of the Oct. 3 incident. “No, it’s not me” Cleveland Willis, 28, the suspected robber replied, according to police records. Willis worked for the KFC for “several months” with the same coworkers he’s suspected of robbing. He was also seen seen driving away from t... more »
Czechoslovakia: 99 years
Ninety-nine years ago, on October 28th, 1918, Czechoslovakia was created on the ruins of Austria-Hungary. This cartoon for kids explains the basics: Charles I, grand-nephew of the long-lived emperor Francis Joseph I, came to the throne in 1916. He wanted a huge amount of autonomy for the nations of Austria-Hungary, he wanted to be crowned the Czech king (and he spoke Czech) but it was too late. In the late Summer 1918, the fate of Austria and Germany in the war deteriorated dramatically. The empires surrendered and accepted the conditions of the victors, including the U.S. On Oct... more »
This will likely shock nobody but Alaska Rep. Don Young is kind of a pig.
Courtesy of The Midnight Sun: *Alaska’s Rep. Don Young makes a cameo in the dealership’s latest ad by stumbling across three of the Interior’s living legends who’re making jokes about how the 2017 Can-Am Defender… um… raises their spirits? Pitches their tent? Curves their hot dog?* *The eager driver of the Can-Am Defender is 98-year-old Urban Rahoi, who made headlines in 2016 for flying himself back to Fairbanks on a hunch just hours before he had a stroke. Also in attendance is Bud Fate, the 87-year-old father-in-law to U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, and Cliff Everts, another legend in... more »
5 Things Marx Wanted to Abolish
In the 'The Communist Manifesto,' Marx is refreshingly candid regarding the aims of Communism.
Weekend reads: No peer review crisis?; Fake conferences overwhelm real ones; Bullying vs. criticism
The week at Retraction Watch featured a retraction by a Nobel laureate, the eight excuses journal editors hear in responses to questions about data, and a description of a “disease” that affects many scientists. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: “About that peer-review crisis …There isn’t one, at least in terms of quantity, according to a new […] The post Weekend reads: No peer review crisis?; Fake conferences overwhelm real ones; Bullying vs. criticism appeared first on Retraction Watch.
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. - Dennis Howlett highlights how the Libs are only making our tax system even less fair by overreacting to trumped-up criticism of a plan to close minor loopholes: As the dust settles on the Trudeau government’s private corporation tax reforms, Canada seems to be falling further behind in the quest for tax fairness. While the government’s decision to proceed with income-sprinkling reforms is positive, we are disappointed the capital gains reforms were dropped and ... more »
Neocon news outlet The Washington Free Beacon was origin of Trump dossier
The Washington Free Beacon was the original funder of the anti-Trump opposition research paper with Fusion GPS. More The post Neocon news outlet The Washington Free Beacon was origin of Trump dossier appeared first on The Duran.
Paul Joseph Watson: “Obama’s FBI colluded with Russia to fund fake pissgate dossier”
The only ones who colluded with Russia were the DNC, the Obama administration and Hillary. More The post Paul Joseph Watson: “Obama’s FBI colluded with Russia to fund fake pissgate dossier” appeared first on The Duran.
Sharing the joke
One of the curious things about the furore over Michael Gove's tasteless Harvey Weinstein joke is that Mr Gove's tastelessness was matched by Lord Kinnock. 'The most-loved Welshman of them all' (as he's universally known) chipped in, "John goes way past groping...way past groping!". Twitter didn't like that much either and wanted him tarred and feathered for his misdemeanour. That being the case, just compare the BBC News website's account with Sky News's account of the same story. Both, understandably, devote most of their articles to lengthy criticism of Mr Gove but Sky als... more »
X22 Report, “The Central Banks Will Not Be Able To Control Inflation As The System Collapses”
X22 Report, “The Central Banks Will Not Be Able To Control Inflation As The System Collapses” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f32F-Uhi3U
"Fukushima Update, 10/28/2017: 15,550.95 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow"
*"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”* - Shiva *Updated October 28, 2017: Fukushima Equals 15,550.95 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow; There is No Place On Earth to Escape the Rad: *The 3 melted-through cores of the destroyed reactors, now melted together into a single "corium" totaling over *600 tons*, at Fukushima *daily* release the radioactive equivalent of 6.45 Hiroshima bombs directly into the atmosphere and the Pacific Ocean. As of October 28, 2017 - 2,411 days since the disaster began - this equals the detonation of 15,550.95 Hiroshima atomic bombs and it i... more »
Are You Rooting For Either Side In The Bitter Civil War Tearing The Republican Party Apart?
It would be hard to imagine any self-respecting *DWT* reader rooting for the Republican establishment-- think Paul Ryan and Miss McConnell-- who we've been fighting forever. We want them to get mauled, right? And then think of Mercer's neo-fascists led by Steve Bannon and all the scary garbage that comes with him. No one's rooting for the Nazis, right? Bannon and Mercer vs McConnell and Rove (while Ryan hides under the bed peeing in his pants and shivering)... what could go wrong? Let's hope for lots of blood. And don't kid yourself for one second... this is a fight to the death, ... more »
5 Cops Back On the Job After Executing Unarmed Couple, Shooting them 137 Times for a Traffic Stop
[image: couple]Multiple police officers turned a traffic stop into a firing squad and executed an unarmed couple—now they are all back on the job.
The U.S. Marines Can Now Crush Enemies with Guided Artillery Rockets from the Sea
*Task and Purpose, Jared Keller* *Security, * The test has been in the works since at least September. The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) is no longer reserved for bombarding the bejesus out of ISIS militants in Syria from the cover of the war-torn country’s rolling deserts: Marine Corps officials are experimenting with firing the guided artillery system from the deck of an amphibious ship in the middle of the ocean. Operating aboard the USS Anchorage off the coast of southern California as part of Exercise Dawn Blitz on Oct. 22, a detachment of Marines with ... more »
Jets, Bombers and Rockets: Nazi Germany's 5 'Wonder' Weapons of World War II
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* As World War II turned against Hitler, he became desperate to develop weapons that might turn the tide. Some of the technologically advanced systems proved to be devastating. During Germany’s early string of victories between 1939 and 1941, Hitler informed the members of the nation’s aerospace industry that he had decided to impose new restrictions on aircraft research and development. However, by 1942 the Führer and his Air Force High Command (Oberkommando der Luftwaffe) had recognized their mistake. With the increasing weakness in th... more »
Russia's Bombers, Submarines and Missiles Just Conducted a Massive Military Exercise
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, Europe* And Putin was watching. Russia held a massive nuclear exercise this week, launching no less than four ballistic missiles under the personal supervision of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Participating in the exercise, were a pair of Russian Project 667BDR Delta III and a Project 667BDRM Delta IV nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine. Those vessels each fired a R-29R Volna or a R-29RM Sineva submarine launched ballistic missile. Meanwhile, the Russian Strategic Missile Forces fired a Topol intercontinental ballistic missile from from P... more »
Why North Korea and America Could Be on the Road to War
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, Asia* Can this be stopped? The United States and South Korea are continuing to urge North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons, but it is unclear how Washington intends to achieve that goal. Pyongyang has little incentive to give up its nuclear arsenal and Washington has offered little in the way of carrots that would encourage the Kim regime to do so. “Behind me to the north, an oppressive regime that shackles its people, denying their freedom, their welfare and their human dignity in pursuit of nuclear weapons in the means of delivery, in order to t... more »
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*Students' union is accused of creating 'police state' as it pays 'safe space marshals' to go to speaker meeting to check no one voices 'offensive' views* A students' union pays for £12-per-hour 'safe space marshals' to police external speakers to make sure they do not voice views that are offensive to the audience. King's College Students' Union requires marshals to attend events with a phone so they can take 'immediate action' if anyone expresses opinions thought to discriminate against ethnic or sexual minorities. They monitor any speaker thought likely to perpetrate a 'sa... more »
The Crouchland Biogas Scandal
By Paul Homewood h/t MrGrimNasty Crouchland Farm The regional BBC South news programme reported on the strange case of a West Sussex biogas plant on Wednesday. Unfortunately the episode is no longer available in i-Player, but Farmers Weekly have also reported on the case: West Sussex anaerobic digestion (AD) business Crouchland […]
The Age Of Conspiracy
The release of the Kennedy assassination papers revealed no smoking gun. But that will not silence the conspiracy theorists. That's because, Jonathan Freedland writes, we live in a Conspiracy-Post Truth Age: Superficially, conspiracy theory and post-truth might look different. The conspiracists insist that they are bent on uncovering the real truth, while post-truthers shrug their shoulders, suggesting such truth doesn’t really exist, can never be known and doesn’t really matter anyway. But what both have in common is an indifference to facts and evidence. The conspiracist brushe... more »
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*The downfall of the proxies* *The article below is more significant than its authors appear to realize. It casts all proxy measurements of temperature into doubt -- and paleoclimate studies all rely on proxies. For most of the world, thermometer measurements of temperature go back only a couple of hundred years, if that. So paleoclimatologists DEDUCE temperatures from what they see in tree rings, sedimentary sea-life, ice-cores etc. Such things are proxies for actual temperature measurements.And it has just been revealed that a widely used and completely accepted ... more »
The Physics of Sound: How and Why Sound Heals
The Physics of Sound: How and Why Sound Heals http://www.wakingtimes.com/2017/09/06/physics-sound-sound-heals/ Advertisements
Germany set to pay customers for electricity usage as renewable energy generation creates huge power surplus
Germany set to pay customers for electricity usage as renewable energy generation creates huge power surplus http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/germany-grids-paying-electricity-customers-renewable-energy-power-surplus-wind-solar-generation-a8022576.html
A Georgia computer central to a lawsuit seeking to change the way votes are counted in Georgia was mysteriously wiped clean. Probably doesn't mean anything, right?
Courtesy of the AP: *A computer server crucial to a lawsuit against Georgia election officials was quietly wiped clean by its custodians just after the suit was filed, The Associated Press has learned. * *The server’s data was destroyed July 7 by technicians at the Center for Elections Systems at Kennesaw State University, which runs the state’s election system. The data wipe was revealed in an email sent last week from an assistant state attorney general to plaintiffs in the case that was later obtained by the AP. More emails obtained in a public records request confirmed the wi... more »
‘Twitter versus RT’ will either kill alternative media or social media networks
The time has come to hit the corporate 'refresh button' on the social media network monopoly. More The post ‘Twitter versus RT’ will either kill alternative media or social media networks appeared first on The Duran.
An Observation
*Made In China* I don't know what your experience is, but whenever I buy something that is made in China and it is in a box with "some assembly required", there are bolts, and small parts that are required for successful completion missing. WHICH is why I now require that the item be assembled by Home Depot or Lowes on site by their own expert craftsmen -- or if it's an item for delivery, I pay for assembly at my house. I can't tell you how much grief it's lifted from my narrow shoulders. Based on my personal experience, they open two or three boxes (of crap) to make one complete ... more »
Catching up comments and links...
*Missing Taitung....* I was going to blog yesterday, but then my kids turned on *Stranger Things 2. *So much for Friday and Saturday.... *GOOD NEWS FROM THE US*: Longtime Taiwan expert Shirley Kan writes thoroughly and cogently on the President's transit through the US this weekend... Since then, there has been a need to correct the misperception — part of China’s political warfare — that Lee “provoked” the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to “respond” to a “surprise visit” with military exercises and missile launches in the Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1995 to 1996. The People’s Republ... more »
VICTOR LOUIS, JFK, KOSHER NOSTRA
*Victor Louis * The journalist* Victor Louis* is said to have been told in advance that JFK was going to be assassinated. Victor Louis's father came from a well-off German (Prussian) family which lived in Moscow. [7] Victor Louis, born Vitaly Yuvgenyevich Lui, was a friend of Henry Kissinger. Kissinger - The Book by Gary Allen *The JFK files. The journalist Victor Louis is said to have been told that JFK was going to be assassinated.* There is a belief that Victor Louis was working for the Kosher Nostra (Henry Kissinger and friends). Victor Louis in Israel Victor Louis was Je... more »
And it took scientists to figure this out?
I'm a bit mind-boggled by a headline in the Telegraph: *Drinking red wine improves* *chances of getting pregnant, major study finds* Since when were scientists needed to figure this out? Haven't we known this since oh, about *half an hour after red wine was invented?* For that matter, why not just say "alcohol" and be done with it? Of course, it's actually a serious study, and it does point out that "while red wine appears to be helpful, white wine, beer and spirits were not linked to higher fertility" . . . but the opportunity to poke fun at the scientists was irresistible!... more »
US economic growth of 3%, due to deregulation?
If we exclude the years 2008-09 because they were outliers (global financial upheaval), the Obama years seem to be the weakest since 1990. Never experienced growth of 3% or higher. https://www.statista.com/statistics/188165/annual-gdp-growth-of-the-united-states-since-1990/ Early peek of the Trump admin first 3 Quarters of 2017, experienced 3% growth in the last 2 quarters (Q2 and Q3). https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/gdp-growth Fastest 6-months growth since 2014, because of Trump or Yellen or something else? One of Financial Times' headlines today. If the 3%+ is retaine... more »
Outrage on Twitter
Twitter exploded this morning. (*Ed - you don't say?*) Michael Gove made a tasteless joke on *Today* and Nick Robinson tweeted about it. The Govester has since apologised... ... though calls for him to drowned as a witch or burned alive in a huge wicker man on the outskirts of Brighton are continuing apace. (Both punishments are far too good for him in my opinion. For this kind of 'joke' only hanging, drawing and quartering will suffice.) Meanwhile, Nick Robinson has been getting it in the neck too, merely for tweeting about it. He's* not* apologising though (surprise, surpr... more »
Declaration of the Independence of the Catalan Republic, Friday October 27, 2017
Below is our unofficial translation of excerpts from the Declaration of Independence of Catalonia, 27 October 2017. Comments in brackets. … Continue reading →
School teachers report from the front lines about what they are seeing in Trump's America.
Courtesy of NPR: *Previous surveys we've reported on, including one from the Southern Poverty Law Center, also found increases in school bullying related to overheated political rhetoric. * *The UCLA survey, unlike those, relies on a nationally representative sample: 1,535 teachers at schools whose demographics reflect those of U.S. schools as a whole, rather than pulling from self-selecting volunteers. Also, the survey was conducted after President Trump took office. Along with the survey, researchers at the UCLA Institute for Democracy, Education and Access conducted 35 follow-... more »
Tonic Offers a Tonic as Antidote to the Unrealistic and Downright Insulting Nonsense of The Good Doctor
Note: If your child or friend or even yourself with autism is a genius who can or could function in a high pressure, snap decision, life or death job like surgery please let us know. We never want to insult...
Ed Davey’s Quick To Cash In After Leaving DECC
By Paul Homewood h/ts and thanks to all those who have given info on Ed Davey’s “other interests” Edward Davey left his role as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in May 2015, after losing his seat in Parliament. It did not take him long to hawk his services, experience and […]
5 discarded anniversaries of Western-led aggression
The below events receive scant recognition in the mainstream news print. More The post 5 discarded anniversaries of Western-led aggression appeared first on The Duran.
Afghanistan challenge: Washington-Kabul-New Delhi axis is unlikely to succeed
Washington tempts India, but the temptation bears little substance. More The post Afghanistan challenge: Washington-Kabul-New Delhi axis is unlikely to succeed appeared first on The Duran.
5 possible consequences of Catalan independence
Barcelona and Madrid can work together for peace or work against each other for war. More The post 5 possible consequences of Catalan independence appeared first on The Duran.
Assessing The US-Backed Iraqi-Saudi Rapprochement
The renewed diplomatic offensive that’s being waged against Iran’s regional interests might have a majorly unintended effect in strengthening Tehran’s political will to support its allied militias abroad.
Syrian Army hits ISIS hard in Deir Ezzor, scores big advance
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:30 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) resumed their large-scale offensive in Deir Ezzor City last night, targeting the remaining Islamic State (ISIS) forces spread across several districts inside the provincial capital. Led by the Tiger Forces and 4th Mechanized Division, the Syrian Arab Army stormed the Al-Ummal and Al-Kanamat districts of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Communists Love Rolex Watches
Castro lights a cigar as Khrushchev is amused looking at him wearing two Rolex watches, at the Kremlin, 1963.
Feathers flying and ad homs - update
For more on those 'feathers flying and ad homs' launched against News-watch by the BBC and their allies, please take a read of David at News-watch's response to it all, wherein the folk at Mr Soros's Open Democracy get a taste of their own not-so-marvellous medicine and questions are asked of the BBC.
New Clinical Trial Will Attempt to Bring Dead Humans Back to Life
[image: New Clinical Trial Will Attempt to Bring Dead Humans Back to Life] Really good. Clinically dead does not mean that the life force has left the body yet. Thus actually repairing the damage is quite practical and well worth doing. In fact this is an excellent time to do as much repair as possible.Then bring the person back to consciousness while stabilizing all aspects of the biochemistry. This is a beginning but it leads to complete body restoration so long as significant cell death has not taken place.. *New Clinical Trial Will Attempt to Bring Dead Humans Back to Life* ... more »
Magic mushrooms 'reboot' brain in depressed people
The news just gets better as research results come in on these known sources of natural mind active drugs. Now we have what appears to be a real reboot. Wonder where the CMOS is stored? all good . *Magic mushrooms 'reboot' brain in depressed people – study * *Patients unresponsive to conventional treatments benefit when treated with natural psychoactive compound, but researchers warn against self medication* * Friday 13 October 2017 10.00 BST Last modified on Friday 13 October 2017 16.44 BST* * https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/oct/13/magic-mushrooms-reboot-brain-in... more »
Arby’s to release venison sandwiches nationwide, test elk meat
This is part of the answer. We need a go-to utilizer of our developing game stocks. and Arby's is perfect inasmuch as they have enough distribution which matters most, yet small enough to absorb the early low supply easily enough. Arby's has always needed an extra cachet to expand their market. Their sliced beef was always superior, but not enough to bring in a crowd. Yet you can see how Wendy's has remained seriously competitive by steadily improving their offerings. Today even MacDonalds has gotten serious. Going after venison alone is a huge market and serving up a veniso... more »
Richard Branson Argues for the end of the Drug War
It is good to see Richard Branson weigh in. He is saying no more than I and other business conscious individuals have been saying for a long time. That Portugal has clearly shown us how the alternative works is merely proof. In fairness no other alternative actually exists and the War on Drugs was a bankrupt on inception. It has produced armies of addicts, criminal enablers and policemen all chasing each around a candle. And courage is not the issue here either. The real Drug lobby pays to ensure nothing actually changes and why should they not? Perhaps Branson needs to pay... more »
Celebrate good times, come on! (Let's celebrate)
Pop open the warm Prosecco! Emily Maitlis is getting a pay rise! According to the *Daily Mail*, Our Emily is going to get at least £50,000 a year more, putting her on an equal footing with Evan Davis at over £200,000 pa. That's one large pay rise for BBC woman, one giant pay rise for BBC womankind. Those fearing that the BBC might cut back on excessive pay for their top male talent rather than increase the excessive pay of their top female talent will be heartily relieved. The BBC is making welcome strides towards offering excessive pay awards to *all* of its top talent, rega... more »
A simple guide to CRISPR, one of the biggest science stories of the decade.
A simple guide to CRISPR, one of the biggest science stories of the decade – Vox https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2016/12/30/13164064/crispr-cas9-gene-editing?utm_campaign=vox&utm_content=entry&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook Advertisements
5800 Russian Soldiers Remained In Belarus After Russia’s West (Zapad) 2017 Military Exercises According To Ukrainian Armed Forces’ General Staff
From Charter97.org: “Ukrainian Armed Forces’ General Staff: 5,8 Thousand Russian Soldiers Remained In Belarus After West-2017 Drills 25.10.2017, 12:57 Russian … Continue reading →
Walk Today from Whitehaven to St Bees to Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole! Coal Mining Near Sellafield Nuclear Site Is A Dangerous Idea
Originally posted on Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole: Tomorrow 28th Oct at 10.30am Campaigners to Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole will be gathering…
Oh Donald!
Those impartial BBC reporters have been busy tweeting their usual kind of thing in recent days - - and one thing about reading their Twitter feeds is that they most definitely* don't* reckon the *Washington Post*'s revelations (about the Hillary Clinton campaign and the DNC part-funding the sensational dossier into Donald Trump's doings in a Russian hotel) amount to much. They're sticking with the Russia-Trump collusion stuff instead. In fact I can only find one figure of equivalent prominence at the BBC reckoning *anything* much to the *WaPo*'s findings: The first reply to *... more »
Violence from both sides
And while I'm giving credit where credit's due to BBC Trending's Mike Wendling, it's only fair that I do an update on something I wrote a month ago today: Well, that Radio 4 'special' was broadcast last Monday. Entitled *Political Violence in America*, it looked at the violence of both the far-right *and* the far-left. On the Milo question, very little of that interview was played - less than a minute. All in all, however, it struck me as being a fair take on the matter. Both sides got a hearing. One amusing thing (well, it amused me!) was that the Antifa woman Mike talked to... more »
10 questions fréquentes
Ethical Technology - 21 hours ago
Nous recevons un grand nombre de questions par mail. Pour débroussailler le terrain, voici la réponse à dix questions parmi les plus fréquentes. https://ieet.org/images/uploads/questions-1000x300.jpg
Closer - 2004
For some reason I feel we were regulars down the Pickle Factory in Bangkok when I watched this first. I may be wrong on that as the memory plays tricks. Those were among the best Pizzas I ever ate,... Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced
Star Citizen 3.0.0 - CitizenCon 2947 - graphical and planet-city tech
the following presenation, from Cloud Imperium's director of graphics engineering Alistair Brown at CitizenCon2947 in Frankfurt Germany last night, crams *MANY OF THE FEATURES* of a photo-retouch package like Photoshop into each 120th of a second of the forthcoming space-game Star Citizen. Remember, Star Citizen is a CROWD FUNDED GAME i.e. paid for by private backers, that's rivalling the visual fidelity of many of the massive corporate efforts to achieve such in the gaming world - truly inventive cleverness. And, if you liked that, no doubt this primary implementation of Pr... more »
Midnight Meme Of The Day!
*-by Noah* Heeerre's Donnie! Halloween weekend is here! But, the horrors at the White Supremacy House have been growing for a long time, since January 20th, in fact. They're creepy. They're crawly. They slither. They slime. They're the Trumpies! Bats in the Belfry! Toys in the attic! We keep hearing about how Le Orange Freak storms the halls of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue screaming at the TVs and staff, probably not even able to tell the difference between the two until Melania jabs a syringe in his copious butt area. Isn't it only a matter of time before he grips an axe in his tiny ... more »
Floods Of Fake Astronomy Fill Google News - Making Young Children Scared, Sick & Suicidal
I've been writing Doomsday Debunking articles for some years now. The amount of fake news about the end of the world on the web is incredible. What makes it worse is that stories that say the world is about to end get widely shared, linked to, read over and over, and rise right to the top of Google and Apple news. Search google news for "Planet X" for instance and the top result is usually one or other article from the Daily Express who regularly publish fake news saying that an extra planet is about to hit Earth or fly past Earth in the next week or month. read more
Cock-up not conspiracy
Nick Bryant, brandishing Watching BBC One's *News at Six *last night, there was Nick Bryant live outside the US National Archives enthusiastically brandishing a document: And there is this fabulous document from the CIA station in London talking of an anonymous phone call to a British newspaper, the *Cambridge News*, 25 minutes before JFK was killed, as his motorcade was going through the streets of Dallas, telling a reporter to ring the American embassy because there was going to be big news in the offing. That is intriguing. It could be completely irrelevant, but it shows that th... more »
Empire Files: Inside Palestine’s Refugee Camps The Genocide & Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians by Israel
TeleSUR English Published on Oct 6, 2016 In her first on-the-ground report from Palestine, Abby Martin gives a first-hand look into two of the most attacked refugee camps in the West Bank: Balata and Aida camps. With millions of displaced Palestinians around the world, hundreds of thousands are refugees in their own country—many have lived packed […]
Threat of US-China War is Rising: Former CIA Officer
PressTV News Videos Published on Oct 27, 2017 A former American counter-terrorism specialist and military intelligence officer of the CIA says there is a possibility of nuclear exchange between the United States and Russia but the threat of war with China is also rising. end
Hollywood Ramps Up Its War On Men
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Oct 27, 2017 Just as the War Room and Infowars had predicted, Hollywood is using Weinsteingate not just to go after sexual predators but manhood in general. end
INSIDER: Deep State Withheld JFK Files To Sabotage And Embarrass Trump
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Oct 27, 2017 Roger Stone joins Alex Jones live via Skype to expose the motives behind the deep state as they withhold approximately 300 JFK files from the President, so he appears less transparent to his base. end
CNN Article Proves No Trump Russia Collusion
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Oct 27, 2017 Even the MSM can’t help but accidentally prove that there was no collusion between Trump and Russia. end
‘You Don’t Lock Anything Up Unless You’re Hiding Something’ – Jesse Ventura
RT America Published on Oct 27, 2017 Former governor of Minnesota and host of “the World According to Jesse” Jesse Ventura joins RT America’s Manila Chan to argue that if what the public has been told about the JFK assassination were true, then the government wouldn’t continue to hide information from the public. He also discusses […]
US Military Presence in Africa is to Secure National Interests
RT America Published on Oct 27, 2017 President Trump’s phone call to a mother and widow of an American soldier recently killed in Niger has dominated headlines. But the news media has done relatively little to explain why and where US troops are operating in Africa. RT America producer Joseph Ricci takes a closer look. end
Independent Catalonia: Spanish PM Appeals to Senate to Seize Catalonia & Dismiss Leader
RT Published on Oct 27, 2017 The Spanish Senate has approved the implementation of Article 155. It has never been used before and means removing Catalan autonomy. Spain’s prime minister Rajoy said the rule of law in Catalonia will be restored. The decision comes just minutes after the Catalan parliament voted in favour of declaring independence […]
Landmark Vote: Catalan Parliament Votes for Independence from Spain
RT Published on Oct 27, 2017 It is a historic day for Catalonia. The regions parliament has voted in favour of declaring independence from Spain. 72 lawmakers voted in favour of Catalan independence, 10 voted against, two abstained. Both pro-independence lawmakers and crowds of people outside the parliament did not hesitate to show their elation. end
What You Need To Know About The Trump JFK Release
WeAreChange Published on Oct 27, 2017 In this video, Luke Rudkowski of WeAreChange gives you the latest breaking news on Donald Trump decision on the release of the secret classified JFK documents. Which of course are mirrored with coverups even now as we go over some of the latest revelations that were just released. end
Tweets For Today
VIDEO: Moment Catalan parliament voted to declare independence from Spain - @BBCBreaking pic.twitter.com/l5fVUKt1KO — Conflict News (@Conflicts) October 27, 2017 #JFKFiles pic.twitter.com/AnPBSJFh3J — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 28, 2017 The JFK Files reveal that Democrat President LBJ was a member of the Klan. pic.twitter.com/NoOJLWAlDp — Patricia Dickson (@Patrici15767099) October 27, 2017 Drone photo of the star on top of Moscow State University main building pic.twitter.com/Hhcu4MsOjV — English Russia (@EnglishRussia1) October 27, 2017 Man's best friend until... more »
Picture Of The Day
People celebrate in Barcelona after the Catalan regional parliament declares independence from Spain. © REUTERS/ Juan Medina *WNU Editor:* The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... *This Week in Pictures: (October 21-27)* (Sputnik).
Watch the Syrian Army advance on Al-Qaeda’s east Hama stronghold
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:35 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) launched an important military operation this week that targeted the Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham’s last positions in the Salamiyah countryside. Within hours of launching this offensive in northeast Hama, the Syrian Arab Army scored a big advance west of the Ithriya-Salamiyah Highway. Since the start of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
"How The Elite Dominate The World – Part 5: The Endgame Is Complete And Utter Global Domination"
*"How The Elite Dominate The World – Part 5: * *The Endgame Is Complete And Utter Global Domination"* by Michael Snyder Do you want your children and grandchildren to grow up in a global socialist “utopia” in which everything about their lives is micromanaged by bureaucrats working for a worldwide system of government instituted by the elite? To many of you this may sound like something out of a futuristic science fiction novel, but the truth is that this is exactly where the elite want to take us. This is their endgame. Their agenda has been quietly moving forward for decades, and ... more »
Washington Free Beacon Was The Original Funder For Fusion GPS' Anti-Trump Dosier
*Washington Free Beacon:* *Washington Free Beacon funded original Fusion GPS anti-Trump opposition effort* Lawyers for the conservative publication Washington Free Beacon informed the House Intelligence Committee Friday that the organization was the original funder for the anti-Trump opposition research project with Fusion GPS. The Free Beacon funded the project from the fall of 2015 through the spring of 2016, whereupon it withdrew funding and the project was picked up by the Democratic National Committee and the Hillary Clinton campaign. *Read more* .... *WNU Editor*: I though... more »
Mueller Files First Charges in Russia Investigation: CNN
A defendant will be taken into custody as early as Monday, according to media reports.
CNN: Charges Have Been Filed In The Mueller Investigation
*CNN: **First on CNN: First charges filed in Mueller investigation* Washington (CNN)A federal grand jury in Washington on Friday approved the first charges in the investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller, according to sources briefed on the matter. The charges are still sealed under orders from a federal judge. Plans were prepared Friday for anyone charged to be taken into custody as soon as Monday, the sources said. It is unclear what the charges are. A spokesman for the special counsel's office declined to comment. Mueller was appointed in May to lead the investigation... more »
Free Access and the Future of Gated Publishing
I am just back from the launch of the Texas National Security Review (TNSR), a new partnership with War on the Rocks and underwritten by my home institution. Forgive the quasi-promotional qualities of this post, as I think the new journal raises fundamental questions about the gated publishing model. TNSR promises to be disruptive to […]
The Kennedy Papers: no evidence of conspiracy to murder but evidence of a conspiracy to conceal huge incompetence
Papers show systemic failure by US intelligence and police agencies to protect the President More The post The Kennedy Papers: no evidence of conspiracy to murder but evidence of a conspiracy to conceal huge incompetence appeared first on The Duran.
Speculation Grows That China May Attempt To Take Taiwan By Force
*Asia Times*: *Speculation rife as to whether Xi aims to ‘recapture’ Taiwan* As cross-strait relations deteriorate, China's strongman leader may be tempted to make China's reunification by military force part of his legacy. Over the last year or so, Beijing has apparently ratcheted up its military muscle-flexing in response to Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen’s seeming disregard for the “1992 consensus,” an oral understanding that both sides belong to “one China.” The mutual cross-strait rapport enjoyed during Ma Ying-jeou’s time in office in Taipei is long gone, and in its place h... more »
Being Happy
Last night I read a post off on a tangent by Jo Confino (at *HuffPo*), Environmental Destruction, Inequality And Loneliness. Why Capitalism Is Broken. Confino's piece is barely even about politics or policy at all. It's more important. He starts with a 1922 note that Albert Einstein scribbled on a piece of Imperial Hotel Tokyo stationery for a Japanese courier: "A quiet and modest life brings more joy than a pursuit of success bound with constant unrest." I thought about what Einstein was getting at when I spoke with an out-of-the-box young candidate, Michael Kotick, from Orange Co... more »
As Trump Caves to CIA and Blocks Full Release of JFK Files, WikiLeaks Offers $100K Reward for Them
By Jack Burns To combat the federal government’s secrecy, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is offering thousands of dollars to anyone who will turn over the... more »
Israel Is a Military Superpower for One Simple Reason: 'Underwater' Nuclear Weapons
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Middle East* Israel’s sea-based nuclear deterrent is here to stay. Israel’s submarine corps is a tiny force with a big open secret: in all likelihood, it is armed with nuclear weapons. The five Dolphin-class submarines represent an ace in the hole for Israel, the ultimate guarantor of the country’s security, ensuring that if attacked with nukes, the tiny nation can strike back in kind. Israel’s first nuclear weapons were completed by the early 1970s, and deployed among both free-fall aircraft bombs and Jericho ballistic missiles. The 1991 Persian Gulf ... more »
Is India About to Give Up on Building Stealth Fighters with Russia?
*Zachary Keck* *Security, * It looks possible. India’s Air Force is pushing the government to abandon a massive deal with Russia for a fifth-generation fighter aircraft, citing its inferiority to America’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. This week, *Defense News* reported that the Indian Air Force (IAF) has been pushing back against the proposed nearly $10 billion agreement for India and Russia to jointly develop and produce a fifth-generation fighter aircraft, or FGFA. A senior IAF official told *Defense News*, “IAF is not keen to continue with the program,” adding that the service ... more »
World War III: This is How the U.S. Military Would Have Invaded Cuba in 1962
*Michael Peck* *Security, * Thank God it never happened. Attention, people of Cuba: Obey the orders of the U.S. Army, or suffer the consequences. This is what the Cubans would have been told, had the United States invaded the island during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. “Resistance to the United States armed forces will be forcefully stamped out. Serious offenders will be dealt with severely,” read a draft proclamation that would have been broadcast to the Cuban people, according to declassified documents obtained by the National Security Archive group. Proclamation No. 1 of... more »
Why Russia, China and North Korea Should Fear America's B-21 Bomber
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * This is everything we know about it—so far. On October 27, 2015, nearly thirty-four years to the day after Northrop Grumman was awarded the contract to develop the first stealth bomber, the U.S. Air Force awarded Northrop a contract for a new bomber: the B-21 Raider. While many of the details of the Raider are shrouded in mystery, we do know a few things about it, and can infer others. The B-21 Raider bomber takes its name from both the twenty-first century and the legendary 1942 raid by Gen. James “Jimmy” Doolittle’s force of B-25 Mitchell bombers a... more »
In 1942, Japan Ordered 2 Battleships to Be Built with Huge 23-Inch Guns
*Robert Farley* *Security, Asia* But it never happenned. Why? In January 1936 Japan announced its intention to withdraw from the London Naval Treaty, accusing both the United States and the United Kingdom of negotiating in bad faith. The Japanese sought formal equality in naval construction limits, something that the Western powers would not give. In the wake of this withdrawal, Japanese battleship architects threw themselves into the design of new vessels. The first class to emerge were the 18.1-inch-gun-carrying Yamatos, the largest battleships ever constructed. However, the Y... more »
New on the Endangered Species List: Old-School Republicans
*W. James Antle III* *Politics, Americas* [image: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump arrives to speak during a USA Thank You Tour event at Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania, U.S., December 15, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson] There were populist and nationalist undercurrents in the Republican base long before Trump became president, and now they've been thrust into the spotlight. Before there was Kelli Ward, there was Stan Barnes. In 2004, Barnes, a conservative state senator in Arizona, challenged Rep. Jeff Flake in the Republican primary. Flake, then a freshman congressman, was... more »
The UN Is Needed Now More Than Ever. Here's Why.
*Raja Karthikeya* *Security, Americas* [image: Overview of the Pledging Conference for Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Bangladesh at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland October 23, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse] The UN remains the most cost-effective option to pursue the restoration and maintenance of peace. “The United Nations has potential . . . But what has it actually accomplished?” These words from a New Yorker at a dinner earlier this year came back to me after this year’s UN General Assembly. Both inside and outside the UN, it is clear things must change. But the unasked ... more »
Groupthink Makes Navies Stupid
*James Holmes* *Security, Americas* [image: PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 21, 2017) Sailors observe a refueling-at-sea with the guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102) from the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alex Perlman/Released. Flickr / Official U.S. Navy Page] "Want an intellectually inert U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard? Fine: stifle the free interplay of ideas and views on campus, and within the sea." Groupthink makes navies stupid. Heck, groupthink makes *any* group of pe... more »
Queen Farida's Golden Agate collection at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum [Flickr]
Kodak Agfa posted a photo: [image: Queen Farida's Golden Agate collection at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum] Queen Farida's Golden Agate encrusted with diamonds collection including earrings , bracelet, ring and brooch at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum in Alexandria
Queen Farida's blue sapphire earrings at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum [Flickr]
Kodak Agfa posted a photo: [image: Queen Farida's blue sapphire earrings at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum] Queen Farida's blue sapphire and diamond earrnings at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum in Alexadria
Queen Farida's blue sapphire collection at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum [Flickr]
Kodak Agfa posted a photo: [image: Queen Farida's blue sapphire collection at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum] Queen Farida's blue sapphire and diamond collection including brooches , bracalet , ring and earring at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum in Alexandria
Queen Farida's diamond brooches and earrings at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum [Flickr]
Kodak Agfa posted a photo: [image: Queen Farida's diamond brooches and earrings at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum] Queen Farida's diamond brooches and earrings from her collection at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum in Alexandria
Queen Farida's diamond watch at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum [Flickr]
Kodak Agfa posted a photo: [image: Queen Farida's diamond watch at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum] Queen Farida's diamond watch encrusted with Emerlad from her Jewelry collection at Egypt's Royal Jewelry Museum
ISIS Is Facing A Cash Crisis
Smoke rises behind an Islamic State group flag after Iraqi security forces and Shiite fighters took control of Saadiya in Diyala Province from the extremist group, Nov. 24, 2014. Photo: Reuters *Bennett Seftel, Cipher Brief:* *With Coffers Draining, ISIS May Seek Donations & Step Up Crime* Once billed the richest terrorist group in history, ISIS’ revenue streams are drying up, which may force it to rely more heavily on criminal enterprises and donations from like-minded extremists to survive. The group has ceded nearly 90 percent of the territory it once controlled in Syria and I... more »
Musical Interlude: 2002, "Starwalkers"
2002, "Starwalkers" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SovcBYRFIxw
"A Look to the Heavens"
“It's the bubble versus the cloud. NGC 7635, the Bubble Nebula, is being pushed out by the stellar wind of massive central star BD+602522. Next door, though, lives a giant molecular cloud, visible to the right. At this place in space, an irresistible force meets an immovable object in an interesting way. *Click image for larger size.* The cloud is able to contain the expansion of the bubble gas, but gets blasted by the hot radiation from the bubble's central star. The radiation heats up dense regions of the molecular cloud causing it to glow. The Bubble Nebula, pictured above in sci... more »
A Breakdown On Europe's Pro-Independence Movements
*WNU Editor: *This Guardian post has a good breakdown on Europe's pro-independence movements. The link is here .... *Beyond Catalonia: pro-independence movements in Europe* (The Guardian).
Fiendish Alliance: Antifa Anarchists, Communists, Feminists, Islamists, Homosexualists Escalate Attacks on Catholic Church
[image: fiendish-alliance-antifa-anarchists-communists-feminists-islamists-homosexualists-escalate-attacks-on-catholic-church] Half-naked pro-abortion feminists firebomb Argentine cathedral, militant Jihadists murder pilgrims in Egypt, anarchists attack schools and churches in Spain ... and more.
"The Tavern"
"All day I think about it, then at night I say it. Where did I come from, and what am I supposed to be doing? I have no idea. My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that, and I intend to end up there. Who looks out with my eyes? What is the soul? I cannot stop asking. If I could taste one sip of an answer, I could break out of this prison for drunks. I didn't come here of my own accord, and I can't leave that way. Whoever brought me here, will have to take me home." - Rumi, "The Tavern," Ch. 1:, p. 2, from "The Essential Rumi"
Chet Raymo, “Seeking Order In The Natural Order”
*“Seeking Order In The Natural Order”* by Chet Raymo “It is a popular misconception that evolution is “just a theory.” On the contrary, the evidence for the development of life over billions of years by common descent from simple ancestors is overwhelming. So overwhelming that most biologists and geologists would call evolution a “fact.” The influential geneticist Theodosius Dobzhansky said “Nothing makes sense except in the light of evolution.” Nobel prize-winning biologist Peter Medewar said, “The alternative to thinking in evolutionary terms is not to think at all.” What these t... more »
Last Minute Halloween Costume Ideas: With A Trump Theme, Of Course!
*-by Noah* Tuesday is October 31st. That means Halloween is almost here, although it should be said that this year's Halloween began the day that bloated orange freak floated down the stairs to announce his candidacy in his fake gold encrusted Fifth Avenue tower. Now that you remember that image of horror, I thought I'd get to listing a few costume ideas you may want to consider wearing for trick or treating Tuesday night, but first I want to list a few ideas for the evil denizens of the currently haunted house at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. So, here goes: 1. Rex Tillerson- An oil... more »
Red Fawn Released to Half Way House, Oct. 27, 2017
Message from the legal team of Red Fawn On October 27, 2017 -- the anniversary date of her arrest -- Red Fawn Fallis was released from the Stutsman County Jail to a half-way house in North Dakota. Red Fawn, a Lakota water protector originally from the Pine Ridge Reservation, is scheduled to stand trial in federal district court on January 29, 2018 on multiple charges stemming from her
Washington Free Beacon Claims They Were The ‘Republican’ Who First Hired Fusion GPS
"Since its launch in February of 2012, the Washington Free Beacon has retained third party firms to conduct research on many individuals and institutions of interest to us and our readers. In that capacity, during the 2016 election cycle we retained Fusion GPS to provide research on multiple candidates in the Republican presidential primary, just as we retained other firms to assist in our research into Hillary Clinton. All of the work that Fusion GPS provided to the Free Beacon was based on public sources, and none of the work product that the Free Beacon received appears in the S... more »
The 9 Principles of Ethical Policing as Written in 1829
*Isaac Davis* - A return to these old-fashioned ideas would go a long way in healing the nation. The post The 9 Principles of Ethical Policing as Written in 1829 appeared first on Waking Times.
Low-Carb Ketogenic Diet Proves as Effective as Antipsychotic Drugs, Without Negative Side Effects
*Alex Pietrowski* - The ketogenic diet is surprisingly effective at treating some mental health issues. The post Low-Carb Ketogenic Diet Proves as Effective as Antipsychotic Drugs, Without Negative Side Effects appeared first on Waking Times.
The Daily "Near You?"
Málaga, Andalucia, Spain. Thanks for stopping by!
"Stupidity..."
“Stupidity is the deliberate cultivation of ignorance” - William Gaddis "I know my own nation best. That's why I despise it the most. And I know and love my own people, too, the swine. I'm a patriot. A dangerous man." - Edward Abbey
Tonight's Movie Is 'Go Tell The Spartans'
From *Wikipedia*: Go Tell the Spartans is a 1978 American war film directed by Ted Post, starring Burt Lancaster, and based on Daniel Ford's 1967 novel Incident at Muc Wa,[1] about U.S. Army military advisors during the early part of the Vietnam War in 1964, a time when Ford was a correspondent in Vietnam for The Nation. *Read more *.... more »
X22 Report, “Something Big Is About To Happen & It Might Take Place At An Amusement Park”
X22 Report, “Something Big Is About To Happen & It Might Take Place At An Amusement Park” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6qsUodIcLI *Related followup report:* X22 Report, The Central Bank Just Bailed Out The Banks Again, Here's How - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVM77X_idV4
"America’s Fiscal Doomsday Machine"
*"Revealed: America’s Actual Debt"* by Brian Maher "There is absolutely nothing wrong with America’s finances that a miracle couldn’t fix… as the great man said. Last year, the Congressional Budget Office’s crystal ball had the 2017 budget deficit in the mid-$500 billion range. The actual 2017 budget deficit? A somehow appropriate $666 billion - over $100 billion higher than estimated. At just under $4 trillion, this year’s budget wrote a new chapter in government extravagance. Next year’s budget will write another... The House passed a $4 trillion 2018 budget yesterday. It was act... more »
Well this sounds promising. Update!
Courtesy of WGBH News: *National security expert Juliette Kayyem is predicting news from Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation will be announced within the next month. * *“I think it is safe to say that before Thanksgiving ... something’s going to drop with Mueller,” she said on Boston Public Radio today. “The pace is too much right now. Every 12 hours we’re now dealing with a piece of this story at a pace we haven’t seen.” * *Kayyem was prompted to make her prediction by the buzz surrounding a story about how Hillary Clinton’s campaign funded what would eventually become the fam... more »
Over 120 Arab homes destroyed in Barzan village by Kurdish Peshmerga – video
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:30 A.M.) – Over 120 homes belonging to Iraqi Arabs in the village of Barzan were destroyed by Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, the official media wing for Hashd Al-Sha’abi (Popular Mobilization Units) reported this week. Several locals that recently returned to Barzan were interviewed by Hashd Al-Sha’abi this week – please see below: In […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Russian forces defeat hundreds of terrorist targets in Syria – MoD
The Russian Defense Ministry has reported about the substantial advances made in fighting against terrorism in Syria. The Russian sappers have deactivated nearly 1,000 of various explosive devices, while hundreds of militants positions had been defeated by the Aerospace Forces. Russian sappers have cleared 33 hectares of the territory in and around the Syrian city […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian Army approaches Al-Qaeda stronghold near Aleppo-Hama border
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:20 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) launched a big offensive in the northeastern countryside of Hama earlier this week, targeting the large patch of territory controlled by the Al-Qaeda linked Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham terrorist group near the Ithriya-Khanasser Highway. Led by the Qalamoun Shield forces of the 3rd Division and 4th […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
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Did a Hungry Homeless Man Who Stole $100 Receive a Far Heavier Sentence Than a White-Collar Thief?
Article contrasts disparate sentences given to a homeless man and a corporate investor.
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