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'Life is a Treasure'
*Ed McCarten (Brunswick, Maine) during one of the wintry weekly vigils at BIW* My heart has been hurting all week for the people of our nation. This country has become so warlike and dysfunctional that the cancer sores are bursting loose. It's hard to watch. It makes many of us feel weak and consider giving up. A friend from Staten Island wrote me recently and asked, "How do we sustain and enhance our highest values at a time when lies, violence and cruelty seem to underlie most short and long-term policy decisions that impact our lives." This is the question of our times. We ... more »
Las Vegas: Presidential Assassination By Proxy?
It increasingly looks to have been a deliberate provocation against the President’s base in stepping up the “War on Trump” via proxy. The post Las Vegas: Presidential Assassination By Proxy? appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
Donald Trump Jr. promotes silencers on guns in order to get more "little kids into the game."
So @DonaldJTrumpJr appears in this commercial praising silencers as wonderful and for kids then pushes the Silencer bill! How much Junior? pic.twitter.com/liofkmQ2mx — Olga_Lautman NYC (@olgaNYC1211) October 3, 2017 This of course happened before this most recent mass shooting, but still....it happened. Of course what could we actually expect from this guy? You can read more about this over at the Washington Post.
Hypocrisy & Demagoguery Continue to Reign Supreme
Congressman John "Mush Mouth" Louis (Dipshit - Ga.) From leftist politicians to elitist entertainment personalities are enthusiastically spouting their demagoguery in the media this week following the shooting in Las Vegas. From weepy latenight comedians to flap jawed feminist on daytime talk shows to hateful losing presidential candidates, its their big chance to again pound the pulpit against the NRA and push the left's unconstitutional attacks on the Second Amendment. And what would leftist demagoguery be without the cancer that is the Congressional Black Caucus, that self-segreg... more »
Early data on potential anti-cancer compound now in human trials was falsified, company admits
A pharmaceutical company has admitted that one of its former researchers falsified early data on a compound that’s designed to fight cancer, now in human trials. The data, published as an abstract in August 2015 in the journal Cancer Research, reported a therapeutic benefit of acalabrutinib in a mouse model of pancreatic cancer. The compound, […] The post Early data on potential anti-cancer compound now in human trials was falsified, company admits appeared first on Retraction Watch.
Catalonia - Spain Crisis -- News Updates October 5, 2017
*DW*: *Catalonia moves closer to declaring independence from 'authoritarian state' Spain* Spain's Prime Minister and Catalonia's regional leader have continued to trade barbs as the north-eastern region says it could declare independence from as early as next week. The controversial vote on Sunday was ruled illegal by Madrid and less than half of the northern region participated in the referendum. But those who participated overwhelmingly voted to leave Spain, and leaders said they had a mandate to push for independence. *Read more* .... *Catalonia - Spain Crisis -- News Updat... more »
World News Briefs -- October 5, 2017
*BBC:* *Iraq forces retake town of Hawija from IS* Iraq's prime minister says its military has retaken Hawija, the main town in one of the last two enclaves of so-called Islamic State in the country. Haider al-Abadi told reporters that Hawija had been "liberated" as part of an operation launched two weeks ago. A few villages east of the town are believed to still be under IS control. Once they fall, IS will be left with only a stretch of the Euphrates river valley around al-Qaim, in the western desert near the border with Syria. *Read more* .... *MIDDLE EAST* Islamic State drive... more »
Free Download: R.D. Laing, "The Divided Self: (An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness)"
*"The Divided Self: (An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness)"* by R.D. Laing "Insanity - a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world." - R.D. Laing "Ronald David Laing (7 October 1927 – 23 August 1989), usually cited as R. D. Laing, was a Scottish psychiatrist who wrote extensively on mental illness – in particular, the experience of psychosis. Laing's views on the causes and treatment of serious mental dysfunction, greatly influenced by existential philosophy, ran counter to the psychiatric orthodoxy of the day by taking the expressed feelings of the individual patient o... more »
"Who Is Delusional? The Answer Is: We All Are"
*"Who Is Delusional? The Answer Is: We All Are"* by Noel Hunter "Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you" - Carl Jung "Within the mental health profession, clinicians and researchers who value a system of categorical illnesses and individual defects too often proclaim that the major feature delineating "real psychosis" from other "disorders" is the presence of delusions. Two recent articles in the New York Times exemplified for me how skewed this assertion is. It also led to a greater awareness, more specifically, of how problematic it is to view so-called delusions as mea... more »
"Just For Today"
*"Just For Today"* - Author Unknown "Just for today I will try to live through this day only, and not tackle all my problems at once. I can do something for twelve hours that would appall me if I felt that I had to keep it up for a lifetime. Just for today I will be happy. This assumes to be true what Abraham Lincoln said, that "Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be." Just for today I will adjust myself to what is, and not try to adjust everything to my own desires, I will take my "luck" as it comes, and fit myself to it. Just for today I will try to strengthe... more »
"How It Really Is"
*“1,516 Mass Shootings In 1,735 days – In One Chart”* - https://www.theguardian.com/
The Sniper in the "Texas School Book Depository"-themed suite on the 32nd Floor of the Mandalay Hotel
*Texas School Book Depository-themed suite at* *Mandalay Hotel in Las Vegas* I've been away from my computer for the past few days but that was probably a good thing...for my blood pressure. The BS and bafflegab that has passed for newz about the latest False Flag...the "Mass Casualty event" in Las Vegas that has been running 24/7 on the M$M has gone way past the BEX meter that Michael Rivero of WHATREALLYHAPPENED.COM keeps on his blog. *Mainstream Media Output* Thankfully, I was able to follow such writers as Paul Craig Roberts on my cell phone. Roberts did one of the best analy... more »
Gosh! Austrian presidential elections almost certainly stolen
It looks like the Austrian presidential election in December was almost certainly stolen. It may not have been a hacking of the BMI website. It could have been a media coup in the form of a splashy announcement of a fake result. I sent evidence about this rather significant matter today to the Austrian government […]
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 5, 2017
*VOA:* *US Military Confirms Death of 3 Soldiers in Niger * The U.S. military has confirmed three U.S. service members were killed and two others injured when a joint U.S.-Niger military patrol was attacked Wednesday in southwestern Niger. The statement from the U.S. Africa Command says one soldier from a "partner nation" was also killed, without identifying the nationality of the victim. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack on the patrol, which AFRICOM said took place about 200 kilometers north of Niger's capital, Niamey, not far from the Niger-Mali border. *Read m... more »
Investigators are working to identify a mystery woman spotted with Stephen Paddock
She was seen Paddock days before the shooting. More The post Investigators are working to identify a mystery woman spotted with Stephen Paddock appeared first on The Duran.
BREAKING: Police Release Report With Claims the Fmr British PM “Raped an 11-year-old Boy”
[image: British]On Thursday, British police released the results of a years-long investigation into the alleged pedophilia of the former Prime Minister.
Vitamin D Linked To Fewer Asthma Attacks - If You Take Asthma Medication
Alternative medicine frauds like Dr. Allan Spreen of the ironically named Institute of Health Sciences (they claim their supplement can cure cancer in 6 weeks) may be rejoicing about a new study showing Vitamin D can protect against asthma attacks but the attacks were only reduced when people took standard asthma medication. Asthma affects more than 300 million people worldwide and is estimated to shorten lifespan for up to 400,000 people annually. Asthma deaths are primarily due to viral upper respiratory infections which cause asthma attacks. read more
Australian Gun Stats
Statistics do not demonstrate that crime rates in Australia have increased substantially since the government instituted a gun buy-back program in 1997.
Netflix Increases Price for Most Popular U.S. Plan by 10 percent
The company will now charge $11 per month, instead of $10, for the HD and multi-device plan.
Peanuts to KIPPsters, PR Bonanza for Facebook & KIPP
Since 1994, KIPP's few dozen segregated charter schools and the thousands that emulate them have been hawking a late capitalist version of the Horatio Alger storyline aimed to inspire the character rehabilitation of the defective minority poor: if black and brown children and their parents work hard enough and are nice enough and bow deeply enough, then they, too, can reach the same economic summits occupied by the privileged millennials who entered the Ivy Leagues through side doors reserved for the socially and economically fittest. This myth actually precedes Alger's 19th Centur... more »
Trump: The Puerto Rican Debt to Wall Street Is Wiped Out! Make Way for the New Silk Road Paradigm of Credit & Construction
President Donald Trump, near the end of his visit to Puerto Rico Oct. 3, stated the obvious truth about the situation: Devastation has wiped out the estimated $72 billion in Puerto Rican debt, along with the entire infrastructure base of the island; its economy must be rebuilt for the people. Wall Street has gone ballistic. The President's assertion of reality has called the question on the Wall Street system. The full LaRouche Plan of Action, released Aug. 31 after the first landfall of Hurricane Harvey, on Glass-Steagall, credit creation and economic rebuilding, must be adopted....more »
Center of Hawija Taken As Operation Reaches Final Phase
Over the last two days the joint forces have continued their advance and reached the town of Hawija itself. They are also attacking the Riyad sub-district, while continuing to plow through the Hamrin and Makhoul Mountain ranges. On October 3, the Iraqi forces were pushing through the areas south of Hawija. 35 villages were said to be freed by the Hashd and Golden Division along with new areas of the Hamrin Mountains. Those mountains were said to have been liberatedthe day before, but fighting continued there. In the town of Abu Sakhra in the Abbasid area to the west of Hawija ... more »
Three United States Army Special Commandos Killed in Niger
Several Niger soldiers were also killed in a suspected Al-Qaida attack during a joint patrol near the Mali border.
This Day In Iraqi History – Oct 5
1915 6th Army created by Ottomans under command of German Gen von der Goltz to defend Mesopotamia from British 1974 Kurdish parliament appointed by Baghdad took office 1975 Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz went to Damascus to discuss uniting Iraq and Syria 1980 Iraq ended unilateral ceasefire in Iran-Iraq War after Iran didn’t follow suite and went back to fighting 1982 UN called for ceasefire Iraq accepted Iran rejected 1985 Iraq ended air strikes on Kharg Island Iran’s main oil terminal Hit 21 times but no lasting damage 2000 During VP debate Cheney ... more »
The U.S. Air Force is 24 Percent Short of the Fighters it Needs
*Dakota Wood* *Security, * Our military is minimally ready, rapidly aging, and has so shrunk in size that even senior military leaders question its ability to adequately meet its national security obligations. Arguably the federal government’s first obligation to Americans is to keep us safe from foreign attack and to defend our vital national interests wherever they are threatened. Alarmingly, our government is on the verge of failing in this core responsibility. Our military is minimally ready, rapidly aging, and has so shrunk in size that even senior military leaders question...more »
Everything You Need to Know: Russia's 'Tactical' Nuclear Weapons
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * First is the name: While non-strategic nuclear weapons are sometimes referred to as “tactical” nuclear weapons, the term is a misnomer. In reality there are tactical and strategic effects that a can weapon deliver. In recent months there has much hysteria in Washington about Russia allegedly lowering its nuclear threshold and particularly about Moscow’s arsenal of non-strategic nuclear weapons. However, there is little evidence that Moscow has lowered its nuclear threshold—nor are there concrete figures available for how many non-strategic nuclear wea... more »
SCHOOL LIVES [DON'T] MATTER: Nobody cares about Abel Cedeno!
*THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2017Part 3—More specifically, nobody cares Over Here:* Let's start with a blatantly obvious statement: Nobody cares about Abel Cedeno, age 18, apparently of the Bronx. Also, nobody cared about the late Matthew McCree, who was 15 years old when he died last week. (An unarmed teen was killed last week? For reasons your lizard brain can explain, you haven't heard the first freaking word about it.) Cedeno, McCree? Their lives, and their school lives, didn't matter. Few things could be more clear. Let's get clear on another basic point. When we say that their liv... more »
How would you rewrite the Second Amendment?
The Los Angeles Times has invited its readers to suggest new and "better" wording for the Second Amendment to the US constitution. It's about the length of a tweet and has been interpreted to give us the right to bear arms. To own and carry a gun. To defend ourselves. But it was written more than 200 years ago. Are the words still relevant in 2017? How would you change the language in your revision? What details would you add to your interpretation? There's more at the link. You'll find readers' suggestions below the article. What do you think? How - if at all - would you rewor... more »
Why Twitter is becoming more like Faceboook
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Vegas Shooter’s Gambling Draws New Attention to Video Poker
Authorities trying to piece together the final days before Stephen Paddock killed 58 Vegas concertgoers have one potential lead: his gambling habits.
Clues Few and Elusive for Motive of Las Vegas Gunman
Paddock led such a low-key, private life that no one seemed to know him well, and those who did had no sense he was capable of the Las Vegas massacre.
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From Jenna Orkin How Ivanka Trump And Donald Trump, Jr., Avoided a Criminal Indictment UK Embraces Pre-Crime - Brits Face 15 Years In Prison For Watching "Terrorist Material" Vegas Shooter Filmed Himself During Slaughter, May Have Left A Note; Suicide Photo Emerges Vegas Gunman Was Prescribed Drugs That Can Lead To Violent Behavior Catalonia To Declare Independence From Spain On Monday Puerto Rico Bonds Crash To Record Low After Trump Says Debt May Need To Be "Wiped Out" The Las Vegas shooter's high-stakes gambling habits are coming into focus as the investigation continues Ins... more »
Nature adds alert to heavily debated paper about gene editing
Nature has added an “editor’s note” to a high-profile August paper alerting readers to the fact that the article has been subject to criticism. Journals often flag papers that are being debated — what’s unusual here is that the journal doesn’t label the notice as an official “Expression of Concern,” which are indexed by PubMed. […] The post Nature adds alert to heavily debated paper about gene editing appeared first on Retraction Watch.
Turns out the Mercer family billionaires are helping to fund Trump's Russia defense.
Robert MercerCourtesy of Newsweek: *Billionaire Robert Mercer and his wife Diana donated almost $200,000 to the legal defense fund of the Republican Party on the day that President Donald Trump fired former FBI Director James Comey, financial filings show. * *The combined $193,400 donation the Mercers made on May 9 went to the GOP legal fund that Trump has been drawing from to pay the lawyers defending him during the investigation into whether Russia interfered in the 2016 election. * *The Mercers are just one of several billionaire couples donating heavily to the fund in recent... more »
What’s Happening: Gunman’s Secret Life Stymies Investigation
Investigators have so far been stymied by the secret life Stephen Paddock appeared to lead before the attack on a concert on the Las Vegas Strip.
Stephen Paddock: Another Mass Shooter on Psychiatric Meds
[image: stephen-paddock-another-mass-shooter-on-psychiatric-meds] The mainstream media blames guns after mass shootings, but not what many mass shooters have in common: the use of psychiatric drugs.
RT DESTROYS Russian-linked Facebook ads story. 50% of ads ran after US election
25% of the Facebook ads were never posted live. More The post RT DESTROYS Russian-linked Facebook ads story. 50% of ads ran after US election appeared first on The Duran.
BREAKING: Spanish Constitutional Court suspends Catalan Parliament session
Madrid continues to exercise a heavy handed approach towards Catalonia. More The post BREAKING: Spanish Constitutional Court suspends Catalan Parliament session appeared first on The Duran.
Las Vegas massacre facts, and conspiracy theories debunked, by Paul Joseph Watson (Video)
Going over the strange things about the Las Vegas massacre. More The post Las Vegas massacre facts, and conspiracy theories debunked, by Paul Joseph Watson (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
Sheriff Lombardo floats idea, Paddock not alone. Potential female accomplice at large
Las Vegas Sheriff: "You got to assume he had help". More The post Sheriff Lombardo floats idea, Paddock not alone. Potential female accomplice at large appeared first on The Duran.
Russia and Saudi Arabia: A case of ‘PEACE FOR OIL and OIL FOR PEACE’
Russia is fast becoming the Middle East's provider of a geo-political insurance policy. More The post Russia and Saudi Arabia: A case of ‘PEACE FOR OIL and OIL FOR PEACE’ appeared first on The Duran.
Puppy stung by bees gets abandoned by his owners, until one woman sees his beauty
Owners abandoned him. Fortunately, the doggie found a loving forever home Meet Stinger, a deaf-born pit bull mix who was stung by thousands of bees after picking an unfortunate spot on the ground. The doggie had a very bad reaction to the stings and was immediately taken to the vet. Unfortunately, it was the last time Stinger saw his owners, cause as soon as they dropped him off at the clinic, they abandoned the dog… This is when Carri Shipaila, founder of LuvnPupz rescue organization, stepped in. She learnt that Stinger was also severely underweight and had scabies, a highly co... more »
Conversion of Our Hearts & Weapons Production System
*Times Record Op-Ed* *Brunswick, Maine* *10-4-17 * I just returned from a national conference titled “War and Environment” held at American University in Washington DC. I was invited to speak on the subject of conversion of the military industrial complex to sustainable production in order to help us deal with our present challenge of climate change. While riding Amtrak to Washington I worked on my speech and was following the massive devastation of Puerto Rico and the US territory of Virgin Islands. Where will the money come from to help the 3.4 million people now dislocated in ... more »
Vegas Police Reveal 3 Major Facts: Admit Gunman Had Help—He Left Note—Confirm ‘Mystery Woman’
"Do you think this was all accomplished on his own? ...he had to have some help at some point," said Sheriff Joseph Lombardo.
Indigenous Women's Delegation to Europe: Banks are Funding Genocide and Environmental Destruction
Indigenous Women's Delegation to Europe, Fall of 2017, exposes banks responsible for Indigenous Genocide and Environmental Destruction DIVEST: Join a local credit union and take your money out of Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, US Bank and any other pipeline project investor!This is the first step to take on hazardous banks that commit fraud, steal from our military soldiers, destroy
The Tryanny Of The Minority
Once again, voices have been raised, clamouring for gun control in the United States. And once again, E. J. Dionne, Norman Ornstein and Thomas Mann write that those voices will be ignored, because the United States "is now a non-majoritarian democracy:" If that sounds like a contradiction in terms, that’s because it is. Claims that our republic is democratic are undermined by a system that vastly overrepresents the interests of rural areas and small states. This leaves the large share of Americans in metropolitan areas with limited influence over national policy. Nowhere is the im... more »
"How to Starve the Washington Beast"
*"How to Starve the Washington Beast"* by Bill Bonner "You’ve heard us say more than once: We’ve never met a tax cut we didn’t like. But we never met a tax cut like the one Team Trump is now proposing… The idea of a tax cut is to let people keep their own money. They spend, they invest. They do not waste money on boondoggles and bamboozles, like the government does. Instead, they do win-win deals that move the economy forward. We don’t necessarily get what we want, but we get what we deserve. *How government works: *Our first career was in the public interest sector. We joined a co... more »
Venezuela Wants Russian Military Assistance To Counter The U.S.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia October 4, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Kadobnov/Pool *McClatchy News*: *Venezuela raises possibility of Russian military help to counter US* WASHINGTON: Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Wednesday raised the possibility of getting military support from Russia to boost its defensive capabilities after President Donald Trump threatened to use force against the South American nation. Speaking at an energy forum in Moscow, Maduro said his admin... more »
Dr. Larry Emerson Journeys to Spirit World
Gentle Giant, Scholar and Earth Defender Larry Emerson Passes to Spirit World Shiprock Memorial to be held on Oct. 8, 2017 John Redhouse, Dineh, said in tribute to Larry Emerson, "Larry was our Navajo National Treasure. We have indeed lost a great man—intellectually, spiritually culturally, in every way. With his loss, our lives in this world, Fourth World, will never be the same." Larry
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. - Trish Garner offers some suggestions for evidence-based poverty reduction - with a strong emphasis on the need for employers to pay a living wage. And Jim Stanford challenges critics of a $15 minimum wage to put their money where their mouth is when it comes to fearmongering over job totals. - Steve Buist discusses how a the stress of a precarious job market is manifesting itself in mental health challenges for millennial workers in Hamilton. - Alex MacPherson examines the relationship between low incomes, unstable housing and a host of ... more »
Blue Dogs Urge Ryan To Ignore Pelosi-- Negotiate With Them Instead
Jim Costa (Blue Dog-CA), Henry Cuellar (Blue Dog-TX) and Dan Lipinski (Blue Dog-IL) are three of the most right-wing Democrats in Congress. They are the co-chairs of the 18-member Blue Dog Coalition the House and each has a lifetime "F" rating from Progressive Punch. On crucial roll calls in the current session Lipinski-- who just voted with the Republicans this week to ban Choice at 20 weeks-- has voted with progressives 51.79% of the time. Cuellar is far worse, having voted with progressives just 44.64% of the time. And then there's Costa-- 37.25% with progressives. Are they in r... more »
7 Good Literary Insults
“Thou art a base, proud, shallow, beggarly, three-suited, hundred-pound, filthy worsted-stocking knave; a lily-liver’d, action-taking, whoreson, glass-gazing, superserviceable, finical rogue; one-trunk-inheriting slave; one that wouldst be a bawd in way of good service, and art nothing but the composition of a knave, beggar, coward, pandar, and the son and heir of a mungril bitch.” ~ William Shakespeare in *King Lear * “If your brains were dynamite there wouldn’t be enough to blow your hat off.” ~ Kurt Vonnegut in *Timequake* “I never saw anybody take so long to dress, and with such... more »
New column day
Here, on the Saskatchewan Party's choice to poison our province rather than coming clean about the dangers of sour gas. For further reading... - I'll link again to the reports from the National Observer and the Star on the sour gas hazard and cover-up, along with Emily Eaton's take (and Elizabeth McSheffrey's followup as to the Saskatchewan Party's non-response). Meanwhile, Global offers up its own report, while Murray Mandryk discusses the double standard applied to the oil sector compared to other health and safety issues. And Tammy Robert rightly notes that some of the ground wa... more »
Is Russian Studies Thriving?
Russian soldiers marching on Red Square in Moscow. Reuters *Timothy Frye, National Interest:* *Russian Studies is Thriving, not Dying* *At least in Political Science, Russian studies is alive and well.* As U.S.-Russian relations continue to spiral downwards, popular commentators decry the lack of expertise on Russia in the United States. In a well-argued critique of popular discourse on Russia in the United States, Bloomberg’s Leonid Bershidsky recently noted: “those capable of a more nuanced approach are in increasingly short supply in the U.S. Years of low funding and poor career... more »
BEING "OPEN" TO A BUMP-STOCK BAN IS ONE STEP REMOVED FROM "THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS"
We're being told that Republicans might actually allow a new gun control law to be enacted -- but when you look closely, most of them are merely saying they'd be "open" to considering a new law, which effectively means nothing. Here's what *The New York Times* tells us: Top congressional Republicans, who have for decades resisted any legislative limits on guns, signaled on Wednesday that they would be open to banning the firearm accessory that the Las Vegas gunman used to transform his rifles to mimic automatic weapon fire. Would they be "open" to *banning* the bump stock? Or would... more »
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*Black Lives Matter Students Shut Down the ACLU's Campus Free Speech Event Because 'Liberalism Is White Supremacy'* Students affiliated with the Black Lives Matter movement crashed an event at the College of William & Mary, rushed the stage, and prevented the invited guest—the American Civil Liberties Union's Claire Gastañaga, a W & M alum—from speaking. Ironically, Gastañaga had intended to speak on the subject, "Students and the First Amendment." The disruption was livestreamed on BLM at W&M's Facebook page. Students took to the stage just a few moments after Gastañaga began he... more »
America's Rationale for Going to War
With the-ongoing bluster from the Trump Administration threatening both North Korea and Iran, I thought that it would be prudent to look back at the reasoning behind one of America's biggest war projects; the Vietnam war, and gain a better understanding of why the United States took over from France in what was clearly an unwinnable Cold War proxy state battle. We'll start this posting with a brief look at the history of the U.S. involvement in Vietnam, the high human cost of the war and then focus on the Department of Defense's rationale for going to war. The United States involve... more »
An interesting discussion of hypersonic weapons
Hypersonic weapons have been under development for a couple of decades, and are still up to a decade away from deployment; but they may complicate the defensive equation to a very great extent. Here's a discussion about them from the RAND Corporation that shows how they may change things. It's worth watching. The USA, Russia and China are the furthest advanced in developing hypersonic weapons. Several other first-world nations (Britain, France, Australia, and a few others) are several years behind, but working hard to catch up (because they don't want to be left out of the ... more »
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*Snowfall disaster in Russia – Crops buried under more than a foot of snow* Emergency declared in three regions of Khakassia. Harvesting of feed and grain crops temporarily suspended. At first came the heavy rains so harvesting couldn’t begin. Then came the frosts and snow, from 10 to 40 cm (4 to 16 inches) deep. Under the snow is the harvest of 2017 … A real disaster. “Barley is completely laid down, the snow is wet, heavy, I do not know whether the ear will rise after melting snow or not. Here 120 hectares, there is a wedge of 150 hectares, and more oats. Only 480 hectares went ... more »
Puerto Rico's Government Is Running Out of Money
*Bloomberg:* *Puerto Rico Is Running Out of Money* * Before tackling a $74 billion debt, a liquidity crisis looms * If Congress doesn’t send money, ‘it will be a disaster’ Puerto Rico faces a government shutdown on Oct. 31, including halting its hurricane recovery, if Congress doesn’t provide billions in emergency funds, said Treasury Secretary Raul Maldonado. The U.S. commonwealth’s bankrupt government is burning through the $1.6 billion it had on hand before Hurricane Maria ravaged the island, destroying decayed infrastructure and killing 34 people. With widespread damage to tel... more »
Onshore wind poised for a comeback as Tories warm to lower costs
By Paul Homewood From The Telegraph Onshore wind poised for a comeback as Tories warm to lower costs Jillian Ambrose 4 October 2017 • 5:11pm Onshore wind power projects could make a return to the hard-fought competition for subsidies as Conservative energy ministers warm to turbines following sharp falls in offshore wind […]
Breaking: Russian Kalibrs Fired From Mediterranean- Supporting Syrian Army
*Breaking via Sputnik:* *Russian submarines delivered two strikes from Mediterannean sea by Kalibr cruise missiles on terrorists in Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.The Russian Black Sea fleet submarines fired 10 Kalibr cruise missiles at the Daesh facilities in Syria. As a results terrorists' commant points, munitions depots, hangars with Daesh armored vehicles in Mayadin were destroyed, the Russian Defense Ministry said. * *The strikes were carried out to support the offensive of the Syrian government troops in Deir ez-Zor.* *I'll update as more info becomes ... more »
WATCH: ‘I’ll F**king Shoot You!’—Cop Shoots and Kills Man Running Away
[image: killing]A stop for improper bicycle lighting proved fatal after a police officer chose to immediately shoot a fleeing man, killing him.
Driverless cars are almost here.
Courtesy of Ars Technica: *Real driverless cars could come to the Phoenix area this year, according to a Monday report from The Information's Amir Efrati. Two anonymous sources have told Efrati that Google's self-driving car unit, Waymo, is preparing to launch "a commercial ride-sharing service powered by self-driving vehicles with no human 'safety' drivers as soon as this fall." * *Obviously, there's no guarantee that Waymo will hit this ambitious target. But it's a sign that Waymo believes its technology is very close to being ready for commercial use. And it suggests that Waymo... more »
Turkish President Erdogan meets with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to solidify partnership
Turkey and Iran were growing closer to one another even before the Israel backed Kurdish secessionist referendum in Iraq. However, the referendum has only helped to bring the two countries closer to together and in more rapid order. More The post Turkish President Erdogan meets with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to solidify partnership appeared first on The Duran.
The only power eugenicist Globalist Kurz should have when he becomes Chancellor is to style and gel his hair
Sebastian Kurz has said that he will not give the job of Finance Minister to People’s Party veteran Wolfgang Sobotka and will choose someone from his own (Henry Kissinger’s?) list instead in another sign that the NWO Globalists are planning a power grab over the Austrian government. https://kurier.at/politik/inland/wahl/nr-wahl-sebastian-kurz-will-wolfgang-sobotka-nicht-als-finanzminister/290.015.096 As I see it, Kurz has no […]
US MOTHER THROWN IN JAIL FOR REFUSING TO VACCINATE SON
A mother in the US state of Michigan has been sentenced to seven days in jail after she refused a judge’s order to have her son vaccinated. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41504796 Protesters showed up outside a Michigan courtroom Wednesday as a mom was jailed for refusing to obey court orders mandating she vaccinate her nine-year-old son. https://www.infowars.com/its-begun-mother-jailed-for-refusing-to-vaccinate-son/
Catalonia could declare independence on Monday, hope for struggling humanity
Catalonia may declare declare independence from Spain as early as Monday after holding a referendum banned by Madrid. http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/catalonia-spain-1.4329700 Catalonia has many cards to play in dealings with Spain. It supplies 40% of Spain’s GDP. Its geographical location makes it an important transport artery to northern Europe. But Catalonia’s biggest card are surely its people, […]
Army to Unveil New Major Land War Doctrine (Think War with Russia or China)
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * This is a very big deal. *Creed explained the new doctrine adjustments represent the natural evolution from the Army's Unified Land Operations concept articulated in 2011-2012 as well as a Cold-War strategy known as “Air-Land” battle designed to defend Western Europe using initial air attacks in tandem with conventional ground force assault.* The Army will release a new combat “FM 3.0 Operations” doctrine designed to better position the service for the prospect of large-scale, mechanized, force-on-force warfare against technologically advanced near-pe... more »
China’s Giant New Cruiser Matches America’s Naval Firepower
*David Axe* *Security, Asia* The Type 055 boasts 122 missile cells Chinese state television has broadcast the first clear, overhead view of the Chinese navy’s first Type 055 cruiser. The image confirms what foreign analysts have expected since the new cruiser began taking shape in 2014. The Type 055 carries no fewer than 122 missiles in vertical cells — any mix of anti-air, anti-ship and land-attack models. That matches the weapons-loadout of the U.S. Navy’s Ticonderoga-class cruisers … and exceeds the armament of every other surface warship in the Pacific region. The new cruise... more »
EU: two years of utter crap – and then we leave + new PM
Like the old Roman empire – that controlled trade by building walls, the EU has created its empire by denying free trade to small countries on its borders that then face a choice, between trying to scrape a living where … Continue reading →
Latest update of central Syria battle: map
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:10 A.M.) – The battle for central Syria has recently heated up following the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) large-scale assault on the Islamic State’s (ISIS) positions in eastern Salamiyah. Units from the 4th Mechanized Division and Qalamoun Shield forces liberated the Islamic State’s last positions in the Salamiyah pocket, Wednesday, forcing the terrorist […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
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This Red Sox team has been driving me crazy, seesawing between amazing and horrendous. I don't have a lot of optimism right now, especially after our dismal showing against Houston... the team we meet in the first round of playoffs. Dear Red Sox, Please be amazing. Love always, A fan with no expectations
HR 327 Promotes False Safety Claims About Vaccination To Further Protect Pharma
NOTE: Thank to you Autism Action Network for this action alert. The US House of Representatives is considering House Resolution 327 which asserts that, "there is no credible evidence to show that vaccines cause life-threatening or disabling diseases in healthy...
America: The Med-er Capital of the World
Meds and murder. In 2004, Dan Olmsted wrote a ground breaking series with Mark Benjamin about the malaria drug Lariam - and its association with murder suicides. You can read the series here from UPI. Eight years later, Dan was...
16 Unanswered Questions About The Las Vegas Shooting
*Zero Hedge*: *16 Unanswered Questions About The Las Vegas Shooting That Mainstream Media Doesn't Want To Talk About* The public is not being told the truth about what really went down in Las Vegas. As you will see below, the evidence is mounting that there were multiple shooters and that this was an operation that was planned well in advance. But according to the mainstream media, a 64-year-old retired accountant with a flabby physique that had no military training whatsoever and that wasn’t very experienced with guns was able to pull the whole thing off all by himself. We are ... more »
You know those signs that forbid smoking whilst using a petrol pump?
You know those signs that forbid smoking whilst using a petrol pump? Surely nobody would be so reckless as to smoke whilst filling up with petrol/diesel/gas? Apparently not... I doubt that this individual will do that again!
Corvids could save forests from the effects of climate change
I knew birds had to be doing this from the simple observation that the trees are widely distributed always. Other animals actually stick pretty close to paths and have little opportunity to properly distribute seeds. Now we know which ones. More to the point is that we need to protect narrow wild tree bands perhaps no more than a mile apart to encourage this activity. this allows rapid refurbishment of woodlands. We have always organized our fields to suit ourselves with spotty results. integrating our forests into the mix has long been beneficial.. . *Corvid... more »
Introducing Hempcrete the future of organic housing
This is highly promising and we need mass production quickly. It sounds as if we can produce four inch thick panels as well, plausibly including a void on one side to thin is out and reduce weight even more. The insulating properties should also be excellent and it will retain the benefits of lime. rice straw also has high silica but hemp should be superior here. My central point however is that we need a castable panel making composite that retains great strength while not been heavy. Now imagine laying down a sheet of drywall inside a frame mold, then laying in a egg she... more »
The party's over: Republicans and Democrats are both finished
It is remarkable to watch. It really does mean the old system is wasting away before our eyes. Trump has now figured it out and probably understood all this from the get go. It certainly serves his agenda's. All he has to do is determine an issue and then pick and choose his legislators until he has enough wherever they come from. He then beats up on the rest through the voters. Next deal next team. . . *The party's over: Republicans and Democrats are both finished* *Trump's election and his increasing comfort in shifting from right to left prove that the Republican and Dem... more »
Inside a Massive, Successful Effort to Stop Prescribing So Many Opioids
This is very important. It also shows the way forward immediately for the opiod crisis in Canada and elsewhere were single payer systems already exist. I also note that THC based protocols are slowly leaking into the system as well. All good news. . *Inside a Massive, Successful Effort to Stop Prescribing So Many Opioids * * One medical group has figured out a way to sidestep the dangerously addictive drugs. * *Julia LurieSeptember/October 2017 Issue * * http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/09/taking-pains/* *In 2013, leaders at Partnership HealthPlan, the main public ... more »
NAFTA and Mexican Politics
*NAFTA Negotiations* Round one of the NAFTA negations finished in August and round two began on September 1. Round two (which took place in Canada over 5 days) has ended and there will be more talks. The media reported that the US wants to end NAFTA, but that's not true. The US has only stated that it wishes to renegotiate for a better and fairer deal. NAFTA, which came into force in 1994, created what is now the world’s biggest free-trade bloc. The US contends that Mexico benefited at the expense of the US. As proof, the Trump administration has pointed to the trade deficit, with... more »
US reduces troop levels in Niger by 3
What are US soldiers doing in Niger? Reducing our deployment by five Green Berets, three of them for good. But seriously. Niger is not a declared war and US personel are not allowed to report they’ve been there. AFRI-COM now admits it’s building a drone base in Agadez Niger from which to strike resistance fighters […]
Egyptian Government Crackdown on Homosexuals Spreads with More Anal Examinations per Breitbart
' "Debauchery" and "inciting debauchery" are the accusations generally directed by officialdom towards Egyptians perceived as gay. "In a matter of days the Egyptian security forces have rounded up dozens of people and carried out five anal examinations," Najia Bounaim, North Africa campaigns director at Amnesty International, said in a statement on Monday. These developments signal "a sharp escalation in the authorities' efforts to persecute and intimidate members of the LGBTI community following the rainbow flag incident", said Bounaim.' More here http://www.breitbart.com/jerusa... more »
MOTHER THROWN IN JAIL FOR REFUSING TO VACCINATE SON
A mother in the US state of Michigan has been sentenced to seven days in jail after she refused a judge’s order to have her son vaccinated. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41504796 Protesters showed up outside a Michigan courtroom Wednesday as a mom was jailed for refusing to obey court orders mandating she vaccinate her nine-year-old son. https://www.infowars.com/its-begun-mother-jailed-for-refusing-to-vaccinate-son/
TRUMP'S TAX CHANGES BENEFIT KOSHER NOSTRA
*Red Kosher Nostra* Trump's proposed TAX changes will not help the average American. *Taxpayers in the top 1 per cent (incomes above $730,000) will see their after-tax income increase an average of 8.5 per cent.* *Those in the top 0.1 per cent will gain by 10.2 per cent.* *Taxpayers in the bottom 95 per cent of the income distribution will see average after-tax incomes increase by about 0.5 per cent.* The proposals will lower federal revenues by $2.4tn over the first 10 years. There are to be $2.6tn in cuts in taxation of corporations. According to the US Treasury, some $2.5tn in ... more »
U.S. Defense Secretary And Chairman Of The Joint Chiefs Of Staff Believe Progress Is Being Made In The Afghan War
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visited Afghanistan with the US Secretary of Defense James Mattis. The two met with President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah and other high-level officials. Discussions focused on the NATO-Afghanistan partnership, including the ongoing NATO-led Resolute Support Mission in support of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces. DOD photo. *USNI News:* *Mattis, Dunford: War In Afghanistan Not Nearing an End Yet, But Clear Progress Being Made* The defense secretary and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told a Senate ... more »
Russians Linked to Major Russian Mafia Groups Arrested for Money-Laundering in Spain; Multiple Trump Ties – At Least Indirect Ones
miningawareness at Belarus Ministry of Defense: There Are Russian Special Forces in Belarus – Mining Awareness + - 21 hours ago
Trump has been tied, at least indirectly, to Mogilevich via Trump Tower Toronto (Shnaider employer and father-in-law, Birshtein) and the … Continue reading →
Unexpected Trump’s Ties with Izamailovskaya Gang (Russian Mafia)
miningawareness at Belarus Ministry of Defense: There Are Russian Special Forces in Belarus – Mining Awareness + - 21 hours ago
Source: Crime Russia https://en.crimerussia.com/gromkie-dela/unexpected-trump-s-ties-with-izmailovskaya-gang/ “Unexpected Trump’s ties with Izmailovskaya gang 13:09 / 23.03.2017 Oleg Deripaska might have bankrolled Trump’s campaign … Continue reading →
Spain and the EU-Russia Conflict: the Impact of Sanctions (aka Rajoy’s Erratic Russian Love Affair)
miningawareness at Belarus Ministry of Defense: There Are Russian Special Forces in Belarus – Mining Awareness + - 21 hours ago
Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy has been somewhat sympathetic to removing Russian sanctions, as discussed in the article below. It is … Continue reading →
Trump’s Border Wall Approved By House Panel, Includes Drones, DNA Collection, Biometric Scans
By Derrick Broze Trump’s border wall moved one step closer to becoming reality, but will Americans be forced to give up privacy in the name of security?... more »
U.S. Based Charity Is Robbing Mexico’s Indigenous Communities of Water
By Derrick Broze A religious charity based in the United States claims to be helping the poor, but in reality, Living Water is contributing to... more »
7 independence movements that have the potential to destroy the EU
Catalonia may be just the beginning. More The post 7 independence movements that have the potential to destroy the EU appeared first on The Duran.
Stratfor Worldview’s 2017 Fourth Quarter Forecast
*Stratfor:* *Stratfor Worldview’s 2017 Fourth Quarter Forecast for Geopolitical Developments* Stratfor Worldview’s 2017 Fourth Quarter Forecast for Geopolitical Developments Based on the principle that transformative world events are not random, but are in fact predictable, Stratfor develops decade, annual and quarterly forecasts. These forecast are built upon Stratfor’s geopolitical methodology, our framework for identifying and forecasting the fundamental trends shaping the international system. Below are the global trends highlighted in Stratfor’s forecast for the fourth-quarte... more »
Midnight Meme Of The Day!
*-by Noah* It's not surprising that Donald Trump, or any other white supremacist, would attack Puerto Ricans, but that's not all that is in play with a true psychotic and maximum narcissist like Señor Trumpanzee. Trump attacks anyone whose mere existence is, at least in his sick mind, a threat to his mega-bloated ego. In the case of his repeated attacks on suffering Puerto Ricans, he has focused his inner crying baby on San Juan's Mayor, Carmen Yulin Cruz. When Cruz publicly begged for an improved response from a plodding Trump administration (Haiti got a better and quicker respon... more »
Israel Destroys Bedouin Village in Negev for 119th Time. Ethnic Cleansing in Action
PressTV News Videos Published on Oct 4, 2017 Israeli forces have razed to the ground a village in the southern Negev region for the 119th time. According to the residents of al-Araqib village, Israeli armed forces and riot police raided the village with bulldozers on Tuesday morning and destroyed every single building. The village, home to […]
Saudi King Arrives in Moscow for Historic State Visit
The US-Pentagram hegemony over the Middle East is over. The Saudis are seeking a new protector, for protection from their old masters also. – RT Streamed live 9 hours ago Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, king of Saudi Arabia, arrives in Moscow for the first-ever visit of a ruling Saudi monarch to Russia. end
Spain Sends in ARMY to Catalonia as It Pushes Region to Brink Over Referendum
Spain Sends in ARMY to Catalonia as It Pushes Region to Brink Over Referendum by JON ROGERS, http://www.express.co.uk/ SPAIN has sent two convoys of troops into Catalonia in a move that is likely to anger the regional parliament. – Troops from the Logistic Support Group 41 (AALOG 41) who are based in Aragon were told of their […]
James Rickards: North Korea Thinks USA Bluffing – It’s Not! Very Violent Reversal Before End of 2017
James Rickards: North Korea Thinks USA Bluffing – It’s Not! Very Violent Reversal Before End of 2017 by Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com Four time best-selling financial book author James Rickards says don’t get too comfortable with the record high stock prices. Rickards explains, “I think the markets will have a very violent reversal in late November or early […]
Russia: US-Led Coalition Aiding Syria Terrorists
PressTV News Videos Published on Oct 4, 2017 The Russian foreign minister accuses the United States and its allies of fatal provocations against the Russian troops in Syria. In an interview with the U-K-based Asharq al-Awsat newspaper, Sergei Lavrov said the U-S-led coalition and the militants they support consistently act in a way that helps Daesh […]
Mann Claims Climate is Not Debatable – at an Academic Freedom Event
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t Willie Soon – Michael Mann has complained about Climate “Deniers” being given a platform, when speaking at an event held to honour academics targeted by the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1954. Academic freedom lecturer takes on claims of climate change deniers…
Prof Williams, Jet Streams & Junk Science
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? Further to that ridiculous piece in the Telegraph about air travel and climate change, it is worth revisiting two of my posts last year about Paul Williams. ? Most of the Telegraph article is centred around his claims about stronger jet…
ISIS threatens to seize key city in east Homs amid new offensive
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:45 A.M.) – Yesterday, ISIS renewed its offensive in east Homs in a bid to take from pro-government forces the small city of as-Sukhnah in east Homs. The city, situated along the the Palmyra to Deir Ezzor (M20) highway, is currently in grave danger of being overrun. According to reports, ISIS has gained […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Watch the Syrian Army liberate the entire east Hama pocket of ISIS terrorists
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:15 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army achieved an important advance in the battle against the Islamic State on Wednesday, as their forces liberated the terrorist group’s last pocket in the eastern countryside of the Hama Governorate. Led by the 4th Mechanized Division and Qalamoun Shield forces, the Syrian Arab Army advanced from […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Erdogan accuses Israel’s Mossad of supporting Iraqi Kurdistan referendum
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad supported Iraqi Kurdistan’s referendum on independence as only Israel would recognize the Kurdish administration. Erdogan made his remarks as he met with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, which later said that Tehran and Ankara should respond to the referendum on Iraqi Kurdistan’s independence. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Pakistan's Spy Agencies Are In A Tug-Of War Campaign
*F.M. Shakil, Asia Times*: *The growing ‘tug-of-war’ between Pakistan’s spy agencies* *Conflict between the civilian Intelligence Bureau (IB), and the military's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is at boiling point, with the former accused of overstepping constitutional bounds.* Pakistan has long been beset by tensions between its civil and military authorities. Now even its spy agencies seem to be at loggerheads, with accusations of political maneuvering and the overstepping of constitutional bounds being leveled at the government’s Intelligence Bureau (IB). The civilian watchd... more »
Tweets For Today
On behalf of a GRATEFUL NATION, THANK YOU to all of the First Responders (HEROES) who saved countless lives in Las Vegas on Sunday night. pic.twitter.com/ZxuMYWnNHv — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2017 The utility behind Puerto Rico’s power crisis is $8 billion in debt https://t.co/pqwPIloQFr pic.twitter.com/DgnVXS4k2C — Reuters Top News (@Reuters) October 5, 2017 Canada forgets to mention Jewish people at Holocaust memorial https://t.co/1BX169sMm2 — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) October 4, 2017 Sputnik - the tiny sphere that launched the space race https://t.co/... more »
Gun Ownership and Homicides in Honduras vs. Switzerland
A contrast of radically different gun laws and homicide rates in Honduras and Switzerland is based on flawed premises.
Why Former CIA Director John Brennan Joined The CIA 40 Years Ago
John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security, talks with President Obama in the White House dining room, February, 2010. Photo: White House/Pete Souza *Business Insider:* *The former director of the CIA got into intelligence after his wife urged him to 'get a real job and help pay the bills'* On his way to Fordham University one day in the 1970s, a college student named John Brennan spotted an advertisement in The New York Times for a position in the CIA. More than three decades later, Brennan became the director of that organization, working under President Bara... more »
Boeing and the US Department of Cronyism
[image: boeing-and-the-us-department-of-cronyism] The Commerce Department decided to slap a 220 percent duty on Canadian plane-maker Bombardier to protect its American boy Boeing against "unfair competition."
Picture Of The Day
Air Force One departs Las Vegas past the broken windows on the Mandalay Bay hotel, where shooter Stephen Paddock conducted his mass shooting along the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. REUTERS/Mike Blake *WNU Editor:* The above picture is from the following photo-gallery .... *Trump visits Las Vegas* (Reuters).
Catalonia Violence a Graphic Reminder that Statism is Violence
*Isaac Davis* - The fundamental characteristic of government is uncivilized force and brutal violence. The post Catalonia Violence a Graphic Reminder that Statism is Violence appeared first on Waking Times.
Three U.S. Army Green Berets Killed And Two Are Wounded In An Ambush In Niger. A Number Of Nigerian Soldeirs Were Also Killed
*New York Times:* *3 Special Forces Troops Killed and 2 Are Wounded in an Ambush in Niger* WASHINGTON — Three United States Army Special Forces were killed and two were wounded on Wednesday in an ambush in Niger while on a training mission with troops from that nation in northwestern Africa, American military officials said. “We can confirm reports that a joint U.S. and Nigerien patrol came under hostile fire in southwest Niger,” Lt. Cmdr. Anthony Falvo, a spokesman for the United States Africa Command in Stuttgart, Germany, said in an email. All five American soldiers were Green... more »
Catalonia's referendum unmasks authoritarianism in Spain
Monica Clua Losada, Associate Professor in Global Political Economy, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 1 day ago
I have long worried about the rise of authoritarianism in the European Union. The Spanish government’s violent crackdown during the Catalonia referendum on Oct. 1 is the latest crisis to challenge EU institutions. Several member states are facing serious questions about territorial sovereignty. Just look to the Scottish referendum to leave the U.K. and questions opened up by the Brexit vote over the Irish border. Catalonia experienced a level of police brutality not often seen in developed democracies. More than 800 people were injured, more than 100 of whom were hospitalized. Ye... more »
Senate Intelligence Leaders Pressure Author of ‘Steele Dossier’ to Testify
Senators Richard Burr and Mark Warner said during a press conference that Christopher Steele has not accepted offers to talk to the Intelligence Committee.
Does an ‘Increase’ in Arctic and Greenland Ice Cast Doubt on the Reality of Global Warming?
Single data points presented without context do not interfere with the scientific consensus on climate change.
ANGELA E. BATISTA
*ANGELA E. BATISTA* has been named special adviser to the president for diversity and inclusion at Champlain College. She was previously interim chief diversity officer at Oregon State University, where she also served as associate vice provost for student affairs and dean of student life. Batista earned a bachelor’s degree from Brooklyn College, a master’s degree from the University of Vermont and an Ed.D. from Nova Southeastern University.
JULIAN CASTRO
*JULIAN CASTRO* has been named the Dean’s Distinguished Fellow and Fellow of the Davila Chair in International Trade Policy at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. Castro previously served as the 16th U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and as mayor of San Antonio. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
LISA LANG
*LISA LANG* has been named general counsel at Kentucky State University. Lang previously served as assistant general counsel for the Department of Education and as general counsel to the Education Professional Standards Board. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Illinois University and a J.D. from the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law.
TAMARA J. BRITT
*TAMARA J. BRITT* has been appointed general counsel at Manhattan College. She previously served as associate general counsel for Rutgers University and as counsel to the Rutgers University Foundation. Britt earned a bachelor’s degree from Hampton University, a master’s degree from George Washington University and a J.D. from Rutgers School of Law–Newark.
GENEVIEVE SHAKER
*GENEVIEVE SHAKER* has been promoted to tenured associate professor of philanthropic studies at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis. Shaker earned a bachelor’s degree from Minnesota State University Moorhead, a master’s degree from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and a Ph.D. from Indiana University.
THEODORA SIROTA
*THEODORA SIROTA* has been appointed chair of the Department of Nursing at the University of Saint Joseph (USJ). She previously served as a professor and director of the Department of Nursing at Caldwell University. Sirota earned a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from New York University.
THOMAS CRUZ-SOTO JR.
*THOMAS CRUZ-SOTO JR.* has been appointed associate vice president and dean of students for the Division of Student Affairs at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He previously served as the associate dean of campus life at Colgate University. Cruz-Soto earned a bachelor’s degree from Muhlenberg College and a master’s degree and an Ed.D. from Rowan University.
ENOBONG (ANNA) BRANCH
*ENOBONG (ANNA) BRANCH* has been appointed associate chancellor for equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is an associate professor of sociology and previously served as the chancellor’s faculty advisor for diversity and inclusive excellence. Branch earned a bachelor’s degree from Howard University and a Ph.D. from the University at Albany, SUNY.
UNA OSILI
*UNA OSILI* has been named associate dean for research and international programs at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis. She is also a professor of economics and previously served as the director of research of the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Osili earned a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University.
University of Maryland Receives $220 Million Donation
An alumnus broke records at the University of Maryland on Wednesday when his foundation gifted the institution with $220 million dollars.
The Peculiar Relationship Between Corrupt And Vile DC Dems And The NRA Terrorists
It seemed like only yesterday. All Democrats should have "F" grades from the NRA. And most do. So who doesn't? *•* Collin Peterson (Blue Dog-MN)- A *•* Sanford Bishop (Blue Dog-GA)- A *•* Henry Cuellar (Blue Dog-TX) A- *•* Kurt Schrader (Blue Dog-OR)- A- *•* Gene Green (TX)- A- *•* Tim Ryan (OH)- C+ *•* Jim Costa (Blue Dog-CA)- C *•* Jim Cooper (Blue Dog-TN)- C- *•* Ben Ray Lujan (NM)- C- *•* Kyrsten Sinema (Blue Dog-AZ)- D *•* Joaquin Castro (New Dem-TX)- D *•* Peter Welch (VT)- D *•* David Scott (Blue Dog-GA)- D How much more clueless can Pelosi be to appoint as DCCC chair a dim-w... more »
U.S. Senate Committee: Russia-Trump Campaign Collusion Still An 'Open' Issue
*CBS:* *Senate Intel Committee on Russia: “Issue of collusion is still open”* Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, said that "the issue of collusion is still open" regarding the committee's ongoing investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. "The committee continues to look into all evidence to see if there was any hint of collusion," Burr told reporters during a press conference regarding the status of the Russia investigation Wednesday afternoon. Although the committee can't determine collusion at ...more »
LIMBAUGH AND GELLER USE DUBIOUS VIDEO TO TRY TO LINK STEPHEN PADDOCK TO THE RESISTANCE
Rush Limbaugh was on the radio today trying to make the case that Stephen Paddock could have been either an active anti-Trumper or an ISIS terrorist, or perhaps both. To be fair, Limbaugh never said he actually believes this. He was just, y'know, throwing it out there. The Las Vegas massacre has now reached the full politicization stage as a motive continues to be elusive. There are people however who don’t think the motive is elusive. There are people who think the motive is known and because it’s not preferred by certain personages and affiliations, that it is not being announce... more »
Massive ISIS offensive derailed by the Syrian Army in Deir Ezzor: video
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:25 A.M.) – The Islamic State (ISIS) launched a massive assault near the Deir Ezzor Airport last week, targeting the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) positions near the Thardeh Mountains. ISIS terrorists began the offensive in order to reestablish a presence at this strategic mountaintop, which is located directly west of the Deir Ezzor […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Deir Ezzor update: Syrian Army within striking distance of ISIS capital – map
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:40 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has made remarkable progress in the Deir Ezzor Governorate over the three weeks, liberating a significant portion of the province that was occupied by the so-called Islamic State (ISIS). Most recently, units from the Republican Guard, 4th Mechanized Division, and 5th Legion have made their […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Elite Syrian Army division crosses Euphrates to join the race to Al-Umar Oil Fields
Another elite force of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has arrived in the Deir Ezzor Governorate this week in order to aid in the ongoing offensive against the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) terror organization. Units from the Syrian Arab Army’s 4th Mechanized Division made their way from central Syria to the province of Deir Ezzor, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian Army retakes initiative near Quraytayn, liberates several areas from ISIS
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:20 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has retaken the initiative near the strategic city of Quraytayn after a week long battle with the remaining Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists holed-up in this desert region. Backed by close Russian air support, the Syrian Arab Army took the battle to the Islamic State militants, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Rohingya Crisis -- News Updates October 4-5, 2017
*ABC News Online*: *Rohingya Muslims: Refugees with catastrophic injuries 'targeted' by military landmines as they fled* The United Nations says Myanmar's treatment of Rohingya Muslims is ethnic cleansing. Among the most serious allegations is the alleged laying of landmines on refugees' routes to Bangladesh. While the military denies the charge, in one Bangladesh hospital lie numerous Rohingyas suffering blast injuries and gunshot wounds, which they say were inflicted as they fled. Rohingya refugee Yousef Nabi is a young man in agony. *Read more* .... *Rohingya Crisis -- News U... more »
Mass Shootings: The Military-Entertainment Complex’s Culture of Violence Turns Deadly
*John W. Whitehead* - What is it about America that makes violence our nation’s calling card? The post Mass Shootings: The Military-Entertainment Complex’s Culture of Violence Turns Deadly appeared first on Waking Times.
The U.S. Air Force Is Giving the F-22 a New Job: Sniper
*Robert Beckhusen* *Security, * Think of the F-22 like a sniper — it can use force if needed, but its primary job in the Middle East is to provide overwatch. Three years ago, four F-22 Raptors taking part in the second-wave of the U.S.-led coalition’s opening airstrikes on Islamic State in Syria dropped their bombs. It was the first time the stealthy fifth-generation fighters had ever engaged in combat. The coalition’s war planners also used the F-22s to leverage their low-observable profiles — and far-reaching sensors — while escorting non-stealthy fighters in case Syrian fighte... more »
Qatar’s Pragmatic Syria Gamble
*Andreas Krieg, Andrew J. Bowen* *Politics, Middle East* [image: Qatar's foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani attends the 36th Session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland September 11, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse] Doha’s policy is aligned with the West, and not the ideals of the Islamic State or Al Qaeda. The 2017 Gulf Crisis between Qatar and its GCC neighbors has developed into a clash of narratives that concerns not only the various regional interests in the Middle East, but also vital U.S. national interests. The Qua... more »
Abe's Party Power Could Be at Risk in the Upcoming Election
*Anthony Fensom* *Politics, Asia* [image: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe waves towards the delegates during the India-Japan Annual Summit, in Gandhinagar, India, September 14, 2017. REUTERS/Amit Dave] Abe's prospects of extending his political longevity even further appeared bright when he announced that Japan would hold a snap election. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe’s surprise decision to call an early election on October 22 appeared to be another shrewd move from a skilled political operator. But while he should still be in power to welcome President Donald Trump’s in... more »
Will the Kurdish Quest for Independence Survive Regional Politics?
*Mohammed Ayoob* *Politics, Middle East* [image: A woman shows off her nails after being painted with the colours of the flag of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) during a gathering celebrating Newroz, which marks the arrival of spring and the new year, in the border town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province March 17, 2015. REUTERS/Umit Bektas] The referendum, and its potential impact on the aspiration of Turkey’s Kurds, has angered Ankara. The Kurds of northern Iraq have endorsed the idea of an independent state by a 92.7 percent vote in a referendum held on September 25. This was a forego... more »
5 Ways to Understand Trump's North Korea Talk
*Robert E Kelly* *Security, Asia* [image: U.S. President Donald Trump listens to a question before speaking to reporters as he departs for Bedminster, New Jersey, from the White House in Washington, U.S., September 29, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts] Could we be sliding toward a self-fulfilling prophecy? This is arguably the strangest North Korea crisis ever. The conventional wisdom is that it is the most dangerous yet. But the risks of military action are well-known and enormous, so kinetic options are still rather unlikely. Instead, what strikes me the most about this time around... more »
Is America on a Collision Course with Hezbollah?
*Curt Mills* *Foreign Policy, Americas* [image: Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is seen on a video screen as he addresses his supporters during a ceremony of the latest day of Ashoura in Beirut, Lebanon September 30, 2017. Picture taken September 30, 2017. REUTERS/Khalil Hasan] Hawks in Washington, including Reps. Ed Royce and Eliot Engel, are warning about the prominence of Hezbollah, and are alleging ties to the drug trade that implicate its benefactor, Iran. The Paraguayan ambassador, German Rojas Irigoyen, looked visibly distressed following the Foundation... more »
Why It Might Be Nearly Impossible to Destroy North Korea's Nuclear Weapons
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * And why deterrence might be the best option. If worse comes to worse and the White House’s campaign of economic and diplomatic pressure fails to denuclearize the Korean peninsula, President Donald Trump might have to live up to his promise of meeting North Korea with “a fire, fury and frankly power, the likes of which this world has never seen before.” If the President chooses to launch a nuclear first strike on North Korea, there is no certainty even then that the United States will be able to eliminate Pyongyang’s nuclear forces before they can la... more »
US Support for Terrorists in Syria Main Obstacle to Defeating Them – Russian MoD
Did Syria attack America or threaten American interests? Clearly NO! So why is America supporting terrorists to overthrow Assad? The people behind this are Illuminist-Satanists. “For years we have been supplying anti-tank missiles and all sorts of weapons to the terrorists, to Al Nusra, sometimes to ISIS.. the entire array … Jaysh al-Islam …” – […]
Catalonia Could BRING DOWN EU: Brussels Warned NOT To Wash Its Hands Or Risk Its FUTURE
Catalonia Could BRING DOWN EU: Brussels Warned NOT To Wash Its Hands Or Risk Its FUTURE by JOEY MILLAR, http://www.express.co.uk/ THE CATALONIA referendum could spark the end of the European Union (EU) if Brussels continues to wash its hands of violent voting day scenes last weekend. – The European Union has issued half-hearted condemnations of the violent scenes which […]
Catalonia To Declare Independence From Spain On Monday
Catalonia To Declare Independence From Spain On Monday by Tyler Durden, http://www.zerohedge.com/ Spanish stocks tumbled, with the IBEX index sliding into a 10% correction, following an overnight report that Catalan leader Puigdemont was set to make a statement at 9 p.m. (1900 GMT) on Wednesday, after an all-party committee of the region’s parliament meets to agree […]
16 Unanswered Questions About The Las Vegas Shooting That The Mainstream Media Doesn’t Want To Talk About
16 Unanswered Questions About The Las Vegas Shooting That The Mainstream Media Doesn’t Want To Talk About by Michael Snyder, http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/ The public is not being told the truth about what really went down in Las Vegas. As you will see below, the evidence is mounting that there were multiple shooters and that this was an operation […]
Riveting Audio Details from The Las Vegas Shooting That The MSM Won’t Share
Riveting Audio Details from The Las Vegas Shooting That The MSM Won’t Share by DAWN LUGER | THE DAILY SHEEPLE The mainstream media has been known to propagate and lie to the public for profits. In fact, CNN admitted that much this summer on video. But what they also do, is conveniently leave out pertinent information in order to tell you […]
Whose Bright Idea Was RussiaGate?
Whose Bright Idea Was RussiaGate? by Paul Craig Roberts, http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/ The answer to the question in the title of this article is that Russiagate was created by CIA director John Brennan. The CIA started what is called Russiagate in order to prevent Trump from being able to normalize relations with Russia. The CIA and the military/security complex […]
Pushing climate alarmism the medical way
Scaring children is one of the most reprehensible ways to push climate alarmism, but using doctors and other caregivers is up there too.
Trump is about to repeal another Obama-era global warming policy
The Trump administration will issue a proposal to repeal a rule limiting methane emissions from oil and gas operations on federal lands.
These Are The Regions In Europe That Have An Independence Movements (Map)
*(Click on Image to Enlarge)* *Will Martin, The Independent/Business Insider:* *This map shows the European regions fighting to achieve independence* Britain's vote to leave the European Union is almost certainly one of the most seismic political events in the Western world in the last handful of decades. It marked the first time any nation had decided to leave the European alliance, first formed in the 1960s and promptly sparked some commentators to suggest that other nations could follow Britain out of the bloc in the coming years. While Britain leaving the EU is undoubtedly t... more »
Is Participating In A Plot To Undermine Democracy A Crime?
Today was the dual hearing on the unconstitutional nature of Joe Arpaio's pardon and on his own request to vacate his conviction. That's a little context for an understanding of what role Michael Dreeben is meant to play on Robert Mueller's team looking into Putin-Gate. Greg Farrell did the reporting for Bloomberg on how Mueller can tackle the expected preemptive pardons Trump is expected to start handing out to family members and regimistas. "Judging by his tweets," wrote Farrell, Señor Trumpanzee "could try to pardon people in his circle even before prosecutors charge anyone wit... more »
Leadership 2017 Links
The latest from the NDP's federal leadership campaign following Jagmeet Singh's impressive first-ballot victory. - Paul Wells discusses how Singh's youth and optimism fit with the NDP's history and self-image. Jeremy Nuttall interviews Brian Topp about some lessons Singh can take from Jack Layton - including his apparent plan to engage first and foremost in party-building in the lead up to the next election. Bill Tieleman suggests that Singh is Justin Trudeau's worst nightmare as a magnet for young and suburban voters (with Alex Ballingall also exploring the prospect), while John Do... more »
More on La Niña Coming
Originally posted on Sierra Foothill Commentary: Note that the forecast is for another dry winter, with the possibility of one in 2019, and La Niña can exist for 2-3 years, some have lasted much longer. CA reservoirs are full, however, they may not be next year and the following year. Save water whenever possible.
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