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Wars And Rumors Of War: “The Charge of the Light Brigade"
*“The Charge of the Light Brigade"* Compiled By CP All the talk about war, with N. Korea, with Russia, with China, with Iran... "operations" in Libya, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, seemingly everywhere, and endless. Perhaps Mankind does indeed have a death wish- a certain segment of it certainly appears to- and all of history has been mere preparation for some final nuclear-war apocalyptic event. I don't know, but it made me think of this event in history, among others, and I thought I'd share it with you. Food for thought, at least... - CP “All the talk of history is of nothing almost but ... more »
Partial reporting
News in *The Mail on Sunday* that a Conservative MP has been sent death threats and his pregnant wife threatened after the MP heckled Jeremy Corbyn at Prime Minister's *Question Time *has spread into other newspapers' reporting of Mrs May's condemnation of threats and abuses against MPs. The top comment under that *MoS* report reads, "Funny how the likes of the BBC don't report this." When I read the lead story on the BBC News website this morning, *I won't be derailed on Brexit - May*, I noticed that the subheading reads 'Death threats' and thought, 'Well, maybe the BBC* has* repo... more »
Miss Iraq Flees Iraq Over Selfie With Miss Israel
*New York Post*:* Miss Iraq forced to flee over selfie with Miss Israel* *So much for diplomacy by selfie.* Miss Iraq, Sarah Idan, and her family had to flee their homeland after receiving death threats over a photo she posted online last month. Why? Because Idan posed with Miss Israel, Adar Gandelsman, at a Miss Universe International Beauty Pageant, the Times of Israel reported. Idan came under fire for posting the photo to Instagram, captioned, “Peace and Love from Miss Iraq and Miss Israel,” in addition to modeling a bikini. *Read more* .... *WNU Editor:* What did Miss Iraq ... more »
Picture Of The Day
Undercover Israeli security personnel detain a Palestinian demonstrator during clashes at a protest against President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, near the Jewish settlement of Beit El, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman *WNU Editor: *The above picture came from this photo-gallery .... *Photos Of The Week* (Reuters).
Watch The Loading Of A Russian Yars Nuclear Missile Into It's Silo? (Video)
*RT:** Delicate job: Russian Yars ICBM loaded into underground shaft (VIDEO) * A missile unit in Kozelsk is the first in Russia being armed with stationary Yars intercontinental ballistic missiles, with the Defense Ministry releasing unique footage of a 50-ton ICBM being loaded into the underground shaft. The video shows the transportation of the giant missile, which is capable of destroying an entire city. The truck carrying the ICBM was accompanied by police, firemen, several APCs and military vehicle *Read more* .... *WNU Editor*: It is not everyday that you see something lik... more »
Musical Interlude: Mike Oldfield, “Tubular Bells Finale”
Mike Oldfield, “Tubular Bells Finale” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAi_3NdMIMQ
"Life Just Is..."
"It is easy to overlook this thought that life just is. As humans we are inclined to feel that life must have a point. We have plans and aspirations and desires. We want to take constant advantage of the intoxicating existence we've been endowed with. But what's life to a lichen? Yet it's impulse to exist, to be, is every bit as strong as ours- arguably even stronger. If I were told that I had to spend decades being a furry growth on a rock in the woods, I believe I would lose the will to go on. Lichens don't. Like virtually all living things, they will suffer any hardship, endure ... more »
"Our Society Is Run By Insane People."
*"Our Society Is Run By Insane People"* “I think our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. And I think that’s what I sussed when I was sixteen and twelve, way down the line. But I expressed it differently all through my life. It’s the same thing I’m expressing all the time. But now I can put it into that sentence that I think we’re being run by maniacs for maniacal ends, you know. If anybody can put on paper what our government, and the American government, and the Russian, Chinese… what they are actually trying to do, and how and what they think they’re doing, I’... more »
Would China Really Go to War with Taiwan over Some Boats?
*James Holmes* *Security, Asia* And why? So now China is overtly threatening cross-strait war should U.S. Navy vessels tarry at seaports in Taiwan. Congress and the Trump administration contemplate such port calls in the text of the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act. President Donald Trump has just signed the act into law. Afterward, diplomat Li Kexin announced that he had informed U.S. officials that Beijing meant to invoke its 2005 “Anti-Secession Law” if Washington does dispatch naval vessels to Taiwan. Under that measure, China’s leadership reserves the right to deploy... more »
The Sig Sauer P226: The Navy SEALs' Favorite Gun
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Americas* Can it take on the world's best? For three decades, the U.S. Navy’s Sea Air Land (SEAL) special-forces teams relied on a pistol apart from the rest of the American military. While the Army, the Marine Corps and even the rest of the Navy toted the Beretta M9 pistol, Navy SEALs carried an entirely different handgun altogether: the Sig Sauer P226. In the mid-1980s, the U.S. military finally moved away from the M1911A1 .45 caliber handgun to a new pistol, the Beretta 92FS. Known as the M9 in U.S. service, the Beretta was touted as a modern, safe... more »
The M2 Carbine: America's First Assault Rifle?
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Americas* An interesting history—over many wars. Germany is generally credited with developing the first assault rifle with the MP-43, which entered service with select units towards the end of 1943. Later renamed the Sturmgewehr 44—literally “assault rifle 44”—this used an intermediate-strength *kurz* cartridge that balanced the long-range accuracy of heavy, slow-firing bolt-action rifles then prevalent with the automatic-fire capability of submachine guns, which were deadlier at close quarters and capable of laying heavy suppressing fire for infant... more »
South Korea: Arms Dealer to the World?
*Zachary Keck* *Security, Asia* This Korea might be the real military machine. South Korea is quickly becoming a major player in the global arms business, according to a new think-tank report. This week, Sweden’s Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released the 2016 edition of SIPRI Top 100, its annual report on the exports of the one hundred largest defense companies in the world. Among its findings was that South Korean firms in the Top 100 increased their arms sales by 20.6 percent compared with 2015, making it by far the largest increase among countries... more »
Will U.S. Marines Fight the North Koreans in 'Pajamas?'
*Task and Purpose, Adam Linehan* *Security, Asia* "Pajama"-like tropical uniforms are coming sooner than you think. If the U.S. actually goes back to war with North Korea, American troops are going to need a uniform that is lightweight, breathable, and provides adequate camouflage in the forest, complete with a solid pair of boots for humping up and down all of those big mountains. Fortunately for Marines, the Corps has been working hard to ensure they’ll have both. Lt. Col. Christopher Madeline of Marine Corps Systems Command told Marine Corps Times on Dec. 9 that tropical unifo... more »
Change Is Coming to Cuba
*Scott B. MacDonald* *Security, Americas* [image: A woman cleans the entrance of a building next to a Cuban flag hung up to dry after Hurricane Irma caused flooding and a blackout, in Havana, Cuba September 11, 2017. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini] Cuba’s leaders are now facing the same challenge that dogged their fellow communists in China and Vietnam. Cuba is adrift—it has been more than a year since Fidel Castro, the socialist caudillo, passed from the scene. Despite long-standing predictions that Fidel’s death would spark great changes in the Caribbean island’s political life, ... more »
The Death of a Baltimore Detective
*Maggie Ybarra* *Security, Americas* [image: Police escort Baltimore Police Department homicide detective Sean Suiter from a church in northeast Baltimore to a graveyard in Timonium, Maryland. Maggie Ybarra / Used with permission] The death of a homicide detective investigating a triple murder in Baltimore has sent a shockwave through a city gripped by violence. A cluster of American flags fluttering in the wind at the corner of a vacant lot in West Baltimore marks the spot where the city began to transition from somewhat tolerable pockets of hope, opportunity and chaos into a t... more »
If Aliens Decide To Visit, Would You Want Trump In Charge? Just Asking For A Friend
For some reason, the government wants to keep its UFO programs secret. The Pentagon hides the UFO office and makes it almost impossible to find in its budget requests. Congress obliges with increasingly secretive appropriations for the military UFO hunters, even though the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program went the way of the dodo bird with the retirement of its greatest advocate, Harry Reid. Yesterday, the *NY Times* had a team on the case, which reported that "For years, the program investigated reports of unidentified flying objects, according to Defense Departm... more »
"545 People"
*"545 People"* by Charlie Reese "Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them. Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are really against deficits, WHY do we have deficits? Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are really against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes? • You and I don't propose a federal budget. The president does. • You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of representatives does. • You and I don't write th... more »
Who Will Rebuild Raqqah?
*Alexandra Zavis, L.A. Times:* *Islamic State’s self-styled capital is in ruins and its population scattered. Who will rebuild Raqqah?* *The crowd was seething with frustration.* “We want to go inside!” one man yelled. “They told us when Raqqah is liberated we can go home.” Some of the U.S.-backed fighters who drove Islamic State militants from the Syrian city in October tried to reason with him. It’s not safe, they said. Scores of people have been injured or killed by mines since the fighting ended. “Haram!” the crowd shouted. “This is wrong!” There have been many such testy ex... more »
"Curiosity..."
“Although there may be nothing new under the sun, what is old is new to us and so rich and astonishing that we never tire of it. If we do tire of it, if we lose our curiosity, we have lost something of infinite value, because to a high degree it is curiosity that gives meaning and savour to life.” - Robertson Davies
United Nation's Peacekeepers to take over Chicago???...
*if it's left up to Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin they will.* I thought at first this was a joke. It only took me about 3 minutes to discover that it is most assuredly not a joke. This mook has has met with the Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations and is hoping he can persuade them to come to Chicago and stop the "genocide" against the blacks. He does grudgingly admit that most of the blacks being killed are being killed by other blacks. He thinks since the U.N. is used to working against genocide in places like Africa, they can also do a great job in Chicag... more »
Recent B-52 Mission Over Afghanistan Dropped A Record-Setting Number Of Precision Munitions
Image: Wikimedia Commons/U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert J. Horstman. *Business Insider/American Military News*: *A B-52 in Afghanistan dropped the most bombs ever from a single Stratofortress* * A B-52 Stratofortress dropped a record-setting number of precision munitions in Afghanistan. * The B-52s from the 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron are the first to be outfitted with the conventional rotary launcher. * Since the new Afghan strategy to target Taliban drug labs, 25 drug processing labs have been destroyed. A B-52 Stratofortress dropped a record-setting number of pre... more »
Would John Galt Think of Ellsworth Toohey?
There is a scene in Ayn Rand’s *The Fountainhead* in which Ellsworth Toohey accidentally meets Howard Roark in a deserted street. Toohey says to Roark: "Mr. Roark, we're alone here. Why don't you tell me what you think of me? In any words you wish. No one will hear us.” Roark offers Toohey the ultimate put-down. He says: "But I don't think of you.” Let’s imagine a scenario: Toohey gets transported to the fictional landscape of *Atlas Shrugged*, and he bumps into the novel’s hero, John Galt! Toohey says: “Mr. Galt, we're alone here. Why don't you tell me what you think of me? In a... more »
“What Happens After The Next 9/11?"
*“What Happens After The Next 9/11?"* by Doug Casey “Is a police state in the US possible? Absolutely. That’s because people are essentially the same the world over, regardless of their culture, religion, race, or what-have-you. A certain percentage of them are sociopaths. There is a standard distribution of sociopaths across time and space. It’s a function of Pareto’s Law, better known as the 80-20 rule. 20% of the people do 80% of the work. Another 20% are responsible for 80% of the crime. 20% of the population always winds up with 80% of the wealth. And so forth, through all ar... more »
Turkish Prime Minister reiterates support for Palestine amid Jerusalem crisis
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Saturday repeated Ankara’s commitment to support Palestine amid the political crisis sparked by the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. On Wednesday, representatives of 57 Muslim countries gathered in Istanbul for an extraordinary Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit on the issue of Washington’s decision […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian Army scores big advance near Golan Heights – video
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:10 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) advanced to Mughar al-Mir in Beit Jinn near the Golan Heights on Friday. Mughar al-Mir which is a stronghold of militants from Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham formerly part of Jabhat Al-Nusra comes amid the recapturing of Tal Al-Bayda and nearby Tal Maqtoul Al-Gharbiyah. Securing the hilltops […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Turkish Army reportedly enters Kurdish enclave in northwest Aleppo
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:55 A.M.) – The Turkish Army entered the predominately Kurdish Afrin Canton in northwestern Aleppo on Saturday, the pro-YPG Hawar News Agency (ANHA) reported. According to ANHA’s report, the Turkish Army entered the Afrin Canton town of Bailya to open a corridor for their troops to possibly invade this rural region in northern […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Thousands honour wheelchair-bound amputee killed by Israeli troops – video
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:45 A.M.) – Thousands of people paid their respects to Ibrahim Abu Thuraya at his funeral, in eastern Gaza, on Saturday, a wheelchair-bound double amputee who was shot dead by Israeli troops during clashes on Friday. Amongst the crowds of mourners was Hamas leader Ismail Haniya who praised Ibrahim Abu Thuraya saying, “The […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
ISIS kicked out of Euphrates River Valley after big Syrian Army attack
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:35 A.M.) – The so-called Islamic State (ISIS) has once again been expelled from the Euphrates River Valley after the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) launched a massive counter-offensive in southeast Deir Ezzor. Led by elements of the Tiger Forces and Liwaa Al-Quds (Palestinian paramilitary), the Syrian Arab Army launched a big assault on […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
At least 20 killed after Saudi-led Coalition attacks Houthis in Yemen – source
On December, 16 a Saudi-led coalition launched airstrikes against the Houthi movement, also known as Ansar Allah, in western Yemen, a military source told Sputnik Saturday. The airstrike targeting a village in the Al Khokha district of the Al Hudaydah province, where the country’s second largest port is located, killed more than 20 people, a […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Chinese Government Officials And Security Experts: China Must Be Ready For A War On The Korean Peninsula
North Korean soldiers stand guard behind the national flags of China, front, and North Korea on a boat anchored along the banks of the Yalu River, near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, on June 10, 2013. Photo: Reuters/Jacky Chen *SCMP:* *‘North Korea is a time bomb’: government advisers urge China to prepare for war* The risk of conflict on the Korean peninsula is the highest its been in decades and Beijing must mobilise resources for fallout, observers say. China must be ready for a war on the Korean peninsula, with the risk of confl... more »
Eminem May Not Be A Trumpanzee Supporter
This afternoon, NPR had a special guest: Eminem. NPR isn't a rap station but Eminem's new album, *Revival*, is socially significant enough for NPR to just just interview him but to promote the interview all day Friday. They knew it would be a big deal, even beyond the (mostly) good music reviews. It should be no surprise that Em is no fan of Señor Trumpanzee-- but if it is... it won't be any longer, not after this album. There's even a fantasy, "Framed," about Ivanka in the trunk of his car, referring to her as "the dumb little blonde girl that motherfuckin’ baton twirler that got... more »
Sarah Palin must be feeling neglected so she resurrects old stories from the past as an attack on journalists.
Courtesy of Palin's Facebook page: *Nice to see light shine. Doesn’t it make you wonder about other accusations (absolutely false, in Todd’s and my case) that are reported as truth? Total lies that escape real journalists’ “who/what/where/when/why” ethical reporting practices. - SP * I have to tell ya that this really feels like Palin is specifically baiting me, since a number of these stories involved me in one way or another. I guess somebody is feeling lonely, and is desperate for people to talk about her again. Well I am pretty damn tired of constantly posting about Donald T... more »
I am brainwashed. You are brainwashed. We are brainwashed
*Written by Robin Mathews* Vast numbers of people (many more than we think, probably) are aware of a major, constant process by ‘Established power’, by the Mainstream Press and Media, by ‘Imperial Globalization’, by the Deep State, [there are more names} to blanket the population in misinformation, ‘*disinformation*’, misleading reporting, half-finished news and *misanalysis* of events … to use, in effect, a continuing blanket of propaganda to assure we do *not know the truth about the world around us *and to make us feel we are the enemies of perfectly self-respecting countri... more »
Reducing Antiquities Act land grabs
CFACT Senior Policy Advisor Paul Driessen recounts the damage done to the Utah economy by the rash designations of huge portions of the state as national monuments -- and the efforts by the current administration to roll back these designations to only the amount of land necessary to protect national treasures -- and leaving the rest of the land under more permissive management structures.
Is The Moscow-Beijing Alliance The Most Important In The World?
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin. © RIA Novosti. Sergei Guneev *TASS*:* Chinese envoy calls Moscow-Beijing ties most important in the world* They are a classic example of the healthiest and most mature interstate relations, Chinese Ambassador to Russia Li Hui said MOSCOW, December 13. /TASS/. Chinese Ambassador to Russia Li Hui believes relations between Moscow and Beijing are the most important in the world. "The Chinese-Russian relations of comprehensive strategic cooperation and partnership are the most important bilateral relations in the world... more »
Deconstructing the Almighty Russian Hackers Myth
[image: undefined] Sometimes things can be made more complicated than they really are. And such is the case with the story that the Russian government hacked the Democratic National Committee so as to help Trump become president. In July 2016 Wikileaks released a number of documents showing that the nomination of Hillary Clinton as the Democratic candidate for president had been rigged. A month earlier the DNC had announced it had been "hacked" and the cybersecurity company it hired announced that the Russians had done it – one of the reasons they gave was that the hackers had helpf... more »
Five Minutes Five Issues: Car Tracking, Chocolate Ban, Media Perverts, Teens’ Marijuana Use, Tax Bill Rush
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues is out. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud. Listen to the new episode here: Read a transcript of the new episode, including links to further information regarding the topics discussed, here: *The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity welcomes you to Five Minutes Five Issues.* *Starting in five four three two one.* Hello, I am Adam Dick, a Ron Paul Institute senior fellow. Let’s start. *Issue one.* Sometimes taxes are abou... more »
Five Minutes Five Issues: Car Tracking, Chocolate Ban, Media Perverts, Teens’ Marijuana Use, Tax Bill Rush
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues is out. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud. Listen to the new episode here: Read a transcript of the new episode, including links to further information regarding the topics discussed, here: *The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity welcomes you to Five Minutes Five Issues.* *Starting in five four three two one.* Hello, I am Adam Dick, a Ron Paul Institute senior fellow. Let’s start. *Issue one.* Sometimes taxes are abou... more »
Five Minutes Five Issues: Car Tracking, Chocolate Ban, Media Perverts, Teens’ Marijuana Use, Tax Bill Rush
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues is out. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud. Listen to the new episode here: Read a transcript of the new episode, including links to further information regarding the topics discussed, here: *The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity welcomes you to Five Minutes Five Issues.* *Starting in five four three two one.* Hello, I am Adam Dick, a Ron Paul Institute senior fellow. Let’s start. *Issue one.* Sometimes taxes are abou... more »
Five Minutes Five Issues: Car Tracking, Chocolate Ban, Media Perverts, Teens’ Marijuana Use, Tax Bill Rush
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues is out. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud. Listen to the new episode here: Read a transcript of the new episode, including links to further information regarding the topics discussed, here: *The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity welcomes you to Five Minutes Five Issues.* *Starting in five four three two one.* Hello, I am Adam Dick, a Ron Paul Institute senior fellow. Let’s start. *Issue one.* Sometimes taxes are abou... more »
Wind Power Weaked by AGW?! So Many Bats & Birds Killed for A Green Hoax
*All those dead birds and bats.. Year after year. * *As those massive ugly wind turbines march across the skyline alongside grotesque transmission towers. How much tax payer money/debt has gone to wind “power”* *Apparently the green carbon cult missed the boat on this one? Or not, because they enriched themselves a great deal along the way From bankers, through 'scientists" to carbon traders- big oil- wind subsidies etc., Every one connected to the cult made money and people like you and I are vastly poorer for it. If only the green carbon cult would go the way of the endangered ... more »
82nd Doctor & Wife Found Dead, Cops Suspect Murder Suicide, Family Says No Way
Update: When I did this story I didn’t even realize that Dr Barry Sherman was a doctor nor that he often “went to battle with big pharma” according to national news (as seen in the video below) He makes #82 in our unintended series. Our hearts go out to the family and loved ones (who
I am brainwashed. You are brainwashed. We are brainwashed
*Written by Robin Mathews* Vast numbers of people (many more than we think, probably) are aware of a major, constant process by ‘Established power’, by the Mainstream Press and Media, by ‘Imperial Globalization’, by the Deep State, [there are more names} to blanket the population in misinformation, ‘*disinformation*’, misleading reporting, half-finished news and *misanalysis* of events … to use, in effect, a continuing blanket of propaganda to assure we do *not know the truth about the world around us *and to make us feel we are the enemies of perfectly self-respecting countries... more »
President Trump To Accuse China Of 'Economic Aggression' On Monday's National Security Strategy Speech
U.S. President Donald Trump walks out from the White House in Washington, U.S., before his departure to Camp David, December 16, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas *Reuters*: *Trump to say in security speech that China is competitor: officials* WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will lay out a new U.S. national security strategy on Monday based on his “America First” policy and will, among other items, make clear that China is a competitor, two senior U.S. officials said on Saturday. Trump has praised Chinese President Xi Jinping while also demanding that Beijing increase pres... more »
Musical Interlude: Liquid Mind, “Laguna Indigo”
Liquid Mind, “Laguna Indigo” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVMUw2yyp_0
More photos from VFP Okinawa trip
Photos by Ellen Davidson - see more *here*
Neil Kramer - Veritas Interview
Courageous interview by Neil Kramer. Difficult subjects, long overdue. Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced
MK Ultra Story
The information has been said elsewhere but the delivery and cadence is relaxed and seemingly authentic. Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced
"A Look to the Heavens"
“It is the largest and most complex star forming region in the entire galactic neighborhood. Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy orbiting our Milky Way galaxy, the region's spidery appearance is responsible for its popular name, the Tarantula nebula. This tarantula, however, is about 1,000 light-years across. Were it placed at the distance of Milky Way's Orion Nebula, only 1,500 light-years distant and the nearest stellar nursery to Earth, it would appear to cover about 30 degrees (60 full moons) on the sky. *Click image for larger size.* Intriguing detail... more »
"Amazing Interactive Space Map Lets Users Navigate The Galaxy In Incredible Detail"
*"Amazing Interactive Space Map Lets Users* * Navigate The Galaxy In Incredible Detail"* By Ellie Zolfagharifard "If you ever need a reminder of just how tiny we are relative to the universe, then take a look at this. The interactive Google map called *‘100,000 Stars’,* provides a spectacular fly-through of our galaxy. Taking users on an inspiring journey, it reveals, in incredible graphic detail, the vast distances which lie between our home and alien planets. Zooming out provides a dizzying look at the galactic plane and the Milky Way, which is home up to 400 billion stars - the ... more »
Chet Raymo, “Take My Arm”
*“Take My Arm”* by Chet Raymo “I'm sure I have referenced here before the poems of Grace Schulman, she who in inhabits that sweet melancholy place between "the necessity and impossibility of belief." Between, too, the necessity and impossibility of love. Belief and love. They have so much in common, yet are as distinct as self and other. How strange that two people can hitch their lives together, on a whim, say, or wild intuition, knowing little if nothing about the other's hiddenness, about things that even the other does not fully understand and couldn’t articulate even if he di... more »
The Poet: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "What If?"
*"What If?"* "What if you slept? And what if, In your sleep You dreamed? And what if, In your dream, You went to heaven And there plucked A strange and Beautiful flower? And what if, When you awoke, You had the flower In your hand? ... Ah, what then?" - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"In The Time Of Your Life..."
"In the time of your life, live - so that in good time there shall be no ugliness or death for yourself or for any life your life touches. Seek goodness everywhere, and when it is found, bring it out of its hiding-place and let it be free and unashamed. Place in matter and in flesh the least of the values, for these are things that hold death and must pass away. Discover in all things that which shines and is beyond corruption. Encourage virtue in whatever heart it may have been driven into secrecy and sorrow by the shame and terror of the world. Ignore the obvious, for it is unwor... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Free Download: Eckhart Tolle, "The Power Of Now, A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment"
*“The Power of Now” (Excerpt)* by Eckhart Tolle • "Is there a difference between happiness and inner peace? Happiness depends on conditions being perceived as positive; inner peace does not. • Is it not possible to attract only positive conditions into our life? If our attitude and our thinking are always positive, we would manifest only positive events and situations, wouldn't we? Do you truly know what is positive and what is negative? Do you have the total picture? There have been many people for whom limitation, failure, loss, illness, or pain in whatever form turned out to b... more »
"Cognitive Dissonance And the Human Mind"
"Cognitive Dissonance And the Human Mind" by Dan Eden "When “Robbie” the robot was told to shoot a weapon at a man in the movie Forbidden Planet, his electronic brain sparked and short-circuited. His creator had programmed him to never harm a human and so the conflicting ideas paralyzed him. Human beings often are presented with opposing thoughts also, but our brains have developed a way of resolving these conflicts through a process call cognitive dissonance. We are taught, like “Robbie,” that killing is prohibited — but what about war? And many anti-abortionists support the deat... more »
"What Is The Point?"
"What is the point? We assume that every time we do anything we know what the consequences will be, i.e., more or less what we intend them to be. This is not only not always correct. It is wildly, crazily, stupidly, cross-eyed-blithering-insectly wrong!" - Douglas Adams, “The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide”
What Happened To All The Foreign Islamic State Fighters?
BBC *AFP:* *Islamic State: What happened to all the foreign fighters?* Washington (AFP) - An estimated 40,000 people traveled from around the world to take up arms for the Islamic State group as it occupied territory in Syria and Iraq and declared a caliphate in 2014. A few hundred are believed to still be fighting as IS struggles to survive, having lost most of its territory to campaigns by Western-backed Syrian and Iraqi coalition armies. But what happened to the rest? Many thousands were certainly killed in the intense fighting, but US experts believe many have survived, posin... more »
The Trump Administration is now restricting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from using words like "science-based" and "evidenced-based."
Courtesy of WaPo: *The Trump administration is prohibiting officials at the nation’s top public health agency from using a list of seven words or phrases — including “fetus” and “transgender” — in any official documents being prepared for next year’s budget. * *Policy analysts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta were told of the list of forbidden words at a meeting Thursday with senior CDC officials who oversee the budget, according to an analyst who took part in the 90-minute briefing. The forbidden words are “vulnerable,” “entitlement,” “diversity,” “tr... more »
More Measurements To Deflate AGW Enthusiasts
Total solar irradiance from 1978 to the present. Space weather.com / Solar Dynamics Observatory While obtaining the daily solar activity statistics for my Solar Activity page this morning, I came across the intriguing plot above on the Spaceweather.com website. Why is it so intriguing? Its fascination derives from the additional damage it does to the […] The post More Measurements To Deflate AGW Enthusiasts appeared first on A Divided World.
Franken Replacement in Senate Is Former MN Planned Parenthood VP
[image: franken-replacement-in-senate-is-former-mn-planned-parenthood-vp] The woman replacing Senator Al Franken is a former vice president with Minnesota’s Planned Parenthood franchise.
Graphic images: ISIS beheads Syrian troops in Damascus, displays corpses to kids in public
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (12:00 P.M.) – In a gruesome development, two soldiers of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) have been decapitated by Islamic State militants in the Tadamun neighborhood of southern Damascus. Adding insult to injury, the mutilated SAA corpses were put on display in public with many children witnessing the horrific ordeal in an ISIS-held […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
First Lebanese parliament elections in almost a decade to be held in May
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (11:20 PM) – Lebanese Minister of the Interior Nohad Machnouk has signed a decree on Friday that officially sets the date for the Lebanese legislative elections to be May 6, 2018. This decision marks the first time in almosta decade that Lebanon will have parliamentary elections. Elections were postponed no less than three […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Economic war: Top Palestinian businessman arrested in Saudi Arabia
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (10:50 PM) – Palestinian top businessman and billionaire Sabih al-Masri has been arrested and incarcerated by Saudi police forces during a visit to the kingdom. This was confirmed by al-Masri’s family to Reuters on Saturday. The 80-year old al-Masri, who was the founder of the Zara Investment Holding and chairman of the Arab […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
US training new militants to counter Russia in Syria – Lawmaker
US instructors are training new military formations in the Syrian province of Al Hasakah in order to counter Russia, first Deputy Chairman of the Russian upper house Committee on Defense and Security Frants Klintsevich said Saturday. First Deputy Chairman of the Russian upper house Committee on Defense and Security Frants Klintsevich said on Saturday that […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
The last free-flowing river in Southern California is under attack.
Protecting natural resources protects our communities — access to clean air and water, the quality of our neighborhoods, and an irreplaceable cultural legacy that gives sacred meaning to the places we live. The Santa Clara River, named Utom (“phantom river”) in Chumash, is one of those sacred places threatened by decision-making that prioritizes profits over our health, heritage and the future of our communities. Calpine Corp. has applied to the California Energy Commission to build the Mission Rock Energy Center, a 275-megawatt, natural gas-fired power plant on the banks of Utom. ... more »
Who Won The War Against The Islamic State?
A Kurdish fighter keeps guard while overlooking positions of Islamic State militants near Mosul in northern Iraq August 19, 2014. Youssef Boudlal/Reuters *Newsweek:* *U.S. Military and Russia Clash Over Donald Trump’s Boast of Victory Over ISIS* Russia’s Defense Ministry has criticized the U.S. over what it claims are mixed messages about its fight against the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) in Syria. The Russian military was irked by President Donald Trump’s taking credit for defeating the Islamist group, while the military has maintained forces on the ground in Syria. Mosc... more »
Will The GOP Tax Scam Hurt Them On Voting Day?
Ryan is so excited about being so close to passing his Tax Scam that he was talking about retiring from Congress this week. And Trump is giddy-- first for being close to finally having something he accomplished legislatively-- and second, because of all the money he will save in a plan written specifically to benefit multimillionaires and billionaires like himself. But as the Alabama-based political research firm ALG noted in a memo this week, while Trump, Ryan and their GOP allies rejoice, "polling suggests they could be in for a rude awakening next November after voters have lea... more »
Holiday reading
It's that time of year again when I try to prune my book stack to take away. Because how many books can you fit in a small backpack. And this year I genuinely thought the only important summer reading to do was to re-read Thomas Sowell's brilliant trilogy on race and culture and migration and conquest -- because what could be more relevant, right! But the book stack just kept right on growing ... So what do I prune, readers? And what's in *your* book stack for the summer? . Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with link and attribution.
In the week that Trump lost ‘rock solid’ Alabama, a poll suggests he’s steadily losing another heartland: Fox News
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Gatekeepers: Philadelphia Education Fund Adopts New Paid Access Policy
From Wrench in the Gears December 16, 2017 Farah Jimenez is a member of the Philadelphia School Reform Commission and current director of the Philadelphia Education Fund (PEF), a nonprofit that hosts monthly conversations on topics related to public education in Philadelphia. These days, if you want to attend one of their Education First Compact meetings, you’re going to have to jump through a lot of hoops. That wasn’t previously the case. Advance registration for meetings is now required, a policy put in place after Ms. Jimenez was hired in April 2016. When registering via the web... more »
Bioscience editor tells journalist he won’t retract Harvey paper
Originally posted on polarbearscience: I shouldn’t be surprised that a journal editor who would publish — and then staunchly defend — a paper that deliberately trashes the reputation of a respected scientist would tell the media before anyone else of his decision regarding a retraction request. From a story at this morning’s Climatewire (“From threats…
“Still Can’t Find That Pitchfork, Can You?”
How you'd expect informed, concerned Americans to act... *“Still Can’t Find That Pitchfork, Can You?”* by Karl Denninger "Corporate balance sheets have never been in the condition they are now, but most of this is a fraud. Virtually all of the so-called “growth” has been in buybacks and (to a lesser extent) dividends. The problem with buybacks is that into ramping prices they are a terrible long-term deal. They make some sense in the depths of a crash, but of course nobody has the cash to do it during a crash. When debt financed it’s even worse because history says that corporate de... more »
This Is How The U.S. Navy Will Sink The Chinese Navy
*James Holmes, National Interest:* *This Is the Navy's Master Plan to Kill China's Aircraft Carriers * Fortress China is festooned with airfields and mobile antiship weaponry able to strike hundreds of miles out to sea. Yes, the U.S. Navy remains stronger than the PLA Navy in open-sea battle. A fleet-on-fleet engagement isolated from shore-based reinforcements would probably go America’s way. But that hypothetical result may not make much difference since the two navies are more likely to join battle in confined Asian waters than on the open ocean. Ah, yes, the “carrier-killer.” ... more »
Quarter Four Local By-Election Results 2017
Overall, 116,787 votes were cast over 79 local authority (tier one and tier two) contests. All percentages are rounded to the nearest single decimal place. For comparison see Quarter Three's results here. Party Number of Candidates Total Vote % +/- Q3 +/- Q4 2016 Average +/- Seats Conservative 76 37,818 32.4% +1.8% +1.6% 498 -7 Labour 73 40,480 34.7% -2.9% +9.8% 555 -1 LibDem 65 21,263 18.2% +6.3% -0.2% 327 +9 UKIP 27 3,003 2.6% +0.6% -3.2% 111 -3 Green 43 3,745 3.2% -2.0% ... more »
Mainstream Values
Mainstream Values by Alfred Lehmberg Mainstream values. One would expect them to be at least competent and forthright, or, sense, both common and refined. Not to be! There's too much "wrath of God Money" involved right down to who's publishing a backwater town's textbooks, or even who can work at all. This writer is a case in point. Does this wrath of God oppose enemies or manufacture them for the purposes of having an opposition? A distractor fashioned as a mechanism of use for the unelected string-puller... What unsettling gloom must hang over the whole of our National existen... more »
The German Navy Does Not Have One Working Submarine
Image: A submarine at the German shipyard Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH in Kiel. Reuters/Fabian Bimmer. *Sebastien Roblin, National Interest*: *Germany Does Not Have One Working Submarine* On October 15, the submarine U-35 was performing a diving maneuver off the Norwegian coast when one of the four fins on its X-shaped rudder struck a rock. The damage was severe enough it needed to be escorted back to Kiel by the testing ship Helmsand. The fifty-six-meter-long submarine would have to miss an international exercise in the Skagerrak Strait, scheduled for December. Underwater c... more »
Musical Interlude: 2002, “Another Answer Came”
2002, “Another Answer Came” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7NsHlYVL6s
Remember the New Mexico school shooter? Yeah, well he was a Trump supporting white supremacist.
William Edward AtchisonCourtesy of the Daily Beast: *In real life, William Edward Atchison—people called him Bill—lived in a little yellow house with his parents, about a mile away from the Giant gas station where he worked and from Aztec High School, where he shot and killed two students and then himself last Thursday. * *At the murder scene, police found a thumb drive with a note that read, “If things go according to plan, today would be when I die. I go somewhere and gear up, then hold a class hostage and go apeshit, then blow my brains out.” * *He wrote “work sucks, school s... more »
"When The Tidal Wave Hits"
*"When The Tidal Wave Hits" * by Jeff Nielson "Disaster is nearly upon us. This has been a regular theme in these commentaries for several years. Increasingly, however, these warnings draw reactions of apathy rather than alarm. The fact that our house-of-cards economies (and societies) have not already unraveled does not mean that this was a false alarm. It means that disaster has gotten much more imminent. When straight discourse fails to convey a message, writers typically resort to a metaphor. But which one? The phrase “the perfect storm” has been popularized in our culture. Ho... more »
This vaccine speech will blow your mind
(Note from Erin: Dr. Mercola and I were honored to speak again this year at The Truth About Cancer in Orlando, where Del spoke. He’s a lovely man who cares very much about this issue.) By Dr. Mercola The video below features a lecture by Del Bigtree, an Emmy award-winning producer of “The Doctors” talk show for six
Father-of-two claims his stage 4 cancer went into remission after switching to a strict animal-free diet and refusing other treatment
When father-of-two, Rob Mooberry was given weeks to live because of his stage 4 colorectal cancer (which had spread to his bowels, lymph nodes, and liver) he did what many people do; he had surgery and then did a round of chemo and radiation. But even after pumping all that poison into his body, it only
Orwell’s Dystopian CCTV Surveillance State Comes to Life in China – Who’s Next?
By Vic Bishop We are fast approaching the technological and political realization of George Orwell’s dystopian promise for humanity. In the classic work 1984, Orwell... more »
Residents Outraged as DHS Spraying Town With Chemicals—Using Them as Human Guinea Pigs
By Jay Syrmopoulos A planned chemical/biological test by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has residents of a small Oklahoma town in fear that they... more »
New Ordinance Outlaws Giving Money to Panhandlers, Violators Will Be Fined and Jailed
By Jack Burns Wichita, KS— Wichita used to be known as “Cowtown” because of its cattle trade but now if people stop and give something... more »
Since Feeding the Homeless is Now Illegal, A Group Carried AR15s to Give Out Food—It Worked
By Matt Agorist Dallas, TX — Feeding and clothing the homeless in the land of the free has now become a revolutionary act. Luckily, however,... more »
It Looks Like The A-10 Is Going To Fly For A Long Time
*Task & Purpose:* *The A-10 Warthog Gets A Boost From Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson * After years of speculation surrounding the fate of the A-10 Thunderbolt II “Warthog” — and amid compounding budget pressures — the Air Force’s beloved light attack aircraft just picked up a major boost from current Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson. Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Dec. 11, the former Air Force officer reassured lawmakers that a multi-million-dollar A-10 wing production program to upgrade the wings on half the service’s A-10s, far from being ... more »
Betsy DeVos Is Undermining Students' Rights Under the Guise of Deregulation
Betsy DeVos Is Undermining Students' Rights Under the Guise of Deregulation: The Trump administration's 'troubling' zeal for deregulation could hurt marginalized students, caution David C. Bloomfield and Alan A. Aja.
Betsy DeVos Is Undermining Students' Rights Under the Guise of Deregulation
Betsy DeVos Is Undermining Students' Rights Under the Guise of Deregulation: The Trump administration's 'troubling' zeal for deregulation could hurt marginalized students, caution David C. Bloomfield and Alan A. Aja.
In The Largest Of Its Kind Ever, 37 C-17 Globemaster III And 21 C-130 Hercules Airlifters Took Part In An Exercise Last Week
USAF *Warzone/The Drive*: *That Massive Cross-Country USAF Airlift Exercise Was the Largest of Its Kind, Ever* *The service's latest Joint Forcible Entry Exercise looked like a particularly impressive spectacle, because it was.* Earlier in December 2017, Americans across the country looked up to see a steady stream of lights in the sky, which, as we were first to explain, was a huge formation of U.S. Air Force transport aircraft plodding their way to the Nevada Test and Training Range, or NTTR. But if the spectacle seemed particularly eye catching this time around, it’s because th... more »
Park Bench Café #5 Taking out the Human Garbage
*Park Bench Café #5 Taking out the Human Garbage* Saturday Morning and time for another Park Bench Café, the newest feature to appear on this blog. Imagine yourself strolling through a winter wonderland park, the powder snow blowing fine crystals in the clear sunny sky. Imagine a park bench coming up on the horizon. A fresh newspaper neatly folded at one end. The scene invites you to sit down for a moment and contemplate the world as it appears in the selected newspaper reports. Now imagine that the newspaper is full of headlines of the latest pedophilia/groping/sexual harassm... more »
U.S. Air Force Has Started To Experiment And Conceptualize A 6th Generation Fighter Aircraft
Northrop Grumman *Scout Warrior: **Air Force Starts Experiments for 6th Gen Fighter* The Air Force has begun experimenting and conceptual planning for a 6th generation fighter aircraft to emerge in coming years as a technological step beyond the F-35, service leaders said. "We have started experimentation, developmental planning and technology investment," Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch, Military Deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Acquisition, told Scout Warrior in an interview earlier this year. The new aircraft, engineered to succeed the 5th-generation F-35 Join... more »
Sexism in Slimate Clience
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SIMEON BOOKER, EMMETT TILL, CLYDE KENNARD, LAMAR SMITH, MISSISSIPPI
*Simeon Booker, who died in December 2017. * In 1955, in Mississippi, 14 year old Emmett Till was tortured and murdered by a group of white men. Emmett Till, a Black kid, was lynched after a white woman said she was offended by him in her family's grocery store. Simeon Booker, a Black journalist, wanted to expose the truth. At the Emmett Till murder trial, journalist Simeon Booker was segregated from the regular reporter pool and forced to work at a small card table in the back of the courtroom. *ft.* Two white men who were accused of murdering Emmett - and later admitted it in ... more »
What Is Boeing's Mysterious Aircraft That Will Be Unveiled Next Week?
Robust? Check Ready? Check Changing future air power? Check it out! See the reveal 12/19! #PhantomWorks pic.twitter.com/92PZCtIQP5 — Boeing Defense (@BoeingDefense) December 14, 2017 *Warzone/The Drive*:* Boeing Defense Teases Mystery Aircraft Unveiling By Hiding It Under A Black Sheet* The strange teaser came on Twitter, showing a puzzling design that the company says will "change the future of air power." Boeing Defense posted a provocative Tweet today showing what appears to be a new aircraft design under a big black sheet with the teaser "Robust? Check. Ready? Check. Changi... more »
WATCH: Cops Try to Kill Man, Break His Leg Because His Window Tint Was Too Dark
[image: tint]Because a man had dark window tint, police pulled him over, punched him repeatedly in the face, beat him with a baton, broke his leg and kidnapped him.
Lead BLM Investigator Blows Whistle, Exposing Gov’t Conspiracy Against Bundy Family
[image: blm]The lead BLM investigator in the Bundy Ranch case has blown the whistle exposing "far-reaching misconduct, recklessness and unrestrained antipathy toward the family."
Butterflies And Junk Science
By Paul Homewood Camille Parmesan Climate scientist, Camille Parmesan, is one of the recipients of President Macron’s largesse in awarding $70 million to US scientists. I wonder whether the French public realise how much junk science they will be paying for. Parmesan is famous for her studies on butterflies, which she argues […]
Russia And N. Korea Are Eyeing Bitcoin Exchanges For Money Laundering
Some of Bitcoin enthusiast Mike Caldwell's coins and paper vouchers, often called "paper wallets", are pictured at his office in this photo illustration in Sandy, Utah, January 31, 2014. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart *Patrick Tucker, Defense One*: *Russia, N. Korea Eye Bitcoin for Money Laundering, Putting It on a Crash Course with Regulators* Thieves and sanctioned countries are targeting the digital currency’s exchanges, setting up a fight between governments and cryptocurrency powerhouses. Bitcoin’s rising value got a further boost last week with the debut of the first futures trading. ... more »
Illegal Ballot Destruction In The Midst Of A Law Suit Means Wasserman Schultz Stole The FL-23 Primary Election Afterall
Donna Edwards became a member of Congress-- one of the best members of Congress-- in 2008. But, truth be told, her constituents elected her in 2006... only to see the victory snatched out of her hands on election night with last minute stuffed ballot boxes from corrupt conservative Al Wynn and his Machine. Donna got to work on the 2008 campaign *the next day* and after Donna eviscerated him in the primary-- 59% to 37%-- he resigned to become a corporate lobbyist. Last year Tim Canova ran a similar grassroots progressive race against the female counterpart to Wynn-- Debbie Wasserma... more »
DO FOX VIEWERS THINK TRUMP IS NOT OFFERING THEM ENOUGH LIBERAL TEARS?
Ellen at News Hounds directs our attention to signs of Trump disillusionment spotted by *The Washington Post*'s Philip Bump in some recent polling: ... according to new polling from Suffolk University, those voters who have the most trust in Fox’s reporting have increasingly begun to view Trump unfavorably.... In March, Fox viewers were 40 points more likely to view Trump positively than were voters overall. By December, they were only 24 points more likely to do so — even though the numbers for Republicans — with which Fox viewership overlaps to some extent — remained fairly high..... more »
"What The 1% Are Frantically Buying For Christmas"; "Beaten Dogs"
*"What The 1% Are Frantically Buying For Christmas:* *Meet The 'Armani of Armor' Behind America's * *Growing Bulletproof Clothing Industry”* by Tyler Durden “In the early 1990s, Colombia was locked in a brutal drug war, led by Pablo Escobar, that saw homicide rates in Medellin surge over 8x in a matter of just a few years...and it was that surging violence that first prompted Miguel Caballero to start his line of bulletproof clothing some 25 years ago. Now, as Racked points out today, with violent crime in Colombia back to levels not seen since at least the 70s, Caballero is looking ... more »
Doofus Of The Day #992
This quote says it all. *"According to the investigation, it is believed the male victim was attempting to steal the wheels from a van when the vehicle fell on top of him," said a statement from [Pittsburgh's] Public Safety Department.* Uh-huh. Hint to aspiring wheel thieves: the wheel nuts are on the outside for a good reason - *so you don't have to be the nut who gets under the inside!* **Sheesh** Peter
Trump Admin NewSpeak Signifies Nihilism
By now you probably have read about the Trump Administration's list of banned words, a list delivered to the CDC: Jessica Ravitz (2017, December 16). Word ban at CDC includes 'vulnerable,' 'fetus,' 'transgender'. CNN, http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/16/health/cdc-banned-words/index.html (CNN)Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... are now under order by the Trump administration to stop using words including "vulnerable" in 2018 budget documents, according to The Washington Post. ... policy analysts at the nation's leading public health institute were presente... more »
Palestinians mourn four Palestinians executed yesterday by Israel
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (7:15 P.M)- Palestine mourns yesterday’s dead this Monday, as clashes continue due to demonstrations throughout the West Bank and Gaza, in opposition to US president Trumps decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital. The dead included a 29 year old disabled man, who in 2014 lost his legs in an Israeli bombing of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Jihadist west Damascus stronghold expected to fall in hours as Syrian Army attacks
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (6:14 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army’s 4th Division and auxiliary National Defense units (NDF) continued rapid advance in west Damascus this morning amidst a full scale jihadist retreat. As rebel lines quickly crumbled, Syrian Army units captured the strategic Al Zaiyat hill and it’s surroundings southeast of Magher Al Meir. In a parallel development, other government units entered the Zaher Aswad region where […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian Army breaks through rebel defenses in south Aleppo in major advance
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (5:33 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army and allied militias managed to advance Aleppo’s southeastern countryside after heavy battles for the past three days. As a result of the most recent advance, Rasm Al-Saiyalah and Abedah towns as well as all hills surrounding the two important towns have fallen in the hands of the loyalist forces. The attack was […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
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