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Future Weapons Will Be Able To Blast Asteroids Out Of The Sky
*New York Post:* *These next-generation weapons will blast asteroids out of the sky* If an asteroid struck the Earth, there are no fewer than seven distinct ways it could kill you. If you’re lucky enough to dodge the rock itself, other effects of a strike include gusts so strong that they could wrench the limbs from your body, fiery blasts on par with nuclear detonations and towering tsunamis which could drown entire cities. If you evade these horrors, you’re left to face down a powerful shockwave, avoid burning fragments of ejected rock and survive the earthquakes triggered by ... more »
Saudi billionaire Al-Waleed bin Talal released from detention – family sources
The Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal had been detained under the government anti-corruption campaign, launched on November 4 and had spent over two months in luxurious custody. Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal on Saturday was released from his detention in Riyadh’s Ritz-Carlton hotel, converted into a luxurious prison to hold royalty […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Al-Qaeda raiders wiped-out by Syrian Army artillery before even being able to launch attack in north Homs
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:50 A.M.) – Scores of the rebel fighters belonging to a key Al-Qaeda affiliate group in the northern countryside of Syria’s Homs province have been left dead and injured after the Syrian Arab Army detected their gathering and neutralized it with artillery fire. On Saturday afternoon, militants of the Al-Qaeda affiliate group Ha’yat […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
The Fusion Economy & The New Paradigm: Your Moral Imperative
Classical Renaissance Fusion Economy New International Economic Order Video of E6KY1F8pI-w Looking back from 500 years in the future, what will have been the meaning of your life—the importance, for those living, of your having existed? Megan Beets discusses the fusion economy, the next upward leap in mankind's anti-entropic development. Fusion is not simply a way to produce electricity—it completely transforms our power in and over nature, with applications ranging from basic resource creation, metallurgy, machining, medical science and space travel. The opportunity is before us to... more »
Picture Of The Day
A Turkish girl leans out of a car window to have a look as Turkish army tanks and soldiers gather close to the Syrian border at Hassa, in Hatay province on January 21, 2018. © AFP 2018/ Bulent Kilic *WNU Editor:* The above picture is form this photo-gallery .... *This Week in Pictures (January 20-26)* (Sputnik)
According to Study, Driving a Sports Car Makes You Feel Better
According to Study, Driving a Sports Car Makes You Feel Better https://blog.dupontregistry.com/ford/according-study-driving-sports-car-makes-feel-better/ Advertisements
Targeted genome editing in mammalian cells
Targeted genome editing in mammalian cells http://biomarkerinsights.qiagen.com/2017/11/17/targeted-genome-editing-in-mammalian-cells-crisprcas9-makes-it-possible/?utm_source=DGPD_WEB_PD_1712_SM_CRISPR+blog+post_FB_organic
Dr Matthew Varghese Who Dedicated His Life To Fight Polio Is Bill Gates’ Real-Life Hero.
Dr Matthew Varghese Who Dedicated His Life To Fight Polio Is Bill Gates’ Real-Life Hero – Indiatimes.com https://m.indiatimes.com/news/india/dr-matthew-varghese-who-dedicated-his-life-to-fight-polio-is-bill-gates-real-life-hero-338489.html
What are memories made of? New study sheds light on key protein
Medical Xpress: What are memories made of? New study sheds light on key protein https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2018-01-memories-key-protein.html
12 Steps to overcome self-doubt once and for all
12 Steps to overcome self-doubt once and for all https://www.stevenaitchison.co.uk/12-steps-overcome-self-doubt/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialPlugin&utm_campaign=SocialWarfare
Bruce Lee’s Private Letters Explain What He Really Meant by ‘Be Like Water’
Bruce Lee’s Private Letters Explain What He Really Meant by ‘Be Like Water’ http://www.wakingtimes.com/2018/01/26/bruce-lees-private-letters-explain-really-meant-like-water/
10 Successful People Share What Inspires Them To Keep Going.
10 Successful People Share What Inspires Them To Keep Going – The Technology Post https://thetechnologypost.com/10-successful-people-share-what-inspires-them-to-keep-going/?utm_source=BR&utm_medium=BR&utm_campaign=B2R
For The Past Five Months The Iranian Navy Has Stopped 'Harassing' The U.S. Navy In The Persian Gulf
Iran's fast attack craft, the type repeatedly used to harass US Navy ships. Fars News Agency Photo via USNI News *FOX News: **Iran's fast boats stop harassing U.S. Navy, baffling military* The Iranian military has halted the routine harassment by its armed “fast boats” of U.S. naval vessels in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. military said, a turnabout that officials welcomed but were at a loss to explain. The boats for at least two years would dart toward the U.S. vessels as they passed through the Persian Gulf, risking miscalculation, but haven’t done so for five months, U.S. military... more »
Germany’s Leopard 2 Tank Was Considered One of the Best (Until It Went to Syria)
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Middle East* A great track record now seems to be in jeopardy. Germany’s Leopard 2 main battle tank has a reputation as one of the finest in the world, competing for that distinction with proven designs such as the American M1 Abrams and the British Challenger 2. However, that reputation for nigh-invincibility has faced setbacks on Syrian battlefields, and placed Berlin in a uniquely awkward national-level dispute with Turkey, its fellow NATO member. Ankara had offered to release a German political prisoner in exchange for Germany upgrading the Tur... more »
Here Is How the Battle of Britain Was Really Won
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* Leadership and logistics were key. It was a battle fought without armies. No rifles, no tanks, no barbed wire. In the summer of 1940, the skies above Britain served as the battlefield for the British Royal Air Force and the German Luftwaffe. The Nazis had conquered most of Western Europe, and Britain stood alone. The Luftwaffe represented the first arm of the German military juggernaut to take a swing at the British Isles. Its mission was simple: repeat the performances in Poland and France and eliminate the enemy air force.This would f... more »
Foreign Policy Populism: The Final Frontier
*Kadira Pethiyagoda* *Security, North America* [image: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson listens to President Donald Trump] The tectonic shifts occurring simultaneously in both geopolitics and domestic politics open the possibilities for a powerful, crosscutting new platform for rising political leaders. Defense Secretary Mattis’ recent official ushering in of the new era of great-power competition comes as yet more polls find that Western publics are resolutely rejecting the status quo in foreign policy. They confirm what many had highlighted for years, though with little recogni... more »
Is Venezuela on the Brink of Economic and Social Collapse?
*Scott B. MacDonald* *Politics, South America* [image: A girl wears a Venezuelan flag as Venezuelan security forces block access to opposition supporters and mourners of rogue ex-policeman Oscar Perez to the main morgue of the city, in Caracas] For change to occur in Venezuela, it will have to come from within the ranks of its armed forces. Venezuela is totally out of sync with most of Latin America and the Caribbean as it has headed in an increasingly autocratic direction politically, marked by stunningly inept economic mismanagement, reminiscent of Zimbabwe under Mugabe and th... more »
Alas, Beltway Types Don't Value Authenticity-- Maybe We Really Do Need Term Limits
Last cycle I begged the Congressional Progressive Caucus to not throw south Texas progressive Sonny Palacios under the bus by endorsing hard-core conservative crook Vicente Gonzalez. But most members didn't care about the border district and others were impressed with *all the money* the very Trump-like Gonzalez self funded into his campaign ($1,850,000). They endorsed him and he almost immediately went on the radio to make fun of them and their ideas. As soon as he got to Congress he eschewed the Progressive Caucus and joined the Blue Dogs. Embarrassing, isn't it? They then learn... more »
Is The U.S. Losing Asia To China?
*Ben Westcott, CNN:* *Asia under Trump: How the US is losing the region to China* In just one year, US President Donald Trump has changed the way Asia looks at the United States. The cornerstones of American power in Asia, Japan, Australia and South Korea, all lost a little faith in their longtime close ally and protector in 2017, according to Gallup polling. No military assets have been withdrawn, no embassies closed, but the lack of interest expressed by a US administration focused on "America First" has deeply shaken its status in the region. "Nowadays when we attend internati... more »
Australian EA-18G Growler Aborts Take-Off And Bursts Into Flames At Nellis AFB
*Sydney Morning Herald*: *Australian military plane catches fire during US training exercise, authorities say* A Royal Australian Air Force plane has caught fire after aborting take-off during a training exercise at an air base in Las Vegas, authorities say. A statement from the Nellis Air Force Base, in Nevada, said the incident happened at 10.45am on Saturday, US time. "The aircraft was required to abort its take off and subsequently caught fire, however all personnel are safe. "Emergency services are on scene. No serious injuries are reported. *Read more* .... *WNU Editor: *... more »
Alaska M 7.9 Earthquake Impacted Water Well Levels In Florida
From the USGS: “Alaska Earthquake Rattles Florida’s Groundwater Plumbing Release Date: JANUARY 24, 2018 At 12:32 am Alaska time on … Continue reading →
Musical Interlude: Andrey Vinogradov, “Without You”
Andrey Vinogradov, “Without You” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKD9G4GNXis
"Benedicto"
*"Benedicto"* “May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. May your rivers flow without end, meandering through pastoral valleys tinkling with bells, past temples and castles and poets' towers into a dark primeval forest where tigers belch and monkeys howl, through miasmal and mysterious swamps and down into a desert of red rock, blue mesas, domes and pinnacles and grottos of endless stone, and down again into a deep vast ancient unknown chasm where bars of sunlight blaze on profiled ... more »
David Whyte, "The Opening of Eyes"
*"The Opening of Eyes"* "That day I saw beneath dark clouds The passing light over the water, And I heard the voice of the world speak out. I knew then as I have before, Life is no passing memory of what has been, Nor the remaining pages of a great book Waiting to be read. It is the opening of eyes long closed. It is the vision of far off things, Seen for the silence they hold. It is the heart after years of secret conversing Speaking out loud in the clear air. It is Moses in the desert fallen to his knees Before the lit bush. It is the man throwing away his shoes As if to enter heaven ... more »
"Anyway..."
“People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway. If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway. The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway. In the final analysis it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.” - Mother Teresa
Chromaradio: Choose Your Own Musical Interludes"
"Our purpose is to offer a wide range of music selections that fit any style. Ranging between Greek and international mainstream hits, New Age, the sounds of nature, smooth jazz, Soul and Christmas. You just click on the icon representing the stream you want to listen. A pop-up window with flash player will appear to your screen. Music will play automatically. If not you can click on the icons below. A file will be downloaded to your windows, Mac OS or linux based PC. Double click the downloaded file (for example playlist-1.asx.asf) and your player will start play the stream. For m... more »
"The Flu Is Far Worse Than We're Being Told: 10s Of 1000s Are Dying"
*"The Flu Is Far Worse Than We're Being Told:* * 10s Of 1000s Are Dying"* by Cat Ellis "We all know that this year’s flu season is bad. I have been poring over numbers and reports over the past few days, and it’s actually even worse than we’re hearing about. Tens of thousands of Americans are dying. It’s now worse than the 2009 swine flu outbreak and is on track with the 2014-15 strain. And it’s not showing any signs of slowing down. Despite this, the media is downplaying the severity of the flu and the government makes the statistics pretty difficult to find. Are they trying to a... more »
The U.S. Is Deploying A Huge Number Of MQ-9 Reaper Drones To Afghanistan
A Block 5 MQ-9 Reaper in Afghanistan with the external fuel tank for extended range. USAF *The Warzone/The Drive:* *The USAF Expands MQ-9 Reaper Drone Force in Afghanistan to Its Largest Size Ever* *The air war over Afghanistan is rapidly heating up and a huge deployment of Reapers drones is the latest major development.* The U.S. Air Force says its force of MQ-9 Reapers at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan is now the largest deployment of the type to a single base ever. The drones are part of a larger surge in the air war over the country, which could still include yet more unmann... more »
An Orwellian George Soros Calls Facebook and Google a ‘Menace’ for Hacking Our Minds
*Isaac Davis* - The world's wealthiest political agitator has a message from Davos. The post An Orwellian George Soros Calls Facebook and Google a ‘Menace’ for Hacking Our Minds appeared first on Waking Times.
The U.S. Airforce's Newest AC-130J Gunships Have A Problem With Their 30mm And 105mm Guns
AC-130J Ghostrider US Air Force *Warzone/The Drive:* *The USAF Still Can't Get The New AC-130J Ghostrider's 30mm Cannon To Work Reliably* *A new Pentagon report says that gun routinely fails and that the plane's basic design also causes the 105mm shells on board to fall apart.* The U.S. Air Force says the first of its newest AC-130J Ghostrider gunships are ready for combat, just as soon as they can train enough crews to fly them. A new report from Pentagon’s top testing office says that while that assessment might be technically true, the aircraft’s 30mm and 105mm guns continue t... more »
Report: Hillary Clinton Protected Campaign Aide Accused of Sexual Harassment
[image: report-hillary-clinton-protected-campaign-aide-accused-of-sexual-harassment] Hillary Clinton has been accused of protecting a senior campaign aide from a charge of sexual harassment.
Megawatts and Milliwatts!
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? ? Yesterday I reported on new research suggesting that the dissipation of heat from Earth’s interior is responsible for the acceleration of the seaward slide of Greenland’s ice sheets. The story claimed that 100 MW (megawatts) per square meter of energy…
Arctic poised to unleash another massive cold outbreak for Eastern US
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: Paul Dorian sends word that there’s a change brewing in the Arctic that may result in a massive and extended cold outbreak for the Northern hemisphere, much like what we saw in late December and early January when record breaking cold swamped the eastern USA. He writes: Overview…
Today’s Food is a Modern Agricultural Miracle, So Why is It Under Attack?
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: Guest essay by Steve Goreham Agriculture is under attack. Environmentalists label modern farming as unsustainable, blaming farming for polluting the planet and destroying the climate. But today’s food is abundant and nutritious—a modern agricultural miracle. From 1961 to 2013, world population more than doubled from 3.1 to 7.2…
Adapting Plants to Feed the World
Originally posted on Science Matters: Credit: Edwin Remsberg Getty Images Writing in the Atlantic, Charles Mann raises an important question: Can Planet Earth Feed 10 Billion People? Humanity has 30 years to find out. Excerpts below with my images and bolds. Context In 1970, when I was in high school, about one out of every four…
NASA James Hansen, Gavin Schmidt Paper: 10 More Years of Global Warming Pause (Maybe)
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: James Hansen vs Punxsutawney Phil. Graph from p3768 of J. Hansen et al.: Ice melt, sea level rise and superstorms.. Punxsutawney Phil by By Anthony Quintano – https://www.flickr.com/photos/quintanomedia/8437241711/, CC BY 2.0, Link Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t Benny Peiser / GWPF – Former NASA GISS Director James…
Climate alarmists are now attacking…..sandwiches
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: From the UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER and the “I’m going to have a sandwich for lunch, just for spite” department comes this exercise in climate stupidity equating sandwich types to miles driven in a car. So for extra spite, I’m going to drive my car to the nearest Subway…
New York’s Temperature Record Massively Altered By NOAA
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? ? There is not the slightest doubt that the US winter of 2013/14 was exceptionally cold by any standards, as the BBC reported at the time: ? ? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25647963 The cold weather really began on Jan 2nd, when an Arctic front…
Number of civilians killed in Turkish operation in Syria’s Afrin reaches 86
The Turkish military operation in Syria’s northern Afrin district has claimed lives of 86 civilians, leaving 198 others wounded since its beginning a week ago, the Syrian state-run Sana news agency has reported, citing civilian sources. On Friday, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), controlling the area, reported the cross-border operation’s civilian death toll to […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian Army launches powerful assault in northern Hama
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:20 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) launched a powerful assault in the northern countryside of the Hama Governorate, Saturday, striking Jaysh Al-‘Izza’s positions inside the towns of Kafr Zita and Al-Lataminah. Using surface-to-surface missiles, the Syrian Arab Army repeatedly struck Jaysh Al-‘Izza’s positions, tonight, causing serious damage to their defenses in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Syrian Army derails large ISIS attack in eastern Deir Ezzor
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:35 A.M.) – For the third time in the last 72 hours, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has fended off a large assault by the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) in the eastern part of the Deir Ezzor Governorate. ISIS began their assault on Saturday by storming the Syrian Arab Army’s positions at the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Turkish forces destroy 42 YPG targets in Afrin: general staff
Turkey started a military offensive in Kurdish-dominated Afrin on January 20, aiming to protect its boundaries from various Kurdish militia formations, treated as a potential terror threat by Ankara. “The Turkish Air Force, during air attacks in the course of operation Olive Branch, on January 27 destroyed 42 targets of the PYD terrorist organization (Kurdish […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Kurdish forces attack Turkish helicopter in Afrin (video)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:25 A.M.) – The Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units (YPG) targeted a Turkish helicopter that was attacking their positions inside the Afrin Canton on Saturday. Video footage that was released on Saturday showed the YPG firing machine gun rounds towards the attack aircraft, while the chopper returned fire on their positions: Footage of Turkish […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
‘Kurdish forces will pay the price in Syria’ – Erdogan
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:15 A.M.) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said “those who are creating trouble along our borders, who are betraying this country, they will pay the price,” during a speech in Kocaeli, Saturday. “The PKK, PYD, YPG they will all pay. FETO will also pay. This is a fight of determination,” he stated. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
U.S. heads for total war
In the video Ben Norton says: In December, President Donald Trump released a new national security strategy, which reveals that the top priority for U.S. national security is not countering "terrorism," but rather countering the influence of competing foreign states, namely China and Russia. Defense Secretary James Mattis said openly, "great power competition, not terrorism, is now the primary focus of U.S. national security." There has of course long been skepticism of the notion that the "war on terror" was ever even about stopping terror in the first place. But the Trump adm... more »
Evidence to Prove Moon Landings Were Real Goes Completely Missing from NASA
*Buck Rogers* - NASA admits losing the original flight data from the most important technological event of all time. The post Evidence to Prove Moon Landings Were Real Goes Completely Missing from NASA appeared first on Waking Times.
Report: Trump Administration Readies Draft Executive Order On Keeping Guantanamo Bay Prison Open
*Politico:* *Trump plans to sign order keeping Gitmo open, leaked doc reveals* A draft State Department cable previews the president's plan to rescind one of President Barack Obama's first official actions and keep open a military prison for suspected terrorists. President Donald Trump is preparing to sign an executive order that would reverse an Obama-era directive to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to a draft document obtained by POLITICO. Trump is expected to announce plans to sign the order during his State of the Union speech on Tuesday, or in th... more »
Since the Stormy Daniels story broke Melania Trump has been staying in a hotel, and taking pains to avoid spending time with her husband.
Courtesy of the Daily Mail: *Melania Trump has spent a number of nights at a posh D.C. hotel away from President Trump following allegations of a fling with porn star Stormy Daniels, White House sources told DailyMail.com. * *The first lady opted for time away from her husband since news of a possible $130,000 payoff from the President's lawyer to Daniels to cover up an alleged tryst was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. * *Then, last week, to add insult to injury, a celebrity magazine published a cringe-worthy 2011 interview with Daniels in which she talked about the a... more »
Opportunities and dangers in Space! (If we are even allowed to get out there.)
*Another space posting! We'll start with some news items:* Here's a great summary of the coming year's super endeavors in space exploration: the biggest rocket launches and missions for 2018 - including the launch of NASA's InSight Mars Lander and the Parker Solar Probe. NASA has started planning a mission that would send a spacecraft to the Alpha Centauri system in... 2069. Yes, that's 52 years away, and timed around the 100th anniversary of Apollo 11's trip to the Moon. Compare government’s ability to at least make small investments aimed at payoff on a century timescale… to the r... more »
Burger King Patrons May Understand Net Neutrality Better Than You Do
I live in a part of L.A. where the cable TV/internet provider, Spectrum, has been running ads that amount to this: they're slowing down the internet BUT if you pay them, they'll speed it up for you. It's kind of like what Amazon did with Whole Foods when they bought it. They raised all the (already high) prices *but* if you buy an Amazon Prime card, they'll let you buy their not very organic fake health food for what it used to cost. What a deal! Meanwhile... who knew Burger King was so progressive. This ad (above) is really brilliant in exposing the net neutrality scam for what i... more »
MAUREEN DOWD REVISES HER PREVIOUS REMARKS
Maureen Dowd has returned from an extended absence and gives us a column praising Melania Trump. (There seems to be a lot of that going around on the *New York Times* op-ed page.) I'm not going to address Dowd's main points, which I'm sure will be dissected elsewhere. I just want to draw your attention to this passage: Barack Obama was always calling to our better angels. Donald Trump is paying off porn stars and denigrating struggling countries that send minorities to the U.S. as “shitholes.” How did we drop so far and so fast from class to crass? Really? Maureen Dowd now looks ba... more »
Jan. 27: The one I don't want to write.
I have misplaced the article, and I forget who was quoted in it - except that he was a senior member of the White House circle. In short, this politician said that the aim of the U.S. in Syria is to establish a democratic government. That sounds good, and I'm sure it was convincing to large numbers of American voters. But it's pure propaganda. Let's get real look at what almost all American governments have been about since 1945. For a start, this is the same U.S. that invaded Guatemala to kick out an elected government, and appoint a dictator. Then it helped the Guatemala governme... more »
U.S. Drone Strike Kills Taliban Commander While He Was Taking A Shower
A map showing the location of Biland Khel, Pakistan. Google Maps *Daily Mail*:* A clean kill: Taliban commander is eliminated in a drone strike while taking a shower* * The militant - known by various names - was killed close to the Afghan border * Pakistani police and Taliban sources have confirmed his death * The dead commander is believed to have led Taliban fighters on multiple attacks on Afghan security forces and U.S. soldiers * American drones have relentlessly targeted militants in the area where he died A missile from a suspected U.S. drone killed an Afghan militant com... more »
Turkey's Military Offensive Into Syria Is Entering Its Second Week
*Reuters:* *Turkey says U.S. has promised to stop arming YPG, warns Washington on Manbij* ANKARA/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United States has pledged to stop supplying weapons to a Kurdish militia in Syria, Turkey said on Saturday, calling on Washington to immediately remove its troops from a Syrian town of Manbij that Turkish forces plan to target. Turkey’s air and ground offensive in northwest Syria’s Afrin region against the Kurdish YPG militia has opened a new front in the seven-year, multi-sided Syrian civil war and strained ties with NATO ally Washington. Ankara views the YPG ... more »
Egypt's Presidential Elections 2018 : It is a mad violent one-man show
First of all happy #Jan25 ya people of the world, especially our great people of Egypt. Tonight we are having a crazy episode of the Egyptian Presidential Elections 2018 race, a violent one Second, since early Saturday and Egypt has one thing to speak about: How former top auditor Hisham Geneina was physically assaulted and spent hours in a New Cairo Police Station bleeding till he was transferred to a proper hospital. [image: Hisham Geneina after the attack] Hisham Geneina after the attack "Ziyad El-Elaimy"Early Saturday, the former head of Accountability of State Authority was head... more »
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 27, 2018
*Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz: **Analysis The Real Reason Behind Turkey’s Skirmish Into Syria* President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the Turks invaded Syria in order to combat ‘Kurdish terror,’ but preventing three Kurdish districts establishing territorial contiguity along the border is no less important On the sixth day of Turkey’s incursion into the Kurdish district of Afrin, an international movement has begun to try to stop the galloping Turkish assault into Syria. Germany announced Thursday it would halt arms shipments and suspend the deal it signed to upgrade Turkey’s German-manufac... more »
Pope Francis Criticizes Fake News Yet The MSM Is More Guilty Than Anyone
By Aaron Kesel Pope Francis condemned fake news as satanic, stating journalists and social media users should ignore and unmask manipulative “snake tactics” that foster... more »
Law Enforcement Is Not The Same Thing As Security
By Chris Calton I have a general distrust of police, but while distrust may be healthy, I try to keep my antipathy aimed at the... more »
Trump’s New $24 Million Fridge Will Cost Taxpayers Enough to Feed Every Homeless Person in DC for a YEAR
By Matt Agorist Washington, DC — When Donald Trump was seeking the office of President, he frequently criticized the taxpayer dollars wasted on Air Force... more »
Middle Finger Symphony Theater
** No Tuxedos Required ** *Brought To You By BLUESJUNKY: Chair of Music - Middle Finger Symphony Music Director*
The Park Bench Café #12 - TW3 Edition
*The Park Bench Café #12* *TW3 Edition* I must confess that I had to ask Ed(itor) what "TW3" meant. Felt foolish when he advised it was the name of a popular TV news show on the BBC back in the day. As so often happens, there was also an American version of the TV show. Then I remembered that there was also a Canadian version of the show on the CBC...but it was called "This Hour Has Seven Days". Here's a recording of the theme to TW3. *"That Was the Week That Was" Theme* Don't know why, but thinking about "*TW3*" and "*This Hour Has Seven Days*" took me back, in my mind's eye.... more »
The Liberator of Kabul speaks
Fans of the BBC's World Affairs Editor John Simpson will doubtless have been waiting with bated breath for a transcript of his talk on this morning's *Today *programme, and (rejoice!) this small, obscure, ultra-left-wing website is the very place to find it: I have to say I detest the annual blatherfest at Davos - too many groupies, too few decent hotel rooms, too much ice on the disturbingly steep streets - but each January it does provide a useful selfie of our world. Last year's Davos was moderately upbeat. Speakers talked about the way the world was being lifted out of povert... more »
Advertiser says he puts commercials on Fox News because their viewers are "extremely gullible" and "f*cking idiots."
Courtesy of DML News: *The CEO of SCOTTeVEST recently claimed that his company advertises on Fox News because the network’s viewers are “extremely gullible” and “f**cking idiots.” * *Scott Jordan, whose company sells a vest which features multiple inside pockets designed to carry items such as a phone, tablet, water bottle and more, posted his derogatory comments on Facebook, Breitbart News reported. * *“I love meeting new people that recognize me and my company from all of our television commercials,” Jordan wrote. “I am on a ski lift and the following exchange just happened an... more »
X22 Report Spotlight, “Nothing Has Changed, The Economy Continues It's Deteriorating Trajectory”
X22 Report Spotlight, “Nothing Has Changed, The Economy Continues It's Deteriorating Trajectory” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li5udn6Modo
Court Documents Show Mueller Involved in 9/11 Cover-up
[image: court-documents-show-mueller-involved-in-9-11-cover-up] Recently uncovered court documents related to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s time as FBI Director show his lack of anything resembling credibility. The man who is responsible for investigating allegations of Trump/Russia collusion was involved in releasing deceptive statements that helped cover up a Saudi family’s involvement in the terrorist attacks that shocked America and helped launch the modern surveillance state on September 11. 2001.
World News Briefs -- January 27, 2018 (Evening Edition)
*Reuters:* *Nearly 100 killed in ambulance blast in Afghan capital Kabul* KABUL (Reuters) - A bomb hidden in an ambulance killed at least 95 people and wounded about 158 in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday when it blew up at a police checkpoint in a busy part of the city that was crowded with pedestrians. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the suicide blast, a week after they claimed an attack on the Intercontinental Hotel in which more than 20 people were killed. An interior ministry spokesman blamed the Haqqani network, a militant group affiliated with the Taliban whic... more »
Pictures: ISIS sends US-backed forces stumbling backwards in east Syria during 7-day ‘virgin avenging’ offensive
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:10 P.M.) – Eight days ago, Islamic State terrorists trapped along the eastern shore of the Euphrates River in the Syrian province of Deir Ezzor launched a week-long offensive operation with all their remaining strength against US-led forces dubbed ‘Revenge for the Virtuous [Virgin] Women.’ Although being far from a major victory, the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Steve Russell : Calculating our losses: Hugh Masekela, Rosie the Riveter, Ursula K. Le Guin
Some days, everything you need to know from the newspaper is in the obituaries. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | January 27, 2018 Some days, everything you need to know from the newspaper is in the obituaries. So … finish reading Steve Russell : Calculating our losses: Hugh Masekela, Rosie the Riveter, Ursula K. Le Guin
Study Shows What Happens To The Brains of Kids Who Use Tablets.
Study Shows What Happens To The Brains of Kids Who Use Tablets – Collective Evolution http://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/09/14/study-shows-what-happens-to-the-brains-of-kids-who-use-tablets/ Advertisements
Scientists Recorded the Sexual Act in 4-Dimensional Ultrasound and the Results Are Intense.
Scientists Recorded the Sexual Act in 4-Dimensional Ultrasound and the Results Are Intense. – Truth Inside Of You https://www.truthinsideofyou.org/scientists-recorded-sexual-act-4-dimensional-ultrasound-results-intense/
NASA Warns Of A Global Catastrophe That Is Threatening The Planet
NASA Warns Of A Global Catastrophe That Is Threatening The Planet http://www.thinkinghumanity.com/2017/10/nasa-warns-of-a-global-catastrophe-that-is-threatening-the-planet.html?m=1
9 Pesticide-Filled Teas You Should Never Buy (and the kind you should)
9 Pesticide-Filled Teas You Should Never Buy (and the kind you should) http://theorganicwellness.com/9-pesticide-filled-teas-you-should-never-buy-and-the-kind-you-should/
Ketamine could prove useful in treatment of severe social anxiety
Ketamine could prove useful in treatment of severe social anxiety http://www.psypost.org/2018/01/ketamine-prove-useful-treatment-severe-social-anxiety-50634
Musical Interlude: Andre Rieu & BOND, “Victory”
Andre Rieu & BOND, “Victory” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbaNGU1CrXI
"A Look to the Heavens"
“An alluring sight in southern skies, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is seen in this deep and detailed telescopic mosaic. Recorded with broadband and narrowband filters, the scene spans some 5 degrees or 10 full moons. The narrowband filters are designed to transmit only light emitted by hydrogen, and oxygen atoms. Ionized by energetic starlight, the atoms emit their characteristic light as electrons are recaptured and the atoms transition to a lower energy state. *Click image for larger size.* As a result, in this image the LMC seems covered with its own clouds of ionized gas sur... more »
Chet Raymo, “We Are Such Stuff...”
*“We Are Such Stuff...”* by Chet Raymo “Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears, and sometimes voices, That, if I then had wak'd after long sleep, Will make me sleep again.” "Caliban is talking to Stephano and Trinculo in Shakespeare's “Tempest”, telling them not to be "afeard" of the mysterious place they find themselves, an island seemingly beset with magic, strangeness, ineffable presences. And you and I, and, yes, all of us, find ourselves inexplicably th... more »
"What We Choose..."
"Take risks! That is really what life is about. We must pursue our own happiness. Nobody has ever lived our lives; there are no guidelines. Trust your instincts. Accept nothing but the best. But then also look for it carefully. Don't allow it to slip between your fingers. Sometimes, good things come to us in a such a quiet fashion. And nothing comes complete. It is what we make of whatever we encounter that determines the outcome. What we choose to see, what we choose to save. And what we choose to remember. Never forget that all the love in your life is there, inside you, always." ... more »
"Resolve, Then..."
"There is no need to sally forth, for it remains true that those things which make us human are, curiously enough, always close at hand. Resolve, then, that on this very ground, with small flags waving and tiny blasts of tiny trumpets, we shall meet the enemy, and not only may he be ours, he may be us." - Walt Kelly
The Daily "Near You?"
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"Let It Roll Off Our Back: Dodging and Deflecting"
*"Let It Roll Off Our Back: Dodging and Deflecting"* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM "When we are criticized or attacked it is important to not take it into our heart space. One of the most difficult challenges in life is learning not to take things to heart and hold on to it. Especially when we’re younger, or if we’re very sensitive, we take so much of what comes our way to heart. This can be overwhelming and unproductive if it throws us off balance on a regular basis. When we are feeling criticized or attacked from all directions, it becomes very difficult for us to recover ourselv... more »
4 Empath Survival Techniques
*Anna Hunt* - Living in the sea of other people’s emotions requires some important empath survival techniques. The post 4 Empath Survival Techniques appeared first on Waking Times.
Proposed California Law Would Prohibit Restaurants from Offering Unsolicited Plastic Straws
Critics say the "Straws Upon Request" legislation introduced in the state assembly "criminalizes" plastic straws and exposes food servers to prosecution.
Curse of Oak Island - They Reach the Bottom of the Money Pit?
The Money Pit? Let me see if I have this straight. They drilled a huge hole using the best and most modern equipment available. They drilled it right where they had told us all season the original money pit had been dug. They defeated the water traps. The got all the way down to the bedrock. They couldn’t drill any deeper (well, probably they could but it doesn’t seem to be worth the effort and money but it is clear that those in the 17th century who allegedly created the money pit couldn’t have dug deeper) and they found… Nothing. Zip. Nada. Zilch. There was no treasure. There ... more »
How Democrats Can Win In 2018: Ignore The Party's Serial Losers-- In Other Words, The Establishment
Early yesterday morning we put up a post about how American voters see Trump's character. The premise is that the overwhelming majority of voters don't want children looking at Trump as a role model and don't see him as providing the country with moral leadership. Only 29% of the country-- virtually no one but partisan Republicans-- think Trump as a role model is just fine. Most Americans say they are "embarrassed" that he's the leader of the country, while 27% are proud to have him as the leader of our country. Only 35% believe he's honest. Only 40% think he cares about average A... more »
No Mulligan From Mueller
(By *American Zen*’s Mike Flannigan, on loan from Ari) "*President Trump (sic) ordered the firing last June of Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel overseeing the Russia investigation, according to four people told of the matter, but ultimately backed down after the White House counsel threatened to resign rather than carry out the directive.*" - *New York Times*, 1/25/18 *A*s ledes should be, that one says a mouthful and the abstract fact that Trump tried to fire Robert Mueller a month after the Special Counsel's investigation was put into motion by Deputy AG Rod Rosenste... more »
2018 LPAC Class Series: What is the New Paradigm?
Helga Zepp LaRouche EIR Jason Ross *LaRouchePAC is happy to announce our 2018 class series, “What is the New Paradigm?” Helga Zepp-LaRouche will be kicking things on with the first class on Saturday, February 10th at 12:00 eastern. If you would like to participate register below. * The American people are faced with a historic choice: join China's revolutionary New Silk Road program and secure a new paradigm of win-win global development, or continue the suicidal geopolitical policies of Obama and Bush, guaranteeing confrontation with Russia and China and threatening world war. Wh... more »
Coercive PC Discourse Redux
Update January 27, 2018 This post somehow disappeared so I am reposting it. H/T hunter A previous post described Civil Discourse (here) tactics regarding controversial subjects like global warming/climate change. Another post (here) noted that contemporary leftists advocate through social rather than political persuasion, and have taken over most of the cultural institutions in pursuing […]
"A Grindstone..."
"Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds us down or polishes us up depends on us." - L. Thomas Holdcraft
“Where Are We When We’re Not Here?”
*“Where Are We When We’re Not Here?”* by Julian Walsh "Today I would like to return to your awareness an aspect of the Human condition that ventures past the confines of the physical realm and into the vast and infinite beyond. It’s our nature to migrate away from our bodies although we never really think of it that way. It’s not difficult to see that we’re not entirely in one place all of the time. Our thoughts are often elsewhere, transitory and elusive, and virtually immune to the entanglements of time and space. We are free to go anywhere - to visit the past and present and ev... more »
Travel Channel blatant revelation of Jefferson intent to commit genocide
Don Wildman had on the notoriously jingoistic U.S. propaganda “travel channel” and “history channel” did a segment of Secrets of the Museum show, “Bigger is Better” about Jefferson saving America’s reputation by sending a dead moose to France, to convince Europeans to illegally immigrant to the U.S. without the permission of Native Americans so the […]
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 27, 2018
A Chinese Shang-class (Type 093) nuclear attack submarine in the contiguous zone of the Senkaku Islands Japanese Ministry of Defense *Business Insider:* *China's military is turning its aggressive South China Sea tactics on Japan* * China actively wants to change the status quo in the Pacific and poses a more immediate threat to Japan. * Russia has also been building up its Pacific fleet to be a formidable force in the region. * Most of Japan's response has been geared towards Japan's acquisition of more military equipment and systems. China and Russia are sending aircraft and nav... more »
Dutch intelligence services were the first to discover Russian hacking of DNC, and even hacked them back, but now are wary of sharing information with America. Guess why.
Hey, have I warned you about the Dutch yet?Courtesy of Nieuwsuur: *In the Summer of 2015, Dutch intelligence services were the first to alert their American counterparts about the cyberintrusion of the Democratic National Committee by Cozy Bear, a hacking group believed to be tied to the Russian government. Intelligence hackers from Dutch AIVD (General Intelligence and Security Service) had penetrated the Cozy Bear computer servers as well as a security camera at the entrance of their working space, located in a university building adjacent to the Red Square in Moscow. * *Over th... more »
Hey There, Big Spender
[image: hey-there-big-spender] The book *Eleven Presidents: Promises vs. Results in Achieving Limited Government* analyzes presidents who claimed to want smaller government — and their results.
Are Farmers Injecting Fruits and Vegetables with Oxytocin?
Reports imply Indian farmers are using oxytocin to boost the size of their fruits or vegetables , but it is unclear how widespread the practice may be.
"For The Most Part..."
"Human beings never think for themselves, they find it too uncomfortable. For the most part, members of our species simply repeat what they are told - and become upset if they are exposed to any different view. The characteristic human trait is not awareness but conformity, and the characteristic result is religious warfare. Other animals fight for territory or food; but, uniquely in the animal kingdom, human beings fight for their 'beliefs.' The reason is that beliefs guide behavior, which has evolutionary importance among human beings. But at a time when our behavior may well lead... more »
Musical Interlude: Moody Blues, “Don't You Feel Small”
Moody Blues, “Don't You Feel Small” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEM5JDXUgw8 "See the world, ask what it's for, Understanding, nothing more..."
Bomber in Ambulance Detonates at Afghan Checkpoint; 95 Dead
A suicide bomber driving an ambulance coasted through a security checkpoint in Afghanistan's capital by telling police he was taking a patient to a nearby hospital.
Sean Hannity’s Twitter Disappears; Conspiracy Theories Ensue
The Twitter account for conservative TV host Sean Hannity had disappeared for a few hours, and the conspiracy theories quickly were flowing.
Is North Korea Broke?
*FOX News*: *Kim Jong Un's slush fund running out of fuel after numerous missile, nuclear tests, report says* Kim Jong Un's trigger-happy antics have nearly depleted a critical slush fund the North Korean despot uses to run his isolated country -- and the Hermit Kingdom's participation in the upcoming Winter Olympics is merely a scheme to refill his coffers, according to a report. Two Chinese sources with ties to top North Korean government officials told Radio Free Asia that Kim has nearly exhausted his slush fund due to missile and nuclear weapon and tests, as well as vanity proj... more »
Is Attacking North Korea Unthinkable?
*Tobin Harshaw, Bloomberg:* *Attacking North Korea Is Unthinkable. Or Is It?* *If radical concessions like pulling troops off the peninsula won't work, the U.S. will have to take out Kim's nukes and artillery from the air. * For any number of foreign-policy pundits, nonproliferation zealots, late-night chatterbots and enterprising T-shirt vendors, the Donald Trump-Kim Jong-un feud has been the gift that keeps on giving career advancement. Yet for all the debate over how to deal with North Korea's nuclear weapons, there are really only three options. The first, to which the vast m... more »
The NSA Abandons 'Honesty' And 'Openness' As One Of Its Core Values
*The Intercept*: *NSA Deletes “Honesty” and “Openness” From Core Values* The National Security Agency maintains a page on its website that outlines its mission statement. But earlier this month, the agency made a discreet change: It removed “honesty” as its top priority. Since at least May 2016, the surveillance agency had featured honesty as the first of four “core values” listed on NSA.gov, alongside “respect for the law,” “integrity,” and “transparency.” The agency vowed on the site to “be truthful with each other.” On January 12, however, the NSA removed the mission statement ... more »
First wolf in Belgium: Authorities warn "If you kill him then you may go to prison"
*Naya is the 1st known wolf in Belgium in over 100 years — and she may be looking for a mate* After traveling hundreds of kilometres across parts of Europe, Naya has become the first recorded wolf to enter Belgium in at least a century. "She spent a few weeks in the Netherlands during Christmas and New Years. And then … she passed over into Belgium," Hugh Jansman, an ecologist and researcher with Wageningen University in the Netherlands told As It Happens host Carol Off. He has been following Naya's trek. Naya was trapped by Norman Stier from the Technical University of Dresden w... more »
A Community of Resistance: Building Sanctuary Part 6
from Wrench in the Gears January 27, 2018 When I started writing this story, a few people suggested I include some hope in it; good organizing comes when you have anger, hope, and a plan. I’ll admit that hope is hard for me. I tend towards the dire, the energetically dark even. I know too much. My preference, of course, is that you all read this, and we begin to organize and resist to avoid full lock down. But if that doesn’t happen, what then? Can a just society be rebuilt in the ruins of a Smart City or not? The next two installments are informed by my experience attending the... more »
The A-10 Will Play A Critical Role In Any North Korean War
A US A-10 aircraft is pictured at the Kandahar air base in Afghanistan, on January 23, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Omar Sobhani *Stephen Bryen, Asia Times*:* In any war with North Korea, the A-10 is a powerful weapon* The much-maligned A-10 Thunderbolt ground attack airplane could prove to be a savior if fighting breaks out with North Korea. However, the US Air Force wants to get rid of the plane, and is not asking for funds to fix the wings on some 100 A-10s, which therefore may end up in the scrap yard. In any conflict with North Korea, a US-South Korean-Coalition’s objective will be... more »
My Interview with Sean Stone on Watching the Hawks-Part 1
by Doug Martin Here is segment 1 of my RT TV interview with Sean Stone, Oliver Stone’s son, on “Watching the Hawks.” It deals with my book Hoosier School Heist, national school privatization, etc., and starts around 14:43 in the video.
Did A Government Report And The Movie 'The Day After' Push Back The Possibility Of Nuclear War In The 1980s
*Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic*: *The People Who Would Survive Nuclear War* How an appendix to an obscure government report helped launch a blockbuster and push back the possibility of atomic war Somehow, some way, nuclear war is once again a live possibility. The most startling incident came earlier this month when a state employee accidentally clicked the wrong choice in a piece of emergency-alert software, sending a notice of imminent destruction to everyone with a phone in Hawaii. But what’s striking is that people believed the message. For much of the past 30 years, it wo... more »
Honduran President Hernández Sworn In As Protests Grow
*BBC:* *Honduran President Hernández sworn in amid protests* Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández has been sworn in for a second term with high security in place after a disputed presidential election. He took the oath at a ceremony in the capital, Tegucigalpa, that was watched by hundreds of guests and spectators. Soldiers were deployed on the streets and opposition supporters protested outside the venue. President Hernández's win in November has been widely criticised, with his party accused of electoral fraud. More than 30 people have been killed in violence since the vot... more »
“The Pie Is Shrinking So Much The 99% Are Beginning To Starve”
*“The Pie Is Shrinking So Much The 99% Are Beginning To Starve”* How much longer until the pitchforks come out? by Charles Hugh Smith *"The 'Winner Take Most' Economy: *An economy characterized by soaring wealth and income inequality is clearly a “winner take most” economy: Richest 1% Made 82% Of Global Wealth In 2017. Cartels, state-corporate governance. Structurally, large banks and corporations have aggregated wealth and political power to the degree that they can enforce cartels and quasi-monopolies with a combination of market heft and regulatory capture (a complicit state en... more »
BREAKING: FBI Releases Docs Claiming RT Founder Beat Himself to Death in His Hotel Room
[image: FBI] The FBI just released the results of their investigation claiming that the media mogul and found of RT killed himself by repeatedly smashing his head and upper body into the ground. The post BREAKING: FBI Releases Docs Claiming RT Founder Beat Himself to Death in His Hotel Room appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
"How It Really Is"
Words fail me...
Fukushima Update 1/27/2018: 16,137.9 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow
*"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”* - Shiva *Updated January 27, 2018: Fukushima Equals 16,137.9 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow; There is No Place On Earth to Escape the Rad: *The 3 melted-through cores of the destroyed reactors, now melted together into a single "corium" totaling over *600 tons*, at Fukushima *daily* release the radioactive equivalent of 6.45 Hiroshima bombs directly into the atmosphere and the Pacific Ocean. As of January 27, 2018 - 2,502 days since the disaster began - this equals the detonation of 16,137.9 Hiroshima atomic bombs and it is ... more »
3 mass graves found by Syrian Army near Abu Duhur airbase – reports
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:58 P.M.) – Reports are emerging which indicate that a number of mass graves have been found by the Syrian Arab Army the near the Abu Duhur military airport – located on the border of Idlib and Aleppo provinces. Some Syrian pro-government social media outlets with links to military sources are spreading information […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
VIDEO: Syrian Army tank lives to fight another day after being smacked with direct hit from ISIS missile
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:35 P.M.) – Video footage (shown below) has emerged showing an Islamic State tank hunter team engaging Syrian Arab Army armor in the country’s eastern province of Deir Ezzor. On Thursday, Islamic State militants launched a desperate offensive against the Syrian Army and allied paramilitary forces along the western shore of the Euphrates […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Attacked in public: Jailed Egyptian presidential candidate’s aide stabbed
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (05:55 PM) – Unknown assailants have stabbed and heavily injured Egypt’s former anti-corruption chief officer Hisham Geneina in a shocking public attack on Saturday. Hisham Geneina, formerly Chief of Administrative Control of Egypt, was attacked Saturday morning while making his way to a court session regarding a complaint he lodged against him being […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Veteran Islamist militia joins Free Syrian Army’s battle against ISIS in southwest Syria as major offensive looms
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:45 P.M.) – A veteran Islamist militia has joined the Free Syrian Army’s battle against Islamic State-affiliated fighters in the Syrian province of Daraa. The operational merging comes amid some of the most violent clashes ever witnessed between rebels and ISIS throughout the southwestern governorate. Forces of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood-linked militia Ahrar […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Turkey tells USA to leave Manbij immediately
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (05:35 PM) – As Turkish and allied militant forces from the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA) advance further upon Kurdish positions in northern Syria, Turkey has called upon the United States to vacate its military bases in the Syrian district of Manbij. Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Turkish foreign minister Melet Cavusoglu said […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Losses suffered by Syrian Army during latest ISIS offensive in Deir Ezzor – statistics
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:10 P.M.) – On Thursday, ISIS launched a major offensive operation against the Syrian Arab Army and allied paramilitaries along the western shore of the Euphrates River in the province of Deir Ezzor. The resulting engagement lasted an entire day and ended with a clear victory for pro-government forces; nonetheless, both sides endured […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Turkish airstrikes damage historical site in southern Afrin
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:40 P.M.) – The Turkish Air Force launched several airstrikes over the Afrin Canton, today, targeting a number of different sites under the control of the Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units (YPG). Among the targets for the Turkish Air Force was the historical temple in the town of ‘Ayn Dara, which is located inside […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Map: Turkey-led forces score key breakthrough against Kurdish fighters in Syria’s Afrin region
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:40 P.M.) – With the lifting of bad weather and the return of Turkish warplanes and gunships to the skies over northern Syria, pro-Ankara forces have breached the defenses of Kurdish paras in a key area of the Afrin region. As reported by Al-Masdar News earlier on, so far Saturday has witnessed the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Nearly 400 Kurdish, Daesh fighters killed in Afrin operation- Turkish General Staff
The Olive Branch offensive was launched by Ankara on January 20 in the Kurdish-dominated Syrian town of Afrin, controlled by the US-backed Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG). The Turkish Army has eliminated 394 Kurdish and Daesh fighters, while the country’s aviation has destroyed 340 targets, the Turkish General Staff reported Saturday. “Since the beginning of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Pictures: Syrian Army wastes 3 Al-Nusra commanders and sharia official during battle for key city in east Idlib
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:15 P.M.) – Heavy clashes for a key city in eastern Idlib province between the Syrian Arab Army and Islamist militias has taken its toll on jihadist ranks, with three commanders and a religious law official from the Al-Qaeda affiliate group Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly called and more better known as Jahbat al-Nusra) […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
UN envoy unsure if they will attend Sochi peace talks
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 P.M.) – UN Special Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura stated that the UN has yet to decide whether to attend the Syrian National Dialogue which will be held in the Russian city of Sochi next week. “I will – and I’ve been doing it tonight – fully brief the secretary-general on […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Kurdish forces reportedly down two Turkish UAVs amid their latest counter-offensive in Afrin
Turkey began its operation in the Kurdish-dominated Afrin last week after the US announced that it would start training a border protection force comprising the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), affiliated with the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), which Turkey considers to be a terrorist group. Kurdish militia have downed two Turkish reconnaissance Unmanned Aerial Vehicles […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Watch Al Jazeera 'Akicita: The Legacy of Standing Rock at Sundance Film Festival'
. Screenshots by Censored News At Sundance Film Festival, Al Jazeera talks with Akicita Producer Cody Lucich, and water protectors Curtis Ray Yaz and Mark Tilsen, with Jenni Monet via Skype in Tucson. Film clips from the new film, 'Akicita: The Battle of Standing Rock.' Watch Al Jazeera broadcast below: Subscribe Subscribed Unsubscribe 'Akicita': What is the legacy of the
It's not just the three-letter agencies; it's the entire American ruling class
I've referenced Angelo Codevilla's landmark article 'America’s Ruling Class — And the Perils of Revolution' in these pages before. In it, he observed: Today’s ruling class, from Boston to San Diego, was formed by an educational system that exposed them to the same ideas and gave them remarkably uniform guidance, as well as tastes and habits. These amount to a social canon of judgments about good and evil, complete with secular sacred history, sins (against minorities and the environment), and saints. Using the right words and avoiding the wrong ones when referring to such matters ... more »
Iraq’s Former Trade Minister To Finally Face Prison Time For Corruption
Former Trade Minister Abdul Falah al-Sudani will finally go to prison three years after he was sentenced for corruption. The Lebanese government cooperated with Baghdad to extradited Sudani back to Iraq. He was arrested there in September 2017, after fleeing Iraq a few years beforehand. Sudani originally ran afoul of the law in 2008. In September, several high-ranking officials at the Trade Ministry including three director generals were dismissed for graft after complaints by the anti-corruption integrity committee in parliament. They wanted Sudani to resign as well, but he did... more »
This Day In Iraqi History - Jan 27
1925 League of Nations Commission on Mosul arrived in province to protests Was to determine who would get Mosul Iraq or Turkey 1925 Commission interviewed hundreds of locals and mapped economy, land, trade routes, ethnicities 1948 Communists called for more protests against Anglo-Iraq Treaty to topple govt 1948 Mass demonstration against Anglo-Iraq treaty led to clashes with police in Baghdad 77 killed Hundreds wounded 2002 Gen Franks briefed Rumsfeld on latest war plan Said Iraqi military degraded by sanctions Wanted info campaign vs...more »
Donald Trump launched plan to discredit FBI agents who might confirm James Comey's version of events, and has also expressed an interest in firing Rod Rosenstein.
Courtesy of Foreign Policy: *President Donald Trump pressed senior aides last June to devise and carry out a campaign to discredit senior FBI officials after learning that those specific employees were likely to be witnesses against him as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, according to two people directly familiar with the matter. * *In testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee on June 8, recently fired FBI Director James Comey disclosed that he spoke contemporaneously with other senior bureau officials about potentially improper efforts by the preside... more »
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