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Turkish warplanes reportedly hit targets in Iraq amid Afrin operation
Baghdad has yet to comment on the information. The reported strikes take place days after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that Ankara aims to clear its borders from terrorists up until Iraq. According to Anadolu news agency, Turkish jets hit eight targets in northern Iraq, destroying shelters, hideouts and arsenals, belonging to militants, who […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Pictures: ISIS sharia police in Syria whip tobacco dealer and then shake his hand to congratulate him on being forgiven
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:30 A.M.) – Islamic State sharia (Islamic law) police operating in an area of southwest Syria currently controlled by the terrorist group have carried out a highly-typical enforcement ritual involving the whipping of a person for what is considered to be a minor offense. The unnamed man punished by whipping was a tobacco […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Turkish military takes up positions near Syrian Army front in southern Aleppo
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:15 A.M.) – A Turkish military convoy entered northern Syria, Monday, and took up positions near the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) front-lines in the Aleppo Governorate. According to a military report from this front, the Turkish military convoy consisted of a dozen armored vehicles that made their from Turkey’s Hatay Province. The Turkish […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Map: Syrian Army begins march on Saraqib city as new stage of Idlib offensive kicks-off
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:45 A.M.) – Following the Syrian Arab Army’s seizure of the small city of Abu Duhur on Monday, assault troops are now eyeing out another key city – this one much larger – as they gear-up for the new phase of their greater Idlib offensive. The cross-road city of Saraqib in eastern Idlib […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Picture: Infamous jihadist commander, 5 other Islamists killed by elite Syrian troops after falling into trap
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:20 A.M.) – A notorious Al-Qaeda commander and five of his Islamist comrades have been killed by elite troops of the Syrian Arab Army after he led a failed counter-attack that ended up falling into a preset trap. Front-line leader Abu Ahmad al-Janoubi of the Al-Qaeda affiliate group Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
US may sanction Turkey following purchase of Russian S-400 Systems – reports
Turkey’s upcoming purchase of S-400 air defense missiles systems from Russia could trigger US secondary sanctions against Ankara, a new report on Washington’s relations with Ankara from the Turkish Heritage Organization said. “There are concerns that it [deal] could trigger US sanctions in 2018 under the “Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act” (CAATSA) which was […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Smoke rises from Turkey-Syria as Operation Olive Branch intensifies (video)
Footage shows smoke rising and explosions occurring above Mount Barsa, between Afrin and Azaz, on Sunday, as the Turkish military operation ‘Olive Branch’ continues. Last weekend, the Turkish military launched operation ‘Olive Branch’ against Kurdish militia groups in Afrin, northern Syria. Turkey considers the Kurdish People’s Protection Groups (YPG), which is active in Syria, to […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Child Experts: Just Say ‘No’ to Facebook’s Kids App
Child development experts and advocates are urging Facebook to pull the plug on its new messaging app aimed at kids under 13.
Should Cremated Remains Be Left At The Vietnam Wall?
Wikimedia *Stars and Stripes:* *Families have left cremated remains at the Vietnam Wall for decades. Now officials want them to stop.* WASHINGTON — When Vietnam veteran Gordon J. Castro died six years ago, his older brother, Leon, had him cremated and placed his remains in a specially inscribed, stainless-steel box. He glued on Gordon's Purple Heart medal, his silver and blue Combat Infantryman Badge and a 1st Cavalry Division insignia. Then he got into his Ford pickup, put the box on the passenger seat and drove from Corpus Christi, Texas to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Wash... more »
Picture Of The Day
Turkish forces are seen at Mount Barsaya in northeast of Afrin, Syria. REUTERS/ Khalil Ashawi *WNU Editor:* The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... *Turkish forces push into Syria* (Reuters).
Northrop Grumman Is Getting Ready For The Next Big War
*Dave Majumdar, National Interest*:* Northrop Grumman Is Getting Ready for Great Power War (That Means Russia or China) * With the U.S. defense budget set to expand in the coming years as the great power competition between Russia, China and the United States heats up, Northrop Grumman—like other defense contractors—is starting to invest in the future after a prolonged slump. “We foresee just given the nature of the threat environment that we observe around the globe today and the number of dimensions in that threat environment that are evident, we foresee a period of time here in ... more »
Congressman Gaetz: “The Clintons Are Cornered Rats”
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Jan 29, 2018 Congressman Matt Gaetz joins Alex Jones live via Skype to discuss the secret FISA Memo and its undoubted effect coming to the deep state criminals within the Clinton Crime Network. end
Israeli Forces Target Palestinian Schools, Youth Activists
Israeli Forces Target Palestinian Schools, Youth Activists by CONTACT@IFAMERICANSKNEW.ORG, https://israelpalestinenews.org/ Since the beginning of the Israeli occupation in 1967, Israeli forces have arrested more than 800,000 Palestinians, constitute almost 20% of the total Palestinian population in the occupied Palestinian territories. With the majority of these detainees being men, about 40% of male Palestinians in the occupied territories […]
Missile Allegations Part of US PsyWar Against Iran
PressTV Published on Jan 29, 2018 Iran once again condemns the United States for accusing the Islamic Republic of supplying Yemen with missiles. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has told Press TV that the allegations are the beginning of a new psychological warfare and stems from Washington’s repeated failures in its policy on the region. Qassemi said […]
Gold Price Could Smash $10,000 on Crashing Dollar & Other Factors – Jim Rickards
Gold Price Could Smash $10,000 on Crashing Dollar & Other Factors – Jim Rickards by https://www.rt.com/ A weak US dollar, a possible war between the US and North Korea or the impeachment of Donald Trump could result in one of the longest-ever rallies for gold, according to precious metals expert Jim Rickards. – This is gold’s […]
World War A – When Aliens Attack | Full Documentary
World War A – When Aliens Attack by https://zdf-enterprises.de/en Are there aliens and could they come to destroy our earth? Many scientists, such as Stephen Hawking, are convinced that there are and warn against the consequences of contact. Could aliens be dangerous to us? – The film accompanies renowned scientists on their search for life in […]
Airforce GPS Blackout In The Western Part Of The US, Prelude To Something Bigger?
X22Report Published on Jan 28, 2018 “LaVoy” Finicum’s widow is not suing the FBI and Oregon police for killing her husband during the Bundy Ranch setup.The police have opened an investigation of the couple that was found hanging in their home, private investigators showed that there were multiple people involved in murder. Iraq will be involved […]
Universal Basic Income is Coming
Want the US Gman’s Universal Basic Income? You need to accept the ‘666’ RFID microchip implant. Otherwise, no food for you and your crying children. – RT America Published on Jan 26, 2018 The mayor of Stockton, California is pushing for a universal basic income program. The Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration (SEED) project aims to distribute […]
Bond Bloodbath Sparks Biggest Stock Drop Since September
Bond Bloodbath Sparks Biggest Stock Drop Since September by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ Worst day for stocks and bonds in 6 weeks… Worst day for S&P in 5 months… Did bonds just spoil the stock market’s fun? Ugly overnight in Chinese stocks… After Friday’s manic melt-up in US equities, Monday was a disappointment with China weakness sending […]
US Intensifies Bombing Campaign in Afghanistan Amid Terror Surge
RT Published on Jan 29, 2018 America intensifies its bombing campaign in Afghanistan. During the last year, the US dropped over 4,000 bombs on Afghanistan. Since August, they have carried out twice as many air strikes as in the previous two years combined. end
Sanctions? Never Heard of It: US Receives Russian LNG Shipment, 2nd Tanker Reported on Its Way
RT Published on Jan 29, 2018 A tanker carrying Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) has arrived in the US despite US-imposed sanctions against the company that produced it. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/8xxx end
These Are The 6 Traders Who Were Just Arrested For Manipulating The Gold Market
These Are The 6 Traders Who Were Just Arrested For Manipulating The Gold Market by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ On Monday morning we reported that a number of traders – currently or formerly employed by UBS, HSBC and Deutsche Bank (as usual, no JPMorganUS banks were touched) – would be perp-walked and charged in an unprecedented cross-agency crackdown between the CFTC, DOJ […]
Musical Interlude: Davy Spillane feat. Maire Brennan, "A Place Among The Stones (Celtic Circle)"
Davy Spillane feat. Maire Brennan, "A Place Among The Stones (Celtic Circle)" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cofvKWy_zlQ
"Why Should I Explain Everything?"
"There is a difference between a question and a wonder. I would prefer to answer only questions that will be useful to you. A child looks up at the starry sky at night and wonders. He is filled with the joy of the mystery of creation. Why should I explain everything to you and take away that joy? I will not. The purpose of my words is to create silence, to create joy. I am not here to stuff your head full of knowledge. A child starts out innocent. You ask him something and he says, "I don't know." Then that child grows up and thinks he knows everything. I'll teach you something. I'... more »
"A Stick-in-the-mud..."
“At this point I reveal myself in my true colors, as a stick-in-the-mud. I hold a number of beliefs that have been repudiated by the liveliest intellects of our time. I believe order is better than chaos, creation better than destruction. I prefer gentleness to violence, forgiveness to vendetta. On the whole I think that knowledge is preferable to ignorance, and I am sure that human sympathy is more valuable than ideology. I believe that in spite of the recent triumphs of science, men haven’t changed much in the last two thousand years; and in consequence we must try to learn from ... more »
Texas Man Sentenced For Conspiring To Illegally Export Radiation Hardened Integrated Circuits To Russia And China (For Military-Space Program Applications)
Russia and China don’t know how to make their own? Is 46 months in prison enough for what appears to … Continue reading →
300 Catalan Lawyers And Jurists State That Puigdemont Can Be Sworn In As President From Belgium Under Catalan, Spanish And International Law
By Vilaweb.cat: “IN ENGLISH Catalan jurists’ statement claims Puigdemont can be sworn in as president from Belgium The attorneys stress … Continue reading →
Trump Crony To Brits: Hold Your Nose-- Trump Is Coming
Do you remember when Señor Trumpanzee insisted he wouldn't come to England unless he got to ride around with the Queen in her gold coach? He's made all kinds of crazy demands since then-- much to the delight of the Brits, who clearly don't want him. His latest is that Theresa May ban the planned anti-Trump demonstrations. England is no more likely to ban any demonstrations that they are to let the notorious pussy-grabber alone in a coach with the queen. The *International Business Times* reported over the weekend that the disgusting and widely abhored Trumpanzee "is refusing to vi... more »
“Would You Buy This Poisoned Land?”
*“Would You Buy This Poisoned Land?”* by Bill Bonner "We are making Ireland the hub of our global publishing business. So we need a place to live here. The last couple of days have been spent prospecting. ‘We want something with character…a challenge…something we can fix up,’ we explained to the real estate agent. *Fixer-upper: *Readers who suspect we have enough projects already can get in line behind friends, family members, and psychiatrists. But this project will be simpler than others. And at least it will be in an English-speaking country. Besides, we’ve always liked Ireland -... more »
Inside the Pope’s Reptilian Audience Hall in Vatican City
*Buck Rogers* - This bizarre structure bears the striking resemblance of a giant snake. The post Inside the Pope’s Reptilian Audience Hall in Vatican City appeared first on Waking Times.
Latest Interviews
While finishing up Chapter 14 on the Jeffrey Epstein scandal that provides the classic anatomy of how the global elite entraps and controls politicians through misusing children as bait in their diabolical sexual blackmail operations, I did a couple more interviews this week. So below are links to interviews on the Power Hour radio show focusing on pedophilia and another Q&A written interview for the Balkan Post dissecting the recent protests in Iran and how the axis of evil - US Empire, Israel and Saudi Arabia - are using their proxy terrorist ally the Mujahedin Khalk (MEK) to inci... more »
Iran Credits Changes In U.S. Navy Behavior In The Gulf On Why Iran Has Stopped 'Harassing' The U.S. Navy
FILE PHOTO - The U.S. Navy patrol craft USS Squall (PC 7) steams in the Gulf in this U.S. Navy picture taken January 14, 2015. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Anthony R. Martinez/Handout via Reuters *Reuters*:* Iran cites change in U.S. navy behavior in Gulf* Rear Admiral Ali Ozmaei’s remarks cited by Tasnim news agency followed last week’s comments by U.S. military officials that the Iranian military had halted routine “harassment” of U.S. naval vessels in the Gulf. Each state accuses the other of having flouted international regulations in the sea area, which i... more »
No Link Between ‘Light at Night’ and Breast Cancer Risk?
No Link Between ‘Light at Night’ and Breast Cancer Risk? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/891859?src=soc_tw_180129_mscpedt_news_mdscp,mdscp_nightlight&faf=1 Advertisements
New algorithm for simulating the structure of quantum systems on a quantum photonic chip
New algorithm for simulating the structure of quantum systems on a quantum photonic chip https://m.phys.org/news/2018-01-algorithm-simulating-quantum-photonic-chip.html
Trump Administration Says No New Russia Sanctions Needed
The State Department allowed a 29 January 2018 deadline to pass without imposing new sanctions authorized in an August 2017 bill signed by President Donald Trump.
Colombia Suspends Peace Talks With ELN Rebels
Police officers stand guard near the site of a bomb attack at a police station in Barranquilla, Colombia January 28, 2018. REUTERS/Benjamin Beleno *Reuters:* *Colombia suspends peace talks with ELN rebels after bomb attacks* BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday suspended peace talks with Marxist ELN rebels after a series of bombings over the weekend killed seven police officers and injured dozens. The government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) have been in talks since February 2017 to end a five decade war, but Santos said he will not accep...more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Monkey Business to End!'
Read article at Mohawk Nation News.http://mohawknationnews.com/blog/2018/01/29/monkey-business-to-end/
Was an NFL Lawyer Who Claimed the Super Bowl Is ‘Rigged’ Found Dead?
This year the hoaxes and fake news about a "rigged" Super Bowl started even before the game was played.
Raytheon May Build Hypersonic Weapons to Keep America Ahead of Russia and China
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * And record profits could come with it. The Pentagon is working on countering the growing technological prowess of Russia and China by investing in a host of new technologies. While many of the details are classified, Raytheon is one of the big winners of the Pentagon’s largesse. “Countering pure nation threats with advanced technologies is a rapidly developing growth area for Raytheon, especially in our classified business,” Tom Kennedy, Raytheon’s chairman and chief executive officer told investors. “Peer nations are working to close the gap with U... more »
Raytheon Could Be the Bigger Winner in America's Big Military Buildup
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * Meaning selling lots of high-tech weapons to America--and around the world. The Pentagon’s new National Defense Strategy looks like a winner to defense giant Raytheon, which foresees a bright future in the years to come as defense spending grows. The rise of a new era of great power competition means that high-end weapons that Raytheon builds will be in high demand. “Last week, Secretary of Defense [James] Mattis released a national defense strategy. The strategy is subtitled, sharpening the American militaries competitive edge summarizes his intent... more »
No, China Doesn't Want Confrontation in the South China Sea
*James Holmes* *Security, Asia* [image: The U.S. Navy destroyer USS John S. McCain conducts a patrol in the South China Sea, January 22, 2017. U.S. Navy/Petty Officer 3rd Class James Vazquez/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo] An antagonist who stumbles into the arena of combat is different from one who strides into the arena. It’s been said that groupthink is a bad thing, that creative tension is a good thing and that appointing a “devil’s advocate” represents the best way to counteract the former while generating the latter. With any luck the give-and-take of debate yields better i... more »
The Long War in Afghanistan May Never End
*Arif Rafiq* *Security, Middle East* [image: Afghan policemen stand guard after an attack at the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul, Afghanistan August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail] By 2019, the political temperature in Kabul will probably rise to unmanageable levels, leading to the fracture of the Afghan security forces on ethnic lines. A United Nations report from last year describes the Afghanistan war as an “eroding stalemate” in which the Taliban have not only been able to expand, but also consolidate, the territory they hold. However, recent developments, inc... more »
The Upside to a Weak Dollar: Stable Oil Prices
*Samuel Rines* *Economics, Americas* [image: A U.S. five dollar note is seen in this illustration photo June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration] And moderate oil prices are a good thing for the United States and global economy. The International Monetary Fund has caught up to the global growth story. In its latest update, the IMF stated that the global economy was poised to grow at a pace last seen in 2011 about 4 percent. That is not something to take lightly. This is the eighth year in the recovery and 4 percent is an acceleration. That is incredible. It is worth takin... more »
It appears that the Republicans may be using the "secret memo" as an excuse to attack Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
Courtesy of the New York Times: *A secret, highly contentious Republican memo reveals that Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein approved an application to extend surveillance of a former Trump campaign associate shortly after taking office last spring, according to three people familiar with it. * *The renewal shows that the Justice Department under President Trump saw reason to believe that the associate, Carter Page, was acting as a Russian agent. But the reference to Mr. Rosenstein’s actions in the memo — a much-disputed document that paints the investigation into Russian... more »
Russian Su-27 Fighter Buzzes Within Five Feet A U.S. Navy EP-3 Aries Over The Black Sea
*CNN:* *Russian jet flies within 5 feet of US Navy plane, Pentagon says* A Russian Su-27 jet performed an unsafe intercept of a US Navy surveillance plane while it was flying in international airspace over the Black Sea Monday, three defense officials told CNN. The American pilots reported that the Russian jet came within 5 feet of the US plane, according to two of the officials. The Russian jet's action forced the US Navy aircraft to end its mission prematurely, one of the officials said. US Naval Forces Europe, which oversees US operations in the region, later confirmed the inc... more »
FBI Deputy Director McCabe Steps Down Monday
*NBC: **FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe stepping down* WASHINGTON — FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who has been attacked by President Donald Trump, stepped down Monday, multiple sources familiar with the matter told NBC News. McCabe will remain on the FBI payroll until he is eligible to retire with full benefits in mid-March, the sources said. One source said McCabe was exercising his retirement eligibility and characterized his decision as "stepping aside." McCabe has been at the center of ongoing tensions between the White House and the FBI and has reportedly been under ... more »
Keurig Buys Dr Pepper Snapple, Creating a Beverage Giant
Keurig is buying Dr Pepper Snapple Group, bringing together the make-at-home coffee brand with the company behind Dr Pepper soda, Mott's apple juice and Snapple iced tea.
The Fake MATRIX Illusion We Are Trapped In
Dear Readers, I've been thinking about a lot of things in recent days, weeks and months, to the extent that I have written very little for a long while now. Permit me to explain. After a certain point, it begins to seem as if there were not much more to be said, the more so as I have more or less reluctantly arrived at the following realization: we are in a sort of virtual reality, karmic lesson simulator being run by or dominated by a *PURE EVIL*A.I. governor or lord. I don't know if the entire galaxy and the rest of the Universe are caught up in this, but it increasingly looks ... more »
Did Marcel Marceau Save Hundreds of Jewish Children From Nazis?
The Frenchman who would become known as the world's greatest pantomime artist helped smuggle Jewish children to safety in Switzerland during World War II.
Can An "Ex"-Republican Blue Dog Defeat An Actual Democrat In The Omaha Congressional Primary?
Ostensibly they're both Democrats-- similarly to the way Chicagoland Blue Dog Dan Lipinski and progressive reformer Marie Newman are both Democrats. By in this Omaha case there's an even starker contrast. As far as we know, Lipinski wasn't ever an actual Republican. Brad Ashford, on the other hand *was* a Republican . He served in the Legislature from 1987 to 1995 and again from 2007 to 2015. He was a registered Republican and opportunistically, he switched his registration to the Democratic Party when he was termed out of his seat in the legislature and decided to run for Congre... more »
X22 Report, “They Are Getting Ready To Pull The Plug On The Economy”
X22 Report, “They Are Getting Ready To Pull The Plug On The Economy” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9DBiT41HvA
Iran's Relationship With Qatar Could Be Crumbling
*Romany Shaker* *Security, Middle East* [image: A coordinator walks past a Turkish flag and flags of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) before a meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 13, 2016. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser] Qatar has sought to enjoy the benefits of maintaining a membership in the GCC and close relations with Iran. Now those efforts are working against the Middle East nation. Tensions between the Gulf states and Qatar developed into an outright feud last June as a result of Qatar’s drift toward Iran, which led the Saudis and their partners to impose a boycott and cut of... more »
The Air Force Is Moving Fast to Get the F-22 Ready for War
*Kris Osborn* *Security, North America* America's adversaries better look out. The Air Force is strengthening its “Rapid Raptor” program designed to fast-track four F-22s to war - anywhere in theworld - within 24 hours, on a moments notice, should there be an immediate need for attacks in today’s pressured, fast-moving global threat environment , service officials said. The program, in existence for several years, prepares four F-22s with the requisite crew members, C-17 support, fuel, maintenance and weapons necessary to execute a fast-attack “first-strike” ability in remote or ... more »
What Happens After America Destroys North Korea?
*Danny Lam* *Security, Asia* Once America achieves the military destruction of North Korea, what next? Militarily defeating a nuclear armed North Korea with minimal risks, low allied and DPRK casualties is possible. But that leads to the question of what sort of a post war Korea would emerge and how the peace can be won. Winning the peace is a distinctly different task from fighting and winning the war. It requires different preparation, mindsets, training, expertise, and experience, much of which are not part of standard military repertoire. Occupational armies more often than n... more »
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 29, 2018
*Kareem Shaheen, The Guardian:* *Syrian rebels gamble on Turkish alliance to fight Kurds and Assad* Ankara is retraining a core of fighters to wage its own war against Isis and Kurdish expansion The young rebel from Idlib rolled down his sock to reveal a deep, blackened gash, a grim memento of weeks as an Islamic State captive. The man who tortured him in that prison was on his mind when he heard that Turkey was offering military training to 500 men, and decided to sign up. Like all the recruits to Ankara’s latest experiment, he was a seasoned anti-Assad rebel with battlefield ex... more »
SPEAKING FREELY: New audit exposes more careless city spending in Austin
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How to Avoid 12 Common Mistakes Serving Student ‘Customers’
Do you like making mistakes? I certainly don’t. Making mistakes are inevitable and as long as we humans exist, the opportunity for them to occur will be present.
Emerging Scholar Profile: Forber-Pratt Defies Expectations in Human and Organizational Development
At the age of 5, Dr. Anjali Forber-Pratt witnessed wheelchair racing at the Boston Marathon, prompting her to dress up as the winner for Halloween that year.
An Advocate for Student Success Along the Law Pipeline
Kristen M. Guiseppi brings seven years of experience in student support services to the University of Houston Law Center (UHLC), where she is program manager of the Pre-Law Pipeline Program.
Musical Interlude: Deuter, "Blessing"
Deuter, "Blessing" - https://www.youtube.com/
"A Look to the Heavens"
“What makes this spiral galaxy so long? Measuring over 700,000 light years across from top to bottom, NGC 6872, also known as the Condor galaxy, is one of the most elongated barred spiral galaxies known. *Click image for larger size.* The galaxy's protracted shape likely results from its continuing collision with the smaller galaxy IC 4970, visible just above center. Of particular interest is NGC 6872's spiral arm on the upper left, as pictured here, which exhibits an unusually high amount of blue star forming regions. The light we see today left these colliding giants before the day... more »
Chet Raymo, “Retirement”
* “Retirement”* by Chet Raymo "Farewell, thou busy world! And may We never meet again! Here I can eat and sleep and pray, And do more good in one short day Than he who his whole age outwears Upon the most conspicuous theatres, Where naught but vanity and vice do reign." "The first verse from a poem called "The Retirement" by Charles Cotton (1630-1687), a friend of Izaak Walton, about his private fishing retreat on the river Dove. The poem was incorporated into Walton's "The Compleat Angler." And what do I make of it, now, in retirement? All these hours on... more »
"A Chime Of Words..."
"Yes there is a meaning; at least for me, there is one thing that matters- to set a chime of words tinkling in the minds of a few fastidious people." - Logan Pearsall Smith
"What Can We Know? What Are We All?"
"What can we know? What are we all? Poor silly half-brained things peering out at the infinite, with the aspirations of angels and the instincts of beasts." - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ◆ “We need more understanding of human nature, because the only real danger that exists is man himself. He is the great danger. And we are pitifully unaware of it. We know nothing of man...far too little. His psyche should be studied - because we are the origin of all coming evil.” - C.G. Jung ◆ "The whole planet, the whole rock-grain, with its busy swarms, I now saw as an arena where two cosmical antagonis... more »
I TOLD YOU LAST YEAR THAT WE'D NEVER BE RID OF CHRIS CHRISTIE
Well, this was inevitable: Former Gov. Chris Christie has landed a TV gig, NJ Advance Media has learned. Christie has been hired as an occasional contributor to ABC News, according to sources familiar with the discussions.... Christie was chosen because he is close to the president and the players inside the White House, a source said. ABC News is gearing up coverage for the midterm elections in Washington, and value his perspective on Trump voters. That's only part of the reason. He's also been hired because the New York-area chapter of the news media's boys' club still likes Ch... more »
Putin opposition leader gets arrested in Moscow Sunday
Originally appeared at RussiaFeed.com Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained by police today as he was en route to an unauthorized protest rally in Moscow. He is expected to be charged with a violation of public order, and this minor charge carries a punishment of 20 days in jail. The hype around this story […] More The post Putin opposition leader gets arrested in Moscow Sunday appeared first on The Duran.
Russia heads back to the Moon
Lunar exploration and investigation quietly continues as Russia stakes its claim on lunar exploration - and development More The post Russia heads back to the Moon appeared first on The Duran.
Made in Russia: RD-180 Rocket Engines unaffected by sanctions
Relative weakness of the American sanctions is made evident because high-quality rocket engines are made in Russia and the US needs them More The post Made in Russia: RD-180 Rocket Engines unaffected by sanctions appeared first on The Duran.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry mocks US “show of impotence” in new sanctions
Washington political apparatus exposes own interference in Ukraine, undercuts US ambassador and Pres. Trump's wish to normalize relations More The post Russia’s Foreign Ministry mocks US “show of impotence” in new sanctions appeared first on The Duran.
Russian jet welcomes US spy plane with violent turbulence over the Black Sea
P-3C caught in jetwash of fighter which flew across the Orion's flight path on afterburners, causing American plane to end its mission prematurely More The post Russian jet welcomes US spy plane with violent turbulence over the Black Sea appeared first on The Duran.
5G mobile data networks subject to nationalization by the US government
5G presents critical functionality that needs to be secure; Trump administration looking at nationalizing this network to ensure security from cyber attack More The post 5G mobile data networks subject to nationalization by the US government appeared first on The Duran.
"Maybe They're Not Human"
*"Maybe They're Not Human"* by Julian Walsh "Today I would like to return to your awareness an aspect of the Human condition that condones violence under certain circumstances. To this end, we find ourselves going along with the most egregious of things, not least of which is war. Here we find not only a consensus of opinion - but an accepted truth. People kill people. That’s what we do. People have been killing each other over borders, religion, ideology, politics and resources as far back as history will take us. It’s a given that we will continue in this maniacal cycle of war, ... more »
Will President Trump Display the Names of Campaign Donors During the State of the Union?
If you donate to President Donald Trump’s campaign, your name will appear during a campaign-run livestream of his State of the Union address.
China and Japan Hold Talks on Improving Relations
[image: china-and-japan-hold-talks-on-improving-relations] Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono, during which the two sides agreed to resume reciprocal visits by their leaders.
If Mom Had An Abortion, Teens More Likely To Have One Also
In the developed world, abortions are common despite ubiquitous condoms, birth control and even the "morning after pill" - about 6.7 million per year. In Canada, the teen pregnancy rate is 28 per 1000, with more than 50 percent of those ending in abortion, so a study in *Canadian Medical Association Journal* decided to see what was different about teens who had an abortion versus teens that did not. read more
Super Bowl Ads Aim for the Heart – And Sometimes Lower
After a year of political and cultural upheaval, Super Bowl advertisers appear to be pulling back from themes of unity in favor of in-game stunts and ads that aim for the heart.
Mispelled Tickets Issued for ‘State of the Uniom’ Address?
Sitting senators tweeted images of the misspelled tickets on 29 January 2018.
World News Briefs -- January 29, 2018
*AFP:* *Trump says 'no' to Taliban talks after wave of attacks* US President Donald Trump on Monday ruled out quick talks with the Taliban, following a wave of bloody large-scale attacks in the Afghan capital Kabul. "I don't think we are prepared to talk right now," Trump said, throwing into question Washington's strategy of pushing the group toward the negotiating table. "We don't want to talk with the Taliban," Trump said. "They are killing people left and right, innocent people." He added: "There may be a time but it's going to be a long time." *Read more* .... *MIDDLE EAST* ... more »
Energy & Environmental Newsletter: January 29, 2018
Energy & Environmental Newsletter: January 29, 2018By John Droz, Jr. -- January 29, 2018 The Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions (AWED) is an informal coalition of individuals and organizations interested in improving national, state, and local energy and environmental policies. Our premise is that technical matters like these should be addressed by using Real Science (please consult WiseEnergy.org for more information). A key element of AWED’s efforts is public education. Towards that end, every three weeks we put together a newsletter to balance what is found in the mainstream medi... more »
And Bernie Makes Four....
*Crazy Ol' Commie Coot To Rebut SOTU Address from His Alternative Universe * As the Democrats continue to retreat into their make-believe world of Russian conspiracy theories, race-baiting, gender politics and betting the farm that voters will turn out for a party that is on the record as more concerned with illegal aliens than U.S. citizens, are getting ready to pour more gasoline on the smoldering wreckage of a party with their upcoming responses to President Trumps State of the Union address. Today, communist coot Bernie Sanders announced that he would also be giving a rebuttal t... more »
Today is the deadline for Donald Trump to sign off on the Russia sanctions. Think he'll do it? Update!
Courtesy of Politico: *President Donald Trump’s willingness to crack down on Russia will be seriously tested come Monday. * *Trump faces a major deadline to use the Russia sanctions power that Congress overwhelmingly voted to give him — and it’s anybody’s guess as to whether he’ll comply on time after missing the last deadline. * *Scrutiny is high, amid lingering suspicion of Trump’s eagerness to mend fences with Russia and with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation still digging into election meddling by Moscow. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle remain keen to get tou... more »
Is There Opposition In Turkey To President Erdogan's Decision To Launch Military Operations In Syria
Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan chairs a security meeting in Ankara on January 23, 2018. Kayhan Ozer / Presidential Palace via Reuters *BBC: **Syria war: Turkey arrests hundreds for criticising Afrin offensive* More than 300 people have been arrested in Turkey after posting messages online criticising the country's military offensive across the border in Syria. The messages condemning the Turkish military operation to push a Kurdish militia out of Syria's northern region of Afrin were posted on social media. The users were detained for spreading "terror propaganda", officials said... more »
Will There Be a Tory Leadership Challenge?
War is hell. Unless we're seeing Tory rising against Tory, then it's entertainment. And what an entertaining weekend it has been. "Call Me" Philip Hammond stirred a hornets' nest by simply setting out the government's current positioning on Brexit. That Britain is looking at continued close alignment with the European Union after Brexit is, of course, the most sensible course of action to take provided you don't want to tank the economy. And yet this position, which is more or less remaining in the Customs Union without it being called 'staying in the Customs Union', has been the c... more »
South Yemen separatists send reinforcements to Aden
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (09:50 PM) – According to local sources reported by Yemen Press, the separatist high command called the Southern Transitional Council, has sent large amounts of reinforcements to Aden. The Southern secessionists reportedly sent large amounts of troops from the Dhale and Shabwah provinces to Aden on Monday, a day after heavy clashes between […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Yemen’ Aden torn between Gulf allies after clashes
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:25 P.M.) – Sporadic gunfire continued in Aden on Monday as Yemeni separatists established control over several government buildings in the city. Windows were left shattered and the separatists patrolled in armed vehicles, footage shows. Earlier the Yemeni port city was the scene of clashes between forces of Saudi-backed President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Lebanese journalist faces prison time for insulting Saudi king
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:55 P.M.) – The Lebanese Attorney General’s office filed a lawsuit against the editor in-chief of Ad-Diyar newspaper, Charles Ayoub, for insulting the King Salman bin ‘Abdul-Aziz of Saudi Arabia. According to a statement released by Ad-Diyar on Monday, the Lebanese Attorney General’s office is demanding a one year prison term and hefty […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز
Lucky 13
I almost forgot. In fact, not only did I not write anything here yesterday, I screwed myself out of the chance to use this space to commemorate my 13th anniversary as a blogger. 13 years in this business makes one the IF Stone or Helen Thomas of this form of media. In 2005, many of us had put out our shingles, including d r i f t g l a s s, Jane Hamsher of Firedoglake (Now Shadowproof) and America's most beloved plantation owner, Arianna Huffington. And in July, it'll be a decade since I started this, my third political blog. My, my, how the time flies while Republica... more »
Did NFL Decide Not to Televise National Anthem Before Super Bowl?
An inaccurate meme claims the national anthem won't be televised before the Super Bowl.
Did a Woman Pretending to Be a Sex Robot File for Child Support?
A new legal frontier in human-robot sexual interactions has not yet been reached as described.
Lessons From the Tet Offensive, A Half Century Later
*Paul R. Pillar* *Vietnam Military Intervention, East Asia* Fifty years ago this Tuesday, communist forces launched the assaults across South Vietnam known as the Tet Offensive. The offensive marked an inflection point in the Vietnam War. President Lyndon Johnson denied a request the following month from his military commander in Vietnam, William Westmoreland, for 206,000 more U.S. troops on top of the more than half a million that already were there after years of escalation. Johnson turned to diplomacy in a search for a peace settlement and announced he would not run for re-... more »
Defense: Government Puts Burden On Reality Winner To Excuse FBI Violating Her Rights
NSA whistleblower Reality Winner's attorneys contend the government places the burden on her to demand her rights from FBI agents who violated them. The post Defense: Government Puts Burden On Reality Winner To Excuse FBI Violating Her Rights appeared first on Shadowproof.
US Dollar Plummeting Against Commodities and Other Currencies
By Jeff Paul The US Dollar is quickly weakening compared to commodities, cryptocurrencies and other national currencies. Is it a normal cycle? Or is it... more »
WATCH: Vin Armani Show Discusses Becoming an Adult in Western Culture
By Vin Armani Watch the livestream oof The Vin Armani Show today at 10am PST (1pm EST). Vin welcomes guest Dylan Charles to talk about... more »
CBS46 Suspends Anchor Ben Swann After He Announces Return of “Reality Check”
By Derrick Broze Award-winning journalist and news anchor Ben Swann was suspended by CBS Atlanta after announcing the return of his Reality Check segment. On... more »
Blackouts and Flashpoints in 2018: Who Rules America, Globalization and Geopolitics
By Prof. James Petras The prophets and forecasters for the coming year have already set out their global vision ranging from rising economies to catastrophic... more »
CBS News: “8 Dumb Ways to Boost Possible Cancer Risk” – Experts Still Not in Complete Agreement
By B.N. Frank Following the Benjamins… Recently CBS News posted an attention-grabbing guide on their website: “Cell Phones & Cancer: 8 Dumb Ways to Boost... more »
No Lackin Challenge
Rumors of a dangerous fad known as the "No Lackin Challenge" circulated after a Memphis teenager was accidentally shot in the head.
Will There Be A ‘Super Blue Blood Moon’ This Week?
NASA has called the astronomical event in late January 2018 a "supermoon trilogy."
Turkey's Military Operations In Northern Syria -- News Updates January 29, 2018
*Yahoo News 7/AFP:* *Kurds bury their dead as Turkey presses Syria offensive * Afrin (Syria) (AFP) - Hundreds of people attended funerals Monday for casualties of a Turkish offensive against Kurdish forces in the Syrian border region of Afrin. New civilian casualties were reported following the latest clashes and air strikes in the operation launched by Turkey and Syrian opposition fighters against Kurdish militia in northwestern Syria. Ankara, which considers the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in Syria a "terror" group, has vowed to carry on and possibly expand the ope... more »
Musical Interlude: 2002, "Remember Now"
“You think you will never forget any of this, you will remember it always just the way it was. But you can't remember it the way it was. To know it, you have to be living in the presence of it right as it is happening. It can return only by surprise. Speaking of these things tells you that there are no words for them that are equal to them or that can restore them to your mind. And so you have a life that you are living only now, now and now and now, gone before you can speak of it, and you must be thankful for living day by day, moment by moment, in this presence. But you have a li... more »
University of Charleston to Offer Weekend Nursing Classes
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The University of Charleston plans to offer an associate nursing degree on weekends. The university said in a news release that the program on the main campus in Charleston will allow students to graduate as a registered nurse in less than two years. It is designed for students who want to finish […]
University of New Mexico Ranked 7th for Application Increase
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The University of New Mexico is among 50 flagship universities seeing a large wave of applications. The Albuquerque Journal reported Sunday that a recent analysis by The Washington Post looked at dramatic increases in applications experienced by state flagship institutions between 2006 and 2016 and ranked the University of New Mexico as […]
McConnell Retiring as College of Charleston President
CHARLESTON, S.C. — College of Charleston President Glenn McConnell is retiring this summer, ending nearly five decades in public service. McConnell said Monday he took a hard look at his health and energy at age 70 and determined it is time to slow down. “As an alumnus of the college, I love and respect this […]
Ruthless Truth: The BBC is Racist - A point of view
This article https://john-moloney.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/the-bbc-is-racist.html has been sitting uncommented upon in my browser for a while now. Take a read of the whole article, it's an interesting point of view. Here's an extract: 'So what's going on? Why would it be irredeemably racist to cast a white actor to play Nelson Mandela, but uber anti-racist to have a black man play Admiral Nelson? It all comes down to the BBC's view of racism. Most of us tend to assume that not being racist means treating everybody the same regardless of their race, but to the cultural Marxists at ... more »
Hypocritical Pelosi Says Trump Is Trying to “Make America White Again”
[image: hypocritical-pelosi-says-trump-is-trying-to-make-america-white-again] Pelosi's remarks that Trump wants to "make America white again" reveals a hypocrisy that is shared by many of her fellow Democrats.
Venezuela’s Crude Oil Exports to U.S. Declining Sharply
[image: venezuela-s-crude-oil-exports-to-u-s-declining-sharply] The flow of Venezuelan heavy crude oil to U.S. Gulf Coast refineries dropped by 60 percent in the first three weeks of January, hastening the political demise of Nicolas Maduro.
U.S. pushing Ukraine back to war in Donbass
This video was shot during the Obama administration when his Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt joined Maj. Gen. Gregory Lengyel, Commander of US Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR), on his trip to Khmelnytskyi (western Ukraine), where US Special Forces from Fort Carson, Colorado were training the then newly formed National Guard. Many of these National Guard were made up of Nazi death squad members who were given a nice new uniform and taught to salute properly and then were prepared to attack their fellow citizens in eastern Ukraine (Donbass) along the Russian border. ...more »
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Delving Further Into Trump’s Damaged Psyche: Defiance Disorder Is The New Buzz
*-by Helen Klein* Trump’s mental health should continue to be front and center of our country’s concerns. Even perhaps above his obstruction, collusion with the Russians and money laundering. Unfortunately, it is not. It is not being taken seriously enough, not by a long shot, and the consequences may be devastating for us and for the entire planet. In an interview for Salon in November, John Gartner, psychologist at Johns Hopkins, states, "This is the greatest psychiatric emergency in the history of the United States and maybe in the history of the world." Donald Trump is going... more »
"The Other Conspiracy Against Trump"
*"The Other Conspiracy Against Trump"* by Robert Gore "President Trump has announced he will speak with Robert Mueller under oath. He’s waving the victory flag. By allowing Mueller’s probe to proceed despite substantial irregularities and bias that would have justified a “You’re Fired!”, Trump has decisively faced down the opposition. The tables are turned and they’ll be on the run for years. If he does talk to Mueller (and he says that’s subject to his lawyers) it will be an exclamation point on Trump’s repeated contentions that there’s nothing to the Russiagate investigation. Ha... more »
Golden Boy Robert Mueller's Forgotten Surveillance Crime Spree
[image: undefined] When Robert Mueller was appointed last May as Special Counsel to investigate Trump, Politico Magazine gushed that “Mueller might just be America’s straightest arrow — a respected, nonpartisan and fiercely apolitical public servant whose only lifetime motivation has been the search for justice.” Most of the subsequent press coverage has shown nary a doubt about Mueller’s purity. But, during his 11 years as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mueller’s agency routinely violated federal law and the Bill of Rights. Mueller took over the FBI one week befo... more »
Europe's Culture Wars
Neocon-dominated US foreign policy is despised throughout the world, bestselling Scandinavian writer Hanne Herland tells the Liberty Report today. At a time when European and Western values are under attack by cultural Marxists of the Frankfurt School, where can we turn to fight back? And the globalists who control the vast majority of the world's wealth -- what are the dangers? Join today's very unique Liberty Report:
The Last Fed Chairman?
[image: undefined] Last week the Senate confirmed Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve Chairman by a vote of 84-13. This is in contrast to the contentious debates and closer votes over Janet Yellen’s confirmation in 2014 and Ben Bernanke’s confirmation for a second term in 2010. Powell benefited from a perception that the economy’s recovery from the 2007-08 meltdown proves that the Fed is a capable manager of monetary policy. However, the perceptions of economic recovery and Federal Reserve competence are both far from the truth. The economy may seem to have recovered, but the recovery... more »
Russiagate Isn’t About Trump, And It Isn’t Even Ultimately About Russia
[image: undefined] MSNBC’s Chris Hayes recently asked a question of his Twitter following that was so heavily loaded it wouldn’t be permitted on most interstate highways: “Aside from genuine cranks, is there anyone left denying it was the Russians that committed criminal sabotage in the American election?” Hayes asked this fake question because he works for MSNBC and it is therefore his job, and he asked it in response to a report first made viral by deranged espionage LARPer Eric Garland that a Dutch intelligence agency had been observing Russian hackers attacking US political part... more »
America’s National Defense Is Really Offense
[image: undefined] On Friday, the Pentagon released an unclassified summary of the 2018 National Defense Strategy report. On the same day, Secretary of Defense James Mattis delivered prepared remarks relating to the document. Reading the summary is illuminating, to say the least, and somewhat disturbing, as it focuses very little on actual defense of the realm and relates much more to offensive military action that might be employed to further certain debatable national interests. Occasionally, it is actually delusional, as when it refers to consolidating “gains we have made in Afg... more »
FBI-Gate? #ReleaseTheMemo
Though dead-enders can't let go, the fact is "Russia-gate" is on the wane for lack of any kind of evidence. But what has emerged to take its place looks more like "FBI-gate," with senior officials seemingly plotting to prevent Donald Trump from taking office and then plotting to depose him once in the White House. RPI's Daniel McAdams joins RT's Crosstalk to point out that the FBI has always been a political organization and that the United States would be far better without such a national police force and without agents who do things that would land the rest of us in jail. And was... more »
Is the Trump Revolution Over?
[image: undefined] A year after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, analysts and commentators are assessing both his performance in the first year of his presidency as well as the outlook for the remainder of his first term. Entering office as a surprise winner and a political neophyte, many people didn’t know just what to expect from Trump. Would he do what he pledged to do as a candidate, or was his campaign rhetoric just a lot of hot air to bamboozle enough people into voting for him? One of Trump’s most popular promises was to “drain the swamp” and, while the President has tr... more »
Lew Rockwell: ‘It’s About Time the US Realized it Needs to Get Out of Afghanistan’
[image: undefined] The US has no business in Afghanistan but it loves war and could be there for another 17 years, killing hundreds of thousands more people, according to Lew Rockwell, chairman of the Ludwig von Mises Institute. The US State Department confirmed Tuesday that several Americans were among the victims in Saturday's attack on a hotel in the Afghan capital, Kabul, where 22 people died in the overnight siege by Taliban militants, local officials said. On Wednesday, a suicide attacker detonated a car bomb next to the office of the humanitarian group Save the Children in Ja... more »
Pentagon's New 'Cold War' Strategy: Peace...Or War Profits?
The Pentagon has just released its 2018 National Defense Strategy for the United States. After at least 18 years of being told that international terrorism is the number one threat to the United States and that we must spend enormous amounts of money ($11 trillion since 2001) fighting it, we are now told that terrorism is no longer a big threat. The new biggest threat that we must spend more mountains of money defeating? Russia and China! Who benefits from this official return to the Cold War? The military-industrial complex. Who loses? The rest of us. More on the Pentagon's "Orwell... more »
Playing ‘Kurdish Card’ in Syria Backfires on US As Turks Move In
[image: undefined] What the result will be of Turkey’s offensive against the Kurdish-held enclave of Afrin in northwest Syria may not be clear for a while, but two things are already certain. Bad decisions in Washington provided the trigger, and Washington’s regional position will suffer as a result of Ankara’s Orwellian-named “Operation Olive Branch.” The offensive is the latest twist from Turkey’s erratic and unpredictable leader, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Let’s recall that “Sultan” Erdogan was an early and active participant in what was supposed to have been a relatively e... more »
Destroying, Suppressing Evidence is FBI Standard Procedure
[image: undefined] Congressional investigators were rocked this weekend when the FBI notified them that five months of text messages from a top FBI investigator into the Trump campaign’s Russian connections had mysteriously vanished. The FBI-issued cell phone of Peter Strzok, whose previous texts to his mistress (also an FBI employee) showed fierce hostility to Trump, suddenly had problems due to “software upgrades” and other issues — and voila —all the messages between the two from Dec. 14, 2016, to May 17, 2017 vanished. Strzok, who oversaw the Trump investigation from its start i... more »
VP Pence At Olympics To Prevent North Korea Peace Overtures
Relations between North and South Korea have taken a surprisingly positive turn this year. Bilateral negotiations between the North and South began the thaw just after the New Year, and then an announcement of unprecedented North/South joint participation in the coming Olympic games leaves us wondering how far this cooperation might go. Meanwhile, Washington casts a skeptical eye on the big thaw. The Trump Administration has bet the bank that the only way to handle North Korea is with sanctions and threats. That has not worked. With North/South rapprochement become the big story at t... more »
Trump’s National Defense Strategy Has the Pentagon Popping Champagne
[image: undefined] Here’s what we can say about the Trump administration’s just-released National Defense Strategy: it’s not a strategy and its subject is not defense. Bearing the imprimatur of Pentagon chief James Mattis, the NDS—at least the unclassified summary that we citizens are permitted to see—is in essence a brief for increasing the size of the U.S. military budget. Implicit in the document is this proposition: more spending will make the armed forces of the United States “stronger” and the United States “safer.” Simply put, the NDS is all about funneling more bucks to the... more »
Is FBI Lying About 'Russiagate'?
Are we supposed to believe that a critical five months of text messages between two plotting (and illicitly connected) anti-Trump FBI agents have disappeared due to technical errors? Much more likely -- and more commonly, as Jim Bovard points out in a recent Hill article -- it is the FBI manipulating evidence and destroying evidence to keep the public from knowing what they really are up to. In this case, it appears FBI agents were colluding with others in the US intelligence community to: 1) prevent Donald Trump from being elected president; and then 2) when that didn't work, to un... more »
It’s Time We Saw Economic Sanctions For What They Really Are – War Crimes
[image: undefined] The first pathetic pieces of wreckage from North Korean fishing boats known as “ghost ships” to be found this year are washing up on the coast of northern Japan. These are the storm-battered remains of fragile wooden boats with unreliable engines in which North Korean fishermen go far out to sea in the middle of winter in a desperate search for fish. Often all that survives is the shattered wooden hull of the boat cast up on the shore, but in some cases the Japanese find the bodies of fishermen who died of hunger and thirst as they drifted across the Sea of Japan.... more »
Why Does Washington Hate Bashar al-Assad?
[image: undefined] The Donald Trump administration is planning to install a 30,000 strong armed “security force” in northern Syria along the borders with Turkey and Iraq. This presumably will tie together and support the remaining rag-tags of allegedly pro-democracy rebels and will fit in with existing and proposed US bases. The maneuver is part of a broader plan to restructure Syria to suit the usual crop of neocon geniuses in Washington that have slithered their way back into the White House and National Security Council, to include renewed demands that the country’s President Bas... more »
Turkey Vs. Syrian Kurds: Whose Side Are We On?
With Ankara's recent military incursion into Syria to fight Afrin-based Kurdish forces, the US finds itself in a bizarre proxy war with its longtime NATO ally, Turkey. Turkish airplanes are literally taking off from the same airbase to bomb the Kurds as American planes are taking off from to arm the Kurds. US policy in Syria to create an autonomous Kurdish region to facilitate the continued (illegal) US military presence in the country is reckless and unsustainable. It is also absurd. For more on this strange state of affairs, tune in to today's Liberty Report:
Rex Tillerson at Hoover
[image: undefined] On Wednesday morning last week, I, as a research fellow with the Hoover Institution, got to attend a speech by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. It was followed by a Q&A session with former Secretary of State and my Hoover colleague Condoleezza Rice. Unfortunately, questions from the audience were not allowed. The talk was about the Trump administration’s policy on Syria. The State Department has already released a transcript of his speech. After the first few minutes of niceties, Tillerson got to his main topic: Syria. He listed many of the ways that Syrian dicta... more »
What to Really Expect From the Government Shutdown
[image: undefined] It’s deja-vu all over again, as baseball legend Yogi Berra might have said. The politicians and media are telling us the world is coming to an end because a “compromise” could not be made at the 11th hour to keep the Federal government in business. Republicans blame Democrats for the shutdown over their insistence on legislation to benefit about 700,000 “Dreamers” -- immigrants who were brought illegally in to the country as children. Democrats make the shutdown all about Donald Trump, hoping to gain political points from his unpopular status. The media headlines... more »
Turkish Tanks Cross Into Syria As Ground Offensive Against US-Backed Militia Begins
[image: undefined] Early on Sunday, Turkish ground forces crossed the border and pushed into northern Syria’s Afrin province on Sunday, Ankara said after launching artillery and air strikes on a US-backed Kurdish militia it aims to sweep from its border. Turkey sent armored divisions into northwest Syria after a day of airstrikes as part of 'Operation Olive Branch' which bombed Kurdish YPG forces ("People's Protection Units") in and around Afrin to drive the US-allied Kurdish militia from the area. Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army fighters along with Turkish troops are now moving in... more »
UnHerd Elsewhere: What our leaders can learn from straight-talking Macron
Ayesha Hazarika had nothing but praise for the French President, Emmanuel Macron, in her column for the Scotsman. Reflecting on his performance in an interview with Andrew Marr last, Ayesha said admiringly: “He was fluent, confident, insightful, articulate and, most of all, gave what is a rare thing for us watchers of politics – a […] The post UnHerd Elsewhere: What our leaders can learn from straight-talking Macron appeared first on UnHerd.
Cross
Donald Trump's been crossing his arms a lot, lately. And while body language experts say that not arm crossers do it for the same reason, a cop trained in interrogations and the body language presented will tell you that Donald Trump (who will soon be interviewed by Robert Mueller) has a lot to hide. Take the fact that when he crosses his arms, he always hides his hands, which one can construe as further proof that he's been being closed-minded, guarded. Or, as others have intimated, he could be hiding hand tremors, as incipient palsy is common among the elderly. It s... more »
"We Can Do A Lot Better Than This"
*"We Can Do A Lot Better Than This"* by Mike Krieger “The dark ages still reign over all humanity, and the depth and persistence of this domination are only now becoming clear. Politics is absolutely hopeless. That’s why everything has gone wrong. You have ninety-nine percent of the people thinking “politics,” and hollering and yelling. And that won’t get you anywhere. Hollering and yelling won’t get you across the English Channel. It won’t reach from continent to continent; you need electronics for that, and you have to know what you’re doing. Evolution has been at work doing all ... more »
U.S. Central Command General Joseph Votel: U.S. Won't Withdraw From Syrian City Despite Turkey's Threats
General Joseph Votel, commander of U.S. Central Command, delivers remarks at the National Council on at 26th Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference in Washington, U.S., October 18, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas Reuters *CNN:* *US general: US troops won't withdraw from Syrian city of Manbij* (CNN)US troops will not withdraw from Manbij, a strategically important city in northern Syria, a leading US military figure told CNN Sunday. This means that US troops risk being caught up in Turkey's military push into northern Syria should Ankara follow through with a pledge to advance into the ...more »
Doctors Show Common Vaccine Likely Worse than Getting the Disease It’s Suppose to Stop
[image: vaccine] Researchers have shown that the current data available is insufficient to prove that the vaccine causes less death or permanent injury than the disease it is supposed to prevent. The post Doctors Show Common Vaccine Likely Worse than Getting the Disease It’s Suppose to Stop appeared first on The Free Thought Project.
It looks like Donald Trump just forced FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe out of his job. That is two, count them two, FBI agents kicked to the curb. Update!
Courtesy of NBC News: *FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who has been attacked by President Donald Trump, stepped down Monday, multiple sources familiar with the matter told NBC News. * *McCabe will remain on the FBI payroll until he is eligible to retire with full benefits in mid-March, the sources said. * *One source said McCabe was exercising his retirement eligibility and characterized his decision as "stepping aside."* *McCabe has been at the center of ongoing tensions between the White House and the FBI and has reportedly been under pressure to quit from Trump, whose pre... more »
"How It Really Is"
*"The Flu Is Far Worse Than We're Being Told: 10s Of 1000s Are Dying"* "The Current Flu Has Already Killed 44,116 People: In comparison, the current flu has already resulted in 44,116 deaths this flu season. To give that number some meaning, this year’s flu has already led to more deaths than the average for H3N2 years. Furthermore, we aren’t even in the middle of cold and flu season yet. At 44,116 deaths and counting, we are already nearly to the high end (49,000 people) of the normal flu-associated deaths range." - https://coyoteprime-runningcauseicantfly.blogspot.com/
"Apathy And Evil..."
"Apathy and evil. The two work hand in hand. They are the same, really... Evil wills it. Apathy allows it. Evil hates the innocent and the defenseless most of all. Apathy doesn't care as long as it's not personally inconvenienced." - Jake Thoene, "Shaiton's Fire" God forbid we should be personally inconvenienced...
Jaromír Jágr's difficult, masochist retirement reveals his special heart
I've become a – somewhat superficial – fan of soccer and ice-hockey, partly because of my Pilsner patriotism combined with Pilsner teams' being leaders both in soccer and ice-hockey (at this moment and, at least in the case of soccer, in most moments in the recent 7 years – with some successes in the European leagues as well; the ice-hockey HC Škoda Pilsen is owned by Martin Straka, an ex-NHL player). Quite generally, I think that most athletes are rather stupid, uninteresting as human beings, and frankly speaking, I don't really care if someone is 20% or 40% better than the average ... more »
CawRANT Events #60
*CawRANT Events #60* *Good Morning Everybody!* It's a very wet day in the Pacific North West. A heavy rain storm has been pounding metro Vancouver for about three days now. Raining so hard I can't take my dogs for a walk....we'd all be soaked, even with a big umbrella. So it's a good morning to stay inside and blog. I have a lot of items on my RANT list so better get started. *First, to Canadian newz.* There's no public Canadian I love to hate more than the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Canada's own pro-Nazi Russia hater, *Chrystia Freeland.* Well, frankly, she's an embarrassme... more »
Scientists have made biodegradable plastic from sugar and carbon dioxide.
Scientists have made biodegradable plastic from sugar and carbon dioxide | World Economic Forum https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/10/scientists-have-made-biodegradable-plastic-from-sugar-and-carbon-dioxide/?utm_content=buffer917f3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer Advertisements
Research Reveals How Sugar CAUSES cancer.
Research Reveals How Sugar CAUSES Cancer | GreenMedInfo | Blog Entry http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/research-reveals-how-sugar-causes-cancer
How To Deal With Anger and Find Peace.
How To Deal With Anger and Find Peace — Purpose Fairy https://www.purposefairy.com/4082/how-to-deal-with-anger-and-find-peace/
Thyroid Surgery Through the Mouth.
Thyroid Surgery Through the Mouth | Endocrine Surgery | JAMA Surgery | The JAMA Network https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/article-abstract/2653284?utm_source=FBPAGE&utm_medium=social_jn&utm_term=1290864782&utm_content=content_engagement%7carticle_engagement&utm_campaign=article_alert&linkId=47054961&redirect=true
Didn’t they take an oath not to do harm? Opioids are coming from doctor’s offices, not the ER.
Didn’t they take an oath not to do harm? Opioids are coming from doctor’s offices, not the ER – NaturalNews.com https://www.naturalnews.com/2018-01-29-opioids-are-coming-from-doctors-offices-not-the-er.html
Trump Proves Record-Level Ignorance Regarding Ice Caps, Climate Crisis.
Trump Proves Record-Level Ignorance Regarding Ice Caps, Climate Crisis | Common Dreams https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/01/29/trump-proves-record-level-ignorance-regarding-ice-caps-climate-crisis
Uncovering the early origins of Huntington’s disease
Medical Xpress: Uncovering the early origins of Huntington’s disease https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2018-01-uncovering-early-huntington-disease.html
Body clock disruptions occur years before memory loss in Alzheimer’s
Medical Xpress: Body clock disruptions occur years before memory loss in Alzheimer’s https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2018-01-body-clock-disruptions-years-memory.html
Study focuses on atomic structure of the serotonin transporter bound to SSRIs
Medical Xpress: Study focuses on atomic structure of the serotonin transporter bound to SSRIs https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2018-01-focuses-atomic-serotonin-bound-ssris.html
Fitness Tracking App Found Exposing Secret US Military Locations Around The World
Fitness Tracking App Found Exposing Secret US Military Locations Around The World https://fossbytes.com/fitness-tracker-app-reveales-secret-us-army-locations-on-global-heat-map/
U.S. Central Command General Joseph Votel: The Military Defeat Of ISIS Can Now Be Measured In Weeks
JUST IN: “The timeline for the military defeat of ISIS can now be measured in weeks.” - @CENTCOM’s Gen. Votel says in speech to Jordan’s National Defense School, happening now. — Kevin Baron (@DefenseBaron) January 29, 2018 *FOX News:* *Military defeat of ISIS can be 'measured in weeks,' top US general says* The military defeat of ISIS could be just 'weeks' away, a top U.S. military official said Monday -- a stunning development given the terror group once boasted the infrastructure to control an expanse of territory in Syria and Iraq where 10 million people lived. U.S. Central ... more »
Cleveland Baseball Club To Abandon Racist Chief Wahoo Logo Next Year
The divisive and hotly debated Chief Wahoo logo is being removed from the Cleveland Indians’ uniform next year. The polarizing mascot is coming off the team’s jersey sleeves and caps starting in the 2019 season, a move that will end Chief Wahoo’s presence on the field but may not completely silence those who deem it racist. After lengthy discussions between team owner Paul Dolan and MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, the Indians are taking the extraordinary step of shelving the big-toothed, smiling, red-faced caricature, which has been used in used in various expressions by the team si... more »
BREAKING: Mogul discovers no one will be true!
*MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 2018Josh Marshall ponders the Times: * We came upon Josh Marshall's post at roughly 5:45 this morning. It was too painful to read the whole thing. We set it aside until later. Later has come! Josh seems to have gotten the wrong impression from the Schmidt/Haberman "bombshell report"—the report we first discussed last Saturday and began to review this morning. In our view, Josh likely got the wrong impression because, in a perhaps maybe possibly typical way, Schmidt and Haberman (and their editor) may have wanted him to. Quite plainly, the bombshell report b... more »
Warrior and Protector -- Justice for Sonny Lewis, on Fifth Anniversary of His Murder in Reno
. Sonny was everyone's warrior and protector -- Sonny's mother Sheri Potts. Photos and video by Western Shoshone Carl Bad Bear Sampson Censored News Five years ago, on Jan. 27, 2013, Sonny Lewis was shot and killed outside of the E. 2nd Street Walmart in Reno. This year, during the annual candlelight service, Sonny's mother Sheri Potts called for justice. She said her son's
“You Want Rights? Well, Sunshine… Here’s What You’re Missing”
*“You Want Rights? Well, Sunshine… Here’s What You’re Missing”* So Many Rights, So Little Understanding by Chris at https://capitalistexploits.at/signup/ "Sometimes when I sit down to share my thoughts with you I know I'm going to piss off a bunch of people. Today is one of those days. So if you're bitterly hostile, suffer from low self esteem, have nihilistic tendencies, and offer to the world a bag full of self contempt and not much else, then you need to read on. You'll hate me for it but really... this is for you! You've been fighting for all sorts of "rights" and sadly society i... more »
Why is Russia Helping Turkey in Afrin?
*Oped Via Al Jazeera* Image from Al Jazeera *The narrative below, excerpted from the oped, works for me. It jibes with much of what I've posted here this past YEAR.* *"On January 20, Turkey launched an air and ground offensive, which it called "Olive Branch", against the Kurdish-controlled enclave of Afrin in northern Syria.* *As the offensive progressed rapidly, it became obvious that such an ambitious operation could not have been possible without Russia's explicit approval.* *First of all, the operation required the Turkish Air Force to enter Syria's airspace - something Ankara... more »
New Jersey Democrat Senator Menendez Up for Retrial on Corruption Charges
[image: new-jersey-democrat-senator-menendez-up-for-retrial-on-corruption-charges] The timing of Senator Bob Menendez' retrial could be disastrous for Menendez even if he isn't convicted.
The most cost-effective binoculars I've ever owned
A few years ago I wrote about the usefulness of binoculars in emergency situations, following that article with another on how to choose the right low-cost binoculars for your needs. I stand by most of my recommendations in those articles; but technology has improved to the point that many of my earlier criteria are about to be overturned. I have on my desk, as I write these words, an example of that. It's the Costin Ultimate HD 8-24x50 Zoom Binoculars. Yes, you read that right: they're an 8x50 pair of binoculars, *with a zoom feature* that lets you increase that magnificati... more »
FBI Deputy Director Leaving Post Ahead of Planned Retirement
FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is leaving his position ahead of a previously planned retirement.
Indians Removing Chief Wahoo Logo from Game Uniforms in 2019
The Cleveland Indians are taking the divisive Chief Wahoo logo off their jerseys and caps.
Did Ronald Reagan Pave the Way for Fox News?
A Facebook meme gets some facts right about the demise of the Fairness Doctrine but ignores important distinctions between broadcast and cable television.
LaRouchePAC Monday Update, January 29, 2018
Video of kkZ0KzdzcOY Join us at 2:00 pm eastern for our weekly Monday Update, with your host, Matthew Ogden.
IMAGINE WHO'D BE THE GOP GUESTS AT PRESIDENT HILLARY CLINTON'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
Fox's Todd Starnes is getting some attention for this thoughtful, closely reasoned opinion piece: *If Pelosi brings 'Dreamers' to the State of the Union, Trump should bring ICE agents* House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and a number of other Democrats plan to fill the House gallery with illegal aliens when President Trump delivers his first State of the Union address on Tuesday. ABC News reports at least 24 House Democrats plan to bring illegals -- the so-called "Dreamers" -- to watch the Tuesday night speech from the House gallery. ... Pelosi has decided to turn the U.S. Capitol... more »
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