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Picture Of The Day
President Gerald R. Ford dances with Queen Elizabeth II in the East Room of the White House at the Bicentennial State Dinner held in honor of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip of Great Britain, on July 7, 1976, in Washington, D.C. The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library / Ricardo Thomas *WNU Editor:* The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... *Photos From State Dinners Past* (The Atlantic) *Update:* This is my favorite picture taken of a U.S. State dinner (*link is here*).
Confirmation Bias: Who Is Most Guilty?
Using a compass and a map to find one’s desired direction. Wikimedia Commons / Audrius Meskauskas Echo chambers for different ideological orientations abound throughout the modern world. One can see them in academia, in the major news media, and of course in political parties. They exist to confirm our biases, and to comfort us in our […] The post Confirmation Bias: Who Is Most Guilty? appeared first on A Divided World.
Happy Birthday Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant (22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) is one of the most prominent promoters and propagandizers of the concept of the Enlightenment. Here's an excerpt from his 1784 essay, "What is Enlightenment?": Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed nonage. Nonage is the inability to use one's own understanding without another's guidance. This nonage is self-imposed if its cause lies not in lack of understanding but in indecision and lack of courage to use one's own mind without another's guidance. *Dare to know! (Sapere aude.)* "Have the courage to use your own under... more »
Liberal Law Professor Alan Dershowitz Continues to Defend Trump
[image: liberal-law-professor-alan-dershowitz-continues-to-defend-trump] In the wake of the FBI raids on the home and offices of President Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, the president has an odd defender: famed liberal law professor and Clinton supporter, Alan Dershowitz. And Dershowitz is making what are perhaps the best arguments in Trump’s defense anyone has made so far — all based on the Constitution.
“Gaza Deserves Our Support”
*“Gaza Deserves Our Support”* by James J. Zogby “To say that the situation in Gaza is deplorable and desperate is an understatement. That impoverished strip of land on the Eastern Mediterranean has been deplorable and desperate for decades. I traveled to Gaza many times during the 1990’s, in my capacity as co-Chair of Builders for Peace, which was a project launched by Vice President Al Gore to help grow the Palestinian economy. My colleagues and I were unprepared for what we found. Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown, who led one of these delegations, described what he saw as “worse t... more »
Mexico Is On Course To Have Over 30,000 Murders This Year
In 2017, a total of 25,339 people were killed in Mexico, the highest number since monitoring began a decade earlier (AFP Photo/Herika MARTINEZ) *AFP*:* Mexico murder rate soars with 7,667 killed in 3 months* Mexico City (AFP) - Some 7,667 people were killed in Mexico in the first quarter of 2018, up 20 percent on the same period last year, making it the most violent year in two decades, government figures showed Sunday. In 2017, the figure stood at 6,406 violent deaths, according to the Mexican security services. The worst month was March, when 2,729 people were killed, most of the... more »
The U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship Will Now Operate Surface And Undersea Drones
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class James R. Evans (Credit: Warrior Maven) *FOX News: **Navy Littoral Combat Ship to operate swarms of drones* The U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship will now have the ability to operate surface and undersea drones to improve effectiveness, particularly when it comes to destroying mines, surveying enemy waters and launching attacks. The growing fleet of unmanned surface vessels has made rapid technological improvements in recent months, including being capable of performing longer-range surveillance. They've also become more eff... more »
Foster Friess Running For Governor Of Wyoming-- Likely To Change The State's Name To Zoowanatou
The two states that bought into Señor Trumpanzee the most fully were West Virginia and Wyoming-- 68.5% of West Virginia voters and 67.4% of Wyoming voters. Both are big coal mining states. Hillary did the worst in Wyoming-- 21.63%-- than anywhere else. Teton was the only county in the state she won-- and none of the others were close. And Bernie beat her in Teton-- and in every other county in the state. In Niobrara County, Bernie got every vote-- he beat Hillary 100% to 0%. In the general some of those Bernie voters switched to Hillary-- though not many. Trump took Niobrara 86% to... more »
Government is Replacing Religion, According to Researchers
Government is Replacing Religion, According to Researchers by Joe Jarvis, http://www.thedailybell.com/ “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people” -Karl Marx – A group of researchers agrees. They think they have proven that if you have a government […]
Catherine Austin Fitts: Enormous Level of Ignorance & Lawlessness in America
Catherine Austin Fitts: Enormous Level of Ignorance & Lawlessness in America by Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com (Early Sunday Release) Investment advisor and former Assistant Secretary of Housing Catherine Austin Fitts warns that the “financial rape of America” is nothing more than “re-engineering” the debt based economy. This “rape” is happening from earth to space, and it connects to $21 […]
California Bill Would Ban The Sale of Bibles, Other Conservative Speech
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Apr 22, 2018 Alex Jones talks about how The Left’s hatred for Christianity is on full display. https://www.infowars.com/california-t… end
Calling for a Boycott of Israel is Good Way to Abolish the Apartheid State
PressTV Published on Apr 22, 2018 Crowds of mourners in the besieged Gaza Strip have attended the funeral of a Palestinian man shot and killed by Israeli troops. Hundreds carried the body of Saadi Abu Taha in the city of Khan Younis as part of his funeral procession. The 29-year-old was killed on Friday while taking […]
Did You Know that Nearly 30,000 Jews are Living Peacefully in Iran?
PressTV Published on Apr 22, 2018 The freedom that the religious minorities enjoy in Iran is unparalleled in the world as the Jews and Christians can practice their religious rituals freely. Iran is an Islamic republic but Iranians are not solely Muslim? There’s also Zoroastrians, Christians and Jews in this country, as recognized religious minorities, free […]
Gaza Doctors: Israeli Fire at Border Protests Causing Wounds Not Seen Since 2014 War. 37 Dead 5,000 Wounded
Modern Ashkenazi Khazars (90+% of modern Jewry) are NOT the Jews of the Bible! Ashkenaz is not from the tribe of Shem ie. not semitic! They cannot be the descendents of Jacob/Israel who are from Shem! – Genesis 10:1-3 (New King James Version) Nations Descended from Noah 1 Now this is the genealogy of the […]
EU Needs Macron Vision But Not His ‘Super-State’
EU Needs Macron Vision But Not His ‘Super-State’ by http://www.dw.com/ The French president’s ideas about the future of the EU go in the right direction, economist Karen Horn told DW, but his centrist approach to reform will not lead to the bloc becoming stronger and more competitive. end
Extended Stay: US Carrier May Reportedly Remain in East Med. to ‘Contain’ Russia
Extended Stay: US Carrier May Reportedly Remain in East Med. to ‘Contain’ Russia by https://sputniknews.com/ Earlier this week, a US strike group led by the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman entered the Mediterranean Sea, six days after the US, Britain and France launched a missile attack on Syria. – The US military is debating whether to keep […]
Germany’s Largest Public TV News Broadcaster: Syria Chemical Attack “Most Likely Staged”, False Flag Attack
Germany’s Largest Public TV News Broadcaster: Syria Chemical Attack “Most Likely Staged”, False Flag Attack by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ A senior correspondent for German state media broadcast ZDF heute stunned his European audience during a report from on the ground in Syria when he gave a straightforward and honest account of his findings while investigating what happened in […]
“Multivitamins Are Not Only Ineffective, But Dangerous”
*“Multivitamins Are Not Only Ineffective, But Dangerous”* by Derek Beres "For many years, when my doctor would ask what vitamins or supplements I consume on a regular basis, I would reply by saying "a multivitamin." Never once in all those years did she (or he; I’ve bounced around a bit) ask what type of vitamins were included in the cocktail. No question of percentages, minerals, vitamins - just a head nod and a mouse click. A few years ago I stopped saying "multivitamin" because I stopped taking one, and he (or she) never asked why, recommended advice, anything. They simply unchec... more »
Renewing Sanctions On Iran Will Increase The Price Of Oil By $2 To $10 Per Barrel
*Tsvetana Paraskova, OilPrice.com:* *Is The Oil Market Ready For Sanctions On Iran?* Oil market participants and analysts will be intently watching the Trump Administration over the next month. May 12 is the deadline for the U.S. President to decide to waive sanctions on Iran as part of the nuclear deal that global powers reached with Iran in 2015, allowing Tehran to resume oil exports and regain part of its market share. The re-imposition of sanctions on Iran’s oil is not 100-percent certain, although the probability is high, various analysts say. The potential loss of Iran’s oil... more »
Musical Interlude: Two Steps From Hell, “Evergreen Extended”
Two Steps From Hell, “Evergreen Extended” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGYsq7cbVZA
Musical Interlude: Liquid Mind, "Teach Me to Whisper"
Liquid Mind, "Teach Me to Whisper" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L0iCAIOJXQ
"A Deep Look to the Heavens
"In 2003, the Hubble Space Telescope took the image of a millenium, an image that shows our place in the universe. Anyone who understands what this image represents, is forever changed by it."- YouTube/NASA "It helps to put things in perspective here on our frenetic little planet with a look at this extraordinarily powerful and moving video of the Hubble Space Telescope mapping of the Universe, whose known size is 78 billion light years across. The video of the images is the equivalent of using a "time machine" to look into the past to witness the early formation of galaxies, perha... more »
"A Gathering of the Tribe"
"A Gathering of the Tribe" by Charles Eisenstein "Once upon a time a great tribe of people lived in a world far away from ours. Whether far away in space, or in time, or even outside of time, we do not know. They lived in a state of enchantment and joy that few of us today dare to believe could exist, except in those exceptional peak experiences when we glimpse the true potential of life and mind. One day the shaman of the tribe called a meeting. They gathered around him, and he spoke very solemnly. "My friends," he said, "there is a world that needs our help. It is called Earth,... more »
British Rapper Kenny Vulcan Missing in Rio Since April 13th
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Twenty-year-old British rapper, Kenny Mukendi, or as he is more famously known, Kenny Vulcan, has been missing in Rio de Janeiro since Friday, April 13th. He last texted his girlfriend that he was leaving the ODKIL recording studio in Barra da Tijuca where he spent […]
“How Little Boys Learn To Be Little Men”
*“How Little Boys Learn To Be Little Men” * by David Cain “Even in the information age I still occasionally encounter an otherwise reasonable person who insists that men really do think about sex every seven seconds. A little thinking reveals this to be pure nonsense—it would mean the average man has been perturbed by over 500 sexual fantasies before he even arrives at work. Yet you still hear it said with a straight face. (Scientists estimate that even college students usually only have about twenty sexual thoughts a day, not seven thousand.) This not uncommon belief is so astrono... more »
"There Are Simply No Answers..."
“How is one to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in life, when one finds darkness not only in one’s culture but within oneself? If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in its unfolding and accepts responsibility for a life lived in the midst of such paradox. One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would collapse. There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You conti... more »
The Poet: gk thomas, “Wretched of the Earth”
*“Wretched of the Earth”* “Poor kids, wretched of the earth, why should we feed you? Why shouldn't we empty our sea of bullets into your swollen bellies or poison you with toxic chemicals or depleted uranium? Why should we care, we who are living well? Where is it written in stone that you deserve better? Or that we are not animals subject to the law of nature: kill or be killed? You suspect us of being cruel, but we are kind. Our god tells us so. It is yours that lies. So you cry at night, shivering in the cold, or sell yourselves for a slice of bread. What is that to those of us who ... more »
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"You Have A Right To Be Here..."
"You are a child of the Universe, no less than the moon and the stars. You have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the Universe is unfolding as it should." - Max Ehrmann
"The Time Will Pass Anyway..."
“Don’t let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.” - Earl Nightingale
"Regret: The Weight of the Past"; "A Buddhist Prayer of Forgiveness"
*"Regret: The Weight of the Past"* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM "Holding onto regret is like dragging the weight of the past with us everywhere we go. It drains our energy, leaving less available for life in the present because we are constantly feeding an old issue. This attachment can cause illness the same way watering a dead plant creates decay. We know that something new and beautiful can grow in its place if we only prepare the soil and plant the right seeds. We also know that we create our lives from our thoughts, so dwelling on the past may actually recreate a situation i... more »
"The Cloak Of The Past..."
“The cloak of the past is cut from patches of feeling, and sewn with rebus threads. Most of the time, the best we can do is wrap it around ourselves for comfort or drag it behind us as we struggle to go on. But everything has its cause and its meaning. Every life, every love, every action and feeling and thought has its reason and significance: its beginning, and the part it plays in the end. Sometimes, we do see. Sometimes, we see the past so clearly, and read the legend of its parts with such acuity, that every stitch of time reveals its purpose, and a kind of message is enfolded ... more »
Greg Hunter, "Financial Rape of America – Catherine Austin Fitts"
*"Financial Rape of America – Catherine Austin Fitts"* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com "Investment advisor and former Assistant Secretary of Housing Catherine Austin Fitts warns that the “financial rape of America” is nothing more than “re-engineering” the debt based economy. This “rape” is happening from earth to space, and it connects to $21 trillion in “missing money” that has disappeared from the federal budget since the late 1990’s. Fitts explains, “I started to look at where all this missing money from the federal government is going, and it led me into space. There are lots... more »
Warnings From Iran's Foreign Minister That They Will Restart Their Nuclear Program If The U.S. Withdraws From The Accord
*CNN*: *Iran's foreign minister warns of consequences if Trump leaves nuclear deal* (CNN)Iran's foreign minister warned that President Donald Trump's threats to pull out of the Iran nuclear agreement send a "very dangerous message" about the wisdom of negotiating a deal with the United States. Speaking to reporters in New York, Mohammad Javad Zarif said the United States has failed to implement its side of the nuclear pact between Iran and six major powers. Under the deal, which went into force in January 2016 when President Barack Obama was still in office, Iran agreed to put lim... more »
Why a U.S-China War over Taiwan Won't Be Anything Like the Syria Strikes
*James Holmes* *Security, Asia* And what Washington--and Taipei--can do to ensure China won't win before America can come across the Pacific to save the day. Great powers have a habit of intervening to shield weak allies from rival great powers and advance their own purposes. Last week it was Russia vowing to shoot down American missiles bound for Syrian chemical-weapon sites. Judging from recent Chinese words and deeds, next week could see the U.S. Navy attempting to repulse a Chinese assault on nearby Taiwan. The Chinese Communist Party depicts the island as a wayward province... more »
How Poland Would Defend Its Skies from Russia's Missiles and MiGs
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Europe* Warsaw has some serious plans. The skies over Poland are guarded by a mix of indigenous and Soviet-designed equipment. Recently, Poland agreed to buy the American Patriot missile system. This could pose integration problems with Poland’s air defense network. But due to earlier experience modernizing Soviet air defense systems, Poland has developed their own air defense command-and-control network. Efforts are ongoing to integrate Patriot into this. In this article, we’ll take a look at Poland’s existing air defense and at how they have modified ... more »
'Hitler's Zipper': Nazi Germany's Deadly Machine Gun No One Wanted to Mess With
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* A weapon like no other. The MG 42, possibly the best machine gun ever created, originated as a replacement for the German Army’s standard machine gun, the MG 34, which first came into service in 1936. Designed by Louis Stange of the Rheinmetall-Borsig AG (referred to simply as Rheinmetall) located at Sommerda, the MG 34, at the start of World War II, was the Third Reich’s preferred general purpose machine gun (GPMG) and was intended to replace the heterogeneous collection of automatic infantry weapons then in service as befitted the n... more »
America's JASSM Missile Has One Goal: Crush Russia and China's A2/AD Weapons
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, North America* And that is a really big deal. Early in the morning of April 14, 2018, two sinister black jets took off from Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. The huge B-1B Lancer bombers, nicknamed “Bones,” were distinguished by the sinuous profile of their fuselage, designed in the 1970s to reduce observability on radar. However, the B-1’s stealth characteristics rapidly proved obsolescent due to advancements in radar technology. Indeed, a lone Marine Corps EA-6B Prowler jet joined the two-ship element of the Thirty-Fourth Bomber Squadron, likely to prov... more »
The Army Almost Replaced the M16 for the Heckler & Koch G11
*Task and Purpose, Jared Keller* *Security, North America* Does it look familar? It should. Decades before the U.S. military transitioned away from the M16 assault rifle in favor of the lightweight M4 carbine, the Army eyed an unusual-looking replacement for the Vietnam-era rifle: The boxy Heckler & Koch G11, the very same weapon that would appear years later as a futuristic energy rifle in the crazy 1993 sci-fi action comedy *Demolition Man*. Well, not the *exact* same weapon. The H&K G11, in development by NATO partners since the late 1960s, was one of four submissions tested... more »
Syria: A Preview of What Is to Come in North Korea?
*Daniel R. DePetris* *Security, Middle East* While Bashar al-Assad was the primary target of last weekend's air strikes, he was not the only U.S. adversary paying attention to what was happening. Last Friday’s joint American, British, and French air campaign against three Syrian regime chemical weapons facilities was undertaken with an explicit goal in mind: sending an unambiguous message to Bashar al-Assad that he uses sarin and chlorine gas at his own peril. The operation was limited in scope and precise in its targeting—so precise, in fact, that not a single fatality was recor... more »
Merkel's Final Act
*Philipp Rotmann* *Security, Europe* [image: German flag is seen outside the German lower house of parliament Bundestag before the election of a new chancellor in Berlin, Germany, March 14, 2018. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke] International security will be a crucial part of how Merkel’s last term will be remembered. GERMANY IS once more in a key position to shape Europe’s destiny, in a world in which the West is adrift as it confronts increasingly assertive challengers. Berlin’s strategic role is not mainly economic: eurozone reform, like improving internal security cooperation, is ... more »
History's Most Famous Assassin
*Aram Bakshian Jr.* *History, Europe* [image: The Assassination of Julius Caesar. Wikimedia Commons] We may never know exactly what turned Brutus from one of Caesar’s most favored subordinates into a leading conspirator against him. Kathryn Tempest, *Brutus: The Noble Conspirator* (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2017), 314 pp., $28.50. ON A pleasant Sunday afternoon in the early 1980s, I was enjoying pre-brunch cocktails with a few friends in the ballroom of the old Townsend Mansion on Massachusetts Avenue (by then the long-time home of Washington’s Cosmos Club). O... more »
The Marginalization of Taiwan Must End: A Response
*Judith Norton* *Security, Asia* [image: A soldier walks past a Taiwan flag during a navy exercise in Kaohsiung January 26, 2010. The U.S. and China are currently at odds over arms sales to Taiwan, according to local media. REUTERS/Nicky Loh] It is not clear what advantage the United States would gain by returning to Cold War practices. Rep. Ted Yoho’s article highlights the challenges the United States faces in maintaining a consistent policy toward the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Taiwan. But his article tends to fall short. It tends to misjudge the dynamics in the rap... more »
John Quincy Adams Would Stay Out of Syria
*Joseph A. Bosco* *Politics, Middle East* [image: U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at Palm Beach International Airport, Florida, U.S., for the Easter weekend at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach March 29, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas] There are many regimes flouting human rights around the world and the United States does not have the resources, or the will, or the legal authority to challenge them all. Describing Bashir al-Assad as “evil” and a “monster” for his use of chemical weapons, the president directed an attack that dropped over a hundred missiles and bombs on Syria, the second s... more »
With Summer approaching, Syrian Army prepares for two big offensives
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:30 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has spent much of this Spring on the offensive in and around Damascus, leaving much of the rebel-held territory in northern Syria relatively untouched. However, with the success of their East Ghouta and eastern Qalamoun offensives, the Syrian Arab Army can now turn their attention […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Prominent Syrian general escorted by elite Russian bodyguards (video)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:30 A.M.) – The commander of the Syrian Army’s Tiger Forces, Major General Suheil Al-Hassan, was filmed on Sunday touring the formerly militant-held town of Dumayr in the eastern Qalamoun region of Damascus. Major General Hassan not only met with civilians and military personnel, but he was also filmed inspecting equipment and the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syria needs both military and political de-escalation – UN Syria envoy
UN Special Envoy on Syria Staffan de Mistura considers it necessary to agree not only on a military de-escalation, but also on a political de-escalation in Syria. On Friday, he discussed the issues of Syrian settlement with Russia’s Defense Minister and Foreign Minister, Sergey Shoigu and Sergey Lavrov, in Moscow. “On the political tensions, we […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian military commanders enter Dumayr amid warm welcome from residents (video)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:00 A.M.) – The Syrian Minister of Defense, General ‘Ali Ayoub, and the commander of the Tiger Forces, Major General Suheil Al-Hassan, entered Dumayr, Sunday, after the town was declared militant-free. The two military commanders were filmed being greeted by the residents of Dumayr as they toured the town. In addition to touring […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
BREAKING: Gaza death toll reaches 40
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (12:27 A.M)- The death toll since the beginning of the ‘Great Return March’, in the Gaza Strip, has reached 40 after another man dies in hospital of previously sustained bullet wounds. 20 year old, Abdullah Mohammed Shamly, was pronounced dead tonight in hospital. Abdullah has become the 40th Martyr of the Great return […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Is An Israeli - Iran War Looming?
An RAF Hercules takes part in an air show that was part of Israel’s independence celebrations last week. Photograph: Amir Cohen/Reuters *Simon Tisdall, The Guardian:* *Israel celebrates but is war with Iran looming?* *Israelis enjoyed a lavish party last week to mark the nation’s seven eventful decades, but the threat to its existence could hardly have been greater.* There were fireworks, concerts, torch processions and parties throughout the country. In Jerusalem the night sky was illuminated by 300 drones that coalesced to form images of favourite Israeli symbols, such as the n... more »
After Mass Shootings: They’re Not Just Coming for Guns, They’re Coming for Brains
By Jon Rappoport “Planners intent on deploying mind control follow a pattern. They claim they’re curing brain disorders. They’re doing valuable work. They’re only focusing... more »
"Earth Day 2018: How It Really Is"
*"Requiem"* “The crucified planet Earth, should it find a voice and a sense of irony, might now well say of our abuse of it, "Forgive them, Father, They know not what they do." The irony would be that we know what we are doing. When the last living thing has died on account of us, how poetical it would be if Earth could say, in a voice floating up perhaps from the floor of the Grand Canyon, "It is done. People did not like it here.” - Kurt Vonnegut
Putin funds Green Movements
The Main Stream Media keeps trying to link POTUS Trump's election win to Putin's RUSSIA. However we find that: Memos written by former FBI director James Comey reveal that CNN may have helped orchestrate a possible setup of then-president-elect Donald Trump. ( LINK) Meanwhile the Main Stream Media dodges stories of Russian funding of Green Movements in the US and elsewhere. For Example: * • INTELLIGENCE: PUTIN IS FUNDING THE ANTI-FRACKING CAMPAIGN* [29/1/17] Recent intelligence reports show that Russia is interested in influencing more than just America's elections. Russian Pres... more »
“Government Accidentally Releases Documents On Remote Mind-Control”
*“Government Accidentally Releases * *Documents On Remote Mind-Control”* by Tyler Durden "Just months after the mysterious 'brain-melting weapon' accusations in Cuba, that left several US diplomats with long-term mental damage, something very strange has popped up... from an even stranger origin. Earlier this year, MuckRock Journalist Curtis Waltman (who specializes in filing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests) wrote to the Washington State Fusion Center (WSFC) - a joint operation between Washington State law enforcement and the federal government - to request information ... more »
Israel Hints That It Is Ready To Strike Iranian Targets In Syria
Israeli Air Force F15 planes fly during an aerial demonstration at a graduation ceremony for Israeli air force pilots at the Hatzerim air base in southern Israel, December 27, 2017.. (photo credit: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS) *Middle East Monitor/Reuters:* *Israel hints it could hit Iran’s ‘air force’ in Syria* Israel released details on Tuesday about what it described as an Iranian “air force” deployed in neighbouring Syria, including civilian planes suspected of transferring arms, a signal that these could be attacked should tensions with Tehran escalate. Iran, along with Damascus and ... more »
“Not the Next Korematsu”
Last spring, I published a short essay about the relationship between the entry-ban litigation and *Korematsu* *v. United States*. I argued that the shadow of *Korematsu*—and, more particularly, the opportunity to repudiate *Korematsu*—could well be on the Justices’ minds as they confronted the entry ban. Obviously, the current case differs from *Korematsu* in several ways, and it wouldn’t be legally necessary to repudiate *Korematsu* in order to strike down the entry ban. But if a majority of the Court were inclined to strike down the entry ban, it’s not hard to imagine someon... more »
Tehran Warns Israel: Our ‘Hands Are on the Trigger’
Tehran Warns Israel: Our ‘Hands Are on the Trigger’ by https://sputniknews.com/ A senior member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) alerted Israel Friday that Tehran’s “hands are on the trigger and missiles are ready” to strike all Israeli air bases after a map of air bases in Syria believed to be controlled by Iran was […]
Q: THE WORLD IS WATCHING: The Satanic Death Cult is Losing — Harley Schlanger
SGTreport Published on Apr 21, 2018 Harley Schlanger joins me to discuss the very latest Trump victories against the deep state Clinton, Podesta, Comey, FBI networks. “I think we’re about to see some dominoes fall,” Harley says, “This is a gang of criminal mafioso, pedophiles, and I would say Satanists, they have a satanic hatred of […]
Dying Homeless: Counting the deaths on UK streets
The number of people who are living homeless has increased sharply in the UK. While we hear tragic stories about people who have died while homeless, no-one central body counts how many homeless people die on the streets of Britain each year.
A dad’s review of Black Panther, guest blogger Fred
“a real shame that *Black* *Panther*, a movie unique for its black star power and its many thoughtful portrayals of strong black women, depends on a shocking devaluation of black American men.” Boston Review “I started a new job a few months ago and have been buried. I stuck my head up from beneath a mountain of paper last night and finally took the kids to see Black Panther. I've been looking forward to it because I'd heard some pretty good things about it from people whose opinions I value. And about mid-movie I started questioning the intelligence of my friends. And yet I sat t... more »
Lawrence University Fundraising for Full Scholarships
APPLETON, Wis. – Lawrence University is close to reaching a level of endowment that would allow it to cover tuition and fees for students who can’t afford the school’s tuition. Tuition for the 2018-19 academic year at the Appleton university will cost almost $58,000, Wisconsin Public Radio reported. The university started a fundraising campaign in […]
It’s Time to Secure the Vote
In spite of our professed love of voting as one of the most precious and fundamental features of American democracy, the framers crafted a Constitution that doesn’t include an affirmative right to vote.
Task Force Formed After Racist Incidents Releases Findings
DURHAM, N.H. — A year after a video showing White students wearing ponchos and sombreros at Cinco de Mayo celebrations angered students of color and set off a series of racist incidents, a University of New Hampshire task force announced some recommendations and steps they’ve taken to address concerns about racism, including hoping the Mexican […]
Syracuse Fraternity Permanently Expelled Over Racist Video
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University announced Saturday that it has permanently expelled a fraternity over an offensive video that fraternity members say was intended as satire. Chancellor Kent Syverud called the Theta Tau video “racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, ableist and sexist” in a video posted on the university’s website. He said disciplinary actions against the individual […]
So apparently Bristol Palin and Dakota Meyer are reconciling.
Courtesy of the Daily Mail: *Bristol Palin and husband Dakota Meyer appear to be giving their marriage another shot. * *The couple, who wed in 2016 and have two daughters together, have seemingly reconciled - just three months after Meyer filed for divorce. * *Palin hinted at the reunion Saturday sharing a sweet family photo of Meyer with their two-year-old daughter Sailor and her nine-year-old son Tripp. * *'Thankful for you,' Palin captioned the photo, adding a heart emoji and tagging her husband in the post. * *Palin also updated her Instagram name to include her husband's las... more »
America Needs Congressmembers Like Ro Khanna And Kaniela Ing To Watch What Facebook Is Up To
If you watched the Senate Commerce Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee "grilling" Mark Zuckerberg a few weeks ago... well it wasn't as bad as when Alaska SenatorTed Stevens explaining net neutrality and the internet in terms of a series of tubes and big trucks just over a decade ago. But almost. They're old. And they have staffers who type for them. Ro Khanna, the progressive congressman who represents Silicon Valley was dismayed-- "less" wrote Alex Nazaryan for *Newsweek* "because of what the Facebook co-founder and chairman did say-- for the most part, bromides about priv... more »
Iran Foreign Minister: Does Not Believe Iran Heading Into A War With Israel
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (Tehran Times) *Times of Israel/AP: **As tensions rise, Zarif says he doesn’t believe Iran heading to war with Israel* Iranian foreign minister blames Israel for escalation, saying Jerusalem repeatedly violated Syrian territory under 'smokescreen' of US support. Despite rising tensions and mutual warnings traded between Tehran and Jerusalem in recent weeks, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in an interview to be aired Sunday on American television that he did not believe the two countries were “headed towards regional w... more »
Middle East Leaders - What Happens to "Populist" Leaders at the Hands of the Neocon
*Syrian President Bashar al Assad* * walking the streets of Damascus without security* * - link thanks to Seemorerocks* Robin Westenra of "Seemorerocks" blog has just posted the above video of Syrian President Bashar al Assad walking through the streets of Damascus without security and mingling with Syrians in a Bazaar. I would like to see a similar circumstance...where any Western Leader could interact with ordinary citizens without a flank of security to keep him (or her) separated and protected from them. This, in spite of the destruction the Syrians have undergone...as shown i... more »
Head of Iran’s Army: Israel Will 'Fade Away' In 25 Years
Maj. Gen. Abdolrahim Mousavi, head of the Iranian Army. (Screen capture) *The Telegraph:* *Iran pledges to destroy Israel within 25 years as tensions rise* The head of Iran’s army, Abdolrahim Mousavi, threatened to “annihilate” Israel on Saturday as tensions escalated between the two countries. At a ceremony in Tehran, Mr Mousavi warned that any acts of war against his country would put his country on the offensive. “Hands are on the trigger and missiles are ready and will be launched at any moment that the enemy tries to carry out its sinister plot against (our) lands,” Tasnim n... more »
And Mo Salah Makes football history for real
Egypt National team and Liverpool footballer Mohamed Salah aka Mo Salah has just made a true football history for real. He has just won England’s Professional Footballers’ Association “PFA” player for the year 2018. He is the first Egyptian football player ever to win that important title. Mo Salah with the trophyHe is also the second Arab and African football player to win that important title after Riyad Mehrez of Algeria in 2015/2017 Premier League. Needless to say, millions of Egyptians included myself were glued and watched that boring PFA 2018 gala “with all my respect to them” o... more »
3 questions for Labour's housing minister
In August 2017 Labour's Phil Twyford and his boss Jacinda Ardern told an electorate "fired up about housing issues" they would "remove barriers that are stopping Auckland growing up and out." *Labour [said Labour] will remove the Auckland urban growth boundary and free up density controls. This will give Auckland more options to grow, as well as stopping landbankers profiteering and holding up development. New developments, both in Auckland and the rest of New Zealand, will be funded through innovative infrastructure bonds [said Labour]. … * Eight months on there has been no action... more »
What If A Nuke Goes Off In Washington, D.C.?
*Science: **What if a nuke goes off in Washington, D.C.? Simulations of artificial societies help planners cope with the unthinkable* At 11:15 on a Monday morning in May, an ordinary looking delivery van rolls into the intersection of 16th and K streets NW in downtown Washington, D.C., just a few blocks north of the White House. Inside, suicide bombers trip a switch. Instantly, most of a city block vanishes in a nuclear fireball two-thirds the size of the one that engulfed Hiroshima, Japan. Powered by 5 kilograms of highly enriched uranium that terrorists had hijacked weeks earlie... more »
How did Philadelphia's Strawberry Mansion High School go from an enrollment of 1,600 students to 292 students?
by Ken Derstine The Alliance for Philadelphia Public Schools April 21, 2018 The following is from testimony given before the Philadelphia School Reform Commission on April 19, 2018. *Good evening,* *My name is Ken Derstine. I am a retired teacher with 37 years of service in the School District of Philadelphia. I have attended almost all SRC meetings in the past few years, but I rarely give testimony. I am speaking today because of a flyer that was put out by your office last week. I found it to be so egregious in its claims that I have to speak on it.* *I have given you a copy of... more »
Court Ruling Bad News for Struggling Morris Brown
Financially struggling Morris Brown College this month was dealt another blow when the Georgia Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that a land sale rooted in property sold by Morris Brown was illegal.
Lessons From Starbucks’ Imperfect Response to Systemic Racism
During our recent time at the American Educational Research Association Conference in New York City, we learned about the now-infamous Starbucks incident and our first reaction was, “Here we go again...”
Simmons’ Presidency Ushers in New Era for Prairie View
Dr. Ruth J. Simmons took the mantle this weekend as the first woman and eighth president of Prairie View A&M University, marking the special occasion with the creation of a $100,000 scholarship to honor her parents.
University of Pennsylvania Will Allow Former President to Revise Dissertation
The University of Pennsylvania will allow Dr. Gregory J. Vincent—the former president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges who resigned amid allegations that he plagiarized portions of his dissertation—the opportunity to make revisions.
Battle map update of Syrian Army’s southern Damascus offensive
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:40 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) launched their long-awaited southern Damascus offensive early last weekend after the Islamic State (ISIS) refused to leave the area. In response to the Islamic State’s refusal, the Syrian military and their Palestinian allies unleashed a powerful overnight assault that forced the Islamic State command in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
UAE passenger plane intercepted by Qatari fighter jet
The aircraft carrying dozens of people on board had to manoeuvre in order to prevent a collision with Qatari fighter planes, UAE state news agency WAM reported. The United Arab Emirates has stated that Qatar’s fighter jets had intercepted a civilian plane heading for Bahrain with 86 passengers aboard, according to the media. The WAM […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Rebels reject reconciliation terms in northern Homs, Syrian Army prepares for battle
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:10 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) dropped thousands of leaflets over the northern countryside of Homs and southeastern part of Hama, Sunday, calling on civilians to stay away from militant bases and to leave these areas by reaching an army checkpoint. According to a military source in the Homs Governorate, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Saudi-led Coalition offensive in western Yemen ends in disaster, 30+ fighters killed (video)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:00 A.M.) – The Saudi-led Coalition launched a massive offensive in western Yemen on Tuesday that targeted the Houthi-controlled areas near the coast. However, the five day long assault would prove to be a decisive defeat for the Saudi-led Coalition, as the Houthi forces were able to fully repel the offensive, while also […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
No sleep for ISIS tonight as Syrian military hammers southern Damascus with new weapon (video)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:30 P.M.) – It is going to be another long night for the Islamic State (ISIS) in southern Damascus, as the Syrian and Russian forces continue to pound their positions around Yarmouk Camp, Al-Qadam, Al-Tadamon, and Hajar Al-Aswad. According to local sources, the Syrian military began using their Goulan-1000 missiles against the Islamic […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Erdogan accuses US of arming Kurdish forces in Syria for free
The Turkish president claimed that roughly 5,000 trucks, all loaded with weaponry, were dispatched to northern Syria. Speaking to the Turkish NTV news channel on Saturday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed that the US and its allies are refusing to sell weapons to Ankara while choosing to provide them to Kurdish forces and most […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Armenia: Protesters detained in Yerevan as anti-PM rallies continue (video)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:10 P.M.) – Police officers detained protesters in the Armenian capital of Yerevan on Sunday, as opposition rallies continue over the appointment of former President Serzh Sargsyan as the country’s prime minister. Footage shows police as they detain protesters on the streets of the Armenian capital. Light and noise grenades were also reportedly […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Greek protesters vandalize French embassy in response to Syria strikes
Members of the Greek Rouvikonas anarchist group threw paint bombs at the buildings of the French embassy and consulate in Athens in protest at the involvement of Paris in strikes in Syria, local media reported on Sunday. According to the Kathimerini newspaper, at least one member of the group involved in the attack has been […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian Army strips militants of suicide belts, vast cache of NATO arms (video)
An estimated 6,000 Jaysh al-Islam militants and their families are expected to withdraw from East Qalamoun, northwest of Syrian capital, to Jarablus in northern Aleppo province. Syrian troops carrying out searches of militants at the settlement of Ar-Ruheiba in the Eastern Qalamoun Mountains in Rif Dimashq Governate have seized suicide belts and ammunition which jihadists […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian Army, Palestinian forces advance in Yarmouk Camp after fierce clashes with ISIS
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:20 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and their Palestinian allies were able to score a new advance against the so-called “Islamic State” (ISIS), today, seizing several buildings in the process. Led by their 105th Brigade of the Republican Guard, the Syrian Arab Army and their Palestinian allies stormed several axes around […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Palestinian teen Abdul-Khaliq Burnat sentenced to 19 months in Israeli military prison for stone throwing
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (8:30)- The son of a well known Palestinian activist in the West Bank has just been sentenced to 19 months in an Israeli military prison, he was charged with throwing stones and damaging Israel’s illegal separation wall. Abdul-Khaliq Burnat was sentenced to serve 19 months in Ofer military prison today, having served in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
France’s Macron urges US, allies to stay in Syria even after Daesh defeat
On April 14, the United Kingdom, the United States and France launched strikes at Syria over alleged reports of a chemical attack in the city of Douma, with the three countries firing over 100 missiles at the country. French President Emmanuel Macron in an interview with Fox News said that the US, France and allies […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Devin Nunes is investigating the State Department because he cannot follow a simple narrative.
Courtesy of Fox Business: *House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes said Sunday his review of FBI and Justice Department “electronic communication” documents shows no intelligence was used to begin the investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 election. * *“We now know that there was no official intelligence that was used to start this investigation. We know that Sidney Blumenthal and others were pushing information into the State Department. So we’re trying to piece all that together and that’s why we continue to look at ... more »
The Big Blue Wave's HQ Donations Are So Weak They're Borrowing Money. Again.
The democrat's hangover from the 2016 election loss is still evident to this day, not only in their hysteria over the DJT, but in the bank also. The DNC's financial woes began in 2016 and led to taking out a loan from Hillary Clinton’s criminal organization campaign. Clinton’s influence over the party later became the subject of *controversy* after it came out that the DNC was working behind the scenes to help her screw over Bernie Sanders. Things have only gotten worse since the DNC was turned over to a radical leftist last year, who some call an *Incompetent Hispanic Boob,* a... more »
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- April 22, 2018
*Andrei Lankov, The Atlantic: **How North Korea Learned to Live With 'Fire and Fury'* Kim Jong Un’s concessions on his weapons program suggest that he has adapted to President Trump’s threats. It's astonishing how quickly the story of the North Korea crisis seems to have changed from one of fear to one of optimism. It was less than a year ago that the U.S. president was threatening “fire and fury” against Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, to touting upcoming talks with him. It is not the case, as Trump tweeted Sunday morning, that the North “agreed to denuclearization.” But... more »
The Terrorism Label
*Paul R. Pillar* *Russia Terrorism, United States* A recent op-ed from Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) calls for officially designating Russia a state sponsor of terrorism. Gardner offers a long indictment—a “moral case”, as he calls it—against Russia that mostly involves activities other than terrorism, such as invasions of Georgia and Ukraine and information warfare against Western democracies. Such a designation would have little practical effect; as Gardner himself acknowledges, the United States already has imposed diverse sanctions on Russia using other rationales. The senat... more »
A movement of waking up about Syria
Carla Ortiz Oporto is a Bolivian actress and well known philanthropist.....on the Jimmy Dore show about her experience in Syria. A very important and moving interview. Bruce
Psoriasis treated with compound derived from immune cells
Medical Xpress: Psoriasis treated with compound derived from immune cells https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2018-04-psoriasis-compound-derived-immune-cells.html Advertisements
Scientists Discover Soy Actually Accelerates Breast Cancer- Rather Than Preventing It
Scientists Discover Soy Actually Accelerates Breast Cancer- Rather Than Preventing It http://realfarmacy.com/scientists-discover-soy-actually-accelerates-breast-cancer-rather-preventing/
Earth Is Drowning in 9 Billion Tons of Permanent Pollution
Earth Is Drowning in 9 Billion Tons of Permanent Pollution https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2017/08/02/amp/permanent-plastic-pollution-drowning-earth.aspx?__twitter_impression=true
Even Old Brains Can Make New Neurons, Study Finds.
Even Old Brains Can Make New Neurons, Study Finds | Technology Networks https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/even-old-brains-can-make-new-neurons-study-finds-299421
Scientific guidelines for using cannabis to treat stress, anxiety and depression
Medical Xpress: Scientific guidelines for using cannabis to treat stress, anxiety and depression https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2018-04-scientific-guidelines-cannabis-stress-anxiety.html
On the so-called "Global Injunction" question in the Travel Ban case
The Supreme Court’s final oral argument of the term, on Wednesday, will be in the “Travel Ban III” case, No. 17-965, *Trump v. Hawaii**.* I’ll have a post shortly about the merits of the case. For now, I thought it was worth posting a few thoughts about the almost forgotten, but potentially significant, third Question Presented in the case: “Whether the [district court’s] global injunction is impermissibly overbroad.” “Global” is something of a misnomer—as is the more commonly used adjective “ *nationwide*injunction.” The issue is not, in fact, one of the *geographic *scope of a... more »
TIME's 100 List Of The World's Most Influential People Of 2018 (Putin Did Not Make The List)
Photographs by Peter Hapak for TIME *Time:* *How We Chose the 2018 TIME 100 List of the World's Most Influential People* One of the most stirring moments in this year’s billion-dollar blockbuster Black Panther, whose director, Ryan Coogler, and lead actor, Chadwick Boseman, are both on this year’s TIME 100, comes early in the film. A terrorist attack has upended the kingdom of Wakanda. As Boseman’s T’Challa returns to take the throne, his mother, played by Angela Bassett, reassures him, “My son, it is your time.” TIME’s annual list of the world’s most influential people is a desig... more »
The Shameful Silence of the CEOs
Robert Reich - 8 hours ago
Congressional Republicans would be more willing to stand up to Trump if their major financial... more »
Polar Bears Are Doing Fine – Except For the Ones Who Are Shot
Originally posted on sunshine hours: Polar Bears in northern Canada are doing fine. Except for the ones shot and skinned and pelts shipped to Asia. One of the people who oversees an Indigenous hunt of polar bears says the population is doing well, despite heart-wrenching photos online suggesting some bears are starving. Every year, the Nunatsiavut government…
Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 111 – 2018
Originally posted on sunshine hours: South / North
It’s been a bad winter all over – Snow in Japan 56 feet high!
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: You think we had a bad winter here in the USA? Look at Japan where they have walls of snow 56 feet tall (almost the height of a 6-story building). There’s an avalanche of tourists coming to the Tateyama to see the walls of snow. This spectacular mountain…
John Delaney-- The Presidential Candidate To Make Joe Biden Look Like A Progressive
This morning David Siders started a column with a fair assumption for *Politico* readerts-- that Maryland Congressman is "little known." Few people even know he's running for president-- and few of those are taking his run seriously. He's a very wealthy New Dem, a devoted Wall Street ally who served their interests on the House Financial Services Committee... and who's already spending big. Let me start with a little background. After the Democratic-controlled Maryland legislature gerrymandered the state, Delaney beat longtime congressman Roscoe Bartlett, a moderate Republican, in... more »
Egypt's Lake Qarun [Flickr]
Kodak Agfa posted a photo: [image: Egypt's Lake Qarun] Happy Earth day A quick teaser for an upcoming collection of photos from beautiful Lake Qarun of Fayoum
U.S. Drone Base In Niger Is Half-Finished
*New York Times:* *A Shadowy War’s Newest Front: A Drone Base Rising From Saharan Dust* AIR BASE 201, Niger — Rising from a barren stretch of African scrubland, a half-finished drone base represents the newest front line in America’s global shadow war. At its center, hundreds of Air Force personnel are feverishly working to complete a $110 million airfield that, when finished in the coming months, will be used to stalk or strike extremists deep into West and North Africa, a region where most Americans have no idea the country is fighting. Near the nascent runway, Army Green Ber... more »
Greenpeace Japan Alleges Lack of Disclosure Regarding Fukushima Daiichi Radiation Risk
*Patrick Knox (2018, April 19). Japan ‘covering up’ Fukushima nuclear danger-zone radiation levels and blackmailing evacuees to return to radiated areas swarming with radioactive pigs and monkeys. The Sun,* https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6092789/fukishima-cover-up-radiation-japan-campaigners-nuclear-residents-scared/ ...senior nuclear specialist Shaun Burnie, from Greenpeace Japan, said the nuclear nightmare continues. He said: “They are not telling the whole truth either to the 127 million people of Japan or to the rest of the world - about the radiation risks in the most contamina... more »
Neo-Nazis hold rally in Georgia. Police show up....and start arresting peaceful counter protesters. Wait, what?
I just witness the most over-aggressive policing I've ever seen in #Newnan. Tackling protesters and arresting them... for wearing masks. pic.twitter.com/Mf1e5cfKH2 — Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) April 21, 2018 Courtesy of Raw Story: *A Neo-Nazi rally happened in tiny Newnan, Georgia today. * *According to some reports, as few as 35 Nazis showed up to hear their leader mock men wearing skinny jeans. To protect them, the state had to send 400 heavily armed law enforcement officers in full riot gear. * *But that doesn’t mean things were smoothly. The cops were very aggressiv... more »
Indonesia urges Southeast Asian economies to bargain together on TPP
bilaterals.org - 10 hours ago
22-Apr-2018 Indonesia's trade minister urged Southeast Asian countries that have not signed up for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact to consider joining and that these economies could collectively negotiate accession terms.
India, Taiwan may soon resume discussions on a free trade agreement
bilaterals.org - 10 hours ago
22-Apr-2018 The two countries have cultural and economic centres in each other's territory but no diplomatic relations
India, Mauritius conclude second round of talks for FTA
bilaterals.org - 10 hours ago
22-Apr-2018 India and Mauritius has concluded the second round of negotiations for the proposed free trade agreement (FTA), aimed at boosting bilateral trade and investments.
Japan's multi-layered, multilateral strategy
bilaterals.org - 10 hours ago
22-Apr-2018 Tokyo has some work to do to convince the region its strategy is not designed to contain China.
Four Dead in Waffle House Shooting in Tennessee
A man wearing nothing but a green jacket and brandishing an assault rifle stormed a Waffle House restaurant in Tennessee and shot four people to death.
The death of “greencrow”?
*Dead Crow* I've been feeling a bit depressed lately, perhaps it's one reason that my blogging has fallen off. The reason behind my depression is that, as Penny said in one of her posts, "I've got the algorithm blues" in other words, Blogger has been fooling around with my stats and, according to their own "all time" readership graph...I have been suicidal and jumped off a statistical cliff, again. You can see for yourself in the graph reprinted below: [image: Graph of Blogger page views] *Greencrow Jumps off Statistical Cliff Again* According to other bloggers and some links... more »
Entire County Refuses to Obey New Gun Control Law, Declares Itself Gun Owner Sanctuary
By Jack Burns Amid political buzzwords of “sanctuary cities” and “gun bans,” one Illinois county decided to wade into the fray by declaring itself a sanctuary... more »
Doers Have The Biggest Impact on Liberty
By Adam Kokesh Adam shares an epiphany about his own insignificance by way of Anarchapulco, self-driving cars, Bitcoin, and independent media. Subscribe
Environmentalists Who Ignore Sources of Electrical Pollution (Electrosmog) Are Part of the Problem, Not The Solution
By B.N. Frank Most would agree that pollution – at least to some degree – is unhealthy for the environment and everything in it. If... more »
BARBARA BUSH & THE BUSH FAMILY
*George W. Bush is shown with his father, George Bush and mother, Barbara Bush in1955.* Psychologist Oliver James has analysed the behaviour of George W Bush *"Barbara Bush is described by her closest intimates as prone to 'withering stares' and 'sharply crystalline' retorts. * "She is also extremely tough. "When he was seven, Bush's younger sister, Robin, died of leukaemia and several independent witnesses say he was very upset by this loss. "Barbara claims its effect was exaggerated but nobody could accuse her of overreacting:* the day after the funeral, she and her husband we... more »
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*AFP:* *More than 20 dead in Nicaragua protests: rights group* Managua (AFP) - More than 20 people have been killed in a clashes between Nicaraguan police and demonstrators in a wave of protests over pension reform, a local human rights body said Sunday. The Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights said it was still trying to verify figures, but that at least 20 people had been killed since protests erupted in the central American country on Wednesday over plans by President Daniel Ortega to reform the nation's pension system. "We are dealing with more than 20 dead, but we are verifying... more »
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- April 22, 2018
*Andrei Lankov, The Atlantic: **How North Korea Learned to Live With 'Fire and Fury'* Kim Jong Un’s concessions on his weapons program suggest that he has adapted to President Trump’s threats. It's astonishing how quickly the story of the North Korea crisis seems to have changed from one of fear to one of optimism. It was less than a year ago that the U.S. president was threatening “fire and fury” against Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, to touting upcoming talks with him. It is not the case, as Trump tweeted Sunday morning, that the North “agreed to denuclearization.” But... more »
Honoring Missing Indigenous People in Fallon, Nevada
Photos by Western Shoshone Carl Bad Bear Sampson Add caption Photos by Bad Bear Sampson, Western Shoshone Article by Brenda Norrell Censored News FALLON, Nevada -- In a town with a history of racism and violence toward Native people -- Fallon, Nevada -- Native Americans gathered to remember and honor Indigenous Missing People, just across from the
Conservative vs Progressive; Who is More Accurate at Understanding a Chart
Belief in Man-Made Climate Change splits down Political Party Line. As a Progressive to read the above two charts and they will see a close relationship between CO2 and temperature, and see no relationship at all between the sun and temperatures. The progressive also believes that the solar output is stable. Ask a Conservative to … Continue reading "Conservative vs Progressive; Who is More Accurate at Understanding a Chart"
Opposition Leaders Arrested In Armenia. After Ten Days Protests Continue To Grow
*Armenia:* *Opposition leader Pashinian detained after abortive meeting with PM* The newly elected prime minister of Armenia has walked out of a live broadcast meeting immediately after it began. Police later arrested opposition leader Nikol Pashinian. Armenian security forces clashed with protesters after Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan walked out of a meeting with opposition leader Nikol Pashinian on Sunday, with Pashinian being subsequently arrested. The failed meeting came after tens of thousands of people held 10 days of rolling protests against Sargsyan's attempt to maint... more »
Clinton Stars as Central Villain in GOP’s Midterm Strategy
Almost 18 months have passed since Hillary Clinton lost the presidency. She holds no position of power in government. And she is not expected to run for office again. Yet Clinton is starring in the Republican Party's 2018 midterm strategy.
Islamic State Suicide Bomber Kills 57 in Afghan Capital
An Islamic State suicide bomber carried out an attack at a voter registration center in the capital Kabul, killing 57 people and wounding more than 100 others.
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