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Never happy
More... *Rob Burley*: BBC website must be on the blink: we’re leading with the People’s Vote march, yet also apparently engaged in an effort to suppress said march. What’s going on? *Alastair Campbell*: OK to relegate to second story. Ring around a few more businesses who are busy moving jobs and investment. Need contacts? *Rob Burley*: Watch out Alastair, if you’re not careful you might get a reputation for trying to manipulate the media to suit your agenda.
A not-so jolly 'un
Meanwhile on a social media platform elsewhere (now going on), the BBC's head of live political programmes is debating with a leading anti-Brexit QC.... *Rob Burley*: BBC website must be on the blink: we’re leading with the People’s Vote march, yet also apparently engaged in an effort to suppress said march. What’s going on? *Jo Maugham QC*: At least until anyone woke up, eh Rob? How cynical. *Matt Kilcoyne*: Is your screen broken Jolyon? *Jo Maugham QC*: I think yours must be. Compare Rob's picture with mine. *Rob Burley*: I think we reserve the right to change the headline across ... more »
While Trump thinks he’s helping to bring industry home, Chevy builds new Blazer in Mexico
And we thought it was millennials who were going to kill the auto industry More The post While Trump thinks he’s helping to bring industry home, Chevy builds new Blazer in Mexico appeared first on The Duran.
Solomun - Boiler Room
I can't believe I've never posted this. I did check. Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced
Qproofs.com
I posted a heads up a couple of days ago. The opposition will be staging riots in an attempt to overthrow the agenda and even perhaps in their wildest dreams the USA government. This is still the NAZI playbook folks. I am particularly providing the link here to all the data stored on Qproofs.com. https://www.qproofs.com/ I have also noticed censorship efforts as well since i am actively covering the Q Mil Intel feed and fully grasp its historic significance. It is all becoming much more public and folks will need to come up to speed and the best reference source will be Qpr... more »
Connection between stress and autoimmune disease affirmed by massive 30-year study
[image: Does stress trigger the onset or development of autoimmune disease, or is the connection between stress...] This is all interesting and very suggestive. I see a clear pathway to understanding the benefits of CBDs here in tackling PTSD. There is nothing that compares with these huge studies to assert firm conclusions. My only regret when they are done is that we did not think up a lot more questions to ask. Thirty years is a long time. We need to see all researchers engaged in these types of programs as a matter of course. That way we can have dozens of such studies... more »
Human Destiny Revealed at the End of the Yellow Brick Road
We are still a little short of heaven on Earth, but there the path is becoming clearer. For all of us, we truly are on the yellow brick road, but almost all fail to know this, believing instead that this is all that is. That turns out to be laughable. particularly once you understand the central role of those dark matter processors in every cell in producing order. I accepted my destiny a long time ago, and remain in wonder of just what that all means. I have been told that i will see my hundredth birthday and not when i will pass from this world. The curves of time sugges... more »
Dogman Accounts & Commen
The inventory of available reports continues to grow. It took a long time for me to fish out the first twenty or so, but how we do have a common descriptor with dogman and until we capture a couple we will not be able to identify it as the Giant Sloth. There is a range of sizes and we normally see the males. the females are smaller and sport a large tail and lack the robust upper shoulder structures, thus looking more like a dog. It is the male seen on two legs commonly as well. It seems to be able to project fear as well. *Upright Canine / Dogman Accounts & Comments* *http... more »
Slow bottom-up HEP research is neither intellectually challenging, nor justified by the null LHC data
Ben Allanach has been a well-known supersymmetry researcher in Cambridge, England whose name has appeared a dozen of times on this blog and he wrote a guest blog on ambulance chasing. Because of his seemingly bullish presonality, I was surprised by an essay he wrote for Aeon.Co a few days ago, Going nowhere fast: has the quest for top-down unification of physics stalled? The most nontrivial statement in the essay is Now I’ve all but dropped it [SUSY at the LHC] as a research topic. He wants to do things that are more bottom-up such as the bottom mesons (a different bottom, the... more »
The Indian Crossroads: Will Modi Choose Putin Or Trump?
India’s plans for becoming a world power are unsustainable without the strong growth that would be afforded by a 1990s China-like economic partnership with the US, and its decision makers are now beginning to fear the consequences of indefinitely remaining the US’ “junior partner” for the rest of the century. The post The Indian Crossroads: Will Modi Choose Putin Or Trump? appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
Midnight Meme Of The Day!
*by Noah* 62 Million Archie Bunkers voted for what you see here. 62 Million Trumpists. 62 Million fans of Trump's brand of extreme fascism. It was already bad enough the we've had decades of creeping, incremental fascism from our two major political parties but that just wasn't enough for those who voted for the man who, according to at least one of his ex-wives, keeps a book of Hitler's speeches by his bedside. 62 Million longed for a completely totalitarian regime of brutality and they're getting it. They hate those who protest against police who murder. They support those who ... more »
ACLU abandons its historic commitment to Free Speech
A leaked internal document reveals that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has abandoned its historic commitment to Freedom of Speech
Anthropomorphic Prisons, where Reality Equals MC2 Escher
I consider myself a seasoned traveler in the Astral Planes, writes Les Visible, but I had never experienced anything like this before
Israel’s solution to global condemnation of war crimes? Punish anyone who documents them
Anyone caught filming the actions of the IDF will face up to five years in prison
Dr David Berlinski Refutes Evolution in Under 5 Minutes
Academic and author Dr David Berlinski explains why Darwin's Theory of Evolution doesn't stand up to rigorous scrutiny
Toy UFO taken off shelves for ‘teaching kids that Nazis achieved space travel’
No doubt to prevent children pondering the technological edge the Nazis had or that Nazi scientists were shipped the U.S. at the end of WWII to establish NASA
US forces training terrorists at 19 camps inside Syria: Russian expert
The US is trying to fuel the conflict in Syria in order to justify western intervention
New Blasphemies on Campus
UK universities are now actively participating in shutting down free speech. A survey of those universities that still allow the free exchange of ideas. And those that don't
Trump’s trade war a ‘symptom of paranoid delusions’
Trump's protectionism is therefore protecting consumers and investors from their confidence in the stability of the market More The post Trump’s trade war a ‘symptom of paranoid delusions’ appeared first on The Duran.
P.S.
I don't think Alastair Campbell is going to give up spinning against the BBC any time soon. And why should he? He's doing very well out of it. He was on BBC Two yesterday (*The Daily Politics*). He was also on Radio 4 (*Any Questions*). Jobs a good'un?
US-backed militants assault Syrian Army in north Hama
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (9:10 A.M.) – Rebel groups in northern Hama countryside continue to launch sporadic attacks against the government forces in a blatant violations for the de-escalation zone agreement. The FSA-affiliated, US-backed Jaish al-Izza rebel group targeted, with an ATGM, a checkpoint for the Syrian Army in Masasneh village. The rebel group said the assault […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Lead story
Alastair Campbell & Co. have been banging on all week about the BBC 'failing' to cover today's anti-Brexit march so as to pressure the BBC into giving it massive coverage. And guess what? This morning the BBC News website is* leading *with that very march (even though it hasn't even started yet!). Does this prove that their dishonest campaign of bullying the BBC works? Or would the (anti-Brexit) BBC have led with it like they've done this morning (before it even happens) anyhow? We'll never know, of course, now. Anyhow, it's leading the BBC News website. and here's Rob:
Apache Stronghold Sacred Caravan with Poor People's Campaign in DC
Apache Stronghold Sacred Caravan with Poor People's Campaign in DC Article and photos by Steve Pavey Apache Stronghold Sacred Caravan Censored News Prayers already begun for and with the Poor People’s Campaign by the Spiritual Stronghold Caravan who arrived in DC for the Mass Rally after an 18-day journey of prayers for spiritual healing. In order for this country to change the moral
Meridian Councilman Lindemann Supports Baria For US Senate; Talks Economic Development Policy
“In some places in Mississippi, they celebrate the opening of wood product manufacturing companies. In Meridian, I hope we set … Continue reading →
How the Obama Administration Undermined Federal Benefit-Cost Analysis to Justify Its Climate-related Regulations
The Reagan Administration made a serious effort to require that benefit-cost analysis be used to determine whether all major regulations were economically efficient. Such analyses had long been used for judging the efficiency of Federal water projects, but this was the first time that they were required for analyzing Federal regulations. The purpose was to […]
America First? Polling Shows It's Trudeau First Over Trump
Want to drive Trumpanzee up a wall? Every poll should ask, who do you like more, Trump or Canadian Prime Minister JustinTrudeau? Trump is completely, obsessively jealous of Trump, because Trudeau is intelligent, well-spoken, handsome, with it, fashionable and vigorous, while Trump is... well, none of those things. (And rumors are that both Melania and Ivanka went completely "gah gah" over Trudeau.) The one poll that was done, by Ipsos shows that both Canadians and Americans prefer, as you can see above, Trudeau's approach to trade over Trump's approach. Now a new poll by the Canad... more »
I Served Aboard One of the Last U.S. Navy Battleships. And It Changed My Life.
*James Holmes* *Security, * A “ship” is more than a hunk of steel that rides the bounding main. It is an expression of human ideas and history in steel. It’s a composite of materiel, human beings, and history. Therein lies its allure. What was it like serving in USS *Wisconsin*, the *Iowa*-class battleship that now adorns the Norfolk, Virginia riverside as a maritime museum? Well, it was life-changing for this junior officer in the late 1980s and early 1990s. I will never forget cruising across the Singing River in Pascagoula, Mississippi in my fire-engine red Honda CRX, and seei...more »
Russia's 'Marines' Might Not Match America's (But They Are Plannng for the Future)
*Michael Peck* *Security, Europe* The Severnoye Design Bureau is designing a large amphibious assault ship for the Russian Navy, according to Russia’s Tass news agency. Russia is beefing up its amphibious assault capabilities with new ships and possibly even new armored vehicles. The Severnoye Design Bureau is designing a large amphibious assault ship for the Russian Navy, according to Russia’s Tass news agency. “The effort envisages starting work from scratch to create a large amphibious assault ship with a displacement of around eight thousand tons rather than developing some ... more »
France and Germany Have a Plan to Build a Stealth 6th-Generation Fighter
*Zachary Keck* *Security, Europe* And a new battle tank. France will take the lead in developing what might be a sixth-generation fighter in a joint program with Germany. The French Defense Ministry made the announcement this week, as reported by numerous outlets. Paris further announced that work on the plane will begin this year, starting with a study phase. The plane is being jointly developed as the successors to France's Dassault Rafales and Germany's Eurofighters. Both of those planes are often referred to as 4.5-generation fighters. It is expected to be operation around 2... more »
Russia Keeps Testing Nuclear Missiles That Could Kill Millions
*Zachary Keck* *Security, Europe* What is Moscow up to? Russia is on a nuclear-capable missile testing spree, having tested short-range and both land and submarine-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) in recent months. On June 16, Russia’s Ministry of Defense released a video showing troops testing a 9K720 Iskander short-range mobile missile system. The fifty-second clip is reportedly from exercises in Russia’s Far East region. The Iskander came into service in 2006 and was first used in the war with Georgia in 2008. Moscow designed it in order to replace its Scud ... more »
The HK45 Handgun: The Best .45 ACP Firearm on the Planet?
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * We take a look. In the early 2000s, the U.S. Army pondered replacing stocks of Beretta M9 service handguns with a new, more powerful handgun. The Pentagon cancelled the program but one of the contenders, Heckler and Koch, eventually released its entry into the civilian market. Designed with the assistance of U.S. special operations veterans, the HK45 is one of the most advanced .45 ACP pistols available today. In 2005, the U.S. Army merged two parallel pistol programs, the Army Future Handgun and Special Operations Forces Combat Handgun program, int... more »
Wanted: A Plan for Nuclear Diplomacy
*Louis René Beres* *Security, Asia* [image: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reacts during a celebration for nuclear scientists and engineers who contributed to a hydrogen bomb test, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on September 10, 2017. KCNA via REUTERS] Trump will have no remaining choice but to “live with” a nuclear North Korea, and the United States will finally have to focus on meaningfully tangible and authentically realistic goals. It’s time to talk substance about North Korea. At some point after the recent Si... more »
Belgium: Deputy FM Says Iran Waiting for European Proposal to Save Nuclear Deal
Ruptly Published on Jun 22, 2018 Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyed Abbas Araghchi commented on the status of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or Iranian nuclear deal, in Brussels on Friday. “We are waiting for the Europeans to give us their practical solutions to the issue in the form of a […]
Nuke Deal Needs More Concessions from EU: Iran Official
Nuke Deal Needs More Concessions from EU: Iran Official by Anadolu Agency, https://www.yenisafak.com/en/ Iranian deputy FM says Tehran, too, may withdraw from 2015 nuclear deal Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has said that the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and the West required more concessions from Europe in order to remain intact, Iran’s Islamic Republic News […]
Israeli Troops Kill Young Palestinian in Gaza Strip
PressTV Published on Jun 18, 2018 Israel military forces have shot and killed a young Palestinian man in the besieged Gaza Strip during an anti-occupation protest along the border separating the blockaded enclave and the Israeli-occupied territories. The Gaza Ministry of Health identified the victim as Sabri Ahmad Abu Khadir, 24, adding that he succumbed to […]
Israeli Cabinet Ministers: Gaza War May Be Inevitable
Israeli Zionists-Illuminists leaders are pathological liars! The plan is to launch the war against Gaza to force all Palestinians into the north Sinai desert. – Israeli Cabinet Ministers: Gaza War May Be Inevitable by Tazpit Press Service, https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/ … There is a good chance that Israel will launch a wide scale military operation on the Gaza Strip […]
U.S. Close to Releasing Mideast Peace Proposal that Palestinian Leadership May Immediately Reject
U.S. Close to Releasing Mideast Peace Proposal that Palestinian Leadership May Immediately Reject by Anne Gearan, Karen DeYoung and Loveday Morris June 21, https://www.washingtonpost.com/ The Trump administration is close to releasing a long-awaited Middle East peace proposal that officials said would present U.S. goals for a settlement between Israel and the Palestinians, despite the Palestinian position that President Trump cannot be […]
HEADS UP: Banks Are Falling Out… by Lynette Zang
ITM Trading Streamed live on Jun 21, 2018 Link to Slides and Sources: https://www.itmtrading.com/blog/heads… TWO PATTERN SHIFTS! Last October we saw a major insider selling pattern emerge, as some insider sectors avoided buying stocks even as they continued heavy selling. Since the start of the year, after a major selling spike, there is a bit of […]
US Warns Damascus to Cease Army Operations in Syria Against ISIS and Al Qaeda
RT America Published on Jun 22, 2018 Concerns have been raised by the State Department this week that the Syrian government is increasing its presence in southwest Syria. Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, Daniel McAdams joins RT America’s Anya Parampil to take a more in depth look. – US State […]
Putin-Trump Meeting Unconfirmed, Media Talk of Dismay, Alarm Already. NATO Summit Upstaged by Potential Trump-Putin Talks
RT Published on Jun 21, 2018 Speculation about whether there could be an impromptu meeting between President Putin and Donald Trump have the media rumour mills working overtime. end
‘Chinese Maritime Militia’ Launches Laser Attacks Against US Military Pilots In Pacific Ocean
‘Chinese Maritime Militia’ Launches Laser Attacks Against US Military Pilots In Pacific Ocean by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ Pilots of American military aircraft operating over the western Pacific Ocean have been targeted by lasers more than 20 times in recent months, US officials told The Wall Street Journal, following similar incidents in which Chinese nationals used lasers against American fighter pilots […]
Under-Fire Merkel Says EU Summit Won’t Solve Migration Issue
Under-Fire Merkel Says EU Summit Won’t Solve Migration Issue by AFP, https://www.thelocal.de/ Chancellor Angela Merkel Friday played down expectations that an EU summit next week will reach a solution on the issue of migration that has plunged her government into crisis. – Speaking on a visit to Lebanon, Merkel said that “we know that no solution will […]
DUTCH FURY: Macron and Merkel’s Eurozone Reforms Brutally Shot Down with ONE Question
DUTCH FURY: Macron and Merkel’s Eurozone Reforms Brutally Shot Down with ONE Question by CARLY READ, https://www.express.co.uk/ EMMANUEL Macron and Angela Merkel’s Franco-German campaign for a €25BILLLION Eurozone kitty to help finance crumbling member states has been brutally shot down by the Dutch Minister of Finance with one simple question. – Wopke Hoestra laughed off France and […]
12 European States Revolt Against Merkel, Macron Plan To Reform Europe
12 European States Revolt Against Merkel, Macron Plan To Reform Europe by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ Two days ago, when we laid out the components of Merkel and Macron’s blueprint to reform the EU, we said that while “Macron suggested the proposal will be presented to other countries, with specifics to be worked out later this year and […]
‘No Sovereign EU Financial Institute’: Europe Cannot Protect Companies from Anti-Iran Sanctions
RT Published on Jun 21, 2018 After America renewed economic sanctions against Iran it seems that some European companies are bearing the brunt. The latest round of economic restrictions was announced after Washington’s withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal. The French economy minister has called on the EU to take its fate into its own hands. READ […]
Iran May Exit Nuclear Deal in Coming Weeks – Deputy FM
Iran May Exit Nuclear Deal in Coming Weeks – Deputy FM by https://www.rt.com/ The Iran nuclear deal is in “intensive care” and it’s possible that Tehran will have to withdraw from the pact if an agreement cannot be reached with its European signatories, the country’s deputy FM Abbas Araghchi has warned. – Iran wants to preserve […]
NATO Chief Warns “Alliance May Not Survive”
NATO Chief Warns “Alliance May Not Survive” by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ With President Trump’s performance at last year’s NATO summit still fresh in the minds of its members, NATO’s continued existence has probably never before seemed as tenuous as it does right now. Trump has blasted NATO as “obsolete” and criticized the alliance in keeping with his “America […]
You can Call it Progress
At long last, the steel roof is going up on the hovel at the White Wolf Mine. If you click to enlarge the photo above, you'll see the steel cladding on part of the roof. That should be finished on Monday. Soon after, the siding will arrive and it will begin to look more complete. More like a shack than a hovel. In due time, the concrete floor on the lower/guest level will receive its epoxy finish and will be sealed and harder than rock.
The Triumph of Christianity
[image: the-triumph-of-christianity] A historian specializing in Christianity explains how and why Christianity spread in the face of persecution, paganism, and impoverishment.
U.S. China, And Russia Race For Space Supremacy
Photo: The International Space Station is currently scheduled to remain operational until 2028. (Supplied: NASA) *Michael Walsh and Jack Kilbride, ABC News Online:* *Donald Trump's Space Force announcement ups ante as China, Russia race for space supremacy* X-wings doing battle with TIE-fighters, the Starship Enterprise shooting off into the stars after saving the day. Once reserved for the realm of sci-fi epics, United States President Donald Trump's announcement of a new "Space Force" has brought the idea of space battles a lot closer to reality. A new arm of the military dealin... more »
Is Sela Ward Divorcing Howard Sherman? He Says “Counting On” His Social Security Despite Their Multi-Million $ Joint Pension Plan
Is actress Sela Ward divorcing her long-time husband, Democratic Primary run off candidate Howard Sherman? He said in an interview … Continue reading →
ISIS suffers symbolic defeat along Syrian-Iraq border
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:45 A.M.) – The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) continued their offensive against the Islamic State (ISIS), Friday, seizing more ground along the Iraqi border. The Syrian Democratic Forces were able to seize more ground in southeast Al-Hasakah after breaking through the Islamic State’s (ISIS) positions near the Iraqi border. According to pro-SDF […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Mike Pompeo meets with Jordan’s King Abdullah II
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:25 A.M.) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Jordan’s King ‘Abdullah II at the US State Department in Washington DC for a working lunch on Friday. King ‘Abdullah’s visit with Pompeo comes shortly after his recent meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in ‘Amman. Video credit: Ruptly Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Have Undocumented Immigrants Killed 63,000 American Citizens Since 11 September 2001?
The figure would mean undocumented immigrants, who account for roughly 3 percent of the population, would have to commit about one quarter of the nation's homicides.
Chesty Puller: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
*Military.com*: *The Man, the Myth, the Legend: Good Night, Chesty Puller* The Marine son of a Marine Corps officer who met Chesty Puller offers his thoughts on the popular Marine Corps slogan: “Good night Chesty, wherever you are.” When my Parris Island Marine Corps Drill Instructor found out I shared the same birthday as Marine Corps legend “Chesty” Puller, he made me say “Good night, Chesty, wherever you are” every night to my platoon when the lights went off. The slogan “Good night Chesty, wherever you are” is an often-used tribute of supreme respect to the late and legendar... more »
Tonight's Movie Is 'None But The Brave'
From *Wikipedia*: Narrated in English by a Japanese officer named Kuroki (in the form of a journal he is writing for his wife), a platoon of 16 Japanese soldiers is stranded on an island in the Pacific with no means of communicating with the outside world. Lieutenant Kuroki keeps his men firmly in hand and is supervising the building of a boat for their escape. An American C-47/R4D transport plane is shot down by a Japanese Zero, crash landing on the same island. The Zero and an American F4U Corsair destroy each other, with no outside commands learning of the island. Marine Aircra... more »
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- June 22, 2018
US President Donald Trump chats with Russia's President Vladimir Putin as they attend the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Danang, Vietnam, on November 11, 2017. Photo: AFP / Sputnik/ Mikhail Klimentyev *M.K. Bhadrakumar, Asia Times:* *Trump riding high and set to roll the dice for a summit with Putin* *With the US leader at perhaps his strongest point so far, an announcement is expected soon on a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which could be held in the middle of July after the NATO summit * If the Trump White House had let it be known a couple of months ago that ... more »
Victory! Supreme Court Says Fourth Amendment Applies to Cell Phone Tracking
By Andrew Crocker and Jennifer Lynch The Supreme Court handed down a landmark opinion today in Carpenter v. United States, ruling 5-4 that the Fourth... more »
Musical Interlude: Tron Syversen, “Moonlight Reflections”
Tron Syversen, “Moonlight Reflections” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1EZ30fUHLA
"Two Trillion Galaxies, at the Very Least”
*Click image for larger size.* *"Two Trillion Galaxies, at the Very Least”* by Henry Fountain The scale of the universe, already unfathomable, just became even more so: There are about 10 times as many galaxies as previously thought. The new number, two trillion galaxies, is the result of work led by Christopher J. Conselice, an astrophysicist at the University of Nottingham in England, published in October in "The Astrophysical Journal." The team analyzed sky surveys by the Hubble Space Telescope and other instruments able to see far away, and therefore far back, through about 13 ... more »
Nationalism and piety dominate Turkey's election
Resat Kasaba, Professor of International Studies, University of Washington at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 8 hours ago
Turkey's snap election is on Sunday. One fact is clear: The candidates and electorate are both nationalist and pious. That's in contrast to the strict secularism of 20th century politics.
"A Look to the Heavens"
“How many arches can you count in the below image? If you count both spans of the Double Arch in the Arches National Park in Utah, USA, then two. But since the below image was taken during a clear dark night, it caught a photogenic third arch far in the distance - that of the overreaching Milky Way Galaxy. *Click image for larger size.* Because we are situated in the midst of the spiral Milky Way Galaxy, the band of the central disk appears all around us. The sandstone arches of the Double Arch were formed from the erosion of falling water. The larger arch rises over 30 meters abov... more »
The Failed Predictions Of James Hansen
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? 30 years on, how do James Hansen’s predictions hold up? ? “Thirty years of data have been collected since Mr. Hansen outlined his scenarios—enough to determine which was closest to reality. And the winner is Scenario C. Global surface temperature has…
"Today Is Mine..."
“Today is mine. It is unique. Nobody in the world has one exactly like it. It holds the sum of all my past experiences and all my future potential. I can fill it with joyous moments or ruin it with fruitless worry. If painful recollections of the past come into my mind, or frightening thoughts of the future, I can put them away. They cannot spoil today for me.” - Alcoholics Anonymous
The Poet: Robert Bly, "Things to Think"
*"Things to Think"* "Think in ways you've never thought before. If the phone rings, think of it as carrying a message Larger than anything you've ever heard, Vaster than a hundred lines of Yeats. Think that someone may bring a bear to your door, Maybe wounded and deranged; or think that a moose Has risen out of the lake, and he's carrying on his antlers A child of your own whom you've never seen. When someone knocks on the door, Think that he's about To give you something large: tell you you're forgiven, Or that it's not necessary to work all the time, Or that it's been decided that if ... more »
World News Briefs -- June 22, 2018 (Evening Edition)
A man rides a motorbike with belongings in Deraa countryside, Syria June 22, 2018. REUTERS/Alaa al-Faqir *Reuters:** Assad defies United States, presses assault in southwest Syria* BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government helicopters dropped barrel bombs on opposition areas of the country’s southwest on Friday for the first time in a year, a war monitor and rebel officials said, in defiance of U.S. demands that President Bashar al-Assad halt the assault. Assad has sworn to recapture the area bordering Jordan and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and the army this week began ramping u... more »
“25 Life Lessons By An Old Greek Shepherd”
*“25 Life Lessons By An Old Greek Shepherd”* by George Giotis, Greece by Greeks *“The road to the destination is never straight.* To reach out to the winter shelter someone must take a lot of turns, travel along rough roads, suffer losses. You have to make sure that you always take food supplies with you. *Leave the past behind.* If a wolf eats your goat, you can't do anything about it. Just make sure that next time you will be more careful. *Don't live just for saving money and don't be stingy.* Don't postpone the tasting of joy for future times. Do it now, while you are still yo...more »
Hillary Clinton calls Putin leader of “white-supremacist and xenophobic movement” (Video)
Hillary says Putin is leading a xenophobic movement out to damage U.S. More The post Hillary Clinton calls Putin leader of “white-supremacist and xenophobic movement” (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
The Daily "Near You?"
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The Zen Art of the Deal
Sorry everybody, I didn't realize Steve was leaving so soon and I was busy with something. Image via Food & Wine. Peter Baker in the New York Times: His 17 months in office have in fact been an exercise in futility for the art-of-the-deal president. No deal on immigration. No deal on health care. No deal on gun control. No deal on spending cuts. No deal on Nafta. No deal on China trade. No deal on steel and aluminum imports. No deal on Middle East peace. No deal on the Qatar blockade. No deal on Syria. No deal on Russia. No deal on Iran. No deal on climate change. No deal on Pacific... more »
"What If He's A Loser?"-- The Sad Story Of Donald Trumpanzee, Jr.
Earlier today we mentioned that Trump grew up in a racist family and that he "inherited" the ugly bigotry from a father he always emulated and sought approval from. It's tragic-- for America, of course-- but for Trump and his family as well. And the July issue of *GQ* updates the saga into a horrifying story about Trump's first son, Donald, Jr., the Fredo Corleone of America First's First Family. Like his father before him, "All he ever wanted was to make his dad proud, but things have never turned out quite right for Donald Trump Jr. Even now, despite finding his purpose as a bomb... more »
Trump Administration Orders Pentagon To Prepare Military Bases For 20,000 Unaccompanied Children and Their Families
By Aaron Kesel In response to the backlash from the Trump administration imprisoning children in internment camps, Trump has ordered the Pentagon to make preparations to... more »
The Buddha’s Life Story
Here’s a brief exploration of the Buddha’s life with some myth sprinkled in for fun.
Exercise Treats Addiction by Altering Brain’s Dopamine System
New research by the University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions has identified a key mechanism in how exercise can help impact the brain in ways that may support treatment — and even prevention strategies — for addiction.
Cedella Marley: Make It Happen
You know you can do it, now make it happen!
U.S. Soldier Claims To Have Shot & Killed A 12-Foot Giant In Afghanistan
There is corroborating testimony that a patrol of U. S. Soldiers shot and killed a giant 12-15 feet tall in Afghanistan, widely known a 'The Kandahar Giant.
"Conspiracy Theorists"
*"Conspiracy Theorists"* In 1967, the CIA Created the Label "Conspiracy Theorists", And Ways to Attack Anyone Who Challenges the "Official" Narrative By George Washington *"Conspiracy Theorists USED TO Be Accepted As Normal: *Democracy and free market capitalism were founded on conspiracy theories. The Magna Carta, the Constitution and Declaration of Independence and other founding Western documents were based on conspiracy theories. Greek democracy and free market capitalism were also based on conspiracy theories. But those were the bad old days…Things have now changed. That all ... more »
The Passing of Charles Krauthammer
[image: the-passing-of-charles-krauthammer] Political analyst and and commentator Charles Krauthammer was a mixed-bag for conservatives — though he professed to be conservative in later life — with an interesting life.
Wolf-PAC Raising Money to Unseat Anti-Con-Con Legislators
[image: wolf-pac-raising-money-to-unseat-anti-con-con-legislators] Left-wing pro-Con-Con group Wolf-PAC is raising money to support candidates running against incumbent legislators who oppose a constitutional convention.
X22 Report, “The Central Banks Unleash & So Does Trump, It's Going To Get A Lot Worse”
X22 Report, “The Central Banks Unleash & So Does Trump, It's Going To Get A Lot Worse” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Uxo7oRD1so *Related:* X22 Report, “It's All About To Change, The Time Is Now” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94osAFfwCII
‘Everyday Censorship’ Proposed That Should Enrage Us All
*21WIRE + The Independent* | How about no Internet today? This cannot work.
Paul Craig Roberts beleves that the entire Western World lives in Cognitive Dessonance, based on the use of the current top news storys. In order to illustrate the disconnect that is everywhere in the Western mind. He begins with the family separation of children from immigrant/refugee/asylum parents has caused such public outcry that President Trump has backed off his policy and signed an executive order terminating family separation.
------------------------------ *The Entire Western World Lives In Cognitive Dissonance* ------------------------------ June 21, 2018 | Categories: Articles & Columns | The Entire Western World Lives In Cognitive Dissonance Paul Craig Roberts In this column I am going to use three of the current top news stories to illustrate the disconnect that is everywhere in the Western mind. Let us begin with the family separation issue. The separation of children from immigrant/refugee/asylum parents has caused such public outcry that President Trump has backed off his policy and signed an... more »
Apache Stronghold Sacred Caravan -- Rally in D.C. Saturday
Ed Becenti, Diné, member of the Spiritual Stronghold Caravan By Steve Pavey Apache Stronghold Spiritual Caravan Censored News You do not have to be wearing a three-piece suit to offer a solution. We come just as we are. We are the Apache Stronghold Spiritual Caravan – A Spiritual Journey of Healing to Confront the Deception of the Birth of America ! The most important word here is “
Apache Stronghold Sacred Caravan in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
“The only thing sacred to people in this country is money. Money is their religion.” -- Rev. Dr. John Mendez, Pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) By Steve Pavey Apache Stronghold Sacred Caravan Censored News “We are here because of the prayers of this place and because our people are no longer here ... tribes lost a lot here because of forced
Time Magazine Published Fake "family separation" News. Intentional Disinfo
*As a person who sifts through the news tirelessly trying, year after year, to draw some facts out of all the fiction that passes as "news reporting". * * The retraction (barely) regarding this latest manipulative image and it's accompanying caption has me quite annoyed. I see manipulative imagery or videos regularly provided by the media to the masses. Pick a destabilization? A 'chemical attack' Staged photo ops- * *I recall in Egypt the colourful bullies on camels beating persons in the crowd-STAGED* *I've forgotten just how much nonsense, presented as fact, has been addressed her... more »
Campaña No a los tratados de comercio e inversión
bilaterals.org - 10 hours ago
22-Jun-2018 Ante el anuncio de la Unión Europea de la puesta en marcha de nueve grandes acuerdos nuevos durante 2018, se ha creado la campaña estatal ‘No a los tratados de comercio e inversión'. Su objetivo: ampliar la información a la ciudadanía, trabajar en la incidencia política y continuar con el activismo y la movilización social.
Mercosur tendrá una nueva ronda de negociaciones con la Unión Europea el 16 de julio
bilaterals.org - 10 hours ago
22-Jun-2018 “Nos encontraremos con varios comisarios de la UE, y vamos a tener conversaciones para expresar nuestra voluntad de finalizar el acuerdo y de no agregar más temas que van dificultando el cierre del mismo”.
Italia amenaza con romper el CETA y Bruselas avisa: “Si no es ratificado, no se aplica”
bilaterals.org - 10 hours ago
22-Jun-2018 El Gobierno italiano denuncia que el nivel de protección a las denominaciones de origen es muy bajo.
España deberá pagar 112 millones a Antin por los recortes a las renovables
bilaterals.org - 10 hours ago
22-Jun-2018 El Ciadi ha dictado un laudo arbitral que obliga a España a pagar 112 millones de euros a Antin por el recorte de las primas a las energías renovables en el que es su tercer fallo contra el país.
Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
Which of the following do* you* think is the true version of the way the BBC framed its main story on tonight's BBC One late evening bulletin? 50:50. Is it?: *BBC Newsreader*: Two major employers in the UK criticise what they see as the slow progress of Brexit negotiations. Airbus, which employs 14,000 people here, and which has previously issued similar stark warnings about the risk of the UK not joining the euro and about the UK leaving the EU, says it will now have to reconsider its future if there's no Brexit deal. *Talking head 1*: This is just a businessperson sitting here... more »
IG Horowitz drops tons of “Hillary/FBI” BOMBSHELLS during testimony (Video)
The Duran – News in Review – Episode 31. More The post IG Horowitz drops tons of “Hillary/FBI” BOMBSHELLS during testimony (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
Syrian Army launches largest attack on southwest Syria (video)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:45 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) unleashed their largest assault on the southwestern region of Syria tonight. Using a plethora of surface-to-surface missiles and artillery shells, the Syrian Army heavily targeted the jihadist rebel positions in the eastern countryside of the Dara’a Governorate tonight. According to a military source in Izra’a, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Assad says talks with US will be ‘a waste of time’ (video)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:20 P.M.) – Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad sat down with Russia’s NTV on Friday to discuss several topics affecting his country. During the interview with NTV, Assad stated that he is open to meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, if the talks are productive and meaningful. “We believe that discussing or talking or […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Amazing go-pro footage of Syrian T-90 tank advancing in southwest Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:15 A.M.) – A Russian media channel released amazing go-pro footage from a Syrian Arab Army (SAA) T-90 tank that was advancing in southwest Syria. As shown in the video below, the Syrian Arab Army advanced through the rebel defenses in the Al-Lajat region of northeast Dara’a on Friday. The footage was filmed […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Assad says current negotiations with US are ‘a waste of time’
Negotiations between the US and Syria at the present moment will be a waste of time, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stated in an interview with the NTV channel. The Syrian leader’s administration posted a fragment of the interview on Friday on its official Telegram channel. “The negotiations with the US will not lead to anything […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian military reinforcements pour into southeast Syria for ISIS offensive (photos)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:30 P.M.) – A number of reinforcements from the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) 11th Division and National Defense Forces (NDF) arrived in southeast Syria on Friday. According to a military report, the reinforcements were previously deployed in the northern countryside of the Hama Governorate before moving south to the Al-Sweida Governorate. The reinforcements […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Chinese lasers harass US military pilots in East China Sea
Ocean-borne lasers have targeted US military pilots flying over the Pacific Ocean nearly two dozen times in recent months, according to a new report, drawing parallels to the Pentagon’s allegation earlier this year that Chinese military lasers were aimed at US pilots near Djibouti. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that lasers were used to attack […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Jordanian jihadist commander assassinated in northern Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:00 P.M.) – Another high ranking jihadist commander has been assassinated by unknown assailants in the northern provinces of Syria. A military commander from Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham was the victim of another targeted assassination of the group’s leadership in the Idlib Governorate of northern Syria on Friday. Abu Khadijah Al-Urdoni of Hay’at Tahrir […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Gulf-backed forces score big advance in southern Yemen
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:50 P.M.) – The Gulf-backed forces scored a big advance in the Al-Lahj Governorate of southern Yemen on Friday. Led by the Southern Resistance Army and their allies from the Yemeni Army, the Gulf-backed troops began the day by retaking several points around the Al-Qabitah District of northern Al-Lahj. Following this advance, the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
US accuses ‘unknown force’ of targeting their troops near Al-Tanf
The spokesperson for the US-led international anti-Daesh coalition told Sputnik, it had responded to the attack by “unidentified hostile force” near Syria’s al-Tanf, reporting that there were no casualties. “Maghawir al-Thowra fighters and Coalition advisors within the de-escalation zone near al-Tanf were engaged by an unidentified hostile force located just outside the de-escalation zone in the early evening of June 21,” […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Two Iranian soldiers killed near Pakistan border
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:15 P.M.) – Two Iranian soldiers were killed in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan on Thursday, state-owned IRNA reported. Citing the Iranian Border Guard Commander Brigadier General Qasem Rezaei, the IRNA said that the two soldiers were killed in armed clashes with terrorist drug traffickers near the Pakistan border. The commander added that […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Watch: US-backed rebels, Syrian Army clash near Al-Tanf
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:00 P.M.) – The US-backed rebels and Syrian Arab Army (SAA) clashed in the southeastern countryside of the Homs Governorate yesterday. The clashes began when US-backed rebels from Jaysh Mughawir Al-Thourah attacked the Syrian Arab Army’s positions near the Al-Aliyaniyah area of southeast Homs. In response to the attack, the Syrian Arab Army […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Iranian official says Syria will be another Vietnam for the US
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:00 P.M.) – The top aide for Iran’s Supreme Leader, ‘Ali Akbar Velayati, accused the U.S. on Friday of creating the Islamic State (ISIS) and Jabhat Al-Nusra terrorist groups. Velayati then blasted the U.S. for occupying Syrian territory without Damascus’ approval. The Iranian aide said that if the U.S. wants to remain inside […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Top military commander of Ahrar Al-Sham assassinated in east Aleppo
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:40 P.M.) – A top military commander of Harakat Ahrar Al-Sham was assassinated by unknown assailants in east Aleppo on Friday. According to pro-opposition activists in northern Aleppo, one of the top commanders of Harakat Ahrar Al-Sham was assassinated in the town of Al-Bab. The military commander and chief of weapons and armaments […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
This “Tropical” Midwestern Fruit is the Strongest Against Cancer Cells on Two Continents, Study Says
Tropical fruits provide some of the best nutrition and disease-fighting power of any foods on Earth, but if you live in the Midwestern part of the United States or other less-than-tropical areas, you probably have only eaten them through shipments from out-of-state. But there’s at least one lesser known tropical-style fruit that may be growing in your backyard right now, even if you live in a traditionally colder climate. The Paw Paw fruit is not very well known among the mainstream, but people have enjoyed it, and the myriad health benefits it provides, for many decades. Also calle... more »
Did Fracking Cause Volcanic Activity on Hawaii’s Big Island?
Fracking does not take place on Hawaii’s Big Island, but that is far from the only problem with this absurd conspiracy theory.
It Looks like Afghanistan and the Taliban May Try to End to 17 Years of War
*Atta Nasib* *Security, Middle East* [image: An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier is seen through damaged glass as he keeps watch at the Forward Base in Nari district near the army outpost in Kunar province, February 24, 2014. The Afghan Taliban killed 21 soldiers in the assault on Sunday in the remote mountainous region, the Afghan government said, and six soldiers were missing after the militants' most deadly assault on the security forces in months. The government sent reinforcements to the area where the pre-dawn attack took place, Afghan Defence] Could domestic politicians a... more »
Sounds like a war to me
The likely winner of Mexico's imminent presidential elections appears to have declared war on US sovereignty. Mexican presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) called for mass immigration to the United States during a speech Tuesday declaring it a “human right” for all North Americans. “And soon, very soon — after the victory of our movement — we will defend all the migrants in the American continent and all the migrants in the world,” Obrador said, adding that immigrants “must leave their towns and find a life in the United States.” He then declared it as “a human... more »
The Failed Predictions Of James Hansen
By Paul Homewood 30 years on, how do James Hansen’s predictions hold up? "Thirty years of data have been collected since Mr. Hansen outlined his scenarios—enough to determine which was closest to reality. And the winner is Scenario C. Global surface temperature has not increased significantly since 2000, discounting the larger-than-usual El Niño […]
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