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Thomas Paine

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Thursday, July 12, 2018

12 July am - Blogs I'm Following 3 of 3

3:08 am MDT

GUNS IN THE HANDS OF CRIMINALS AND DEMENTIA VICTIMS, BECAUSE FREEDOM

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 20 hours ago
I don't know if Cody Wilson will actually achieve his stated goal of nullifying all gun laws, but, as *Wired* reports, the U.S. government is letting him take his best shot: FIVE YEARS AGO, 25-year-old radical libertarian Cody Wilson stood on a remote central Texas gun range and pulled the trigger on the world’s first fully 3-D-printed gun. When, to his relief, his plastic invention fired a .380-caliber bullet into a berm of dirt without jamming or exploding in his hands, he drove back to Austin and uploaded the blueprints for the pistol to his website, Defcad. com. He'd launched t... more »

Whole Foods betrays its loyal customers with a massive sellout

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 20 hours ago
While Whole Foods Market, founded in 1980, has been a leading retailer of organic produce in the U.S. for decades, the company has faced its share of criticism; in later years being accused of operating more like an industrial organic company rather than a local distributor of high-quality organic food. In 2007, it bought its […] The post Whole Foods betrays its loyal customers with a massive sellout appeared first on Health Nut News.

Our choking oceans are coughing up art!

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 20 hours ago
For far too long our oceans have been a catch-all; car parts, radioactive waste, factory farming run-off and according to some estimates, more plastic than fish by 2050. So when I saw this story, it gave me hope and I wanted to share it. RELATED STORY: Team creates edible 6-pack rings for sea life, reduces plastic […] The post Our choking oceans are coughing up art! appeared first on Health Nut News.

Why your brain fails as you age, what you can do now

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 20 hours ago
In recent years, it’s become increasingly apparent that most of what we refer to as health and disease really links back to the function of your mitochondria — tiny organelles inside your cells that play an important role in the production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), required for all biological functions. If your mitochondria are not […] The post Why your brain fails as you age, what you can do now appeared first on Health Nut News.

Karma? Poachers eaten by lions after breaking into game reserve to kill endangered rhinos

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 20 hours ago
(Editor’s Note: We don’t celebrate the death of any human. But we love animals and we do not like to see them locked away in cages or killed for sport or a part of their body, either. This is a tough story to share.) Eastern Province, South Africa – In what can only be described […] The post Karma? Poachers eaten by lions after breaking into game reserve to kill endangered rhinos appeared first on Health Nut News.

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 20 hours ago
*How Accreditation Is Cheating U.S. College Students* Americans mostly embrace competitive markets and grasp that less competition means greater rigidity, reduced innovation, and lower quality of products and services. One sector in which people may not realize competition is thwarted is higher education. Perhaps the greatest obstacle to robust, meaningful competition between institutions of higher learning—and certainly an obstacle that few people outside of educational administration understand well—is the system of accreditation, explains Independent Institute Senior Fellow Ri... more »

Will Heatwave End Next Week?

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 20 hours ago
By Paul Homewood I mentioned last week that the heatwave/drought might be coming to an end next week, and the latest jetstream forecasts seem to bear this out now. https://www.netweather.tv/charts-and-data/jetstream Temperatures have already started to dip, and are forecast to drop further next week, with the north west expecting some rain. By […]

Tornado Stats For 2017

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 20 hours ago
By Paul Homewood https://www.spc.noaa.gov/wcm/2017/torngraph-big.png 2017 was a relatively busy year for tornadoes in the US, ranking third since 2005 on preliminary data. This was mainly due to a spurt in numbers in January to March, most of which were weak EF-0 and EF-1 tornadoes. There were though three EF-3s in an outbreak in […]

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 20 hours ago
*Sea Ice Model Projections In A Death Spiral! Arctic Ice Volume Holds Steady For A Decade!* *Al Gore's fantasy of no Arctic ice by 2013 gets crushed by reality! * Arctic sea ice volume data show earlier projections of ice-free Arctic summers were a sham. Sea ice now steady 10 years. Lately Arctic sea ice volume has been a topic which climate skeptics have been looking at quite closely. According to Al Gore and a number of climate ambulance chasers, Arctic sea ice in late summer should have long disappeared by now, see here.. But then just a few years after, the Arctic sea ice area ... more »

Donald Trump continues to HAMMER away at NATO’s necessity

Seraphim Hanisch at The Duran - 20 hours ago
With the passing of the Soviet Union, NATO is an alliance without a purpose, and the US president is not afraid to say so The post Donald Trump continues to HAMMER away at NATO’s necessity appeared first on The Duran.

‘Russia not to be isolated over Crimea’ – NATO head

Vladimir Rodzianko at The Duran - 20 hours ago
"Russia is our neighbor, Russia will not go anywhere, and we need a dialogue with Russia," said NATO's Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. The post ‘Russia not to be isolated over Crimea’ – NATO head appeared first on The Duran.

Sri Chinmoy Performs ‘Songs of the Soul’ in Rio this Friday

Jack Arnhold at The Rio Times - 20 hours ago
By Jack Arnhold, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – This Friday, July 13th, the music of Sri Chinmoy will arrive at Rio’s Teatro Maison de France for a free concert. ‘Songs of the Soul’ is a touring musical project that has already reached a large audience with more than 200 performances across Europe, Asia […]

Here Are 10 Lethal Special Operations Units From Around The World

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 20 hours ago
*We Are the Mighty:* *10 lethal special operations units from around the world * Special operations forces are the most highly disciplined, mission-capable, and formidable units in the world. They go through rigorous selection processes and training in order to conduct unconventional warfare tasks that are beyond the means of standard military forces. The truth is, the world may never know exactly what these teams have accomplished, but their public records contain enough to earn global respect. In no particular order, these are ten lethal special operations units from around the... more »

Environmentalists file suit for federal protection of Louisiana black bear

Sara Sneath at Louisiana Environment and Flood Control - 20 hours ago
The lawsuit claims the bears should be placed back under the Endangered Species Act.

The Ugly Truth

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 20 hours ago
The next episode of the Trump Show -- "Blowing Up NATO" -- is being broadcast today. Donald Trump has his script. But, if the members of the alliance hang together, it will not go as Trump has planned. NATO, however, isn't the climax. It's Trump's meeting with Putin. And there are at least a couple of reasons why Trump has made the summit with Putin the real show. To begin with, Trump and Putin are birds of a feather. Joseph Ingrham writes : Let’s start with the two of them as mirror images of flawed personalities. Both display behaviors reflective of serious inferiority complexes... more »

From Vedic Russia With Love Documentary

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 20 hours ago
*To view the video, please click on the link below:* *From Vedic Russia With Love* *“out of Russia will come the hope of the world**”* Edgar Cayce

Fluoride toxicity alters liver enzyme activity

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 20 hours ago
Perera T, Ranasinghe S, Alles N, Waduge R. Effect of fluoride on major organs with the different time of exposure in rats. Environmental health and preventive medicine. 2018 May 16;23(1):17. doi: 10.1186/s12199-018-0707-2. BACKGROUND: High fluoride levels in drinking water in relation to the prevalence of chronic kidney disease of … Continue reading →

The Lockean Campaign Against Kant

Anoop Verma at The Verma Report - 20 hours ago
Christian GarveThe German Empiricists who were loyal to the tradition of John Locke were alarmed by the appearance of Immanuel Kant’s *The Critique of Pure Reason* in 1781. They saw the Critique as an attack on Lockean empiricism. Among the leading members of the empiricist camp were J. G. Feder, C. Garve, J. F. Lossius, C. Meiners, F. Nicolai, H. A. Pistorius, C. G. Selle, D. Tiedemann, G. Tittel, and A. Weishaupt. They were the first German scholars to recognize the importance of Kant’s *Critique* and the challenge that it posed. During the Pantheism controversy, they supported K... more »

Is The U.S. Air Force Rigging The Tests On Close Air Support Capabilities Of The F-35 vs. The A-10?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 20 hours ago
*Warzone/The Drive*: *The U.S. Air Force Is Hiding Its Controversial Flyoff Between the A-10 and F-35* *The evaluation was already almost certain to provoke a passionate debate and new information suggests the service may be rigging the tests.* The U.S. Air Force has, without any apparent public announcement, begun a much-awaited comparative evaluation of the close air support capabilities of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter versus the venerable A-10 Warthog. The event was already controversial before it even began and there is now evidence to suggest the service maybe be manipulatin... more »

Tweets For Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 21 hours ago
LIVE: NATO leaders, including President Trump, greet each other to open the NATO Summit in Brussels. https://t.co/UArzq8aKiz — NBC News (@NBCNews) July 11, 2018 BREAKING: At #NATOSummit, #Canada will offer to command #NATO's new training force in #Iraq, PM @JustinTrudeau announces at #NATOEngages. Canada will also commit 250 troops and a number of helicopters. pic.twitter.com/FCJjZOEaVP — Teri Schultz (@terischultz) July 11, 2018 Nice pictures of Chinese TELs an missiles in their underground tunnels: pic.twitter.com/KnFrS5hbnY — Tal Inbar (@inbarspace) July 11, 2018 A new Army ... more »

President Trump 'Dressing Down' NATO Officials

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 21 hours ago
Bilateral Breakfast with NATO Secretary General in Brussels, Belgium... pic.twitter.com/l0EP3lzhCM — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 11, 2018 *WNU Editor:* Not a single thing he says in the above clip iss untrue. Love him or hate him, he is consistent in verbalising what everyone knows.

The GOP Continues To Be Plagued With Racist Candidates. I Can't Imagine Why

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 21 hours ago
Whether on the air or here at *DWT*, whenever I want an example of the worst of the worst DCCC recruits for Congress, I invariably turn to south Jersey (NJ-02) and state Senator Jeff Van Drew. He has no saving grace... other than his ability to placate conservatives. That's because he is one himself. Next year, when he's in Congress, there will be virtually no crucial issues on which you will find Van Drew voting with the Democrats. And he will most certainly be in Congress next year. NJ-02 is the very swingy district the DCCC has given away to Republican moderate Frank LoBiondo y... more »

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Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 21 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Antarctic Melting Three Times Faster Than Previously Thought video. NYMag: Trump/Putin Collusion How Fracking Companies Use Facebook Surveillance to Ban Protests People with autoimmune diseases may be more likely to develop psychosis, according to new research …Except for the ones such as rheumatoid arthritis who are LESS likely. Tesla Planning Shanghai Factory With Capacity For 500,000 Vehicles A Year Turkish Lira Resumes Plunge After Erdogan Grants Himself Power To Appoint Central Bank Governor "Fiscal Money" - A Parallel Currency For Italy Is Possible Secret 20... more »

NATO and War Powers: Remembering the ‘Great Debate’ of the 1950s

MWaxman at Lawfare - 21 hours ago
NATO Headquarters, Brussels (Source: Flickr/NATO) As President Trump goes into this week’s NATO summit complaining about burden-sharing, amid inflamed anxieties at home about presidential powers over foreign relations, it is worth remembering the “Great Debate” of the early 1950s. That dispute pitted President Harry Truman and Secretary of State Dean Acheson against congressional NATO skeptics, and it concerned whether the president could unilaterally deploy four additional U.S. Army divisions to Western Europe. In the end, Truman went ahead with the deployment, while the Senate m... more »

The travel ban in numbers: Why families and refugees lose big

Raquel Aldana, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Diversity and Professor of Law, University of California, Davis at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 21 hours ago
The ban has major implications for thousands of would-be immigrants from all of the affected countries, except perhaps Venezuela.

How cities help immigrants feel at home: 4 charts

Ernesto Castañeda, Assistant Professor of Sociology, American University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 21 hours ago
A sociologist interviewed hundreds of immigrants in New York, Barcelona and Paris. Here's what they say those cities get right — and do wrong — when integrating foreign-born residents.

Trump isn't the first leader to rattle the world order

Kelly McFarland, Director of programs and research, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 21 hours ago
NATO leaders meet in Belgium today; many are worried about US President Trump's habit of breaking diplomatic norms. History is filled with other leaders acting bullishly, often with poor results.

This one's for steampunk fans

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 22 hours ago
My thanks to the three readers who independently e-mailed me the link to this video. It's kinda fun. Parts of it remind me of the movie "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom". Cool! Peter

The Road to Zero Plan Leads Nowhere

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 22 hours ago
By Paul Homewood From the Mail: After months of speculation, the Government has finally unveiled its plans to force motorists to ditch petrol and diesel cars and only drive electric models. Called the Road to Zero strategy, it sets out the policies ministers hope will drive the nation’s 45 million motorists into zero-emissions vehicles over […]

All Messed Up and No Where to Go. The Sorry Need for and Lack of Psych Beds for Children

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 22 hours ago
By Anne Dachel Over the last 18 months I’ve posted hundreds of disturbing news reports about mental illness and young people on my site LossofBrainTrust.com , but this one from NBC News is especially chilling. I had to give it...

Rio Nightlife Guide for Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Jack Arnhold at The Rio Times - 22 hours ago
We have the top three picks for this Wednesday, and below there is a list of bars and lounges that are always a good option. PARTY: Jungle FREE @ Jungle Garden Pub (Botafogo) – The ‘most charming forest in Rio’ is offering a night of almost endless happy hours and deals. First off, it’s free […]

California Sinks Further Into Vaccination Discrimination: Threatens To Cut off Welfare with AB1992

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 22 hours ago
Note: At what point, if any, will Californians protest against the ramming of vaccines into children in their state? No other medical procedure is so viciously mandated. Childhood obesity is a life threatening problem. Where are the weigh ins to...

China, Estonia agree to boost Belt and Road cooperation

bilaterals.org - 23 hours ago
11-Jul-2018 Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met with his Estonian counterpart, Juri Ratas, and the two sides pledged to enhance cooperation within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative.

Breaking: Syrian jets bomb ISIS near occupied Golan Heights

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:00 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) carried out a number of airstrikes in the southwestern corner of Syria this morning, hitting several Islamic State (ISIS) targets in the process. According to a military report from Daraa, the Syrian Air Force repeatedly bombed the Islamic State affiliate “Jaysh Khaled bin Walid” […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian Army seizes western-made weapons near Daraa city (video)

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:30 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army scored a major advance near Daraa city on Tuesday after cracking the lines of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) along the Jordanian border. Led by their elite 42nd Brigade (Ghiath Forces) of the 4th Mechanized Division, the Syrian Arab Army advanced from two different axes around […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Erdogan meets Aliyev in Baku a day after inauguration (video)

BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:00 A.M.) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev in Baku on Tuesday. A welcoming ceremony was held for Erdogan before the two Presidents convened for bilateral talks. The leaders discussed bilateral relations and other issues of mutual concern. Erdogan’s trip to Azerbaijan marks his first foreign trip […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russian forces launch massive counter-attack against jihadist rebels in Latakia (video)

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:40 A.M.) – The Russian Aerospace Forces launched a massive counter-attack against the jihadist rebels in the northeastern countryside of the Latakia Governorate last night. According to a military report from the coastal city of Jableh, the Russian Aerospace Forces launched over 30 airstrikes above the Jisr Al-Shughour District of Idlib and Jabal […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian Army raises flag over Hasakah district formerly controlled by Kurdish forces

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:40 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) raised the flag of the Syrian Arab Republic over a district that was once controlled by the Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units (YPG). According to a military source in Al-Hasakah, the Syrian Army raised their flag over the Nishwah District in the provincial capital on Tuesday. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

LAKE BAIKAL DROWNS TO SAVE OLEG DERIPASKA FROM SANCTIONS

Editor at Dances With Bears - 1 day ago
By John Helmer, Moscow Until the moment in April, when the US Government attacked Oleg Deripaska and his companies, including Rusal, the state aluminium monopoly, his revenues, earnings and profits were looking up, and not only because the aluminium price had been rising. The electricity sale revenues of EN+ were also climbing, even though production […]

Downfall of Theresa May approaches, as UK enters political meltdown (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 1 day ago
The Duran – News in Review – Episode 51. The post Downfall of Theresa May approaches, as UK enters political meltdown (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

Theresa May FAILURE as Novichok lies come back to haunt UK government (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 1 day ago
The Duran – News in Review – Episode 50. The post Theresa May FAILURE as Novichok lies come back to haunt UK government (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

The View of Russia in the West

Paul Craig Roberts at The Truthseeker - 1 day ago
The corporate media indulges in its own type of "conspiracy theory" and the anti-Putin strain has reached new levels of absurdity. Paul Craig Robert explains

Pro-Israel think tank funds Tommy Robinson’s legal costs

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 1 day ago
While a gross injustice has been carried out against Tommy Robinson, that doesn't mean he should be supported without question. Zionists may also be using him

WashPo Hails ‘All-American City That Speaks Spanish’ As Victory For Immigration.

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 1 day ago
Residents say it's the most 'unsafe' city In America

Jezebel Attacked The Vigilant Citizen … Here’s Why They Should Stay in Their Lane

Vigilant Citizen at The Truthseeker - 1 day ago
Why would Jezebel, a website about "Celebrity, Fashion and Sex", attack Vigilant Citizen?

Illuminati Nutrition Guidelines Make Us Sick

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 1 day ago
Diet is another front in the Illuminati war against society

Now even MORE Britons want to leave the EU

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 1 day ago
Survey claims a 15% increase in the number of those who want to leave the EU since the referendum

IQ scores are falling and have been for decades, new study finds

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 1 day ago
Researchers speculate that the decline may be caused by changes in the education system and media environment, nutrition, reading less and being online more

What does the battle of Deraa symbolise?

Thierry Meyssan at The Truthseeker - 1 day ago
Thierry Meyssan traces the Syrian conflict back to its beginnings in 2011 and finds evidence of U.S., Israeli and Saudi involvement

Lessons to Be Learned from NATO’S Most Destructive War

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 1 day ago
Thank you US-NATO, and especially thank you, President Obama. The countries you helped wreck will take decades to recover

BBC identify Brexit supporter but not the Remainers

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
https://youtu.be/F3zuoxh-5Mc Iain Dale quite correctly points out the BBC bias in their introductions to interviewees. This is standard on the BBC and is why the BBC should be closed down, it's not unbiased it is very biased against Brexit, the Conservative Party, President Donald Trump and of course Israel. #EverydayBBCbias

Iran’s Reaction To The OPEC+ Output Deal Reeks Of Desperation

Andrew KORYBKO at OrientalReview.org - 1 day ago
Iran regards Russia and Saudi Arabia’s OPEC+ output deal as a strategic threat, though its characteristic doesn’t imply any danger but should instead be interpreted more as a domestic political signal intended to redirect public rage away from the authorities and against the international community. The post Iran’s Reaction To The OPEC+ Output Deal Reeks Of Desperation appeared first on OrientalReview.org.

Poisoned Well Water In Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam Interviews - Part 3 of 4

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 1 day ago
*Youtube link: https://youtu.be/_CQluzVa8k4* *This is part 3 of 4 in this interview series.* *Poisoned Well Water In Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam * *In this interview we hear about the poisoned ground water in the area of the Formosa Chemical Company. The Interview took place in 2016. A man is being interviewed and there is another interview with a family effected talking about the poisoning of the ground water not so far from the site of the Formosa Chemical Plant along with another man talking about his water source being poisoned. He explains that the water from his well be... more »

Rhino IVF Could Resurrect Earth’s Most Endangered Mammal

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 1 day ago
I expect that as we go forward, we will simply master the art of opening a gate between the present and a location in the past. The easiest will be the near past. thus all circumstances of accidental and otherwise extinctions will be easily redressed. Refuges will be established in the present and a temporary gate set up between that refuge and a past location allowing the biomes to readily mix and to bring the missing animals forward in time in suffcient numbers to establish breeding populations. I have seen at least one report of such a time gate that went unidentified ... more »

Astronomers Watch The Birth Of An Alien Planet

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 1 day ago
Yes it is nice to see a planet inside a dust halo but it is not evidence of a planet forming at all. It will scour local space to gather debris, just like Jupiter does in our Solar system. As i have also posted, the evidence for aggregation is actually not that good, although the big thumpers do a pretty decent job. What they also do is tend to eliminate other smaller proto - planets as well. My alternative is the creation of resonance voids in the surrounding Dark Matter ( second tier matter ) leading to the ignition of a planet forming event out of the in-rushing first t... more »

Crows vs. Ravens: A Numbers Game

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 1 day ago
The one simple observation that can be made in nature relating to brain size is that brain size tends to matter in terms of exhibited intelligence. Except crows are an excellent counter example. Or maybe not. Their intelligence can also be explained as an example of a hive mind sharing and correlating information, just as a flock of starlings wonderfully synchronize. Importantly the flock processes the information and then directs individuals to react. They have been shown to solve difficult problems and to react as a team. We do call the flock a murder of crows for some re... more »

The Times finally gets to the bottom of Trump supporters: It turns out they're garbage human beings

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 1 day ago
This is hilarious. From my lofty perch above the fray in an intellectual universe of one without peers, it is easy to discover that all men are limited intellectually and in their ability to deal with each other. Having seventy years of interacting with tens of thousands and interviewing perhaps fifteen thousand it is quite clear that all folks are potentially horrible people. It is merely a time function. Shedding all that makes you a saint. I have met a couple and all had to pass trough the crucible of been horrible as well usually in past lifetimes.. What all those horr... more »

Police officer stood down after Aboriginal Teen hit by car during arrest

White Wolf at White Wolf - 1 day ago
A police officer who was filmed running down an Indigenous teenager has reportedly stood down. The West Australian officer was stood down from duty as an investigation is undertaken into the arrest and running over of the 18-year-old man, Nine News reported. The incident which occurred on Wilfred Road, Thornlie, West Australia, was caught on camera, showing the undercover police car knocking down the Indigenous teenager, before he suffered multiple seizures. Family members are calling for the senior sergeant to face criminal charges after the horrific incident which sent the teenag... more »

Chris Rapidly Stengthens Into Category 2 Hurricane: Interests In Atlantic Canada Should Monitor This Storm

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 1 day ago
“551 WTNT33 KNHC 110243 TCPAT3 BULLETIN Hurricane Chris Advisory Number 18 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL032018 1100 PM … Continue reading →

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*by Noah* In case you missed it, the most disgusting man in the world has brought another of his "Best People" onto his staff. He really knows how to pick 'em. Bill Shine inflicted us with 24 hour, round the clock propagandistic vomit designed to shred the idea of America once and for all. He's perfect for the job of destroying America. Every single person he hired at FOX "News" to broadcast his brand of filth into our homes is a modern day Tokyo Rose. Bill Shine comes with his own fleas. He will, of course, will feel right at home with the other loathsome miscreants that have mo... more »

Star Citizen - friend or foe - vote of no confidence

Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's free planet blog - 1 day ago
*Cappy Corny*You can't teach creativity: one of the real problems of the game's industry is it hones its Game Designers in its Quality Assurance or QA departments. Now, some say this is a really good thing as, "The future designer gets to see how a game works (or doesn't work) from his first day in the office." Sure, it does, but that doesn't make that future employee a good game designer: hard working he may be but style and content-wise he'll tend to be derivative and complacent. Mostly, he'll do 'just enough to make the game work'. That is, after all, what his industry training ... more »

Energy & Environmental Newsletter: July 9, 2018

Geoff Brown at The Australian Climate Sceptics Blog - 1 day ago
By John Droz, Jr. -- July 9, 2018 The Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions (AWED) is an informal coalition of individuals and organizations interested in improving national, state, and local energy and environmental policies. Our premise is that technical matters like these should be addressed by using Real Science (please consult *WiseEnergy.org* for more information). A key element of AWED’s efforts is public education. Towards that end, every three weeks we put together a newsletter to balance what is found in the mainstream media about energy and the environment. We appreciate Mas... more »

A quasi-smooth compact manifold may be hiding in monster group, pure gravity

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day ago
The most extreme, simplest, consistent vacuum of quantum gravity could be Witten's monstrous \(AdS_3\)/CFT pair. The boundary CFT is a two-dimensional theory with the monster group symmetry which has been used to demystify the monstrous moonshine. The bulk seems to be just \(AdS_3\) with mo massless fields, just black hole microstates, which is related to the absence of the minimal nonzero-length roots in the (even self-dual 24-dimensional) Leech lattice. By pointing out the absence of some twist fields using group theory arguments, Gaiotto has shown that counterparts of this theory... more »

France Says No Iran Package Before November as Zarif Rejects ‘Obscure Promises’ (Covenant of 1 Week: 22 Nov 2018 to 18 Oct 2025??)

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
The current JCPOA agreement terminates on 18 Oct 2025. If an agreement is signed with validity starting on 22 Nov 2018 and based on the JCPOA termination date 18 Oct 2025, it will be exactly 2520 days ie 7 x 360days , 7 Biblical years. Will this modified agreement be the Covenant of 1 Week […]

Chinese Premier Li KeQiang: “Unforeseeable Consequences If Iran Nuclear Deal Falls Apart”

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
PressTV Published on Jul 9, 2018 Germany and China have reaffirmed their support for the 20-15 nuclear deal between Iran and the p-five-plus-one group of countries. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said there might be unforeseeable consequences if the deal falls apart. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the nuclear accord was well-negotiated, adding that Germany remained committed […]

Germany, China Reaffirm Their Support for Iran Nuclear Deal

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Germany, China Reaffirm Their Support for Iran Nuclear Deal by https://www.presstv.com/ Germany and China have reiterated that they are committed to the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries following the United States’ withdrawal. – Speaking alongside visiting China’s Premier Li Keqiang on Monday, Chancellor Angela Merkel said the nuclear accord, officially known […]

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Says “Awaiting Orders” To Attack Israel Ahead Of Putin-Netanyahu Summit

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Says “Awaiting Orders” To Attack Israel Ahead Of Putin-Netanyahu Summit by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ Though by many accounts the situation in Syria’s south is stabilizing as the government is fast securing the border with Jordan after a major offensive against FSA, al-Qaeda, and ISIS factions in the region, the possibility for further clashes between Israel […]

Israel is Bulldozing Khan Al Ahmar – And With It the Two-State Solution

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Israel is Bulldozing Khan Al Ahmar – And With It the Two-State Solution by https://www.jonathan-cook.net/ Israel finally built an access road to the West Bank village of Khan Al Ahmar last week, after half a century of delays. But the only vehicles allowed along it are the bulldozers scheduled to sweep away its 200 inhabitants’ homes. […]

Rickards: Here’s Where the Next Crisis Starts

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Rickards: Here’s Where the Next Crisis Starts by JAMES RICKARDS, https://dailyreckoning.com/ So many credit crises are brewing, it’s hard to keep track without a scorecard. The mother of all credit crises is coming to China with over a quarter-trillion dollars owed by insolvent banks and state-owned enterprises, not to mention off-the-books liabilities of provincial governments, wealth management […]

The Coming Global Monetary Reset

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
The Coming Global Monetary Reset by Keith Weiner, https://monetary-metals.com/ The Great Reset, Report 8 July 2018 … This is what we think of when we hear someone say, “There will be a reset”. A reset is not a good thing. No one should look forward to it, and you certainly cannot profit from it. Not even from owning gold. […]

U.S. Set to Become World's Top Oil Producer By 2019

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*Bloomberg:* *U.S. Is Set to Become World's Top Oil Producer, Government Says* (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. government sees oil production further climbing next year even amid transportation logjams in the country’s most prolific shale play. The Energy Information Administration sees U.S. crude output averaging 11.8 million barrels a day in 2019, up from its 11.76 million barrel a day estimate in the June outlook. “In 2019, EIA forecasts that the United States will average nearly 12 million barrels of crude oil production per day,” said Linda Capuano, Administrator of the EIA. “If th... more »

Trump: Putin May Be Easier Than NATO

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 1 day ago
“Original “Make everything great again” graffiti with the creators Mindaugas Bonanu and Dominykas Čečkauskas, Date 4 May 2016” CC-BY-SA-4.0 By … Continue reading →

US Exports To The EU Support 2.6 Million US Jobs; Trump Exaggerates US Trade Deficit With EU; Most Of Deficit Created By Exports From Trump Paternal Homeland Of Germany; Germany Can Have Trump Back

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 1 day ago
“U.S. goods and services trade with the EU totaled nearly $1.1 trillion in 2016. Exports totaled $501 billion; Imports totaled … Continue reading →

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
Boys from the under-16 soccer team trapped inside Tham Luang cave covered in hypothermia blankets react to the camera in Chiang Rai, July 3. Thai Navy Seal/via REUTERS TV *WNU Editor:* The above picture came from this photo-gallery .... *Trapped boys rescued from Thai cave* (Reuters)

US accuses Iran of using embassies for terror plots

The arrest of an Iranian diplomat for alleged ties to terrorist activities in Europe is a recent example of Tehran using diplomatic cover to carry out such activities, a senior US Department of State official claimed in conference call. “So when you look at what Iran has done just in Europe since 1984 and continuing up to the present, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russia denies any casualties from ISIS attack in Daraa

The Russian Defense Ministry denied media reports about the alleged deaths of Russian servicemen in Syria as a result of an alleged terrorist attack carried out by the Daesh* terrorists. According to the Russian ministry that called the media reports fake, “there have been no losses among the Russian servicemen, either in the Daraa province on the territory of the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Global Debt Hits A Record $247 Trillion

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*(Click on Image to Enlarge)* *Zero Hedge:** As Global Debt Hits A Record $247 Trillion, The IIF Issues A Warning* Every quarter the Institute of International Finance publishes a new number of the total amount of global debt outstanding, and every quarter the result is the same: a new record high Today was no exception: according to the IIF's latest Global Debt Monitor, the amount of debt held in the world rose by the biggest amount in two years during the first quarter of 2018, when it grew by $8 trillion to hit a new all time high of $247 trillion, up from $238 trillion as of D... more »

Has That Manchurian "President" Been A Russian Asset For Three Decades? Will Mueller Ever Tell Us?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*Useful Idiots, Enablers by Chip Proser* I'm guessing Jonathan Chait and Glenn Greenwald are not sitting down for some blinis and caviar at the Russian Tea Room any time soon. Chait's *New York* magazine collusion column over the weekend, Will Trump Be Meeting With His Counterpart-- Or His Handler, is the kind of thing that sends Trumpists-- as well as Greenwald-- into a rage. Chait wrote that when the news of the Russian hack of the DNC broke in June, 2016, "nobody raised the faintest suspicions that Russia wished to alter the outcome of the election, let alone that Trump or anybod... more »

Kabul Is Not A Safe Place For Americans

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
In Afghanistan, one sign about security: @SecPompeo landed at Bagram, flew via small plane to State Dept facility at Kabul airport, went by helicopter to US embassy and drove in armored vehicle the few hundred yards to prez palace. He said Potus Afghan strategy is working. pic.twitter.com/hDF0Ik5KNM — Nicholas Wadhams (@nwadhams) July 9, 2018 *The Warzone/The Drive:* *U.S. Secretary of State Rides in Gun-Toting "Embassy Air" Helicopter In Afghanistan* *The contractor-operated service highlights how fragile the security situation remains in even the most heavily protected areas of ... more »

June 2018 Ocean SSTs Resume Cooling

Ron Clutz at Science Matters - 1 day ago
The best context for understanding decadal temperature changes comes from the world’s sea surface temperatures (SST), for several reasons: The ocean covers 71% of the globe and drives average temperatures; SSTs have a constant water content, (unlike air temperatures), so give a better reading of heat content variations; A major El Nino was the dominant […]

Trump Pardons Serial Arsonists Of Public Land Whose Punishment Sparked Armed Insurrection At Wildlife Refuge

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 1 day ago
“The jury convicted both of the Hammonds of using fire to destroy federal property for a 2001 arson known as … Continue reading →

Now Hurricane Chris Moving Away From The US; Max Sustained Winds 85 MPH/140KMH; Former Hurricane Beryl Has 50% Chance Of Regenerating Into Tropical Storm Within 5 Days

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 1 day ago
Hurricane Chris at 22.45 UTC/6:45 EDT on Tuesday July 10, 2018 Link – https://cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES16/ABI/SECTOR/car/GEOCOLOR/1000×1000.jpg Hurricane Chris is moving away from … Continue reading →

May I Have 9 Minutes Of Your Time?

Peter Greene at CURMUDGUCATION - 1 day ago
This short film features an old teaching and theater friend of mine, and it addresses an issue that matters to many readers of this blog. It'll just take about nine minutes of your time.

U.S. Is Preparing To Hammer China With $200 Billion More In Tariffs

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*Wall Street Journal*:* U.S. Unveils Additional Tariffs on $200 Billion More in Chinese Imports* New levies follow last week’s initial round of duties on $34 billion in Chinese goods. WASHINGTON—The White House said it would assess 10% tariffs on a further $200 billion in Chinese goods, deepening the dispute with Beijing, while sending a message to other trading partners that the U.S. won’t back away from trade fights. The new round of tariffs—hitting products from fish to luggage—comes on top of two others and is bound to be met with threats of retaliation from Beijing, though ... more »

Airdrops In Afghanistan Have Grown Nearly Ten-Fold This Year

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
Pallets of supplies land on snow covered ground during an airdrop in Zabul province, Afghanistan, in 2012. (DoD) *Military Times:* *Here’s what a massive spike in airdrops says about the war in Afghanistan* Airdrops in Afghanistan grew nearly ten-fold this year, as supplies were increasingly ferried out via cargo aircraft and parachuted into Afghanistan to sustain operations against the Taliban this spring and summer. More than 327,000 pounds of supplies were airdropped into Afghanistan by the end of May this year, with the bulk of those drops occurring in April and May, according... more »

Tuesday Night Cat Blogging

Greg Fingas at Accidental Deliberations - 1 day ago
Sleepy cats.

“Unaccompanied Alien Children” (UAC) included admitted murderers, rapists, drug smugglers, prostitutes, and human traffickers in 2014

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 1 day ago
"Judicial Watch today released 224 pages of documents containing nearly 1,000 summaries of Significant Incident Reports (SIRs) from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) revealing that “Unaccompanied Alien Children” (UAC) processed during the Obama administration included admitted murderers, rapists, drug smugglers, prostitutes, and human traffickers. The documents, from the HHS Administration for Children and Families reported to the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), are for the approximate six-month period May to November 201... more »

Trump Pardons Father and Son Ranchers Unjustly Imprisoned as “Terrorists”

William F. Jasper at rss - 1 day ago
[image: justice-served-trump-pardons-father-son-ranchers-unjustly-imprisoned-as-terrorists] Oregon ranchers Dwight and Steven Hammond, whose unconscionable prosecution as terrorists by the Obama administration led to the Oregon Wildlife Refuge standoff, have been pardoned.

ICE, ICE BABY! Huge Expansion Of Thick Arctic Ice Over The Last Ten Years

Hifast at Climate Collections - 1 day ago
Originally posted on Climatism: YOU will not see this inconvenient empirical data anywhere on the climate-theory-obsessed mainstream media, because it’s good news about the Arctic, and that directly contradicts their relentless bombardment of doom and gloom about Arctic sea-ice and its apparent “Death Spiral”. TO report the massive expansion of thick, multi-year ice that has…

June 2018 Ocean SSTs Resume Cooling

Hifast at Climate Collections - 1 day ago
Originally posted on Science Matters: The best context for understanding decadal temperature changes comes from the world’s sea surface temperatures (SST), for several reasons: The ocean covers 71% of the globe and drives average temperatures; SSTs have a constant water content, (unlike air temperatures), so give a better reading of heat content variations; A major…

Academy Preps Leaders for Top Campus Roles

LaMont Jones at Diverse - 1 day ago
BERKELEY, Calif. – Dr. Abdelharim Deifalla was almost too late. After being nominated to attend the Executive Leadership Academy at the University of California at Berkeley after the deadline and less than a week before the event, he was granted acceptance and a few days later made the 18-hour journey from Bahrain, Saudi Arabia to this renowned Northern California college town.

New Dean Makes Her Mark at Webster University

Sarah Wood at Diverse - 1 day ago
Dr. Simone Cummings, who was recently named the new dean of the Walker School of Business and Technology at Webster University, became intrigued with business at a young age, as she watched her father go to work as a marketing executive for Anheuser Busch.

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