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Saturday, July 7, 2018

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Is There A Lesson To Be Learned About Trump From Pruitt, Manafort And Brazil's Soybean Farmers?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 13 hours ago
*The White House by Nancy Ohanian* The worst-run White House ever? You bet! Just ask Susan Glasser at the *New Yorker*. She wrote about "The Trump Unchained era," in which Señor T has "effectively unleashed himself from the strictures, processes, and constraints that Kelly" and every other aide has "sought to impose on him... not even a brusque Marine general with a chest full of medals, is going to bring order" to a psychopath illegitimate occupant of the White House determined to have his own way, no matter who gets hurt. "It’s now clear that Trump is making major decisions withou... more »

SAA recaptures town of Al-Naimah on Daraa outskirts (video)

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 13 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) took control of the town of Al-Nu’aima on the eastern outskirts of Daraa city on Friday. Images show SAA infantry and tanks patrolling through the town in the aftermath of its re-capture. According to the Syrian news agency SANA, the army operations destroyed several militant hideouts, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

UHI Proves Global Warming!

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 13 hours ago
By Paul Homewood It’s summer time in the Northern Hemisphere, and it’s hot in places, but according to Jason Samenow of the Washington Post, you must blame it global warming! Reposted from the NZ Herald: From the normally mild summer climes of Ireland, Scotland and Canada to the scorching Middle East, numerous locations in […]

One-Third of the Stars Fall to the Earth in October 2018?! Spectacular Meteor Shower from Draco the Dragon Constellation Forecast

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 13 hours ago
Will the fulfillment of Revelation 12:3-9 be this year? You decide. I am still expecting/awaiting the giant meteor shower. – Signs From Heaven Published on May 30, 2018 Comet 21P is on track to cross the Earth’s path just three weeks ahead of our planet’s arrival on October 8, 2018. This has happened before! In 1933, […]

This New Explosive Could Replace TNT And Other Explosives In Military Ordinance

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
U.S. Air Force *Popular Mechanics*: *So Long TNT, There's a New Explosive in Town* *Bis-oxadiazole could replace TNT and other explosives in military ordnance.* The chemistry of explosives is a delicate matter. A little less carbon, a little more nitrogen, and the right amount of oxygen can transform a relatively inert substance into quite the showstopper. For more than 100 years, TNT has been the premier mixture of chemicals for blowing things up, and it's even used as a metric to measure the yield of nuclear explosions and other monumental blasts. But new research out of Los Al... more »

Nantes rioting enters fourth day as policeman charged over shooting of young black man

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 13 hours ago
Such unrest is now routine in parts of Europe, where mass immigration has fragmented formerly cohesive homogenous communities

Play Is Not For Children

Peter Greene at CURMUDGUCATION - 13 hours ago
Here we go again. There's a certain kind of adult in the world, a kind of adult who looks at a bunch of children running around a yard laughing and playing and thinks, "Man, somebody needs to get those kids organized." Hell, if you don't feel qualified to supervise children playing, there's an entire recess consulting firm that you can hire (called Playworks because, I don't know, they've found the secret of turning play into work). Somebody needs to put some lines on that field.And now there's a research-based rubric for evaluating and optimizing your children's playground experie... more »

Was This Hallway Designed to Prevent Children from Running?

Dan Evon at Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
An image showing an optical illusion created with floor tiles is genuine, but it wasn't created to discourage young students from running in the hallways.

North Korea Says Talks with Pompeo Were ‘Regrettable’

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
North Korea said that high-level talks with a U.S. delegation led by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo were "regrettable" and accused Washington of trying to unilaterally pressure the country into abandoning its nukes.

Immigrant PhD Candidate Rocked by Sudden U.S. Army Discharge

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
Panshu Zhao is one of dozens, if not more, devastated immigrant military recruits and reservists struggling this summer with abrupt and often inexplicable discharges and cancelled contracts.

Some Intesting Stats On The USS Zumwalt (Photo Gallery)

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
US Navy *Business Insider:** Step aboard the USS Zumwalt, the largest destroyer the US Navy has ever built* The USS Zumwalt, the largest destroyer the US Navy has ever built, will fire its first missile in 2019, Warrior Maven reported in late April. The Zumwalt will fire an Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile and SM-2 from its Mk 57 Vertical Launch Systems, as the Navy continues to explore a new range of weapons for the ship, according to Warrior Maven. The Navy has also been considering equipping the Zumwalt — the first of the Zumwalt-class stealth destroyers — with nuclear cruise missil... more »

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Has Finished Two Days Of Talks With North Korea

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*Bloomberg:* *North Korea Slams `Regrettable' U.S. Attitude at Nuclear Talks* * Foreign ministry statement hours after U.S. delegation departs * Secretary of State said negotiations done in ‘good faith’ The U.S. and North Korea diverged on the outcome of two days of talks, with Pyongyang terming the U.S. attitude at meetings on denuclearization with Mike Pompeo “extremely regrettable,” hours after the secretary of state cited progress on central issues. A North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman, in a statement reported by the Korea Central News Agency, accused Washington of trying... more »

Mental Meltdown Continues: Russiagate Peddlers Still Blaming Russia for Everything

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 14 hours ago
*21WIRE + RT* | After two years, the US media and political classes continue to scapegoat Russia for just about political event or phenomenon which falls foul of the Establishment's agenda.

Jared Kushner’s ‘Ultimate Peace Deal’ is Designed to Rob Palestinians of Their Dignity

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 14 hours ago
*21WIRE + Robert Fisk* | In fact, there is something very strange and macabre about America’s diplomatic “peacemakers” coddling Israeli's extremist leader.

Saturday Morning Links

Greg Fingas at Accidental Deliberations - 14 hours ago
Assorted content for your weekend reading. - Jon Stone reports on Jeremy Corbyn's message to progressive parties that voters have had enough of being told there is no alternative to austerity and corporatism: On a visit to the Netherlands on Thursday the Labour leader said socialists and social democrats risked looking like another part of the establishment by “supporting a failed economic system rigged for the wealthy”. He warned that “fake populists and migrant-baiters of the far-right” would benefit from the demise of the centre-left, which had in the past “delivered enormous ad... more »

Thai Cave Rescue Highlights the Best/Worst in People

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 14 hours ago
*July 7, 2018* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - When 12 young students and their football coach went missing in Thailand's northern province of Chiang Rai amid the Tham Luang Nang Non cave system, many expected the worst. But the Thai government, its military, volunteers both in Thailand and from abroad spent 9 days until they were located alive in cave chamber isolated by rising waters. *The Good* The rescue efforts are still ongoing. Difficult decisions remain to be made. The trip to and from the location of the students and their coach requires scuba diving. To bring the stranded stude... more »

New York Times Blames Hot Weather On Scott Pruit

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 14 hours ago
Opinion | Scott Pruitt and the Global Heat Wave – The New York Times I wonder who they blamed the 1896 heatwave on? That one killed 1,500 people in New York. 1896 Heatwave Australia also had their worst heatwave on … Continue reading →

Record Summer Maximums Near A Record Low

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 14 hours ago
Despite all the fake news about record heat, this summer (June-August) so far has had a near record low number of daily maximum temperature records in the US. The vast majority of summer daily maximum temperature records were set more … Continue reading →

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Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 14 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Global Temperature Rises Could Be Double Those Predicted by Climate Modeling Study Linking Early Miscarriage to Flu Vaccine - NBC America Owns 46% of World's Guns Trump's Kentucky Campaign Manager Pleads Guilty to Child Sex Trafficking The Tories have voted that animals can't feel pain as part of the EU bill, marking the beginning of our anti-science Brexit EPA Hiding Proof About Formaldehyde Facebook has embraced one-time enemy Twitter as its cleans up the Cambridge Analytica mess US And UK Authorities Now DNA-Testing Migrant Children NASA To Test 'Quiet' Superso... more »

WATCH: Cops Forced To Return $20,000 Cash They Stole From Stripper During Illegal Search

John Vibes at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: stripper] A Miami stripper was able to prove that police confiscated her "significant cash tips" during an illegal search and she became one of the few victories in asset forfeiture. The post WATCH: Cops Forced To Return $20,000 Cash They Stole From Stripper During Illegal Search appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

OK Senator Facing Life for Pleading Guilty to Child Sex Trafficking and Getting Caught with Child Porn

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: senator] After being caught red-handed in an act of child sex trafficking and in possession of horrific child porn, an Oklahoma senator is scheduled to be sentenced in September. The post OK Senator Facing Life for Pleading Guilty to Child Sex Trafficking and Getting Caught with Child Porn appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

Trump on stage CRUSHES critics who say he should not meet with Putin (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 15 hours ago
Trump is 100% correct when he says he and Putin "might even end up having a good relationship." They should strive for better relations. The post Trump on stage CRUSHES critics who say he should not meet with Putin (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

Could The US-China Trade War Result In A US-China Shooting War?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*Harry J. Kazianis, Fox News:* *The US-China trade war has begun - a shooting war could be next* A trade war broke out Friday between the U.S. and China, when the U.S. imposed tariffs on $34 billion in Chinese products and China slapped tariffs on and equal amount of U.S. products. President Trump has said that would prompt the U.S. to impose up to $500 billion in Chinese products. But things could get worse. The deterioration in U.S.-China relations could escalate and turn into a shooting war between two nuclear armed superpowers. In the worst-case scenario, this could result in m... more »

Weekend reads: “Ethics dumping;” getting scientists to admit mistakes; the problem with conference dinner chatter

Ivan Oransky at Retraction Watch - 15 hours ago
Before we present this week’s Weekend Reads, a question: Do you enjoy our weekly roundup? If so, we could really use your help. Would you consider a tax-deductible donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work? Thanks in advance. The week at Retraction Watch featured a collection of reports of scientific misconduct investigations, the story … Continue reading Weekend reads: “Ethics dumping;” getting scientists to admit mistakes; the problem with conference dinner chatter

Saturday movie - a look back at 'shock & awe' in Iraq

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 15 hours ago
Seven months after the end of the war, acclaimed BBC journalist and filmmaker Sean Langan (BEHIND THE LINES, TRAVELS OF A GRINGO) takes a brave and eventful trip through Iraq, seeking to shed light on the current situation. Armed with just a camera, Langan witnesses insurgent attacks first-hand, survives a mob frenzy, secures secret meetings with hooded "resistance fighters," and obtains chilling footage of a suicide bomber's preparations and attack on a bridge manned by US soldiers. The result is a stirring account of just how far we are from a true proclamation in Iraq of "Miss... more »

My Personal Philosophy

Anoop Verma at The Verma Report - 15 hours ago
My personal philosophy doesn’t have a name. I am not a follower of any philosopher or philosophical movement. I am an eclectic, free to explore any resource for good ideas.

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 16 hours ago
*Our Children Are at Risk* I’m sure President Obama’s heart was in the right place. A few years ago, his Department of Education, in conjunction with the Department of Justice, studied school discipline data and came to a troubling conclusion: African American students in the 2011-12 school year had been suspended or expelled at a rate three times higher than White students. This news sent shock waves throughout the community and government. here were already concerns of a “school-to-prison pipeline” that funneled disadvantaged children to jail. Now, there was renewed agreement t... more »

Path of Blood Is A Documentary Video That Reveals The War On Terror From The Perspective Of The Terrorists

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
*Daily Mail:* *The Islamic terrorists whose savagery was only matched by their stupidity: One Suicide bomber ran out of petrol on the way to his attack while another couldn't stop laughing during his martyrdom video* * Path of Blood reveals the war on terror from the perspective of the terrorists * Chronicles Al Qaeda's bloody action in Saudi Arabia between 2003 and 2009 * Footage was shot by the terrorists themselves and seized by Saudi forces * Shows hostages being executed and terrorists themselves gunned down * Also showed a suicide bomber running out of petrol on the way to his ... more »

Out In The Cold

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 16 hours ago
Donald Trump has made it pretty clear that he wants to do to NATO what he did to the G7 -- blow it up. Trump has always been a bully; and he's not going to change. Michael Harris writes: Some NATO members have already received a dunning letter from Trump demanding more defence spending as a percentage of GDP. If they don’t hop to it, the president is threatening to reconsider U.S. troop deployments abroad. In other words, he will take his soldiers from places like Germany, where they have been stationed for decades, and go home. Would he actually do it? You betcha and at the drop... more »

A Look At What Life Was Like For A Roman Soldier 2,000 Years Ago

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
*We Are The Mighty*:* This was the average day for an ancient Roman soldier* Today, the modern soldier wakes up, eats chow, goes through a day of training with his or her squad before resting up. They follow this schedule every day from Monday to Friday. If the troop is on a deployment, they could work anywhere from 12 to 18 hours (if not more) per day, seven days a week, for nearly a year. It's a tough lifestyle. Once a troop fulfills their service commitment, they can be honorably discharged or reenlist — the choice is theirs. Now, let's rewind time to around 15 C.E. The Roman ... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 16 hours ago
*Did the astronauts cause global warming on the moon?* *The version of that story which has appeared in the media says that they did -- perhaps hoping that it mught create the impression that global warming on earth could also be easily triggered.* *Several physicists have however pointed out large holes in the story, with the basic point being that the warming effect was extremely local, not global. Czech string theorist Lubos Motl has been most vocal in his critique of the story so I reproduce some excerpts from his critique below:* Some media, e.g. How Stuff Works brought an ... more »

Pascal on the Christian religion

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 16 hours ago
“The Christian religion, then, teaches men these two truths; that there is a God whom men can know, and that there is a corruption in their nature which renders them unworthy of Him. It is equally important to men to know both these points; and it is equally dangerous for man to know God without knowing his own wretchedness, and to know his own wretchedness without knowing the Redeemer who can free him from it. The knowledge of only one of these points gives rise either to the pride of philosophers, who have known God, and not their own wretchedness, or to the despair of atheists, ... more »

Australia Now Issuing Fines to Citizens Who Refuse Vaccines for Their Kids

Jack Burns at The Free Thought Project - 16 hours ago
[image: vaccines] Australia will now monetarily penalize parents who choose not to vaccinate their children and the advocates for mandatory vaccines in America are salivating over it. The post Australia Now Issuing Fines to Citizens Who Refuse Vaccines for Their Kids appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

WATCH: Neighborhood Activist Kicks Out Undercover Cop Who Is Extorting Drivers

Rachel Blevins at The Free Thought Project - 16 hours ago
[image: undercover] An undercover police officer was called out by a neighborhood activist for attempting to extort citizens by running radar in an unmarked patrol car. The post WATCH: Neighborhood Activist Kicks Out Undercover Cop Who Is Extorting Drivers appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

Bad News For Congressional Republicans-- Followed By More Bad News For Congressional Republicans

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 17 hours ago
That tweet from the wee hours of Friday morning will be the GOP midterm campaign platform. I don't think Democrats are shaking in their boots. It's a single-minded Trump-base strategy-- something to appeal to the low-IQ people who go to his rallies for a night of entertainment and meaning. He must have been all worked up after his exhilarating rally in Great Falls, Montana. Great Falls, with the population of under 60,000, is the county seat of Cascade County. It's the heart of Trump Country. In the 2016 primaries, Trump eviscerated Cruz-- 8,129 (74.7%) to 830 (7.6%). And Cascade ... more »

Iran executes 8 ISIS members involved in the 2017 Tehran terrorist attacks

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
The Iranian authorities have carried out the death sentences of eight members of the Daesh terrorist group involved in the 2017 deadly terrorist attacks in the Iranian capital of Tehran, local media reported. According to the Tasnim News Agency, the relevant announcement was made by the office of Tehran’s Prosecutor earlier on July 7. Earlier in May, the Islamic Revolutionary Court sentenced eight Daesh members involved in the attacks […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Full report from southwest Syria battle – map

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:30 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has been on a roll as of late, seizing several important areas from the rebel forces in southwest Syria. Over the last 48 hours, the Syrian Arab Army and their allies from the National Defense Forces (NDF) have managed to retake a number of towns […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Houthi forces fire ballistic missile at Saudi industrial city

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:20 P.M.) – The Houthi forces fired a ballistic missile into southern Saudi Arabia last night, targeting one of the kingdom’s industrial areas. According to the official media wing of the Houthi forces, their rocket battalion fired a Badr-1 ballistic missile at the Jizan Industrial City. The Houthi forces did not confirm whether […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Thermometer At Strathclyde Park Located

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 17 hours ago
By Paul Homewood The Stevenson Screen at Strathclyde Park Many thanks to Duncan McNeil and Steve Brown, who have called in at Strathclyde Park to locate the Stevenson screen there, which registered the “record” temperature in Scotland last week. As you can see, the screen is, as I suspected, within the car […]

President Trump - Pocahontas, $1 Million Reward to take DNA Test

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 17 hours ago
https://youtu.be/yIyld8aNkIM President Donald Trump is a funny guy, odd that the BBC hide this side of him.

Trailer - Cage - Mandy

Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's free planet blog - 17 hours ago
it's been a while since I intentionally went out of my way to watch a Nicholas Cage film (might have been NEXT, the nearly-decent Philip K Dick adaptation) but I think I'm'a gonn' get ma Caaaaaaage on fer this'un. MANDY, I mean what-the-unholy redlit essence of sulphur, dear baphomet-sophia!

Effort to Rescue Thai Soccer Teammates and Coach Trapped in Cave Continues

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 17 hours ago
ABC News Published on Jul 7, 2018 Two teammates, Queu and Kaan, said they don’t blame their soccer coach after he and 12 of their teammates were trapped in a cave after a hike on June 23. end

Watch Trey Gowdy UNLOAD on Clinton-shill Adam Schiff (VIDEO)

Seraphim Hanisch at The Duran - 17 hours ago
Representive Gowdy refuses to tolerate Democrat offensive against the justification for his own investigation into political gaming in the FBI The post Watch Trey Gowdy UNLOAD on Clinton-shill Adam Schiff (VIDEO) appeared first on The Duran.

Brilliant!

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 18 hours ago
The next time there's an Antifa protest against any right-wing gathering or demonstration, I want to see dozens of these placards on the other side. Courtesy of Wirecutter: Peter

Mr. Scott Pruitt brought USEPA back into the real world

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 18 hours ago
The administrator of an Independent Agency of the US Government is particularly vulnerable to political attack regardless of party. Whatever any Administrator of USEPA does, someone in Washington will not like it, and will mount an attack. Independent Agencies are … Continue reading →

Rio Nightlife Guide for Saturday, July 7, 2018

Jack Arnhold at The Rio Times - 18 hours ago
We have the top three picks for this Saturday, and below there is a list of bars and lounges that are always a good option. PARTY: Arraiá do Odisséia @ Teatro Odisséia (Lapa) – July 7th is the traditional Arraiá of the Teatro Odisséia. So it’s time once more to get out the straw hat, […]

WHO's New Guidelines Put Children's Health At Risk

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 18 hours ago
New Delhi Jacob Puliyel MD MRCP M Phil 6 July 2018. Two leading pediatricians in India have urged the World Health Organization (WHO) to urgently revise its manual on classification of "Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI)," warning that the new...

Hasta la Pasta Italia Accepts Parental Proof of Vaccination Status

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 18 hours ago
Note: My Gianna is prone to saying that phrase and it always makes me laugh. "Hasta la pasta!" However, nothing has been funny on the way to the forum, so to speak, in Italy as the government attempted to crack...

Orania Town - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 19 hours ago
*Orania Town* *Paradise within a hell * *Reason And Love Survive* *Note: **The inspiration for this poem came to me while watch the Documentary called, Farmlands which is about a town in South Africa inhabited by only White Afrikaners. It was a fine example of order and pride of ownership where the streets were clean and organized and people lived with unlocked doors in a nation gone mad with hatred and violence. I wrote it in the Haiku style of poetry and published it for the first time on my blog today, the 7th of July, 2018. It was meant to be a compliment to the precedi... more »

So near and yet so far BBC

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 19 hours ago
I was listening to BBC 5 Live yesterday evening, after 10pm, and they went to Russia to interview an average England football team supporter. Being the diversity obsessed BBC, the female supporter referred to her girlfriend. Gender equality and LGBT in one interview, I can just imagine the BBC presenter and producer in seventh heaven. Then the nice lesbian lady said that she'd had a good time there with a lovely Israeli group; the Israeli party was 15,000 people and they didn't even qualify for the World Cup. The interview came to an end: nice, friendly, Israelis not being the sort ... more »

Used Car

LL at Virtual Mirage - 20 hours ago
A friend of mine bought this Power Wagon somewhere a bit over a year ago and his health has failed. It doesn't have power steering and he lacks the upper body strength to handle the rig. I've generally been in the market for a Power Wagon for some time, and this one does NOT have the winch bumper or the crew cab, both of which are attractive options to me. I can buy (like being a bumper made of gold) a winch bumper for a PW and install it. The crew cab is not do-able with this purchase. I'm familiar with the rig and negotiated the purchase for him when he bought it, so I know what h... more »

Nicaragua’s 10-Military Training Deal Is Really A Pro-US Sell-Out

Andrew KORYBKO at OrientalReview.org - 20 hours ago
Instead of coming off as a brilliant “balancing” move that makes a variety of disparate countries stakeholders in its stability, Nicaragua’s military decree appears more and more like a clumsy attempt to hide its leadership’s capitulation to the US. The post Nicaragua’s 10-Military Training Deal Is Really A Pro-US Sell-Out appeared first on OrientalReview.org.

Scottish “record high temperature” caused by Ice Cream Truck

Hifast at Climate Collections - 20 hours ago
From WUWT:Anthony Watts / July 6, 2018 From the “I scream, you scream, we all scream for higher temperatures” department. Yesterday, Paul Homewood and I went on a collaborative search to find the weather station at Strathclyde Park which had it’s all-time Scottish high temperature record denied by the Met Office, to no avail. It just […]

Illusion of ‘The Outsider’: Why Ocasio-Cortez Won’t Fix Our Broken Two Party Duopoly

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 20 hours ago
*Teodrose Fikre* | Don’t fall for the merry-go-round of personalities who keep being unleashed to sheepdog voters back to this two-party racket.

All Over The World

cefrith@hotmail.com at Charles Frith - 21 hours ago
ELO Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced

First video of kidnapped Japanese journalist in Syria released

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 21 hours ago
In 2015, a journalist who had entered Syria to cover events in the war-torn country was kidnapped by Jabhat al-Nusra. They published a photo of him in 2016 with a demand that $10 million be paid as a ransom for his life. A video emerged on July 6 on Japan’s Nippon News Network (NNN) website featuring Japanese […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Watch: Syrian Army operation that led to the capture of the Nassib Crossing

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 21 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:00 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) had a productive day in the southern part of the Daraa Governorate on Friday. Led by their elite Tiger Forces, the Syrian Army began the day by storming the key town of Al-Naimah, which is located directly east of the provincial capital. The Syrian Army […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Israel bombs Syrian Army positions near occupied Golan Heights

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 21 hours ago
The airstrike hit Syrian Arab Army positions in the country’s southwestern region of Quneitra near the border with the Israeli-controlled contested territory, but did not inflict any casualties, an unnamed commander in a pro-government popular defense group told reporters. The strike was a retaliation against an errant shell that landed east of the fence between Israeli-controlled territory and mainland Syria. According to a statement by the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Taylor Caldwell– Feminism Spoiled Nature’s Great Con

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
Our cultural commissars have flushed her down the memory hole.

Word via Ned Dougherty July 2, 2018

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
Ned Dougherty regularly receives important messages for all humanity. In his latest, he warns that satan is trying to foment to strife between Russia and the U.S.

Book Review – Losing Military Supremacy: The Myopia of American Strategic Planning by Andrei Martyanov

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
The Saker on a new book by a former Soviet officer on the loss of U.S. military supremacy

Trump’s Regime Change: Soros-style

Wayne Madsen at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
Despite Trump's campaign promises, America’s “deep state” is thriving under a U.S. president who revels in opaqueness and unaccountability

Syria – OPCW Issues First Report Of ‘Chemical Weapon Attack’ in Douma

Moon of Alabama at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
Contrary to claims by the western media and governments, there was NO "chemical weapons attack" in Douma says the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Who Still Takes BBC News Seriously?

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
A look at routine deception carried out by the BBC and paid for by viewers with a mandatory TV licence fee

Germany: Migrant Decapitates Baby, Government Tries To Cover It Up

Paul Joseph Watson at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
Blogger who posted a video about the murder online has his home raided and his computer equipment and mobile phone confiscated

Exposed: How Britain’s anti-Semitism scaremongers operate

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
The CAA, in its zeal to fight anti-Semitism, reported Sophie Stephenson to the police. Her crime? The Edinburgh-based law graduate was seen wearing a Hezbollah t-shirt. Add to that a host of other similar cases and its clear that a clampdown is underway

Major World Powers Make Last Ditch Effort to Save Iran Nuclear Deal

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 21 hours ago
Major World Powers Make Last Ditch Effort to Save Iran Nuclear Deal by https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/ Top diplomats from Iran and five world powers are meeting today in Vienna in a desperate attempt to save the 2015 nuclear deal following the withdrawal of the United States. The foreign ministers of Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia are due […]

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 22 hours ago
*by Noah* Every Christmas, far right loons like the barely coherent smug fratboy Tucker Carlson and screaming banshee Jeanine Pirro go on endless bitch-a-thons about towns across America that have stopped displaying Nativity scene creches on public property. The righties wring their hands, play their worn to a frazzle victim cards and cry that their "religious beliefs" are under attack. It's all part of their big whine about a so-called "War on Christmas" and "War on Christianity"; never mind that this pathetic greek chorus of whining is perpetrated by some of the most unchristia... more »

Stress Kills Your Adrenal Glands

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 22 hours ago
This makes you at least consious of your adrenal system health and its importance. It is subtle unfortunately and chronic abuse can creap up on you. We also have another pitch for the for vegan lifestyle here which looks seriously suspect without backup science. Recall that raw fresh liver is the best single source of energy to an Eskimo hunter. Unfortunately it is far too easy to be exposed to chronic stress and to learn how to accommodate it until something breaks. My own practice of fasting on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, eating lots of vegetables, enough sleep, has creat... more »

Qanon - Death Throes - Deep State

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 22 hours ago
Please watch this podcast. It fills in details of the plan of operations to take down the DEEP State. It will bring you completely into the present global meme that is driving the actions of the Trump administration from the beginning. The opposition has been allowed to show their hand but not to be publicly countered. Thus we have had false flags over and over again. If you do not plug in to this material you will be reacting to a lot of public nonsense unnecessarily. My target number for sealed indictments is 55,000. We now have 40,000 +. At 5,000 per month we are cli... more »

Massive atmospheric wave on Venus could explain the planet's weird rotation

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 22 hours ago
*[image: yellow mountains and surface of planet against black background]* The dynamics of Venus are completely strange and unexpected in every regard. I wonder just how long this can remain stable? Cultural sources suggest that it happens to be a recent addition to our skies as within the past ten thousand years. Add in the the atmosphere is 600 C or thereabouts and we must also presume that the rock itself is just as hot. It is not unreasonable to suggest that it was ejected out of Jupiter causing the Red Spot. It may well have been pulled into Jupiter and then ejected back out... more »

How to prevent pests in your pantry

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 22 hours ago
*[image: Image: How to prevent pests in your pantry]* This something we easily put out of mind until it shows up. I solve most of my problems by always having some form of a freezer to hand and using it to store flours and processed grains. They do not go rancid quite so quickly and bugs can not move in. This allows you to buy bulk lots as well and that has often meant getting ten kilos of oatmeal. Too much in your pantry is always a problem and open containers are never a good idea. Again large bottles can solve most of that. The take home is that pest management is an ongoi... more »

Dr. Takeda Kunihiko: “Global warming is a hoax.”

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 22 hours ago
“Two days ago, on July 4th, Chubu University scientist Professor Kunihiko Takeda told a national audience on popular Japanese TV program ‘HONMADEKKA! TV’ that cold will be reported on rather than global warming in the second half of 2018.” click … Continue reading →

Liberty Report: MEK are US ‘Terrorists of Choice’ for Regime Change in Iran

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 22 hours ago
*Ron Paul Liberty Report* | Hosts Dr Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams joined in-studio with special guest Patrick Henningsen.

UK COLUMN: Novichok Baby Wipes (No, we’re not joking)

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 22 hours ago
*UK Column News* | Co-anchors Brian Gerrish, Mike Robinson with guest Alex Thomson for today's news round-up.

Tweets For Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
In a trade war with the US, Beijing has other weapons beside tariffs including hitting Boeing which sells a quarter of its planes in China https://t.co/v3uCXtj9fB pic.twitter.com/Axbn0l7hHU — AFP news agency (@AFP) July 7, 2018 WATCH: More than a thousand people from all over the world are involved in the massive rescue effort to save the 12 teenage boys and their 25-year-old soccer coach trapped inside a cave in northern Thailand. https://t.co/n7vNa02gg8 — NBC News (@NBCNews) July 7, 2018 Pompeo 'very firm' on complete denuclearization of North Korea: spokeswoman https://t.co/R... more »

Toto Reports On The The Colorado Permanent Drought

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 23 hours ago
Usually July is a very brown month here in Boulder, but we have had lots of rain this spring and early summer, and it is the greenest I have ever seen it in July.

Hundreds Of Never-Before-Seen Nuclear Test Films Released By The Lawrence Livermore National Library In California

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
*Daily Mail:* *Laboratory releases hundreds of never-before-seen nuclear test films taken at the height of the Cold War at top-secret US testing grounds* * The Lawrence Livermore National Library in California released 250 new films * Researchers at the institute painstakingly restored many of the decaying clips * Scientists from the LLNL are also taking new data reading from the old footage * Gregg Spriggs, head of the restoration, found a host of new data in the films * The footage shows explosions from Operations Hardtack, Teapot and Dominic A US laboratory has released hundre... more »

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
Israeli soldiers from the Kfir brigade's Shimshon ("Samson") battalion lie down and rest in cement pipes during a military exercise at the Tzeelim army base simulating urban combat in the Gaza Strip. © AFP 2018 / Menahem Kahana *WNU Editor*: The above picture came from this photo-gallery .... *This Week in Pictures: June 30 - July 6 *(Sputnik)

“America’s Greatest Financial Scalawag”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“America’s Greatest Financial Scalawag”* by Bill Bonner POITOU, FRANCE – "Arnold at West Point… Sherman at Atlanta… Powell at the UN… We Americans remembered our heroes on July 4. And here at the Diary’s headquarters in rural France, we recalled one of the greatest of them all… *Greatest Scalawag: *Our July 4th holiday was spent in quiet relaxation, repainting a third-floor bedroom. Unlike chainsaw work, you can let your mind wander when painting without worrying about losing a leg. And so, our mind left the reservation, where all good patriots are confined, and focused on the ras... more »

Federal appeals court rules in favor of Bayou Bridge Pipeline construction

Mark Schleifstein at Louisiana Environment and Flood Control - 1 day ago
Army Corps of Engineers properly granted permits using less-comprehensive environmental assessments, panel says

How Long Will the U.S. - China Trade War Last?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*Reuters*:* Dueling tariffs raise fears of long U.S.-China trade battle* BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and China exchanged the first salvos in what could become a protracted trade war on Friday, slapping tariffs on $34 billion worth of each others’ goods and giving no sign of willingness to start talks aimed at a reaching a truce. Duties on a range of Chinese goods imported into the United States took effect on Friday and were immediately countered by measures from China, with Beijing accusing the United States of triggering the “largest-scale trade war”. The ... more »

Italy Will Not Buy Any More F-35s. May Cancel Or Cut The Existing Order

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
Two Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 stealth fighter jets fly to the Avalon Airshow in Victoria, Australia, March 3, 2017. Australian Defence Force/Handout via REUTERS *Reuters: **Italy says won't buy more F-35 fighter jets, may cut existing order* ROME (Reuters) - Italy will not buy more Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jets and is considering whether to stick to the order to which it is already committed, Defence Minister Elisabetta Trenta said on Friday. Trenta comes from the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement which has always been critical of NATO member Italy’s order for 90 of the... more »

No, The Founding Fathers Weren't "Ordinary Men," Not In The Way Scott Walker Means It

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Trump's knowledge of American history is as thorough as his knowledge of everything other than grifting. That's why so many morons love him so much; they see themselves in him. I guess there's nothing we can do about that. Even when Max Boot speculated in his *Post* column yesterday that "If Trump announced he were going to spit-roast immigrant kids and eat them on national TV (apologies to Jonathan Swift), most Republicans probably would approve of that too," he was right on target. Anyone-- including Boot-- who thinks there is *anything* Robert Mueller could find that will that ... more »

Russian Military Veterans Tell The Kremlin To Come Clean On Private Contractors Fighting In Syria

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
Kremlin *Moscow Times*: *Military Veterans to Kremlin: Come Clean About Syria Mission* Russian military veterans urged the government on Thursday to acknowledge it sends private military contractors to fight in Syria, in a bid to secure financial and medical benefits for the fighters and their families. The statement breaks years of public silence about a secret operation involving thousands of Russian civilians fighting in Syria on the side of President Bashar al-Assad whom Moscow has been helping militarily since September 2015. Based on accounts of people who knew killed fight... more »

Israeli Snipers Execute a Palestinian Man and Injure 400 Protestors in Gaza

Robert Inlakesh at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (4:00 A.M)- An unarmed Palestinian man was shot and killed by Israeli Regime Forces in Gaza yesterday, as peaceful demonstrators yet again gathered to protest Israel’s illegally maintained besiegement of the coastal enclave. A statement released by the Gaza Health Ministry, stated that 396 injuries were inflicted upon demonstrators in Gaza this Friday. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Confederacy Of Congressional Traitors In Moscow For July 4th; R Now Means Russian Rather Than Republican It Appears: Shelby, Thune, Kennedy, Moran, Hoeven, Granger, Johnson, Daines Are Their Names

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 1 day ago
What to say? A Confederacy of Russian Senators and one Republican Congresswoman in Moscow on July 4th, led by R. … Continue reading →

US Congressman Cummings Wrote Letters To VP Pence In Mid-November 2016 Expressing Concerns About Trump National Security Advisor Flynn; Pence Failed To Respond; Denied That He Was Aware Of Letters

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 1 day ago
Shortly after the 2016 election, US Congressman Cummings warned VP Pence about Michael Flynn: “Last year, on November 16, 2016, … Continue reading →

Karma in Kuala Lumpur

Yastreblyansky at No More Mister Nice Blog - 1 day ago
The *Equanimity*, photo by Yoan Ari/AP via Australian Broadcasting Company.On Wednesday, Dato' Sri Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak, Najib Razak for short, the son of Malaysia's second prime minister Tun Abdul Razak and nephew of the third prime minister Dato' Hussein Onn, and himself the nation's sixth prime minister, serving from 2009 until just a couple of months ago, was arrested and charged with three counts of criminal breach of trust over a sum of 42 million Malaysian ringgit (US $10.6 million) from a finance company called SRC International, which had wandered in... more »

Russell Napier: “Trade War Is The Beginning Of A New Global Monetary System”

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Russell Napier: “Trade War Is The Beginning Of A New Global Monetary System” by Russell Napier of ERIC, via https://www.zerohedge.com/ A Country Matures, An Exchange Rate Declines After two weeks on the road visiting clients your analyst returns with a better view of the consensus outlook. There is, though, much in the consensus to disagree with. In particular […]

Leaked Chinese Memo Warns Of “Thucydides Trap” With US, “War Is Unavoidable”

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Leaked Chinese Memo Warns Of “Thucydides Trap” With US, “War Is Unavoidable” by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ A series of leaked internal documents reveal that China’s military reforms are aimed at allowing Beijing to “manage a crisis, contain a conflict, win a war” and overtake the United States in military strength, according to the Express. – The leaked […]

Iran’s Guards Say Strait of Hormuz for All or ‘No One’ Amid Looming US Sanctions

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Iran’s Guards Say Strait of Hormuz for All or ‘No One’ Amid Looming US Sanctions by https://sputniknews.com/ Brian Hook, the State Department’s director of policy planning, earlier reaffirmed the United States’ determination to increase pressure on Iran and reduce its crude oil exports to zero by November. – The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards has stated that […]

Saturn Moon Enceladus is First Alien ‘Water World’ with Complex Organics

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Saturn Moon Enceladus is First Alien ‘Water World’ with Complex Organics by Charles Q. Choi, Space.com Contributor | Space.com, via http://www.foxnews.com/ Complex organic molecules have been discovered for the first time coming from the depths of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, a new study reported. – Spacecraft scheduled to launch soon could explore what this new discovery says about the […]

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