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Thomas Paine

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Tuesday, August 14, 2018

14 August - Blogs I'm Following 1 of 2

11:00 pm MDT

Talk Talk - Dum Dum Girl

cefrith@hotmail.com at Charles Frith - 4 minutes ago
Stumbled across this the other day and enjoyed it immensely. Photo from above is spontaneous from Saturday night, and no connection to the song. Particularly the woman who is just a friend. Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 8 minutes ago
A general view of the collapsed Morandi Bridge in the port city of Genoa, Italy. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini *WNU Editor:* The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... *Deadly bridge collapse in Italy* (Reuters)

The Incredible Heatwave Of August, 1936

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 13 minutes ago
Mt. Vernon, Illinois had eighteen straight days over 100 degrees during August, 1936, and afternoons averaged 105 degrees during that heatwave. The only other year which cam close to that was 1901, when they had fifteen straight days over 100F. … Continue reading →

END GAME: Bill Murphy Says This Latest Raid On Gold & Silver May Be The End Game Scenario

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 31 minutes ago
END GAME: Bill Murphy Says This Latest Raid On Gold & Silver May Be The End Game Scenario by https://www.silverdoctors.com/ There will be no more gradual rallies in gold or silver as Bill says price is going to explode spectacularly, or possibly even reset. Here’s why… Bill Murphy of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee(GATA) interviewed on GoldSeek Radio. – Dear […]

Dave Janda: Protect Yourself And Your Family Now Because Even Trump Says There Will Be A Reset

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 31 minutes ago
Dave Janda: Protect Yourself And Your Family Now Because Even Trump Says There Will Be A Reset by https://www.silverdoctors.com/ Dave says we need to pay attention to what we’re being told because the reset is coming, and it’s going to occur on several fronts. Here are the details… – by Dave Janda of Operation Freedom Many people are talking […]

Turkey’s Solution to Lira Crisis Will Be to Dedollarize Its Economy – Economist

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 31 minutes ago
Turkey’s Solution to Lira Crisis Will Be to Dedollarize Its Economy – Economist by https://sputniknews.com/ Turkey’s currency continues to tumble amid escalating US pressure on Ankara. On Sunday, Finance Minister Berat Albayrak assured Turks that the government was preparing a plan of action to respond to the crisis. Speaking to Sputnik, geopolitics and finance analyst Tom […]

Israeli Defense Minister: War with Gaza is a Matter of When, Not If

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 31 minutes ago
War propaganda! Israeli Defense Minister: War with Gaza is a Matter of When, Not If by https://aawsat.com/english Israel’s Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Monday said Israel’s next round of fighting with the Palestinian Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip was a “matter of when, not if.” – He made the remarks after discussing the current security […]

Five Years on from Rabaa Sisi’s Massacre Continues in North Sinai

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 31 minutes ago
Operation Sinai 2018 is not about fighting terrorism. It is to clear North Sinai for the Palestinians (REAL JEWS). Zionist ‘666’ Israel, the Satanic counterfeit, will launch a war against Gaza and force the Palestinians into North Sinai. This is in fulfillment of Revelation 12:6,13-14. Emphasis mine: – Five Years on from Rabaa Sisi’s Massacre […]

Secret Report Reveals How Israel Used Armed Drone to Kill Children in Gaza

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 31 minutes ago
Secret Report Reveals How Israel Used Armed Drone to Kill Children in Gaza by Jessica Corbett, https://www.mintpressnews.com/ Israel’s use of the technology to kill Palestinians, says the families’ attorney, raises “many questions concerning human judgment, ethics, and compliance with international humanitarian law.” – A secret report by the Israeli military police—obtained by The Intercept‘s Robert Mackey—reveals that a […]

Erdogan Calls Lira’s Collapse ‘Currency Plot’ Amid Spat With Washington

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 31 minutes ago
Erdogan Calls Lira’s Collapse ‘Currency Plot’ Amid Spat With Washington by https://sputniknews.com/ Earlier, in response to Washington’s move to double the steel and aluminum tariffs already in place against imports from Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a speech that while the US has its dollars, “Turkey has its God.” – Erdogan has called lira’s […]

Alex Jones Censorship PURGE Points to Imminent FALSE FLAG Violence?

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 31 minutes ago
variety Published on Aug 10, 2018 Full video here: https://www.real.video/5820541704001 – The latest installment of Tom Cruise’s MI is a great movie. Mission Impossible Fallout movie appears to have many Illuminist predictive programming messages. Whether or not the Synagogue of Satan will carry them out remains to be seen: – 1. Three Nuclear False Flag Attacks […]

‘Like a Military Operation’: 100 Cars Burnt in Swedish ‘No-Go Zones’

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 31 minutes ago
‘Like a Military Operation’: 100 Cars Burnt in Swedish ‘No-Go Zones’ by Liam Deacon, https://www.breitbart.com/ A gang of masked “youths” rampaged through Sweden’s second-largest city Monday night, setting cars ablaze in an attack described as “extremely organised” and like a military operation by the Prime Minister. – Shocking video of fire engulfing numerous vehicles in Gothenburg spread on social […]

Sweden on Fire: Youth Gangs Fleeing Scene of Huge Arson Attack on Cars in Gothenburg

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 31 minutes ago
RT Published on Aug 14, 2018 A total of 60 cars were reportedly set on fire in several areas of Sweden’s Gothenburg on Monday, in what is considered a coordinated arson attack by youth gangs. Footage captured by a local resident shows smoke billowing between residential buildings, followed by a group of people running away from […]

New Terms of Censorship: Facebook Bans News Outlets Critical of US Establishment

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 31 minutes ago
RT Published on Aug 14, 2018 The Latin American news channel Telesur has been banned from Facebook for the second time this year. And the outlet is not alone in being sidelined by the social media giant. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/9cdi end

Fuck-Up, Jr.

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 58 minutes ago
Trump has zero credibility. Zero. Omarosa doesn't seems like someone who has much credibility either-- but I don't know for sure. She was just a character on a TV show that Trump dragged into the White House with him-- as much a bad joke-- compliments of Vlad Putin-- as he was. Trump I know for sure. Zero. I'd believe Omarosa over him... cautiously. I mean, no matter *what* he says, he's lying-- unless the truth is coincidentally self-serving. But the Omarosa part about Trump going after Fuck-Up, jr... That I totally believe. That stands up to examination, regardless of the trustw... more »

China Threatens Foreign Ships And Planes 'Daily' In The South China Sea

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 hour ago
Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy recruits chant slogan during a parade to mark the end of a semester at a military base of the North Sea Fleet, in Qingdao, Shandong province December 5, 2013. REUTERS/China Daily *Business Insider*: *China threatens foreign ships and planes 'daily' in the South China Sea, but no one is yielding any ground* * China threatens foreign ships and planes in the South China Sea on a "daily basis," according to members of the Philippine military. * Warnings directed at the Philippines are much more menacing than those directed at the US military, leadi... more »

Cuba Has Nationwide Free Internet For The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 hour ago
*Reuters:* *Cubans cheer as internet goes nationwide for a day* HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba’s government said it provided free internet to the Communist-run island’s more than 5 million cellphone users on Tuesday, in an eight-hour test before it launches sales of the service. Cuba is one of the Western Hemisphere’s least connected countries. State-run telecommunications monopoly ETECSA announced the trial, with Tuesday marking the first time internet services were available nationwide. There are hundreds of WiFi hotspots in Cuba but virtually no home penetration. Dissident blogger Y... more »

The planet is experiencing an unexplained major cooling and scientists are ignoring it

Hifast at Climate Collections - 1 hour ago
From Watts Up With That , Andy May / August 14, 2018 By Javier A most remarkable climate phenomenon is taking place under our very noses without anybody paying attention to it. As nearly everybody knows, the planet is warming. Since its short-term rate of temperature change hasn’t changed much, the warming is essentially accomplished because […]

Failed Prognostications of Climate Alarm

Hifast at Climate Collections - 1 hour ago
From Watts Up With That Anthony Watts / August 7, 2018 By Rob Bradley writing at IER “If the current pace of the buildup of these gases continues, the effect is likely to be a warming of 3 to 9 degrees Fahrenheit [between now and] the year 2025 to 2050…. The rise in global temperature […]

Ocean SSTs Lower in July

Hifast at Climate Collections - 1 hour 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…

“Duhhh, Stop Defending Alex Jones! This Will Never Hurt The Left, Derp Duh!”

Caitlin Johnstone at Caitlin Johnstone - 2 hours ago
In the controversy surrounding the coordinated corporate censorship of Alex Jones’ notorious Infowars franchise across multiple online platforms, journalist Glenn Greenwald made an under-appreciated tweet in response to the various leftists and Democrats who’ve attacked anyone objecting to the censorship as “defending Alex Jones.” “The […]

W.O.O.D. 14 August 2018

E.M.Smith at Musings from the Chiefio - 2 hours ago
The Weekly Occasional Open Discussion page for 14 August 2018 Continue reading →

“HATE HAS NO HOME HERE”

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 2 hours ago
This is where I lived in Philadelphia. I went in that Wal-Mart once, and was the only white person in the store. The rich white Democratic progressives live on the east side of Highway 309, and they keep the black … Continue reading →

Oh, Arne. Hush.

Peter Greene at CURMUDGUCATION - 2 hours ago
Arne Duncan has been pretty relentless in stumping for his new book *How Schools Work* (a book which Amazon currently lists as the #1 best-seller in the category "charter schools"). I don't intend to read the book because I don't intend to enrich Duncan's already-blossoming bank balance with my own money. If you'd like a review of the whole thing, I recommend this review by Aaron Pallas for Hechinger or Valerie Strauss's take or even Rick Hess's reaction at Forbes. Duncan has written something, but it isn't really a memoir and it certainly isn't an explanation of How Schools Work,... more »

Is NATO's Eastern Countries Rearming Because Of President Trump?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 2 hours ago
FRONT AND CENTER: President Donald Trump jovially greeted fellow world leaders on Wednesday afternoon at the opening ceremony of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's leader's summit in Brussels *Ott Ummelas, Bloomberg*:* NATO's East Is Rearming, But It's Because of Putin, Not Trump* * Eastern European members raise spending on weapons systems * U.S. President says he added $41 billion to allied purchases Donald Trump has taken credit for a rise in military spending by NATO states, but in the alliance’s eastern reaches, it’s his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, who’s driving... more »

Tuesday Night Cat Blogging

Greg Fingas at Accidental Deliberations - 2 hours ago
Angled cats.

Was a ‘My Little Pony’ Animator Arrested for Possession of Child Pornography Part of ‘#PedoGate’?

Bethania Palma at Snopes.com - 2 hours ago
An animator for the children's cartoon has been sentenced to prison for possessing child pornography, but the case is not part of a "#PedoGate" conspiracy.

Did a Science Textbook Mistake Africa for South America?

Dan Evon at Snopes.com - 2 hours ago
An image of a shockingly inaccurate map may have once appeared in a textbook, but the current version of that work is correct.

Chile: ¿Por qué votar en contra de los TLC?

bilaterals.org - 3 hours ago
14-Aug-2018 En el siguiente documento presentamos un análisis de los principales puntos en que los Tratados de Libre Comercio afectan la vida nacional, explicando por qué todos los acuerdos comerciales que han pasado por el parlamento comparten patrones comunes.

Argumentos Contra el Financiamiento por Terceros en el Arbitraje de Inversión

bilaterals.org - 3 hours ago
14-Aug-2018 El financiamiento de litigios por terceros (third-party litigation funding, TPF) es una industria en rápida expansión conformada por inversores especuladores que invierten en una demanda jurídica reclamando el control de un caso y una contingencia en la recuperación

10 Natural Ways to Prevent Blood Clots | DVT

thedrswolfson at The Drs. Wolfson - 3 hours ago
Millions of people have suffered from a blood clot. The good news is that blood clots are totally preventable and there are natural solutions for long term treatment as well. This post will discuss: What blood clots are What are the typical causes What conventional treatments offer 10 Natural Ways to Prevent Clots What is […] The post 10 Natural Ways to Prevent Blood Clots | DVT appeared first on The Drs. Wolfson.

Iran Is Demanding War Reparations From Iraq

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 3 hours ago
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi speaks during a ceremony in Najaf, Iraq, Jan. 7, 2018. *Ali Mamouri, Al-Monitor:* *Iran-Iraq tensions rise as Tehran demands war compensation* Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Aug. 7 that Iraq will abide by US sanctions on Iran to protect Iraq's own interests. Abadi spokesman Saad al-Hadithi confirmed Aug. 13 that Iraq will not violate US sanctions on Iran and that “Iraq's stance toward the US sanctions imposed on Iran stems from the general interest of Iraq, and was not impetuous or hasty, but was subjected to study, and was not affe... more »

Shares of Bayer AG Plummet to Lowest Level in Nearly Seven Years After Monsanto Loses Landmark Cancer Trial

Nick Meyer at AltHealthWorks.com - 3 hours ago
The Bayer AG company is often seen in a positive light because so many people have relied on its aspirins and drugs for years, but few people know the true history. The Germany chemical and drug giant was once a part of IG Farben, which played a key role in giving tools to the Nazis to commit some of the most egregious war crimes in history. Now Bayer is the new owner of Monsanto, a company that shareholders feared could drag its reputation (and bottom line) down into the mud even further. And judging by the events of recent days, that seems to be the exact scenario that is playi... more »

TPPF's Ginn Named a Champion of Freedom by Grassroots America

Content Multimedia - 4 hours ago
By Kevin Roberts Vance’s important work continues to advance the goals of the Texas Public Policy Foundation – promoting liberty at every level, from local governance to state and federal issues. This honor from Grassroots America-We The People is an unexpected but richly deserved award. We thank Grassroots America for its own work of holding government officials accountable and ensuring that government itself remain efficient, open and limited.

"On Your Own Terms..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
"If the sun is shining, stand in it- yes, yes, yes. Happy times are great, but happy times pass- they have to- because time passes. The pursuit of happiness is more elusive; it is life-long, and it is not goal-centered. What you are pursuing is meaning- a meaningful life... There are times when it will go so wrong that you will be barely alive, and times when you realize that being barely alive, on your own terms, is better than living a bloated half-life on someone else's terms." - Jeanette Winterson

THIS is How You STOP EVIL!

PTAblues at Roscoe Reports - 4 hours ago

Farming Deserts In China – Sand For Rice & Soil Via Licorice

E.M.Smith at Musings from the Chiefio - 4 hours ago
How to turn a desert into farm land, or rice paddies, the low tech Chinese way. 2 Videos and using sticks and licorice plants to recover marginal lands. Continue reading →

“Why Aren’t I Fifty Points Ahead, You Might Ask?”

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 4 hours ago
Leftists have difficulty understanding why their open hatred for America doesn’t translate into votes.

Polls Show Millennials Are More Skeptical of Foreign Wars

Sophia Larson at Test Feed Using Fields - 4 hours ago
*Sophia Larson* *Security, Americas* [image: A US Army 3rd Infantry M1A1 Abrams tank with] The largest generation since the Baby Boomers prefers trade and engagement over armed conflict. As older generations inevitably pass on, new generations with new ideas will shape American foreign policy. Given that the Baby Boomers will be smaller than Gen Z in about a decade, and that Millennials are the largest generation yet, Millennials could determine the nation’s policy soon. For instance, a June 2018 Chicago Council on Global Affairs study found that each new generation is less in f... more »

Has Japan Just Given Up on the Tank?

Sebastien Roblin at Test Feed Using Fields - 4 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Asia* So what goes in their place? *The JSDF was uncommonly forward-thinking when it appreciated that a traditionally high-value asset—its main battle tanks—were expensive to maintain yet unlikely to be useable in many plausible conflict scenarios. Whether the Type 16 is an ideal solution may be debatable, but recognizing when a cherished platform no longer provides good value for money invested is a skill that many militaries across the world could benefit from.* The Japanese Ground Self Defense Force has the unusual challenge of defending an arch... more »

Are Afghan Security Forces Collapsing?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 4 hours ago
*Jeff Schogol, Task & Purpose:* *Taliban Fighters Rout Afghan Security Forces Across Country * Any illusions that the Taliban were interested in negotiating a peaceful settlement with the Afghan government and its international partners have been dashed by four days of grueling fighting across the country, during which the Taliban have reportedly occupied Ghazni city and wiped out up to 100 Afghan commandos in a demoralizing blow to Afghan security forces. Since August 10, the U.S. military has launched at least 24 airstrikes from B-1 bombers, A-10 Thunderbolt II attack craft, AH-... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago

X22 Report, “The Central Bank Has Taken It's Foot Off The Pedal, We Are Coasting To The Collapse”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
X22 Report, “The Central Bank Has Taken It's Foot Off The Pedal, We Are Coasting To The Collapse” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG9HzDdjSL0

US surface temperatures decreasing…

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 4 hours ago
“Over the last century, August 7th afternoon temperatures have plummeted in the US. In 1930, the average temperature was 93 degrees and almost 70% of the country was over 90 degrees. Compare vs August 7, 2017, which had an average … Continue reading →

Fealty At Trump Realty

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago
Trump is the center of Trump-world. Everything else is just a revolving blip on his giant screen. And you better believe when he hires a cabinet secretary of an FBI head or a judge, he expects that person to remember their fealty to him and him alone. Like when Hitler insisted the German military pledge allegiance to him, not to the nation. This is the original *Reichswehreid*: I swear loyalty to the Reich's constitution and pledge, that I as a courageous soldier always want to protect the German Reich and its legal institutions, (and) be obedient to the Reichspräsident and to my... more »

Ocean SSTs Lower in July

Ron Clutz at Science Matters - 5 hours 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 […]

Did Fired FBI Agent Peter Strzok Tweet That President Trump is a ‘Dictator,’ a ‘Russian Asset,’ and an ‘Unhinged Madman?’

David Emery at Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
A parody account in Strzok's name issued the combative tweet in the wake of the FBI agent's firing for sending text messages critical of President Trump.

Did a Little Leaguer List a Porn Star as His Favorite Actor?

Dan Evon at Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
This was one of the more unusual "amusing" factoids associated with the young players of the Little League World Series.

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- August 14, 2018

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 5 hours ago
U.S. President Donald Trump attends a meeting with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 21, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst *Maysam Behravesh, Reuters*: *Why Trump’s ‘Arab NATO’ plan won’t curb Iran* The first round of what U.S. President Donald Trump called “the most biting sanctions ever imposed” against Tehran went into effect on August 7. “Anyone doing business with Iran will NOT be doing business with the United States,” Trump continued, in a tweet posted that morning. An even more damaging second round of U.S. sanctions against the Islamic Republic,... more »

The money behind Big Green

Craig Rucker at CFACT - 5 hours ago
CFACT President Craig Rucker lays out the staggering numbers on Big Green financing at the America First Energy Conference in Louisiana. WATCH NOW.

America's Lengthening Enemies List

Patrick J. Buchanan at rss - 5 hours ago
[image: america-s-lengthening-enemies-list] Friday, deep into the 17th year of America's longest war, Taliban forces overran Ghazni, a provincial capital that sits on the highway from Kabul to Kandahar.

Top Headline - Alex Jones Censorship Has a Positive Side-effect

TNA Video at rss - 5 hours ago
[image: top-headline-jordan-belanger-alex-jones-censorship-positive-side-effect] VIDEO - Alex Jones has been banned from many large platforms, but with his Infowars app he is reaching more people than he did before. The Deep State is attempting to silence those who are exposing their agenda and force the public to think about issues critically.

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Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 5 hours ago
Shamelessly stolen from Daily Timewaster: Short, succinct, and to the point. Peter

World News Briefs -- August 14, 2018

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 5 hours ago
*FOX News*:* US, Afghan forces battle Taliban in Ghazni* Although the Taliban overran a base in northern Afghanistan, and Afghan forces were battling insurgents for a fifth day in the eastern city of Ghazni on Tuesday, the U.S. military reported that the city "remains under Afghan government control.” “What we observed as these Afghan-led operations drove a large portion of Taliban from the city over the last day or so, was the retreating Taliban attacking the more vulnerable surrounding districts, which Afghan forces are reinforcing,” Lt. Col. Martin L. O’Donnell, a U.S. Forces-A... more »

Red tide algae's deadly trail of marine animals has triggered a state of emergency in Florida

The Washington Post at Louisiana Environment and Flood Control - 5 hours ago
Toxins released by the algae have poisoned dolphins, manatees, tons of fish and even contributed to the death of a 26-foot-long whale shark.

Syrian Army to ISIS: ‘Surrender or die’ in East Sweida

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 5 hours ago
*AMN* | "The Syrian Arab Army issued their final demand to the terrorists off the Islamic State (ISIS) in the eastern countryside of Sweida, calling on their forces to either surrender the Al-Safa Canyon or die."

Syrian Army troops move to front-lines in northern Hama as offensive approaches (video)

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 5 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:15 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has begun moving their troops to the front-lines in northern Hama, as they prepare to launch their long-awaited offensive. According to a military report, the Syrian Arab Army’s 11th Division and National Defense Forces (NDF) have begun deploying their troops around the Al-Lataminah and Zakat […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russian military destroys 16 jihadist drones at Hmeymim Airbase this month

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 5 hours ago
Since the beginning of August, Russian air defenses at the Hmeimim airbase in Syria have downed a total of 16 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) launched by militants operating in the Idlib de-escalation zone, Maj. Gen. Alexei Tsygankov, head of the Russian Center for Syrian Reconciliation, said Tuesday. “A total of 16 unmanned aerial vehicles, launched from the territory […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

[Graphic 18+] Scores of ISIS corpses litter battlefield after failed attempt to escape Syrian Army troops

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 5 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:00 P.M.) – Scores of Islamic State (ISIS) corpses littered tr battlefield in eastern Sweida, today, after they attempted to breakout of the Al-Safa Canyon. According to a military source in the Sweida Governorate, another group of Islamic State terrorists attempted to evade capture at the Al-Safa Canyon by fleeing this large mountain […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

The World Reacts to the Roundup Cancer Trial Guilty Verdict

Sustainable Pulse at Sustainable Pulse - 6 hours ago
Following the guilty verdict handed out on Friday to Monsanto in the landmark legal case in San Francisco, which judged that the glyphosate-based weedkiller Roundup causes cancer, the pressure has mounted on Monsanto’s new owner Bayer from all over the world. Sustainable Pulse has put a review together of some of the most important global […] The post The World Reacts to the Roundup Cancer Trial Guilty Verdict appeared first on Sustainable Pulse.

"Your Whole Life Is Borrowed Time"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*"Your Whole Life Is Borrowed Time"* by David Cain "I can’t remember if this is a real movie plot, or if I just want it to be. A man with a boring job is on his way to work when his attention is caught by some unexpected detail in his otherwise familiar routine - a peculiar insect, a pattern in the concrete, a cryptic slogan on a t-shirt. This detail seems extremely significant to him, but he doesn’t know why. The strange sight wakes him up from the autopilot-mode by which he has been living his life. He is suddenly aware, for the first time, how complex and interesting his local h... more »

"No Greater Burden..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
"No greater burden can be borne by an individual than to know no one cares or understands.” - Arthur H. Stainback

Guide Serves as Resource for Prospective Minority Ph.D. Students

Tiffany Pennamon at Diverse - 6 hours ago
A new guide out this week from the Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) at the University of Pennsylvania is giving students a free, easy-to-use framework to begin their journey to a Ph.D.

Wee Wee Mannie and the big big coo

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 6 hours ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01-a6RQsBnY One of the favorites when Mom would read it to Stan and me, although I think she had a better accent than this lady.

Jordan Peterson’s best seller

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 6 hours ago
I rarely buy a book. I either buy them used, or receive them as gifts, or borrow them from friends, or from the free box at church. I even use the public library. But today I shelled out $25 in cash for Jordan Peterson's "*12 rules for life; an antidote to chaos*." Shocking that it can become a #1 bestseller because the millennials didn't learn any of the rules my grandparents knew! Their grandparents were boomers. *#1 Stand up straight with your shoulders back. #8 Tell the truth.*

Summer “Hothouse” Silliness

Hifast at Climate Collections - 6 hours ago
Originally posted on Science Matters: This summer’s heat waves are having an unfortunate side effect. Some scientists who should know better are shouting wild claims as though their heads were exploding. Paleoclimatologists use terms like “Hothouse” Earth and “Icehouse” Earth referring to our planet’s climate shifts over many eons. One good old-fashioned hot summer is…

"The World Is Too Much With Us..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
"The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!" - William Wordsworth, 1770- 1850

Jeremy Corbyn Returns to Stoke

Phil at All That Is Solid ... - 6 hours ago
It is some time since Jeremy Corbyn last held a rally in Stoke-on-Trent, but this afternoon he got a proper Potters' welcome from the Labour Parties of North Staffordshire as he swung through on his summer tour of Tory-held marginals. With zero publicity beyond social media and word of mouth in labour movement circles, 500 turning up on a week day afternoon in the middle of the summer holidays isn't to be sniffed at. Jeremy had to address the hundred or so outside who couldn't be let into the venue at Stoke City's footy ground. Could any other politician in Britain manage such a fe... more »

Climate Science : Meaningless Statistics And Gender

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 7 hours ago
#Hail2018 hashtag on Twitter

Military and Intelligence News Briefs -- August 14, 2018

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 7 hours ago
*VICE News:** China is really not happy with Trump’s $716 billion defense spending bill* China has condemned the $716 billion defense spending bill signed by U.S. President Donald Trump Monday, claiming it “exaggerated Sino-U.S. antagonism.” Beijing issued three separate statements about the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act inked by the president at Fort Drum, against the backdrop of an Apache helicopter and artillery pieces. “America is respected again,” Trump said. “With this new authorization we will increase the size and strength of our military by adding tho... more »

Saudi Strike Kills 40 Children in Yemen

dstuster at Lawfare - 7 hours ago
*Deadly Airstrike in Yemen Hits Bus Full of Children* An airstrike carried out by the Saudi and Emirati-led coalition in Yemen struck a school bus in a crowded market in Dahyan last Thursday, killing 51 people, including 40 children. The attack is just the latest in a long list of careless, mass-casualty strikes during the Gulf states’ three-and-a-half-year intervention in Yemen’s civil war. Saudi warplanes have frequently targeted weddings and funerals, resulting in the deaths of thousands of Yemeni civilians. “I still can’t comprehend what happened,” one woman told the *Washingt... more »

The Death of John Crawford III

Dan MacGuill at Snopes.com - 7 hours ago
President Donald Trump's renewed criticism of NFL protests prompted the re-emergence on social media of a controversy regarding the 2014 police shooting of a black man in Ohio.

Alex Jones’s InfoWars Conspiracy Website Is Down

Bethania Palma at Snopes.com - 7 hours ago
The page infamous for spreading "crisis actor" conspiracy theories has been offline for as yet unexplained reasons.

The U.S. Military Is Going All In on Hypersonic Weapons

Dave Majumdar at Test Feed Using Fields - 7 hours ago
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * The United States Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a second contract to develop a hypersonic missile called the Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW). Washington is stepping up its efforts to develop and field hypersonic weapons as it competes to retain America’s technological advantage over Russia and China, both of which are developing similar systems. As part of the Pentagon’s efforts to keep abreast of Moscow and Beijing’s developments, the United States Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a second contract to develop a hypersonic miss... more »

Big tech bias

Craig Rucker at CFACT - 7 hours ago
The Left fears level playing fields. They don't fear false information. They fear genuine facts that deflate their narratives. The big data players need to be neutral platforms respecting all points of view.

Video: Russia and America’s Big Green machine

Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. at CFACT - 7 hours ago
CFACT's Bonner Cohen explains Russian covert support for and influence over the environmental movement at Heartland's America First energy conference in New Orleans. WATCH NOW.

Media: “Youths” Burn Cars in Sweden

R. Cort Kirkwood at rss - 8 hours ago
[image: media-youths-burn-cars-in-sweden] Those “youths” are at it again. This time, it’s Sweden, where a gang of “youths” have burned 100 or so cars across several areas in what authorities think is a coordinated attack.

Hungary Bans Gender-studies Programs

Raven Clabough at rss - 8 hours ago
[image: hungary-bans-gender-studies-programs] Officials in Hungary have determined that gender-studies programs are a waste of time and money, and have removed the programs from universities in a move sure to provoke ire from the Left.

Despite Record Individual Income Tax Collections, Federal Deficit Grows

Warren Mass at rss - 8 hours ago
[image: despite-record-individual-income-tax-collections-federal-deficit-grows] The Treasury Department reported the federal government collected a record amount of individual income taxes so far in fiscal 2018, but ran a $683,965,000,000 deficit.

Another Day, Another Car Attack in London

R. Cort Kirkwood at rss - 8 hours ago
[image: another-day-another-car-attack-in-london] A “Midlands man” smashed his car into cyclists and pedestrians before ramming a protective barrier in front of the Palace of Westminster in London this morning.

The Very End of Oliver Lerch

KRandle at A Different Perspective - 8 hours ago
As you all know, I like to chase footnotes. Sometimes that pans out and you read the results here. Sometimes it goes nowhere and there is no reason to publish it here. And sometimes someone will send me a note that launches a bit of a search that leads to a footnote chase that was initiated by someone else. That is the case here. But, before we get to that, let me say that I was interested in the disappearance of Oliver Lerch from the moment I read about it. Here was a true mystery and I wanted to learn more. I think it was Morris K. Jessup, in his book, *The Case for the UFO* that f... more »

Eastern Michigan University Creates New Scholarship Program

Sarah Wood at Diverse - 8 hours ago
Eastern Michigan University is set to implement a new scholarship program with fixed tuition, room and board costs next fall to help incentivize students to graduate within four years.

Saint Xavier University Receives First NSF Grant as HSI

Tiffany Pennamon at Diverse - 8 hours ago
Saint Xavier University recently received a $1.46-million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), making the award the first NSF grant SXU has received as a Hispanic-serving institution (HSI). The funding is also the largest NSF award in the school’s history. As a participating school in the NSF’s Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program, […]

First Post, August 14, 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
During winters in Washington state it’s common for rain to fall daily for months on end. Frequently animals like raccoons, mice or squirrels will burrow into the walls and roofs of homes, trying to find a warm and dry place to nest.And so it was, one afternoon, that our house cat suddenly and frantically charged across the living room into the corner, howling ferociously at something we couldn’t yet see. After clawing the object several times, the force of her strike threw it into the middle of the room- a small, gray mouse, now bleeding from its head, and trembling wildly in shoc... more »

B.C. Pots, Milk, Climate Change & Red Heads

E.M.Smith at Musings from the Chiefio - 8 hours ago
An interesting alternative thermometer found in pottery and milk fats. The deep history showing human adaptability to massive climate change along with warmth in the past and temperature controlling CO2 ppm. Continue reading →

Bio-Scientific Problems and Quandaries

David Brin at CONTRARY BRIN - 8 hours ago
More companies, agencies and NGOs are openly referring to science fiction as a tool for exploring trends and possible repercussions of rapid change. (I just did 25 speeches around the world in 90 days.) Here the CEO of SCOUT, Berit Anderson, discusses how her company applies SF-style thought experiments to vital topics ranging from climate change to communications and info-warfare. *"She cited Scout’s analysis of what it called the “weaponized AI” of Cambridge Analytica and what it might mean for future elections. Published in February 2017, the analysis led to Scout’s team being ... more »

On Austin's $925 M Bond Proposal

Content Multimedia - 8 hours ago
By James Quintero, Yash Raghuwansi

Legislators File Amicus in Support of TPPF's Paid Sick Leave Lawsuit

Content Multimedia - 8 hours ago
By Robert Henneke This legislative support highlights the problems Austin’s mandatory paid sick leave ordinance will cause if it is not stopped. We are thankful for the support of these legislators in pushing back against this government overreach that will hurt both Austin businesses and those employed by them.

What’s In The John McCain Endless War Spending Bill That Trump Signed

Kevin Gosztola at Shadowproof - 8 hours ago
The John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act gives billions more to military contractors, who give generously to the elected officials who voted for it. The post What’s In The John McCain Endless War Spending Bill That Trump Signed appeared first on Shadowproof.

August 14:The Lunatics are in charge of the asylum.......

Graeme Decarie at The Decarie Report - 8 hours ago
https://countercurrents.org/2018/08/14/human-extinction-by-2026-a-last-ditch-strategy-to-fight-for-human-survival/ Of course, all them there thousands of scientists ain't real smart like our irvings and the editors of the irving press is. _______________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/13/us-interior-secretary-ryan-zinke-climate-change-environmentalists _____________________________________________________________ http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-economy-global-1.4780544 ________________________________________________... more »

100 Cars Firebombed In Sweden In Coordinated Attack By Masked Youths

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 8 hours ago
*Daily Mail*: *Masked youth gangs coordinated the firebombing of hundreds of cars across Sweden via social media, police say as Prime Minister asks 'what the f*** are they doing?'* * Youth gangs set cars on fire in a series of attacks across Sweden overnight * Around 100 cars were set alight in Gothenburg and surrounding cities * Another 13 on fire in Stockholm and Uppsala, and cars burned in Malmo * Prime Minister Stefan Löfven asked 'what the f*** are you doing?' this morning * Police believe attacks were coordinated on social media by the youth gangs More than 100 cars have been ... more »

The Trump Economy Exposed

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 8 hours ago
Americans have been noticing-- in increasing numbers-- that the Republican tax cuts have done exactly what they were designed to do: make the rich richer. And nothing more. Trump's economic miracle is an economic mirage, with the GOP's chief marketer "pulling numbers out of thin air when it comes to the economy, jobs and the deficit." Last month Jay Willis, writing for *GQ*, warned that the "tax cuts for the rich aren't helping anyone *but* the rich. When the Democrats label the Ryan/Trump tax cuts a "scam," they were exactly right. "The tax reform bill is, as expected, a giant re... more »

Extreme Weather 85 Years Ago

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 9 hours ago
It was extremely hot at San Luis Potosi, Mexico on August 11, 1933. (Multiple locations in Arizona reported 117 degrees that day.) August 11, 1933 – What Happened – On This Day h/t Don Penim Five weeks later, the city was … Continue reading →

Republicans call Justice Department’s Bruce Ohr to testify, but where is British Spy Steele? (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 9 hours ago
The Duran – News in Review – Episode 78. The post Republicans call Justice Department’s Bruce Ohr to testify, but where is British Spy Steele? (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

Methane Waste Prevention Circus

Ron Clutz at Science Matters - 9 hours ago
In the middle ages, theologians strenuously debated the number of angels dancing on a pinhead. Now we have lawyers and judges going around in circles in order to prevent methane emissions. This circus show is a direct result of the embedded green bureaucracy in government, together with a segment of the population mobilized by fear […]

Texas embraces more good guys with guns in schools

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 9 hours ago
“Two and a half months after the May 18, 2018, Santa Fe High School shooting, Texas is rejecting proposed confiscation orders and embracing more good guys with guns in schools.” click here

Taking on a Supporter of the Surveillance State

Activist Post at Activist Post - 9 hours ago
By Michael Maharrey Recently, I was asked to do an interview on AM590 WVLK radio in Lexington, Kentucky, to talk about the city’s lawsuit against... more »

The Emerging Market Currency Crisis Of 2018 Threatens To Destabilize The Entire Global Financial System

Activist Post at Activist Post - 9 hours ago
By Michael Snyder We haven’t seen emerging market currencies crash like this in over a decade, and analysts are warning that if this continues we... more »

WIN19.org Unites Established Groups to Fight 5G Small Cell Tower Rollout. Please Call Elected Officials before August 16. Contact Info Provided.

Activist Post at Activist Post - 9 hours ago
By B.N. Frank The Wireless Information Network – Wif19.org – is an online hub that provides access to the resources of non-profit organizations working to... more »

The U.S.-Canadian Relationship Must Remain Strong

Paul R. Pillar at Test Feed Using Fields - 9 hours ago
*Paul R. Pillar* *United States foreign policy, North America* [image: Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks on at the start of the Climate Action Special Executive Session at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Valletta, Malta, November 27, 2015. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi/File Photo MALTA OUT.] The White House’s treatment of Canada is deeply disturbing. Personal fondness for a foreign country plays such a large role for many participants in debate about U.S. foreign policy (including policy toward the Middle East) that I should begin this piece with a... more »

Five Reasons for the Global Pushback on New Iran Sanctions

Lawrence J. Korb at Test Feed Using Fields - 9 hours ago
*Lawrence J. Korb* *Security, Middle East* [image: FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after signing a proclamation declaring his intention to withdraw from the JCPOA Iran nuclear agreement in the Diplomatic Room at the White House in Washington, U.S. May 8, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan] From stable oil prices to avoiding war, the deal was working and Washington will not get a better one. Not surprisingly the Trump administration’s precipitous withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—known as the Iran Nuclear Deal—has lead to significant pu... more »

Draft Time: This Is Why and How America Should Have Compulsory Military Service

Nick De Gregorio at Test Feed Using Fields - 9 hours ago
*Nick De Gregorio* *Security, Americas* [image: Then U.S. Army First Lieutenant Kirsten Griest (C) and fellow soldiers participate in combatives training during the Ranger Course on Fort Benning, Georgia, in this handout photograph taken on April 20, 2015 and obtained on August 20, 2015. When Griest an] A draft is necessary for Americans to forge both common bonds and a better ability to defend themselves. 1973 was a pivotal year in American history. After nearly a decade of direct military involvement, the last remaining U.S. combat troops returned home from Vietnam. While the ... more »

North Korea Can Keep Its Nukes—But Only Under This Condition

Grant Newsham at Test Feed Using Fields - 9 hours ago
*Grant Newsham* *Security, Asia* [image: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is seen during his visit in Beijing, China, in this undated photo released June 20, 2018 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency. KCNA via REUTERS] If North Korean doesn’t produce—or offer up a sign of good faith—war will be a real option. Before President Donald Trump met Kim Jong-un in Singapore in June, even the optimists were skeptical about North Korean intentions. Six weeks later, it’s hard to even find an optimist—especially after Secretary of State Pompeo’s recent meetings in Pyongyang. He descri... more »

Why a Battlecruiser Will Never Be a Battleship (And Might Be the Ultimate Paper Tiger)

Michael Peck at Test Feed Using Fields - 9 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, * The words were classic British understatement, but 3,000 dead sailors were ample evidence that something was indeed wrong with the vessels that were neither battleships nor cruisers. *The battlecruiser concept seemed flawed from the start. Like many hybrids, they suffered from an identity crisis. Should they be used like battleships in big fleet actions, or more like cruisers, to detect and harass the enemy, and then step out the way while the big boys slugged it out? At Jutland and the Denmark Strait, they were deployed like capital ships, where they... more »

Getting word out opposing war in the heavens.....

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 9 hours ago
There is quite a lot of action against Trump's proposed Space Force on social media. The mainstream media though is lacking critical coverage of this arrogant grab of the heavens by the aerospace industry and their fundamentalist followers. Do they think they will be closer to God - or do they think they are God? It's been exciting for me to see so much activity because when Obama increased 'missile defense' deployments encircling China and Russia not many people paid any attention. When the X-37 military space plane (a super drone that looks like a mini-space shuttle) flew unm... more »

Is the Trump Administration Denying Citizenship to a 4-Year-Old Adopted Peruvian Girl?

Alex Kasprak at Snopes.com - 9 hours ago
Two American citizens adopted a Peruvian toddler legally under Peruvian law, but the United States has so far denied the girl U.S. citizenship status.

The Dangers of Believing False Narratives; If you Don’t Properly Diagnose a Problem, You can Never Fix it

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 9 hours ago
Only One Can Be Right: Why don’t Tree Farms have Catastrophic Fires? California’s catastrophic wildfire season has illuminated the yearslong stalemate between those who want to cut back the overgrown, beetle-infested national forests and environmentalists who have axed efforts to fell more trees, blaming the destructive fires on climate change. “I’ve heard the climate change … Continue reading "The Dangers of Believing False Narratives; If you Don’t Properly Diagnose a Problem, You can Never Fix it"

QotD: "On the political labelling system most people use—including experts and scholars—an advocate of total freedom and an advocate of total fascism are the same thing. Sure, this makes sense. Let's keep using this idiotic system instead of switching to one that makes any sense at all."

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 9 hours ago
*"I talk about this all the time, but I really cannot express strongly enough how abjectly terrible the 'left vs. right' description of political positions is. The terms are left undefined, and whatever vague nonsense of a definition there is, does not identify the right essential. * * "On the political labelling system most people use—including experts and scholars—an advocate of total freedom and an advocate of total fascism are the same thing. Sure, this makes sense. Let's keep using this idiotic system instead of switching to one that makes any sense at all. * * "It's ge... more »

Remembering the Vela Incident

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 9 hours ago
Older readers may remember rumors of a nuclear explosion in the South Atlantic Ocean in 1979, which could not be verified at the time. This became known as the Vela Incident. A recent news report claims new evidence indicates that it was, indeed, a nuclear bomb. Ever since the flash was observed by a U.S. “Vela” satellite orbiting above Earth in September 1979, there’s been speculation that it was produced from a nuclear weapon test by Israel. * . . .* The flash was located in the area of Marion and Prince Edward islands, which are in the South Indian Ocean about halfway between... more »

Jefferson Parish landfill odors focus of special Parish Council meeting

Drew Broach at Louisiana Environment and Flood Control - 9 hours ago
River Ridge, Harahan residents complain of stench burning noses and throats

Aerial spraying for mosquitoes set in Jefferson Parish

Drew Broach at Louisiana Environment and Flood Control - 9 hours ago
Low-flying plane to spread chemicals Tuesday from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

U.S. Suspends Funding For The Open Skies Treaty

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 9 hours ago
A Tu-214 ON (Open Skies) reconnaissance aircraft © Maxim Blinov / Sputnik *Moscow Times:* *Trump Signs Defense Bill Suspending Funding for Open Skies Treaty* The United States has suspended funding for the Open Skies Treaty following the signing of a $717-billion national defense policy act into law by U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday. The measure could have implications for Russia’s ability to conduct observation flights over the United States. Under the 34-member treaty that entered into force in 2002, countries are allowed to conduct unarmed observation flights to promote... more »

U.S. Concerned About Russia's New Space Weapons

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 10 hours ago
Wikimedia Commons *VOA/Reuters:* *US Raises Suspicions About Russia's New Space Weapons * GENEVA — The United States voiced deep suspicion on Tuesday over Russia's pursuit of new space weapons, including a mobile laser system to destroy satellites in space, and the launch of a new inspector satellite which was acting in an "abnormal" way. Russia's pursuit of counterspace capabilities was "disturbing", Yleem D.S. Poblete, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance, told the U.N.'s Conference on Disarmament which is discussing a new treaty to pre... more »

Saudi Arabia releases 3 Iranian fishermen after year in prison

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
Saudi Arabia has freed three Iranian fishermen detained by the kingdom’s coastguard last year, Iran’s state news agency IRNA quoted an Iranian official as saying on Tuesday, following negotiations between the two regional rivals. Tension between Shi’ite Iran and Saudi Arabia’s conservative Sunni monarchy has run high in recent years. The two countries have backed […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Netanyahu had secret meeting with Egyptian president on Gaza riots – Finance Minister

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
Israeli Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon confirmed on Tuesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a secret meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi in May to discuss violent Palestinian protests on the border with the Gaza Strip. When asked by the Army Radio whether he was aware of the meeting, Kahlon replied “Yes,” adding that “everything that […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian Army issues final demand to ISIS in east Sweida: ‘surrender or die’

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:30 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army issued their final demand to the terrorists off the Islamic State (ISIS) in the eastern countryside of Sweida, calling on their forces to either surrender the Al-Safa Canyon or die. The Islamic State is fully besieged at the strategic Al-Safa Canyon and all of their attempts […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russian military builds 4 posts along occupied Golan Heights

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
Four Russian military police posts have been placed in front of the Bravo line along the demilitarized zone on the Golan Heights and another two will be added in the near future, the deputy commander of the Russian group in Syria, Lieutenant-General Sergei Kuralenko said on Tuesday. “Currently we are already in the process of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian Army sends reinforcements to west Aleppo as new offensive looms

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:00 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has been building up their forces in west Aleppo this week, as they prepare to prepare to open up a new front near the provincial capital. According to a military source in northern Syria, the Syrian Arab Army has sent another large batch of reinforcements […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Turkey, Russia discuss Syrian Army’s imminent Idlib offensive (video)

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:30 P.M.) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov commented on the situation in the Syrian province of Idlib, while speaking at a press conference alongside his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara on Tuesday. Lavrov said that the Idlib de-escalation zone, just like other such zones in Syria, was based on the precondition that […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Unbelievable footage of Syrian Army spy inside jihadist command meeting in Idlib

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:10 P.M.) – The official Facebook of the Tiger Forces released new footage on Tuesday of Syrian Arab Army (SAA) spy attending a jihadist commander meeting in Idlib. According to the Tiger Forces, the Syrian Arab Army spy was present at a jihadist commander meeting held inside the town of Abu Mariyah recently. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

New images show Syrian Golan Heights after liberation by SAA

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:00 P.M.) – Images show the recently liberated Syrian Golan Heights on Tuesday, as the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) secured the area along with Russian forces and military police. The stills show an abandoned UN post in the demilitarized buffer zone between the Israeli-occupied and Syrian-controlled sections of the Golan Heights. UNDOF personnel left […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Turkey to boycott US electronic products – Erdogan

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced a boycott of American electronic products in response to Washington’s economic pressure against Ankara after the detention of a US pastor in Turkey. “There is an economic attack against Turkey. Earlier such things were done in secret, and now they are open to us. We can react in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Kurdish militia boasts killing Turkish-backed rebels in Afrin

Zen Adra at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 10 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (5:35 P.M.) – The Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) issued an official statement showing results of their operations in Afrin Region as to the 2nd week of August. The Kurdish units have been carrying out assassinations as well as hit-and-run attacks against the Turkish military and its sponsored rebel groups across Afrin. YPG […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Nader, on Citizens United

Jason Mazzone at Balkinization - 10 hours ago
At almost every event at which I speak about the Constitution or the Supreme Court to a general audience, somebody will raise a hand and say they strongly oppose the Court's Citizens United ruling. I always respond by asking that person to explain, "for the benefit of the audience," what the Supreme Court decided in Citizens United. Without fail the person (a) does not know what the organization, Citizens United, was and what the government sought to prevent it from doing and (b) wrongly reports that the Supreme Court held in the case that corporations are persons with a right to ma... more »

From Boston to Ferguson to Charlottesville: The Evolution of a Police State Lockdown

Activist Post at Activist Post - 10 hours ago
By John W. Whitehead “It takes a remarkable force to keep nearly a million people quietly indoors for an entire day, home from work and... more »

America’s War on Yemen Exposed

Activist Post at Activist Post - 10 hours ago
By Tony Cartalucci As atrocities and scandal begin to mount regarding the US-backed Saudi-led war on the impoverished nation of Yemen, the involvement and hypocrisy... more »

Increasing Diversity on HBCU Campuses Often Leaves Blacks in Minority

LaMont Jones at Diverse - 10 hours ago
In many cases, African-American students have ceased being a majority at HBCUs; at some, they are a small minority among a White majority. Meanwhile, graduate, professional and online programs at HBCUs tend to draw non-Black students at higher rates.

Charles Barkley to Receive Media Excellence Award

Sarah Wood at Diverse - 10 hours ago
Charles Barkley, a National Basketball Association (NBA) Hall of Famer and two-time Olympic gold medalist, will receive the 18th Lew Klein Excellence in the Media Award in October to honor his broadcasting achievements. After retiring from the NBA, the 6-feet-6-inches-tall Alabama native shifted his career to the communications field in 2000. He is an analyst […]

Democrat Lawmakers Urge Compliance with California Student Loan Act

LaMont Jones at Diverse - 10 hours ago
U.S. Sen. Kamala D. Harris and U.S. Rep. Susan Davis were joined by five other California Democrats in sending a letter Tuesday to a student loan servicing company rejecting its claim that it can’t comply with California’s Student Loan Servicing Act because of federal law. The act – sponsored by Harris when she was the […]

Nature Unbound X – The next glaciation

Hifast at Climate Collections - 10 hours ago
Originally posted on Climate Etc.: by Javier Summary: The IPCC expresses virtual certainty that a glaciation is not possible for the next 50 Kyr if CO2levels remain above 300 ppm. It is the long interglacial hypothesis. Analysis of interglacials of the past 800 Kyr shows they depend on obliquity-linked summer energy, ice-volume, and eccentricity, and…

U.S. National Debt Now Equivalent to the Amount of Money Missing from the Treasury

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 10 hours ago
*Isaac Davis* - This amounts to economic slavery.

Monsanto Weedkiller Ruling Sparks Backlash Around the Globe

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 10 hours ago
*Lorraine Chow* - Fallout from the recent verdict against Monsanto is beginning to develop.

Is ISIS Leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi Dead?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 10 hours ago
This image made from video posted on a militant website Saturday, July 5, 2014, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, delivering a sermon at a mosque in Iraq. MILITANT VIDEO *Iraqi News:* *IS chief al-Baghdadi clinically dead following successful airstrike in Syria: Source* Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Islamic State (IS) chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is believed to be “clinically dead” after an Iraqi airstrike targeted him during a meeting with a host of IS leaders in Syria ... more »

Will Trump Be Charged With Conspiracy to Violate Federal Election Law?

Marjorie Cohn at Marjorie Cohn - 10 hours ago
In addition to the case for Donald Trump’s obstruction of justice by firing former FBI Director James Comey, evidence is mounting that the president participated in a conspiracy to violate the federal election law. Mueller could either ask a grand jury to indict Trump as a co-conspirator or to name the president as an unindicted... Read more »

The Battle To Retake The Afghan City Of Ghazni Intensifies

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 11 hours ago
Footage just in from #Ghazni city shows plumes of black smoke rising in the air as buildings burn while Taliban fighters roam the streets of a clearly battle-weary city. #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/HdECnFRfyt — TOLOnews (@TOLOnews) August 13, 2018 *NPR:* *Surprise Taliban Attack Leads To Days Of Fighting, Hundreds Of Deaths* The Taliban's surprise attack Friday on the city of Ghazni has now killed around 100 members of Afghanistan's police and security forces and between 20 and 30 civilians, Afghan officials said Monday. A U.S. military spokesman told NPR's Diaa Hadid that some ... more »

“Citizens Police Academies” Are Used To Improve Community Relations and Influence Voters

Activist Post at Activist Post - 11 hours ago
By MassPrivateI A recent article in KSFY revealed that the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office is training citizens to act like cops. Because that is what... more »

Iran Bans Talks With U.S. After Roll Back Of Sanctions; U.S. Threatens Sanctions On Europe

Aaron at Activist Post - 11 hours ago
By Aaron Kesel The leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has banned holding any direct talks with the United States, as tension between the U.S.... more »

Police Look Into Video of Man Spanking Hippo at LA Zoo

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
The zoo has posted a "No Trespassing" sign on the exhibit for the first time.

Did a Harvard Study Prove That “Unvaccinated Children Pose No Risk” to Other Kids?

Alex Kasprak at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
A deceptive and factually challenged blog post on an anti-vaccine website is not a “Harvard study,” yet its false conclusions are popular on social media.

Did ‘VeggieTales’ Introduce a New Cannabis Character?

Dan Evon at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
For the time being, at least, 'VeggieTales' characters remain based on things mothers would approve of their kids consuming.

CNN's Fredo Cuomo Sides With Violent Antifa Thugs

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 11 hours ago
This is why CNN should not ever be considered a legitimate information source of any kind. Case in point: CNN’s Chris Cuomo seemed to have driven the crazy train completely off the rails last night when he excused the violence from the left and disagreed with equality before the law: “Be aware, there are many more of us who see you as unequal, as less than, and you will be opposed at every turn because what you are about is wrong. And fighting you is right.” - Video Link All we see is hate from the *“anti-hate”* groups as CNN has begun to call them. These groups were screaming at ... more »

Taliban Have Overrun Another Afghan Military Base

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 11 hours ago
*Daily Mail:* *Taliban overruns Afghan army base, killing at least 14 soldiers and capturing dozens, as forces struggle to hold back insurgents from expanding their control* * Taliban militants seized base in north Afghanistan after days of heavy fighting * Comes as Afghan forces struggle to hold back insurgents from eastern Ghazni * Army has been battling to repel Taliban since NATO troops pulled out in 2014 * Analysts now fears the Taliban is on the verge of a major expansion over southern and eastern parts Taliban fighters have overrun a northern Afghan army base killing at lea... more »

UN Report: Up To 30,000 Islamic State Fighters Remaining In Iraq And Syria

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 11 hours ago
By last year, ISIL was militarily defeated and largely driven out of all major cities [File: Reuters] *Al Jazeera: **UN report: 20,000-30,000 ISIL fighters left in Iraq and Syria* Report by UN sanctions monitors says up to 30,000 ISIL fighters still remain despite the armed group's defeat. Between 20,000 and 30,000 members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group, remain in Iraq and Syria despite its defeat and a halt in the flow of foreigners joining its ranks, according to a new United Nations report. Released on Monday, the report by UN sa... more »

Battleship vs. Battlecruiser: America's Last Battleship vs. Russia's Deadly Kirov-Class (Who Wins?)

Kyle Mizokami at Test Feed Using Fields - 11 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * It’s 1988. World War Three has begun... *It’s impossible to say how many of the eighteen remaining missiles would have gotten past Iowa’s Phalanx gatling guns, radar jamming and chaff dispersal. For the sake of the scenario, let’s assume nine missiles breach Iowa’s defenses. The mighty battleship’s armor was formidable, designed to shrug off sixteen-inch armor-piercing rounds, so it’s likely it would fare pretty well against a Mach 1.6 missile with a simple 1.5 ton high explosive warhead. The Iowa’s main guns were also heavily armored, as were the ma... more »

Battleship Slug-fest: What If America and Japan's Most Deadly Warships Had Went to War?

Michael Peck at Test Feed Using Fields - 11 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, * Yamato vs. Iowa. Who wins? *Of course, this scenario is hypothetical, the province of armchair admirals and war gamers. Yamato and Iowa wouldn’t have stood turret-to-turret in an arena like a pair of heavyweight boxers. They would have been surrounded by cruisers, destroyers and subs.* It would have been the ultimate duel of dreadnoughts. In one corner, Japan’s *Yamato*, weighing in at 65,000 tons, the biggest battleship in history. In the other corner, *Iowa*, at 45,000 tons the pride of America's World War II battleship fleet. In reality, the two s... more »

What causes Autism? This explanation might be the best we’ve heard!

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 11 hours ago
Dr. SuzanneHumphries is a good friend of ours and we absolutely love her. Check out the video below where she discusses the potential connection between vaccines and autism. She says there is an undeniable connection between the two, but that it does deeper than that. Find out what else is going on with most kids […] The post What causes Autism? This explanation might be the best we’ve heard! appeared first on Health Nut News.

USDA-backed “factory farm” takeover of organic milk production crushing family-scale farmers and forcing them out of business

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 11 hours ago
Newly Released Report, and Associated Organic Dairy Brand Scorecard, Enables Defrauded Consumers and Wholesale Buyers to “Vote with Their Pocketbooks” When commercialized in the 1980s, the organic dairy movement was viewed by many farmers as opting out of a rapacious agricultural marketing system that had already driven the majority of dairy farm families off the […] The post USDA-backed “factory farm” takeover of organic milk production crushing family-scale farmers and forcing them out of business appeared first on Health Nut News.

Holistic Dr Bradstreet’s brother needs help, please share far and wide.

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 11 hours ago
(Note from Erin: The dear holistic doctor, Jeff Bradstreet’s brother needs our help. Please share this story across your social media feeds.) RELATED STORY: Unintended Holistic Doctor Death Series: Over 90 Dead Thom Bradstreet, the late Dr. Jeff Bradstreet’s younger brother, has been diagnosed with lymphoma. A particular punch in the gut given the fact […] The post Holistic Dr Bradstreet’s brother needs help, please share far and wide. appeared first on Health Nut News.

Major Victory Sweeps the EU – This Country, Not so Lucky

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 11 hours ago
For an entire week each year, I focus on the campaign to end dental amalgam. Those silver fillings are really mercury fillings, and their use in America and around the world needs to stop — for health reasons, for environmental reasons, for workplace safety reasons and for social justice reasons. We have a united worldwide […] The post Major Victory Sweeps the EU – This Country, Not so Lucky appeared first on Health Nut News.

What’s in the New NDAA

sanderson at Lawfare - 11 hours ago
President Trump poses with service members after signing the 2019 NDAA, Fort Drum, N.Y., Aug. 13, 2018 (Source: U.S. Department of Defense/Michael Strasser) President Donald Trump signed the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2019 into law on Monday afternoon, at an event at Fort Drum military base in upstate New York. Speaking before a crowd of soldiers, Trump described the legislation he was about to sign as follows: The [NDAA] is the most significant investment in our military and our warfighters in modern history, and I am very proud to b... more »

Why the White House Can’t Stop Omarosa Manigault-Newman From Talking

bmoss at Lawfare - 11 hours ago
Omarosa Manigault-Newman at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland. (Source: Flickr/Gage Skidmore) The ongoing publicity tour by former senior White House staffer Omarosa Manigault-Newman, once designated as one of the “nastiest TV villains of all time,” is the culmination of the questionable hiring choices made during the early days of the Trump White House. Manigault-Newman has made a media splash by releasing multiple secret audio recordings of the president and his associates, some of which were made during her time at the White ... more »

No Change In Arctic Sea Ice Over The Past 60 Years

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 11 hours ago
Sixty years ago this week, the USS Skate surfaced at the North Pole. Arctic sea ice was two meters thick. The Changing Face of the Arctic; The Changing Face of the Arctic – The New York Times Compare the North … Continue reading →

More Fake News From Berkeley Earth

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 11 hours ago
The Berkeley Earth “lead scientist” spreading more propaganda on Twitter. Robert Rohde on Twitter: “Animated map showing the record high temperatures set at weather stations around the world between May 1st and July 31st.… https://t.co/kncXjn421w” Berkeley Earth is run by … Continue reading →

No Change In Climate Science Since The 16th Century

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 11 hours ago
Five centuries later, climate science is still based on witchcraft and superstition about bad weather. The havoc caused by this natural disaster was so great, so unprecedented, that soon an unnatural origin for the storm was proposed. Medieval Witch Hunts … Continue reading →

How Propagandists Abuse Language

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 11 hours ago
Another WWII plane found buried under hundreds of feet of ice in Greenland. Instead of describing the thickening ice sheet correctly, Popular Mechanics calls it a shifting ice sheet. WWII P-38 Discovered Under 300 Feet of Ice in Greenland h/t … Continue reading →

More Canadian Nonsense

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 11 hours ago
I’m looking at what has caused the spike in temperatures in Canada the last five years. There are only 85 stations in Canada which were active in both 1950 and 2017, and many of these have intermittent data during that … Continue reading →

The case against third-party funding in investment arbitration

bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
14-Aug-2018 These claims come at a significant cost to target countries and their citizens, since these claims will ultimately be paid by a large underrepresented class of stakeholders: the public.

Charge contre le financement par des tiers dans l'arbitrage des investissements

bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
14-Aug-2018 Ces recours représentent un coût significatif pour les pays ciblés et leurs citoyens, puisque qu'ils devront au final être réglés par un groupe de partie-prenantes largement sous-représenté : le public.

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