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Thomas Paine

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Friday, October 26, 2018

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Election Integrity Expert Cautions Over Mobile Voting

TNA Video at rss - 12 hours ago
[image: bill-jasper-kurt-hyde-election-integrity-expert-cautions-over-mobile-voting] VIDEO - Kurt Hyde, voter integrity expert, talks with senior editor Bill Jasper about the concerns of remote access to voting machines. With the midterm elections approaching, Kurt urges that the best method to combat voter fraud involves having a paper trail, which digital and remote voting does not allow.

Liars & Rape

R. Cort Kirkwood at rss - 12 hours ago
[image: liars-rape] Feminists assert that women only lie about rape about two percent of the time — so women should be given the benefit of the doubt. However, studies put the lie to that claim.

Trump Order Will Invite Lawsuits, But Can They Succeed?

R. Cort Kirkwood at rss - 12 hours ago
[image: trump-order-will-invite-lawsuits-but-can-they-succeed] The president is preparing to close the border in order to halt the “migrant caravan,” but open-borders legal activists will challenge the order in court. The question is whether they would succeed.

Trump Forming Plans To Close Border; Leftist Media Spin It as Politics

R. Cort Kirkwood at rss - 12 hours ago
[image: trump-forming-plans-to-close-border-leftist-media-spin-it-as-politics] President Trump appears ready to close the American border to the long train of unemployed “migrants” chugging north through Mexico.

BREAKING: Mail Bomb Suspect Arrested in Connection to Sending Bombs to Democratic Figures

The Free Thought Project at The Free Thought Project - 12 hours ago
[image: mail] Federal agents have arrested and detained a suspect in connection with a string of suspicious mail packages sent to prominent Democratic and left-wing figures. The post BREAKING: Mail Bomb Suspect Arrested in Connection to Sending Bombs to Democratic Figures appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

Parents Outraged After School Shaved Large Patches of Hair from Kids’ Heads to Drug Test Them

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 12 hours ago
[image: hair] Students in a Kansas middle school were humiliated after officials removed large chunks of their hair to comply with the school's drug test policy. The post Parents Outraged After School Shaved Large Patches of Hair from Kids’ Heads to Drug Test Them appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

China - Japan Summit -- News Updates October 26, 2018

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
China is Japan's main trading partner, with bilateral trade reaching $300bn last year [Lintao Zhang/Reuters] *ABC News Online: **China and Japan forge historic pact on denuclearisation in Korean Peninsula* China and Japan pledged to forge closer ties as both countries stood together at a "historic turning point", signing a broad range of agreements including a $US30 billion currency swap pact amid rising trade tensions with Washington. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono attended ... more »

Investigators Press for Break in Missing Wisconsin Girl Case

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
Investigators believe Jayme Closs was abducted and ruled her out as a suspect in her parents' killings.

Treasure Quest, Season Four, Spculation

KRandle at A Different Perspective - 12 hours ago
I have been asked, a number of times, about the last episode of *Treasure Quest*. Though I would prefer to deal mainly with UFOs and other paranormal topics right now, I have reached a few conclusions about that show. If I have worked out the timeline correctly, the season just completed was filmed during our summer months in the northern hemisphere of 2017. That means that what we saw in those last episodes broadcast, ended with the beginning of the rainy season in November 2017. That means, that while we were watching what happened about a year earlier, those guys were back Quim... more »

VIDEO: JoyCamp Presents ‘Conspiracy Guy: QAnon!’

Benny Wills at 21st Century Wire - 12 hours ago
*JoyCamp* | JoyCamp puts this 4Chan phenomenon in its cross-hairs in this hilarious new video.

The White Helmet Global Franchise to Serve the “Humanitarian” Regime Change Network Worldwide

Vanessa Beeley at 21st Century Wire - 12 hours ago
*Vanessa Beeley* | The ultimate instrument for "humanitarian" regime change was never destined to be a one trick pony.

Examining the myth of accountability, high-stakes testing and the achievement gap

Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig at Cloaking Inequity - 12 hours ago
We are proud to announce a new peer-reviewed paper entitled Examining the myth of accountability, high-stakes testing and the achievement gap In this article, we outline how notions of accountability and the achievement gap have relied upon the massive expansion of high-stakes exams in our nation’s schools. Texas-style test and punish accountability manifested in various ways within schools and school culture across

Bill Gray: H20 is Climate Control Knob, not CO2

Ron Clutz at Science Matters - 12 hours ago
Dr. William Gray made a compelling case for H2O as the climate thermostat, prior to his death in 2016. Thanks to GWPF for publishing posthumously Bill Gray’s understanding of global warming/climate change. The paper was compiled at his request, completed and now available as Flaws in applying greenhouse warming to Climate Variability This post provides some excerpts […]

U.S. Mail Bomber Arrested In Florida -- News Round-Up

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
*BREAKING NEWS*: *FBI arrest suspected mail bomber in his 50s who sent 12 suspicious packages to Trump foes across the country* * Federal authorities arrested a suspect in the mail bombing spree on Friday in South Florida * The suspect is reportedly a male in his 50s who has a history of threatening judges * FBI discovered suspicious package addressed to Senator Cory Booker in Florida on Thursday night * Then a postal inspector intercepted another package to James Clapper in Manhattan Friday morning * The suspicious package was addressed to Clapper at headquarters of CNN, where he... more »

YUP, THE WINGERS ALREADY THINK THERE'S A COVER-UP AFTER THE ARREST IN FLORIDA

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 12 hours ago
An arrest has been made in Florida in connection with this week's series of mail bombs. Cesar Sayoc, Jr., 56, who officials say has been previously arrested on unspecified charges, is currently in custody, a Department of Justice spokeswoman tweeted Friday morning. Officials in Plantation, Florida, were seen placing a tarp over a van with windows covered with pictures of Trump and decals.... This appears to be a photo of the van: Of course, the commenters at Breitbart are already suspicious: They're busy putting a MAGA hat and the Confederate Battle Standard in his place of resi... more »

Rising Seas Will Swamp Homes, Says Harrabin

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 12 hours ago
By Paul Homewood More overhyped nonsense from Roger Harrabin: England’s coastal communities haven’t faced up to the reality of rising seas through climate change, a report says. An increase of at least 1m is almost certain at some point in the future, the government’s advisors predict. The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) […]

Megyn Kelly has been given a hard lesson in how the left operates...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 12 hours ago
*do you think she learned anything?* I doubt it. Disclosure: I'm not a Kelly fan and never have been. I find her confrontational modus operandi to be off putting. Having said that, I find what happened to her to actually be quite sad. I don't think she's a racist (whatever the hell that is in today's world), and seeing the usual race baiters and hyper-sensitive grievance whores pushing each other out of the way to condemn her is typical of the commie/marxist/libtard way of operating. Kelly spoke the truth about black-face: *But what is racist? Because you do get in trouble if y... more »

Fukushima Daiichi Really Steamy Today

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 12 hours ago
I've been regularly checking TEPCO's cams trained on Fukushima Daiichi - now seven years out. After seven years of watching, I have a good sense of what is "ordinary" and what looks strange. Today the plant looks extra steamy. It has been months since the "steaminess" factor was so dramatically evident. There was a magnitude 5.7 earthquake not too far from the plant yesterday: The cams suggest that the common spent fuel pool, featured in the foreground of this screenshot below, is the source or a source for the steam: It is not raining and the streets are dry at the Futaba int... more »

Is PAYGO The Messaging Pelosi Thinks The Democrats Can Win On?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 13 hours ago
Sometimes a political tent can get *so* big that it stops having any meaning at all. The messaging coming out of the GOP pup tent is at least clear: they're white nationalists with a fascist bent who want to cut taxes on the rich and end social spending on things they consider wasteful-- Social Security, Medicare, food stamps, environmental protection... you know the old story. These are a few of the things conservatives have vehemently opposed over the years: *•* the American Revolution *•* the Bill of Rights *•* public education *•* the emancipation of the slaves *•* women's suf... more »

Wind turbines pose a health threat to the human heart

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 13 hours ago
“Infrasound has a frequency under 20 Hz and thus is not audible to the human ear. However the low frequency sound is physically perceptible at high sound pressure and lead to health consequences, a German medical researcher said. Wind turbines … Continue reading →

AZ: Why Conservatives Should Oppose ESAs

Peter Greene at CURMUDGUCATION - 13 hours ago
Education Savings Accounts are the uber-vouchers, the last stop on the reformster railroad before we get to the place where schools simply disappear. ESAs come in a variety of flavors, but here is the basic idea. With charter schools, you can send your child to any school in the system, and tax dollars are sent to that school to cover the cost of educating your child. With a voucher system, tax dollars are given to you and you can use them at any school you wish to send your child to. With ESAs, you get some money, typically via a debit card, and you spend it on educational whatev... more »

TRUST AND THE RATIONAL ANIMAL: Rational animal's magical plan!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2018Moral, intellectual limits:* "Bigotry," the columnist said, right in his opening sentence. He never explained who the bigots were! That said, everyone knows who the bigots are: The bigots are The Others, of course. This very morning, atop the fold on page A1, that columnist's newspaper offered a startling news report—a report about a magical plan which has failed. The craziness of the magical plan is occasionally matched by the oddness of the reporting. In light of this newspaper's endless bomb-throwing, the report betrays the moral and intellectual squ... more »

WATCH: Unarmed Man Shot in the Back, Killed By Cops in a Bathroom Over Jaywalking Stop

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: jaywalking] For walking across the road in a manner not fit for the police state, otherwise known as jaywalking, a man was followed into the bathroom by police and killed. The post WATCH: Unarmed Man Shot in the Back, Killed By Cops in a Bathroom Over Jaywalking Stop appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

World News Briefs -- October 26, 2018

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*Reuters:* *Person in custody in connection with U.S. parcel bombs* MIAMI (Reuters) - Federal authorities arrested a person on Friday in connection with a dozen parcel bombs sent to Democratic politicians and high-profile critics of U.S. President Donald Trump, the U.S. Justice Department said. The person was taken into custody in the Miami area, a law enforcement official said. The investigation into this week’s wave of suspicious packages had focused on southern Florida and a mail sorting facility in the area. *Read more* .... *MIDDLE EAST* Khashoggi murder: *CIA director Gi... more »

Can You Get Rid of Stretch Marks?

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
If you have stretch marks, you probably wish they’d go away. These grooves or lines in your skin aren’t harmful to your health, but they aren’t great to look at, either. And even though they’ll never really go away, they … Continue reading →

Why Are My Lips Chapped?

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
You may think of chapped lips as something that only happens in the winter. But the truth is, unless you take special care, your lips can get dry, sore, and scaly any time of year. If you do these things, … Continue reading →

7 Ways to Get Back to Sleep

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
You get up in the middle of the night and you’re wide awake. You need rest for your big day at work. What can you do to get back to sleep? 1. Get Out of Bed It may not sound … Continue reading →

What Is Melatonin?

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
Melatonin is a hormone made by the pineal gland. That’s a pea-sized gland found just above the middle of your brain. It helps your body know when it’s time to sleep and wake up. Normally, your body makes more melatonin … Continue reading →

Soothing Plants for More Oxygen and Better Sleep

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
It’s generally well known that plants survive and create energy for themselves through photosynthesis. Essentially, they absorb carbon dioxide from the air and release oxygen instead. On the other hand, humans and animals, do the reverse, breathing in oxygen and … Continue reading →

8 Medical Problems That Explain Why You Always Feel Tired

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
Some days it feels like your body just doesn’t have any energy. You may feel short in your conversations, slow as you move around, and a little foggy in the brain as you attempt to finish your work. While fatigue … Continue reading →

A Close Look at Lymphoma and Recent Treatment Advances

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
Lymphoma is a curable cancer and this continues to improve with newer precision medicines and immuntherapy Lymphoma is a cancer of the cells of the lymphatic system, which is composed of tissues and organs that produce, store, and carry white … Continue reading →

Preview Of Upcoming Indictments

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 13 hours ago
This week’s fake terror attack is likely a sneak-preview of the list of people in legal trouble for attempting to overthrow the US government.

Who’s Behind the Ongoing Alt/Indy Media Purge?

Activist Post at Activist Post - 13 hours ago
By The Conscious Resistance Derrick Broze examines the institutions behind the ongoing purge of alternative and independent media from social media and the Internet at... more »

Who Is “Financing” The Central American Caravans Heading Toward The USA?

Activist Post at Activist Post - 13 hours ago
Op-Ed by Catherine J. Frompovich Rep. Matt Getz of Florida posted the following video on Twitter showing caravan participants being handed what looks like paper... more »

Person Detained in Mail-Bomb Investigation

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores said authorities planned to announce more information at a press conference.

Goodwill Workers in NJ Find Original 1774 ‘Rebel’ Newspaper

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
The discovery was first reported by NJ Pen, an online news site.

Man Arrested Trying to Steal Magna Carta from UK Cathedral

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
British police said that cathedral alarms sounded when a person tried to smash the glass display box surrounding the Magna Carta in Salisbury Cathedral.

Photos of the week : It is all about liberty

egyptianchronicler@gmail.com (Zeinobia) at Egyptian Chronicles - 13 hours ago
Liberty and freedom are the true meaning of this week’s best photos from my humble simple point of view. The first photo of the week is that photo taken by Palestinian photographer Mustafa Hassouna of Anadolu News agency on Monday 22, October at the Mediterranean Sea as protesters tried to end Gaza blockade by sea for the 13th time. [image: Anger and liberty lead the people in Gaza] Anger and liberty lead the people in Gaza In the first glance, you will be amazed by how beautiful this photo capturing that moment of defiance and dignity at that Gaza seashore. In the second glance, that... more »

How a post-Khashoggi US 'correction' on Saudi relations could unfold: Transactional VS Soft Power

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 13 hours ago
*Christian Science Monitor* *Why We Wrote This* *President Trump's foreign policy has been emphatically transactional. * *Transactional: Based on business interests* *Could the Khashoggi affair reintroduce an element of soft power on behalf of human rights?* *Vs the illusion of a foreign policy based on the perception management idea of “human rights”?* *"The murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi will have far-reaching repercussions in the coming months – from the viability of the US-Saudi strategy to counter Iran, to the price of oil, and on to prospects for President... more »

Dispensary raids: protecting the government monopoly on cannabis

Tim Bousquet at Halifax Examiner - 13 hours ago
News 1. Halifax cop accused of using police database to investigate his girlfriend’s ex-husband I reported yesterday: A Halifax police officer used a police computer database to improperly investigate his girlfriend’s ex-husband, alleges a lawsuit filed in Supreme Court Wednesday. The details of the allegations are at the link, but the oddest part of the story […]

Brazil's Bolsonaro Is No Friend of Liberty

Juan Carlos Hidalgo at Test Feed Using Fields - 13 hours ago
*Juan Carlos Hidalgo* *Politics, Americas* [image: Reuters] The prospect of the left-wing Workers’ Party returning to power in Brazil has encouraged many to enthusiastically support the candidacy of Jair Bolsonaro, the country's far right candidate. “The enemy of my enemy is my friend,” goes the ancient proverb. In the case of Brazil, the prospect of the left-wing Workers’ Party (PT) returning to power has encouraged the markets and some liberty advocates to enthusiastically support the candidacy of Jair Bolsonaro, a far Right former army captain who is likely to win the runoff e... more »

Is Trump Really to Blame for the Recent Rash of Bomb Threats?

Daniel McCarthy at Test Feed Using Fields - 13 hours ago
*Daniel McCarthy* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] The sporadic bursts of violence that have punctuated the American political scene in recent years are not the result of politicians gone awry. The explosive devices mailed to Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Robert De Niro, Cory Booker, James Clapper and other public figures, as well as CNN, are indisputably a false-flag attack. It’s indisputable because the packages are labeled as coming from Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Democratic congresswoman from Florida and former DNC chairwoman. She can safely be ruled out as... more »

Why Police Can't Stop Crime in Baltimore

Mark Tomlin at Test Feed Using Fields - 13 hours ago
*Mark Tomlin* *Security, Americas* [image: Maggie Ybarra] Baltimore's new police commissioner will be taking over an agency that doesn’t appear to have a workable crime-fighting strategy and is suffering from horrible internal morale. Baltimore is a city standing on the precipice, a city in crisis. The vibrant “city of neighborhoods”, home to the Star Spangled Banner, notables such as Edgar Allan Poe, Frederick Douglass, Babe Ruth and cultural legends like James “Eubie” Blake, Billie Holiday and John Waters has recently become known more for something much more ominous. Baltimore... more »

Is Trump Pushing China and Japan Together? Not Quite.

Stephen Nagy at Test Feed Using Fields - 13 hours ago
*Stephen Nagy* *Security, Asia* [image: Reuters] Security concerns will remain a barrier to Beijing-Tokyo rapprochement. Over the past year, Sino-Japanese relations have been experiencing a thaw in their tense relationship. In September 2017, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a surprise visit to the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo to mark China’s upcoming National Day and the forty-fifth anniversary of the normalization of Japan-China relations. President Xi Jinping reciprocated Abe’s gesture by refraining from criticizing Japan at the Nanjing Massacre commemorative events in December 201... more »

Where in the World is Elena Khusyaynova?

QJurecic at Lawfare - 13 hours ago
A tweet allegedly sent by a member of the conspiracy in connection with which Khusyaynova was charged, as reproduced by the Justice Department. On Monday, Oct. 22, a Russian media outlet known as the Federal News Agency (FAN) published a video of a round-faced woman sitting at a desk, looking directly into the camera. Her name, she announced, was Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova, and she was FAN’s accountant. Three days earlier, the United States had unsealed court documents charging her with involvement in a Russian conspiracy to influence both the 2016 presidential election and t... more »

U.N. Attacks the Transportation Sector in the New IPCC Report on Climate Change

IER at IER - 13 hours ago
A new report by the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) advises that warming needs to be limited to… The post U.N. Attacks the Transportation Sector in the New IPCC Report on Climate Change appeared first on IER.

This Day In Iraqi History - Oct 26

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 13 hours ago
1920 UK High Commissioner Sir Cox formed Iraqi provisional govt after 1920 Revolt led British to give up direct rule Abd Naqib of Baghdad was premier Had 21 ministers 12 with no portfolios Naqib opposed giving any ministries to Shiites (Musings On Iraq book review of *Reclaiming Iraq, The 1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State*) 1920 UK High Commissioner Sir Cox said Basra province showed no support for Mandate Merchants in province just wanted to maintain status quo Mid-Euphrates sheikhs and landlords the same Baghdad and Mosul provinces want to have role in govt ... more »

Refineries are the MVP’s of the economy

CFACT Ed at CFACT - 13 hours ago
By Ronald Stein Closing ANY refinery in California or nationwide would result in a PERMANENT hit to the economy and increased emissions from foreign suppliers. The post Refineries are the MVP’s of the economy appeared first on CFACT.

The Algorithm Will See You Now

Guest Blogger at Balkinization - 14 hours ago
Claudia Haupt For the Symposium on The Law And Policy Of AI, Robotics, and Telemedicine In Health Care. Artificial intelligence (AI) may well turn out to have a transformative effect on the delivery of healthcare services. Various mobile devices now feature “mHealth” applications, prompting healthcare providers to explore novel ways to incorporate these functions into medical care. Technology companies are connecting existing consumer-facing technologies like Alexa to diagnostics AI, creating new avenues of medical advice-giving. Similarly, professional-use algorithms and AI are av... more »

2018 Women’s March on Pentagon #AntiWar #ProPeace

Activist Post at Activist Post - 14 hours ago
By The Conscious Resistance On Sunday October 21, several hundred women, men, and children gathered to commemorate the 51st anniversary of the 1967 March on... more »

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Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 14 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Oregon: Voters Registered Unless They Opt Out Seedballs And if you think deforestation in Kenya's bad... Facebook Will Ban Misinformation Around Voting During MidTerm Elections They Look Like Cops But They're Not - And They're All Over Michigan A suspicious package was sent to Robert de Niro's Manhattan restaurant Watch Live: Mario Draghi Explains How EU Will Survive Without ECB Rescuing ItalyMigrant Caravan Crosses Southern Mexico Unimpeded As Local Groups Offer Food, SupportArms Race: Nations Rush To Develop Hypersonic WeaponsOrwellian Surveillance: Amazon Pitche... more »

Something Wicked This Way Comes: Futures Point to Another Bloodbath on Wall Street

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 14 hours ago
Something Wicked This Way Comes: Futures Point to Another bloodbath on Wall Street by https://www.rt.com/ The selloff that hit US equities this week is likely to continue on Friday, according to premarket data. The spiral has already erased this year’s record gains on US markets. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures slipped 300 points, S&P 500 contracted […]

Friday Morning Links

Greg Fingas at Accidental Deliberations - 14 hours ago
Assorted content to end your week. - Rupert Neate reports on new research showing that the world's billionaires saw their wealth increase by 20% in 2017 alone. - Pete Evans discusses the increasing debt facing most Canadians as ever more net wealth is diverted to the extremely privileged few. And Alex Hemingway comments on the role of a speculation tax in making housing more affordable while also funding social needs. - Paul Summers reviews the UK's continued wage stagnation for most workers compared to soaring executive salaries. And Mike Crawley examines the evidence and finds t... more »

So-called Designer Babies Are Here — but They’re Eugenics Babies

Selwyn Duke at rss - 14 hours ago
[image: so-called-designer-babies-are-here-but-they-re-eugenics-babies] Draw me up a son who’ll be 6’4”, built like Michelangelo’s David, drop-dead handsome, athletic as all get-out, with multiple talents and a 185 I.Q. — and here’s my check. While we’re not yet at this point, what some are calling “designer babies” are already a reality, though that quoted term here is a euphemism.

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 26, 2018

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
Tug boats maneuver the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford into the James River. US Navy *Business Insider*: *The US Navy is still struggling with its newest aircraft carriers, but now it wants to drop $26 billion on the next 2* What would you do if you had billions of dollars? Two carriers at the same time, man. The Pentagon has ramped up its evaluation of a Navy proposal to purchase both the third and fourth vessels in the beleaguered Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier program in one fell swoop, Bloomberg News reports, a significant step in the branch's push for a 12... more »

Where the USA stands in 2018

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 14 hours ago
We've met Angelo Codevilla in these pages before. He's a sharp, incisive, reliably thought-provoking observer of these United States, and his predictions have proven to be accurate more often than not. He's just come out with his latest article, titled "Our Revolution’s Logic". I think it's *essential reading, critically important,* particularly prior to next month's elections. Here's a lengthy excerpt. Prior to the 2016 election I explained how America had already “stepped over the threshold of a revolution,” that it was “difficult to imagine how we might step back, and futile ... more »

Peak stupidity hits MSNBC’s Chuck Todd: Pipe bombs “could be some Russian operation” (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 14 hours ago
Leave it to NBC's Chuck Todd to play the fool and blame Russia for the pipe bomb mystery. The post Peak stupidity hits MSNBC’s Chuck Todd: Pipe bombs “could be some Russian operation” (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

Termination of bilateral investment treaties: Alternatives for Least Developed Countries

bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
26-Oct-2018 The goal of this study is to outline the choices LDCs have at their disposal for terminating their BITs and the legal questions arising from termination.

Zone de libre échange africaine : pour Buhari, les chefs d'Etat ont mis la charrue avant les bœufs

bilaterals.org - 14 hours ago
25-Oct-2018 Pour le chef d'Etat nigérian, les pays africains auraient mieux fait de promouvoir dans un premier temps la compétitivité de leurs économies et de renforcer l'intégration des marchés, avant de rendre effectif l'accord de libre-échange.

Not Healthy for Man’s Best Friend: Dog Collars and Leashes with LED Lights

Activist Post at Activist Post - 14 hours ago
By B.N. Frank Pet People recently sent out emails to subscribers promoting LED Gear: NiteIze brand Nightowl LED Safety necklaces and “Niteyleashes.” Their intentions are... more »

Three more retractions brings diabetes researcher who once sued publishers to 18

Ivan Oransky at Retraction Watch - 14 hours ago
FEBS Letters has retracted three papers by the Brazilian diabetologist Mario Saad, bringing his total to 18. The now-retracted articles, published between 2005 and 2010, contain doctored images, according to the notices, which read similarly. Here’s one, for the 2005 paper “Aspirin inhibits serine phosphorylation of insulin receptor substrate 1 in growth hormone treated animals”: … Continue reading Three more retractions brings diabetes researcher who once sued publishers to 18

NGOs Condemn Threats to Journalists in Brazil’s Elections

Lise Alves at The Rio Times - 14 hours ago
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A wave of threats against journalists covering Brazil’s presidential elections has led a group of international human rights organizations to ask Brazilian authorities and the presidential candidates themselves to ‘vigorously denounce’ the intimidation. According to them, scores of reporters have been harassed, threatened, and […]

LaRouchePAC Friday Webcast - Update from Kesha's Campaign

adam at LaRouchePAC Feed - 14 hours ago
LaRouchePAC Friday Webcast - Update from Kesha's Campaign Video of LaRouchePAC Friday Webcast - Update from Kesha's Campaign Join us at 11am Eastern for a special show. We'll have a guest from the Kesha Rogers (TX-9) campaign who will update us, and discuss how space policy has to drive international relations among nations.

There is Panic Among the Oligarchs That Trump May Turn the Election — Dangerous Diversions Are Appearing Everywhere

adam at LaRouchePAC Feed - 14 hours ago
[image: President Trump draws a massive crowd at a campaign rally at the Toyota Center in Houston TX. October 22, 2018 (Donald J Trump/Facebook)] President Donald Trump is fully deployed to assure that the "Impeachment Party" — once known as the Democratic Party — is denied their effort to take over the Congress and launch an impeachment. He has held 12 rallies across the country in support of Republican candidates, repeating everywhere that a vote for Democrats this year is a vote against himself. He plans to hold 10 more rallies in the final days preceding the election on Nov. 6. ... more »

Trump Forces Down US Prescription Drug Prices By 80%…

Tim Bolen at BolenReport - 14 hours ago
I Told All Of You This Was Coming… It is a brand new health care day in the United States of America. The balance of power has been shifted away from Big Pharma. It was done by President Donald Trump, and he made it look easy… Opinion by “Deplorable” Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen Big Pharma … Continue reading Trump Forces Down US Prescription Drug Prices By 80%… The post Trump Forces Down US Prescription Drug Prices By 80%… appeared first on BolenReport.

The World's Top Arms Companies

A Political Junkie at Viable Opposition - 14 hours ago
With global sabre-rattling reaching levels not seen since the end of the Cold War, research by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) gives us a unique view of who benefits from the current pervasive war mentality. In its Fact Sheet "The SIPRI Top 100 Arms-Producing and Military Services Companies, 2016", SIPRI looks at the global arms manufacturing business and provides us with an interesting look at just how profitable this business is, a fact that should be of great concern to taxpayers everywhere since it is our hard-earned tax dollars that ultimately end ... more »

A Short-Lived Call for Unity Shelved for Political Barbs

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
CNN was among the targets of the mail bomb plot.

Bomb Scare Rattles Those Touched by Past Political Violence

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
In the past 60 years alone, there have been scores of deadly incidents motivated by ideology.

More Suspicious Packages Found, These to Booker, Clapper

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
Investigators were analyzing the innards of the crude devices to reveal whether they were intended to detonate or simply sow fear just before Election Day.

Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Health Care at Yale Law School

JB at Balkinization - 15 hours ago
The Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy and the Yale Information Society Project will host a conference on The Law and Policy of AI, Robotics, and Telemedicine in Health Care on Friday November 2, 2018, at Yale Law School. This week on Balkinization we will post essays by some of the conference participants on how Artificial Intelligence and Robotics are changing medicine and health care.

Brazil’s Election Meddling Scandal Won’t Dent Bolsonaro’s Popularity

Andrew KORYBKO at OrientalReview.org - 15 hours ago
Trump’s Liberal-Globalist enemies are now targeting the so-called “Tropical Trump” as a proxy war against the leader who Bolsonaro’s praised on numerous occasions. Whatever ends up happening during this Sunday’s second round of voting, it’s undeniable that social media played a disproportionate role in shaping the voters’ perceptions, whether legally or not. The post Brazil’s Election Meddling Scandal Won’t Dent Bolsonaro’s Popularity appeared first on OrientalReview.org.

Australia's Former Foreign Minister Reveals How Easy It Is For China To Tell Another Country What To Do

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, center, and Australia's now-former foreign minister Julie Bishop, right, talk as they arrive for a joint press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. Wu Hong/Pool Photo via AP *Business Insider: **Australia's former foreign minister let slip how casually easy it is for China to tell another country what to do* * A proposed trade deal between Australia and Taiwan apparently never had a chance to see the light of day, former foreign minister Julie Bishop says. * Bishop blamed what she said was direct and c... more »

Rewriting History At The Ministry Of Truth

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 15 hours ago
NOAA’s climate.gov website has a section devoted to erasing the 1970s global cooling scare. This is a video overview of the history of climate science, with the goal of debunking the idea that in the 1970s, climate scientists were predicting … Continue reading →

Shocking Growth Of Arctic Sea Ice

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 15 hours ago
Arctic sea ice is growing so rapidly now, that I believe Earth will be covered with ice by Christmas. Ocean and Ice Services | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut I survived the Phoenix ice age of 1976. 04 Mar 1976, Page 1 … Continue reading →

Elizabeth Warren : An Early Fighter Against Climate Change

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 15 hours ago
Senator Warren’s passion against climate change began when global warming forced her to migrate across the Bering Strait 20,000 years ago. What Drove Early Man Across Globe? Climate Change : NPR

The Lies He Peddles

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago
Doug Ford keeps repeating that phrase "for the people." But this week he again made the phrase a laughing stock. He quickly cancelled Kathleen Wynne's labour legislation which was "updated last year after a two year review with extensive consultations." Linda McQuaig writes: Gone is the minimum wage hike to $15 an hour. So, just like that, faster than you can say "for the people," Ford has cancelled what amounted to a $2,000 annual pay increase that was headed for the pockets of the lowest-paid people. He's also cancelling the two paid sick days a year, even though 145 countrie... more »

AT FOX, MEGYN KELLY WAS A MIDTERM DISTRACTER

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 15 hours ago
The bombs sent to CNN and prominent Democrats are now the lead story at most media outlets, but earlier in the week it was the caravan -- just when early voting has begun in the midterms. The caravan has become a huge story even though similar group migrations are frequent, and the refugees are far away from the U.S. border. The caravan is a distraction from issues non-Republican voters have on their minds, as Paul Krugman notes: ... the caravan hysteria is no accident: creating a climate of hatred is how Republicans avoid talking about health care. What we’re seeing in this electio... more »

Why The U.S. Air Force Needs More That 186 F-22 Raptors

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
F-22 Raptors park on the runway at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 24, 2018. Since the Air Combat Command mobilized multiple relief assets, maintainers and crew chiefs have worked around the clock to ensure the Raptors are operational. US Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Lotz *Michael Peck, National Interest:* *186 Air Force F-22 Raptors Isn't Enough. And a Hurricane Just Proved Why.* *And there is no easy way to fix it.* Sometimes you need a strong wind to lay bare the consequences of folly. Hurricane Michael did more than devastate the Southeast coast, including Tynd... more »

How to Start a War with America: Attack or Sink a Navy Aircraft Carrier.

Robert Farley at Test Feed Using Fields - 15 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, * "Sinking a carrier would be a great way to turn a limited war into a major war, and there are very few countries that would seriously contemplate major war against the United States." *Authorizing an attack against a USN supercarrier would require a weighty political decision. Political and senior military authorities might prefer to simply damage a carrier, which would send America a message about vulnerability but that would not necessarily lead to the deaths of extensive numbers of U.S. personnel. * Since the 1950s, the supercarrier has been the ... more »

Review: Is ‘Hunter Killer’ the Ultimate Submarine Movie?

James Clark, Task and Purpose at Test Feed Using Fields - 15 hours ago
*James Clark, Task and Purpose* *Security, * Or a giant waste of time? If you’ve been anxiously waiting for the next great brooding naval war flick, where the sonar pings from a glowing control panel are all the crew (and you the viewer) have to navigate the dangers ahead, then *Hunter Killer* will likely let you down. But if you are looking for a fast-moving action flick with a few erroneous “oorahs,” and over-the-top shootouts — on land, at sea, and at the bottom of the ocean — that’ll leave cringing, laughing, but nonetheless entertained, then *Hunter Killer* may be more you... more »

Here's Why a “Couple Dozen” Marine Corps F-35Bs Were Grounded

Jeff Schogol, Task and Purpose at Test Feed Using Fields - 15 hours ago
*Jeff Schogol, Task and Purpose* *Security, * More problems? The trouble continues for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the aircraft with seemingly unlimited amounts of problems. - A “couple dozen” Marine Corps F-35Bs were grounded to repair two fuel tubes, Defense News and Marine Corps Times first reported on Thursday, the second time so far this month. - On Oct. 11, the Pentagon’s Joint Program Office that oversees the F-35 ordered all of the planes to suspend flight operations in order to replace a different fuel tube that was identified as a problem as part of an ongoing in... more »

This Russian Submarine Is the Biggest Threat to the U.S. Navy.

Dave Majumdar at Test Feed Using Fields - 15 hours ago
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * The United States Navy was already impressed with the original Severodvinsk, which is an older design that had been under construction since 1993 before eventually being commissioned into service in December 2013. *Though Severodvinsk—and her more modern sister ships like Kazan—are very capable submarines, Foggo had said, the U.S. Navy still retains an edge.* Russia’s second Severodvinsk-class submarine K-561 Kazan, which is a modified Project 08851 Yasen-M design, went to sea for the first time for builder’s trials on September 24. *(This first app... more »

The Navy's New Super Aircraft Carrier Has Some Big Problems. Take a Look.

Dan Grazier at Test Feed Using Fields - 15 hours ago
*Dan Grazier* *Security, * "The ship’s electric advanced arresting gear is supposed to be able to go 16,500 landings between mission failures. It can do 19." *The American people are stuck with the tab for an unproven weapon that may never live up to the lavish promises used to sell it, leaving the troops with a system that could fail them at the very moment they need it the most. It should also be noted that that there are plenty of people in Congress who are complicit in this plan. More than 100 lawmakers recently sent a letter to the secretary of defense pushing for the two-ca... more »

The Navy Never Got Its Dream Weapon: Stealth Bombers Flying from Aircraft Carriers

Dave Majumdar at Test Feed Using Fields - 15 hours ago
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * So what happenned? *The Navy’s carrier air wings would have greatly benefited from an A-12-like capability had the program survived.* During the closing stages of the Cold War, the United States Navy was developing a new long-range stealth bomber that could strike at even the most heavily defended targets from the deck of an aircraft carrier. But the ill-fated program was cancelled; leaving a gap in naval aviation capability that has not been filled to this day. *(This first appeared earlier in the year.)* Called the McDonnell Douglas/General Dyn... more »

On the Bicameral Minds in Homer's Iliad

Anoop Verma at The Verma Report - 15 hours ago
Julian Jaynes, in his book *The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind*, presents his theory that consciousness is a learned process which mankind developed about 3000 years ago. If this is true, then it means that the human beings, as we find them today, have developed in less than 100 generations. Before human beings developed consciousness, they had a bicameral mind, in which, according to Jaynes, the right cerebral hemisphere talks to the left cerebral hemisphere. When the man with bicameral mind faced a difficult situation, he would have an auditory hal... more »

On The Bicameral Minds in Homer's Iliad

Anoop Verma at The Verma Report - 15 hours ago
Julian Jaynes, in his book *The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind*, presents his theory that consciousness is a learned process which mankind developed about 3000 years ago. If this is true, then it means that the human beings, as we find them today, have developed in less than 100 generations. Before human beings developed consciousness, they had a bicameral mind, in which, according to Jaynes, the right cerebral hemisphere talks to the left cerebral hemisphere. When the man with bicameral mind faced a difficult situation, he would have an auditory hal... more »

Jorge Ben Jor and Mano Brown Play Rio’s Fundição Progresso this Friday

Jack Arnhold at The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
By Jack Arnhold, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – This Friday, October 26th both Jorge Ben Jor and Mano Brown, two of the biggest names in Brazilian music, are gracing the stage of the Fundição Progresso to perform a one-off concert, with Ben Jor set to play a show filled with hits from his […]

Florida's Amendment 4: Restoring voting rights to people with felonies might also reduce crime

Victoria Shineman, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 15 hours ago
New research shows that when ex-offenders are told they're able to vote, their attitudes about democracy and justice improve. A November ballot measure in Florida hangs in the balance.

Macro 10e

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 16 hours ago
The 10th edition of my intermediate macro text is now available. Click here for more information.

ISIS repels big attack by US-backed forces in Deir Ezzor

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:10 P.M.) – The Islamic State (ISIS) managed to repel a big attack that was launched by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) near the key town of Hajin in southeast Deir Ezzor. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), the Islamic State killed more than ten fighters from the Syrian […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Breaking: Erdogan urges Saudi Arabia to reveal who ordered the hit on Khashoggi

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a crowd of supporters on Friday that he has urged the Saudi regime to reveal who ordered the hit on Jamal Khashoggi. “Who gave this order?” Erdogan said in a speech to members of his AK Party in Ankara. “Who gave the order for […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russia welcomes Saudi Arabia’s investigation on Khashoggi’s murder

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
The Kremlin welcomes Saudi Arabia’s intention to investigate the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “[President Vladimir] Putin has clarified Russia’s position, we have also heard the [Saudi] royal family’s statements condemning the murder and rejecting the royal family’s involvement. It is up to investigators to deal with all […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Lebanese man uses jet ski to bypass traffic in Beirut (video)

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:00 P.M.) – A Lebanese man was filmed driving a jet ski through the streets of Beirut this week, as most of the city experiences heavy flooding. In the short video below, the Lebanese man can be seen bypassing the traffic in Beirut while also doing tricks on the jet ski. Only in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russian Air Force carry out drills over Kuban (video)

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
Russian Air Force and Anti-Air Defence aircraft from the Southern Military District repelled a simulated attack above the south of Russia, as shown in footage released by the MoD on Thursday. Pilots launched missiles against air and ground targets. An Su-30 played the role of the aggressor. Over 300 officers and 30 units of aviation […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Soyuz rocket launched for first time since MS-10 emergency (video)

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:30 P.M.) – A Soyuz-2.1B rocket carrying equipment from the Russian Ministry of Defence launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the region of Arkhangelsk on Thursday. It was reported that the launch went as planned, was on time and stable communication was established with the rocket soon after take-off. This is the first launch of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Breaking: Erdogan issues ‘final warning’ to Kurdish groups in northern Syria

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a “final warning” on Syria on Friday, saying that “we will eliminate threat towards Turkey” and will not allow activities that endanger the country’s borders. Speaking to a group of provincial leaders of his AK Party in Ankara on Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that the east […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syria’s First Lady warmly greets hospital patients before her treatment for cancer (video)

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:35 A.M.) – Syria’s First Lady Asma Al-Assad was filmed on Thursday greeting hospital patients before receiving treatment for breast cancer. The Syrian First Lady has been fighting cancer since her diagnosis in August. Since the diagnosis, the Syrian First Lady has been regularly visiting hospital patients while also receiving treatment for cancer. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Over 50 US armored vehicles enter southeast Deir Ezzor

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:15 A.M.) – A large convoy of U.S. supplied military vehicles made their way to the southeastern countryside of the Deir Ezzor Governorate this morning, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported. According to the SOHR report, more than 50 armored vehicles belonging to the U.S. Coalition entered southeastern Deir Ezzor. SOHR […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Wikipedia Exposed As Corrupt Tool of The Establishment

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 16 hours ago
*Chris Hedges & Helen Buyniski* | Founder Jimmy Wales has knowingly allowed the online portal to be used to slander and defame dissident political voices and to bolster NATO aligned propaganda talking points across thousands of its pages.

Senator Reveals That 17 F-22 Raptors Were Damaged By Hurricane Michael At Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
F-22 Raptors are towed to the runway at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 24, 2018. Since the Air Combat Command mobilized multiple relief assets, maintainers and crew chiefs have worked around the clock to ensure the Raptors are operational. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Lotz) *Warzone/The Drive:* *We Finally Know How Many F-22s Were Left Behind At Tyndall AFB During Hurricane Michael* Our initial reporting right after the storm hit stating that 30 percent of Tyndall's Raptors were left behind has proven to be accurate. After weeks of rumor, hypothesis and raw s... more »

Creative Intelligence vs. False Creations - A Quotation from M.N. Hopkins

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 16 hours ago
*Creative intelligence is something quite different from a false image created to look intelligent.* *©** 2018 M.N. Hopkins* *Note: This quotation was thought of today, the 26th of October 2018. These words came to mind while seeing the picture of a famous and wealthy man who is a creation of the controllers of media. Chosen for their lack of intelligence and corruptibility to actively deceive the masses.*

Pro-Employee States Implement Private Employee Retirement Plans

Donna Ballman at Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home - 16 hours ago
With Republicans threatening to cut Social Security benefits, retirement savings has become a national issue. Some states (not anti-employee Florida, of course) have tackled this issue by implementing retirement plans for private-sector employees. The latest state to implement a private-sector retirement plan is Connecticut. They join California, Illinois, Maryland and Oregon in implementing automatic-enrollment IRAs. These are state-facilitated programs that private financial firms administer. Participants are automatically enrolled and pick the percentage of their pay they want to... more »

Doofus Of The Day #1,030

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 16 hours ago
Today's award goes to a spider-hunting inadvertent pyromaniac in California. A man who was house-sitting for his parents set their home on fire when he used a blowtorch to kill spiders, according to authorities. * . . .* "The tenant used a torch like a handheld propane torch to kill the spiders that were around the base of the residential structure, and in doing so some flame from the torch went in between some of the cracks and the siding and into the interior of the wall," [Lee Wilding, deputy fire marshal with the Fresno Fire Department, told ABC News]. "It started a small fire ... more »

A Catamaran Aircraft Carrier?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
The U.S. has purchased and leased some catamaran ships, but nothing nearly the size of the proposed Russian aircraft carrier. The HSV 2 in the photo has a displacement of less than 5 percent the size of the Russian design. (U.S. Navy) *TASS*: *Russia's ship design bureau comes up with catamaran aircraft carrier concept* The manufacturer stated that the ship’s underwater part is the project's 'key distinguishing feature' MOSCOW, October 2. /TASS/. The Krylov State Research Center has come up with a fundamentally new design concept of what may become Russia’s future semi-catamaran ... more »

In Trump We Trust? Israel and the Trump Administration.

dbyman at Lawfare - 16 hours ago
Photo: White House/Flickr For many Israelis, the embrace and policies of the Trump administration seem like an overwhelming win. President Trump has good relations with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, certainly as compared with President Obama (the distaste was mutual). In addition, many of Trump’s senior officials vie with one another to maintain good relations with Jerusalem. Gone are the days when a U.S. administration would chastise Israel for building more settlements in the West Bank or killing civilians in Gaza. Instead, Trump’s administration has moved the U.S. embassy ... more »

Should The Country Be Soley Ruled By Multimillionaires And Billionaires?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
Republicans Darrell Issa (CA), David Trott (MI), Diane Black (TN), Tom Rooney (FL), James Renacci (OH) and Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ) will not be returning to Congress next year. The only one worth less than $30 million is Frelinghuysen but altogether this half dozen anti-healthcare fanatics are worth quite a bit over half a billion dollars. Among the Democrats not returning to the House next year are Jared Polis (New Dem-CO- $122.6 million) and John Delaney (New Dem-MD- $92.6 million). Don't worry about millionaires and their interests not being represented in Congress next year.... more »

Majority of European Alpine glacier melt occurred prior to 1875

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 17 hours ago
Sigl, M., Abram, N. J., Gabrieli, J., Jenk, T. M., Osmont, D., and Schwikowski, M.: 19th century glacier retreat in the Alps preceded the emergence of industrial black carbon deposition on high-alpine glaciers, The Cryosphere, 12, 3311-3331, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3311-2018, 2018. “Starting … Continue reading →

Time to reform academia

Scottish-Sceptic at Scottish Sceptic - 18 hours ago
Back in 2007 when I first started being a sceptic, almost every major institution and government, almost every media outlet, and most importantly almost everyone in every group that ever questioned government policy, were all lining up like a group … Continue reading →

Blame Orange Man and the Trojan Caravan – Boiler Room EP #189

ACR RADIO at 21st Century Wire - 18 hours ago
*Alternate Current Radio | *Hesher, Spore and the Boiler Room Social Rejects Gang are back! Get ready for a wild look into the news stories of the week with that special Boiler Room irreverence.

The Gubernatorial Races In 9 Charts-- And The Last Blue America Contest Of 2018 Ends Today At Noon (PT)

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 18 hours ago
First the contest. Blue America is giving away... *•* $5,000 to each of 3 progressive candidates for their GOTV efforts *•* $1,000 to one candidate *•* 5 beautiful, signed prints by Nancy Ohanian from her *Heroes of The Revolution* series: Randy Bryce, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ted Lieu, Alan Grayson. [image: Goal Thermometer]Remember, this contest ends at noon today Pacific Time. All the rules are here, but it's pretty easy. Click on the thermometer. All of the candidates on the list won their primaries and were then either told to go pound sand by the elitist dogs at the DCCC o... more »

Twitter Bans Former Asst. Treasury Secretary Paul Craig Roberts

Tyler Durden at The Duran - 18 hours ago
Roberts, 79, served in the Reagan administration from 1981 to 1982. The post Twitter Bans Former Asst. Treasury Secretary Paul Craig Roberts appeared first on The Duran.

“No Chance INF Will Be Renegotiated” Says Top Russian Official Ahead Of Trump-Putin Meeting

Tyler Durden at The Duran - 18 hours ago
Chairman of the Defense Committee of the State Duma, Vladimir Shamanov, is reported to have said there's "no chances that the nuclear treaty will be renegotiated". The post “No Chance INF Will Be Renegotiated” Says Top Russian Official Ahead Of Trump-Putin Meeting appeared first on The Duran.

Two Stories from the Propaganda War

Philip Giraldi at The Duran - 18 hours ago
The media has been silent about Maria Butina because the case against her is falling apart. The post Two Stories from the Propaganda War appeared first on The Duran.

Remembering Armistice Day 1914: Mikhail Sholokhov’s novel “Quiet Don” as document of First World War and Cossack life

Olivia Kroth at The Duran - 18 hours ago
Although the last Russian Tsar, Nicholas II, liked to see himself as a man of peace, he favoured an expanded Russian Empire and considered Germany to be the main threat to its territory. The post Remembering Armistice Day 1914: Mikhail Sholokhov’s novel “Quiet Don” as document of First World War and Cossack life appeared first on The Duran.

CBS’s & NPR’s Rabidly False ‘News’ About the Khashoggi Case

Eric Zuesse at The Duran - 18 hours ago
What’s not normal in the Khashoggi case is that it was being done to a Saudi who has so many admirers and friends at high places in The West. The post CBS’s & NPR’s Rabidly False ‘News’ About the Khashoggi Case appeared first on The Duran.

Bomb Expert Labels Today’s ‘Pipe Bomb’ Scare A Dumb Hoax

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 18 hours ago
Bomb Expert Labels Today’s ‘Pipe Bomb’ Scare A Dumb Hoax by http://dcwhispers.com/ “DUMB.” That’s the assessment of a Navy veteran and professional bomb disposal officer regarding the toy-like ‘bombs’ that the media has gone gaga over today. In fact, Tom Sauer likens these non-functional pipe bombs to a few road flares taped to an ‘old-timey alarm […]

Suicide Is on the Rise – Know the Warning Signs, and How to Help

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 18 hours ago
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2018/06/21/amp/suicide-warning-signs.aspx?__twitter_impression=true Advertisements

Pork gelatine use in NHS vaccines ‘disappointing’

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 18 hours ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-45939514?ns_mchannel=social&ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_source=facebook&ns_campaign=bbcnews

‘The food supplement that ruined my liver’

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 18 hours ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-45971416?ns_source=facebook&ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_mchannel=social

Lung cancer risk could be higher due to common blood pressure pills, research finds.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 18 hours ago
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6315253/Lung-cancer-risk-higher-common-blood-pressure-pills-research-finds.html?ito=social-facebook

6 Amazing Benefits of Alkaline Water Over Plain Water.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 18 hours ago
https://howtocure.com/benefits-of-alkaline-water/?utm_source=facebook+Alkaline+water&utm_medium=paidsocial-water&utm_campaign=Alkaline+Water&%7Bawater%7D

How AI Will (and Won’t) Change the Way You Work, According to an Expert.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 18 hours ago
https://business.linkedin.com/talent-solutions/blog/future-of-recruiting/2018/rand-hindi-ai-future-work?src=fb-ad&veh=LTS_Brand_BlogxRandHindixAPAC&trk=LTS_Brand_BlogxRandHindixAPAC&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=ad&utm_campaign=LTS_Brand_Blog

Mental Model Of The Month Club

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 18 hours ago
https://fo104.infusionsoft.app/app/orderForms/Mental-Model-Of-The-Month-10-2018-Mental-Model-Infographic-Test?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=fb_benchmark_test_mental_model_monthly_purchase&cookieSearchStarted=true&cookieUUID=d9ff51dc-0689-401d-a6d5-4a0d04fcc915

Not enough fruits, vegetables grown to feed the planet, study reveals

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 18 hours ago
https://m.phys.org/news/2018-10-fruits-vegetables-grown-planet-reveals.html

Blaxill Presents 1 in 36 A Tsunami of Autistic Disabled Adults That Will Overwhelm Our Nation at Utah Health Symposium

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 18 hours ago
Your Health Freedom: HEALTH EMPOWERED! A symposium on health, wellness, and healing November 2 & 3, 2018 Friday, Nov. 2 - 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm Saturday, Nov. 3 - 9:00 am to 6:00 pm American Heritage of South Jordan... more »

Autism Epidemic in Sri Lanka

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 18 hours ago
Note: No one has done more to ring the bell of alarm over the autism epidemic worldwide than our own Anne Dachel. Here, she reports on a similar disconnect between the difficult reality of autism's never ending climb and what... more »

Rio Nightlife Guide for Friday, October 26, 2018

Jack Arnhold at The Rio Times - 19 hours ago
We have the top three picks for this Friday, and below there is a list of bars and lounges that are always a good option. LIVE: Jorge Ben Jor e Mano Brown @ Fundição Progresso (Lapa) – With a unparalleled back catalogue of hits that stretch throughout the sixties, seventies and eighties, fusing elements that […]

Thoughts

LL at Virtual Mirage - 19 hours ago
*Bombs* - I have a few problems with the bombs recently sent to famous Democrats. (1) In the photos I have seen on media, the stamps are not canceled. Which is very suspicious and suggests that they were not passed through the post office. (2) None of the devices detonated. If they'd been sent by Republicans to Democrats, I suggest that they would have. (3) It smacks of a hoax, possibly to increase the TV ratings of CNN and MSNBC. __________ *Halloween *- You don't have that many shopping days left. If you have any doubt about whose grandchildren will be the cutest little candy ... more »

What B-52 Bombers and Old Rocket Launchers Have In Common

Task and Purpose, Christian Beekman at Test Feed Using Fields - 19 hours ago
*Task and Purpose, Christian Beekman* *Security, * [image: By U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert J. Horstman - U.S. Air Force photo 060202-F-6809H-100, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=611530] They prove that just because a weapon is old dosen't mean its useless or obsolete. During the recent Republican debate, presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee chose the venerable B-52 Stratofortress to exemplify how the military was being hobbled by declining defense spending. But as some commentators have explained, his example was a poor choice. The B-52 s... more »

The U.S. Air Force Has a Choice: Buy More Aircraft or Maintain the (Old) Ones It Has.

Michael Peck at Test Feed Using Fields - 19 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, * [image: By Master Sgt. Ed Boyce - http://www.defenseimagery.mil/assetDetails.action?guid=1ced9bc9eaafb8eee341a709935317c2ad765669, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4222630] But it can’t do both, according to a Government Accountability Office report. The U.S. Air Force has a choice: buy more aircraft or maintain the ones it has. But it can’t do both, according to a Government Accountability Office report . “The Air Force will need to balance the rebuilding of its existing force with its desire to grow and modernize,” the ... more »

Many people killed as flash flood devastates Jordan

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
At least 17 people were killed in flash floods close to the Dead Sea region on Thursday. Most of the victims were on board a school bus which was washed off the road. The bus was carrying 37 pupils and seven members of staff to the Zara Maeen hot springs. Emergency services had closed off […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Armenian woman appointed to high ranking post in Iran

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:45 A.M.) – An Armenian woman was appointed to a high ranking post in Iran this week, the state-owned Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported on Friday morning. According to the IRNA report, Talin Mansourian was appointed by the National Iranian Oil Company to head its Income and Investment Committee. With Iran facing […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Jihadist attack in west Aleppo wounds 10 civilians

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
Ten Syrians have been injured as a result of militants’ mortar fire in the city of Aleppo, the head of the Russian Center for Syrian reconciliation said on Thursday. “As a result of the mortar fire of the residential areas of the city of Aleppo, 10 civilians have been injured,” Lt. Gen. Vladimir Savchenko said […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Freed Japanese journalist says rebel group tortured him for 40 months

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:50 A.M.) – Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda was freed recently by the jihadist rebel group that held him captive for 40 months in northern Syria. In an interview with Japan’s NHK TV, Yasuda said he was kept inside a small cell and repeatedly tortured during his captivity, adding that they would not allow him […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian MoD says Idlib will return to state through reconciliation or military action

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:30 A.M.) – In a speech at the 15th session of the People’s Assembly, Syrian Minister of Defense General ‘Ali ‘Abdullah Ayoub addressed the current situation around the Idlib Governorate and other areas outside of the government’s control. General Ayoub told the audience on Thursday that the Idlib Governorate will return to the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Breaking: Russian military begins first patrol in Golan Heights region

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:50 A.M.) – The Russian military and the U.N. Peacekeeping Forces have begun their first patrol in the Golan Heights region, the Deputy Commander of the Russian Forces in Syria, Lt. Gen. Sergei Kualenko, stated last night, as reported by the TASS News Agency. “The Russian military police has long been patrolling the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Trump imposes new sanctions on Hezbollah (video)

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:00 A.M.) – US President Donald Trump announced a new raft of sanctions against Lebanese political party and militant group Hezbollah on Thursday. “Just a few moments ago I signed legislation imposing even more hard-hitting sanctions on Hezbollah to further starve them of them of their funds,” Trump said at an event marking the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Trump Admin Gave Out Over 3,000 Immigrant Green Cards PER DAY In 2017; Over 1.1 Million Total In 2017: 38% From Asia; 36% From Mexico, Central America, Caribbean

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 20 hours ago
The chart, below, shows numbers becoming US citizens. It shows that what the so-called Department of Homeland Security calls a … Continue reading →

Recall Russia-Venezuela Deal To Restructure More Than $3 Billion Of Debt

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 20 hours ago
Maduro’s Venezuela would indeed be a good vehicle for plausibly deniable Russian-Republican active measures. The timing of the so-called Central … Continue reading →

Russia says US spy plane directed attack against its Syrian air base

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 20 hours ago
Russia blames the US for a massed drone attack against its Syrian air base - claiming a U.S. Navy surveillance plane co-ordinated the strike

France Wants A New Aircraft Carrier

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 20 hours ago
The French nuclear aircraft carrier " Charles De Gaulle " which is in dry dock for maintenance and repairs for eighteen month is seen behind a barbed-wire fence at the Naval base in Toulon, February 23, 2017. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier/File Photo *Reuters:* *France begins deliberations on new aircraft carrier* PARIS (Reuters) - France will make a decision on the replacement of its flagship aircraft carrier the Charles de Gaulle at the start of 2020, its armed forces minister said on Tuesday. The carrier has been in service since 2001 but Paris is looking to build a vessel that wo... more »

Macron, scapegoats, and Visegrád

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 21 hours ago
On Sunday, Czechoslovakia (despite its being formally dead) will celebrate its glorious 100th birthday. Today, Macron and Merkel will come to Prague to meet the president and the prime minister – and they will do the same thing with Slovakia, too. For Macron, it will be the first official visit to Czechia. *I hope that Macron likes this picture of the St Helena island. It's more appropriate than the place in the Slovak capital that Macron chose to talk to the public today: Primate's Palace where the Peace of Pressburg was signed to certify a triumph by Napoleon. Slovak press point... more »

The Importance of Alternative Media

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
“Propaganda works best when those who are being manipulated are confident that they are acting on their own free will” - Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels

Symbolic Pics of the Month 10/18

Vigilant Citizen at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
The message is clear. The elite are saying "we own this culture" and that includes many top sports stars

The Price Of Bin Salman’s Head

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
It's up to America's “fake news” media to decide whether or not MBS is implicated, and the more they implicate him, the deeper America can dig into his pocket

False Flag? Another ‘Suspicious Package’ – This One Sent To Debbie Wasserman-Schultz

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
The timing is impeccable. Suddenly, no one is talking about the caravan of illegal immigrants that was sinking the Democrats

Fake pipe bomb hoax reveals last-ditch desperation of self-victimizing Democrats

Mike Adams at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
A desperate attempt to salvage the mid-term elections?

“Grievance Studies” Hoax Exposed Communist Takeover of Education

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
Universities will have to be purged of Leftists if mankind is to have a future.

DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen Discusses Anticipated Border Invasion Response…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 21 hours ago
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen discusses the supplemental U.S. military troops being added to DHS border personnel ahead of the expected Central American border invasion force. Additionally Secretary Nielsen discusses the recent wave of politically motivated Acme fake … Continue reading →

The Khashoggi Murder – Worse Than A Crime, A Mistake

Eric MARGOLIS at OrientalReview.org - 21 hours ago
Americans, who have been gulled by a multi-million-dollar PR blitz over the modernized ‘new’ Saudi Arabia, complete with a handful of female drivers and commercials about ‘empowered women,’ will begin to see what a corrupt, brutal regime they have so long and unquestionably supported. The post The Khashoggi Murder – Worse Than A Crime, A Mistake appeared first on OrientalReview.org.

BOMBS, GOOGLE, JEWS, KHASHOGGI

Anon at Aangirfan - 21 hours ago
"The Pentagon's numbers show that during *George W. Bush*’s eight years he averaged *24 bombs dropped per day*, which is 8,750 per year. "Over the course of *Obama*’s time in office, his military dropped *34 bombs per day*, 12,500 per year. *"And in Trump's first year in office, he averaged 121 bombs dropped per day, for an annual total of 44,096."* Trump's Military Drops a Bomb Every 12 Minutes Article - *How To Identify The People Who Truly Do NOT Get It.* ... "Top Jewish executive at Google, Andy Rubin, forced a woman to have oral sex with him and Google suppressed this info... more »

Mount Sandel - Mesolithic Settlement in Ireland The Oldest Identified Archaeological Site in Ireland

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
What is interesting is that humans imported red deer after the Mesolithic. The red deer provided both dairy and riding, Considering that copper mining began around 2400 BC at Grand Manaan in Wales or a little sooner, it follows that deer husbandry was introduced then as the shipping was then available. The same husbandry was also introduced into Georgia and its mining as well at around the same time which also coincides with copper mining in Lake Superior. The more dates that i see, the more likely it is that the building of the Great Pyramid spurred the full onset of the Eur... more »

Five myths about capitalism

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
The true problem of economics is old fashioned stupidity. Greed itself is a natural response to temporary opportunity but is also tempered by considerations regarding capacity to utilize. That is when generosity is applied in order to create obligations. Stupid s failing to apply both principles to maximize your benefits both present and future. In a world brainwashed to monetize we fail to measure the economy of obligations which is difficult to monetize.... A wise capitalist makes sure all ships are rising, both directly and indirectly. Shoving social costs away mere... more »

Trump KO’s ’60 Minutes’ on ‘climate change’

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
The whole global warming meme could never survive the problem of perspective. That arose here as well. The great news is that Trump proved to be properly informed on the issue as Leslie Stall was not and she was unable to bob and weave. What i have always noted was that for one million years ending with the Pleistocene nonconformity 12,900 years BP, climate variation was +/- 5 degrees. After that it converged down to +/- 2 degrees. This was sufficient to allow for agriculture in the uplands and even in alpine ranges. For that +/- 2 degrees to experience a statistical br... more »

Multi-Polar Political Project Pushed Forward by Putin In India

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
Without question, it is completely within the interest sphere of India and China and Russia as natural proxy for Europe to complete a working sphere of mutual cooperation. This is what is happening and it nicely replaces the bilateral combine set up by the USA after it dismembered the British Empire and established the faux American empire. I actually find this quite sensible as well and an United States of Europe informed by a revived Christian Orthodoxy absorbing the reforming Catholic Church is also in the offing. An emergent Africa also needs to assemble an United states ... more »

Pentagon attacks Russian base in Syria

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 21 hours ago
Aleksandr Fomin, Russian Deputy Minister of Defense: “13 drones went in a single battle order, guided by a common command. Meanwhile, an American reconnaissance plane Poseidon-8 has been cruising over the Mediterranean Sea for eight hours." The US is walking on thin ice now - they are trying to provoke a shooting war with Russia. This is a bad omen.

186 Air Force F-22 Raptors Isn't Enough. And a Hurricane Just Proved Why.

Michael Peck at Test Feed Using Fields - 21 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, * [image: The 27th Fighter Squadron at Langley Air Force Base was the first squadron to receive the F-22.] And there is no easy way to fix it. Sometimes you need a strong wind to lay bare the consequences of folly. Hurricane Michael did more than devastate the Southeast coast, including Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida, home of a squadron of F-22 Raptor stealth fighters, and center of F-22 training. It also showed that when you only buy 187 of an aircraft, it doesn't take much to shrink your force. As many as seventeen Raptors—almost 10 percent of the f... more »

The U.S. Air Force Wants More B-21s

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 21 hours ago
An artist rendering shows the first image of a new Northrop Grumman Corp long-range bomber B21 in this image released on February 26, 2016. REUTERS/U.S. AIR FORCE/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS *National Defense*: *Tough Choices Ahead for B-21 Program* The Air Force wants to beef up its bomber fleet over the next decade. That could be a boon to B-21 Raider manufacturer Northrop Grumman and its industry partners, but it’s unclear whether the initiative will receive sufficient funding. Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson recently said the service needs 74 more squadrons — including five ... more »

Greg Hunter, “Weekly News Wrap-Up 10/26/18”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
*“Weekly News Wrap-Up 10/26/18”* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com “There have been nearly a dozen so-called bombs sent to top Democrats around the country mainly on the east coast. None of them were detonated. I say “so-called” because police are reporting that many of the bombs “could not have exploded.” White powder sent with some of the packages also turned out to be harmless. What gives? Law enforcement is treating this as a real threat, as they should. They are going to get to the bottom of this. Is this an attempt by an idiot wacko to hurt people, or is this an attempt by d... more »

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 21 hours ago
*by Noah* Submitted for your disapproval, a graphic, sourced from the *Washington Post*, and a congressional head count, that shows just how representative our so-called representative democracy is not. Not that any of this is at all shocking; the original idea of the Founding Fathers called for only landed white men and no women at all having voting rights, but that was a very different reality of over 200 long years ago, as much as some would like to go back to it. The thing is, though, that while we acknowledge the reality is now somewhat different, we still haven't caught up t... more »

K3 metrics from counting in little string theory

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 22 hours ago
I think that we are seeing another example of the day when the best new hep-th preprint is the first one. Although the ordering of the papers may look pointless to you and you could consider the fights to be at the top to be childish pißing contests, many authors – including some very mature and brilliant ones – are likely to place their good paper at the top because they're proud and they do some careful timing work to be at the top. To check this theory, I looked at the timing of the paper K3 metrics from little string theory by Kachru and Zimet (Stanford) and Tripathy (Harvard ma... more »

Global Warming Strikes The World Series

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 22 hours ago
The fact is that we can’t account for the lack of warming at the moment and it is a travesty that we can’t. Kevin Trenberth October 2009 Dodgers admit they were rattled by Boston’s bitter cold Kevin Trenberth’s REAL travesty … Continue reading →

EU ON THE BRINK: How Brussels Row with Rome Can CONDEMN the Eurozone to History

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
EU ON THE BRINK: How Brussels Row with Rome can CONDEMN the Eurozone to History by JOE BARNES, BRUSSELS CORRESPONDENT, https://www.express.co.uk/ UNPRECEDENTED European Union backlash to the Italian budget risks unsettling an already fragile Eurozone struggling to truly recover from past economic crisis. – Careful reforms to the EU’s single currency bloc remain a work in progress, […]

‘We Are a SOVEREIGN State’ Italy DISMISSES EU Meddling as Budget Row Intensifies

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
‘We Are a SOVEREIGN State’ Italy DISMISSES EU Meddling as Budget Row Intensifies by PAUL WITHERS, https://www.express.co.uk/ ITALY has emphatically dismissed the EU’s rejection of its controversial budget plans, insisting it will always be a “sovereign state”. – Last week, the bloc’s finance chief Pierre Moscovici rejected the plans, declaring “public debt is the enemy of the […]

Some F-35s Grounded Again

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 22 hours ago
The F-35 Joint Program Office has temporarily halted flight operations for a number of F-35s with higher flight hours after finding two new parts that will require inspection on older models of the jets. (MC3 Matthew Freeman/Navy) *Defense News:* *Some F-35s grounded again for new round of inspections* WASHINGTON — The F-35 Joint Program Office temporarily has halted flight operations for a number of F-35s with higher flight hours after finding two new parts that will require inspection on older models of the jets. A spokesman for the F-35 JPO, who confirmed the issue exclusively t... more »

Tweets For Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
In today's Defense News Minute, Belgium picks the F-35 and the KC-46 costs grow. pic.twitter.com/Kets8VF5GD — Defense News (@defense_news) October 25, 2018 China's underground church is set for 'annihilation', warns Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen. Pope Francis does not understand the dangers of new Vatican deal with Beijing, says cardinalhttps://t.co/AraBUUTT7Y pic.twitter.com/S7COiJz4bm — AFP news agency (@AFP) October 26, 2018 China, US working on defense meeting amid spike in tensions https://t.co/HG34l1JlEn pic.twitter.com/sKP17Lnvo2 — Military Times (@MilitaryTimes) October 2... more »

Russian Air Force Exercises (Video)

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
*RT:* *Russian fighter jets fly upside-down, fire missiles in spectacular stratospheric drills (VIDEO) * Russian pilots honed their skills in gaining air superiority in case of a surprise attack during the drills in southern Russia. Footage from cameras strapped to fighter jets has captured the simulated high-intensity air fight. A video released by the Russian Defense Ministry shows Su-30M2 and Su-27SM fighter jets being scrambled to repel an attack by a simulated enemy on the air fields in the southern Krasnodar Region. The video also shows the jets maneuvering at various altit... more »

October 26th – 2018 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #645

sundance at The Last Refuge - 1 day ago
In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and … Continue reading →

Friday October 26th – Open Thread

sundance at The Last Refuge - 1 day ago
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those … Continue reading →

Lost in literature: the political and religious consequences of Suvarnabhumi [Part II]

Phacharaphorn Phanomvan at New Mandala - 1 day ago
On nationalism, religion, archaeology, folklore and pseudo-history. The post Lost in literature: the political and religious consequences of Suvarnabhumi [Part II] appeared first on New Mandala.

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
A member of the New York Police Department bomb squad is pictured outside the Time Warner Center in Manhattan after a suspicious package was found inside the CNN Headquarters in New York. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs *WNU Editor:* The above picture came from this photo-gallery ....* Editors Choice Pictures* (Reuters).

Senator Warren’s Pivotal Role in American History

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 1 day ago
Senator Warren played a key role at the Battle of Little Bighorn. This came just a few short centuries after she rescued the Pilgrims from starvation.

Did Trump Goad and Guide the Pipe Bomber?

Patrick J. Buchanan at rss - 1 day ago
[image: did-trump-goad-and-guide-the-pipe-bomber] Beltway residents did not need to look far to learn who inspired and motivated the would-be mass-murderer of our liberal elite. In a front-page story headlined, "Subjects of Trump's ire in bomb-maker's sights," *The Washington Post* identified the suspect.

How A Group Of Leicester-Based Internet Researchers Are Able To Discover News Stories That The Large News Agencies (And Intellgience Agencies) Miss

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*Owen Matthews, The Spectator:* *How Bellingcat outfoxes the world’s spy agencies* *The inside story of how it got the Skripal scoop* Bellingcat is an independent group of exceptionally gifted Leicester-based internet researchers who use information gleaned from open sources to dig up facts that no other team of journalists has been able to discover. Or, Bellingcat is a sophisticated front used by western intelligence agencies to disseminate stories that would be considered tainted if they came from an official source. Which is it? The answer matters, not just because Bellingcat’s... more »

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