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How Kurdish Snipers Help Break The Islamic State
*Photo:* WSJ *Wall Street Journal:* *‘Long Shot’ Review: Triggering a Revolution* *A memoir by an Iranian deserter turned Kurdish sniper who picked off 250 Islamic State fighters during the battle of Kobani.* For the past seven years, in the northeast wedge of Syria abutting Turkey, Iraq and Islamic State, a band of zealous Kurds have built an unrecognized state called Rojava and tried to keep it from being overrun. Rojava is governed like a 1980s Berkeley dorm discussion whose participants have acquired automatic weapons. They are anarcho-leftist, environmentally conscious, secula... more »
Police: Tip That Smollett, 2 Brothers Together in Elevator
Police have requested another interview with Smollett. They have declined to comment on reports that the attack was a hoax.
White House Pushed Saudi Nuclear Power Plan, Report Says
Several unnamed whistleblowers said they witnessed "abnormal acts" in the White House regarding the proposal to build dozens of nuclear reactors across the Middle Eastern kingdom.
CUNY School of Medicine Aims to Impact Health Care Disparities
The two-year-old City University of New York (CUNY) School of Medicine is the rare medical school with a student body that approaches the demographic diversity of the communities it seeks to serve.
Study Finds Professors’ Beliefs About Intelligence Impacts STEM Achievement
A revealing analysis of university faculty and students in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) indicates that professors’ beliefs about intelligence play a measurable role in the success of STEM students, especially underrepresented minorities.
Like Stonehenge? Brits May Have To Thank The French
By Charles Choi, Inside Science – New research suggests that megaliths -- monuments such as Stonehenge created from large rocks during the Stone and Copper Ages in Europe -- owe their origins to a mysterious culture from northwest France with advanced seafaring technology. Roughly 35,000 megaliths are known throughout Europe, including standing stones, stone circles and megalithic tombs. Most megaliths date from 4500 to 2500 B.C., are concentrated in coastal areas along the Atlantic and Mediterranean, and share similar or even identical architectural features, said archaeologist Bet... more »
Immune Checkpoint Molecule Can Stop Cancer All By Itself
An immune checkpoint molecule, SA-4-1BB developed for cancer immunotherapy also protects against future development of multiple types of cancer when administered by itself, shows a new study. The recombinant protein molecule SA-4-1BBL has been used to enhance the therapeutic efficacy of cancer vaccines with success in pre-clinical animal models. It accomplishes this by boosting the effectiveness of CD8+ T cells, adaptive immune cells trained to target the tumor for destruction. When the researchers treated normal healthy mice with SA-4-1BBL alone, the mice were protected when the ... more »
Last Islamic State Fighters Refuse To Surrender In Syria
*BBC:* *IS 'trapping 200 families' in last bastion in Syria* The UN has expressed concern about the fate of some 200 families reportedly trapped in the last tiny area of Syria still held by the Islamic State group. Human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said they were apparently being prevented from leaving by IS militants. They were also being subjected to intense bombardment by US-led coalition and allied Syrian forces, she added. On Tuesday evening, dozens of lorries reportedly arrived on the outskirts of the IS enclave to evacuate civilians. *Read more* .... *WNU Editor:* Sur... more »
This hospital is employing Aboriginal healers in an Australia first
A public hospital in Adelaide becomes the nation's first health service to employ traditional Aboriginal healers — also known as Ngangkari — to help treat Indigenous patients.
It's time to check your mum's Tinder
And while you're at it, you really should talk to dad about his new "internet friend", according to Queensland police who say mobile apps are allowing romance scammers to target a larger pool of victims.
Morrison is banking on an asylum seeker scare campaign that could backfire
Morrison's border scare campaign appears to be working. But the doomed Victorian Liberals' campaign on "African gangs" shows fear doesn't always work at the polling booth, writes James Norman.
Secret deal struck for Australian weapons systems bound for Saudi
The Australian Government is providing tens of millions of dollars to a Canberra defence company exporting a next-generation weapons system destined for Saudi Arabia, a country accused of complicity in war crimes in Yemen and the brazen murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Twitter fights election meddling with new political ad rules
The social media giant was once "unprepared and ill-equipped" to deal with political misinformation. It doesn't want that to happen again.
Gene-editing, Huawei, US trade war: Here are the most censored topics on Chinese social media
The US-China trade war, arrest of Huawei's chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou, and the world's first genetically edited baby were among the top 10 most censored topics on WeChat in 2018, newly published research reveals.
Remember Dollarmites? Now teachers want big banks out of their schools
Teachers are calling for big banks to be kicked out of school, saying programs like the Commonwealth Bank's Dollarmites are a way to market banking products to children and do nothing to help them become financially literate.
Cyber attacks are on the rise — and the biggest problem is you
The most damaging hacks on a corporation or agency that leaves customers and clients vulnerable to theft starts with an inadvertent opening of an innocuous-looking email.
You should stop berating anti-vaxxers on Facebook. Here's why
Just In - 9 hours ago
You don't have to be an expert to be an effective advocate for vaccination. Jessica Kaufman and Margie Danchin give these tips on how to deal with someone who isn't convinced they should vaccinate their kids.
Minister calls Labor plan to re-regulate the dairy industry, set milk floor price 'hair-brained'
Two decades after Australian dairy industry was deregulated, Labor says it will have the consumer watchdog investigate the best way to establish a minimum farm gate milk price.
Where Australia ranks on the list of state-sponsored hackers
Australia is a growing target for state-sponsored cyber attacks but is it also a hacker itself?
'Glimmer of hope' remains in search for young backpackers missing off NSW beach
A 20-year-old Englishman and his 21-year-old French companion were travelling along the east coast of Australia before they were reported as missing.
What are the major parties in NSW offering to ease the cost of living?
The cost of living is shaping up as a critical New South Wales election issue as both sides splash cash at measures they say will help households. Here are some of the offers from the major political parties so far.
Germany Unveils Its Version of the Green New Deal
By Mitchell Gunter Germany grabbed headlines across the globe in late January by proposing a complete government ban on utilizing coal for energy by 2038,... more »
Antarctic Minimum Approaching – Day 49 – 2019
Originally posted on sunshine hours: Antarctic minimum is approaching (or may have occurred) 2017 and 2018 were lowest minimums. 2019 is 10th lowest (although that may change a bit). That kind of oscillation is “normal” and getting larger. The oscillation graph is just Day 49 but thats close to the normal day of min. Year…
NASA hides page saying the Sun was the primary climate driver, and clouds and particles are more important than greenhouse gases
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? Repost from Jo Nova: The NASA site used to have a page titled “What are the primary forcings of the Earth system?“. In 2010 this page said that the Sun is the major driver of Earth’s climate, that it controls all…
Arctic Sea Ice Volume 18-Feb-2019
Originally posted on sunshine hours: From DMI
Polar bears driven out of Novaya Zemlya town onto the ice by persistent harassment
Originally posted on polarbearscience: The state of emergency in Belushya Guba on Novaya Zemlya is over, according to a report yesterday from the Russian news agency TASS (18 February 2019), as no bears had been spotted over the previous 24 hours. The report stated (my bold): “A group of scientists and experts was airlifted to…
Cold outbreaks are not caused by global warming
Reblogged from Watts Up With That: Guest Blogger / February 19, 2019 Global cooling – and global totalitarian socialism – are the catastrophes we should fear most Dr. Jay Lehr and Tom Harris What do heat waves, floods, droughts, rising sea levels, forest fires, hurricanes, African wars, mass extinctions, disease outbreaks, and human and animal […]
Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 49 – 2019
Originally posted on sunshine hours: South / North
After Innocent Couple Murdered Over Cop’s Lies, Houston Police Vow No More No-Knock Raids
By Matt Agorist Houston, TX — It has been three weeks since the Houston police department fabricated information which led to a no-knock raid on... more »
US Schools Are Leaving Students Ill-Equipped to Compete with Artificial Intelligence
By Kerry McDonald We have long known that the robots were coming, but now that they are here, the mismatch between our modern education system... more »
Meet the Browning Automatic Rifle: The Best Machine Gun of All Time?
*Paul Richard Huard* *Security, * Hard-hitting and reliable, the BAR put portable firepower in the hands of ordinary G.I.s World War I is often called “the machine gun war” because of the devastating use of automatic weapons such as the Maxim gun. It’s also when some of the drastic developments in machine gun technology occurred. Artillery fire actually killed more men than machine guns, but statistics simply don’t convey the horror of European armies on the Western Front facing automatic fire. For example, during just *one day* in 1916 at the Battle of the Somme the British los... more »
The U.S. Navy Loves Aircraft Carriers. Why Doesn't Russia?
*Robert Farley* *Security, * Moscow only has one carrier. Why? It is not inconceivable that Moscow may consider ordering a carrier from Chinese yards in the future, however profound a reversal that might seem. *(This first appeared last year.)* Historically a land power, the Soviet Union grappled with the idea of a large naval aviation arm for most of its history, eventually settling on a series of hybrid aircraft carriers. Big plans for additional ships died with the Soviet collapse, but Russia inherited one large aircraft carrier at the end of the Cold War—that remains in ser... more »
Introducing the SA80: The Worst Military Rifle Ever?
*Paul Richard Huard* *Security, * You be the judge. The SA80 is the British Army’s main assault rifle, and everything about it just screams “1980s.” The British Army Rumor Service — a message board and comedy site — described it as the weaponized version of civil servant, “as it doesn’t work, and can’t be fired.” The rifle even has the decade built into its name. SA80 stands for “Small Arms for the 1980s.” Like so much from the era, the SA80 represented sleek modernity. Generals and bureaucrats at the Ministry of Defense wanted it to be the most accurate and reliable assault r... more »
This Russian Rifle Just Might Be the Cockroach of Guns: Meet the SKS
*WarIsBoring* *Security, * It’s not perfect. The SKS’ free-floating firing pin, if not cleaned and acting properly, can cause this semi-automatic gun to “slamfire,” meaning it begins to fire in automatic with no way to stop it — which is considerably dangerous. But few would deny the SKS just kept working, in many more places, and long after Sergei Simonov — who died in May 1986 at the age of 92 — could have imagined. The most iconic rifle of the 20th century is the AK-47. One of the most iconic rifles of World War II — granted, this is more debatable — is the Mosin-Nagant. Both... more »
Another Very Sketchy McCabe Interview – McCabe Obfuscates Details, Clouds Timeline and Embraces Gang-of-Eight…
The best thing for an examination of the 2016/2017 seditious effort is for former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe to keep talking. In this NBC interview McCabe attempts to cleverly obfuscate the original July 31, 2016, FBI counterintelligence investigation (Crossfire … Continue reading →
Sanders Redux: Think Twice Before You Feel the Bern Again
During the 2016 Democratic primary season, I was one of the many “regular Americans” who donated $27 to the campaign of Bernie Sanders. Inspired by his uncompromising defense of the “disappearing middle class,” and hopeful that the enthusiasm at his rallies would make a difference at the polls, I really did believe—for the first time in a long time—that America had a “future to believe in.” As the 2016 season progressed, I watched in horror… The post Sanders Redux: Think Twice Before You Feel the Bern Again appeared first on The Ghion Journal.
Canadian Regime Change Update: Trudeau's Principle Secretary Falls On His Sword
*Gerald Butts Butts Out* It's a cold, rainy Tuesday on the West Coast and time for an update on the ongoing regime change project back in Ottawa. This project is proceeding along standard regime change lines and includes almost all of the elements....fake crisis blown up into 24/7 frenzy by the jack-boot, goose-stepping, controlled Ziofascist media; a "Leader" who has flouted domestic and international laws for years, suddenly obsessed with "Rule of Law". It was all going nowhere and beginning to look tedious when... Yesterday, we had a dramatic escalation. A sudden resignation ... more »
Congressional Responses to Emergency Declarations
As sixteen states and a host of private parties challenge President Trump’s emergency declaration in court, it seems timely to consider the other avenue for reversing his decision: congressional override. Although the odds likely are against such an override, the threat of one could affect how the Administration chooses to implement the President’s declaration. It also could significantly alter other aspects of the legislative process. To appreciate how Congress might intervene, it is important to understand precisely what the President has done. To obtain funds for a... more »
The emerging anthropological concept of "narrative transmission!
*TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2019Can't see the trees for the script:* We liberals! We'll *never* throw off our chains until we're finally able to see the shortcomings of journalistic and academic leaders within our own feeble ranks. Full disclosure: Most of our insights in this area come to us through the auspices of Future Anthropologists Huddled in Caves (TM), the disconsolate yet trademarked group which emerged in the aftermath of the global catastrophe they refer to as Mister Trump's War. These future scholars can communicate to us through certain electromagnetic effects which were... more »
How Did the Aurora, Illinois, Shooter Obtain His FOID Card? He Lied.
[image: how-did-the-aurora-illinois-shooter-obtain-his-foid-card-he-lied] There is only one reaction anti-gunners have to the ghastly atrocity in Aurora last Friday: more gun laws.
Transgender-“Non-Binary” Individual Goes Back to Being a Man
[image: transgender-non-binary-individual-goes-back-to-being-a-man] Once a hero of the LGBT community, Jamie Shupe has returned to identifying as a man.
Camu Camu Said to Be the Most Vitamin C Rich Food on Earth
It may seem like the most abundant vitamin of all, but hundreds of thousands if not millions of Americans are actually Vitamin C deficient, compromising their immune system and putting them at risk for multiple health issues. Mothers, and kids for that matter, often trust food labels claiming to offer 100% or sometimes much more of your daily value. This deceptive labeling leads them to believe that a single glass of a “fortified” food drink, even one that contains a ton of added sugar, is all they need, especially in addition to a few pieces of fruit throughout the day. Recent rese... more »
4 ways India is putting its own interests before Washington’s
The post 4 ways India is putting its own interests before Washington’s appeared first on The Duran.
After Innocent Couple Murdered Over Cop’s Lies, Houston Police Vow No More No-Knock Raids
[image: raids]After a no-knock raid, based on lies, led to the murder of an innocent couple, Houston police chief Art Acevedo vows to no longer use them.
"The Opioid Epidemic Keeps Killing My Friends"
*"The Opioid Epidemic Keeps Killing My Friends"* By Karol Markowicz "I lost a friend last week. She was 42 years old, and it was a drug overdose. She was beautiful, smart, kind. I gave a eulogy at her funeral. Peering at her loved ones and our mutual friends through a wall of tears, I said she had been a burst of color in a gray world. She was a real person, and now she’s gone. It wasn’t the first funeral I’ve attended for someone who had died this way, but she was the closest. It wasn’t even the second or the fifth. She was the second woman to overdose from just my small group of ... more »
Prozac passes on altered behavior to next three generations in fish, researchers find
According to researchers Vance Trudeau and Marilyn Vera-Chang at the University of Ottawa, fish exposed to the antidepressant drug Prozac pass on altered behavior to the next three generations of offspring. These findings are raising serious questions about what might happen to human children whose mothers take the drug. Their paper was published in the journal PNAS. For […] The post Prozac passes on altered behavior to next three generations in fish, researchers find appeared first on Health Nut News.
Veterans are finding peace from PTSD through ‘Float Therapy’
We cannot imagine what our veterans go through after they return from war; pain and PTSD are real and rampant in the community and finding a means to address those issues is fundamental to helping them “get back” into the swing of life away from war. And now, veterans all over the U.S. are finding relief […] The post Veterans are finding peace from PTSD through ‘Float Therapy’ appeared first on Health Nut News.
Was The White House Planning To Transfer Nuclear Tech To Saudi Arabia?
*NBC*:* Flynn-backed plan to transfer nuclear tech to Saudis may have broken laws, say whistleblowers* *Investigators fear President Trump is still considering the plan, which was pushed by Flynn and Trump friend Tom Barrack.* WASHINGTON — Whistleblowers from within President Donald Trump's National Security Council have told a congressional committee that efforts by former national security adviser Michael Flynn to transfer sensitive nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia may have violated the law, and investigators fear Trump is still considering it, according to a new report obtain... more »
How the Supreme Court Wrecked the System Congress created for Declaring Emergencies
Over at the Lawfare blog, I've posted this essay, which elaborates on a point Gerard Magliocca flagged on this blog: The National Emergencies Act as originally enacted permitted the two Houses of Congress, acting jointly, to veto any presidential declaration of emergency. The Supreme Court's 1983 decision in *INS v. Chadha, *which held such legislative vetoes unconstitutional, eliminated this feature of the Emergencies Act. I don't think even those of us who are constitutional law scholars have appreciated the full range of ramifications *Chadha *has for the current institutional... more »
EU Commission Study Reveals International Competitive Disadvantage of Climate Policies
By Paul Homewood https://www.thegwpf.com/eu-commission-study-reveals-international-competitive-disadvantage-of-climate-policies/ John Constable has a detailed post at GWPF on the latest analysis EU analysis of energy prices. It makes grim reading for bill payers and industrial users. This is all you really need to know: The third release of the EU Commission’s periodic study of global electricity and […]
Honda To Close Swindon Plant
By Paul Homewood Honda has confirmed it will close its Swindon car plant in 2021, with the loss of about 3,500 jobs. The Japanese company builds 160,000 Honda Civics a year in Swindon, its only car factory in the EU. Honda said the move was due to global changes in the car industry and […]
How to Get More Money for College
As a journalist who has covered college admission for many years, I’ve seen firsthand how students and families struggle to make sense of the financial aid award letters they get from colleges.
Brazil’s Moro Delivers New Anti-Crime Bill to Congress
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s President, Jair Bolsonaro, signed on Tuesday (February 19th), the country’s anti-crime bill. Minister of Justice and Public Security, Sergio Moro, responsible for the text, said that the bill shows that the government will not give in to crime. “The project does not solve […] The post Brazil’s Moro Delivers New Anti-Crime Bill to Congress appeared first on The Rio Times.
Brazil Registers Disappointing GDP Growth in 2018
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), grew by only 1.1 percent in 2018, according to the PIB Monitor, calculated by the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV). The result is the same as in 2017 and much lower than anticipated earlier that year. “This result is disappointing […] The post Brazil Registers Disappointing GDP Growth in 2018 appeared first on The Rio Times.
How to ‘Bloco’ in Rio de Janeiro’s 2019 Carnival
By Jack Arnhold, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Cidade Maravilhosa is gearing up for the most important date in its calendar, its world-famous Carnival. With expected revenues of R$6 billion and over 1 million tourists arriving from around the world for the biggest party on the planet, the city has sanctioned 509 […] The post How to ‘Bloco’ in Rio de Janeiro’s 2019 Carnival appeared first on The Rio Times.
Measles Madness: Dr. Brian Hooker’s Statement to WA Legislators
By Brian S. Hooker, Science Advisor, Focus for Health and Board Member, Children’s Health Defense Dr. Hooker provided testimony last Friday, February 8, 2019, for the Washington State House Health Committee regarding the vaccines and the Personal Belief Exemption (PBE) bill that was introduced. Recent outbreaks of measles, especially in Rockland County, New York and Clark County, Washington […] The post Measles Madness: Dr. Brian Hooker’s Statement to WA Legislators appeared first on Children's Health Defense.
Trump Administration Threatens Families Of Venezuelan Military
[image: undefined] “Today, President Trump presented Venezuela’s military officers with a choice — work for a democratic future for all Venezuelans or see the financial circle close for their families and loved ones,” tweeted US National Security Advisor John Bolton today following a Miami speech by the president. If you know anything about John Bolton, you just know he typed “noose” first instead of “circle”. This would be the same John Bolton, for the record, who once threatened to murder an international official’s children for obstructing his attempts to manufacture support fo... more »
NATO’s Atlantic Council Hijacks Munich Conference With Revisionist ‘Principles’ Declaration
[image: undefined] Taking over the annual Munich security conference, the Atlantic Council has come out with a declaration of principles that seeks to legitimize the rogue behavior of the West after the Cold War as a "rules-based" world order. For almost three decades now, Washington and its numerous clients and allies have insisted they were only upholding a “rules-based international order” against those who seek to challenge it, be it “rogue states” such as North Korea and Iran or great powers such as Russia and China. In the process, this self-styled “international community” t... more »
American 'Progressives' Support Civil Liberties as The Rope Supports The Hanging Man
[image: undefined] In the year 2001, what ought to be called the most controversial legislation in the history of the United States was rapidly passed through Congress with few objections. The Patriot Act was an almost entirely unconstitutional expansion of American governmental power, all of which could be and subsequently has been directed against American citizens who were otherwise entitled to constitutional protections of their lives, liberties and property. Enacted into law just two months shy of the ten year anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Patriot Act au... more »
South Korea’s medical marijuana law to go into effect in March
A groundbreaking law legalizing medical cannabis in South Korea that takes effect March 12 will pave the way for the first import of certain THC- and CBD-based medications. Although approved products will remain tightly restricted, the new law marks a significant milestone in the global industry and a turning point in how the drug is perceived in […] South Korea’s medical marijuana law to go into effect in March is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
New York’s Crackdown on Knives Sparks Legal Battle
By Ilya Shapiro It is fundamentally (and constitutionally) unfair to impose criminal liability on people who have no way of knowing their conduct is illegal... more »
For The Democrats It Isn’t REALLY Just About Cows… It Is Also About Cowboys…
Obama, In His Eight MISERABLE Years, Didn’t Just DOUBLE Our National Debt… He created a form of “National Irrationality.” Opinion by “Deplorable” Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen New Democratic US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, with her “Green New Deal – Make America WORSE Again” proposed legislation, might well be the salvation of America. Not because she is … Continue reading For The Democrats It Isn’t REALLY Just About Cows… It Is Also About Cowboys… The post For The Democrats It Isn’t REALLY Just About Cows… It Is Also About Cowboys… appeared first on BolenReport.
Facebook Censors News Outlets Critical of US Foreign Policy and Corporate Media
By Jessica Corbett (CD) — Journalists and advocates of press freedoms are once more directing outrage and criticism at Facebook for selectively censoring pages on its platform... more »
The Worst Possible Version of the EU Copyright Directive Has Sparked a German Uprising
By Cory Doctorow Last week’s publication of the final draft of the new EU Copyright Directive baffled and infuriated almost everyone, including the massive entertainment... more »
Food Prices Will Rise In 2019 Adversely Impacting Those Living Paycheck To Paycheck
By Mac Slavo Almost 80% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck barely able to afford to put food on the table. That’s terrible news considering... more »
Chanel Designer Karl Lagerfeld Has Died
Chanel confirmed that Lagerfeld, who had looked increasingly frail in recent seasons, died in Paris.
Alabama Newspaper Calls for Resurgence of KKK
The editorial says Democrats and “Democrats in the Republican Party” are plotting to raise taxes in Alabama, so the Klan should raid the “gated communities” where they live.
Trump Criticizes California Over Lawsuit Against Border Wall
California is part of a multistate lawsuit challenging President Trump's emergency declaration to pay for a U.S.-Mexico border wall.
I Owe How Much? Americans Shocked By Impact of New Tax Law
Few taxpayers appear to have heeded the IRS’ advice to do a “paycheck checkup” to make sure they had the proper amount withheld.
Agribusiness Is the Problem, Not the Solution
Global Issues News Headlines - 11 hours ago
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Feb 19 (IPS) - For two centuries, all too many discussions about hunger and resource scarcity has been haunted by the ghost of Parson Thomas Malthus. Malthus warned that rising populations would exhaust resources, especially those needed for food production. Exponential population growth would outstrip food output. Read the full story, “Agribusiness Is the Problem, Not the Solution”, on globalissues.org →
In the World of Sustainability, Colonialism is Not Dead
Global Issues News Headlines - 11 hours ago
SINGAPORE, Feb 19 (IPS) - Zafirah Zein is a correspondent for Eco-Business*, a sustainability media organisation covering responsible business and sustainable development in Asia Pacific. Scandinavian fashion label and global It-brand Ganni hardly caused a stir recently when it closed Copenhagen Fashion Week with a sustainability-themed showcase titled "Life on Earth." Read the full story, “In the World of Sustainability, Colonialism is Not Dead”, on globalissues.org →
Sexual Violence Surging in South Sudan
Global Issues News Headlines - 11 hours ago
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 19 (IPS) - Women and girls continue to face the brunt of violence in the northern region of South Sudan with persistently high and brutal levels of sexual violence, a new report found. Read the full story, “Sexual Violence Surging in South Sudan”, on globalissues.org →
Mining Grabs Up Land, Deals Blow to Agriculture in Central America
Global Issues News Headlines - 11 hours ago
SAN SALVADOR, Feb 19 (IPS) - Like an octopus, metals mining has been spreading its tentacles throughout Central America and dealing a blow to the region's agriculture and natural ecosystems, according to affected villagers, activists and a new report on the problem. Read the full story, “Mining Grabs Up Land, Deals Blow to Agriculture in Central America”, on globalissues.org →
On pundits, panderers and presidents, guest blogger Michael Smith
"All the pundits and Sunday show hosts are going the "Can you name just one time another president issued a national emergency order like Trump's order?" route. It is a dishonest question. Might as well ask, "How many presidents have issued a "Declaration of a National Emergency and Invocation of Emergency Authority Relating to the Regulation of the Anchorage and Movement of Vessels" (Clinton)? The right question is this, "Is the issuance of a national emergency for the border crisis in accordance with established law and procedure?" The answer to that question is "yes". The nex... more »
2020 Primary Challenges Could Get Pretty Ugly-- No, No... They Will Be Ugly For Sure
*No one can put the Ocasio-Crowley primary in a box and sell it in other districts* Last week the *New York Times* published a lazy piece by Shane Goldmacher, The Ocasio-Cortez Effect: Wave of Challenges Hits Entrenched N.Y. Democrats, that defines superficial reporting. It should be lost on no one that Ocasio Cortez's stunning and successful campaign against New York's ultimate congressional insider ("the next speaker of the House"), Queens County machine boss, Joe Crowley, was utterly missed-- if not purposefully ignored-- by her hometown paper. Perhaps they're making a half-assed... more »
The Chinese Navy Wants Robot Warships
Company representatives say China has a working prototype of the JARI USV, which is equipped like a mini DDG, but details beyond that are scant. (Photo by David B. Larter) *Defense News:* *China is working on killer robot ships of its own* ABU DHABI –The Chinese shipbuilder China Shipbuilding and Offshore International Company is developing a small unmanned surface vessel that China wants to function essentially like the uninhabited baby brother of a U.S. Arleigh Burke destroyer. The JARI USV is a 20-ton, 15-meter boat that is orders of magnitude smaller than the People’s Liberati... more »
Bernie is Back
Robert Reich - 12 hours ago
It’s easy to forget the condescension and amusement that greeted him when he announced his first... more »
A Tale of Two Standards: Jussie Smollett vs. the Covington Kids
[image: a-tale-of-two-standards-jussie-smollett-vs-the-covington-kids] If anything perfectly illustrates today’s characteristic prejudices, it’s how actor Jussie Smollett was hailed after hoaxing while the Covington kids were hoaxed and then hated.
Report: The Best Hackers In The World Are From Russia
Russian Military Woos Young Computer Programmers. © RIA Novosti. Mikhail Fomitchev *NBC:* *Russian hackers 8 times faster than Chinese, Iranians, North Koreans, says report* *A new report from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike says hackers tied to Russian intelligence are quicker than North Koreans, Chinese, Iranians and criminals.* WASHINGTON — Experts have long said that the Russians are the most sophisticated among the many nation-state adversaries that are regularly hacking government and private computers in the United States. Now, a leading cyber security firm has found a way ... more »
The Supreme Court’s Contribution to the Confrontation Over Emergency Powers
Three significant questions behind President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to build a border wall have a single, surprising answer: Why did Congress in the National Emergencies Act (NEA) of 1976 delegate such broad and vague power to the president to declare national emergencies? Why wasn’t Congress more specific in defining the circumstances that constitute a national emergency? And why are the courts now going to have the final word in determining whether the president has properly invoked or abused the power the NEA gives him? The answer to all these questions lie... more »
What Is Agreed Competition in Cyberspace?
The cyber-strategic environment comprises two strategic spaces—armed conflict and the competitive space short of armed conflict. Pursuing national objectives requires strategies that can succeed in the structural and dynamic realities of each of these spaces. We noted in *Lawfare* previously that an explicit bargaining process for arriving at norms of acceptable behavior in cyberspace is appropriate in the strategic space of armed conflict, but a tacit bargaining approach, supported by persistent engagement, is required in the competitive space short of armed conflict. Tacit barga... more »
¿Bilateralismo o asimetría histórico-estructural? La desigualdad de niveles de desarrollo como detonante de la movilidad humana
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
19-Feb-2019 ¿Bilateralismo o asimetría histórico-estructural? La desigualdad de niveles de desarrollo como detonante de la movilidad humana Guillermo Castillo Ramírez En un mundo de muros y discursos nacionalistas xenófobos, Las primeras víctimas son los migrantes y los excluidos…. Para el Chirihue Balderrama…. Economía política de las movilidades en marco del bilateralismo neoliberal y desigual Diversas migraciones sobre todo en el cambio de siglo estuvieron vinculadas a una serie de procesos económicos, (...)
Lawyers warn on legality of EU approved investment
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
19-Feb-2019 Lawyers have warned that the European investment agreement with Singapore, endorsed by the EU Parliament, may not be compatible with the law.
India, Argentina for expediting signing of BIT, DTAA to boost investments
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
19-Feb-2019 India and Argentina agreed to expedite signing of the bilateral investment treaty (BIT) and the double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA) between the countries to promote economic ties.
Japan seeking big concessions from Britain in trade talks
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
19-Feb-2019 Japan is seeking tougher concessions from Britain in trade talks than it secured from the EU, while negotiations between London and Tokyo are also being slowed by the looming risk of no-deal Brexit.
EU says it is open to free trade deal with GCC
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
19-Feb-2019 EU commissioner Phil Hogan met UAE ministers to discuss the reopening free trade negotiations with the Gulf states.
Hague arbitration court rules in favor of PrivatBank against Russia on bank assets seized in Crimea – bank
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
19-Feb-2019 The Permanent Court of Arbitration has announced a partial arbitration decision in favor of PrivatBank and against Russia. The question of the amount of compensation is left for the next stage of the arbitration proceedings.
«Risque pour les droits humains» : l'accord commercial UE-Singapour inquiète les ONG
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
19-Feb-2019 Certaines ONG, comme l'Institut Veblen, Foodwatch et la Fondation Nicolas Hulot (FNH), estiment qu'il fait courir des «risques» pour «la planète, les droits humains et la démocratie».
Commerce transatlantique : la France veut jouer la fermeté
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
19-Feb-2019 La France s'interroge sur l'opportunité politique d'ouvrir une négociation commerciale avec les Etats-Unis, fût-elle très restreinte, alors que la tentative d'accord global avec Washington (TTIP) avait déclenché les foudres d'une partie de l'opinion publique.
Security In Iraq Feb 8-14, 2019
(Shafaaq News) There was another week with few security incidents in Iraq. For almost four months now the country has averaged 20-30 security events each week and the second week of February was no different. There were 24 incidents reported in the media from February 8-14. All 24 were likely by the Islamic State. The previous week there were 29 incidents, 25 of which were probable IS attacks. Kirkuk had the most incidents at 8 followed by 5 in Diyala. *Security Incidents In Iraq By Province * *Province* *Feb 1-7* *Feb 8-14* Anbar 4 3 Babil 1 - Baghdad - 2 Diyala 8 5 Kirkuk 3 8 Ni... more »
This Day In Iraqi History - Feb 19
1939 King Ghazi summoned army chief of staff Fawzi and ordered invasion of Kuwait PM Said reversed order 1949 PM Said said Jews had been mistreated in Iraq and warned that things could get worse for them due to Israel 1963 New Arif govt started talks with Mustafa Barzani and KDP to end Kurdish rebellion (Musings On Iraq book review of *The Kurds, A Modern History*) (Musings On Iraq book review *Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy and Hope*) 1986 Iraq counterattack to retake Fao Peninsula called off 1986 US condemned Iraq’s use of chemical weapons against Iran in Fao Peninsula in Basra (Musing... more »
State House Passes Major Rights-Supporting Bill—Outlawing DUI Checkpoints
[image: checkpoint]House Lawmakers have passed a pro-4th Amendment bill that will make it a crime for cops to hold DUI checkpoints.
Garet Garrett: The Journalist Who Predicted Americans Would Sacrifice Liberty to a Government Leviathan
By Gary M. Galles February 19 marks the birth of a great American individualist, called “one of the most eloquent defenders of freedom in America”—Garet... more »
OK, Let’s Talk Immunity
By Peter Tocci Human immune function is awe-inspiring – so complex and anatomically dispersed, yet wholly integrated operationally, that any implication of full understanding is... more »
Coup-Coup For Democracy
Mere hours after unleashing a series of angry tweets accusing the FBI of plotting a coup to overthrow him, Donald Trump managed to get in a leisurely round of golf at his Florida club before going the Feds one better and showing them who's still the boss. You see, the FBI planned their coup in the dark. Trump actually staged a televised rally in broad daylight on President's Day, no less, to officially announce to the whole world that he and his team of neocons are staging a coup to overthrow the government of Venezuela. The revelations of two coup attempts in one day must have se... more »
The mainstream media does not want you to think [Video]
It is difficult to tell if recent reports like this really represent a realization for the media, but this interview rings true nonetheless. The post The mainstream media does not want you to think [Video] appeared first on The Duran.
Syria Sitrep – French Officer Criticizes U.S. Way Of War – Assad Offers Kurds Some Autonomy
The post Syria Sitrep – French Officer Criticizes U.S. Way Of War – Assad Offers Kurds Some Autonomy appeared first on The Duran.
ISIS holds last few hundred yards of territory in eastern Euphrates region
The post ISIS holds last few hundred yards of territory in eastern Euphrates region appeared first on The Duran.
Five Heavily Armed Suspected US Mercenaries Arrested In Haiti Amidst Unrest
The post Five Heavily Armed Suspected US Mercenaries Arrested In Haiti Amidst Unrest appeared first on The Duran.
Munich Conference Exposes the Decline of the West
The post Munich Conference Exposes the Decline of the West appeared first on The Duran.
The Unlikely Convergence of Russia, Iran, and Turkey
The post The Unlikely Convergence of Russia, Iran, and Turkey appeared first on The Duran.
Russia and China Are Containing the US to Reshape the World Order
China and Russia are leading this historic transition while being careful to avoid direct war with the United States. The post Russia and China Are Containing the US to Reshape the World Order appeared first on The Duran.
Rand Corporation Wants to Bring our Fear of Extremists to Every Community
By MassPrivateI Rand Corporation’s Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center (HSOAC) no longer uses the term “Countering Violent Extremism” (CVE) — it has been replaced... more »
Is this bathroom staple dangerous?
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 40 percent of children between the ages of 3 and 6 use potentially dangerous amounts of toothpaste. RELATED STORY: Kentucky lawmakers want to end mandatory fluoride in tap water. Dentists disagree. The CDC and American Dental Association (ADA) recommend using no more than a […] The post Is this bathroom staple dangerous? appeared first on Health Nut News.
Let the Green Dems 'Deal' Themselves Out; Learn the Energy Science of the Future
[image: Senator Edward Markey (D-MA) and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) unveiled the “Green New Deal” resolution calling for broad scope of economic and energy reforms to target climate change. Feb 7, 2019 (CSPAN/Framegrab)] The sudden flocking of what seems like dozens of Democratic Presidential candidates to endorse a "Green New Deal" of which they knew nothing just days earlier, is a sign, in America, of the collapse of the "liberal" governing parties going on all over Europe since 2016. The rapid electoral collapse of the formerly governing parties in Germany, F... more »
President al-Assad's Most Recent Speech- Eight Years Encapsulated
*If you think I'm tough on the Usreael Kurds... Assad is tougher still.* * He's also quite clear on US responsibility for beginning the destabilization.. before 2011, of course, but officially 2011 is when it began. With the help, encouragement and support of Israel and Jordan. * * Despite nonsense about the Syria destabilization having to do with climate change.. a claim that has been debunked on more then one occasion yet is still shamelessly promoted by the muddiers of imperial agendas* *Another AGW Lie Bites the Dust: "Climate Change Fuelled Syrian War"* *“There is no sound evi... more »
Rio Nightlife Guide for Tuesday, February 19, 2019
We have the top three picks for this Tuesday, and below there is a list of bars and lounges that are always a good option. LIVE: Sofar Rio @ Mystery Location (Ipanema) – Sofar (Songs from a room) Sounds is a project that presents the magic of live music through intimate shows put on in […] The post Rio Nightlife Guide for Tuesday, February 19, 2019 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Congress extends state-legal medical cannabis programs’ protections timing
Key protections for state-legal medical marijuana programs are included in the spending bill passed by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump last week. The protections, which will remain in effect until Sept. 30, 2019, bar the Department of Justice from using funds to interfere with state-legal medical cannabis programs. The […] Congress extends state-legal medical cannabis programs’ protections timing is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Cannabis firms offer stock options, poach job candidates: Q&A with recruiter Karson Humiston
When Karson Humiston founded the Denver-based cannabis recruitment agency Vangst in 2015, she’d call prospective candidates herself. Today, Vangst has about 75 employees and offices in Los Angeles, Oakland, Seattle and Boston. And the company is getting flooded with about 500 resumes a day, far too many for Humiston, the CEO, to handle. Underscoring the […] Cannabis firms offer stock options, poach job candidates: Q&A with recruiter Karson Humiston is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
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From Jenna Orkin Five Americans "On Government Mission" Arrested in Haiti Study Blames Youtube for Rise in Number of Flat Earthers And so, you see, we have to rise up against those conspiracy theorists. - JO Grow Your Own Kidney? Maduro Expels European Delegation As Showdown Over Humanitarian Aid Intensifies Bernie Sanders announces he's running for president again in 2020 Russia’s Lukoil Halts Oil Swaps In Venezuela After U.S. Sanctions In "Serious Blow" To US, Britain Concludes Huawei Is "Manageable Risk" To 5G Rollout Can "Zombie Deer" Disease Kill Humans? Research Suggests It Alre... more »
That brings back teenage aviation memories
British Airways is marking the centenary of its founding, on August 24th, 1919, as Aircraft Transport and Travel Limited (AT&T) - an acronym familiar to US readers for rather different reasons! You can find a condensed history of the company here. As part of its celebrations, the airline is painting five of its fleet in historic color schemes. This Boeing 747-400 is painted to resemble British Overseas Airways Corporation's 747-100's, the first generation of the "Jumbo Jet". Click the image for a larger view. Back in 1973, my father was President of the Cape Town Chamber of C... more »
The cold shoulder in Munich
USA Today reports: *U.S. Vice President Mike Pence spoke about ISIS, the Iran Nuclear Deal and NATO at the 2019 Munich Security Conference. * Vice President Mike Pence mentioned his boss in a speech Saturday, and he may not have gotten the reaction he expected. As he spoke to attendees of the Munich Security Conference, he noted that he was there on behalf of a "great champion of freedom and of a strong national defense." "I bring greetings from the 45th president of the United States of America, President Donald Trump," Pence said. Pence paused, perhaps waiting for a reaction.... more »
Serial Pedophile Cop Arrested on 80 Counts of Sexual Abuse of Children
[image: children]A serial pedophile and former sheriff's deputy was arrested this month after authorities discovered more than a decade of horrific child sexual abuse.
The death penalty, an American tradition on the decline
Brian Keough, Co-Director, National Death Penalty Archive, University at Albany, State University of New York at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 13 hours ago
The National Death Penalty Archive collects documents and paraphernalia behind the thousands of executions that have taken place on American soil.
ADVANTAGE HARARI: Rhodes Scholar ignores the Green New Deal!
*TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2019Prefers to keep locking them up:* Could climate change destroy the human race? That what David Wallace-Wells has now rather plainly said. It's time to panic, Wallace-Wells says, at the start of the lengthy essay which dominated the front page of the New York Times Sunday Review this past weekend. It's time to panic, Wallace-Wells says. Indeed, his essay about our planet's ongoing crisis appeared beneath these headlines: *Time to Panic* The planet is getting warmer in catastrophic ways. And fear may be the only thing that saves us. It's time to panic,... more »
Check Out the U.S. Navy SEALs Deadly 'Stealth' Guns
*Joseph Trevithick* *Security, * Sea commandos have had some iconic silenced handguns. The Navy’s SEALs are well-known for their exotic guns—everything from machine gun to grenade launchers … and several iconic, quiet handguns. The Navy stood up the Sea Air Lands teams in 1962 and quickly sent them to Vietnam to search out the enemy and work with local forces. The naval operators realized a suppressed pistol would be ideal for many of their most secretive missions. *(This first appeared several years ago.)* “The value … of suppressed weapons had been noted prior to the teams... more »
Sen. Bernie Sanders Says He’s Running for President in 2020
Sanders described his new White House bid as a "continuation of what we did in 2016," noting that policies he advocated for then are now embraced by the Democratic Party.
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There, good. I have gotten your attention, either because you think I’ve got something to say, or because you enjoy random skirmishes of poetical graffiti, or because you clicked on some link on the internet without really knowing what you were getting into. It doesn’t […]
ISIS holds last few hundred yards of territory in eastern Euphrates region (map)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:20 P.M.) – The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have seized almost all of the Islamic State’s (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) eastern Euphrates pocket after several weeks of intense fighting. However, the last few hundred yards of ISIS-occupied territory is proving incredibly difficult to penetrate as several terrorists refuse to surrender their positions to the U.S.-backed Syrian […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
US attempting to break up Syria and create quasi-state: Russia
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Washington is attempting to split Syria and create a quasi-state on the Euphrates River’s east bank as the US is opposing the return of Syria’s northeast to the Syrian government. The minister also called the US plans to transfer control in Syria’s buffer zone illegitimate, adding that Washington prohibits its allies from investing in the redevelopment […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
‘I reiterate my gratitude to President Trump’ – Guaido
The president of the National Assembly in Venezuela, Juan Guaido, took part in an event in Caracas, Monday, to honour opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, who has been imprisoned for five years on a charge of conspiracy against the Venezuelan government. At the headquarters of both men’s party, the Voluntad Popular party, Guaido held a press […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Breaking: Jihadist rebels launch new attack on Aleppo city
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:45 P.M.) – The jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham launched a new attack inside the Aleppo Governorate, today, targeting two areas in the capital city. According to a military source in the provincial capital, the jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham fired several artillery shells into the Al-Zahra’a Association Quarter and Nile […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
‘We have the right to use different systems’: Erdogan on S-400 purchase
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday criticized claims Ankara must give up the idea of purchasing Russia’s air defense systems S-400. “All of them say we must give up the purchase of S-400. Why should we change our mind? We have the right to use different systems. We do not believe that you have […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Dozens of ISIS terrorists allegedly escape from Syria to Iraq
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:00 P.M.) – Dozens of Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) terrorists reportedly evaded capture in eastern Syria by slipping to Iraq’s Al-Anbar Governorate, a new report from the Deir Ezzor Governorate claimed. According to the report, approximately 35 Islamic State fighters escaped the town of Baghouz and made their way across eastern Syria and entered […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Venezuela accuses US of threatening military intervention
Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez has denounced Washington’s attempts to deliver humanitarian aid to the crisis-struck country, citing the United States’ track record of involvement in conflicts in Arab nations. “The best thing Donald Trump can offer to Venezuela is military aggression!” she tweeted on Tuesday. “It is the type of imperial assistance that [the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian Army launches wide-scale assault across northwestern Hama
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:25 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) unleashed a wide-scale assault across the northwestern countryside of the Hama Governorate on Tuesday, targeting several areas controlled by the Turkestan Islamic Party and Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham. Led by their 4th Armored Division, the Syrian Arab Army fire several missiles from their MLRS launchers, hitting […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. - Matt Bruenig offers up a set of proposals to help American families toward economic security. And Andrew Jackson has some suggestions to boost Canada's middle class: (T)op-line statistics suggest that ordinary middle-class households are seeing little or no increase in their incomes even as many, especially young people, sink deeper into debt. This helps explain the rise of the populist right which has targeted (largely imaginary) tax increases as the problem, and proposes tax cuts as the solution. ... What the Liberals have not done is impr... more »
THE SOROS KILLER JUDGES AND THEIR VERDICT IN MY CASE AT LARISA COURT, INCREDIBLE SCANDAL CONTINUES
*MEDIA REPORTS SAY ALEXIS TSIPRAS COULD CALL SNAP ELECTIONS IN APRIL ALREADY* *TSIPRAS, SOROS, MERKEL AND CO WOULD BE ADVISED TO REVERSE COURSE AND SETTLE MY CASE OUT OF COURT IMMEDIATELY* *SCANDALOUS CRIMES PROVEN TO HAVE BEEN COMMITTED* *Light blogging as I have to focus on my next submission concerning the scandalous perversion of justice in my case Delta 15 218 at Larisa court.* *I managed to obtain a copy of the judgement. **The final written version with the "deliberations" of the three judges will not be available until about September.* *The file number is underlined in re... more »
Sydney nanny arrested over Chilean allegations of kidnapping during Pinochet regime
Adriana Rivas, who has been living in Australia for more than 30 years, is wanted over kidnapping offences allegedly committed under Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet.
'Universal symbol of style': Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld dies aged 85
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Some of the world's most famous names pay tribute to the creative director of Chanel and Fendi, "one of the greatest designers of our time", who died aged 85 in Paris.
America's Intelligence Community - Can They Be Trusted?
In this posting, I want to take a very brief look at the history of the founding of America's Central Intelligence Agency and provide quotes from an American president regarding his views on the CIA and what should be done to control its seemingly unfettered powers. The Central Intelligence Agency had evolved significantly over the decades up to its official designation as America's foremost intelligence agency in 1947 as follows: 1.) Office of the Coordinator of Information (COI) - Established July 11, 1941 - duration of 337 days. 2.) Office of Strategic Services (OSS) - Establish... more »
Globalist lawfare fails to topple the government of Team Patriot Italy
*Italy's Matteo Salvini and his coalition partners have rebuffed an attempt to misuse the law to topple the government.* *"It is an unprecedented case because never in the past has the judiciary asked parliament to authorize a trial for a minister who had acted in the performance of his duties," said the 5 Star Movement whose members voted to support Salvini.* *Justice officials sought to prosecute Salvini for kidnapping after he ordered 150 illegal migrants to stay on board an Italian coast guard ship for five days. * *Excerpts from media* *(ANSA) - Rome, February 19 - Members ... more »
Peter Schiff "The real national emergency in the USA is debt"
*Donald Trump's declaration of national emergency has run into stiff resistance with Republican Senators saying they may block it.* *https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/02/18/duckworth-says-senate-has-enough-votes-rescind-trumps-national-emergency.html* *In addition, 16 states including California are suing him.* *https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-news-live-updates-national-emergency-border-wall-twitter-mccabe-russia-a8785971.html* *Trump made the national emergency declaration on Friday allegedly to pay for a wall. But he himself admitted in 20... more »
Butt ExitsThe Building
Justin Trudeau and Gerald Butts go back a long way. Susan Delacourt reviews their history: He and Butts met at McGill University when they were both studying English literature and on the debating team. Their friendship endured after university, even as Trudeau moved to B.C. to teach and Butts went on to work in politics — first, briefly, as an aide in the Jean Chretien years, and then on to Queen’s Park, to serve as senior adviser to premier Dalton McGuinty. It’s there that Butts met Telford, then a chief adviser to then education minister Gerard Kennedy. Trudeau surprised some... more »
Six former members of the Shambhala inner circle write an open letter detailing physical, sexual, and psychological abuse at the hands of Mipham Mukpo
News 1. Clearcuts no more “Nova Scotians who signed up to receive proposed harvest plans on Crown land might have noticed some disturbing changes recently,” reports Linda Pannozzo: As of a few days ago the maps no longer specify whether a proposed cut is a “clearcut” or not. The word was removed from the legend […]
Brexit chaos causes Honda to leave, 3,500 more jobs lost
*From The Telegraph* *Honda confirms plan to close Swindon factory in 2021Clark calls Brexit uncertainty facing manufacturers 'unacceptable'Decision was not influenced by Brexit, Honda bosses insistSwindon plant employs 3,500; Honda Europe HQ to remain in UKDon't blame Brexit – Honda's problems run far deeper than thatAnalysis: How Honda fell out of love with the UKHonda has insisted that Brexit did not influence its decision to close its Swindon factory as the car maker confirmed that it will axe 3,500 jobs in the UK.* https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2019/02/19/honda-co... more »
Japan almost cancelled Brexit talks after arrogant letter from UK Globalist fixers dated 8th February! calling for urgency
*From The Guardian* *Japanese officials have reportedly accused Jeremy Hunt and Liam Fox of taking a “high-handed” approach towards a post-Brexit free trade deal, and briefly considered cancelling bilateral talks due to take place this week.* *The Financial Times cited unnamed officials in Tokyo who reacted with dismay to a letter sent on 8 February in which Hunt, the foreign secretary, and Fox, the international trade secretary, insisted that “time is of the essence” in securing a trade deal with Japan, the world’s third-biggest economy.* https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/... more »
THE EDITORIALS IN THAT ALABAMA PAPER HAVE BEEN RACIST FOR QUITE A WHILE
This story from the *Montgomery Advertiser* has been getting a lot of attention: The editor of a small-town Alabama newspaper published an editorial calling for "the Ku Klux Klan to night ride again" against "Democrats in the Republican Party and Democrats [who] are plotting to raise taxes in Alabama." Goodloe Sutton — who is the publisher of the Democrat-Reporter newspaper in Linden, Alabama — confirmed to the Montgomery Advertiser on Monday that he authored the Feb. 14 editorial calling for the return of a white supremacist hate group. "If we could get the Klan to go up there a... more »
How the Army Tried to Replace the M-16 Rifle (and Failed)
*Joseph Trevithick* *Security, * The Low Maintenance Rifle was an easy-breezy M-16 replacement. In the early 1970s, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency worked on a “Low Maintenance Rifle” concept—or LMR. DARPA thought the new weapon could be a replacement for the troubled M-16 rifle. The Pentagon hired TRW Systems to design the new gun. The U.S. Army’s Small Arms Systems Agency at Aberdeen Proving Ground monitored the project’s progress. The disappointing performance of the M-16 in Vietnam spurred the effort. In the mid-1960s, American G.I.s found that rifle to be ... more »
Check Out the U.S. Navy SEALs Deadly Underwater Guns
*Joseph Trevithick* *Security, * But do they still have them? In the early 1970s, U.S. Navy SEALs and Underwater Demolition Teams got a special new weapon. The Mk. 1 Underwater Defense Gun helped combat swimmers defend themselves beneath the waves. The weapon was relatively simple and even has a safety switch that just reads “on” and “off.” The pistol functioned in the same manner as a normal revolver, according to SEAL-UDT expert Kevin Dockery’s *Special Warfare Special Weapons*. The pistol reportedly had an effective range of some 30 feet at a depth of 60 feet. A SEAL cou... more »
Meet the Browning M2: The Mother of All Machine Guns
*WarIsBoring* *Security, * The weapon’s effective range is 6,000 feet, but its maximum range is four miles. When Lauren Bacall Wellington served during the Iraq War, the former Army sergeant and combat medic did more than treat the wounded. Wellington spent her 13-month deployment from 2007 to 2008 with the 1st Cavalry Division at Forward Operating Bases Falcon—just south of Baghdad—and Prosperity, in Baghdad’s Green Zone. She often pulled guard duty at the main gate with a Browning M2 .50-caliber machine gun, looking out for suicide car bombs. Does the classic weapon look i... more »
Robot Wolfpacks: Why This Picture Should Scare America's Enemies
*Task and Purpose, Jared Keller* *Security, * On Feb. 13, the Navy awarded Boeing a $43 million contract to produce four of the 51-foot Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (XLUUVs) that are capable of traveling some 6,500 nautical miles unaided. On Feb. 13, the Navy awarded Boeing a $43 million contract to produce four of the 51-foot Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (XLUUVs) that are capable of traveling some 6,500 nautical miles unaided, the *U.S. Naval Institute* reported. According to *USNI*, the Navy could potentially deploy the Orcas from existing vessels... more »
Nearly assassinated by his own fighters, al-Baghdadi and his caliphate on its last legs (Video)
The Duran – News in Review – Episode 178. The post Nearly assassinated by his own fighters, al-Baghdadi and his caliphate on its last legs (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
UK’s Labour Splitters: Getting the Bland Back Together
The post UK’s Labour Splitters: Getting the Bland Back Together appeared first on The Duran.
The Tulsi Gabbard phenomenon as a diagnostic tool
The post The Tulsi Gabbard phenomenon as a diagnostic tool appeared first on The Duran.
“He’s Back” – Bernie Sanders Officially Enters 2020 Race
The post “He’s Back” – Bernie Sanders Officially Enters 2020 Race appeared first on The Duran.
Russia and China Are Containing the US to Reshape the World Order
The post Russia and China Are Containing the US to Reshape the World Order appeared first on The Duran.
As high-stakes US-China trade talks drag on, Trump’s appetite may grow
The post As high-stakes US-China trade talks drag on, Trump’s appetite may grow appeared first on The Duran.
No Cyber Threat From Huawei: Chinese Telecom Giant Tests Europe’s Independence
The post No Cyber Threat From Huawei: Chinese Telecom Giant Tests Europe’s Independence appeared first on The Duran.
Merkel Stands Against Trump’s Energy Dominance
The post Merkel Stands Against Trump’s Energy Dominance appeared first on The Duran.
Maduro says Venezuela will receive 300 tonnes of medicines from Russia
The post Maduro says Venezuela will receive 300 tonnes of medicines from Russia appeared first on The Duran.
Russia’s Gazprom To Start Piping Gas To China On 1st December 2019
The post Russia’s Gazprom To Start Piping Gas To China On 1st December 2019 appeared first on The Duran.
The End of Russia’s Occidental Era (for Now)
The post The End of Russia’s Occidental Era (for Now) appeared first on The Duran.
US sanctions help India become No.1 buyer of Venezuelan crude
The post US sanctions help India become No.1 buyer of Venezuelan crude appeared first on The Duran.
The Creative Destruction of Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece, according to Josiah Ober, fell for virtually the same reasons for which it had once achieved greatness. In his *The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece* (Chapter 11: “Creative Destruction and Immortality”), Ober says: “Both greatness and fall had similar causes: high levels of specialization, innovation, and mobility of people, goods, and ideas as the result of distinctive political conditions.” But the fall of Greece was never total—it was more of a creative destructive, rather than a ruinous destruction leading to quick economic and cultural collapse. Several Greek ... more »
Editor's Note
Stuck in meetings this morning. Blogging will return later today.
Did Russia Lose A Batch Of Top-Of-The-Line S-400 Surface-To-Air Missile Systems When The Ship That Was Carrying Them Lost Them In A Storm?
I asked Rostec CEO Chemezov about S-400 deliveries to China and if it included 40N6 interceptors. He said it did, but a storm struck the ship that was delivering the missiles and destroyed all of them. Almaz-Antey, Rostec’s S-400 producer, is now making replacements for China. pic.twitter.com/Iy8YKzzRCx — Steve Trimble (@TheDEWLine) February 18, 2019 Warzone/The Drive: *Is A Batch Of Russia's Most Advanced Surface To Air Missiles Sitting On The Sea Floor?* *A Russian official confirmed an entire shipment of top-of-the-line interceptors for the S-400 surface-to-air missile system ... more »
The Rapprochement Between Paris And Berlin
This is an extremely serious matter – under the appearance of uniting their efforts to work for peace, Paris and Berlin are linking their foreign policies, and will soon be linking their Defence policies. In reality, this evolution is proceeding from the top down, without consulting the population, and is destroying their democratic acquisitions. The post The Rapprochement Between Paris And Berlin appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
Schiller Institute Presidents' Day Conference — Panels One and Three
World Land-Bridge New International Economic Order A New World Order Based on Natural Law — Panel One Video of A New World Order Based on Natural Law — Panel One The Schiller Institute and LaRouche movement held the first U.S. national conference in over fifteen years on Presdents' Day weekend, yielding a tremendous success in respects to the quality of presentations and participation by supporters around the world attending the conference. The first and third panels presented here convey a truthful and optimistic view of the potential for mankind to overcome the crisis facing the w... more »
UKC Extra Time: ISIS Brides & Jussie’s Morton Downey Moment
*21WIRE.TV* | A deep dive into the weird world of ISIS Brides and ‘Hate Crime’ hoaxes.
Neuroscientists Discover ‘Wireless’ Human Neural Communication
*Science Alert* | New discovery of human ability to transmit 'wireless' communication has wide-ranging implications.
President Trump Warns Venezuela's Military To Abandon Maduro Or 'Lose Everything'
I ask every member of the Maduro regime: End this nightmare of poverty, hunger and death. LET YOUR PEOPLE GO. Set your country free! Now is the time for all Venezuelan Patriots to act together, as one united people. Nothing could be better for the future of Venezuela! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 18, 2019 *Reuters: **Trump urges Venezuelan military to abandon Maduro or 'lose everything'* MIAMI (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday warned members of Venezuela’s military who remain loyal to socialist President Nicolas Maduro that they are risking their ... more »
US senator Bernie Sanders is running for president in 2020
Just In - 15 hours ago
The progressive populist who mounted a fierce challenge to frontrunner Hillary Clinton in the 2016 White House campaign is running for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination in 2020.
Jewish cemetery vandalised hours before demonstrations against anti-Semitism in France
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Thousands are protesting against a series of shocking anti-Semitic acts in France, which is home to the world's largest Jewish population outside Israel and the United States.
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld dies aged 85
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The death of the iconic German designer and creative director at Chanel comes after he missed two of their haute couture shows earlier this month for the first time in decades.
Labour’s Decarbonisation Plan
By Paul Homewood https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/12/labour-plan-decarbonise-uk-green-jobs-climate-crisis Rebecca Long-Bailey has moved forward (or backwards) on Labour’s plans to decarbonise the UK. The woefully inadequate Long-Bailey has only got the job of shadow business secretary because she is a hard left acolyte of Jeremy Corbyn, for whom most of his MPs refuse to work […]
Carbon dioxide plays no role in sea-level changes
“Mörner studied the Kattegat Sea between Denmark and Sweden. In this region sea level has not increased as announced by climate alarmists, but instead decreased. The actual oceanic increase in the past 125 years can be estimated as modest at … Continue reading →
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*Can ‘privilege’ schools help the public good? Our history says yes* Privilege, whether associated with individuals or groups, is a popular topic now, and the word has taken on a new negative connotation. The confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and the video of Covington Catholic High School students interacting with Native Americans after the March for Life launched many discussions about privilege in connection with private high schools and colleges. Societies grant privilege to individuals, either by custom or law, because society recognizes the bene... more »
Not the worst dating idea I've ever heard . . .
From The Whiteboard, one of my favorite comic strips. Click the image to be taken to a larger view at its Web site. The thought of an alligator as a powered surfboard gives me warm fuzzies . . . just as long as someone *else* is riding it! Peter
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*Roast dinners are pollution!* *I believe every word of what they say below. The interesting thing is that Australia has huge numbers of nonagenarians tottering about (they are why Australia has such a long average lifespan) and most of them had a roast dinner every Sunday for most of their lives. So all that PM2.5 pollution cannot be very bad after all can it? We have evolved to live with a lot of atmospheric pollution.* Cooking a Sunday roast can drive indoor air pollution far above the levels found in the most polluted cities on Earth, scientists have said. Researchers found... more »
Bernie's In
Tomorrow's my birthday-- but the present I wanted most came a day early. First on Vermont Public Radio and then on *CBS This Morning*, Bernie announced he's running for president. Responding to a question from John Dickerson, Bernie said "I am going to run for president, that's correct. Dickerson asked him what's going to be different this time and Bernie said, "We're going to win. We are also going to launch what I think is unprecedented in modern American history and that is a grassroots movement to lay the groundwork for transforming the economic and political life of this cou... more »
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