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Thomas Paine

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Saturday, February 9, 2019

9 February - Blogs I'm Following - 2 of 3

10:15 pm MST

Does This Photo Show White-Clad Members of the League of Nazi Socialist Women?

David Emery at Snopes.com - 9 hours ago
Any resemblance between Nazis dressed in white and the Democratic women of the U.S. House of Representatives is purely propaganda.

French Yellow Vest Anti-Government Protests Turn Violent in Paris

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 9 hours ago
A French yellow vest protester's hand was ripped apart during violent clashes in Paris as demonstrators tried to storm the French National Assembly in a 13th consecutive week of unrest.

Did a College Professor Label the Film ‘Mary Poppins’ Racist?

Dan MacGuill at Snopes.com - 9 hours ago
"Is this real or satire?" was a question posed in response to a wave of cultural controversy in February 2019.

‘Little Ice Age’ which froze the River Thames caused by Americas genocide, study finds

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 9 hours ago
By Paul Homewood Competition will be fierce, but we have an early contender for the Junk Science of the Year Award: Colonisation of the Americas at the end of the 15th Century killed so many people, it disturbed Earth’s climate. That’s the conclusion of scientists from University College London, UK. The team says the […]

The very final sentence

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 10 hours ago
This, courtesy of DB, is *very* BBC: Yes, the poor "Muslim man's request for an imam to be present at his death in Alabama" is the story for the BBC - another tale of poor hard-done-by Muslims in Trump's America. And, as DB says, you do indeed have to go to the very final sentence of the BBC report to discover his crime: "He was sentenced to death in 1999 for raping and murdering a 15-year-old girl in 1995." Less agenda-driven media outlets would have mentioned that earlier.

"Never..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago
"Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines." – Leroy Satchel Paige

Open Thread

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 10 hours ago
Everyone loves a dachshund video, so what better way to launch a new open thread than with one of the latest specimens of that viral breed? If anyone can think of a way to connect it to the BBC (maybe even *Newsnight*'s John Sweeney), please feel free to let us know. Thank you for your comments and support. Cue dog... What the fluff?! 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/bE3enZb9WA — Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) February 9, 2019

The Creator Writings: Fill Your Own Cup…

Karma Yoga Daily at Karma Yoga Daily - 10 hours ago
via Jennifer Farley, The Creator Writings Thanks to Galactic Free Press During this shift, it will be very important to ‘keep your own cup full’. With a multitude finally waking, those that have established gifts may feel as if they are constantly being called upon to assist others. Some of those coming to you will […]

Public Domain Photos of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Crisis

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 10 hours ago
Greetings Readers! I need your help finding public domain photos of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis. I've searched online sites such as Adobe stock images and can find NO photographic images of the disaster. Isn't that interesting that all readily found images of the crisis are proprietary? Please share with me any sites you are aware of that have verifiable "public domain" images of the disaster. Thank you!

Fairfax Refuses to Resign After Second Accuser Steps Forward

R. Cort Kirkwood at rss - 10 hours ago
[image: fairfax-still-refusing-to-resign-after-second-accuser-steps-forward] The man who everyone thought might become the governor of Virginia upon the resignation of Governor Ralph Northam won’t get the job after all, if top Democrats have their way.

‘Global warming’ is merely the latest environmental scare with the same solutions of wealth redistribution, more regulations, higher taxes, fewer individual freedoms, and central planning

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 10 hours ago
‘Global warming’ is merely the latest environmental scare with the same solutions of wealth redistribution and central planning (Source) Please Like, Share, Subscribe, Re-Blog and Comment Advertisements

A curious Arctic wolf visits Ottawa biologist in his tent

White Wolf at White Wolf - 10 hours ago
Sokoloff is a plant biologist at the Canadian Museum of Nature and has just returned from a three-week expedition charting the plants of several Arctic sites. He was at Lake Hazen on Ellesmere Island when he woke up in the bright Arctic night and saw an Arctic wolf poking its head through his tent door. “Just its face (came in), thank God,” he said. “I took a picture because that’s the first thing you think of when a wolf comes into your tent. I started yelling at it. It’s 1:30 in the morning, so I’m waking up the rest of the camp. “Troy (another biologist) hears this and he sta... more »

This Helicopter Is More Expensive Than the F-35 (And It Has Some Big Problems)

Task and Purpose at Test Feed Using Fields - 10 hours ago
*Task and Purpose* *Security, * While the CH-53K program has racked up an eye-popping $31 billion price tag since the start of development in 2006, the persistence of technical flaws revealed in operational testing are concerning to say the least. *If the aircraft ever gets off the ground, it may just be worth it: As Task & Purpose previously reported, the Sikorsky designed the CH-53K to haul up to 27,000 pounds, three times the cargo of the Pentagon's current heavy-lift workhorse, without any significant changes in the airframe dimensions, a major boon for Marines increasingly i... more »

"Brace for Impact"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago
*"Brace for Impact"* by Charles Hugh Smith "The economy is far more precarious than the surface boom/bubble suggests. A great many households, enterprises and municipalities are in overloaded boats whose gunwales are just a few inches above the water. The slightest wave will swamp and sink them. The cost structure of the economy is completely out of whack with what households and enterprises can afford. There are several dynamics in play: *1. *Enterprises have already stripped out all the expenses they can: Head count has been cut, quality has been gutted, quantity has been reduced... more »

10 SOTU with no applause from Democrats

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 10 hours ago
*#1 Jobs:* President Trump reported that more Americans now have jobs than ever before — 157 million. “Nearly 5 million Americans have been lifted off food stamps” thanks to all that job creation. *#2 Record-low minority unemployment:* “African-American, Hispanic-American and Asian-American unemployment have all reached their lowest levels ever recorded.” *#3 Healthcare:* Only one Democrat stood to applaud when the President highlighted the “Right to Try” bill, which gives critically ill patients access to lifesaving cures and his commitment about bringing down exorbitant pres... more »

Field Guide To Strike Objectors

Peter Greene at CURMUDGUCATION - 10 hours ago
In my four decades of teaching, I went through a strike twice--once as a first year teacher, and once as the president of the local union. Writing about education, I have followed dozens more. No matter what kind of public support a strike is getting, there are always some familiar tunes you can expect to hear played in opposition to a teacher walkout. Here's your guide to all the classics. *Don't they understand the district can't afford their demands?* When we were strike, a member of the board's negotiating team said publicly, "Yes, we have the money. We just don't want to give it ... more »

Blue Economy: The New Frontier for Africa's Growth & How Japan Can Help

NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 08 (IPS) - An interview with Siddharth Chatterjee UN Resident Coordinator to Kenya by Nikkei Shimbun, Japan and reproduced by IPS. Read the full story, “Blue Economy: The New Frontier for Africa's Growth & How Japan Can Help”, on globalissues.org →

Bundy’s Deadly Charm Still Polarizes, 40 Years Later

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
Some reactions to a new Netflix documentary series, “Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes,” prompted a Twitter appeal to viewers asking them to chill out about his “alleged hotness.”

More States Adopting Gun-Seizure Laws After Parkland Tragedy

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
Nine states have passed laws over the past year allowing police or household members to seek court orders requiring people deemed threatening to temporarily surrender their guns, bringing the total to 14. More are likely to follow in the months ahead.

Janelle Monae Applauds Jump in Grammy Nominations for Women

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 11 hours ago
And then there was a loud noise of glass shattering in the background.

“WTF is Going on in Downtown LA?” — Army War Drills Continue Across Los Angeles

Activist Post at Activist Post - 11 hours ago
By Tyler Durden Having started on Monday, the US Army continues its war drills across the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area through Saturday with the... more »

Uganda’s Social Media Tax is Leaving People Disconnected — And Failing to Meet Revenue Targets

Activist Post at Activist Post - 11 hours ago
By James Propa The number of people using the Internet in Uganda has dropped by more than 12 percentage points since July 2018, when the... more »

Michael Mann's quantum climate pseudoscience

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 11 hours ago
Michael Mann is the most notorious fraudster in the global warming scam. He was the key man in the team that constructed the "hockey stick graph" of temperatures in the recent millennium or two. This is the politically correct version of the original video "Hide the Decline" that roughly describes what Mann did. Given it's just a song, the explanation is very accurate but I still prefer more accurate explanations than songs. The hockey stick graph has claimed that the temperatures were nearly constant in 1000-1900 AD or so, and then began their clear increasing trend after 1900 ... more »

Trade War Causing Severe Pain As Farm Bankruptcies Surge Way Past The Level From The Last Recession

Activist Post at Activist Post - 11 hours ago
By Michael Snyder Farmers all across the middle part of the country are going bankrupt at an astounding rate, and over half of all farms...more »

World Government Summit Commences as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Pushes Green Agenda

Activist Post at Activist Post - 11 hours ago
By Daniel Taylor The annual World Government Summit is set to begin tomorrow in Dubai, pushing the United Nations 2030 agenda to world leaders. The... more »

The Clown Car Just Got a Little More Crowded....

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 11 hours ago
*Lizzy Is All In - Vows Class Warfare* The party of diversity celebrates a rich, white woman running for president! *~ Thank You MJA@IOTWReport for the Linkage! ~*

How Chrystia Freeland Organized Donald Trump’s Coup in Venezuela

Eric Zuesse at 11 hours ago
[image: undefined] On Monday, February 5th, Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland announced that the 14 countries of the Lima Group — who had actually formed themselves under her direction into this new group on 8 August 2017 in order to overthrow and replace Venezuela’s current President Nicholas Maduro — have now been joined (though she didn’t say to what extent) by the EU, and by 8 other individual countries. She stated: Today, we have been joined by our Lima Group partners, from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay... more »

Why I Hope Maduro Wins And North Korea Keeps Its Nukes

Caitlin Johnstone at 11 hours ago
[image: undefined] A second summit meeting for the US and North Korea is reportedly scheduled to take place in Vietnam at the end of the month. Expert opinions on where these negotiations are headed range from the insightful to the incredibly naive, with mainstream media consumers consistently finding themselves in the latter category. Trump supporters believe their president is going to pull off some Art of the Deal wizardry and convince Pyongyang to completely denuclearize, and mainstream Democrats believe Trump is being foolish, facilitating the nefarious agendas of an evil dicta... more »

Saturday Morning Links

Greg Fingas at Accidental Deliberations - 11 hours ago
Assorted content for your weekend reading. - Robyn Allan reports that the Trudeau Libs' set of Trans Mountain giveaways to the oil sector now includes billions to oil companies. And Sharmini Peries talks to Dimitri Lascaris about the Libs' willingness to enable SNC Lavalin's corruption, while Martin Patriquin notes the similarities between the latest corporate corruption and the Libs' sponsorship scandal. - The Center for Public Integrity examines the connection between the Republicans' tax giveaways to the rich, and payment for services rendered by major donors. And David Dayen ... more »

Tim Houston says that as premier he will be accountable

Jennifer Henderson at Halifax Examiner - 11 hours ago
“We will form a thoughtful, accountable, humble government that gives Nova Scotians hope,” Progressive Conservative leader Tim Houston told a crowd of more than 400 attending the party’s Annual General Meeting at the Westin hotel last night. Accountable would be good, especially since the current Stephen McNeil government which promised to deliver the most open […]

Globalmonetarchy - New form of government that is replacing "Democracy" in the West?

greencrow at Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 12 hours ago
*Orwellian Double-Speak Session Held Recently in Canada* © Provided by thecanadianpress.com Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland, and Peru's Minister of Foreign Affairs Nestor Popolizio Bardales, bottom left, look on as Venezuelan Opposition Leader Juan Guaido makes brief remarks via video link at the opening session of the 10th ministerial meeting of the Lima Group in Ottawa on Monday, Feb. 4, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick Words fail me. No. Literally. There is no extant vocabulary to describe what is actually going on in t... more »

The Folly of The White Helmets Explained

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 12 hours ago
*Boris Malagurski* | A sober look at the west's ultimate pseudo NGO in Syria.

How Many Times Did Matthew Whitacker Perjure Himself Yesterday?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
Trump's illegitimate Acting Attorney General, Matthew Whitacker, was grilled by the House Judiciary Committee yesterday. If you missed it, you can watch it on YouTube. Above is a 4 hour slice of the second half from NBC News. The stars of the day were Ted Lieu (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), David Cicilline (D-RI), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA). I was surprised that Val Demings (D-FL) Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) were as good as she turned out to be. Cedrick Richmond (R-LA), who used the initials DOJ a couple of times without know... more »

This Day In Iraqi History - Feb 9

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago
1922 UK cabinet adopted Colonial Sec Churchill’s proposal to put Royal Air Force in charge of security in Iraq replacing army (Musings On Iraq article on Churchill’s words on Mesopotamia) (Musings On Iraq book review *Churchill’s Folly, How Winston Churchill Created Modern Iraq*) 1963 Gen Qasim asked for safe passage out of Iraq Was refused by coup leaders Qasim captured shot and body shown on TV 1963 Baathist Gen Ahmed al-Bakr became premier Col Abd Salam Arif president 1981 Iran and Iraq agreed to visits by Islamic leaders who wanted to try to negotiate ... more »

North Korea's Lethal Type 88 Assault Rifle (An AK-47 on Steroids?)

Kyle Mizokami at Test Feed Using Fields - 12 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Asia* The Type 88 rifle is similar to the Soviet-era AK-74 with one key difference: unusual helical magazines that carry up to five times as many rounds as conventional 30-round magazines. *Beginning in 2010, North Korean troops with Type 88 rifles were photographed with a strange new accessory: helical ammunition magazines. The cylindrical magazines were larger the traditional 30-round “banana” magazines and estimated to carry between 100 and 150 rounds. That’s up to five times more firepower than conventional magazines.* One of the largest armies in ... more »

AN AUDIENCE OF 63 MILLION

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 12 hours ago
The acting attorney general was rude and uncooperative in House testimony yesterday. Writing about this, *The Atlantic*'s Natasha Bertrand offers the standard explanation: It took about five minutes of questioning for the acting attorney general to provoke gasps and jeers in the congressional hearing room. “Your five minutes are up,” Matthew Whitaker ... told the House Judiciary Committee’s Democratic chairman Jerry Nadler. Nadler cracked a smile, but from that point on the rules of engagement seemed clear: Whitaker ... appeared to be playing to an audience of one. Beltway journali... more »

The Death Of the Dollar

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 13 hours ago
Under Donald Trump, the global financial system is being realigned. Chris Hedges writes: The inept and corrupt presidency of Donald Trump has unwittingly triggered the fatal blow to the American empire—the abandonment of the dollar as the world’s principal reserve currency. Nations around the globe, especially in Europe, have lost confidence in the United States to act rationally, much less lead, in issues of international finance, trade, diplomacy and war. These nations are quietly dismantling the seven-decade-old alliance with the United States and building alternative systems o... more »

Multiple Studies Show Nearly HALF of All Police Families Experience Domestic Violence

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: domestic]Startling data from multiple studies show that police officer families experience domestic violence at four times the rate of everyone else.

Is Less More?

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 13 hours ago
In which I accuse Craig’s appraisal of More or Less on the issue of Holocaust denial of being far too generous and gives the programme a pass it doesn’t deserve. I should declare an interest - in the literal sense - meaning that the subject interests me, and not in the euphemistic sense, which suggests a financial or similar obligation that might tie one to a particular view. I heard this programme because the subject matter caught my eye, (I suppose I should say “ear” ) which why I paid attention to a programme I haven’t properly listened to for ages. The treatment of the item a... more »

Breaking Fad: Angie Speaks Articulates the Pitfalls of Call-Out Culture

Stephen Boni at The Ghion Journal - 13 hours ago
What follows is a preamble to something relevant and current. I hope you’ll bear with me. * Back in a former life, when I was studying film and theories of representation, there was a word I simply could not escape: reify (ree-iff-eye). This was a word used in almost obligatory and obsessive fashion among my professors and fellow students and I really hated it for its pretentious post-modern complication of some very common-sensical things that… The post Breaking Fad: Angie Speaks Articulates the Pitfalls of Call-Out Culture appeared first on The Ghion Journal.

Have You Appeared In A Racist Photo Or Harassed Women? Here's How To Say 'I'm Sorry'

The Conversation at Science 2.0 blogs - 13 hours ago
“I’m sorry.” These two words may seem simple, but the ability to express them when you’re in the wrong is anything but – particularly for those in the public eye. read more

Kratom Is A Drug, But Indonesia Really Wants It To Remain An Unlicensed Supplement

Hank Campbell at Science 2.0 blogs - 13 hours ago
A product like Zicam, which claims it can make colds shorter, shields itself from truth in advertising claims by admitting on the label its product is not actual medicine, it is homeopathy, a pretend drug for people who want to believe. If they were required to show it works, the way pharmaceutical products must, they'd be out of business. If they could pass a double-blind clinical trial, or any homeopathic product could, they'd spend the money in a second, because every supplement that wants to be legitimized yearns for U.S. Food and Drug Administration legitimacy. FDA may have fla... more »

Argentina: Official State Commission (CEFA) Rejects 22 UFO Cases

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 13 hours ago
Argentina: Official State Commission (CEFA) Rejects 22 UFO Cases The Comisión de Estudio de Fenómenos Aeroespaciales (Aerospace Phenomena Study Commission, or CEFAE) has released an 80-page report covering their analysis of UFO photographs for the year 2018, effectively dismissing twenty-two (22) covering the past five years. The report also includes a stunning rejection of the landmark Caso Bariloche (The Bariloche Incident of 1995) in which an airliner was supposedly harassed by a UFO that caused a total blackout in the city of Bariloche. The report itemizes the cases investiga... more »

Forget Stealth and Firepower: This Video Shows What the F-35 Can Really Do

Mark Episkopos at Test Feed Using Fields - 13 hours ago
*Mark Episkopos* *Security, * Recent commentary on the F-35 fifth-generation fighter has centered around its firepower and stealth capabilities, but a recently released demonstration video depicts the fighter jet in a pleasantly different light. *The U.S. Air Force’s ambitious 2019 F-35 air show plans come at a time when when Russia and China are actively advertising the capabilities.* Recent commentary on the F-35 fifth-generation fighter has centered around its firepower and stealth capabilities, but a recently released demonstration video depicts the fighter jet in a pleasantl... more »

This Might Be the U.S. Military's Worst Idea Ever

Michael Peck at Test Feed Using Fields - 13 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, * [image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/39955793@N07/44895018634/sizes/l] Think mobile nuclear reactors. The Pentagon wants a mobile nuclear reactor. The goal is to provide reliable electrical power to remote forward operating bases and during quick-response humanitarian missions. But the project also raises questions of nuclear security and keeping atomic materials from falling into the wrong hands. On January 18, the Pentagon published a Request for Information on the feasibility of developing a portable nuclear reactor in support of a program known ... more »

Russia's S-300 vs. Israel's Deadly Air Force: Who Wins?

Mark Episkopos at Test Feed Using Fields - 13 hours ago
*Mark Episkopos* *Security, Middle East* We might find out: S-300 surface-to-air missile systems are now active in Syria, according to images captured by an Israeli Eros-B satellite. S-300 surface-to-air missile systems are now active in Syria, according to images captured by an Israeli Eros-B satellite. “Three erected s-300 launchers observed by the ISI (ImageSat International) for the first time since arriving from Russia and deploying in Masyaf (October 2018). Out of a total of four, one launcher is covered by a camouflage net,” reads a caption accompanying the image. The capt... more »

This Deadly Sig Sauer Machine Gun Could Soon Be Waging War for the U.S. Military

Task and Purpose, Haley Britzky at Test Feed Using Fields - 13 hours ago
*Task and Purpose, Haley Britzky* *Security, * [image: https://www.sigsauer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/SIG2019_704.jpg] Sig Sauer is hoping to snag the Defense Department's contract for a new machine gun with the SLMG, the Sig Sauer Lightweight Machine Gun *It is worth noting, however, that this is Sig Sauer's first stab at a medium machine gun. When the contract was first announced in 2017 it seemed likely that SOCOM would end up with General Dynamics' 24-pound medium machine gun given that, at the time, was the only platform in production that can chamber the .338 Norma Mag... more »

I did not know that

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 13 hours ago
Bell pepper facts, found on Gab: I didn't know that either. I wonder if bell peppers can suffer from gender dysphoria - or is that merely a matter of taste? Peter *EDITED TO ADD:* Apparently (according to commenters) this is fake news. Oh, well . . .

Sochi Syrian Guarantors Meeting February 14/19

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 14 hours ago
- *The Russia-Turkey-Iran summit on Syrian peace will be held in Sochi* *“The trilateral summit … will take place in Sochi on Feb. 14,*” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in an interview with Hurriyet newspaper on Thursday, TASS reported. According to NTV, *Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are expected to discuss the situation in the Syrian de-escalation zone Idlib and the withdrawal of US forces from Syria at the upcoming meeting.* The previous summit of the three presidents was held in S... more »

The Japanese-German Alliance Against “America First” Might Backfire Badly

Andrew KORYBKO at OrientalReview.org - 14 hours ago
The Japanese-German alliance might backfire on those Great Powers if Trump decides to punish them instead of patiently try to strike a pragmatic deal with them instead. Their freedom of strategic maneuverability is already largely limited as it is, and the US’ support of their regional rivals could make matters even more complicated for them. The post The Japanese-German Alliance Against “America First” Might Backfire Badly appeared first on OrientalReview.org.

How the Syrian battlefield is preparing the Corps for a fight with Russia or China

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 14 hours ago
*Marinecorpstimes* While much of the conflicts across the Middle East tend toward low tech and low intensity, *the fight in Syria is providing Marine commanders with a wealth of knowledge and experience for a future fight with near peer rivals like Russia and China.* The Syrian battlefield is littered with a host of tech and weapons that range from Cold War relics to drones, sophisticated anti-tank systems, Russian jets and anti-aircraft systems, even aggressive electronic warfare tech. *The environment is providing invaluable experience to Marines and U.S. military commanders who ... more »

Weekend reads: A call for 400 retractions of papers on organ donors; “citation mania;” AAAS reassessing award for work on herbicide

Ivan Oransky at Retraction Watch - 14 hours ago
Before we present this week’s Weekend Reads, a question: Do you enjoy our weekly roundup? If so, we could really use your help. Would you consider a tax-deductible donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work? Thanks in advance. The week at Retraction Watch featured the tale of the reviewer who told authors to cite … Continue reading Weekend reads: A call for 400 retractions of papers on organ donors; “citation mania;” AAAS reassessing award for work on herbicide

Thai political party swears loyalty to king after he dismisses his sister's candidacy for prime minister

Just In - 14 hours ago
Princess's announcement to run with a populist party loyal to ousted ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra shocked the nation and would have pitted her against the junta leader and current Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha.

Federal Government commits to $662 million aged care funding boost

Herlyn Kaur at Just In - 14 hours ago
The Federal Government commits to providing an additional $662 million in funding for a wide range of aged care services, including home care packages and residential care.

NYT pushes racist agenda towards Russians: “Corruption is in Russia’s DNA” (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 14 hours ago
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 78. The post NYT pushes racist agenda towards Russians: “Corruption is in Russia’s DNA” (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

GLOBALISTS FACE THEIR STALINGRAD AT THE HANDS OF CHINA AND A DISAFFECTED PUBLIC IN 2019

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 14 hours ago
*Investors have fled US and German bonds amid fears for their economies, run by Globalists and a cartel of private bankers. * *Meanwhile, China, run by a state bank issuing debt free money, is set to continue to boom, after brushing off a n export, trade deal blackmail attempt by Trump with a new focus on boosting its domestic economy.* *That fact alone should focus the moronic globalists on the need to get their act together and deliver a very successful Brexit, and sort out issues like the permits needed by lorries to deliver goods.* *https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1084855/bre... more »

Untitled

Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 14 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin says bloodshed may be needed to protect conservatism Netflix Made $845 Million In Profits And Paid $0 In Taxes Under New GOP Tax Law Musk Releases All Tesla Patents to Help Save Earth Amazon and Hulu's algorithms are recommending conspiracy theory films, and the consequences could be more serious than you might think Hopes Fade For EU To Rescue Iran Via Banking Scheme To Bypass SanctionsOne Step Closer To Nuclear Oblivion: US Sabotages The INF TreatySnyder: 'One World Religion' Looms As Pope & Islam's Top Imam Sign Historic CovenantPompeo ... more »

January Arctic Sea Update

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 14 hours ago
By Paul Homewood http://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/icecover_30y.uk.php Arctic sea ice extent in January has recovered sharply since last year, and stands at the highest level since 2013, and higher than even 2005. Much of it is 2m or more thick: http://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/icethickness/thk.uk.php And ice volume is also up this year: http://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/icethickness/txt/IceVol.txt There was certainly a decline in […]

Macron's referendum question?

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 15 hours ago
*This blog has obtained what is claimed to be the question Macron will put to the French people in May as speculation grows that Macron may call a (rigged?) referendum to coincide with the European elections.* *The referendum question could be* *Do you prefer me as I look on the first or second magazine cover when I am holding a G 36 machine gun?* *Tick the box* *Cover 1* *Cover 2* *From Sputniknews* *French President Emmanuel Macron's alleged plan to hold a referendum is unlikely to dispel tensions, since the French are increasingly sceptical about Paris' incentives, Ram... more »

French boxer files charges against Macron for defamation

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 15 hours ago
*The French Yellow Vest boxer who helped save the life of a woman by his intervention against the riot police has filed charges against Macron for defamation and racial injury.* *Macron stated boxer Christophe Dettinger had been manipulated by extremist forces, something the boxer asserts he was not. He was acting on the basis of his convictions, he says.* https://francais.rt.com/france/58900-pas-mots-d-gitan-ex-boxeur-christophe-dettinger-plainte-emmanuel-macron https://deutsch.rt.com/europa/82430-gelbwesten-protestlerin-ueber-ex-boxer-leben-gerettet/ https://www.20minutes.fr/societe... more »

Macron's police blow off hand of protestor with grenade

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 15 hours ago
A* Yellow Vest protestor in Paris today has had his hand blown off by a police grenade, showing former Rothschild banker Macron is willing to use a level of violence surpassing that of the so called totalitarian regimes of Russia, China, Iran etc* *Europeans may soon have to appeal to President Xi of China to defend their human rights.* *Excerpts from media* *France’s gilets jaunes movement has continued its national action for an eighth successive weekend with demonstrations across the country.* *In Paris, there were violent clashes between police and protesters attempting to rea... more »

Science is falsifiable — WATCH NOW

CFACT Ed at CFACT - 15 hours ago
Science is objective, not emotional. Time to hold climate science up the the rigorous standards the scientific method demand. Featuring Marc Morano -- WATCH NOW The post Science is falsifiable — WATCH NOW appeared first on CFACT.

Visitors from Taiwan

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 15 hours ago
Yesterday MB and I took my son Julian and his wife Emily (who are visiting from Taiwan) to Five Islands near Georgetown, Maine. It's one of my favorite spots and the sun came up after a dreary morning to brighten our trip there. When we got home Jules and Emily cooked us a great Chinese meal and then we went across the street to Bowdoin College to watch the #1 ranked women's basketball team in the nation play. They are undefeated in Division II and won again in a spirited game. No snow is going to fall while they are here but the warm temperatures of the last couple of days ... more »

Greek police protest transfer to riot unit to protect Alexis Tsipras and other Globalists...

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 15 hours ago
*Greece's police union has protested demands by Globalis puppet Alexis Tsipras to transfer to the riot unit to protect him in Athens, underlining the dilemma faced by the banksters.* *They have to rely on the very police and army they are looting and abusing for protection from an angry, decompartmentalized public.* *Hit themselves by years of bankster austerity, pay cuts, debt and with no prospects of any improvement, the police have little incentive to protect their arch enemy Tsipras from his millions of Greek victims...* *Much better for everyone in Greece to switch to a state c... more »

The Army Spent $30 Billion on These 5 Wonder Weapons (And they Flopped)

Sebastien Roblin at Test Feed Using Fields - 15 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * [image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/9790176@N07/12884925823] We break them all down. The United States spent $610 billion in 2018 on defense, roughly one-third of all military spending on the planet—but that doesn’t mean that money is always being used efficiently. Over thirty years, the U.S. Army has engaged in two long-term wars and several briefer ones without replacing the major weapon systems which entered service in the 1970s and 80s. In part, this is because the Army scaled back hi-tech equipment procurement in order to sustain expensive ... more »

The Russian Navy Is About to Become A Lot Deadlier

Michael Peck at Test Feed Using Fields - 15 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, Europe* [image: Russian navy new missile carrier ship Orekhovo-Zuyevo arrives to the port of Sevastopol, Crimea December 7, 2018. REUTERS/Pavel Rebrov] Moscow is deploying “Black Beret” Marines on all its warships. The Russian Navy is deploying marines aboard all its warships sailing to overseas stations. Their mission is to secure these ships against terrorists and saboteurs. The anti-terrorist groups will be posted on ships sailing to distant sea zones, according to Russian newspaper Izvestia. “Marines often accompanied the ships and vessels of the So... more »

The Ancient Greeks and Their Walls

Anoop Verma at The Verma Report - 15 hours ago
Part of Themistocles's wall in KerameikosIn his book *The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece*, Josiah Ober points out that as the city-states in Ancient Greece grew wealthier they began to fortify themselves by investing in long walls and other systems of defense. Plato was against the idea of border walls, while Aristotle favored walls. Here’s an excerpt from Chapter 2, “Ants Around a Pond: An Ecology of City-States”: In the Early Iron Age of the eleventh and tenth centuries BCE, Greek settlements were unwalled. But in subsequent centuries, along with developing forms of social org... more »

“Climate change” is so slow it is hardly noticeable

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 16 hours ago
If climate is defined as average weather over a 30 year period (i.e. WMO definition), then it would take several decades to see any true change show up given the wide variability experienced year to year. To illustrate, consider this … Continue reading →

Editor's Note

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
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Amy Klobuchar And Sherrod Brown Want To Be President Too

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
I've tried to make it clear that the Worst Democraps Who Want To Be President series is not just for any candidate I don't like, but really for the very worst of the worst, like Gillibrand and Bloomberg. So... I may not want to see Amy Klobuchar get the nomination, nor Sherrod Brown, Cory Booker or Kamala Harris, but none of them belongs in that series. Still all fair game for criticism of course, but not as a "Worst Democraps." For example, reporting for BuzzFeed News yesterday, Molly Hensley-Clancy wrote that there's more to Klobuchar than Minnesota Nice. "[B]ehind the doors of ... more »

Team Patriot UK MPs should seize chance to form a new business and people friendly party after Globalist Brexit disaster

Jane Burgermeister at BIRDFLU666 WORDPRESS BLOG CONTINUES HERE - 16 hours ago
*A fixer of Jeremy Corbyn has goaded disaffected Labour MPs to "resign now" rather than delay plans to form a breakaway movement.* *https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/02/09/corbyn-ally-goads-disaffected-labour-mps-resign-now-want-form/* *In my view, disaffected Labour and Tory MPs should join together to form a new party which represents the interests of business leaders and the public rather than the private banks.* *If they manage to get elected and get laws passed for the central bank of England to switch to state issued money like China, they could usher in a new boom e... more »

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 16 hours ago
*New Jersey Becomes Second State Mandating Middle Schoolers Learn About LGBTQ Achievements* New Jersey will be the second state to mandate that middle and high school students learn about LGBTQ contributions. Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed Senate Bill 1569, which requires schools to adopt curriculums that “accurately portray political, economic, and social contributions of persons with disabilities and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.” “The Governor believes that ensuring students learn about diverse histories will help build more tolerant communities and stren... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 16 hours ago
*Democrats Release Green New Deal. Here’s What’s in It* New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez released a resolution that outlines the “Green New Deal” that’s become a central part of the Democratic agenda. The Green New Deal resolution calls for “10-year national mobilizations” toward a series of goals aimed at fighting global warming, according to a copy of the bill obtained by NPR. A separate fact sheet claims the plan would “mobilize every aspect of American society on a scale not seen since World War 2.” That includes getting all our energy needs from “clean, renewable, and ... more »

50 years ago today . . .

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 16 hours ago
. . . the first flight of the Boeing 747, the famous "Jumbo Jet", took place, on February 9th, 1969. Here's Boeing's official video of proceedings. The actual takeoff is shown from about 14m. 30s. onwards. Congratulations to Boeing on a landmark in aviation history. As of December 2018, over 1,500 747's had been built, and the type is still in low-rate limited production, primarily in freighter configuration. It's proved to be one of the most successful aircraft programs of all time, particularly in terms of the number of people carried - including the largest number ever c... more »

LIVE: Thailand Uncharted

New Mandala at New Mandala - 16 hours ago
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