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Three CSU Institutions are Ranked Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs
Intentional diversity, a culture of constant improvement and a staff committed to meeting the needs of students and helping them succeed propelled three California State University campuses into the top rankings of the Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs in 2019.
USF, Benedict College Named Recipients of ACE/Fidelity Investments Award for Institutional Transformation
The University of South Florida (USF) and Benedict College have been named the recipients of the 2019 American Council on Education (ACE)/Fidelity Investments Award for Institutional Transformation, ACE recently announced. The awards were presented to USF president Dr. Judy Genshaft and Benedict president Dr. Roslyn Clark Artis on behalf of the schools at ACE’s recent […]
Federal Education Department Releases Budget Proposal
College funding, school safety and school choice are items addressed in the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed fiscal year 2020 budget, which department officials shared with media in a conference call Monday morning.
Heather Wilson Resigns As U.S. Air Force Secretary to Become College President
Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson said that she will resign from her post, effective May 31 stating that it should provide “sufficient time” for a “smooth transition and ensure effective advocacy during upcoming Congressional hearings” on the Air Force’s budget. Wilson said she will leave her current job to become the next president of the […]
Former UT President Bill Powers Dies at 72
The University of Texas (UT) has announced that Bill Powers, who previously served as its president for almost 10 years, passed away on Sunday at UT’s Dell Seton Medical Center. He was 72. The cause of death came from complications from a fall and a rare, adult-onset muscular disorder called oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy, according to […]
Seattle firms merge, plan combined cannabis tracking tech company
Dauntless, a 6-year-old company that develops point-of-sale and tracking software for the cannabis industry, acquired Soro, a cannabis sales and customer relationship management company. The two businesses, both based in Seattle, plan to create a platform that serves growers, packagers and retailers across the United States, according to GeekWire. Terms weren’t disclosed. For more on […] Seattle firms merge, plan combined cannabis tracking tech company is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
California marijuana tech firm Eaze expands into Oregon
San Francisco-based cannabis tech company Eaze made its first on-demand delivery expansion outside California by launching its online platform in Portland, Oregon, through a partnership with Kaleafa – a family-owned dispensary located in the city. In a statement, Eaze President Ro Choy called the development a “pivotal moment” for a company that is said to have supported […] California marijuana tech firm Eaze expands into Oregon is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
First medical cannabis clinic in United Kingdom opens
Britain’s first dedicated medical marijuana clinic opened in Manchester, setting the groundwork for wider use of MMJ in the country and sparking criticism from some quarters of the medical community. More clinics are expected to open in London and Birmingham later this spring, according to a news release. Only a handful of patients have had access […] First medical cannabis clinic in United Kingdom opens is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Ohio grants cannabis firm permission to produce concentrates, edibles, topicals
Ohio awarded the state’s first certificate of operation to a medical marijuana processor, which will allow for manufacturing of cannabis edibles, tinctures, topicals and other products. This could prove a boon to sales for Ohio’s medical marijuana firms because only plant material – flower – has been available for purchase since the state’s first dispensaries […] Ohio grants cannabis firm permission to produce concentrates, edibles, topicals is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Syrian Army Hunts Down ISIS in Desert, Terrorists ‘Hideout’ in US-Controlled Al-Tanf
*SouthFront* | US-led coalition prevents Syria from conducting security operations against ISIS in the desert area.
Is Section 215 No Longer Worth the Effort?
Last week, reports surfaced from the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal that the NSA may be shutting down the Section 215 program accessing domestic call detail records (CDRs). Asaf Lubin and I have been researching the program in light of the sunsetting of the USA Freedom Act later this year—and while we hadn't anticipated that the NSA might close down the program entirely, we are not entirely surprised. Controversy about the program was high, making it politically expensive to maintain. As Lubin and I examined the program, we became convinced that due to changes in techn... more »
Wind Generation Fails in Midwest Due to Weather Events: Polar Vortex and El Niño
Weather has a major effect on the productivity of wind turbines. Both the Polar Vortex and El Niño have reduced… The post Wind Generation Fails in Midwest Due to Weather Events: Polar Vortex and El Niño appeared first on IER.
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/11/2019
Today's Water Cooler: China trade, Biden, Gillibrand, Harris, Sanders, resistance grifters, retail sales, business inventories, leading indicators, Facebook, Boeing, investors and deforestation, wetland carbon storage, sea level rise, animal traction, grievances, emojis, browser tabs
World News Briefs -- March 11, 2019
*Al Jazeera:* *Algeria's Bouteflika delays elections, will not seek fifth term* *Announcement carried by state media comes amid mass demonstrations against ailing leader's plan to extend 20-year rule.* Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has announced the postponement of the country's presidential elections next month. In a message carried by the official APS news agency on Monday, the 82-year-old also said he would not seek a fifth term. *Read more *.... *MIDDLE EAST* Dozens killed in *Islamic State's final stronghold as US-backed forces close in.* US-backed Syrian forces... more »
At the gym
I used to write a blog about the people I met in coffee shops. But I gave it up—going to coffee shops. Now I go to the gym and I see a lot of interesting people, and even talk to some, although I rarely know their names. Today on the next exercycle there was a woman who is an immigrant. We’ve chatted numerous times. She goes to her “home” country for 5 months of the year, but her adult children were born in the U.S. “I’m very close to my children,” she told me today. “We talk first thing in the morning, and later maybe 8-9 times.” I would like to think I misunderstood that, ... more »
Movie night
We don’t see a lot of movies. The last time we went to a theater, it was sold out on-line, not only for that showing, but the next. But our daughter recommended a movie when we went out for dinner Friday night, and since I was picking up some books at the library yesterday, I looked for it. So last night we watched the movie, "Chef," which although it has an awful lot of food prep and f-words in it, is a wonderful story about a boy and his relationship with his divorced dad. Well worth your time. Also a lot about social media, which the son knows how to do, and dad doesn’t. htt... more »
That Fake Poll on the Green New Deal
By Phillip W. Magness Over 80 percent of American voters support the Green New Deal (GND), or so claim its backers citing a recent survey... more »
The linear-no threshold single-hit model is no longer valid as a default assumption for risk assessment
Edward J. Calabrese. The linear No-Threshold (LNT) dose response model: A comprehensive assessment of its historical and scientific foundations. Chemico-Biological Interactions. 301 (2019) 6–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbi.2018.11.020 The linear no-threshold (LNT) single-hit (SH) dose response model for cancer risk assessment is comprehensively assessed with respect to … Continue reading →
Will Happer is a distinguished scientist who should not be silenced
BY MICHAEL GREER: It’s difficult not to be skeptical of the claims made by climate alarmists when they are unwilling to even enter into a discussion with a colleague who might question their conclusions. The post Will Happer is a distinguished scientist who should not be silenced appeared first on CFACT.
50+ Retired Generals and Diplomats Urge the United States to Reenter Iran Deal
*The American College of National Security Leaders* *Security, Middle East* [image: Reuters] Re-entry into the nuclear deal will contribute to establishing a broader U.S. national strategy for the Middle East. The United States should rejoin the Iran nuclear deal. The 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), put limitations on Iran’s nuclear program that provided assurances that it would not be used to develop weapons, improved American intelligence about potential future development and significantly improved the security of the United States a... more »
Meet Hitler's Super Submarines (And Why They Were Too Late)
*WarIsBoring* *Security, * On May 4, 1945 one of the most advanced submarines in the world crept up to a British Royal Navy cruiser. U-2511 was one of Germany’s new Type XXI-class “wonder” submarines, and she was hunting for Allied ships. She also represented one of the Third Reich’s biggest failures. *These strategic weapons turned Cold War submarines into the truly decisive platforms they are today. Submarines during World War II were used mainly for defending friendly coastlines, harassing enemy warships and interdicting enemy convoys. The Type XXI was meant to carry out these... more »
This Is the Story of the Fallen Thunderbird Pilot Who Helped 'Captain Marvel' Soar
*Task and Purpose* *Security, * Thunderbirds pilot Maj. Stephen "Cajun" Del Bagno, one of the many Air Force personnel enlisted to consult on the portrayal of Captain Carol Danvers' aviation chops, was killed in an April 2018 crash at the Nevada Test and Training Range at Nellis Air Force Base just a week after consulting on the movie, according to Air Force Times. *Captain Marvel *blasted across movie screens around the world with a blockbuster opening weekend, and the film's directors say they owe a debt of gratitude not just to the Air Force, but to a fallen Thunderbird pilot.... more »
Mother Ship Strikes and F-35s: How the Navy and Marine Corps Might Transform Amphibious Attack
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * The concept is to configure a dispersed, yet “networked” fleet of next-generation connectors and other smaller boats launched from big-deck amphib “mother ships.” The larger host ships are intended to operate in a command and control capacity while bringing sensors, long-range fires and 5th-generation air support to the fight. *While this emerging Navy strategy is, of course, intended to implement a far more effective attack strategy, it is also, by design, intended to save more lives when launching dangerous assaults into heavily-defended enemy areas.... more »
Finally! The Slave Owner's Code, "The Monroe Doctrine", Will Be Tested
*James Monroe - Slave Owner and* *5th President of the United States* *Voice of Satan, BBC, Rubs hands with Glee as Venezuela suffers from USrael Blackout * Monday Morning, and the United States of Israel is doubling down on its stated intention to cause Regime Change in Venezuela by hook or by crook. This morning, the *"Voice of Satan", the BBC,* is crowing and rubbing its hands with glee as it reports how Venezuelans are suffering under the USrael-created electrical blackouts. Infants are, or will shortly be, "dying in their incubators" (TM)...at least that's the fervent hope ... more »
Protest Song Of The Week: ‘Morning In America’ By Durand Jones & The Indications
The following was originally published at Ongoing History Of Protest Songs. Durand Jones & The Indications is a soulful band that recently released their sophomore album, “American Love Call.” Concerning the objective of the album, drummer Aaron Frazer stated, “As America grows more diverse, we have the opportunity to form The post Protest Song Of The Week: ‘Morning In America’ By Durand Jones & The Indications appeared first on Shadowproof.
Other side of the coin
It must be because I’ve clicked on a Tommy Robinson video once or twice, but I keep getting unsolicited Tommy Robinson-related alerts on the iPad. Well, I suppose it’s just as well, otherwise, I’d never get to know what’s informally known as ‘the other side of the story’. It’s not that the MSM is completely silent about the comings and goings of Tommy Robinson formerly known as Stephen Yaxley-Thingy. Did you read that piece in the Sunday Times (£) penned by, of all people, famous journo Andrew Gilligan? Tommy Robinson is best-funded politician in UK I’m surprised. Why would Andre... more »
Dems Back Illegal-alien Voting for Good Reason: Illegals Vote Democrat
[image: dems-back-illegal-alien-voting-for-good-reason-illegals-vote-democrat] The Democratic Party — or at least the hard-bitten leftists who run it in the House of Representatives — doesn’t care whether illegal aliens vote in American elections.
Sandmann’s Attorney: CNN Gets Sued Today or Tomorrow. And for More Money
[image: sandmanns-attorney-cnn-gets-sued-today-or-tomorrow-and-for-more-money] Sometime today or tomorrow, CNN will get what the* Washington Post* got last month: a massive lawsuit from Nicholas Sandmann. And the dollar figure will be bigger.
Over 1,000 Scientists Openly Dissent From Evolution Theory
[image: over-1-000-scientists-openly-dissent-from-evolution-theory] Over 1,000 doctoral scientists from around the world have signed a “Dissent” statement expressing skepticism about Darwin’s evolution theory, sparking fresh controversy over an idea that is at the core of many people’s worldview.
Are Chicken Nuggets Made From Feathers Heading to Store Shelves?
Some readers were a little confused, or maybe just grossed out, about a potential future food.
The Rise of Cashless Banks (And What To Do About It)
By J.P. Koning For centuries bank deposits have come with a comforting guarantee. Depositors have always been able to quickly convert them at par into... more »
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 11, 2019
US Air Force planes conduct an exercise on April 12, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. *CNN:* *Trump administration may seek more money from US allies hosting military forces* The Trump administration has been internally discussing how to get countries that host US troops in times of peace to pay more of the cost of keeping those troops stationed there. The term used to sum up one specific formula under consideration is "cost plus 50." That means that the United States would work to get countries to cover the full cost of the US military presence in their country, then also pay a... more »
Saudi Arabia Has Become the World’s Top Arms Buyer
By Jason Ditz (ANTIWAR.COM) — Most reports on international arms sales focus on the biggest sellers. That inevitably means the United States, the largest exporter by... more »
Syrian Army attack leaves large field of smoke in southern Idlib (video)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:00 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) unleashed a big assault across the southern countryside of the Idlib Governorate this afternoon. Using their MLRS launcher, the Syrian Army fired several surface-to-surface missiles towards Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham’s defenses near the key town of Khan Sheikhoun. Video below shows a field of smoke in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
New report reveals up to 400,000 contractors in Russian military
Nearly 400,000 contractors currently serve in the Russian Armed Forces, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu stated on Monday during a session of the Russian State Duma’s (lower house of parliament) Defense Committee. “Since 2012, the number of contractors has nearly doubled, currently reaching 394,000 people,” the minister said. According to him, in every regiment and […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
ISIS fighter had wounds treated and received social benefits in Austria: report
Austrian citizen of Turkish decent Azad G. was treated for a gunshot wound and received a guaranteed minimum wage for 14 months after returning from Syria in 2014, where he had fought on the side of Daesh, Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung reported. Despite initially looking into Azad G.’s persona, Austrian investigators dropped the case and […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Rebel sleeper cells emerge across southern and western Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:40 P.M.) – Rebel sleeper cells have emerged across both southern and western Syria, despite the fact that the Syrian military has declared many of these areas safe to return to. Most recently, the Syrian military reported a powerful explosion inside the rural Daraa town of Tafas after an IED was detonated under […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Breaking: Syrian Army launches massive assault on southern Idlib
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:20 P.M.) – Minutes ago, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) unleashed a massive assault across the southern countryside of the Idlib Governorate. Led by their 4th Armored Division, the Syrian Arab Army fired a plethora of surface-to-surface missiles using their MLRS launcher. According to a military source near the battlefield, the Syrian Arab […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Russian army to receive medium-range attack drones in 2019
The Russian Armed Forces will commission medium-range attack drones for the first time in 2019, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu stated on Monday during a session of the Russian State Duma (lower house of parliament) Defense Committee. He noted that since 2012, 38 military units have been formed in the Russian army, equipped with over […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
CNN: Judge rips insurer for putting ‘bottom line’ over patients’ health
On Tuesday, US Chief Magistrate Judge Joseph Spero issued his decision against United Behavioral Health (a subsidiary of UnitedHealthcare), accusing them of “focusing on the ‘bottom line as much or more’ than patients’ health, saying the insurer illegally denied treatment to thousands of people. The judge also slammed the company’s medical directors for being “deceptive” under […] The post CNN: Judge rips insurer for putting ‘bottom line’ over patients’ health appeared first on Health Nut News.
Associated Press: FDA removes restrictions on genetically modified salmon
On Friday, the FDA lifted an import alert “that had prevented AquaBounty from importing its salmon eggs to its Indiana facility, where they would be grown before being sold as food. The agency noted the salmon has already undergone safety reviews, and that it lifted its alert because the fish would be subject to a new […] The post Associated Press: FDA removes restrictions on genetically modified salmon appeared first on Health Nut News.
The coming care crisis as kids with Autism grow up
When a person with a disability turns 21, they are no longer entitled to a free public education under federal law (often referred to as the “services cliff”) And for many American families, “the drop off this cliff leaves them scrambling, with few, if any, suitable options.”1 (Check out one of New Jersey’s solutions to […] The post The coming care crisis as kids with Autism grow up appeared first on Health Nut News.
Genetic sequencing science breakthrough just proved that measles “outbreaks” are caused by the measles vaccine
(Natural News) The entire fear mongering campaign surrounding measles outbreaks in the United States centers around a “big lie” that’s pushed by vaccine propagandists. All measles outbreaks, they falsely claim, are due solely to unvaccinated children. Thus, the answer to outbreaks is more vaccines, they say. But a science paper published in the Journal of […] The post Genetic sequencing science breakthrough just proved that measles “outbreaks” are caused by the measles vaccine appeared first on Health Nut News.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (aka Empty Cortex) from bartender to congress...
*how did this happen?* Anyone who has given this a moment's thought has probably asked themselves that question. I certainly have. I'm sure many of you have had pieces of the puzzle just as I did. The following video links them together. However, at first I thought the video didn't go deep enough and wondered who was behind the designated "top dog." After giving it some additional thought and investigating the myriad PACs they're behind, it occurred to me these people can fund their own traitorous machinations. So how do we know if this video is "fake news?" While being periphera... more »
Brazilian Officials to Verify Indigenous Land Invasions in Amazon
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazilian minister in charge of political relations in the Bolsonaro’s Administration with Congress, General Santos Cruz, and National Indigenous Foundation (Funai) President, Franklimberg de Freitas, are scheduled to visit on Monday the region of the Belo Monte hydroelectric plant to verify reports of invasions […] The post Brazilian Officials to Verify Indigenous Land Invasions in Amazon appeared first on The Rio Times.
Business Leaders from Cambridge University Visit Rio NGO EduMais
By Jack Arnhold, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On Friday, March 8th, students of Rio-based NGO EduMais were visited by a team of business leaders from Cambridge University’s Judge Business School MBA program as part of a one-day entrepreneurship session. The visit aims to inspire local students and establish an ongoing mentoring program […] The post Business Leaders from Cambridge University Visit Rio NGO EduMais appeared first on The Rio Times.
Rio Nightlife Guide for Monday, March 11, 2019
We have the top three picks for this Monday, and below there is a list of bars and lounges that are always a good option. PARTY: Baila Me @ Pub Kriok (Lapa) – This Monday, Baila Me are putting on their first post-Carnival party packed with baile funk, reggaeton and all the latest pop hits. […] The post Rio Nightlife Guide for Monday, March 11, 2019 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Harvest Health sets cannabis industry standard with $850 million acquisition of multistate operator Verano
(For more analysis of this deal, sign up for our new premium subscription service, Investor Intelligence.) Arizona-based Harvest Health & Recreation reached a binding agreement to acquire Verano Holdings of Chicago for $850 million, a deal that’s considered to be the largest acquisition inked in the U.S. cannabis industry to date. The deal surpasses the […] Harvest Health sets cannabis industry standard with $850 million acquisition of multistate operator Verano is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
UK COLUMN: Hitchens Takes on OPCW, Venezuela Fake News Exposed, Blair Playing Brexit
*UK Column News* | Mike Robinson and Patrick Henningsen take a look at the early week news round-up.
Hypocrisy and Hyperbole
I teach at a public university. Am I a hypocrite? Bernie Sanders’ net worth is about $2M. Is he a hypocrite? How about vegetarians who regularly eat meat? The right answer: It depends on the details of the speakers’ moral position! Consider the following cases. 1. You say, “It is always morally wrong to eat meat,” […] The post Hypocrisy and Hyperbole appeared first on Econlib.
Syria is Ready for War with Israel Over Golan Heights Region: Mikdad
Syria is Ready for War with Israel Over Golan Heights Region: Mikdad by https://www.almasdarnews.com/ BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:30 P.M.) – Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad told the head of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), Christine Lund, this past week that Syria is prepared for a showdown with Israel over the Golan Heights region. […]
Colin Powell’s Chief of Staff: Don’t Mess with Hezbollah! Ex-KGB Agent on Skripal Poisonings
goingundergroundRT Published on Mar 4, 2019 On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Colin Powell’s Chief of Staff Col. Lawrence Wilkerson who discusses a variety of issues such as the recent India-Pakistan conflict in Kashmir, Hezbollah’s designation as a terror organisation by the UK and why the US should not fight Hezbollah, Israeli […]
The Sheriff Revolt on New Gun Laws Shows Why America Needs More Decentralization
By Justin Murray Recently, a dozen sheriffs in Washington State announced that they would refuse to enforce the newly passed referendum 1639 which raised the... more »
BREAKING NEWS: Congressman Sends Letter To Facebook’s Zuckerberg Detailing Errors in Previous Censorship Letter
The post BREAKING NEWS: Congressman Sends Letter To Facebook’s Zuckerberg Detailing Errors in Previous Censorship Letter appeared first on Learn The Risk.
Venezuela Suffers major Power Outages After Alleged Cyber Attack
US-backed “Interim President” Juan Guaido is using the crisis to call for the armed forces to back his efforts in ousting the Maduro government and tweeted, “electricity will return once the usurpation ends.”
Bipartisan Attacks on the Second Amendment
[image: undefined] The House of Representatives recently passed legislation that would expand the national background check system to require almost everyone selling firearms, including private collectors who supplement their incomes by selling firearms at gun shows, to perform background checks on the potential buyers. The bill has a section purporting to bar creation of a national firearms registry. However, the expanded background check system will require the government to compile lists of those buying and selling guns. In other words, it creates a de facto national gun registry... more »
Even Israel is getting the Trump treatment on trade
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
11-Mar-2019 US trade negotiators are traveling to Israel for advanced talks to upgrade their agricultural trade pact and reduce barriers for American farm exports to the Middle Eastern country.
Universities Across The U.S. Are Adding Cannabis To Their Curriculum
By Aaron Kesel All across the U.S. colleges are now adding cannabis (both hemp and marijuana) programs to their curriculum, including schools in states where... more »
Mainstream Media Finally Admit Venezuela Aid Trucks Torched by Protesters—NOT Maduro’s People
[image: venezuela]US Vice President Mike Pence said that “the tyrant” Maduro “danced as his henchmen...burned food & medicine.” But he was lying.
Rapper Charged With Terrorism for Sharing Song Critical of Police on Facebook and YouTube
[image: rapper]“In totalitarian regimes—a.k.a. police states—where conformity and compliance are enforced at the end of a loaded gun, the government dictates what words can and cannot be used."
WATCH: Cop Caught Throwing Nails in Family’s Driveway for Filing a Complaint Against Him
[image: family]A cop was seen throwing nails into the driveway of an innocent family in an act of retaliation, yet he was not held accountable by his department.
“Who’s Unconscious Now?”: Cop Snaps, Attacks Handcuffed Man and Gloats About It
[image: unconscious]A Denver cop was caught on video losing his temper and violently attacking a handcuffed man, knocking him unconscious and then gloating about it.
See for yourself...
Tulsi Gabbard - CNN Presidential Town Hall in 2019 I know it is early yet to be focusing on the 2020 presidential election. But for many reasons it is right in front of us. I just watched this CNN town hall from Texas. Tulsi comes across quite impressively. I found nothing I could argue with. I recall that she went to Standing Rock in North Dakota when that pipeline fight was going strong. But I've also heard friends who live in Hawaii call out Tulsi for not being active in similar fights in her own state. That is an important observation. On the island of Kaui in Hawaii th... more »
The Climate Fight Has Clear Villains. It's Long Past Time to Name Them
*Herman Goering on trial in Nuremberg, 1946 (source)* *Slobodan Milošević on trial in The Hague, 1999 (source)* *by Thomas Neuburger* *"Crimes against international law are committed by men, not by abstract entities, and only by punishing individuals who commit such crimes can the provisions of international law be enforced."* —France et. al. v. Goering et. al., 22 IMT 411, 466 (Int'l Mil. Trib. 1946), aka the Nuremberg Trials *"Let's call this what it is: an atmosphere of impunity for atrocity."* —Kate Aronoff (source) *Encore un cri de coeur*. Contrary to frightened and popular b... more »
Fan of a Pretty-Faced Murderer
The barrage of bipartisan gaslighting finally may have gotten to Ilhan Omar, congresswoman from Minnesota. While steadfast and brave in the face of charges of anti-Semitism for her critique of the right-wing government of Israel's outsize influence on American politicians, she appears, at first glance anyway, to have collapsed under the weight of all the shocked reaction to her spot-on critique of Barack Obama's drone assassinations, mass deportations and imprisonments of migrants and refugees, and his corrupt fealty to Wall Street. Less than 24 hours after her scathing assessment... more »
Remembering Alexander Fleming, the man who invented the world’s first antibiotic.
https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/alexander-fleming-inventor-of-penicillin-312787-2016-03-11 Advertisements
A little-known AI method can train on your health data without threatening your privacy.
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613098/a-little-known-ai-method-can-train-on-your-health-data-without-threatening-your-privacy/
Bill Gates: If Africa Can Be Electrified, The Whole World Will Benefit Too
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2019/03/10/bill-gates-if-africa-can-be-electrified-the-whole-world-will-benefit-too/?utm_source=FBPAGE&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2182416065&utm_campaign=sprinklrForbesMainFB#8e112983311f
Massive twin star snuggles close to its stellar sibling
https://www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/4379/massive_twin_star_snuggles_close_to_its_stellar_sibling
THE CURE FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE!
https://supertechie24.wixsite.com/healthblog/post/the-cure-for-high-blood-pressure
It’s Official: You Should Always #Shower At Night, Not in the Morning
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/why-always-shower-night-173507823.html
Experts Are Saying #Pizza Is A Healthier Breakfast Choice Than Cereal
https://lifestyle.diply.com/30418/experts-are-saying-pizza-is-a-healthier-breakfast-choice-than-ce?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=diplyfacts-tr&utm_content=f016239
It Sounds Crazy, But Fukushima, Chernobyl, And Three Mile Island Show Why Nuclear Is Inherently Safe
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2019/03/11/it-sounds-crazy-but-fukushima-chernobyl-and-three-mile-island-show-why-nuclear-is-inherently-safe/?utm_source=FACEBOOK&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Valerie/#3b942ccb1688
Throwing Away The #Banana Peel? Here Is Why Science Says You Shouldn’t!
https://www.thebetterindia.com/162142/banana-peel-nutritious-healthy-food-science/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=reshare&utm_campaign=organic
AI Is About To Take The Ship’s Helm Away From Humans
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeremybogaisky/2019/01/14/ai-is-about-to-take-the-ships-helm-away-from-humans/?utm_source=FBPAGE&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2174974805&utm_campaign=sprinklrForbesMainFB#1ca9e9623eed
The Revolution Has No Hollywood Ending
*Caitlin Johnstone* - Humanity is now at a point where our struggles are probably going to be resolved. But how?
Here Come the Robot Submarines: Meet Boeing's 4 Huge Robotic Subs
*David Axe* *Security, * What can they do? *"Part of the value of having unmanned surface vehicles is you can get capacity at a lower cost," Rear Adm. John Neagley, the Navy’s executive for unmanned and small warships, told Breaking Defense.* The U.S. Navy has ordered from Boeing four huge robotic submarines, potentially signally an effort to deploy a large number of crewless undersea boats alongside traditional, manned submarines. *(This first appeared last month.)* The Navy's $43-million purchase of four Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicles, or XLUUVs, comes as the fl... more »
Stealth and Lasers: How the Navy's New Zumwalt-Class Destroyer Will Sink Your 'Battleship'
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * A 21st century battleship? *The larger the amount of exportable, ruggedized mobile power technology, the stronger the laser. Ship-based laser weapons, it is widely discussed, are now operational. The challenge moving forward is to succeed in increasing their strength and range while accelerating its integration with radar, sensors and fire control technologies.* As the Navy commissions its second Zumwalt-class stealthy new destroyer, the service is expanding the strategic scope for the attack vessels and engineering the ships for new weapons, improved... more »
How the Biggest Battleship Ever Died: "It Was Like a Tactical Nuclear Weapon Going Off"
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * When it was all over, the Surface Special Attack Force had been almost completely destroyed. Yamato, the cruiser Yahagi and three destroyers were sunk. Several other escorts had been seriously damaged. Gone with the great battleship were 2,498 of its 2,700-person crew. *The story of the Yamato is a warning to all armed forces that the march of war technology is merciless and unsentimental.* In early 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy made a difficult decision: it would sacrifice the largest, most powerful battleships ever built to protect Okinawa, the ... more »
Reflections of a Textbook Author
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Two Theories of Politics: Zero-Sum vs. Self-Reinforcing Change
The FT's Edward Luce recently judged that “America’s intellectual energy is now on the left.” With light comes heat, and there are vigorous debates among progressives on fundamental questions in tech, health, employment, energy, and finance policy. I am less concerned about the in-fighting than about the outdated theories of political change it sometimes presumes. A broad popular front united against Trumpist patrimonialism may fragment if too many within it are committed to too narrow an approach to policy. I’ll give two examples of this danger, while explaining a theory of politica... more »
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People standing near the wreckage of a recent Shabab-claimed suicide car bomb attack on a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia. The Shabab has proved resilient against American airstrikes, and continues to carry out regular bombings in East Africa.CreditCreditFeisal Omar/Reuters *New York Times:* *Trump Administration Steps Up Air War in Somalia* WASHINGTON — The American military has escalated a battle against the Shabab, an extremist group affiliated with Al Qaeda, in Somalia even as President Trump seeks to scale back operations against similar Islamist insurgencies elsewhere in the worl... more »
Another Anniversary: Sure But The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Is Still Ongoing Everyday Of The Year
Originally posted on nuclear-news: March 11, 2019 Every year since year 2011, at this time of the year when the…
TEPCO-USNRC Knew Fukushima Was A Triple Meltdown (Units 1,2,3) Almost Immediately; Unit 4 Spent Fuel Pool Believed Failed
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + : Photo of the 4 Fukushima Daiichi Reactors on Idaho National (Nuclear) Lab, INL, web site. http://youtu.be/teV44bW30Z4…
11 March – News on this Fukushima Anniversary Week
Originally posted on nuclear-news: Today we remember the catastrophe at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear station, and the fact that this is…
China - Vietnam Maritime Clashes Are Becoming The New Normal In The Contested Waters In The South China Sea
Chinese ship reportedly rams and sinks a Vietnamese fishing boat in the Paracels (again). China's neighbors have become so numb to the constant exercise of low-intensity violence and intimidation that it will warrant barely a mention in regional press. https://t.co/fgumeS3MXR — Greg Poling (@GregPoling) March 7, 2019 *VOA:* *China, Vietnam Regularly Clashing at Sea Despite Diplomacy * TAIPEI — A capsized Vietnamese fishing boat that Hanoi says was hit by a Chinese vessel in contested waters is the latest in what scholars call a string of often unreported maritime mishaps between t... more »
Breaking News!!
Breaking News!! Rolling Banner: "Shamima Begum’s mother has written to the Home Office asking it to reconsider the decision to remove Shamima Begum's citizenship." “Comments could be going better” (as some people say).
Security In Iraq Mar 1-7, 2019
(Shafaaq News) The start of March saw the fewest weekly incidents ever recorded by Musings On Iraq. Despite that, casualties were high due to an ambush the Islamic State set for the Hashd al-Shaabi in Ninewa. There were only 13 incidents recorded in Iraq from March 1-7, 2019. That was the fewest attacks ever recorded for a week by Musings On Iraq. The previous low was 15 attacks during the first week of December 2018. There were just 4 incidents each in Diyala and Ninewa, 4 in Kirkuk and 2 in Anbar. *Security Incidents In Iraq By Province * *Province* *Mar 1-7* Anbar 2 Diyala 4 K... more »
This Day In Iraqi History - Mar 11
1917 British army captured Baghdad from Ottomans 1922 Wahabi Ikhwan from Saudi Arabia attacked south of Nasiriya slaughtering civilians 1959 Nasser gave speech in Damascus attacking Communists as being against freedom not supporting Arab nationalism and taking orders from a foreign country meaning USSR (Musings On Iraq book review *Red Star Over Iraq, Iraqi Communism Before Saddam*) (Musings On Iraq Interview with Prof Johan Franzen on the history of the Iraqi Communist Party) 1970 Bakr govt offered Kurds autonomy agreement after talks with KDP Offered self rule assembly recogniz... more »
Trump Signed Bibles. Heresy? Many Religious Leaders Say No
President Donald Trump was just doing what he could to raise spirits when he signed Bibles at an Alabama church for survivors of a tornado outbreak, many religious leaders say, though some are offended and others say he could have handled it differently.
Decline in Readers, Ads Leads Hundreds of Newspapers to Fold
More than 1,400 cities and towns across the U.S. have lost a newspaper over the past 15 years, according to an Associated Press analysis.
A Shredded Book, a Passport: What 157 Victims Left Behind
Searchers in white gloves and canvas shoes picked their way through the scattered remains of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302.
Trump Reviving His Border Wall Fight with New Budget Request
In seeking $8.6 billion for more than 300 miles of new border wall, the budget request would more than double the $8.1 billion already potentially available to the president for the wall after he declared a national emergency.
What Is It Like To Fly An F-35?
*Popular Mechanics: **An F-35 Pilot Explains What It's Like to Fly the Joint Strike Fighter* It’s the most advanced weapon system ever made, and one F-35 pilot tells us what it’s like in the cockpit. Lots of people love the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, one of the most advanced, stealthiest warplanes on the planet. And lots of people loathe it, pointing to the ballooning costs and arguing America's newest fighter is more flash than function. But what's it like to fly it? Despite all the public acrimony about the plane, we haven't heard much from the men and women who will strap into... more »
Are Russian Threats Of New Missiles Aimed At The U.S. Just An Exaggeration?
A MiG-31BM supersonic interceptor equipped with a Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic cruise missile.Russian Ministry of Defense/YouTube *Amy Mackinnon, Business Insider/Foreign Policy:* Russia's new missiles are aimed at the US, but they may be more bark than bite * Russia recently singled out potential hypersonic-weapon targets in the US. * The missiles are concerning because they're not covered by existing treaties and may be able to thwart existing defenses. * But Russia's boasts about the weapons may be more for domestic consumption. Normally inured to the fire and brimstone of Russian... more »
The Next Financial Asset Crisis
A recent publication from the OECD looks at a looming problem for the global economy, a problem that has redeveloped in spite of the lessons taught by the Great Recession. I have posted on this subject before, however, the recent analysis by the OECD suggests that the economy could be on the cusp of another financial crisis. Let's open with this table from Investopedia which shows the bond rating systems for both Moody's and S&P/Fitch: If a company's credit rating falls below a rating of BBB or Baa, the grade of its debt changes from investment quality to junk status. Junk bonds ... more »
"Ides and Tides"
*"Ides and Tides"** by James Howard Kunstler "Just as presidents are expected to act presidentially, Federal Reserve chairpersons are expected to act oracularly - as semi-supernatural beings who emerge now and again from some cave of mathematical secrets to offer reassuringly cryptic utterances on mysteries of the economy. And so was Jerome Powell wheeled out on CBS’s 60 Minutes Sunday night, like a cigar store Indian at an antique fair, so vividly sculpted and colorfully adorned you could almost imagine him saying something. Maybe it was an hallucination, but I heard him say that ... more »
Politics Live
“Two people behaving like complete children” Tory peer @dannythefink on THAT stare-off between Will Self and Mark Francois from Friday’s #politicslive 📽️ https://t.co/Kq1KpuAYRd pic.twitter.com/jKlMTVZFdU — BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) March 11, 2019 "I ran in 2017 election... a horrible place to be... I blame it on Momentum and supporters" ex-candidate @MichelleDewbs "You supply me with no evidence" @paulmasonnews "Why would you be dismissive of my personal experience?" @MichelleDewbs #politicslive https://t.co/Qso3U6pjBQ pic.twitter.com/ZRUc5Z4K8k — BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) M... more »
Brazil’s Azul to Buy Part of Avianca’s Assets for US$105 Million
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazilian airline Azul announced Monday it had made a proposal to buy part of Avianca Brasil’s operations for US$105 million. “The proposal will include assets selected by Azul such as Avianca Brasil air operator certificate, 70 pairs of slots and approximately 30 Airbus A320 […] The post Brazil’s Azul to Buy Part of Avianca’s Assets for US$105 Million appeared first on The Rio Times.
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster Remembered
March 11 is the anniversary for the Fukushima Daiichi disaster of 3 nuclear meltdowns, at least one melt through, and a fire in at least one spent fuel pool. The disaster's costs keep rising: Atsushi Komori (2019, March 10). Think tank puts cost to address nuke disaster up to 81 trillion yen. The Asahi Shimbun, http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201903100044.html In a startling disparity, a private think tank puts the cost of addressing the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster between 35 trillion yen and 81 trillion yen ($315 billion and $728 billion), compared with the government e... more »
Electronic Frontier Foundation recognizes the Nova Scotia government and Halifax police for their role in tech transparency
1. SNC-Lavalin “There is an unanswered, barely whispered question at the heart-attack centre of the SNC-Lavalin scandal now dumping buckets of freezing rain on Justin Trudeau’s sunny ways/sunny days parade,” writes Stephen Kimber: And that question is this: what would Andrew Scheer or Jagmeet Singh have done differently? Click here to read “What would Andrew […]
"The world as 100 people"
Bill Gates put out an interesting tweet a while back, containing an even more interesting graphic. Click the image for a larger view. An article at Our World in Data describes how these charts illustrate history. A recent survey asked “All things considered, do you think the world is getting better or worse, or neither getting better nor worse?”. In Sweden 10% thought things are getting better, in the US they were only 6%, and in Germany only 4%. Very few people think that the world is getting better. What is the evidence that we need to consider when answering this question? ... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Who's Crazy?'
Read article at Mohawk Nation News http://mohawknationnews.com/blog/2019/03/10/whos-crazy/
'New crisis': UN envoy condemns plan to relocate Rohingya Muslims to remote island
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Bangladesh says moving refugees will ease chronic overcrowding in its camps, but humanitarian groups say the island is vulnerable to frequent cyclones and may not even be habitable.
The most critical threats we collectively face today
Dane Wigington, GeoengineeringWatch.org What are the most critical threats we collectively face? If we cannot breath without inhaling the highly toxic heavy metal and chemical fallout from the covert climate engineering assault, how long can we possibly expect to retain our health? How long can the environment survive under such conditions? How many are now […] The post The most critical threats we collectively face today appeared first on Health Nut News.
FORCE MAJEURE–The Sun’s Role in Climate Change
From the GWPF: Henrik Svensmark, 11 Mar 2019 Executive Summary Over the last twenty years there has been good progress in understanding the solar influence on climate. In particular, many scientific studies have shown that changes in solar activity have impacted climate over the whole Holocene period (approximately the last 10,000 years). A well-known example […]
Bomb Algeria Into Democracy?
The Algerian government has offered a compromise: Bouteflica runs for the presidency now for the last time as a symbol of stability with his cadence limited for one year only. Later another elections are held without pressure from barricades and Molotov’s. Though it seems that the funds have already been disbursed between the captains of the future uprising, so the show must go on. The post Bomb Algeria Into Democracy? appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
Gigging, Progress, and the Unmaking of American Work
This is not really about education, and it is totally about education. Over at The Nation, Malcolm Harris has written a review of Sarah Kessler's *Gigged: The End of the Job and the Future of Work. *It's a thoughtful and worthwhile read, even if you decide not to tackle the entire book. Harris opens with the cautionary tale of failed start-up Webvan, and notes the lessons that the founder Peter Relan gleaned from their collapse: *The first problem, he wrote, was customer targeting. Webvan’s strategy was to offer “the quality and selection of Whole Foods, the pricing of Safeway, and ... more »
The Revolution Has No Hollywood Ending
After struggling against our own self-destructive tendencies throughout the entirety of recorded history, humanity is now at a point where that struggle is probably going to be resolved, one way or another, within the lifetime of most people reading this. The movie about this struggle […]
THE TRUMP AND TRIBE FILE: Digest of reports!
*MONDAY, MARCH 11, 2019With our plans for the rest of the year:* Yesterday, Frans de Waal authored an essay in the New York Times Sunday Review. Most recently, de Waal is the author of the 2016 Times best-seller, Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? In the identity line in yesterday's paper, he was identified thusly: "Dr. de Waal is a primatologist who studies chimps and their relations." In yesterday's essay, de Waal mused about the emotional experiences of non-human animals, not excluding your pet dog. In line with our recent focus on "the rational animal," we wer... more »
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From Jenna Orkin Cracks Found in Nuclear Reactor That Could Lead to Evacuation of Edinburgh Trump Asks UK To Drop Food And Environment Standards To Secure Post-Brexit Trade Deal Sick Marine Animals Turning Up on California Beaches in Droves Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders top the list of favored Democrats for 2020 by a long shot, Iowa poll shows Philadelphia banned stores from refusing to accept cash, and it's a troubling trend for Amazon France scrapped a more extreme version of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's tax plan for millionaires because it was making so little money "Oh My God, Righ... more »
Plan to split Orthodox Church in Ukraine unravels (Video)
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 101. The post Plan to split Orthodox Church in Ukraine unravels (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
Walking across Shoshone Land -- Longest Walk 2019 Photos by Bad Bear
. Photos by Carl Bad Bear Sampson, Western Shoshone , Longest Walk 2019, We Shall Continue. "We're still walking 20 to 30 miles a day," Bad Bear said. Walkers are in Ely, Nevada today, headed for Baker. They welcome walkers and runners.
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. - Andrew Mitrovica gives due credit to Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott for showing there's some honour to be found in Canadian politics - though the Libs' subsequent loyalty tests have made it all too clear how limited that is. And Alan Freeman warns of the unfairness of a two-tier justice system in which well-connected businesses never answer for their crimes. - The Canadian Press reports on the Saskatchewan Party's continued disregard for treaty rights and the safety of Indigenous people when it sees an opportunity to pander to e... more »
Another Hat Crime: Bus Aide Snatches Trump Hat Off 14-Year Old Student’s Head
Trump supporters have been dealing with confrontations and even assault from leftists since his presidential campaign began in 2015.
UN Commission on Human Rights Says Israel’s Killing of Gaza Protesters Is An International War Crime
Regarding the killing of children, health workers, and journalists, the commission found "reasonable grounds to believe that snipers shot them intentionally."
Democrat Congressman Nadler Is Willing to Destroy the Lives of 81 People in His Search for a Crime to Get Trump
Nadler and every member of Congress, and every government prosecutor know that they can needlessly destroy a person's life and it doesn’t cost them one dime out of their pocket. Not a single penny!
Jussie Smollett Indicted on 16 Felony Charges
Authorities claim the two attackers, who are black, have confessed to their role in the hoax after Smollett paid them $3,500 to stage the incident. Smollett may also face federal charges for mail fraud on allegations that he mailed a hate speech letter to himself.
Detroit Hotel Cancels Agreement with Event When It Learns Speakers Include Steve Bannon, Sheriff David Clarke, and Triple Amputee, Brian Kolfage
This is an extension of the growing trend to use private businesses and economic measures to eliminate freedom-of-speech in America. Shadow banning, withdrawal of advertising, and cancellation of Internet accounts is now joined by denial-of-services at the local level.
A Promise Kept?
At the moment, we are consumed by the SNC-Lavalin Affair. But, Tom Walkom writes, a much more important problem is about to burst onto the political landscape: One of the more important political events last week was the reminder that Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government has committed itself to some form of pharmacare. I say some form because the government’s Advisory Council on the Implementation of National Pharmacare is still coy about what its final recommendations will be. The need for universal pharmacare is painfully obvious: Most Canadians have some kind of drug coverage... more »
Why the United States Must Be Organized To Reject Britain's Violent Geopolitical Hostility to Russia and China
[image: President Donald J. Trump and Kim Jong Un, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea meet for a social dinner Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, at the Sofitel Legend Metropole hotel in Hanoi.] "If you keep insisting that the world is just a unipolar world, and that Russia and China are the big enemies and competitors and opponents and so forth, I think this is why we are really in a much greater war danger than most people have an inkling of," Schiller Institute founder Helga Zepp-LaRouche stated emphatically in her March 7 weekly webcast.... more »
New Senate Bill Would Legalize Marijuana Nationwide and Erase Possession Charges
*Elias Marat* - We are winning the war on the war on drugs.
Pleasure vs. Pain in the Programmed Society
*Jon Rappoport*- Researchers all over the world believe they are on the road to curing “mood disorders.”
CA enforcement actions on illicit marijuana firms net more than $1.2M in product
In the latest enforcement actions targeting California’s illicit cannabis businesses, state and local agencies recently seized more than $1.2 million in illegal marijuana and MJ products in a series of raids. California licensed cannabis firms have kept a close eye on authorities’ crackdown efforts since illicit operators severely undercut legal sales. According to news releases: […] CA enforcement actions on illicit marijuana firms net more than $1.2M in product is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Russian DNA: Does the F-35 Owe Some of Its Inspiration from This Mysterious Jet?n
*Task and Purpose* *Security, * Take a look. *The Yak-141 Freestyle may not technically count as a predecessor to the F-35, but the JSF does seem to have at least some Russian DNA floating around its engine design — and as the F-35 came to fruition in the United States, the Yak-141 Freestyle died a quiet death in Russia. However, if a resurgent Russian defense industry chooses to move forward with a carrier-based VTOL aircraft, at least one Russian legislator has called for the Yak-141 to be revived, most likely with a stealthier new look for a new Cold War.* For all the yellin... more »
TRUMP IS THE FAVORITE IN 2020, AND THIS IS WHY
I'm back. Thank you, Yastreblyansky, Crank, and Tom -- excellent work once again. I had a relaxing weekend, and I should be gleeful right now -- Media Matters has unearthed old radio braodcasts in which Tucker Carlson made light of the sexual exploitation of underage girls and made other dubious comments. We all know that Carlson works for Fox, and therefore nothing will happen to him except a few days of embarrassment. For a lot of people, that's enough -- but after all these years, I'm sick of the double standard. This would be career-ending for a commentator employed anywhere ou... more »
Whoops! Senator Rubio blames Venezuelan power outages on journalist’s name
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:00 P.M.) – U.S. Senator Marco Rubio blamed the recent power outages in Venezuela on an explosion at the German Dam in the Bolivar State. The problem? There is no German Dam. Rubio mistook journalist German Dam’s name for an actual site in Venezuela. “Today another transformer explosion at the German Dam in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian gov’t accuses US Coalition of massacring 50 civilians in Baghouz
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:00 P.M.) – The Syrian government accused the U.S. Coalition of massacring more than 50 civilians in the Baghouz Camp last night. According to a statement from the Syrian government, the U.S. Coalition killed these 50+ civilians after hitting the Baghouz camp with internationally banned white phosphorous bombs. No further details have been […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Breaking: Egyptian MoD says 46 terrorists killed in northern Sinai
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:50 A.M.) – The Egyptian Ministry of Defense announced on Monday that their forces had killed several terrorists and destroyed over 15 vehicles and 10 hideouts. According to the ministry’s statement, the Egyptian Armed Forces killed at least 46 terrorists and destroyed 17 vehicles and 10+ hideouts in the northern part of the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
SDF launches its final push against ISIS in Baghouz enclave (video)
The US-backed SDF attacked the last stronghold of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) near Baghouz in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Sunday. The US-backed SDF had asked the IS members in the area to surrender until 17:00 (GMT 15:00) on March 10. As the deadline passed, coalition airstrikes and the SDF heavy weaponry were […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
India claims of downing F-16 were for political gains: Pakistan
Pakistan’s Foreign Office has dismissed India’s claims that a Pakistan Air Force F-16 fighter jet was shot down by an Indian warplane in a recent dogfight over the Kashmir border as “completely baseless”. In the statement, Islamabad also accused the Indian government of providing a false narrative to “mislead the international community” for domestic political […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian Army unleashes large-scale attack on jihadist stronghold (video)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:00 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) unleashed a massive retaliatory attack on a jihadist stronghold in southern Idlib last night. Using missiles and artillery shells, the Syrian Arab Army heavily bombarded Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham’s positions near the key town of Khan Sheikhoun in southern Idlib. Video below was captured by pro-opposition […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
How Securities Law Can Help the U.S. Counter INSTEX
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin discuss the re-imposition of sanctions on Iran in November 2018. (Source: State Department) On Jan. 31, the governments of France, Germany and the United Kingdom formally announced the establishment of the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX), a Special Purpose Vehicle dedicated to facilitating trade between European economic actors and Iran. The creation of INSTEX by the three countries—known as the E3—followed months of negotiations in the wake of the United States’s 2018 exit from the Iran n... more »
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*A culture of victimhood and intolerance* *Bradley Campbell on the sociology behind the culture wars on campus* Safe spaces, microaggressions, trigger warnings and No Platforming have become ubiquitous on college campuses on both sides of the Atlantic. Identity-driven grievances, hair-trigger sensitivity to slight and a censorious policing of language have even bled out into mainstream society and politics. Could there be a sociological explanation for these phenomena? Bradley Campbell is the co-author, alongside Jason Manning, of The Rise of Victimhood Culture. spiked caught up... more »
The F-35 Stealth 'Atomic' Fighter?: Now Able to Strike with a Nuclear Weapon?
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * New upgrades are coming. *The forthcoming ability of a frontline F-35s to penetrate hostile airspace with little warning, and potentially deliver a tactical nuclear weapon will surely become a factor in any adversary’s military calculations, for better or worse.* After years of expensive development, the first fully combat-capable Block IIIF F-35 stealth fighter are due to enter service in 2019. However, the Pentagon is already looking ahead to adding dozens of additional capabilities to a follow-up model called the Block 4—an upgrade so ambitio... more »
Tank Terror: Why the U.S. Army's 'New' M1 Abrams Tank Is A Monster on the Battlefield
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * Russia and China won't like this one bit. (Washington, D.C.) Should a mechanized column of heavily armored Russian vehicles launch an aggressive, forward-leaning assault into Eastern Europe 10 years from now, complete with air and artillery support - - just what kinds of specific armored vehicles would best position a US/NATO response? Such a scenario, however likely, incorporates some of the complexities now informing current Army thinking. How much can current platforms, such as the 1980s-era Abrams tank, be upgraded and maintained such that they can... more »
Thousands In Russia Protest Against The New Cyber-Security Bill
*DW:* *Moscow protesters rally against Russia's 'online Iron Curtain'* Lawmakers are close to passing a bill that would rewrite the rules of the internet in Russia. Protesters have rallied in Moscow, saying the law would isolate Russians and pave the way for nationwide censorship. Thousands of protesters gathered in Moscow on Sunday to rally against a draft law that aims to reconfigure the foundation of Russia's internet. More than 14,000 people participated, according to independent monitor White Counter. Interfax news agency put the number at 6,500. At least 16 people were arr... more »
On The Political Consequences of Destruction of Language
Eric Voegelin blames the intellectuals and their destruction of language for the rise of National Socialism. Here’s an excerpt from his *Autobiographical Reflections*: "It is extremely difficult to engage in a critical discussion of National Socialist ideas, as I found out when I gave my semester course on “Hitler and the Germans” in 1964 in Munich, because in National Socialist and related documents we are still further below the level on which rational argument is possible than in the case of Hegel and Marx. In order to deal with rhetoric of this type, one must first develop a ph... more »
'Zero tolerance for security risks': China, Indonesia ground 737 MAX 8 fleets as black box discovered
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Authorities recover the damaged black box from an Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi, killing all 157 people on board, as China and Indonesia ground their fleets of the type of plane involved in the incident.
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*If You're Serious About Climate...* Do you ever wonder why people run for office? I mean, unless you’re a total cynic, you must assume that at least part of the motivation is wanting to do good. Sure, those who run for office want fame and prestige, but they also have strongly held views and want to affect public policy, right? So why in the world would they engage in sabotage of the ideas they hope to advance? That’s undeniably what Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey have done with their juvenile Green New Deal. Consider: The caricature of environmentalists is... more »
This Accident Illustrates How Difficult It Is To Protect A U.S. Presidential Motorcade
*Warzone/The Drive:* *SUV Plows Into Median Barrier Just As Presidential Motorcade Passes In Opposite Direction (Updated)* The incident is a reminder of just how fast threats can appear for the Secret Service agents tasked with getting the President safely from A to B. As the Presidential Motorcade was traveling near Opelika, Alabama on I85, an SUV traveling in the other direction slammed into a highway median barrier just as the core of the procession was passing in the opposite direction. It is not clear at this time exactly what caused the motorist to steer into the motorcade a... more »
CPFTA-II may be finalised prior to PM's China visit
bilaterals.org - 15 hours ago
11-Mar-2019 Pakistan and China are holding 11th round of second phase of Free Trade Agreement hoping positive outcome of the much supported parlays
Journal temporarily withdraws eight papers after publisher mistake
Publishers love their embargoes, whether they’re of papers that aren’t open access yet, or are available to the media before they’re published. Apparently, however, they also break embargoes, just like the journalists they sometimes sanction for the same sin. Take Oxford University Press, which publishes the journal Physical Therapy for the American Physical Therapy Association … Continue reading Journal temporarily withdraws eight papers after publisher mistake
Voters Don't Know It Yet, But The Worst Chink In Trump's Armor Will Be His Disastrous Handling Of The Economy
The day after April Fool's Day, 2016, Trump was still playing us for fools. He was bellowing about how he and only he could get rid of the national debt. Instead his deficits have ballooned into the stratosphere, primarily because of tax cuts for corporations and for the super-wealthy and because of an attitude-- which he even expressed aloud-- akin to Louis XIV's *Après moi, le déluge*. In private he says all the deficits he's running up will be his successors' problems and that he won't be around to see any of it anyway. Even publicly his attitude can best be described as cavalie... more »
Tweets For Today
Venezuela suspends school, business activities on Monday: minister https://t.co/2K5AnxOX0m pic.twitter.com/D2wR1rfRmq — Reuters Top News (@Reuters) March 11, 2019 #UPDATE Opposition leader Juan Guaido said he will ask Venezuela's legislature to declare a "state of alarm," authorizing the delivery of international aid in response to a catastrophic power outage that has paralyzed the country https://t.co/ApCYVQguYS — AFP news agency (@AFP) March 10, 2019 Burkina Faso - the country where it’s too dangerous to go to school https://t.co/HLbNDNkhAd — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March ... more »
Seeing the humanity in one another....
"Come Together" is a documentary about the American Soviet Peace Walk from Leningrad to Moscow in the summer of 1987. The aim of the Walk was to help end the Cold War between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., by "ending the arms race nobody wants." About 250 American and 250 Soviet citizens took part, walking over 450 kilometers from the city of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) to Russia's capital of Moscow. The documentary also includes footage from the first-ever joint U.S.-Soviet rock concert on July 4, 1987, which marked the culmination of the Peace Walk. "Come Together" was joint... more »
GcMaf | Lyn Thyer Facing Extradition Over Unlicensed Cancer Treatment
The pharmaceutical industry has continued its heavy-handed approach in shutting down the production and distribution of GcMaf. For those that are unfamiliar with the case, here is a quick background story. What is GcMaf? GcMAF (Gc Protein-derived Macrophage Activating Factor) occurs naturally in our bodies and instructs macrophages to destroy cancerous cells and foreign invaders … The post GcMaf | Lyn Thyer Facing Extradition Over Unlicensed Cancer Treatment appeared first on OYE Alternative News.
Brazil President Bolsonaro and U.S. President Trump to Meet on March 19th
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Often referred to as the “Tropical Trump”, Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro confirmed this weekend that he will finally meet the man he is most often compared to, U.S. President Donald Trump, at the White House on March 19th. “It will be a great opportunity to […] The post Brazil President Bolsonaro and U.S. President Trump to Meet on March 19th appeared first on The Rio Times.
Chart of the Week: California marijuana business licenses expiring at a rapid clip
California’s cannabis industry is facing a licensing quandary, which state legislation likely will address, but the situation could still prove problematic for businesses that want to comply with the law instead of joining the illicit market. The problem: Thousands of temporary business licenses – under which most of the legal MJ supply chain has operated since […] Chart of the Week: California marijuana business licenses expiring at a rapid clip is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
“Anti-Vaxxers” Are Shifting Gears – Big Pharma TERRIFIED…
Although They Are Labeled “Anti-Vaxxers” They Are Really “Anti-BigPharma,” and “Anti-Globalist…” And THAT is why Globalist Big Pharma went to WHO and “Their-Paid-For-Friends” in the US Congress… Opinion By “Deplorable” Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen Time for a laugh… Big Pharma has asked the World Health Organization (WHO) and the US Congress for help to rein … Continue reading “Anti-Vaxxers” Are Shifting Gears – Big Pharma TERRIFIED… The post “Anti-Vaxxers” Are Shifting Gears – Big Pharma TERRIFIED… appeared first on BolenReport.
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