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"The United States Of Amnesia..."
"There are a great many people who have a vested interest in maintaining the stupidity of the American public." - Gore Vidal
"While the Nation Fragments Socially, the Financial Aristocracy Rules Unimpeded"
*"While the Nation Fragments Socially, * *the Financial Aristocracy Rules Unimpeded"* by Charles Hugh Smith "You know, I've been around the ruling class all my life, and I've been quite aware of their total contempt for the people of the country." - Gore Vidal "If there is one central irony in American history, it is this: the citizenry that broke free of the chains of British Monarchy, the citizenry that reckoned everyone was equal before the law, the citizenry that vowed never to be ruled by an aristocracy that controlled the government and finance as a means of self-enrichment, i... more »
OUR SIDE NEVER LEARNS THAT ELECTIONS DON'T SOLVE EVERYTHING
Matt Yglesias is right: *The demobilization of the resistance is a dangerous mistake* The Women’s Marches over-awed Donald Trump’s Inauguration. Protesters at airports checked the initial version of Trump’s travel bans. Ordinary Americans’ phone calls and door knocks defeated multiple attempts to roll back the Affordable Care Act. It all sent a clear message during Trump’s first two years in office: Resistance works. Engaged protesters were not able to block the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act or Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court, but they did render both toxically unpopula... more »
Nuclear Tests: Shoshone and Polynesian Leaders Prosecute U.S. and France for Genocide
. NUCLEAR TESTS: SHOSHONE AND POLYNESIAN LEADERS PROSECUTE THE U.S. AND FRANCE FOR GENOCIDE By Christine Prat March 15th, 2019 Censored News Nuclear tests have caused and are still causing many deaths and making lands uninhabitable. Many peoples in the world have been victims of 'tests' carried out without their consents. This article has been inspired by the
Newark to Study “Universal Income Plan” for Its Poor
[image: newark-to-study-universal-income-plan-for-its-poor] Newark Mayor Ras Baraka announced plans to create a commission to study the concept of a “universal” income plan to help the more than one quarter of the city’s population living in poverty.
Report: Google Banned Anti-Gay Marriage Ad
[image: report-google-banned-anti-gay-marriage-ad] Google banned an advertisement from YouTube because the ad supported the Christian definition of marriage; i.e., marriage is between one man and one woman.
"12 Statistics That Prove That The U.S. Is Facing A Consumer Debt Apocalypse"
*"12 Statistics That Prove That The U.S. * *Is Facing A Consumer Debt Apocalypse"* by Michael Snyder "In the entire history of the United States, consumers have never been in so much debt. And that would not be a crisis as long as the vast majority of us were regularly making our debt payments, but as you will see below delinquency levels are starting to rise to extremely alarming levels. In fact, some of the numbers that are coming in are even worse than we witnessed at any point during the last recession. If things are this bad already, what are they going to look like once the ec... more »
receive a rest; find the center of equipoise in the heart
* I* come then to give you the vision, and that vision is that you might see how many thousands of souls can [and are] carrying on [with their dharma] because you keep the flame in the heart of the northern Rockies. And as [you invoke] that light [because it] is stored in the heart of the mountains, because it is stored in the waters and in the elements that are beneath the earth, and because it is stored in the [creeks and the rivers] themselves there is indeed established here in the Earth, you understand, those pockets of the ruby ray that can [and do] respond instantly in ans... more »
The Christchurch Shooting: Domestic Terrorism Goes International
Christchurch attack vigil in Melbourne (Source: Flickr/Julian Meehan) The United States has long built its approach to counterterrorism based on a fundamental distinction between “international terrorism” and “domestic terrorism.” The phrases were always misnomers to some degree, but the recent mass shooting at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, has revealed just how unsuitable that distinction is for today’s terrorist threats. Governments must reorient their counterterrorism approaches to reflect an environment in which *all* terrorist threats have transnational dimension... more »
Cyclone Idai Devastates Mozambique And Zimbabwe
*The Guardian:* *Cyclone Idai: more than 1,000 feared dead in Mozambique* President describes scale of disaster as huge, as Red Cross says most of Beira damaged or destroyed More than 1,000 people are feared dead in a devastating cyclone that hit Mozambique on Friday, the country’s president has said. Filipe Nyusi told Mozambican radio he had seen “many bodies” floating in the overflowing Pungwe and Busi rivers. “It appears that we can register more than 1,000 deaths,” he said, adding that more than 100,000 people were at risk because of severe flooding. *Read more* .... *More N... more »
Last ISIS Enclave In Syria Now Down To A Few Hundred Square Meters
*Daily Mail:* *US-backed forces celebrate 'victory' as ISIS 'caliphate' is reduced to a few hundred square yards of bombed-out scrapyard: Tiny last stronghold is surrounded - as 'terrorists behind suicide attack that killed four Americans' are captured* * US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have been seen celebrating 'victory' after seizing key ISIS encampment * SDF say some hardened jihadists were using their children as human shields as they defended slither of land * It comes as the SDF said it had arrested alleged terrorists over a suicide bomb that left four Americans dead in... more »
Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev Resigns After 30 Years Of Power
*The Guardian:** Kazakhstan president Nazarbayev steps down after 30 years in power* *Nursultan Nazarbayev has led oil-rich country since fall of the Soviet Union* Kazakhstan’s president has announced his retirement after nearly 30 years as leader of the central Asian nation. Nursultan Nazarbayev has led the oil-rich country since the fall of the Soviet Union, first as its Communist leader and then as president. He made the announcement in a surprise public address on national television on Tuesday evening. *Read more *.... *WNU Editor:* This was unexpected. His replacement w... more »
"All Aboard the DebtBall Express"
*"All Aboard the DebtBall Express"* By Bill Bonner GUALFIN, ARGENTINA – "Stocks are chugging along, with the Dow nudging back to nearly 26,000. But the economy seems to be giving way beneath them. Economist Gary Shilling: "The recessionary indicators are numerous. Tighter monetary policy by the Federal Reserve that the central bank now worries it may have overdone. The near-inversion in the Treasury yield curve. The swoon in stocks at the end of last year. Weaker housing activity. Soft consumer spending. The tiny 20,000 increase in February payrolls, compared to the 223,000 monthl... more »
Activists Speak Out Against Iraq’s Cybercrime Bill
By Afef Abrougui Human rights groups and activists are urging the Iraqi parliament to withdraw a controversial cybercrime bill that would greatly restrict freedom of... more »
National Emergency? Which One?
By Michael Maharrey So, is there a national emergency or no? The president says yes. Congress says no. Here’s the dirty little secret – no... more »
Mainstream Belgian Reporter Blows The Lid On MSM Lies Over Ghouta, Syria “Chemical Attacks”
By Brandon Turbeville For six years and ever since the alleged “chemical weapons attack” in Ghouta, Syria in 2013, the Western corporate press has stuck... more »
Forget Guaranteed Income — Governments Need to Stop Prohibiting Income
By Lee Friday In most countries, numerous government welfare programs provide benefits (often means-tested) to eligible recipients. Whether these payments arise from unemployment compensation,... more »
President Trump and President Bolsonaro Joint Press Conference – 1:45pm EST Livestream…
President Donald Trump and Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro will be holding a joint press conference at approximately 1:45pm EST. UPDATE: Video and Transcript Added: . [Transcript] – Rose Garden – 1:54 P.M. EDT – PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you very much … Continue reading →
Ole Dammegard on the Christchurch "Event"
*Ole Dammegard on the Christchurch "Event"* This morning I'd planned to do an update post on the Canadian Regime Change--wherein the dark Sorosian forces are attempting to change the so-called leader in Canada...le Dauphin Trudeau...perhaps with Nazi flunky Chrystia Freeland...but ended up instead spending an hour and a half watching this gentleman, Ole Dammegard, who is a long time false flag researcher. Amazingly, although I'd never heard of Mr. Dammegard prior to this past weekend, he and I have reached the exact same conclusions regarding all the false flags that have been go... more »
UKC Extra Time: Christchurch Fall-Out and the ‘Clash of Civilizations’ Trap
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Jazz Maestro Kamasi Washington to Play Rio’s Circo Voador this Saturday
By Jack Arnhold, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Kamasi Washington is returning to Rio de Janeiro this Saturday, March 23rd, when he plays Lapa’s legendary Circo Voador. The jazz saxophonist, composer, producer and bandleader is returning to the Cidade Maravilhosa for the first time since his sensational performance at the city’s Theatro Municipal […] The post Jazz Maestro Kamasi Washington to Play Rio’s Circo Voador this Saturday appeared first on The Rio Times.
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/19/2019
Today's Water Cooler: Trade and heavy machinery, Houston chemical fire, plate tectonics and ice ages, superbugs in space, Iowa manure, Midwest flooding, PG&E and fire, college deans on corruption, advertising in space
March 19: The wretched of the earth.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/oecd-tax-rich-social-security-1.5062441 It's about time our news media and the Canadian people caught onto this theft of our money.It's been causing hardship for years - and it could well cause a social and economic breakdown in the near future. Mind you, the Fraser Institute, our propaganda house for the very, very rich recently published its "study" of those poor, poor rich people and how they suffer from paying taxes. The Fraser Institute (like almost all of those 'think tanks' is really a propaganda house for the very, very rich. Never trust any ... more »
World News Briefs -- March 19, 2019
*Reuters*: *Cyclone hit millions across Africa in record disaster: U.N.* MAPUTO/HARARE (Reuters) - Cyclone winds and floods that swept across southeastern Africa affected more than 2.6 million people and could rank as one of the worst weather-related disasters recorded in the southern hemisphere, U.N. officials said on Tuesday. Rescue crews are still struggling to reach victims five days after Cyclone Idai raced in at speeds of up to 170 kph (105 mph) from the Indian Ocean into Mozambique, then its inland neighbors Zimbabwe and Malawi. *Read more* .... *MIDDLE EAST* Islamic St... more »
'We know how to make you pay': Turkish president vows revenge on gunman
Just In - 10 hours ago
Tayyip Erdogan calls on New Zealand to restore the death penalty for the gunman who killed 50 Muslims in Christchurch while using the attack footage to chase votes in local elections.
Rio Nightlife Guide for Tuesday, March 19, 2019
We have the top three picks for this Tuesday, and below there is a list of bars and lounges that are always a good option. PARTY: Funk Moon @ Pub Kriok (Lapa) – This is the international party that happens every Tuesday in Rio’s nightlife district of Lapa. Prepare for black light, glitter and face […] The post Rio Nightlife Guide for Tuesday, March 19, 2019 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Trump Vows To Investigate Facebook
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Donald Trump Junior: Conservatives face a tough fight as Big Tech’s censorship expands
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Congress Needs to Act on Internet Sales Taxes
Yes, I know, the "Congress needs to act" subject line is an unusual one for this blog. But great damage is being done on the tax front to businesses and only Congress can mitigate some of the harm. The taxes in question are sales taxes, and the problem results from a Supreme Court decision that […]
Catholic Prelates Aghast At 'unspeakable' Suffering in Syria
Assyrian International News Agency - 10 hours ago
Catholic prelates in Syria, accompanied by Philippine Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, president of Caritas Internationalis, visited the eastern Ghouta region outside of Damascus and saw "unspeakable suffering".
Iran's Furtive Occupation of Iraq's Assyrian Communities
Assyrian International News Agency - 10 hours ago
Will the Middle East's shattered Christian villages, towns and cities somehow retain their religious and cultural heritage -- which dates back to the first century? No one knows for sure, but due to Iranian aspirations, the answer is far from encouraging.
Syria Army Vows to Retake Control of Kurdish Areas
Assyrian International News Agency - 10 hours ago
Damascus (AFP) -- Syrian government forces will reclaim control of northeastern areas controlled by the US-backed Kurds, whether by force or through reconciliation, the defence minister warned Monday.
Cop Said He Beat Up a Kid After the Kid Shoved Him, But Video Shows That was a LIE
[image: child]All charges have been dropped against a child who was arrested and charged after a cop falsely claimed the child attacked him. Video proved that was a lie.
NBC: Dow Chemical responds to dog-testing undercover investigation
Last week, the Humane Society of the US released their investigation into the Charles River Lab in Mattawan, MI and what they found was disturbing, to say the least: some dogs had their jaws surgically broken to test dental implants others had drug pumps inserted beneath their skin some had invasive surgeries to test an ALS […] The post NBC: Dow Chemical responds to dog-testing undercover investigation appeared first on Health Nut News.
Senator-doctor Pan wants California to eliminate doctor’s medical exemptions
Comments by Brian Shilhavy, Editor, Health Impact News In 2015, in spite of widespread public opposition, California became the first state in the U.S. to remove a philosophical and religious exemption for childhood vaccines as a requirement for school attendance. The bill was authored by Dr. Richard Pan, with strong ties to the pharmaceutical industry. […] The post Senator-doctor Pan wants California to eliminate doctor’s medical exemptions appeared first on Health Nut News.
US Sanctions Venzuelan Gold Mines: Bolton- Regime Change Gaining Momentum
*Link* *The U.S. on Tuesday blacklisted Venezuela's state-owned gold mining company CVG Compania General de Mineria de Venezuela CA, or Minerven, in its latest effort to clamp down on the country's gold trade.* *Minerven President Adrian Antonio Perdomo Mata was also designated in a pair of actions the Treasury Department said are aimed at curtailing Venezuela's "illicit gold operations that have continued to prop up the illegitimate regime of former President Nicolas Maduro".* *"We will aggressively pursue those involved with Maduro’s reckless illicit gold trade which is contribut... more »
Forget About North Korea's Nukes: Fear Kim's Chemical Weapons
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Asia* WMD nightmare. *The most effective means overall of mitigating Pyongyang’s chemical threat may be to bargain the weapons away ahead of time. If the North could be persuaded to give up most or all of its chemical weapons, it would lessen the threat to civilians and soldiers in wartime, both on the Korean peninsula and abroad. That would involve talking to North Korea, something the Obama administration has not been too interested in doing. If the world wishes to do away with North Korea’s chemical weapons, it needs to start talking to the reclusi... more »
James Mattis Joining Hoover Institution to Increase Stanford University’s Overall Lethality
*Task and Purpose* *Security, * Former Defense Secretary James Mattis is joining Stanford University's Hoover Institution in California as of May 1, a university news release says. Chaos is returning to Stanford. Former Defense Secretary James Mattis is joining Stanford University's Hoover Institution in California as of May 1, a university news release says. Mattis had served at the Hoover Institution after he retired from the Marine Corps in 2013 until President Donald Trump selected him as defense secretary. While at Hoover, he and co-author Kori Schake wrote the book "Warr... more »
North Korea Nightmare: 5 Ways the U.S. Air Force Could Strike Kim
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Asia* Something to think about. *Let's hope this never happens.* In any conflict in the skies over North Korea, the U.S. Air Force will likely follow a familiar pattern. First, it will need to sweep the skies of enemy fighters—not a difficult prospect considering the decrepit state of the North Korean air force. Concurrent with that will be a campaign to shut down the country’s command and control and air defense systems, and finally a close air support and interdiction campaign designed to support friendly forces and locate and destroy enemy ground f... more »
The Roots of Islamophobia
*Mohammed Ayoob* *Security, Global Governance* [image: Reuters] White supremacism and Wahhabist-driven terrorism have fed the hate of extremists and caused a crisis in Christchurch, New Zealand. The recent act of white supremacist terrorism in Christchurch, New Zealand, that left fifty Muslim worshippers dead and an equal number wounded has once again dramatically brought to the fore the issue of Islamophobia around the world and its evident links to white supremacist ideology. It should, therefore, not be dismissed as the act of one deranged person acting alone but as a manifest... more »
Brazil's Trade War Is a Warning to America
*Donald Boudreaux, Hane Crevelari* *Economics, Americas* [image: Reuters] Brasilia’s sad experience should teach Washington that protectionism does not lead to prosperity. A potential trade deal between Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and President Trump is one of the topics scheduled to be discussed today during Bolsonaro’s first visit to the White House. During the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier this year, Bolsonaro stressed that “Brazil’s economy is still relatively closed to foreign trade.” He also stated that promoting economic growth by liberalizing trade is one o... more »
Israel's Place in the Middle East Mayhem
*Yoel Guzansky, Sigurd Neubauer, Alex Vatanka* *Security, Middle East* [image: Reuters] The image of a unified Israeli-Saudi front has significant deterrence value against Iran but should also be used within the context of solving the GCC crisis. Amid escalating tensions between the Trump administration and Tehran, Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif declared at the annual Munich Security Conference that the “risk of war” between Iran and Israel was “great.” Zarif’s warning came only days after the Warsaw Summit, which sought to establish a broad-coalition to support President D... more »
Will Ethiopia-Eritrea Peace Last?
*Michael Rubin* *Security, Africa* [image: Reuters] History warns the relationship between these two countries could suddenly turn sour again. When Eritrea won its independence in 1993 after a thirty-year struggle against Ethiopia, there was optimism that peace would hold. Long-time dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam resigned on May 21, 1991, and fled into exile in Zimbabwe. Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki and the new Ethiopian leader Meles Zenawi had been comrades-in-arms against Mengistu's regime. It looked like the two would lead their respective countries into a period of both... more »
How to Save Taiwan from Itself
*Wendell Minnick* *Security, Asia* [image: Reuters] Taipei’s political elites no longer heed warnings from their own military. This is why Washington should care. TAIPEI—Taiwan is not Israel. The frontline islands of Kinmen and Matsu are not the “frontline.” The Air Force’s IDF, the Indigenous Defense Fighter, is locally called the “I Don’t Fly” fighter. There is a large-scale masquerade ball on the island of Taiwan; a façade that will quickly crumble when the first arrows are drawn from the enemy’s quiver. Washington policymakers need an entire rethink on the island’s defense ... more »
Dead Battleship: How Japan's Monster Yamato Warship Committed Naval Suicide
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Asia* How it all ended. *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 gateway to Japan’s Home Islands. The decision sealed the fate of the battleship *Yamato* and its crew, but ironically did nothing to actually protect the island from Allied invasion. The battleship *Yamato* was among the largest and most powerful ... more »
The Missing Planks
Prominent presidential candidates are advancing proposals that frankly horrify me. Should we dismember big tech firms? Or just give every American adult $1000 a month? Rather than critique these awful ideas, I’d rather ponder the Dog that Did Not Bark – moderate, common-sense proposals that no major candidate is likely to advocate. Just a few that have […] The post The Missing Planks appeared first on Econlib.
NJ adult-use cannabis bill heads to final vote after key committee OKs
New Jersey took another major step Monday toward legalizing recreational marijuana when Senate and Assembly committees approved an identical measure and sent it to the full Legislature for a vote. The approvals by the Assembly Appropriations and Senate Judiciary committees set up a floor vote as soon as March 25. A bill reached a similar […] NJ adult-use cannabis bill heads to final vote after key committee OKs is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Germany Backpedals On NATO Spending Promise As France Goes Full Throttle
[image: undefined] Germany is poised to renege on its promise to boost NATO spending, backtracking on a public commitment last year by Chancellor Angela Merkel to increase German military expenditure to 1.5 percent of gross domestic product by 2024 - bringing it closer to the 2 percent level set by NATO themselves, according to the Wall Street Journal. If confirmed at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, the move would mark a fresh step in the gradual estrangement between the US and its erstwhile loyal European ally and comes after Mr. Trump’s repeated attacks of North Atlantic Treaty ... more »
Attempt to Prosecute Assad at ICC is Aimed at Undermining Syrian Peace Process
[image: undefined] The announcement that “a group of Syrian refugees and their London lawyers” have found “a neat legal trick” to press for an indictment against Syrian President Bashar Assad by the International Criminal Court demonstrates, yet again, the dangerous corruption of international justice, against which I have been warning for over a decade. The Syrian war is nearly over, thanks to the military successes of the Syrian army and its Russian and Iranian allies. Exhaustion on both sides has probably helped. Diplomatic overtures have started to re-integrate Syria into the i... more »
10 Days To Brexit – Maybe
With 10 days to go to BREXIT, the bickering and quandary continues. Can no one in Parliament just make a decision and stick with it? So far they just vote "No!" to everything. No hard Brexit. No to The Deal. etc. How about Yes! to a free and independent Britain on the world stage? Continue reading →
Kingsgate receives $82 million from insurance case
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
19-Mar-2019 Kingsgate has been fighting the Thai Government and its insurers over the cancelled Chatree goldmine after it was denied renewal of its metallurgical licence.
Sacu, Mozambique fail to reach agreement to cushion Brexit impact
bilaterals.org - 11 hours ago
19-Mar-2019 Issue with “cumulation,” which relates to certificates of origin required by exporters to both regions and differences in relation to timeframes for the continued recognition of sanitary and phytosanitary import requirements are not resolved.
Turkey, Iran kickoff joint military operation against PKK forces (VIDEO)
Turkish Minister of Interior Affairs Suleyman Soylu announced that Turkey and Iran carried out a joint military operation against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), during a political rally in Antalya on Monday. “At 8:00 am today, we have started a joint operation with Iran along our eastern borders against PKK [Kurdistan Workers’ Party] for the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Breaking: Long-time Kazakh President resigns after nearly 30 years in power
Key Russian ally Nursultan Nazarbayev, the long-time president of Kazakhstan, has handed in his resignation after almost 30 years in power. “I have made the decision to end my tenure as president,” 78-year-old Nazarbayev said in his address. Nazarbayev announced his resignation in a special address to the nation on Tuesday. His duties will be […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
US paratroopers alleged conduct overnight operation to bust ISIS sleeper cell in eastern Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:10 P.M.) – The U.S. military conducted a night time operation against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) terror organization in eastern Syria on Sunday evening, local tribesmen reported via social media on Monday. According to the reports, U.S. paratroopers landed in the Shaytat area of the Deir Ezzor Governorate, where they later raided a […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Meet Russia’s new nuclear missile submarine (VIDEO)
The Russian Ministry of Defence released footage on Tuesday of the Russian Navy’s latest nuclear missile Borei-class submarine and ‘Kronstadt’ Lada-class diesel-electric attack submarine. Footage shows the Borei-class submarine’s crew getting ready for departure as well as the submarine moving at water surface at full speed. Footage also shows the Lada-class submarine in a floating […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Exclusive: Syrian Army mass deploys to Daraa for new operation
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:45 P.M.) – Last week, a military source in Damascus told Al-Masdar News that the Syrian Republican Guard was preparing to deploy to the Daraa Governorate for a new operation against the Free Syrian Army’s (FSA) sleeper cells. The Syrian Republican Guard, along with the Air Force Intelligence, arrived in Daraa city on […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
New Zealand Video...
*let's keep this short since I have walls to paint.* I watched the New Zealand video and there is something way off about it. Graphic content? Not hardly. And it's the first time in my life I've seen someone shoot through a windshield without making a hole. It's also the first time I've seen clothes that are immune to bullet holes too. Or brass blasting out of a gun that disappears and never lands on the ground. How about spraying randomly away in a hallway without ever hitting the wall? It's at *Before It's News* What the hell is this all about? Gun control in New Zealand? *It... more »
Who Spawned the Christchurch Killer?
[image: who-spawned-the-christchurch-killer] Christchurch shooter Brenton Tarrant alone is responsible for what he did. And it was not Trump but the New World Order globalists who fertilized the soil that spawned him.
Reuters Reporter Promised O’Rourke He Would Withhold Revelations
[image: reuters-reporter-promised-o-rourke-he-would-withhold-revelations] Beto O’Rourke, perhaps the first presidential candidate to fantasize about murdering children and remain a serious contender for the White House, had a little help in his Senate race against incumbent Republican Ted Cruz.
Colorado Joins States Committed to Circumventing Electoral College
[image: colorado-joins-states-committed-to-abolishing-electoral-college] Colorado became the 12th state to join the National Popular Vote Initiative Compact, awarding electoral votes in accordance with popular vote.
Anthony Leblanc is asking the Trudeau government to pay for his stadium
News 1. Alton Gas This item is written by Jennifer Henderson. “There is no evidence to support the occupation of land near Fort Ellis by Dale Poulette, Rachael Greenland-Smith, and others,” said N.S. Supreme Court Justice Gerald Moir in an oral decision granting Alton Natural Gas Storage Inc. a temporary injunction. The injunction is aimed […]
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 19, 2019
Dan Coats, the director of national intelligence. The proposed spending increase comes despite President Trump’s sometimes tempestuous relationship with his intelligence agencies.CreditCreditErin Schaff for The New York Times *New York Times:* *Trump Administration Proposes $86 Billion Spy Budget to Take On Russia and China* WASHINGTON — American intelligence spending could rise to nearly $86 billion, a 6 percent increase that reflects the Trump administration’s proposed boost in defense and national security spending and a renewed focus on threats from Russia and China. The dire... more »
Wave of New Zealanders Handing in Guns for Destruction After Terror Attack
By Tyler Durden (ZH) – As New Zealand reels from Friday’s Christchurch mosque attack that left 50 dead and 50 wounded, Kiwis have started voluntarily surrendering their legally-owned semiautomatic... more »
MLB Going Full-Blown TSA: Teams Prepare To Scan Millions Of Fans’ Faces
By MassPrivateI I hope you enjoyed America’s favorite pastime, because by the end of this year nearly every Major League Baseball (MLB) team will be... more »
A Few Opinions
*2020 Follies* Washington State passed a bill through their lower legislative house that would require any candidate running for president in that state to release five years of tax returns prior to appearing on the ballot. It's clearly aimed at keeping President Trump off the ballot. If it passes the Washington State Senate, and becomes law, everyone expects that the matter will end up in the US Supreme Court. There is Article 2 language that is ambiguous and the Supremes will have to sort it out. To me, the real question is not whether a career businessman who became a billionair... more »
New Data on Sextortion: 124 Additional Public Cases
Source: Flickr/Matt Sachtler *Content warning: This post contains content that may be upsetting for some readers. Additional warnings are located throughout the document to signal the introduction of disturbing content. Resources for those affected by sextortion are linked below.* Just under three years ago, Benjamin Wittes, Cody Poplin, Clara Spera and Quinta Jurecic published a Brookings Institution report on sextortion—a relatively new form of cybercrime in which a perpetrator extorts victims by threatening to disseminate sexually explicit content involving the victim, usually... more »
Don’t Shoot The Dogs: The Growing Epidemic Of Cops Shooting Family Dogs
By John W. Whitehead “In too much of policing today, officer safety has become the highest priority. It trumps the rights and safety of suspects.... more »
New Zealand Censoring Internet Users, Threatening Jail for Sharing Video of Mosque Attack
*21WIRE + Antiwar.com* | This story will continue to take bizarre twists and turns.
Children Make Perfect Propaganda Props
By corbettreport Need to push through a propaganda campaign to utterly transform society? Want people to not only accept but actively embrace their own impoverishment?... more »
The One Video That Shows Exactly What We Have Lost With Our Political Tribalism
Sam Sheepdog and Ralph Wolf (looking suspiciously the same as Wile E Coyote) pound each other from 9 to 5 but can still be good friends in their personal lives. Its just 2 minutes long but watch it and think about the polls showing a shrinking number of people are willing to be friends with […]
Nunes Claims He "Endured An Orchestrated Defamation Campaign... That No Human Being Should Ever Have To Bear And Suffer In Their Whole Life"
Yesterday, Fox News broke the story that reviled Central Valley Republican, Devin Nunes, a Trump/Putin appendage is suing... suing... suing. The doesn't like being mocked and he's probably one of the most-mocked members of Congress-- after Gym Jordan. Who knew he was such an advocate for political correctness though? Nunes, who has 390,000 Twitter followers (a lot for a Republican), wants a quarter *billion* dollars in compensatory damages-- and another $350,000 in punitive damages-- from Twitter, several parody accounts, like DevinNunesCow and DevinNunesMom and from Republican s... more »
2019 Coyoteblog - Fintwit Bracket Challenge
In a tradition that goes back well over a decade on this blog, it's time for our 2019 just-for-fun bracket challenge. You know how it works -- fill out your bracket for the NCAA men's basketball tournament before noon Eastern this Thursday. First prize is lots of adulation and a 1 year free subscription to […]
Brazil’s Guedes Says Country Will Trade With Both U.S. and China
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil is seeking economic partnerships with US businesses and opening its market to foreign investments said Brazilian Economy Minister, Paulo Guedes at a conference at the US Chamber of Commerce in Washington on Monday. Minister Guedes however said his country would not be dissuaded […] The post Brazil’s Guedes Says Country Will Trade With Both U.S. and China appeared first on The Rio Times.
Third Suspect Arrested in School Massacre in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Police in Suzano, São Paulo arrested a third student on Tuesday, suspected of taking part in the attack last week that left that five students, a businessman and two school employees dead, said police. The student, a minor, is said to have planned the […] The post Third Suspect Arrested in School Massacre in Brazil appeared first on The Rio Times.
Michael Smith, guest blogger on the wokeness race for the White House.
This is an important read--the Democrats are about identity--and don't you believe you don't need an ID to be acceptable. They care only about the color of your skin and your sex. They only care about your wealth and religion if they need a third or fourth category to separate you from the herd. Michael Smith, whom I know through Facebook and blogging, has handicapped the Democrats on their road to wokeness. Interesting--some of these folks I've never heard of, especially his winner. "I thought I would try to handicap the Democrat Presidential Olympics in their current state – i... more »
May’s Cabinet Mulls Delay as EU Prepares Offer
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Merkel ‘not aware of 17th century rules’ stopping new Brexit vote as Germany begs ‘please, deliver’
The post Merkel ‘not aware of 17th century rules’ stopping new Brexit vote as Germany begs ‘please, deliver’ appeared first on The Duran.
US continues to try to corner Russia with silence on Nukes
Moscow continues to be patient in what appears to be an ever more lopsided, intentional stonewalling situation provoked by the Americans. The post US continues to try to corner Russia with silence on Nukes appeared first on The Duran.
Trump witch hunt dots connected: CNN to Steele to John McCain (Video)
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 110. The post Trump witch hunt dots connected: CNN to Steele to John McCain (Video) appeared first on The Duran.
Trudeau’s Top Bureaucrat Unexpectedly Quits Amid Growing Corruption Scandal
In a scathing letter to Trudeau, Wernick said that “recent events” led him to conclude he couldn’t hold his post during the election campaign this fall. The post Trudeau’s Top Bureaucrat Unexpectedly Quits Amid Growing Corruption Scandal appeared first on The Duran.
France To Ban Yellow Vest Protests In Neighborhoods With “Ultra” Radicals
Philippe added that he has asked the State Judicial Agent to "systematically seek the financial responsibility of troublemakers." The post France To Ban Yellow Vest Protests In Neighborhoods With “Ultra” Radicals appeared first on The Duran.
The Destabilisation Of Algeria: The Influx Of New Refugees To Europe And A Threat To Its Energy Security
The destabilisation of Algeria will undoubtedly cause problems for Europe. The post The Destabilisation Of Algeria: The Influx Of New Refugees To Europe And A Threat To Its Energy Security appeared first on The Duran.
Zero Hedge, LiveLeak blocked, sharers warned of jail as NZ censors crack down on mosque attack video
Under the objectionable material laws, corporations can be fined up to NZ$200,000 (US$173,000) for sharing the video or any related content. The post Zero Hedge, LiveLeak blocked, sharers warned of jail as NZ censors crack down on mosque attack video appeared first on The Duran.
Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev, a key Russian ally, resigns after almost 30 years in power
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The Iran Obsession Keeps Getting Worse
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Andrew Yang and His Gang
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“Guaido Is The Most-Hated Man In Venezuela” – On-The-Ground In Caracas Versus The Media Spectacle
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North Korea Denies “Secret” Nuclear Facilities Exist As Door Closing On Future Talks
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Germany Backpedals On NATO Spending Promise As France Goes Full Throttle
The post Germany Backpedals On NATO Spending Promise As France Goes Full Throttle appeared first on The Duran.
Real Reason Behind Washington’s Huawei Ban: US Wants To Spy And China Won’t Cooperate
The post Real Reason Behind Washington’s Huawei Ban: US Wants To Spy And China Won’t Cooperate appeared first on The Duran.
Climate Change: a Threat to Agriculture Undermining UN’s Goal to Eradicate Hunger
Global Issues News Headlines - 12 hours ago
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 19 (IPS) - The United Nations has vowed to eradicate extreme hunger and malnutrition on a self-imposed deadline of 2030. But it is facing a harsh realty where human-induced climate change – including flash floods, droughts, heatwaves, typhoons and landslides-- is increasingly threatening agriculture, which also provides livelihoods for over 40 per cent of the global population. Read the full story, “Climate Change: a Threat to Agriculture Undermining UN’s Goal to Eradicate Hunger”, on globalissues.org →
Fighting the World’s Largest Criminal Industry: Modern Slavery
Global Issues News Headlines - 12 hours ago
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 19 (IPS) - Modern slavery and human trafficking is one of the fastest growing criminal industries and one of the biggest human rights crises today, United Nations and government officials said. Read the full story, “Fighting the World’s Largest Criminal Industry: Modern Slavery”, on globalissues.org →
Arctic March Heart Beat
Above are ice charts from AARI, St. Petersburg for the annual maximum weeks in Mid-March, 2008 to 2019 inclusive. The brown color signifies Old Ice that survived at least one summer’s melt season. The Arctic heart is beating clear and strong. Note differences between diminished years like 2012 and 2013 compared to more robust recent […]
Iraqi Courts Finally Begin To Follow The Law And Demand Due Process
(AP) After years of complaints by human rights groups one Iraqi court has finally started implementing rules to assure due process is served. Human Rights Watch reported that the Ninewa counterterrorism court issued new regulations on evidence and court procedures to improve investigations and court procedures. Human Rights Watch (HRW) visited the Ninewa Court in February 2019 and found that it was demanding better standards for its cases. The major change was that it was reducing its reliance upon confessions, wanted lists and unsubstantiated accusations. Instead, the court found... more »
This Day In Iraqi History - Mar 19
1917 British forces captured Fallujah from Ottomans 1917 UK Cmdr Gen Maude sent message to Iraqis saying British had not come as conquerors but liberators and promised eventually Arab state free of foreign rule Said British would not impose their institutions and called on Arabs to help rule (Musings On Iraq book review *Supremacy And Oil, Iraq, Turkey, and the Anglo-American World Order, 1918-1930*) 1921 UK Cairo Conference decided that independent Mesopotamia govt would pay part of British expenses especially for troops 1921 UK Cairo Conference decided Sir Cox would offer amnesty... more »
FORMER ROTHSCHILD BANK MACRON THREATENS TO BLOCK BREXIT DELAY AS FRANCE NEARS REVOLUTIONARY FEVER IN WARNING TO GLOBALISTS
*The violence in France on Saturday should be a warning to the former Rothschild banker Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel of a foretaste of what will happen if they seek to block a Brexit delay with the fiction that the UK doesn't know what it wants.* *https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-france/demands-for-brexit-delay-need-strong-justification-official-at-french-presidency-idUSKCN1R01RU* *https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-19/france-won-t-approve-brexit-delay-if-it-s-just-to-gain-time?utm_source=google&utm_medium=bd&cmpId=google* *https://www.yahoo.com/news/ger... more »
Undergraduate enrollment at Cornell!
*TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2019As compared to the Times' propaganda:* Should the New York Times adopt a new motto? Should its old motto give way to this: *All the news which fits the script?* So it might seem if we consider the way the Times has treated the recent "college admissions scandal." As we've noted, this scandal is very limited in scope. The behavior involved has been egregious, but very few people seem to have been involved. Yesterday, Kevin Drum complained about "the unbelievable amount of attention paid to a tiny little college admissions scandal." He then tried to quantif... more »
Ukraine's New Laws Will Only Escalate The Current Ethnic Conflict
*Elise Giuliano, Foreign Affairs:* *Is the Risk of Ethnic Conflict Growing in Ukraine?* *New Laws Could Create Dangerous Divisions* The Ukrainian presidential election is only weeks away, and its outcome is highly uncertain. President Petro Poroshenko is lagging in the polls behind Volodymyr Zelensky, a television actor whose only political experience consists of playing the president of Ukraine in a sitcom. The country will head to the polls while still at war in its eastern region of Donbas, where in 2014, local separatists forcibly seized government buildings and declared peo... more »
NZ Terrorist Used ISIS Tactics to Push Agenda of Hate and Divide, and People Are Buying Into It
[image: terror]The terrorist animal who murdered 50 people in New Zealand last week correctly predicted the response to his rampage as the divide is growing faster than ever.
Police Claim Teen Shot Herself in the Mouth With Hands Cuffed Behind Her Back During Traffic Stop
[image: handcuffed]After investigating themselves, police are claiming that a teen girl grabbed a gun while handcuffed with her hands behind her back, and shot herself in the mouth.
NBC: Pennsylvania pediatrician who admitted to molesting dozens of children sentenced to up to 158 years in prison
Dr. Johnnie Barto (Todd Berkey / The Tribune-Democrat via AP) On Monday, Dr. Johnnie “Jack” Barto, 71, was sentenced to between 79 and 158 years in prison for sexually abusing 31 children over his career. He will most assuredly die in prison. The Pennsylvania pediatrician “pleaded guilty to assaulting two family members and no contest to […] The post NBC: Pennsylvania pediatrician who admitted to molesting dozens of children sentenced to up to 158 years in prison appeared first on Health Nut News.
Cyclone’s Huge Floods Endanger Thousands in Southern Africa
"This is a major humanitarian emergency that is getting bigger by the hour," said Herve Verhoosel with the World Food Program.
Fish in River That Famously Caught Fire Now OK’d for Dinner
The Cuyahoga River in Ohio was one of the most polluted rivers in the country in 1969.
Christchurch Harbored White Supremacists Before Massacre
The country does not have an official hate crimes database, making it difficult to measure the trend, but some incidents have been widely reported, causing outrage but sparking no real official measures.
White Officer on Trial in Fatal Shooting of Antwon Rose, 17
The shooting was captured on video by bystanders and posted online, triggering protests in the Pittsburgh area last year.
SWISS TELL EU TO GET LOST, WOULD PREFER TO TRADE WITH CHINA THAN BECOME FEUDAL STATE
*The Globalists are trying the same trade blockade warfare tactic to try to subjugate Switzerland and turn it into a feudal state as they have used against China and Britain.* *But the Swiss have told the EU to shove their plans to turn them into feudal serfs in return for access to EU markets, pointing out that they have other trade partners, including China.* *Am very proud, Switzerland, as someone born in Switzerland. A free country, free people, free thinkers, which freed itself from the Habsburg Imperial NWO protoypes in the medieval ages already.* *https://en.wikipedia.or... more »
Bringing the Boom: The 5 Most Amazing Photos from the U.S. Military Last Week
*WarIsBoring* *Security, * Take a look. From live exercises in Europe to training here in the states, this week’s best photos features both land and air units that are stationed both foreign and domestic. In one photo we see a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System test a live rocket in the Adazi Training Area in Latvia. Roughly 27 nations and more than 3,000 service members are in the country for Exercise Dynamic Front 19. The Thunderbirds are preparing for its annual tour around the U.S. You can see Capt. Michelle Curran get within inches of her fellow captain while training ... more »
Bogus Idea: Why Building So-Called Baby 'Aircraft Carriers' Won't Work
*Michael Peck* *Security, * Not smart. *Either the Navy ends with large carriers that aren't that much different than a Ford, or small carriers with radically less capabilities.* The bottom line of a new study on U.S. aircraft carriers: you can't get something for nothing. The Navy can buy smaller, cheaper carriers rather than the $13 billion Ford-class behemoths it is currently constructing, according to a new study by RAND Corporation. But smaller and cheaper means reduced capabilities, and could prevent the Navy from fighting in hostile waters or providing the air support f... more »
Atomic Anxiety: 10 Times the U.S. Military 'Lost' Nuclear Weapons
*WarIsBoring* *Security, * What? As the numbers of nuclear weapons in the U.S. arsenal grew quickly during the early years of the Cold War, so did the number of accidents *involving* nukes. *March 10, 1956* A B-47 carrying two nuclear capsules missed a rendezvous with a refueling tanker over the Mediterranean. The aircraft was never found, nor were its atomic “capsules.” Early nuclear weapons had a removable capsule containing the nuclear fissile material. It was U.S. Air Force policy not to insert the capsules into the bombs as a safety measure, short of a war emergency or c... more »
Nuclear War (Almost): Back in 1956, Russia Threatened to Nuke Britain, France and Israel
*Michael Peck* *Security, * Here's what happened. *The damage to the West was immense. U.S.-British relations were damaged, and Soviet prestige enhanced. Eden resigned as prime minister, while the British resigned themselves to no longer acting as an imperial power. The West Germans noted that the Soviets had threatened to attack Western Europe, and the United States had not protested. Israel grudgingly withdrew, and began preparing for the next war (which would come in 1967). Instead of being overthrown, Nasser became the hero of the Arab world; his comeuppance would also come... more »
Fantastic 5: These 5 Reasons Prove Nothing Can Stop the U.S. Army
*Michael Peck* *Security, * Here are five that we will likely see in the coming years. *These were once the stuff of science fiction. But the fact that the U.S. Army has a program called Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle attests to the rise of the machine. The Army already has a robot test vehicle: an armed, remote-controlled M113 armored personnel carrier, and is vigorously pursuing autonomous trucks that can haul supplies without a driver.* The U.S. Army already fields an impressive array of weapons. But as the U.S. Army prepares itself for potential conflicts against high-tec... more »
Fukushima Daiichi Looks Odd on Cam 1 Today
I've been noting that units 1 and 2 at Fukushima Daiichi (visible on the TEPCO Webcam 1) have been looking rather steamy. Today, the view from Cam 1 is quite distinctive because the illumination has been changed and the vent tower is brightly illuminated, as illustrated in these screenshots below: March 17, 2019 Today, March 19 I've seen this change in lighting before but what is new is the bright illumination of the vent tower. The vent tower in the foreground has been an issue for some time, with concerns expressed at its high radioactivity and its potential for collapse due... more »
ITALY AND CHINA PRESS AHEAD WITH ALLIANCE THREATENING NWO
*Four ports in Italy, among them Trieste, may be in line for Chinese investment from a commercial bank, which is seen as a potential rival of the Globalist controlled IMF and World Bank.* *https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Infrastructure_Investment_Bank* *Beautiful Trieste was a naval port belonging to the Austrian Hungarian empire.* *https://diepresse.com/home/politik/eu/1435160/Als-das-Meer-noch-bei-Oesterreich-war* *Rome's move comes in defiance of the Globalist the European Commission labelled Beijing a “systemic rival” and called on EU leaders to limit the presence of Ch... more »
This bird is the (last) word!
I was mind-boggled to read about a recently retired racing pigeon. A champion pigeon has been sold for a record €1.25m ($1.42m; £1.07m). Auction house Pipa called Armando the "best Belgian long-distance pigeon of all time". He's also been dubbed the "Lewis Hamilton of pigeons". Before this sale, the record was €376,000 (£321,800). However, Pipa says this was beaten within a day of Armando being put up for bids. The champ, who turns five this year, is now enjoying his retirement and has already fathered a number of chicks. There's more at the link. *$1.42 million* for something th... more »
Is religious freedom just for the faithful?
Yesterday, Michelle Kosinki of CNN reported via Twitter that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was holding a special briefing for “faith-based media” only. She later relayed that the State Department was refusing to release the list of invited media or a transcript of the event. And we’ve now learned that the topic of the briefing […]
The Doctor Who Stared at Me…
By Tedd Koren, DC I’m doing my best to ignore him but he’s making me nervous. I am in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania giving a talk for continuing education (CE) credits for chiropractors in a hotel. It’s a nice sized class but it’s a continuing education (CE) credit crowd meaning that most of the people here … Continue reading The Doctor Who Stared at Me… The post The Doctor Who Stared at Me… appeared first on BolenReport.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. - Ahmed Sati offers some important - if belated - recognition of the need to fight against exclusionary bigotry. Jessica Davis focuses on the particular urgency in addressing right-wing terrorism. Thomas Woodley comments on the importance of having our political leaders do their job in repudiating Islamophobia - though Scott Moe for one plainly isn't up to the task. And Branko Marcetic argues that we can defeat hatred with strong public resistance. - Rebecca Solnit points out why white supremacists' hostility toward anybody other than themse... more »
Neoliberal Bioethics: Just Die Already
Ezekiel Emanuel, health policy adviser in the Obama administration, lists his current credentials as oncologist, bioethicist, and vice provost of the University of Pennsylvania. His idea of ethics is writing a propaganda piece in *The Atlantic* which insinuates that Bernie Sanders's Medicare For All ("messy care") proposal is politically impossible, because Americans are like battered women trapped in a toxic relationship. Citing the results of recent push-style polling which conclude that the 70 percent of respondents who initially claim to be in favor of single payer health care ... more »
Play Unlocks The World
I will beat this drum until my knuckles crack and collapse-- small children do not need academic acceleration, they do not need test prep, they do not need soul-sucking worksheets. They need to play. The folks at Defending the Early Years have another excellent video that drives the point home. Kisha Reid speaks for just a couple of minutes here, but there are a couple of lines that really jump out for me: *When children don't play, they don't understand their own capabilities.* *Repeated experience with materials, repeated experience with other people, are not only teaching them ab... more »
RED ALERT! GLOBALISTS SWITCH FROM EBOLA TO MARBURG VIRUS FOR BIOTERRORISM DEPOPULATION PLOT?
*After another attack on an Ebola centre in the DR Congo, indicating the world has woken up to the false flag epidemic, the Globalists may seek to switch to the Marburg virus to carry out their depopulation push.* *https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1100745/ebola-virus-outbreak-disease-congo-2019-africa-world-health-organization-WHO* *From The Telegraph* *America has begun a $10m project making a vaccine to a deadly cousin of the Ebola virus considered a potential bioterrorism weapon.* *Finding a way to stop Marburg virus is “an urgent public health and biodefence need”, the US g... more »
Admissions Scandal Reminds Us Again of the College Caste System
From CNN: . . . .The separation of young people into this two-track system matters so much because the outcomes vary so much for students at the most and least selective institutions. Among black and Latino students with above-average SAT scores, 81% at selective public institutions complete their degrees, compared with just 46% at the less selective public schools, the Center on Education and the Workforce found in "Our Separate & Unequal Public Colleges," a comprehensive study released last fall. The disparity isn't difficult to explain: The selective public institutions can affo... more »
CMS: 2.4-sigma excess in the last gluino bin, photons+MET
Gluino, a vampire alchemist with human eyes I just want to have a separate blog post on this seemingly small anomaly. We already saw the preprint for one day in advance but the CMS preprint finally appeared on the hep-ex arXiv: Search for supersymmetry in final states with photons and missing transverse momentum in proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV OK, they look at events in which two photons are created and seen in the calorimeters, plus the momentum addition doesn't seem to add up. The sum of the initial protons' \(\sum\vec p_i\) seems to differ from the final particles \(\sum \v... more »
MERKEL AND MACRON COULD BLOCK BREXIT DELAY, TRIGGER GLOBAL CRISIS
*GERMANY'S GLOBALIST EUROPE MINISTER HAS SAID IT COULD BLOCK A BREXIT DEAL* *GERMAN, UK, FRENCH INDUSTRY NEED TO LOBBY FOR A BREXIT DELAY IMMEDIATELY* *NEED TO COUNTER FAKE GLOBALIST NARRATIVE THAT UK DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IT WANTS AND THEREFORE CANNOT HAVE A DELAY* *UK AND GERMAN INDUSTRY HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR MONTHS THEY DO NOT WANT A NO DEAL BREXIT CAUSING HAVOC TO TRADE, JOBS ETC* *https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-news-live-vote-deal-theresa-may-john-bercow-commons-latest-a8829181.html* *GLOBALISTS NEED TO BE WARNED* *YELLOW VEST PROTESTS IN PARIS WILL G... more »
NYC Keeps Access to Top High Schools Away from Black Kids
Ten years ago Catherine Rampell published a piece in the NYTimes that showed ever so clearly how standardized tests continue to protect the privileged and to punish the poor. This chart sums up the connection between standardized test scores and family income. The same correlations will be found, regardless of the standardized test used: In 2019, the same standardized exclusion instruments are still used, even as the use of a single high stakes test to seat students in the best public high schools of New York is getting new scrutiny. Politicians of all stripes continue their sile... more »
RED ALERT! GLOBALISTS TRYING TO RUN DOWN THE CLOCK ON BREXIT
*JUST TEN DAYS TO GO TO A NO DEAL BREXIT* *NO DEAL STIL BETTER THAN THERESA MAY'S DEAL* *NO HUMAN RIGHTS GUARANTEE AND MARTIAL LAW PLANS* *EMERGENCY PLANS FOR QUEEN TO FLEE * *POLITICAL PRESSURE DUE TO CHAOS CAUSED BY A NO DEAL WILL FORCE A DELAY FROM EU, MERKEL AND CO SOONER THAN LATER* *NATIONAL EMERGENCY GOVERNMENT NEEDED IN UK* *MORE SOON*
President Trump Knows It's a British Coup Against Him, but the American People, Not He, Can Defeat It
[image: President Trump and the Prime Minister of Ireland Visit the Capitol. Thursday, March 14, 2019, in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)] The *London Independent,* angry, headlined its coverage yesterday of an even angrier British Foreign Office: "Trump: U.K. Government Hits Out at President's 'Completely False' Suggestion Britain Invented Russia's 2016 Election Meddling." President Trump had just retweeted a message which said exactly that, that Russiagate was designed in part to help the British counter Russian influence, by baiting the United S... more »
MATHEMATICIANS GONE WILD: Professor Livio's well-received book!
*TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2019High-order rational animals:* Nothing we discuss this week will make any sense unless we agree to the following stipulation: As determined by any conventional norm, Mario Livio is smart. As a matter of fact, Livio is surely *very* smart. You see, he isn't just smart, he's an astrophysicist—and, as best we can tell, he seems to be a *ranking* astrophysicist to boot: Mario Livio (born 1945) is an Israeli-American astrophysicist and an author of works that popularize science and mathematics. *From 1991 till 2015 he was an astrophysicist at the Space Telescope ... more »
UK watchdog warns no deal Brexit will trigger global financial crisis
*From the Independent* *Britain's fiscal watchdog has compared the shock of a no-deal Brexit to the collapse of Lehman Brothers that sparked the global financial crisis more than a decade ago.* *Sir Charlie Bean, a member of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), told MPs it was "almost completely impossible" to accurately predict the shockwaves that would be sent through the economy should the UK crash out of the EU without a deal.* *He said that, as with the collapse of Lehmans in 2008, the actual havoc wrought by the shock would only become clear as events unfolded.* *In a h... more »
Yale Bailed! Expert Panel Reneges on Vaccine Mandate Debate with Robert Kennedy Jr
The Yale bulldogs are scaredy cats with neither bark nor bite. The participants from Yale slated to debate vaccination topics this morning with Robert Kennedy Jr, cancelled. Kim (I live here in CT about 65 miles from the Capital.) Scroll... more »
Untitled
From Jenna Orkin Federal Authorities Raided Trump Fundraiser’s Office in Money Laundering Probe"Agents were authorized to use the megadonor’s hands and face to unlock any phones that required fingerprint or facial scans." Doug Casey on Modern Monetary Theory *Certainly I disagree that AOC is "amoral;" she's simply inexperienced and the fault lies with the media for putting the spotlight on her so relentlessly. But as far as economics goes, Casey knows what he's talking about. - JO* San Diego judge dismisses U.S. sailors' Fukushima radiation lawsuits, rules Japan has jurisdiction ... more »
Divergence in Europe
While most of the world pretty much ignores what is happening in Europe (with the exceptions of Brexit and the Gilettes Jaune protests in the United Kingdom and France respectively), there is no doubt that the union is under strain and that very little has been resolved since the PIIGS government debt crises of the post-Great Recession period. In this posting, I want to look at how Europe has increasingly become a union of the unequals as the economic fate of the member states diverge from each other. Let's start with this map which shows GDP Per Capita (in current US dollars): ... more »
Ukrainian President Poroshenko Promises To Regain Crimea
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko *Kyiv Post: **Poroshenko promises to regain Crimea – after election* Five years after Russia’s occupation of the Ukrainian territory of Crimea began, President Petro Poroshenko has promised Kyiv will regain control of the peninsula if he is re-elected. Speaking in an interview on March 17 with TV channel Ukraina, Poroshenko said that “Crimea will be returned to Ukraine, without haggling and behind-the-scenes agreements.” “We will do everything for it to happen as soon as possible, immediately after the presidential election,” he said, adding that... more »
Russia Deploys Nuclear-Capable Bombers And The Iskander Missile System To Crimea
A Tu-160 Nikolai Kuznetsov strategic missile-carrier bomber, left, and a Tu-22MZ long-range missile-carrier bomber during the rehearsal of the air part of the Victory Parade in Moscow. © Sputnik / Vladimir Astapkovich *RT:* *Russia deploys Tu-22M3 bombers & Iskanders to Crimea in response to US missile launchers in Romania * Russia has deployed strategic bombers and Iskander missile systems in Crimea to counter US anti-missile elements in Romania, a top senator said. It will allow the country to respond to any threat coming from European territory. Editor’s note: The Defense and ... more »
Insulting Russian President Putin Can Result With You Going To Jail
Russian President Vladimir Putin. © Alexey NikolskyTASS *Moscow Times:* *Putin Signs 'Fake News,' 'Internet Insults' Bills Into Law* Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a controversial set of bills that make it a crime to “disrespect” the state and spread “fake news” online, Russian media reported on Monday. The bills amending existing information laws overwhelmingly passed both chambers of Russian parliament in less than two months. Observers and some lawmakers have criticized the legislation for its vague language and potential to stifle free speech. The legislation will... more »
You're Kidding
Randy Hillier's ouster underscores the fact that Doug Ford is a phony. Hillier has always been rough around the edges. But, like him of not, he represented his party's roots. Martin Regg Cohn writes: Who is Randy Hillier, exactly? A populist to his boots, and the grassroots. Not just Tory blue, but blue collar. A rural riding man, plain-spoken and gruff, always dressed in suspenders. Hillier arrived at Queen’s Park as a disrupter — no less a rabble-rouser than Ford himself. A former head of the Ontario Landowners Association, a Liberal-hating libertarian fighting for farmers’ prop... more »
The US Is Pushing Lebanon Into The Arms Of Iran And Russia
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Turkey’s Erdogan Scolded For Airing New Zealand Massacre Footage As Political Prop
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The Destabilisation Of Algeria: New Refugee Influx & A Threat To Europe’s Energy Security
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France To Ban Yellow Vest Protests In Neighborhoods With “Ultra” Radicals
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Russian Warplanes Intensify Bombing Of Al-Qaeda Bases In Idlib
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Merkel on Huawei: Germany won’t exclude 5G providers just because they come from China
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The attempt to prosecute Assad at the International Criminal Court is illegal and is aimed at undermining the Syrian peace process
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Russian Aerospace Forces strengthened by over 1,000 warplanes & helicopters
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Land & sea sections of natural gas pipeline from Russia to Turkey connected
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Brexit Was Triggered By Climate-Driven Collapse In The Middle East
Brexit, the resurgence of the far-right, and the danger of a coming collapse of the European Union, have all escalated on the back of a global migrant crisis that was fuelled by climate change. But if this resurgent right gets it way, climate change will not only escalate, it will make Brexit mayhem look like a cake walk. The post Brexit Was Triggered By Climate-Driven Collapse In The Middle East appeared first on OrientalReview.org.
CHOOSE DIVERSITY -- VOTE FOR THE OLD WHITE GUY!
Joe Biden is clearly on the verge of announcing his presidential candidacy, and I think this really might work for him: As he prepares for a possible run, Biden has hunkered down for strategy sessions with a tight knit group of advisers and held meetings with top Democrats and elected officials. One subject of discussion has been the early selection of a running mate.... Any names? Last week, Biden stirred speculation as he met privately with Stacey Abrams, a Democratic rising star who ran for governor in Georgia last fall and is weighing another run for office -- potentially even ... more »
Far-Right Extremism and the Christchurch Massacre: Adapting to New Threats
A woman places flowers at a memorial for the victims of the Christchurch shooting in Melbourne, Australia. (Source: Flickr/Julian Meehan) Within 24 hours of the massacre in Christchurch, New Zealand—in which an Australian assailant murdered 50 people attending worship services at two mosques—the public reaction and discussion took two notable paths. The first was a nearly universal acknowledgment among informed observers that far-right violent extremism has grown into a sizable international threat. Almost in an instant, commentators in the U.S., where this type of terrorism is ty... more »
Breaking Down the Combating BDS Act of 2019 and First Amendment Challenges to State Anti-BDS Laws
Photo Credit: AFP via Middle East Eye On Feb. 5, the Senate passed a package of Middle East policy bills, including the Combating BDS Act of 2019. The act, which would affect laws on the books in 26 states that prevent state and local governments from doing business with entities that boycott Israel, has reignited debate over whether lawmakers’ efforts to stymie the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel violate the First Amendment. This post examines the bill passed by the Senate and tracks ongoing litigation against state anti-BDS laws in federal courts.... more »
Arbitrary adjustments of US temperature data unjustified
“NOAA massively tampers with US temperature data, to turn a century of cooling into warming.” click here
French Government To Ban Yellow Vest Protests In Neighborhoods If ‘Radical Groups’ Are Spotted
*Reuters: **France to ban 'yellow vest' protests if violent groups take part: PM* PARIS (Reuters) - France’s prime minister said Paris’s police chief had been sacked and that the government would shut down “yellow vest” protests if violent groups were identified among the ranks of “yellow vest” protesters. President Emmanuel Macron and his government have been forced back on the defensive after rioters ransacked luxury boutiques and torched cafes and a bank on Saturday in the latest flare-up of violence against Macron’s pro-business reforms. *Read more* .... *WNU Editor:* This... more »
Stealth Bombers, Nuclear Attack Submarines and Aircraft Carriers: The U.S. Military's Future
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * Where Washington's defense dollars will flow. (Washington D.C.) Hypersonic weapons, Research and Development, attack submarines, drones and AI are all massive areas of priority for Pentagon weapons developers as they seek to accelerate its growing “pivot” to major-power warfare, seeks to address deficits and - perhaps of greatest significance - stay ahead of Russia and China when it comes to weapons areas of great concern to the US military services. The more than 700-billion Pentagon 2020 proposed budget naturally covers a wide-ranging sphere of tech... more »
Stealth History: How the F-35 Lightning Took To the Sky
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * Just how did the F-35 go from being a glimmer in the eye of Pentagon bureaucrats to the most expensive weapon system in human history? *Love it or hate it—and certainly, its torturous development offers many lessons on practices best avoided—the F-35 is here to stay. Thus, the low-observable jet’s success, or lack thereof, in fulfilling the Pentagon’s new paradigm of air warfare will remain closely scrutinized for decades to come.* In 2019, the first fully-combat capable of F-35 Lightning stealth fighters with Block IIIF software will finally ente... more »
Kim's Commandos: Meet North Korea's 200,000 Elite Soldiers (Ready for War)
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * Of North Korea’s two hundred thousand “commandos,” approximately 150,000 belong to light infantry units. Foot mobile, their frontline mission is to infiltrate or flank enemy lines to envelop or mount rear attacks on enemy forces. North Korea’s hilly terrain lends itself to such tactics, as does the network of tunnels that the country has dug that cross the DMZ in a number of places. *In the event of war, North Korea would likely launch dozens of separate attacks throughout South Korea, from the DMZ to the southern port of Busan. Whether or not these ... more »
Italy bans unvaccinated children from going to preschool
While it seemed that originally Italy’s current far-right Five Star Movement (M5S) government wasn’t going to require vaccines for school and that Italian Health Minister, Giulia Grillo understood choice was every parents right, something has changed. “Under a new law from the Italian government, all unvaccinated kids under the age of six can be barred from […] The post Italy bans unvaccinated children from going to preschool appeared first on Health Nut News.
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*Maine K-12 indoctrination sparks populist push back * Lawrence Lockman *Newly-launched "Forgotten Parents Initiative" aims to hold superintendents, school boards accountable* If there were ever any doubt that many teachers in Maine’s K-12 public schools are using their classrooms to indoctrinate students in Leftist politics and ideology, those doubts were blown away during a public hearing at the Statehouse a few weeks ago. I had long suspected that Leftist indoctrination was fairly common, but the evidence was for the most part sketchy and anecdotal. The accounts of classroom ... more »
On Charles Darwin and Karl Marx
In her book *Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution*, Gertrude Himmelfarb notes that there was a similarity in not only the philosophical intent of Charles Darwin and Karl Marx but also in their practical effect. Here’s an excerpt from her book (Page 421): When Marx read the *Origin*, he enthusiastically declared it to be “a basis in natural science for the class struggle in history.” In 1873 he sent a copy of the second edition of *Das Kapital* to Darwin, who politely acknowledged the gift. “Though our studies have been so different, I believe that we both earnestly desire the extens... more »
American Millenials Are A Special Breed
This chart illustrates the top 10 things that Millennials get stressed out about, according to a new survey by OnePoll on behalf of CBD company Endoca Daily Mail: *Dead phones and zero Instagram likes: The small headaches that have 58% of Millennials saying life is more stressful now than ever before* * One-third of Millennials believe their lives are more stressful than average * Americans ages 22-37 cite a myriad of small problems that add up to big stress * For example, 40% of Millennials stress out over having a dead phone battery * Nearly 20% of Millennials said getting zero ... more »
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*Those evil banks that finance pipelines* At a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Tuesday, Congress freshman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) once again managed to turn herself into the center of attention by focusing on the ludicrous by castigating Wells Fargo for doing its primary job of lending. During a four-hour grilling of Wells Fargo’s CEO, Tim Sloan, the New York Democrat slammed Wells Fargo for lending to private prisons and a pipeline. SOURCE *Texas Power Prices Surge 700% on a Chilly Morning in Dallas* *Windmills useless* A chilly morning in Dallas com... more »
Are American Nuclear Missiles On Hair-Trigger Alert?
In the real world, it is important to remember what President John F. Kennedy said about America's newly built Minuteman missiles: that they were his "ace in the hole" and prevented the Cuban missile crisis from ending in Armageddon. Pictured: An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test on August 2, 2017, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (Image source: U.S. Air Force) *Peter Huessy, Gatestone Institute*: *"Dangerous Nuclear Schemes"* The proposed policies, if adopted by the new leadership in the House, would certainly frac... more »
How The BBC Cheerleads For Kids Climate Strike
By Paul Homewood https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-47584093 A lot of words have been written about the schools’ climate strikes, so I don’t intend to revisit them. But here’s a few of my observations: 1) There have been two strikes so far, Feb and March 15th. If they stick to Fridays, the next will be […]
California environmental regulations and marijuana: Q&A with Green Wise’s Pamela Epstein
Before joining the cannabis industry as an attorney and business consultant, Pamela Epstein practiced environmental law. Epstein, founder of Los Angeles-based Green Wise Consulting, specialized in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), a law that all companies in the state – cannabis or otherwise – must take into account. It mandates a review of any […] California environmental regulations and marijuana: Q&A with Green Wise’s Pamela Epstein is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Qatar seeks free trade deal with Iraq in meeting with PM
bilaterals.org - 15 hours ago
19-Mar-2019 Qatar would like to sign a free trade agreement with Iraq to exchange, encourage, and protect investments between the two countries.
Londres conclut un accord post-Brexit avec l'Islande et la Norvège
bilaterals.org - 15 hours ago
19-Mar-2019 Le Royaume-Uni a conclu un arrangement pour continuer à commercer avec l'Islande et la Norvège en cas de sortie sans accord de l'Union européenne.
UK reaches post-Brexit trade agreement with Iceland and Norway
bilaterals.org - 15 hours ago
19-Mar-2019 Britain reached an a deal with Iceland and Norway to allow trade to continue unchanged if it leaves the European Union without a deal
Lebanese security forces arrest alleged Israeli operative spying on Hezbollah
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:20 P.M.) – The Lebanese General Security announced on Tuesday morning that their forces had arrested a Canadian national of Lebanese descent that was allegedly working for the Israeli intelligence. According to a communique, the Lebanese General Security arrested a Lebanese-Canadian man (born 1978) after he was found trying to gather intel on […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Breaking: ISIS surrendering in masses as last Euphrates enclave is eliminated
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:00 P.M.) – The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) is surrendering in masses at the Baghouz Camp as their last enclave in the eastern region of the Euphrates River Valley has been eliminated. According to a report from this front, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have taken control over the Baghouz Camp after a fierce […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
The Daily Brief 2019-03-16
This is a summary of 13 AMN articles on the following subjects: France, Paris, Aleppo, Gaziantep, Syria, Turkey, Germany, Russia, Homs, ISIS, Anning, Australia, Christchurch, New_Zealand, Guaido, Venezuela, Kaliningrad, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Deir_Ezzor, Baghouz. We have changed our format from posting full articles to our steem readership to a summarized daily brief, as the article […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
The Daily Brief 2019-03-15
This is a summary of 18 AMN articles on the following subjects: Syria, Tartous, Idlib, Russia, Turkey, US, Daesh, Gaza Bombarded, Rocket Fire, Tel Aviv, Latakia, Raqqa, SDF, Daraa, Baghouz, New_Zealand, Gaza, Israel, Palestine, Christchurch. We have changed our format from posting full articles to our steem readership to a summarized daily brief, as the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Middle Class Joe? More A Carefully Crafted Campaign Slogan Than A Description Of Objective Reality
*One of these guys works with his hands... and the other works for Wall Street* Writing for CNN over the weekend, David Gergen came up with a novel warning for Biden. who he asserted "must do much more than assemble a campaign team, match Bernie Sanders in micro-fundraising, and set off on the campaign trail. He must also offer a compelling rationale for why he wants to be president... So far, Biden hasn't signaled what his clarion call will be... [W]hen he declares, Biden might break precedent by promising up front that he will serve for only a single term-- 'one and done'... Unlik... more »
Is vertical integration the right approach for your cannabis business?
Kevin Currier has lost sleep over the prospect of vertically integrating his new marijuana business in Michigan. A Michigan resident, Currier applied for a medical cannabis retail license in Grand Rapids while the state transitions to a recreational market. But he often wonders whether vertical integration - having a cultivation and retail component to a company - would better position him for success. Is vertical integration the right approach for your cannabis business? is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Impacts of sound on marine life
Democratic congressman Joe Cunningham (D-SC) interrupted a House committee hearing with a 120-decibel airhorn after a Trump administration official insisted air-gun testing to locate oil underwater would have no impact on whales, who rely on echolocation to hunt and communicate.
Dollar milk ends as Coles, Aldi fold to pressure with pledge to raise prices
Kath Sullivan, Joshua Becker, Lydia Burton, Kim Honan And Jennifer Nichols at Just In - 16 hours ago
Dairy farmers are celebrating a victory in the war against dollar a litre milk, with major retailers Coles and Aldi increasing the price of private label milk.
Private health insurance the biggest household spending concern, as sector prepares for shake-up
A quarterly survey by consumer group Choice finds the cost of private health insurance has overtaken electricity bills as the biggest household spending worry, as the insurance industry prepares for its biggest changes for decades.
Group in China up to three retractions, ostensibly for three different reasons
A group of researchers at Harbin Medical University in China has had a third paper retracted, making for a tale of three notices. The first retraction appeared in April 2017 as one of more than 100 from Tumor Biology for fake peer review. The second, for “Functions as a Tumor Suppressor in Osteosarcoma by Targeting … Continue reading Group in China up to three retractions, ostensibly for three different reasons
Danger ahead in the constitutional standoff over Trump's emergency declaration
William E. Nelson, Professor of Law, New York University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 16 hours ago
President Trump vetoed Congress' rejection of his emergency declaration. That brings the constitutional confrontation closer to the Supreme Court and a potentially destabilizing outcome.
For Native Americans, US-Mexico border is an 'imaginary line'
Christina Leza, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Colorado College at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 16 hours ago
The U.S-Mexico border runs through Native American territories. A wall would further divide these communities, separating children from schools, farmers from water and families from each other.
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