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Thomas Paine

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Wednesday, June 26, 2019

26 June - Blogs I'm Following - 3 of 4

10 pm MDT

New Flyer and Website All About The Bees Being Harmed by 5G

Activist Post at Activist Post - 13 hours ago
By B.N. Frank In February, telecom industry representatives gave congressional testimony that they have no scientific evidence that 5G is safe. Many studies say it’s...more »

A New Era In Nuclear Weapons And Submarine Warfare Is Beginning

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
The Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Rhode Island Gold crew returns to homeport at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Bryan Tomforde) *FOX News/Warrior Maven:* *'First-cut-of-steel' begins new era in nuclear weapons, submarine warfare* Almost nobody knows where they are at any given time, yet nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarines quietly patrol dark domains of the undersea realm in strategically vital waters around the globe, bringing the prospect of unprecedented destruction upon potential enemies -- ... more »

NASA Data Tampering – Not Just For Temperatures

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 13 hours ago
In 1982, NASA’s James Hansen showed that sea level rise slowed to almost a halt after 1950. That 30 year hiatus in sea level rise has since been erased. 1982 2019

US To Run Out Of Oil By 1992

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 13 hours ago
Sad news – the US will run out of oil by 1992, and the world will run out of oil between 2012 and 2022. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Google Books

Rewriting America’s History

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 13 hours ago
“He who controls the past, controls the future; and he who controls the present, controls the past.” – George Orwell “1984” In 1998, NASA showed 1934 as the hottest year on record in the US, and declining temperatures for the … Continue reading →

Facebook to Hand Over Users’ Info to French Govt For “Hate Speech” Prosecutions

Activist Post at Activist Post - 13 hours ago
By Chris Menahan Facebook is going to work in concert with the government of France to rat out its own users so they can be... more »

Is There a Bipartisan Congressional Opposition to War on Iran?

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 13 hours ago
*Stephen Lendman* | If Trump yields to the war hawks and not Congress, then the mother of all post-9/11 quagmires could become a reality.

Time To Counterpunch Erroneous Pro-Vaccine Hype & Abuse

Activist Post at Activist Post - 13 hours ago
By Catherine J. Frompovich If ever there were statistics to play “hard ball” with regarding vaccines and vaccinations, boy have I found a grouping, which... more »

Seven Reasons to Doubt US Version of Gulf of Oman Incident

Caitlin Johnstone at Need To Know - 13 hours ago
Caitlin Johnstone provides examples of false flag attacks and neocons, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National Security Advisor John Bolton, who have admitted to lying, on video, as a means to advance military agendas.

Poll: The Majority of Americans Reject Action Leading to a New War with Iran as Only 24% Want a Military Response

The Hill at Need To Know - 13 hours ago
A poll from Hill-HarrisX revealed that Americans from all parties are against going to war with Iran: 58% of voters polled preferred a non-military response to Iran's shooting down of a US spy drone, 49% said they wanted a negotiated end to the recent hostilities while 9% said that Trump should make no action.

The Battle For Tripoli Grinds On

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
*Mustafa Fetouri, Al-Monitor:* *Battle for Tripoli appears destined to grind on in Libya* Despite repeated diplomatic setbacks and heavy fighting among rival forces near Tripoli, UN envoy Ghassan Salame‬⁩ met over the weekend with Libyan National Army (LNA) commander Gen. Khalifa Hifter in al-Rajmeh in suburban Benghazi. The men discussed possible diplomatic solutions to the country's crisis — but to no avail. Libya has been in turmoil since 2011, when longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi was ousted. Since launching Operation Karama (Operation Dignity) in Benghazi in May 2014, Hifter'... more »

A Memorable Passage from Conrad’s Heart of Darkness

Unknown at The Verma Report - 14 hours ago
Here’s an interesting passage from Joseph Conrad’s *Heart of Darkness* (Page 53-54): "Going up that river was like traveling back to the earliest beginnings of the world, when vegetation rioted on the earth and the big trees were kings. An empty stream, a great silence, an impenetrable forest. The air was warm, thick, heavy, sluggish. There was no joy in the brilliance of sunshine. The long stretches of the waterway ran on, deserted, into the gloom of overshadowed distances. On silvery sandbanks hippos and alligators sunned themselves side by side. The broadening waters flowed thro... more »

Catherine Fitts Makes DJ Nervous?

cefrith@hotmail.com at Charles Frith - 14 hours ago
Very revealing. Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced

Violent Voyeurism: Surveillance, Spyware and Human Rights

Binoy KAMPMARK at OrientalReview.org - 14 hours ago
Surveillance is merely a variant of violent voyeurism, the human behind the camera or visual apparatus observing behaviour in a setting, often private. Its premise is privacy’s violation; its working assumption is privacy’s irrelevance; officially tolerated such a concept is unofficially repudiated. Studies on surveillance do as much to reveal […]

This U.S. Air Force Weapon Can Take Out Swarms Of Drones

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
*The Verge:* *The US Air Force has a new weapon called THOR that can take out swarms of drones* Ding, the drone is done In recent years, small drones have made their way onto battlefields where they’ve been used to surveil US forces or drop bombs on them, prompting the US military to develop new ways to take them down. This week, the US Air Force unveiled a new tool that can be stationed at bases around the world: a high-powered microwave system called Tactical High Power Microwave Operational Responder (THOR), which is designed to protect bases against swarms of drones. The Air... more »

U.S. F-35s and B-2 Bombers Will Soon Be Armed with the Ultimate Weapon

Kris Osborn at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Technology, Americas* [image: Reuters] We've got the details. (Washington, D.C.) Fighter jets will control attack drones from the cockpit, bombers will avert air defenses and real-time intelligence data will be available to attacking forces more quickly -- all due to new iterations of fast-evolving Artificial Intelligence technologies. Faster computer processors, AI-infused algorithms able to merge or “fuse” sensor information and automated maintenance and checklists are informing emerging pilot tactics aimed at anticipating future threat environments. Various app... more »

"This Country Is Worthy of Any Sacrifice"—David Bellavia Receives the Medal of Honor

Task and Purpose at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Task and Purpose* *Security, Middle East* [image: Reuters] A true hero. Moments before Army Staff Sgt. David Bellavia went back into the house, journalist Michael Ware said he was "pacing like a caged tiger ... almost like he was talking to himself." "I distinctly remember while everybody else had taken cover temporarily, there out in the open on the street — still exposed to the fire from the roof — was David Bellavia," Ware told Task & Purpose on Monday. "David stopped pacing, he looked up and sees that the only person still there on the street is me. And I'm just standing th... more »

The Navy’s Smallest Warships Could Be the First to See Combat Against Iran

David Axe at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, * Check them out. If the United States and Iran go to war in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. Navy’s smallest warships could be the first to see combat. The Navy’s 13 *Cyclone*-class patrol boats -- also known as “PCs” for “patrol, coastal” -- each displace just 330 tons of water. An *Arleigh Burke*-class destroyer, by contrast, displaces more than 9,000 tons of water. A standard crew aboard a *Cyclone *includes just 28 officers and sailors. Ten *Cyclone*s, operating from a base in Bahrain, comprise America’s naval vanguard in the Persian Gulf. They are the on... more »

F-35s Are Flying Over Syria (Hint: They Aren't American)

David Axe at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, * Here is the story. The Royal Air Force’s F-35Bs flew in combat for the first time on June 16, 2019. Taking off from the British air base at Akrotiri in Cyprus, a pair of the vertical-landing stealth fighters patrolled over Syria alongside RAF Typhoon fighters, the U.K. Defense Ministry *announced*. The F-35s did not drop bombs or fire missiles or guns during their combat patrol. Still, the mission made the United Kingdom the third country after Israel and the United States to deploy F-35s in wartime. Just because the F-35s didn’t employ weapons doesn’t... more »

What is a Judge?

Gerard N. Magliocca at Balkinization - 14 hours ago
For the symposium on Lawrence Lessig, Fidelity and Constraint: How the Supreme Court Has Read the American Constitution (Oxford University Press, 2019). Larry Lessig's *Fidelity and Constraint* wonderfully restates the dilemma of judges since judging began. Should justice be blind like the classical representation? Or should justice look at the unique facts of the case and reach wise decisions as Solomon did? Sometimes we want one and sometimes we want the other. And almost never in a consistent fashion. At the Supreme Court, this divide breaks down between what Lessig calls "fidel... more »

Russia, US, Israel meeting aims to break deadlock in Syria and Iran ahead of G20 (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 14 hours ago
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 216. The post Russia, US, Israel meeting aims to break deadlock in Syria and Iran ahead of G20 (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

US Establishment working to rig 2020

Serban V.C. Enache at The Duran - 14 hours ago
These type of secret and invisible filters to its algorithms are unacceptable in a society that’s supposed to be free and democratic. The post US Establishment working to rig 2020 appeared first on The Duran.

The Globalists of Left & Right

Serban V.C. Enache at The Duran - 14 hours ago
The new culture in which the globalists planted their seeds of ambition was called neoliberalism. The post The Globalists of Left & Right appeared first on The Duran.

WATCH: Cops Detain Entire Bar, Seal Off All Exits, Force EVERYONE to Submit to Record Check

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: rights]In one of the largest mass rights violating instances we've ever reported on, an entire bar was detained by police and forced to submit to a background check.

Creating the Conditions for Durable Survival

adam at LaRouchePAC Feed - 14 hours ago
[image: President Donald J. Trump displays his signature on an Executive Order to place further sanctions on Iran Monday, June 24, 2019, in the Oval Office of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)] PDF: [image: PDF icon] 20190625-conditions-durable-survival.pdf The danger of war is our greatest threat, and the creation of an effective economic policy is our greatest necessity. With Donald Trump’s cancellation of a planned attack on Iran—claimed to be in relation to Iran’s downing of a U.S. drone supposedly in international air space—a catastrophic sequ... more »

Veterans put 'through a lot of hoops' in bid to claim compensation, minister says

Michael Atkin at Just In - 14 hours ago
The Department of Veterans' Affairs has been "too adversarial" when it comes to handling the compensation claims of former defence personnel, Minister for Veterans and Defence Personnel Darren Chester says.

These green targets waved through by MPs will make the cost of no deal look like small change

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 14 hours ago
By Paul Homewood There may be no Booker now, but at least the Telegraph have found someone else to counter the government’s climate nonsense: Never let it be said that Parliament cannot get things done when it wants to. In the three years since the referendum, MPs have not only rejected Theresa […]

Here Are 3 Big Mistakes The U.S. Made In Afghanistan

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division recover fuel at Forward Operating Base Waza K'wah in the Paktika province, January 29, 2011. The fuel was delivered by air drop, the task force's only means of resupply. US Air Forces Central Command/Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz *Donald C. Bolduc, Business Insider/Military Times:* *The US's 3 biggest mistakes in Afghanistan* * At the tactical level, the US military has performed well in Afghanistan. * But their political leaders and general officers on the ground and in Washington have failed them, argues retired Army Brig. Gen. Donald C. Bold... more »

Book review “Nomadland by Jessia Bruder

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 14 hours ago
This Friday the Lakeside Women's Club book review is "Nomandland; surviving America in the 21st century" by Jessica Bruder. (2017) I'm about 1/3 finished, but I get the drift. Convince the readers there's something terribly wrong with the USA instead of the poor decisions, divorces, childhoods and investments of selected people interviewed for the book. So far, although the "great" recession of 2008 is noted as a cause for the white collar workers, the underlying factors in many of these cases are divorce, and/or an unhappy, abusive childhood that also included divorce, disruption... more »

U.S. Navy Warns China That Provocations By Chinese Militia Vessels Would Be Treated The Same As Those Carried Out By Chinese Navy Warships

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
US Navy destroyers. US Navy *Business Insider: **It looks like the US has been quietly lowering the threshold for conflict in the South China Sea* * The US has been putting increased pressure on the Chinese maritime militia, a paramilitary sea force disguised as a fishing fleet, in an effort to deter provocations in the South China Sea. * The US Navy's top admiral told his Chinese counterpart earlier this year that provocations by militia vessels would be treated the same as those carried out by Chinese navy warships. * Last week, the US ambassador to the Philippines told reporters... more »

Greenpeace girls invaded a shareholders' meeting, faced a backlash

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 14 hours ago
ČEZ, the Czech Energy Works (České energetické závody), is the main Czech power utility company. It runs most of the Czech power plants, a big part of the grid, also sells gas to the consumers, and does other things. It's just sold its business in Bulgaria but it is generally trying to invest abroad, too. The market cap of ČEZ is some $12 billion. *Počerady* OK, today, we have the warmest day of the year so far, with temperatures reaching 35 °C – it seems unlikely that the "absolute" records will be broken today, as promised yesterday; in August 2012, Dobřichovice near Prague sa... more »

Houthi forces rain ballistic missiles on Saudi military camps

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:45 P.M.) – The Houthi forces continued their attacks on southern Saudi Arabia, today, after launching several strikes on the Jizan and Abha airports. According to the official media wing of the Houthi forces, their rocket battalion fired several short-range ballistic missiles towards two Saudi military camps in the Najran region and the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Israeli Air Force carries out sorties with US, British F-35s in Syria

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:10 P.M.) – The Israeli Air Force carried out a number of sorties with the U.S. and British air forces this week, the Haaretz reported on Wednesday. Citing the United Kingdom’s Permanent Joint Headquarters tweets on Tuesday, Haaretz reported that the F-35 units of the Israeli, U.S., and British air forces carried out […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russian Air Force carries out first strikes near Idlib city

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:45 P.M.) – The Russian Air Force carried out their first airstrikes near Idlib city, today, marking the first time that they have targeted this area in June. According to a military report, the Russian Air Force targeted the positions of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham south of Idlib city and near the Idlib Central […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russia shows off its cutting-edge military equipment at Army 2019

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
The Army-2019 forum opened at the Patriot Congress and Exhibition Center outside Moscow on June 25. It will last through June 30. The forum’s events will take place in other Russian regions as well. According to preliminary estimates, the forum will be attended by over 1,500 enterprises that will demonstrate more than 27,000 products and technologies. Take […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Huge Syrian Army buildup near Kafr Naboudeh as operation approaches

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:30 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) operation near Kafr Naboudeh may take place sooner than expected, as a source near the front-lines told Al-Masdar that the military recently moved a large number of soldiers to the town of Bredeij. According to the source, the Syrian Army is planning to target the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Kurdish forces kill Turkish soldier in attack on northern Aleppo base

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:20 A.M.) – The Turkish Army came under attack this morning when members of the Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units (YPG) fired several artillery shells towards the former’s positions in northern Aleppo. According to reports from Aleppo, the YPG fired the artillery shells towards the Turkish Army base near the town of Kimar. The […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Saudi special forces capture ISIS emir of Yemen: photos

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:00 A.M.) – The Saudi special forces carried out an operation on Tuesday to arrest the Islamic State’s (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) top emir in Yemen. In an operation that lasted approximately ten minutes, the Saudi special forces managed to crack the Islamic State’s defenses and arrest the terrorist group’s top commander. The Islamic State emir […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

WAKE ME WHEN THE NRA IS REALLY DEAD

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 15 hours ago
I'd like to feel triumphant about this: The National Rifle Association has shut down production at NRATV. The N.R.A. on Tuesday also severed all business with its estranged advertising firm, Ackerman McQueen, which operates NRATV, the N.R.A.’s live broadcasting media arm, according to interviews and documents reviewed by The New York Times. While NRATV may continue to air past content, its live broadcasting will end and its on-air personalities — Ackerman employees including Dana Loesch — will no longer be the public faces of the N.R.A.... The development is the latest in what has ... more »

The Government We Deserve

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago
If you believe that somehow there will be less baloney for sale during this federal election, you're going to be deeply disappointed. Susan Delacourt writes that social media will not reign in the lies and distortions. But there are two defences against falsehoods: Craig Silverman is a media editor with BuzzFeed News, which is working in collaboration with the Star on election-integrity initiatives now and into the election campaign. “There’s obviously a supply problem. It’s being created, it’s being spread,” Silverman told me on Tuesday. “But there’s also a demand problem: peop... more »

Pentagon: Two U.S. Service Members Were Killed In Afghanistan On Wednesday

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*Daily Mail:* *Two US service members are killed in Afghanistan, a day after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Kabul* * Two US service members were killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday * The identities of the soldiers will not be released until their families are notified * It's not clear if the deaths were the result of the war, which has gone on 18 years The U.S. military says two service members have been killed in Afghanistan. It did not offer any details surrounding the circumstances of their deaths. The statement says the killings occurred Wednesday, a day after U.S. Secr... more »

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 15 hours ago
*Regulatory Red Tape Risks Strangling DC Opportunity Scholarship Program* For 15 years, the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program has been a District of Columbia institution. Yet the program, which provides scholarships to children from low-income families to attend a private school of choice, faces death by a thousand regulatory cuts. Since Congress enacted it, participation among private schools has fallen from a peak of 68 schools during the 2005-06 school year to just 48 schools today. Fewer schools participating—a 30% reduction—means fewer choices for families. So, what expla... more »

U.S. Navy's Newest Littoral Combat Ship Damaged After Hitting Into A Moored Ship In Canada

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
*Warzone/The Drive*: *Navy's Newest Littoral Combat Ship Damaged After Smacking Into A Moored Ship In Canada* *The future USS Billings is now tied up in Montreal while the Navy assesses the full extent of the damage and investigates what happened.* The future USS Billings, a new Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship that the U.S. Navy recently took delivery of, sustained damage after hitting another vessel in Montreal, Canada yesterday. The warship had been on its way to future homeport in Mayport, Florida ahead of its formal commissioning and the hope is that this incident will not... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 15 hours ago
*Eliminating fossil fuels would risk a descent into darkness* Inventiveness plus boldness equals progress. Liberal “activists” who want to revolutionize the nation’s energy resources demonstrate political moxie, but if their campaign to substitute renewable sources for fossil fuels — oil and gas — succeeds it will take more than happy thoughts to keep the lights on. Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, pledges to donate $500 million to a campaign to shutter the nation’s remaining coal-fired power plants by 2030. The billionaire told the Class of ‘19 at... more »

Wind and solar are already costing you money

Dr. Jay Lehr at CFACT - 15 hours ago
The only winner in the renewable energy sweepstakes is BIG Government. The post Wind and solar are already costing you money appeared first on CFACT.

European Court of Justice Rules on Deporting Refugees Convicted of Crimes

tcarney at Lawfare - 15 hours ago
Outside the European Court of Justice. (Source: Flickr/katarina_dzurekova, CC BY 2.0) The European Court of Justice (ECJ) recently ruled that European Union (EU) member nations no longer have the right to deport a refugee for committing a serious crime, as long as the refugee can prove that returning to the home country would threaten his or her life. In the case of *M and Others v. Commissaire Général aux Réfugiés et aux Apatrides*, the ECJ concluded that EU member nations now have a higher threshold for deporting refugees. Previously, EU members could deport refugees for reasons... more »

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Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 15 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin How Iran Decided to Down a US Drone and Narrowly Averted War By Sparing Another US Plane PAKISTANI OUTRAGE BUBBLES AS DETERGENT AD PROMOTES WOMEN’S RIGHTS THREE MEN INJURED IN SEPARATE ‘ACID ATTACKS’ WITHIN HOURS OF EACH OTHER IN EAST LONDON Photos: Animals on Brink of Extinction ONE-THIRD OF U.S. SUPPORTS NUCLEAR WAR ON NORTH KOREA, KNOWING IT WOULD KILL ONE MILLION, REPORT SHOWS New York Could Become First State To Be Completely Done With Private PrisonsUS military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries – shrinking this war machine is a must Eff... more »

What’s next in New York and New Jersey? Marijuana business experts weigh in

Jeff Smith at Marijuana Business Daily - 16 hours ago
Illinois became the 11th state in the nation Tuesday to legalize adult-use marijuana after Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a recreational bill into law. The governor’s historic bill signing comes not long after New York and New Jersey both failed to legalize potential billion-dollar commercial recreational programs. What lessons were learned by the cannabis industry, and how […] What’s next in New York and New Jersey? Marijuana business experts weigh in is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go-- #NeverTrump Republicans Demand Democrats Nominate Biden

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
*Republicans see this & get sick to their stomachs-- & really scared* *Dear Republicans Who Lost Your Shitty Party To Trump— Keep Your Muthafucking, Failed Advice About How To Beat Trump To Yourselves* And that goes for everyone who works at— or reads— *The Bulwark* and half the people who work at MSNBC. The worst political figure anyone can remember stole your party right out from under you. And now you want to tell the lame enough Democratic establishment how to beat Trump? They may be stupid enough to listen. Hopefully no one down the chain from brain-drained Pelosi, Hoyer, Schum... more »

America's Jews on the Trump Administration

A Political Junkie at Viable Opposition - 16 hours ago
With the significant influence of the pro-Israel lobby in the United States and Congress doing its best to equate anti-Semitism and the anti-Israel movement, I thought that it would be interesting to see how America's Jewish community feels about the Trump Administration, its agenda for Israel and its support for Israel. A poll taken on the day that the 2018 mid-term election was held gives us a strong sense of the sentiments of American Jews on issues of importance. Let's look at the background of the poll which was completed by J Street. The poll sampled the views of 1,139 Jewis... more »

Iain Rankin promises big changes in forestry management, but the province is moving slowly

Jennifer Henderson at Halifax Examiner - 16 hours ago
Give Lands and Forestry Minister Iain Rankin credit for trying. Last November, Rainkin accepted all 45 recommendations from Bill Lahey, a former deputy environment minister and university president hired to figure out how to make Nova Scotia forests healthier and more productive. Lahey’s recommendations were aimed at improving biodiversity and reducing the amount of […]

Taiwan Desperately Needs This 1 Thing to Stop China if War Comes

Mark Episkopos at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Mark Episkopos* *Security, Asia* [image: https://pictures.reuters.com/archive/TAIWAN-MILITARY-DRILLS-RC1844B5A630.html] New subs. *What are Taiwan’s military capabilities, and does Taiwan stand a chance of repelling a prospective Chinese invasion? * Taipei and Beijing are seemingly sliding into an escalatory spiral amid a flurry of veiled threats and accusations. Just last week, China’s defense minister *invoked Abraham Lincoln* to justify the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) increasingly aggressive reunification policy: “American friends told me that Abraham Lincoln was the ... more »

World War III Almost Started in 1969 (Between Russia and China)

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 16 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *History, Europe* [image: Frank Kovalchek from Anchorage, Alaska, USA [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)]] Almost. *While the crisis between the Soviet Union and China was eventually de-escalated, what if it hadn’t? * In 1969 the two pillars of the communist bloc, the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China, nearly went to full-scale war. Years of deteriorating ties between the two countries, once the staunchest of allies, finally led to skirmishing on the long mutual border between the two countries. While tensions were eventually d... more »

Dylan Voller joins chorus calling to change age of criminal culpability

Emilia Terzon at Just In - 16 hours ago
There is a renewed push to raise the age at which young Australians are considered criminally responsible, with the Law Council of Australia, the Australian Medical Association and former youth detainee Dylan Voller joining a group advocating for change.

Betrayed and completely humiliated: Revenge porn victim speaks

Elizabeth Byrne at Just In - 16 hours ago
The victim in a so-called revenge porn case describes the "living hell" she suffered at the hands of her former partner, who admitted to making posters of her in intimate situations — even placing the images in her child's bag.

Big Kev the Palmerston dinosaur could face extinction

Rosa Ellen at Just In - 16 hours ago
The fate of a fibreglass dinosaur hangs in the balance after the site's new owner, Bunnings, announces it will dismantle the prehistoric Palmerston landmark.

'It cost the team': Matildas' Cup preparation questioned amid calls for independent review

Patrick Galloway at Just In - 16 hours ago
Australia's Women's World Cup preparation is under question following the team's early exit in France, and Football Federation Australia (FFA) is under pressure to ensure the review of the failed campaign is conducted by an independent panel.

Day 3 on the road: onward to Ohio

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 16 hours ago
Yesterday (Tuesday) Miss D. and I rose at a leisurely hour and hit the road for the short hop from Indianapolis to Dayton, Ohio. It's only a couple of hours' drive, by far the shortest leg of our journey, so we weren't stressed for time and could relax and enjoy the sights. We were glad to see that agriculture in this part of the world is in a somewhat healthier condition than any other state we've been through so far this trip. We began to see fields where planting had been accomplished, although the crops weren't as tall as they should be by now. The old saying is that one's c... more »

Presidential Flight Crewmember Arrested with Drugs in Spain

Xiu Ying at The Rio Times - 16 hours ago
By Xiu Ying RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – An Air Force sergeant who was to work on President Jair Bolsonaro’s flight was arrested on Tuesday, June 25th, for carrying drugs in his luggage. The arrest took place on a stopover in Spain while traveling to Japan. The incident, which caused discomfort to the Palácio do […] The post Presidential Flight Crewmember Arrested with Drugs in Spain appeared first on The Rio Times.

Indigenous Land Demarcation in Brazil Reverts to FUNAI

Contributing Reporter at The Rio Times - 16 hours ago
By Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The president of the Senate, Davi Alcolumbre, decided to disregard part of the Provisional Measure (MP) 886, edited by president Jair Bolsonaro, who one week ago once again tried to assign the task of demarcating indigenous lands from the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI) to the Ministry of […] The post Indigenous Land Demarcation in Brazil Reverts to FUNAI appeared first on The Rio Times.

Links 6/26/19

Jerri-Lynn Scofield at naked capitalism - 17 hours ago

Meghan McCain Calls Parents of Vaccine Injured Kids Arrogant & Dangerous

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 17 hours ago
Oh, how nice it must be to live nestled in the soft, warm comfort of a herd of unicorns. Each day, sipping fairy tea and nibbling on cookies made by elves in a hollow tree. Take a good look at... more »

Children's Health Defense on CDC Perjury Regarding a Vaxxed Unvaxxed Study

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 17 hours ago
Note: We encourage to read this series from Robert Kennedy Jr's Children's Health Defense site. Below is an excerpt from the first installment called "The Science." You know, the stuff we're accused of not having, not understanding and barely being... more »

So You Don't Have To Watch, We Give You a Preview of Tonight's Democrat Debate

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 18 hours ago
Tonight, the Democrat Circus gathers together under the big top for the first time to have a good ol' fashion debate for the people, which we all know is just really gonna degenerate quickly into who can promise the most free stuff & Trump Bashing Extravaganza. Due to the luck of the draw, Lizzy Warren will be chairing what looks like the kids' table debate. Her deputy in charge of the class when she has to go to the teachers' lounge to shotgun a couple beers will be the psychedelic Warrior himself, Beto O'Rourke, because he is the only other candidate on stage who has had anyth... more »

Has Himalayan glacier melting doubled?

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 18 hours ago
“A newly comprehensive study shows that melting of Himalayan glaciers caused by rising temperatures has accelerated dramatically since the start of the 21st century,” claims a Ph.D. candidate at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. Willis Eschenbach shares his thoughts. click here

Submarines: What If They Are Hopelessly Obsolete?

James Holmes at The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*James Holmes* *Technology, Asia* [image: https://scnewsltr.dodlive.mil/files/2017/11/Wyoming2.jpg] What would the U.S. Navy do? *Nuclear power, moreover, shunted the competition between subs and sub hunters—what Clark calls the “hider-finder” competition—into the acoustic realm. No longer could anti-submarine forces count on finding enemy boats cruising on the surface, lurking just below the surface with a periscope or snorkel peeking above, or using radio or radar with their telltale electromagnetic emissions. They could hide more or less indefinitely.* S’pose Bryan Clark has ... more »

A Quick Look at Why the F-104 Starfighter Was the Best Interceptor of Its Time

Dario Leone at The National Interest - 18 hours ago
*Dario Leone* *Security, Americas* [image: By US Air Force - commons file, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=62176138] An amazing weapon of war. Designed as a supersonic superiority fighter, the F-104 Starfighter was lightning-fast. Development of the F-104 began in 1952, and the first XF-104 made its initial flight in 1954. As YF-104A testing continued into 1956, the first USAF contract was placed on Mar. 2, for 146 F-104As and six F-104Bs for Air Defence Command (ADC), with 56 externally similar F-104Cs for Tactical Air Command (TAC). As explained... more »

Australian Daily Electrical Power Generation Data – Tuesday 25th June 2019

By Anton Lang ~ This Post details the daily power consumption data for the AEMO coverage area in Australia. For the background information, refer to the Introductory Post at this link. Each image is shown here at a smaller size to fit on the page alongside the data for that day. If you click on […]

Google, YouTube Label Ben Shapiro, Jordan Peterson ‘Nazis’

By Corinne Weaver ~ A new revelation from Project Veritas has found that YouTube and Google labeled popular conservative commentators as “Nazis.” In a leaked document published on June 25, an email from a Google employee, Liam Hopkins, described Ben Shapiro, Dr. Jordan Peterson, and Dennis Prager as “nazis using dog whistles.” He suggested that […]

Rare Civil War Vestige Memorializes The Little-Known Story Of African American Soldiers

By Joshua Nelson ~ A rare artifact of the Civil War that was carried into battle by an African American regiment has been purchased at a historic price by the Atlanta History Center. A regimental flag of the 127th United States Colored Troops that was acquired by the center is one of less than 25 […]

Pity The Palestinians

A Dry Bones Cartoon ~ The Palestinian Arabs are a battered people, abused by their terrorist and gangster “leadership” in what the world sees as a “domestic dispute.” The latest is their being kept away from the Bahrain Conference, Read more by Yaakov Kirschen at Dry Bones . http://drybonesblog.blogspot.com/

'It's like a code you need to crack': Natural fertility program helping couples conceive

Rachel Riga at Just In - 18 hours ago
Infertility is a symptom and not a medical issue in itself, according to a Brisbane hospital that is taking a holistic health approach helping couples conceive naturally.

Accused arsonist acquitted four years after start of trial

Elizabeth Byrne at Just In - 18 hours ago
A Canberra man accused of starting bushfires during a critically hot period in 2014 has been acquitted, four years after his judge-only trial began, with the judge saying the evidence against him is "flimsy".

'It cost the team': Stajcic sacking blamed for Matildas' World Cup exit

Patrick Galloway at Just In - 18 hours ago
The Matildas made their earliest departure at a Women's World Cup in 16 years and FFA's sacking of Alen Stajcic is being cited as the main reason for the failed campaign in France.

Police fear boy taken from Perth school on motorcycle may be in 'imminent danger'

Just In - 18 hours ago
WA Police hold grave fears for a seven-year-old boy taken from his Perth school by a family member on Wednesday morning.

Perth's badly eroded beaches face more pounding with another storm

Irena Ceranic And Evan Morgan Grahame at Just In - 18 hours ago
Workers rush to put up rock barriers at Perth beaches to protect buildings on the brink of collapse as another strong storm barrels into WA.

Permit-free fishing to remain in the NT following 'breakthrough' meeting

Jane Bardon at Just In - 18 hours ago
Traditional owners, the NT Government and all three fishing sectors sign an agreement that will ensure permit-free fishing access to coastal waters for the next 18 months.

Is banning mobile phones in schools a good idea? The evidence may surprise you

Just In - 18 hours ago
There is overwhelming support for banning phones from classrooms but there are many reasons to be cautious about it. Previous experience suggests a blanket ban might introduce more problems than it hopes to solve, writes Neil Selwyn.

Nurses, GPs at odds with doctors after issuing support for WA voluntary euthanasia laws

Benjamin Gubana at Just In - 18 hours ago
The union representing WA nurses says terminally ill patients who are suffering should have the legal right to ask for medical help to end their life, putting the group at odds with the state's peak doctors' lobby.

Wiggles, Rick Astley and now NBL? High hopes for Hobart stadium but 'big dollars' needed

Chris Rowbottom And Jessica Hayes at Just In - 18 hours ago
A 1980s-era stadium which has hosted Rick Astley, the Wiggles and the Dalai Lama could become the home of a new Tasmanian basketball team — but the facilities need "big dollars" from taxpayers' pockets to make the grade, experts say.

Discovery of medical files on busy Brisbane road sparks investigation

Josh Bavas at Just In - 18 hours ago
Queensland Health is investigating how a large parcel of patients' medical documents, earmarked for destruction, were lost on a busy Brisbane road, in what is being criticised as a major breach of trust.

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