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Thomas Paine

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

Monday, September 2, 2019

2 September - Blogs I'm Following - 1 of 4

10 pm MDT

Will A Snap Election Rid Britain Of Boris Johnson Before Halloween?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 minute ago
The unelected, goofball far right prime minister of Britain, Trumpist Boris Johnson, has a special Halloween cooked up this year-- crashing Britain out of the EU and triggering a Great Recession for his country, for Europe and possibly worldwide. Tomorrow Labour and the Lib Dems are joining together-- presumably with some rebel Tories-- to defeat Johnson's plan by offering a law to delay the Brexit deadline again, past Halloween. Voters-- and a majority in Parliament-- oppose a No Deal Brexit so this should be relatively easy, right? Nope,of course not. This is England. Johnson a... more »

Rothschild 3 to America: Belmont, Schiff, Warburg

Bob Dinn at balance10 - 3 minutes ago
*Aaron/**A**ugust* Belmont was chairman of the Democratic National Committee for 12 years. https://books.google.com/books?id=SL3km17q0-IC&pg=PA122&lpg=PA122&dq=Nicholas+Biddle+belmont&source=bl&ots=0KFz1YNPGv&sig=ACfU3U2i7no5X5TCOEgraziPaXeBKKQqYQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwieoK2qy7PkAhUWvJ4KHXlXBBoQ6AEwFXoECCcQAQ#v=onepage&q=Nicholas%20Biddle%20belmont&f=false ……………..............… https://books.google.com/books?id=x3MOAQAAMAAJ&dq=august+schonberg+1837&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=schonberg+incorrectly ...................................................... pp. 52-54 of https://book... more »

New Forecast: Hurricane Dorian Is Going To Absolutely Hammer The East Coast All Week Long

Activist Post at Activist Post - 5 minutes ago
By Michael Snyder This is the worst natural disaster that the Bahamas have ever seen. For hour after hour, Hurricane Dorian has remained almost stationary... more »

Tech Investor: Google And Amazon Use Smart Speakers For Mass Surveillance

Activist Post at Activist Post - 12 minutes ago
By Mac Slavo Tech investor John Borthwick says that smart speakers from the like of Amazon and Google are being used for mass surveillance. Borthwick... more »

The Babylon Big 3: Belmont, Schiff, Warburg

Bob Dinn at balance10 - 13 minutes ago
*Aaron/**A**ugust* Belmont was chairman of the Democratic National Committee for 12 years. https://books.google.com/books?id=SL3km17q0-IC&pg=PA122&lpg=PA122&dq=Nicholas+Biddle+belmont&source=bl&ots=0KFz1YNPGv&sig=ACfU3U2i7no5X5TCOEgraziPaXeBKKQqYQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwieoK2qy7PkAhUWvJ4KHXlXBBoQ6AEwFXoECCcQAQ#v=onepage&q=Nicholas%20Biddle%20belmont&f=false ……………..............… https://books.google.com/books?id=x3MOAQAAMAAJ&dq=august+schonberg+1837&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=schonberg+incorrectly ...................................................... pp. 52-54 of https://book... more »

Facial recognition activated without notification

TOTT News at News – TOTT News - 19 minutes ago
Melbourne and Perth locations are now live.

This Metal Jewelry Blocks Facial Recognition Software From Tracking You

Activist Post at Activist Post - 19 minutes ago
By Emma Fiala As technology advances, more and more people are tossing their arms in the air and declaring they’ve got nothing to hide while... more »

Residents Fight Back Against Nestlé Plan to Siphon 1.1 M Gallons Per Day from Florida’s Natural Springs

Nick Meyer at AltHealthWorks.com - 20 minutes ago
Nestlé Global is the largest packaged foods company in the world, with investments in everything from Garden of Life organic vitamins to mineral waters like Pellegrino, and of course its highly controversial bottled water division, Nestlé Waters. Nestlé Waters has been under fire from activists and conscious consumers alike ever since its former CEO Peter Brabeck-Letmathe’s assertion was made public, during which he said that only a little over one percent of water should is a “human right.” The company has continued to bulldoze local citizens in pursuit of siphoning resources f... more »

US And China Add New Tariffs in Escalating Trade War | DW News

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 36 minutes ago
DW News Published on Sep 2, 2019 The US-China trade war escalated over the weekend with each side sticking fresh tariffs on the other’s exports – with no clear resolution of their trade dispute in sight. In October, the US is planning to increase the current level from 25% to 30% on some $250 billion …

Lebanon TV Releases New Images of Hezbollah’s Attack on Israeli Forces

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 36 minutes ago
Press TV Published on Sep 2, 2019 Lebanon’s al-manar TV releases new images of Hezbollah’s attack on Israeli forces. end

Netanyahu Repeats Pledge to Annex Israeli Settlements in Occupied West Bank

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 36 minutes ago
Netanyahu Repeats Pledge to Annex Israeli Settlements in Occupied West Bank by https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to annex Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, Reuters reported him as saying on Sunday, reiterating an election promise made five months ago but again giving no timeframe. – Settlements are one of the most …

Ashkenazi Jews Claim to Palestine Debunked by DNA & True History — They Are NOT Semitic People!

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 36 minutes ago
Zionist ‘666’ Israel is NOT the Israel of the Bible. It is a Satanic counterfeit, HERESY, LIE. Modern Ashkenazi Jews (90+% of modern Jewry are NOT semitic people. – Emphasis mine: Ashkenazi Jew, Gideon Levy Took a DNA Test and Found Out the Truth About His Ancestors’ Link to Israel — NONE AT ALL! by …

A Climate Alarmist Sued A Skeptic For Defamation – And Lost. Looks Like Climate Change Just Didn’t Hold Up in Court

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 36 minutes ago
A Climate Alarmist Sued A Skeptic For Defamation – And Lost by Onar Åm, https://www.libertynation.com/ Looks like climate change just didn’t hold up in court. The Supreme Court of British Columbia recently dismissed a defamation lawsuit by celebrity climate scientist Dr. Michael Mann against global warming skeptic climatologist Dr. Tim Ball. Mann must pay the …

Is The US Dollar’s Exorbitant Privilege Over?

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 36 minutes ago
Silver Bullion TV Streamed live 23 hours ago History tells us that reserve currency status does not last forever. Now an article from J.P Morgan is saying that they ‘believe the dollar could lose its status as the world’s dominant currency’. end

Hezbollah and Israel Exchange Fire on Lebanese Border After Days of Tension

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 36 minutes ago
Hezbollah and Israel Exchange Fire on Lebanese Border After Days of Tension by MEE and agencies, https://www.middleeasteye.net/ Israel responds to attacks with heavy shelling in south Lebanon and denies Shia movement’s claims of Israeli casualties – Tensions continued to escalate on Sunday after Israel and Hezbollah exchanged fire on the Lebanese border for the first …

'Intense pain': Medibank accused of misleading 800 members waiting for surgery

David Chau at Just In - 55 minutes ago
Pain, delay and out-of-pocket costs: The ACCC takes Medibank to court for telling customers they weren't covered for operations including knee reconstructions and spinal surgery — even though they were.

Record current account surplus breaks 44-year economic drought

Michael Janda at Just In - 55 minutes ago
Paul Keating famously warned that Australia risked becoming a banana republic. But the first current account surplus since 1975 shows the nation has eaten the banana without slipping on the peel … yet.

Family of woman found dumped in creek say they are 'broken' by her gruesome death

Mark Reddie at Just In - 55 minutes ago
Danielle Easey's relatives share tributes on social media after her body was found wrapped in plastic and dumped in a creek in the NSW Hunter Region, as police search for clues about when and why she was killed.

Man buys illegal gun accessory that converts pistol into machine-gun

Gianni Di Giovanni And Tom Edwards at Just In - 55 minutes ago
Concerns have been raised in Australia over the online sale of accessories that turn handguns into automatic weapons.

Hong Kong protesters in Australia to meet with students, lobby politicians

Bang Xiao at Just In - 55 minutes ago
High-profile student protesters from Hong Kong arrive in Australia for meetings in Melbourne and Canberra, as demonstrations across the Asian city continue into their third month.

Corruption undermining faith in $13b plan, Murray-Darling 'top cop' says

Caitlyn Gribbin And Clint Jasper at Just In - 55 minutes ago
Mick Keelty says a string of scandals involving water thefts and corruption have fostered public mistrust in the plan to save the Murray-Darling Basin.

Police use pepper spray in crowd of 150 brawling with baseball bats in Esperance

Emily JB Smith at Just In - 55 minutes ago
A police investigation is underway in a quiet corner of WA's south-west, after more than 150 people brawled with baseball bats and poles near a local football club's post-grand final celebration.

Night Landings Make The B-2 Bomber Look Like A UFO

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 hour ago
*Popular Mechanics*:* I Want To Believe: Night Landings Make the B-2 Bomber Look Like a UFO* The night landing almost makes the aircraft look like it’s hovering in the sky. * Two B-2A bombers landed at RAF Fairford in the U.K. this week as part of the U.S. Air Force's efforts to conduct "joint and allied training in Europe to improve bomber interoperability." * The two bombers were captured by plane spotter Ben Ramsay, who caught their otherworldly approach to the English airfield. * The two bombers departed from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, where B-2 bombers usually carry... more »

T-Mobile Cancels 5G installation Nationwide. Anonymous Employee Blames 15 States’ Lawsuits Against Sprint Merger

Activist Post at Activist Post - 1 hour ago
By B.N. Frank Activist Post has already reported about states filing lawsuits against the proposed Sprint / T-Mobile merger (see 1, 2, 3). According to... more »

Brits govt support Islamic killers as does Australia

Editor, cairnsnews at cairnsnews.org - 1 hour ago
This video from England is a mirror of what patriot Australians are also tolerating from their government supporting Islam terrorist killers and castigating patriots who defend their country.

“In the transition to statism, every infringement of human rights has begun with a given right's least attractive practitioners...” #QotD

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 hour ago
*“In the transition to statism, every infringement of human rights has begun with a given right's least attractive practitioners ... the disgusting nature of the offenders [often] makes it a good test of one’s loyalty to a principle."* ~ Ayn Rand, from her article 'Censorship: Local and Express' . Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with link and attribution.

Trump Blimp Appears in Copenhagen on Day He Was Scheduled to Arrive

AP News at Snopes.com - 1 hour ago
Although U.S. President Donald Trump has canceled a visit to Denmark, his effigy is here in the form of a 20-foot blimp that has become synonymous with resistance to the American president.

Dorian Isn’t Moving Because the Upper Atmosphere Is Too Calm

AP News at Snopes.com - 1 hour ago
Powerful Hurricane Dorian has been going nowhere because nothing high up is making it budge.

Pakistan Prime Minister Khan: Would Not Use Nuclear Weapons First

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 hour ago
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan listens while meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington July 22. REUTERS *Japan Times/Reuters:* *Pakistan would not use nuclear weapons first, amid tensions with India: Khan* Pakistan would not use nuclear weapons first, Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday, amid tensions with arch-rival India after New Delhi revoked the special status of its part of the disputed Kashmir region. “We both are nuclear-armed countries. If these tensions increase, the world could be in danger,” Khan said, addres... more »

Meetup Reminder: Hope You Can Stop by Our Mid-Coast/Bailey Island Maine Meetup Wednesday Sept 4

Yves Smith at naked capitalism - 1 hour ago
More details and photos for our Maine meetup this week. Hope to see you!

Pentagon Wants To Police Social Media Fake News And Deep Fakes

Aaron at Activist Post - 1 hour ago
By Aaron Kesel The U.S. wants to use the military’s Pentagon arm to police fake news online; what can possibly go wrong? According to reports,... more »

Some Changes I’ll Be Making Thanks To Your Suggestions

Caitlin Johnstone at Caitlin Johnstone - 1 hour ago
The other day I took a break from writing articles and asked my readers for some feedback on how I can best use this platform to do as much damage as possible to the oppression machine, and the response was pretty amazing. I received around […]

More News On Israel Faking Casualties In Hezbollah Attack

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 hour ago
Israeli paramedics and soldiers evacuate a supposedly mock wounded comrade at a helipad in Ramban hospital in the Mediterranean city of Haifa, Israel. AFP *The National: **Did Israel stage its Hezbollah border attack casualties?* *Israel claims injuries reported by Hezbollah from Sunday's attack were staged* A Hezbollah attack on an Israeli military vehicle on Sunday has caused confusion as Israel claimed that the reported injuries sustained by their forces were staged. On Sunday, Hezbollah fired two or three anti-tank missiles at a battalion headquarters and a military ambulance... more »

On the Limitations of Science

Unknown at The Verma Report - 1 hour ago
All objects and phenomena that can be investigated by science must be deterministic. But things like psychology, free will, ethical theories, and matters concerning faith are not deterministic—if we regard them as deterministic, then we will be forced to believe that man is a mindless robot. As psychology, free will, ethical theories, and matters concerning faith are not deterministic, they cannot be investigated by using the scientific method.

Iran Admits Its Rocket Blew Up

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 2 hours ago
The explosion came before a planned satellite launch by Iran that the US had criticised [File: Maxar Technologies via Reuters] *The Hill:* *Iran acknowledges rocket explosion at space center, blames technical malfunction* Iran on Monday acknowledged a rocket explosion at its space center and blamed a technical malfunction for the incident, the Associated Press reported. Satellite photos had originally shown the explosion at the Imam Khomeini Space Center last week. President Trump was criticized by experts after tweeting out a detailed photo of the site of the failed satellite la... more »

Forget the F-35: This Plane Might be the U.S. Navy's Most Valuable in a War

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * Meet the Growler--and China is making their own version. *Could it happen? * The United States Navy’s EA-18G Growler electronic attack fighters are one of a small number of military aircraft types dedicated to the task of jamming—and potentially destroying—hostile radars that could guide deadly surface-to-air missiles against friendly aircraft. This mission is known as Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD). Basically, if a modern air force wants to attack an adversary with significant antiaircraft defenses, it needs an effective SEAD game to a... more »

Four Bodies Recovered, Four More Bodies Located – 30 People Missing, During Horrific Dive Boat Incident…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 2 hours ago
During the latest update from California officials, four bodies have been recovered and four more have been located on the floor of the ocean as divers work to recover them, A total of 30 people are missing after a catastrophic … Continue reading →

WT? With BREXIT?

E.M.Smith at Musings from the Chiefio - 3 hours ago
What the heck is going on with Brexit, Boris, Parliament and votes? Continue reading →

Israeli Border Provocation Moves Plan for Regional War Forward

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 3 hours ago
Israeli Border Provocation Moves Plan for Regional War Forward by Kurt Nimmo, https://www.globalresearch.ca/ Israel has bombed both Syria and Iraq with impunity. Syria, over the last couple of years, has endured attacks by Israel hundreds of times. In July, the IDF, using US-produced F-35i stealth fighter jets, attacked targets inside Iraq. From Al-Jazeera: – The mystery …

Israel Might be Preparing for Major War with Lebanon

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 3 hours ago
Press TV Published on Sep 1, 2019 Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah says it has destroyed an Israeli military vehicle, killing and wounding all those inside it. Hezbollah says it destroyed the vehicle on the road to the Avivim barracks in northern Israel. Reports say an Israeli army commander of the Northern Area Division was killed …

Hong Kong Protesters Vandalize, Destroy Train Station — Protesters Set Fire to Barricades to Block Access to Hong Kong Airport

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 3 hours ago
VOA News Published on Sep 1, 2019 Protesters in Hong Kong smashed up a train station near the airport, Sunday, September 1, provoking riot police to move in and search the area. The wrecking of large parts of the Tung Chung mass transit railway (MTR) station prompted the station to close, after demonstrators smashed CCTV …

"If The Debt Machine Was Turned Off, The US Would Immediately Plunge Into Horrifying Depression, New Study"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
*"If The Debt Machine Was Turned Off, The US * *Would Immediately Plunge Into Horrifying Depression, New Study"* by Michael Snyder "A new study has discovered that we are far more dependent on America’s great debt creation machine than most of us would have ever dared to imagine. Today, debt is involved in most of our major transactions. In order to purchase a home, most of us go into debt. The same thing is true when most of us buy a vehicle. Total credit card debt is well over a trillion dollars, and total student loan debt is now over a trillion and a half dollars. Corporate deb... more »

Boris Johnson Threatens to Purge Tory Rebels Unless They get on Board his Brexit Train

James Murphy at rss - 3 hours ago
[image: boris-johnson-threatens-to-purge-tory-rebels-unless-they-get-on-board-his-brexit-train] With Parliament set to come back from its summer recess on Tuesday, the House of Commons and the prime minister are steeling themselves for an epic Brexit showdown.

Hong Kong protests have revealed something unexpected about Australian politics

Just In - 3 hours ago
The most vocal Australian political support for Hong Kong (and against expanding Chinese Communist Party authoritarianism) comes from the hard right of the Liberal Party and this has left mainstream progressives like me feeling disappointed, writes Kevin Yam.

Samantha Knight's killer to be released from jail despite victim warning 'he's not finished'

Jamie McKinnell at Just In - 3 hours ago
Michael Guider, who drugged and killed a nine-year-old Bondi schoolgirl, will be released from prison on a supervision order of "great stringency" according to a NSW judge.

Flights resume at Adelaide Airport following fog delays

Just In - 3 hours ago
Flights resume arriving and departing from Adelaide Airport after delays and diversions this morning because of heavy fog.

Barty to regain world number one ranking after Osaka's US Open exit

Just In - 3 hours ago
Ashleigh Barty is poised to crown her phenomenal season by becoming the first Australian woman to ever top the year-ending tennis rankings, after Japan's Naomi Osaka lost in the US Open fourth round.

Usman Khawaja dropped for fourth Ashes Test as Langer laments 'stolen' Ashes

Shaun Giles at Just In - 3 hours ago
Australia makes two changes to its 12-man squad for the fourth Ashes Test, with Usman Khawaja and James Pattinson dropped to make way for the returning Steve Smith and Mitchell Starc.

From brain injury to victory: Owen Wright's push for surfers to wear helmets

Bruce MacKenzie at Just In - 3 hours ago
Australian pro surfer Owen Wright says he hopes others will follow his lead and start wearing safety helmets in the surf, yet one neurologist warns of the "super-hero complex" and says helmets are not a magic bullet.

"The Retreat Of Wokesterism To Its Intellectual Carnival Tent"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
*"The Retreat Of Wokesterism To Its Intellectual Carnival Tent"* by James Howard Kunstler *The Quickening" *An ill wind threatens to rake and churn up the Atlantic coast this Labor Day as a live-action metaphor auguring a more general wreckage to come in the final four months of 2019. More than most years, this holiday weekend seems to mark a boundary between past and future, between ends and beginnings. The tremors of August appear to mark the end of the ten-year bull market run, a.k.a. “the recovery,” a last-ditch central bank orchestrated campaign to pretend that economic growth... more »

Double Cuddle: Berlin Zoo Celebrates Birth of 2 Panda Cubs

AP News at Snopes.com - 3 hours ago
A zoo in Berlin is celebrating the arrival of two panda cubs, the first time one of the rare mammals has given birth in Germany.

Count on Hurricanes to Spark Storms of Online Misinformation

AP News at Snopes.com - 3 hours ago
The names of hurricanes may change, but one thing seems to stay the same: Misinformation spreads quickly during these dangerous storms.

Harry Potter Removed from Tennessee Catholic School Library

AP News at Snopes.com - 3 hours ago
A reverend said the books contain actual curses and spells that can summon evil spirits.

How Many Country Musicians Have Turned On Trump? Gary Nicholson Sure Has!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago
On days like today I'm reminded of how much I love our country. I was born here, but I *chose *to live here. Soon after Nixon was elected I gave up on the U.S. and moved abroad-- maybe for a few months, maybe a few years... I didn't know at the time. Years later, as the impeachment hearings were in full swing, I decided to move back home. I could have stayed in Holland, which I had come to love and which I thought of as an alternative home. But one morning I woke up, dreaming in Dutch and I thought, "no, I want to go back to America." I haven't regretted it-- not even when Trump,... more »

10 Documented Reasons GMOs are Anti-American

Nick Meyer at AltHealthWorks.com - 4 hours ago
Editor’s Note: This article was originally written on the Fourth of July and republished for Labor Day, 2019. Please share with anyone who continues to swallow the propaganda that GMOs are “safe” and good for American interests. The Fourth of July is not just a celebration of our independence, but also a celebration of American ideals; universal concepts we all strive for and enjoy, like the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for starters. Millions of Americans and plenty of American companies represent these ideals every day. But others, like Monsanto, the multina... more »

ISIS carries out rare attack against Syrian Army troops in Daraa

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 4 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:30 A.m.) – The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) has carried out a new ambush against the Syrian military this week, targeting their forces inside the Daraa Governorate. According to a military report, the Islamic State carried out the ambush along the Hirak-Izraa Road; this resulted in the death of one soldier. The Islamic State […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Hezbollah releases footage of attack on Israeli troops near Lebanese border: video

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 4 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:00 P.M.) – Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV recently footage showing their troops firing a missile at an Israeli military vehicle along the Israeli-Lebanese border this past weekend. Hezbollah, in an issued statement on Sunday, said that “at 4:15 P.M. on Sunday, September 1, 2019, supporters of Martyrs Hassan Zbib and Yasser Daher destroyed an […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Global Warming; Fact or Fiction

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 4 hours ago
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Human Rights Commission: "Freedom of thought does not extend to being allowed to adopt thoughts or beliefs at a public event..." #PSA

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 4 hours ago
Be careful what you wish for. Now that the case brought against Auckland Council by the Free Speech Coalition over the visit of Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux has come before the courts, the case so many of you called for, it seems to be playing out just as some of us feared it would. When the Free Speech Coalition protested Auckland Council's withdrawal of the Town Hall for the visit of Stefan Molyneux and Lauren Southern, threatening legal action against the council's decision, a guest poster and I warned that a *legal* protest, as the Coalition had elected to pursue, comes ... more »

"The Test..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise." - F. Scott Fitzgerald

See This Russian 'Stealth' Submarine? It Terrifies the U.S. Navy For Lots of Reasons

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * An underwater terror? *After an expensive round of repairs, the Nerpa was ready to go—and promptly transferred on a ten-year lease to India for $950 million. Redubbed the INS Chakra, it served as India’s only nuclear powered submarine for years, armed with the short-range Klub cruise missile due to the restrictions of the Missile Technology Control Regime. In October 2016, Moscow and New Delhi agreed on the leasing of a second Akula-class submarine, although it’s unclear whether it will be the older Akula I Kashalot or never-completed Akula II Ir... more »

Trump Channels Reagan on Path Toward Arms Control

James Jay Carafano at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*James Jay Carafano* *Security, Eurasia* [image: Reuters] Washington must regain the advantage before it can create new treaties with Beijing and Moscow. Donald Trump has already disrupted the global regime for managing nuclear arms. Should he succeed in winning a second term in the White House, he might well transform that regime entirely. And transformation is long overdue. *Past is Prologue* Nuclear arms control aims to diminish the likelihood of nuclear conflict. There are two very different views of how to do this: one focuses on process, the other on outcomes. In the ear... more »

Solving the Iran Crisis Requires A "Deal of the Century" With Tehran

Shahed Ghoreishi at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Shahed Ghoreishi* *Security, Middle East* [image: Reuters] Washington needs to realize the positive ramifications that could only come after thorough innovative, high-level diplomacy with Iran. On August 13, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei met with Houthi representatives in Tehran in what was a rare overt display of support. Since the Yemeni civil war began in 2015, Iran had kept the Houthis at arm’s length. However, recent divisions within the Saudi coalition and the Houthis’ success establishing themselves in Yemen changed the calculus. The public meeting was a clear... more »

How the Crisis with Iran May Have More Lasting Consequences than the Iraq War

Sam Denney at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Sam Denney* *Security, Middle East* [image: Reuters] The current transatlantic divide over Tehran could usher in a new and more unstable era in global politics. The 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq was deeply opposed by key U.S. allies like France and Germany, who, while they agreed with the U.S. judgment regarding the villainy of Saddam Hussein, disagreed vehemently with the use of military force to solve the problem. The result was a precipitous decline in transatlantic relations, to the point that several U.S. representatives directed congressional cafeterias to rename French fries... more »

X-37B: America's Space Plane (Or Warplane?) That Has the World Guessing

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * Like what it is? What it can do? *The last “sexy” theory is that the space plane is basically a spy satellite with the ability to return to Earth and have its optical sensors periodically upgraded. The X-37 has orbited over some interesting locations, including North Korea, China, ISIS-held territory and Iran. U.S. optical spy satellites are, however, quite large—the size of a school bus—and the X-37’s payload bay is far too small.* A mysterious space plane has spent more than 670 days above Earth, hurtling along an orbital path that includes some o... more »

Naval Expert: Don't Waste Your Money on Submarines (Technology Will Make Them Obsolete)

Andrew Davies at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Andrew Davies* *Security, * the oceans are about to become ‘transparent’ due to new detection technologies. As a member of the Australian Defense Minister’s White Paper panel, I’ve had many discussions about issues that paper will wrestle with (and a few that it certainly won’t, but that’s a post for another time). With the obvious disclaimer that I’m not about to divulge any white paper content, I thought it was worth addressing some of the questions that have come up repeatedly. Naturally, questions about Australia’s future submarine plans are near the top of the list. Many ... more »

"And Sometimes..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago

MOHAWK NATION NEWS: COUNTER CLOCKWISE

Unknown at CENSORED NEWS - 4 hours ago
http://mohawknationnews.com/blog/2019/09/02/counter-clockwise/

Musical Interlude: Deuter, "Music of the Night: East of The Full Moon"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
Deuter, "Music of the Night: East of The Full Moon"

"Be The Person..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
"We are fast moving into something, we are fast flung into something like asteroids cast into space by the death of a planet, we the people of earth are cast into space like burning asteroids and if we wish not to disintegrate into nothingness we must begin to now hold onto only the things that matter while letting go of all that doesn't. For when all of our dust and ice deteriorates into the cosmos we will be left only with ourselves and nothing else. So if you want to be there in the end, today is the day to start holding onto your children, holding onto your loved ones; onto tho... more »

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
“These three bright nebulae are often featured in telescopic tours of the constellation Sagittarius and the crowded starfields of the central Milky Way. In fact, 18th century cosmic tourist Charles Messier cataloged two of them; M8, the large nebula left of center, and colorful M20 on the right. The third, NGC 6559, is above M8, separated from the larger nebula by a dark dust lane. All three are stellar nurseries about five thousand light-years or so distant. * Click image for larger size.* The expansive M8, over a hundred light-years across, is also known as the Lagoon Nebula. M20... more »

"There Is Only One Basic Human Right..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - P. J. O'Rourke

"The Founding Father Who Foresaw MAGA"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
*"The Founding Father Who Foresaw MAGA"* by David Stockman You and I, ought not to die, before We have explained ourselves to each other. - John Adams, “Letter to Thomas Jefferson” (July 15, 1813) "It’s become tradition here at Deep State Declassified to celebrate holidays by recalling wise words of days gone by appropriate for the occasion observed. Today, of course, is Labor Day. We’d have to fill in the details of our maturation from agrarian to post-industrial economy. But something the folks who put together this grand experiment in self-governance we still call the United St... more »

FOX: Woman in Bahamas housing 97 dogs to protect them from Hurricane Dorian

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 4 hours ago
A generous woman in Nassau, Bahamas opened her home to 97 rescue dogs to help protect them from Hurricane Dorian. Chella Phillips has helped save nearly 1,000 homeless and abandoned dogs in the Bahamas in the last four years. She wrote on her Facebook page Sunday that the experience has been “insane.” RELATED STORY: Geoengineering […] The post FOX: Woman in Bahamas housing 97 dogs to protect them from Hurricane Dorian appeared first on Health Nut News.

Not Just CBD – Cannabis Flavonoids Also Show Promise in Fighting Cancer

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 4 hours ago
(Editor’s Note: We are having a flash sale on my entire organic product line, with 30% off for labor day – the code is laborday30. The sale ends at midnight TONIGHT. Even though I make less than that in profit – we want everyone to be able to take advantage. Go to ErinHNN.com. Be sure […] The post Not Just CBD – Cannabis Flavonoids Also Show Promise in Fighting Cancer appeared first on Health Nut News.

Is Geneva, Switzerland the Global Center for CPS and Child Trafficking?

AdminM at Health Impact News - 4 hours ago
This past Friday, August 30, 2019, Neal Sutz, an American father from Arizona currently living in Switzerland, appeared on the Northwest Liberty News show to explain how two U.S. diplomats had been "Criminally Denounced" to Switzerland's Attorney General due to their alleged involvement in an international medical kidnapping case with Mr. Sutz' two American children. Health Impact News has learned that the two U.S. diplomats working at the U.S. Embassy in Switzerland allegedly worked together with the International CPS Organization, International Social Services (ISS), to try and m...more »

How to fight a fire underground: Flood it with treated sewage from a 2.5km hose

Kerrin Thomas at Just In - 4 hours ago
An innovative plan to flood a fireground is being employed on the NSW mid-north coast to extinguish a fire that has been burning for more than six weeks.

Usman Khawaja dropped for fourth Ashes Test at Manchester

Shaun Giles at Just In - 4 hours ago
Australia makes two changes to its 12-man squad for the fourth Ashes Test, with Usman Khawaja and James Pattinson dropped to make way for the returning Steve Smith and Mitchell Starc.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam caught on recording saying she'd quit if she could

Just In - 4 hours ago
Hong Kong's leader can be heard telling a group of business representatives she has "very limited" room to resolve the crisis caused by mass demonstrations, which she says has become a national security issue for China.

Aussie dollar slips to GFC lows, ASX to fall ahead of RBA rates decision

David Chau at Just In - 4 hours ago
Australian shares are expected to fall in early trade ahead of the Reserve Bank's interest rate decision and fresh Brexit concerns.

More Indonesian women than ever learn skills on NT cattle stations

Jack Price at Just In - 4 hours ago
The program sees Indonesian agriculture students immerse themselves in NT cattle stations, learning how to ride horses, handle cattle, and conduct bore runs.

When Marie found out she couldn't have kids, her husband of 10 years left this note

James Hancock at Just In - 4 hours ago
Marie found her husband's short letter on Christmas Eve, with no signature or mention of the secretary he was about to live with. Now it features in the Museum of Broken Relationships.

Hurricane Dorian batters the Bahamas as storm creeps closer to US coast

Just In - 4 hours ago
Hurricane Dorian continues to batter the Bahamas, peeling off roofs and snapping power lines, with forecasters predicting the storm will creep closer to the US coast.

'Everybody was drinking beer in public': Why people move to Australia's last frontier

Gabrielle Lyons at Just In - 4 hours ago
Recognised as "the last frontier" and the land of opportunity, Darwin has always occupied a special fascination for the rest of Australia. So many of you asked what attracts people to the Top End, and what the residents are like. Here's a snapshot.

NT Government used gifts to coax remote students back to class ahead of key funding date

Jacqueline Breen at Just In - 4 hours ago
The Northern Territory Government is trying something new to entice remote school students back to class at the start of Term 3 — just in time for the head-count that determines how much school funding comes from Canberra.

Louisiana, Alaska … but not Greenland: The land America has bought (and how much it cost)

Farz Edraki at Just In - 4 hours ago
From the moment it kicked out the British, America began buying, annexing and fighting over land. Following the US President's failed bid to buy Greenland, trace the longer story of American real estate.

NT break-ins at highest level in more than a decade — and one city leads

Jano Gibson at Just In - 4 hours ago
In the 12 months to June this year, there were 2,472 residential break-ins reported to police across the Northern Territory — the highest annual figure since 2008.

Live: NSW Now: Deported Australians to arrive in Sydney, gynaecologist accused of sexual assault

Just In - 4 hours ago
*MORNING BRIEIFING: *The four Australians accused of taking part in a pro-independence demonstration in Indonesia are due to arrive back home, while a Sydney gynaecologist who allegedly sexually assaulted a patient over a number of years will front court today.

Corruption undermining faith in $13b plan, Murray-Darling 'top cop' says

Caitlyn Gribbin And Clint Jasper at Just In - 4 hours ago
Mick Keelty says a string of scandals involving water thefts and corruption have fostered public mistrust in the plan to save the Murray-Darling Basin.

Transplant surgery gives hope to children like Hayley, who suffer from pancreatitis

Claire Campbell at Just In - 4 hours ago
Eight-year-old Perth girl Hayley Minson-Rivers has been in and out of hospital dozens of times because of hereditary pancreatitis. But now, she's among a handful of children in the nation to undergo radical transplant surgery for her condition.

Dreams of safeguarding sharks in a shark ark sanctuary

Samille Mitchell at Just In - 4 hours ago
A long-time local thinks Shark Bay in WA should be world renowned for its sharks, at a time when communities elsewhere grapple with ways to keep them out.

Elephants chow down on pineapple plants as drought bites at zoo

Jennifer Nichols at Just In - 4 hours ago
Taronga's Western Plains Zoo trucks in pineapple plants from a farm 900 kilometres away to help feed its elephants as the drought bites hard in New South Wales.

Nathan Buckley has chance to shed Collingwood's King of Pain crown

Richard Hinds at Just In - 4 hours ago
Nathan Buckley has only known defeat as a head coach and player at Collingwood when it comes to AFL grand finals, but there is reason to believe 2019 will prove to be a different story, writes Richard Hinds.

'We need to stop this happening to more people': Catching a con woman

Michael Dulaney at Just In - 4 hours ago
Her fantasy personas, wild stories and Californian charms broke hearts and ruined families. One of her victims vows to track her down—but is she really the villain they imagine?

Arctic Ice and NWP Update 2019 09 01

Ron Clutz at Science Matters - 4 hours ago
Update on Northwest Passage September 1, 2019 Background information is reprinted later on. Above shows the last two weeks of shifting ice concentrations in the NWP choke point, Queen Maud region. Aug. 19 Prince Regent Inlet, top center was plugged, while Peel Sound, top left opened up and allowed passage. In just a week or […]

What Will Be The CIA's Role In Afghanistan If A Deal Is Struck Between The U.S. And The Taliban?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 4 hours ago
*The Hill:* *Trump administration, military officials at odds over CIA's Afghanistan role: report* The Trump administration and military officials may be in disagreement over the choice to keep C.I.A presence in Afghanistan if troops are pulled from the nation, according to a Monday New York Times report. The Times reports that some White House advisers have proposed secretly expanding the agency’s presence in the nation — a move that some current and former officials have expressed skepticism about. The C.I.A. and White House did not comment for the story, but the newspaper sai...more »

Tens of Thousands in Hong Kong Boycott First Day of School

AP News at Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
The planned two-day strike is part of an ongoing pro-democracy movement.

Texas Gunman Had Just Been Fired from Job, Called FBI Before Shooting

AP News at Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
The shooter massacred seven people and injured at least 22 others before police killed him.

Parade Canceled After ‘Destructive Devices’ Found Near Route

AP News at Snopes.com - 5 hours ago
Authorities cancelled the event out of an "abundance of caution."

Las diez demandas al Estado que le costarían 17 billones de pesos

bilaterals.org - 5 hours ago
02-Sep-2019 Aunque el fallo en el caso Glencore es el primero que se da ante el Tribunal de Arbitraje de la Ciadi, existen otros nueve inversionistas que adelantan demandas contra el Estado por incumplir los TLC y los acuerdos de protección a la inversión.

Parábola del tesoro escondido: la minería de intereses de las trasnacionales en el TPP 11

bilaterals.org - 5 hours ago
02-Sep-2019 Es fundamental que la ciudadanía sepa lo que está en juego hoy día con el TPP11, con el Tratado Integral y Progresivo de Asociación Transpacífico, que hoy día está en discusión en el senado.

Australia Shows No Warming Since 1876

tonyheller at Real Climate Science - 5 hours ago
There are 25 locations in Australia with daily temperature data going back before 1890. This graph shows all 1,389,419 daily maximum temperature readings at those locations since 1876. The actual waveform is a 120 year long cycle. The hottest year … Continue reading →

Hiding The Heat At Cape Otway

tonyheller at Real Climate Science - 5 hours ago
Cape Otway, Victoria has had 138 days over 100F (38C) since 1867. Almost half of those days occurred before 1910, so BOM makes them magically disappear. Climate change and variability: Tracker: Australian timeseries graphs BOM throws out temperature readings of … Continue reading →

Coolest January-August On Record In The US

tonyheller at Real Climate Science - 5 hours ago
Sixty percent of the US has had below normal temperatures in 2019 YearTDeptUS.png (688×531) It also has been the coolest and wettest water year (October-August) on record in the US. WaterPNormUS.png (688×531) The press is blaming Dorian on global warming, … Continue reading →

TEXAS REPUBLICANS KNOW THE RECKONING ISN'T IMMINENT

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 5 hours ago
Jennifer Rubin thinks Texas Republicans don't get it. Another mass shooting in Texas. Once more, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is, oh, so concerned and sad, as new laws go into effect weakening gun regulation. (“I am heartbroken by the crying of the people of the state of Texas. I am tired of the dying of the people of the state of Texas. Too many Texans are in mourning, too many Texans have lost their lives.”) Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) sent out the standard “thoughts and prayers” statement (“lifting up in prayer all the victims, their families, and the entire Midland-Odessa community”).... more »

Alternative for Germany Party Receives Most Votes Ever in Saxony and Brandenburg

Steve Byas at rss - 5 hours ago
[image: alternative-for-germany-party-receives-most-votes-ever-in-saxony-and-brandenburg] A rising tide against mass immigration and a common superstate in Europe is causing the rise of the Alternative for Germany Party and threatening the continued rule by the CDU and the Social Democrats.

5:00pm Hurricane Dorian, Category 4, Stationary Over Grand Bahama Island – FL, GA, SC, NC Monitoring…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 5 hours ago
It’s impossible to find words to describe what the people in Grand Bahama island must be going through. More than 24 hours inside a 90-mile wide buzzsaw of sustained cat-5/cat-4 winds, stationary over a populated island, is beyond comprehension. Two, … Continue reading →

The 5 Biggest Corporate Lies about UnionsWealthy corporations...

Robert Reich - 5 hours ago
*The 5 Biggest Corporate Lies about Unions* Wealthy corporations and their enablers have spread 5 big lies about unions in order to stop workers from organizing and to protect their own bottom-lines. Know the truth and spread the truth. *Lie #1: Labor unions are bad for workers.* Wrong. Unions are good for all workers – even those who are not unionized. In the mid-1950s, when a third of all workers in the United States were unionized, wages grew in tandem with the economy. That’s because workers across America – even those who were not unionized – had significant power to demand a... more »

Is Geneva, Switzerland the Global Center for CPS and Child Trafficking?

Admin at Medical Kidnap - 5 hours ago
This past Friday, August 30, 2019, Neal Sutz, an American father from Arizona currently living in Switzerland, appeared on the Northwest Liberty News show to explain how two U.S. diplomats had been "Criminally Denounced" to Switzerland's Attorney General due to their alleged involvement in an international medical kidnapping case with Mr. Sutz' two American children. Health Impact News has learned that the two U.S. diplomats working at the U.S. Embassy in Switzerland allegedly worked together with the International CPS Organization, International Social Services (ISS), to try and m...more »

Labor Day Vignettes

David Henderson at Econlib - 5 hours ago
I’ve spent from 7:30 this morning to 1:30 this afternoon working on my next article for the Hoover Institution’s on-line publication, Defining Ideas. I’m putting the labor back in Labor Day. Before I go home, I want to highlight a few Labor Day thoughts. From my article “Honor Laborers,” which appeared on September 5, 2016: […] The post Labor Day Vignettes appeared first on Econlib.

Sexual Economics Debunked: Women Don't Have Less Relationship Power As They Age

News Staff at Science 2.0 blogs - 5 hours ago
Prevailing sexual economics belief posits that women have less sexual bargaining power as they age. But Baumeister and Vohs' 2004 Sexual Economic Theory (it's a proper name, like String Theory, even though it isn't really a theory, also like String Theory) was built on the assumption that sexual (reproductive) access is an intrinsically valued commodity, the supply of which is controlled by younger women. But in the modern era sex is about more than procreation, and survey results show older women are not in a worse position. And if the women are bisexual or pansexual, they even hav... more »

An Inside Look At Russia's New Special Forces University

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 6 hours ago
*Tsarzim:* *First Inside Look At Russia’s New Spetsnaz University In Kadyrov’s Chechnya* GROZNY — A 45 minute drive outside of Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, Russia is building a special forces university in Ramzan Kadyrov’s Chechnya. Tsarizm was given a private, first look tour of the impressive site. When completed in the near future, a sprawling campus of over 420 hectares will provide unprecedented training opportunities for elite soldiers of the Russian Federation’s Spetsnaz forces. The facility will have the capability to train 1,500 personal at the same time; many of the... more »

National Museum Rescue and Donations Help to Restore Scientific Collection

Xiu Ying at The Rio Times - 6 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - One year after the fire that destroyed the National Museum at the park Quinta da Boa Vista . . . To read the full NEWS and much more, Subscribe to our Premium Membership Plan. Already Subscribed? Login Here Subscribe Login Here The post National Museum Rescue and Donations Help to Restore Scientific Collection appeared first on The Rio Times.

Tariq Nasheed Explains This Weekend Chicago Shooting Stats

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 6 hours ago
Tariq Nasheed is a popular Black Nationalist and Afro-Centric *propaganda filmmaker* who has taken on the job of polishing the turd of black history revision. He's also "they're turning the frogs gay" Alex Jones crazy. Nasheed took to Black Twitter Friday to inform his followers and all of Chicago of his latest installment of crazy...... White supremacists on their way to Chicago for #LaborDayWeekend to carry out a series of covert shootings, that will mysteriously go unsolved, yet ultimately be blamed on “Black culture” when the reports come out Monday that “80 people in Chicago w... more »

Did The World give up on the Northwest Passage?

Robert at Ice Age Now - 6 hours ago
Reader Peter Norman has been tracking the residence ship MS The World, which was attempting to make a “rare and exciting Expedition along the Northwest Passage.” However, unexpectedly thick ice may have thwarted their plans. ______________ Peter noticed on the Cruise Mapper web-site that The World appears to have turned back, seemingly abandoning its cruise ... Read moreDid The World give up on the Northwest Passage? The post Did The World give up on the Northwest Passage? appeared first on Ice Age Now.

See This Picture? In 2005, This U.S. Submarine Smashed Into an 'Undersea Mountain'

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * And it survived. *After repairs to ensure hull integrity, San Francisco traveled under her own power to Puget Sound, Washington. The damaged portion of the boat’s bow was removed. The bow of sister submarine USS Honolulu, soon to be retired, was removed and welded onto San Francisco. The submarine rejoined the fleet in 2009 and served for another seven years. In January, it began a two year conversion that will turn her into a permanently moored training submarine.* In 2005, a U.S. Navy attack submarine collided head-on with an undersea mountain at ... more »

See This Old U.S. Submarine? It Could Tap Russian Undersea Cables.

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * Like the halibut flatfish, USS Halibut was an unusual-looking submarine, and also spent a considerable amount of time on the ocean floor. Halibut was a “spy sub,” and conducted some of the most classified missions of the entire Cold War. *The taps, installed by divers and their ROVs, allowed Washington to listen in on message traffic to Soviet nuclear forces. Conducted at the bottom of the frigid Sea of Okhotsk, the Ivy Bells missions were conducted at the highest level of secrecy, as the Soviets would have quickly abandoned the use of underwater cab... more »

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