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“Clean Energy”–But At What Cost?
By Paul Homewood The government and wind lobby (is there a difference?) has been getting excited about the results of the latest CfD auction: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/clean-energy-to-power-over-seven-million-homes-by-2025-at-record-low-prices (Doesn’t it look dodgy when unrelated bidders come up with exactly the same price?) As usual, things are not quite as simple as they are presented […]
Claire – The Documentary of Claire Wineland
Written by Joseph Mercola, D.O., Ph.D. Story at-a-glance – Claire Wineland, inspirational speaker and YouTube sensation, was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at birth. She died September 2, 2018, from a massive stroke following an otherwise successful lung transplant In 2016, Wineland appeared in an episode of “My Last Days,” a limited CW docuseries hosted by […] The post Claire – The Documentary of Claire Wineland appeared first on Health Nut News.
Highlights of Prime Minister Scott Morrison State Visit – (W/ Transcript of Joint Presser)…
A highlight video of the state visit by Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Mrs. Jennifer Morrison. Following video, the delayed transcript of the joint press conference. . [Transcript of Joint Press Conference] PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, thank you very much. Please. … Continue reading →
Why a Nuclear War Between Pakistan and India Is Possible
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Asia* The risk of nuclear war is very real. *Key point: *This is the hotspot the world needs to watch carefully. Sandwiched between Iran, China, India and Afghanistan, Pakistan lives in a complicated neighborhood with a variety of security issues. One of the nine known states known to have nuclear weapons, Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal and doctrine are continually evolving to match perceived threats. A nuclear power for decades, Pakistan is now attempting to construct a nuclear triad of its own, making its nuclear arsenal resilient and capable of devastat... more »
The U.S. Army Wants to Replace Forward Observers With Robots
*Michael Peck* *Security, World* Is that a good idea? During World War II, the Canadian army fighting in Europe had a joke: the army consisted of a forward observer with a radio to call in the artillery, while everyone else was there just to be his bodyguard. That’s more than an exaggeration, but it does illuminate a point: arguably the most important single soldier on the battlefield is the forward observer. Armed with a radio and a laser designator, the amount of artillery and aerial firepower he can call down is truly staggering. But can this job be performed by machines? The... more »
What CFACT saw at the NYC climate march
Radical adults shepherded detached kids through New York City to mount an attack on individual freedom in the name of global warming. The post What CFACT saw at the NYC climate march appeared first on CFACT.
Trump Sends US Troops to Protect Exporter of Terror Saudi Arabia
An article (2019) and a thesis (2009) written by members of two different branches of the US military warn that … Continue reading →
'Looping parties', DIY tech emerge as affordable way diabetes sufferers tackle chronic condition
A growing number of people with chronic diabetes are building their own artificial pancreas which has some health professionals seriously concerned.
Home to one of Australia's best beaches, this island is fighting against the waves of plastic
A community of just 600 people isolated in the Indian Ocean is being inundated with the world's plastic waste. It is now finding innovative ways to fight back.
Leading manufacturers threaten to pull out of Australia ahead of new quad bike laws
Manufacturers say the Federal Government is set to announce new laws ensuring all new quad bikes are fitted with crush protection devices.
Property market has a spring in its step, but a rebound is not yet in the bag
Another strong day of bidding and buying is pointing to the property market emerging from its funk, but as Stephen Letts writes it faces several challenges before it can help sustain a broader economic recovery.
Chefs say Australian butter tastes like 'salt and water', so these producers are fighting back
Australians love and will pay top prices for proper coffee, stinky cheese, and top-of-the-range wines and olive oils. Now butter has joined that list.
'Beam us up': Morrison announces $150m to aid Trump's Moon-to-Mars mission
Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces his Government will spend $150 million over five years to help Australian businesses get involved in America's planned mission to the Moon and then Mars.
Could this be Anthony Albanese's Nixon moment?
Everything was choreographed for the first day of a Shorten Labor government — four months later, party operatives are slowly contemplating how to rebuild the party's chances.
'We should be able to look after ourselves': Taxpayers keeping bread on farmers' tables
Farmers say they should be able to make enough money to look after themselves. But as they contend with one of Australia's worst droughts, it's set to produce a billion-dollar welfare bill as taxpayers help them afloat.
'Fake news of the century': The Muslim explorer China deploys while persecuting Muslims
As he spruiks the Belt and Road Initiative from Asia to Europe, Chinese President Xi Jinping regularly invokes Zheng He as a symbol of friendship with the world and peaceful Chinese ascendency.
A short history of the Hills Hoist
From the rotary clothes hoists of the 19th century to the thoroughly Australian fixture, we unpack a design icon with a complicated origin story.
In the face of Hong Kong's housing crisis, hotels offer couples somewhere to be alone
The territory is in the grip of a housing affordability crisis which, by sheer weight of demand and shortfalls of supply, dwarfs Australia's experience with the same problem.
Americans want Australia to know about the vaping epidemic sweeping the nation
Seven people have died in the US due to a mysterious vaping-related illness. Eddie Sullivan was nearly the eighth.
Victorian Liberals face an uphill battle to bounce back to political victory
Like the Carlton Football Club, the Victorian Liberals are asking themselves what they need to do to recover after spending two decades fighting to find their winning form, writes state political reporter Richard Willingham.
Neighbours in an urban food fight that divides suburbs
Just In - 6 hours ago
As urban density intensifies in Australia's major cities, renegades are fighting to replace the greenery that has been lost, writes Natalie Vella.
When our car broke down, Alice Springs nearly took us captive
Just In - 6 hours ago
When Hannah Mifflin's 4WD broke down during an eight-month family road trip around Australia, she never expected they would find themselves accidentally moving to the Red Centre.
Education destroying the nation!
*by Mrs Rufus* The education system is not only a valid tool in the destruction/ control of young minds, the expression "give me the child until he is seven, and I will give you the man" - springs to mind (I will further explain this later), but it is also a means of psychologically beating down young impressionable minds. This is apparent in the way that white youngsters are taught they are vermin, basically having any sense of self worth and esteem diminished. Whites undergo the training that we are unable to express pride in white culture, for this is offensive, racist and wrong ... more »
Software Activist Resigns From MIT After Defending Epstein, Pedophilia
[image: software-activist-resigns-from-mit-after-defending-epstein-pedophilia] Richard Stallman stepped down after emails showed he called an Epstein victim "entirely willing" and has repeatedly called for legalizing pedophilia.
This how Facebook works
Q: How many people does it take to change a lightbulb in a Facebook group? 1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed. 14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently. 7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs. 17 purists who use candles and are offended by light bulb discussions. 6 to argue over whether it's 'lightbulb' or 'light bulb'. Another 6 to condemn those 6 as stupid. 22 to tell THOSE 6 to stop being jerks. 2 industry professionals to inform the group that the... more »
Global Warming Kills …
Al Gore and James Hansen’s fear-mongering led to a couple shooting their baby nine years ago. Having survived global warming, the girl is now ten years old – and her parents have been deceased for almost her entire life. Baby … Continue reading →
Only Three Months Left For Planet Earth
We are now 33 years into the climate crisis. TimesMachine: June 24, 1986 – NYTimes.com Experts say the US will warm four to six degrees by the end of the year, as winter approaches. The Milwaukee Journal – Google News … Continue reading →
Krystal Ball v Neil Bluhm And The MSNBC Never Trumpers--- Ball Hits One Of Out The Park On Biden's Establishment Backing
Chicago billionaire realtor and casino magnate Neil Bluhm owns the two best hotels in Chicago, the Four Seasons and the Ritz Carlton. But he's probably best known, outside of billionaire real estate circles, for having thrown a 49th birthday party for Obama where the minimum price for admission was $30,000 (checks made out to the DNC). He's shoveled immense amounts of money into the political careers of neo-liberals and crooked pols like Rahm Emanuel, Hillary Clinton, Rod Blagojevich, the Madigans, Melissa Bean, etc. He writes big checks too. In 2016, he gave the DSCC $66,600 in ... more »
Deeply Dipping
Sometimes I wish I didn't have a life because having a life makes blogging so bloody difficult (as John Simpson might put it). I might, for example, want to watch a month's worth of *Newsnight*s to track Emily Maitlis's interruption stats but, alas, I really don't have the time these days. So what to do? Well, I randomly clicked on a *Newsnight *episode this evening and landed up on Tuesday's edition, starring Emily Maitlis. I knew that *Newsnight *had rebranded itself and had read complimentary things about it from BBC fans on Twitter, but those crossed Ns look startlingly lik... more »
'An Antiwar Conservative' - Rep. John Duncan, Jr.
Can an antiwar conservative survive? US Rep. John Duncan, Jr. (Ret.) speaks at the Ron Paul Institute's 2019 Washington Conference on taking difficult votes in the House against the Iraq war in 2002. Often when there were just a couple of "no" votes on a particularly bad bill, it would be Rep. Duncan along with Ron Paul voting together. Watch Rep. Duncan's moving speech to open the 2019 RPI Washington Conference:
Who Launched That Mystery Attack?
[image: undefined] The Mideast has its own variety of crazy humor. The Saudis have been blasting and bombing wretched Yemen, one of this world’s poorest nations, since 2015. These US-supported attacks and a naval blockade of Yemen imposed by Saudi Arabia and its sidekick ally, the United Arab Emirates, have caused mass starvation. No one knows how many Yemenis have died or are currently starving. Estimates run from 250,000 to one million. The black humor? The Saudis just claimed they were victims of Iranian `aggression’ this past week after the kingdom’s leading oil treatment faci... more »
Cancelling Tom Watson
For a brief, beautiful moment it appeared as if the stitcher-in-chief had become the stitched. Unfortunately, it was not to be. Jon Lansman's surprise move at Friday evening's NEC to abolish the Deputy Leader post, and therefore dump its awful incumbent fell. Overnight too many people got cold feet, were spooked by the promise of bad press, and fretted it would push more Labour MPs out of the PLP, so instead of an unexpected but welcome defenestration we got a review. And now we will have to endure another episode of wrecking when Tom Watson takes the stand for his slot on Tuesday.... more »
On John Herman Randall’s Atheistic Aristotelianism
It is noteworthy that John Herman Randall, Jr.’s book *Aristotle* is an atheistic presentation of Aristotelian philosophy. Randall rejects the theistic way of looking at Aristotle that was developed during the medieval period, by Thomas Aquinas and the scholastic scholars. In the book’s Introduction, he proudly declares that he is not a medievalist. His interpretation of Aristotelian philosophy carries no trace of the work on Aristotle done during the medieval period. In the first chapter, “Aristotelian Approach to Understanding,” he frowns on Aquinas’s religious background. “But I... more »
China update
*If* you plan for a year, plant a seed. If for ten years, plant a tree; if for a hundred years, teach the people. When you sow a seed once you will reap a single harvest. When you teach the people you will reap a hundred harvests. -Kuan Chung (taoist, died 645 B.C.) …………............................................... 9-18-19 *The *Uighur majority areas on the border of Central Asia only became a fully integrated part of China in the 2000s. They were effectively colonized when millions of non-Muslim Han settlers moved into their community in the 1990s and 2000s to extract n... more »
Ukraine Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko Denies President Trump Pressure or Coercion During Phone Call With President Zelensky….
In what appears to be an effort to extract Ukraine from the toxic environment of American media fake political news, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko discusses the phone call between President Donald Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky. Minister Vadym Prystaiko … Continue reading →
Trump Won't Like This: Iran's Clever Strategy of Pushback Is Working
*Stratfor Worldview* *Security, Middle East* [image: Reuters] For a weak power, Iran is playing its hand well. *Key point: *Iran is no match for America, but it is working hard to resist Washington’s pressure campaign. Over the past three months, the U.S.-Iran conflict has gone from Washington's campaign of "maximum pressure" against Tehran to Iranian provocations that called the White House's bluff (and brought the region to the brink of war in the process) to a French-tailored diplomatic opening. Bloodied but unbowed, Tehran has endured Washington's sanctions, demonstrating to... more »
Fact: Against a Russian Invasion, NATO Would Have Went Nuclear (Billions Dead)
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Europe* Millions would have died. *Key point: *Nobody wins a nuclear war for Europe. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed in 1949 to oppose Soviet expansionism in Western Europe. The end of the war saw the Soviet Union solidify its gains in Eastern Europe, garrisoning countries such as Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Bulgaria and East Germany. NATO was a direct response to the raising of what Winston Churchill deemed the “Iron Curtain.” At the time, American and Western European planners felt that if war were to break out... more »
What to do about Justin?
Voting is easy. Choosing who to vote for? Not so much… In our federal parliamentary, first-past-the-post system, we each get just one vote to elect our local member of parliament who is supposed to both represent our personal views and also be a puzzle piece in a national numbers game that will ultimately determine which […]
Signs from NYC “Youth Climate Strike” reveal true agenda
CFACT was on the ground at the New York City "Youth Climate Strike", capturing photos and videos of the radical agenda harbored by the climate activists. Here are just a few of the signs and banners held by the marchers; each of them showing this strike had nothing to do with actually cleaning up the [...] The post Signs from NYC “Youth Climate Strike” reveal true agenda appeared first on CFACT.
The Great Chinese Firewall
Here are some facts about China: 1. The Chinese government puts a great deal of effort into blocking unfavorable foreign news. 2. China’s leadership is located in a compound right off of Tiananmen Square, called Zhongnanhai During a recent trip to Beijing, I visited a popular bookstore that was just a few blocks from Zhongnanhai. […] The post The Great Chinese Firewall appeared first on Econlib.
US sends tomahawk-capable ship to plug hole in Saudi defenses after Aramco attack: report
The US has redeployed the USS Nitze destroyer to the northeast coast of Saudi Arabia in a bid to “plug the gap” in Saudi Arabia’s air defences that was allegedly used in the 14 September raid on its oil facilities, CBS reported. The redeployment comes in line with previous allegations from Washington and Riyadh that the attack […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian Army reinforcements head to Israeli border after downing of cluster-armed drone
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:30 P.M.) – A large number of Syrian Arab Army (SAA) reinforcements have been deployed to Syria’s border with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights today after a suspected Israeli drone carrying cluster bombs was shot down over the Al-Quneitra Governorate this moring. According to a military source in southern Syria, the Syrian Army sent […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
IRGC chief warns any country attacking Iran will be ‘main battlefield’
Any country that attacks Iran will be the “main battlefield”, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Major General Hossein Salami, said. “Be careful, a limited aggression will not remain limited. We are after punishment and we will continue until the full destruction of any aggressor,” Salami said in remarks broadcast on state TV on […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Russian S-400 system on alert to deal with Israeli F-35 jets: analyst
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:40 P.M.) – The Russian Armed Forces in Syria have put their S-400 air defense system on alert to deal with potential Israeli Air Force incursions inside the country, defense analyst and author Babak Taghvaee reported on Friday. The Russian Armed Forces have been reported to have intercepted and blocked the Israeli Air […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Syrian Army intercepts suspected Israeli drone loaded with cluster bombs
The Syrian Arab Army intercepted a drone loaded with cluster bombs over Jabal Al-Sheikh (var. Mount Hermon) region near the occupied Golan Heights on Saturday morning. The Syrian Armed Forces said the drone belonged to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), adding that they have been closely monitoring their airspace since the recent turmoil in the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
On the Road to Damascus: International Conference in Syria on Sanctions and Its Blowback
Syrians say it’s even harder now to make ends meet than it was during the height of their country’s war because of intensified U.S and European sanctions.
Combat Footage: Houthis Storm Key Hilltop In Jizan (Saudi Arabia)
On September 20, the Houthis stormed and captured the key al-Suytat hilltop in the southern part of the Saudi province of Jizan.
Changing the discipline through political economy, bodies, and Open Educational Resources
This is a guest post from Matt Evans (mevans8@nwacc.edu), who is Associate Professor of Political Science at Northwest Arkansas Community College. His words represent his own opinions as an individual, and not (necessarily) his employer. This is the fourth in the series on changing the field. #IRChange[i] The answer for change is simple: Political Scientists […]
Sept. 21: Liar! Liar! Ponts on fire.
https://theantimedia.com/yemen-houthi-halt-attacks-saudi-arabia/ In other words, all the American reports of Iran attacks on Saudi Arabia were lies. Of course. Such an attack by Iran would make no sense at all. The American and Saudi governments were lying from the start. And war reporters should have known that. (They probably did know it.) ________________________________________________________________ http://rabble.ca/news/2019/09/trudeau-blackface-symptom-canadas-widespread-anti-black-racism Within eighty years - and probably much much less - all humanity goes off a cliff. But t... more »
How Much “Latitude” Do Presidents Have When Dealing With Foreign Leaders?
[image: how-much-latitude-do-presidents-have-when-dealing-with-foreign-leaders] A whistleblower reportedly has told Congress that President Trump tried pressuring the president of Ukraine to investigate Hunter Biden, Joe Biden's son.
Syria's President Assad Grants General Amnesty to all Syrians so they can return to Syria...meanwhile, Canada continues to back wrong horse
*President Bashar Al Assad of Syria* Its like a breath of fresh air. Being able to turn the focus of this blog away from the doofus pseudo leader Justin "le Dauphin" Trudeau, and towards a *REAL *leader, the man in the photograph above, *Doctor* Bashar al Assad, President of Syria. Here is a man who in 2011 could have taken his fortune, his family, and fled to the safety and comfort of a foreign land. But he made the RIGHT alliances [with Russia and Iran] and stood his ground. In the past month or so, as a result of Russian and Iranian military support, Syria has emerged victor... more »
President Trump: “Fake News Media Trying to Protect Biden” Within Ukraine Whistleblower Story…
Earlier today President Trump delivered a series of tweet statements and videos highlighting how the media is spinning their “whistleblower” coverage to protect Sleepy Joe Biden from his corrupt endeavors to financially benefit his family. President Donald Trump also shared … Continue reading →
Trump Says He Had ‘Perfectly Fine’ Call with Ukraine Leader
Democrats condemned what they saw as a clear effort to damage a political rival, now at the center of an explosive whistleblower complaint against Trump.
NJ Man indicted for terrorist activities as a member of Hizballah
This point to follow up was forwarded by a Hardnox reader, ECS, and we thank her. One of the fears many citizens have across the US (those with a self-preservation bone) is that like other countries and like 9/11 there will be others sneaking into the US to harm its citizens. There have been some already caught and others under the scope of enforcement professionals BUT they aren’t capable of handling every single instance especially if we don’t say something; maybe not even then. (I make it a habit of not using real names so there is a degree of … Continue reading →
Portland Oregon Considering Facial Recognition Technology Ban
By Michael Maharrey Portland is the latest city to consider a ban on facial recognition technology. The movement to prohibit the use facial recognition at... more »
Arab Spring 2.0? — “Sisi Must Leave” Mass Protest Rocks Egypt’s Streets Overnight
By Tyler Durden Overnight mass protests popped up in the streets of Cairo involving hundreds, possibly thousands, who took over a central square of the... more »
Collaboration Effort Creates Native American Law and Policy Institute
A partnership between the Southern University Law Center and the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana has led to the establishment of the Native American Law and Policy Institute (NALPI). The Institute offers Federal Indian law courses, seminars and conferences including the Louisiana Rural Economic Development Summit and the Tribal Sovereignty Symposium, according to Southern University Law […]
Hiding America’s Hot Past
The end of summer used to frequently be hot in the US prior to 1950. On this date in 1895, 45 percent of the country was over 90 degrees, and it was 103F in Ohio and 102F in New Jersey. … Continue reading →
Hiding Australia’s Hot Past
Mildura is located right on the border of northwest Victoria and New South Wales. It was very hot there during the years before 1910 – which BOM hides.
No Climate Strike In 1938
On this date in 1938, New York and New England were hit by a major hurricane which killed hundreds of people. There were no climate strikes that day, because people were dealing with real problems – like the hurricane and … Continue reading →
The Wizard of Oz: How bad AI marketing created human bots
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For the first time walking patterns identify specific types of dementia
https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2019-09-patterns-specific-dementia.html
#Climate Change May Have Prepared This #Superbug to Kill Humans
https://futurism.com/the-byte/climate-change-prepared-superbug-kill-humans
Small Trial Reverses a Year of Alzheimer’s Cognitive Decline in Just Two Months
https://www.sciencealert.com/small-trial-reverses-a-year-of-alzheimer-s-in-just-two-months-in-seven-patients
No more dialysis, Scientists Have Developed A Bionic Kidney
https://forum.facmedicine.com/threads/no-more-dialysis-scientists-have-developed-a-bionic-kidney.28752/
Science confirms: Dancing makes you happy
https://psychology-spot.com/dancing-makes-me-happy/
RFK Jr. Names RFK’s Killer
By corbettreport Welcome back to #NewWorldNextWeek – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in... more »
This Day In Iraqi History - Sep 21
1965 Abdul al-Bazzaz became premier 1968 Provisional constitution drafted by three jurists and presented to Pres Bakr Included return of parliament 1980 Iraq letter to UN outlined steps it took to try to work out outstanding issues with new revolutionary govt in Iran 1990 Revolutionary Command Council said it would not retreat from Kuwait and was ready for mother of all battles (Musings On Iraq book review *from storm to Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq*) 2001 1st CIA report on Iraq and 9/11 found no connection but two had contacts in 1990s Bush was briefed on findings Said... more »
Facebook’s Social Media Council Leaves Key Questions Unanswered
By Corynne McSherry and Kit Walsh Facebook took big step forward this week in its march to create an “oversight board” to help vet its... more »
Germany Almost Became The Victim of the World's First Blitzkrieg (In World War I)
*Michael Peck* *Security, Europe* A British officer planned to smash the Germans with 5,000 tanks. *Key point: *The Germans learned from the British and then used it against them. Blitzkrieg is usually thought of as a German invention in World War II. But had Imperial Germany not been defeated in November 1918, the first victims of mechanized warfare might have been the Germans themselves in World War I. Plan 1919 would have amassed an astonishing 5,000 tanks for a sledgehammer assault to crush the German army on the Western Front. By comparison, the Germans mustered only 3,300 ... more »
Strange Fact: France Almost Built 'Aircraft Carriers' for Russia
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Europe* Crimea poured cold water on that. *Key point: *The lure of arms exports can have even allies make questionable decisions. It’s not uncommon for national leaders to succumb to the temptation of lucrative weapon sales abroad, even when there are obvious risks those weapons could undermine their national security and diplomatic interests, or those of close allies. After all, the United Kingdom, France and the United States have warred with countries fielding guns, jet fighters and warships built in Western factories. Even seemingly “safe” thi... more »
Expensive bureaucracy and WHO vs cheaper medicines
A new report was released this week that should help remind the UN and country leaders, WHO and health Ministers or Secretaries, and many other officials flying to NYC for a UN High Level Meeting (UNHLM) next week on health, climate, many other issues -- that they themselves are part of the problem on expensive medicines and healthcare. Minimal Government Thinkers (MGT) is one of the many co-signatories of this report. See the report here, https://geneva-network.com/article/improving-access-to-medicines/ How do governments become contributors to expensive medicines, less affordable ... more »
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