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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.

Friday, September 6, 2019

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

10:02 pm MDT

World’s Top 10 Biggest Military Spenders In 100 Years (From 1914 to 2018)

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 minute ago
*CEO World:* *The World’s Top 10 Biggest Military Spenders In 100 Years (From 1914 to 2018)* Undoubtedly, America has the most active and powerful military in the world. At a whopping $649 billion, the United States is still the biggest global spender on its military. It spent almost as much on its military in 2018 as the next eight largest-spending countries combined. The top five biggest spenders in 2018 were the U.S., China, Saudi Arabia, India, and France., which together accounted for 60% of global military spending. But the United States wasn’t always on top — the data belo... more »

The Worst Of All Possible Worlds For Joni Ernst

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 2 minutes ago
*2 politicians Ernst should never be near when a camera is around: white nationalists Trump and Steve King* Maybe she was making a play for a bipartisan conservative ticket with Biden-- or maybe she's crazy. But Iowa freshman Senator Joni Ernst (R) looks like she made a classic rookie error this week when she intimated that Social Security benefits had to be cut. First a little background on Iowa, a classic swing state. Despite why the imbecile pundits are all agreed on now-- that Iowa is so red Democrats should not even bother campaigning there, exactly what the abysmal hillary Cli... more »

The government is injecting women with a vaccine that causes infertility – Raila Odinga, KENYA

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 2 minutes ago
KTN News Kenya Published on Sep 11, 2017 SUBSCRIBE 921K Raila Odinga: The government is injecting women with a vaccine that causes infertility. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more great videos: https://www.youtube.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KTNNews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KTNNewsKenya For more great content go to http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/ktnnews and download our apps: http://std.co.ke/apps/#android KTN … Continue reading The government is injecting women with a vaccine that causes infertility – Raila Odinga, KENYA →

“Avoid pollution of water supplies – may damage the unborn child” – 1080 health cover ups

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 2 minutes ago
unity1nz Published on Aug 27, 2017 Marcus James talks to Jim Hilton about Health effects of 1080 on the unborn fetus and how pregnant women are not warned by the health boards in areas where there are drops or by DoC not to drink the water or be in the area because of dust residue/particulate … Continue reading “Avoid pollution of water supplies – may damage the unborn child” – 1080 health cover ups →

XR UNGLUED – Cache of documents exposes green menace of the ‘Extinction Rebellion’ – #XRgate

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 2 minutes ago
Originally posted on Iowa Climate Science Education: From the ?A miracle has occurred? department. It appears that the same people who are dumb enough to glue themselves to pavement to protest climate, apparently have no clue about online security of their own organization. The 20-year-old climate change activist (left) who glued himself to the road…

Aunty ABC tells readers: Don’t let fear hold you back in your dream to be important, smug, tool of bankers and big-state

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 2 minutes ago
Originally posted on Iowa Climate Science Education: It could have been headlined: How to host Climate Tupperware Parties It’s another ABC coaching session on how to be a useful political activist. Having beaten Fairfax into the dirt, the ABC is gradually becoming Time-magazine-Readers-Digest-and-Womens-Weekly rolled into one, but aimed at teenagers. Fear of being seen as…

Tom Fitton Discusses the IG Report on James Comey…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 4 minutes ago
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton discusses the IG report on James Comey’s activity during the 2016 election including the motives behind the soft-coup attempt:

Musical interlude

Unknown at Accidental Deliberations - 6 minutes ago
Metric - Risk

Why Nuclear Land-Mines Are an Especially Stupid Idea

Matthew Gault at The National Interest - 12 minutes ago
*Matthew Gault* *Security, Europe* [image: By Charles Levy - U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=56719] Really, just why? *Scientists based the Blue Peacock’s design on Britain’s first atomic weapon — the Blue Danube. * Land mines and nukes are two of the most terrifying weapons of war — for two very different reasons. Nuclear weapons can wipe out entire cities, and land mines wait buried in the earth, ready to harm anyone who wanders too close. In the 1950s, Britain tried to combine the two into a nu... more »

Russia Had an Insane Plan to Conquer France in 7 Days Using 131 Nukes

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 12 minutes ago
*Michael Peck* *History, Europe* [image: By Thomas Hedden - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5136083] M.A.D.ness. *Was this an example of military might or military megalomania?* The Nazis conquered France in six weeks, in one of the most spectacular military victories in history. Had the Soviet Union gone to war with the West in the early 1960s, it also planned to blitz France. But unlike the Germans, the Soviets planned to do it in a week, according to the Warsaw Pact's 1964 war plan, discovered in the military archives of the former Cze... more »

Fake News Media: Marxist Mass-Murderer Mugabe Was “Liberator”

Alex Newman at rss - 38 minutes ago
[image: fake-news-media-marxist-mass-murderer-mugabe-was-liberator] Zimbabwe's mass-murdering dictator Robert Mugabe was one of the most ruthless tyrants of the 21st century. Installed with direct support from the Deep State in the West and the Soviet Union, he died this week at 95 after having been deposed in 2017. In response, establishment media outlets around the world attempted to deceive their audiences, ludicrously proclaiming that Mugabe had “liberated” the former Rhodesia as he oversaw its economic implosion and enslavement. The reality is that Mugabe was no “liberator.” He... more »

Russians Go To The Polls For Municipal Elections This Sunday

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 hour ago
*RFE:* How A Local Vote Rocked Russia: Moscow Election Caps Summer Of Discontent MOSCOW -- Five years in prison for a tweet; four for repeatedly protesting; three for using pepper spray; two for pulling a policeman's arm. Those are just a few of the sentences imposed against Russians who took part in the protest wave that has rocked the country's capital since July, galvanizing the embattled opposition in ways not seen since the run-up to Vladimir Putin's election to a third presidential term in 2012. A summer of discontent in Russia's capital culminates this weekend with a vote... more »

Musical Interlude: Liquid Mind, “When Time Slows (Born Star)”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
Liquid Mind, “When Time Slows (Born Star)”

America is Bankrupt – Here’s Why

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 1 hour ago
*Patrick Herbert* - On April 25th 1863 Lincoln bankrupted a commercial company known as the original United States.

5G and mmWave – The Active Denial System (ADS) and How mmWave can be Weaponized

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 1 hour ago
*Gabriel Cruz* - 5G technology opens the door for a whole new level of societal control.

El Chapo Wants to Give His $14 Billion in Drug Money to Mexico’s Indigenous Poor

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 1 hour ago
*Elias Marat* - Notorious cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has some strong opinions about where his billions of dollars should go.

Chet Raymo, “Going the Distance”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
*“Going the Distance”* by Chet Raymo “Here is a stunning Hubble Space Telescope photo from APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day). Two galaxies, collectively known as Arp 273, encountering each other so closely that gravity is distorting their spirals. Two galaxies engaged in a cosmic dance. *Click image for larger size.* Let me say a bit more about what we are looking at than APOD provided. Two galaxies, one neatly wrapped, one with out-flung arms. The one at the top is about the size of our own Milky Way galaxy, although more lop-sided due to the gravitational pull of its partner. Per... more »

"A Lion Fight..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
“It’s good to be scared. It means you still have something to lose. So chin up. Put your shoulders back, walk proud, strut a little. Don’t lick your wounds: celebrate them. The scars you bear are the signs of a competitor. You’re in a lion fight. Just because you didn’t win doesn’t mean you don’t know how to roar.” - “Dr. Meredith Grey”, “Grey’s Anatomy” And always remember...

Missouri School District Hires First Chief Equity and Diversity Officer

Sara Weissman at Diverse - 1 hour ago
Yvania Garcia-Pusateri has been doing higher education diversity work for over a decade. But the former executive director of multicultural programs at Missouri State University just transitioned to a new role in K-12 education, serving as the first chief equity and diversity officer for Springfield Public Schools, Missouri's largest school district.

NCAA Decides Against Exerting More Authority over Academic Misconduct

cmaadmin at Diverse - 1 hour ago
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I governance will not be adding reforms that would give the NCAA greater authority to discipline institutions that have engaged in academic misconduct.

"Cherish Your Scars..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
"Never shy away from opportunity and wholehearted living. Never be fearful of putting yourself out there. The courageous may encounter many disappointments, experience profound disillusionment, gather many wounds; but cherish your scars for they are the proud emblems of a truly phenomenal life. The fearful, cautious, cynical and self-repressed do not live at all. And that is simply no way to be in this world." - Anthony St. Maarten

"Screw the Way Things Are, I Want Out"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
*"Screw the Way Things Are, I Want Out"* by Paul Rosenberg "This is a beautiful planet, filled, in the main, with decent, cooperative humans. And yet, I want out. Give me any kind of functional spaceship and any reasonable chance, and I’ll take it. This place is anti-human. It chokes the best that’s in us, aggressively and self-righteously. I was struck not long ago by a comment of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s, in which he expressed the same kind of feeling: "I ought to have… become a star in the sky. Instead of which I have remained stuck on earth…" All of us who’ve had a moment of trans... more »

CrossTalk: Quitting Afghanistan?

RT at 1 hour ago
After almost two decades of war and occupation, American military involvement in Afghanistan appears to be winding down. A deal with the Taliban will see the majority of American troops leave, while still allowing a sizeable contingent to remain. Just what exactly is Washington’s geopolitical interest to be in Afghanistan? Will America’s longest war ever end? Guests: Intizar Khadim, Daniel McAdams, and Max Abrahms. *Reprinted with permission from RT.*

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Thanks for stopping by!

"Life Is A Strange Thing..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
"Life is a strange thing. Why this longing for life? It is a game which no man wins. To live is to toil hard and to suffer sore, till old age creeps heavily upon us and we throw down our hands on the cold ashes of dead fires. It is hard to live. In pain the babe sucks his first breath, in pain the old man gasps his last, and all his days are full of trouble and sorrow; yet he goes down to the open arms of death, stumbling, falling, with head turned backward, fighting to the last. And death is kind. It is only life and the things of life that hurt. Yet we love life and we hate death... more »

The Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke, "I Love The Dark Hours"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
*"I Love The Dark Hours"* "I love the dark hours of my being. My mind deepens into them. There I can find, as in old letters, the days of my life, already lived, and held like a legend, and understood. Then the knowing comes: I can open to another life that's wide and timeless. So I am sometimes like a tree rustling over a gravesite and making real the dream of the one its living roots embrace: a dream once lost among sorrows and songs." - Rainer Maria Rilke

Blaiming Hurricanes on Global Warming Denies the Facts

Hifast at Climate Collections - 1 hour ago
Originally posted on Science Matters: James Piereson writes at New Criterion An overblown hypothesis. Excerpts in italics with my bolds. We are well into hurricane season with a dangerous storm lurking off the coast of Florida and now poised to make a run up the east coast of the United States. As happens every year…

Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 248 – 2019

Hifast at Climate Collections - 1 hour ago
Originally posted on sunshine hours: ? ? South / North

Tempers Flare Over Fukushima Plan To Dump Radioactive Water In Ocean

Activist Post at Activist Post - 1 hour ago
By Tyler Durden South Korea has fired off a letter to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to express concerns over a Japanese plan to... more »

"Always Been Sane..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
"As long as you have mystery you have health; when you destroy mystery you create morbidity. Indigenous humans have always been sane because they have always been mystic. They permit the twilight." - G. K. Chesterton

“Manipulating the Mass Mind & Attention”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
*“Manipulating the Mass Mind & Attention”* by Fred Dodson “In my 30 plus years as a self-improvement coach, the most important insight is that where you put your attention is where your energy goes. If you find that hard to believe, try this: Walk through a crowd. Put your attention on the people. Then walk through the same crowd again and put your attention on the gaps between the people. More of them will now make way. Try it. It never fails. Here’s another experiment: Stand at the corner of any city street and look upwards for a while. You will notice people around you also look... more »

Two Sisters Have Obtained The Rank Of General For The First Time In The History Of The U.S. Army

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 hour ago
Maj. Gen. Maria Barrett (left) and her sister, Brig. Gen. Paula Lodi are making U.S. Army history. (Flick) *USA Today*: *An Army first: Two sisters attain general's rank* WASHINGTON – Their brother Rus Lodi calls them “leadership junkies.” If you’re a soldier, you’d better just call them ma’am and salute. Maj. Gen. Maria Barrett and younger sister Brig. Gen. Paula Lodi are each accomplished in their own fields. But together they have become the first two sisters, the Army believes, to attain the general’s rank in the service's 244-year history. "Maj. Gen. Maria Barrett and Brig. ... more »

Scooter Patterson on life, swimming and owning the word 'midget'

Sharnie Kim at Just In - 1 hour ago
Grant 'Scooter' Patterson may be half as tall as most people but he does not do things by halves. He works hard, plays hard and pushes himself in the pool, chasing his dream of winning a Paralympic medal.

'Flash' blast at takeaway shop leaves pair with serious burns

Just In - 1 hour ago
An explosion involving a compressor at an Adelaide shopping centre injures a fish and chip show owner and a contractor, who was rushed to hospital with "full body burns", a firefighter says.

Animals rescued from bushfire front as community rallies to bring them to safety

Shelley Lloyd at Just In - 1 hour ago
An incredible show of community spirit brings locals together in the Gold Coast Hinterland with dozens of Canungra residents rescuing animals from the fire front at nearby Binna Burra.

Advance Australia Fair rewritten: Would you accept a change to the national anthem?

Samantha Jonscher at Just In - 1 hour ago
The national anthem has been rewritten and performed for the first time in Alice Springs by a group that says it should be more inclusive of all Australians.

Medvedev through to US Open final after straight-sets win

Just In - 1 hour ago
He has been the villain at Flushing Meadows, but Daniil Medvedev will contest his first US Open final after beating Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets.

Hundreds More To Be Named In The Epstein Case? Or 10,000 Pages Of Hot Air?

Activist Post at Activist Post - 1 hour ago
By Jason Bermas Jason breaks down the latest in what can realistically be expected among the 10,000 pages, as well as when we can expect... more »

On Karl Marx's Proletariat and the Proles

Unknown at The Verma Report - 1 hour ago
When Karl Marx talked about the “dictatorship of the proletariat,” he didn’t mean the entire proletariat. His view of the proletariat was limited to the industrial proletariat. He had contempt for the peasants in the rural areas and the unemployed in the urban areas. He believed that only the industrial proletariat have a revolutionary potential and that they will one day arise in a revolution which will establish a communist utopia by wiping out the capitalist bourgeoise class. In the Marxist worldview, the peasants and the unemployed have no historical role to play—they are like t... more »

Khedive Tawfik pasha of Egypt's painting [Flickr]

Kodak Agfa at Egyptian Chronicles - 1 hour ago
Kodak Agfa posted a photo: [image: Khedive Tawfik pasha of Egypt's painting] An oil painting of Khedive Tawfik at "Features of an era" exhibit at Aisha Fahmy's Palace "Centre of arts" in Cairo.

King Fouad I of Egypt painting [Flickr]

Kodak Agfa at Egyptian Chronicles - 2 hours ago
Kodak Agfa posted a photo: [image: King Fouad I of Egypt painting] A painting of King Fouad I at "Features of an era" exhibit at Aisha Fahmy's Palace "Centre of arts" in Cairo.

Ibrahim Pasha's panting [Flickr]

Kodak Agfa at Egyptian Chronicles - 2 hours ago
Kodak Agfa posted a photo: [image: Ibrahim Pasha's panting] An oil painting of Ibrahim Pasha at "Features of an era" exhibit at Aisha Fahmy's Palace "Centre of arts" in Cairo.

King Fouad I painting [Flickr]

Kodak Agfa at Egyptian Chronicles - 2 hours ago
Kodak Agfa posted a photo: [image: King Fouad I painting] A painting of King Fouad I at "Features of an era" exhibit at Aisha Fahmy's Palace "Centre of arts" in Cairo.

King Farouk of Egypt and Sudan as a hunter [Flickr]

Kodak Agfa at Egyptian Chronicles - 2 hours ago
Kodak Agfa posted a photo: [image: King Farouk of Egypt and Sudan as a hunter] A paining of King Farouk of Egypt and Sudan as hunter in Fayoum at "Features of an era" exhibit at Aisha Fahmy's Palace "Centre of arts" in Cairo.

Blaiming Hurricanes on Global Warming is Not Factual

Ron Clutz at Science Matters - 2 hours ago
James Piereson writes at New Criterion An overblown hypothesis. Excerpts in italics with my bolds. We are well into hurricane season with a dangerous storm lurking off the coast of Florida and now poised to make a run up the east coast of the United States. As happens every year at this time, the appearance […]

A 2030 War Between America and China Would Shake the World

Robert Farley at The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, Asia* We must avoid it at all costs. *In any case, ending the Sino-American War of 2030 would require careful diplomacy, lest the war become only the first stage of a confrontation that could last for the remainder of the century.* *What would the War of 2030 between China and the United States look like?* The People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the United States appear ready to plunge off the precipice of a trade war. This war could have far-ranging effects on the economies of both countries, as well as the future of the global economic order. But as... more »

Robert Mugabe: As Divisive in Death as He Was in Life

Roger Southall at The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Roger Southall* *Security, Africa* [image: Reuters] The early African nationalist leaders were often regarded as gods at independence. Yet they very quickly came to be perceived as having feet of very heavy clay. Robert Mugabe, the former president of Zimbabwe, has died. Mugabe was 95, and had been struggling with ill health for some time. The country’s current President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced Mugabe’s death on Twitter on September 6: The responses to Mnangagwa’s announcement were immediate and widely varied. Some hailed Mugabe as a liberation hero. Others dismissed him a... more »

MLB, Union to Discuss Opioids Testing After Skaggs Death

AP News at Snopes.com - 2 hours ago
Major League Baseball and the players’ association will discuss the possibility of more widespread testing for opioids following the death of Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs.

3 SEAL Team 7 Leaders Fired After Allegations Of Sexual Assault And Drinking

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 2 hours ago
U.S. Navy Sea, Air, and Land team members conduct military field operations during exercise Trident 18-4 at Hurlburt Field, Florida, on July 11th, 2018. (Staff Sgt. Corban Lundborg/Air Force) *Task & Purpose:* *Top Navy SEAL admiral fires entire leadership team of SEAL Team 7 * The top admiral in charge of Naval Special Warfare has fired the entire leadership team of SEAL Team 7 over a "breakdown of good order and discipline," a spokeswoman for Naval Special Warfare Command told Task & Purpose on Friday. Cmdr. Edward Mason, the commanding officer of ST7; Lt. Cmdr. Luke Im, the ex... more »

5G Data Centers Consume Massive Amounts of Electricity and Consumption Will Double Every 4 Years. Will Taxpayers Be Paying For This Too?

Activist Post at Activist Post - 2 hours ago
By B.N. Frank Activist Post has already reported about this particular environmentally unfriendly 5G issue recently (see 1, 2). It’s worth repeating since 5G proponents... more »

Five feared dead after chopper vanishes from radar off NSW

Just In - 2 hours ago
A sea and air search is underway for a private helicopter thought to have four men and a woman on board after police received reports of an aircraft "fading off the radar".

'500kg of rubbish': Australia's most-loved beaches are choking with trash

Solua Middleton at Just In - 2 hours ago
They may look clean and pristine at first glance, however one beachcomber says trash is littered along our treasured beaches as cigarette butts, dog poo, used tampons and straws clog our summer playgrounds.

India loses contact with lunar lander during moon mission

Just In - 2 hours ago
India's space agency says it doesn't know whether the Vikram lunar lander crashed as it made its final approach to the south pole of the moon to deploy a rover to search for signs of water.

'It blew a tornado': Wild winds bring down trees, lift roofs in Sydney

Paige Cockburn at Just In - 2 hours ago
Winds of up to 90 kilometres per hour leave a trail of destruction across Sydney, with rescue crews pushed to their limits and warnings still in place for southern parts of NSW.

Iconic Springbok Rugby World Cup winner Chester Williams dies aged 49

Just In - 2 hours ago
The winger became the face of the Springboks' 1995 World Cup victory over the All Blacks, as the only black player in the host nation's squad. He died of a heart attack on Friday.

Why does everything hurt? Top tips for recovering from exercise

Olivia Willis at Just In - 2 hours ago
The cheapest and most effective way to recover from exercise is probably not what you think.

Notre Dame's Crown of Thorns presented to public for the first time after surviving inferno

Just In - 2 hours ago
The venerated relic saved from flames during the April fire at Notre Dame Cathedral is presented to the public in Paris.

Patient Pat finally gets his reward after day of toil

Geoff Lemon at Just In - 2 hours ago
For Australia, the lesson is one that Cummins already knows better than anyone. Patience wins, and reward can come at the end of the longest toil.

Inside the Zimbabwe that Robert Mugabe leaves behind

Just In - 2 hours ago
The newly christened Zimbabwe was the pride of southern Africa after it won its independence from white-minority rule in 1980 — so how did it all go so badly wrong?

Live: Crews face catastrophic conditions as fires rage across Queensland, NSW

Just In - 2 hours ago
Firefighters are working against out-of-control blazes across two states, with at least 17 properties destroyed in Queensland and four in New South Wales over the past two days. Follow our live coverage.

The sight of MPs carrying pillows home was proof this may have been Parliament at its worst

Jacob Kagi at Just In - 2 hours ago
The debate on WA's voluntary assisted dying bill was always expected to be tough, but a marathon all-night sitting of Parliament has left no-one in any doubt — and it may be just the warm-up act, writes Jacob Kagi.

Decades after its extinction, the hunt for the thylacine is very much alive

James Dunlevie at Just In - 2 hours ago
In its prime, the thylacine was at the top of the food chain in Australia and its small island to the south. Now, decades after its extinction, the hunt for the Tasmanian tiger is still very much alive.

Can the humble compost bucket help us get rid of rubbish bins altogether?

Niki Burnside at Just In - 2 hours ago
As enthusiasm for zero waste grows and Canberra holds its first festival on the subject, a community of composters is working towards making landfill a thing of the past.

'Free range' means something different in Canberra. This is what it looks like

Tom Maddocks at Just In - 2 hours ago
The ACT Government has told grocers to display signs supporting 'genuinely free-range' egg farmers, based on a much stricter definition than the national standard.

US Middle East Envoy Greenblatt to Step Down After Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plan Released

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
US Middle East Envoy Greenblatt to Step Down After Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plan Released by NEWS WIRES, https://www.france24.com/en/ Jason Greenblatt, President Donald Trump’s special envoy for the Middle East, plans to resign once the long-delayed U.S. peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians that he has been working on is released, officials said on Thursday. – …

Are These the Men Behind the Hong Kong Protests?

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
RT America Published on Sep 5, 2019 Rick Sanchez explains the complicated truth about what’s driving the protests in Hong Kong. Then RT America’s Michele Greenstein joins from the island territory to discuss the interests and organizations capitalizing on local grievances and instigating the protests. Former naval intelligence officer John Jordan weighs in on Russian …

Epstein Latest: Hundreds of Names to be Revealed

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
RT America Published on Sep 5, 2019 Sealed court records with the names of hundreds of people connected with infamous pedophile Jeffrey Epstein are to be made known to the public. RT America’s Rachel Blevins joins Rick Sanchez with the details and to discuss the testimony of Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre. end

It’s Happening Again: Maersk Halts Asia-Europe Loop Amid Global Slowdown

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
It’s Happening Again: Maersk Halts Asia-Europe Loop Amid Global Slowdown by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ Growth in the world continues to collapse into late summer, so much so that Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) had to “temporarily suspend” their AE2/Swan Asia to North Europe loop until mid-November, removing 20,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) a week …

Hurricane Dorian Steered by Military – Dane Wigington

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
Hurricane Dorian Steered by Military – Dane Wigington by Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com Climate engineering researcher Dane Wigington says Hurricane Dorian is the latest storm to be steered by the U.S. military. Wigington contends, “It’s an historical, verifiable fact and verifiable in the immediate term as well as we have animations of radio frequency microwave transmissions directly …

​We’re Being Given the Gift of a Lifetime | Rick Rule

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
Reluctant Preppers Published on Sep 5, 2019 Making good on his promise to personally rank the natural resource companies in our viewers’ portfolios, Rick Rule, CEO of Sprott Asset Mgt (known for their physical bullion funds,) returns to Reluctant Peppers to answer YOUR questions on gold, silver, inflation, mining stocks, investing, speculating, and protecting your …

Science Journal Paper confirms the global warming hiatus

Geoff at The Australian Climate Sceptics Blog - 3 hours ago
The alarmists try to pretend that there has been no hiatus in global warming and massage data to hide the hiatus. Meanwhile papers keep appearing in journals that confirm the hiatus. The latest was published in open access journal *Forest* and was written by Bin Wang et al: (link) *Forests* 2019, *10*(9), 712; https://doi.org/10.3390/f10090712 Remote Sensing image (from Google Earth) of the study area showing the sampling plot locations Differential Trends of Qinghai Spruce Growth with Elevation in Northwestern China during the Recent Warming Hiatus Abstract: Tree growth strongly... more »

Investigation Reveals North Carolina CPS Took HUNDREDS of Children Away from Parents Illegally

AdminM at Health Impact News - 3 hours ago
“I’m sort of flabbergasted by it. It’s one of those situations where – very rarely am I speechless – I am absolutely speechless over it.” These were the words spoken by North Carolina District Attorney Ashley Welch, when reporter Kate Martin, writing for the Carolina Public Press, asked her to respond last week (August 2019) to news that an internal memo revealed that state officials knew that Cherokee County Department of Social Services was illegally removing children from their homes, before a civil lawsuit was filed in 2018 and before a request was made for a State Bureau of In... more »

Horrific Reports From Bahamas in Dorian Aftermath – A Topography Changed Event…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 3 hours ago
Steve Harrigan reports from Abaco Island in the Bahamas as search and rescue efforts continue. The scale of the devastation is incredible; everything is gone, and worse yet the topography has changed removing the ability of deep water ports to … Continue reading →

Blind Inventor Develops ‘Smart Cane’ That Uses Google Maps And Sensors To Identify Surroundings

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 3 hours ago
*Mandy Froelich* - Thanks to the ingenuity of a blind inventor, people who lack sight can more easily navigate the world.

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago

"Markets Revert to the Mean Eventually"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
*"Markets Revert to the Mean Eventually"* By Bill Bonner YOUGHAL, IRELAND – "This week, we’ve been working our way down the very short list of things we think we know. At first glance, our second lesson, described yesterday, does not seem very helpful. “Nobody knows anything,” may be Gospel Truth. But it doesn’t tell you what movie to watch or what stock to buy. Still, it is probably the most important thing we learned in the last 20 years. It establishes a rock-solid foundation for the investor, the parent, or the businessman. He builds on something he can always depend on – ignor... more »

Company Seeks “5G Superheroes” to Help “Overcome Difficult Engineering, Infrastructure and Security Challenges”. What About The Other Challenges?

Activist Post at Activist Post - 3 hours ago
By B.N. Frank Who is not happy about widespread forced 5G installation besides citizens who don’t want to be fried by untested harmful technology in... more »

Tonight's Movie Is The Last Valley (1971)

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 3 hours ago
*From YouTube: *German mercenaries occupy a remote farm town during 17th century Europe's "Thirty Years War.

Investigation Reveals North Carolina CPS Took HUNDREDS of Children Away from Parents Illegally

Admin at Medical Kidnap - 3 hours ago
“I’m sort of flabbergasted by it. It’s one of those situations where – very rarely am I speechless – I am absolutely speechless over it.” These were the words spoken by North Carolina District Attorney Ashley Welch, when reporter Kate Martin, writing for the Carolina Public Press, asked her to respond last week (August 2019) to news that an internal memo revealed that state officials knew that Cherokee County Department of Social Services was illegally removing children from their homes, before a civil lawsuit was filed in 2018 and before a request was made for a State Bureau of In... more »

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- April 6, 2019

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 3 hours ago
*MacDonald Dzirutwe, Reuters: **Zimbabwe after Mugabe: dashed hopes and economic chaos* HARARE (Reuters) - When Robert Mugabe was deposed as Zimbabwe’s president in 2017, Karen Sundirai was convinced the country would quickly recover from years of economic turmoil and authoritarian rule. Nearly two years later, the 36-year-old bank teller speaks of dashed hopes and expresses reverence for Mugabe, who died on Friday aged 95. The country, now led by Mugabe’s long-serving security chief Emmerson Mnangagwa, is grappling with its worst economic crisis in a decade, marked by unemploym... more »

Kel-Tec's New CP33 Is Truly Something Special to Behold

Gun News Daily at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Gun News Daily* *Technology, * We have the details. *On the range, the shooting speed was exactly what you would expect of this PMR30 upgrade despite the reset having to travel nearly the full length of the barrel.​* One of the hottest new handguns on the market, the Kel-Tec CP33 pistol has been designed as an easy-to-shoot pistol for beginner and experienced shooters alike. But does it really live up to the hype? Kel-Tec has already manufactured unique firearms such as the Sub-2000 carbine or the KSG-55, but the CP33 pistol is something else completely. *(This article first a... more »

The Real North Korea Threat Isn't a War (Think Collapse Instead)

Priya Sethi at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Priya Sethi* *Security, * American and South Korean forces are prepared for such a scenario. *ROK forces must also be prepared to provide humanitarian assistance and emergency relief. The U.S. can assist by providing advisory support to build capacity in disaster relief delivery and crisis planning. The U.S. should encourage the ROK government and private sector to build greater stockpiles of portable water, medical supplies, food rations and temporary shelters that the military can reach upon for immediate distribution.* *(This article first appeared several years ago and is be... more »

The Largest Tank Battle of World War II Has Been Lost In Time

Robert Beckhusen at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Robert Beckhusen* *Security, * A large, and unknown, tank battle. *The USSR went on to inflict a major defeat on Germany during the Moscow counter-offensive during the winter of 1941–1942, closing the door on the Germans ending the war on the terms Hitler set out. The later Battle of Stalingrad in 1942–1943 ended the possibility of German victory completely.* A thousand coffee table books and countless hours of popular history programs have described the Battle of Prokhorovka, part of the Third Reich’s 1943 Operation Citadel, as the largest tank battle in history. Near the city... more »

Iran Says Its Cruise Missiles Are Better Than America’s

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, * That can't be true? Can it? The newest Iranian weapon, the Mobin, was displayed at the MAKS 2019 defense trade show in Russia in August. The cruise missile has a range of 450 kilometers (280 miles), a speed of 900 kilometers (560 miles) per hour, and a maximum altitude of 45,000 feet. It also features a warhead of up to 120 kilograms (265 pounds) and has a “low radar cross-section and high radar-evading capability,” according to Iran’s Fars News Agency. In February, Iran unveiled the longer-range Hoveizeh cruise missile. “The range of the Hoveizeh mis... more »

World News Briefs -- September 6, 2019 (Evening Edition)

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 3 hours ago
A man walks among debris at the Mudd neighborhood, devastated after Hurricane Dorian hit the Abaco Islands in Marsh Harbour, Bahamas, September 6, 2019. REUTERS/Marco Bello *Reuters:* *Bahamas struggles to cope with decomposing bodies, emotional trauma after Dorian* MARSH HARBOUR, Bahamas (Reuters) - The smell of death hung over parts of Great Abaco Island in the northern Bahamas on Friday, as relief workers sifted through the debris of shattered homes and buildings in a search expected to dramatically drive up the death toll from Hurricane Dorian. Dorian, the most powerful hurri... more »

'How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago

WMO Secretary-General warns against climate ‘doomsters and extremists’

Richard Treadgold at CCG - 3 hours ago
The end is not nigh London, 6 September: The General-Secretary of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says that the alarmist … Continue Reading →

No Blue Wave Anywhere In Sight-- But Another Massive Anti-Red Wave Is Building

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago
Rasmussen is so thoroughly tied to the GOP that I rarely mention them and rarely even look at their polls. Trump has often pointed to them as his personal poll and I have often heard that if a candidate pays them, they can get the result they're looking for. You know things are looking glum for Trump when Rasmussen releases a poll-- as they did yesterday-- that paints a dire picture of his reelection chances. 2018 was a good electoral year for the Democrats, not *because* of the Democrats but because of Trump and his congressional enablers. 2020 is shaping up to be just as good-- ... more »

San Francisco Targets the NRA with Anti-BDS-Style Resolution

4 hours ago
[image: undefined] Condemning and even barring people who support, or refuse to oppose, boycotting, divesting from, or sanctioning Israel from being employees or contractors of state or local government entities has been the rage in American state legislatures over the last few years. Kentucky has become one of the latest states to impose one of these anti-boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) laws, with Governor Matt Blevin having signed such legislation last week. On Tuesday, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a resolution that calls for treating people and business... more »

Science fiction: Predictions, passages & policy

David Brin at CONTRARY BRIN - 4 hours ago
Is it important to have a literature that contemplates change? Changing values. Changing social classes. Changing technology or gender roles or relationships? In a talk presented at the Hannah Arendt Center of Bard College, I argued the merits, e.g. whether or not science fiction best represents the human condition, a condition that is always in flux as we remake ourselves… and then our children do the same thing… by doing everything differently. I am often asked about real world applications of science fiction. Here’s a list of items, having to do with science, society and specu... more »

Zao’s Deepfake Face-Swapping App Shows Uploading Your Photos Is Riskier Than Ever

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 4 hours ago
The advent of social media has fundamentally challenged our expectations over how we control our photographs.

A Look at the Biggest Scandals in NFL History

AP News at Snopes.com - 4 hours ago
“Americans are very forgiving people,” league executive Troy Vincent told the Associated Press.

Have Scientists Finally Killed Off the Loch Ness Monster?

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 4 hours ago
Science being science, we can never say with total confidence that there is no Loch Ness Monster.

American Airlines Mechanic Accused of Sabotaging Flight

AP News at Snopes.com - 4 hours ago
He said he was upset about stalled union contract negotiations and wanted to earn overtime fixing the plane.

the inside game

Bob Dinn at balance10 - 4 hours ago
*from* Herbert Osborne Yardley: *Americ**an* Black Ch*amber,* Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, and London, Faber and Faber,1931: https://books.google.com/books?id=wfU6AAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=herbert+yardley&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjDn9qMob3kAhXSv54KHQWIAa0Q6AEwAHoECAMQAg#v=onepage&q=herbert%20yardley&f=false ...................................................................................... (Yardley learned from France's codebreakers; wife--Edna Ramsaier; Yardley died at Silver Spring, Maryland.) https://books.google.com/books?id=PPcGZbdqTjoC&pg=PA877&dq=herbert+o.+yardl... more »

Various fish ball, cake products recalled because of undeclared egg

Kelsey M. Mackin at Food Safety News - 4 hours ago
Great One Trading Inc is recalling various QQ Fish brand fish ball and fish cake products in three states because it contains egg, a known allergen, that is not declared on the product label as required by federal law. According to the recall notice posted on the FDA’s website this week, the product’s ingredient label fails... Continue Reading

Hawaii Destroys Library of Mauna Kea Protectors

Unknown at CENSORED NEWS - 4 hours ago
Article by Brenda Norrell Censored News Video here MAUNA KEA -- Hawaii Sheriff and County officers tore down a little wooden library erected by Mauna Kea Protectors today, arresting two of the Protectors. "They cut our flag," said one of the Protectors.Pu’uhonua o Pu’uhuluhulu Maunakea, leaders of the protests on Mauna Kea said that “this is a highly emotional moment and we ask that

Was Protecting Roe v. Wade the REAL Reason Blasey Ford Accused Kavanaugh?

R. Cort Kirkwood at rss - 4 hours ago
[image: was-protecting-roe-v-wade-the-real-reason-blasey-ford-accused-kavanaugh] Was protecting *Roe V. Wade* the real reason Blasey Ford accused Kavanaugh?

Climate change hoax COLLAPSES as new science finds human activity has virtually zero impact on global temperatures

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 4 hours ago
https://www.naturalnews.com/2019-07-12-climate-change-hoax-collapses-new-science-cloud-cover.html

Rio’s Mayor Orders Ban of Marvel Comic Book Featuring Gay Kiss

Lise Alves at The Rio Times - 4 hours ago
[image: Brazil,Rio's Mayor, Marcelo Crivella, orders the ban of a Marvel Avenger's comic book at the International Book Fair.] RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Calling the publication unfit to be seen by children and unsuitable for minors, Rio de Janeiro’s mayor, Marcelo Crivella, has ordered a Marvel comic book to be withdrawn from sale at the Rio International Book Fair. “We need to protect our children,” stated Crivella in his social media account on […] The post Rio’s Mayor Orders Ban of Marvel Comic Book Featuring Gay Kiss appeared first on The Rio Times.

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- September 6, 2019

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 4 hours ago
*UPI:** U.S., Britain, China send military, financial aid to stricken Bahamas* The United States, Britain and China announced the commitment of funds and goods to help hurricane-devastated Bahamas. U.S. military and civilian emergency teams from the United States have been sent to the Bahamas, where tens of thousands of people need food and supplies after Hurricane Dorian struck the nation of the tens of thousands of residents on the small islands. The White House has encouraged donations through the Center for International Disaster Information website. The U.S. Coast Guard sa... more »

Untitled

Uriel at 'Nox & Friends - 5 hours ago
South Dakota Dem Party Closing Last Offices, Ends Month with Less Than $4K in Bank Western Journal Randy DeSoto September 5, 2019 The South Dakota Democratic Party is shuttering its office locations in the state due to a lack of funds caused by “extreme mismanagement and lack of oversight.” The Argus Leader reported the party will close its offices in Sioux Falls and Rapid City at the end of September and its staff will work remotely, according to SDDP chairwoman Paula Hawks. “The party’s finances have been on a downward trend this year from $88,127 in cash on hand at … Continue rea... more »

The Daily Brief 2019-09-05

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 5 hours ago
This is a summary of 9 AMN articles on the following subjects: Idlib, Russia, Syria, Ansarallah, Yemen, Latakia, Iran, Saudi, Aleppo, FSA, Syrian Army, Turkey, Hama, Lataminah, Erdogan, China. Categories covered in this brief: Syria, Yemen, Gulf, Iran, Turkey, World-News Let us know how you like this brief in the comments below. — The AMN […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Venezuela deploys air defense missiles to Colombian border to ward off potential attack

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 5 hours ago
President Nicolas Maduro is deploying missile defenses along Venezuela’s border to ward off a potential attack launched under false pretenses, he announced after declaring an “orange alert” over the Colombian threat. Colombian President Ivan Duque has not only put his country “into a war that is raging, but now aims for a false positive to […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Breaking: Intense clashes breakout for second straight night in northern Syria

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 5 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:20 P.M.) – For the second night in a row, an intense firefight broke out between the Turkish-backed militants and Kurdish-led forces in the Aleppo countryside. According to reports from northern Syria, a fierce clash broke out between the Turkish-backed National Liberation Front and Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units (YPG) west of the strategic […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Denmark to deploy military to Syria: Pentagon

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 5 hours ago
The Danish military will deploy soldiers to northeast Syria to assist the US-led coalition in the fight against Daesh, Chief Pentagon Spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said in a statement on Friday. “The United States welcomes the announcement by the Danish Government to make a military deployment to Syria in support of Operation Inherent Resolve and to […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Do as I say, not as I do

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 5 hours ago
Bahram Arkadi built Lifetime Fitness (about 130 locations) where I have a Silver Sneakers membership and is a multimillionaire. Recently in the magazine "Experiencing Life" he pointed out the root causes of threats to biodiversity: overpopulation and overconsumption. He personally wants for nothing. Has his family and his millions, and he's lecturing the rest of us on birth control and materialism like someone running for president? The U.S. population is already below replacement rate, and his business was built on a never ending hunger and quest to look and feel better that will ... more »

"How to Spot a Market Crash: We’ll Know It When We See It… And Soon"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
*"How to Spot a Market Crash:* *We’ll Know It When We See It… And Soon"* by David Stockman "We are going to put it down – the evolution of this world which has died but which has not been buried." – Henry Miller, "Tropic of Cancer" (1934) "Equity markets are really high right now. And they’re completely broken. That much we’ve established. As Michael Coolbaugh detailed yesterday, the global bond market is showing signs of a similar rot. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500 Index, and the other major equity indices aren’t in nosebleed territory because the U.S. economy and ... more »

Diversity, Thy Name is…Canada? And R.I.P. Adversity Scores—Was it Such a Bad Idea?

Emil Guillermo at Diverse - 5 hours ago
The SAT folks took the easy way out on the so called “Adversity Score” proposal. After announcing the plan to come up with a simple tool to help evaluate admissions candidates, the College Board caved to criticism and dropped the idea.

US Special Rep for Iran, Brian Hook makes Captain Hook look like a good guy

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 5 hours ago
Over the past few months, US Special Representative for Iran, Brian Hook the head of the Iran Action Group, has been personally writing emails and texts to over a dozen ship captains around the world, to make them an offer they can’t refuse.

Climate Minimizers Don’t Deny Climate Change—but Find Endless Reasons to Reject Sanders’ Plan to Stop It

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 5 hours ago
Climate change is an existential threat to human civilization. If only corporate media acted like it. While the majority of corporate media do not outright deny the reality of the human-caused climate crisis, they are filled with another brand of insidious ideologues that I call climate minimizers. These downplay the threat that climate change poses to all of us by ignoring scientific data, avoiding discussion on the actual impact of climate change, and hyper-focusing on trivial details.

The Venezuelan Disinformation Campaign

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 5 hours ago
In August 2018, the international press reported on a massive exodus of Venezuelans fleeing the famine and chavist dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro. There were 18,000 to cross the border each day. At the time, the UN predicted that there would be 5.3 million Venezuelan migrants and refugeesthroughout Latin America by the end of 2019. There was a major crisis.

"Economic Market Snapshot PM 9/6/19"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
• Gregory Mannarino, “INFLATE OR D!E... A REAL LIFE HORROR SHOW” - https://www.traderschoice.net/ • MarketWatch Market Summary, Live Updates - https://www.marketwatch.com/tools/marketsummary • CNN Market Data: - http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/ CNN Fear And Greed Index: - http://money.cnn.com/data/fear-and-greed/

AMLO Drops the Hammer on African Migrants in Mexico…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 5 hours ago
I am thankful every day that we have a businessman in the White House who brilliantly understands how to leverage U.S. economic power to achieve national security objectives. While remaining under the threat of punishing U.S. tariffs, Mexican President Andres … Continue reading →

Merkel Takes Her Tin Cup to China…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 5 hours ago
As if, on cue: . CTH – […] The problem for China, and ultimately for Germany, is that Trump’s trade reset has stopped a big amount of U.S. wealth from arriving in Beijing. Simultaneously, Beijing is countering Trump’s tariffs by … Continue reading →

Morbid Obesity Is a Great Way for Black People to Combat White Supremacy??

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 5 hours ago
Weaponizing Obesity & Stupidity. This may be the stupidest thing I've read in a long time, a descent into Toxic SJW Propaganda and General Lunacy from a publication that use to teach young girls how to apply mascara without looking like Alice Cooper, and give advice on how to keep 'Him' from getting to second base. People with no morals and little intelligence have taken over and infected the media in all it's aspects from digital to print and advertising pointed at the young. Case In Point: "Fat is a descriptor in the same way that black and queer are descriptors. And fat is somew... more »

The tiny marsupial which dies after one, 'intense' mating session

Karen Michelmore at Just In - 5 hours ago
A tiny male marsupial dies in the wild after "intense" mating and not from the harsh, arid environment in which it lives, research confirms.

'It is my dream to live in a family that is whole and not in pieces like this'

Just In - 5 hours ago
Robi Alam is studying business management at a Queensland university. He takes holidays to tropical islands and is living his best life. But on the other side of the world his cousin Tasmida Begum lives amid the stench of sewage and mounting rubbish at a Bangladeshi refugee camp.

Elders' legacy the foundation on which Bourke is building its future

Sally Bryant at Just In - 5 hours ago
Award-winning journalist Allan Clarke returns to his home town with his storytelling skills to help local youth capture the stories of their elders.

Turkish President Erdogan Threatens To Flood Europe With Syrian Refugees

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 6 hours ago
“Turkey can no longer afford to be a mere onlooker to the situation east of the Euphrates” https://t.co/LoGcs0cfO4 pic.twitter.com/SVuZ5o0aiN — Turkish Presidency (@trpresidency) September 5, 2019 *DW:* *Turkey threatens to 'open the gates' to Europe for refugees* The Turkish president has vowed to unblock what was once considered the main gateway for refugees seeking sanctuary in Europe. Recep Tayyip Erdogan demanded the US and the EU create a safe zone in northern Syria. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday threatened to reopen a route for Syrian refugees to reach ... more »

Judge: Terrorist Watchlist Violates the Constitution

Jason Hopkins at The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*Jason Hopkins* *Politics, Americas* [image: Federal Bureau of Investigation agents and employees listen to incoming FBI Director Christopher Wray speak after taking the oath of office at FBI headquarters in Washington, U.S., September 28, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria] Did the courts just put an end to the terrorism database? *The judge ordered the Justice Department — which served as the defendant in this case — and the plaintiffs to submit arguments on how to properly implement the watchlist while still protecting peoples’ constitutional rights.* The Council on American-Islami... more »

July 1950: That Time North Korea Beat the U.S. Army

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, * This wasn't supposed to happen *In the grand scheme of things, the battle wasn’t a major disaster. The casualties were only a drop in a Korean bucket that eventually consumed fifty-four thousand American dead. U.S. troops had fled the battlefield, but they had also done that at Bull Run and Kasserine Pass. It wasn’t the first time that “inferior” Asians had humbled American forces, as the survivors of Pearl Harbor could attest. Two months later, it was turn of Kim Il-sung’s army to disintegrate after MacArthur’s landing at Inchon.* In July 1950, North... more »

Coffee Moghul Howard Shultz Drops Presidential Campaign

Shelby Talcott at The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*Shelby Talcott* *Politics, Americas* [image: People protest outside before former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz speaks during his book tour in Seattle, Washington, U.S., January 31, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Redmond] Did the Starbucks billionaire ever have a chance? *Schultz stressed that “four more years of a Trump administration” will “pose a graver threat to our democracy than four more years of political dysfunction,” adding that he was also concerned about “far-left policy ideas.”* Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced Friday that he would not pursue a 2020 presidential b... more »

Bernie Sanders Wants to Double Union Membership

Mary Margaret Olohan at The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*Mary Margaret Olohan* *Politics, Americas* [image: U.S. Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders greets Communications Workers of America (CWA) workers striking against Verizon in Brooklyn, New York April 13, 2016. REUTERS/Brian Snyder] Can the radical Democrat win over the working class? *The plan promises to give unions the ability to organize through “a majority sign up process,” end right to work laws recently enacted by Republicans, enact provisions that ensure companies can’t prevent unions from forming, repeal Section 14(b) of the Taft Hartley Act... more »

House Democratic Caucus Chair Endorses Medicare for All

Andrew Kerr at The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*Andrew Kerr* *Politics, Americas* [image: U.S. Representative Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) nominates Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to be House Speaker?at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. January 3, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst] Did Rep. Hakeem Jeffries just seal the deal? *Jeffries is considered a likely successor to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, but it’s unlikely his support for the Medicare for All bill to authorizing a floor vote on the measure.* The majority of House Democrats now support a “Medicare for All” bill following an endorsement by the chairman of the House Democratic Cauc... more »

ThinkProgress Can't Find a Buyer

Chuck Ross at The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*Chuck Ross* *Politics, Americas* [image: Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton takes part in a Center for American Progress roundtable discussion on] The Center for American Progress's website is shutting down after 15 years. *ThinkProgress’ decline has confounded some media observers, given the rise of other liberal news outlets during the Trump era. The site hired dozens of new staff members in recent years, but revenue has fallen far short of expectations, according to The Beast.* ThinkProgress, a top progressive website operated by the liberal think tank, Center fo... more »

WKD: Your History Book Forgot this: Britain and America Nearly Went to War During the Civil War

Warfare History Network at The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, Americas* [image: By Kurz & Allison - Library of Congress, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1484303] Close call. *Confederate diplomacy in Europe was more complacent, based on a belief in the economic power of “King Cotton” upon which British and French mills were dependent. * In November 1861, word swept through London that an American warship, *James Adger*, in port at Southampton, was planning to put to sea and intercept a British ship bringing Confederate emissaries to Europe. As a result, the American minist... more »

Check Them Out: World's 5 Most Powerful Tanks

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 6 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * We have the list. *The construction of an entirely new class of main battle tank by Israel, a tiny country, is certainly a major achievement. By the time of the Merkava’s introduction Israel had already fought three wars in which it was outnumbered by much larger Arab tank forces. Combined with a tiny general population in which even minor personnel losses were felt across society, the Israeli military envisioned a tank which prioritized defensive capabilities and firepower above all else.* The world of the tank—an armored fighting vehicle equipped w... more »

Business-friendly medical cannabis initiative moves forward in Mississippi

Jeff Smith at Marijuana Business Daily - 6 hours ago
A Mississippi group advocating for medical marijuana legalization in the Deep Southern state turned in more than 105,000 signatures to get a free market-oriented initiative on the ballot next year. Mississippians for Compassionate Care submitted the signatures to the secretary of state’s office, which now must review and certify the signatures. The initiative has these main […] Business-friendly medical cannabis initiative moves forward in Mississippi is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Utah governor moves to scrap state-run medical marijuana system

Jeff Smith at Marijuana Business Daily - 6 hours ago
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is calling a special legislative session to scratch an unusual plan for a state-run medical cannabis dispensary system. Instead, he wants to expand the number of private dispensaries from seven to as many as 12. While the measure, if it passes, would open up additional business opportunities, its primary purpose is […] Utah governor moves to scrap state-run medical marijuana system is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Massachusetts mayor charged with extorting cannabis businesses

Bart Schaneman at Marijuana Business Daily - 6 hours ago
The mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts, was arrested on charges he conspired to extort $600,000 from at least four business owners in exchange for official letters needed to obtain a license to set up a marijuana business, according to federal authorities Massachusetts mayor charged with extorting cannabis businesses is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Deaths, illnesses related to vaping cannabis on the rise, health authorities say

Bart Schaneman at Marijuana Business Daily - 6 hours ago
Concerns over marijuana vaping-related illnesses continue to mount, as U.S. health officials on Friday again urged people to stop vaping until they figure out why some are coming down with serious breathing illnesses Deaths, illnesses related to vaping cannabis on the rise, health authorities say is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

“We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don’t know.” #QotD

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 6 hours ago
*“We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don’t know.”* ~ W.H. Auden (after a quip by English music-hall and radio comedian John Foster Hall (1867-1945), who called himself The Revd. Vivian Foster, the Vicar of Mirth) . Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with link and attribution.

We’ve known for decades that climate models are unreliable for making climate projections; Will NASA, NOAA, NCAR and IPCC refund the US taxpayer money they wasted trying to use climate models to make future global warming scenario projections and catastrophic claims?

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 6 hours ago
“NASA has conceded that climate models lack the precision required to make climate projections due to the inability to accurately model clouds.” click here

Heather Nova - Walk This World

Phil at All That Is Solid ... - 6 hours ago
Around about this time 25 years ago I started listening to *The Evening Session* on Radio 1, which began a deviation into indie, alternative and metal that lasted quite some time. Here is one of the, yes, guitar-based tunes I hold responsible for sucking me in.

DISCUSSION: Hong Kong, China and Trump’s Trade War

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 6 hours ago
*SUNDAY WIRE* | What sort of risks does this new unofficial war pose to America's economy?

Was Mike Pence Greeted by a Widespread Display of LGBT Rainbow Flags in Iceland?

Dan MacGuill at Snopes.com - 6 hours ago
The U.S. vice president was met with protests on visits to two European countries in September 2019.

Are Brown Recluse Spiders Hiding in Amazon Delivery Boxes?

Bethania Palma at Snopes.com - 6 hours ago
Like their name implies, brown recluse spiders seek dark, quiet places to hide.

Is This Osama Bin Laden Singing Lady Gaga’s ‘Poker Face’?

Dan Evon at Snopes.com - 6 hours ago
Osama bin Laden wasn't exactly known for having an affinity for popular culture.

Jennifer Lopez Death Hoax

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 6 hours ago
Somehow this major news item escaped the attention of every mainstream press organization in the world.

NFL’s Drew Brees Attacked by LGBT Lobby Over Focus on the Family Video

Michael Tennant at rss - 6 hours ago
[image: nfl-s-drew-brees-attacked-by-lgbt-lobby-over-focus-on-the-family-video] New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees is under fire from the LGBT lobby and its media allies for recording a video for Focus on the Family that encourages kids to take their Bibles to school on a particular day.

Self-Destruction in the Golden State

John F. McManus at rss - 6 hours ago
[image: self-destruction-in-the-golden-state] Relocating to California was once the goal of many Americans. But in recent years, the luster of living in the “Golden State” has dimmed considerably.

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