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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.

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

11 December - Blogs I'm Following - 1 of 5

10 pm MST

“How to Make Bad Days Okay“

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 minutes ago
*“How to Make Bad Days Okay“* by David Cain “We human beings suffer from a persistent illusion that creates a huge amount of needless stress: we see today as much bigger and more significant than other days. It seems like we should. Today is the only day we’re able to actually do anything, and the only day we can experience the consequences of what we’ve already done. In that sense, today is pivotal: what you have to do today is clearly much more relevant to your life than what you had to do on the same date ten years ago. This seems like common sense. But this common feeling over... more »

Mary Oliver, "Instructions For Living A Life"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 minutes ago
*"Instructions For Living A Life"* "*1.* Pay attention. * 2.* Be astonished. *3. *Tell about it." - Mary Oliver

Meet the USS England: The Escort Destroyer That Sunk 6 Imperial Japanese Submarines

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 44 minutes ago
*Michael Peck* *History, Asia* [image: By Photographed from a blimp of squadron ZP-11. - U.S. Navy photo 80-G-236608, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=984738] A world record. *Key point:* This small destroyer escort achieved an astounding feat. Destroyer escorts were the econo-warships of the U.S. Navy in World War II. Designed to be smaller and cheaper alternatives to Navy destroyers, destroyer escorts weren't designed to slug it out in a fleet battle like their bigger brothers. Instead theirs was the dreary but vital duty of escorting convoys of s... more »

Should the Navy Bring Back Super Battleships?

Robert Farley at The National Interest - 44 minutes ago
*Robert Farley* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] A terrible idea. *Key point:* Large warships are obsolete and easy to sink. Is it time to bring back the battleship? For decades, naval architects have concentrated on building ships that, by the standards of the World Wars, are remarkably brittle. These ships can deal punishment at much greater ranges than their early 20th century counterparts, but they can’t take a hit. Is it time to reconsider this strategy, and once again build protected ships? This article examines how these trends came about, and what might change in t... more »

NATO Can't Afford To Overlook Russia's Rocket Artillery

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 44 minutes ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * Rockets emit a terrifying howl as they streak towards their targets. *Key point: *Recent Russian activity in eastern Ukraine and Syria has included the use of artillery rockets, even more so than traditional gun tube artillery systems. From Syria to the Crimea, one weapon has accompanied Russia’s ground forces both overseas and to Russia’s so-called “near abroad”: artillery rockets. Lightweight and capable of laying waste to enemy territory by the acre, rockets emit a terrifying howl as they streak towards their targets. Russia’s use of rockets as we... more »

'A moment of shame': Israel heads to third straight election after Parliament vote

Just In - 51 minutes ago
Israel heads towards a third national election in less than a year with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing the fight of his life for political survival after being charged with corruption.

NRL star Josh Reynolds charged over alleged domestic violence incident

Rani Hayman at Just In - 51 minutes ago
West Tigers player Josh Reynolds hands himself into police in Sydney, who charge him over an alleged domestic violence incident in which a woman sustained bruising to her arm and leg.

'Brexit, actually' and the great scone debate: Six videos that define Boris Johnson's campaign

Stephen Hutcheon And Michael Workman at Just In - 51 minutes ago
In a lifetime spent in the public eye Boris Johnson has demonstrated that he can be at once both his own greatest asset and most accident-prone liability.

Port River dolphin death blamed on 'red tape' as rescuer claims he was denied access to save it

Just In - 51 minutes ago
The death of a dolphin caught up in fishing line for almost three weeks in Adelaide's Port River has been partly blamed on "red tape" by rescuers who claim they were prevented from attending to the animal earlier.

New Zealand announces mission to bring bodies back from White Island

Just In - 51 minutes ago
New Zealand authorities say they will try to recover the bodies of volcano victims from White Island on Friday.

'How sick is that?': Thanos creator reacts to Trump ad identifying US President with supervillain

Michael Collett at Just In - 51 minutes ago
The tweet by the Trump election campaign shows the President clicking his fingers to make Nancy Pelosi disappear in a cloud of dust.

Council turns to kids for advice on how to spend $1 million

Anita Ward And Laura Collins at Just In - 51 minutes ago
Regional areas fear losing their young people to bigger towns or cities, so a rural South Australian council with a fresh round of federal funding is asking students how to keep the town thriving beyond the drought.

Volcano burns victims need '120 square metres of skin' for grafts

Stefanie Garber at Just In - 51 minutes ago
With survivors of the New Zealand eruption facing "severe, disfiguring burns", hospitals are seeking out artificial and donated skin.

Councillor convicted over anonymous election pamphlets and placed on good behaviour bond

Natarsha Kallios at Just In - 51 minutes ago
A former deputy mayor of an Adelaide council is convicted and placed on a good behaviour bond for anonymously publishing electoral pamphlets.

UK election: Boris or bust, now it's down to the voters

Antony Green at Just In - 51 minutes ago
Voters in the United Kingdom go to the polls today in what's been called the most significant election in a generation. The ABC's chief election analyst Antony Green looks at how the count will unfold.

'Violent public response' the basis of application to move police murder-accused trial to Darwin

Stephanie Zillman at Just In - 51 minutes ago
Lawyers for Constable Zachary Rolfe, the police officer charged with murdering Kumanjayi Walker in Yuendumu, have applied to have the entirety of court proceedings moved from Alice Springs to Darwin.

Hot weather on the horizon for Adelaide but is it a heatwave?

Malcolm Sutton at Just In - 51 minutes ago
Hot weather is forecast for Adelaide early next week but while it may be tempting to call it a "heatwave", the Bureau of Meteorology's official definition is a little more complicated than hot weather that hangs about for days on end.

Boris Johnson 'hides in fridge' to avoid questions on last day of UK election campaign

Just In - 51 minutes ago
The UK Prime Minister gives reporters the cold shoulder on the eve of the election, hiding in a fridge to avoid a live breakfast TV interview.

'We cannot put anyone's life at risk': Lost Paradise music festival cancelled

Lucy Thackray at Just In - 51 minutes ago
Lost Paradise organisers say the risk of bushfires is too great for the festival to go ahead, but promise 2020's event will be "bigger than ever".

ICAC report into SA Health privately met with anger by Premier, commissioner says

Just In - 51 minutes ago
SA's corruption watchdog claims Premier Steven Marshall privately rebuked him for releasing a report into potential health department corruption, despite Mr Marshall telling Parliament he found the report "extraordinarily helpful".

Facebook and Google market power to be subject to digital code of conduct

Just In - 51 minutes ago
The competition watchdog will gain extra resources to crackdown on the growing power of digital platforms as the Government seeks to rein in how companies like Facebook and Google use their market power.

Shooting in kosher grocery labelled a hate crime as police probe links to Black Israelites

Just In - 51 minutes ago
Police investigate whether a couple who killed four people at a kosher grocery store in the US state of New Jersey were motivated by anti-Semitic beliefs, as the Jewish community expresses its fears.

The Brexit election is the Grinch of Christmas for UK voters

Samantha Hawley at Just In - 51 minutes ago
Brexit has yet to deliver a single positive for the British people and later today they'll trudge to the polling booths in the cold and dark because of it, Samantha Hawley writes.

Yanchep blaze 'absolutely still a threat' as Perth's four-day heatwave begins

Just In - 51 minutes ago
Fire crews are battling to contain a bushfire that triggered an emergency warning and has burnt more than 1,000 hectares north of Perth, as a 40-degree, four-day heatwave descends on the city.

When will we know the UK election result and what does it mean for Brexit?

Lucia Stein at Just In - 51 minutes ago
Here are the key times you need to know as we await an outcome from the UK election.

Why I Don’t Talk More About 9/11

Caitlin Johnstone at Caitlin Johnstone - 51 minutes ago
For some reason 9/11 keeps coming up in my online interactions with people lately, both with establishment loyalists who call me a “9/11 truther” and with skeptics who say I don’t write enough about what really happened on that day 18 years ago. So I […]

President Trump Remarks at Hanukkah Reception and Signing of an Executive Order Combating Anti-Semitism – Video and Transcript…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 52 minutes ago
Earlier today President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump hosted a Hanukkah Reception at the White House. The event included a historic signing ceremony for an executive order combating anti-semitism. . [Transcript] – THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you very much. … Continue reading →

World Patriots Demand the Exoneratation of LaRouche, A Preview

Alicia at LaRouchePAC Feed - 54 minutes ago
New International Economic Order World Patriots Demand the Exoneratation of LaRouche Video of World Patriots Demand the Exoneratation of LaRouche Here is just a glimpse of a powerful conference held in November 2019 to honor the genius and life long enemy of the oligarchy, Lyndon LaRouche. The conference, hosted by the International Schiller Institute, was attended by people from across the planet who had worked with the late Lyndon LaRouche, or whose lives had been forever changed by his ideas and his contributions to economics, world politics, and classical art. The full conferenc... more »

Maybe if they scream loud enough, nobody will notice that Twitler is a criminal

nonnie9999 at HYSTERICAL RAISINS - 56 minutes ago
Kids, I was out for much of the day, so I didn’t see all of the House Judiciary Committee hearings today. Right before my eardrums exploded, I did hear some of Doug Collins screeching once again at the top of … Continue reading →

"Poet and Philosopher David Whyte on Courage, Love, and Hardship as the Grounds for Self-Expansion"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 56 minutes ago
*"Poet and Philosopher David Whyte on Courage, Love, * *and Hardship as the Grounds for Self-Expansion"* by Maria Popova “Courage,” Susan Sontag wrote in her timeless and increasingly timely meditation on the power of principled resistance to injustice, “inspires communities: the courage of an example - for courage is as contagious as fear.” Courage comes in many guises - the courage to despair, necessary for being an artist; the courage to be vulnerable, that surest yet most difficult path to self-transcendence; courage at knifepoint, where our humanity is revealed; the courage to ... more »

"Even Rats..."

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 56 minutes ago
"Even rats can only be kicked around for so long before they've had enough." - Joe Cowley We, sadly, seem less advanced than our rodential cousins in that respect...

Climate zealots infiltrate our public service

Richard Treadgold at CCG - 1 hour ago
THIS must be stopped Around the world, climate sceptics increasingly challenge governments over policies to change the weather. From furious … Continue Reading →

"Is Zoltan's Market Doomsday Imminent? Here Are The Two Things To Watch"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
*"Is Zoltan's Market Doomsday Imminent? * *Here Are The Two Things To Watch"* by Tyler Durden "In the aftermath of Zoltan Pozsar's stunning "doomsday" report about an upcoming crisis in the repo market, which we discussed extensively yesterday, and which predicted that the Fed may "lose control of overnight rates" leading to a vicious dislocation in repos coupled with a paralysis in the FX swap market, many traders who (pretend to) understand the implications of what the former Fed strategist said, have quietly hunkered down and are looking carefully for sings that Pozsar is correct... more »

Former Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant Ordered to Testify at Trial of Illinois Woman Who Says Roundup Gave Her Cancer

Nick Meyer at AltHealthWorks.com - 1 hour ago
The Monsanto Company is now a part of Bayer, but its name is still in the news on a weekly basis, ranging from Roundup-cancer trials involving its best selling herbicide ingredient, glyphosate, to battles for farmers’ rights in South America involving genetically modified seeds, and much more. Now, the company’s former chairman and CEO, Hugh Grant, is back in the limelight, as it has been revealed that he will be forced to testify in person at a St. Louis-area trial set for January, the non-profit organization U.S. Right to Know has reported. Grant’s appearance will be part of l... more »

Message Received – Thank You Bill Barr…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 1 hour ago
I’m not going to write a long history of the background again {Go Deep}. However, to be fair, if we are going to hold Barr accountable it is appropriate to be thankful when at least one aspect of a gross … Continue reading →

Publisher’s Platform: Yuma 2018 had 240 sick not 210

Bill Marler at Food Safety News - 1 hour ago
“widespread environmental contamination” Can we dare mention water contamination, feedlots and dairy farms – well, cows generally? A mind-spinning article landed in my inbox today – “Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli Infections Associated with Romaine Lettuce — United States, 2018.” CDC had reported only 210 ill – https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/2018/o157h7-04-18/index.html – apparently it was larger? And, the genetic pattern... Continue Reading

My Boise State Interview

David Henderson at Econlib - 2 hours ago
The above is my interview by one of the student journalists at Boise State University. It took place on November 4, a couple of hours before my talk. I normally highlight particular parts, but this is only about 23 minutes long. I do make a basic math error in the first few […] The post My Boise State Interview appeared first on Econlib.

Surveillance drones to monitor over holiday period

TOTT News at News – TOTT News - 2 hours ago
Privacy experts have hit out at reports that Victorian Police plan to operate camera surveillance drones on public beaches over the upcoming holiday period. This announcement follows concerns over increases in drone-related surveillance in public spaces across Australia, including at sporting events, CBD locations, beaches and more.

BREAKING NEWS: UK POLICE SEIZE “CANCER BOSS” NOAKES, WHO IS NOW FACING EXTRADITION AND A LONG PRISON SENTENCE IN FRANCE

The Healing Oracle Team at Healing Oracle - 2 hours ago
The harsh treatment of “Cancer Boss” David Noakes, continues, as it was announced today that UK Police have apparently “grabbed” him a short while ago in England and are preparing to extradite him to France,... The post BREAKING NEWS: UK POLICE SEIZE “CANCER BOSS” NOAKES, WHO IS NOW FACING EXTRADITION AND A LONG PRISON SENTENCE IN FRANCE appeared first on Healing Oracle.

The Common and Not So Common Injuries Sustained at Christmas

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 2 hours ago
For a few unfortunate individuals, Christmas is like a scene from "National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation."

"Beware Good News!"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
*"Beware Good News!"* by Brian Maher "Mr. Jerome Powell and his mates sat on their hands today - no rate cut: The Committee judges that the current stance of monetary policy is appropriate to support sustained expansion of economic activity, strong labor market conditions and inflation near the Committee’s symmetric 2% objective. Nor does “the Committee” intend to cut rates next year. But what of possible rate hikes? Only four of 17 members anticipate a quarter-point raise in 2020. Of course... the Committee hooked the standard disclaimer to their announcement: "The Committee will... more »

On Culture and Economics

Unknown at The Verma Report - 2 hours ago
A nation’s culture and economy have a symbiotic relationship—they tend to move in the same direction. When the culture moves in the rightward direction, economy too takes a right turn (the government takes measures to liberalize the economy); when culture lurches towards the left, the economy does the same and becomes more regulated and inefficient. The periods of high economic growth in most nations are also the periods great cultural awakening, and the periods of economic downfall are usually the periods when there is decline in the peoples sense of culture and rise in nihilistic ... more »

Hold Big Pharma #RxAccountable for Dangerous Drugs

AdminM at Health Impact News - 2 hours ago
Thousands of Americans die every year from taking prescription drugs, and millions more are hospitalized. This isn’t an aberration; it is a feature of a crony medical system in which the agency that is supposed to evaluate and approve drugs is beholden to the pharmaceutical industry. ANH is launching a campaign to remove cronyism from the drug approval process and require transparency on drug labels when a drug is newly approved. We’re also launching a legal initiative to help get dangerous drugs off the market. The fundamental problem is the FDA approval process itself. The data s... more »

New Research on Coconut Oil Focuses on Replacing Antibiotics to Combat Antibiotic-resistant Pathogens

AdminM at Health Impact News - 2 hours ago
Coconut oil is nature's richest source of lauric acid, long known to be a powerful antimicrobial. As a saturated fat, coconut oil is almost 50% lauric acid. Nature's next most abundant source of lauric acid, human breast milk, comes in a distant second. For years now, research (primarily outside of the U.S.) on coconut oil has focused on the use of lauric acid as an adjunct or replacement for antibiotic drugs that have lost their effectiveness due to the emergence of antibiotic pathogens. 2019 has seen more studies published where coconut oil is studied in this context: how to deal... more »

X-Zone Broadcast Network - John Burroughs

KRandle at A Different Perspective - 2 hours ago
After I had interviewed Charles Halt a few weeks ago, I heard from John Burroughs. During our discussion about the Halt interview, John said a couple of intriguing things. I thought he might be able to provide a different perspective on the Rendlesham Forest encounter, so I talked with him this week. You can listen to the interview here: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/20665258 We started out discussing his involvement in two days of the main events of late John BurroughsDecember 1980, but delved into some of the reports that suggested strange things had been seen in the area for... more »

Swarm! Cries the Air Force (And F-35 Pilots Will Love It)

Kris Osborn at The National Interest - 2 hours ago
*Kris Osborn* *Security, * [image: https://pictures.reuters.com/archive/USA-CHINA-ARTIFICIALINTELLIGENCE-RC1A47528E30.html] What if pilots could control swarms of unmannned drones from their cockpit? *Key Point:* Currently it takes a team of people to operate one drone. In the future one person will be able to control up to one hundred of them. The Air Force and DARPA are now testing new hardware and software configured to enable 4th-Generation aircraft to command drones from the cockpit in the air, bringing new levels of autonomy, more attack options and a host of new reconna... more »

BIG PHARMA: The 8 Most Dangerous Medicines on Earth…Are You Taking Any of These? – By S. D. Wells (Archive)

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 2 hours ago
Originally posted on RIELPOLITIK: Source – naturalnews.com – “…Many “Western” medicines are made in laboratories using chemicals and are highly experimental, and worse yet, they’re never tested on humans, except when they’re actually prescribed, applied, or injected into them. Humans are the ultimate guinea pigs in America, while Big Pharma pockets trillions in profit” The…

Neonatal nurse says government-mandated vaccines are “destroying an entire generation of children”

Pam Vernon at Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch - 2 hours ago
Originally posted on NationalAddictionNews.com: The VAXXED II film bus is currently touring the country in promotion of this groundbreaking sequel to the original VAXXED documentary. And one of the people interviewed by tour host and actress Polly Tommey was Michelle Rowton, a neonatal nurse who wasn’t shy in declaring that the conventional medical system is “destroying an entire generation of…

LGBT Agenda: ‘Grooming Of The Next Generation’ – From Drag Queens To Sprite Commercials, The Gay Mafia Is Coming After Your Children

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
LGBT Agenda: ‘Grooming Of The Next Generation’ – From Drag Queens To Sprite Commercials, The Gay Mafia Is Coming After Your Children by Susan Duclos – All News PipeLine In May 2018, Gallup found that the “percentage of American adults identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) increased to 4.5% in 2017, up from 4.1% in 2016,” …

Trump’s ‘Favorable’ Policy Instincts Obstructed by Neocons, Foreign Interests & the Arms Lobby at Every Turn – Ron Paul

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
Trump’s ‘Favorable’ Policy Instincts Obstructed by Neocons, Foreign Interests & the Arms Lobby at Every Turn – Ron Paul by https://www.rt.com/ Despite President Trump’s periodic calls to scale back some of America’s “endless wars,” they continue unabated thanks to pressure from an elite sect of pro-war interests in Washington and beyond, former lawmaker Ron Paul …

Fed Chair Powell Avoid Admitting QE4 Has Begun & Repocalypse Is Imminent

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
Fed Chair Powell Avoid Admitting QE4 Has Begun & Repocalypse Is Imminent by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ The Fed’s balance sheet is expanding at a record rate and ‘turn’ repo rates are soaring (despite endless daily liquidity provisions); so today’s FOMC press conference will be fun to see Powell squirm as he desperately avoids any admission that The …

Is Zoltan’s Market Doomsday Imminent? Here Are The Two Things To Watch

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
Is Zoltan’s Market Doomsday Imminent? Here Are The Two Things To Watch by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ In the aftermath of Zoltan Pozsar’s stunning “doomsday” report about an upcoming crisis in the repo market, which we discussed extensively yesterday, and which predicted that the Fed may “lose control of overnight rates” leading to a vicious dislocation in …

The Fed’s Repo QE: The Underlying Problems Are Escalating

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
The Fed’s Repo QE: The Underlying Problems Are Escalating by https://investmentresearchdynamics.com/ Pressures are already building on the financial stability front that will make the next economic downturn messier than anticipated.” – Bill Dudley, former President of the NY Fed – I get irritated when I see mainstream media and alternative mainstream media parroting the propaganda used …

Bank Bailouts Hit $362B…Second Highest! (Bix Weir)

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
RoadtoRoota On Sept 11, 2019 the Banks got attacked by the Good Guys AGAIN! This time it was in the all important Repo Market and NOW they are on their last legs. End of Year this time may mean End of Game! end

Finally the Real Cause of Repo Madness – John Rubino #4597

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 2 hours ago
FSN GoldandSilver Remember just a few months ago when repo rates went from 1 percent to 10 percent overnight. The Fed assured us that it was because of quarterly tax payments, or who knows may it was a YouTube video that caused the meltdown. Well, we speculated from the get go that it was one …

Did Ukraine Donate More Than Any Country to the Clinton Foundation?

Bethania Palma at Snopes.com - 3 hours ago
A meme circulating on social media was posted amid impeachment proceedings against U.S. President Donald Trump.

Can Astronomy Explain the Biblical Star of Bethlehem?

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 3 hours ago
What was the celestial body the three wise men followed 2,000 years ago?

The U.S. Navy's Frankenstein Project: Combine an Aircraft Carrier and a Battleship

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * [image: https://pictures.reuters.com/archive/USA-BATTLESHIP-IOWA-GM2E86A0QB801.html] Could it have worked? *Key Point:* Today the Iowa-class battleship is a floating relic, but the idea keeps getting revisited. In the early 1980s, the Reagan Administration was looking to fund high visibility defense programs. Reagan had been elected on a platform of rebuilding the armed services after the “hollowing out” of the early 1970s. One example was the reactivation of four World War II-era Iowa-class battleships, which started in 1982. Each of the four shi... more »

Christmas cheer

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 3 hours ago
I received the most delightful Christmas letter today from a friend with ALS. She is focusing on living, not dying. She's so thankful to be in her specially equipped home with home health aides and doing ordinary things we take for granted like attending church and shopping and getting her hair styled because she was in nursing care for awhile after aspiration pneumonia. Her friends visit, call, send cards, bring gifts and send flowers, and her husband is with her. Thanks for an uplifting message, old friend.

Multistate cannabis operator MedMen reveals another round of layoffs

John Schroyer at Marijuana Business Daily - 3 hours ago
Vertically integrated marijuana company MedMen, one of the most high-profile cannabis retailers in the U.S., announced more layoffs on Wednesday. “This week, the company provided layoff notices to an additional 20% of its corporate-level employees,” MedMen said in a news release. “In total, over the past 30 days, the company has strategically reduced its corporate […] Multistate cannabis operator MedMen reveals another round of layoffs is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Coordinated Global Action Is the Best Way to Control the Fall Armyworm Pest

ROME, Dec 11 (IPS) - A new USD 500 million initiative by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is leading the way. Dealing with transboundary pests is tricky at the best of times. Standards, practices, capacity levels and engagement vary across countries and regions, and responses are often ad hoc and ineffective. However, matters become even more complex when the pest in question flies over borders, threatens the food security and livelihoods of millions, and causes severe environmental and economic damage along the way. Fall Armyworm is such a pest. Read t... more »

Taking Bangladesh to Zero-Leprosy, One New Case at a Time

DHAKA, Bangladesh, Dec 11 (IPS) - Sandhya Mandal has never felt so vindicated. For the past four years, the 36-year-old community health worker from Meherpur – a rural district bordering India – has been traveling 50 km every day along dusty roads on an old motorbike, searching for leprosy patients who needed urgent treatment. But in her community, instead of compliments, neighbours and relatives raised questions about her work and her character. "They ask why I come home so late and what is this ‘work' that I really do. Some even imply that I might be doing something like prostit... more »

Nippon Foundation Announces US$ 2m Support for the Education of Rohingya Children in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Bangladesh, Dec 11 (IPS) - In the light of limited access to education for displaced Rohingya children, the Nippon Foundation has announced US$ 2 million support to BRAC to launch a project to ensure educational facilities to both Rohingya and local community children. Read the full story, “Nippon Foundation Announces US$ 2m Support for the Education of Rohingya Children in Bangladesh”, on globalissues.org →

Aung San Suu Kyi Defends Myanmar from Accusations of Genocide, at Top UN Court

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 11 (IPS) - Myanmar will have "no tolerance" for human rights abuses committed in Rakhine state and will prosecute the military, if war crimes have been committed there, Aung San Suu Kyi told the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the UN's main judicial body, on Wednesday. Read the full story, “Aung San Suu Kyi Defends Myanmar from Accusations of Genocide, at Top UN Court”, on globalissues.org →

Why Africa is Seeking Special Considerations on Climate Finance

MADRID, Dec 11 (IPS) - As the 25th session of climate negotiations draw to an end this week, the African Group of Negotiators (AGN) have been calling on the world to consider the continent as a special case in terms of implementation of the Paris Agreement and climate finance. Read the full story, “Why Africa is Seeking Special Considerations on Climate Finance”, on globalissues.org →

A Reflect on Why the Current Case Against Myanmar in ICJ Is Crucial

NEW YORK, Dec 11 (IPS) - Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has arrived at the Hague to defend Myanmar at the International Court of Justice, against charges of genocide of the Rohingya people, as brought on by the Gambia. Read the full story, “A Reflect on Why the Current Case Against Myanmar in ICJ Is Crucial”, on globalissues.org →

Calls for 'water emergency' declaration as Tamborine Mountain school runs dry

Bern Young, Jennifer Huxley And Charmaine Kane at Just In - 3 hours ago
Students at Tamborine Mountain State School have been told to bring extra water bottles to class as bubblers run dry due to low bore supplies.

World's largest live export ship to sell for $77m

Daniel Fitzgerald at Just In - 3 hours ago
Live exporter Wellard's stocks have gone up after it announced a deal to sell a live export ship capable of carrying as many as 75,000 sheep.

Liam Gallagher show shut down mid-song in Melbourne, prompting boos from fans

Paul Donoughue at Just In - 3 hours ago
The former Oasis frontman had his sound cut at 11:00pm, making a lie of his earlier assertion that "there's no curfews for rock and roll".

'Devastated' Westpac directors face shareholder accusations of incompetence

David Chau at Just In - 3 hours ago
Westpac's board is fronting shareholders for the first time since it was charged with breaching anti-money laundering laws 23 million times and inadvertently facilitating payments for child sex abuse.

$16 billion beer, cider, spirits deal may lead to price hangover for drinkers, warns ACCC

Stephen Letts at Just In - 3 hours ago
ACCC finds Asahi's takeover of CUB hard to stomach as it would lead to an even more concentrated beer and cider market which could take the lid off prices.

Two men charged over suspicious death in South Australia

Just In - 3 hours ago
A body is found in an open area of land east of Adelaide, leading to the arrest of two local men.

NSW environment department fined for polluting ski resort creek — again

Peta Doherty at Just In - 3 hours ago
A New South Wales Government agency has been convicted for polluting a waterway that runs through the Perisher ski resort in the Snowy Mountains.

Retailers feel the curse of Black Friday as online shopping events transform the Christmas sales

Emily Piesse at Just In - 3 hours ago
With Christmas less than two weeks away, retailers face pressure to cut prices just when consumer spending is usually strongest after major online sales campaigns Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

'My nana would shoot me if anything happened to this house': Slim Dusty's childhood home saved from fire

Michael Cavanagh at Just In - 3 hours ago
Amid NSW bushfire destruction, there was one property a community was desperate to save — the house Slim Dusty grew up in.

Authorities seize 800,000 bottles of alcohol in fraud raids across Sydney and Melbourne

Just In - 3 hours ago
Two men from Sydney are charged and a depot licence cancelled after authorities raided properties to disrupt an alleged criminal syndicate accused of rorting millions through unpaid duty on imported alcohol.

'Stolen' Klimt masterpiece worth $97m found inside secret hidey-hole

Just In - 3 hours ago
A painting by famed Austrian artist Gustav Klimt was at the centre of an art world theft mystery for more than 20 years. Now it may have been found in the most unlikely place.

Wednesday Night Cat Blogging

Unknown at Accidental Deliberations - 3 hours ago
Poised cats.

NDAA 2020: New $738 Billion Pentagon Giveaway Stripped of Antiwar Measures

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 3 hours ago
*21WIRE + Antiwar.com* | The final NDAA 2020 bill passed the U.S. House 377-48, allowing The Pentagon to continue its endless wars.

Northern Pulp lobbyists and the revolving door with government

Joan Baxter at Halifax Examiner - 3 hours ago
In February this year, Mary Campbell drew our attention to a video clip of New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, known affectionately as AOC, questioning witnesses at a hearing by the US House Oversight and Reform Committee. AOC was pointing out how much members of Congress can legally get away with, even when it looks an […]

Ocasio-Cortez Says Fox News Airs ‘Unmitigated Racism’

AP News at Snopes.com - 3 hours ago
After Fox News' Tucker Carlson aired a segment describing her congressional district as "filled with garbage," U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized the network for airing "unmitigated racism" with no accountability.

Mayo P.-- Through A Music Industry Screen

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago
Want to get the pulse of the music business? That's what Bob Lefsetz's newsletter does. Tonight's guest post is one he did for his blog over the weekend: *Buttigieg*, which is the alternative name many people call Mayo Pete. He began with a link to a *New York Times* piece: Buttigieg Struggles to Square Transparency With Lack of Disclosure on Consulting. Raise your hand if you know what McKinsey is… It might as well be Blackwater! This is what it’s come down to folks, whether you want business as usual, rule by the monied elite, or a revolution. The Republicans had a revoluti... more »

House Judiciary Committee Debates Articles of Impeachment – 7:00pm ET Livestream…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 4 hours ago
Tonight the House Judiciary Committee is urgently rushing to debate articles of impeachment against President Trump. The hearing begins at 7:00pm ET. ♦Article One is “Abuse of power” – and structured on a false premise that President Trump “exercised the … Continue reading →

Why Russia's Dream of a 'Super' Aircraft Carrier Died

Paul Richard Huard at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Paul Richard Huard* *History, Europe* [image: Reuters] No empire, no super carrier. *Key point:* Without money and political will, Moscow could not build its super carrier. Had she ever sailed, the Soviet supercarrier *Ulyanovsk *would have been a naval behemoth more than 1,000 feet long, with an 85,000-ton displacement and enough storage to carry an air group of up to 70 fixed and rotary wing aircraft. With a nuclear-powered engine — and working in conjunction with other Soviet surface warfare vessels and submarines — the supercarrier would have steamed through the oceans wit... more »

Lisa Page Sues FBI & DOJ, Demands Reimbursement for "Therapy"

Luis Miguel at rss - 4 hours ago
[image: lisa-pages-sues-fbi-doj-demands-reimbursement-for-therapy] Former FBI lawyer Lisa Page said the government's publication of her text messages and subsequent mocking by Trump caused her emotional distress.

Can You Make An Aircraft Carrier Stealthy? Depends On Their Planes.

David Axe at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, * [image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_MQ-25_Stingray#/media/File:Boeing_MQ-25_Stingray.JPG] The U.S. Navy is going to try to give our carriers a major upgrade. *Key Point:* These unmanned drones are the future of aircraft carriers. The U.S. Navy on Aug. 30, 2018 chose Chicago-based Boeing to build the sailing branch’s first carrier-launched unmanned aerial vehicle. In choosing Boeing to build the MQ-25 Stingray multi-mission tanker, the Navy has opened the next major chapter in a story that began in the mid-1990s, when the sailing branch worked a... more »

Meet The M103: America's Heavy Tiger Tank That Was Late To World War II

Michael Peck at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, * Better late than never. *Key point: *Even with its flaws, the M103 was still useful. By 1945, the U.S. Army had cause to regret one of its most fateful choices of World War II: the decision not to build heavy tanks. Its M4 Sherman medium tank was a decent enough armored fighting vehicle when it entered combat in 1942. Yet by the end of the war, the thirty-ton Sherman had repeatedly been pulverized by heavier German tanks like the sixty-ton Tiger, which had a bigger gun and thicker armor. The Germans and Soviets both employed heavy tanks as breakthroug... more »

What Does Biden's Immigration Plan Say About Obama Administration Deportations?

The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Politics, Americas* [image: Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the Teamsters Vote 2020 Presidential Forum in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S., December 7, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton] He's been attacked over it in the past. *Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe Biden released his immigration plan Wednesday, pledging to dismantle a number of the Trump administration’s key immigration policies. * - *Biden called for an end to Remain in Mexico, reinstatement of DACA, and raising the refugee cap to nearly ... more »

CNN Blasted for 'Weak Editor's Note' After Inspector General Report Tears into Manafort Story

Chris White at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Chris White* *Politics, Americas* [image: The CNN Headquarters is pictured in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., October 29, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Aluka Berry] Womp, womp. Washington Post media critic Erik Wemple lambasted CNN Wednesday for adding what he described as a “weak editor’s note” to a story about former Trump campaign adviser Paul Manafort. Wemple devoted a Dec. 11 editorial to CNN’s decision Monday to apply an editor’s note to a 2017 story about Manafort following the Inspector General’s report on the FBI’s potential abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Th... more »

Inspector General Michael Horowitz Excorciates FBI Agents Who Spied on Trump Campaign

Chuck Ross at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Chuck Ross* *Politics, Americas* [image: U.S. Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing] 'It's pretty bad,' he said. Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz pulled no punches Wednesday when describing the actions of FBI agents who withheld information regarding Carter Page in order to obtain surveillance warrants against the Trump campaign aide. “It’s pretty bad,” Horowitz told the Senate Judiciary Committee. Horowitz offered the assessment during an exchange with Sen. Lindsey Graham, the chairman ... more »

North Korea's Army Is Weak, but Its Nuclear Weapons Are Deadly

Daniel R. DePetris at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Daniel R. DePetris* *Security, Asia* [image: Reuters] Here's what we know. *Key point:* North Korea is deadly but really mostly because of its nuclear weapons. How might the Trump administration go about dealing with the North Korean issue? The typical options are on the table: more stringent economic sanctions on Pyongyang’s revenue sources; unconditional dialogue with the North Korean leadership; third-party sanctions on Chinese entities enmeshed in DPRK dealings; and, in the most extreme case, a preemptive U.S. air strike on its nuclear facilities. Interestingly enough, if T... more »

Pentagon Inspector General Investigating Trump's Border Security Measures

Jason Hopkins at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Jason Hopkins* *Politics, Americas* [image: Guatemalan migrant Ledy Perez embraces her son Anthony while praying to ask a member of the Mexican National Guard to let them cross into the United States, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, July 22, 2019. Reuters Photographer Jose Luis Gonzalez] It will be 'to examine the use of military personnel along the southern border,' acting Inspector General Glenn Fine said. The Pentagon’s Office of Inspector General has opened a review into President Donald Trump’s deployment of military personnel to the U.S.-Mexico border following calls ... more »

Musical Interlude: Chuck Wild, Liquid Mind, “Journey To Peace”

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
Chuck Wild, Liquid Mind, “Journey To Peace”

Hillary Clinton’s Six Foreign-Policy Catastrophes

Eric Zuesse at The Duran - 4 hours ago
INTRODUCTION TO THIS UPDATED REPUBLICATION Though Hillary Clinton will, of course, be the direct topic here, we are now in the primaries-season for the 2020 elections, and almost all of the contenders for the Democratic Party nomination — and especially Biden, Buttigieg, and all of the others, except for Sanders and Gabbard — are foreign-policy […] More The post Hillary Clinton’s Six Foreign-Policy Catastrophes appeared first on The Duran.

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 11, 2019

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 4 hours ago
*Frank Langfitt, NPR*: *U.K. Election: Voters Hope To Decide Brexit's Fate And Their Country's Future* Voters in the United Kingdom head to the polls Thursday for a crucial election that could determine the country's future, and how and when it will break off from the European Union. This will be the fifth major vote in the country in less than five years — including two previous general elections, European Parliament elections and the Brexit referendum — a sign of how chaotic British politics have become. The stakes are high, voters are weary and the two main candidates for prime... more »

More steps toward an open world

David Brin at CONTRARY BRIN - 5 hours ago
Okay, in this midweek roundup let's take a break to veer toward an area of "expertise." At least somewhat pertaining to what's new in the world of *transparency*.... but first... *== A troubled world – and the superpower in decline ==* We have a president who is “in love” with one brutal communist dictator, “on very good terms” with another, and utterly obedient to a brutal dictator who claims to be an “ex” communist, though surrounded now by mafia-oligarchs who were all – every one – raised reciting Leninist catechisms. And now… North Korea has released pictures of a new submarin... more »

Myanmar charged with genocide of Rohingya Muslims: 5 essential reads

Catesby Holmes, Religion Editor | International Editor, The Conversation US at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 5 hours ago
Dozens of Muslim-majority countries are asking the UN's International Criminal Court to investigate and prosecute a 2017 massacre in Myanmar that killed an estimated 10,000 Rohingya Muslims.

Burger Fan Jack Black Says ‘It’s Time For Everyone To Consider Going Vegan’

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 5 hours ago
Jack Black is an enthusiast of a good burger. Even so, he recently says everyone should consider going vegan, although he admitted he has not yet made the switch himself. The comedian made the comments during a recent WIRED Autocomplete Interview, where celebrities answer the internet’s most searched questions about themselves. Black appeared on the […] The post Burger Fan Jack Black Says ‘It’s Time For Everyone To Consider Going Vegan’ appeared first on Health Nut News.

International Colloquium denounces crimes of UN Mission in Haiti

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 5 hours ago
Delegates from over 100 organizations gathered in in Port-au-Prince to bring to account those responsible for the 15 years of UN occupation in Haiti and design a strategy for justice and reparations for the survivors

Nuclear Arms Agreement on Trump-Lavrov Meeting Agendas, as British Empire Presses Coup

adam at LaRouchePAC Feed - 5 hours ago
[image: President Donald J. Trump welcomes Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019, to the Oval Office of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)] In the middle of the impeachment circus engulfing Washington, in which the frenzied congressional Democrats issued two lying articles of impeachment Monday in pursuit of the British attempted coup d’état against the United States, President Donald Trump did two things—each more odious than the other in the eyes of the British, who are out to overthrow his government. First, he met in the Wh... more »

Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing Video II: We excerpted the best parts for you

adam at LaRouchePAC Feed - 5 hours ago
[image: Justice Department IG Testifies on FISA Abuse Allegations (CSPAN)] *There are going to be more breaking developments. Get updates as soon as we post them, text SC20 to (800)929-7566 - You can text STOP to leave at anytime.* Here are the clips we have chosen for our audience as summarizing the disturbing facts presented by Inspector General Horowitz. This is our second video of the day. We thought Lindsey Graham’s opening was a fair statement of the contents of the report and have posted that separately. The Democrats had a strategy toward this report: cite President Trump’s ... more »

Corporate New Streetwalker Didn’t See That Coming

NMT at   - 5 hours ago
Local news reporter Alex Bozarjian felt “violated, objectified, and embarrassed” when a passing marathon runner grabbed her butt on live TV. Hopefully we’ll be seeing more of that. Corporate media tools dish out nothing but disrespect and objectification, they should be braced to take the comeuppance. Sexual assault is not appropriate, but a slap or... more »

Iran’s IRGC allegedly surrounds US aircraft carrier near Strait of Hormuz: photo

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 5 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:45 P.M.) – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) allegedly surrounded a U.S. aircraft carrier group as it was transiting the imperative Strait of Hormuz. According to reports, the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier group was escorted by 20 small craft from the IRGC’s Navy. The Defence Blog reported that one of the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russian Air Force enters Idlib battle for first time in days

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 5 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:30 P.M.) – After taking a brief hiatus due to weather, the Russian Air Force has resumed its attack on the Idlib Governorate this evening. According to a Syrian military report from the Idlib Governorate, Russian warplanes heavily targeted the jihadist positions at the abandoned battalion base near the Abu Dhuhour Airport. The […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Breaking: New rocket attack reported at Baghdad Airport

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 5 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:10 P.M.) – For the second time in a week, unknown rockets have targeted Baghdad International Airport’s surroundings. According to preliminary reports, two rocket Katyusha rockets landed near the Baghdad International Airport, triggering the emergency sirens at the site. No casualties have been reported. Earlier this week, the U.S. authorities accused the Iranian-backed […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Egyptian Navy flexes might in Mediterranean amid tensions with Turkey

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 5 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:20 P.M.) – The Egyptian Navy has carried out a number of combat activities of professional quality aimed at imposing maritime control over the economic areas of the sea and securing vital targets in deep waters. According to the statement of the Egyptian military spokesman, a combat naval formation consisting of naval units […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russia, Iran, Turkey condemn illegal seizure of oil revenues in Syria

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 5 hours ago
The guarantors of the Astana process — Russia, Iran and Turkey — condemn the illegal seizure of oil revenues in Syria, the three countries said in a joint statement following the 14th round of international talks on Syria held in Kazakhstan’s capital of Astana. According to the statement, the three guarantor countries “expressed their opposition […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Turkey is transferring terrorists from Idlib to Libya: Jaafari

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 5 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:40 P.M.) – The leader negotiator for the Syrian at the Astana Peace Conference, Dr. Bashar Al-Ja’afari, stated at the final session of the meeting on Wednesday that Turkey was transporting terrorists from Idlib to Libya. “Turkey is transporting terrorists from Libya to Idlib and from Idlib to Libya,” noting that “the Idlib […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

US ranked as largest air force in the world, Russia and China come in 2nd and 3rd

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 5 hours ago
Russia continues to rank second in the world by the number of its operational military aircraft, according to the World Air Forces 2020 review published by the Flight International leading global aerospace magazine on Wednesday. As of December 2019, Russia operates 4,163 military aircraft and helicopters of various designation or 8% of the global military […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

US, NATO do not view YPG as foreign terrorist group: DoD

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 5 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:00 P.M.) – The U.S. and NATO do not view the People’s Protection Units (YPG) in Syria as a foreign terrorist group, the U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said on Wednesday, as reported by a CNN correspondent. Esper said: “We have fundamentally different views, we being the United States and our NATO […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Israel is not ready for war: ex-IDF general

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 5 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:30 P.M.) A high-ranking Israeli general told an audience this week that the Israeli military is not ready for war, despite the threats they are facing along their borders. The Hebrew-language Channel 7 news released a video on Tuesday of General Yitzhak Brick, the former head of the complaints committee in the Israeli […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Exposing the Global Warming Scam

Robert at Ice Age Now - 5 hours ago
“Some very irresponsible folks are hyping and exaggerating the impacts of the minor global warming we have had so far, sending vulnerable folks into a panic…. it is just wrong, and the harm they are doing to members of our community is substantial and unconscionable…. it is unethical, ungrounded in science.” – Long-time professor of ... Read moreExposing the Global Warming Scam The post Exposing the Global Warming Scam appeared first on Ice Age Now.

MJBizDaily, Cowen ink cannabis information distribution deal

John Rebchook at Marijuana Business Daily - 5 hours ago
Marijuana Business Daily and New York-based financial investment advisory firm Cowen on Wednesday announced an exclusive partnership in which MJBizDaily will distribute Cowen’s cannabis industry reports and MJ policy research. Distribution of Cowen’s cannabis-related research by MJBizDaily is expected to launch in the first quarter of 2020. Cowen’s cannabis research features Wall Street analyst Vivien Azer. “This partnership […] MJBizDaily, Cowen ink cannabis information distribution deal is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis ... more »

MJBizCon 2019: Cannabis industry recognizes year’s challenges as it looks forward to longer-term growth

Laura Hamilton at Marijuana Business Daily - 5 hours ago
LAS VEGAS – Members of the cannabis industry’s brain trust used the first day of MJBizCon to share predictions for 2020 and describe how changing attitudes in the United States might affect future marijuana legalization efforts – plus more coverage from this week’s conference in Las Vegas. In his keynote presentation Wednesday, Chris Walsh, president and […] MJBizCon 2019: Cannabis industry recognizes year’s challenges as it looks forward to longer-term growth is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

"If You Were Not Cast Into The Abyss..."

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
"If you were not cast into the abyss, you would have never groped, reached as far as you could reach, to grasp for anything that you could possibly touch, anything that you could possibly feel brushing against your fingertips! Funny how in the darkness, we come to find the things that we never saw before all the lights departed! It's like someone needed to turn the lights out, to make us find all the things that we never looked for when the lights were on! And it's in that blackness that we wake up to the true light! My friends, curse not the darkness! It has given you many things!... more »

"A Look to the Heavens"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
"Over 400,000 light years across NGC 6872 is an enormous spiral galaxy, at least 4 times the size of our own very large Milky Way. About 200 million light-years distant, toward the southern constellation Pavo, the Peacock, the remarkable galaxy's stretched out shape is due to its ongoing gravitational interaction, likely leading to an eventual merger, with the nearby smaller galaxy IC 4970. IC 4970 is seen just below and right of the giant galaxy's core in this cosmic color portrait from the 8 meter Gemini South telescope in Chile. *Click image for larger size.* The idea to image t... more »

Chet Raymo, "Nebula"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
* "Nebula"* by Chet Raymo "This APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day)is the planetary nebula known as Abell 39, an almost perfectly spherical shell of gas blown off by a Sun-like star in the final throes of its life. The name, planetary nebula, has nothing to do with planets per se. The name derives from a time- late 18th century- when these frequently disk-shaped objects, seen with less resolution than today, appeared planet-like in a telescope. *Click image for larger size.* You can find dozens of images of planetary nebulae on the APOD or Hubble web sites, but few are as beautiful... more »

IG Modifies FISA Report, Adds Declassification Aspect Per DOJ (Barr?)…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 5 hours ago
Well, it looks like some efforts have paid off. In an unusual update two days after the IG report was published, the IG modifies the report content. See Update Notification Below: Apparently the DOJ and FBI had a change of … Continue reading →

Horowitz Testimony: “The Only FISA We Found That Existed Was The One For Carter Page”…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 5 hours ago
Amid the investigative and research questions over the past several years, there was always a question about who, within thee Trump orbit, may have been subject to FISA court authorized surveillance during their activity in 2016. Because they were initially … Continue reading →

“DNA-Based” Vaccines Are In Our Future: They Will “Literally Change Your DNA”

WTStaff at Waking Times - 5 hours ago
*Mac Slavo* - The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has launched efforts to create a vaccine that would literally alter our DNA to protect against the flu.

Prince Andrew Must Testify in Epstein Court Cases, Says Accusers’ Lawyer

WTStaff at Waking Times - 5 hours ago
*Emma Fiala* - "Be a man, stand up for what you believe and what you're saying is the truth and come forward."

For years the banking sector was gold mine for Russian FSB/KGB and their pals

Bob Dinn at balance10 - 5 hours ago
12-9-19 For years the banking sector was a gold mine for the security services, combining huge, often-illicit flows of cash with plenty of leeway for officials to either turn the screws or look the other way. The numbers are big even by oil-rich Russian standards. Regulators—including the central bank—say managers stole some 7 trillion rubles ($110 billion) in assets from their banks in the past decade, and the central bank has spent more than 5 trillion rubles on bailouts or to pay off depositors at those that didn’t survive, according to Fitch Ratings.... Failing banks could be kept a... more »

Putin and the ‘Biden Memorial Pipeline’ to China

Geopolitics101 at Covert Geopolitics - 5 hours ago
In early 2014 Washington staged a blatant coup d’etat in Ukraine breaking the historic relationship with Russia and setting the stage for the subsequent NATO demonization of Russia. The one in charge for the Obama Administration of the Ukraine coup was then-Vice President Joe Biden. Today a bizarre Democrat impeachment attempt aimed at President Donald … Continue reading Putin and the ‘Biden Memorial Pipeline’ to China →

"Do You Believe..."

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
"Do you believe," said Candide, 'that men have always massacred each other as they do today, that they have always been liars, cheats, traitors, ingrates, brigands, idiots, thieves, scoundrels, gluttons, drunkards, misers, envious, ambitious, bloody-minded, calumniators, debauchees, fanatics, hypocrites, and fools?" "Do you believe," said Martin, "that hawks have always eaten pigeons when they have found them?" - Voltaire

"Beginning With A Line From Neruda"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
*"Beginning With A Line From Neruda"* By Gary Corseri "Puedo escribir versos mas tristes esta noche." ("Tonight I can write sadder verses.") - Neruda "Because the moon has disappeared from grief. Because the children weep for their parents. Because memories are whitewashed" and stolen. Because words have lost their meaning. Because I have lived through this before. Because, I assure you, this does not end well. Neither Nature nor Nurture can save us. Because we have murdered Nature. Because we are peasants in a land of thieves. Because we are beyond consolation. Because beauty is sold ... more »

"Few Really Ask..."

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
"Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world - few really ask. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the answers they have already shaped in their own minds - justifications, confirmations, forms of consolation without which they can't go on. To really ask is to open the door to a whirlwind. The answer may annihilate the question and the questioner." - Anne Rice, “The Vampire Lestat”

"Just Remember..."

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
*Even more profoundly...* "If This Doesn't Make You Feel Small, Nothing Will..."

"The 5 Commandments"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
*"The 5 Commandments"* "*First commandment:* there ain't no such thing as "one true way" and the way you find is only good for you, not anybody else, because your interpretation of what you see and feel and understand as the truth is never going to be the same as anyone else's. *Second commandment:* the only answers worth having are the ones you find for yourself. *Third commandment: *leave the world better than you found it. *Fourth commandment:* if it isn't true, going to do some good, or spread a little love around, don't say it, do it, or think it. *Fifth commandment:* there ... more »

A climate alarmist no more….

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 5 hours ago
Source: Heartland’s Climate Realist Forum from Madrid at the link below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3W8E..

The Queen Was Not Amused!!

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 5 hours ago
CNN’s @donlemon got absolutely Triggered over @TrumpWarRoom’s Thanos meme. pic.twitter.com/SExbo62Ggh — ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) December 11, 2019 *~* Thank You *WHATFINGER NEWS* for the Linkage! *~*

The Worlds First “Fake-Meat Steaks” Made From Fungi Announced By Startup

WTStaff at Waking Times - 5 hours ago
*Mayukh Saha* - A startup based in Colorado is making an entry into the world of alternative meat – but they are doing it in a different way.

EPA Watchdog: White House Blocked Part of Truck Pollution Investigation, Caused Lack of Public Information

WTStaff at Waking Times - 5 hours ago
*Jordan Davidson* - The Trump administration pushed through an exemption to clean air rules, effectively freeing heavy polluting, super-cargo trucks from following clean air rules.

World News Briefs -- December 11, 2019 (Evening Edition)

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 5 hours ago
*NPR:* *General election 2019: Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn make last pitches of campaign* Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn are focusing on Brexit and public services in their final hours of campaigning. In their last interviews with the BBC ahead of Thursday's poll, Mr Johnson repeated his main pledges, saying: "Only if you get Brexit done [can you] move the country forward." Meanwhile, Mr Corbyn said there was a "greater understanding" from the public that the country "cannot go on with underfunded public services". The polls will open at 07:00 GMT. Both leaders held their f... more »

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