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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, December 27, 2019

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

10 pm MST

How Climate Talk Got Crazy

Hifast at Climate Collections - 8 minutes ago
Originally posted on Science Matters: Dr. Arnd Bernaerts in a recent article provides the historical context necessary to get our bearings straight despite today’s overheated, bizarre media-drenched tirades. As he explains, climate has always been particular and personal, not global or objective. And that has led us into our current impasse, unable to talk productively…

Ron Paul's Liberty Year in Review

RPI Staff at 31 minutes ago
How did peace and liberty do in 2019? Are we successfully making the case for a peaceful foreign policy and pushing back against the police state at home? Ron Paul Institute founder Ron Paul sits down with Institute director Daniel McAdams to look back over the year at the Ron Paul Institute and to lay out plans for the big year ahead! Please consider taking advantage of the tax benefits of making a year-end, tax deductible donation to the Ron Paul Institute before midnight on December 31st! We know their system of endless war and intervention are failing. More importantly, they know... more »

Russia's APS Spetsnaz Rifle Can Fire Underwater, But How Good Is It?

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 46 minutes ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Europe* We take a look. *Key point: *The APS is so specialized for underwater use it is not a very good land weapon. The widespread use of combat divers, more commonly known as frogmen, led to the inevitable question: how do frogmen from opposing sides kill each other when they meet underwater? In response, during the 1970s the Soviet Union developed an underwater assault rifle, the APS, that is still used by Russia today. The unusual-looking weapon is so uniquely suited to fighting under the surface of the waves it rapidly degrades if used on land. T... more »

One Dimensional Thinking

tonyheller at Real Climate Science - 1 hour ago

Bushfires and drought to help depopulate the bush making way for smart cities

Editor, cairnsnews at Cairns News - 1 hour ago
Is the directed energy weapon used to make way for an infrastructure of “smart cities” in Australia? More than 700 homes destroyed by wildfire Source photo : Copyright © 2019 Lockheed Martin Corporation by Guy Boulianne in Montreal “Our fiber lasers operate with an efficiency that generates less heat and exists in a smaller housing […]

Do your bit to save the planet – buy a CO2 generator

Editor, cairnsnews at Cairns News - 1 hour ago
Johnson CO2 Generator Carbon dioxide is one of the essential ingredients in green plant growth, and is a primary environmental factor in greenhouses. CO2 enrichment at 2, 3 or 4 times natural concentration will cause plants to grow faster and improve plant quality and help save the planet. Modern growers are becoming increasingly aware of […]

How 335,000,000 People Could Die in a Nuclear War in 3 Days

Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest - 1 hour ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, * While the threat of nuclear war between the United States and Soviet Union has ended, the United States now faces the prospect of a similar war with Russia or China. *Key point: *It's even worse today than during the Cold War. It is no exaggeration to say that for those who grew up during the Cold War, all-out nuclear war was “the ultimate nightmare.” The prospect of an ordinary day interrupted by air-raid sirens, klaxons and the searing heat of a thermonuclear explosion was a very real, albeit remote, possibility. Television shows such as *The Day A... more »

For Sale! Russia Is Showing Off Its Su-35 Stealth Fighter

Mark Episkopos at The National Interest - 1 hour ago
*Mark Episkopos* *Security, * Russia wants money. *Key point: *While prolonged aerial refueling footage is hardly exciting from a military hardware viewpoint, a series of videos demonstrating the Su-57 as a viable, near-finished product can prove useful as part of a larger Russian campaign to woo prospective investors. Footage recently released by the Russian Ministry of Defense shows Russia's flagship fifth-generation stealth fighter, the Su-57, being aerially refueled by an Il-78 tanker. Before this, the Su-57 can be seen imitating a refueling formation behind an An-12 transpo... more »

Musical interlude

Unknown at Accidental Deliberations - 1 hour ago
Caribou - You and I

"'Decline Is Now Inevitable' - Dennis Meadows On 'The Limits To Growth"

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
*"'Decline Is Now Inevitable' - * *Dennis Meadows On 'The Limits To Growth"* by Adam Taggart "Fifty years ago, an international team of researchers was commissioned by the Club of Rome to build a computer simulation of exponential economic and population growth on a finite planet. In 1971, its findings were first released in Moscow and Rio de Janeiro, and later published in 1972 under the title 'The Limits To Growth'. The report concluded: Given business as usual, i.e., no changes to historical growth trends, the limits to growth on earth would become evident by 2072, leading to “s... more »

Musical Interlude: Neil H, “The Remembering”

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
Neil H, “The Remembering”

Presidential Candidate Joe Biden Promises to Obstruct Justice to Prove His ‘Resistance’ Bona Fides…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 2 hours ago
Presidential candidate Joe Biden was asked today what he would do if he received a subpoena from the Senate and Supreme Court Justice John Roberts. Holding himself up as an example of a particularly entitled class of DC persons who … Continue reading →

Atkinson’s SSCI Confirmation Transcript Shows Senator Warner Focus on Whistle-blower Controls…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 2 hours ago
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) holds confirmation authority over leaders appointed to the intelligence community. Chairman Burr and Vice-Chairman Warner participated in the IC effort to target and remove President Trump from office. You might remember recently how … Continue reading →

Navy SEALs call Edward Gallagher 'freaking evil' in leaked videos

Just In - 2 hours ago
Navy SEALs describe how their former chief whose battlefield misconduct case President Donald Trump intervened in seemed to love killing, saying he targeted women and children and boasted that "burqas were flying".

Warnings of humanitarian crisis in Syria as thousands flee Russian-backed offensive

Just In - 2 hours ago
Almost 250,000 refugees are on the move in northern Syria as Russian-backed government forces launch an offensive in an attempt to seize a key rebel-held town.

What defines a heatwave? It's not just a number

Alison Costelloe at Just In - 2 hours ago
Tasmania is about to experience a heatwave, but the same set of temperatures elsewhere wouldn't necessarily make the grade.

Mintabie residents told to leave town despite SA heatwave

Just In - 2 hours ago
Residents in South Australia's far north say they are being forced out of their town before New Year's Day, despite the state experiencing its second heatwave in the past two weeks.

'Queen of the Palace' Fallon Sherrock dethroned at world darts titles

Just In - 2 hours ago
Trailblazing darts player Fallon Sherrock, the first woman to win a match at the PDC world darts titles, is eliminated by Chris Dobey in front of a raucous partisan crowd at the Alexandra Palace.

Hero Thai cave rescuer and Navy SEAL dies

Just In - 2 hours ago
A Thai Navy SEAL who helped rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave in northern Thailand last year has died, after battling a blood infection contracted during the mission.

We cannot solve US debt by charging more on our national VISA

Keith at musingsofanoldfart - 2 hours ago
The math problem is large. We have $22 trillion plus in US debt today. It is projected to increase by $10 trillion by 2027 FYE (September 30, 2027) before the tax cut in December, 2017. The tax cut added $1.5 … Continue reading →

No F-35, No Sweat: 'Cheap And Effective' Fighters Like The F-5E are Killers in the Sky

Charlie Gao at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Technology, Americas* Yet the F-5EM still remains an outclassed fighter in modern air combat due to its shortcomings and old-school design. *Key point: *The F-5E modernization program continued through the 2000s and 2010s, with the final jet being delivered in 2013. The F-5E “Tiger” is one of U.S. aerospace industry’s largest export successes. Designed as a budget lightweight fighter, the F-5E is still operated by many nations around the world despite the availability of more modern fighters. Its continued service is enabled by miniaturization of electronics, whic... more »

These 5 Weapons Make the U.S. Marines Unbeatable

TNI Staff at The National Interest - 3 hours ago
*TNI Staff* *Security, * These five systems are impressive. *Key point: *The Marines—as a specialized amphibious force—argue that they need unique hardware to conduct their unique missions. The U.S. Marine Corps prides itself on being America’s 911 force—a fire brigade that the president can call upon to fight the nation’s battles in an emergency. Though the Marines have largely been treated as a de facto second land army over the past dozen years, the service is an integral component of the Department of the Navy and is primarily a maritime force. Therefore, the Marines—as a s... more »

What Can You See, Indicating Sea Levels are Rising?

jennifer at Jennifer Marohasy - 3 hours ago
Many Australians are fearful of catastrophic human-caused climate change because this is what the state-sponsored propaganda on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (the ABC) tells us. In Australia, we mostly live near the sea. All along our coastline there is evidence of sea level fall, yes fall.* Where is the evidence for rising sea levels? Will [...] The post What Can You See, Indicating Sea Levels are Rising? appeared first on Jennifer Marohasy.

"You Must Understand..."

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
"You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems and suffer and understand, for all that is life." - Jiddu Krishnamurti Freely download “The Book of Life” by Jiddu Krishnamurti, here: - https://selfdefinition.org/krishnamurti/Jiddu_Krishnamurt_The_Book_of_Life.pdf

Three Entitled Multi-Billionaires Think They Can Buy The Presidency

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
Trump may or may not be a billionaire. He claims he is and he certainly will be after he leaves office. But no one knows for sure because he hides his assets and transactions, most of which are unethical-- at best-- and criminal for the most part. But we’ll count him as a billionaire for the sake of this post. He certainly loudly and insistently claims he is. The other two are a Democrat, Tom Steyer, and a whatever serves his shifting interests, Michael Bloomberg, currently pretending-- laughably-- to be a Democrat. All three seem to believe they can buy elections. Bloomberg, and ... more »

A MAGA-Dose of Common Sense on Trump Wiretapping…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 4 hours ago
Logical thought is antithetical to the interests of the coup-plotters. Nuance and obfuscation are their shields; that’s why they, writ large, will not release the classified documents. A common sense American Thinker article cuts through the chaff and countermeasures for … Continue reading →

Greta’s Glittering Generalities

Ron Clutz at Science Matters - 4 hours ago
The term “glittering generality” was impressed on me by an English teacher who red-circled several expressions in my essay with the label “GG”. When I asked what was wrong, she told me pretty much what Wikipedia says: A glittering generality is an emotionally appealing phrase so closely associated with highly valued concepts and beliefs that […]

Meet The S-3 Viking: Sub Hunter, Spy Plane, Aerial Tanker, And Even Attack Jet

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * It proved extremely useful in a very wide variety of roles. *Key point: *The Viking is not an airplane that wants to get to close to well-defended airspace. Eight years ago the U.S. Navy retired: A) Its only dedicated carrier-based tanker; B) its last dedicated carrier-based antisubmarine airplane; C) a carrier-based plane with more than twice the range of its current jets; D) all of the above. With a maximum speed of only five hundred miles per hour—many airliners fly faster—the S-3 Viking wasn’t about to be the subject of any movies starring T... more »

China Built Its J-20 Stealth Fighter Without A Gun

David Axe at The National Interest - 4 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, Asia* Today most of the world's fighters possess a gun. The J-20 is the exception. *Key point: *The Chinese air force eventually might learn what the U.S. Air Force learned two generations ago over Vietnam. Giving up the gun is risky. China's J-20 stealth fighter doesn't have a gun. That could be a problem for the Chinese air force. Observers of the twin-engine stealth fighter long had speculated that the J-20 lacks a cannon. Photography of J-20s since the type's first flight in January 2011 hadn't revealed bulges or openings that might point to an interna... more »

Weird Weather

Louis Hissink at Louis Hissink's Crazy World - 4 hours ago
The atmospheric Jetstream models are behaving weirdly in the southern hemisphere. As usual I have no explanation. (There are two vortices in the northern hemisphere and one, centred on Antarctica, in the southern hemisphere).

Disaster Looms as Antibiotics Lose Their Efficacy

Admin at Health Impact News - 4 hours ago
Here is a telling report from the left wind New York Times actually accurately reporting a crisis we face with infectious diseases. For many reasons outlined, companies that develop antibiotics simply aren’t making it. The reasons are many. I’ll outline a few. New drug development is extremely costly due to regulatory requirements. A new antibiotic course of therapy might cost $2000 compared to a few dollars per pill of older drugs. Doctors are (at last) more reluctant to jump on the wagon with a new drug, wanting to save it for an untreatable infection. Financial rewards for antib... more »

Age Limit Now 21 Across US for Cigarettes, Tobacco Products

AP News at Snopes.com - 4 hours ago
The new law enacted by Congress also applies to electronic cigarettes and vaping products that heat a liquid containing nicotine.

Don Imus, Made and Betrayed by His Mouth, Dead at 79

AP News at Snopes.com - 4 hours ago
Disc jockey Don Imus, whose career was made and then undone by his acid tongue during a decades-long rise to radio stardom and an abrupt public plunge after a nationally broadcast racial slur, has died.

Where are the taxes we pay going?

Fuzzyone at 'Nox & Friends - 4 hours ago
I have noticed, in my 60 odd years on this earth, that most of us just accept that death and taxes are the only sure things on this earth. We have accepted the fact that we have to pay taxes, and at some point in time we won’t pay taxes because we will not be on this earth. The question I have for you, today, is about these tax dollars we are paying. Where are the dollars going? Does it really cost that much to study the sexual life of a slug? Do we as a nation need to pay … Continue reading →

Home Alone 2020

Terry at 'Nox & Friends - 4 hours ago
THE STORY : President Trump’s cameo scene in the holiday classic “Home Alone 2: Lost In New York” was cut from showings of the movie on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) this month. CBC says that the movie was edited not for political purposes but to allow for commercials. wink wink nod nod Now, I could understand if this had been the movie scene…. But it wasn’t. However, my Hollyweird inside source sent me a sneak peek of the next “Home Alone” sequel : “HOME ALONE 2020” Watch for it November 2020 in theaters ( and polls ) across America! ~Terry

Don’t Kiss My Baby: Mother Sends Warning About RSV Ahead Of Winter

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 5 hours ago
After a Keansburg, New Jersey mom’s son had a close call with a severe case of respiratory infection, she is warning people against kissing babies. Mother of four, Ariana DiGrigorio experienced a nightmare when her 8-month-old son Antonio caught the flu. When he didn’t get better after two months, she took him to the hospital […] The post Don’t Kiss My Baby: Mother Sends Warning About RSV Ahead Of Winter appeared first on Health Nut News.

Exclusive TNA Interview with Matt Shea, the State Representative Now Under Vicious Media Assault

William F. Jasper at rss - 5 hours ago
[image: exclusive-tna-interview-with-matt-shea-the-state-representative-now-under-vicious-media-assault] Domestic terrorist? With national, international, and local media labeling him a “domestic terrorist” and calling for him to resign, Washington State Rep. Matt Shea refutes their false charges and vows to keep serving.

Elizabeth Warren’s Brother “Furious” Over Referring to Their Father as a “Janitor”

James Murphy at rss - 5 hours ago
[image: elizabeth-warren-s-brother-furious-over-referring-to-their-father-as-a-janitor] Elizabeth Warren has angered her brother David Herring by referring to their father as a "janitor." Herring calls the claim "false."

The Mediterranean: "The Sea in the Middle of the Earth" Still Geostrategically Vital

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 5 hours ago
* I'll be publishing an article about the situation in the Mediterranean as soon as can possibly be done.* * The piece below gives us some very good background on the importance of and desire to control the Mediterranean. Have to do with the FACT it is bordered by three continents. * * Yes, three continents converge on the shores of the Sea in the Middle of the Earth. AND it is resource rich- ripe for exploration.* * Making it a strategically important waterway. If you want to have a basic grasp, historically speaking, which sheds light on the present day jockeying for position in a... more »

Mr. Kool vs. Bayou Jeaux

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 5 hours ago
College Football Playoff Semi-Final Oklahoma Sooners vs. The LSU Tigers Saturday in Atlanta, Oklahoma and LSU will meet for only the third time in their long gridiron histories. The last time was the Sugar Bowl 2003 National Championship Game. Oklahoma was heavily favored but came up short, and a guy named Saban put the football world on notice. As we await the Saturday's playoff, I find myself puzzled that the Sports Monkeys and Vegas are so convinced the Sooners are a two touchdown underdog to the Tigers. Sure, Oklahoma didn't mow down their competition like LSU did most all y... more »

Nigeria condemns Christmas Day murder of captives held by Islamic State-linked terrorist group

Just In - 5 hours ago
Nigeria's President condemns extremists linked to the Islamic State group after a video emerges showing 11 hostages, most of them Christians, being murdered.

Russia says it has a nuke-ready hypersonic glide weapon

Just In - 5 hours ago
Russia unveils what it says is a new nuclear-capable, intercontinental weapon that can fly at 27 times the speed of sound.

Live: New Zealand's batsmen struggling in face of relentless Australian pace attack

James Maasdorp And Dan Colasimone at Just In - 5 hours ago
New Zealand's middle order wilts as the tourists lose six wickets, limping past the 100-run mark with Australia dominant heading into the second session on day three. Follow all the action in our live blog.

In for a big one this New Year's Eve? Here's how every capital city across Australia will ring in 2020

Just In - 5 hours ago
As the world gears up to enter a new decade, here's what capital cities across the country have in store for the big night.

From chair-sniffing to strip clubs: A decade of WA political scandals exposed

Jacob Kagi at Just In - 5 hours ago
Chair-sniffing, bra-snapping and a post-wedding car crash were among the misdemeanours committed by WA politicians this decade — and they were by just one MP. Jacob Kagi sifts through the wreckage to recount some of the biggest stories in WA politics since 2009.

We like to think of Australia as a classless land — but it's more complicated

James Valentine at Just In - 5 hours ago
Australia has never had a European-style aristocracy nor the American dream, where we can all aspire to own a hotel chain and be president. But can our classless fantasy survive this era, asks James Valentine.

Nursing home staff receive death and rape threats following Christmas meal post

Daniel Keane at Just In - 5 hours ago
The chief of an Adelaide nursing home at the centre of a social media storm says the reaction to a photo of baked beans and mashed potato served on Christmas Day has been "extreme" and filled with "hatred".

Vigil held under police guard for teenager who was killed during street brawl

Elise Kinsella at Just In - 5 hours ago
It was opposite a Melbourne train station, on an ordinary suburban street, that teenager Aguer Akec was brutally killed on Sunday morning. Last night, his family returned to the site of his death.

Tour helicopter with seven aboard disappears in Hawaii

Just In - 5 hours ago
A tour helicopter with seven people aboard disappears in Hawaii, and a search is underway in weather conditions described as challenging, the US Coast Guard says.

Musical Interlude: Neil H, “The Remembering”

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
Neil H, “The Remembering”

“Hannah Arendt on Time, Space, And Where Our Thinking Ego Resides”

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
*“Hannah Arendt on Time, Space, * *And Where Our Thinking Ego Resides”* “The everywhere of thought is indeed a region of nowhere.” by Maria Popova "In Lewis Carroll’s 'Through the Looking Glass,' the White Queen remembers the future instead of the past. This seemingly nonsensical proposition, like so many elements of the beloved book, is a stroke of philosophical genius and prescience on behalf of Lewis Carroll, made half a century before Einstein and Gödel challenged our linear conception of time. But no thinker has addressed how the disorienting nature of time shapes the human exp... more »

WikiLeaks’ new leak: Senior OPCW official ordered deletion of ‘all traces’ of dissenting report on ‘Douma chemical attack’

barovsky at The New Dark Age - 5 hours ago
The leadership of the chemical weapons watchdog took efforts to remove the paper trail of a dissenting report from Douma, Syria which pointed to a possible false flag operation there, leaked documents indicate.

"Scenes That Never Were, In This Life..."

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
"Thus, a strain of gentle music, or the rippling of water in a silent place, or the odor of a flower, or the mention of a familiar word, will sometimes call up sudden dim remembrances of scenes that never were, in this life; which vanish like a breath; which some brief memory of a happier existence, long gone by, would seem to have awakened; which no voluntary exertion of the mind can ever recall." - Charles Dickens CSNY, “Deja Vu” "We're only here for a short while. And I think it's such a lucky accident, having been born, that we're almost obliged to pay attention. In some ways,... more »

"Wherever You Look..."

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
"When you walk through a forest that has not been tamed and interfered with by man, you will see not only abundant life all around you, but you will also encounter fallen trees and decaying trunks, rotting leaves and decomposing matter at every step. Wherever you look, you will find death as well as life. Upon closer scrutiny, however, you will discover that the decomposing tree trunk and rotting leaves not only give birth to new life, but are full of life themselves. Microorganisms are at work. Molecules are rearranging themselves. So death isn't to be found anywhere. There is only... more »

"I Am Here - I Am Here..."

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
*"I Am Here - I Am Here..."* by Victor Frankl "An active life serves the purpose of giving man the opportunity to realize values in creative work, while a passive life of enjoyment affords him the opportunity to obtain fulfillment in experiencing beauty, art, or nature. But there is also purpose in that life which is almost barren of both creation and enjoyment and which admits of but one possibility of high moral behavior: namely, in man's attitude to his existence, an existence restricted by external forces. A creative life and a life of enjoyment are banned to him. But not only ... more »

"This I Believe..."

CoyotePrime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
“This I believe: That the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.” - John Steinbeck

Marijuana raise

John Rebchook at Marijuana Business Daily - 5 hours ago
Los Angeles-based MedMen Enterprises, one of the most high-profile cannabis retailers in the United States, said Friday it plans to raise a total of $74 million by selling noncore assets and initiating a stock offering, Marijuana raise is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Cannabis firm Hexo moves head office from Quebec to Ontario

Matt Lamers at Marijuana Business Daily - 5 hours ago
Quebec’s largest federally licensed cannabis producer has moved its corporate head office from Gatineau, Quebec, to its existing office in Ottawa, Ontario. Hexo Vice President of Communications Isabelle Robillard wrote in an email to Marijuana Business Daily that the company tried to avoid the administrative change, but “this choice was imposed on us as we are […] Cannabis firm Hexo moves head office from Quebec to Ontario is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

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