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Thomas Paine

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Tuesday, October 24, 2017

24 October - Blogs I'm Following 2 of 2

Blogger is reporting errors up, down and sideways tonight...nor are they all the same number. Here's one of a sequence of fails that will not allow the site to resolve uploads Whoops, that's an error! (bX-9bxrdz) Consequently, I am at 11:53 on copy pickups from 11:29 to 11:31 before trying to post ( and changing browsers in an attempt to reduce nonsense )

Russia To Test Its Newest Generation Of ICBMs

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
© Sputnik/ Sergei Kazak *The Independent*: *Russia to test new generation of intercontinental missile that can 'beat US defence systems'* *Russia claims new Sarmat missile will have 11,000km range, and payload of up to 15 warheads* Russia is preparing to test-launch its new generation of nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which it has claimed will be able to penetrate the US’ defensive shield. Delayed several times, the tests of the RS-28’s launch and first few seconds of flight are to be carried out at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, in Russia’s north-west, before... more »

Organics Board illogically fights against indoor farming

CFACT Ed at CFACT - 13 hours ago
"Organic" farmers don’t want produce from indoor hydroponic agriculture to be certified as "organic," but competition, like fresh vegetables, is healthy.

Episode 18. How Britain assisted the Soviet Union’s fight against Hitler (II)

Nikolay STARIKOV at OrientalReview.org - 13 hours ago
But out of the 34 merchant ships and tankers in the PQ 17 convoy, which set sail out of Hvalfjörður fjord on June 27, 1942, only 13 made it to the shores of the Soviet Union.

WATCH: Illegal ICE Raid Shows How the US Is Starting to Look Like Nazi Germany

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: ice]A disturbing warrantless raid by ICE agents was captured on video this week showing how the US is quickly slipping into tyranny.

Chinese President Xi Has Now Become China's Most Powerful Leader Since Mao

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*The Guardian*: *Xi Jinping becomes most powerful leader since Mao with China's change to constitution* *Rare accolade puts Xi’s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics into Communist charter and sets him on course for indefinite spell in power* Xi Jinping has been consecrated as China’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong after a new body of political thought carrying his name was added to the Communist party’s constitution. The symbolic move came on the final day of a week-long political summit in Beijing – the 19th party congress – at which Xi has pledged to lead th... more »

Conservatives should champion free speech at universities – not threaten it

Victoria Bateman at Blog Posts – Page Array – UnHerd - 13 hours ago
The post Conservatives should champion free speech at universities – not threaten it appeared first on UnHerd.

CNN Downplays Apple Ad After Conservatives Have Field Day

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 13 hours ago
CNN has been having a rough time since the 2016 election season. They made the decision to completely give up all journalistic standards and launch a coordinated effort to destroy Donald Trump. Fredo Cuomo, Don Lemon, Anderson Cooper, Brian Stelter, Jim Acosta, all names that have become synonymous with lies and deceit. After the network unveiled there* new ad* campaign yesterday, conservatives took to the internet and had a field day at their expense. It's hard to really understand what CNN was thinking here. They had to know they'd be mocked and that after #CNNBlackmail, it woul... more »

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Says The Knigdom Will Return To An Open And Moderate Islam

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
Mohammed bin Salman (Reuters) *Middle East Eye*: *Saudi crown prince says country moving to 'moderate' Islam* Mohammed bin Salman says Saudi Arabia will 'end extremism' and promises to restore 'moderate, open' Islam. Saudi Arabia's crown prince on Tuesday said his country was moving towards a "moderate, open" form of Islam and will defeat extremism, as senior Saudi government officials launched a media offensive in the face an ongoing diplomatic quarrels with Qatar. Mohammed bin Salman said his country would restore a "moderate, open" Islam, in a kingdom founded by ultra-conserva... more »

AS SEEN BY OTHERS: Anderson Cooper seen!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 14 hours ago
*TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2017Part 2—We Occitan speakers are best:* Are we all Catalonians now? You're asking a very good question! Let's try to flesh out what you might possibly mean. Not unlike Mr. T, we pity the poor Catalonians! Whatever their personal views might be, they're currently trapped in a growing secessionist movement, the type of tribal dispute which has routinely led to our thousands of years of human wars. What *is* Catalonia, you ask? We'll let the leading authority on the subject explain: *Catalonia (Catalan: Catalunya, Occitan: Catalonha, Spanish: Cataluña) is ... more »

Florida researcher “cherry picked” data, university investigation finds

Andrew P. Han at Retraction Watch - 14 hours ago
A journal has retracted a 2014 paper after a university investigation found that the first author only reported certain data points that supported the paper’s conclusion. Based on a whistleblower’s tip, the University of Florida investigated work by Huabei Jiang, a professor of biomedical engineering, and Lei Yao, a former postdoc and scientist in Jiang’s […] The post Florida researcher “cherry picked” data, university investigation finds appeared first on Retraction Watch.

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago

Security In Iraq Oct 15-21, 2017

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 14 hours ago
For the twelfth time in the last thirteen full weeks Iraq witnessed less than 100 security incidents. Casualties were extremely high however because of clashes between the Peshmerga and Iraqi forces. There were just 60 incidents reported from October 15-21, 2017 in Iraq. That was the second lowest amount of the year with only 52 recorded September 22-28 being lower. Since August 15-21 there has been less than 100 incidents in 12 out of 13 weeks. Ninewa led the country with 16 incidents, followed by 12 in Kirkuk, 11 in Baghdad, 6 in Salahddin, 5 each in Anbar and Diyala, 2 each i... more »

This Day In Iraqi History - Oct 24

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 14 hours ago
1978 Pres Assad visited Baghdad to talk about unifying Iraq and Syria Issued unification declaration 1980 Iraq crossed Shatt al-Arab and took city center in Khorramshahr 1984 US Info Service reopened office in Baghdad Closed since 1958 in first step to reestablish formal relations between US & Iraq 2002 Pentagon's Policy Counterterrorism Group briefed Rumsfeld on Iraq-Al Qaeda ties 2002 Rumsfeld told press Policy Counterterrorism Group was not an intel unit 2002 Intel officials complained to press that Pentagon politicizing intel on Iraq 2003 US secured $13 bi... more »

Wall Street, 'The Frog In The Well' Croaks To Trump Against China

adam at LaRouchePAC Feed - 14 hours ago
President Trump leaves in two weeks for an 11-day trip to Asia which includes summits with President Xi of China, Prime Minister Abe of Japan, Presidents Duterte of the Philippines and Moon of South Korea, and, according to the White House Monday, perhaps with President Putin at the APEC meeting. The attacks against China's Belt and Road Initiative in the U.S. financial and national media have become a sustained roar, as Wall Street's apprehension grows that Trump may discuss cooperative infrastructure projects and financing with Xi, above all; perhaps with Abe; and even with Dut... more »

Video evidence of Clinton corruption in the hands of FBI informant (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 14 hours ago
The Uranium One scandal keeps growing. More The post Video evidence of Clinton corruption in the hands of FBI informant (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

Saudi Crown Price Mohammad bin Salman calls for “moderate Islam” in the Wahhabi Kingdom

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 14 hours ago
The move has far more to do with foreign affairs than domestic changes. More The post Saudi Crown Price Mohammad bin Salman calls for “moderate Islam” in the Wahhabi Kingdom appeared first on The Duran.

Wikileaks leaked email proves Hillary Clinton knew Uranium One was a huge scandal

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 14 hours ago
This 2015 email shows that the Clinton campaign was worried about Hillary's corruption. More The post Wikileaks leaked email proves Hillary Clinton knew Uranium One was a huge scandal appeared first on The Duran.

FBI informant, ordered to keep silent by Obama White House, has hard proof of bribery and kickbacks (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 14 hours ago
Washington DC lawyer Victoria Toensing says her client has the good on the Clintons. More The post FBI informant, ordered to keep silent by Obama White House, has hard proof of bribery and kickbacks (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

Rex Tillerson says US is ready to work with Taliban…while fighting them

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 14 hours ago
US policies on Afghanistan are either devious or based purely on ignorance. More The post Rex Tillerson says US is ready to work with Taliban…while fighting them appeared first on The Duran.

The unintended consequences of fake Russia collusion, conjured up by the Deep State (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 14 hours ago
Hillary Clinton and John Podesta are now in the center of a massive swamp scandal. More The post The unintended consequences of fake Russia collusion, conjured up by the Deep State (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

US State Department refuses to release 76,000 Hillary Clinton documents until 2020!

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 14 hours ago
What is the US State Department hiding? More The post US State Department refuses to release 76,000 Hillary Clinton documents until 2020! appeared first on The Duran.

President Trump At War With U.S. Republican Senators

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
Corker said that Trump should leave diplomacy 'to the professionals' and stop 'kneecapping' his top diplomat *Daily Mail:* *'Couldn't get elected dog catcher!' Trump slams 'lightweight' Republican senator who opposes tax cut plan – and he fires back saying he'll never again endorse lying president who's a bad role model for children* * Donald Trump opened up with both barrels Tuesday on a Republican senator who spent the morning calling his foreign policy amateurish and dangerous * 'Bob Corker, who helped President O give us the bad Iran Deal & couldn't get elected dog catcher in ... more »

Secret Video Released Showing DEA Agents Execute 2 Women, a Child, and a Man

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: DEA]After keeping a video secret for five years, the world is now finally seeing how the DEA can kill innocent people and get away with it.

Boston Marathon Bomber’s Aunt Says FBI Set Up Her Nephew and She Has PROOF

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: boston]The aunt of convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has filed a motion appeal the death penalty and presented 'exculpatory evidence.'

How To Buy An Impeachment

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 14 hours ago
It is a truth now universally acknowledged that the very rich usually get what they want from elected politicians. And so if a hedge fund billionaire wants Donald Trump to be impeached, he'll spend whatever it takes to make his dream come true. Just ask Democratic mega-donor Tom Steyer, who's already forked over $100 million for TV ads to inform the already converted that Trump needs to go. He's spending another hundred mil or so on social media ad buys, or at least 100 times what the Russians allegedly invested in order to magically propel Impeachy Don directly into the Oval Offic... more »

Mr. Hollywood Expelled From the Orgy

Selwyn Duke at rss - 14 hours ago
[image: mr-hollywood-expelled-from-the-orgy] Harvey Weinstein, the Hollywood movie mogul, has been accused of decades of sexual assault and been ostracized by his peers. But he reflects the industry, and it reflects him.

Could Iran's Submarines 'Sink' the U.S. Navy in a War?

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Middle East* The answer is...maybe. *Why would Iran invest considerable sums in building its own submarines instead of shelling out for off-the-shelf hardware in Russia or China?* The Iranian military has long planned for a defensive naval war in the Persian Gulf, in which it would leverage its large fleet of fast attack boats toting antiship missiles to launch swarming hit-and-run attacks on adversaries in along Persian Gulf, with the ultimate goal of shutting down passage through the Straits of Hormuz. Supporting this naval guerilla-warfare strat... more »

Expert: Special Ops Mission in Niger Was Routine and Common (Stop Politicizing It)

Steven P. Bucci at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Steven P. Bucci* *Security, Africa* Having served as an Army Green Beret for 28 years, I cannot let the mischaracterizations—many by leaders who clearly know better—continue without a comment. The loss of four special operations soldiers in Niger is a tragedy. We grieve as a nation, rightly, whenever we lose any of the brave young men and women who serve in uniform. That said, politicians and news media are turning the event into a farce. Having served as an Army Green Beret for 28 years, I cannot let the mischaracterizations—many by leaders who clearly know better—continue wi... more »

How the U.S. Plans to Terrorize (And Kill) Russia and China's Most Lethal Submarines

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 14 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * And its all thanks to one plane. *As trans-Pacific relations assume new prominence in the twenty-first century, the P-8 will remain one of a number of means by which the United States and other operators assert their presence over international waters. In the event of conflict, they would also serve a vital role hunting down marauding submarines and tracking the movements of surface adversaries. These qualities explain why the docile-looking patrol plane is in such heavy demand around the world.* There is a decent chance you have already flown on... more »

World Leaders Prepare For The Next Pandemic

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
Influenza victims crowd into an emergency hospital near Fort Riley, Kansas in this 1918 file photo. *Washington Post:* *World leaders rehearse for a pandemic that will come ‘sooner than we expect’* The government ministers were facing a new infectious disease outbreak. The mysterious virus was sickening and killing people with alarming speed. Some patients had to be placed on ventilators to help them breathe. The new virus seemed resistant to antibiotics and antiviral medicine. Within a week, officials had closed a major hospital and schools and quarantined thousands of people. Fe... more »

Editor's Note

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
Went to get my blood work this morning. Took far longer than usual (had to wait 4 hours). The joys of being in a public health system. Blogging will return in the next 30 minutes. Military and Intelligence News Briefs and World News Briefs will be posted at 16:00 EST and 17:00 EST respectively.

Jeff Buckley & Elisabeth Fraser of the Cocteau Twins

cefrith@hotmail.com at Charles Frith - 15 hours ago
I've been following Christopher Knowles work on this for a few months now and scratching my head. This interview by the brilliant Higher Side Chats pulls it all into a much clearer framework. There's... Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced

Can dyslexia be cured - or, at least, treated?

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 15 hours ago
An article in the Telegraph suggests that it can. A duo of French scientists say they may have found a physiological cause for dyslexia hidden in tiny light-receptor cells in the human eye which can apparently be righted. * . . .* In the new study, Ropars and colleague Albert le Floch spotted a major difference between the arrangement of cones between the eyes of dyslexic and non-dyslexic people enrolled in an experiment. In non-dyslexic people, the blue cone-free spot in one eye - the dominant one, was round and in the other eye unevenly shaped. In dyslexic people, both eyes hav... more »

WHY DO CONSERVATIVES REVERE POUTY NARCISSISTS LIKE O'REILLY AND TRUMP?

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 15 hours ago
Bill O'Reilly's Non-Apology Tour is Trumpian in some ways, though not in others. O'Reilly is much better than Trump at remembering and reciting carefully crafted talking points: He's been in the news business 43 years and worked for 12 different companies and no one's ever lodged a sexual harassment claim against him; the number and cost of his sexual harassment settlements are reported incorrectly in *The New York Times,* though he's legally forbidden to correct the errors; and so on. I don't think Trump could sit down and work out talking points this well constructed, not even wit... more »

EPA gagged agency scientists who were scheduled to speak at Rhode Island climate change conference yesterday.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 15 hours ago
Courtesy of the New York Times: *The Environmental Protection Agency has canceled the speaking appearance of three agency scientists who were scheduled to discuss climate change at a conference on Monday in Rhode Island, according to the agency and several people involved. * *John Konkus, an E.P.A. spokesman and a former Trump campaign operative in Florida, confirmed that agency scientists would not speak at the State of the Narragansett Bay and Watershed program in Providence. He provided no further explanation. * *Scientists involved in the program said that much of the discussi... more »

A mother bear and her cubs float gracefully around a backyard pool

White Wolf at White Wolf - 15 hours ago
The pool's owners, stunned by their hairy new guests, recorded the mother bear and her cubs enjoying the water and basking in the warm sun. A mama bear and her cubs made themselves at home at a Monrovia residence, even enjoying a quick dip in the pool! The homeowners who shot this video said they found the mama bear poking her head through an open door Saturday on Oakleaf Avenue. Needless to say, they quickly shut the door. But that didn't deter this family of playful bears. The cubs continued to make themselves at home in the yard, swimming and splashing around in the pool! As... more »

Weight Watchers Week 1...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 15 hours ago
*4.4 lbs*

Awesome Surgery. 

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 15 hours ago
Wow this is amazing!! Has to share this – A picture began circulating in November. It should be “The Picture of the Year,” or perhaps, “Picture of the Decade.” It won’t be. In fact, unless you obtained a copy of … Continue reading →

Rolls-Royce And Google Partner To Create Smarter, Autonomous Ships Based On AI And Machine Learning

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 15 hours ago
Rolls-Royce And Google Partner To Create Smarter, Autonomous Ships Based On AI And Machine Learning https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2017/10/23/rolls-royce-and-google-partner-to-create-smarter-autonomous-ships-based-on-ai-and-machine-learning/2/#26734648f2e1

Problem drinking raises risk of heart attack and heart failure, study shows

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 15 hours ago
Problem drinking raises risk of heart attack and heart failure, study shows http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/01/02/problem-drinking-raises-risk-heart-attack-heart-failure-study/

Woman who sweats blood from her face and hands baffles doctors

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 15 hours ago
Woman who sweats blood from her face and hands baffles doctors http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/woman-sweats-blood-face-hands-diagnosis-doctors-hematohidrosis-a8015501.html

Loners Are the Most Loyal and Intellectual People You Will Ever Meet. Here’s Why. 

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 15 hours ago
Loners Are the Most Loyal and Intellectual People You Will Ever Meet. Here’s Why – iRelease http://irelease.org/loners-are-the-most-loyal-and-intellectual-people-you-will-ever-meet-heres-why/

Why do we have an appendix? Scientists have discovered its purpose and it’s really important

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 15 hours ago
Why do we have an appendix? Scientists have discovered its purpose and it’s really important http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/why-do-we-have-appendix-purpose-discovered-reason-scientists-does-gut-bacteria-midwestern-university-a7524086.html

Smart people are more likely to suffer from mental illness. 

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 15 hours ago
Smart people are more likely to suffer from mental illness | indy100 https://www.indy100.com/article/smart-people-more-prone-suffer-mental-illness-stress-anxiety-mensa-study-research-hyperexcitable-8015581

Experts Warn Women About New Health Trend Where Women Use Vapor Rub On Their Vagina. 

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 15 hours ago
Experts Warn Women About New Health Trend Where Women Use Vapor Rub On Their Vagina – David Avocado Wolfe https://www.davidwolfe.com/experts-vapor-rub-vagina/

Vaping may cause unique health problems as dangerous as smoking cigarettes, finds study

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 15 hours ago
Vaping may cause unique health problems as dangerous as smoking cigarettes, finds study http://www.independent.co.uk/news/vaping-health-problems-smoking-e-cigarettes-north-carolina-study-danger-lung-conditions-disease-a8016861.html

Mueller’s Actions: Is It Wise to Have Special Prosecutors?

Steve Byas at rss - 15 hours ago
[image: mueller-s-actions-is-it-wise-to-have-special-prosecutors] The creation of independent counsels (or special prosecutors) is an action that would have horrified the Founding Fathers.

Tuesday Morning Links

Greg Fingas at Accidental Deliberations - 15 hours ago
This and that for your Tuesday reading. - Yves Engler discusses how Justin Trudeau is now the face of the exploitation of poor countries and workers by the Canadian mining industry. And Penny Collenette writes that governments and business should both bear responsibility for human rights - though it's worth being skeptical of her use of that theme to try to undercut what little corporate accountability currently exists. - George Monbiot examines some options for a more participatory democracy - with a particular focus on public involvement in policy decisions on a far more regular... more »

Democrats Oppose Security for EPA Director — Despite Multiple Death Threats

Steve Byas at rss - 15 hours ago
[image: democrats-oppose-security-for-epa-director-despite-multiple-death-threats] Suddenly, Democrats in Congress have become fiscal conservatives when it comes to allocating money for security for EPA Director Scott Pruitt, who is facing multiple death threats.

Is there Mercury in the Present UK Flu Vaccine?

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 15 hours ago
by John Stone A row has apparently blown up in the media between a mega star that I have never heard of, Calvin Harris, with 12.7 million twitter followers and British health officials. Harris has apparently claimed that there is...

Connect the Dots

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 15 hours ago
Ecosystems War and Climate from Video Project on Vimeo.

Climate modelers are not scientists.

Scottish-Sceptic at Scottish Sceptic - 16 hours ago
I’ve long known that climate modellers were charlatan “scientists” who only got called that term by gullible media, politicians and politically motivated academics and other campaign groups. However, I’ve never seen such a coherent condemnation of them as on WUWT. … Continue reading →

It Could Change With Time, But Trump's Worst Appointment So Far Is Scott Pruitt

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
A lot of Republicans, when they work up the nerve to criticize Señor Trumpanzee, try to couch the criticism in a paean to the greatness of his judiciary and cabinet picks. First of all, he doesn't care how criticism is couched; he'll be looking for an opportunity at revenge sooner or later-- and it won't be pretty-- and, second, his personnel selections are among his worst and most existentially risky decisions, *not* his saving grace. Remember this? It's clear to anyone who isn't a deranged Republican that Trump can always be counted on to hire the worst people, as we saw last wee... more »

Washington prepares to sanction ‘un-sanctionable’ actors in Myanmar

Adam Garrie at The Duran - 16 hours ago
The US has its sights set on Myanmar, just as conflict begins to slowly de-escalate. More The post Washington prepares to sanction ‘un-sanctionable’ actors in Myanmar appeared first on The Duran.

Unnamed institution makes baffling retraction requests, journals comply

Andrew P. Han at Retraction Watch - 16 hours ago
Two journals are retracting papers published by researchers affiliated with Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). To be frank, we’re baffled by most of this story. The retraction notices say “the institution” requested the retractions, but don’t name it; the first and last authors are also affiliated with the University of Southern California, as well as […] The post Unnamed institution makes baffling retraction requests, journals comply appeared first on Retraction Watch.

On the Mogollon Rim

LL at Virtual Mirage - 16 hours ago
Is it made from real wolves? Are girl scout cookies made from real girl scouts? You may have your answer. I have never eaten wolf chili, but I'm sure that it's good since our fellow blogger, Juliette, recommended it. After having kicked some rocks, tossed the runes and flicked some beads on the abacus, I think that I have a better grip on Phase 2 development at the White Wolf Mine. It will include a barn, solar panels, a green house and a well/pump room, and it will be on the Southern Property rather than there with the hovel. Once complete, I'll begin contemplating Phase 3. No, e... more »

[VIDEO] Jets and attack helicopters: Egyptian forces go all out against ISIS in Libya

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:30 P.M.) – Egyptian forces have stepped up their anti-ISIS intervention in the war-striken nation of Libya, employing state-of-the-art combat aviation against jihadist militants. The Egyptian defense ministry has released footage captured from the targeting pods of their combat aircraft showing Egyptian Apache gunships and Eurofighter jets striking ISIS positions, gathering points and […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

VIDEO: Syrian Army captures enough ISIS weapons to outfit entire division

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:00 P.M.) – Syrian Arab Army troops continue to discover untold numbers of weapons in the recently liberated city of Al-Mayadeen. The weapons are of almost every type imaginable and appear to be in plentiful enough quantity to outfit an entire division. In the words of the top commander for the Syrian Army’s […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

No safe place for ISIS on the Euphrates as Syrian Army drives south at full speed

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:15 P.M.) – Syrian Arab Army operations against ISIS south of Al-Mayadeen along the western bank of the Euphrates River are still in full swing as the former continues to battle their way south towards the Iraqi border. Capitalizing on their liberation of the town of Mahkan yesterday, Syrian Army forces pushed on […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 16 hours ago
*A national teachers' union's war machine is on the move in Colorado* *Interesting that Leftists were once all in favour of "reform". In the case below, Leftists are going all out to resist reform while Republicans want to bust open a corrupt and incompetent system that is not delivering good education.* For months, one of America’s most important fights over parental choice in education has been raging on suburban street corners, in school gymnasiums, and in voters’ mailboxes in Douglas County, Colorado. Now, the nature of the race has been irrevocably altered in its final weeks... more »

Cities and Roads, NOT CO2, are causing Global Warming

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 16 hours ago
We need to stop building Wind and Solar Farms and start turning our Cities into Green Space. Funny how the people most concerned with global warming are the very people causing it. Climate alarmists like to dress others in their dirty clothes. Above Joe Bastardi shows the GFS 1-6 day forecast for temperatures across the … Continue reading "Cities and Roads, NOT CO2, are causing Global Warming"

The Actions of Climate “Scientists” Expose Their Guilt

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 16 hours ago
“Ten psychological tactics for avoiding accountability and how to address them” by Kelly O’Donnell (PhyD). According to the article, here are the “tactical tricks”: Delegate the matter to someone else internally – diffuse it, distance yourself from it – and do everything to avoid an internal and especially an independent review. Avoid, reword, or repackage, the … Continue reading "The Actions of Climate “Scientists” Expose Their Guilt"

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 16 hours ago
*Designs for 'mini' nuclear power plants proposed by Rolls-Royce led group set to be given go-ahead* An important report assessing the viability of new “mini” nuclear power plants for the UK to be published this week is expected to give the green light to develop designs proposed by a British consortium led by Rolls-Royce. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is set to issue a study which formally ends a competition between different types of low-carbon power generation to assess which should be supported. Industry sources say a concurrent Techno-Eco... more »

CDC engages in wrong maths to downplay plague danger to Americans in travel advice, State Department has no plague warning

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 16 hours ago
While the US State Department website has no travel warning for plague stricken Madagascar, the CDC has updated its travel advice to include mention of pneumonic plague, but downplays the risk of the plague with wrong and confusing figures. https://mg.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/security-and-travel-information/ “From August 1 through October 12, 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported 849 possible cases […]

US BIOWEAPONS SCIENTISTS AT EPICENTRE OF PLAGUE OUTBREAK, RERUN OF EBOLA 2014, EUGENCIST GLOBALIST NETWORK IN AMERICAN AGENCIES CONTINUE THEIR OPS UNDER DONALD TRUMP

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 16 hours ago
A team sent by the CDC to Madagascar as part of the agency’s response to the plague may have been at the heart of a polio vaccination campaign that could have infected thousands of people with the plague if it had not been cancelled at the last moment last week, it has emerged. The CDC […]

Cannot access my older posts

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 16 hours ago
Just doing some research on Dr Ray Arthur, in charge of the CDC’s global pandemic operations, also in Madagascar, and on his background working for NAMRU 3 the DoD’s largest overseas bioweapons lab in Cairo, Egypt, and found myself unable to access my older blog posts for research when I clicked on the Blog Posts tab. That, […]

Two thirds of all plague cases are pneumonic

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 16 hours ago
Different numbers of plague cases are coming from different sources in Madagascar. According to the W.H.O African division as of 20 October 2017, 67% of the cases, or 915, have been pneumonic plague, which presumably also accounts for most of the 106 deaths recorded by W.H.O. An excerpt from their report Madagascar has been experiencing […]

SCANDAL! DOCTORS GETTING PLAGUE BECAUSE OF INADEQUATE PROTECTIVE GEAR, RERUN OF EBOLA 2014

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 16 hours ago
Thirty trainee doctors in Madagascar have been infected with the plague due to inadequate protection gear, it has emerged. http://www.lexpressmada.com/blog/actualites/epidemie-une%E2%80%88trentaine%E2%80%88dinternes%E2%80%88contamines%E2%80%88par%E2%80%88la%E2%80%88peste/ Most recovered, but the rate of infection of trainee doctors is worrying. It reveals the most elementary lessons from the Ebola outbreak in 2014 have still not been learned by W.H.O and aid agencies. Ebola […]

It Fits

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 17 hours ago
Donald Trump, Roger Cohen writes, likes to use epithets. During his campaign for the presidency, he coined several: "crooked Hillary," "lying Ted," "little Marco." His latest is directed at a Florida congress woman -- "wacky congress woman" Frederica Wilson. Cohen suggests that Trump's current spat with John McCain has generated an epithet which fits Trump like a glove -- "bone spur bozo:" I’d like to suggest “bone-spur bozo” for the president, referring, of course, to the five military draft deferments Trump received during the Vietnam War, one of which was a medical deferment fo... more »

Donald Trump demonstrates primitive speaking skills even by the standards of an illiterate indigenous people.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 17 hours ago
Linguist John McWhorterCourtesy of Trump Impeachment: *Brian Williams interviewed linguistics professor John McWorter on the 11th Hour. McWhorter elaborated on Trump’s deficiency as a communicator. * *Williams: “What is the linguistics definition of this president?” * *McWhorter: “Donald Trump is unadorned. Linguistically, he is unadorned. This is the basics, this is what language was undoubtedly like when it first emerged among people who didn’t have writing and were first getting their verbal sea legs. This is where it started and so in that way as in so many others Donald Trum... more »

EU Admits Europeans Not Concerned About Climate Change

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 17 hours ago
By Paul Homewood From No Tricks: If one were to rate the investment made by governments globally aimed at creating concern for a potential problem, then the huge investment in climate change fear by now would definitely have to be rated as “junk” quality. Never has so much seen so little return. Hundreds of billions […]

The Effectiveness of Quantitative Easing - Not as Advertised

A Political Junkie at Viable Opposition - 17 hours ago
As we are well aware, since the near-collapse of the economy during the Great Recession, the Federal Reserve has implemented a program of unconventional monetary policies, most particularly, quantitative easing. A recent publication by Stephen W. Williamson at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis takes an interesting look at how effective QE has been, a subject of interest particularly given that the world's central banks are likely to fall back on the use of asset purchases to influence the economy in the next recession. Let start by looking at what quantitative easing is, how it... more »

All of the Reasons Why the World Should Fear China's Aircraft Carriers

Sebastien Roblin at The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Asia* Beijing is tentatively making a long-term investment in altering that reality. China’s first home-built aircraft carrier will soon be completed in the shipyards at Dalian. This vessel, which has yet to receive a name, will spend two years being fit with equipment before it is ready to join its sister carrier the *Liaoning* in operational service. Both vessels are derived from the Soviet-era Kutznetsov-class carriers—the *Liaoning *is actually rebuilt from one—and as such, commentators are already tearing into them for their obvious shortcoming...more »

Why the U.S. Navy Might Scrap Half of the Most Powerful Warships in Its Fleet

David Axe at The National Interest - 17 hours ago
*David Axe* *Security, * If Wittman gets his way, all 22 cruisers would remain the fleet another 15 to 20 years. That could buy the Navy time to try, once again, to design a new cruiser for the air-defense-commander mission. The U.S. Congress is beginning to write the Defense Department’s budget for 2018. For the Navy, that means yet another heated debate over the future of the branch’s 22 Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers. The Navy wants to decommission 11 of the 567-foot-long cruisers at a rate of two per year starting in 2020, leaving the other 11 to sail on into the ... more »

Heh

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 18 hours ago
I found this picture over at Wirecutter's place, and it made me laugh out loud: so I had to steal borrow it to show you, too. Given his enthusiasm for classic American cars, I think Old NFO is going to have a hernia when he sees that . . . Peter

Team GR's Dr. Jared Skowron On A Simple Autism Treatment - Magnificent Magnesium

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 18 hours ago
NOTE We suggest you bookmark the Generation Rescue blog as a great resource. Team GR: Magnesium is a essential mineral we keep in our supplement cabinet. How critical is it for individuals with autism? We brought in one of our...

Kevin LaGrandeur, New York Institute of Technology – A.I. Taking Jobs

Ethical Technology - 18 hours ago
The robots are coming for our jobs. Kevin LaGrandeur, professor in the department of English at New York Institute of Technology, explains why artificial intelligence is the biggest job killer in our society.

The likelihood of war

Ethical Technology - 18 hours ago
While nature flails at us - from hurricanes and quakes to solar flares - we all know that we’re in far greater danger from ourselves. (And, of course, we humans are responsible for some of nature’s fury, too.) So I feel compelled to use this soapbox yet again, drawing attention, to the increasing likelihood of manmade hell, unleashed by an unbalanced leadership caste.

Philadelphia six year old shoots three year old brother after being left home alone without adult supervision.

Gryphen at The Immoral Minority - 19 hours ago
Courtesy of the Daily Mail: *Police in Philadelphia say a 3-year-old is in critical condition after being shot in the head by his 6-year-old brother. * *Authorities say the younger boy suffered a gunshot wound to the left side of his forehead just after 3pm Saturday at the home on the 3600 block of North 18th Street. * *Three boys - aged three, six and 12 - were on the second floor of their north Philadelphia home, alone, when the shooting happened. * *The six-year-old grabbed the gun and began shooting, hitting his little brother on the left side of his forehead, according to po... more »

Children's Health Month Could Be an Hour Long Given State of Pediatric Wellness

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 19 hours ago
NOTE: Thanks to World Mercury Project for this sharp look at yet another designated do nothing month. American kids are chronically at dis-ease. Please take a look at Sarah Bridges' book A Bad Reaction - from Skyhorse Publishing - featured...

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Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 19 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin North Korea Is A Major Opium Producer, Making It A Prime Target For The CIA The U.S. Will Invade West Africa in 2023 After An Attack in New York — According to Pentagon War Game China's Government Is Expected To Buy 24% Of All Residential Real Estate For Sale In 2017 West Eyes Recolonization Of Africa With Endless War; Removing Gaddafi Was First Step Here Is The IMF's Global Financial Crash Scenario For The First Time In 26 Years, US To Put Nuclear Bombers On 24 Hour Alert Catalan Separatists Plan Human Shield, "Civil Disobedience" To Block Spanish Takeover Oi... more »

Physicists send particles of light into the past, prove time travel is possible

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours ago
It is good to see us progressing on this problem. I actually suspect that it will be solved easily and much sooner than anyone anticipates. The reason i say all that is because i do have reports that could only be of the end of a temporal wormhole and likely come from the near future. The physical nature conformed to my informed expectations and were not identified as such in the reports. These were robust structures as well. Add in the very real expanded presence of UFOs that appear to be popping in and out of time as well and the future is spending a lot of time watching us an... more »

Medieval Irish on the South Atlantic Coast . . . they were refugees!

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours ago
[image: Medieval Irish on the South Atlantic Coast . . . they were refugees!] This is actually huge. The coastal region of the American SE had been abandoned after a horrendous tsunami in the sixth century. Needless to say the local natives did not attempt to rebuild at all and this opened the door for new comers from Ireland in the late twelfth century. I had associated the presence of deer herding as likely happening during the Bronze Age and assumed more recent activity as merely continuity. This makes that idea unlikely at all. first we learn that deer husbandry was int... more »

Big Pharma bombshell: Judge finds Merck lied in patent trial, overturns $200-million verdict

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours ago
In the end, Merck effectively stole the data and applied it to their own patent work. They got caught and have now been made to pay. The drug is important as it generally cures Hep C, but it was never Merck's in the first place This is more important in terms of revealing the corporate culture involved here.. *Big Pharma bombshell: Judge finds Merck lied in patent trial, overturns $200-million verdict* * Michael Hiltzik* * http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-merck-gilead-20160608-snap-story.html* * The public already holds drug manufacturers in low esteem – ... more »

Scientists in Amsterdam just destroyed breast cancer tumors in 11 days without chemo

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours ago
Essentially a combination of known drugs will succeed in reducing the cancer for some of the patients.. All helpful but a ,long way away from what we would understand as a blanket cure. I would like to see all these clinical trials also been run with or without Cannabis oil as a control as well. We know that this is safe and supportive. Many supportive nutritional protocols can be simultaneously run as well with plausible measurable results. something worth thinking through. We certainly need the science without the implied cost. Almost forty years ago i came to the conclusion... more »

“Impact upon the wider marine and coastal environment..from the flooded anhydrite mine” National Trust

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 20 hours ago
Originally posted on Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole: West Cumbria Mining plan to use existing disused Anhydrite Mine drifts to access new coal seams…

Russia Is No Safe Place For Independent Journalists – Violent Attack on Echo of Moscow Reporter Reminder of Vitriol Against Kremlin Critics

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 20 hours ago
From Human Rights Watch: “Russia Is No Safe Place For Independent Journalists Violent Attack on Echo of Moscow Reporter Reminder … Continue reading →

The Catalan Government Identifies 1,200 Catalan Startups Generating 11,700 jobs

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 20 hours ago
From the Government of Catalonia (Generalitat de Catalunya): “PRESS RELEASE The Catalan government identifies 1,200 Catalan startups generating 11,700 jobs … Continue reading →

"Bitch, Get Out!!"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
*"Bitch, Get Out!!"* by Missy Comley Beattie "Saturday, Oct 14th, I opened snail mail to read this typed letter that arrived in a typed envelope with a Purple Heart stamp: 'Bitch, You need to move! You should be out of our country within 30 days. You got the money, get out! You hate our country. You hate our flag, you hate our government! Your articles show your hate for our country and our people. You write about how ignorant and cruel our policemen act and you condemn our men in blue while they keep you safe and die for the safety of others. According to you, our country and our... more »

A project for you: anti-Unruhology

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 20 hours ago
*Off-topic, web:* Some arXiv preprints may be converted from PDF to nice HTML with maths using arXiv Vanity. More info. Imagine that you're a grad student, postdoc, or a Milner prize winner who feels that his or her number of physics projects is limited now. I think that you should do a homework exercise and write a paper – as revolutionary a paper as possible – according to the following sketch. Analyze the quantization of QFTs and quantum gravity – or vacua of string theory – on the spacelike, hyperbolic slices in the Minkowski space\[ x_\mu x^\mu = R^2. \] If you do it right, ... more »

High stakes battle kicks into full gear as two very different armies face off in Deir Ezzor

Andrew Illingworth at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 20 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:40 P.M.) – The ongoing battle between Syrian pro-government forces and the Islamic State terrorist group in southern Deir Ezzor province has more-or-less reached the peak of its intensity as the former attempts to secure a key military infrastructure in the region. The battle by pro-government forces to capture the T-2 complex (airbase […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

"The White House Has Lost Control"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
*"The White House Has Lost Control"* by Bill Bonner "Lisbon is a beautiful city. It was so poor and so remote, it missed out on the modernization that ruined many other cities in Europe. Wisely neutral during the first and second World War, it wasn’t bombed either. Even now, after the spread of cheap euro finance has made it richer, there is still a whiff of decay about it…like a great oak with a few dead limbs…or a beautiful woman with a few grey hairs. We will be in Portugal all this week. We’ll let you know what we find. *Bluff and bluster: *Meanwhile, back in the US, the govern... more »

Israeli judo team not allowed to fly to Turkey - no interest from the discrimination in sport obsessed BBC

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 21 hours ago
'The Israeli judo team, which was supposed to fly to the United Arab Emirates via Istanbul for the Grand Slam event, was stranded at Ben Gurion Airport after Turkish Airlines refused to allow them on its plane, Channel 1 reported. The 12 Israeli jukokas were supposed to receive their visas to the United Arab Emirates in Istanbul and arrive for the competition tonight (Monday). The team will now have to travel to Amman to receive the visas instead. Moshe Ponte, the president of the Israel Judo Association, said: "We will not give, even if we have to reach Abu Dhabi on foot. Now we ... more »

Looking for a Big Easy windfall

Paul Driessen at CFACT - 21 hours ago
CFACT Senior Policy Advisor Paul Driessen explains how the election of trial lawyer buddy John Bel Edwards as Governor of Louisiana has paved the way for Green lawsuits against oil and gas companies that are nothing more than shakedowns -- claiming the energy industry as a whole is responsible for coastal land erosion in the state.

India Mimics America And Hints At A Russian Twitter Troll Conspiracy

Andrew KORYBKO at OrientalReview.org - 21 hours ago
The recent appointment of master strategist Nikolai Kudashev as the new Russian Ambassador to India will be very useful in helping Moscow navigate this uncertain period of relations with New Delhi.

There Are 6,000 U.S. Soldiers In Africa

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 22 hours ago
*Business Insider*: *Senators were shocked to learn the US has 1,000 troops in Africa — but the Pentagon just said the total is actually over 6,000* * The Pentagon has confirmed that there are 6,000 US troops stationed throughout Africa. * The four US soldiers killed in Niger were on a counterterrorism mission against ISIS-affiliated militants. * The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has committed to redoubling communication efforts between the Pentagon and Congress on military matters. The Pentagon has announced that the US has over 6,000 soldiers stationed throughout Africa, ev... more »

Japan Sounds Alarm On “Unprecedented, Critical And Imminent” Threat From North Korea

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
Japan Sounds Alarm On “Unprecedented, Critical And Imminent” Threat From North Korea by Tyler Durden, http://www.zerohedge.com/ Following the landslide victory by Prime Minister Abe in Japan’s Sunday elections, which left his ruling coalition with a supermajority allowing him to change Japan’s constitution, Abe wasted no time in signalling a push towards his long-held goal of revising […]

Palestinian Boys, 14 and 15, Say They Were Taken by Israeli Forces to a Settlement and Tortured

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
Palestinian Boys, 14 and 15, Say They Were Taken by Israeli Forces to a Settlement and Tortured by Kate, http://mondoweiss.net/ Palestinian children beaten, tortured under Israeli interrogation IMEMC/Agencies 14 Oct — Several Palestinian child prisoners in Ofer prison revealed their experiences with torture and mistreatment to Palestinian lawyer Wael Awakah, including beatings and threats by Israeli occupation soldiers […]

Vladimir Putin Talks Genetically Engineered Humans, More Dangerous Than Nuclear Weapons

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Oct 23, 2017 Alex Jones presents an except from a speech delivered by Vladimir Putin on genetically engineering human beings, with no emotion, and how they would be more dangerous than nuclear bombs. end

CNN Caught Covering Up Uranium One Story

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Oct 23, 2017 CNN has once more been caught covering up for the political elite while trying to attack Donald Trump. end

Jim Rickards: $10,000 Gold Price Call Is Conservative Because It Could Easily Be $40,000

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
Jim Rickards: $10,000 Gold Price Call Is Conservative Because It Could Easily Be $40,000 by https://www.silverdoctors.com/ Jim says there’s nothing special about the math. All it takes is a panic, a reset, or a combination of both to get to his $10,000 rather quickly. Here’s why… – Jim Rickards on the show Ask The Expert In this latest […]

Air Force Denies That US Nuclear Bombers Are Being Put Back On 24-Hour Alert

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 22 hours ago
Air Force Denies That US Nuclear Bombers Are Being Put Back On 24-Hour Alert by Tyler Durden, http://www.zerohedge.com/ There were many unanswered questions following last night’s story from Defense One, according to which the US Air Force would put nuclear bombers on high, 24-hour alert for the first time since the end of the cold war in […]

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 22 hours ago
*-by Noah* Like all of you, I get a lot of emailed petitions. Most of mine deal with political campaigns or endangered animals. I just got one that had the header "Please Sign To Save Orangutans." Please forgive me! I instantly deleted it, screaming "Why the hell would I want to save Trump?" That's how bad things have gotten. They've gotten so bad that I've insulted a whole species by mistaking them for the grotesque tumorous orange ball of flab and weird hair that is masquerading as leader of the free world. But what of the people who support this grotesque tumorous orange ball ... more »

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Anon at Aangirfan - 22 hours ago
*Ilaria Alpi* 'The journalist *Ilaria Alpi *was killed by the CIA, with the help of the CIA's Operation Gladio operatives and the Italian secret services, because she had discovered a CIA-owned arms trafficking operation.' Ora È UFFICIALE: Ilaria Alpi Fu Uccisa Dalla CIA. Il ... - Repubblica *Major Charles McKee* 'Major Charles McKee was murdered because he had collected evidence of CIA drug smuggling.' LOCKERBIE IS ABOUT HEROIN Dr Simon Mercieca of the University of Malta suggests that Daphne Galizia's murder may have been organised by *Oligarchs linked to Mafias and top poli... more »

What makes an algorithm feminist, and why we need them to be

Ethical Technology - 22 hours ago
About one in nine engineers in the US is a woman, which makes some men infer from this that they are “naturally” bad at it. Many data-driven algorithms would conclude the same thing; that’s still the wrong conclusion, but, dangerously, it seems blessed by the impartiality of algorithms. Here’s how bias creeps in.

Russian President Putin Believes Future Technology May Be 'More Terrible Than a Nuclear Bomb'

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
*Daily Mail:* *Genetically-modified superhuman soldiers of the future will feel no pain or fear and be more 'destructive than nuclear bombs', warns Vladimir Putin* * Putin was speaking at a youth festival when he made the claims this week * He said if scientists play with man's genetic code, killer soldier could be made * He suggested that world leaders should agree on strict regulation to prevent the creation of mass-killing soldiers Genetically-modified superhuman soldiers 'worse than a nuclear bomb' could soon become a reality, according to Russian President, Vladimir Putin. S... more »

IPR and Innovation 38, Recent IP developments in some ASEAN countries

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 23 hours ago
Property rights protection of both physical and non-physical/intellectual -- trademark/logo, copyright, patent, etc. -- is among the cornerstones of dynamic, mature and market-friendly economies. Individuals and enterprises develop new products and services via innovation and they create new value, new wealth for society. I am reposting some developments on IPR in the ASEAN. Thanks to the Property Rights Alliance (PRA) for the bi-weekly IP updates. --------------- Intellectual property protection a 'key element of Thailand 4.0' The Nation, October 02, 2017 There's a role for intell... more »

Fundraising Appeal

Colin Todhunter at EAST BY NORTHWEST - 23 hours ago
*For the time being, all new posts will appear below this appea*l When I have little or no money coming in, I am compelled to ask for support from readers. If you value what I do, please read *THIS *appeal. This is only the second time I have had request assistance. Since the appeal was launched in early October, it has reached 54% of the intended target. That is down to just four individuals. I know many thousands read my work and I often receive emails from people saying that they they value my input. If just 25 people were to give a modest donation, the target could be achieved ... more »

Federal Judge Dismisses RICO Lawsuit Against Greenpeace

Marjorie Cohn at Marjorie Cohn - 23 hours ago
By Marjorie Cohn and Jonathan Moore In an audacious attempt to silence Greenpeace’s constitutionally protected criticism of what the environmental protection group calls “Resolute Forest Destroyer,” the logging company, Resolute Forest Products, sued Greenpeace under RICO – the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. In the suit, filed on May 31, 2016, Resolute sought CAD... Read more »

Tweets For Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
Check out this timeline for a quick low-down on what's been happening in #Catalonia pic.twitter.com/YcLSiqt6Qk — AFP news agency (@AFP) October 23, 2017 Then and now: images of Raqa before, during and after the Islamic State group made it the Syrian capital of their 'caliphate' pic.twitter.com/Yk1hXEnXIW — AFP news agency (@AFP) October 24, 2017 With the loss of Albion and Bulwark the UK will have slightly less on-call amphibious capacity than the Netherlands. Let that sink in. pic.twitter.com/K4wyc8XdOo — Engaging Strategy (@EngageStrategy1) October 23, 2017 Wow. Read this. pi... more »

Russian 'Ghost Submarine' Rattles The U.S. And NATO

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
The anti-submarine frigate HMS Somerset keeps company with the modified Kilo-class submarine Krasnodar as it made its way to Syria. NATO was keen to observe the submarine's fighting potential, and may have been given a more surprising demonstration than it expected. Picture: Royal NavySource:Supplied *The Australian/Wall Street Journal*:* A Russian ghost submarine, its US pursuers and a deadly new Cold War* The Krasnodar, a Russian attack submarine, left the coast of Libya in late May, headed east across the Mediterranean, then slipped undersea, quiet as a mouse. Then, it fired a ... more »

Henry Veatch on the Notion of Analytic Truth

Anoop Verma at The Verma Report - 1 day ago
Henry Veatch, in his book *Intentional Logic: A Logic Based on Philosophical Realism*, gives several arguments to challenge the notion of analytic truth. Here’s an excerpt from Chapter 3, "Mathematical Logic and Intentionality," in which Veatch is trying to show that the analytic propositions, which are certified by reference to the meanings of the terms used and require no reference to experience or to matters of fact, cannot be defended: Everyone is familiar with Kant’s celebrated examples of the two different types of propositions. Thus, as he thought, “Every body is extended” is... more »

Scientists Have Finally Created a Molecule That Was 70 Years in the Making

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 1 day ago
Scientists Have Finally Created a Molecule That Was 70 Years in the Making https://futurism.com/scientists-have-finally-created-a-molecule-that-was-70-years-in-the-making/?utm_content=buffere3677&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer Advertisements

Artificial intelligence finds 56 new gravitational lens candidates

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 1 day ago
Artificial intelligence finds 56 new gravitational lens candidates https://m.phys.org/news/2017-10-artificial-intelligence-gravitational-lens-candidates.html

Step inside the mind of the young Stephen Hawking as his PhD thesis goes online for first time. 

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 1 day ago
Step inside the mind of the young Stephen Hawking as his PhD thesis goes online for first time | University of Cambridge http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/step-inside-the-mind-of-the-young-stephen-hawking-as-his-phd-thesis-goes-online-for-first-time

Bilingual speakers experience time differently from people who only speak one language, study finds

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 1 day ago
Bilingual speakers experience time differently from people who only speak one language, study finds http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/bilingual-speakers-time-different-people-one-language-study-swedish-spanish-a7715146.html

Transparent solar technology represents ‘wave of the future’

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 1 day ago
Transparent solar technology represents ‘wave of the future’ https://m.phys.org/news/2017-10-transparent-solar-technology-future.html

Physicists Want To Create A New Universe In The Lab

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 1 day ago
Physicists Want To Create A New Universe In The Lab http://m.disclose.tv/news/physicists_want_to_create_a_new_universe_in_the_lab/140617

The Esoteric Meaning Of Neo, Morpheus & The Woman In The Red Dress

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 1 day ago
The Esoteric Meaning Of Neo, Morpheus & The Woman In The Red Dress https://anewkindofhuman.com/meaning-neo-morpheus-woman-red-dress/

Scientists Observed Epigenetic Memories Being Passed Down For 14 Generations

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 1 day ago
Scientists Observed Epigenetic Memories Being Passed Down For 14 Generations http://ewao.com/2017/10/23/scientists-observed-epigenetic-memories-being-passed-down-for-14-generations/

Scientists Discover How The Brain Controls Ageing – And Manage To Slow It Down

zedie at Someone Somewhere - 1 day ago
Scientists Discover How The Brain Controls Ageing – And Manage To Slow It Down https://sciencr.com/scientists-discover-how-the-brain-controls-ageing-and-manage-to-slow-it-down/

Lion Rock 22, Hong Kong's early policies on free trade, zero income tax

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 1 day ago
I like this article by a friend since 2004, Andrew Pak Man Shuen, Director and Co-Founder of the Lion Rock Institute in Hong Kong. I thought it was Sir John Cowperthwaite who was the first engineer of HK free trade policy. Reposting, did not include the first four paragraphs. Photo I got from wiki. ------------- How Hong Kong’s Bond Villain Keep Invasion at Bay 13/09/2017 THE CONSERVATIVE | June 2017 | Issue 4 | Andrew Pak Man Shuen … Sir Henry Pottinger was our first colonial governor. After the Opium War, he turned Hong Kong into an outpost of the British Empire so distant that Vi... more »

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
A French soldier from the 12th armoured division uses his binoculars in Inaloglog, Mali. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier *WNU Editor*: The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... *French forces fight insurgency in Mali *(Reuters).

“What Calgacus Said”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“What Calgacus Said”* by Andrew Green "In 84 AD the Britons who inhabited what is now northern Scotland decided to make a stand against the invading Roman forces, at a place Tacitus calls ‘Mons Graupius’. Scholars differ about where this might be: possibly it was at Bennachie in Aberdeenshire. As ancient historians were accustomed to do Tacitus has the leaders of each side address the troops, and he ‘quotes’ their speeches. (It’s unlikely he could have known exactly what was said, but speeches not only dramatize the narrative, they help supply commentary on the motivation and tact... more »

Iraqi forces gear up for important Syrian border offensive

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:40 A.M.) – The Iraqi Armed Forces are gearing up for an important military operation along the border of Syria’s Deir Ezzor Governorate, as they work to expel the Islamic State (ISIS) from Iraq once and for all. Units from the Iraqi Army and Hashd Al-Sha’abi (Popular Mobilization Units) are expected to kick-off […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Russian FM calls for halting terrorist migration after defeat in Syria, Iraq

The international community should prevent terrorists from moving to other countries after their defeat in Syria and Iraq, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said after talks with his Iraqi counterpart Ibrahim al-Jaafari on Monday. Lavrov said the sides discussed the situation in the Middle East and in the region in general, focusing on “stepping up […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Turkish Army attacks Kurdish forces in northwest Aleppo

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:35 A.M.) – The Turkish Army, alongside their allies from the Euphrates Shield, launched a fresh attack against the People’s Protection Units (YPG) in northwestern Aleppo last night, the pro-YPG ANF News reported. “Stationed in Seman Fortress, the invading Turkish army and affiliated gangs are launching an attack on Iska village of Efrîn’s […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Syrian Army discovers massive explosives factory belonging to ISIS in central Syria – video

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:55 A.M.) – A massive factory that was used by the Islamic State (ISIS) to produce explosives was discovered by the Syrian Arab Army, while they were conducting an operation in central Syria this weekend. According to the Syrian military, the explosives factory was discovered by the Syrian Army in the Jubb Al-Jarrah […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Iraqi Kurdistan’s leaders urge Baghdad to withdraw from Kirkuk

Iraqi Kurdistan sticks to a peaceful resolution of the current confrontation with Baghdad. Iraqi Kurdistan’s authorities have called on Baghdad to withdraw the troops deployed to Kurdish territories and begin talks to peacefully settle the crisis. “We call on the Iraqi Government to immediately cease its military aggression and withdraw from all territories. As the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Russian forces deploy to northeast Aleppo – video

Leith Fadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 1 day ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:45 A.M.) – A large number of Russian military police arrived in the northeastern countryside of the Aleppo Governorate this past weekend, as they begin their new mission to ensure the safety of returning refugees from Turkey. According to the Syrian military, the Russian military police are accompanying refugees from the town of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Pentagon Reveals More Details On The Niger Ambush That Killed 4 U.S. Special Forces Soldiers

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*Daily Mail:* *Top Pentagon general says soldiers ambushed in Niger didn't call for help for an hour – and their families will find out what happened to them before anyone else* * Three weeks after an ISIS ambush that killed four U.S. soldiers, the Pentagon knows little about what went wrong * Joint Chiefs chair Gen. Joe Dunford said Monday that the 12 Americans and 30 forces from Niger didn't request support until an hour after they were attacked * He also pledged to get answers for the fallen men's families * President Trump is in a war of words with the family of one dead serv... more »

Trumpanzee Fights To Cut Taxes On The Super-Rich

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*Dysfunctional GOP by Nancy Ohanian* Yesterday Ryan brought policy expert Donald J Trumpanzee to persuade the Freedom Caucus and other far right sociopaths that the Senate-passed budget is something they need to get behind. I would have loved to have been able to listen to the ignorant boob on the conference call trying to explain something he doesn't have a clue about to a pack of congressmen who tend to see him as a clown-- albeit *their* clown. I hope a tape gets out quickly. Pence was on the call as well, so it will definitely be leaked within 24 hours. Remember, this budget is... more »

The difference between Arpaio/Maketa and the prisoners in their concentration camps.

Brother Jonah at Not My Tribe - 1 day ago
The Sheriffs got Due Process and their victims don’t. The Sheriffs have yet to spend a single minute in handcuffs or a cell. The Trump administration followed every other in the Support The Pigs movement. Fucking Nazi coward bitches.

Jonah Raskin : BOOKS | Katya Sabaroff Taylor: ‘Prison Wisdom: Writing with Inmates’

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
This jam-packed volume features several hundred poems, stories, sketches, and drawings by prisoners. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | October 23, 2017 In April 1968, shortly before the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Nina Sabaroff, a … finish reading Jonah Raskin : *BOOKS* | Katya Sabaroff Taylor: ‘Prison Wisdom: Writing with Inmates’

Wind power questioned by a well-reasoned website

CFACT Ed at CFACT - 1 day ago
There are a number of good websites that question the prevailing dogma on wind farms, but few actually engage in teaching. The Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions (AWED) is a gem in this regard. Not only does the site shine with careful reasoning, it actually teaches how to make clear and convincing arguments.

Remembering The Beirut Marine Corps Barracks Bombing In 1983

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*AFP:* *Pence says 1983 bombing was opening salvo in 'war on terror'* US Vice President Mike Pence described the 1983 bombing of a Marine Corps barracks in Beirut as the opening shots of the "war of terror" Monday, as he issued fresh warnings to Iran and Hezbollah. Speaking during a ceremony at another building used to house Marines in Washington, Pence berated Tehran and framed the attack that killed 241 Americans as part of a series of outrages that included 9/11. "Thirty-four years ago today, America was thrust into war with an enemy unlike any we had ever faced," said Pence --... more »

In Order to Understand the World Today You Must Unlearn This One Thing

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 1 day ago
*Sigmund Fraud* - We're all being duped in a major way. The post In Order to Understand the World Today You Must Unlearn This One Thing appeared first on Waking Times.

Leading Neuroscientist Explains How the Brain Hallucinates Reality

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 1 day ago
*Anna Hunt* - This in itself could motivate you to pursue an ambition or dream you thought unattainable. The post Leading Neuroscientist Explains How the Brain Hallucinates Reality appeared first on Waking Times.

Senators Seek Probe of Student Loan Servicer Stock Trading

Jamaal Abdul-Alim at Diverse - 1 day ago
Two Democratic Senators called for an investigation into possible insider trading of student loan servicer Navient stock Monday.

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