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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, July 13, 2018

13 July - Blogs I'm Following 2 of 2

11:06 pm MDT



Uruguay: TLC con Chile se aprobó por unanimidad

Uruguay: FTA with Chile was adopted unanimously
bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
13-Jul-2018 Después de tres horas de discusión, en las que quedó claro que el Parlamento aprobaría por unanimidad el Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) entre Uruguay y Chile, la votación del proyecto en general salió negativa por un voto.
After three hours of discussion, it became clear that Parliament would approve unanimously the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between Uruguay and Chile, the vote on the draft in general left the refusal by one vote.

Organizaciones de la salud critican acuerdo con la Unión Europea: va a encarecer los medicamentos para la población

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
13-Jul-2018 Distintas organizaciones del ámbito de la salud han mostrado su preocupación frente a las consecuencias que podría tener la actualización del Acuerdo de asociación con la Unión Europea, ya que extendería los períodos en que las empresas farmacéuticas tienen exclusividad de mercado para un medicamento, lo que dificulta el acceso a los medicamentos.

Elliott starts ISD suit against Korea, claiming $770m in damage

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
13-Jul-2018 US-based hedge fund Elliott Associates has officially filed for an investor-state dispute settlement against the South Korean government seeking $770 million in compensation for the merger between two Samsung Group affiliates.

Samsung: un fonds américain réclame 770 millions de dollars à Séoul

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
13-Jul-2018 Le fonds d'investissement américain Elliott Associates a saisi une instance internationale au sujet de la fusion controversée de deux filiales du géant Samsung pour réclamer à la Corée du Sud près de 800 millions de dollars de dommages et intérêts.

Philippines, US to start free trade talks in September

bilaterals.org - 12 hours ago
13-Jul-2018 The Philippines will begin negotiations on a free trade agreement with the United States in September, its ambassador to Washington said.

Peter Strzok testifies, reveals partisan warfare (VIDEO)

Seraphim Hanisch at The Duran - 12 hours ago
Partisan bickering main event as FBI Agent Peter Strzok is used as the pawn to prove legitimacy of RussiaGate investigation The post Peter Strzok testifies, reveals partisan warfare (VIDEO) appeared first on The Duran.

Waters For President, 2020?

R. Cort Kirkwood at rss - 12 hours ago
[image: waters-for-president-2020] Some mainstream media commentators are suggesting Representative Maxine Waters might be the Democrats' next nominee for president.

Trump Exposes Brexit Betrayal by Globalists

Alex Newman at rss - 12 hours ago
[image: trump-exposes-brexit-betrayal-by-globalists] President Donald Trump blasted the so-called “soft” Brexit deal negotiated by British Prime Minister Theresa May that will keep the United Kingdom under the boot of the European Union.

Professors on Warpath Over University's Cowboy Ad Campaign

R. Cort Kirkwood at rss - 12 hours ago
[image: professors-on-warpath-over-university-s-cowboy-ad-campaign] The University of Wyoming’s “The World Needs More Cowboys” advertising campaign is being branded as racist and sexist by the politically correct crowd. Seriously.

Stunning Evidence of US Government Criminal Conspiracy: Two US Army Cryptographic Code Operators Overheard JFK Assassination Plan

greencrow at Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 12 hours ago
*JFK and American Flag* Every so often new information is revealed about that most seminal event of the post war 1900's..*.the Assassination of US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy.* Kennedy was shot down like a dog in the streets of Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963, a date that will truly live in infamy. The more time passes and the more the United States continues on its path of steady deterioration into a ZioFascist dictatorship, run by a secret, anonymous group of organized international criminals, the more nostalgic decent folk become for an era when a populist, intellectu... more »

Facebook Purges Over 80 Accounts in Sweeping Attack on the Alternative Media

Activist Post at Activist Post - 12 hours ago
By Phillip Schneider Starting in June of 2018, Facebook began deleting pages with up to 40 million followers in an unprecedented assault on independent media... more »

California’s CRAZY Vaccination Policy: No Medical Exemptions

Activist Post at Activist Post - 12 hours ago
By Catherine J. Frompovich The State of California and its health agencies better hand in their credentials because they apparently don’t know the facts about... more »

Vice President Pence raises money against Native American candidate for Kansas

White Wolf at White Wolf - 12 hours ago
Imagine a sitting vice president of the United States raising money for the opponent of one of the few Native American women to run for Congress. This election is that important. Vice President Mike Pence spoke at an America First rally in Kansas City and raised money for Rep. Kevin Yoder, R-Kansas. He said he was there to thank the people of Missouri and Kansas for supporting President Trump “every day since the election” and said it will soon be the one and one-half year mark since Trump took office. ‘It’s been a year and half of promises made, promises kept,” Pence said. It’s ... more »

Thai Soccer Team Improving in Hospital Days After Rescue

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 12 hours ago
CBS News Published on Jul 12, 2018 The 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach who were trapped in a cave for more than two weeks are improving in the hospital. Meanwhile, there are new details about how the children survived and how rescuers were able to get them to safety. CBS News correspondent Anna Werner […]

Just try not to laugh when doing this exercise

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 12 hours ago
Fitness trends come and go, and time will tell if the latest craze is here to stay: goat yoga. That’s right, yoga sessions with goats. The CBS News video above features some of the instructors and enthusiasts of this unusual pairing. At Laughing Frog Yoga studio in Santa Monica, California, pygmy goats Floyd and Rosco […] The post Just try not to laugh when doing this exercise appeared first on Health Nut News.

Did fracking cause the Hawaii volcano eruption?

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 12 hours ago
Jon Rappoport, Guest, Waking Times On the Big Island of Hawaii, where the Kilauea volcano has explosively erupted, there is a geothermal energy plant. It is the Puna Geothermal Venture (PGV) Plant, in Puna. There is a long-running debate about whether PGV is fracking. The debate may be a matter of terminology, because in the geothermal process, […] The post Did fracking cause the Hawaii volcano eruption? appeared first on Health Nut News.

Aspartame: By far the most dangerous substance added to most foods today

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 12 hours ago
Aspartame is the technical name for the brand names NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, and Equal-Measure. It was discovered by accident in 1965 when James Schlatter, a chemist of G.D. Searle Company, was testing an anti-ulcer drug. Aspartame was approved for dry goods in 1981 and for carbonated beverages in 1983. It was originally approved for dry […] The post Aspartame: By far the most dangerous substance added to most foods today appeared first on Health Nut News.

Overcoming adrenal fatigue naturally

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 12 hours ago
In the last decade, the pace of life (and all that comes with it, i.e., stress) has increased. If you’ve not yet dealt with adrenal fatigue it’s likely that you will at some point in your life. In fact, “Many proponents of this condition estimate that almost every person can experience adrenal fatigue, also known as […] The post Overcoming adrenal fatigue naturally appeared first on Health Nut News.

Rio’s Mayor Marcelo Crivella Dodges Impeachment Process

Lise Alves at The Rio Times - 12 hours ago
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Rio de Janeiro’s City Council rejected on Thursday, a request for the start of an impeachment process of mayor, Marcelo Crivella. Crivella was accused of a lack of administrative integrity for offering special benefits to Evangelical groups. “I want to thank God for one […]

WHAT WE DID: Gossip, group fiction and comic relief!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2018[w]Interlude—A well-chosen pair of books:* We got lucky in the books we chose to take on our summer vacation. Or so it seems to us. Last Wednesday, we reread the depressing classic, 36 Children, as our hurtling train headed north. But once we reached our sprawling family estate, we turned to a wonderfully well-matched pair of books: We turned to Professor Harari's Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. It was matched with Professor Rovelli's The Order of Time, and serendipity ruled! As we've watched our floundering species sift the world's events this week... more »

Are Military Courts Really Just Like Civilian Criminal Courts?

dmaurer at Lawfare - 13 hours ago
At the end of the last term, the Supreme Court decided in a 7-2 opinion that the high court exercises appellate jurisdiction over the United States’ military justice system—a system it says begins at the court-martial level, or trial level, through each Service’s Court of Criminal Appeals, up to the court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (CAAF), a tribunal with five president-appointed, Senate-confirmed civilian judges. The majority’s opinion in that case, *Ortiz v. United States* (argued and briefed as *Dalmazzi v. U.S.*), rests on its view that this “integrated court-martial syst... more »

The Illegitimate "President" Is Doing A Lot Of Harm-- Who Is Complicit?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 13 hours ago
Señor imbecile, illegitimate fake "president" Trumpanzee is, as the *Washington Post* noted yesterday, "remaking the global trade order without significant political resistance or penalty, unchecked by a largely compliant Congress and bolstered by the loyalty of his supporters-- even those [pathetic, self-destructive morons] likely to be hurt by his burgeoning global trade war. The rubber stamp enablers in Congress-- i.e., the entire Republican Party-- is so passive in the face of Trump’s escalating trade conflict that they cannot be anything but complicit and that complicity i... more »

Today’s smoothie

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 13 hours ago
Watercress Egg Milk vanilla and honey banana pineapple “Watercress contains more vitamin C than an orange, more calcium than milk, more iron than spinach, and more folate than bananas. The phytonutrients are where the health benefits of watercress are contained. Watercress contains vitamin A, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, iron, magnesium, calcium, and phosphorus, which are required for a healthy body.” https://www.organicfacts.net/health-benefits/vegetable/watercress.html I made the eggnog first, then heated it to be sure there were no bacteria, since uncooked eggs can be tricky. ... more »

Papa John’s is Pulling Founder’s Image From Its Marketing

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
Schnatter has long been the face of the brand, and Papa John's has acknowledged in regulatory filings that its business could be hurt if Schnatter's reputation was damaged.

Settled Sciences Require Accurate Models; Climate Science Has None

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 13 hours ago
Humiliation of the alarmists Al Gore’s hysterical projections of ice-free Arctic late summers are exposed as an absolute sham. 2018 uses a conservative projected value. Today the doomsday scenarios and projections made 10 years ago have yet to show any signs of materializing. Late summer Arctic sea ice has been surprisingly stable over the past … Continue reading "Settled Sciences Require Accurate Models; Climate Science Has None"

Democrats Understand City Management Like they Understand Climate Change

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 13 hours ago
Democrat-Led Cities Top List as ‘Worst-Run’ Cities in America WalletHub didn’t list the political affiliations of each city’s mayor. In fact, there’s no reference to any specific individuals or political parties in the survey. But a quick check of the cities and their respective mayors’ political affiliations paints a pretty harsh reality. Of the cities … Continue reading "Democrats Understand City Management Like they Understand Climate Change"

Editor's Note

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
I have a few visitors from overseas visiting me right now. Blogging will return later today.

The Trump Blimp May Have Been Underwhelming But The Protestors In The U.K. Have Finally Come Out In Force To Demonstrate Against President Trump

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*Daily Mail*: *Anti-Trump protestors take over central London: 100,000 march through the streets of the capital to demonstrate against Presidential visit* * 20ft high inflatable caricature depicted President as an angry infant wearing a nappy and clutching phone * Hours after he landed in London for the four-day tour of the UK, President Trump said that he felt 'unwelcome' * The balloon soared above Parliament Square as thousands get set to protest against the controversial visit * Blimp given green light by London Mayor Sadiq Khan in a move branded 'highly inappropriate and pathe... more »

China, American Automobile Sales and Trade Wars

A Political Junkie at Viable Opposition - 13 hours ago
On the People's Daily Facebook page (the official news outlet of the Chinese Communist Party), this posting appeared: Please note that, on a year-over-year basis, June sales of Ford dropped by 26 percent with June sales dropping by 38 percent, General Motors June sales dropped by 8 percent and overall U.S. car sales dropped by 22.9 percentage on a year-over-year basis. In contrast, sales of both Japanese and German cars increased over the same year-over-year period. Just in case you were curious, here is a graphic showing automobile sales in China from May 2017 to May 2018 (in tho... more »

The Unintended Consequences of Originalism

Gerard N. Magliocca at Balkinization - 13 hours ago
The nomination of Judge Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court will raise the profile of originalism in public life, though his confirmation hearings and some of his subsequent opinions. Many people are understandably focused on how a more originalist approach would influence doctrine (say on *Roe v. Wade*). I want to discuss briefly a different effect that originalism may have on the wider culture. In May, Illinois ratified the ERA. The lead sponsor of that effort in the state House of Representatives explained on the floor that the amendment was necessary because the Constitution as writt... more »

Heatwave Of July 13, 1954

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 13 hours ago
On this date in 1954 it was 120 degrees in Kansas, 115 degrees in Oklahoma and Arkansas 113 degrees in Missouri and Nebraska, and a cool 112 degrees in Texas. One hundred temperatures covered the country from coast to coast. … Continue reading →

Dark Days Ahead: Does Trump Have a Point About Europe?

Jeffrey Stacey at Duck of Minerva - 13 hours ago
For the first year of the Trump Administration, the Washington D.C.- based denizens of the U.S. foreign policy establishment assured themselves that although Donald Trump had tipped over the geopolitical apple cart, everything broken could be put back into place without undue difficulty. They were wrong. Taking their cue from the caustic reactions of American […]

Bad Bear's Photos: Cass Lake -- Dennis Banks Memorial Walk

Brenda Norrell at CENSORED NEWS - 13 hours ago
Photos by Western Shoshone Carl Bad Bear SampsonDennis Banks Memorial Walk

‘Help Me Mama!’ Body Cam Shows Cops Mistake Autism for Drug Use, Attack & Taser Autistic Teen

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: autistic] Disturbing body camera footage has been released showing two police officer choke and taser an autistic teen after mistaking his mental disability for drug use. The post ‘Help Me Mama!’ Body Cam Shows Cops Mistake Autism for Drug Use, Attack & Taser Autistic Teen appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

Multiple Cops Indicted for Policy of Framing Innocent Black People to Make Dept Look Good

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: black] To show that they had great stats in solving crimes, a police department was directed to arrest innocent black people and frame them in cases they had open. The post Multiple Cops Indicted for Policy of Framing Innocent Black People to Make Dept Look Good appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

As Gov’t Fails Citizens, Elon Musk Promises to Fix Lead Contamination in Flint Homes

Rachel Blevins at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: musk] Four years after Flint, Michigan, made headlines for poisoning residents with contaminated water, Elon Musk is promising to help find a solution. The post As Gov’t Fails Citizens, Elon Musk Promises to Fix Lead Contamination in Flint Homes appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

WATCH: Cops Flip Coin to Decide on Jailing Woman for Speeding, Then They Kidnap Her

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 14 hours ago
[image: coin] Two cops targeted a young woman for revenue collection for speeding. However, they then played a coin flip game to decide on arresting her. The post WATCH: Cops Flip Coin to Decide on Jailing Woman for Speeding, Then They Kidnap Her appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

Lessons learned from my latest trilogy

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 14 hours ago
Over at Mad Genius Club, I've written a fairly long article outlining some of the lessons learned (so far) from the publication of my latest trilogy, "Cochrane's Company", at approximately 30-day intervals. The article is oriented towards writers more than readers, but if the subject interests you, click over there to get a feel for the state of the independent author market today. While on the subject of the trilogy, may I once again ask those of you who've read it to please leave a review of each book on Amazon.com? Reviews are the life-blood of independent authors, as we don... more »

Daraa rebels ambush Syrian Army in blatant breach of ceasefire

Zen Adra at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (5:20 P.M.) – Scores of Syrian Army soldiers were killed and injured yesterday when rebel fighters in Daraa opened fire at their convoy in a flagrant violation of the reconciliation deal. Having agreed to surrender their towns to the Syrian government, militants in Tall Antar and Tall al-Alaqiyat opened fire at the Syrian […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Israel fires missile interceptor rocket at drone from Syria – IDF

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
The news came just a day after Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu stated that Israel has no problems with the Syrian government and will not intervene in the country if the existing agreements are upheld. “A Patriot missile was launched against an unmanned aircraft that was approaching Israel from Syrian territory,” a statement of the Israeli Defense Forces’ (IDF) […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

VIDEO shows Syrian Army tours recently-captured Gharz area in Daraa

Zen Adra at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
DAMSCUS, SYRIA (5: 00 P.M.) – Years after rebel groups’ control of Daraa al-Balad district, the Syrian Army has finally regained control of the entire provincial capital following massive rebel surrender. Among the recently-reclaimed areas is Gharz district located to the southeast. The area is known for its notorious prison and high-standing silos; where fierce […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian Army hoists national flag over Daraa city to signify victory (video)

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:30 P.M.) – Syrian government forces raised the flag of the Syrian Arab Republic in the Daraa al-Balad District of Daraa city, Thursday, following a week-long battle against the Free Syrian Army (FSA). As Al-Masdar News reported on Thursday, an important deal was reached with the militants in the southern districts of Daraa to […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Friday Morning Links

Greg Fingas at Accidental Deliberations - 14 hours ago
Assorted content to end your week. - Ed Finn offers a reminder that Canada's social safety net is leading to the perpetuation of poverty despite ample resources to end it. And Niall McCarthy discusses the worsening state of financial inequality across the developed world. - Hadrian Metrins-Kirkwood points out that enhanced sick leave under Employment Insurance would result in an affordable benefit to people who need it. - Robert Reich reviews new books by Annie Lowrey and Andrew Yang on the value of a basic income, but recognizes the importance of dealing with inequality all alon... more »

COLLUSION: Peter Strzok reveals THREE different versions of the ‘Trump Dossier’

Seraphim Hanisch at The Duran - 14 hours ago
FBI Special agent caught hiding fact of multiple versions of dossier during questioning by House Judiciary Committee The post COLLUSION: Peter Strzok reveals THREE different versions of the ‘Trump Dossier’ appeared first on The Duran.

Strzok Shows Bias in Contentious Hearing About FBI Bias

James Murphy at rss - 14 hours ago
[image: strzok-shows-bias-in-contentious-hearing-about-fbi-bias] In a contentious hearing, FBI Agent Peter Strzok repeatedly claimed he was not biased. However, thousands of text messages to his lover say otherwise.

China’s Military Interests Along The Silk Road Stretch From Sea To Shining Sea

Andrew KORYBKO at OrientalReview.org - 14 hours ago
The People’s Liberation Army is therefore predicted to become a hemispheric force active all across Afro-Eurasia, though concentrating mostly on the supercontinental Heartland of Central Asia and the East African coast of the Indian Ocean Region in managing its dual mainland-maritime military competencies in protecting the Silk Road. The post China’s Military Interests Along The Silk Road Stretch From Sea To Shining Sea appeared first on OrientalReview.org.

Nearly two years after a university asked for retractions, two journals have done nothing

Ivan Oransky at Retraction Watch - 14 hours ago
How long should a retraction take? That’s a complex question, of course, depending on how long the alleged issues with a paper take to be investigated, whether authors — and their lawyers — fight tooth-and-nail against a retraction, and other factors. But once a university officially requests a retraction, how long should one take? The … Continue reading Nearly two years after a university asked for retractions, two journals have done nothing

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sue at Is the BBC biased? - 14 hours ago
Reluctantly for me, back to this blog’s original remit. The BBC. It’s Friday 13th; unlucky for some. I rarely agree wholeheartedly with TV critiques in, e.g., The Times, (£) but today’s review by Carol Midgley hit the spot. The topics addressed were last night’s new drama, BBC One’s ‘Keeping Faith’, and ‘Eat Well For Less.’ Keeping Faith began atrociously, got a bit worse, then suddenly became terrific and ended with me chomping for the second episode. Word has it that this first instalment, which initially had the faux-stylish air of a sanitary towel advert, is not typical of the... more »

LaRouchePAC Friday Webcast - July 13, 2018

adam at LaRouchePAC Feed - 15 hours ago
LaRouchePAC Friday Webcast - July 13, 2018 Video of LaRouchePAC Friday Webcast - July 13, 2018 Join us LIVE at 11am Eastern with our host, Matthew Ogden.

Trump: Relations with May ‘Strong’ After Bombshell Interview

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 15 hours ago
Trump's pomp-filled visit to the United Kingdom was overshadowed by an explosive interview in which he blasted May, his host.

8 Endangered Rhinos Die in Kenya Relocation Bid: Official

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 15 hours ago
Seven critically endangered black rhinos are dead following an attempt to move them from the capital to a national park hundreds of kilometers away.

Malala Yousafzai Celebrates 21st Birthday on Rio’s Sugar Loaf

Contributing Reporter at The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – During a visit to Brazil this week, Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 for her fight to defend girls’ education, celebrated her 21st birthday at Pão de Açúcar (Sugar Loaf) in Rio de Janeiro with young dancers from a […]

For Sale: Gorgeous 5BR House in Barra da Tijuca, R$12,000,000

Classifieds at The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
Gorgeous house in Barra da Tijuca. 1400m², near shopping malls, schools, gyms, restaurants and the beach. Spacious living and dinning rooms, and a home theater area. Modern kitchen, 5 Beds (all suites), 4 jacuzzis, home office and a winery. Spa with a pool and a barbecue area. Dry and steam sauna. 4 garage car parking […]

Trump Is Perfectly Normal

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 15 hours ago
Let me qualify that. Donald Trump is every bit as perfectly normal as the pathological soul-destroying capitalism which passes for democracy in our so-called free world. That's why I find the overreaction to his gaslighting tour of Europe this week to be so amusing. Once again, our renegade president is single-handedly destroying all the advanced Norms of Civilization, which, legend has it, reached their finest hour in the McCarthyite post-World War II years of American Empire. The smell of neoliberal punditry in the morning, mourning Decline and Fall, is both bracing and nauseating... more »

The amazing life of St Paisios and his insights into our times, which he says are the times of the Anti Christ of the Book of Revelation

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 15 hours ago
Thousands of Greeks went to visit the grave of an amazing contemporary saint Paisios yesterday to mark the 24th anniversary of his death. http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/07/12/thousands-queue-to-worship-at-tomb-of-greek-saint-video/ https://www.neakriti.gr/article/ellada-nea/1515055/hiliades-pistoi-kai-simera-sti-souroti-ston-tafo-tou-agiou-paisiou/ http://www.livemedia.gr/video/328477 St Paisios lived in obscurity as a hermit monk on Mount Athos. He became known by word of mouth for miraculous healings and other amazing things he did, and […]

Merkel decided on Brexit deal, admits UK PM as Trump lands in London

Jane Burgermeister at Eugenics and pandemics - 15 hours ago
Angela Merkel has emerged as a key figure in the Brexit betrayal after Theresa May admitted to her Cabinet Ministers that she had gotten the approval of the Globalist Kingpin in Berlin for her Brexit white paper. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5329725/Did-Theresa-share-Brexit-plan-Angela-Merkel-showing-cabinet-Chequers.html In an article for the Spectator, journalist Charles Moore wrote: ‘At Chequers, I hear, one of her […]

Spain's majority-female cabinet embodies women's global rise to power

Karen Beckwith, Professor of Political Science, Case Western Reserve University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 15 hours ago
Once women gain access to the highest political ranks, their numbers continue to grow, a new study shows. Their presence lays a 'concrete floor' of inclusion for future governments to build on.

Central American kids come to the US fleeing record-high youth murder rates at home

Julio Ernesto Acuna Garcia, Assistant Professor, Economics Department, Universidad San Fracisco de Quito (Ecuador) at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 15 hours ago
Central American youth are 10 times more likely to be murdered than children in the US. Child homicides in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador are rising even as other violence declines.

Emmett Till's life matters

Davis W. Houck, Professor, Florida State University at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 15 hours ago
A historian explains the case significance for the civil rights movement.

As the World Cup winds down and the summit nears, Trump is playing Putin's game

Cynthia Hooper, Associate Professor of History, College of the Holy Cross at Politics + Society – The Conversation - 15 hours ago
Donald Trump's coziness with Vladimir Putin and his antagonism toward Europe is making the Russian leader look good to his countrymen and former adversaries across Europe. And Trump is looking bad.

The Simple Truth

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago
Boris Johnson has let it be known that he admires Donald Trump. And Donald Trump has returned the compliment. William Davies writes in *The New York Times*: “I am increasingly admiring of Donald Trump. I have become more and more convinced that there is method in his madness.” These comments, subsequently leaked, were made last month by Boris Johnson, who was then Britain’s foreign secretary. Never one to discount praise, Mr. Trump reportedly expressed an interest in meeting his “friend” Mr. Johnson during his visit to London this week, noting that Mr. Johnson has been “very, very... more »

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Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 15 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Heatwave Spreads to Arctic So Dry in Michigan that Starting Lawnmower Can Cause FireCFTC Approves Record $30 Million Award For JP Morgan Whistle-Blower Senate Confirms Brian Benczkowski, Justice Official Who Worked for Russian Bank US "Asleep At The Wheel" – As Nuclear Industry Faces Collapse Ah, if only this were happening for the right reason! Ruppert Murdoch Given Got Clearance for Sky Takeover Watch Live: Hearing Devolves Into Chaos After Strzok Refuses To Answer Questions 5 Of The Most Controversial Moments From Peter Strzok's Chaotic Testimony To Congress Thai ... more »

War of the Twitter Bots

mreiss at Lawfare - 15 hours ago
Nations are always fighting the last war. The Roman legions eventually fell victim to the unconventional tactics of the Visigoths. The British fleet sank off of Singapore because it couldn’t comprehend air power. Today, the United States is at risk of fighting the last war again. Americans need to realize that the next war may very well be fought with data and information, rather than guns and planes, and come around to the idea that the battlefield is not a public space (like the seas or the air) but a private one, managed and controlled by private actors. It is for these reasons... more »

NATIONAL REVIEW'S MONA CHAREN SEES THE THAI CAVE RESCUE AND THINKS ABOUT ... ABORTION

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 15 hours ago
What did you think about when you learned that the boy's soccer team in Thailand had been rescued from the cave? At *National Review,* Mona Charen reveals that she thought about abortion: Twelve boys and their adult coach trapped in a dank, oxygen-deprived cave in Thailand riveted the world’s attention for two weeks. Why, people ask at times like this, are we so focused on these individuals when half a million Rohingya refugee children are in danger of starving on the Bangladesh border, or when 400,000 Yemeni children are severely undernourished? The answer is drama. We saw images o... more »

Greece Expels Russian Diplomats at the Behest of Washington

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 15 hours ago
*sputnik* The expulsion of two Russian diplomats from Greece is unfounded and could seriously damage bilateral relations, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry. *"Washington… is behind the anti-Russian decision of the government of Greece," the foreign ministry said in a statement*. The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that the Greek side had provided no justification for the expulsion of the Russian diplomats from Greece, emphasizing that Moscow considers the incident absolutely groundless. *"We consider this action to be absolutely unreasonable, not confirmed by facts from... more »

Tukey's Currency Conitnues To Crash

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
A woman changes money at a currency exchange office in central Istanbul, Turkey, May 23, 2018. REUTERS/Murad Sezer *Middle East Monitor*: *Turkish lira hits record low, days after Erdogan's new government appointed* *Currency falls after president appoints son-in-law as new finance minister, as economists fret over central bank independence* The Turkish lira hit a record low overnight Wednesday, dispelling hope that the currency's instability would end after June's snap election. It hit a low of 4.9767 lira to the US dollar in overnight trading with Asia after President Recep Tay... more »

Is The Pentagon Going Into 'Damage Control' After President Trump's Remarks At The NATO Summit?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
*NBC: **Pentagon goes into 'damage control' mode to reassure NATO allies* “One thing you need in this alliance is predictability,” one diplomatic official said. WASHINGTON — Hours after President Donald Trump departed NATO headquarters Thursday, U.S. military leaders embarked on a full-scale “damage control” operation with calls to their counterparts across Europe to reassure them that America will abide by its defense commitments in the region. The outreach, directed by the Pentagon leadership, came after Trump threatened to reassess those commitments during a gathering with NAT... more »

Death Of The Polar Melting Scan

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 16 hours ago
Sea ice extent is normal at both poles. Charctic Interactive Sea Ice Graph | Arctic Sea Ice News and Analysis Arctic sea ice volume is fourth highest since 2003, with the melt season quickly winding down. Spreadsheet Data Temperatures near the … Continue reading →

Fake News And The Battle For The Truth

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
*AFP*: *The online battle for the truth* False information is saturating political debate worldwide and undermining an already weak level of trust in the media and institutions, spreading further than ever on powerful social networks. US President Donald Trump has popularised the term "fake news", using it mainly as an accusation levelled at the media, and it is increasingly used by politicians from Spain to China, Myanmar or Russia. "Fake news" has been generalised to mean anything from a mistake to a parody or a deliberate misinterpretation of facts. At the same time, the prolif... more »

Déclaration du représentant des États-Unis au commerce extérieur, M. Robert Lighthizer, lors de la séance plénière d'ouverture du Forum de l'AGOA 2018

bilaterals.org - 16 hours ago
13-Jul-2018 Le représentant des États-Unis au commerce extérieur affirme que le moment est opportun pour poursuivre les négociations d'accords de libre-échange avec les pays éligibles à l'AGOA.

Africa: Statement of USTR Robert Lighthizer at the opening plenary of the 2018 US-sub-Saharan Africa trade and cconomic Cooperation forum (AGOA forum)

bilaterals.org - 16 hours ago
13-Jul-2018 USTR Robert Lighthizer believes the time is right to pursue free trade agreement negotiations with AGOA eligible countries.

Trump : un « soft Brexit » serait fatal à un accord commercial

bilaterals.org - 16 hours ago
13-Jul-2018 Le projet de Theresa May de conserver une relation économique étroite avec l'UE après le Brexit « tuera probablement » un accord de libre-échange avec les Etats-Unis, selon le président américain.

Donald Trump says free trade deal with UK won't happen if it proceeds with current Brexit plans

bilaterals.org - 16 hours ago
13-Jul-2018 US President Donald Trump said a free trade deal with Britain might be impossible if it went ahead with Prime Minister Theresa May's proposals for post-Brexit ties with the European Union

J&J Forced to Pay $4.7 BILLION As Jury Finds They Knowingly Gave Women Cancer with Baby Powder

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 16 hours ago
[image: powder] A jury has ordered the pharmaceutical giant, Johnson & Johnson to pay $4.7 billion in damages to victims they say were knowingly given cancer by the baby powder products. The post J&J Forced to Pay $4.7 BILLION As Jury Finds They Knowingly Gave Women Cancer with Baby Powder appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

Karl Popper and Ludwig Wittgenstein

Anoop Verma at The Verma Report - 16 hours ago
Karl Popper ; Ludwig Wittgenstein Karl Popper had an argumentative relationship with Ludwig Wittgenstein. He found little merit in the doctrine which Wittgenstein advances in *Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus* that genuine philosophical propositions do not exist and therefore they cannot be solved. In *Conjectures and Refutations*, Popper says: “If Wittgenstein's doctrine is true, then nobody can philosophize, in my sense. Were this my opinion I would give up philosophy. But it so happens that I am not only deeply interested in certain philosophical problems (I do not much care whet... more »

Iran's Biggest Oil Customers Appear To Be Succumbing To U.S. Pressure

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
*Al Jazeera*: *US calls on European allies to take harsh line against Iran* The US appeal to EU leaders comes as some of Tehran's biggest oil customers appear to be succumbing to the US pressure. The US secretary of state has called on European allies to take a harsher stance against Iran, which he accused of violating UN resolutions, as some of Tehran's biggest oil customers appear to be succumbing to the US pressure. Mike Pompeo sent out two tweets on Thursday in which he accused the country of violating UN Security Council resolutions and sending weapons across the Middle East... more »

US Has Used NATO to Maintain Hegemony Over Europe: Analyst

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 16 hours ago
PressTV Published on Jul 13, 2018 The NATO military alliance has helped the United States to maintain its dominance over Europe’s security and international affairs and keep the continent under its hegemony, long after the Cold War, an American analyst says. “Traditionally, ever since the NATO alliance was created back in the 1940s, the United States […]

Expert: Iran Not Likely to Renegotiate Nuclear Deal, Israel Likely to Act

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 16 hours ago
What this article (below) conveniently left out are: – 1. Israel is already the sole nuclear armed nation in the middle east. 2. Israel has deployed its nuclear armed submarines in the Persian Gulf to attack Iran when needed. 3. Israel has repeatedly LIED about its nuclear arsenal (300-400 nuclear bombs) and has refused to […]

Paris Accord Based on Fraud

Viv at The Carbon Sense Coalition - 17 hours ago
By Brendan Godwin The Paris Accord is based on fraud. Carbon Dioxide or CO2 is essential for all life on earth. Without it we are all extinct. There is nothing unusual happing with the globe’s temperatures. No unusual warming. Our interglacial warm period peaked 8,000 years ago and we are cooling. We’ve come to the […]

The Color Scheme For The Next Air Force One Will Be Looking Different Than The Current One

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 17 hours ago
Donald Trump doesn't like the feminine blue color of Air Force One that dates to Jacqueline Kennedy's redesign in the 1960s *Daily Mail:* *Trump wants new Air Force One to trade iconic light blue 'Jackie Kennedy' paint job for bolder 'more American' colors – and demands bigger bed to match his own personal plane* * Boeing is building a pair of 747 aircraft for use as the next Air Force One planes * Trump doesn't like the robin's-egg blue exterior that Jackie Kennedy chose 55 years ago and wants something bolder; one presidential historian is outraged * Trump also wants a bigger be... more »

Citizen Outrage in Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam After The Formosa Oil Spill - Part 4 of 4

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 17 hours ago
*Youtube link: https://youtu.be/9lq2WFTNd-k* *Interview 4 of 4* *Mr. Ngoyen Phu Trong and Mr. Vo Kim Cu. Possibly, the Two Most Hated Men In Vietnam and Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam.* In this final interview in the four part series about the Formosa Chemical Company poisoning of the sea and ground water in Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam we hear several local citizens speak about their anger or animosity toward Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong, Prime Minister of Vietnam and Mr. Vo Kim Cu, the Governor of Ha Tinh Province where the chemical spill occurred. We hear the same old global story of... more »

Can The Democrats Make It Work This Time? Not Likely But Here's How They COULD

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 17 hours ago
*Meet Dan Sena, DCCC Executive Director (the one on the right)* Here's how the DCCC staff Hive Mind works: we have to win this cycle so we'll be worth more as consultants next year. Here's how the DCCC leadership Hive Mind works: we have to win this cycle so we can... get the leadership back and do something or other... you know, whatever Pelosi and Hoyer think we need to do. This cycle they're being handed a win on a silver platter because, well, you know: Trump. And even *they* have figured out that no matter how repulsive a punch bowl full of turds they offer the American people,... more »

The other new revolutionary Russian weapons systems: ASATs

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 17 hours ago
The Russian plan to counter the US military threat is becoming clearer and clearer with each passing day. The Saker explains

Brett Kavanaugh and the Starr Report: How Our Office Drafted the Impeachment Referral

sbates at Lawfare - 17 hours ago
Photo: The White House/Wikimedia Under independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr in 1998, I helped draft what came to be known as the Starr Report: a summary of “substantial and credible information ... that may constitute grounds for an impeachment,” which 28 U.S.C. § 595(c) then required us to send to the House of Representatives. One of my colleagues in that endeavor was Brett Kavanaugh, the D.C. Circuit judge President Trump has nominated to the Supreme Court. Over the past few days, a number of journalists have asked me about differences with Brett while we worked on the report. I... more »

Why the U.S. Needs Federal Data Privacy Legislation

ckerry at Lawfare - 17 hours ago
“I Love Lucy” provides the central metaphor for a Brookings paper released today on what to do to protect privacy. It comes from the episode where Lucy goes to work wrapping candies on an assembly line. The line keeps speeding up with the candies coming closer together, and, as they fall farther behind, Lucy and her sidekick Ethel scramble harder to keep up. “I think we’re fighting a losing game,” Lucy says. This is what we face with data privacy in America today. It’s a losing game because we are in the midst of an information Big Bang far more dizzying than Lucy’s assembly line.... more »

Church of England to withdraw funds from polluting firms that fail to tackle climate change

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 17 hours ago
By Paul Homewood The increasingly irrelevant Church of England has jumped on the virtue signalling bandwagon, and decided to withdraw funds from polluting firms that “fail to tackle climate change.” From the Telegraph: The Church of England is to withdraw funds from polluting firms that fail to tackle climate change. Companies including Shell […]

Taking the low road

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 17 hours ago
Border patrol agents say they are alarmed by the growing number of migrants illegally crossing the border with children – who are not their own – to avoid long-term federal custody. But never mind. It is fodder for the anti-Trump hysteria, food and fuel to keep the masses agitated. Yes, they know it's wrong, that it is hurting children, but it's working and they've sunk this low.

For some Western leaders, the Cold War never ended

Seraphim Hanisch at The Duran - 18 hours ago
President Trump played both sides of the Russia game with skill in confronting NATO members, but he knows Russia is no threat. The post For some Western leaders, the Cold War never ended appeared first on The Duran.

California's public sector unions, money, and politics

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 18 hours ago
The California Political Review calculates the money taken in every year by public sector unions in that state, and shows how it gives those unions a powerful say in the running of the state. In the wake of the Janus ruling, it is useful to estimate just how much money California’s government unions collect and spend each year. Because government unions publicly disclose less than what the law requires of public corporations or private sector unions, only estimates are possible. * . . .* In summary, subject to the limitations in the available data and what appear to be reasonable ... more »

Mr. Vo Kim Cu. The Most Hated Man In Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam - Interview 4 of 4

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 18 hours ago
Interview number 4 of 4.

Del Bigtree High Wire Features Blaxill, Handley, Kennedy and Hooker

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 19 hours ago
You simply must listen to or watch this episode of The High Wire with Del Bigtree featuring Mark Blaxill, JB Handley, Robert Kennedy Jr and Dr. Brian Hooker. The damn has a crack. And while American children become sicker and...

Latest Map Update of Daraa offensive

Zen Adra at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 19 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (11:15 A.M.) – For the first time since the outbreak of Syrian uprising in 2011, the Syrian Army has regained control of the Daraa al-Balad district following massive collapse of rebel groups. Meanwhile, the government forces, accompanied by Russian Military Police, have entered the towns of Yadodeh, Tafas and Muzayreb of the western […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Weekly podcast: Dead-end jobs and forgotten towns

James Coney at Blog Posts – Page Array – UnHerd - 19 hours ago
Ayesha Hazarika is joined by UnHerd columnist and author, James Bloodworth, and Polly Mackenzie, Director of Demos think tank. This week, the panel discuss UnHerd’s latest audio documentary, presented by James Bloodworth: ‘How dead-end jobs killed small-town pride‘. The documentary looks at the old industrial town of Rugeley and explores what can be done to […] The post Weekly podcast: Dead-end jobs and forgotten towns appeared first on UnHerd.

Rio Nightlife Guide for Friday, July 13, 2018

Jack Arnhold at The Rio Times - 19 hours ago
We have the top three picks for this Friday, and below there is a list of bars and lounges that are always a good option. PARTY: ¡Sigue Bailando! @ Terraço Lagoa (Lagoa) – The biggest Latin culture party of Brazil is back! After eight editions of this party, touring around the best places in Rio […]

World War 3 COULD break out following ANOTHER chemical attack in Syria – ex-diplomat WARNS

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 19 hours ago
Former British Ambassador to Syria warns that another "chemical weapons" could be staged and it could spark a wider conflict

10 Reasons Why Tesla Is a Scientific God.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 19 hours ago
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Source of cosmic ‘ghost’ particle revealed.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 19 hours ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-44786125

La “roue hédonique” (1/3) : Du plaisir

Ethical Technology - 19 hours ago
Première des trois parties d’une réflexion sur le syndrome dit du “hedonic treadmill”, en anglais. À quelles conditions la technique pourrait nous aider à sortir de notre tendance à revenir à des niveaux de bonheur plus ou moins égaux tout le long de la vie ? https://ieet.org/images/uploads/hamsterlarge-1000x300.jpg

A Creepy Partisan Weasel of the First Order.

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 20 hours ago
*The cockiness of Peter Strzok at Thursday’s hearing* is a reflection of the immunity that ruling-class mandarins enjoy in liberal Washington. He was testifying from the safety of the deep state and thus knew that he could lie his head off without consequence. How else to explain his unrepentant opening statement, with its blatant anti-Trump special pleading? The statement sounded like it had been written by Rachel Maddow, resting on the lamest and hackiest of MSNBC-style talking points, that “today’s hearing is just another victory notch in Putin’s belt and another milestone in o... more »

Trump’s NATO smackdown paves way for real leaders to meet in Helsinki (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 20 hours ago
The Duran – News in Review – Episode 53. The post Trump’s NATO smackdown paves way for real leaders to meet in Helsinki (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

Sadiq Khan approves “baby” balloon, as Trump meets May-bot (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 20 hours ago
The Duran – News in Review – Episode 52. The post Sadiq Khan approves “baby” balloon, as Trump meets May-bot (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

Plummeting July 13th Temperatures In The US

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 20 hours ago
On this day in 1936, it was 112 degrees in Iowa, 113 degrees in Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky, 112 degrees in Wisconsin, 110 degrees in Minnesota, 109 degrees in Michigan, and 112 degrees in Missouri. Weather this hot is completely … Continue reading →

Sadiq Khan dissembles with cover from BBC

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 21 hours ago
This BBC report https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-44807972 repeats Sadiq Khan's words re free speech and censorship: 'London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme. He defended his decision to allow the Trump baby balloon to fly over Westminster. "Can you imagine if we limited freedom of speech because someone might get hurt?" The UK has a "rich history" of the right to protest, and as mayor he "should not be the arbiter of what is in good taste or bad taste".' The BBC seem to have forgotten https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36516378 from 2... more »

Conditions for formation of Super El Ninos determined

Hifast at Climate Collections - 21 hours ago
From WUWT: Anthony Watts / July 12, 2018 A University of Aizu team has identified two distinct Indo-Pacific processes shaping the unique features and extraordinary ferocity of super El Ninos. A systematic analysis of these processes and their interactions will improve forecasts of the elusive super El Ninos, the researchers claim. “Until recently, scientists believed […]

More Mumbo Jumbo On Russia

Michael AVERKO at OrientalReview.org - 21 hours ago
US mass media TV news continues to be inundated with anti-Russian propaganda. McFaul, Ioffe, Figliuzzi, Peters and Clinton, constitute a partial sampling of the fault ridden, Russia related commentary. The post More Mumbo Jumbo On Russia appeared first on OrientalReview.org.

Middle East officials flocking to Moscow – is there a big deal to be made before Putin meets Trump?

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
Russia's intervention in Syria did more than defeat ISIS. It marked a shift in global power away from Washington towards Moscow

The Three Temptations Of Christ

Brother Nathanael Kapner at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
It's a long war, and as Brother Nathanael's video suggests, it involves more than a spiritual struggle. There's also a political dimension to the conflict too

New $32 Million US Military Logistics Hub in Kuwait Nearly Finished

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
A major new logistics hub in Kuwait will serve U.S. military operations in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and, if hostilities erupt with Israel's arch-enemy, Iran too

UK Intel Agencies Preparing Muslim Insurgency

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
Ex-policeman claims colleagues revealed a treasonous plot.

Western Elites Decrying ‘Populism’ Betrays Fear of Democracy

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
The media often uses the term “populist” alongside the term “far-right”. The implication being that the populists are something to be abhorred or avoided. Finian Cunningham explains

Natural Remedies for Dandruff and Dry Scalp

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
This is a good resource for what is an extremely common problem. The take home for us all is to wash our hair with a gentle soap in order to clean it. Actually the easiest is Palmolive dish soap with vinegar added if you are able to believe that. Then dab a little sesame oil onto the top of your scalp. The oil will migrate over your scalp and the odor will disappears almost immediately as well. Other oils work as well of course. the trick is to let a little bit go a long way as your scalp will also be producing and this add-in can simply support that as needed. I also susp... more »

Frigid polar oceans, not balmy coral reefs, are species-formation hot spots

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
[image: IMAGE] This is totally unexpected and is a great argument for the evolutionary pressure argument as the prime driver of speciation. A tropical reef provides a rich nurturing environment with scant evolutionary pressure. Thus we need to expect a lower level of speciation even if we have hundreds of species about. In the cold, it is always harsh and any arrival species will have to change. Unusual though. *Frigid polar oceans, not balmy coral reefs, are species-formation hot spots * *University of Michigan* *IMAGE: Map shows species-formation rates for marine fish gr... more »

This brain ‘blackout’ starts a migraine

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
What emerges here is that both seizures and migraines are propagated along the surface of the brain and that EM stimulus can alt6er the progress and even end it by redirection. This is good news as it provides direction for therapies*.* * .* It also indicates that all this will turn out to be eminently curable as well. Much brain damage in particular is actually rather small in terms of the overall mass of the brain. Isolating the damage should open up options and this suggests we are getting closer to doing that.. *This brain ‘blackout’ starts a migraine* *Posted by A'ndrea El... more »

Yoga and meditation work better if you have a brain zap too

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
. What all this work does indicate is that electro magnetic stimulation is beneficial to meditation at some level. I also recall earlier posts of mine regarding circles of ringstone out of Africa which also infer a field generation. It has not yet turned into useful devices with predictable results. That needs a lot more work and may well include a meditation cap combined with a meditation seat holding a large piece of ring stone to anchor the bottom of the Kundalini. As this makes clear, the science is now triggering serious research and invention. All good news as none of ... more »

From Vedic Russia - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 21 hours ago
*Showing us a way* *Closer to Earth and Heaven* *From Vedic Russia* *© *2018 M. N. Hopkins *Note:* This poem was inspired after watching the documentary entitled, “From Vedic Russia With Love” and was written yesterday and published today, the 13th of July 2018 for the first time on my blog. It is written in the haiku style of poetry. If you wish to view the 54 minute beautiful and inspiring documentary that inspired me to write this poem, please click on the link provided below: *From Vedic Russia With Love Documentary*

Talk About Body Language

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 22 hours ago
Bill would make Pentagon track allied defense spending for Congress https://t.co/FPZncpQOR2 pic.twitter.com/VuqUDs0beI — Defense News (@defense_news) July 12, 2018

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 22 hours ago
*The Voice Of Russia by Noah* There he was, Wednesday morning, the Manchurian President, flanked by his coterie of supportive treasonous handmaidens (White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, NATO Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchison, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo). Trump sat at a breakfast meeting with the heads of NATO member nations with one goal in mind, berate them and begin the end of NATO. It was as if Trump was there as a lone courtesy invitee, invited to represent Russia, NATO's chief adversary. Who better than the imbecile who will go down in history as Putin's Puppet. Tr... more »

Here Are The European Countries That Have Invaded Poland Throughout Its History

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 22 hours ago
European Countries That Have Invaded Poland https://t.co/bJLyOKzudI — Brilliant Maps (@BrilliantMaps) July 12, 2018 *WNU Editor*: What was Prussia is now a part of Poland .... so they gave as good as they got. But it is true that since the First World War Poland has suffered a lot,

Illegal Gaza Siege Tightened as Protests Erupt Over the Destruction of UNRWA

Robert Inlakesh at 21st Century Wire - 23 hours ago
*Robert Inlakesh* | The UN's Palestinian Refugee Agency is introducing cuts to an 80% dependent Gaza, as the Israeli Regime tightens its Blockade.

UNRWA Cuts in Gaza Meet Protests as Employees Reach Despair

Robert Inlakesh at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 23 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (6:28 A.M)- Protests erupted yesterday, in front of the UNRWA Headquarters in Gaza, after announcements of cuts to come in light of the agencies deficit in funding. According to Gaza media, close to a thousand employees of UNRWA in Gaza gathered yesterday (Thursday) to detest the announcement of cuts. The Head of the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Tweets For Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
Trump says there ‘might be an escalation’ between US, Iran https://t.co/h9xQ9aPbbb pic.twitter.com/8XeLhXJ2Qy — ArmyTimes (@ArmyTimes) July 13, 2018 Ousted Pakistan PM flying home to face jail, authorities lock down Lahore city https://t.co/QBfwt9YneF pic.twitter.com/pJOu9FOpRB — Reuters Top News (@Reuters) July 13, 2018 Investment in China is faltering at just the wrong time––Heard on the Street https://t.co/PjdYncswaK — The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) July 13, 2018 White House orders greater access to files on FBI informant: New York Times https://t.co/D1xNoQkc09 pic.twitter.com... more »

What's Wrong With European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
*BBC:* *EU's Jean-Claude Juncker filmed stumbling at Nato event* Footage has emerged showing European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker having to be supported by Nato leaders after repeatedly stumbling. Mr Juncker was filmed by news agency AP struggling to keep his balance before the alliance's leaders attended a gala dinner in Brussels, Belgium. This is not the first time he has been filmed unsteady on his feet. The former prime minister of Luxembourg has previously blamed sciatica, which can cause numbness in the legs. *Read more* .... *Update:* Juncker, swaying and stum... more »

Is Congressman Goodlatte Protecting Trump-Russia Because Of Investments, Campaign Donations, Or Is He Simply Stark Raving Mad?

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 23 hours ago
During yesterday’s hearing with FBI agent Peter Strzok, US Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman wondered aloud if Congressman Gohmert needed medication: … Continue reading →

Leeds school uses spoons to help prevent forced marriage per BBC News

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
Can you spot the word missing from this BBC report https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-4481253 Not too tricky is it? The BBC's desperation to avoid mentioning certain words is palpable.

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
British Prime Minister Theresa May and her husband Philip stand together with U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump at the entrance to Blenheim Palace, where they are attending a dinner with specially invited guests and business leaders, near Oxford, Britain, July 12, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque *WNU Editor:* The above picture came from this photo-gallery .... *Trump visits Britain* (Reuters)

Greg Hunter, "Weekly News Wrap-Up 7/13/18"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"Weekly News Wrap-Up 7/13/18"* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com "Trump hating FBI agent Peter Strzok testified to Congress this week. Strzok tried to explain many uncovered Trump hating text messages to his girlfriend Lisa Page but GOP lawmakers were not buying his excuses. Republicans skewered Strzok while Democrats came to Strzok’s defense. Strzok helped clear Hillary Clinton in the FBI email investigation of security breaches on her unprotected server. Looks like the Democrats were protecting the person that protected Hillary from being charged with multiple obvious felonies. ... more »

Here Is Everything You Need To Know About Trump's Visit To Britain

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
*(Click on Image to Enlarge)* *Daily Mail:* *The Beast, the nuclear football and the Queen's guard of honour: Everything you need to know about Trump's visit to Britain* * President flies into UK supported by an army of staff, aircraft and vehicles * Pride of place among the hardware are two armoured 'Beast' limousines * The cars can survive chemical attacks and bombs and even carry spare blood Donald Trump will be ferried around the UK in a £1.5million bomb-proof vehicle affectionately-known as 'The Beast'. In fact, security concerns mean the US President has two of the stretched, ... more »

Welcome To The Kakistocracy... Step Up And Take A Bow, Brian Allen Benczkowski

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Yesterday America's supine Senate confirmed that they, as a body, are as kakistocratic as any other part of the Trumpist government, confirming, 51-48 Mr. Benczkowski as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice. It was a largely party-line vote, every single Republican voting to confirm this clearly unqualified freak, with every Democrat, *sans* Joe Manchin (D-WV), voting no. Manchin voted with the GOP, as he usually does. Not even Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Claire McCaskill (D-MO) or Doug Jones (D-AL) went along ... more »

Musical Interlude: Chuck Wild, "Liquid Mind: Ambience Minimus - Shadows of White"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Music by Chuck Wild, "Liquid Mind: Ambience Minimus - Shadows of White" Images courtesy of the Solar Dynamics Observatory, Goddard Space Flight Center, The Hubble Space Telescope, European Southern Observatory, ESA and NASA. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2zu1gf9Pus&feature=g-vrec

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“While drifting through the cosmos, a magnificent interstellar dust cloud became sculpted by stellar winds and radiation to assume a recognizable shape. Fittingly named the Horsehead Nebula, it is embedded in the vast and complex Orion Nebula (M42). A potentially rewarding but difficult object to view personally with a small telescope, the below gorgeously detailed image was recently taken in infrared light by the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope. * Click image for larger size.* The dark molecular cloud, roughly 1,500 light years distant, is cataloged as Barnard 33 and is seen above pr... more »

"What Is Life?"

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"What is life? An illusion, a dream, a fiction, and the biggest well is small, because all life is a dream, and the dreams, themselves are only dreams.' - Calderon de la Barca

"As Fragile As A Thought..."

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"The unreal is more powerful than the real. Because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it. Because its only intangible ideas, concepts, beliefs, fantasies that last. Stone crumbles. Wood rots. People, well, they die. But things as fragile as a thought, a dream, a legend, they can go on and on. If you can change the way people think, the way they see themselves, the way they see the world, you can change the way people live their lives. That's the only lasting thing you can create." - Chuck Palahniuk

US Forces EU into Buying American LNG

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
PressTV Published on Jul 12, 2018 Russia accuses the United States of bullying Europe into buying American liquid natural gas. The Kremlin spokesman said President Donald Trump’s anti-Russia comments showed an escalation in the US campaign to talk down Russian gas supplies to Europe. Dmitry Peskov said the US objections to the new pipeline deal between […]

France, Italy Say They Won’t Increase Defense Spending Despite Trump’s Claim

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
PressTV Published on Jul 12, 2018 France and Italy deny US President Donald Trump’s claim that NATO members will increase military spending. French President Emmanuel Macron said France only remains committed to boosting its military budget to two percent of its GDP by 2024. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte also said he did not promise to […]

JCPOA High on Agenda at China-EU Summit

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
PressTV Published on Jul 12, 2018 Senior diplomats from the Chinese embassy in Belgium say that the Iran nuclear deal will be a key item on the agenda at a China-EU summit in Beijing next week. World powers say they are determined to try and salvage the accord despite Washington’s withdrawal. end

136th Palestinian Killed as Gaza Protests Against Israel Enter 4th Month

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
136th Palestinian Killed as Gaza Protests Against Israel Enter 4th Month by https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/ A Palestinian taking part in a border protests was killed on Friday, Gazan medical officials said, bringing to 136 the number killed in the confrontations that have often drawn a lethal Israeli army response since they began on March 30. – The Gaza […]

Time For NATO To Stop Pretending

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
The Alex Jones Channel Published on Jul 11, 2018 Using broomsticks for guns? Not one (of their 6) submarines working? If Germany (and other European nations) don’t think they’re threatened, why should we spend money on defense? The answer is the Military Industrial Complex. end

Trump Hits China with Fresh Tariffs on Goods

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
RT America Published on Jul 11, 2018 The Trump administration released a list of Chinese exports worth $200 billion that it plans to imposed with 10-percent tariffs. The Chinese commerce ministry has slammed the US plan to impose tariffs as totally unacceptable, promising a mirror response to defend its national interests. end

The Central Banks Agenda To Bring Down The Economy Has Been Exposed

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
X22Report Published on Jul 11, 2018 The Manhattan bubble is popping, foreign investment is being redirected, the real estate crisis has begun and it will spread. Global debt has hit an all time high and it is getting worse. The rate at which debt is rising is of great concern because there will be a time […]

THE GLOBAL TRIGGER: Are Trade Wars Just a Cover for Hyper-Inflation, Global Financial-Monetary Reset? by Lynette Zang

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
ITM Trading Streamed live 2 hours ago Links and Slides: https://www.itmtrading.com/blog/globa… end

Trump Says He ‘Thinks’ He Can Pull Out of NATO Without Congressional Approval

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Trump Says He ‘Thinks’ He Can Pull Out of NATO Without Congressional Approval by https://www.rt.com/ Speaking with journalists at the NATO summit in Brussels, Donald Trump said he “thinks” he can pull out of NATO without congressional approval. The US president made the statement when asked if he had threatened to pull out of the alliance, […]

Stoltenberg, Macron Insist on 2% GDP Defense Spending After Trump’s Push to Double It, Contradicting Trump

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Stoltenberg, Macron Insist on 2% GDP Defense Spending After Trump’s Push to Double It by https://www.rt.com/ French President Emmanuel Macron has denied that NATO states agreed to increase defense spending beyond previous targets, pushing back on Donald Trump’s claim, earlier on Thursday, that the alliance agreed to more ambitious plans. – Commenting on the outcome of […]

Trump Rails Against NATO Allies on Defence Spending. Trump Claims NATO Victory as Trudeau Sidesteps Spending Questions

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
CBC News Published on Jul 11, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump railed against NATO allies during today’s summit in Brussels while discussing defence spending. To read more: https://www.cbc.ca/1.4741923 CBC News Published on Jul 12, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump claimed a NATO summit victory as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sidestepped questions about Canada’s defence spending. James G. […]

Trump Vows to ‘Kill’ US-UK Trade Deal if May Goes Forward With ‘Soft’ Brexit

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Trump Vows to ‘Kill’ US-UK Trade Deal if May Goes Forward With ‘Soft’ Brexit by https://sputniknews.com/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – President Donald Trump in an interview said the United States would kill any unilateral trade agreement with the United Kingdom if UK Prime Minister Theresa May and the EU implement a Brexit compromise arrangement. – “If they […]

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