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Sunday, September 2, 2018

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Syrian Army moves in position to strike southeast Idlib

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 12 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:20 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) troops in southeastern Idlib have reportedly moved in position to strike the jihadist rebels near the town of Abu Dali in the Ma’arat Al-Nu’man District. According to a field report from this area, a variety of armored vehicles and heavy weaponry, including tanks, could be […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Gaddafi supporters celebrate 1 September Revolution anniversary in Sabha

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 12 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:30 P.M.) – Supporters of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi gathered to celebrate the 49th anniversary of the 1 September Revolution in the city of Sabha late on Thursday, with celebrations going on until the early hours of Friday morning. Gaddafi supporters marched through the city waving green flags and holding portraits of the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Turkey should understand Idlib belongs to Syria – Muallem

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 12 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:30 P.M.) – Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem stated that Turkey should understand that Idlib province is part of the Syrian state, during an interview to RT aired on Saturday in Moscow. “At first, the international community should admit the Idlib province is part of Syria and the Syrian state has to have its […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Nearly 300 militants killed in northern Syria in 4 months: monitor group

Zen Adra at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 12 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (5:40 P.M.) – Up to 294 militants have been killed in northern Syria since April 26 to date by various assassination operations, a monitor group said. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of 205 militants from various rebel groups including Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, Jaish al-Izza, Ahrar al-Sham and Zinki. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

US-British Neo-Imperialism and its Modern Day “Missionaries”

Activist Post at Activist Post - 12 hours ago
By Tony Cartalucci The worst sort of deception is that perpetrated by those who pose as defending the most vulnerable when, in reality, they are... more »

U.S. Marine Battalion Commander Sacked Over LGBTQ Term That Could Be Viewed As Disaraging

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Marcus Mainz (left), commanding officer, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment (BLT 2/6), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), walks with Col. Farrell J. Sullivan (right), commanding officer, 26th MEU, after landing in Jordan to observe training during exercise Eager Lion, April 19. (Gunnery Sgt. Eric L. Alabiso II/Marine Corps) *Marine Times*: *26th MEU battalion commander fired during deployment over equal opportunity concerns* An infantry battalion commander sacked in the middle of a deployment with the 26th Marine Expeditionary ... more »

STOP. HUMANIZING. WAR CRIMINALS.

Caitlin Johnstone at Caitlin Johnstone - 12 hours ago
As of this writing, a tweet by disgraced Broadway fraud convict Roland Scahill has 90 thousand shares and 362 thousand likes, which if you’re not used to Twitter is a ridiculously high amount that nobody generally hits. The tweet features nothing but four seconds of video footage […]

WATCH: Northwest Hama Residents Welcome Syrian Army Headed to Idlib

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 12 hours ago
*AMN* | The SAA’s elite 4th Armored Division warmly welcomed by residents of al-Ghab Plain in northwest Hama countryside.

LABOR DAY WEEKEND – Sunday Wire Redux: ‘Silicon Valley Dystopian Madness’ with Jay Dyer and Patrick Henningsen

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 12 hours ago
*SUNDAY WIRE SHOW* | Labor Day Weekend redux. Enjoy this epic episode #246 with Jay Dyer and Patrick Henningsen.

North Korea Could Sink a Navy Aircraft Carrier

James Holmes at Test Feed Using Fields - 13 hours ago
*James Holmes* *Security, * It could happen, and that warrants forethought. *In short, how U.S. commanders arrange forces on the nautical chart and sequence operations will help determine whether a carrier suffers assault from North Korean warbirds, surface or subsurface craft, or antiship missiles.* Could North Korea’s armed forces sink an American aircraft carrier? Yes—depending on what type of carrier they confront, how skillfully U.S. Navy commanders employ the flattop and its consorts, how well North Korean warriors know the tactical surroundings and, most crucially, whom f... more »

Beto O’Rourke Bets National Attention Lifts Him in Texas Race

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
If elections were decided by viral videos and fawning media profiles, Democrat Beto O'Rourke would win Texas' Senate race in a landslide.

Trump Visits Golf Course While Washington Mourns McCain

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 13 hours ago
As political dignitaries gathered in Washington to memorialize Sen. John McCain, the president tweeted familiar grievances and headed to the golf course.

President Trump: No Political Necessity To Keep Canada In The New NAFTA Deal

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
There is no political necessity to keep Canada in the new NAFTA deal. If we don’t make a fair deal for the U.S. after decades of abuse, Canada will be out. Congress should not interfere w/ these negotiations or I will simply terminate NAFTA entirely & we will be far better off... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 1, 2018 I love Canada, but they’ve taken advantage of our Country for many years! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 1, 2018 *Reuters: **Trump says Canada not needed in NAFTA deal, warns Congress not to interfere* WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Pres... more »

Who Was Behind the Assassination of Aleksandr Zakharchenko?

greencrow at Greencrow As The Crow Flies - 13 hours ago
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and International Affairs and Security Analyst, from Moscow, Mark Sleboda discuss the stunning assassination of Aleksandr Zakharchenko, the leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, who was killed in an explosion that took place in a cafe in Central Donetsk city. *********************** Readers, the above video interview provided by The Duran confirms my assessment, made in previous posts over the past few days, that the stunning assassination of the Leader of the Donetsk Peoples' Republic last Friday was a grievous loss for peace and ... more »

Combatting Terrorism Online: Possible Actors and Their Roles

zisacson at Lawfare - 13 hours ago
Photo Credit: via Wall Street Journal *Editor’s Note: Fighting terrorism online is one of those ideas that everyone agrees with in principle but disagrees on in practice. What should be regulated and who should do so are among the many areas of disagreement. Zann Isacson of Georgetown examines the different actors that might play a role, including Congress, technology companies, and of course the executive branch, and assesses what each might bring to the table.* *Daniel Byman* *** For many Americans, the Islamic State gained notoriety through widely circulated beheading videos,... more »

Don McGahn as White House Counsel: An Early Appraisal

bbauer at Lawfare - 13 hours ago
Don McGahn speaking at the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland. (Flickr/Gage Skidmore) As Don McGahn prepares to leave his post as White House counsel some time this fall, it is not too early to take preliminary stock of his tenure. There is no one-size-fits-all model for the job, no standard measure for judging success. Each president chooses counsel as he or she pleases and for whatever role the particular chief executive has determined is required. The ranks of White House counsels have included litigators, ready to do battle over c... more »

US economic growth from WW2 to present

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 14 hours ago
Talking about GDP growth, Obama stands out as the ONLY administration that never achieved an annual growth rate of 3% or higher since WW2. Bush Jr, Clinton, Bush Sr, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon, Johnson, Kennedy, Eisenhower, Truman – ALL of their administrations have seen growth of 3% or higher. From this simple but important criteria, 8 years of "hope and change" was the lousiest administration in the US post-WW2 economy. Source: US BEA. Meanwhile, this article says, *"Overall, President Obama managed to turn the terrible economic hand he was dealt into a mixed economic record" *... more »

Nature Doing What Nature Does

Hifast at Climate Collections - 14 hours ago
Originally posted on PA Pundits - International: By Joe Bastardi ~ I am not in the market to harm any person in any debate. Looking back, I have found that fighting everybody and fighting everything is not what debating should be about. In fact, when it comes to the climate, fighting is a distraction from what someone…

Back To Reality

Hifast at Climate Collections - 14 hours ago
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? ? Amidst all of the hottest evah claims, a dose of reality from UAH: ? ? http://www.drroyspencer.com/wp-content/uploads/UAH_LT_1979_thru_August_2018_v6.jpg ? Global temperatures fell back to 0.19C in August. This means the YTD average is 0.23C, putting them back to roughly where they were…

Venezuela's Debt to China Will Cripple The Country For Years To Come

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 14 hours ago
Xi Jinping and Nicolás Maduro. (Venezuelan Ministry of Communications) *Christopher Balding, Foreign Policy:* *Venezuela’s Road to Disaster Is Littered With Chinese Cash* Politicized loans left the socialist South American country trapped under a mountain of Chinese debt — but now others want to sign up for Beijing's "generosity." The Venezuelan and Chinese economies seem like they could hardly have less in common. The Venezuelan government of Nicolás Maduro has looted the state-run oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) to pay for the “Bolivarian revolution,” the socialist mo... more »

Zhirinovsky: Armed Conflict With America is Inevitable! The Reign of the Eternal Anglo is Over!

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 14 hours ago
Firebrand Vladimir Zhirinovsky spells it out

Running scared?

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 14 hours ago
There was an interesting exchange on this morning's *The Andrew Marr Show. * Partly it's interesting for the logical twists and turns taken by the Labour-supporting paper reviewer over antisemitism, but it's also interesting for Andrew Marr's behaviour. Given the intense pressure the programme is continually under from Corbynista critics, is it another sign that the BBC is running scared of them? Here Andrew is talking to Faiza Shaheen, head of the left-wing think tank CLASS and a Labour Party PPC aiming to unseat Iain Duncan Smith in Chingford: *ANDREW MARR*: Faiza, can I turn t... more »

Corbyn paid tribute to disgraced ex-UN official who 'blamed Boston bombing on Israel'

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 14 hours ago
I missed this latest Jeremy Corbyn revelation from Friday: 'JEREMY Corbyn paid tribute to a disgraced former UN official who blamed the Boston bombings on Israel, The Sun can reveal. The Labour leader sat on a Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) panel at an event honouring Professor Richard Falk in 2013. The American worked as a special rapporteur with the UN Human Rights Council, and claimed that US foreign policy - including Israel - was to blame for the Boston Marathon bombing. Professor Falk, who also said America was behind an "apparent cover up" of 9/11, wrote in a 2013 blog post... more »

New Open Thread

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 14 hours ago
Away with cuddlesome cats and happily-hooting owls... Here's an uncharacteristically cheerful-looking Yasmin Alibhai Brown to welcome you to a brand new open thread. She must have been in a good mood that day. Maybe she'd just been chuckling over an old episode of *'Allo 'Allo!*?: Thank you our little ITBB family - and anyone else! - for your comments. That's me and Sue saying that, of course, not Yasmin, lest Yasmin pops by and assumes we're retired cast members from *'Allo 'Allo!*. The old open thread will be tagged to this for a while to allow visitors to catch up.

The Most Criminally-Oriented U.S. "President"-- An Illegitimate One, At That-- Is Being Allowed To Pack The Courts With Rubbish Nominees

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 14 hours ago
Brain Fallon's in his mid-30s and he's been the picture of an up-and-comg establishment Democrat for a decade. Even before he graduated from Harvard, he had worked as a press aide in the doomed 2004 Kerry-Edwards campaign. Two years later he was the press secretary for Bob Menendez's Senate race and then went to work as the spokesman for Chuck Schumer and his Senate Democratic Policy and Communications Center. In 2013 Eric Holder hired him as the head of DOJ's public affairs department and, naturally, in 2015 he was the Hillary campaign's national press secretary. Since that collap... more »

Can Universities Lawfully Bully Academics into Silence?

jennifer at Jennifer Marohasy - 14 hours ago
Dr Peter Ridd has taken James Cook University to court protesting his sacking for what he says is, primarily, speaking-out about the lack of quality assurance in Great Barrier Reef science. Dr Ridd spoke out initially about there being no quality assurance of Great Barrier Reef science – science that is arguably misused to secure […] The post Can Universities Lawfully Bully Academics into Silence? appeared first on Jennifer Marohasy.

University Professor Sacked for Telling-the-Truth

jennifer at Jennifer Marohasy - 14 hours ago
BACK in 2016, when I asked Peter Ridd if he would write a chapter for the book I was editing I could not possibly have envisaged it could contribute to the end of his thirty-year career as a university professor. Considering that Peter enrolled at James Cook University as an undergraduate back in 1978, he […] The post University Professor Sacked for Telling-the-Truth appeared first on Jennifer Marohasy.

Guilty of Agreeing to Meet with Scott Pruitt

jennifer at Jennifer Marohasy - 14 hours ago
SCOTT Pruitt heads the US Environmental Protection Agency. Last year he was planning to visit Australia, and the proposed agenda did include a two-hour roundtable with me and colleagues from three Australian universities. Some of this is reported today in The Guardian. Along with the inference I’m a nutter – because I have accused the […] The post Guilty of Agreeing to Meet with Scott Pruitt appeared first on Jennifer Marohasy.

Wine and Climate Change in Australia – Journalist Michael Brissenden Just Makes Stuff-Up

jennifer at Jennifer Marohasy - 14 hours ago
MICHAEL Brissenden, considered one of Australia’s most experienced journalists, failed on so many counts with the Four Corners documentary ‘Weather Alert’. He suggested that wine grower’s Brown Brothers are relocating at least part of their business to Tasmania because it is too hot in Victoria, which is untrue. He also failed to explain to the […] The post Wine and Climate Change in Australia – Journalist Michael Brissenden Just Makes Stuff-Up appeared first on Jennifer Marohasy.

Complaint Lodged Against Four Corners’ Weather Alert

jennifer at Jennifer Marohasy - 14 hours ago
JO NOVA began a recent blog post” After years of telling skeptics that you don’t ask a plumber to do heart surgery, the ABC “Weather Alert! last Monday was 90% plumbers. The formerly iconic FourCorners “public affairs” show crafted a 43 minute advertisement for the Renewables Industry and Carbon Trading Bankers and the Green Blob. […] The post Complaint Lodged Against Four Corners’ Weather Alert appeared first on Jennifer Marohasy.

Sarah Ferguson and Michael Brissenden Withhold Important Information from the Australian Public Concerning Climate Change

jennifer at Jennifer Marohasy - 14 hours ago
Australian politicians, and the media they sponsor, have been throwing their hands in the air and screaming unprecedented climate change – particularly over the last two weeks. A focus has been on the record number of new record hot days. But in all of this, there is no mention that the method used to actually […] The post Sarah Ferguson and Michael Brissenden Withhold Important Information from the Australian Public Concerning Climate Change appeared first on Jennifer Marohasy.

‘Kill Climate Deniers’ – Now Showing at a Sydney Theatre

jennifer at Jennifer Marohasy - 14 hours ago
JUST two generations back, in the 1960s, mainstream Australian society shunned both unmarried pregnant women and also homosexuals. They were loathed, and it would have been considered reasonable for the local police to turn-a-blind eye should misfortune befall members of either group – should they be killed. In my opinion, human-beings are not naturally hateful, […] The post ‘Kill Climate Deniers’ – Now Showing at a Sydney Theatre appeared first on Jennifer Marohasy.

BoM Blast for Dubious Record Hot Day

jennifer at Jennifer Marohasy - 14 hours ago
IN September 2017, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) claimed a series of new record hot days across south eastern Australia, including on 23 September at Mildura. At that time, the mainstream media reported this as a new record for the state of Victoria, specifically claiming it was the hottest September day ever recorded – […] The post BoM Blast for Dubious Record Hot Day appeared first on Jennifer Marohasy.

Peter Ridd Asks for your Help – Now

jennifer at Jennifer Marohasy - 14 hours ago
PROFESSOR Peter Ridd is a physicist at James Cook University who has dared to question scientific findings that purport to show the Great Barrier Reef is in trouble. Specifically, he has been formally censured by the University and told to remain quiet about the matter – or risk his job. The issue dates back to […] The post Peter Ridd Asks for your Help – Now appeared first on Jennifer Marohasy.

Avoid Fake News: Listen to Alternative Perspectives

jennifer at Jennifer Marohasy - 14 hours ago
IT was all over the news this morning: Pope Francis condemning ‘fake news’, which he defined as: The spreading of disinformation… It has to do with false information based on non-existent or distorted data meant to deceive and manipulate the reader. In fact, the Pope is guilty of exactly what he preaches against, particularly with […] The post Avoid Fake News: Listen to Alternative Perspectives appeared first on Jennifer Marohasy.

New York Times Fraud At Mt. Vernon, Illinois

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 14 hours ago
The New York Times claims that the number of 90 degree days at Mt. Vernon Illinois has increased from thirty days per year in 1960, to forty-one days per year now. How Much Hotter Is Your Hometown Than When You … Continue reading →

THE COVERAGE OF JOHN McCAIN'S FUNERAL CONFIRMS MY WORST FEARS ABOUT 2020

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 14 hours ago
There were many clear rebukes of President Trump at John McCain's funeral. That's good. But the headline to this report on the funeral by *The New Yorker*'s Susan Glasser makes my heart sink: *John McCain’s Funeral Was the Biggest Resistance Meeting Yet* Glasser writes: This was to be no mere laying to rest of a Washington wise man, nor just another funeral of an elder statesman whose passing would be marked by flowery words about the end of an era. It was a meeting of the Resistance, under vaulted ceilings and stained-glass windows. And who are the resisters at this biggest-ever m... more »

Epistle for Today: Galatians 5:25,26; 6:1-10

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 14 hours ago
Extraordinary Form of the Mass 25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other. 6 Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. 2 Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. 3 If anyone thinks they are something when they are not, they deceive themselves. 4 Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, wit... more »

"The propaganda arm of our ruling class"

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 14 hours ago
What Sunday would be complete without Peter Hitchens? His* Mail on Sunday *column today begins by talking about "our new power elite" and their "hate" for "lifelong marriage", and the BBC is his specific target: Why does the propaganda arm of our ruling class, the BBC, promote a drama called *Wanderlust *with publicity which, in the BBC’s own words, ‘asks whether lifelong monogamy is possible – or even desirable’. You know as well as I do that they’re not really asking. They are saying, amid countless wearisome and embarrassing bedroom scenes, that it is neither possible nor d... more »

Crazed Cop Arrested After Setting Ex-Girlfriend’s House on Fire With Children Inside

John Vibes at The Free Thought Project - 15 hours ago
[image: fire] A South Carolina police officer set his ex-girlfriend's house on fire with four people, including two children, inside. The post Crazed Cop Arrested After Setting Ex-Girlfriend’s House on Fire With Children Inside appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

Lawsuit Seeks To Expose Billionaire Pedophile Ring Involving ‘Prominent US Politicians..World Leaders’

Derrick Broze at The Free Thought Project - 15 hours ago
[image: lawsuit] A federal lawsuit is seeking to expose a sex abuse ring of “prominent American politicians, powerful business executives, foreign presidents, a well-known prime minister, and other world leaders." The post Lawsuit Seeks To Expose Billionaire Pedophile Ring Involving ‘Prominent US Politicians..World Leaders’ appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

WATCH: Family Outraged After Cop Shoots Their Dog—Who Was on a LEASH

Jack Burns at The Free Thought Project - 15 hours ago
[image: dog] A police officer fired his service pistol at a dog who was on a leash and the entire incident was captured on his body camera. The post WATCH: Family Outraged After Cop Shoots Their Dog—Who Was on a LEASH appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

Damning Study Shows Billions Spent Militarizing the Police Do Nothing to Reduce Violent Crime

The Free Thought Project at The Free Thought Project - 15 hours ago
[image: crime] A Princeton University study concluded that militarizing police and SWAT teams “provide no detectable benefits in terms of officer safety or violent crime reduction.” The post Damning Study Shows Billions Spent Militarizing the Police Do Nothing to Reduce Violent Crime appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

Watch the First Amendment Die as a Female Reporter Attacked by Cops for Filming Them

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 15 hours ago
[image: first amendment] For doing her First Amendment protected job as a reporter, an editor of a local newspaper was assaulted and detained by cops—for filming them. The post Watch the First Amendment Die as a Female Reporter Attacked by Cops for Filming Them appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

Sunday Sermonette

LL at Virtual Mirage - 15 hours ago
*Best Ranch Rifle Survey* - results and summary. Thank you for your input. As you might suspect, I'll mix and match the rifles that I own, which were all part of the survey and see what works. The top contender is the Barrett Rec 7 in 6.8 SPC. I'll let you know how it works out. I'm going to swap out the Schmidt and Bender PM 2 for a reflex sight. I will have to buy a new sight. Any suggestions? monkey business *White Wolf Mine Update* - for what it's worth. Some of you are following developments at the White Wolf Mine. The general contractor informed me that it would not be ready f... more »

Argentina: Residents of La Maruja (Pampa Province) See UFO

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 15 hours ago
*Source: www.infopico.com and Fundación Argentina de Ovnilogía (FAO)Date: 09.01.2018* *Argentina: Residents of La Maruja (Pampa Province)See UFO* M.A. contacted *infopico.com* to say: "My wife and her cousin were driving along Avenida Marín at 22:00 hours and saw bright flashes of light on Tuesday night. The flashes were over the Municipal Building. It was two lights, a larger and a smaller one, bright white and moving in circles. They were both stunned. My wife was driving and her cousin tried to take a photo, but they were very swift, constantly moving up and down. They estima... more »

Tweets For Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 15 hours ago
VIDEO: The issue of #migration is thrust into the spotlight in Germany again as thousands of opponents and supporters of Chancellor Merkel's immigration policy marched through the eastern city of #Chemnitz following a wave of racist violence that followed a fatal stabbing pic.twitter.com/O6hDv6wPqY — AFP news agency (@AFP) September 2, 2018 Agreement on world's biggest trade deal set for November, Singapore says https://t.co/DCqP1p6Ag9 pic.twitter.com/fokDiSVBu8 — Reuters Top News (@Reuters) September 2, 2018 At the Moscow Press Festival I picked up some really obscure Russian n... more »

The Navy Has 1 Big Weakness: Old Ship-Killer Missiles (But Not For Long)

Zachary Keck at Test Feed Using Fields - 15 hours ago
*Zachary Keck* *Security, * Get ready, China. *LRASM has a reported range of five hundred nautical miles, and carries a one-thousand-pound penetrator and blast-fragmentation warhead.* The U.S. Congress is preparing to give a big boost to an advanced version of America’s current anti-ship missiles. In the conference report of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2019, the House and Senate Armed Services Committee authorized $26.8 million in spending for the U.S. Navy to purchase Boeing's Harpoon Block II+ anti-ship missiles. *(This first ... more »

VIDEO: Watch This Marine Use His Suppressor To Fry Bacon

Task and Purpose at Test Feed Using Fields - 15 hours ago
*Task and Purpose* *Humor, * Yes, this is possible. Have you ever wondered exactly how hot a suppressor can get when you’re pumping out rounds in rapid succession with your service weapon? Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 5 Christian P. Wade did. Wade, the 2nd Marine Division gunner, decided to perform a little rapid-fire experiment — with bacon, naturally — for the second installment in his “Gunner Fact or Fiction” video series, which aims to bust “common myths and misconceptions regarding the true physical aspects of Marine Corps weapon systems.” “We’re going to cook some ... more »

Did a Russian Made Anti-Aircraft Missile Really Hit an F-35?

Michael Peck at Test Feed Using Fields - 15 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, * Did a Russian built anti-aircraft missile hit one of Israel’s new F-35 stealth fighters? *Already there are reports—again, just reports—that Israeli F-35s have flown combat missions. Given that the U.S. and Israeli air forces are among the most active in the world, sooner or later the F-35 will really, truly see combat. But the rumors are out there now.* Did a Russian anti-aircraft missile hit one of Israel’s new F-35 stealth fighters? Pro-Russian media are claiming that an Israeli F-35I was hit and damaged by a Russian-made S-200 surface-to-air miss... more »

Civil War Fact: The Prison Camps Were Total Hell

Warfare History Network at Test Feed Using Fields - 15 hours ago
*Warfare History Network* *History, * New archaeological digs conducted across the country might be able to offer new insight into prison life during the American Civil War. According to a recent CNN article, 2014 marks the 150 anniversary of “the peak year of suffering” in American Civil War prisons. Andersonville, officially known as Camp Sumter, held more prisoners at any given time than any other Confederate military prison; according to the Civil War Trust, more than 45,000 Union soldiers were confined there, and 13,000 died from disease, poor sanitation, malnutrition, overc... more »

This Picture Is the Air Force's Worst Nightmare

TNI Staff at Test Feed Using Fields - 15 hours ago
*TNI Staff* *Security, * The introduction of the Su-35 significantly boosts Chinese capability and increases the headaches for U.S. forces in the event of a war. *If push comes to shove, the Su-35 could feature prominently in any Chinese attempt to subdue Taiwan. The Flanker-E is arguably the PLAAF’s most capable fighter apart from the Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter, which is not likely to fully operational yet even if it has achieved some level of operational capability. Particularly, if the Su-35 is armed with long-range air-to-air missiles such as the very long range PL-15, it c... more »

Why the Navy Misses the Old F-14 Tomcat (Despite All of the Problems)

TNI Staff at Test Feed Using Fields - 15 hours ago
*TNI Staff* *Security, * The United States Navy retired the venerable Grumman F-14 Tomcat in 2006 after more than three decades in service. However, the Tomcat’s demise has left gaps in the carrier air wing that are only now being felt. *While speed and range are priorities, the Navy remains skeptical of stealth technology as it always has. “We certainly need survivability. Stealth is just one piece of the survivability equation,” Brophy said. “I kind of look at stealth as sort of like chaff and flares. It’s not going to defeat [the enemy] every time, but it will help. Stealth is... more »

In 1992, America's Top Secret Stealth Fighter Fell from the Sky

Joseph Trevithick at Test Feed Using Fields - 15 hours ago
*Joseph Trevithick* *Security, * “My husband and sister were out there in the yard looking at the fire,” Massy later toldU.S. Air Force investigators, according to an official transcript. “My husband looked up and said, oh my gosh, there’s the pilot — he was floating right across the trailer.” *Out on Highway 525, Massy’s son spotted a Sheriff’s Office vehicle and ended up handing over Mills to Deputy House. Had the project still been a major secret, the evidence would have literally been scattered around a trailer park in plain view. Thankfully for the Pentagon, the crash didn’t... more »

The Reason No One Can Kill an F-22 or F-35: "It’s Nearly Impossible to Fight An Enemy You Can’t See."

Dave Majumdar at Test Feed Using Fields - 15 hours ago
*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * Last year, I flew on a training sortie during the U.S. Air Force’s Atlantic Trident 17 exercise at Joint Base Langley Eustis in Virginia. This is what happenned. *Flying back to Langley, the experience was an eye-opener. I have been covering the Raptor and the F-35 since beginning of both programs. It is one thing to intellectually grasp the power of stealth, but seeing it in action makes one a believer—our flight had no idea, no warning from the AWACS or GCI that we were about to be hit until it was all over. It’s nearly impossible to fight an ene... more »

World War II Nightmare: Why the Navy Feared Japan's Long Lance Torpedo

Warfare History Network, David Alan Johnson at Test Feed Using Fields - 15 hours ago
*Warfare History Network, David Alan Johnson* *History, Asia* [image: By Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-20989 from the U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command - This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 520596., Public] The Japanese Long Lance torpedo proved to be the nemesis of U.S. ships in the Solomons. The bogey man of the U.S. Navy during the Guadalcanal campaign was not the Zero fighter or the I-class submarine. It was the Type 93 torpedo, called the Long Lance. During... more »

Sunday Morning Links

Greg Fingas at Accidental Deliberations - 16 hours ago
This and that for your Sunday reading. - Lana Payne's column for the Labour Day weekend comment on the role unions play in pushing for advancements for everybody. - Paul Krugman offers a reminder that a focus on GDP alone as a measure of economic development misses the issue of inequality. And Simon Kuper discusses how the wealthiest people have looted their own countries in order to further distance themselves from the rest of society, while Assaf Razin and Efraim Sadka study the consequences of elite-driven globalization in undermining fair revenue systems and the social programs... more »

This Day In Iraqi History - Sep 2

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 16 hours ago
1922 Turkish troops tested border with Iraq Seized Rania in Sulaymaniya after four days of fighting 1980 Iraq-Iran border clash at Qasr-e-Shirin in central Iran across from Diyala province 1991 UN Resolution 712 said that money should be released for buying food and supplies for Iraqi civilians 1996 US began 2 days of cruise missile attacks on targets in Nasiriya in retaliation for Iraqi forces helping KDP vs PUK and invading Irbil 1996 U.S. extended southern no fly zone farther north 1996 Iraqi army withdrew from most of Kurdistan after helping ...more »

Skeeezoid Chronicles; Schooling the Climate Sophist Part Hepta

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 16 hours ago
What a bunch of complete “Hogwash.” Time-evolving non-climatic biases? What kind of crap is that? Anyone who has ever been involved with science understands the scientific method and controlling for exogenous variables. That is why experiments are performed in a CONTROLLED LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT. Unfortunately, we can’t put a global climate in a test tube, so … Continue reading "Skeeezoid Chronicles; Schooling the Climate Sophist Part Hepta"

Skeeezoid Chronicles; Schooling the Climate Sophist Part Hexa

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 16 hours ago
More Data Manipulation By NOAA, NASA, HadCRUT…Cooling The Past, Warming the Present (Source) Skeeezoid is simply wrong on this one. NASA, NOAA and HadCrut “adjust” the global temperature data. That is undeniable and documented by overlapping past data with current data. Tony Heller over at RealScience is by far the best source for tracking these … Continue reading "Skeeezoid Chronicles; Schooling the Climate Sophist Part Hexa"

Skeeezoid Chronicles; Schooling the Climate Sophist Part Penta

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 16 hours ago
Here is the chart of atmospheric CO2, it is nearly linear. In 1988 CO2 was about 350 ppm. Today it is 406.13 pp, or 16% higher than in 1988. This is a graphic of atmospheric temperatures and water vapor. They are almost indistinguishable and closely tied to the ocean cycles. There isn’t a computer ever … Continue reading "Skeeezoid Chronicles; Schooling the Climate Sophist Part Penta"

VIDEO: Syrians welcome Army troops deployed for Idlib offensive

Zen Adra at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (4:30 P.M.) – A convoy for the Syrian Army heading to the outskirts of Idlib for upcoming offensive was warmly welcomed by residents of al-Ghab Plain in northwest Hama countryside. The convoy belongs to the SAA’s elite 4th Armored Division which was tasked with fighting jihadi groups near al-Ghab Plain once the full-scale […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Two Russian anti-submarine aircrafts arrive at Syria for Mediterranean drills

Zen Adra at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (4:15 P.M.) – Russia is sending more forces to take part in the largest drills to be held for one week in the Mediterranean off the coast of Syria. Two anti-submarine aircrafts type TU-12 have arrived at the coastal airbase of Hmeimim after conducting a long trip to the Caspian Sea and over […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Two senior rebel commanders assassinated in Syria’s Idlib

Zen Adra at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (4:00 P.M.) – More rebel fighters are assassinated in Idlib as the Syrian Army amasses forces to storm the jihadi-held province. The bodies of two senior Ahrar al-Sham commanders were found somewhere in Nahlaya town, south of Idlib city. Abu Wassef al-Askari and Abu Maria al- Idari; two filed commanders from Ahrar al-Sham […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian Army shoots down armed drones in north-west Hama

Zen Adra at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3:35 P.M.) – An armed drone operated by jihadi groups in northern Hama was shot down by the Syrian Army amid final preparations for the major Idlib offensive. The drone – armed with several unguided, free-ball, homegrown bombs – was downed by a 23 mm anti-aircraft autocanon over al-Mashari’ aera in al Ghab […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

US-backed Syrian rebels claim to have foiled Army attack in southeast Syria

Zen Adra at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3:20 P.M.) – US-trained Syrian rebel fighters have reputedly repelled an attack launched by the Syrian Army near al-Tanf base in south-east Syria. Revolutionary Commando Army (aka Maghawir al-Thawra), claimed they – supported by the US-coalition forces – have managed to foil the Syrian forces’ assault on the 55 km de-confliction zone around […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

More Turkish-backed militants killed by Kurdish militia in Syria’s Afrin

Zen Adra at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 16 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (2:55 P.M.) – Kurdish sleeper cells continue to hunt down Turkish-backed militants across Afrin region in northern Syria, also threatening the Turkish military with sabotage operations. YPG press office released an official statement detailing the operations carried out by its units in Afrin as follows: On August 30, a group of the FSA-linked […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
Air Force airmen demonstrate a special extraction system as they hang from two UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters during the Atlantic City International Airshow, “Annual Thunder over the Boardwalk,” at Atlantic City, N.J., Aug. 22, 2018. New Jersey National Guard photo by Mark C. Olsen *WNU Editor*: The above picture came from this photo-gallery ....* Elite Military Teams Perform at Atlantic City Airshow* (US Department of Defense).

It's no joke: Weaker environmental rules put us all at risk

Bob Marshall, columnist at Louisiana Environment and Flood Control - 16 hours ago
Columnist Bob Marshall puts in perspective health threats caused by pollution.

Thought for the day

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 16 hours ago
In Enoch Powell's famous speech he said the following of the native British people: "For reasons which they could not comprehend, and in pursuance of a decision by default, on which they were never consulted, they found themselves made strangers in their own country. They found their wives unable to obtain hospital beds in childbirth, their children unable to obtain school places, their homes and neighbourhoods changed beyond recognition." Just thought that was interesting.

Barbarians In the Boardrooms

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 16 hours ago
When policies fail over and over again, Jacob Bacharach writes, it's because their *real intent* is succeeding. And, for the past forty years, capitalism's real intent has been on a tear: It’s not that “Capitalism isn’t working,” as Noah Smith recently argued in Bloomberg. It’s that it’s working all too well. Real wage growth has been nonexistent in the United States for more than 30 years. But as America enters the 10th year of the recovery—and the longest bull market in modern history—there are nervous murmurs, even among capitalism’s most reliable defenders, that some of its mo... more »

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Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 16 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Electric Cars Exceed 1 Million in Europe as Sales Increase by 42% Argentina’s Central Bank Hikes Rates to 60% as Currency Collapses Blue Orchard Bees video. Google stumbled in robotics — but evidence is mounting that it's getting ready for a big comeback, and it could take on Amazon Texas Spent $7 Million to Fight AC in Prison. It May Cost Only $4 Million to Install Earth's "Big Freeze" Looms As Sun Remains Devoid Of Sunspots For Most Of 2018Flesh-Eating Genital Infections Caused By Common Diabetes DrugsAs Election Looms, Sweden Is Burning Again TonightFirst Deli... more »

Will anti-Semite Jeremy Corbyn be the next British PM? Asks The Boston Globe

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 16 hours ago
'If public opinion polling is to be believed, the United Kingdom's Labour Party stands a good chance of being asked to lead the next British government. If that happens, will British voters have chosen an anti-Semite to lead their country? At one time, such a question would have been unimaginable. But ever since Jeremy Corbyn, a long-time socialist and back-bencher member of Parliament, shocked the political world in 2015 by winning a Labour party leadership election, the evidence of his anti-Semitism — and that of the party he leads — has become a stench too powerful to ignore. O... more »

A view from Maine

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 17 hours ago
MB and I yesterday at the top of Mt Battie overlooking Camden harbor in Maine. Photo by our friend Marian Gurry Stanton. No, I did not walk or climb all the way up there. We drove. In the past MB and I have walked to the top of Mt Battie but presently I am not in the condition to do that. Although I must say that I am doing much better with my walking and most importantly I have kicked my meds to the curb at last. Just taking over the counter pain relievers now and then. Keeping the ice on the knee when needed as well. Our two days up to this lovely part of Maine have been qu... more »

Highly predictive of brain lesions and Alzheimer’s,1 in 3 at risk

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 17 hours ago
Blood pressure is the force needed to push blood through your arteries coming from your heart to deliver oxygen-rich blood to your body. When your blood pressure is measured, you get a high value (systolic) and a low value (diastolic). The high number is the highest pressure that occurs in your blood vessels while your […] The post Highly predictive of brain lesions and Alzheimer’s,1 in 3 at risk appeared first on Health Nut News.

Michigan Health Chief facing 15 years in jail over Flint water crisis

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 17 hours ago
Nick Lyon, the head of Michigan’s health department, will stand trial on two counts of involuntary manslaughter for the deaths of Robert Skidmore and John Snyder, both of whom died of Legionnaire’s disease. Lyon could face up to 15 years in jail if convicted. He was also charged with misconduct in office. Lyon is currently the highest-ranking official, of […] The post Michigan Health Chief facing 15 years in jail over Flint water crisis appeared first on Health Nut News.

ICYMI: Labor Day Edition (9/2)

Peter Greene at CURMUDGUCATION - 17 hours ago
It's that time again. And while the interwebs get quietish this weekend (fingers crossed) here's some good reading to catch up on. Remember to share! *In this Revolutionary School Some Teachers Have To Go On Unemployment* Fast Company ran a piece back in April about how the gig economy has come to one particular charter outfit. It's one more not pretty look at how hard this is on teachers (and therefor, their students). *Is Louisville Ground Zero?* Jeff Bryant looks at how the fight over schools becomes a fight over local control and whether or not the rich and powerful can buy the... more »

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 17 hours ago
*College Pressures Students To Not Post 9/11 Posters Because May Hurt Muslims’ Feelings* Honoring the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks is an admirable cause, but one university says no matter how honorable the intent, such a memorial shouldn’t be done with images of the World Trade Center attacks. Administrators at Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin, have ruled that posters created for Young America’s Foundation’s “9/11: Never Forget Project” create an “environment” in which “students from a Muslim background would feel singled out and/or harassed.” YAF undertakes its 9/11 me... more »

Britain's Defense Minister Wants to Disguise Missiles As Coca-Cola Trucks

Michael Peck at Test Feed Using Fields - 17 hours ago
*Michael Peck* *Security, Europe* [image: A British Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon lands at the Gioia del Colle NATO Airbase in southern Italy March 20, 2011. European and U.S. forces have unleashed warplanes and cruise missiles against Libyan targets under a U.N. Security Council resolution authori] Could it work? Missile defense systems disguised as Coca-Cola trucks? Farm tractors armed with cannons? Britain’s military isn’t in great shape, but who knew that things were that desperate? Yet Gavin Williamson, Britain’s Minister of Defense, has been a fount of these and other bizar... more »

Why the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Fails

Anson Sidle at Test Feed Using Fields - 17 hours ago
*Anson Sidle* *Economics, Asia* [image: China's President Xi Jinping and Russia's President Vladimir Putin attend a signing ceremony during Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China June 10, 2018. REUTERS/Aly Song] The SCO now looks much more like the G-7 than an effective international organization. And much like the G-7, the SCO will continue to make headlines when leaders gather to propose their agendas for foreign consumption. But without a clear mission or cohesion among its growing body of members, the SCO will struggle to produce co... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 18 hours ago
*An extremely abusive Warmist* An Andrew Lane (aslane1@asu.edu), who claims a Master of Sustainable Solutions from Arizona State University, put up an abusive comment on Marc Morano's site. Morano and various other skeptics thought the writer was so abusive that they wondered if it might not be a put-up job designed to get an unwise reaction from us. So Tony Heller replied to the guy and a long correspondence resulted. Tony offered to debate anyone from the ASU on global warming and the historical climate statistics. Tony is an extremely knowledgeable climate historian. Lane wa... more »

Record-setting early snowfall in Japan

Robert at Ice Age Now - 18 hours ago
Also far colder than average. Mount Kurodake in the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido had its first snow of the season on Aug. 17, the earliest snowfall observed there since records began in 1974. The snow near the peak of the 1,984-meter mountain fell more than a month earlier than last year’s, which fell on Sept. ... Read moreRecord-setting early snowfall in Japan The post Record-setting early snowfall in Japan appeared first on Ice Age Now.

Greg Glenn: Astrophysics and Baseball

Hifast at Climate Collections - 18 hours ago
Originally posted on Tallbloke's Talkshop: I was at the Dodger game Saturday when the power went out….completely. It was the 12th inning, with the score tied at 4-4 (Dodger Vs Padres). This was a serious matter! I thought I was joking when I told my friends “It’s probably caused by massive ground currents from…

Sunday song

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 18 hours ago

Fixing The Democratic Primary Against Bernie Is The One And Only Goal Of The Democratic Establishment For 2020

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 18 hours ago
I read yesterday that John Kerry is thinking about running for president again. There's a huge battle brewing inside the Democratic Party over who the corporate Dem who will be the representative of the *status quo ante* to go up against Bernie will be. I gather Biden-- the banksters' best friend-- is the first choice but there are dozens of corporate Dems who love a shot at it. Yesterday David Siders wrote in *Politico* about the latest way the establishment thinks it can stop Bernie-- Whoever wins South Carolina will be the Democratic nominee. Democratic voters in New Hampshire ... more »

Did Jeff Sessions “Push Back” Against Papadopoulos’ Idea Of Trump-Putin Meeting During The Campaign As Trump Reportedly “Nodded With Approval”?

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 18 hours ago
Did Jeff Sessions “push back” against Trump advisor George Papadopoulos’ idea of a Trump-Putin Meeting during the campaign? Jeff Sessions … Continue reading →

Hanford Nuclear Waste Tunnel Collapse Imminent: Failure Puts Workers, Public, Environs At Risk From An Airborne Radiological Release

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 18 hours ago
No one knows the day or the hour! If you think this is just a problem of old waste, do … Continue reading →

Adrienne Ross, guest blogger, don’t bring shame to my memory

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 18 hours ago
[image: Adrienne Ross's Profile Photo, Image may contain: Adrienne Ross, smiling] “I'm glad I didn't spend one minute watching funerals the past few days. Didn't tune in to a lick of them. And from what I've read, the division that ensued turned what should have been life memorials and celebrations into clown shows. Bring back the days when funerals weren't miniseries on TV starring a cast of characters settling scores. Do me a favor, y'all, even if I become rich and famous, if I should die before the rapture (which I don't expect!), please don't put my funeral on TV. There's some... more »

I’m not the only one who collects thoughts

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 18 hours ago
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Who was behind the assassination of Aleksandr Zakharchenko? (Video)

Alex Christoforou at The Duran - 18 hours ago
The Duran – News in Review – Episode 96. The post Who was behind the assassination of Aleksandr Zakharchenko? (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

Sunday morning music

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 19 hours ago
Let's go back to baroque music for a change of pace. Here's the Water Music triple orchestral suite by Georg Frideric Handel. Peter

Back To Reality

Paul Homewood at NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT - 19 hours ago
By Paul Homewood Amidst all of the hottest evah claims, a dose of reality from UAH: http://www.drroyspencer.com/wp-content/uploads/UAH_LT_1979_thru_August_2018_v6.jpg Global temperatures fell back to 0.19C in August. This means the YTD average is 0.23C, putting them back to roughly where they were in 2002. Arctic sea ice is tracking close to […]

Bless His Heart. Rapper M&M Is All Butthurt & Confused Cause DJT Is Still Ignoring Him and His Childish Petulant Rants

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 19 hours ago
*Eminem, The Alyssa Milano of Hip Hop* It's difficult to take seriously anything said by an uneducated blonde-headed 45 year old white guy in a hoodie pretending to be a badass black thug, who is starved for attention. The annoying and talentless entertainer Eminem, best know as a white boy anomaly in the world of Hip Hop noise, and for his amazing ability to do what 6 year old school children are good at, rhyming words, got seriously pissed off that *Donald Trump continues to outright ignored him* after an extremely emotional display of childlike anger and frustration in a four-min... more »

Views

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 19 hours ago
Paul Danahar, the man who runs the BBC's news operation across the Americas and who was previously the BBC’s Bureau Chief in Middle East & Asia, doesn't think the Trump administration's cutting of aid to UNRWA is a good idea: And if you were wondering what Paul's take on Trump/McCain is (as you surely were), then you need wait no longer: Remarkable moment at John McCain's funeral as his weeping daughter rebukes President Trump, the only major political figure not present, saying “The America of John McCain has no need to be made great again because America was always great" bringi... more »

Normal business resumes

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 19 hours ago
Here's a Twitter conversation this morning between the BBC's editor of live political programmes and a former assistant editor at Channel 4 News: *Rob Burley*: Some complaints about 2 senior Cons on *#marr *on Brexit. Mainly from people who oppose it. It’s a bit odd really for 2 reasons: first surely we all know there is a dispute between senior Cons which justifies it and 2) shouldn’t you be glad we are covering it if you oppose Brexit? *Malcolm Boughen*: Interesting, but not fair or balanced. *Rob Burley*: If your expectation is that every show is balance in every direction you wi... more »

Degrees of separation

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 19 hours ago
A recurring headline on *BBC Breakfast *this morning ran as follows: Thousands of people have taken part in more anti-migrant protests in the Germany city of Chemnitz last night. A week ago a German man was killed allegedly by two asylum seekers - triggering a series of violent demonstrations. The far-right political party in the country - the AfD - *has been accused of inflaming tensions*. And yet who was accusing the AfD of "whipping up" tensions on the BBC News Channel yesterday? Yes, it was a BBC reporter - one Jenny Hill no less: I've spoken to people today who say, elderly p... more »

US-British Neo-Imperialism and its Modern Day 'Missionaries'

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 19 hours ago
*September 2, 2018* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - The worst sort of deception is that perpetrated by those who pose as defending the most vulnerable when in reality, are leveraging their circumstances, exploiting their suffering, and in many cases, playing a direct role in perpetuating both. This is an apt description of Washington, London, and Brussels' global-spanning human rights racket - used repeatedly as a pretext for political meddling and even war. An especially cynical example of this is playing out in Southeast Asia's nation of Myanmar. With ties between Myanmar and China g... more »

BWorld 244, Property rights and political lefts

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 20 hours ago
* This is my column in BusinessWorld last August 24, 2018. PRIVATE property rights is among the cornerstone of a free and dynamic economy. If people have no sense of control and ownership over their house, car, cellphone, appliances, savings, they will not work hard, invest, and accumulate wealth both at the household and macro or country levels. They will be in perpetual stress and fear that some bullies can claim and expropriate such properties away from them. There is a measurement of global property rights protection worldwide being done regularly by the Property Rights Allianc... more »

California climate policies increase dependence on foreign oil

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 20 hours ago
“In fact, more than 56 percent of the crude oil received by California refineries were extracted in foreign countries, according to California Energy Commission data. California, once the third-largest oil state, is now more reliant than ever on foreign oil.” click … Continue reading →

Could Donald Trump Launch His Very Own Operation Desert Fox?

Edward Chang at Test Feed Using Fields - 20 hours ago
*Edward Chang* *Security, Middle East* [image: Wikimedia Commons] A scandal-ridden presidency plus talk of impeachment, combined with rising tensions with a Persian Gulf country hostile to the United States has some asking if the year is 1998. A scandal-ridden presidency plus talk of impeachment, combined with rising tensions with a Persian Gulf country hostile to the United States has some asking if the year is 1998. Curt Mills refers to air strikes on Iraq in December of that year as an example of what the Trump administration could attempt to execute against the Islamic Repub... more »

Russia’s Massive Vostok Military Exercise Was Intended to Prepare for War With China. So What Happened?

Sebastien Roblin at Test Feed Using Fields - 20 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Asia* [image: Anti-aircraft artilleries drive past Tiananmen Gate during a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing, China, September 3, 2015. REUTERS/Jason Lee] Why is Beijing playing war with Moscow? In August 2018, Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu announced that more than three hundred thousand personnel of Eastern and Central Military District would engage in the country’s largest ever military exercise, Vostok 2018. Supposedly, the five-day exercise (September 11–15) will involve a thousand airc... more »

Best of: Color Blind or Color Conscious

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 20 hours ago
Best of! We all need a day off (Google it) from time to time! By Cathy Jameson While I was taking an introductory college course on the history of education, segregation and discrimination came up. We spent several classes discussing...

Climate Tricks 72, Calling El Nino-La Nina as weather anomalies

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 20 hours ago
I don't like academics fanning climate alarmism. My friend since 3+ decades ago at the UPSE, Dr. Oggie Arcenas, wrote a paper where his opening sentence is terribly wrong, *"Among the weather anomalies and climate shocks that are known in the modern world today, perhaps the most known are the “wonder twins” El Niño and La Niña..."* Again, Oggie is my friend, very jolly and friendly guy until now, but I don't like some stuff that he writes like the above statement. El Nino-La Nina are NOT weather anomalies, NOT climate shocks. They are 100% perfectly normal, natural and cyclical sin... more »

Sen. John McCain Eulogized

Rural at Democracy Under Fire - 20 hours ago
"He was a great man," "We gather here to mourn the passing of American greatness." "The real thing, not cheap rhetoric from men who will never come near the sacrifice he gave so willingly, nor the opportunistic appropriation of those who lived lives of comfort and privilege," Meghan McCain during her speech at her father's funeral service on Saturday in Washington, this was followed by some similar words from former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush who said..... "So much of our politics, public life, public discourse can seem small and mean and petty, trafficking in bombas... more »

Rio Nightlife Guide for Sunday, September 2, 2018

Jack Arnhold at The Rio Times - 20 hours ago
We have the top three picks for this Sunday, and below there is a list of bars and lounges that are always a good option. PARTY: Nanda O Nanda & Dj Rod @ NOSSO (Ipanema) – Nanda O Nanda will be presenting her intimate and engaging show, with a repertoire that includes covers of reggae […]

Trump Advisor George Papadopoulos’ Request For Probation Rather Than Jail Time (31 August 2018)

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 20 hours ago
“Returning to Washington D.C., twenty-eight-year-old George witnessed his career skyrocketing to unimaginable heights. On March 31, 2016, he joined Mr. … Continue reading →

Ex-Model Incarcerated for Exposing Illuminati Child Sacrifice

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 20 hours ago
Nathalie Augustina is currently a prisoner in a mental hospital in Amsterdam for publishing this book.

UK: Syrian Terrorists Can’t Possibly Be Planning Chemical Weapons False Flag, Because Russia Said They Are

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 20 hours ago
Keep an eye on this one. Syria is a key strategic region that the western powers has been plotting to take control of for decades, and they are not about to give up

‘US seeks to strengthen presence in Syria by setting up missile defense shield’

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 20 hours ago
ISIS is all but defeated and it never had an air force to speak of, so why is the U.S. is reportedly setting up advanced radars in northern Syria?

IMF backs South Africa’s plan to confiscate land from white farmers

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 20 hours ago
No big surprise given that the IMF are little more than con artists themselves

Apple is quietly BLOCKING its Gay Pride rainbow Watch face in Russia, claims developer

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 20 hours ago
Apple appears hesitant in promoting "gay pride" in Russia. Possibly because they realise that it might adversely affect sales

Iran plans to boost missile capacity in spite of sanctions

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 20 hours ago
Iran's plan to increase its missile capacity can be seen as a response to Trump's decision to pull out of the 2015 nuclear accord

"All Man Can Do..."

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
“All man can do is lose one life, but also keep in mind that all we have is one life, so that the longest life and the shortest life amount to the same thing. Our only loss is the passing minute which is every man's equal possession for he cannot lose what is already passed nor what he does not possess in the future. Only the present can be lost for this is all that is man's. Also remember that the cycles of the world exhibit the same recurring pattern, so it makes no difference how long you watch them repeat.” - Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Russian oligarch admits to collusion…with Robert Mueller’s FBI

Tyler Durden at The Duran - 21 hours ago
Oleg Deripaska wants it known that he worked with the FBI and DOJ, and that he had nothing to do with the Steele dossier. The post Russian oligarch admits to collusion…with Robert Mueller’s FBI appeared first on The Duran.

US Strategy in Syria: ‘Create Quagmires Until We Get What We Want’

The Duran at The Duran - 21 hours ago
In seeking to control post-war Syria, US determined to keep war going. The post US Strategy in Syria: ‘Create Quagmires Until We Get What We Want’ appeared first on The Duran.

Satellite images show huge military buildup in Abu Duhur airbase

Zen Adra at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 21 hours ago
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (11;40 A.M.) – The Syrian government continues to amass forces ahead the prospected attack against the jihadi groups controlling Idlib province as well as the northern countryside of Hama. Recent satellite images – taken on August 17 – show heavy military equipment amassing at the eastern part of Abu Duhur military airbase; specifically […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

"Once the Bubbles Pop, We're Broke"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
*"Once the Bubbles Pop, We're Broke"* by Charles Hugh Smith "I hate to break it to you, but the everything bubble isn't permanent. OK, I get it - the Bull Market in stocks is permanent. Bulls will be chortling in 2030 that skeptics have been wrong for 22 years an entire generation. Bonds will also be higher, thanks to negative interest rates, and housing will still be climbing higher, too. Household net worth will be measured in the gazillions. Here's the Fed's measure of current household net worth: a cool $100 trillion, about 750% of disposable personal income (DPI): *Click image... more »

Do Fish Know That They’re Wet?

Fr. Lawrence FARLEY at OrientalReview.org - 22 hours ago
Regardless of how we view the chances of returning the West to the Christian faith we at least must acknowledge that this world is not our true home. Our true home is the heavenly Jerusalem, the Kingdom of God, and at our baptism we took up citizenship in that Kingdom. The post Do Fish Know That They’re Wet? appeared first on OrientalReview.org .

Congress Temporarily Banned Sale of F-35 Jets to Turkey (But Turkish Pilots Are Still Training to Fly Them)

Sebastien Roblin at Test Feed Using Fields - 22 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Middle East* [image: An F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter takes off on a training sortie at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida in this March 6, 2012 file photo. Canada is poised to buy 65 Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets, sources familiar with the process] What happens now? Consider a topsy-turvy set of seemingly contradictory facts regarding Turkey’s planned acquisition of one hundred advanced F-35 stealth fighters, the development for which Ankara contributed one billion dollars. On August 28, Maj. Halit Oktay was the first Turk... more »

This Jet Proves Why No Nation Would Want to Fight Sweeden in the Sky

Charlie Gao at Test Feed Using Fields - 22 hours ago
*Charlie Gao* *Security, Europe* [image: Wikimedia Commons] The J37 Viggen was a true cold warrior—and unmatched for years during the Cold War. During the Cold War, Sweden developed a multitude of advanced aircraft. Swedish aircraft served not only in the Swedish Air Force, but also in the Austrian, Danish, and Finnish Air Forces. One of the most advanced designs in its time was the AJ 37 and AJS 37 “Viggen” strike aircraft. The AJ 37 Viggen is the primary variant of the Viggen family of jets, which also includes patrol, trainer, and reconnaissance variants. It was designed to b... more »

McCAIN, ROTHSCHILD, JEFF GATES, NATHALIE AUGUSTINA

Anon at Aangirfan - 22 hours ago
"Rick Davis and *Sen. John McCain* (in cap) board the rented yacht of Italian con man Raffaello Follieri in August 2006 in Kotor Bay, the Rothschild fiefdom in Montenegro. "It was during this trip that McCain met again with* Oleg Deripaska *and* Nathan Rothschild*." Naval Collision Attack Trends / John McCain and the Zionist Crime syndicate. ... The criminal state? Zionist Crime syndicate "*Nathalie Augustina* is currently a prisoner in a mental hospital in Amsterdam for publishing this book." www.henrymakow.com/*Ex-Model-Incarcerated* ...

A recent dissatisfied Weinberg's talk on QM

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 22 hours ago
On June 3rd, Steven Weinberg gave this talk at Case Western University. The video is 46 minutes long, you may speed it up (up to 2x). He's introduced as a hero. Weinberg is a hero who doesn't need an introduction. He's done amazing physics, he's been an important public intellectual. He's still doing physics. Weinberg says that from the beginning, he knew that important physicists like de Broglie, Einstein, and Schrödinger were grumpy about quantum mechanics. It was tragic that they skipped the development of this exciting framework and its application on atoms, molecules, and ele... more »

£3.78 billion buys us this

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 22 hours ago
BBC political correspondent Susana Mendonça popped up on *BBC Breakfast *this morning shortly after 7 o'clock. She said: We saw Frank Field resigning, citing antisemitism and also a culture of nastiness as he saw it in the Labour Party just last week, so there is a concern certainly from what John McDonnell is saying that there could be more splits. He talks about the SDLP, when a number of Labour MPs left the party in the 80s and how that led to the Labour Party losing votes in those constituencies, he doesn't want to see that happening. Hmm. The SDLP, eh, Susana? No one on the ... more »

Boss of Corbynista fan club Momentum admits his own left-wing friends are anti-Semitic

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 23 hours ago
Another day... 'THE head of hard-left campaign group Momentum has admitted his own friends spew anti-Semitic bile online. Jon Lansman, who is Jewish, said left-wing activists he knows have an "unconscious bias" which pushes them towards racist views. And he added that when Labour's anti-Semitism crisis flared up earlier his summer, his Facebook feed was filled with bigoted posts from people he knows. Mr Lansman is a long-standing ally of Jeremy Corbyn who founded Momentum to push hard-left ideas within Labour.' More here https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7148023/jon-lansman-momentum... more »

“Gosnell,” the Movie Hollywood Wanted to Ignore, Opening in October

Lisa Shaw at rss - 23 hours ago
[image: gosnell-the-movie-hollywood-wanted-to-ignore-opening-in-october] *Gosnell: The Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer* is set to open in over 700 theaters around the country, revealing the account of the trial of Kermit Gosnell, Philadelphia’s infamous abortionist.

Giddy Globalists: France’s Macron Says True Dane, True Frenchman “Does Not Exist”

Selwyn Duke at rss - 23 hours ago
[image: giddy-globalists-france-s-macron-says-true-dane-true-frenchman-does-not-exist] First there was the no-true-Scotsman fallacy. Now we have the no-true-Frenchman fallacy, courtesy of France’s de facto socialist president, Emmanuel Macron. It’s quite a bit different, though.

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 23 hours ago
*Sunday Thoughtsby Noah* When it comes to Herr Trump's professed Christian followers, never was a meme so true. They are fanatical worshippers of their own golden calf of hypocrisy. They bow down before that hypocrisy. "Yea, how we adore ye, for it is thou who provideth cover for our hate, our gluttony, and our greed." * *From *The New Republican Bible* c1980, Third Testament, Book One.

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