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Thomas Paine

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Monday, October 1, 2018

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Very Radioactive Water at Fukushima Daiichi Must NOT Be Dumped in the Ocean

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 12 hours ago
I've been chronicling narratives of Fukushima Daiichi's contaminated water for years now (academic work here and here). FUKUSHIMA DAICHI IS A CONTAMINATED-WATER PRODUCING MACHINE TEPCO must inject hundreds of tons of water into Daiichi's ruined reactor buildings to cool very hot and radioactive nuclear fuel. Since reactor containment is cracked, much of this water cannot be collected and ends up in the water table or the Pacific Ocean. That is why TEPCO built the ice wall to prevent contaminated water from the plant emptying into the Pacific. However, the ice wall has been a fail... more »

US providing direct military support to terrorists, says Syrian FM

Seraphim Hanisch at The Duran - 12 hours ago
Top diplomat claims the fight against terrorism is almost over, but this might be his undoing if the US support leads to false-flag attack. The post US providing direct military support to terrorists, says Syrian FM appeared first on The Duran.

Ann Coulter puts Kavanaugh resistance femi-Nazism on display (VIDEO)

Seraphim Hanisch at The Duran - 12 hours ago
Coulter shows that politics and media culture has turned in on itself so much that it's impossible to accept Judge Kavauagh's real innocence. The post Ann Coulter puts Kavanaugh resistance femi-Nazism on display (VIDEO) appeared first on The Duran.

Protest Song Of The Week: ‘Paranoid Core’ By Mudhoney

CJ Baker at Shadowproof - 12 hours ago
When looking at the historical developments of grunge and the alternative rock explosion of the 1990s, it is hard to deny the impact Mudhoney played in helping to draw the blueprints that more commercially successful bands have followed. Mudhoney is currently celebrating their thirtieth anniversary and have recently released their tenth The post Protest Song Of The Week: ‘Paranoid Core’ By Mudhoney appeared first on Shadowproof.

Monday, Monday Redux

Keith at musingsofanoldfart - 12 hours ago
Borrowing again from the classic song from The Mamas and the Papas, here are a few Monday musings. Water from Hurricane Florence continues to plague eastern South Carolina and North Carolina. Rivers are cresting or just past cresting. If the … Continue reading →

The US Military-Industrial Complex’s Worst Nightmare: The S-300 May Destroy and Expose the F-35

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 12 hours ago
Tel Aviv’s warning that it will destroy the S-300 battery should not be taken lightly

Iran missiles in Syria land ‘within three miles’ of US troops

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 12 hours ago
Iran's missile strike on militants in Syria was also a clear warning to the US, which had troops "three miles" from the militants. Were they supporting them? Were they involved in preparations for the Ahvaz attack the week before?

LaRouchePAC Monday Update - October 1, 2018

adam at LaRouchePAC Feed - 12 hours ago
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Defeat greedy Al Green

Alicia at LaRouchePAC Feed - 12 hours ago
Help me defeat Greedy Al Green Video of Help me defeat Greedy Al Green Watch LaRouchePAC endorsed candidate Kesha Rogers take the gloves on greedy Al Green in her latest campaign video. Green knows there is no credible case for impeaching President Trump. So why does he keep waving the flag of impeachment? Because it is making him a lot of money.

Alessandro Strumia, The Mansplainer

Tommaso Dorigo at Science 2.0 blogs - 12 hours ago
The world of particle physics is in turmoil because of a presentation by Alessandro Strumia, an Italian phenomenologist, at CERN's "1st workshop on high energy theory and gender", and its aftermath. By now the story has been echoed by many major newscasters around the world, and discussed in public and private forums, blogs, twitter feeds. I wanted to stay away from it here, mainly because it is a sensitive issue and the situation is still evolving, but after all, why not offer to you my personal pitch on the matter? Strumia, by the way, has been an occasional commenter to this blog... more »

Dogs Are Not So Smart

News Staff at Science 2.0 blogs - 12 hours ago
Dog owners think dogs are exceptionally intelligent - a whole television show was made about a dog named Lassie who got humans out of all kinds of fantastic situations - while cat owners believe the same about their pets. But are dogs smarter than other animals or pets? Not really, according to a review of over 300 papers which compared the brain power of dogs with other domestic animals, other social hunters and other carnivorans (which includes dogs, wolves, bears, lions, hyenas, and more). read more

White House Adviser: U.S. President Trump and Chinese President Xi May Meet At The G20 Summit

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 12 hours ago
U.S. President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping arrive for a state dinner at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst *Reuters:* *Trump, China's Xi may meet at G20 summit: White House adviser* WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump may meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Buenos Aries on Nov. 30, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said in an interview on Fox Business Network on Monday. Asked about the potential for a U.S.-China trade deal, Kudlow told FBN that a pact with Beij... more »

Flake Stokes Presidential Speculation as Court Debate Rages

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
Jeff Flake single-handedly delayed Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation proceedings last week by insisting on an FBI investigation.

Picnic Fizzles out as Kombucha Earns Grandpa Park Ejection

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
The bubbly, fermented tea originated centuries ago in China and typically contains a slight bit of alcohol.

Man Arrested for Chasing After Plane at Dublin Airport

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
Witnesses said a man in his 20s broke through an airport door and ran toward the Ryanair plane, which was about to take off for Amsterdam, at around 7 a.m.

Father of Zombie Films Being Honored on ‘Living Dead’ 50th

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
Pittsburgh is set to honor the father of modern American zombie films outside the theater where his “Night of the Living Dead” premiered 50 years ago.

Cardi B at Police Precinct Amid Probe of Strip Club Fight

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
Chairs and bottles were thrown. Two bartenders were hit with debris.

Washington Times Retracts Statements on Seth Rich Murder

David Mikkelson at Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
The news outlet was sued for stating it was "well known in intelligence circles that Seth Rich and his brother, Aaron Rich, downloaded DNC emails and was paid by Wikileaks."

GE, Seeking Path Through its 3rd Century, Ousts CEO

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 12 hours ago
General Electric Chairman & CEO John Flannery is out as chairman and CEO at General Electric after less than two years, Lawrence Culp Jr. takes over

The New Standardized Morality Test. Really.

Peter Greene at CURMUDGUCATION - 12 hours ago
I'm not really sure how to start this, because -- well, I'll just let the lede on this press release speak for itself: *IOWA CITY, Iowa—ACT, the nonprofit developer of the ACT® test and other assessments taken by millions of individuals worldwide, announced today that it was selected by the Crown Prince Court in Abu Dhabi to provide the Moral Education Standardized Assessment (MESA) for the Moral Education program in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). * It goes with the moral education program developed for the UAE. If you look at it, it seems relatively benign. Based on four pillar... more »

Physics was invented and built by men

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 13 hours ago
*Activists at CERN turned an excerpt from Sexmission into reality* CERN has updated the statement to say that all Strumia's CERN ties were suspended, at least during the ongoing Inquisition trial ("investigation of the conference"). I was hoping it wouldn't happen but I was prepared to see that it would happen. What do you want to investigate, idiots? Strumia has made some elementary and some elaborate comments about women in physics and a bunch of brain-dead wannabe fascists and mental cripples found the truth inconvenient. That's it. However, things are much better in Italy where ... more »

We’re pretty sure it will soon be legal to smoke dope with that murderous imperialist Boer War dude outside Province House

Tim Bousquet at Halifax Examiner - 13 hours ago
News 1. The 1% “Did you know Canadian taxpayers earning more than $250,000 annually — them’s the “one per cent” to me and thee — paid $6.8-billion less in federal taxes in 2016 than they did in 2015?” asks Stephen Kimber: But… uh… wait a minute. Didn’t Canada’s shiny new Liberal government create a whole […]

The Scripted Confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh

Gaius Publius at DownWithTyranny! - 13 hours ago
Consider the possibility that this is all a pre-planned script whereby Jeff Flake is depicted as the Honest Principled Man who ultimately gives everyone else cover to vote for Kavanaugh https://t.co/IqL3b020mh — David Sirota (@davidsirota) September 30, 2018 *by Gaius Publius * After you come down from praising of Jeff Flake's heroism (or his cowardice in the face of sexual assault victims) consider the following, from an interview with Flake in the Atlantic: *Coppins: *So, you were motivated mainly by preserving institutional credibility? *Flake: *Two institutions, really. One,... more »

California’s 100-Percent Zero-Emission Power Goal

IER at IER - 13 hours ago
California lawmakers have set a goal of relying entirely upon zero-emission energy sources for the state’s electricity by 2045. The… The post California’s 100-Percent Zero-Emission Power Goal appeared first on IER.

Why we are organising the organisers. Join us.

Rachel Hamada at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism - 13 hours ago
How can people involved in journalism at all levels better engage with the communities they serve - and each other? Rachel Hamada, community organiser at the Bureau Local, has some ideas

BWorld 254, Duterte inflation in prices and political insecurity

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 13 hours ago
* This is my article in BusinessWorld on September 27, 2018. President Duterte’s government can be described currently as having double inflation in both consumer price index (CPI) and political insecurity index. His economic managers’ usual and repeated alibi on why the country’s inflation rate is high is mainly because of external factors like high world oil prices and high US interest rates. This is a half-truth. The main reason is the TRAIN law that was implemented starting January this year. From the monthly data of inflation rate, the January to August 2018 or year-to-date (y... more »

Iran Fires Ballistic Missiles At Syrian Militants Over Parade Attack. Missiles Land 'Within Three Miles' Of U.S. Troops

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*Reuters*: *Iran fires missiles at militants in Syria over parade attack* Iran said it fired missiles on Monday at Islamic State militants in Syria it blames for an attack on its soil on Sept. 22 and said the action shows the government’s readiness to punish the “wickedness” of its enemies. Tehran has accused U.S.-backed Gulf Arab states of attacking a military parade in southwestern Iran and killing 25 people, nearly half of them members of the elite Revolutionary Guards. Monday’s strike targeted the bases of “takfiri terrorists” backed by Washington and regional powers in east... more »

The Dangers of Creating a New Arab Alliance

Doug Bandow at Test Feed Using Fields - 13 hours ago
*Doug Bandow* *Security, Middle East* [image: Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (2nd L) welcomes U.S. President Donald Trump to dance with a sword during a welcome ceremony at Al Murabba Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 20, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst] Donald Trump doesn’t like the original NATO, so why does he want a second one? How to explain the Trump administration’s fixation with Iran? The Islamic Republic is an economic wreck and in political disarray, and lacks an effective conventional military. It obviously cannot seriously threaten America. Moreover,... more »

Help Wanted: Defense Editor and Writer

Harry J. Kazianis at Test Feed Using Fields - 13 hours ago
*Harry J. Kazianis* *Security, * TNI is hiring! *The National Interest*, a print and online magazine focusing on international affairs, foreign policy, national security, domestic politics and more is searching for an individual to join our online editorial team as our new Defense Editor and writer. This position is based in Washington, D.C. This specific position entails writing and editing articles concentrating on defense, military hardware and national security issues as well as other duties as needed. *This demanding but rewarding position requires the following skills:* ... more »

Super Weapon: The Army Tested a Helicopter Shotgun With 1,200 Barrels

Joseph Trevithick at Test Feed Using Fields - 13 hours ago
*Joseph Trevithick* *Security, * Yes, this is real. *But to this very day, Army transport helicopters still rely heavily on the same kind of side-mounted machine guns that protected their predecessors in Vietnam. With more staying power—and fewer barrels—than the giant shotgun.* While a fixture on the modern battlefield, helicopters are especially vulnerable when hovering low to the ground and dropping off troops. For almost 60 years, the U.S. Army and other services have tried out different weapons to protect choppers as they land and take back off again. *(This first appeared... more »

"Imaginary Monsters and the Uses of Chaos"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
*"Imaginary Monsters and the Uses of Chaos"* by James Howard Kunstler "The Kavanaugh hearing underscored another eerie condition in contemporary USA life that offers clues about the combined social, economic, and political collapse that I call the long emergency: the destruction of all remaining categorical boundaries for understanding behavior: truth and untruth, innocent and guilty, childhood and adulthood, public and private. The destination of all this confusion is a society that can’t process any quarrel coherently, leaving everyone unsatisfied and adrift, and no actual proble... more »

Canada Joins U.S. And Mexico For Trade Deal to Replace Nafta -- News Updates

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
*Daily Mail*: *Trump boasts new trade deal between U.S., Canada and Mexico is 'historic transaction' as last-minute deal replaces NAFTA after a YEAR of negotiations and war of words between Trump and Justin Trudeau* * The U.S., Canada and Mexico have been negotiating the terms of a revised North America Free Trade Agreement for more than a year * The Trump administration announced a deal had been reached late Sunday night * The new pact is being called the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement * The agreement is a giant step toward Trump delivering on his key campaign promise to o... more »

68 yo Male with “Sciatica”

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
Patient history: A 68 yo male presents with slowly progressing right anterior thigh and knee pain Pain never goes past the knee Saw primary care physician who treated with anti-inflammatory medications with minimal improvement Was sent for x-ray of the … Continue reading →

3-Day Headache: What’s the Cause?

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
Patient presentation A 21-year-old Asian female presents with a 3-day history of acute-onset headache. Acetaminophen is not providing any relief. The patient is an otherwise healthy college student and does not have underlying disease or a significant family history. She … Continue reading →

Severe Stomach Pain after Camping .Medical case.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
Patient Case A 56-year-old male presents to the emergency department (ED) with a 4-day history of worsening left upper quadrant (LUQ) abdominal pain. He went camping about 2 weeks ago and noticed progressive weakness, chills, joint pain, night sweats, and … Continue reading →

Years of Thyroid Monitoring Needed After MS Drug Alemtuzumab

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
Treatment with the multiple sclerosis (MS) drug alemtuzumab (Lemtrada, Genzyme/Sanofi) is associated with thyroid dysfunction and an increased risk of Graves disease that may have onset later than previously thought and therefore could require longer-term monitoring, according to results of … Continue reading →

Value of Invasive Procedures for Chronic Knee, Back Pain Questioned

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
A new meta-analysis shows little evidence to support use of invasive interventional procedures for chronic knee and low back pain — although the analysis has several limitations that preclude firm conclusions, researchers say. In 2014, Americans spent an estimated $45 … Continue reading →

New Strategy Almost Halves Opioid Use in Surgical Cancer Patients

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
A new approach almost halved the use of opioid analgesics in surgical oncology patients without increasing their pain or anxiety. The two-prong approach included maximizing the use of over-the-counter nonopioid therapies and changing the nature of postsurgery discussions with patients. … Continue reading →

Walking After Spinal Cord Injury Possible With Rehab Combo

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
Regaining the ability to walk after experiencing a spinal cord injury may be possible with a combination of rehabilitation methods, new research suggests. Even after several years of living with complete motor paralysis, two participants in the study were able … Continue reading →

Will COMPASS Point to a New Direction in Thrombotic Risk Reduction in Patients With Stable Cardiovascular Disease?

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
Reducing residual cardiovascular risk and recurrent cardiac events in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is one of the foundational principles of effective, evidence-based secondary prevention and includes both pharmacological and revascularization (surgical and catheter-based) interventions, which are frequently used together … Continue reading →

America’s ‘virgin births’? One in 200 mothers ‘became pregnant without having sex’

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
The findings were based on a study of 7,870 women and girls aged 15 to 28 The results of a long-term study of reproductive health, published in the British Medical Journal, have revealed that one in two hundred US … Continue reading →

2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 13 hours ago
Allison and Honjo were jointly awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation.” Their discoveries will fundamentally change the way doctors manage cancer treatment.

No Trend In Arctic Sea Ice For Twelve Years

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 13 hours ago
http://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/icethickness/txt/IceVol.txt Meanwhile, the New York Times says the “old ice is disappearing.” In the Arctic, the Old Ice Is Disappearing – The New York Times This is impressive, because nine years ago experts said the old ice was effectively gone. … Continue reading →

Kurds Vote For Parliament Amongst Low Turnout And Fraud Charges

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 13 hours ago
(NRT) Kurdistan’s election for its regional parliament took place on September 30 with some major glitches. Most notably, there was very low turnout and charges of cheating. In October 2013 when Kurdistan last voted 73% of the electorate turned up. In 2018, that was down to 58.4%. Dohuk led the region with 61%, while Sulaymaniya was at the other end with 54%. In May, when all of Iraq went to the ballot box there was a similar low participation rate with just 44% taking part. In general, the Iraqi public has become increasingly cynical about the political class seeing them as only ... more »

This Day In Iraqi History - Oct 1

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 13 hours ago
1920 Sir Percy Cox landed in Basra as new British high commissioner of Iraq Was told to prepare for Iraqi independence 1922 UK Air Marshall Sir Salmond named military commander in Iraq 1967 Law No. 123 gave Iraqi National Oil Company more power and right to develop north Rumaila oil field 1968 Govt and KDP started fighting once again 1972 U.S. opened Interests Section in Baghdad after diplomatic relations were ended in 1967 1978 Iraq Revolutionary Command Council said it would get Arab League to reject Egypt-Israeli peace deal 1980 Ira... more »

Britain Steps Up ‘Arctic Strategy’ vs. Russia, Sending 800 Troops to Norway

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 13 hours ago
*Antiwar.com* | Britain has no natural claims this far north, but that isn’t stopping them from throwing troops at the region.

Trump's NAFTA deal threatens our air, water, and climate

bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
01-Oct-2018 More outsourcing of pollution and jobs, handouts to corporate polluters, and climate denial

CEPA with Bangladesh can be template for enhancing trade in South Asia: Suresh Prabhu

bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
01-Oct-2018 India and Bangladesh have proposed early conclusion of a Compressive Economic Cooperation Agreement to boost bilateral trade and investment and set an example for giving a fillip to regional trade in South Asia.

Despite seed concerns, CPTPP study to proceed

bilaterals.org - 13 hours ago
01-Oct-2018 Thai farmers and civil society organisations vented their concerns about the impact of the new pact's IP chapter that prevents them from saving and reusing seeds that contain patented plant material.

The WOW of NOW: Exploring the Divinity & Infinity of This Moment

Karma Yoga Daily at Karma Yoga Daily - 13 hours ago
I honestly cannot think of anything more talked about in the “spiritual community” than the importance of being present or “staying in the moment”.

Anti-Defamation League, Facebook, Google & Youtube Appoint Themselves As Official Internet Censor

Karma Yoga Daily at Karma Yoga Daily - 13 hours ago
The Anti-Defamation League is joining with Facebook, Google and others to further attempt to 'curb hate speech and abuse' on the internet.

Aspects, Fractals and the Golden Thread

Karma Yoga Daily at Karma Yoga Daily - 13 hours ago
I’ve always been fascinated by the clear commonalities of religions and philosophies, and their intermingling with mysticism and the so-called occult.

Grandfather and Grandsons Detained by Officer, Kicked Out of Park for Drinking Kombucha Tea

Karma Yoga Daily at Karma Yoga Daily - 13 hours ago
Kombucha is the fermented tea that is sold in nearly every store across the country and which has an alcohol content so low that children can purchase it legally.

Mom Suing after Cop Seen Smiling, Giving Thumbs Up Holding Her Dead Son’s Arm in Leaked Photo

Matt Agorist at The Free Thought Project - 13 hours ago
[image: photo] A grieving mother is suing a police department whose officer was seen in a leaked photo smiling and giving a thumbs up as he held her dead son's arm. The post Mom Suing after Cop Seen Smiling, Giving Thumbs Up Holding Her Dead Son’s Arm in Leaked Photo appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

Stepping back to make room for new leaders: be careful what you wish for

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 14 hours ago
Matthew Dowd has a suggestion for our current leadership. Instead of waiting for the diverse population of America to keep pushing and prodding, I would humbly suggest that we as white male Christians take it upon ourselves to step back and give more people who don’t look like us access to the levers of power. We don’t have to wait, and our country is in desperate need of more diverse leaders. It is that diverse leadership which will not only represent more of what America looks like today, but it will give us the opportunity to find solutions which homogenous models of leadership ... more »

Big win in Okinawa!

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 14 hours ago
In a major defeat for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the ruling bloc, Kyodo News and other media reported Sunday evening that former Lower House member Denny Tamaki, a staunch opponent of a controversial central government-backed plan to relocate a U.S. military base, won Okinawa’s governor race over a candidate heavily backed by the ruling parties. The 58-year-old Tamaki, who had the support of all major opposition parties, reportedly defeated 54-year-old Atsushi Sakima, a former mayor of Ginowan, which houses U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. Tamaki campaigned by pledging to... more »

NJ Parents, Beware: Child predators use 19 ‘apps’ to get children

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 14 hours ago
State officials in New Jersey are warning parents that sexual predators are using as many as 19 different apps to lure underage girls and boys for sexual activity. “The New Jersey Regional Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, which is led by the New Jersey State Police, and the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office, recently […] The post NJ Parents, Beware: Child predators use 19 ‘apps’ to get children appeared first on Health Nut News.

Dumps Nitric Oxide, repairs DNA and rejuvenates your cells while you relax

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 14 hours ago
I am of the belief, as are many other experts, that near-infrared sauna is an integral component of successful detoxification. Near infrared light also has many other biological benefits. Here, I interview Brian Richards, founder of SaunaSpace, who is equally passionate about this modality and has developed a near-infrared sauna using high-powered incandescent light bulbs. While […] The post Dumps Nitric Oxide, repairs DNA and rejuvenates your cells while you relax appeared first on Health Nut News.

GMO salmon maker refuses to disclose who they are selling to

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 14 hours ago
A genetically-modified AquAdvantage salmon and a non-GM farmed salmon at the same age. Photo: AquaBounty. Prepared sashimi products are where you’re likely to find genetically modified salmon, the CEO of AquaBounty Technologies, a Massachusetts-based biotechnology company that produces the fish, told investors, but they won’t say who they’re selling to. Aquaculture, once a fledgling industry, […] The post GMO salmon maker refuses to disclose who they are selling to appeared first on Health Nut News.

Baby dies just hours after mandatory vaccines, Go Fund Me set up for funeral

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 14 hours ago
“On Friday the 21st September 2018, Baby Malakai Le Grange was taken for his mandatory 14-week vaccines by his parents. He was in good health, a bouncing baby boy. That night he died in his sleep leaving our family distraught and in shock. Investigations are still pending.” While the family waits for test results they still […] The post Baby dies just hours after mandatory vaccines, Go Fund Me set up for funeral appeared first on Health Nut News.

Trump’s War Against Vaccines KICKS INTO HIGH GEAR…

Kent Heckenlively at BolenReport - 14 hours ago
By Kent Heckenlively, J.D. How do you know when the righteous war against vaccines has begun? When you read a recent article from The New York Times (September 26, 2018) which begins: “The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday placed the head of its Office of Children’s Health Protection on administrative leave, an unusual move that … Continue reading Trump’s War Against Vaccines KICKS INTO HIGH GEAR… The post Trump’s War Against Vaccines KICKS INTO HIGH GEAR… appeared first on BolenReport.

THE GUARDIANS FILE: Achilles needed the help of the gods!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 14 hours ago
*MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2018We need the help of logicians:* Even the swift runner Achilles once called out for help from a guardian class—though in his case, the guardian class whose aid he sought was the Olympian gods. As documented in Book XXI of The Iliad, Achilles had wandered far from the walls of Troy, slaying various Trojans. But he was discarding their bodies in the river Scamander, and the river god boiled with rage. We offer the 1898 Samuel Butler prose translation, largely because it's available on line. Butler used the Roman forms of the gods' names, in which Zeus, to cite... more »

Cyclist death rate highest in Florida

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 14 hours ago
“The Most Dangerous Place to Bicycle in America. Pinellas County, Fla., has the highest cyclist death rate in the Tampa Bay metro area—which has the highest rate of any metro region in the U.S. “ according to the Wall Street Journal. It’s the word “rate” that bothers me. The rest of the article seems to use numbers and percentages. We have more people, more vehicles and more cyclists than in previous years. However, for Florida, it has both the highest rate per capita and the highest number. The lowest rates are all in states that have considerable snow and weather not conducive... more »

The Target of the Kavanaugh Hearings Was You

adam at LaRouchePAC Feed - 14 hours ago
[image: President Donald J. Trump walks across the South Lawn of the White House Sunday, March 25, 2018, returning home from his trip to New York. (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks)] On Tuesday, Sept. 25, President Trump declared war on the institutions of the British Empire, starting with "globalization." This was a delight for many national leaders from around the world who have suffered the loss of sovereignty (or never truly gained real sovereignty when granted formal independence from their colonial masters), who have been forced to accept "free trade" policies, preve... more »

Iran Fires Ballistic Missiles at Syria Militants over Attack

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
The missiles had enough range to strike regional U.S. military bases and targets inside both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

French Singer and Actor Charles Aznavour Dies at Age 94

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
His death was confirmed by the singer's producer, Gerard Drouout Productions, and the French Culture Ministry.

‘Tragedy of Grand Scale’: Vegas Shooting Victims Remembered

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
Medical examiners later determined that all 58 deaths were from gunshots.

Man at Center of Nobel Literature Scandal Convicted of Rape

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
Jean-Claude Arnault, 72, a major cultural figure in Sweden, had faced two counts of rape for the same woman in 2011.

California Bans Gun Sales to People Under 21

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
State law already bans people under 21 from buying handguns.

Yale Classmate Recalls Kavanaugh as Frequent, Heavy Drinker

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 14 hours ago
Charles "Chad" Ludington said he was a friend of Kavanaugh's at Yale and that Kavanaugh was "a frequent drinker, and a heavy drinker."

Haddad Likely to Make Runoff Elections in Brazil, as Lula’s ‘Substitute’

Lise Alves at The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Seen by some as merely a substitute for former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, this year’s PT (Workers Party) presidential candidate, Fernando Haddad, has been able to able to garner enough support to most likely run against first-placed Jair Bolsonaro in the second […]

Flogging Molly to Play Rio’s Circo Voador this Sunday

Jack Arnhold at The Rio Times - 15 hours ago
By Jack Arnhold, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – This coming Sunday, October 7th, will see Irish and American ‘Celtic punk’ band Flogging Molly take to the stage at Lapa’s Circo Voador for their first concert in Brazil since their debut six years ago. Support is coming from Jimmy & Rats, a super-group formed […]

Former director of U.S. research watchdog agency moves to NIH

Ivan Oransky at Retraction Watch - 15 hours ago
Kathy Partin, who served as director of the U.S. Office of Research Integrity (ORI) for just under two years until being removed from the post late in 2017, has a new position at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), Retraction Watch has learned. As of yesterday (Sept. 30), Partin is intramural research integrity officer … Continue reading Former director of U.S. research watchdog agency moves to NIH

Argentina: Olavarria - A Key Location in the UFO Phenomenon

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 15 hours ago
*Source: DIARIO EL POPULAR (Argentina)Date: 30 September 2018* *Argentina: Olavarria - A Key Location in the UFO Phenomenon* *The 12th Federal Meeting of ICOU (United Field Researchers - Investigadores de Campo Unidos) was organized by the Olavarria UFO Investigation center and held at the Science Museum. The event was a tribute to Dante Rivera, one of the pioneers in the phenomenon's research.* A meeting of UFO researchers took place in our city yesterday, summoning key figures from all over the country. The event was planned for between 17 and 21:00 hours at the Museo de Cienci... more »

Monday Morning Links

Greg Fingas at Accidental Deliberations - 15 hours ago
Miscellaneous material to start your week. - Jim Stanford writes that the D-J Composites lockout should offer Canada a much-needed reminder as to the reality of labour conflict: Through 640 emotional days, the picket line has remained peaceful: the only injury was a union member hit by a vehicle charging through the line during a snowstorm. But genuine economic violence is being done every day to 32 workers separated from their livelihoods by an aggressive employer. The employer's position is all the stronger when it can hire others to keep working for less -- but no replacement wo... more »

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Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 15 hours ago
From Jenna Orkin Trump Administration Sees 7 Degree Rise in Global Temperatures by 2100 America's Most Expensive Fighter Jet Totaled in First Ever CrashKristinn Hrafnsson Replaces Julian Assange as WikiLeaks Editor-in-ChiefW. Virginia’s Decision to Allow Smartphone Voting for Midterms Raises Serious Security Concerns Danske Bank Moved $235 Billion in “Suspicious” Payments Through Estonian Branch The death toll has climbed to 384 after an earthquake and tsunami hit Indonesia "He's Got Balls": Steve Bannon Thinks Michael Avenatti Has A Serious Shot In 2020 Dozens of doctors tasked by ... more »

Parallel Universe Thoughts On Improving Russia-West Relations

Michael AVERKO at OrientalReview.org - 15 hours ago
It's somewhat bemusing to see Columbia University Assistant Professor of Journalism Keith Gessen lauded, for suggesting in The New York Times, that a more understanding perspective of Russia is lacking within US establishment circles. Coming from him in the so-called paper of record, one senses a kabuki element. The post Parallel Universe Thoughts On Improving Russia-West Relations appeared first on OrientalReview.org.

A Farmer's Lot

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago
I'll have something to say about the new trade agreement when more details are available. However, I understand that Canada's farmers will make concessions under the deal. I'm a city kid. But for forty-five of my seventy one years, my neighbours have been farmers. And a new study concerns me. Kelsey Johnson writes: Canadian farmers are dangerously stressed out, a reality that’s putting this country’s farm families, rural communities, and entire agriculture industry at risk. “We can’t have a sustainable food system in Canada if we don’t have sustainable farmers,” Andria Jones-Bitt... more »

How the Army's M16 Keeps Evolving (And Killing America's Enemies)

Kyle Mizokami at Test Feed Using Fields - 15 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Americas* [image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Capt._John_Arthur_tackles_the_stress_shoot_event_(7646423312).jpg] It will be one of the longest-serving weapons in Army history. And this is why. In the early 1980s, the U.S. Army and Marine Corps decided the M16A1 assault rifle needed an upgrade. The result was an improved version, the M16A2, and later the M16A3, M16A4, and the shorter, compact M4A1 carbine. The story of the M16 post-Vietnam is the story of how a mature, successful weapon design can be adapted to suit a variety of needs and mis... more »

Did the M16 Rifle Totally Fail During the Vietnam War?

Kyle Mizokami at Test Feed Using Fields - 15 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Asia* [image: Wikimedia Commons] Or was that all just fake news? In Part One of this series, we discussed how the U.S. Army came to dump the M14 battle rifle for the M16 assault rifle. The M16 promised light weight and greater lethality, but was it all it was cracked up to be? In this segment we follow the rifle to Vietnam, where the weapon developed a reputation for being unreliable--a reputation it didn’t entirely deserve. As the U.S. Military began a major commitment to the conflict in Vietnam it began issuing a new weapon to U.S. Army and Marine Cor... more »

This Gulf War Footage Of An F-16 Dodging 6 Iraqi Missiles Is Insane

Task and Purpose, James Clark at Test Feed Using Fields - 15 hours ago
*Task and Purpose, James Clark* *Security, Middle East* [image: By US Air Force - Source, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2782935] Take a look. In ten minutes of hair-raising Gulf War combat footage, a U.S. F-16 pilot doggedly keeps his cool while under enemy fire. A recent Reddit upload shows a U.S. Air Force F-16 pilot going toe to toe with a host of Iraqi missile sites during the Gulf War. The black and white video is shot from the pilot’s flight camera, but it’s the gritty and tense audio that ensures viewers don’t forget that they’re watching a... more »

The Day Constantinople Died

Warfare History Network, Jonathan North at Test Feed Using Fields - 15 hours ago
*Warfare History Network, Jonathan North* *Security, Europe* [image: By http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:DeliDumrul - digital file from intermediary roll film copy, Digital ID: pan 6a23442, USA memory collection, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1323430] Mehmed the Conqueror, the Sultan Mehmed II, wanted to capture Constantinople in 1453, but the city’s defenders fought with all their might. Early in the morning of Tuesday, May 29, 1453, they came swarming like hungry wolves over the plain between the Turkish palisades and the battered walls of Byz... more »

Radar Raid: How the Allies Stole One of Hitler's Most Prized Weapons of War

Warfare History Network, Robert Barr Smith at Test Feed Using Fields - 15 hours ago
*Warfare History Network, Robert Barr Smith* *Security, Europe* [image: By Ekem at the English language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16886894] The daring Raid on Bruneval to capture German radar marked a major turning point in the technology battle of World War II. Through the long, lovely days of the summer of 1940, Royal Air Force Spitfire and Hurricane fighter planes turned back the might of the Luftwaffe over southern and southeastern Britain. The Battle of Britain was won by the professionalism and courage of a handful of young pil... more »

How to Push Back Against Russia? Ukraine's Defense Industry Could Help.

Denys Gurak at Test Feed Using Fields - 15 hours ago
*Denys Gurak* *Security, Eurasia* [image: Wikimedia Commons] The integration of the Ukrainian defense and aerospace industry into Western defense and security structures, as well as the country’s eventual accession to NATO, would contribute substantially to both regional and global stability. The global balance of power is in transition. A global order that was established after World War II and the collapse of Soviet Union is now evolving and often dysfunctional. We are witnessing the expansion of a multipolar world, and the risk of conflict is intensifying due to an increase i... more »

Iranian Army says IRGC attack on eastern Syria was ‘appropriate and necessary’

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:45 P.M.) – The Iranian Army issued a statement this afternoon commending the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) attack on the Islamic State’s (ISIS) positions in eastern Syria. According to the statement from the Iranian Army, the IRGC attack on eastern Syria was an “appropriate and necessary” response to the Islamic State’s terrorist […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Erdogan vows to completely clear Sinjar region of Iraq

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:00 P.M.) – During today’s press conference, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to completely eliminate the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) from the Sinjar and Mount Qandil regions of Iraq. “Our goal is to completely clear Sinjar and Mount Qandil in Iraq of the separatist terrorists of the PKK,” Erdogan said. The Turkish […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Hundreds of refugees leave Lebanon for Syria

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:00 P.M.) – Hundreds of Syrian refugees left Lebanon, today, to return to their homes in Syria, the National News Agency (NNA) reported this morning. According to the NNA report, over 500 Syrian refugees left Lebanon through the Qalamoun Mountains entrance into Syria. The refugees will be temporarily housed in the Qalamoun region […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Breaking: Erdogan accuses US of using Pastor Brunson issue to impose sanctions on Turkey

News Desk at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
The Turkish president noted that Ankara has been making progress in relations with the US, adding, however, that Washington should fix its approach towards Turkey. According to Erdogan, the Brunson case is just a pretext to implement a new set of sanctions on Turkey. Previously, the US imposed sanctions against Turkish Minister of Justice Abdulhamit Gul and Minister of Interior Suleyman Soylu […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Turkish-backed rebels, jihadists clash inside Idlib buffer zone

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) – The Turkish-backed rebels and jihadists clashed inside the Idlib buffer zone last night, local activists reported via social media. According to the reports, the Turkish-backed National Liberation Front (NLF) and jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham clashed in southern Idlib, with both sides trading attacks on one another’s checkpoints. The […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russia plans to continue military operations in Syria: Kremlin

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) – Russia will continue its military operations against terrorists inside Syria, Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stated on Monday. “The fight against terrorist organizations in Syria goes on, and we should continue this fight,” the spokesman told journalists. In reply to the question about Iran’s missile strike on Syria, he noted: “As […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russian Air Force launched ‘flawless’ airstrikes for 3 years: MP

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
Russia’s Aerospace Force has not carried out a single imprecise airstrike in the three years of its Syrian operation, Russian Federation Council (upper house of parliament) Defense and Security Committee Chairman Viktor Bondarev told reporters. “The Russian Aerospace Force has not carried out any off-target airstrikes in all the three years it has been active […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Breaking: Syrian Army liberates large chunk of ISIS-occupied region in southern Syria

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:30 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) resumed their field operations inside the Al-Safa region of southern Syria this morning, a military source in Sweida told Al-Masdar News. Led by their 3rd Corps and 10th Division, the Syrian Arab Army began their assault by storming the Al-Safa region from three different axes. […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russia says 112 soldiers killed in Syria since 2015

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:20 P.M.) – The Russian military has lost at least 112 servicemen since the start of the operations in Syria, Minister of Parliament Viktor Bondarev said on Monday. “As of today, the losses of our armed forces in Syria stand at 112 people, with the crashes of An-26 and Il-20 accounting for about […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Iranian missile contained message to Israel, US, Saudi Arabia before hitting ISIS

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 15 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:00 P.M.) – The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran fired six ballistic missiles towards the Islamic State’s (ISIS) positions east of the Euphrates last night. According to Iranian activists, one of the missiles that was fired by the IRGC last night contained a message that read “death to Israel, America, and […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Iran - A Warning to its Enemies

A Political Junkie at Viable Opposition - 15 hours ago
While Washington and the American mainstream media are consumed with all things Kavanaugh, the world outside the Beltway continues to turn, particularly in Iran. Two recent news developments show that the tensions between the current administration in Washington and Tehran continue to fester, particularly in light of the recent terrorist attack on a military parade which killed 25 people. In this recent story from the Mizan Online News Agency which is available only in Persian: ... Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermani, the Friday prayer leader in Tehran, a member of Iran's inf... more »

EXCLUSIVE: Air Force Colonel Takes a Knee on NFL Sideline Because Cops Killed His Son

Jack Burns at The Free Thought Project - 16 hours ago
[image: police] A retired Air Force colonel turned a lot of heads on Sunday as he wore a shirt detailing his son's murder by police on the sidelines of a Chicago Bears game. The post EXCLUSIVE: Air Force Colonel Takes a Knee on NFL Sideline Because Cops Killed His Son appeared first on The Free Thought Project.

World News Briefs -- October 1, 2018

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
*CNN:* *US and Canada reach deal on NAFTA after talks go down to the wire* Canada agreed late Sunday to sign on to a trade deal between the United States and Mexico, revamping the three-country North American Free Trade Agreement after more than a year of tortuous negotiations. Just hours before a midnight deadline, the US and Canadian governments agreed to a deal that would allow US farmers greater access to Canada's dairy market and address concerns about potential US auto tariffs, officials from both countries said. The agreement with Canada and Mexico — two of the United State... more »

Understanding The Relationship Between Deadly Hurricanes And Temperature

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 16 hours ago
In 1975, Science News warned of a new ice age, and started the article talking about the extremely cold winter of 1780, which occurred during the recently erased by climatologists Little Ice Age. The winter of 1780-81 was a particularly … Continue reading →

HERE'S THE OBVIOUS REBUTTAL TO THE RIGHT'S FAVORITE B.S. TALKING POINT ON KAVANAUGH

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 16 hours ago
Why, it's almost as if they've all secretly agreed on this messaging: My 16 year old son focuses on academics, sports, and academics. Prior to this he wanted to be a lawyer. After this he said “what male would want to go into government or public service if this is all it takes to ruin a life.” I’m voting red in Nov. for my son!#WomenForKavanaugh — debbie adams (@adamsfamily233) September 29, 2018 EXCLUSIVE: @DonaldJTrumpJr tells us that the Kavanaugh he-said she-said case makes him more scared for his sons than for his daughters. His first joint TV interview with @kimguilfoyle airs... more »

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 16 hours ago
*The facts behind the teacher strikes* This spring has been marked by a remarkable phenomenon: the first statewide teacher strikes in recent memory. The strikes have been greeted with glowing press coverage and a remarkable degree of public support. After starting in West Virginia, things spread to Kentucky, Oklahoma, and most recently to Arizona and Colorado. Given all the claims and confusion surrounding these developments, it’s worth taking a moment to explain what’s going on, why both teachers and taxpayers have valid complaints, and how understanding all this can help point t... more »

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 1, 2018

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
The American flag flies near the national emblem of China outside of the Bayi Building before a welcome ceremony for U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in Beijing, Wednesday, June 27, 2018 Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via Reuters *Reuters*: *China cancels security talks with United States* China has canceled a security meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis that had been planned for October, a senior U.S. official said on Sunday, days after a top Chinese official said there was no reason to panic over tensions between the countries. The official, who is involved in China poli... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 16 hours ago
*BBC’s Climate Change ‘Facts’ Are Fiction* by Harry Wilkinson In order to avoid giving ‘false balance’ to the climate alarmists at the BBC, I thought it would be a good idea to fact-check their new internal guidance on climate change. This is their totalitarian memorandum aimed at stamping out free scientific discourse, on the basis that certain facts are established beyond dispute. The problem is that these aren’t, and the BBC is guilty of repeatedly failing to describe accurately the nuances of climate science and the degree to which certain claims are disputed. The crucial pa... more »

A female attorney leaves Democrat party after the Kavanaugh travesty

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 16 hours ago
“Dr. Ford is believable, inasmuch as I think something happened to her, but she is being used in a craven and contemptuous manner by her party. Her lawyers never even told her that all of this could have been done privately in her home. And while all of this is happening my lovely senator, Kamala Harris who got her start in politics by sleeping with Willie Brown, is fundraising. And Dianne Feinstein, who I used to respect, has turned into a senile party hack who will do anything to keep her job.” Deborah Nagano, California

Electric Mirror company is Christian and Pro-life

Norma at Collecting My Thoughts - 16 hours ago
https://www.electricmirror.com/ I was watching a program on how a family owned business (7 years in the garage) can thrive and succeed with Christian values. I've never seen this product, although I haven't been looking. Made in America, Christian, pro-life. I found 2 locations that sell this in Columbus. Wish I needed a mirror! The Mischels filed an Amicus Brief in support of Hobby Lobby. They adopted their son Aaron whose 14 year old mother had been raped (her own mother attempted to get an abortion for her). Aaron is part of the business. No one could call him an unwanted chil... more »

Did Moscow Inflate Its Numbers In The Latest 'Massive' Vostok-2018 Military Exercise?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
*Nicholas J. Myers, National Interest: **Russian 'Massive' Vostok-2018 Military Exercise: Not So Massive After All?* *Did Moscow inflate the numbers?* On August 20, 2018, Chinese fighters of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) landed at Shagol Air Base in Chelyabinsk, Russia. They were coming to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) anti-terrorist exercise “Peace Mission-2018” that was supposed to be famous for being the first joint exercise between India and Pakistan. However, the SCO exercise faded into obscurity almost immediately as that same da... more »

Aspects, Fractals and the Golden Thread

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 16 hours ago

China Has A ‘Space Force.’

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 16 hours ago
*Elsa B. Kania, Adjunct Fellow with the Technology and National Security Program at CNAS/Defense One:* *China Has a ‘Space Force.’ What Are Its Lessons for the Pentagon?* *The U.S. military must find new ways to leverage commercial innovation in order to contend with China in space.* The Chinese military seems to agree that the current U.S. approach to space is hindered by some serious shortcomings. If the United States is to maintain military advantage in space, as President Trump has promised – and as his new Space Force is meant to do – U.S. policy and strategic decisions shou...more »

Democrats Are Doing Well In The Money Race, But The Midterms Will Be Decided By Which Side Can Get Out The Vote

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 17 hours ago
Yesterday was the end of the third quarter. You were probably barraged with hysterical fundraising requests. I sure was. The ones that say "personal" in the subject line cause me to automatically unsubscribe. Elena Schneider reported for *Politico* that small dollar donations are an answer to the Koch Bros fundraising machine and that "Democratic House candidates raised nearly $36 million online in August." As it does every cycle, the fall sees an accelerated pace of small dollar donations. In the last two weeks, Blue America brought it over $350,000 for our candidates, more than ... more »

Iran Fires Missiles into Syria: Retaliation for Ahvaz Attack & In Advance of New US Sanctions

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 17 hours ago
*It seems to me the 6 missiles serve two purposes- Retaliation and Defiance in the face of new, absurd, US sanctions. Which should increase the cost of gas for us- As if it's not expensive enough?* *CNBC - September 30/18* *Brent crude oil prices rose to their highest since November 2014 on Monday ahead of U.S. sanctions against Iran, the third-largest producer in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), that kick in next month*. *(Assuming, next month is today October 01/18?)* *Link* *Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard launched six ballistic missiles ear... more »

1.5 Million Gather for Rio’s LGBTI Parade at Copacabana Beach

Nelson Belen at The Rio Times - 17 hours ago
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Supporters of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI) community in Brazil were out in full force on Sunday, September 30th to celebrate Rio de Janeiro’s 23rd annual LGBTI parade at Copacabana beach. Some 1.5 million people descended onto the famed beach under the […]

F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter Heads to War

Task and Purpose, Jared Keller at Test Feed Using Fields - 17 hours ago
*Task and Purpose, Jared Keller* *Security, Middle East* [image: By Senior Airman John Linzmeier - https://www.dvidshub.net/image/3228925/909th-ars-conducts-f-35-inaugural-refueling, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=57985562] And the first target: The Taliban. After years of anticipation, the Department of Defense has officially sent the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter into combat for the first time. - A Marine Corps F-35B variant from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211, currently embarked aboard the USS Essex, conducted its first air strike o... more »

Russian 'Massive' Vostok-2018 Military Exercise: Not So Massive After All?

Nicholas J. Myers at Test Feed Using Fields - 17 hours ago
*Nicholas J. Myers* *Security, Eurasia* [image: Wikimedia Commons] Did Moscow inflate the numnbers? On August 20, 2018, Chinese fighters of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) landed at Shagol Air Base in Chelyabinsk, Russia. They were coming to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) anti-terrorist exercise “Peace Mission-2018” that was supposed to be famous for being the first joint exercise between India and Pakistan. However, the SCO exercise faded into obscurity almost immediately as that same day Russia announced sixteen snap exercises across t... more »

Watch This F-16 ‘Air Pirate’ Make The Russian Defense Minister’s Plane Very Nervous

Task and Purpose, Adam Weinstein at Test Feed Using Fields - 17 hours ago
*Task and Purpose, Adam Weinstein* *Security, Europe* [image: By SMSGT JOHN P. ROHRER, USAF - By http://www.defenselink.mil/multimedia, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3623108] We have the video. The U.S. military is suddenly getting back into the hot air-intercept business again with a vengeance — and as we all wring our hands over the geopolitical implications, it’s as good a time as any to remember that even in times of relative calm, fighter jockeys are always running danger-close interdictions, flirting with mechanical disaster and global crisi... more »

ALÉNA: des concessions sur la gestion de l'offre

bilaterals.org - 17 hours ago
01-Oct-2018 Le Canada a ouvert une brèche dans la gestion de l'offre similaire à celle qui avait été accordée dans le Partenariat transpacifique pour conclure les négociations de l'Accord de libre-échange nord-américain

Canada, US have reached a NAFTA deal - now called the USMCA

bilaterals.org - 17 hours ago
01-Oct-2018 Canada and the U.S. have announced a tentative new trilateral trade deal with Mexico that includes some key concessions on issues of import to both countries — and also a reworked name: the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

bilaterals.org - Enquête auprès des lecteurs

bilaterals.org - 17 hours ago
01-Oct-2018 bilaterals.org - Enquête auprès des lecteurs Bilaterals.org va faire l'objet d'un lifting et nous souhaitons prendre en compte vos points de vue et vos besoins! Merci de prendre 3 minutes pour répondre à quelques questions avant le 14 octobre. https://fr.surveymonkey.com/r/JQ6FGQH

bilaterals.org - Encuesta de lectores

bilaterals.org - 17 hours ago
01-Oct-2018 bilaterals.org - Encuesta de lectores Vamos a remodelar bilaterals.org y queremos conocer y tomar en cuenta sus puntos de vista y sus necesidades. Dennos 3 minutos para contestar unas cuantas preguntas antes el 14 de octubre. Muchas gracias. https://fr.surveymonkey.com/r/JCL2ZZM

bilaterals.org - Readership survey

bilaterals.org - 17 hours ago
01-Oct-2018 bilaterals.org - Readership survey We are planning to give bilaterals.org a facelift and want to take your views and needs into account! Please take 3 minutes to answer a few questions before 14 October. Thank you! https://fr.surveymonkey.com/r/J9B7J96

Facebook’s ‘Fake News’ Crusade is a Fraud: Now Partners in Propaganda with U.S. Government

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 17 hours ago
*Patrick Henningsen* | The open conspiracy between Silicon Valley and Big Government is based on a lie, and it has gotten out of hand now. It's time to push back, or risk losing everything.

Kavanaugh hearings, much?

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man - 17 hours ago
As usual, Stephan Pastis puts his own stamp on the political correct idiocy of the day. When you think of how much political correctness we saw on display during the Kavanaugh hearings last week (as opposed to, say, honesty, decency and fairness), that's pretty accurate. Peter

Oppenheimer, from the Atomic Bomb to Pacifism.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 18 hours ago
https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/oppenheimer-from-the-atomic-bomb-to-pacifism/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=rrssopenmind&psm=psm::fb:—-:rrssopenmind:::::20180926::sitlnk:: Advertisements

New tools from IBM and Google reveal it’s hard to build trust in AI.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 18 hours ago
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2018/10/01/trust-ai/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HelpNetSecurity+%28Help+Net+Security%29

Why just Sabarimala? It is time to discard menstrual taboos in all social spaces

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 18 hours ago
http://www.younews.in/news/why-just-sabarimala-it-is-time-to-discard-menstrual-taboos-in-all-social-spaces/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

Monday Motivation.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 18 hours ago
Om namo Narayana

Digital transformation and the Cybersecurity envelope

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 18 hours ago
Digital transformation and the Cybersecurity envelope https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/digital-transformation-cybersecurity-envelope-roger-smith

A Look At The Current State Of 'Freedom' In The World?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 18 hours ago
*Business Insider: **The 27 countries in the world with the most freedom* *Freedom means different things to different people.* But Freedom House, an independent watchdog organization that releases an annual report on freedom around the world, measures it in terms of civil liberties and political rights. Their annual report, Freedom in the World, "operates from the assumption that freedom for all people is best achieved in liberal democratic societies." In 2018, more than 130 in-house and external analysts and advisers from academia, think tanks, and human rights institutions cr... more »

Global Warming And The Northwest Passage

tonyheller at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog - 18 hours ago
I shall return just once, to point out how wrong you’ve been about the sea ice, in September “Griff” July 29, 2018 Just like Christine Ford, climate scientists are 100% certain global warming is opening up the Northwest Passage. There … Continue reading →

Through the Looking Glass: Kim in Autismland

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 19 hours ago
By Kim Rossi Moving is awful. Dreadful. Exhausting. FABULOUS! Fabulous? Yes. Truly. You know that I take care of and teach my three adult daughters with autism. Most of you readers take care of your kids with autism too, young...

Vaccination Choice Update from Italy: "How the anti-vaxxers are winning in Italy"

Age of Autism at AGE OF AUTISM - 19 hours ago
How is it that known side effects that include serious injury and death are referred to as "unfounded fears?" Vaccine choice is as American as apple pie and as Italian as pasta. From the Independent UK. How the anti-vaxxers are...

BBC now pushing unbalanced “climate change” propaganda

drinkingwateradvisor at The Drinking Water Advisor - 19 hours ago
What BBC is doing is silly. It is simply impossible to “deny” changes in climate. Climates change, with or without carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. “The BBC has told staff they no longer need to invite climate-change skeptics on to its … Continue reading →

China Is Developing A New Laser Satellite That Will Be Able To Locate U.S. Submarines 500 Meters Below The Surface

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 19 hours ago
*SCMP:* *Will China’s new laser satellite become the ‘Death Star’ for submarines?* *Scientists are working on a device they hope will be able to reveal the location of a target as far as 500 metres below the ocean surface* China is developing a satellite with a powerful laser for anti-submarine warfare that researchers hope will be able to pinpoint a target as far as 500 metres below the surface. It is the latest addition to the country’s expanding deep-sea surveillance programme, and aside from targeting submarines – most operate at a depth of less than 500 metres – it could als... more »

Israel Forces Russia to Respond Aggressively to Repeated Violations of Syrian Airspace

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 19 hours ago
*Elijah Magnier* | Israeli arrogance pushed president Vladimir Putin to come out of his comfort zone.

SYRIA: Children Flooding Back to School in Areas Liberated from Western-backed Extremism

21wire at 21st Century Wire - 19 hours ago
*Peter Oborne* | Extremist Imams taught the children that priority was to learn how to kill other Muslims.

Rio Nightlife Guide for Monday, October 1, 2018

Jack Arnhold at The Rio Times - 19 hours ago
We have the top three picks for this Monday, and below there is a list of bars and lounges that are always a good option. LIVE: Roda de Chorinho @ Empório Colonial (Centro) – Every Monday the chorinho at Empório Colonial gets the week started with joy. Invite your friends to enjoy great music and […]

New footage of Iranian ballistic missile strike on ISIS in Syria

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 19 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:00 A.M.) – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched six ballistic missiles from an area close to Kermanshah, targeting militants in the region to the east of the Euphrates River in Syria on Monday morning, footage from Iranian State TV showed. According to the PR office of the Revolutionary Guard Corps, the strike […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Lebanon invites foreign ambassadors to tour alleged Hezbollah ‘missile site’

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 19 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:00 A.M.) – The Lebanese Foreign Ministry formally invited all of the foreign ambassadors in their country to a briefing and tour of the alleged Hezbollah “missile site” in Beirut on Monday. According to the National News Agency (NNA), the meeting will take place at 3:00 P.M. (local time) and will focus on […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

New US sanctions against Iran to seriously affect oil prices: Iranian Deputy FM

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 19 hours ago
The new US sanctions against Iran will seriously affect oil prices and the entire Middle East, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated. “I am not an expert on this. But I think it is obvious and everybody is predicting that if Iran is out of the market it would have serious effects on the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian FM slams US presence in Syria, claims they are attracting Daesh

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 19 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:00 A.M.) – In a new interview with Russia Today, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem took the opportunity to once again slam the U.S. military over their presence in Syria. “The presence of Iranian advisers in Syria is legitimate and came at the request of the Syrian state, contrary to the U.S. presence, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian Army says rebels have not withdrawn from Idlib buffer zone

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 19 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:45 A.M.) – An officer from the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) told Al-Masdar this morning that the rebel forces inside the Idlib buffer zone have yet to withdraw, despite some reports claiming otherwise. The officer said the Syrian Arab Army has been monitoring the buffer zone to make sure the rebel forces fulfill […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Watch Iran’s IRGC attack ISIS targets in eastern Syria

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 19 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:20 A.M.) – The Iranian military fired missiles at militant targets in eastern Syria early on Monday morning, footage filmed from Kermanshah shows. According to Iranian sources, several ballistic missiles were fired into the region to the east of the Euphrates river in Syria. Following their ballistic missile strike, the IRGC attacked the Islamic […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Full details from large-scale IRGC attack on eastern Syria

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 19 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:45 A.M.) – Last night, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched a large-scale attack against the so-called “Islamic State” (ISIS) in the eastern countryside of the Deir Ezzor Governorate. According to the official media wing of the IRGC, their aerospace forces fired six surface-to-surface ballistic missiles towards the Islamic State’s positions just […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syria is a victim of conflicts fought for oil – Austrian FM tells UNGA

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 19 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:45 A.M.) – Syria is the victim of instability created by oil conflicts in the Middle East fought since the end of WWI, Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl said during her UN General Assembly address in New York City on Saturday. “The recent wars, imposed on the Middle East, were fought in the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Iran’s IRGC unleashes massive attack against ISIS in eastern Syria (video)

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 19 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:20 A.M.) – The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran unleashed a massive attack against the so-called “Islamic State” (ISIS) forces in eastern Syria last night. According to the official media wing of the IRGC, their aerospace forces targeted the “headquarters of the terrorists” east of the Euphrates. The IRGC said that […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

A Good Monday Morning

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 20 hours ago

Different Topics

LL at Virtual Mirage - 20 hours ago
*An Upended Apple Cart* All American political Parties are corrupt. The Principal Parties (Democrat and GOP) man the ramparts of the swamp, by which they can become fabulously wealthy. (i.e. Barack Obama entered the White House with a couple hundred thousand dollars in the bank and left with well over a billion). The Libertarians seem to focus on how cool it would be to do drugs and not get arrested. However when it comes to who will care for the millions of shiftless, brain-dead druggies, they waffle on the answer and betray their anti-government sentiments. The Communists/Sociali... more »

The M16 Rifle Went to War Against North Korea—And Succeeded. But In Vietnam, Not So Much.

Kyle Mizokami at Test Feed Using Fields - 20 hours ago
*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Asia* [image: Wikimedia Commons] We breakdown some critical history. The M16 rifle is one of the most iconic weapons of the post-World War II era. American fighting men have carried the M16 in one form or another into combat for more than fifty years, from Vietnam to the present day. The story of the original M16, whose descendants the M16A4 and M4 carbine today fight in Syria and Iraq against the Islamic State, goes all the way back to the 1950s and the institutional soul-searching that came after another war—Korea. *(Note: This is Part one of a three... more »

How the U.S. Navy Forgot to Fight

CIMSEC, Dmitry Filipoff at Test Feed Using Fields - 20 hours ago
*CIMSEC, Dmitry Filipoff* *Security, * [image: (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jesus Sepulveda Torres/Released)180921-M-UG171-1002] The U.S. Navy is suffering from self-inflicted strategic dysfunction across the breadth of its enterprise. *Series Introduction* “Fleet level processes and procedures designed for safe and effective operations were increasingly relaxed due to time and fiscal constraints, and the ‘normalization-of-deviation’ began to take root in the culture of the fleet. Leaders and organizations began to lose sight of what ‘right’ looked like, and to accept these ... more »

Should Our Children Have Democracy & Freedom, or Do They Deserve the UN?

Geoff Brown at The Australian Climate Sceptics Blog - 20 hours ago
*Putting People First & Reversing the Surrender of Australia to Blind Ideology* *Graham WilliamsonAugust 2018* *What is globalisation?* Globalisation is the removal of economic and political borders, the global homogenising of cultures, and the surrender of democracy and sovereignty to a central controlling global authority. Globalisation seeks to replace national independence with global dependency and increased debt. Globalists believe all people in the world are fundamentally good except for those who disagree with their globalist ideology, and they therefore see no reason wh... more »

U.S. Ambassador Accuses China Of Interfering In The U.S. Midterm Elections

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 20 hours ago
U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad speaks to the media in front of his residence in Beijing, China June 28, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Peter *Reuters:* *U.S. ambassador accuses China of 'bullying' with 'propaganda ads'* BEIJING (Reuters) - A week after an official Chinese newspaper ran a four-page ad in a U.S. daily touting the mutual benefits of U.S.-China trade, the U.S. ambassador to China accused Beijing of using the American press to spread propaganda. U.S. President Donald Trump last Wednesday referred to the China Daily’s paid supplement in the Des Moines Register - the sta... more »

MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY AND IGOR SECHIN TRIGGER RELEASE OF ILYA YUROV IN LONDON EXTRADITION RULING

Editor at Dances With Bears - 20 hours ago
By John Helmer, Moscow The Chief Magistrate of England, Emma Arbuthnot (lead image), ruled on Friday to dismiss an application from the Russian Prosecutor-General for extradition of Ilya Yurov, the control shareholder of National Bank Trust (NBT) before the bank was de-licensed by the Central Bank and transferred to Otkritie Bank at the end of […]

Five Most Popular Posts in September

Phil at All That Is Solid ... - 21 hours ago
30 days. 22 posts. Which proved to be the most popular among the internet-travelling public who alighted upon this place? 1. Can Blairism Win Back the Labour Party? 2. The Lady With the Red Hair 3. Smearing Michael Foot 4. Our Decadent Tory Elite 5. No Second Referendum Blairism. Our scurrilous media. Secret service shenanigans. Imploding Tories. Remainiac fantasies. Yup, another very political month full of awfulness, crisis and conflict. And as the Brexit shit starts hitting the fan this October, you can bet it's only going to get worse. At least one hopes it will be the Tories f... more »

The BBC hide any reporting that Jeremy Hunt Compares EU to USSR

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 21 hours ago
I've just looked at the BBC's dedicated Brexit news page https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/uk_leaves_the_eu and I cannot find any mention of Jeremy Hunt's speech comparing the EU with the USSR. "At the moment you, European friends, seem to think the way to keep the club together is to punish a member who leaves, not just with economic disruption, but even by breaking up the United Kingdom with a border down the Irish Sea… "The EU was set up to protect freedom – it was the Soviet Union that stopped people leaving. The lesson from history is clear – if you turn the EU club into a ... more »

Growing Pressure for Clexit – (even from France) And it’s Time to Defund all UN Climate bodies

Geoff Brown at The Australian Climate Sceptics Blog - 21 hours ago
*By Viv Forbes* *25 September 2018* President Trump has extinguished all hopes that USA will join the Paris Climate Agreement. Since then, other countries are heading towards the Climate Exit. An increasing number of prominent people are joining the campaign to counter the falsehood that man-made CO2 emissions drive global climates, and to expose the threat that UN agencies will take control of every aspect of our lives. The list of dissidents includes: Tim Ball of Canada led the rush for the exit: *“Canada has more culpability than any other nation for creating and perpetuati... more »

COMMENTS: Gay, Geldoff, Rolf Harris, Blomfield, Fair, Unz

Anon at Aangirfan - 21 hours ago
*Anonymous* 30 September 2018 The Queen's first openly gay footman, 21, stands down *Baby Tiger Lily.* *Anonymous* 30 September 2018 The hutchence/Geldoff/Savile connection Tina Hutchence recalls mortifying ban *Rolf Harris asked girl, 13, 'Do you often get molested on a Saturday' .* *Anonymous* 30 September 2018 Today spare a thought for queenie's favourite portrait artist, and Esther Rantzen's colleague in anti child abuse campaigning, Rolf Harris, who is in the headlines again. Apparently, Rolf Harris' daughter, Bindi, is writing a book, with the aim of restoring her fa... more »

Facebook's AI Can Analyze Memes, but Can It Understand Them?

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
What they have accomplished is to actually separate the wheat from the chaff and this is important as it all naturally reverts back to a complaint driven system. We want materiel to be challenged easily enough in order to trigger a review. That leads to a human review and the source is flagged easily enough as trusted or not. After which the source can cease been heavily monitored. It is a form of soft censorship that especially stops abusive suppliers. Those suppliers still have the option of developing a closed community prepared for them or should. I do notice that much... more »

Slavery-entangled Philosophy

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
Understanding John Locke is to understand the rise of human freedom itself. Criticism of his work is actually non historical apologism in favor of those opposing that concept, such as today's progressives. During the Restoration, James II worked assiduously to promote slavery in opposition to the rising acceptance of the teachings of Jesus in the New Testament now available to the expanding literate class. It was surely this that undermined continuation of his rule and saw his removal. this was something that i had never clearly understood. Locke clearly linked slavery direct... more »

Let’s bring back the Sabbath as a radical act against ‘total work’

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
I grew up with a traditional concept of the sabbath. Yet it has always been mostly lukewarm, even back in the day. We have long learned that efficiency declines over several days and that a days rest is the least needed to restore productivity. Biological rest s still poorly studied and needs real attention and more importantly, it needs to be taught. When i argue for the base four hour shift of labor, i am really arguing for at least one hour of preliminary preparation in which kit preparation and eating is undertaken. So we are already up to at least five hours or more. ... more »

The inner voice

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 21 hours ago
This describes what science has been able to do with the inner voice. My sense here and reinforced by Helen Keller is that it may well be an aspect of ourselves that mirrors our own voice and that allows it to be even perceived. From that mirroring we suddenly have consciousness. It is also possible to do this more than once but that is clearly not wise and leads to mental health issues. This emergent inner voice also allows key memories to be labelled for easy recall. Thus we recall important decisions made years ago. It may be as simple as grasping that an important fact i... more »

North Korea And South Korea Have Begun Removing Landmines Along The DMZ

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 21 hours ago
South Korean soldiers stand guard at the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, South Korea, April 11, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji *Reuters: **North Korea, South Korea begin removing landmines along fortified border* Troops from North and South Korea began removing some landmines along their heavily fortified border on Monday, the South’s defense ministry said, as part of a pact to reduce tension and build trust on the divided peninsula. Project details were agreed during last month’s summit in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, betw...more »

Exposing Sky News lies and propaganda – I will take them to court for this

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
Tommy Robinson exposes Sky News lies and distortions about him.

Iran fires missiles at militants in Syria linked to attack

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
Iran's Revolutionary Guards launches missile strikes on militants based in Syria that it blames for last week's attack in Ahvaz

Naked Emperors Don’t Get Much Respect

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
Those who have placed their safety in the hands of the US’s would-be emperors can no longer afford to ignore the emperors’ nudity…and insanity

The World, the Devil and the Deep Indigo Abyss

Les Visible at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
This is the time of the harvesting of souls and I fear, from my observations, that all too few are being passed upward. Les Visible explains

Ron Unz For President

Paul Craig Roberts at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
My statement (on Israel) might seem extreme, writes Paul Craig Roberts, but it is factual.

Top Secret, America Targets Palmyra

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
The situation in Syria is far from resolved, writes Gordon Duff. As new armed proxies emerge from U.S. controlled areas of southern Syria ready to do battle

Repost – STUDY: Increased Ethnic Diversity Making Brits Miserable

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
And not just in Britain. Everywhere across the West diversity is de rigueur: whether people want it or not

“We Control Both Left & Right” — Kuhn Loeb Banker

wmw_admin at The Truthseeker - 21 hours ago
Otto Khan said the goal was to supplant God.

Joint U.S-Canada Statement on Trade Agreement – USMCA…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 21 hours ago
CTH will have much more when USTR releases the details. An initial review of framework suggests the important economic aspects will be in SIDE LETTERS. “Today, Canada and the United States reached an agreement, alongside Mexico, on a new, modernized trade agreement … Continue reading →

Midnight Meme Of The Day!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 22 hours ago
*by Noah* As I write this (Sept. 26th), Señor Trumpanzee is on my TV, holding a press conference and speaking his usual 3-year-old style bullshit gibberish about judges, japan, socialism, cuba, his respect for women juxtaposed with calling Kavanaugh's multiple accusers con artists... Think about that one. It's the general insanity of Donald J. Trump, the ultimate con artist accusing someone else a con artist just as he calls everyone else a low life and a failure. Such projection! Watching Trump is like watching some alien from another galaxy that was dropped into the White House... more »

Intolerance and self-righteousness by many US Dems and supporters

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 22 hours ago
Today, a friend posted supporting the bullying of Sen. Ted Cruz and wife by some Dems activists/supporters, I commented on it. See the rest of exchange, the language in particular of this Dino Abellanosa. People love to brag and announce their self-righteousness and insecurity. So be it.

Slovak Republic: Statement of the Ministry of Foreign & European Affairs on the 80-year Anniversary of the Munich Agreement and the First Vienna Award

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 22 hours ago
“The events of autumn 1938 remind us that yielding to evil is a way to hell“. (Ministry of Foreign & … Continue reading →

US Senator Sanders Demands FBI Investigate Whether Kavanaugh Lied to Congress

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 22 hours ago
Ledeen spying email to Kavanaugh, red dots added. See more here: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2018/09/07/flynn-linked-iran-contra-linked-niger-uranium-forgery-linked-senate-staffer-republican-operative-sent-email-entitled-spying-to-trump-supreme-court-pick-kavanaugh/ “Sanders Demands FBI Investigate Whether Kavanaugh Lied to … Continue reading →

The Khuzestan Terror Attack Was A Strategic Part Of The Hybrid War On Iran

Andrew KORYBKO at OrientalReview.org - 22 hours ago
Targeting Khuzestan was actually in hindsight a somewhat strategic action by the terrorists and their patrons because of the symbolic significance that could be extracted from this attack as it relates to perception management and infowars. The post The Khuzestan Terror Attack Was A Strategic Part Of The Hybrid War On Iran appeared first on OrientalReview.org.

Climate News - October 2018

Geoff Brown at The Australian Climate Sceptics Blog - 22 hours ago
A review and commentary on topical matters concerning the science, economics and governance associated with climate change developments. *By Alan Moran* 1 October 2018 Three conferences and a reality check In Bangkok the UN Paris Agreement confronted its nemesis – reality. The global warming collectivists reported the outcome as another triumph, where all that is required is further controls by wise governments. Patricia Espinosa, the head of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, however acknowledged "limited progress" on the issue of contributions from developed nations t... more »

Can the Navy Catch Up To Russia and China's Firepower Advantage?

CIMSEC, Dmitry Filipoff at Test Feed Using Fields - 22 hours ago
*CIMSEC, Dmitry Filipoff* *Security, Asia* [image: By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Corey T. Jones - http://www.navy.mil/view_image.asp?id=181560, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34151604] The U.S. Navy, so completely blinded by absolute faith in the supremacy of a single platform, failed to effectively field the premier offensive weapon of a new age of warfare. The Navy’s tactical ignorance is built into its arsenal. Currently some of the Navy’s most important weapons development programs are not just evolutionary, but... more »

Syria Accidentally Shot Down a Russian Plane—So Moscow Says It Will Give Them Deadlier S-300 Anti-Aircraft Missiles

Sebastien Roblin at Test Feed Using Fields - 22 hours ago
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Middle East* [image: By Vitaly V. Kuzmin - http://vitalykuzmin.net/?q=node/662, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50352043] And the Israelis Aren't Happy. The multi-party conflict in Syria has led to numerous strange and tragic incidents. On September 17, Iran began transferring weapons to Hezbollah forces for use against Israel at a Syrian technical facility near Latakia, Syria—the site of a Russian military base. Four Israeli F-16I multi-role fighters approached the Syrian coast from the Mediterranean and launched a ba... more »

Sweden – Behind The News With RT Documentary

E.M.Smith at Musings from the Chiefio - 22 hours ago
An interesting RT documentary inside Sweden looking at the tensions and rejection of immigration simmering there. Continue reading →

Is This A Russian Anti-Satellite Weapon?

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 22 hours ago
This is a graphic depicting the MiG-31 satellite launch concept. Public Domain *Warzone/The Drive: **Exclusive: Russian MiG-31 Foxhound Carrying Huge Mystery Missile Emerges Near Moscow* *The big rocket is likely to be either a space-launch system or an anti-satellite weapon, and maybe even both.* Russia's recent adaptation of their Iskander tactical ballistic missile into an air-launched weapon made major headlines and was among the least technologically reaching of Putin's new cadre of superweapons that are supposedly in development. The carrier aircraft for that weapon, named ... more »

Venezuela's Socialism...And Ours

Ron Paul at 22 hours ago
[image: undefined] This week we witnessed the horrible spectacle of Nikki Haley, President Trump’s Ambassador to the United Nations, joining a protest outside the UN building and calling for the people of Venezuela to overthrow their government. “We are going to fight for Venezuela,” she shouted through a megaphone, “we are going to continue doing it until Maduro is gone.” This is the neocon mindset: that somehow the US has the authority to tell the rest of the world how to live and who may hold political power regardless of elections. After more than a year of Washington being cr... more »

Tweets For Today

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
Trump has approved deal with Canada to update NAFTA: source https://t.co/3sncEr3EfL — Reuters Top News (@Reuters) October 1, 2018 #UPDATE Canadian and US negotiators have reached a deal on reforming the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), after more than a year of talks, reports say https://t.co/bJzAszOJKV pic.twitter.com/jX4KoPgI3I — AFP news agency (@AFP) October 1, 2018 Mass graves are being readied for hundreds of victims of Indonesia's quake and tsunami as authorities battle to stave off disease and reach people still trapped https://t.co/qE7NtX0Lo1 📹 People camp ... more »

Russian Lawmaker Claims That Russia Has Lost 112 Servicemen Over Three Years In Syria

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 23 hours ago
Сhairman of the defense and security committee of Russia’s Federation Council upper parliament house and former commander of Russia’s aerospace forces Viktor Bondarev. © Mikhail Metzel/TASS *TASS:* *Russia lost 112 servicemen over three years of counter-terror operation in Syria - MP* About 85,000 terrorists were killed in airstrikes delivered by Russia’s aerospace forces over the three years of the counter-terrorist operation in Syria MOSCOW, September 30. /TASS/. Russia’s losses over the three years of its operation in Syria have amounted to 112 people, a senior Russian lawmaker... more »

Welcome New Ducks

Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
The school year is off to a great start, and we wanted to thank our previous slate of guest Ducks and welcome some new guests. Thanks to all of our guests from last year. Lisa Gaufman and Dillon Tatum are staying on as guests, and we are delighted that our partnership with Bridging the Gap […]

Picture Of The Day

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 day ago
Two F-35B Lightning II fighter jets successfully landed onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth for the first time this week, laying the foundations for the next 50 years of fixed wing aviation in support of the UK’s Carrier Strike Capability. Royal Navy Cmdr. Nathan Gray made history by being the first to land on, followed by Royal Air Force Sq. Ldr. Andy Edgell, both test pilots at the Integrated Test Force (ITF) based at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland. Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin *WNU Editor: *The above picture came from this photo-gallery .... *Here Are Some Photographs o... more »

JPMorgan has Gone Long Silver at Last | Ted Butler (Sep 30, 2018)

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
Reluctant Preppers Published on Sep 30, 2018 Already hoarding a world-record 750 million ounces of physical silver, JPM has managed to accumulate another 21+million ounces in just the past 6 weeks. This amassing of physical was further accompanied by selling off their 200M oz paper short position from June to 100M oz short in Aug and […]

Russia: S-300 Defense System Delivery to Syria Has Begun

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
PressTV Published on Sep 29, 2018 Moscow says it has started delivering the Russian S-300 surface-to-air missile defense system to Syria. Sergey Lavrov made the announcement at a news conference at the United Nations. He also warned Western powers about trying to undermine UN-led efforts to end Syria’s seven-year conflict. The delivery comes despite strong objections […]

US Creating Basis for Regional Conflagration in Middle East: Scholar

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
PressTV Published on Sep 30, 2018 The United States is creating the basis for the regional conflagration in the Middle East by fortifying its circle around Iran, American writer and academic James Petras says. The US State Department has endorsed the proposed sale of more than 800 tactical missiles to Bahrain amid the Al Khalifah regime’s […]

Devastation in Indonesia’s Palu: Massive Earthquake & Tsunami Left More Than 800 Dead

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
RT Published on Sep 30, 2018 Drone footage from Palu in Indonesia reveals the devastating impact of Friday’s massive earthquake that spawned a tsunami and left more than 800 dead. The footage shows a collapsed bridge and a multitude of collapsed buildings, including residential homes along the coastline. end

The Arch Of Baal Was Put Up In Washington D.C. One Day Before Brett Kavanaugh Testified To Congress

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
The Arch Of Baal Was Put Up In Washington D.C. One Day Before Brett Kavanaugh Testified To Congress by Michael Snyder, http://endoftheamericandream.com/ Is it just a coincidence that the “Arch of Baal” has been erected in Washington D.C. on the exact same week that Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford are testifying before Congress? The future of […]

Propaganda: Israel Believes Hamas Gearing Up for War as Gaza Crisis Deepens

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
War Propaganda: In war propaganda, you always portray yourselves as righteous victims reacting defensively to the aggressive actions of the enemy. Hamas is a creation of Israel and is controlled via ShinBet/Mossad. The plan is to drive the Palestinians into the Sinai desert via war. Hamas has already agreed with Zionist ‘666’ Israel for the […]

WHO: 10 Palestinians, Including 4 Children, Were Killed by Israelis in Gaza in 2 Weeks

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 1 day ago
WHO: 10 Palestinians, Including 4 Children, Were Killed by Israelis in Gaza in 2 Weeks by http://english.wafa.ps/index.aspx JERUSALEM, September 27, 2018 (WAFA) – The latest figures provided by the Ministry of Health (MoH) indicate that during the demonstrations between 10th and 22nd September, 10 Palestinians including four children were killed and 1,193 were injured by […]

Chinese Air Force Holds Live-Fire War Drill In South China Sea Days After US Exercise

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Chinese Air Force Holds Live-Fire War Drill In South China Sea Days After US Exercise by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/ China Central Television, as per the Twitter account of the official People’s Daily newspaper, reported Saturday that the Chinese military deployed fighter jets and bombers to conduct live-fire war drills in the disputed South China Sea, just days after […]

Gerald Celente: Economic Meltdown Worse Than Great Depression Coming. Economic 9/11 Markets Will Collapse

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Gerald Celente: Economic Meltdown Worse Than Great Depression Coming. Economic 9/11 Markets Will Collapse by Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com (Early Sunday Release) Renowned trends researcher Gerald Celente is making a big change to his 2018-2019 economic forecast. Celente says, “We believe we are setting up now for a market crash that will be the worst in modern American history. […]

Netanyahu’s UN Speech Aimed at ‘Creating Pretexts for Attacks’ – Scholar

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Netanyahu’s UN Speech Aimed at ‘Creating Pretexts for Attacks’ – Scholar by https://sputniknews.com/ The Iranian foreign minister called Benjamin Netanyahu’s claims of a secret nuclear facility in Iran “an arts and crafts show.” In a tweet published on Thursday, Mr. Zarif noted that Israel was the only regime in the Middle East possessing a secret and […]

U.S. Punishes Iranians and Threatens Nations That Disobey

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TheRealNews Published on Sep 29, 2018 As the Trump administration and its Israeli government ally continue their destabilization campaign against Iran, the EU, Russia, and China have reached a deal with Tehran that would shield financial transactions from newly reimposed U.S. sanctions. The U.S. has warned of “terrible consequences” for those defying its sanctions. Can Iran […]

Iranian Speedboats Chase US Aircraft Carrier in Hormuz Strait

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RT Published on Sep 30, 2018 Iranian TV aired footage showing a March encounter when the USS Theodore Roosevelt was shadowed by a pack of fast attack craft apparently manned by the Islamic Republic’s elite Revolutionary Guards. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/9fhe end

US Could Use Navy for ‘Blockade’ (an Act of War) to Hamper Russian Energy Exports – Interior Secretary

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Soon, you will need Pentagon’s permission before you are allowed to fart. US Could Use Navy for ‘Blockade’ (an Act of War) to Hamper Russian Energy Exports – Interior Secretary by https://www.rt.com/ US could use its Navy to prevent Russia’s potential energy supplies to the Middle East, Internal Secretary Ryan Zinke said, Washington Examiner reports. The […]

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