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Thomas Paine

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Friday, December 14, 2018

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THE FACTUAL FEMINIST ON GENDER DIFFERENCES IN MATH AND SCIENCE

co2islife at CO2 is Life - 26 minutes ago
I guess the Factual Feminist is a Denier. PRAGER: A Message To Young Women From A Career Woman “I want to tell women in their 20s: Do not follow the path that I followed. You are leading yourself to a life of loneliness. All of your friends will be getting married and having children, and … Continue reading "THE FACTUAL FEMINIST ON GENDER DIFFERENCES IN MATH AND SCIENCE"

Texas Judge Rules Obamacare Unconstitutional, Primary Issue Surrounds Individual Mandate, (ruling pdf included)…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 1 hour ago
U.S. District in Texas, Judge Reed O’Connor (Fort Worth) has agreed with a coalition of 19 sates that Obamacare is structurally unconstitutional without an enforced federal mandate that requires individual participation. (full ruling pdf below) Absent the enforcement of the … Continue reading →

Joe diGenova Discusses Flynn Case…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 1 hour ago
Joe diGenova appears on Fox News with Tucker Carlson to discuss the case against Michael Flynn and calls out the specifics behind the fraud. . Byron York and Jonathan Turley also have a reaction to today’s Mueller filings below. .

Does Al Gore truly have no shame?

Robert at Ice Age Now - 1 hour ago
Excerpts from an article by Canadian journalist Donna Laframboise. According to the New York Times, in a speech in North Carolina in 1988, Mr. Gore declared: Throughout most of my life, I’ve raised tobacco…I want you to know that with my own hands, all of my life, I put it in the plant beds and ... Read moreDoes Al Gore truly have no shame? The post Does Al Gore truly have no shame? appeared first on Ice Age Now.

Two years after he shared a draft of a “random brain fart side-project,” an astronomer sees a version published — without his name

Ivan Oransky at Retraction Watch - 1 hour ago
In 2015, Peter Yoachim became interested in how long astronomers remained active astronomers or, more to the point, how long they continued publishing in astronomy. Yoachim, an astronomer at the University of Washington in Seattle, dug into some data, “did a burst of work in late 2015/early 2016, then fizzled out by 2017 when I … Continue reading Two years after he shared a draft of a “random brain fart side-project,” an astronomer sees a version published — without his name

SONORA -- O'odham Voice Against the Wall, O'odham Women's Collective, Toy Drive Photos

Brenda Norrell at CENSORED NEWS - 2 hours ago
Ofelia Rivas and Cynthia Piestewa By Ofelia Rivas, O'odham Censored News CABORCA, Sonora -- The women were busy cooking and baking bread and cupcakes while O'odham photographer Cynthia Piestewa and I shopped for candy and stayed up into the night bagging 150 holiday bags of candy. The event started with a registration of all the

Did a Prada Store Remove Products Resembling ‘Blackface Imagery’?

Arturo Garcia at Snopes.com - 2 hours ago
A civil rights attorney who photographed the display called the company "completely tone deaf."

7-year-old in Good Health, Border Agents Said; Then She Died

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 2 hours ago
CBP Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said agents "did everything in their power" to save her.

New Jersey lawmakers delay action on adult-use marijuana until 2019

Jeff Smith at Marijuana Business Daily - 2 hours ago
New Jersey lawmakers won’t vote on legalizing adult-use marijuana before the end of the year after failing to reach a compromise deal. The failure likely means that legalization won’t be taken up again until 2019, dashing hopes for now that the state would be the first to establish a full-fledged recreational program through its Legislature. […] New Jersey lawmakers delay action on adult-use marijuana until 2019 is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Why Wouldn’t The Obama Intelligence Apparatus Wiretap The White House?…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 2 hours ago
Forget the unmentioned brutally obvious political motives and intents behind the operation against Donald Trump for a moment; and focus on the collective Obama activity as if they actually believed the claims they have since presented… The counterintelligence investigation into … Continue reading →

American LNG and the Future of Energy in Eastern Europe

Alex Alexiev at IER - 2 hours ago
On Oct. 17, 2018, Poland’s largest energy company PGNiG signed a contract with two American LNG companies to deliver up… The post American LNG and the Future of Energy in Eastern Europe appeared first on IER.

Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Apparently Falling Apart: Another Scram Follows “Five Unplanned Downpower Events” In Less Than One Year

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 2 hours ago
Construction of Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Station begin over forty-four years ago in May of 1974, and it was commissioned … Continue reading →

Earthquake Near Watts Bar Nuclear Power Station

miningawareness at Mining Awareness + - 2 hours ago
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/se60247871/executive The orange skulls are nuclear power stations/nuclear facilities. Construction started at Watts Bar Nuclear Power Station on Unit 1: … Continue reading →

Musical interlude

Greg Fingas at Accidental Deliberations - 2 hours ago
Orbital - Belfast

The White House Wants A More Aggressive Cyberspace Policy

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 2 hours ago
Cyberwar games at the United States Military Academy. (Photo: Michael Falco for The New York Times) *Justin Lynch, Fifth Domain*: *Behind the White House’s plan to be more aggressive in cyberspace* The warnings came from Donald Trump’s predecessor, top spies and Kim Jong Un himself. So when the North Korean leader promised to tame Trump with “fire,” in September 2017, White House leaders considered how to slow the Asian country’s march to developing a nuclear weapon. During a meeting in late 2017, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis presented a military strategy and Secretary of State... more »

Ukraine Wants Nuclear Weapons: Will the West Bow to the Regime in Kiev?

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 3 hours ago
Ukraine Wants Nuclear Weapons: Will the West Bow to the Regime in Kiev? by FEDERICO PIERACCINI, https://www.strategic-culture.org/ Efforts to prevent nuclear proliferation are one of the few issues on which the great powers agree, intending to continue to limit the spread of nuclear weapons and to prevent new entrants into the exclusive nuclear club. – The former […]

Turkey Will Launch New Military Operation in Syria Within Days: Erdoğan

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 3 hours ago
Turkey Will Launch New Military Operation in Syria Within Days: Erdoğan by http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ , 12 Dec 2018 Turkey will start a military operation east of the Euphrates river in northern Syria in a “few days,” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said. “It is time to realize our decision to wipe out terror groups east of the Euphrates,” […]

U-Turn: Italy Changes High-Spending Budget Plan to Avoid EU Sanctions

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 3 hours ago
RT Published on Dec 14, 2018 Italy has sent a revised budget proposal to the European Commission in an effort to avoid EU sanctions. The move’s being seen as a major U-turn for Rome, which previously vowed to stick to its high-spending plans, which were rejected by Europe. end

MAP: Protests Gripping Europe Over Past Month

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 3 hours ago
RT Published on Dec 14, 2018 Past month has been really rough on the EU, as protests, both violent and non-violent, have consumed some of the largest countries in the bloc. We’ve compiled the list of all the demonstrations which have taken place in Europe during the November-December period: – • France The Yellow Vest demonstrations […]

Syrian Kurds Vow to Fight ‘to Death’ in Event of New Turkish Op in Syria – SDF

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 3 hours ago
Syrian Kurds Vow to Fight ‘to Death’ in Event of New Turkish Op in Syria – SDF by https://sputniknews.com/ DAMASCUS (Sputnik) – The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and its component, the People’s Protection Units (YPG), have promised to fight “to the death” in the event of a new Turkish operation in northeastern Syria, SDF spokeswoman […]

⇧ US Debts, Liabilities: Bad State of Affairs | Professor Steve Hanke

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 3 hours ago
SilverDoctors Published on Dec 14, 2018 Steve H. Hanke, a Professor of Applied Economics and Co-Director of The Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise. He served on President Reagan’s Council of Economic Advisers, has been an adviser to 5 foreign heads of state and 5 foreign cabinet ministers, […]

One World Government Is Now INEVITABLE: The UN Global Migration Compact EXPOSED!

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 3 hours ago
Press For Truth Published on Dec 12, 2018 The global compact for migration is the first, intergovernmentally negotiated agreement, prepared under the auspices of the United Nations, to cover all dimensions of international migration…The Global Compact for Migration was adopted on Monday by leading representatives from 164 Governments at an international conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, in […]

Honest Debate Needed about Legacy of Israel’s Expulsion (Ethnic Cleansing) of the Palestinians – Ken Livingstone

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 3 hours ago
Honest Debate Needed about Legacy of Israel’s Expulsion (Ethnic Cleansing) of the Palestinians – Ken Livingstone by https://www.rt.com/ Having fought to get a deal between the IRA and Britain for over a decade before that was achieved, I can’t see any difference with the current situation in between Israelis and Palestinians in the Middle East. – […]

French Yellow Vest Protests Spread Through Europe To Belgium And The Netherlands

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 3 hours ago
French Yellow Vest Protests Spread Through Europe To Belgium And The Netherlands by Robert Wheeler, https://www.theorganicprepper.com/ Editor’s Note: When I watch the Yellow Vest protests in France, and now in other parts of Europe, I can’t help but wonder if this is where we, too, are headed here in the United States. Between widespread political divisiveness and […]

Israel Won’t Succeed If It Launches Another War on Lebanon, Says Hariri

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 3 hours ago
Israel Won’t Succeed If It Launches Another War on Lebanon, Says Hariri by https://www.presstv.com/ Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri says the Tel Aviv regime would not succeed in case it opts to launch a new military aggression against his country. – Delivering a speech at the Chatham House think tank in London on Thursday, Hariri downplayed […]

Erdogan: Turkey to Start Military Operation East of Euphrates in Couple Days

mosesman at Socio-Economics History Blog - 3 hours ago
Erdogan: Turkey to Start Military Operation East of Euphrates in Couple Days by https://sputniknews.com/ “We are determined to make that area livable and peaceful,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday. – Turkey intends to launch a military operation in the north-east of Syria in coming days, the Turkish president said, adding that this step will facilitate political solution for the […]

Turkey – 186 villages isolated by snowfall

Robert at Ice Age Now - 3 hours ago
Also, thermometers in Göle plunged to minus 24,5C (-11F). 14 Dec 2018 – Due to heavy snowfall in the eastern Anatolian region, 186 villages and neighborhoods were disconnected from the centers, 83 districts in Erzurum were disconnected from the centers. Forty village roads in Ağrı, 32 in Erzincan, 18 in Iğdır, 10 in Kars and 3 village ... Read moreTurkey – 186 villages isolated by snowfall The post Turkey – 186 villages isolated by snowfall appeared first on Ice Age Now.

Musical Interlude: Chuck Wild, Liquid Mind: “VI Spirit - Through My Eyes (Nebulae)”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
Chuck Wild, Liquid Mind: “VI Spirit - Through My Eyes (Nebulae)”

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
“Beautiful emission nebula NGC 6164 was created by a rare, hot, luminous O-type star, some 40 times as massive as the Sun. Seen at the center of the cosmic cloud, the star is a mere 3 to 4 million years old. In another three to four million years the massive star will end its life in a supernova explosion. *Click image for larger size.* Spanning around 4 light-years, the nebula itself has a bipolar symmetry. That makes it similar in appearance to more familiar planetary nebulae - the gaseous shrouds surrounding dying sun-like stars. Also like many planetary nebulae, NGC 6164 has bee... more »

The Poet: David Wagoner, "Getting There"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
* "Getting There"* "You take a final step and, look, suddenly You're there. You've arrived At the one place all your drudgery was aimed for: This common ground Where you stretch out, pressing your cheek to sandstone. What did you want to be? You'll remember soon. You feel like tinder under a burning glass, A luminous point of change. The sky is pulsing against the cracked horizon, Holding it firm till the arrival of stars In time with your heartbeats. Like wind etching rock, you've made a lasting impression On the self you were, By having come all this way through all this welter Unde... more »

Israel: Arrests made as yellow-vested protesters condemn high living costs

Hundreds of Tel Aviv residents donned the now-symbolic yellow vest and blocked downtown streets as they protested against higher living costs, Friday. Residents are facing increases in the cost of water, taxes, electricity and food among other commodities. Police monitored the protesters and detained several of them. The arrests were made over alleged public order […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Heavy clashes breakout in Hodeidah after UN-backed ceasefire announcement

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 3 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:10 P.M.) – Heavy clashes broke out inside of the strategic city of Hodeidah this evening, despite the fact the United Nations announced a new ceasefire in the province on Thursday. According to a report from Hodeidah, Gulf-backed troops launched a new attack against the Houthi forces inside the provincial capital, prompting both […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

"And Why Are You Waiting?"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
"If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?" ~ Stephen Levine

"How the Country Goes Broke…"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
*"How the Country Goes Broke…"* By Bill Bonner DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA – "We’re down in Florida to meet a new grandchild. It’s a different world down here – different from Ireland, Maryland, France, Argentina… our usual haunts. Florida is flat. And barely above sea level. If the North Pole keeps warming, much of South Florida will be underwater soon. The people here are different, too. They are either young, tanned, and taut… muscled and contoured. Or they are old, broken-down retirees. There don’t seem to be many in the middle… ordinary people, that is. And they all seem to have a ... more »

Gregory Mannarino, “Post Market Wrap Up 12/14/18: Are You Ready For THE Second Great Depression?”

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
Gregory Mannarino, “Post Market Wrap Up 12/14/18: Are You Ready For THE Second Great Depression?” • *MarketWatch Market Summary* - https://www.marketwatch.com/tools/marketsummary • *CNN Market Data:* - http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/ *CNN Fear And Greed Index:* - http://money.cnn.com/data/fear-and-greed/ - http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/dow/

Bipartisanship-- The Real Kind, Not The Kevin McCarthy Cynical Bullshit Kind

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
In a wave election-- with a DCCC recruiting some real garbage, dumb-as-a-brick candidates to run-- you get some really ignorant freshmen in Congress. And we do. So some of them might not know who Kevin McCarthy is... let alone what his role has been and what his likely intentions are. On Thursday he penned a letter: Dear Members of the Democratic Class of 2019, not, you'll notice, Dear Members of the Class of 2019. McCarthy's something of a dolt, but a dolt with an extremely inflated self-image. And being a dolt doesn't mean he isn't crafty... like his pal, Trumpanzee. Democrat... more »

What Lies Behind the Malaise of the West?

Patrick J. Buchanan at rss - 4 hours ago
[image: what-lies-behind-the-malaise-of-the-west] Is it coincidence or contagion, this malady that seems to have suddenly induced paralysis in the leading nations of the West?

Happy Bill of Rights Day

Gerard N. Magliocca at Balkinization - 4 hours ago
Tomorrow is Bill of Rights Day, and in honor of that anniversary I want to quote from the speech that President Bush 41 gave to mark the bicentennial of the Bill of Rights in 1991. This speech captures the essence of the late President: “The genius of the Bill of Rights is that it limits its attention to truly important things and to things over which a must and limited government can exercise some actual control. Two centuries ago, just as now, politics tempted some to take flight from moderation and realism. Edmund Burke complained at the time of those who ‘are so taken up with th... more »

Trump Picks Mulvaney to Be Next Chief of Staff

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 4 hours ago
Trump tweeted that Mulvaney "will be named Acting White House Chief of Staff, replacing General John Kelly, who has served our Country with distinction."

WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Examined By Doctors As MSM And Democrats Push Fake News Story On Meeting With Paul Manafort

Aaron at Activist Post - 4 hours ago
By Aaron Kesel WikiLeaks founder and former editor Julian Assange underwent a series of medical exams, Ecuador’s top attorney Inigo Salvador said. Salvador told reporters... more »

Treating Lyme Disease Successfully with Ozone Therapy

AdminM at Health Impact News - 4 hours ago
I have an interesting clinical case for you today. Another Lyme case. Lyme is the disease Australian authorities do not believe exists, and will persecute doctors for treating it. Meanwhile our CDC says it’s a horrific epidemic, warns against new ticks, and says at least 300,000 Americans are coming down with the disease every year. This is scientific medicine! One country doesn’t want to pay for it and denies its existence. The other does recognize its presence. I lived this lunacy. In Alaska, the local medical societies VOTED that chelation for metals was fraudulent and mercury a... more »

Are The “Psychoses” Of The United Nations and French President Macron Revealed?

Activist Post at Activist Post - 4 hours ago
Op-Ed by Catherine J. Frompovich Has the United Nations played its ‘trump’ hand in the finalization of their geopolitical card game for “global citizenship”? Here’s... more »

The Banality of Corruption

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Gotham City - 4 hours ago
(By *American Zen*'s Mike Flannigan, on loan from Ari.) *S*o, after nearly two years of this feces-flecked nightmare passing itself off as an administration, what do Trump's fellow Republicans think of him? *Former Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson* Given what we know about the collusion — and there is no other word for it — between then-candidate Donald Trump's most senior advisers and what they thought was a Kremlin-tied lawyer offering dirt on Hillary Clinton, the most shocking thing is that no one on the Trump side was shocked. The most offensive thing is that no one took offense... more »

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 14, 2018

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 4 hours ago
Reuters *Graham Allison, National Interest: **China and Russia: A Strategic Alliance in the Making* Defying the long-held convictions of Western analysts, and against huge structural differences, Beijing and Moscow are drawing closer together to meet what each sees as the “American threat.” THE YEAR before he died in 2017, one of America’s leading twentieth-century strategic thinkers, Zbigniew Brzezinski, sounded an alarm. In analyzing threats to American security, “the most dangerous scenario,” he warned, would be “a grand coalition of China and Russia…united not by ideology but ... more »

President Trump Announces Mick Mulvaney Chief of Staff…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 4 hours ago
OMB Director Mick Mulvaney was the favorite for many people; he was the MAGA choice. President Trump has announced that Mick Mulvaney will take over for John Kelly as Chief of Staff. Excellent pick. High energy!

Middle Finger Symphony Theater

Diogenes Sarcastica™ at Diogenes' Middle Finger - 5 hours ago
** No Tuxedos Required ** *Brought To You By BLUESJUNKY: Honorary Chair of Music - Middle Finger Symphony Music Director* Unbeknownst to him, BLUESJUNKY has chosen a tune from one of my five All-time Favorite Albums. I know it's a bit of a daunting task if you've never given it much thought, but I would truly be interested in hearing what the MFST audiences own five all-time favs are. (and a couple of Honorable Mentions maybe) Think about it a while and tell us in comments.

Lyndon LaRouche's Reorganization of the World: A New Bretton Woods is a Life or Death Imperative Now

Alicia at LaRouchePAC Feed - 5 hours ago
*As many of you know, LaRouchePAC is campaigning for a four power agreement between among China, Russia, India, and the United States as an absolute imperative for near time survival of civilization. This page will tell you, in Lyndon LaRouche’s words, why this is urgent.* Following the collapse of 2008, Wall Street and its City of London masters did nothing to restore the economies of the world to anything resembling what had existed even before 2008. As Lyndon LaRouche will demonstrate to you, when the system collapsed in 2008, it had already been in massive decline since the pe... more »

World News Briefs -- December 14, 2018

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 5 hours ago
*The Guardian:* *Paris braces for fifth weekend of protests by gilets jaunes* Demonstrations to continue despite demands to call off action after Strasbourg attack Thousands of riot police and armoured vehicles will be deployed in Paris on Saturday as France anticipates a fifth weekend of anti-government protests in the capital and other cities. Despite government pleas for the gilets jaunes protesters to call off street demonstrations in the wake of this week’s terror attack in Strasbourg, many vowed to continue their struggle. The grassroots protest movement has continued all ... more »

The Senate Acts on Yemen

sanderson at Lawfare - 5 hours ago
Yesterday, on Dec. 13, the Senate made history. By a vote of 56-41, it adopted S.J. Res. 54, a bipartisan joint resolution that directs U.S. forces to withdraw from “hostilities” in Yemen not related to al-Qaeda within 30 days of enactment—a move that, its supporters maintain, will end U.S. support for the Saudi-led coalition currently waging a military campaign against Yemen’s Houthi rebels. This is the first time that the Senate has ever adopted a resolution pursuant to the War Powers Resolution (WPR), which makes such legislation eligible for certain expedited procedures so as ... more »

"Who’s in Charge of Wall Street?"

noreply@blogger.com (Coyote Prime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
*"Who’s in Charge of Wall Street?"* by Brian Maher "Anarchy is amok on Wall Street, a scene of riot. “Neither the bulls nor the bears are in charge,” cries Michael Kramer of Mott Capital Management. Thus we find bull and bear, bovine and ursine, pitted in savage brawling, each battling for control of the nation’s capital. One day the bulls wrest command and the Dow Jones leaps 500 points. The next day bears pull off a countercoup… and retake the 500 points the bulls won the day before. The rascals may claim an additional hundred or two before the bulls come back at them the follo... more »

White Genocide? South African Politician: Kill Whites, “Their Women,” and “Their Children”

Selwyn Duke at rss - 6 hours ago
[image: white-genocide-south-african-politician-kill-whites-their-women-and-their-children] “For every one black person we will kill five white people,” bellowed a South African political leader. Such comments are not all that unusual in today’s South Africa.

Students and Faculty at American University Call for “Minority Only” Spaces

James Murphy at rss - 6 hours ago
[image: students-and-faculty-at-american-university-call-for-minority-only-spaces] Students and faculty at American University call for "minority only" spaces, but aren't such spaces antithetical to the university's goals of inclusion and diversity?

Scottish Mall Relents on anti-Christmas Display as Christians Stage Live Nativity

Dave Bohon at rss - 6 hours ago
[image: scottish-mall-relents-on-anti-christmas-display-as-christians-stage-live-nativity] A Scottish shopping center changed its secular mind on Christmas nativity scenes — thanks to the creative efforts of some local Christians.

Moral Bankruptcy Leads to Financial Bankruptcy for Boy Scouts

Bob Adelmann at rss - 6 hours ago
[image: moral-bankruptcy-leads-to-financial-bankruptcy-for-boy-scouts] Scouts BSA announced Wednesday that it was considering bankruptcy after being crushed by legal fees stemming from years of sexual abuse allegations.

Special Counsel Responds to Judge Sullivan Request for FBI Notes – Fails to Submit Agent Pientka January Interview Notes…

sundance at The Last Refuge - 6 hours ago
The curious case against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn gets even more curious as Robert Mueller doesn’t deliver the FBI notes (FD-302) from the January 2017 interview of Flynn, as requested by Judge Emmet Sullivan, and instead submits notes … Continue reading →

US Senator plans to pitch measure to resolve cannabis’ legal, financial issues

Jeff Smith at Marijuana Business Daily - 6 hours ago
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner plans to introduce an amendment to a criminal justice reform bill that would fully protect state-legal marijuana programs as well as resolve banking and taxation issues that currently vex the MJ industry, his office confirmed Friday. The proposed amendment would be similar to language in the States Act, a bill co-sponsored […] US Senator plans to pitch measure to resolve cannabis’ legal, financial issues is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

‘Severe supply shortage’ forces Ontario to start with only 25 cannabis retailers; licensed producers barred

Matt Lamers at Marijuana Business Daily - 6 hours ago
Canada’s largest marijuana market is set to adopt a phased approach to cannabis retail due to “severe supply shortages across the country,” the Ministry of Finance announced Thursday, capping the early rollout to no more than 25 stores. The licenses will be issued by lottery, which the ministry described as a temporary model. The Alcohol […] ‘Severe supply shortage’ forces Ontario to start with only 25 cannabis retailers; licensed producers barred is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Bomb Threat Empties Sandy Hook School on Attack Anniversary

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 6 hours ago
It wasn't immediately clear if it was related to bomb threats made nationwide Thursday.

Is Trump’s Face Hidden in These Baboon Feces?

Alex Kasprak at Snopes.com - 6 hours ago
"The editors have become aware of unusual aspects to the ‘Extract fecal DNA’ illustration in figure 1."

Was Waylon Jennings Banned from Country Radio?

Dan Evon at Snopes.com - 6 hours ago
Radio shock jocks aren't always the best source of reliable information.

The Future of Education is Borderless

Activist Post at Activist Post - 6 hours ago
By Steven Maxwell The entire formal education apparatus seems to reinforce the repetition of learning from past generations rather than forging new ideas and new... more »

THE OUTRAGE METER MIGHT BE ABOUT TO MOVE, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE THERE YET

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog - 6 hours ago
So now we're talking about the inaugural: ... President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee ... paid the Trump Organization for rooms, meals and event space at the company’s Washington hotel, according to interviews as well as internal emails and receipts reviewed by WNYC and ProPublica. During the planning, Ivanka Trump, the president-elect’s eldest daughter and a senior executive with the Trump Organization, was involved in negotiating the price the hotel charged the 58th Presidential Inaugural Committee for venue rentals. A top inaugural planner emailed Ivanka and others at the c... more »

Vegan Diets Are Actually Increasing Malnutrition in Wealthy Countries

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 6 hours ago
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Johnson & Johnson shares drop after asbestos report.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 6 hours ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46572536?ns_mchannel=social&ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook

Magnesium Oxide: Uses and Side Effects

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 6 hours ago
https://articles.mercola.com/vitamins-supplements/amp/magnesium-oxide.aspx?__twitter_impression=true

Six Amazing Health Benefits of Eating Beets

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 6 hours ago
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/01/25/amp/beets-health-benefits.aspx?__twitter_impression=true

Advancing Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 6 hours ago
https://hms.harvard.edu/news/advancing-research-neurodegenerative-diseases?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=hms-twitter-general

A nano-hospital in every body

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 6 hours ago
https://www.nature.com/articles/d42473-018-00257-z

Your Guide to Colorful Eating: Eat the Rainbow

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 6 hours ago
https://askthescientists.com/colorful-eating/

How the brain’s face code might unlock the mysteries of perception

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 6 hours ago
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07668-4

Nutritional Skincare: Beautiful Skin Starts with Your Diet.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 6 hours ago
https://askthescientists.com/nutritional-skincare/

The Top 30 Deadliest Animals on Earth.

zedie at SOMEONE SOMEWHERE - 6 hours ago
https://www.science101.com/your-guide-to-earths-deadliest-animals/?utm_source=faok&utm_medium=T_FB_S101_US_DeadliestAnimals_D1scien_v1_2911&utm_content=feed

CNN: Johnson & Johnson shares plunge after report that says it knew about asbestos in its baby powder

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 6 hours ago
It was reported today that Johnson & Johnson’s (JNJ) stock fell today, as much as 11% (on track to be its worst day since 2002) “after a Reuters report said the company knew for decades that asbestos was in its baby powder.” 1(This plunge has caused a ripple all over Wall Street as they are among […] The post CNN: Johnson & Johnson shares plunge after report that says it knew about asbestos in its baby powder appeared first on Health Nut News.

Almost everyone overdoes it, devastates your midsection

Erin Elizabeth at Health Nut News - 6 hours ago
Understanding what makes for a healthy diet and lifestyle has never been more important. Shockingly, obesity has now become a greater global health crisis than hunger and is the leading cause of disability and chronic illness around the world. On average, the global population is plagued by obesity-related pain and illness during the last 14 […] The post Almost everyone overdoes it, devastates your midsection appeared first on Health Nut News.

US Demands Europe to Join Its War Against Russia

Eric Zuesse at - 7 hours ago
[image: undefined] In recent decades, the US Constitution’s clause that requires a congressional declaration of war before invading any country, has been ignored. Furthermore, ever since 2012 and the passage by Congress of the Magnitsky Act sanctions against Russia, economic sanctions by the US Government have been imposed against any company that fails to comply with a US-imposed economic sanction; a company can even be fined over a billion dollars for violating a US economic sanction. And, so, sanctions are now the way that the US Congress actually does authorize a war — the new w... more »

#1 Most-read Study of 2018 in the Medical Journal Pediatrics is How a High-Fat Diet can Help Type 1 Diabetes

AdminM at Health Impact News - 7 hours ago
A recent 2018 online survey of type 1 diabetics or their parents and caregivers has opened the door for others to use the ketogenic high-fat, low-carbohydrate, moderate protein diet to ease the burden of insulin injections and improve the day-to-day life of type 1 diabetics, potentially leading to remission. This was a breakthrough study, as the ketogenic diet has proven itself with diabetes type 2 sufferers, but there has been little looked into with keto for diabetes 1 patients. This study's focus was on serious carb production. Its title is Management of Type 1 Diabetes With a V... more »

Sierra snowpack way higher than average

Robert at Ice Age Now - 7 hours ago
Snowpack ranges from 106-125% of normal, more than double last years total.___________ 10 Dec 2018 – Snowpack in the central Sierra, from Tahoe to Yosemite, stood at 113 percent of average as of last Wednesday, while snowpack in the south Sierrstood at 125 percent of average last Thursday thanks to a huge storm that brought feet ... Read moreSierra snowpack way higher than average The post Sierra snowpack way higher than average appeared first on Ice Age Now.

Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 347 – 2018

Hifast at Climate Collections - 7 hours ago
Originally posted on sunshine hours: South / North

Arctic Sea Ice Volume 12-Dec-2018

Hifast at Climate Collections - 7 hours ago
Originally posted on sunshine hours: ? From DMI

Who Started World War One (WWI)?

Louis Hissink at Louis Hissink's Crazy World - 7 hours ago
James Corbett publishes thoughtful Youtube videos and podcasts on the internet as the Corbett Report. The present focus is on who started WWI and who writes official history. I’m a geologist and unravelling geological history gives me an insight to … Continue reading →

Iraq summons Turkish ambassador over cross border airstrikes

Iraqi Foreign Ministry has summoned Turkey’s ambassador Fatih Yildiz to protest against an alleged violation of the country’s airspace by a Turkish aircraft and conducting airstrikes on several sites in northern Iraq. The strikes, which allegedly targeted Kurdish militia positions, led to a “loss of life and property”, according to an official statement by the ministry. “Such acts violate Iraq’s sovereignty and security of citizens and are […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Daesh launches big attack against Syrian Army troops near Iraqi border

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 7 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:20 P.M.) – The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) terror group launched their second attack against the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) this evening in the Albukamal countryside of Deir Ezzor. According to local reports, the Islamic State heavily targeted the Syrian Arab Army’s positions using dozens of mortar and artillery shells this evening. The mortar […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Erdogan vows to ‘eliminate’ Kurdish fighters in Iraq if US military doesn’t

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged the US to “eliminate” Kurdish fighters in Northern Kurdistan, vowing that Turkey will do so if the US does not. Erdogan was speaking from Istanbul on Friday. Erdogan started by announcing that Turkey had conducted operations against Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq, adding that “there will be more to […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Breaking: Jihadist missile strike kills several Syrian soldiers in southern Aleppo

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 7 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:00 P.M.) – The jihadist rebels scored a direct hit with a guided missile on the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) positions in the southern Aleppo this evening. According to a military source in Aleppo, the jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham fired an anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) at the Syrian Arab Army’s positions […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian Army kills several rebels in new attack in northwest Syria

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 7 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:45 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) managed to kill several members of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) on Friday after launching a powerful attack against the group in the northwestern countryside of the Hama province. Led by their Republican Guard in the town of Joureen, the Syrian Arab Army unleashed a […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Putin, Netanyahu should discuss compensation for Il-20 downing – Israeli official

Israeli lawmaker from the governing Likud party, David Bitan, told journalists that Tel Aviv considers the incident involving the downing of the Russian Il-20 spy plane as handled. He added that the matter of financial compensation for the downing of the Russian plane should be discussed between the Russian president and Israeli prime minister. Neither the Russian president, nor the Israeli prime […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Syrian Kurds view Erdogan’s threats as ‘declaration of war’ in Syria

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 7 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:00 P.M.) – The Syrian Kurdish political parties in northern Syria condemned on Friday the Turkish President’s announcement of a new military operation east of the Euphrates. According to the Reuters News Agency, the largest Kurdish political party called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recent threats as a “declaration of war.” “All the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russian military establishes base just north of US-held Tanf region

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 7 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:45 P.M.) – The Russian military has reportedly established a new base a few kilometers away from the U.S.-held Al-Tanf region. According to reports from southern Syria, the newly established Russian base will maintain a large presence of Russian and Syrian military personnel. The new Russian base is located near the Zarqa Crossroad, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Trump, Erdogan reach agreement on Syria – report

BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:10 P.M.) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump reached an agreement on Friday to enhance their coordination in Syria, the Hürriyet Daily reported . According to the Hurriyet report, the two leaders held a phone conversation and discussed military operations inside of Syria. “Turkey’s legitimate security concerns caused by […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Russia dismisses US ambassador’s comment on Tu-160 bombers as ‘amateurish’

The statement by US Ambassador to Colombia Kevin Whitaker who called the Russian strategic missile-carrying bombers ‘museum exhibits’ is amateurish, Defense Ministry Spokesman Major-General Igor Konashenkov said on Friday. According to the general, “the Defense Ministry of Russia is not surprised by the amateurish statements by representatives of the US State Department on the Tu-160 […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Saudi Coalition advances in Al-Bayda as battle for central Yemen rages

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 7 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:45 P.M.) – The Saudi Coalition and their allies from the Yemeni Army scored a new advance in the Al-Bayda Governorate of central Yemen on Friday. Backed by heavy airstrikes, the Saudi Coalition and Yemeni Army managed to overrun the Houthi forces’ defenses in the Baqim District, resulting in the capture of the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Daesh’s last Euphrates pocket on the verge of collapse (map)

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 7 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:30 P.M.) – The Islamic State’s (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) last Euphrates pocket is on the verge of collapse as the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) advance from the recently captured town of Hajin. Backed by U.S. Coalition airstrikes, the Syrian Democratic Forces have advanced further south of Hajin, pushing their way into the towns of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Arab Parliament urges Arab League to reinstate Syria’s membership

BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:25 P.M.) – The Arab Parliament urged the Arab League on Friday to reinstate Syria’s membership, which was suspended seven years ago, Egypt’s state news agency said. The Arab Parliament’s call is a sign that the Arab League may move to reinstate Syria after it was suspended in November 2011 in response to […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Captured Syrian ship contained over 100 million Euros worth of drugs bound for Libya

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 7 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:00 P.M.) – The Greek Coast Guard intercepted a Syrian flag ship that was sailing through the central waters of the Mediterranean Sea nine-days ago. The Syrian flag ship ‘Noka’ reportedly possessed six tons of processed hashish and 3 million ultra-strength captagon pills that were bound for the Libyan city of Benghazi. According […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Israeli ‘Yellow Vest’ protesters take to streets to demonstrate against high living costs

Lawmakers from an opposition party on Friday joined hundreds of Israeli protesters rallying against high living costs in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and in West Bank. The secular centrist Yesh Atid party said in a press release that an estimated 600 people in Tel Aviv took part in the “yellow vests” protest, named so after a French grassroots movement. “The […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

YPG kills 5 Turkish soldiers in special operation in northwest Aleppo (video)

BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:40 P.M.) – The Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units (YPG) carried out a special operation in the Afrin region of northwest Aleppo this week that killed several Turkish military personnel. According to the official media wing of the YPG, their troops carried out a powerful attack on a Turkish military outpost in the Sherawa […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Daesh launches big counter-offensive in southeast Deir Ezzor

Leith Aboufadel at AMN – Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - 7 hours ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:00 P.M.) – The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) launched a big counter-offensive in the southeastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, today after losing several areas to the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces on Thursday. The terrorist group began their counter-offensive on Friday by storming the defenses of the Syrian Democratic Forces at the town of Baghouz […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- December 14, 2018

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 7 hours ago
*Paul Goble, RCD/Jamestown*: *Moscow’s Dispatch of Bombers to Venezuela Highlights Dangers in New ‘Cold War’* Moscow’s dispatch of strategic bombers and heavy transport planes to Venezuela on December 10, and its subsequent promise to Washington to remove them only four days later (see below) highlights both what has and has not changed in the in the “new cold war” between Russia and the United States. Indeed, as Moscow-based military expert Aleksandr Golts argues, the appearance of two Russian Tu-160s in Latin America this week highlighted that the present-day hostility between R... more »

Benedict Trump? Individual 1

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 8 hours ago
What's crazier-- Trump's furious twitter stream howling at the moon about his legal jeopardy (above)-- much of which was certainly written by his current lawyer-- or the very timely Trump Code of Dishonor (below). Yesterday, tacitly admitting he directed Michael Cohen to pay off the hookers Trump feared would derail his presidential bid, Individual 1 claimed he did not direct Cohen to *break the law* while making the payoffs. Trumpanzee tweet: "I never directed Michael Cohen to break the law. He was a lawyer and he is supposed to know the law." At his sentencing session, Cohen att... more »

The Demands of the Yellow Vest Movement are Growing into Real Systemic Change

WakingTimes at Waking Times - 8 hours ago
- Populist dissent is against the political and corporate elite.

U.S. Media MIA at UN COP24 "Climate" Summit Planning Future of Mankind

TNA Video at rss - 8 hours ago
[image: christian-gomez-alex-newman-media-mia-un-cop24] VIDEO - KATOWICE -- The major U.S. media is missing in action at the United Nations COP24 "climate" summit in Poland, reports The New American's foreign correspondent Alex Newman. Newman also reports on the significance of this conference, which is working to restructure all of human civilization under the guise of saving the climate. Finally, Newman addresses the real agenda behind the summit, which is to centralize power over humanity.

UN Bans Journalist From COP24 Climate Summit at Request of Canada's Trudeau Regime

TNA Video at rss - 8 hours ago
[image: un-bans-journalist-from-cop24-climate-summit-at-request-of-canada-s-trudeau-regime] VIDEO - KATOWICE--The United Nations banned journalist Sheila Gunn Reid of The Rebel Media from the UN COP24 "Climate Change" Conference in response to a request from the government of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. In this interview with *The New American* magazine from outside the UN confab, the journalist gives us the background on how it happened, and notes that this says a lot about the Canadian government and the UN's commitment to free speech and a free press.

Budget Watchdog Says That The Next-Generation Fighter Jet For The U.S. Air Force Will Cost $300 Million (In 2018 Dollars)

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 8 hours ago
Concept art from the Air Force Research Lab shows a potential next-generation fighter concept, or F-X. (Air Force Research Laboratory) *Defense News*: *Budget watchdog warns this fighter could cost three times that of the F-35* WASHINGTON — A next-generation air superiority jet for the U.S. Air Force, known by the service as Penetrating Counter Air, could cost about $300 million in 2018 dollars per plane, the Congressional Budget Office states in a new study. At that price, PCA would be more than three times that of the average F-35A jet, which is set at about $94 million to captu... more »

‘Wild’ Salmon May Be Straight from the Farm, NY Report Finds

Associated Press at Snopes.com - 8 hours ago
A report found that farmed salmon was frequently sold as wild, and fish sold as red snapper or lemon sole were more often different varieties.

Ohio regulators ask for $2.1M to cover costs of medical marijuana lawsuits

Bart Schaneman at Marijuana Business Daily - 8 hours ago
Ohio’s medical cannabis regulators are asking for an additional $2.1 million from state funds to cover the legal fees incurred from lawsuits lobbed by companies that were denied MMJ licenses. By March 2018, at least three lawsuits had been filed against the state by eight medical marijuana companies. More details on the impact of the […] Ohio regulators ask for $2.1M to cover costs of medical marijuana lawsuits is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Watch Break Free From The Corporate Prison, my latest video collaboration with Sustainable Human

Caitlin Johnstone at Caitlin Johnstone - 8 hours ago
Sustainable Human has once again made an amazing video from the text of one of my articles, narrated by myself, and I’m thrilled with how it’s turned out. It’s really beautiful and I encourage you to watch and share.

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